The Sun. — London, England, 1856-08-26 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLcios. The Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, closed quietly, at precisely the current rates of Friday last. The sales were estimated from 9,000 to 10,000 bales, 2,000 of which were taken for ex port, and 1,000 on speculation, comprising 230 remain and Maranbam, 60. to 70. ; 200 Bahia, 6 d, ; 200 Egyptian, 61d. to lid. ; 1,500 Surat, W. to 51d. ; and 200 Sea Islands, at ls. to ls. 4d. per lb. The Railway Share Market closed quietly, and prices were a shade lower. The weekly commercial report from Antwerp states ,that business was a secondary consideration daring the past week, in consequence of the fetes given to the King, absorbing the attention of the public. What little business was done in the grain market showed an inclination to firmness at pre vious quotations, with a rise in wheat and rye. The sales of wool were chiefly parcels from Eng land, Hamburg, and Buenos Ayres, which realised full prices. The sugar market exhibits a tendency to decline, while coffee presented an upward movement. The news from Copenhagen relative to the Sound dues are more encouraging than ever of an approaching solution to this vexed question, and it is expected that if all the European states interested agree to the capitalisation, there is every proba bility of the United States ultimately coming to the same arrangement. The accounts from New York, per steamer Washington, report continued ease in the money market, but the loans and discounts of the City banks, according to the last return, had slightly decreased, which was generally considered a favourable feature. The bullion, however, was also smaller, owing to the ab sence of arrivals from California. During the week ending the 10th inst. the exportation of specie from New York was nearly 1,300,000 dols., and for the year to that date more than 21,000,000 dollars. During the fortnight ending yesterday the amount of bills drawn by the Honourable East India Company on the three presidencies was 24,9881. Yesterday afternoon there was a reaction in the prices of English Stocks to the extent of about per cent., from which there has not yet been any recovery. The market, however, is stationary, and the tendency at present is rather in the direc tion of an improvement. Consols for money are 95 to 95k, and for account 951. Exchequer Bills are 11s. to 133. premium, and the Bonds 1008. The New 3 per Cents. are 95 to 96k, and the Reduced 95g. a. Foreign Stocks are very quiet, but well sup ported. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 1038 and the 4 per Cents. nominally without alteration. Russian 41 per Cents. are 981, Spanish Passive 6!, and Dutch 41 per Cents. 98k. French Threes are 70.50, with the Exchange at 25f. 221 c. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 71 ; Mexican, 191 201; Peruvian, 8213 A ; ditto 3 per Cents., 58 9 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 46 7; Russian 5 per Cents., 111 13 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 98 100 ; Spa nish 3 per Cents., 44 ; ditto Deferred, 241 26 ; ditto Certificates, 6 1; ditto Passive, 61 7. The Railway Share Market is rather heavy in anticipation of the settlement of the account, to morrow being " making-up" day. Great Western, Brighton, North-Eastern (Ber wick), and some others, are ss. to 10s. lower. Great Western of Canada shares are flatter, but the foreign descrip tions are dull, at almost previous values. Riga and Dunaburg shares are 1i prem. Mining Shares are inactive, and in Banks there is scarcely any movement. Royal British are down 10s. Ottoman are 10i. In Miscellaneous there is no change to report. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICE". (Pro% ;71.1 05ciat Li..) _ iltisfu, , done. 3 ner Cent. Reduced Annuities V 5 i b il 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities (ZA 5 I ,sew 3 per Cent. Annuities ... . O6 5i 6k Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860., 3 5-10 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 lB3 I India Stock Co:4sols for Account Exchequer Bills, 24d. MOO small Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3# per Cent. lOO PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent. Ditto New 5 per Cent., 1829 and 1839, , 101 i 1 Grenada New Active, 2.} per Cent. Ditto Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1811 -7_ Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent 46 i 6 Russian Bonds, 1622, II St., 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. . 93i Bp Anis b bokds, 3 per Cent Ditto Now Deferred, 3 por Cent. Ditto Passive TArkieli Bonds, 6 per cont .,(... Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Div- en ~. 0. u allow. payaote in Len.lc., French Rentes, 41 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent .. 70f.50c. ex 25f. 221 c Jelgia,n, 2 per Cent., ex. 25 francs — Ditto 4i) per Cent.. ex. 25 francs THREE O'CLOCK. Comols money 9SA i Ditto Account (Sept. 10) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN RE MORTIMER. This bankrupt was described as of the Strand, printer, and to-day was appointed for his last examination, which was adjourned in consequence of no accounts having been filed. The only point in the case was on an application on behalf of a gentleman named Darby, who bad been connected with the bankrupt in the printing, publishing, and editing of the Britannia newspaper. Some diffe rence, however, arising between the bankrupt and the proprietors of the paper, tie bankrupt was dismissed without due n3tice, and be broug' - it an action and re covered 801. damages. The question now was bow much Mr. Darby was entitled to, as the jury had not apportioned the damages for printing and publishing, and tho sub-editing, which had been performed by Mr Darby. It was ultimately arranged that the amount recovered be equally divided. IN RE W. HART. This bankrupt was described as of Fenchurch•street, merchant, and to-day was appointed for choice of assig nees. From the preliminary statement by Messrs. Johnstone and Murton, Ironmonger-lane, it appears that the debts are about 1,7501., and the assets in London are about 2501., and property abroad about 1,2001. ; but the bankrupt being pressed in consequence of not being able to obtain returns, was compelled to petition this Court. Assignees were chosen. IN RE PUDDICOMBE. This was a meeting for the choice of assignees under the estate of this bankrupt, an ironmonger, of Bridge street, Borough. Mr. Chidley appeared for the bankrupt, who had pe taloned the Court, which course Lad been deemed ad. visaLle for the benefit of the creditors. IN RH WILLSON. This was also a meeting for choice of assignees. Bankrupt was a pait•ter at Kingsland. Mr. Chidley appeared for the petitioning creditor, and assignees were chosen, and Mr. Chidley appointed soli cit9r under the ba:kruptcy. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Aug. 26.—Wind this day] at noon, N.W. ; light breeze and fine. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 25.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Cormorant (s. tpt.), from Constartinople ; Mathilde, Bre men, for Zanzibar, with damage from collision off Bea° by Head on the 23d inst. with a paddle-steamer. Sailed— Sardinian (s. tpt.), for Woolwich. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived.—An glesea, from London, for Port• Philip. Sailed—Propontis, for Newfoundland ; Niger (s.s.), Madeira and the coast of Africa. FALMOUTH, Aug. 25. Wind W.S.W..—Arrived—Ma libran, from Liverpool, for Seville, with damage; Cam den, Mobile ; Daniel Jeffries, Liverpool, for Monte Video and Buenos Ayres, lost fore and maintopmast yards, &c. Off the port—Maria, from Rangoon, for Rotterdam. CARDIFF, Aug. 25. Sailed—Gustav, for Rio Janeiro. BRIDGEWATER, Aug. 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived— Mountaineer ang Claud, from Quebec. (PBR ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTITAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived.—Summer Cloud, from Buenos Ayres; Cadiz, steamer, Havre, to be docked. Sailed.—Arbutus, for Cardiff; Rival, Sunderland. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived—Concurrent, from Iquique ; Cybelle, Rio Grande ; Mornington, Alexandria ; Faro, Corunna ; Cathe vino, Sines ; Cherokee, Benin ; Cobden, Marseilles ; Rat tlesnake, Leghorn; Elizabeth, Bremen; Duke of Wel lington, Bombay; Middlesex, New-York. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 24. Wind S.W. Arrived— Silistria, Callao; Currency, Moulmein; Sophia, Leghorn; Champion, Africa. DUBLIN, Aug. 25. Wind W.S.W. Arrived—Orozel Galley, from Trinidad; Edwin, Leg- horn ; Ciebroeders, St, Petersburg ; Fortuna, Conquering Hero, and Rombald, Ancona ; Adelaide, Demerara. iBT SUBMARIBB AND BRITISH TELEGRAPRA GRAVESEND, Tuesi ay, 10.7 a.m. Wind W.N.W., tide first hours' ebb; weather fine. Arrived, Aug. 25.—Falcon, from Umea ' • Habet Anker- Uleaborg ; Reserve, Jamaica; lwiftsure, Havre; Victo ria, Cape Town. Arrived, Aug. 26—Eliza Shairp, from St. Kitts; Doc tor, Marseilles ; Frederick Huth; Cape Town ; Alpha, Mensina ; Hope, Faro ; Gerd Tongebloe, Ibrail ; Star of the East, Shanghai ; Ida, St. Petersburg ; Albion, Juno, tion, Elizabeth, and Lynx, Guergsey; Kethsdale, Cadiz ; Esparanza, Punta Arenas ; Rapid, Fayal ; Trafalgar, Monsoorcottah ; Rosa, Riga. Sailed—Esmeralda,for Adelaide. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.41 A.M. Wind N.W. ;moderate. Passed— Sheidrake, screw steamer, from Constantinople, for London ; Blenheim, 107, from tho Crimea, for London. Anchored—Caroline, from Callao, for London. General Bodisco, whose death by cholera at Stock holm was lately announced by telegraph, was brother to the General Bodisco captured at Bomarsund, and to the former Minister at Washington. The Ph,are de la Manche states that preparations were Made last week at Cherbourg for a visit from the Queen of England ; but the boisterous state of the weather prevented her Majesty from accomplishing her intended excursion. TwE SHEFFIELD CUTLERS' FEAST.—The Sheffield Independent says that his Grace the Duke of Newcastle and Lord Denman have accepted invitations to the Cutlers' Feast. The dividends on the Cuba Loans of 1834 and 1837 have been advertised for payment. The particulars of bonds drawn under the operation of the sinking fund have also been published. The new steamer Chersonese, of 2,300 tons, railed an Saturday from Liverpool ' for St. John's, New foundland, being the first of a new line established to run between Liverpool, Newfoundland, Halifax, and ?Qttlatud-in-IYlAine, IN RE BUSH. This bankrupt was described as of Fenchurch-street, merchant, and came up for his certificate, supported by Mr. Sturgeon. There was no opposition. His Honour granted a certificate of the third class. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day. BOW-STREET. SERIOUS AFFRAY.—Three women, named Sweeny, Taylor, and Wimple, were placed at the bar before Mr. Henry, charged with creating a disturbance and seriously wounding a police-constable. Two of the women, Sweeny, aged 68, and Taylor, who appeared to be abuut 30 years of age, presented a shocking spectacle. Their faces and clothes were covered with blood, and their heads were bound round with large bandages. Both women ap peared to have suffered severe injury. Police-constable F 64 stated that last night he was on duty in Drury-lane, when he heard the cry of " Murder" and "Police" proceeding from the neighbour. hood of the Cual-yard. He proceeded to the spot, and there ascertained that the disturbance was in Barley-court, a place inhabited by persons of the lowest description. On reaching the court, he found Wimple in a shocking state of intoxication, lying before one of the doers in the court, and on Taylor seeing him, she widied to give a man and woman into custody fur rubbing her of 10a. He refused to take the charge, and was about to con vey Wimple to the station-house, when three half crowns dropped from her person. He was in the act of picking them up, when Taylor sprung upon him, and with an oath swore he should not steal the money off the old woman. The prisoners, Taylor and Sweeney, then commenced a violent attack upon him, and he left the woman Wimple, and endeavoured to take the women into custody. After a struggle for some time, the two women ran into the house in which they were living, and he followed them. Taylor threw herself on the bed, and as he was leaning over it to lift her up, she seized his nose between her teeth and bit it twice very severely. She then commenced screaming and assaulting him, and while he was so engaged with Taylor, Sweeny commenced attacking him behind with a large piece of wood. Finding he was in danger of losing his life, he drew his rattle and struck both the prisoners with it. Eventually another constable came to his assistance, and after the charge bad been entered at the station-house, the women and himself were conveyed to the hosp:tal to have their wounds dressed. Mr. Henry.—Did you not draw your truncheon ? Policeman—No, your worAhip. I should have been killed if I had done so. While the woman Taylor was at the hospital she said she was sorry she had not bit my nose right off. Mr. Henry.—llave you stated tho whole of the facts. All this violence appears to have bee❑ occasioned after you entered the house. I should have thought that you, whD have been in the force for many years, would have bad more discretion than to have acted in the manner you have done. I think you have shown very bad judgment. The proper course for you to have taken would have been to have brought the woman Wimple to the station-house, and then to have applied for a summons against the othe: prisoners this morning. All this violence would have been prevented if you had done so. I don't mean to say that you have exceeded your duty by acting as you have done, but it shows a great want of judgment on your part. The prisoner Taylor here fell to the ground from ex haustion, and she was conveyed from the court, and the further heating of the case was postponed. In about half an hour afterwards the women were again brought into court, and the case was proceeded with. Police constable 101 F stated that he was on duty last night in Drury Lane, and a woman came up to him and told him a policeman was being killed in the Coal yard. He immediately went to the spot and there found the constable bleeding profusely, the women having gone inside. On the constable gaining his feet, they secured the women, and brought them to the station-house. While he was engaged in the affray a large knife (pro duced) was thrown from one of the windows of the house, and it passed within two inches of his shoulder. In answer to the charge, Taylor said the constable ill-used them in the most severe manner. He struck them over the head with his staff. He was dragging the woman Wimple off to the station house, when they asked him not to treat the woman so roughly. Ho commenced the assault on them, and then he rushed at the house and broke open several of the doors in order to get at them. Sweeny said she had been much ill-used. Her age, 68, would prevent her from offering mush resistance. Pclice constable 64 recalled. Mr. Henry—You have stated you did not strike the women with your staff, and that the injuries they have received were inflicted with your rattle. Have you your rattle with you Policeman—No, your worship. Mr. Henry—Have you your staff? Policeman—No, your worship. _ _ . . . Mr. Henry—The women have both received very severe injuries, and I am anxious to discover how it was inflicted. They state it was caused by blows from the staff of the police•constable, and he states that it was done with his rattle. I, therefore, wish those ar• ticles to be sent for. Inspector Mitchell despatched an officer to the sta tion-house for the rattle and staff of the policeman. He said the prisoner Taylor bore a very bad character. She was tried last session for a burglary. Taylor—Yes and acquitted, because I was innocent. On the officer returning with the staff and rattle of Police-constable G 4, they were examined. The rattle was very much stained with blond, but the staff was quite clean, and bore no evidence of having Leen used in such an affray. Mr. Henry said a great deal of the injuries re ceived by the police-constable were owing to his want of judgment in following the prisoners into the house, and as it was evident that two of the women had re ceived severe injury, he should send them to the hospi tal in order that an examination inigitt ba made, and also that they might receive proper treatment. As it ap peared that Wimple had not participated in the affray, but was merely charged with being drunk, he should discharge her. His worship then directed Taylor and S Neeny to be taken to the hospital, and that they should be placed before him again to-morrow morning. SOUTHWARK. SUSPECTED ROBBERY BY TWO YOUNG MEN. —CEr M OUS CASE.—Henry Banister, and John Arnold, two re spectable young men, were placed at the bar on a charge of loitering about the terminus of the South• Eastern Railway, London-bridge, for a felonious intention. Mr. Lewis, jun., defended the prisoners. Henry Mathams, a police-officer, in the service of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, said—Yesterday a ft ern oon, about four o'clock, whil e passing along the pavement to the London-bridge station of the South Eastern Railway, be met the prisoners, and suspecting them to be members of the swell mob he followed them 'tato Duko:§treet,: where one of them Raid s . "It is all right Mathams to tell you the truth, we have been up there, but it was a - sight too hot for us." 'Witness took them into custody, and removed them to the terminus, where he found on .one of the prisoners a purse containing one sovereign in gold, 30s. in silver, and a silver watch. The property 'was supposed to have been stolen from the pocket of one of the railway passengers while leaving the station. The prisoners could not give a satisfactory account of the money, &0,, found in their possession, and witness fully believed that it had been taken from some person. Mr. Lewis contended that there was no case against his clients, and hoped they would be di , :charged. Mr. Combe (to Mathaues).—Da you know the pri. Boners Mathanas.—No, your worship ; but I understand they are known by other officev, and if they wera to be remanded for a few days they will be identified as mem bers of the swell mob. Mr. Combo—Well, they seem to know you b'ettor than you know them. Mr. Lewis—The prisoner; were merely walking up the incline to the railway station, and they ought not to have been interrupted by the officer. Mr. Edwin, the chief clerk, said the prisoners were on private property, and the officer, if he suspected them to be thieves, and that they were there for an unlawful purpose, he was justified in detaining them. Mr. Combe (to the prisoners)—l shall discharge you this time ; but you have had a very narrow escape, and for the future let me recommend you to go into a cooler place or you will very soon got into trouble. The prisoners were then discharged, and were soon out of court without their purse and its contents, which were handed over to Mathams the officer. TRE SU l '2l, , LONDON, TUESDAY IVENING AUGUST 26, 1856. ROYAL CREMORNE GARDENS. The double balloon ascent and balloon lottery attracted a very large number of visitors to these delightful gar dens last evening. It is now some years since an attrac tion of this kind was held forth to the metropolitan pub lic, and we believe it never was presented at Cremorne before ; be that as it may, it is certain that the feature was a highly successful one, and we have no doubt, upon a repetition of it, it will be found to be one which the public will increasingly patronise. At six o'clock the drawing took place, an interesting girl having been se lected to pick out the fortunate numbers, the first of which was claimed by a respectable mechanic, who, with his family, came to enjoy a❑ evening at Cremorne. He, having no idea of aerial enjoyments, offered his good fortune to the highest bidder. One was quickly found, who offered a handsome sum, and was proclaimed the rightful occupant of the vacant seat on the Prince of Wales. For the second prize no claimant appeared, the chance was therefore sold, and the money held in trust. The exciting ceremony concluded the passengers took their places, and upon a given signal the machines were loosed from their moorings, and ascended most splendidly, the Prince of Wales taking a right royal leave cf Aurora, and showing her distinctly the way over the Swiss mountains, which so graphically form the eastward boundary of Cremorne. For a considerable period the company watched and cheered the voyagers on their way till allured by the attraction of the new ballet, which preceded the royal cirque and the pyrotechnic display, which took place at the usual fire-work gallery, and which wound up an evening of excitement and pleasure that tells well for the after season of these delightful gardens. THE IRISH LINEN TRADE. The early part of this month did not do much for the department of sale. Bleached linens accumulated con siderably ; the turn-eut from the several finishing esta blishments have been very large. Orders to a very hand some amount have come to hand within the last few days, and the total quantity of clearances effected will move off all extra stocks. From the chief markets of the United States the reports are very satisfactory. As we stated some time age, the peopling of the far West, if it carried cif a great array of our Irish popula.iore has been the means of raising new markets for our textiles in several parts of the world ; the taste for wearing linen clothing in these countries will therefore be cultivated to a greater extent, and every fainily that tal:es up its abcde in distant lands becomes a large consumer of our staple products. The amount of business transacted with the recently rased cities and towns in districts of the United States where, some years ago, there was scarcely the evidence of civilisation, has this year shown a large in crease. Australia has not yet come up to expectation as to demand for liven goods ; this year, however, there is a great improvement in these markets. Brown webs were a good sale at the several towns in this and the neigh bouring counties during the last eight days. Damasks are moved in larger lots, and diaper; .ell at full rates. There has been more inquiry for printing lawns, and the handkerchief trade, though quiet, is steady. Coarse linens, whether for the brown or white finish, are worked off in ample quantities. Stocks of such goods range at a low estimate. Yarns are not charged in value. The demand for warp yarns continues good, and welts of the higher members sell readily at the top figures of .last month. Flax has held its position even in the face of all the increased importations from the Baltic. Samples of fine Russian continue to be moved at rates which would average 63. 9d. per stone. Home-grown ffix sells at Gs. 3d. to 7e. 9d. for hand-ecutched ; a few lots were sold this week at Bs. Milled goes eff at 7s. to Hs., with 6d. for very fine lots. Our reports relative to the present season's flax are so contialictery that as yet we cannot form any definite opinion on the subject. The more scien tific growers, however, seem pretty well satisfied as to the prospects both of yield and quality.—Banne r of Ulstcr. THE GENERAL SCREW STEAM' SHIPPING COMPANY. An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders in the General Screw Steam Shipping Company was held yesteriay afternoon, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of considering the proposal for the dissolution of the company; Mr. Raikes Currie, M.P., chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN moved, " that this company be dis• solved," which was seconded by the DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN. Mr. TAYLOR asked for some information as to the prospect of selling the vessels ; certainly they ought not to be sold by public auction without reserve. He should be glad to know what price the directors put upon the vessels ? The CHAIRMAN said the ships would only be sold by public auction in the event of their remaining. unsold by private treaty at the end of Octobe.r. lie did not think it necessary to answer the other question, In reply to other questions, The CHAIRMAN stated that the directors offered to ex tend the time within which the French Clipper Compiny were to purchase the company's vessels, but the offer was declined, Prop >sale bad b een ma d e for the employ ment of the company's vessels for a period of two years, as well as for their absolute purchase, but ho did not think it right to disclose the terms, After some further discussion the resolution was put and carried ; but it was announced that it would be necessazy, in accordance with the law, to take a ballot on the question, and also to confirm the vote at another meeting, convened for the purpose. The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the Chairman. M 4RICET NEWS.—(This Day.) lIAY MARKETS. meadow hay, 3/ 51 to 5/ 15$ ; new do., 3/ Os to 4/ 58 ; old clover, 4/ Os to 61 108 ; new do., 3/ lOs to 51 Os; and straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 13s per load. Trade dull. CIIMBERLAND.—ota meadow hay, 3/ 8s to 51 16s; new do., 31 Os to 4/ 5s ; old clover, 4/ Os to 61 83 ; new do., 3/ lOs to 510 s ; and straw, 1/ Os to 11 14s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL•—OId meadow hay, 31 5s to 51 15s ; new do., 3/ to 41 5s ; old clover, 41 Os to 61 153; new do., F/ lOs to 51 Os ; and straw, 118 s to 1/ 133 per load. Supply good. COLONIAL. Tai.—The demand is very limited, and no change in prices can be quoted. SUGAR. There has been a better demand for the finer qualities, and full prices have been realised ; inferior de scriptions have ruled dull a t a b ou t f ormer rates. The quantity advertised for public sale during the week is very limited. The refined market has been steady. COFFEE.—The demand has improved, and Plantation Ceylon ruled at firm rates. Native Ceylon realised pre vious prices, viz., 51s to 55s Gd. RICE.—A fair business has b een d one i n t hi s article, p re vious prices having been fully sustained for good cleaned qualities. Patna brought 15s Gd to 17s Gd per cwt. RUM.—There are no transactions to report in this article, and prices are without material change. TALLOW.—The market ha s b een fi rmer, and the de liveries have also increased. P.Y.C., on the spot brought 5.15, and last three mouths 51s 3d per c w t. , Another step in the preparations for establishing a submarine telegraph between America and Europe has just been completed. A month back the New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Company, by whom the enterprise is undertaken, succeeded in laying down a cable, manufactured by Kuper, and Co., of London, from the northern point of Nova Scotia to Cape Ray, Newfoundland, a distance of 85 miles, and this will be extended across Newfoundland to St. John's Bay, whence the ocean distance to the west coast of Ireland is 1,640 miles. Meanwhile the small steamer Arctic was despatched by the United States' Government, under the command of Captain N. Berryman, to make soundings between these two points. She left Newfoundland on the 31st of July, and was not expected on this side until the first week in September, but her arrival at Queenstown, Cork, took place on Saturday, and she is said to have performed satisfactorily the object of her voyage. A deputation of Hungarian Protestants, who are e n . deavouring to enlist the sympathies of their co-religion ists in various parts of Germany, under the hard s hi ps to which they are suljected by the Austrian Concordat, are now at Berlin, and hare had an audience of the King. The following appears in the St. Petersburg j ourna l s of the 17th :--" On the oc cas ion of the rise in the price of corn at St. Petersburg, the military governor-general of the city informs the public that he will proceed to the sale of the grain remaining in the magaBirs de reserve of the capital, with a deduction of 10 per cent, in favour of the poor and the retail dealers in bread." Naval and Military Intelligence. The inquiry into the circumstances connected with the explosion of the battery which took place on Chat ham lines, on Tuesday last, during the siege operations carried on before his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge, having been concluded by the hoard of officers appointed for that purpose at Chatham, the members of the court of inquiry, cf which Major C. D. Robertson, R.E., was the president, have come to the following ch. (is on, which was made known to the whole of the troops belonging to the Royal Engineers' establishment, Brorop ton barracks, yesterday :—" The Court, having maturely considered the statements of the witnesses, is of opinion that the evidence is not sufficiently clear to enable it to form a conclusion as to the cause of the explosion of the charges which took place in the counter-battery on the 19th of August last." During the investigation the Court sat several days and examined a great number of witnesses. The men who were injured by the explosion have rec,vored. An order arrived at Chatham yesterday from the War Department, directing Second-class Staff-Surgeon 0. S. Downall to be relieved from duty at that garrison, in order to proceed to the West Indies. Acting Assistant- Surgeon Hitadige has been released from duty at the provisional battalion. The 4th Regiment, consisting of 23 officers and 864 men, under the command of Colonel Williams, have left Aldershot for Liverpool, en route to Dublin. The 38th Regiment, consisting of 26 officers and 798 men, under the command of Colonel Smith, have left Aldershot for Liverpool, en route to Dublin. Ms depot of the 82d Regiment, consisting of 8 officers and 280 men, under the command of Capt. Slater, have arrived at Aldershot from Portsmouth. The depot of the 90th Regiment, consisting of 13 officers and 393 men, under the command of Capt. Phipps, have arrived at Aldershot from Portsmouth. The gun-boats Bullfrog, Sepoy, and Tickler have been taken into the fitting basin at Sheerness to be fitted for immediate active service. The Aid, Second Master Commander J. Grandy, ar rived at Sheerness on Sunday from Portsmouth, with Government stores for this yard and Chatham yard. An Admiralty circular has been issued to the com manding officer of the flig-ship Waterloo, 120 guns, at Sheerness, directing him to enter an unlimited number of Ist and 24 class boys for the navy. T,lie original order, compelling the parents or guardians to provide them with the sum of V. for clothing, has been rescinded, and the boys are now clothed at the Admiralty's expense when duly entered. A. number of fine lads is nosy being obtained for the service. The steam-transport Imperial, No. 188, arrived at Woolwich on Sunday from the East, with a cargo of general stores belonging to the Land Transport Corps. The transport Reliance, No. 6 C, arrived also at Woolwich en Sunday with artillery and hospital waggons, and other light goods. The transport Hannibal, No. 100 C, likewise arrived at Woolwich from the East, with a full cargo of Land Transport and Engineer stores. Yesterday (Sunday) morning the 38th Regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Col. J. P. Sparks, 900 strong, arrived in Dublin by the steam-transport Pacific from Aldershot, vice Liverpool. The 38th proceeds im mz.diately to the Curragh. "The very last of the Crimeans" reached Dublin on Saturday by the Brie tol steamer, atri consisted of 127 men, lately at tached to the Commissariat. These men have been fur the most part in the Crimea f r upwards of 22 months, and were under fire on three occasions—at the opening of the siege on the 18th June, and at the fall of Sebastopol—for which services they have all bee❑ awarded the Crimean medal. Upon quitting Balaklava they embarked in the sailing-transport Urgent, leaving some other vessels and a portion of the 50th Regiment behind, but, having been tossing about fot nine days in the Black Sea, they found on arriving at Constantinople that they constituted the last remnants of the expedi tionary force. The Urgent landed them at Spithead, whence they proceeded by land to Bristol, seven of the original number dropping off by the way, and the re mainder, who are all Irishmen, returning to Ireland by the steamer for the purpose of being paid off. 1.3 p citing Intelligence. TATTER SA LLS'. —MONDAY. Beyond the settline, of the York accounts little busi ness was transacted. For the St. Leger Fazzoletto and Ellington were heal and head iu the betting. Neither was backed outright, but 2 to 1, to nearly 1,000/., was laid on them coupled ; 5 to 2 was betted once ; 7 to 4 was offered o❑ the field. Nothing was done relative to the Egham events or ;he Leamington Stakes. The quotations at the close were as follows : Sr. LEGER. 7 to 4 offered on the field 100 to 6 agst Brother to Bird.on•the-Wing (taken) 25 to 1 agst Lundyfoot (taken) 200 even on Fazz)letto agst Ellington (taken) 2 to 1 on Fazzoletto and Ellington, coupled (taken to money ; 5 to 2 also laid) DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Schiedam (taken) 25 to 1 agst Tournament (taken ; 1,000 to 35 laid ouct) R IDCLIFFE -RAC ES.—MONDAY. Heaton Park Handicap. General Winnarn . Bet,y B Two-yr-old Stakes. ........... . ... .2 Bel Esper-iiz Eight ran. Wilton Cup. Yorkshire Grey Pant noinie Van Dun3k Stand Plate. Hanover . Alfred .... AQUATICS. LIMEHOUSE, POPLAR, AND MILLWALL REGATTA. This very old-established wager came off yesterday, and attracted a very large concour,e of spectators both ashore and afloat. A new boat and various other prizes, given by the inhabitants of the above parishes, were rowed for by six free watermen in five heats ; the race being under the management of H. Temple. The fol lowing are the results : First Heat. J. Hawkins, Kidney Stairs Blue 1 J. Pugh, Duke Shore T. CJX, Limehouse Hole Green 0 The distance in all the heats extended from Rateliff cross to the Torrington Arms, twice round. Blue took the lead and,kept it all the way, winning alter a close race by four lengths. Green gave in first time round. Second Heat. T. Lock, Kidney Stairs Pink 1 G. Beckett, Liruehouse Hole ..........Yellow 0 S. Dyson, Millwall Light Blue 0 Even start. After twenty pulls Yellow went slightly ahead, followed by Light Blue. Coming down second time Light Blue became first, Yellow on his quarter, and while thee. two were having this govere struggle for the first place they went too far, and Pink, who was six 'engths behind, rounded the buoy first. Won by three lengths, the other two making a dead heat. Third Heat. Light B:ue Red Green Yellow 0 Light B ue took the lead, and kept it all the way by good and perfect rowing. The other three were close up half-way, when Red went into the second place, and a most splendid race between Green and Yellow resulted 'n another dead heat. Won by two lengths. Fourth Heat. Blue Pink Light Blue ... Red . 0 Blue took the lead, and kept it all the uay, but only just clear of Pink. The other two were two boats' length behind, having a capital race. In this order they continued to the finiph, where Pink half• overlapped Blue ; Red was third, half a clear boat ahead of Light Blue. Grand Heat. Pink................................................... 1 81ue................................................... 2 It was a very beautiful start, both bei ng scull•and scull all the way down, when they fouled accidentally. When they got clear Pink rowed away, but Blue caught him again, and they were so very close that two or three more collisions took place. Ultimately Pink drew in front, and after a protracted struggle won the race by three lengths. 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Thirty years ago the Dowager Empress Alexandra—then young and beautiful; the very ideal of an empress—was the chief orna ment of a similar ceremony ; and he who is now about to perform what in the eyes of the genuine Russian is net a mere show, but an an act which clothes him with sanctity, was a rosy-cheeked boy. What strange and gloomy thoughts will pass through her mind when she once more sits on the throne of Alexis Michailovitch, beneath the gorgeous canopy of crimson velvet and cloth of gold in the Cathe dral of the Assumption ! They must need recur to him who lies—half forgotten already by the multitude—in anoth er cathdral, that of St. Peter and St. Paul, in the fortress of St. Petersburg, and to the great events in which he was the chief actor, which have occurred since they sat side by side within that same temple. To one whose health is so utterly shaken, it will be no wonder if these emotions prove fatal ; and the lingering malady brought on by the earliest events of her husband's reign be brought to a termination while the solemn assumption of empire by his son is still fresh on men's minds and tongues. - Through what a dreary vista she will look back —into what strange shapes the wreath es o f i ncense filling the gloomy od cathedral will form themselves . —how the boom of the guns announcing that Alex ander the Second has placed the crown on his head, will recall that other fearful cannonade when his father stood in front of the Winter Palace, the tar get for a thousand bullets ! For her husband's reign began and ended in war and bloodshed. When Alexander died at Taganrog, in 1825, Constan tine, by a family compact, waived his right of suc cession in favour of his younger brother NichOlas ; and wisely, for he inherited, with much of the physical characteristics of his father, Paul, much also of his tendency to insanity. But during some years a conspiracy had been widely spreading through the army, the object of which was to in troduce, in lieu of the existing government, an- other form of government, for which Russia was by no means prepared, and which would have re placed the absolute monarchy by an oligarchy. The substitution of Nicholas for Constantine was thought to be an opportune circumstance on which to found an outbreak ; and when the troops were drawn up in the great square fronting the Winter Palace and Admiralty, at St. Petersburg, the re volt broke out by a portion of them refusing to take the oaths of allegiance, and uttering seditious cries. The amiable and popular Governor of St. Petersburg, Miloradovitch, rode up to calm them and bring theni back to their duty, when he was shot through the heart by one of the conspirators, and fell dead. The struggle had become inevit able ; guns were unlimbered and loaded, some with grape, some with rouudshot, and a short but san guinary battle was fought, until the insurgents, hemmed in by fresh troops who arrived from all quarters, were compelled to submit, but not be fore the ground was thickly strewn with the dead and dying. The roar of the artillery and the sharp rattle of - small arms shook the very walls of the oratory where the Empress was praying for the preservation of him, who, though a stern and severe master, was a kind and affectionate husband ; and the terrible anxieties of that day so powerfully affect •d her nervous system that she never recovered from the shock. Then came the long investigations which carried misery and disgrace into almost every noble family iu Russia, .ending in the horrible execution of iViouravieff, Pestel: and other chibfs of the conspiracy, and the exile of some scarcely less guilty, and among whom were men of the highest rank in the empire. The coronation fol lowed ; and then, after the war with Persia where the Russian troops under Paskievich won glory cheaply, came the Turkish war, in which, had it not been for the ignorance and incapacity of the Turkish authorities, and the opportun e i n t er f erence at Constantinople by the European Powers, not a man of all those thousands who crossed the Pruth would have returned to Russia to tell the story of their defeat. Next came the rebellion of Poland, provoked by the insane tyranny of Constantine, who fell a victim to cholera, with thousands of others, at an early stage of the war ; nor was it until Warsaw surrendered in 1830, and the fire of Polish patriotism had been quenched in blood, that the star of Nicholas seemed to emerge from the clouds that had hidden it during the early years of his reign. Thenceforward his career was a series of political successes, with few and slight checks ; and his dream of making Russia the arbitress of the destinies of Europe seemed rapidly approach ing its realisation. The events of 1848, which shook the thrones around ham, left him unscathed and even appeared to have advanced his long-che rished political views ; but in an evil hour his po litical sagacity failed him ; he tempted his destiny, and undid the labour of a life. When the Empress Alexandra sees the Ambassa dors of England, France, Austria, Prussia, and Sweden making their obeisance to her son after he has crowned his young wife, and whilst the chorus of " Long life" is sung by the choir to the accompaniment of the massive bells of the Krem lin and the thunder of the cannon, will not her thoughts revert to that last scene in the win ter palace, when all those nations whose represen tatives join in the acclamation were either hollow friends or open enemies, and when lie for whom like prayers had been made and similar obeisance d one lay dying, the victim of mortified pride and ambition ? Thus war and bloodshed marked the beginning and the end of his reign, and he left to his s on a lik e • evil omen to mark the commencement of his impe rial career ! Austria, the humble servant of his father, gave no sign of encouragement to the young Czar, but stood by, waiting to side with the strongest ; Prussia, ruled by the brother of the Empress Alexandra, was earning the contempt of all ; and Sweden was preparing to burst the chain which the sovereigns of Russia, from the dayswhen Bernadotte was Crown Prince, had been ceaselessly and laboriously endeavouring to bind around her. Then came theglorious day for France and England, when the impregnable Sebastopol was a heap of ruins ; when the fleet which, under Peter and his successors had grown into a mighty armada, were rotting under the waters of the Black Sea, when Russia, which was to have given laws to the world, was compelled to accept the terms imposed on her ; and when the ambitious projects with which Ni cholas began his reign were scattered to the winds. Such has been the gloomy commencementof the reign of Alexander. And surely in that solemn co ronation ceremony—solemn beyond measure to a religious Russian—the deep-voiced deacons chauut forth the prayers for peace, and glory, and long life to the Czir, the Empress-Mother must, needs echo them with an earnest awe, when she recalls the ca reer of him for whom she heard these prayers last uttered within these walls s o me thirty years ago. —Daily Netts. SEIZURE OF DNWITOLESONE GRAIN T LEEDS. Last week Messrs. Thomas England and Dickenson Hurtley, corn merchants, of Warehouse-hill, Leeds, were summoned before the magistrates, at the Court house, for having in their possession, exposed for sale, 12 quarters and upwards of wheat which was unfit for the food of man when seized by the Inspector of Nui sances. The case excited a good deal of interest, and the court where the complaint was heard was crowded by corn merchants and others. There was a great deal of discussion between the opposing counsel on the bear ing of the 20th section of the Nuisances Removal Act, and one or two objections of a formal character, on the part of the defendants' advocates, were overruled by the bench. Another objection taken for the defence was that no inspector had a right to enter a merchant's warehouse without a written authority ; but the magis trate, Mr. Lupton, replied that this was what they must all submit to for the good of society. Mr. Hugger, an analytical chemist, proved that the corn seized by the inspector was unfit for the food of man. The sample produced stank abominably ; and it appeared to be com posed of three-fourths of brown earth and one-fourth of discoloured grains of wheat. The counsel for the defence relied on the assertion that the wheat was not exposed for sale—it was simply warehoused; it had reached Mr. England in the ordinary way, and his servants had simply deposited it in the best way they could until they had received the orders of the owners. He, therefore, called upon the bench to dismiss the case. Mr. Eng land corroborated the statement of his advocate, and said that the wheat would have been used for manure ; it formed the damaged portion of a cargo of 1,800 quar ters from Egypt. The decision of the bench was at length given by Mr. Lupton as follows The subject is one of deep importance to the public ; and the magis trates have given it a great deal of consideration. Mr. Sands, the inspector, has performed his duties well and properly. He has acted in accordance with law, and de• serves commendation. We are of opinion that the corn complained of was not exposed for sale within the mean ing of the statute, inasmuch as it proved to our satisfac tion that it possessed no money value whatever. We are of opinion that corn placed in warehouses unfit for the food of man is always seizable by the inspector, and that there is great danger to the person holding it of being convicted under this act of Parliament, unless he can clearly and satisfactorily show that he had it not in his possession for any of the purposes contemplated by the act ; and the 022213 probandi will rest upon him. In order to prevent any information of offences of this character, it is desirable and will be prudent on the part of persons being in possession of such corn at once to announce the fact to the inspector, in order that it may be examined and disposed of in such manner as will prevent the sale of it for human food." The defendant's counsel hereupon promised to make manure of the rotten wheat, and the paxtiee left the vour, PRETENSIONS OF AUSTRIA AND PRUS SIA TO MARITIME POWER. It is singular that the two great German Powers, who have little or no seaboard, and the defence of whose territories depends almost entirely upon the employment of large land forces, should exhibit to the world a zealous ambition to become naval powers. The Governments of both countries, it would appear, are severally at this moment mak ing unheard-of efforts to create for themselves a navy. At the conclusion of the war of the French Re volution, and many years thereafter, Austria had not a single war vessel. Indeed she had little or no commerce to protect, nor had she many sea ports to defend. But Prince Metternich and his colleagues, who best understand the traditional policy and ambition of Austria, foresaw that the day might come when a naval force would be of importance to the prestige of that power. The nucleus of a navy was formed in the Adriatic, and fishermen from the villages of the coast were in duced to enter the service. Of late years the Go vernment have given more than ordinary attention to the increase of its strength, and it is understood that the Emperor takes an extraordinary interest in this infant branch of his t warlike establishments. Several of the vessels which constitute the Aus trian navy been built in the ship-building yards of the Thames, and the strength of the armament is as follows :—six frigates, carrying upwards of 200 guns ; seven corvettes, carrying 135 guns ; four teen brigs, carrying 165 guns ; seven galleys, car rying 70 guns ; two schooners, carrying 9 guns besides nine steamers, of 80 to 300 horse-pow er ; a fleet nearly as formidable as that of Naples, which has recently boasted that her naval power is next supreme to France in the Mediterranean. It may be that the far-sighted statesmen of Austria had anticipated what she hag gained from the present war, viz., an important voice and interest in the maritime regulations of the Black Sea as the pro tectress of the commerce of the Danube, which is destined to become of groat importance should Russian pretensions be really defeated in that quarter. Not Withstanding the intimacy of her ' alliance with Russia, the policy of Austria for several generations has been to recover,her right over the navigation of the great river which flows through the heart of her territories, and in this re spect the interest and the policy of England are identical with that of the eastern Germanic empire. Austria has truly profited by a war which has cost nothing beyond the exercise of their best wits by her superior statesmen and diplomatists. Prussia, until within the last few years, made no pretensions to naval power, and, beyond some ves sels stationed at the commercial ports for police purposes, she possessed no vessel carrying guns of any calibre. Like her neighbours, however, Prussia is determined to have a warlike flotilla. When, after the war with Denmark, the German Confederation disposed of the fleet they had em ployed on the occasion, Prussia purchased several vessels to form the nucleus of a navy. She has since increased the power of hersmall fleet by pur chasing from, or bartering vessels with, the English Admiralty ; and we have recently heard of the ex ploits of a Prussian man-of-war, under the com mand of one of the princes of the blood, even in the Mediterranean. The new service is popular in Prussia ; the sons of the best families strive fcr commissions in the infant navy. With what views is Prussia thus actively creating a naval force ? Probably never to employ it against England ; but certainly never against Russia, if there is any truth iu the proverbial say ing of the Czars, that " Prussia will never give them any offence."—Correspondent of the Morning Advertiser. TIIE LAND TRANSPORT CORPS. Last night a very numerous meeting of the discharged members of the Land Transport Corps was held at the Eight Bells, St. Luke's, to take unto consideration what measures should be adopted to prosecute their claims on the Government. The room in which the meeting was held was filled to overflowing, and large numbers who could not obtain admission congregated outside. Corporal Dlvis, who wag called to the chair, having briefly stated the object of the meeting, Quartermaster-Serjeant AUSTIN said .he was sorry that meeting should have bad to be called, because he thought the Government ought to have done them jus tice without it. (Hear, hear.) He had taken it upon himself to call the meeting at his own expense, because he felt confident that their claims were so well-founded that they only required to be pressed in a proper man ner in orler to secura a satisfactory settlement. Every corps that bad, come home from the Crimea and'had been discharged had received a gratuity except their own. Gratuities of 161, 121., 171 , and 241. had been granted to four of such corps, but they were foreigners; (Cries of "Oh, oh.") He wanted to know why Eoglisbnaen of good character--and no one wrs sent out without one—should be discharged, as they had been, with a paltry pound ? (Hear, and Same.) He pro posed that they should take steps to place themselves upon an equality with the Foreign Legion, as far as the gratuity was concerned. He proposed that both first and second class hands should be placed in the same position in that respect, although the second °lois men tad a bounty of 5/., while the first class men received no bonniy, but had 2i. &I. a day with rations. Neither of these classes bad bAsa clothed properly. " He knew personally that in the Ripon, the Thames, and two other vessels, 200 of their teen had been sent out partia'ly naked. They had never seen a coat, and many ol thorn had to encounter the inclemency of the winter with only summer trousers and white slopes on. He proposed that they should memorialise the Secretary of War for compensation for the clothing of which they bad been deprived, contrary to engagement entered into with them when they en listed, and to which they were therefore justly entitled. They were to have bad two pairs of boots, and they only got one. He himself had got no clothing whatever,. notwithstanding the rank he held during the one year and seven months he had been in the corps. The next grievance of which they had to complain was the manner in which they had been discharged. The document which most of them had received, containing the dis charge, wa., he understood, illegal, and if so, they would be entitled to their pay until they got a proper discharge. He did not state that as a fact, however, but only as a paint which it was intended to take legal advice upon, and if they found that they had such a claim, he believed they would unanimously determine to press it. These in formal paper discharges were not like the regular parch ment discharges which some of the men had got, and which included a certificate of character, enabling them t) . procure other employment. Those who had no such certificates were suffering the greatest hardships and pri vations in consequence, and it was scandalous and the graceful that men of good character, who at the mo ment.of need had responded to the call of the Govern ment, and who had nobly done their duty, should be thus shamefully and harshly treated. (Applause.) He proposed, therefore, in the next place, that they should employ a solicitor to embody the facts of their case in a petition to Parliament, and to presecute their claims, in such quarters as might be proper. It was not a case in which many words were needsd. The facts were suffi cient, and having stated them, he left the rest to his fel low comrades. (Cheers.) Mr. CHAMBERS said there was one part of Serjeant Austin's statement which he wished to correct. The serjeant said the second-class men got a bounty of 51. He saw many second-class men in the room, and he li would ask, did they get 51. ? (Loud cries of "No, no.") He knew that all he got was ss. at the time of enlist ment, 153. when he went to Bristol, and 11. Os. lld. afterwards, making 21. Os. 11d. What was to be done about the other 2/. 19s. 10Id. ? (Hear, hear.) He pro posed it should be applied for, as well as the gratuity to which they were entitled. (Applause, and cries of " Yes, yes.") They were also promised a "kit," when they entered; but when they got to Bristol, they found they had to pay for every article that was served out to them, and the prices charged were shamefully high. They were charged 3s. 10d. for smock frocks that they could have bought.anywhere for half a-crown ; 9s. 4d for a pair, pf shoes, which they could have bought in any shop in London for sm. (A voice—" And a great deal better for the money.") Yes, and a great deal better for the money. Then, they had to pay for their needles, thread, and c )tton, and he was sure that all they got of these articles could have been got for a penny, while they were charged is, lid for them. (Hear, hear.) They were charged is. for painting two or three letters on their knapsacks. In fact, they had been cheated in every possible way ; and now they bad been discharged in this scandalous and disgraeeful man ner, without compensation or gratuity of any kind, while foreigners were treated with the greatest liberality. (Applause.) Another SPEAKER said he knew many of the men who had been sent out with only half a kit, and who, after being charged Bs. 4d. for summer trouseri, had never g t any winter trousers at all. Mr. CHAMBERS continued. He had been invalided and sent to Scutari. When he got there he found the place was crowded, and they then sent him on to Ren. koi, a civil hospital, where they stopped 3id. a day from his pay for rations. Now when he entered the corps he expected to get his full pay, and he wanted to know why that stoppage should take place because they had not room for him in a military, and sent him to a civil hos pital. That was no fault of his.—(A Voice—"l was stopped 30. a day for rations in Scutari Hospital.") He did not know that before, but he thought they should claim that money back, and he felt very much disposed to sue fur it in some of the county courts, if there was no other way of getting it. After some further statements of a similar character from other speakers, it Ns as unanimously resolved to apply to the Secretary of War for compensation for cloth ing, and to Parliament for redress of their other griev ances, especially with reference to the gratuity. A committee of five was appointed to carry out these resolutions, and the meeting closed with the usual com pliments to the chairman. The letters from Holland mention that the whole of the 850,0001, of silver, bought of the Bank of Amster dam about a month back by London firms, was sent to Vienna. The price at which it was sold ranged between 105 f. 60c. and 105 f. 70c., but the Bank hare now raised their terms, and have fixed their selling price for fine silver at 105 f, 80c., and their pu rc h as . lug price at lA4 Ok, LITERATURE. Kars and our Captivity in Russia. By Colonel Atwell Lake, C.B. Richard Bentley. The fall of Kars has excited too much interest thr-iighout the length and breadth of - the country render the most ample particulars of the defence and of the captivity .of the gallant de fenders of that stronghold acceptable to the reading public. Notwithstanding, therefore, the work by Dr. Sandwith, the present volume makes its ap pearance with a fair prospect of welcome. ,That prospect a perusal is admirably calculated to con vert into certainty, revealing, as the volume does, so much of the characters as well as of the heroic performances. of General. Williams and his devoted band of English subordinates. The contents of tho work consist principally of letters from Captain Thompson, General Williams, and Colonel L a k e , the narrative portion (introductory and concludinci) forming but a small part of them. The reade c 'r being briefly possessed of the outlines of the story, has next the opportunity of becoming acquainted with the details, and of gathering from the corre spondence of the above individuals the circum stances under which what seemed incumbent on them to attempt was set about, and what it was their fate to contend against. Disoraanised troops, rascally pachas, neglect at Constantinople, treachery, famine, and disease, all these the reader is aware are to be found in the category. The letters of Captain Thompson tend greatly to en hance our regret at his premature decease. A fine gallant genial spirit pervades them all. The letters of Gen. Williams are not less illustrative of the man, and so far as Colonel Lake is concerned, the readers of his work will see no reason to regret the acquaintance. He is especially anxious to impress on their minds the bravery of the Turkish troops, and the kindness and hospitality of his Russian captor's. This leads us to one ground of complaint against him, as also against his coat panions in trial and captivity. It is greatly to be desired that they had been equally anxious to do justice to the brave Hungarian Generals Guyon and Kmety, by whose zeal and ability the prepa rations for the siege were greatly promoted. This is a blot, if the only one, in the deeply interesting work,belare t ,us ' to .;Bich we feel b oun d t o d raw attenCio.a. We are afraid' some subtle influence has been brought to bear to prevent that recogni tion of these gallant soldiers' claims, which the innate generosity of the " h eroes of Kars . ' must have prompted them to render. Illustrated Band-book of Military Engineering and of the Implements of • War. By R. Forrest. Day and Son, Lithographers to the Queen. Had this work made, its . appearance a year or two ago we could have predictudfor it, with safety, a heavy demand, illustrating, and renderin g intel ligible to non-professional readers, as it is intended to do, and actually does, the various necessary tech nical expressions used in modern warfare. As it is, however, the work is likely to me e t With an extensive sale, for the use of these expressions is not cOnfineci to the period of actual war, but is continued dur ing peace by the historian, to the comprehension of whose descriptions of bygone conflicts in modern times a knowledge of the terms in question is essen tial. To this knowledge the numerous engravings in the work before us are likely to contribute in an eminent degree. They are well executed, and leave a clear impression as to what this or that eiptes sion really means. The work, is dedicated, by per. mission, to Lord Panmure. The Companion Library. Henry Lea. Under this appellation the public aro being pi c sented with a series of tales, &c., original and select, in separate volumes, at the exceedingly low cost of2d. each. The series opens with " Ivan; or, the Immured," a R uss i an t a l e o f some i nterest by Thomas Gaspey, Esq. The unfortunate hero is no other than the infant Czar of that name, who, after a few months nominal reign, was imprisoned in a fortress, and, after many years' incarceration, put to death by the Empress Cathei ine. Dictionary of Familiar Sayings and Phrases. _ Edinburgh : Sutherland and Knox. A useful little work for those-who - wish to be come acquainted with the recognised meaning and real or supposed origin of most 'of the sayings and phrases current among us. Ithistrative anecdotes accompany . the explanations. A BURMESE ROBINSON CRUSOE. A Burman, says a letter from Rangoon, of the 20th of June, arrived here a few days ago, having been picked up by a Chinese junk at sea, in a small-boat by himself, about ninety miles east of Tavoy. The man's history of himself is a strangonne. • He was one of six men who proceeded about seven months ago, in a boat from Tavoy, to one of Preparis islands, named Bund ur. Their ohj,ct was fo obtax cargo of c , c3a nuts. It is an understood and au no knowledged rule among the Burmese tribes that inhabit the western soaats of TeriasieriM, that the first pa. fy arriving at any of these islands has . the sble right and title to the cecoa, nuts of the season.. • A day or tw- after the Tavoy Men had reached the island of Bundur, a party of the Monlinein men arrived at the same place fur the saine object, - and were of course somewhat annoyed to find the Tavoy men had arrived before them. They asked - to be allowed tai go halves in the no's, but the Tavoy men insisted on their right to the whole, and told the Moulmein men they might get the cocoa-nuts from the'neigaonrieg island of a. The Moulmein men went aryl returned the same day, saying there were no nuts worth having, and said they would remain on the island of Bonder and would take what were left by the Tavoy men. This was accordingly settltd between them. It seems that nuts could only-be obtained in fine weather, or from sonic reason or another they did not try to get any when it raiaed, but fished for sea-slugs instead, a fish highly piized by the Chinese, and fetching a good price where then) are Cainamen. One rainy day, as the Tavel , men were fishing, three being on the sea-shore and three in the water, of whom the narrator was one, being fired at, swam out to sea. Two of these, after swimming some hours, sunk, and the third and only survivor, being a very g o o d sw i mmer, floated on his back, and while doing so, slates that he went to sleep, and awoke in the middle of the night, finding that the tide was drifting him into the island again. Ile regained the shore before it was light, and finding that, as he s'enubled along the shore, a hollow trunk of a tree standing upright with a hole at the top, he got into it; and that tree actually was his place of concealment fur six monthS. He could see through a chink in• it when the Mold mein men went abroad, and managed to get cocoa nuts when he knew they were not about. The kernel was his food, and the water or milk his drink. At last he found his enemies had gone, and venturing abroad and going round the island he perceived that they had taken both boats with them. He declares that one night he dreamt that in a certain part of the island there was lying a small boat, and on proceed ing to the spot next morning he found it. This seems like romance, but the man gave his evi* deuce in a calm and clear manner to the magistrate here, Dr. Martin, .and had told the Same story to the captain of the. Chinese junk as soon as he came to himself after being taken on board, for he was at first too agitated to se)/ anything. Tu continue the strange narrative, our Robinson Crusoe remembered that one of his comrades had broken the blade of his knife in opening a cocoa nut, and had thrown it down in a par ticular spot. Ile found the knife on the ground among the grass, and, though the blade was broken, managed to cut a rudder and a mast. These he attached to ti,e little boat, and taking a supply of cocoa-nuts with him, started for Tavoy, being guided by the, sun ,by day and the stars by night. He was proceeding on his course when he was picked up by the junk. • • The truth of the man's story was partly confirmed in • court, for one of the native officials connected therewith told the magistrate that his Wife, who bad lately*re. turned from Moulmein, had mentioned to him that the wife of the person whom our Robinson Crusoe had named as the head of the Moulmein crew, had lately come out in very costly garments, and that her Baugh.` tors also were very richly dressed, and that it. was gene.' rally known that the man had made lately a very sue cessful expedition to one of the Preparis Islands, and bad • brought back a rich load of cocoa nuts. Robinson Crusoe bas been sent to Moulmein to idea. tify the murderers, whom he knows by name ae well as by their appearance. Conceive their horror and amaze. ment, when they are confronted with the man they must have long ago considered drowned and devoured by sharks. Time will show whether the man's story turns net true. His narrative was clearly and dispassionately given. NEW CHANCERY STAMPS.— On Monday next new Chancery adhesive stamps will be issued from 6d. toll. Fees are not taken in the offices. THE SITSPEOTED MURDER AT HAMPTON COURT... EXHUMATION OF THE BODY.—Yesterday, in accordance with previous a rrangement, Mr. Brent, the deputy cm. nor, attended, in company with Mr. Heskett, an nate. mica' dissector, from London, at the Hampton church. m ight undergo suspected yard, to witness t h e exhumation of the remain s o f L ew i s s a lmons (who, as already stated, y is the been murdered), in order that more e minute examination. Dr. Garrett, who had made the • previous post mortem examination, was in attendance. The examination was principally intended to find out, if possible, whether deceased died from the effects of seve ral stabs, as considered by Dr. Garrett, or whether the wound in his side was inflicted by a gun or pistol shot. The body h av i ng b een carefully reopened, Mr. Heskett directed his attention to the more seriously injured in ternal organs, the heart and lungs, and after a careful. examination several large swan shot were discovered in the left lung. The stomach of the deceased, with its contents, together with other portions of the body whi c h might have become impregnated with 'poison havi ng been secured for subsequent analysis, if necessary, an d sealed up in a suitable jar, the body was once more cony signed to the grave. The police have been unable to • discover anything of the large sum seen in the possession of the deceased man the day he was missed for the first time. It is supposed that the stomach of the deciasctl and its contents will be analysed to discover, if possible, whether he was drugged or mot, -