The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-29 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday con tinned steady, and sales to the extent of 6,000 et, bales were reported. The market closed quietly. 12 Since the recommencement of business in the Rail- 50 way Share Market, after the holidays, business has 13.1 heels very dull. The Bank of En g l an d re t urn f or th e wee k en d- 31 ing December 22 is considered rather uneatisfac tory, and the changes presented are important. A 22 large diminution in the bullion was expected from 25 the active demand for gold which has recently Bt. prevailed, and the material extension of the better St. securities is accounted for by the monetary require- 50 0 rnenta necessitated by the p a y men t o f th e Turkish 80 instalment, and the preparations for the closing of 20 the annual account s . 20 10 Active Circulation £18,379,890 10 Decrease 201,470 10 Bullion Decrease 324,593 25 Rest 3,219,877 25 Increase 14,395 St. Public Deposits 5,344,753 20 Increase 916,313 St • St. . Other Deposits Decrease 81,005 25 Seven-Day and other Bills borrow 11,357 St. Government Securities 9,929,197 10 Increase 139,821 8 t- Other Securities 19,204,123 10 Increase 843,362 5° 20 Notes unemployed 6,464,705 st. Decrease 1111 91,920 10 The latest advice*: from Australia are considered St. to be of a more favourable charaCter than those re- :t: ceived for some time p as t ; an d a lth oug h no de- St. Bided movement can be reported, still there were Li! : unmistakeable symptom s o f rev i va l. A very' favourable feature was the limitation of ins- 12 I porta ; and, owing t o th e d eman d f or most ?.?,' articles from the interior having materially 16 increased, the heavy stocks were gradually 8 1- being reduced. The hi g h p r i ce o f b rea d s t u ff s which 2 0 ' bad prevailed during the past twelve months had 11k : caused considerable inconvenience to those who e t. bad not secured con s t an t emp l oymen t , b ut the 20 labour market was in a more satisfactory condition, ak , and for agricultural lab o u r a d vance d ra t es o f wages NO were offered. From the mining districts the re- 5 0 ports are generally encouraging. At Ballarat the g diggers were inconvenienced by excessive water, 25 but several new discoveries had in other localities Bt. recently been made. 25 i2e In the Sydney letters, .however, the state of l i O t trade is less f a v oura bl y repor t e d upon, and it is at. mentioned that there was a "perfect stagnation in 50 • every branch of business, and a growing want of 1 2 0 8 confidence which rendered it most difficult to die- 26 pose of goods." It was considered that, owing to :0 the excessive dulness, some further failures would be announced, and notwithstanding the building trade St. had lately been so satisfactory, three or four builders bad been obliged to succumb. The alto- 16 rations in the tariff continued to cause much dis 16 - iotisfaction, and there wore expectations that when 8 the Council to be elected under the new Constitu- / 2 3 1- tional Act entered u p on th e i r d ut i es, some modifi- 25 cations of the imposts which had been placed 50 upon the necessarie s o f lif e wou ld b e ma d e. St. St. It is announced in the foreign financial news 10 that Lord Clarendon has transmitted a copy of the notice recently issued by the Stock Exchange, to the diplomatic agents of Great Britain throughout the continent, in order that they may give all due publicity to it. It was by this means that the de oument was published at Hamburg ; and it is ex pected that the same will be done at Berlin, if it leas not already taken place. At Paris, the Syndic Chamber of the Bourse, which is similar to the London Stock Exchange Committee, have decided upon a similar resolution to the one already no ticed, viz. :—That the New Russian Loan shall not be quoted on the Paris Bourse, and that the nego tiation.of shares for a similar purpose by the agents elf the Bourse is specially interdicted. On the Paris Bourse, yesterday, there was some fluctuation in the prices. At the opening the French Funds and other securities ruled at the fuller quotations of the previous day, but towards the close of the market they became heavy, with a downward tendency, and the 4} per Cent. Routes declined 25c., or I per cent. This was principally caused by the speculators for the rise selling largely, owing to an expected diminution in prices at the close of the month, in consequence of less faith be ing placed in the pacific rumours which have been circulated during the week. The Railway Market was without animation, and prices receded. Shares of the Credit Mobilier Bank fell 5f., and other securities were dull. 20 20 10 10 St. St. St. 50 20 24) 20 25 The Funds have been without any variation of consequence, but rather a firmer feeling has pre vailed. Consols have been 888 all the morning. The Now 3 per Cents. have ruled at 88g to 89, and the Reduced at 88i Bank Stock brought 205 to 206. Exchequer Bills declined to Bs. and I. discount, and India Bonds to 9s. and Bs. dis count, cawing to the active demand for money and the high rates current. Foreign Stocks have again been exceedingly in active. Turkish 6 per Cents. have advanced nearly per cent., namely, to 83 3 / 4 aid 831, and the New Scrip has been firmer at 3 discount. Mexican 3 per Cents. have reached 20, and Dutch 4 per Cent. Certificates 94i, but ditto 4 per Cent. Bonds have been at 931. • The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 7; Mexican, 19 ; Peruvian, 74 6 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 52 4; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 48 50 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 7 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 88 90 ; Spanish S per Cents., 40k ; ditto Deferred, 21} ; ditto Certificates, 41 ; ditto Passive, 7 71. Railway Shares have been firmer, and dealings have slightly increased. Caledonian have risen 55., and most of the others are at rather fuller rates. Foreign lines have again been quiet, but Great Western of Canada have risen ss. In Mining and Miscellaneous Shares no changes of importance ha►e occurred. BRITIBH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (Prom the o)'iciest Litt.) Rnlimns done. Bank Stock a per cont. Rednced Annuities BBi New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO 8 Consols for Account BBi Exchequer Sills, 24d. £l000 11=11 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO( E. Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Turkish Honda, 6 per cent — Ditto for the Account B3} i Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent. Ditto Aceount . Dividends en thefabove payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent., 12 Gull — Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates . 94; 5 Ditto Account _ Ditto 4 per Cont. (April and 1 Oct.) Two O'CLOCK. Consols BS 1 Mr. George Crnikshank, the artist, has aot, as was stated a few days ago, left England for America. Mr. Walter Savage Laador, in a letter to the Times, nrges the Proposal of a testimonial to the gallant de fenders of Kars. ADIIIIIISTRATIFE RISFORM. —A public meeting was held last night at the Beaumont Institution, Mile-end, in furtherance of the above object. The meeting was addressed' by S. Morley, B ig ., Mr. Gassiot, and Mr. R. Moore. Resolutions in conformity with the object of the meeting were agreed to unanimously. SALE OF LAND.—The estate of Monkrig, about a mile from Haddington, belonging to the trustees of the late Hon. Capt. Keith, has, we understand, been purchased by ex-Provost More of Haddington. The price, includ ing the stocking on the home farm, was about 17,000/. THE SUPERANNUATION PETITION, D l:111LIN. —N ot with standing th e grea t anx i ety apparently displayed in get ting the petition for the abolition of the superannuation tax as nume rous l y s i gne d as possible, no paper ha s y et been submitted to the War Department, Dublin, for sig nature. Is it yet too late !—Civil Service Gafette. The new convict prison in course of erection at Chat ham has already cost about 200,000/., and, it is sup posed, will accommodate 1,000 prisoners -200/. a piece. At the BankruptCy Court, yesterday, the examination of Adam Glen, late proprietor of the Bear Hotel, Picca dilly, was adjourned for a month. The unsacurod debts a mount to about 6,0001. 40 60 25 20 100 100 100 20 23 U?. Illowing to the J. 2.• e hopes this In• reserve le is to re force formed 00,00 0 ce, the ry an d 000 to simple/ dent'," Ay* to lit of prod• coneti iucing it can of in flier'', ggoge :e the warde ;renal- Int •f ~~'' SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. 4 hr. 'Paid.' RAILWAYS. 100 Aberdeen........ ...... 81 Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct... all Belfast & Ballymena. all Binning. Wolverh 4 Stour Valley 29i Birke.ihd. Lancet 6 . Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons 19 Do., £2O all Rlyth &Tyneorigina £25 (issd. at £45, 00 Bristol and Exeter... 00 Caledonian . 61s. Carm. and Cardigan al. Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon.. , all Cork, Black, 4 Pass 18 Cornwall all Do. A 8 Do. B 1i Crieff Junction 45 Duulin&BelfaetJnnc, all Dun. P. 6 Aber. Jnc. all Do. Ntw 100 East Anglian all Eastern Counties.. /00 East. Union, A RI 100 De., B. Moist 8i 0., New A 7i East Kent 'lOO East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow all Edinb. and Peebles.. 100 Edin.Prth drDnady 9 Forth & Clyde Jut; all Furness all Do. Extension....., 100 lasgow& S. West - , all Great N. of Scotlnd. 00 'Great Northern ... . 00 I Do., A. Stock ...... . 00 Do., B. Stock )0 Gt. Sth. &West.are.; 00 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rag (Ina. Stk all Irish South-Eastern , all Lancaster k Carlisle 1 1411D0., Thirds 7 Do. Nov Thirds 00 Lancash. and Yorksli all all Londonr,i v.Cr s b t y , . Do. Wst.RidingUn Blackwal S°itit 00 Lond. Bright & S.Cst. 00 Lend. and N. Westn. 16 Do. Fifths 5i 1 1)0.101.5h.,M&8...0 2Do. Eighths.... ..... 1 London andS. Westn. 473 Do., £5O 38 Do., £4O. l all 1 Lndudrry&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shet&Lincln alDo. i Shares, No. 1 82s. Do., Man. & Lin. Un 1 Metropolitan 100 Midland 100 o. Birmng. & Derby all Sfidld. G. West. (Ire.) all Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle all Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 8: Newry &Enniskillen t W st;e7o c r n . P . ° .. i . n . l all N a e n wry a Ro 100 Norfolk 3i Northn.Connties 13 n 100 North British all North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., li A Deferred_ all Do., i B Guaranteed 100 N. tai . tern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G.N.E. ?nroh all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York 100 North London 31 L N.kS.Wstrn.,llamp atoad, and City Jn.. 1 1 7.. North Staffordshire.. all North Western all N. le S. West rn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester 100 Ox, Wore.. & Wolv 8 Portsmouth 100 ikot.tish Central too SoottishMidland 100 Shropshire Un'on al South Devon 100 uth Eastern all South Wales 15 5. Yrkeh. d< Riv. Dun 5 Do 11 Stainem,Wok. kWok ail itockton k Darlin 16; Stockton dg Ilartlepl. 100 Taff Vale 100 Do. Pref., No. 1.., 21i Thames Hay. D.& R 1 . Ulyerstone & Lancs all Vale of Noath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limonels all West Cornwall. 8 West End of London and Crystal Palace all Do. I ....... 3 Do. B all West London. all Winabledn lz Croydon 67 Si 5 11i 44i 92 Clostar Prlen yesterda3 . 22 - 23 3 1 - 3 7i -- 8 16 - 15 13 - 14 9 - 8 79 - 81 544 - iii - ii ••• •• .•• '"". •e 5 - 4 6i - 7. 11 - 12 81- 8, 27 - 29 17 - 19 69 - 70 604 - gli 9i - 17 - 18 •• ...... 80 - 81 6 - 7 87i - 88: 74 -- 75 Ll 9 -- 121 [O2 - !04 52 521 70 - 15 6 - 6 -- 7 I 76i - 771 - 61 93 95 94 - 944 La - w 84)e els 111' -- 7 6i 6i ••• ..... •• - 2.3 - - - 38 •N ~ •~i *so - 94 - - 44 29 • o• "."' ••• - 4i - 12 45 3 / 4 - 97 - Ei - St - 24 108 75 44 12 —57 i 3t4 3d pal Ens nous dor e St. yesterday St 551 314 5 2d 33 - •• 'i :- , • --. Po -""'" , • ..• ••• '''' FOREIGN. all Antwerpa 'tort , rdam 40 Do. 5 p.e. Oblgs. in Sh. at par till '641 10 Ardennes . F.avtn. Junc 10 Beziers to Graiesessai 4i Bombay, Barodn, an• Central India,Scril all Do. all Demerara 11 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. Now all East Indian, g. sp. c 10 Do. Eytension all Do. do. do., '59, do.. 20 Gd. Tk of CanadaA is all Do. St. Lawrence k Atlantic do. 70 Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. 0., do. 10 Gt. Central of Fran :c all Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent al Do. New 5 por cent all Do. Extensions 13 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations all Gt.WesternofCanad Shares 5} Do. New... all Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55.. all Do. do., '62, p. '56 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73, without option all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 17 Lake Const. & Basle all Lierr• and Tarnhout 10 Lyons and Genova 14 Lyons ds Mediterran all Madras 10 Do. New all IMaria Antonia all IDo. do. New all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France. all D 0.201. She all Do. 201. 3 p. o Bele (fmy. B. & Am s. She. ) all NorwegianTrunkPre 16 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen..... 15 ParisCaen & Cherbrg all De 6 Rene and Frascati all Ronan and Havre all Royal Danish 5 Royal Swedish all i Do. Obligations all Sambre and Memo_ all Do. 5i p. cont. Pref. ss. Scindo all Do all Southern of Franck 16 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders all Do 5i per c. Prof_ IS Western of France all D 0... ali Zealand JOINT-8' all ttiastralasia 50 Bank of London all Bri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C. all nritish N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Aeie 4 Clutd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & Chine 50 City 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lond all Eng.Scot.&A.ne.Cht all Lond. Chart. Bk. or Australia 5 Ditto Now 20 Loudon and County 50 Lud.&E.Bnkg. Corp 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond. z Westminster 35 National Pro.of Eng 10 Do. New 221 National of 'reload all New South Wales all . Oriental Bank of 25 I pr„ Co vi rp n o eia rat i o t°n f Ireland, all Lo. New 1 Royal Anstraln.Bkg & Gold Imp C0....1 50 Royal British all South Australia all Union of Australia 2i Do. New ......... 10 . Union o' London .... I 74 - S ••• ••• 3 S - i- i 1 1 - 34i - 351 9 - 10 p - 21 6 - 21} 9i - V‘! 16 - 17 62 67 82 87 3 3 iP 5k par ip i - 4 21 - 24 - 25 21 - 2ip 98 - 100 115 - 120 116 - 120 104 106 23 - 24 112 - 117 ... - 7i - 181 - / - .1 4 - 3 } - 12 - ••• 6 - 7 45 - 45, U - 46 ... - ... ... - pm - 2 - 2j 21 - 2i 8 - I - ip • ••• ... ..'... pm 3i - 4 ... - 1 29i - 30 iii - iiil BA-NIKB. 90 • - ! , 2 57 - 59 1i .d 63 .f;;j ••• ••• 16i 17 \ 15i 164 3 -- 23 d par 2p ... '''' ... .r - «. 39 : 41 37 39 63 b 4 .. ..... ... ••• "'"' ev 40 - 42 73 - 75 8 9 30 c 31. IP. .... /7 J d _ THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1855 THE MURDER IN THE MINORIES. SPORTING NOTES. IPald.l RAawari. L.,ala COinpans C ocu. r,e yester lay . youter CONFESSION OF TUE MURDERER—LATEST PARTICULARS —(THIS DAY.) Yesterday evening the prisoner Corrigan, who had been in a low and desponding state of mind since his ad mission into the House of Detention, Cerken well, re quested one of the gaolers to supply him with pens, ink, and paper, which were accordingly handed to him, as he (the prisoner) wished to write a letter to his sister-in law, who has the care of the four children, at No. 10, Selby-street East, Waterloo•town, where it is expected they will remain for a few days until something can be arranged for their protection. The prisoner completed a letter, which he directed to " Mrs. How, 10, Selby-street East, Bethnal-green." The document was posted last night by his own request, and reached its destination this morning. The following is a verbatim copy of the communication, which may be legally termed a confession : " "House o f D e t ent i on, Friday Afternoon. Dear Betsy,—With a broken heart I write to ask you to take all care you can of my poor dear children till I can make bOlllO arrangement with say friends, Do not pay my rent out of that trifle I left you. Please God, they will be able to get up a benefit at the theatre, or some place, and I expect there will be 6/. for tke funeral. You must get it done as cheap as possible, but do not slight . the remains of my poor dear murdered wife. Oh, Betsy, if you know the anguish of my mind. I have no rest night or day now that I have Come to my senses. Oh, Betsy, save me a lock of my poor Louisa's hair, now she is gone. I would give anything to undo what I have done. Bo kind to my poor helpless children, and the Great God that I trust to for mercy for my crime will reward you. When you come up with my child, bring my blue waistcoat, and take the one I have got on away with you ; you must get the most you can upon it for the children. Please to bring me a collar or two, and also my black neck-tie. "If you can carry baby with you, I shall be glad to see her. Ohl Betsy, forgive me for what I have done, and beg of your f a th er t o do so too. None of your feelings, b'sd as they are, can be like mine ; as I era the cause of all. ODDS AND ENDS. The period of inactivity in the sporting world will shortly be brought to a clove, and turfites will resume their operations. Next week will be published the nominations for the principal Spring Handicaps and other leading events, and the racing prospects for the season '56 will be then pretty clearly unfolded. At Manchester, too, the New Year will be inaugurated as usual with a Steeplechase Meeting, which, owing to the recent " open weather," is likely to be tolerably suc cessful. The acceptances have only been placed beforo the besting fraternity this morning, and no speculation has yet taken place on any of the events appointed for decision. Indeed the Darby alone engrosses attention in the Turf Market, and on that the operations are nei ther extended nor important. The partisans of th• White wall Stable remain firm hi their adherence to Fly-by-Night, who is also in some request for the Two 92 P 4 el 98 132 - lii • •• ....." . 163 165 12i - 13 TO iiis Thousand. For the "double event" indeed he has been freely backed. Should his owner run him at New market he will be admired for his " pluck " as in all probability Yellow Jack, Milton, Polmoodie, Porto Rico, and one or two other animals of merit, will enter the lists to oppose him. Should the horses mentioned start, the Two Thousand will occasion a race of extraor dinary interest. Opinions are divided respecting Yel low Jack's Derby pretensions ;and his stable companion, the Coroner, is evidently the public horse. So 59114 Oulston. Nuf fed, as the Yankees have it. Ellington is a rising favourite ; he has a powerful party, who sup port him in the Turf Market with considerable spirit. There will be time enough to enter into a discussion of the Derby chances when speculation becomes more set tled and determined. To use a familiar phrase, it is at present impossible to say " what the game will be." A heavy blow and sore discouragement have again been dealt to the supporters of the Prize Ring by the Coroner's inquest on the body of Jones, who was re cently killed in a fight by Madden. A verdict of man slaughter has been returned against Madden, Sayers, Noon, and "Sweeny." From the inquiry it would ap pear that Jones did not meet hie death actually from a blow struck by Madden, but that his death was greatly accelerated by excitement. It also appeared that up to the last fatal round Jones had all the best of the fight. By turning over the pages of the recently published Aura Guide to the Turf, the experiences of the past sea son will be pleasantly renewed. From this work we gather that, during the year just ending, one hundred and forty-seven race meetings were celebrated in England alone. Admirers of " statistics " may also find it inter esting to learn that there are in England and Ireland one hundred and fifty-6ve pr,ifessional trainer., or per sons who get their living only by training race horses 24 - 2i •) - 91 par t 5 130 7, - g 3; - 2i ... - 30 - E 1 - "If you cannot come to-morrow (Saturday), you oust come on Monday. If you can bring me a little butter, I shall be glad. " Give my love to father and my sisters, and accept the same yourself from your heart-broken and wretched bro ther-in-law, " T. COREIGAY. " P.S.—You must try and come at twelve o'clock." This communication was forwarded this morning at 11 o'clock to Inspector Gernon, at the police-station, Leman-street, Goodman's.fields Whitechapel, by M rs . How, with a view of obt a i n i ng the snm of 183.81, which Corrigan had in his pocket when the murder was perpe trated. Inspector Gernon without delay waited upon Mr. Ingham, the magistrate at the Thames Police-court, Arbour-square, Stepney, in reference to the matter, and the worthy gentleman gave directions to Inspector Ger non to hand over the money to Mrs. How fir the use of the four poor children, who, it is expected, will be r; moved to Bethnal-green workhouse. The body of the murdered woman still remains in the dead-house of Aldgate Churchyard, but it is fully be lieved that the deceased will be buried on Monday next, at the Victoria-park Cemetery. Inspector Gernon, at noon to-day, w as still una bl e to trace the place where the fatal knife was purchased by the prisoner, and many cutlers are of opinion that the weapon must have been bought in the street off a hawker. The information which is contained in " the Guide " is varied, and is arranged on a simple but methodical pla❑ withal; whilst the work is printed with that typographi cal neatness for which it has been long distinguished. Mr. Langley, the editor, has discharged his duty of com piling the materials for the book and superintending its publication with his customary care and ability. Dec. 29. A FRESH MAN. The letters, which were found yesterday morning in prisoner's desk, at the East India Warehouse, Leaden hall•street, are of a highly important character, and they will be handed over to Mr. Ingham for his perusal. Mrs. Burton, who was stabbed in the right arm by Corrigan on the night of the murder, is in a weak and dangerous state from shock to the system and loss of blood. 101 Bedford and Blot rhley 100 Buckgharesh. 'OO Clydesdal e ,Jc. all Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. 100 E. Lin. s'.6 Pc all E. Un, H. Sh, too Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct 100 Do. all Gllstr.&Dn.Fr all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway all Hull & Selby all Do. Shares. all Do. Shares. all Lon.&Greenw all Do.Freferenve 100 Lon., TH., &S. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. tOO Do. 6 per et. all Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock all Middleslsro . & Itedear. . 1.00 Midld.Bradfd 54 Newmarket Bury Eaten.,, all N.& Est.s p.c. all Do. 6 per et. all Do. Fixeds p all Prest. & A y:e all Do. 6hrs, A 110 Roystn.& Hit. 18; Shef.Rocn and Goole g. 5 p.c. all Shrews.&ffer. S. Staffordsh. all Wear Valleygr 6 per cent... all Do.. 00 I W'ilts,V,omrst , PREFE BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-FRIDAT. - - ---- • Although there was a moder a t e attendance- at the Post office Hotel to-day, and numerous offers to do busi ness, nothing of material importance transpired. 200 to 60 was laid against Fly-by-Night for the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, 17 to 2 was offered on the field for the Derby, and more than 20 to 1 cfmld not be obtained against Coroner for the Chester Cup. Two THOUSAND GUINEAS. 200 to GO aget Fly-by-Night (taken) 5 to 1 bar one offered CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 eget Coroner (offered) DEBBY. 17 to 2 on The Field (offered) DESCRIPTION OP THE HIGHLANDS. (From Macaulay's Ilittory.) It is not easy for a modern Englishman, who can pass ,n a day from his club in St. James's-street to his shoot ing-box among the Grampians, and who finds in his shooting-box all the comforts and luxuries of his club, to believe that, in the times of his great grand fathers, St. James's-street had as little connection with the Grampians as with the Andes. In the south of our island scarcely anything was known about the Celtic part of Scotland ; and what was known exeited no feel ing but contempt and loathing. The crags and the glens, the woods and the waters, were indeed the same that now swarm every autumn with admiring gazers and sketchers. The Trosachs wound as now between gigan tic walls of rook tapestried with broom and wild roses. Foyers came headlong down through the birchwood with the same leap and the same roar with which he still rushes to Loch Ness ; and, in deSance of the sun of June, the snowy scalp of Ben Cruechan rose, as it still rises, over the willowy islets of Loch Awe. Yet none of these sights bad power, till a recent period, to attract a single poet or painter from more opulent and more tranquil regions. Indeed, law and police, trade and try, have done far more than people of romantic disposi tions will readily admit to develop in our minds a sense of the wilder beauties of nature. A traveller must be freed from all apprehension of being murderel or starved before he can be charmed by the bold outlines and rich tint of the hills. He is not likely to be thrown into ecstasies by the abruptness of a precipice from which he is in imminent danger of falling two thousand feet per pendicular ; by the boiling waves of a torrent which sud denly whirls away his baggage, and forces him to ruu for his life ; by the gloomy grandeur of a pass where he finds a corpse which marauders have just stripped and mangled ; or by the screams of those eagles whose next meal may probably be on his own eyes. About the year 1730, Captain Burt, one of the first Englishmen who caught a glimpse of the spots which now allure tourist from every part of the civilised world, wrote an account of his wanderings .He was evidently a maa of a quick, an observant, and a cultivated mind, and would doubt less, had he lived in our age, have looked with mingled awe and delight on the mountain' of Inverness-shire. But, writing with the feeling which was universal is his own age, ho pronounced those mountains monstrous excrescences. Their deformity, he said, was such that the most sterile plains seemed lovely by com parison. Fine weather, he complained, only made bad worse ; for the clearer the day the more disagreeably did those misshapen masses of gloomy brown and dirty purple affect the eye. What a contrast, he exclaimed, between these horrible prospects and the beauties of Richmond-hill. Some persons may think that Burt was a man of vulgar and prosaical mind ; but they will scarcely venture to pass a similar judgment on Oliver Goldsmith. Goldsmith was one of the very few Saxons who, more than a century ago, ventured to explore the Highlands. He was disgusted by the hideous wilder ness, and declared that he greatly preferred the charm ing country round Leyden, the vast expanse of verdant meadow, and the villas with their statues and grottoes, trim flower beds, and rectilinear avenues. Yet it is dif ficult to believe that the author of the "Traveller" and of the " Deserted Village" was naturally inferior in taste and sensibility to the thousands of clerks and milliners who are now thrown into raptures by the sight of Loch Katrina and Loch Lomond. His feelings may easily be explained. It was not till roads bad been cut out of the rocks, till bridges had been flung over the courses of the rivulets, till inns had succeeded to dens of robbers, till there was as little danger of being slain or plundered in the wildest defile of Badenoch or Loehaber as in Corn hill, that strangers could be enchanted by the blue dimples of the lakes and by the rainbows which over hung the waterfalls, and could derive a solemn pleasure even from the clouds and tempests which lowered on the mountain tops. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Dec. 29.—Wind thla day at noon, N.W. ; ight breeze •nd fine. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Arrived.—City of Limerick, (g.), from London ; 10e spatch (s.), Jersey; Alliance (a.), Havre. Sailed—Chester, for Port Soy; Wonder (1.), Jersey; Akadanta (s.), Havre. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind S. Arrived.—City of Washington, from Marseilles ; Nia gara (s. t.), Kingstown. QIDIENSTOWN, Dec. 27. Wind E., light. Arrived.—Selina, from Baltimore; Louisa, Athens; Cassar, Casabianea ; Mary and Elisabeth and Oliveira, St. Michael's ; Liburna, Earl of Durham, and Amelia Mary, Alexandria ; Saxon King, Mauritius ; Silistria, Callao ; Odin, hiyria. _ _ _ Sailed—Sapphire and Beta, for Antwerp. DUBLIN, Deo. 28. Wind, South. Arrived—Reform, from Leghorn. (BY SUBMARINE ANI) BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.50 a-m- Wind S.S.W.; tide, 4i hours' ebb; weather, light and fin*. Ai rived—Ann, from D un ki r k ; Florencia, Havre. Sailed—Mary, for Newfoundland. DEAL, Saturday, 9.45 &an. Wind S.S.W., moderate. Passed—Calcuta, screw steam-transport, from Eastward to Westward. Anchored—Espendola, from London, f°l. C6rdil; Bela' nand, from London, for Constantinople. Sailed—Corsair's Bride, for Algoa Bay. Mr. Samuel Gurney, accompanied by Miss Gurney, Sir Edward North Buxton, Bart., and other branches of his fatuity, left his seat, Upton Park, two months since, for a tour on the Continent, for the benefit of his health, which we (Chelmsford Chronicle) learn, from the last accounts ' is not so favourable as his friends could wish. On th e occasion of the Christmas Festival in Paris, a grand dinner was given by his Excellency Lord Cowley. The rooms that bad been recently decorated for the re ception of ber Majesty were thrown open. Nothing could exceed the beauty of the coup drceil. Among the guests, about 40, was the venerable Lord Lyndhurst. CRYSTAL PALACL—SHILLING DAY, DR°. 28.—Ad• missions on payment, 1,698; ditto by season tickets, 439 ; total, 2,187. POLICE COMMITTEE.—(This Day.) (Before Mr. Alderman Carter.) Mr. Hunt, landlord of the Rockingham Arras, Hosier lane, was summoned for permitting card playing i❑ his house on the 22d inst. It appeared, from the evidence, that a man went to the police-station on the above night and complained that he had been robbed of his watch by four men, with whom he bad been playing skittles and cards in the de fendant's house that evening. On police•sergeant Dewr love going to the house he found no one playing at cards, but a pack •f earl] and a cribbage-board were on the table, and on the information of the man he took two men into custody on suspicion of stealing the watch. Subsequently it transpired that the robbery of the watch was a mistake, and the men were liberated. The defendant admitted there had been card playing amongst a few of his customers, who were neighbours, for a pint or two of beer, but there had been no gam bling. He was not aware he was doing wrong in per mitting it. Mr. Alderman Carter fined him 105. and expenses, and cautioned him as to his future conduct. There were only three complaints entered for hearing against publicans in the City for the Christmas week. POLICE INTELLIGENCE —(This Day. MANSION-HOUSE. • A stylishly-dressed young man, with a moustache, giving the name of Benjamin, was charged before Alder man Wire, with assaulting Mr. James Phillips, mer chant, of 16, George-yard, Mansion-house. It appeared from the evidence that the defendant had been in the employ of the complainant. Yesterday afternoon the defendant went to the complainant's office and asked for some books he had left there. The ser vants informed Mr. Phillips of it, who desired the de fendant should wait. Shortly after the parties met, when unpleasant words passed between them relative to an alleged claim the defendant had on the complainant, the result of which was a scuffle between them, and the assault complained of took place. Alderman Wire said that from all he had heard, the defendant had a right to go to the complainant's count- Ing-house for his books, but not to commit an assault on the complainant. He thought the justice of the case would be met by fining the defendant se. and costs, and his entering into recognisances to keep the peace for three months. GUILDHALL. Henry Jackson, linen draper, of Eton, was brought up in custody of Inspector Mitchell, of the Oakham Con• stabulary, and charged before Alderman Copeland with felony. M. Dupree, who appeared for the official assignee, said the present proceedings were instituted by order of Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque, and the chargei were for felony and not surrendering to his bankruptcy. The prisoner had been brought from Oxford gaol, where he was undergoing a sentence of 12 months' imprisonment unconnected with the bankruptcy. Evidence having been given of the adjudication (7th March, 1854), the publication of the bankruptcy, and the non-.surrender of the bankrupt, The prisoner was remanded for further examination. MARYLEBONE. DESPERATE ASSAULT ON A LICENSED VICTUALLER, —lnn. Price, a labourer, well known to the police as a most violent character, was charged before Mr. Long with the following desperate outrage at the Duke of Grafton, New•road. Mr. John Brown, the landlord, stated that about 4 o'clock the previous afternoon, the prisoner came in front of the bar, and as he was under the influence of liquor he requested that he would leave. He asked for some gin, bet complainant refused to serve him. The prisoner upon this became much excited, and made use of such threats that complainant was compelled to have all the glasses, rte., removed from the bar. This having been done, he, the prisoner, several times attempted to strike him, when, upon not succeeding, he observed that he would come round and serve him out. He also threatened that he would do violence to any member of his (complainant's) family that he met. Complainant, in consequence, directed the members of his family to go into the parlour, when upon their entrance into it he locked the door. Complainant sent out for a police man, but not one could be found. After about an hour's search for one in vain, complainant procured a cab and proceeded to the station-house. He returned with two policemen, when he found the prisoner held by four men. After a desperate struggle with the police he was bound down on a stretcher, and was on that carried to the station-house. Mr. Long—Did he ever threaten you before I Complainant--He has, your worship, many ti mes . He is the terror of the whole neighbourhood. Yester• day he threatened that he would have the lives of all my family, and all the b--- police be could get hold of. Gkoddard, A 302, said that the prisoner kicked him on the shin of the right leg as he was taking him into custody. (The policeman showed one of the wounds on his shin.) S 33, Sergeant of police, Rho assisted in apprehending the prisoner, said that he was one of the most desperate characters that the police had to deal with, and that he had been several times convicted for assaults en the police, and that he bad only lately been discharged from the House of Correction, where he had been six weeks for an assault upon the complainant. The prisoner was sent to the House of Correction for a month, with hard labour. ASSAULT ON COMMISSIONER EVANS.—Yesterday a drunken man entered the Bankruptcy Court, and threw two oranges at Mr. Commissioner Evans. One of the oranges struck his honour's head. He was taken into custody. SHOCKING CRUELTY.—Last night an inquest was bold at St. Thomas's Hospital, on the body of li2mma Walker, aged two years, whose death, it was alleged, had been caused by her father and stepmother. The evidence went to show that the greatest cruelty had been exer cised towards her by her unnatural parents, who had been in the habit of violently beating tho unfortunate child, and also depriving it of proper nourishment. A verdict of manslaughter was returned against the father and stepmother. THE CAPE COLONT.—Mr. Woodford Pilkington, the city engineer of Cape Town, has been selected by the governor as engineer to the government of British Kaf fraria. The object of his appointment is to superintend the erection of the necessary works contemplated by Sir G. Grey for the pacification of the Kafir frontier. It is said that the Hon. Mr. de Wet intends shortly resuming his practice as barrister in the Supreme Court. The lieu tenant-governor has appointed Jas. Fichat, Esq., resi dent magistrate of Bathurst in the division of Albany, to fill, in conjunction with his present appointment, the office of sub-collector of customs at the newly-proclaimed free port, the "Kowie Mouth," situated in the same divi sion. Mr. D. J. Aspeling has been permitted to prac tise as notary public in thie colony, —Civa Service Onette. - 4:s - ivitrb Ebttion SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 23d have been re ceived. In consequence of some of the newspapers baying represented Barcelona as being in an alarm ing state, the Gazette declares that the Government does not fear any disturbances, as it has collected large forces in that city, and is determined to cause the sword of the law to fall without pity on all who may attempt to disturb order. Three gentle men of the moderado party have been exiled, viz., MNI. de Mora, Llorente, and Calva. The semi-official Madrid journal, the Nacion, of the 20th, publishes the following letter from the j Infante Don Henry to the Queen : " Madam,— I learn that I have had the misfortune of being suspected of having, either by writing or verbally, expressed sentiments contrary to the respect and loyal adliesi in which I owe to your Majesty, as one of your fret subjects, and one of your nearest relatives. This accusation is quite unfounded. I have never, Madam, forgotten the duties imposed on me in my quality of gentleman and Spaniard, and have never ceased to offer up to Heaven prayers for the prosperity of your Majesty, and that Providence will prolong your life and reign, and make all Spaniards, and me among the first, rally round the throne, which is the symbol of the liberties and the traditions of our country. If ambitious and hostile men have dared to represent me in any other light, may your Majesty deign to accept from me this sincere protest, and be convinced of its good faith by seeing it signed, Madam, by your respectful subject and eausin, " HENRY MARIA DE BOURBON." THE NOBTS SIDE OF SEBASTOPOL. The following letter from before Sebastopol, of ,he 7th, gives some account of the fortifications which the Russians are now executing on the northern side of the harbour : " I cannot say what advantage the Russians expect to derive from all the works which they are constructing on the north side of Sebastopol; but they are certainly most actively engaged on them, and there is not a hil lock, a creek, or any position, however insignificant it may be, that is not secured by a battery, or a redoubt. I will endeavour to give you some details of these works, beginning at Fort Constantine, at the entrance of the port. The summit of the Plateau Constantine is now covered by a fortification to which it would be difficult to give a technical name; it is a pile of batteries and counter batteries, of cavaliers and redoubts united togas ther, to Fort Constantine, by numerous covered ways. In the rear of Fort Constantine is a small bay, in which there are several large storehouses. There are two bat teries at the bottom of this bay, and the Russians are now engaged in constructing a third. After Fort Constantine Comes Fort Catherine, constructed, like it, of granite, with a double row of casemates and embrasures. It has been strengthened by fresh earthworks, and the upper part—that is to say, the terrace—is filled with guns en barbette and heavy mortars. This fort is in the form of an oblong square, with the corner opposite the port, rounded off, while the other corner on the same side is flanked by a large crenelated tower. The part towards the land is defended by two strong towers, large ditches, and a horn-work, situated on a small tongue of land which runs out towards the port. Two earthworks, having 15 guns, have been thrown up on the right and left of the fort. A little above this fort, on an intermediate plateau, is another strong battery, and on the summit of the plateau is a large construction which serves as a sort of advanced work to the citadel. Between this fortification and those mentioned at the commencement of my letter th ere i s a - redoubt mounted with guns of very heavy calibre. After Fort Catherine there is another point on which the Russians have cut out in the earth and rock a series of fortifications on a most gigantic scale, the whole point being, in fact, metamorphosed into a citadel. There appear to be here several rows of batteries, then barracks for the troops, and- then more batteries. In the rear of this point may be seen some small clusters of houses or stores, and some small vesse!s lying on the shore. The beach is defended by a strong battery which extends all round the bay, as far as Fort Severnaya, which is of itself an assemblage of batteries placed one over the other, and defended on the land side by a large ditch. To the right of Severnaya are some sunken steamers, and then another village or collection of bar racks and storehouses, protected by two batteries. All these are commanded by the citadel, which has been so much increased that all that formerly existed is now concealed behind the immense work recently executed. As I have already mentioned, the activity of the Rus sians is most surprising. Every day bodies of from 2,000 to 3,000 men leave the :citadel, and pro ceed to their work. For some days past they have been occupied in raising some of the sunken vessels, but whe ther this is done for the purpose of getting timber, or with other intentions, it is impossible to say. They have still some fishing smacks and smaller boats, and they frequently make use of the latter in the night to come and reconnoitre our works. Last night they availed themselves of the darkness, and came within half-cable's length of Fort Alexander, or rather of our batteries on that side. At the cry of Qua vies/' from our sentinel they moved off in haste. It is really difficult to imagine what can be the object of the Russians in erecting snub masses of batteries. Is it to occupy their soldiers and give them confidence, or to mask some other move ment ! Time alone can unravel the mystery. On our side, as you may suppose, we do not remain inactive ; strong batteries are being established to play on the Russian works." MARKET NEWS.—(This Day). COVENT GARDEN. The supplies on offer to-day were moderato, and about an average business was transacted. In prices Tory little change took place. FRI:HT.—Pine apples, English, 48 to 8s per lb; colonial do., Os to Os each ; hot-house grapes, 4s Od to 9s 0(1 per lb ; foreign ditto, Od to Os ; melons, is (' 1 to 2s ed each; peaches, 2s Od to 6s ; nectarin es , i s 6d to Is per Oozon ; apples, is Od to 3s fkl per half sieve ; pears, 2s thl to 5s per half sieve; plums, Os to Os per sieve ; green gages, On per punnet; apricots, ls 6d to 5s 0(1 per doz.; common plums, Os Od to Os Od per sieve; cherries, Od to Od per : , ound ; lemons, 6d to is Od per doz ; oranges, 5s to 12s per 00; fil berts, Os to Os per doz. lbs ; cobnuts, lls to 03 ; almonds, Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, 8d to 10(1 per 100; 1 gs, Os 9J to is 6d per doz ; strawberries, 0(1 to Od per pott!o ; goose berries, Os Od to Os Od per half sieve ; currants, Os Od to Os Od per half sieve; raspberries, Od to Od per pottle. VEGETABLES.—Greens, ls 6d to ;_s-. Od per ('oz. bunches; Savoy cabbages, 103 to :Is 61 per dozen ; red ditto. 33 to be Od per do. ; brocoli, Is to 2s Od per bar Ile ; potatoes, 60s to 115 s per ton ; vegetable marrow, 0(1 to Os per ; peas, 3s to be Od per bushel ; broad beans, is Od to is I' 1 per halt sieve ; turnips, 3d to 5d per bunch : carrots, 15 Ito 7d per bunch ; cucumbers, 2s Od to 3s Ud each ; garlic, Gd to Os 8(1 per pcund ; sninach, 2s 6(1 to 4s Od nor sieve ; old onions, 2s to Is per bushel ; new ditto, Os O. to Os per dos. bunches; leeks, Id to 2d per bunch ; shallots, 6d to 8d : horse-raddish, 2s Od to 4s Od per bundle ; parsley, &d to 5d per bunch ; celery, Os 9d to is 3d per bunch ; endive, Is 3d to 2s 1 per score ; beet, is Od to 2s per doz. ; parsnips, Os 6d to is Od per dozen ; small salad, 2d to 3d per punnet ; mushrooms, -s Od to 2s el per pottle; artichokes, is to is 6d per half sieve; cabbage lettuces, 9d to is Od per score; sorrel, 6(1 to is per half sieve; radishes, Is to 1.03 d per dozen hands : tomatoes, 3s to 4s per half sieve ; chillies, Is io per 100; Brussels sprouts, Os Od to Os per half sieve; capsicums, is Od to 2s per 100 ; walnuts pickling, 6d to is per 100; cauliflowers, 4s to 7s Od per doz. NEWGATE AND LEADENFIALL. Turkeys, 3s Gd to 15s Od ; Geese, 4s Od to •Od each . Ducks, 2s Od to 3s Od ; wi'd ditto, is 9d to 2s Od rabbits, 10d to is tid each ; Pigeons, 7d ,o l ld each • largo Surrey Fowls, Os 0(1 to Os Od ; 2s Od to 3s 3d ; Chickens, is 61 to 2s td ; Capons. 3s 6(1 to 7s Od ; Hares 2s 6d to 3s 6(1; Grouse, is 9(1 to 2s 0(1 each ; Pheasants, 3s Od to 3s t i ; partridges, ls 61 to 2s Oder ,h • Guinea Fowls, 2s 6d to 3 s Od eac h . Ostend fresh butter, Hs' 6d to 14s Od, and English lls Od to? Od Per eozer. Abs. English Eggs, lls Od to 13s Od; French ditto, is 6d to 10a 03 per 120. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4 s 6 d; veal 4s Od to 5s Od ; p or k , 3s 8 3 to 8s ;:d per 81bs. lIITE CHAPEL. Beef, from 3 6 2d t W o 43 4d ; m u tt o n, 3s 4d to 44 6d ; veal, 4s 0d to 53 Od ; pork, 3, 4 d to 5s Od per 81bs by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 48 01.1 to 17s ; Brills, 2a Od to 8s each; Salmon, 3s Od to Os Od per lb ; Cod Fish, 3s Od to 14s each ; Soles, 4(1 to 3s Od per pair; Eels, tots per lb; Lobsters, le Od to 38 01 ; Crabs, 6d to 2s Od ; Whitings, 3s Od to 12s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 16s to 2 Is ; Natives, 60s to 64s per beh ; Mackerel, 60s to Os per 100; Smelts, is Od to 3s Od per doz.; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shi is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon; Bloaters, 1s Od to is 6(.1 per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 6s Od to Os per 100. ; Scotch do., 6(1; Sprats, 38 Od to Os Od per bushel ; Doreys, 2s Od to i' each ; Haddocks, 58 to 15s per dos. ; Pike 6d ; Sturgeon, 6(1 Per lb ; Prawns, 4s Od to Os; Mullets, 6(1 to ls 6d ; Plaice, 4(., to ls each ; Halibut, 6(1 per ; Flounders, is 6d to Os per dozen. BREAD. Tho prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from lid to Did; of household ditto, 9d to 100 per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, aid to 04 ; 641 b to 721 b, aid to 4d ; 721 h to 801 b, 44 to 444 ; Olb to 881 b, 44d to 4i4 ; 881 b to 961 b, 4id to 54 ; 961 b to 1041 b, 54 to 51d ; 104 to 1121 b 54d to 50 ; upwards, sid to sid ; Horse hides, Os Od to Os 04; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 38 04 ; ditto, full, 7s 04 to Os 04 ; Polled Shop, 5s 44 to 6s 6d ; Keats, 6s 3d to 78 94 ; Half•breds, 6s 3d to 7s 94 ; Downs, 4s Od to 58 04 ; Lambs, Os Od to Oa 04 ; Shearlings, Os Od to Os 04. HAY MARKETS. SKITHPI!LD.—Meadow hay, 4/ 5s to 6/ 04 cloves ditto, 4115 s to 71 Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s Od to 11 10s Od par lord. Both hay and straw sold slowly, at late rates. CUUBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 4/ 4s to 6/ 04: clover do., 4/ 104 to 6/ 15s ; and straw. 1/ 6s to 1/ 103 per load. A. fair average supply, and a steady d emand. WfirrrosexEL.—Meadow hay, 4/ N to 61 Os; clover do., 4/ 10. to 71 Os ; and straw, 11 41 to 11 104 per load. Trade tolerably firm, at full prices. DEATH OF DR. R. SHELTON MACKENZIE.—We re gret to announce the death of Robert Shelton Macken zie, Esq., D.C.L., which has recently taken place in New York. The learned gentleman, who had acquired high distinction as a literary man, was the author of several works of fiction ' amongst which "Titian, an Art Novel," an d " Mornings at Matlock," achieved high success. Sin ce hie emigration to America he has edited several works that attracted ranch attention. For some years he filled the situation of one of the offi cial assignees of the District Court of Ilankrnptcy at Manchester. .--,-... RUSSIAN ACCOUNTS FROM THE o.h '1,31.EA. - The Invalidc Busse of Dec. 20 publish ve the following NEWS FROM THE CRIMEA. [Extracts from the journal of the military operiati()es from Nov. 12 to Dec. 7, transmitted by A.D.C. Gene rat Prince Gortschakoff.] Between Nov. 19 and Dec. 7 nothing remarkable I las ()mitred in the Crimea. The allies, under the fire of our entrenchments on the north side of Sebastopol, hn ve continued their labours in levelling the batteries a ad trenches constructed against the bastions Nos. 4 and 5, and in constructing a rampart against the bastions X.os. If and 3. On the left flank of our positions and before Eupato ria skirmishes have taken place between the outposts, in which our cavalry, our Cossacks, and our Greeks from Balaklava have constantly had the advantage over the enemy. The details of these affairs are contained in the follow. ing order of the day issued by Aide -de-Camp Gerrard Prince Gortechakoff : "ORDER OP THII DAT TO THE ARMY OP TRH SOTTTN AND TO THE LAND AND NATAL TROOPS IN TIM CRIMEA. " Head-quarters of Baschi-Se r ai, Dec. 2, 1365. (No. 711i9.) " I have remarked with peculiar satisfaction that a most praiseworthy activity has generally prevailed of late at the outposts and among the advanced troops, showing a vigilance, sagacity, and boldness which re flect great honour on the chiefs of detachments. " The following facts, which I make known to the troops entrusted to my command, will demonstrate what I have said. " On the 19th of November, at two in the afternoon, a picket having been planed by the outposts of the Ka rates detachment, the duty having been performed by Colonel Valeuieff's 22d Regiment of Don Cossacks, at a stttion opposite the village of Oupa, the non-commis sioned officer Golonhintsoff. and the Cossacks Parshi koff, Kouznetioff, Krutshenine, and Tchdbotareff, form ing part of this picket, perceived three Frenchmen on horseback. They were riding through the defile from the village of Koutchka toward. Mokraia- Lougenna. After slowing them to ride past the picket, the Cossacks stealthily advanced for the purpose ef cutting off their retreat, and planted themselves in am buscade in a ravine which the horsemen would have to pass through on their return. " On perceiving the Cossacks, the Frenchmen charged them sabre in hand, in the hope of cutting their way through ; but they were received with a volley of mus ketry, which killed the horse of one of them, Captaia Frochon, and he himself was instantly made a prisoner. Another, Lieut.-Col. Brayer, alighting front his horse, sought cover in the wood, but ho was discovered and taken prisoner also, after making some resistance. The third Frenchman, an orderly, alone contrived to escape, owing to the speed of his horse. " On the 27th November, at daybreak, in conformity with the arrangements made by Col. Bontemps, of his Majesty the Emperor's regimen of the Hussar Corps,saill who commands the outposts ofvthe right wing of the Nu patoria detachment, a party of 15 volunteers from the 2d regiment of Ural Cossacks was sent out on a reconnais sance, under the command of Lieut. Yanovski, belonging to her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Catherine Mikbailovna's regiment of Lancers. " At break of day our party fell in with a Turkish patrol between Eupatoria and the Iramlet of Boghai. Without hesitation Lieutenaut Yanovski fell on the enemy with his Uralians, and took prisoner the chief of the patrol, Captain Mustapha, of the 2d regiment of Turkish Lancers. " On the same day, and at the same moment a skilful and bold stroke was inflicted on the enemy at the ex treme left of our main body. Major Moussine-Poush kine, cf Marshal Count Radetski s regiment of Hus sars, commanding the flying detachment on the southern coast, had climbed with a small party of volunteers to the top of Mount Yaila, in order to detect as accurately as possible the dislocation of the enemy in the valley of Baidar. But after three days passed in attempts frustrated by a thick fog and the constant fall of snow, he was unable to satisfactorily effect his purpose. Nevertheless, this superior officer, whilst ap proaching in various directions the enemy's pickets, had succeeded in ascertaining that a, post of 10 to 15 men, stationed on the top of the Merdvene flight of steps re-descended every evening, probably by way of pre solution' into the vall e y o f B a id ar , a l ong t h e roa d of the village Kaleadia, and that it was replaced next day by another. Taking advantage of this interval for recon noitring exactly the position of this post and of the roads leading to it from different sides, Major Moussine-Poush kine made his arrangements for carryisg it. "To this end a party of 20 Greeks from Balaklava was sent towards the flight of steps by a path during the night of November 14-15. "Atl daybreak on the Mh, when the enemy's picket had as usual completely occupied its post, the Balakla• vians threaded their way along a path leading from Ka lendia, and, without firing a single shot, charged with the bayonet. In the first moment of surprise the French, after receiving them with a few shots, that took no effect rushed to the steps, but there, seeing their retreat cut off by 10 other Balaklavians, who had previously hid den themselves is ambush near the steps, they surrend ered to the number of 10 men. One single ma* of their party attempted to cut his way through, and wax killed. " Major Moussine-Poushkine attributes the success of this enterprise, adroitly planned and intrepidly carried out., to the indefatigable activity and sagacity of Second Captain Rise , of the Balaklava Greek Battalion, but I attribute no lees the success to Major Moussine Poush• kine himself, who directed the operation in person. "After rewarding with marks of honour of the mili tary order and with congratulations the men who most distinguished th,ruselves in these several skirmishes, I have the satisfaction of addressing thaaksjustly deserved to the chiefs of the outposts belonging to Col. Valouieff's Karalez detachment, and of the right wing of Col. Bon temps' Eupatoria detachment, to Major Moussine•Poush- Line, to Second Captain Rao, to Lieut. Yanovski, and also to all the men who took part in these skirmishes. I have authorised the immediate chiefs of these two latter officers to present them, in order that they may be re. warded. " I cite, as examples to the troops under my com mand, not acts of presumptuous and thoughtless bra very, but the proofs of prudent gallantry and of a stirs military eye, as given by the above-named officers. " I invite the superior chiefs to encourage, and endea vour in every way to develop, qualities equally praise worthy and usefal among their subordinates, fur not merely are boldness and sagacity the certain pledges of success in petty warfare, but, in addition, tLe oft,ers accustomed when on outpost duty to exercise incessant vigilance, and to take advantage of every local or acci dental circumstance, such as negligence on the part of the enemy, the inclemency of the weather, kc., so as to injure the adversary and establish a moral superiority over him—these officerr, by applying later these quali ties oe a greater scale, promise in a more enlarged sphere honour and glory to themselves and to the arms of their country. (Signed) " The Comrnander.in•Chief, "A.D.C. General Prince GORTSCHAKOPY The Jnvalidc _Busse also publishes the following news from the eastern coast of the Black Sea : On the 20th of November Major-General Brummer's column joined Major-General Prince Bagration Moukh ranski's detachment, and our troops stationed them selves on the left bank of the Tskhenia-Tekhale, near the hamlet of lianari, on the road leading from the post-sta tion Marinskaia to lihoui, The hulk of the enemy's forces had advanced in the meantime from Tsioi to the Tekour river. Their van guard, under the command of Ferhad Pacha, approached the Tshkenis-Tskhale on the 22d, and their patrols, who showed themselves on the right bank of this river, ex changed musket shots with our militia. Nevertheless, on the 24th the Turkish troops retreated in all haste, after destroying in their rear the bridge constructed ever the KobrA, and returned to the other side of the Tekhour. VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PRO MOTIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE. The home Department—hoe Office of Chaplain to the Cour • Gaol of Surrey, Horsemonger-lane, has become vacani by the death of the Rev. W. S. Rowe. Paymm. ter-General's Office—A vacancy has been created in the Office of Princip..l Clerk at Chatham Dockyard, by the death of Mr. W. Ruddick. University of Durham—Dr. Richardson, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, hae been appointed to the Office of Lecturer in Chemistry in the University of Durham, vacant by the death of Mr. J. F. W. Johns ton. British Museum—A vacancy bas been created in the Office of First Superintendent of the Reading Room, by the death of Mr. J. Cates. Coast Guard—A vacancy has been caused in the Office of Chief Officer at Good wick, Newport, Pembroke, by the death of Li en t . J ohn Richards. Customs—Mr. T. Chamb ers h as b een ap pointed to the London Establishment ; Mr. J. S. Ch ase has been appointed to the London Establishment ; Mr. J. Williams, Searcher, at Leith, has been appointed a Searcher at Bristol ; Mr. J. Thompson, Searcher at New port, has been appointed a Searcher of the Fourth Claes at Leith ; Mr. J. Turner, Searcher at Douglas, has Well appointed a Searcher of the Second Class at Aberdeen ; Mr. J. C. Alexander, Searcher at Arbroath, has been appointed a Searcher at Douglas. Ireland—Mr. P. WC'se has been appointed Postmaster of New Ross, County Wexford. Colonial.—Cape of Good Hope--Mr. W H. Kleyn has been appointed Postmaster at Caledon, viva Mr. John C. .11. Bonrhill, resigned ; Mr. H. N. F. Schutte h as b een appointed Collector and Streetkeeper to the Municipality of Cape Town. Canada—The Hon. E. P. Tache has bees appointed a Director of the Grand Trunk Railway Company, in the room of the Hon. F. Lemieux, resigned. Mr. J. Wilson, of Guelph, and Mr. D. V. Leslie, of Hillier, have been appointed Surveyors Mr. ohn an Intosh, of London, d ‘ of he r M a j es ty's Customs. Mr. J. L. Marantell John of Sandwich, Mr. J. 111 Ring, of Napne have been , appointed Landingwaite se h e e , r Majesty s Customs. East Indies an d Searchers in Napa nee, 3'. M‘ccar, of the 41st Regiment Madras NJ., h a s been appoi nted agent. the hill t ratst s of Ori ssa. Vi Deputy Collector J. H. Reify hos been appointed Com missioner in the Soonderbuns. Mr. F. C. Fowle has been appointed Collector of Jessore. Mr. M. Brod burst has been appointed Magistrate of Behar. Mr. W. J. Money has been appointed to the Sub-Di v i s ion of Deoghur, and to exercise the special pow ers o f an Assist ant to a Magistrate. Mr. J . Sanders hae been appoints Professor of Moral and Mental Philosophy and Logic in the Presidency College. Mr. W. Harris has been ap pointed Professor of History and Political Economy in the Presidency College.— Civil Service Gazette. 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