The Sun. — London, England, 1855-08-28 00:00:00

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Dur co rresr. n . second edit" natives of Sa b : 3 ttlernentg )pen rehelli74 a man riarD g• at Sabbage! p ar ty of sons ned Jess v° , l3 r : and there id his witr e ibbagee. j u g his esc 3 il l i j ur t there, 8 ,5 3 the tnag,i s arra nt for t 4rates, character, 81 ",, r the Goverrs, be const ab ,le sen t the poi, )ns t a bles, 811 ' . d ArinstreB°l t the epor Pole , the P or e ana the° to l e must g° e d ['his her efu s r i, take hi n V re d 10 ' i div g c'g, WO° oo) right it i o g and Il asP oo the afte ri ,bagee, j °l9 ol irport; btlo of Jesc'g° 6 cities. q3 cl4 ,cOnd t CaP e o , hea board , +o ,cl; y t° a; tie mall ( ' 17 ' til e pUrpestriad, ight it egtla` Lad a° their a f e ly n the tie 6r for O f ° tbe °; poi over , Ga : or toi bea d Be a o t o b ing lett aro P I - for hanlo JO is , uatrY dra ne I 03 :O . k S ' IA-Sll-$. 4ng%, r., - 3 t o to I ." t ice , in J j u e , f og o ; Ur e u bO l oor the t„ bo o to to r b teJ, I ,e 00 01 . 1 , n tb o C ha 0f t O "- f iLis : inon'Y t it (4d - o g and Y in oV or ) 1, in 11A P fa d is. to lop , lop -;p a coo 1, :r -or- oe, e d d yo _ _ i'Zr 4 4 1: 4 T - 7 , 7 or, 6, „ 711 ati-.4 ; .4 4 I di r E COM AND MERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocir. Tile Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday close ,- firmly, and l as t F r id a y's quotations were b'it' ri Y maintai ne d. Th e sa l es amoun t e d t o 7,000 a al i es (1,500 of which were taken on speculation for export). The Railway Share Market clo yed with less spirit, and in some instances prices Wer e lower. k'rp h e report o f th e ta ll ow tralle, as furnished by r rB . Smith an d Ch ar l es, a ll u d es b o th t o the slate e of the market in Russia and in France : (18th The • he advice s from St.• Petersburg are to the 6th s rep o , x• 36 516 to 7-16. There is no new . business tuk r s ` f e it i , by these letters, but in the week aoout 3,500 very ,allow bad been taken on the spot aid for deli 'at Li° erpool, 110 to 112 r. The quotations for all to lie `vere 110 f to 111 ; market quiet ; carriage, 112 18, 514 eoP. The quantity of tallow despatched was a h ; 4 : 4 e 4 sks from St. Petersburg, 2,800 from the interior, 2to 18, 00 '2-2,757 from St. Petersburg last year, and 12 e_ ter,b from the interior. The present price of St. P Cro; i 'g, is equivalent to 331. per ton free on board at overl and ; the carriage from St. Petersburg to London 44 1 3 through Prussia, is estimated at 201. per ton. very a : demand f or ta ll ow on th e s p o t last week was that th g e, especially for exportation. It is understood of an . 6 Vre nc h Government contemp l ate t h e imposition the i ; ine rosse of 10e. on the import duty on tallow- in est session of the Chambers, in October or Novem l'iss„lhi' is, no doubt, inducing a larger dern,and . for 4 to o than the present necessities of the trade require ; saneooo'.l,s time our information still leads us to the 44" "that theyrench manufacturers must consume geantity of foreign to this year." ip T ! letters by the overland mail are expected 11(1 ° 1 1 on Thursday, and there will be Mel : late ? d ates of June 19, or nearly three weeks fii‘nan those already to hand. der o , s _ e 413 ney Market is much easier, and it is un ittr7d that the greater portion of the Turkish tiv aLi ti t ePosit is already remitted. The bullion ar tat% 4r ° ll l America are expected to increase, and 4,4 t Or the amount received thence and from tapi t lali a Yesterday will probably be sent into the bio England, as the bankers are " full of and the discount houses find themselves I ter: ed , t o do bills on decidedly lower terms than "air ed a week or ten days since. Speculation to o i l l inert, and this increases the supply, as a Ilteldeal of the Turkish Loan, it is now said, will Pel lded here for military supplies. 1 4 4 : question of the Bank of England Charter itle't attracted much attention of late, but it is k er t is l Y the time for calling the attention of our 41: 4414 1 to the subject, because a renewal will t i k ° l l to be effected. The following remarks ae ktitkers' Circular precisely indicate the .t r lg positi on o f th a t gr eat corporation, about, Itt b west-end branch, to compete still more 11 With the unprivileged establishments : ti lowl a the 27th clause in the Act of 1844, the time 1,4 for th e trial of this bill was extended to the Ist ;0 Vigt . ,p ttf 1855, which has expired. As it is always !vise ~,•tls„;:te all important measures • at the proper time, ,•" call the attention of those who are interested . ;t4 4 , 1 1 Inestion (and who is not ?) to the necessity of k ll ; s:''lnd Via ous action. There will, doubtless, be ~,,ieet u t' 4 6a nc- e e ro f excuses for not bringirig t a h l e l before Parliament, and to postpone t Tilt rat ion of it until the adherents to the pre• x r , ° "2Ply are fully prepared to secure all that yta l. ' l "'re. Now is the time, then, for action. If 4,01•41-41rted that war constitutes a grave obstacle to a n o rm e urge it as one of the most potei,t of reasons , 'tll there is no sub . ect that so minutely connected itt -e tecc of d our arm y e as the monetary orrange- N ess °s)l 3 , State.. While we are called upon to supply iallr ow n Government wi▪ th 90,000,000/. sterling i ;". 14 4 . ; . but to supply . millions to foreign States, 11 1 i b ,'ebject be more important than a rigid in *rie,,,j;° source whence these amounts are to be l o ki t itia"p; the have as yet only show . n an increase in the 41 • )(ah, aa tirces of revenue to meet this enormous demand t tee k , -e i6'ht millions ; the great . problem, then, for the 0. 41 the ri to solve who directs public affairs h is, how to • e "best infinite sources of wealth we have at our f value, and to keep the springs of 0 od in c t o e n ra st ene t y motion' motion, for this can only be done ",,kti - ,,, r gi n g the constant of our monetary credit ; per e„,*ell'oevery branch of trade with an invigorating 1 , 41 4 1. ,, action ; by giving a distributing instead of a .14 :1; power' to the money operations of the 1 , 14 4, 4 ! tank o f E ng land has the supreme authority of t la ttle ‘e, and its promises' to pay, though only in lir , 14 of credi t , are, in all thp ordinary transactions lga equal gold' and silver by virtue of au I,' l / 4 5t hrarha en t . The only competitive power to f ill 'hie l l' t es are th ose o f the Private and Joint Stock existence prior to 1844, that act having Fare k4 It .. f ell ided any future Joint Stock Banks, or Private It iss their own notes.- This fact being th ' i tll se ", it is f ul.n • g to presume that the ultimate object 4 1 t . % w h° an d that act isto place the entire note cir- Lhilltl'c'f the : C ease try in the hands of theßank of England. o; °t e wh o doubt the correctness of these views, we hra k - k e tstini se th e t enonr o f the a ct. During the past 11 CCe't I; jo ut 700,0001, of the issues of private and joi.Lit 11'° 21, 411k R een withdrawn from circulation 4;1- causes l 'arius ave • for a portion of these the Bank t4 11' 44 ,c1 still p of One per cent. per k , 4 11 k 41 v ,,;,,0ut i n 1856 this obligation on the part of he s'itt cease entirely, and it will enjoy its authority .. I tZ t ed ka by any demands from the private and joint therefore, a matter of the 1 1 , 11' e t i n I PO t becomes, country to know what use tE gbo i f teade r a f u t e h e is power by the Bank of England, issueimps caa e its nntes as a leg al tender, without it o ,, ° hot a nd is under no obli▪ gation to replace any (I • notes that may be henceforth withdrawn l o t The inquiry, is one of such pre.eini tlahlecnlrtance to a great commercial country like theithat every trading and commercial borough ought4y Ilamangdom to call upon its representatives in Rothei• to prepare for a full and satisfactory inquiry 4 i,uearings of the subject. Hitherto, the A he ct c has e 14 4 y1 ;!s e rr d i er to any such r i a t tt t c h m e pt clu b t ut a n f o c w am t mer r al in tbe e ll e o o u n s s e id t e o.put the question clearly before 4 e r et t'llient." f r l 4ii e , e is a firm, but still a very dull market for !)tz4; eellrities, and this results mainly from the the a?f th e dealers and capitalists, as well as of 4 0t -uh e tr,, , 'rum town. Consols have been 91i 1 1 !ki i 'sfer and time. The Exchequer Bills of !111g a(2re 13s. to 16s. premium, New Threes Nr‘i 18 and Reduced 91i to 92. The An- ! 85 are 167 to 15-16ths. s ,l 4 Viti, 4°r eign bonds have been more dealt in. - `, 131 (1 stock has been up to 94, but is now 2. The scrip has been in greater request at S Panisb, 3' per cents. are marked 372 and lg I) eferred 182. PortugueSe 5 per cents. Ali 11 have been quoted 48. Mexican ha ;-e 6~ 1 2 2 and Peruvian 82, being firm. Equador L kbi . ll Grenadal9. Venezuela have been more e 5 'ta at 3 14 to 32. Dutch 2i per Cents. have Th i * following are the nominal prices of foreign ' Oit a Grenad a D e f erre d B on ds, 6i to 71 ; l?to 21 i to 21t ; Peruvian, 81 to 82 ; ee per Cents., 58 to 59 ; Portuguese 4,, e • Cents., 43 to 45 ; Russian Five Pa r 100 to 102 ; ditto Four-and-a iiLtc - I ‘"e ' nta., 89 to 91 ; Spanish New Deferred, "" ditto Three per Cents., 37i to 38 ; i e 5 cates. 41 to 4/ • ditto Passive, 41 to 41. t he al tway Share Market has been looking up l e 1 3 3411 (1 with more doing. An improvement 4 - Soc. Cent. may be noted in Great Western, are Yorkshire, Midland, and one or I,"tia;" r a •of the principal lines. The Foreign t ll u ait; a l.e 'cluiet. • • - hsY44Cil‘lexican. Mine are heavy,. Oriental Bank nth 0„ (4 `/eneral Screw Steam srarely so dear, and trali an L an d cheaper. 25 St. .20 St, St. 10 St. 25 10 5 20 18 5 5 5 20 -. -FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLCCI , .. 11, ( E'rom, tie Official. List.) 1•," Q°n t,. done kt:',2 v:7":.110clueod Annuities... 92 1 1 !, () ;a kt" eoonsols Annuities; 9l 1 .t ibit,._ kl lntiitiL lt t , „Annuities bk.' :i0 V"; - mxpiro sth Jan., 1860 -16 0, 111 :4 0 30 ~ r - ears, Expire sth Jan., 1860 3 i it 4 : 6 :or A. - ea l'ei Expire sth April, 1883 16 1 15-16 I 0t,,. teonat 6th September ll i I 2d. 1.40er liilh i, ' 2i d -..,v ............. ~ ... .4. I3IG I it.yl', ............. .. ........................ ....• — II2 , k ih 'l leci ttel : . ..4.a. ..... , ... . . ............. .... - --- , 44 q n, ilds 13 58 . 3i nor Cent. ... 1001 OM ` - '-e . FOI , ' • ' ONE o'CLOjK• A4 b. , ,4. 1 30 , tLIGN FUNDS AT kte k 4 oa lon" I, l ,eau 3 naB . 14 . .... . Cent. ....... 19 ifitt o Per ceri -411v.; kr t 6 A I. - Ir - at t - - ceotant 2li. 11 0 At ° .orki s A , tti l ,„•er th e A , */ Per Cent b ,iti,7:e ton' e ;: e ?llt B2 Vitto Fo r the ae , co l in P t er Cent., Con. 1841 •- 48. ) ; 1/ 1 4 itt e ys48 ! a Per h rth ili or tho Cent. 1111.11 81 't)1 B ench ce"nt Litt, P •olko s !A ' 5 Per Cent. , A bi t , /sle w i i- Per Cent 37i 4, 1 " 0 Passiv eferred, 3 per Cent. Di tto kh Bonds, , . 0 6 __ ........................ v,"- i l l t to ~r th e y'r etit Q,._ ,New t!'ount y, t ' f er th e , a ' i Per Covt -.ni t , ' ' ~-!Account - . -.....- . D 4, I)i tt lictB, 2, , .... e _ t.aye....e - •kh s,._ t 4 -, P e r Cent,_ ex. 2L, ft -- ' 4 4,-,,,,,,, p r cent Ex. 25 fr 944 --". 4, 1; 1:•er Cent. 12 Gni; 651 C. 1 0„.. bitZ l3 HALF-PAST TWO. t or ii; e A ccount 911 .i ...... 0, '77 ef p Tor AR y ni ; f :74 • (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. PriQui yesterd 25 - *i7 4 - 4i ••• """" S - 84 13i -- 13 154 -- 16 84 - 7 91 - 93 63 -63 i 11 - 13 8 - 10 ••• 3 - 2 6i - 7 13 - 14 11i - 11 73 - 75 54 - 56 9 -9, 18 - 20 ••• .... 71. - 73 89 - 90 71 - 73 127 -t 9 104 - 106 56 - 57 73 - 76 Fi - 6 1 83 6:4 Pl2s 711 9?' 99 94 954 14 ld 1 —85 i - 14 641 Ei 5:3d 254 - 26. 74 r- 84 76i 41 - 43 12 - 10 - 50 ,r)2 29 20i tOO 20 1.00 21i 73} • 74 7 12i4 13? 484 494 17 49 id 64 - 61 6/ - 6i an al] 14 ail 27 - 29 107 -- 109 75 77 44 - 46 13 14 62 63 31 - 32 5 —3 2d pal. 38 - 40 as• .." •• • • 5 - 5i 20i 21j 3 - 4 21- 2. - 7 3 2,1 par _3 p RULTIATB. knalyg. Nottng. Bost r,nd Eastn. 3e fftst nirraing. Stour Valley Larwsh. & Cheshire Junct D o . Clash. dr. Birk. ; £5O and 25 Cons. Do., X2O •• Myth Tyns origins; £25 (issd. at £4s', Bristol and. Exeter... Caledonian. Carmarthen and Car digan Chester .& Holyhead.. Cork and. Bandon... Cork, Black, & Pas'3 Cornwall 1 0) leff Junction I)u,„Ain&BelfastJunc. DundeePerthdrAb , r deen Junction Do. N r 5 .7 ...... East AuElian Eastern bountlas..... Eastern Union, A Stock .. B, Stee - Do., New A East Lancashire dinbnrgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles, Edin.Prth ' &Third‘lt Forth & Clyde Ja- Furness Do. Extension Glasgow &S. Wester] Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire ) Great Western Do. Stour Val_ Rail Gun. Stk.. Irish South-Es.storn. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. Now Thirds !Awash. andYorksh Do., Wet. Riding Uu. • • Liv. Crsby. &Southpt 'Loudon & Blackwal Lond. Bright & S. Cst. Lend. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/. Sh. , &8.., C Do. Eighths London and.S. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Ilanch.Shef. Az Linell Do. I Shares, No. 3 Do., Man. & Lin. Un, Midland >o. Birmng. tzDerb.l "fAidld.. G. West. are,: Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle, Nwpt.Aborg. &Hrt Newry & Newry Warrenpoini and Rostrovor. . Norfolk Vorthn.Countics [ln 'North British (North Devon, No. I Do., No. 2 no., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed Y. Eastern—Berwiel. rho. do. Extension Do.do. G.N. E. Pure] Co. Leeds Do. York North London , Do. Now £lO &S. Wstrn. Rtend, and City Jn. North Staffordshit 'orth N.& S. Westria..Tilm :quneaton, ti ncklL~ id. Leicester Oxford, Worcester,k Wolverhampton I?ortsmouth Se....i;ish Central Scottish Midi 9.10 Rhropshiro Union Routh Devon ...... ~oath Eastern ! , _touth Wales S. Yrksh. Riv. Dan Bo Staines, Wok. A:Wok Stockton $2, Darliu Stolkton 6t H;.rtlepl. Taff Vale Po. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. hames and Ilailway T.llverstone & Lanes, Vale or Death H.Vaterfd. & ItilkennY Waterford&Lmeri West Cornwal. Wost End of London and Crystal Palace West London INVimbledn Croydou 9 - 10 2t •-•1 2 - 4 li -1, •- 1 331 - 38ifp 12 -13 f 24f - 24 2/- 4 G - 5 itl 18 - 19 65 - 67 5 5 95i - - 964 4 I —fin 34 - 3i 2i --31 231 - 241 100 - 102 115 - 118 115 - 120 108 169 '2O - 211 114 - 116 7 -8;• 19i -- 20ip 2 p 7 9 2 -- 3 51 - 51 36i -36 i 12} - 12 -- 9 481 - 481 p 18 50 51 52 —• Pm 27 23 20 21 la 94 9a -24 p pm 4 - 4i iii -1313 p iii = ci§ JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia. 94 -- 95 40 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company ... 50 all ilritish N. American 66 68 25 5 r,hartd. Bank of Asia 20 4 Chrt(l.l3rik. of India, Australia, & China d par 100 30 City ... . 7 - - 9 p 100 25 Colonial ••• 100 20 Commercial of Lond 20 all English Scottish and Australian Chart l6l —17 i 20 all Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20. 5 Ditto New d 50 20 London and County 3B 40 50 10 London Joint Stock — 100 20 Loud. & Westminster 484 10() 35 National Provincial of England ••• ••• 20 10 Do. New 50 221 Nationa , of Ireland — 20 all New South Wales 35 3G 35 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 42 43 424 4 3 100 25 Provincial of Ireland 52 53 10 all Do. N 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold nap Co,- 25 all South Australia 25 all Union of Australia 7 3 - 74 73i , Do. New 9 ' 50 \ 10 Union of liodon tea, FOREIGN. Asitwerpatitott..rdam Belgian Eastn. Junc Beziers to GrAiesessu Bombay, Barotla, and Central India,Serir Demerara Dutch Rhenish ..... Eastern of France Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p.c Do. Extension Do. 4 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. M of Canada.A is Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. a., do. (It. Central of Fran Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent. 104 5T 61 95 lla ni 9j 48i 9i Do. Nev , 5 per cent Po. Extensions...... Do. d 0... Great Lu.serabourt; Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canad Shares Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O D. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 por cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c 1171 pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons es Mediterran. Madras Do. New Kuria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege,' witl Interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France D o 20/. Sh s.late Char leroi and Erquelinor: guar. 34 p. c. & red. at 22 dur. 'BB yrs. from 1 Jan. 1851 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy.B. & An:18.811s NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen... ParlsCacu &Oherbrg. Rouen and Havre Royal Danish ..... Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 541 p. cent. Prof Seind4 Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) ~ West Flanders Do 5i per c. Pref Western of Franc: : West. of Switzerland, Wi3sbadon Zealand al l all all all NES kir VIXEI) RENTALS. Co ml. London N. Lt.&N.W. E. Un. E. C.... ealdontan Do NtosLi Na. New Ar Bony. Y. &NM Do., S. Basta? Do Peto St Co. NortAk Do L.& N.'W & Stekton & Darlingt. Midland , [ En. Coun. I. Count. D 0....... Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do Gt North/ Lancash & Yorksh. T. Brassey M. MCl , :ar 4toekt. & Darliagt 4Westn. yester lay. 97 - 99 100 - 102 11 - 12 135 - 1 7 27 - 29 [Os -- 110 124 -- 13 23 -- 24 2i - 21 94 - 46 - AP 57 -53 132 : 134 8i - Si 2t - 2f 31 - 22 '93 - 94 this day. 5..,„ TriE SUN S LONDON . ; TUESDAY EV,V.INIIIG, Aucrusr 2 1855. , 1 0 ,..- ~i ' 1 .1 f r e'l . ~ . , , .:., ..40 ri , i i+ I rir :. .i, ~ r: .., ,vt- , , 4 . , fda w " - V • - TELEGRAPHIC DESP A TCII FROM THE CRIMEA . WAR DEPARTMENT, AUG. 28. Lord Panmure has received the following tole graphic despatch from General Simpson, dated Crimea, Aug. 27 : We have just concluded the ceremony of in. vestiture of the Bath. Nothing could have gone off better. The Naval and Military Commanders of the Allied Forces assisted at the ceremony, in other respects nothing of interest occurred. e.:7116 this day. GUILDHALL. AN ARTIST IN TI101:1BLE. —John Thompsoi, who de scribed himself as an artist, was place:l at the bar on remand before Sir Robert Carden, charged with steal ing a book from the stall of Mr. Dunn, bookseller, 120, Fleet-street. At the former examination the prisoner stated he was an artist belonging to Newcastle-on-Tyne, where he was well known, and that he was induced to commit the offence with which he was charged from distress. He had been in London about a month. When he arrived in London he had but 10s. left, and he bad supported himself the best way be could by disposing of his pro perty. He had occupied an unfurnished attic, for which he paid 2s. a week, sleeping on the bare boards. Gayler, the detective officer, who apprehended the prisoner, said he foui.d the books on the prisoner, both of which were supposed to have been stolen. He had written to the sergeant of police at Newcastle, and re ceived an answer that the prisoner was unktown there. The prisoner said he had a sister living there, and that he refused to give her address, not wishing to dis grace his family. Sir Robert Caiden committed the prisoner for 21 days. BOW-STREET. Emily Legg was this morning placed at the bar in accordance with a remand, charged with savagelyassault ing a child named Leah Livingstone, aged 8 years. From the evidence, it appeared Oat the prisoner was in the service of Mrs. Livingstone, in the capacity of nursemaid:and that the assault was committed in the following manner —The child wasrplaying in the nursery with the other children, and the prisoner was sitting at the time in the same place. The child, Leah, in a playful mood, placed the chamber utensil in the prisoner's lap, upon which the jumped up in a violent manner, and, using a very violent expression, swore she would blind her. The unfortunate child repeated the act, and the prisoner snatched up a fork and drove it into the child's eye. The prisoner was brought up this morning in order to see if the child was in attendance _to give evidence. The mother stated that the child bad completely lost the sight of one eye, and was now an in-patient of the Ophthalmic Hospital, the surgeon of which admirable institution stated that the child could not, without risking entire deprivation of sight, attend •to-day. Mr. Henry stated that it would be absolutely neces sary for the child to attend, in order that the Oisoner might be adequately punished for the savage outrage. He should therefore order her to be again remanded for a week. SOtrTHWARIC. BRUTAL ASSAULT ON A FEMALE.--ilenry Robson, an ill-looking fellow, employed, it appeared, at a rag-shop in Gravel-lane, was brought before Mr. Coombe charged with most violently assaulting Maria Wallis. Maria Wallis, whose appearance plainly showed the ill-treatment she had received, deposed that she had lived with the prisoner as his wife for upwards of nine months, but in consequence of his continued ill-treat ment of her, several times blackening her eyes, and otherwise injuring her, she was obliged to leave him about nine weeks since, and had never met with him till last night, about ten o'clock, when he came up to her in Charlotte-street, Blackfriar's-road, and said— " Oh, here you are, you h—h ! I'll be d—d if I don't give it you now." Upon which he knocked her down and,kicked her most violently upon the abdomen. A policeman then came up and took the prtsoner into custody. Police-constable 78 L stated that hearing a disturb ance in Charlotte-street last night he proceeded to the spot ; the prosecutrix was clown upon the ground, and he Saw the prisoner kick the woman most violently on the abdomen. Mr. Coombe, to the prisoner—You appear to me to be a niost cowarily rascal and a great brute, and I will make an example of you. You are corn mitted to the House of Correction at Wandsworth for three months. The prisoner withdrew grumbling at the decision of the magistrate. ANOTHER ASSAULT ON A FEMALE. --A lfred Forster, a rather respectable-looking man, who described himself as a plate worker, was charged with violently assaulting his landlady, Mary Ann Smith, this morning about one o'clock. Mary Ann Smith, whose face presented a most terrific appearan3e from the bruises she had received on it, stated that she resided at 28, Surrey-row, Blackfriars. The prisoner was a lodger at her house, and upon his coming home this morning about one o'clock and some words occurring between them he beat her most vio lently, and disfigured her face in the manner the magis trate might see. . . The prisoner said that the prosecutrix was a most violent woman, and as great a proficient with her fists as any man going. (Laughter.) On his coming home this morning about one o'clock she began to quarrel with him and threw a large pie-dish at him, which cut him severely. Upon this he struck her, for which he was sorry, but be was so exasperated by her conduct that he hardly knew what he did. Mr. Coombe fined the prisoner 40s. or one month's imprisonment. SIR B. HALL'S LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT.—Last evening an adjourned public meeting of the ratepayers of St. Pancras was held at the Vestry-hall, Camden town, for the purpose .of considering the propriety of appointing a committee to co-operate with a committee appointed by the vestry to draw up a plan for a fair sub division of the parish into wards, to lay before the asses sor to be appointed by the Secretary of State for that purpose, under the provisions of Sir B. Hall's Act for the Better Local Management of the Metropolis. Mr. Churchwarden Firrer presided. Mr. Garvey moved a resolution to the effect, "That a committee of 24 inde pendent ratepayers be appointed from the body of the meeting, to co-operate with the assessor iu a fair subdi vision of wards," which, having been seconded, Mr. Goodwin moved as an amendment, "That a list of 15 names (which he nominated) be adopted by the meet ing." Mr. Ross seconded the amendment. A long and stormy discussion ensued, and the amendment nominat ing the 15 names was ultimately carried, and the meet ing separated. The harvest has been an average one for most kinds of grain all over the north of Italy, and the Indian corn promises great abundance ; but the vines, especially in the Venetian provinces, are again sorely afflicted with the dhease, and, as there is no bilk made in those dis trict', which affords a compensating crop in Lombardy, the people are likely to suffer much privation in the approaching winter, as wine, bread, and oil are already at unusually high prices in all the markets of that coun try, even though the exportation of corn is strictly pro hibited, ADVERTISING FOR A WIFE. Our columns (says the Manchester Guardian) have re cently contained several advertisements for a wife ; and of some of these certain wags in Rochdale have taken advantage to play off some very successful hoaxes on the advertisers. One of these would-be Benedicks, in con sequence of a correspondence with a Miss " Lavinih," proceeded the other day to Tweedale's Hotel, Rochda'e, in the hope of meeting the fair one who had so kindly responded to his pressing invitation to give him an inter view ; but, though he displaN ed the tokens previously agreed upon, no "Lavinia" met his expectant gaze. His disappointment, however, was somewhat lessened by a young gentleman greeting him by name, and intro ducing himself as a brother of the young lady, for whose absence he proceeded to apologise. Another gentleman entered, who was introduced as a second brother of "Lavinia ;" and he was speedily followed by a third, a fourth, and so on, till the candidate for matrimony might have exclaimed with Macbeth— A fourth ! Start eyes !. What ! will the line stretch out to the craci of doom ! Another yet ! A seventh ! I'll see no more. Suffice it, that, before all the fifty brothers of Lavinia had been introduced, the advertiser became rather pain fully sensible of the fact that - he had been most vexa tiously duped. One of the brothers, stepping upon a chair, read aloud, amidst much laughter, all the corres pondence which had passed between the gentleman and the "lovely young Lavinia." The advertiser, though said to be an extensive vinegar manufacturer, manifested no acidity on the occasion ' on the contrary, he frankly acknowledged that he had been taken in, and threw down a sovereign to be spent by the extensive brother hood. He added that lie had that morning, at the Vic toria Railway station, Manchester, met the seventeenth lady who had replied to his advertisement, and there were others with whom he had not yet had the pleasure of an interview ; but it was his intention, when he had seen them all, to select the one he most approved, and honourably to marry her. The gentleman was then al lowed to retire, amidst the laughter, mingled with ap plause, of the fraternity of fifty ! Another advertise ment was answered in the name of Miss " Annie Wcod vide • " some correspondence ensued as to marriage and its relative duties ; but the " lady " having ventured to suggest an interview in Rochdale, the advertiser took alarm, and wrote to her, acknowledging the kind atten tion shown to him, but intimating that ho was in the habit of rising too early in a morning to be induced to pay a visit to Rochdale. Another adventure proved more successful. All the preliminaries in the case having been satisfactorily settled, an arrangement was made for the advertiser to meet the lady wholiad favourably re sponded to his appeal. Here is the literal copy of his letter, accepting the invitation to an interview : " Manchester, the 31st of August, 1855.—Dear Wo man —I received yours at the Guardian office of the 20th , to which I reply how that I will meet you, at the Rochdale station at 12 of the o'clock, on Thursday next, ensuing the date bereof.—N.B. You may recognise me, with a piece of writing paper something like your . note, carrying it in my right band, hanging it down at full length of the arm, by my aide.—From L. 98.—J. KAY." On the receipt of this interesting illiterate epistle, a female servant at one of the hotels in Rochdale was in duced to personate Mr. J. K.'s fair correspondent, and after a brief interview at the Rochdale railway station, where he appeared making the signal described, he con sented to accompany the lady to Tweedale's Hotel—the head quarters, it would seem, for these tender meetings. On arriving there he was received by a number of gen tlemen assembled, with such marks of attention as soon convinced him that ho was caught in a snare unmatricno nial, and he became very desirous to retire, but his friends were reluctant to lose his agreeable company so 800 D. The bellman was sent round the town with the fol lowing announcement : " On view, agentleman in want of a wife. May be seen at No. 3, Tweedale's Hotel." This brought a large accession of admiring friends, and one of the company having adroitly, and unperceived by Mr. J. Kay, stuck a white s'ar or cockade on the front of his hat, he was readily distinguished, and received his complement of undivided. attention. Visitors flocked into the room in rapid succession, each in turn lssing in troduced by a master of the ceremonies to the gentle man who had advertised for a wife. This continued till it was too much for the endurance of Mr. J. Kay ; he became ill, wept, and implored permission to depart ; and at length, after having been detained several hours, he was allowed to go, on paying for a bottle of wine to solace his tormentors. A few more such denouementa, and who would advertise for a wife ? MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.-01:1 meadow hay, 4/ 01 to 6/ 6s ; new ditto, 4110 s to 5/ 12s; old clove', N 1.06 to 61 15s ; new ditto, 41 108 to 61 Os ; and straw, 11 48.0 d to 1/ 8s Od per Load. Trade rather dull. CUMBEHLAND.-01(1 meadow hay, 41 5s to 61 613: new ditto 4/ 108 to 5/ 15s ; old Clover, 10s to 6/ 12s ; and new litto, 41 12s to 6/ Os ; and straw. 11 5s to 1/ 10s per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL. — OId meadow hay, 41 5s to 61 03; new ditto, 4/ lOs to 5/ 15s ; old clover, 4/ ICI3 to 71 Os ; new ditto, 41 15s to 61 8s; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 83 per load. Trade steady. COLONIAL. TEA.—Basiness is limited. Common sound congon is 8d per lb. SUGAR.—Although largo parcels of colonial and foreign have been declared, the holders are firm, the stocks being small and the deliveries good. In foreign several purchases have been made at very full rates, and holders require an advance. Colonial is held very firmly, and there is not much doing. Refined has been active at a further im provement. Brown lumps, 49s 6d per cwt. There were landed last week at the East and West India Docks, 145hhds 20trcs ; there were taken for home use 1,421 hbds 135trcs 555br1s, and the stock is B,3s6hhds 801 trcs 1,891 brls. COFFEE.—Native Ceylon has been firm, low good fine ord, 48s 6d to 52s 6d. In plantation Ceylon a fair business has been done. In some cases the quotations has been firmer for the better descriptions. Mocha has been in good i o at a the h3e6s. abovefor a docks near demand, and still tends upwards. There is more doing in foreign generally, and holders are looking for an advance. p la o s r t t. week A. R cargo u m. _ o f T l i eBroeo worn bas landed R 884 puns 61 hhds ; taken for home consumption, 146 puns 6 hhds ; and exported, 597 puns 41 hhds. The stock is 10,329 puns 600 hhds. AWEl—This article has been very brisk, at firm prices. American has been sold at 12s to 13s for 3 cargoes afloat, and 3,0J0 bags on the spot at 12s 3d, 50 tons of Bengal were sold at 14s 9d to 153 ' fo"r ex ship for good mid. The 4,000 bags on the spot at 14s 9d to 16s for low mid to good bold white. SALTPETRE.—The market is very steady. COTTON.—This article is held for full prices, with very little demand. TALLOW.—The market is steady, with a good demand at 56s to 56s 6d for P.Y.C. on the spot. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) tounos, Ang. 23.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; light pleasant breeze, and fine clear sunny weather. The brig Queen Victoria, of Shields, has been abandoned at sea, having sprung a leak and being in a sinking state ; crew saved and lauded at Hamburg by the Norwegian steamer Bergen. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 2G.—Wind from Ship Island (New Orleans), was in contact with a brig in the night of the 2u'th inst., and lost main-yard. HULL, Aug. 27.—Wind W. — Arrived—Vermont, from Quebec. BOSTON, Aug. 15.—The Danish brig Janette drifted into Acklins, Bahamas, 14th July, with all her crew dead and her sails loose. It is supposed that her crew were murdered the day before, as a brig was seen with a schooner alongside on that day. SIIIELDS, Aug. 27.—Wind S.—Arrived—Sir Colin Campbell, from Rio Janeiro. 13:mums; R.G., Aug. B.—The hull of a vessel, of about 500 tons, painted dark yellow, with a white bust figure head, and apparently abandoned some time, was seen, 22d July, in 33 N, 14 E. She w a s fully loaded, and ap peared to be an English vessel. The French barque Jenne Mathilde is on shore on the Redbank abandoned; cargo expected to bo saved. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived.—Ann, from Portreaux ; Belle. Shields ' • Ad venture, Lyme; Courier (s.), Jersey ; Brunswick (s.), Plymouth. Sailed—Despatch (s.), for Jersey ; Alliance (a.), Havre. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind, S.W. Arrived—Grotto, from Savannah ; Acorn, Alexandria ; Claudia, Messina ; Port Wallace, Alexandria ; Coln Catts, New Orleans. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 2G. Wind, S.S.W. __ Arrived—Ellen, from New Orleans ; Niger, Callao ; Ca roline, Genoa. DUBLIN, Aug. 27. Wind, S.W. Arrived—Native, from St. John's, N. 8.; Oporto, from Oporto. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAM.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.40 a.m. Wind, S.W. ; thin, one hours' flood ; weather fine. Arrived, Aug. 27—Violet, from Porto Rico ; Madras, Sierra Leono ; Reward, Guernsey; Peace, Girgenti ; Nile, Porto Rico ; Guadalete, Cadiz. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.2 G a.m. Wind S.S.W., fine. Passed—Pharamond, from Cardiff, for London • barque Young England, west, for north ; barque Cornball, BOY rout, for north. Sailed—Elizabeth, Mary Miller, Re.afrowshire, Augusta, with other outward bound. 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Tel. 8 10 10 9 Mexii ; an&S.Amerien. G 61 10 2 Do. New .... .. . 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Land lf 2 1 N. S. W. Coal &Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. 1 all N. B. Australasian._ $ 20 15 NAIL cf EuropeStaam 1 all Oriental Gas 1i -- b all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 2 3 / 4 2$ 50 all Penimmlar& Oriental Si) 10 Do. New .............. 2 all i Portland Iron Co ll —ls 100 60 'Royal Mail Steam •••• ... 80 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 1i -- 1 1 Ditto New. 25 all South. Austral;: , and 36 3 / 4 36i 1 all Submar. Tel. Scrip — 1 1 all sto pred - 1 5 'frusta L.Co.U.Can ••• 0 Van Diemen's JAut t -143 i LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(77IIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE HENRY BAKER. • This was a meeting for certificatl. The bankrupt was a licensed victualler, carrying on business at the Crown and Sceptre, Cumbei land-market. The bala►:ce sheet, which was prepared by Mr. Glover, Pancras•lane, commenced Dec., 1853;and ended 'May, 1855, and showed debtor to creditor, 1,1091. lls. id. ; do. secured, 1,3581. ; capital, 1201. 17s. ; profits at 25 per cent., 3331. 4s. 10d. ; credit stock, 1951. les. ; pro perty in the hands of Messrs. Whitbread and Co., who hold the lease of his premises, valued at 1,5001. ; 399?.• No opposition was offered, and his nonour awarded an' immediate certificate of the second class. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-- . (TBIS DAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. Three young females, named Sullivan, Hide, and Hart, and a lad named Murray, were brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with shoplifting. The pri soners were seen by one of the City detectives to enter' the shop of Mr. Morris, tailor, Ludgate-hill, and from their manner suspecting they were out for the purpose of plunder he watched them. They came out of Mr. Morris's shop and visited several 'others. They after wards turned down Bucklersbury and got into Thames street, when he saw the lad Murray take off his cap and put on one he had from one of the females. Ho fol lowed them to Tower-hill, where he procured the assist ance of police-constable 579, and went up to them. He asked them how many caps they had, and they gave him three. The prisoners were then tafen to the sta tion-house, where the females were searched by the female searcher. On Sullivan she found a portmonnaie with 4 duplicates ; on Hart a silk pocket handkerchief, and under Hide's clothes a cloth coat. The caps were identified as the property of Mr. Cuuningbam, hatter, 57, Cheapside, and Messrs. White and Son, 68, Cheap side, and the coat, that of Messrs. Wallace and Co., tailors, 288, Holborn-hill. Foye, detective, raid the male prisoner had given a wrong name, and he believed there was a charge still against him. The Lord Mayor complimented Green, the detective officer who apprehended them, for his vigilance in watch ing the prisoners. They were remanded for a week. 111 i 8338 851 41 25i i x d THE FETE AT VERSAILLES. The Moniteur of yesterday gives the following account of the fete at Versailles : " On Saturday night the palace of Louis XIV. recovered, as if by magic, the splendour and life which animated it in its best days. In our epoch we are called upon to behold marvels which would have appeared impossible in the greatest ages and under th e mos t g l or i ous re i gns . I n a s h or t time, when the éclat of the fetes and the noise of the cheering shall - have ceased, and when time has been given to reflect upon the bearing and signifi , cation of all that has taken place. in this full and brilliant week, the journey and visit of her Ma jesty Queen Victoria to the capital of France will be looked upon as one of those events which appear as a dream until realised. All who witnessed that enthusiastic reception, those manifestations of sin cere cordiality and deep sympathy between Sovereign and Sovereign and nation and nation, will retain a lasting remembrance which they will love to tell in their old 'age and which mark s an epoc h i n t h e existence of individuals as well as in the history of nations. " Versailles had donned its festive apparel to welcome the august guests of the Emperor. The grand court-yard of the Chateau was as light as day ; the imposing and severe profile of this grand and beautiful architecture stood out in lines of fire, and the marble statues which adorn the double grand staircase appeared astonished at all this bustle and movement. " Their Majesties entered by the marble stairs, while the invited guests entered by the Princes' staircase. Waiting and reposing rooms, boudoirs hung with blue damask and filled with beautiful flowers, had been prepared for the Queen of Eng land and Prince Albert in the apartments once occupied by Marie Antoinette. The Emperor and Empress withdrew for a few moments into their private apartments. Their Majesties then crossed the State apartments of Louis XIV., which were magnificently lit up, and the immense fireplaces of which were turned into gardens of flowers or plots of verdure. " The gallery of the mirrors offered a most dazzling coup d'ceil. At the four angles four orehes tra have been erected, consisting of 200 artistes, directed by Strauss and Dufresne. Flowers and shrubs concealed the stands of the musicians, and the harmony seemed to proceed from invisible in struments through a bower of dahlia; roses, and other flowers. Garlands hung suspended from the ceiling, and, interlaced with each other, formed the most charming decoration. Thousands of lustres and torches reflected in the mirrors threw streams of light upon the rich garments of the guests, co vered with gold and ornamented with diamonds. " On approaching the windows a more admirable sight presinted itself to view. The great sheet of water was enclosed by a series of porches, in the Renaissance style, standing out f rom th e back ground of the park in coloured wire, and joined together by an emerald trellis-work. In the centre a portal two-thirds larger than the rest, built like a triumphal arch, was surmounted with a double shield, with the arms of France and England. At the two corners to the right arid left were two other porticoes, with the initials of their Majesties. Under these brilliant arches the water sprang up in jets and fell back in cascades. The two basins formed one vast sheet of light, upon which golden dolphins, mounted by Cupids, disported, carrying circular torches a nd V ene t ian l'g'uts. " At 10 o'clock the doors of the State apartments were thrown openland their Majesties, followed by the whole Court, entered the Gallery of Mirrors. " The Queen of England leant upon the arm of the Emperor, the Empress upon that of Prince Albert ; the Princess Mathilde upon the arm of the Prince of Bavaria ; the Princess Royal upon the arm of Prince Napoleon. " Their Majesties very soon proceeded to the balcony reserved for them, in the apartments of Louis XV., to.witness the fireworks on the sheet of water called the Eau des Suisses, the signal for which was given by Count Bacciocchi, First Cham berlain and Superintendent of the Court Displays. 200 guns wore fired while the rockets and lights were fizzing through the air, or burst in sho wurs of stars of different colours; and when the cloud of smoke cleared off, and the towers and battle ments of Windsor Castle appeared on the horizon, a loud burst of applause proceeded from the spec tators. At this moment two orchestras, placed in the orangery, struck up God save the Q ueen .' " A platform, covered with Gobelins tapestry, had been erected in front of the southern façade ; the guests reached it by vast external staircases at either end, and it allowed them to behold at their ease the immense perspective spread before them. "At half-past ten the Emperor opened the ball with the Queen of England. At eleven the Court proceeded to supper in the theatre. Their Majesties' table was laid in the State box, which commands a view of all the others, which were filled with ladies. Orchestra and pit were turned into a festive ball. On all sides flowers, light -and brilliant toilettes—every where an air of satisfaction, joy, and delight im possible to describe. It was like a glance at fairy ' land. " Their Majesties left Versailles amid the warm est demonstrations of enthusiasm. After their de parture the ball was kept up till morning, and during the whole of the nightthe road was thronged with brilliant equipages conveying back the guests to Paris." The Moniteur publishes the following : " The number of letters addrvessed to her Majesty the Queen of England during her sojourn at St. Cloud was so great that it has been impossible to reply immediately to them all ; but they will be answered hereafter." NAPOLEOYS LETTER TO GENERAL PELISSIEB. The Emperor Napoleon's letter to General Pelissier deserves, for several reasons, the attention of everybody who is interested in the great events of our times. The occasion which elicited it, the circumstances un der which it was written, the events at which it glances, the wise and kindly measure which it announces, and the brilliant hopes which it invites the Allied Powers and Nations to entertain, all render it a truly striking document—the purple patch (pus pureus jeannus) on the grey monotony of the passing interea'. Let us give to these several points in their turn a mo ment's consideration. The occasion which drew forth this letter (or at least furnished the more immediate motive for writing it at that particular moment) was the battle end victory of the Tchernaya, gained, as wo ob served Lefore, on the eve of the day when the Sovereign of France was about to entertain, on his own Foil, and amidst his own palaces, the British Queen with a inv• nificence net heretofore witnessed in the modern or Christian world, and far surpassing all the glories of an ancient Roman -triumph. Concerning this point, we need say no more than merely caution the intelli gent reader not to underrate a splendid feat f arms on account of its apparent facility. Those stub born victories which most cominoely move our admira tion—because they seem extorted, as it were, from fate, and torn out of the very hands of adverse circumstances —reflect immense honour upon the valour of the mass of the conquerors; but, alas ! what do they say, in most cases, for the prudence of the successful Generals ? An easy victory is, perhaps, less splendid for the soldiery of an army, but it ought to make us think more highly of its leader. The soldiers win less glory, but then they were less tried ; and whose glory is that ? Why, the line of the Tchernaya is the longest, most straggling, most easily forced, and least easilydefended, of the various lines maintained by the Allies in the Crimea ; yet it is very good and salubrious for the troops that they should thus retain " elbow -room." General Peliesier and General La Marinora had only about 40,000 men to guard this line. The victory was, in our opinion, most glorious —as much a victory of mind, prudence, and of long-continued unrelaxing vigilance as of steadiness and intrepidity. Such was the occasion which immediately moved the Emperor of the French to write with his own hand to his brave and skilful General. The letter was written and sent amidst the festivities, or rather felicitations (for they were grave though so cordial), of our gracious Queen's visit to his Imperial Majesty. The circumstances, then, under which the letter was despatched were nearly as memorable as the occurrence which occasioned it. During the course of the splendid kindnesses of this un precedented reception, the great host is nct " absent " for one moment, in manner or seeming—nay, not absent in the characteristic earnestness of his cordiality. Yet he thinks much of the absent, and his mind reverts to the past, and turns, meditative and expectant, to stand face to face with the future hopes of his country, of Eng land, and of Europe. And here is a short and very mo dest letter, most simple and grand in its style, which o. . ' says much of both, and which will reverberate thro.oute east and west. The Emperor is tranquil res fate of his army, as an army ; but he thinks Pofeetthitrernine,dia vidual soldier—that soldier who now, for a long g rtisrown time doubled by events, has confronted a continuous file of successive antagonainstd,°v heard-of-hardships, "des fatigues i"uies. t have their under And, a n s all r tshare hat soldier's s h o i l s d g i l e o r r 's y, c t o h m e ra E d m es pe i r n or F .arsahnucesyr hrensuoys, after regiment, gradually send ing ship after ship and regimen t s o a s to give o n to replace the great army, achievements, by another equallyllnstermiouuisentf,or the first its well - earned s t furlough,anA taondbrin honour.g itT ho raeikan:f to home and to country, t 0 0 0t r h e of the Emperoars'si sees what this show s oble soldiery, and of the colossala mili usual in sympathy present Sovereign of that country,But, there -e may take an of indicating what opportunity is more than mere sentiment here •, and we ttahreYpoPllwcyerofof the practical effect of this good, kindly, o and, at the same time, deeply-consi deredmea andsur eisstliilkl more elyto be. Another stirring consideration remains. The Emperor " hopes that Sebastopol will soon fall be neath the blows of the Allies. But should that event be postponed. he has learned, from sources which he be lieves to be sure, that the Russian army will not be able to sustain themselves through the approaching winter in the Crimea." They have truly almost worn out the day ; and this accords with the impression which we had been led to indulge by various signs of stress and ex• haustion in the enemy. If this prognostic of the future be cheering, there is in the same brief document an allusion to the past which must move the heart of every reader who can recognise the bold, simple, and generous features of a heroic nature when he sees them. It is an extraordinary sentence, if Pondered with a recollection of the usual practice of crowned heads—and, above all, in positions similar to that iu which Napoleon the Third was placed at the emer gency to which he adverts. " You know, General, how much it has grieved me to be kept away from that army which has added new lustre to our eagles." The effect which such an address, containing the an nouncements of such hopes, and that soul•stirring allu sion to a past and scarcely-prevented design—the effect, we say, which this letter will produce, when read at parade to each company of the French army before Se bastopol, may be conceived without any commentary on our part. Wire cannot leave the subject without' referring to another peculiarity in the Emperor's note—we mean the genuineness, appositeness, and energy of the style. Nothing in it is factitious—nothin g conventional. Neither of these blemishes, indeed, was ever to be found in his uncle's manifestoes, and various other productions, which, according to Lord Brougham, are the model of a new, original, and impetuous kind of eloquence. But they were too flamboyant, too ostentatious, in the manner and the diction ; otherwise, they had been maim provable. They missed perfection, just by the want of that Cmsar-like and majestic simplicity which are visible in all the public addresses of his successor. Read this letter of Napoleon the Third's —or, better still, read the manifesto after the re-establishment of the Empire—and then read one of Mr. Gladstone's speeches, or an Ameri can President's message. But who reads a President's. message all through ? Not so in the case of the brief and vivid productions of the French Sovereign.—Aforning Post. Naval and Military Intelligence. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : Charles Walker, paymaster, to the Cressy ; William Dewar, paymaster, to the Tribune ; .1. C. Meagher, as siEtant,paymaster-in-eharge, to the Bloodhound ; T. K. Dennis, assistant-paymaster, to the Neptune Chas. K. Harvey, acting clerk, to the Alarm ; E. S. M. Power, acting clerk, to the Alecto ; H. Mandeville, midship man, to the Beagle. The Vixen, Commander Barnard, is reported at Woolwich, from South America, having been. on that station three years and eight months. She is last from Plymouth, whence she arrived on Sunday evening, and will be immediately docked and paid off. The 50-gun sailing frigate Raleigh was removed out of the fitting-basin at Portsmouth yesterday, and taken to harbour moorings in ordinary ' • and the Sutlej, sailing 50-gun frigate, will be removed to the ordinary to-day. The schooner Sir Thomas Mansell, which arrived at Plymouth on Sunday from Corunna, reports that the Meteor, floating battery, with the Rhadiunanthus in company, sailed thence on the 21st for the Crimea. A. detachment of 40 non-commissioned officers and privates of the Sappers and Miners are under orders to proceed to the Crimea. They are to embark in differ ent vessels about to ship the soldiers' huts, so as to un• dertake their safe and speedy delivery' on arrival there. The Ist battalions of the Coldstream Guards and Scots Fusiliers return to London to-day from the camp at Aldershott, and two battalions of the Grenadier Guards will proceed thither to fill the vacancy caused by their departure. We regret to.announce the death of Col. F. R. Blake, C. 8., of the 33d (the Duke of Wellington's) Regiment. He died en Thursday last, at Rottingdean, Sussex, where he had gone for the benefit of his health. The gallant colonel continued to serve in the camp before I Sebastopol until his shattered health, combined with a severe attack of fever, compelled him to return home. The Government have authorised Sir Joseph Paxton to organise another body of 1,000 men, to augment the Army Works Corps now in the Crimea. The additional 1,000 will be composed of mechanics and artisans, and a certain number of navvies, with superintendents and foremen, and will be accompanied by their own surgeons, and by a chaplain and scripture-reader. The principal duties of the corps will consist in erecting huts, con structing and repairing roads, and providing in other ways for the health of the troops at the seat of war. About 500 men belonging to the provisional battalion at Chatham will embark at Gravesend on the 29th and 31st int 4 , on board two ships for conveyance to Bombay and Madras. In the vessel Earl of Balcarres the follow ing men and officers of different corps will embark, viz. : -64th Foot, Ensign Halrlarn and 42 men • 74th, Ensign Thomson and 58 men ; 78th Highlanders, Ensign Kirby with 88 men ; 63d, Major Edward Steele, Lieut. H. S. Cooper, and 42 men ; Lieut. H. S. Cochraine and En sign James Creigh, and 118 men, 86th (Royal County Down). The undermentioned corps, with the number of mer. and officers, are to embark on board the ship Trafalgar-Ensigns Close, Gorton, and Elmes, with 8 men, 43d Foot ; and Capt. W. K. M'Leod, 74th High landers, with 120 men, and Ensign Macliman, 84th IterAment (York and LancaAer) for Madras. At 2 p.m. on Monday afternoon a large number of in. valid soldiers arrived at Chatham by special train from Portsmouth, consisting of the Ist Dragoon Guards, 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoons, sth Dragoon Guards, 13th Light Dragoons, 10th Hussars, 12th Lancers, Ist Foot, 3d Buffs, 4th, 7th, 9th, 14th, 17th, 18th, tb, 20th, 21st, 23d, 28th, 30th, 31st, 33d, 34th, 38th, 39th, 41st, 44th, 46th, 47th, 48th, 49th, 51st, 55th, 57th, 63d, 68th, 71st, 77th, 79th, 88th, 89th, 90th, 93d, 95th. 97th, Ist and 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade, and 14th Regiments. with 1 sergeant and 7 privates of the Ambulance Corps, and James Armstrong, Land Transport Corps, and John Taggot, of the Commissary, invalided ; making a total number of 195 invalids. 89 were from Portsmouth, and came in the Clyde steamer, and 106 were from the hos pital at Chichester, and from the hospital at Scutari. The officers who came homp with the men are Captain M. Legge, Ist Royals, who has a wo un d i n hi s c h ee k ; Lieut. G. Waddilove, 47th, with Assistant-Surgeon Sid ney Alder, 62d Regiment. About 20 of the invalids were supported by crutches, and to assist those poor fellows who were unable to walk from the railway carriages to the vans to take them to the hospital were a party of the medical staff corps who have recently returned from the Crimea, and Assistant-Surgeon Robert B. Heatley, from the General Hospital, Fort Pitt, and Lieutenant and Adjutant James Pope, Invalid Depot. Owing to the excellent arrangements the invalids were soon on their way to quarters at the Invalid Depot, and 82 were conveyed to the Supplemental Hospital, Brompton, for surgieal operations. They left Scutari on the Ist of August. On the passage died Private John Murphy, 30th Foot, and a clergyman of the name of Freeman. INCONSISTENT POLITICIANS. There are some men who take an active part in the politics of the world who seem never to have the s lightest idea of what they desire. Thus there are a set of men who profess to have an earnest desire to see the oppressed nationalities of Europe rise out of their state of oppression and be received into the great combination of European states ;—to see the Polish kingdom once more forming one of the barrier fortresses of Europe ; to see Hungary freed from the usurping despot who tramples on her liberties ; to see Italy casting off the priestly nightmare and the foreign gaoler that crushes all her energies and turns her beauty into desolation. And yet the very men who make these large professions —the men who when Russia was thought to be about to a , sist Austria against the Hungarians talked of crumpling her up like a sheet of paper—now hold a different tone and consider Russia no longer as the aggressor, but the oppressed. Those men who spoke so loudly of resuscitating the nationalities of Europe now would bold back from the slightest movement in those nationalities because some crotchet of their own cannot be carried out. Even Mr. Urquhart, who believes Lord Palmerston to have sold us to Russia, and who professes to be able almost to tell the very sum he received for his treachery, even he would rather see Russia successful in the contest than that Lord Palmerston should be at the head of affairs when Russia is thoroughly defeated and humbled. the purpose of advising the raising of a Polish legi ,l The meeting held in London a short time since, for an exemplification of this inconsistency betwee n b t h e Polish desires. The old and staunch friends of th rationally de sires of men and their knowledge of how to theeoptoain their na tion feel that a time is come when thoy great powers of England and France,_ 'rependenee against the assistance in their struggle f_ d or o l ut their nation from her hope to move the governments of Europe, gmiovraeyattbelemasetottehee despotism which has crutefir, fiat step they offer to raise position in Europe. - ea r against t e the publicg th e ne eorailooppressor. A h s, shall help to fight the battles of a Polish legion who against Austria, that " 11 t They England seek a by y d of e. Fra r n s e c s e s a i despotic states of E hands of the urope— metropolis of snore partici] , ~ the e ma xP nd to strengthen 3 y ° whose sympathies are with Russia, a certain Government ex whose a ctions are with her sympathies, while her and with the Westernare Powers. It is wished by r Poland that tnipo s r d ie e e sp ee o m ts e sh e o f u t l h d os b e e mabolne w to h i o gn ha or v e e . th ß e u li t be im rt the friends cu a strong voice should go forth from England, which t a e I n 's'Er t , alni aiansst th e neither constitutional governments Po land continually on their lips, and they say—no—ne m ies ed o i f at p e o ly . Polish le ;ion — no resuscit a ti on o f P o li s h nationality— nothing but down with P a l mers t on . A n d the Chartists and pugna c i ous peace party, by their clamour and vio lence, destroy the m ee ti ng , an d thi s o pportunity is lost of s p e aking with an authoritative voice to the Govern ments of Europe. Among the most noisy at this moe 1 obstreperous meeting were some few Poles, who unfor tunately seem to care less for their country than for their °wn peculiar opinions, who, if they cannot have a demo. cratic and social republic in Poland, seem to prefer that it should remain under the domination of Russia and Prussia and Austria, through whose Governments they have themselves been driven into exile, and their coun trymen decimated and oppressed. We pity these mis guided men ; we have nothing but contempt for the Englishmen who assisted to mislead them.—West Briton 1 and Cornwall Advertiser. EMIGRit.TION FROM THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND.—The exodus of agricultural labourers from the North of Scot land to the Canadas still continues. The second fleet of American traders will carry out above 600 emigrants from Aberdeen and neighbouring ports, making the total number from the North of Scotland and the Ork ney Islands about 3,000 persons. Agricultural labour has advanced in value, and good hands are now getting scarce.