The Sun. — London, England, 1856-07-28 00:00:00

.3 country te, the de !es. Most on former are very n them are hat heavy o be made d other ar k. From luarters of 121 peas, , 160 sacks Ls received ; but some ,wever, the )d. Owing (nimble se ine° of the home-pro )us realized ,er. wheat, in quarter be- oes, but on Le trade wad The trade in the wsr• per quarter moderate re' an try marks way 10. per 'RE 788 to 791 and Peed 2G5 288 ..... 278 308 ICork 238 283 25s 288 283 318 ,•• • • . 378 405 .... 42i 45; ..., 3 8 8 408 42s 413 443 491 443 498 633 688 •• •• 543 558 Zorfolk 50s 528 KET. foreign stock ) total import k in 1855 we 553 ; in 155 g, lad. Calves. PIO. 266 729 374 2 ... I S 1 ... 23 ... 6 ... 717 761 as follows :-- Calves. Plan -658 677 157 1,098 ..• 507 856 33 538 • 55 4 ciri i 463 ••• 355 )ard of Trado,;3?, United Sing-Oi present and two',l',:, 1856. 2,830 614 -. r,265 :,643 914 ... 1' •.• _ ••• 209 narket was 00,1 :eipts of beast'', but deficient i teadily at last wor th bs 2d pet;',, at a decline ifr; , Leicestershi re, 10 short horna ; is breeds; fr° lll 1 Scots. sheep, but th e r Gen e ' 1 at prices Well mnight. Ab° 4 , • id via Liverp oo " the demand for sh state, at 10s market, and thi !• Ma° were supra e. d. [own 5 0 Ayes 3 6 4 1 0 lo 4 6 4 • 3 4 4 3 . . U 4 4 7 „ res 23 . 5 " 0 )igs 22 0 2 9 G 1 SUPPLT. 1, 690 nbs ..•• .• ••• 3 'o • s and prices of Cattle 3tropohtan his day, 1856 855. July 28, 0 A. g. d. d. us 4 2;3 4t0 3 0 4 6310 6 5 04 2 6 5 4!4 10 5 0 3 83 10 .6 4 2'4 2 ¢lO 4 84 8 5 25 5 0 6 6 614 8 0 4 4 6 3 6 4 10 5 04 6 0 310 3 4 41 0 4 64 4 4, 57$ 162 630 Ve s i . l 310 ! 0— !.Btas 4,085; sloe? nd lambs, 28,799; HALL. meat are OD 50 Illy is steadlo e. d. • i• g 3 I ferior 3 6 ling 4 0 4 7, 3 48 4 1 1' 3 4 U 4 4 4 re favourable, gala kinds of bops all must be submi t te' i from Hamburg. 40 6/ Gs por 0 0; ;1 Os to 51. 'OLDS. • Bugllali potato*, a is to 5s per cwt. its from Guerussfe sal" of colonis l ity has sold at the la—Clean sheep ° lamb's, le Sd to lip—Clean sheep'''. s ; pieces, le to is 10 ; lam b% South Australian la 70 to la ila; ) Van pie- IO a ; lamb's, le Sevlral lots ist week's import. 1 Bombay, 951r 00 n Australia, I, l V v , is, 891 from W el' from Sydney. English wool a, is 2d to is 30,1 es, is 2d to ls ' skin, is to le wool, la to Is U`' rotations are uno l° increases dsilY; in barrels at 11" a fine parcel tili c ! !id oil seeds are 1 " ing short. 4 40 ..... 424 0 0 )or quarter 3.-lowing.. 63 4 521 660 3, pr. ton— 0 1 5J 10 0 , • Per ton 9101 111. pr ton 5115+ (, 45 • qr. ° 3 than on ltiondol he spot, is coot eu. nths 49s per cwt. ------------° • t 1865. 1866. -- 18 i 44.827 11,81 t,::.,56s 0.1 tol 530 „, ' 1 1 —s Od to ---,'„',.: 9 1 2,468 , 3."'''' 9 ' 13,665 15,576 ,6 1,749 1.79! '. 10,777 7,03 i 4 064 CI bit 84 •••• ado.••• . ~` • , , • MONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENOI. CITY, Two o'Ci,oc, The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed steadily without any quotable change in prices. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales, comprising 160 Pernam and Maranham, at 6111 to rid. ; 20 Bahia, at W,d. ; 250 Egyptian, at 6id. to 7/d. ; 700 Surat, at 4d. to Sid. ; and 20 Sea Islands, at llid. to is. per lb. In the Share Market there was but little business done. The French commercial report for the pact week notices a general improvement in the state of trade as compared with the previous week. Orders for Parisian manufactures continue to arrive from England. The last packet from the United States reports an improvement at New York in the mar kets for French goods ; and in consequence of many orders for silks not being executed, there bas been a rise in that article. The export trade to Spain is completely at a standstill. Accounts from Beaucaire, where the annual fair for the sale of merchandise is held, are satisfactory. There was a large attendance of Piedmontese and Italian pur chasers of silk and cotton tissues. The manufacturers are agitating still the ques tion of free trade, notwithstanding the adjourn ment of the measure for reducing prohibitory duties this session. They are now working to ob tain a more radical reform than they at first de manded from the Legislature. The Austrian Go vernment have taken the initiative this year in this important question. Their new tariff, which came into operation on the Ist of the present month, shows a reduction of duty on a great number of articles, ranging from 15 to 75 per cent. The retailers at Paris are doing a quiet business, chiefly with strangers visiting the French capital. From New York the accounts by the steamer Canada state that the market for speculative secu rities, at the latest date, was quiet, with a good inquiry for stock, at full rates. The balance of trade continued in favour of Europe, the imports having exceeded the exports during the week end ing July 12 to the extent of $789,881. [n the general state of the market for English Securities no decided change has taken place this morning, but the transactions have decreased rather than otherwise. This has occasioned some flatness in prices, and the market. presents a dull appearance. The preparation now in progress for the share settlement is chiefly occupying the attention of the dealers. Consols have been 95i and 951 for money, and 951 for account. The New Threes are 96a j, and the Reduced 96 to 96k. Exchequer Bills (small) are 20s. to 245. prem., and India Bonds under 1,0001. are 21s. prem. For Foreign Securities there is also a dull mar ket, but the prices are not generally lower. Turkish 6 per Cents. rule at 1041, and the 4 per Cent. Guaranteed at 1061 I. Spanish have rather improved, the Threes being 441, and the Deferred 231 to 24. Sardinian are 921 A. Russian 44 per Cents. 98i. Dutch 2i per Cents. 65 to 65k, and the 4 per Cents. 97-i• _ _ _ The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7f ; Mexi can, 22i 31; Peruvian, 81 3; ditto 3 per Cents, 57 9 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 49 51 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 111 13 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 98 100 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 441 5 ; ditto Deferred, 231 4; ditto Certificates, 61 ; ditto Passive, 6 7. To-morrow is "making up" day in the Railway Share market, and the dealing in connection there with constitute the chief business of the dealers, the fresh transactions being of an unimportant character. The Caledonian, North Western, Nor folk, and South Eastern have all been rather weaker, but the general tone of the market is good. Rigas have been supported, but most of the foreign shares are merely nominal. Bengals are -a i premium, Ceylons 1 1 premium, and Calcuttas premium. Mining Shares were generally flat. In Banks there has been very little doing ; and Miscellaneous generally remain without variation. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONK O'CLOCK. (Prom the Official List. : Rnaln. - done I per Cent. Reduced Annuities... 8 per Cent. Console Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities ..... New 2i per Cent. Annuities 79i Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 ... Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 lB 3-16 India sonde. £lOO4l „.. .. Ditto, under £lOOO 2l P Consols for Account E [chequer Bills, 24d. £IOOO Small PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O't Ila It K Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New 5 per Cent., 1829 and 1839 1014 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 4 per Cent Ditto Account 49i Russian Bonds, 1822, .4; St., 5 per Cent — Ditto 44 per Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. .. Ditto Account 924 4 Sp 11111 E i amide, 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account T irk io, , -;onds, 6 per cent Ditto Account .. . lo4i Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account ~, ~ e iris 0:-. •,ne filw,ve oN .11-> tri t.,,r , , 4 0 - Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent., 12 Guilders 654 5 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates TWO O'CLOCK. Consols . ...-. Ditto Amount POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) MANSION•HOUSE. BIIttGLART.—John 0' Deer, an Irishman luxuriating in a(prison crop, and with much of the militia bearing j about him, was charged before Sir W. Carden with burglary. It appeared, from the evidence, that police-constable 412, when near Dyers'-hall this morning, about five o'clock, heard a noise in some unfinished buildings at the rear of the ball on D3wgate-hill, and on going in he there found the prisoner tying up a bundle, which was afterwards found to contain a coat, waistcoat, pocket-handkerchief, and other articles of wearing apparel. The prisoner was taken to the police-station and charged with robbery. The policeman, with police sergeant 75, went back to the buildings, and on a minute examination they discovered that some person bad got from them up by a water-spout to a window in Dyers'. ball which was open. The ball, beadle was called up, and on examining the premises it was fund that a square of glass had been broken in the window of the committee room, by which means it had been opened and egress got to the premises. A search was then made and articles of wearing apparel, &c , belonging to vari ous officers connected with the ba►l, were missed, and to have gained possession of them the thief tnn:t have gone over nearly the whole of the premises. The articles were produced and identified by Mr. Price, the ball beadle. who stated that the premises were secured on Sunday night at 10 o'clock. The prisoner was committed for trial. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, July 28.—Wind this day at noon, W.; light breeze anti fine. PLYMOUTH, July 27.—Arrived--Elizabeth, from Prince Edward's Island; Lord Hungerford, from London, for Adelaide. (PER ELECITUTC TELEGRA:vi7. SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Arrived—Susan, Rose, Florinda, Clyde, Jane, George, R.pitl, Lord Nels )n, Susanna, Limerick Lass, and Apollo, from Newpurt ; Euphrates, from London. Smiled—Tay, steamer, for St. Thomas; Charlotte, for Guernsey. _ . LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind N.N.W. Arrived—Odin, from Maccio ; Julietta, Marcabero Juniata, Cardenas. _ _ Off—Australia, from New Orleans; Merrimac, St. John's, N.B. Sailed—Embla, for Christiania; Nyverheid. Antwerp; Imanuel, Constantinople. The Grecian, for Malta, has put back with machinery damaged. QUEENSTOWN, July 26. Wind N. Arrived—Guide, from Laguna ; Sophia, St. John's, Newfoundland. Sailed—Dalewain, for Guayaquil. (r gIIDVARIND AND BEITIBII TELEORAP , WindGRAVESEND, Monday, 10.30 a.m. W,S.W. ; tide bigh-water, fine. Arrived, July 27th—Her Majesty's ship Abundance from lislaklava. Arrived, July 28 —Lizzie, from Constantinople; Leonne, Graveliner. Wind W.S.W. DEAL, Monday, July 28, 9.47 a.m. ; moderate, and file. Yzo3sed—Job First , fr om Jamaica , for London. Anchored—Copeuliar•en and Maria' Hay, from Port Philip ; Challenge, for Gibraltar • Seargo, from Cardiff ; Wellington, f rom Hobart Town-411from London. SHARE MARKETS. mais DA' ) RAILw.kYS. 1-AILWA YA. Closing Prices Saturday Arab?. I:atit Tial 1 y - rao .A`t BirmiLg. Wolverli 14tour Valley.... -. Birk eithd. Lau, 'J o . clAear. Ty n ,r'gi;l, • ,Ell 5 tiss4. Bridal C.lalcdouian. Chester . Holyhead Cork and Bando... Cork, Black, 4 Pas , ConawZl Do. A Do. B Dr,b .in4Belfast,l Dun. P. 4 Aber, Jnc. East Auglic.n Eastern Counties Fil•kst. iTTkirr 4 Sti Be., B. Stock ~ ;Do. ; New A... Kent JA3nmshire Edinburghdt Glaser Edinb. and Peebles.. Edin.Prtll as Donde Forth & Clyde Jun.; Furness. Do. Extension.. Great N. of Scotlnd. Great Northern Do., A. Stout . „ I)o., B. Stud ... Gt. Sth. &West.(lr Great western..,., Do. Stour Val R Gna. Stk Irish South-Easton Lancaster & Carl's!. Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lineash.andYorksl Do., Ws,• aiding IT r. Do. South - i or t London & Black Fl'h Lond. Bright & Loud. and N. Wesf Do. Fifths D0.101.8h.,M&8. t Do. Eighths,. ~.. Londonandfa W. , tn Lon. Tilby. & South Barking 5h.... , .I.Anclndrry&eoleraine Lndndrrv. &Ennisk, Manoh.Shef. & Linelo Do., Man. &Lin. Un Metropolitan Midland Do. Birmng. & Derby ISidld. G. West. Om ' Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Cs.rlislo Nwpt.Aborg. &Hrfd Newry &Enniskillm , Newry, Warrenpo'nt and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Connties 1:1 r North British..., Nth. Devon Rail. & Dock Stock IDo., A Stock Do., B Stock., , N. ttatern—Berwie' 1)o. do. Extension „ Do.do. G.N.E. ?web Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. &S. Wstrn. ,Hanp stead, and City . North Staffordshi? North Western , N. & S. WeStrn. June Ox., Wore., & Wolv Portsmouth Scottish Central SeottishMidland, Shropshire tirn i South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh.th Riv. Dn Do , Staines, Wok. &Wok itookton & Darlug. Do., do., 1854 Do., do., 1855 Sto*ten & Hartley, Taff Vale _ Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Hay. D.& R. Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenn , Waterford&Limer'(l West Cornwall__ West End of Londoi and Crystal Palace Do. A , Do. B West London Virimbledn Et Cro d y OL all katwer.,altutt 10 Ardennes all Atlan.& St.tw. leased at 6 p. e. by Gd.Tnk. of Canada all Belgian Er. in. Jun( 14 Healers t3GraissessN 4. Bombay, Baroda,an Can. India, g 5 p. c all Do. 'Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. Carmeaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. Demerara I )utoh Rhenish Eastern of France . Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p Do. Fx. B, gn.s p c. Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. D 0.4 6 p.c.Bnds. ;57: Do, do do '59 dn.. Geelong Az lifelb . otunc guar. 5 per cent. . Gd. Tk of Canna aA Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. tillT7 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., de. Gt. Central of Fran, Gt. Tn. Pen. g. 5 p. c Do New, gu sp. c. Great Luxombow , Constituted Share Gt. Western of Canada Shares ......... Do. New Do. Bds., payable 's' Do. do., '76, p. '60.. Do. do., '73 do. Do. do., '73, withoul option ................ Lake Const. Basi` Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca .1- Pist. 5 p. c.p Lyons and Geneva rayons & 3 , Tediterry Niadrae, guar. 4 , p.c 00. New do,, 5 p. c Do. 44 p. c. Eaten Do. 3d Ex., g. 5 p. c Nana Antonia Do. do. New lemur & Liege (wit Interest) _ 1)o. (ox interest)... Do. do , C p. c. Prof Northern of Frano lorwegianTrunkPrP Paris and Lyons... )itto Bondi ... Paris and Orietos. Recife & San. Fran.. (Pernam.) g. 7 p c. Riga & Dunaburg is. at 80/. per share... Rome and Frascati.. t-yal Da.nisl, Roya Swedish._ .. iainbre and Itmse 00. 5i p. cent ►'re' Scinde, guar. 5 p. c Do Southern of France St. Andrew's ane Quebec (A)„. West Flanders Do 5A per c, Pref u 47. &N. W. of PrAnc West. of Switzerlantt Wiesbaden .. . elan ,•< A.ustratat„,,, sank uf Egypt . Bank of London 1i a. "ritivh N. A.meri,a:. 5 nhartd. Bank of la 6 Chid. BLk. of Indite. Anatra:ia, & Chitm 0 City 5 C01:332W ;0 I Commercial of Lond ill Eng.Seot.kAns.Cht. Xll Lond. Chart. Bk. o Australis 1.5 Ditto New _ _ 0 London and Conni 7:. I ;0 Lna.k E. Ent g. Corp. 0 London Joint St . .0 London and Paris.... 10 Loud. & Westminat,, 15 National Proof Bnp LO Do. New 12 National 0 4 .• Bank Ali tlew South Wa;0. , „... 11 Oriental Bank )t Corporation ........ 9 Ottoman Bank Provincial of irelanil l Do. Now R Ans B no Ir a Royal British South Australia Unic.a of Atstr-li , . D. ' KW it. fOS•e• , • Union f Lando), Western Bk of Loud 4 4 --9 i 19!) 20 16 w. 18 13i -- 14! 95 !-‘,7 61 1 7 -- 17, 13 - 15' 2 - 3 p 10 - 11 18 19 10i 10/3 36 38 25 27 86 88 61 - 63 38 - 39 94 96 - 974 98 78 79 '3O IV 114 I'6 61.1 624, 60 65 1 73 76 6i 7i ei 7A 976 98 ... 7 74 09a - 11(4 07i 10841 1 -- 14 r, 1 4 .08 - 109 34 . 344 3cl par 8 81 54 56 NO • •.. iii 2 15i -• 57 - ST 38 • 881 1 3 lA - 19 • 63A - 96 1 - 6 31 110 - 79 16: -74 t 83 - 20} - 6 26 6 - 8 2 - 4 - 5i 7 7 i 8 - 81 4i - 5p li •-, 2 2 - 3 2k - 2i - 5 •-• 5i - 2i‘ 36i -37 i iit 231 -- 2311 2i 22i -- •to 21 - 25 i 3 - 14 J 85 86 7i —8; 2Le -. 224 2 2 p 5 1 -- 5 25 26/ 3 21: 100 102 123 -- 126 123 126 111 112 5 i - Sip 11 - 12 p' 211 -21 i 24 - 3 p 11 -- 2i -Up "" • •• 9 - 9 1 20 - 20. 421 - 42 84 - 9 561 - 56 54 - 56 1,4 - lip 4 ... 411, 19 20 1 1. 11i 91 1 - 10 3i • - Pir 5 37 --- '3B 1 . 6 20 . 102 104 1 Up 70 - 72 - 1 p ii 17 -- 18 204 —21 i par 1 p 2 - 4p ... -- a 1 SO. 48 - 60 10 1 % -41 t; - 1.4111 43 45 36 - 38 71. 73 8 9 1 1-2 2p Business dont this day n' 9,3/4 all 100 all 100 'East East 11 25 0 ! 12i 1 4 00 0 ul 50 rsl 100 51 100 2 100 2i 20 al 20 a: 50 100 1' 100 2 100 3 20 11 50 2! 20 a: 25 a: 20 11 100 21 10 al 100 5 25 a] 25 a: so 1( 1001 51 4i 61 11 32 49 15 731 81 THE sum LONDON, MONDAY EVENING; Jr 1,4 Y 28, 1858, LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. gh r RAILWAYS. r'oriplin , Saturday. 'his day. 6•Si iiedford NAti & Bietehley I.V Buck liaa-,JA. L. &I , T. W. 98 -- 100 100 105 V , all Col.Stour VY. E. Ur. & Sud. and 11.2::. E. C....„ 12 t.to It. pc Ot.Nn.,-e. 137 -- 140 138 5 ail E. Un. H. S. E. Count. 4 46 St. 10, C4laa. Barr. x Caldonian. Neils. Direct St. Ia) Do. New Do ~....... 15 all Glstr.&Dn. Pr Gt. Wesi.r, 28 30 10 ; all Hrtlpl. Dk. Yk. New. Railway . k Berw ai; Hull & Ser V. N tIG 107 309 25 all Do. Sharov. ..... ,• 12? all Do. ; Share:: D 0... ••• 1 all Lon. & Green', S. Easten 121 2' all Do.Preferen,,,- Do 23 St. 100 Lon., m., & ti. Peto &Co ll4 117 3t 100 Lowestoft gr 4 per cent. Noricl••• t. to',/ Do. 6 per el- Do . .•. 5. ail Manch. Exta L.&N. and Matlo.;lr & 0 all Middlesbro' Stckton& Redear. st. 100 Midld•Bra.l? t 94 96 6i 5} Newmarket Bury E. G.sp t? Eu. Conn. 50 al. N.& Est.sp.e. G. 4 - .30un , :... 58 60 59 eli Do. 6 l‘er it. „., • 50 al! Do. Fixeds pc Do ..• all Prost. k y It N. W 12e. all Do. 6 Shr, A Do St. 1 .?0 Roystn.& Hit. GtNorth , 136 139 25 i 8 Shef.Roth.a.n. Lancash& Gooleg.s p.c. Yorksh. 10 all Shrews.&Her T.ErasseY 7i 8 12 101 S. Staffordsh. 3i.l l lClean 21 - 21(1 all Wear Valleyg; Stockt. & per cent.,. Dar ingt. ' l '" , all Do. 33 ).5 34i, 3t ,100 Wiltek4op nA Ofgrestn. 90 - 94 191 SPORTING NOTES. GOOD THINGS FOR GOODWOOD. I shall not attempt to describe the many attractions of glorious Geodwood. Turfites -acknowledge their power ; and, despite whatever gloomy forebodiegs may be entertained to the contrary, the meeting :till maintains a flourishing popularity. The sport will not only be ample, but of a most interesting character. A scarcity :If money, ho orever, is likely to limit the operations of book-makers. Before these remarks meet the reader's eye, a large majority of gentlemen turfites and others will be ere route to the Sussex coast. The subscription room at the Corner will this afternoon be deserted by all excent a Jew old toggles, and in fact to-day there will be a 101 l in .; , 5 , pertng world—a calm whic'l will pr cede the stem of excitement which will set in to morrow and continue till Friday. Many horses have alreaely arrived, and the Mr. Crokers of the turf, who gloriously anticipated small fields, have been completely sileeced. As I write, how ever, with one eye on my paper and the other watching the skies influence, I.corifess that our fickle clerk of the weather may play us a trick. The sun scarcely breaks through the heavy leaden hued clouds which lower drearily. lan net, however, inclined to meet troubles half-way, and have. faith in sunshine and fair weather. The course is in beautiful order. The Gratwicke Stakes may again introduce us to the Two Thousand victor, Fazz,iletto, who has an allowance of 3 lbs. Hie most formidable opponent will perhaps be Manganese. Could I, however, calculate upon a start, I should be inclined to place some faith in Melissa. The same circumstance that pnduced the disqualification of Lord Cdfden's horses last year may also cause the withdrawal of Melissa on Tues_lay. Shoul3 St. Hubert not break down he will win the 300 Sovs. Sweepstakes. The fine, racing -like Zayder Zee engrosses all atten tion for the Haul Stakes. When I saw him at New market I stated my opinion that he would require time, and this opinion lam disii.clined to alter. Still from the spirit wits which he is backed I am compelled to believe that his success is by his party deemed a cer tainty. The colt by Orlando nut of Physalis, and Aya canora will be his most dangerous antagonists. Th,, Levant Stikes E+eenti likely_to - !*(t. placed to the endit of Impeeieuse. Au elaborate discussion of the chance for the Good ! wood Stakes would unnecesearily occupy time and space. The relative events of the animals have, too, been so frequently indicated by me that I have really no new argument to advance. Although POLE STAR won her race at Chelmsford with seeming difficulty, yet the sub sequent performances of Tug o' War will not allow me to regard that achievement with indifference. Still, I believe her to be t o heavily weighted to place confidence in her on this occasion. She will have to meet HUN GERFORD and SPEED THE PLOIMH on equal terms, and I fancy she will find it difficult to shake off the old horses. According to her Liverpool running, LADY TATTON deserves the support which she has received, and will unquestionably obtain a forward position in the race. PRETTY Bar, good as he has proved binaself to be, can have no chalice. His weight has been increased 101bs., and he will be called upon to concede 171bs. to ZETA, and 23lee. to GOLDHILL--a task which he will find it beyond hie.power to accomplish. Oil carefully cetnparing the chances, indeed, I am induced to believe that GOLDHILI, and ZETA occupy their true positions in the betting, for it public running offered any criterion of ability they are certainly the most formidable competitors in the race. Goldhill's performances at Stamford were, I am inclined to believe, all a mistake. Still I have some deubts as to his staying powers, but my suspicions may not be well founded: Considering the heavy character:of the Handicap, at Est 131 b Goldhill can not be deemed " badly in." Of the other three-yr-olds Bandaloreis unquestionably entitled to the precedence. Still she was thought so utterly bad that she was turned out of the Bedford Stable. "So was Weathergage " may be suggested by the reader. I have too much re spect for the Admiral's judgment, however, to believe that he would make a second mistake of that nature. Swyndel Dhygga and Chevy Chase are not likely to be heard of again in connection with this race. Of the four-yr-olds . Jolly Marine, who, by the way, is very " fishy" in the market, seems to be, with the exception of Lady Tattoo, the most favourably weighted. The recollection of a close race which he ran with Muscovite, Typee, and Little Harry at New market, compels me to deem hun somewhat worthy of notice. I am, however, compelled to adhere to the favourites, and shall expect to see the foremost positions occupied by ROYAL CREMORNR GARDENS. Thursday next is the day appointed for Mr. Simpson's annual benefit, when we have no doubt the attractions put forth for the occasion, and the estimation in which he is held, will induce a very large number of visitors to render him their eupport. Amont the special features of the evening will be new illumination shields, crown , , royal arms, and obelisks, which will adorn the entrance, the Turkish mosque, and the Ashburnhatn gates. The latter deserves an anticipatory notice from its novelty, its well-timed compliment, and its tasteful brilliancy. The space taken up by this artistic triumph is about 60 feet by 40. The centre displays in varing coloured crystals the crowns of France, Sardinia, and England, supporting Turkey, with an elaborate lau relled scroll, and the initial letters of each so vereign, with the motto, " Cremorne welcomes Peace. I This is supported by two obelisks with eight tablets, also in crystal, upon which are inscribed the names of our Crimean heroes—Raglan, Codring ton, Simpson, Lyons, and Williams of Kars, and also the names of the distinguished inn in our allied army and navy, surmounted by Cupids with the flags of each nation. The whole is to be lighted, by an ingenious ' contrivance which will very much increase the bril liancy of the effect. The Ashburnhan, Pavilion is also to be illuminated throughout its length of 375 ft., and is to be arranged and decorated for a ball-room, which will comfortably accommodate many thousands cf visitors. It has been suggested ti give the Guards who have returned from the Crimea a fete in the shape of a dinner, avid Cremorne-gardens, it is expected, will be the place. In the permanent marquees, erected at a cost of 2,0001. there is ample accommodation for 5,000 persons or more if required ; and the proprietor, in antici pation of such an event, has provided himself with the necessary applicancos. But, were this not so, Mr. Simpson has clearly a strong claim to entertain this large and honoured party. It will be recollected that last year he handed over a cheque for 1,0001. to the Wellington Col lege, being the gross receipts of a grand fete he gave for that purpose. This amount was the largest given by any individual, and as he then acted generously and patriotically it is but fair that he should receive some slight return in the shape of being able to welcome the brothers in arms of those whose ohildren he has so largely contributed to aid. The proprietors of the Surrey Gardens are making great efforts to have the enter tainment at their new establishment, but though wish ing them every success, it is clear from the past that the claim of Mr. Simpson, in behalf of Cremorne Gardens, ought not to be overlooked. In addition to other facts, it should not be forgotten that Cremorne Gardens, from its locality, is peculiarly adapted for the entertain ment, being contiguous to the barracks and easily acces sible from the West-end ; and further, that the Surrey Gardens has a prestige to acquire, which Cremorne Gar dens, after many years' catering for the public, has deservedly obtained. PRE FERENCE Et. 100 Aberdeen Deben. 54 .- 90 St. 100 Do. 6 per cent. St. 100 Do. N 0.2, 7p. 0. 116 - 118 25 al; illythandTyne /Opel o. pref. (issd.9.t 501 ,„ It. .00 !him. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 2'3 - 95 20 71 , Do. 4p. c. Shares „ . St. %c , O aledonian £lO 101 - 103 try :n108.2010.911.4 pc 16 -- 17 9§ 01 Do. do. Pref. No. 2. ...d 2g til Do. do. Pref. 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Steam Poet 10 5 Netherlands Land.„. 1i 2 20 all Do. Do. 4$ -- 5 1 5 3 Do. B pcPissatld --- in 100 80 New &N.S. L an d . 25 27 N.S.W. Gov. sp. e. D. ... • d I N. B. Austr a l as i an... 4 2 0 15 Nrth.ofEuropeStaarn 14 —14 i 1 all Oriental Gas ll -- 1 2s. Do. " New Shares " OP iID 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minri . 23 2] 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 64 66 50 10 Do. New 4i 100 60 Royal Mail St eam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest i 1 DitW Now 25 all South Austral. Lard ii 6 37 1 s r, Subrnar. T el, Scrip 14 • ;'o. T, • • 100 ' 7, ' , •••• 17 V. l : lO . 6 ,Pst ) .;4ll&Z` l lF ssa MI I. ! .11, kr~t` r 1'..,:. J~~ GOLD HILL AND ZETA. The Stewards' Cup will perhaps bring out the largest field of the meeting. Yam.° w has been deprived of the premiership by Oiympus,' who has attained his position in the betting mainly on account of his running at Ascot, where be was beaten by a loog.th only by Remedy for a handicap plate. Flacrow I believe to be a grk-at horse, but his crushing weight prevents my entertaining an idea of bit success. Tag distance is a quarter of a mile too far for him. Surely Comfort, at at Bst 41b, is not to be sli4htingly regarded. The next at tractive names on the list are New Brighton Sat 31b, Bright Placebos, 5 yrs, 7st 41b, Octavia 7st, Falcon, 5 yrs, Est 9st, Katherine Logie, 3 yrs, Est 41b, Coal Black Rose, 3 yrs, Est 21b, and Re.dao, 3 yrs, Set 21b. The winner will, I anticipate, be either Olympus or Comfort. Of the old 'uns, Bright Firebug and Octavia will ruu forward. Yellow Jack seems likely to be eventually struck out of the Goodwood Cup. Muscovite, too, is somewhat unsteady in the market. Fiehermal, Monarque, and Vandermulin are the only animals in actual demand. People expect, however, that a difficulty will be created to prevent the starting of Vandermulin ; but I am in formed that arrangements have been made to enable him to run. If he no capable of staling he will be the most dangerous antagonist to Fisherman, in whom I place absolute trust. Lord of the }lids will be brought oat for the Molcomb Stakes, and as Imperieuse and Lara3ourne have each a slb. penalty he may wake a successful first appearance. Report states that Yellow Jack " aas a leg." Either Polmoodie or The Prince may therefore carry off the Racing Stakes. For the Bentinck 'Memorial Stakes (for 4-yr-olds), Pa,letot seems the most lively to stay. Should Melissa be allowed to start for the Memorial Stakes, for 3-vr olds, I shall be indueed to trust her. In her absence, however, I shall give ny allegiance to Vic toria. For the Nlimmrial Stakes for 2-yr.olds, Blink Bonny will encounter opponents of a stamp superior to that of any antagonist she has yet defeattd. Zupler Zee is amongst the nmninations, but his running will of course depend upon the result of the Ham Race. At present, therefore, I shall place my hopes of success on Blink Bonny. I will endeavour to despatch some notes on Friday's racing for publication on Thursday. July 27. A FRESH MAN. TATTERSALL'S—SATURDAY. STEWARDS' CUP, 7to 1 agst Flacrow (effered) Bto 1 aget Olympus (taken) 14 to 1 ag , t Monarque (taken) 100 to 8 aget Dramatist-(taken) 33 to 1 agst Artilleary 33 to 1 aget Coal Black Rose 33 to 1 agst Fircon Goonwoon STARES. 5 f•.. 1 tk,t.t and offered) 6 t 1 7.4":t1 (t , iter)) 11 1 ;tgst (takr.u) 500 to:40 ::.cf.st Lady Toiron (raker)) 500 t ) 30 agst Maid'ot Masinnu cult (taken) 20 to 1 agst Libellist Oaken) 1000 to 30 agst Jolly lit rive (taken) 33 to 1 agst High Priest GOODWOOD CUP: 5 to 2 agst Fisherman (taken and offered) 6to 1 agst Monarque (taken) Bto 1 agst Vanderrnulin (taken and offered) 12 tor 1 agst Mu) co vite (taken) 12 t, 1 ag,c.. Rcgerthoip,) (taken and offered) 15 to 1 4gst Nettle (taken) 100 ,:ven on Fisherman, Monarque, and Muscovite. ST. LEGER. 9 to 2 ag , t Fazzol-tto (offered) DERRY. 20 to 1 agst Zuyder Zee (taken to 1001.) 1000 to 50 agst (taken) 1000 to 33 agst Ackworth (taken) 40 to 1 ag4 Blue Jacket (taken) 9000 to 225 agst Lora of the Hills (taken) 50 to 1 ag-t Omer Pacha (taken) DOUBLE EVENT BETS. 100 to 10 about Goldhill winning the Goodwood Stakes, and Fisherman the Goodwood Cup. 300 to 10 about Libellsit winning the Goodwood Stakes, and Fisherman the Goodwood Cup. LATEST BETTING Al' THE WEST-END. STEWARDS' CUP. • 7to 1 agst Oyu;nos (t'akeu to 251.) 10 to 1 agtt Dramati4 (taken) 10 to 1 agst Kathrine Logie (taken to 501.) 500 to 10 sg t (taken) ZlooDwooD STAKES. sto 1. vg4 GoMill (na 1 taken) 13 to 2 agst Zeta (:aken)' 16 to 1 apt Pole Star (taken to 351.) • 20 to 1 agat Libelli4t (taken) GOODWOOD Cur. 5 to 2 agst Fiellerman(Afered) 100 to 7 agst Yellow.,Taok (offered) DERBY. 20 to 1 aggi - , 'fir) the Hand (taken) 30 to 1 agst Ackworth (taken) 1000 to 25 Blue Jacket (taken) , • CRICKET. UNITED ELEVEN OF ALL ENGLAND v. EARL OF STAMFORD'S TWENTY-TWO. This match was concluded on Saturday at Enville. The following is the score, from which it will be seen that the Twenty-two have been the victors : THE ELEVEN. First Innings. Second Innings. Martingell c Earle, b Drake 8 c Fiennes, b Brampton 0 Grundy c Ridding, b Drake 0 at Ridding, b Payne, Dean at Ridding, b Drake Lockyer... at Ridding, b Payne 9 run out Caffyn c Payne, b Brampton S•J b Brampton 26 Lillywhite run out l3 cLd.Stamford h Brampton 8 Wright ... c Tinley, b Brampton 4 at Ridding, b Drake 3 Wisden eW. Fiennes, bl3rampton 3 c Ridding, b Tinley 6 17 c Ld. Strath more, b Drake 7 Bell b Lord Stamford 0 c Armistead, 13 Mundy_ 7 Sherman.. cC. Fiennes, b Drake 2O c Fiennes, b Brampton 0 9 b 5, w 2 ... 7 Adams .., not out b5,1b1,w3 Total.. 135 Total... 111 THE TWENTY-TWO. First Innings. Second Innings. Ld. Strathmore run out Wisden ... 2 Hn.R.Grimston b Wisden Colsey run out R. B.Earle,Esq. c Wright, b Martin gell G.Homfray,Esq o Wright, b Wisden 5 Tinley c Grundy, b Mar- tingell Bell, b Grundy ... 33 W.Ridding,Esq c Wisden, b Mar tingell lywhite ... 16 Hon. G. Miles c Wisden, b Bell 4O not out E. Tredcroft, Esq. c Lockyer,bWisden 3 c Lillywhite, b Grundy 4 A. Payne, Esq. b Wisden 8 W. C. Arndt bluad, Esq.... eltArrn , L i)ean 13 E.T.Drake, Esq. e Lilly white, b Mar tiagell Lillywbito 0 Lord Stamford b Martinge11......... 21 Brampton }lon, W.Fiennes b Martingell 0 Hon. C. Fiennes c Bell, b Martingell 2 ' Col. Mundy st Lockyer, b Mar tingell W.Walker,Esq. c Bell, b Martingell 5j Hancox B.Richardq,Esq b Martingell 6 T.Addenbrooke Esq Lawson c and b Wisden 5 not out b4,1b4, w4,nb3 ... 15 Total . ....179 b3,1b4... 7 Total ... 69 At the conclusion of the fieworks there was a loud call for the Earl of Stamford. His lordship came for ward to one of the windows of the Hall, and addressed the enthusiastic mu;titude as follows : " Ladies and gentlemen, our object in providing this entertainment to-day has been that you should enjoy yourselves, and we hope you have done so to the utmost. It is to be regretted that the ;weather should at all have damped your expectations as to what we have just seen, but it could not b 3 avoided, although I think I may say all has igone off well. We are sure the behaviour of all the people who have been here has been such as to give us the greatest pleasure. We wish you all a good night,' and hope you will enjoy yourselves on some future occa sion, and that it will be the same another year." We regret to learn that Mr. Nimmo, of Mr. Mitchell's establishment, Old Bond-street, met with a severe accident on Friday night during the fireworks. He received a severe injury to both his hands from a fall, but we are happy to state that he will be able to follow his usual occupation in a few days. Racing Fixtures for 1856. AUG . Brighton Brighton Club 8 Lewes Wolverhampton ll Reading l2 Ludlow 14 SEPTE Warwick Sept 2 Lichfield Lincoln 10 Doncaster 16 Leio...ter 04 OCTC Kelso... Chester Autumn Bedford r 9 Wrexham Autumn UST. Yarmouth 18 York Radcliffe 25 Derby 26 E4haan 26 Stockton 2B :AMER. Cardiff 24 Walsall 24 Manchester Autumn 26 Newmarket F L O 30 Newmarket S 0 l3 Warwick Autumn 2l Newmarket H 27 - E - 29 NOV E Worcester Autumn . 4 Tarporley Hunt :BER. Liverpool Autumn l2 Shrewsbury Autumn —lB Irish Racing Fixtures for 1856. SEPTEMBER. Curragh 2 I Johnstown 23 Trameire Jiskinstown Park l6 I Limerick 3. OCTOBER. Curragh 141 Cashel ........ .... .. .. . ...... 28 Down R. Corporation-21 1 It appears from a return issued on Saturday that the amount of duty collected on race horses, in each of the last five years, ended the sth day of April, was as fol lows ;-1852, 4,4521. ; 1853, 4, 8651 . ; 1854, 4,483/. ; 1855, 4,858/. ; 1856, 5,451/. POULTRY SHOW AT ANERIN.—Tha BEICOnia annual exhibition of ormenentai and uAefnl varieties of poultry is to commence to-morrow, in the Alierlv Gardens. The receipts of the South-Western Rsaway are now 4,0001. a week more than they were in corresponding weeks last year. 2,0001. of this increase arises from the general increase of traffic on every station on the line. The other portion of the increase -arises chiefly from the transportof troops. • DaUHY•LANE.---It is the inttie :ion of Mr. E. T. Smith, the lessee of the Theatre Royal, , D r ury-lane, to enlist a first rate company of artistes, w ho will visit the different towns in the previnces and filo Continent, from Easter next until Michaelmas follol .ving, and which will be known as the Drury-lane Comp soy, making a six months' tear. Vice-Admiral Peter John : Douglas, having accepted the service passion vacant re, the death of Admiral Glynn, leaves the active f or the reserved list of flag officers ; he is a distinguis bed officer, was acting lieu tenant of the Beaver, and captured in her boats, five vessels in the Elbe in 1805; lieutenant of the Franchise at the destruction of the 'batteries at Curacoa ; com manded a boat at the cap' Luxe of the French privrteer, General Ferrand, off Jam aic a, in 1806, and again at the capture of the Riposa brit ~ -of-war, of 12 guns and 95 men, when he was woun Jed ; also at the capture of the Spanish schooner-of-war. El C trmen, off La Guayra ' • in command of a tendr , r, beat off two privateers of su perior force ; commander of t be Reindeer, and captured five vessels of war in four E L ,onths, and formed part of the squadron at the destruct,iN iof forts and shipping at Samana ; commanded the s a m e vess, 1;n the Walcheren Expedition ; commodore f f f th e Jamaica squadron from 1833 to 1840, and was it oportan '3ly engaged in the gulf of Mexico, where he twice Counnander•in•Chief. ! Gazotted 1806. y---~-~ 1071 8 73i 41 x in x in 6i x in 131 xin x in 22, 1 xin z in x in x in llf xin 41 i i 5i BER. THE CRIMEAN INQUIRY AT CHELSEA The following is the Report of the Board of Gene ral-Officers appointed to inquire into the statements contained in the report of Sir J. M'Neill and Col. Tullooh as to the conduot of operations in the Crimea : May it pleas . 3 your Majesty,—ln obedience to your Majesty's warrant, which bears date the 25th of Feb., 1856, command ing us, the general officers whose names are subscribed here to, to make strict examination into the statements contained in the two reports of Sir J. and Col. Titlloch, dated respectively Constantinople, June 10, 1855, and London, Jan., 1856, and into the evidence taken by the said Sir John M‘Neill and Col. Tulloch relative thereto, animadverting upon the conduct of certain officers on the general staff and others In your MAjesty's army, and to make a report to your Majesty thereon, together with our opinion whether the said officers of yourarmy be, or be not,responsible to any,atid what extent, for the unsatisfactory condition of your army, or any portion thereof, noticed by Sir J. MiNeill and Col. Tulloch in their reports, and evidence theretrnto attached-=-,: • Walleye, at several meetings, perused and considered your Majesty's orders and instructions as transmitted to us by the Right Hon. Lord Namur°, your Majesty's Secretary of State for War, together with sundry letters and other do cuments therewith transmitted, and have, to the best of our ability, made examination into the statementii'and evidence contained into the two reports above referred to, and have heard such witnesses as the several parties who appeared before us desired to call, and also such 'other parties likely to be able to give information upon the said matters, and whose attendance could be obtained ; and, in order that your Majesty may be fully possessed of every circumstance which has appeared in the course of this inquiry, we beg leave to lay before your Majesty the whole of our examina tions and proceedings to this our report annexed ; And further humbly to submit to your Majesti the follow ing preliminary observations in explanation of the course which we felt constrained to adopt in cur endeavour to give effect to your Majesty's intentions, as signified in your Royal warrant, namely:— _ _ That the inquiry which we were commanded to institute appeared to us to be— First, very peculiar in its nature ; and, Secondly, to be attended with unusual difficulties. It appeared to. us to be very peculiar in its nature, and one 'with which our military experience had not rendered us conversant, inasmuch as ,it was an inquiry in England into the correctness of conclusions which Sir John 111 'Neill and Colonel Tulloch had founded on information obtained by them selves in the Crimea two years previodsly, whereas the duties of a Court of Inquiry are ordinarily limited to an original in vestig,ation into certain matters of fact, or into the conduct of certain persons with reference thereto. It appeared to us to be attended with unusual difficulties, inasmuch as some of the statements which were to be inquired into were founded in part on evidence which we had not the theans of investigating, and the attendance of several witnesses whom it would have been desirable to examine could net be obtained, _ _ . Under these embarrassing eircuristanceswe felt it our duty on the one hand, to give to each and to all of the parties re ferred to in your Royal warrant every facility for bringing their cases under our consideration in such a manner as seemed most likely to afford opportunity for a full inquiry, and, on the other hand, to exercise such Care and caution in giving expression to an opinion thereon as the character of the inquiry and the peculiar difficulties aboveinentioned seemed to render especially necessary, as well for the interests of truth as of justice. And we do therefore now, in further obedience to your Royal command, most humbly report to your Majesty— That having been directed to inquire into the cases sub mitted to us by the following officers 1. Lieutenant-General the Earl of Lucan, K.C.B. ; 2. Major• General the Earl of Cardigan, K.C.B. ; 3. Major-General Sir Richd. Airey, K.C.8., Quartermaster- General; 4. Colonel' the Hon. Alexander Gordon, C. 8., Deputy-Quar termaster-General. 5. Commissary-General Filder, C.B. We proceed to inquire into them in the order above given. LIEUT.-GEN. THE EARL OF LUCAN'S CASE. The Earl of Lucan called our attention to the following passages in the report of the commissioners, pp. 20-21 :-- " With reference to the effect of the deficiency of forage, and the other privations to which the horses of the army were exposed, we have ascertained the loss among them from various causes iu the cavalry and artillery. A summary of the returns obtained on that head will bo found at p. 193 of appendix, which shows the loss attributable to sickness to be as follows, for the six months from October to March inclusive : Died by Strength. Sickness. Heavy Cavalry 1,055 ~. 493 Light Cavalry Artillery Ration per Cent. of Deaths. Total 5.048 2 , 122 42 " On referring to the loss Sustained by the commissariat ani mals during the same period it will be found rather less than in the cavalry or artillery, the deaths among them having, according to a return furnished by Deputy-Commissary-Gene ral Adams, amounted to about 889 out of 2,329, originally im ported into the Crimea, or in the proportion of 38 per cent. —a result which could scarcely have been expected, consider ing the advantages which cavalry horses might be supposed to have over hard-worked baggage animals, to whom little at , tention could be paid at such a period." Pp. 36, 37.- "The date at which the hutting of the cavalry commenced was in no case earlier than the end of January or beginning of February, and it was not completed before the middle of March, by which time the severity of the season had so far abated that this shelter was of comparatively little im portance. Considering that these men were within about a mile of the store where the wood might be obtained, that they had no work in the trenches, and that the only duties likely to interfere with the application both of horses and men to this important object was the carrying up of their own forage from Balaklava, and furnishing parties occasionally to bring down sick and carry up provisions to the front (which seems never to have occupied more than about a fifth part of the whole), it appears strange that more rapid progress was not made in obtaining the advantage of hut accommodation, par ticularly when they aro described as having suffered so much in their tents. " Considering, also, the suffering and severe loss of horses from exposure to the weather in the commencement of the winter, there appears to be a wait ofpromptitude or ingenuity in devising for them some means of temporary shelter, such as saved the baggage horses of the Sappers and Miners at Ba laklava. Experience has now proved that even a very mode rate degree of shelter would have been sufficient to save the lives of many of the horses, if-not to maintain them in service able condition ; and it must be presumed that such measures were considered practicable, for a proposal to erect, with the assistance of his men, some sort of cover for the horses of the corps, appears to have been made by the officer commanding the Scots Greys, but the manner in which it is stated to have been received by the Lieutenant-General commanding the cavalry was calculated to deter other officers from making any similar proposal." With reference to these passages On Earl of Lucan proposed to show that they contained animadversions on him as com mander of the cavalry, and that they were unfounded (pp. 8, 21), and his lordship objected, In .particular 1. To the calculation of the commissioners with respect to the deaths of the cavalry horses (Proceedings, p. 8); 2. To the comparison instituted between the loss of horses sustained by the cavalry relatively with that of the commis sariat (p. 9); 3. To the statement respecting the period of the hutting the horses (p. 11); 4. To' the statement respecting the nature and amount of the duties to be performed by the cavalry soldiers (p. 17); 5. To the statement respecting the hutting of the men (p. 19) ; 6. To the statement respecting the providing temporary shelter for the horses (p. 21); 7. To the statement respecting a proposal made to the Earl of Lucan by the officer commanding the Scots Greys to erect temporary shelter for his horses (p. 20). In reply to these objections on the part of the Earl of Lucan Col. Tulloch alleged:— That the commissioners had net animadverted on Lord Lncan's conduct (see Proceedings, pp. 48, 53, 54, 108, 109, 110, 113, 130, 139, 141, 165). That the statements alleged by Lord Lucan to be erro neous were correct—(see Proceedings, pp. 49, 50, 51, 54, 55) ; and that, if In some instances the statements were in correct, it was owing to the commissioners having been fur nished with incorrect information by the officers in the Crimea, and that for this the commissioners were not respon sible. (See Proceedings, pp. 111, 140, 173.) With regard to the passages above mentioned we are of opinion that the remarks of the commissioners therein con tained amount to animadversions upon the conduct of the Earl of Lucan as commander of the cavalry. With regard to so much of those passages as is referred to in objection 1, we are of opinion that the mode in which the' percentage of deaths has been stated by the commissioners is calculated to convey an erroneous impression, inasmuch as, though the figures are perfectly accurate, neither the rate percentage of deaths (contained in the table given at page 21 of the Report), nor the percentage of deaths according to the average strength given in the suinmary subsequently fur nished by Colonel Tulloch, give the actual percentage of mortality. With regard to so much of thOse passages as is referred to in objection 2, we are not enabled to offer as opinion there on, as, on examining the returns which were furnished to us by the Audit-office relative to the matter in question, we found that the difficulties of ascertaining the periods at which the Commissariat animals arrived in the Crimea, and of dis tinguishing between those lost or stolen and those that died, were so great as to render any comparison of deaths between them and the cavalry impossible; With regard to so much of those passages as is referred to in objection 3, it appeared that the words " shelter for horses," as entered in the margin of the passage above set forth (page 36 of the Commissioners' Report), had inadvertently been annexed thereto, instead of to the following paragraph, to which they properly belonged. This was explained by Colonel Tnlloch, an d the Earl of Lucan's objection appeared to be thereby o bviated (p. 112). With regard to so much of the passages as is referred to in objections 4 and 5, it appeared that after e cavalryntil went to Kadikoi the hutting vias not carried th out until went January or February, owing to delays and difficulties w appear sufficiently to explain it ; inasmuch as, in field, addition to the ordinary duties of a cavalry soldier in the the duties performed by the cavalry from the 12th of December to the 19th of January, i n co nveying stores to the front, and afterwards in transporting the sick, materially inter fered with the operation of hutting the men and putting up stables for the horses. Th e insufficiency and bad quality of the intrenchin tools g added to this difficulty. With regard to so much of those passages as is referred to in objection 6, it was stated in evidence by Colonel Chap man, R.E., that— - I The temporary shelter erected for the paigage-horses and minks of the Sappers and Miners was merely formed bf a house and three other walls; there were three dwarf wall forming an enclosure of a courtyard against the house, and one end of a sail was stretched as it might be against that wall [the witness pointed to the wall of the court], and the other end was brought down, and with a rope fastened to the dwarf wall on the opposite side; that was all the cover ing that we used for the shelter of the baggage animals ; but a shelter of that sort is totally different from what would have been required by the cavalry in a place like the plateau; it is not a parallel case at all; what can be done in one place where there are walls cannot be done in another where there .is nothing of the sort." We completely concur in this opinion; and, with regard to the general charge of " want of promptitude or energy," as attaching to the cavalry under the command of Lieutenant- General the Earl of Lucan, it appears by the statement made to us by Col. Tulloch, and by the whole course of his exami nation of witnesses, to have been founded on the assumption that tools and materials (including canvass) and labour were either at hand or might have been procured from the fleet or from Constantinople —an assumption which does not appear to be borne out by the evidence. The uncertainty with regard to the occupation of the plateau by the cavalry appears to us to form a very ma terial element in the consideration of this matter, added to which the difficulty of transport to that place was such that, evenif it had been possible to haveprocurcd the before mentioned tools and materials (including cavass), theycould not have been there made available. It further appears that after the cavalry arrived at Kadikol the Earl of Lucan was unceasing in his endeavours to erect shelter for the horses. With regard to digging pits as a means of shelter for the cavalry horses the Earl of Lucan stated— "ln that country, with that soil—a soil that puddles after three or four hours' rain, consisting chiefly, as it did on the plateau, of a strong brick clay—l say that, without a root, or unless you could pave, any such trench as is talked of would have been totally useless; and it would have been mischievous, because it would very much have obstructed you in what is far more essential—namely, the constant removal of your horses. When you talk of a pit, a pit le not only useless, but it is perhaps the most mischievous thing into which you can possibly put a horse. It was attempted—and there is an officer in this court now who could establish the truth of what I say if he were examined upon the subject—with the Land Transport ; they did make pits for their horses, and those pits were deg on the side of the hills. Still, it was found impossible to drain them sufficiently, and the horses suffered so much that the Turks, who had charge of them, could not be got to use the pits after they were dug. In short, a pit that is neither roofed nor paved would be more appropriately called a grave than pit." This is borne out to a certain extent by the evidence of other offieers, and we are of opinion that, unless material's existed for paving or covering those pits, they would have been attended with no advantage to the cavalry. With regard to so much of the passages as is referred to in objection 7, the question therein raised seems to relate to the motive which induced the Earl of Lucan to threaten to put the officer commanding the Scots Greys (Colonel Darby Griffiths) under arrest. We were informed by Colonel Tulloch that the commis• sioners did not consider it consisent with their instruc tions to examine any of the•oflicers who were stated to have been present on the occasion referred to, and we have not had an opportunity of doing so. ColoneiGriffithi, by his answer to question 66, does not appear to have ever contemplated erecting any shelter for his horses, but merely the digging of a drain in front and rear of them, provided he could obtain a guarantee from the Earl of Lucan that his camp would not be moved. Whatever may have been the misunderstanding between the Earl of Lucan and Colonel Griffiths, it does not appear by the evidence adduced that any officers were influenced by it. It is therefore to be regretted that such an inference has been sought to be established reflecting on Lieut.-General the Earl of Lucan. Upon the whole, we are satisfied by the evidence, docu mentary and oral, adduced before us, and by a perusal of the Earl of Lucan's divisional orders an d correspondence that his Lordship used every exertion to meet the peculiar difficulties which he had to contend with; and that he is therefore not chargeable with neglect in the performance of the important duties attached to his command. MAJOR-GENERAL THE EARL OF CARDIGAN'S CASE. The Earl of Cardigan called our attention to the following passages of the bport of the Commissioners, as containing the statements of which he complained (p. 198) There is one case, however, from which such serious con sequences have arisen that it requires some special notice. " The Light Cavalry Brigade, which had for some time previously been stationed in the valley adjacent to Balaklava, was removed first to the vicinity of head-quarters for two or three days, and thereafter, on the Ist or 2d of November, to Inkerman, where it was stationed near the Windmill, a dis tance of at least seven or eight miles from Balaklava. This change, at a time when the roads were in an extremely bad state, and where there was great difficulty in obtaining the means of transport, created very serious obstacles to a proper supply of forage being obtained. " It is alleged by Deputy Assistant Commissary-General Crookshanks, that there was a certain quantity of hay at Ba laklava, but not the means of carrying it to the front ; occa sionally ho managed to bring up a little, till the 14th Novem ber' when the supply failed entirely. After that data the want of transport affected the supply of barley also, which on seve ral days did not exceed 131 b. to :31b. daily per horse, beingall that they had to keep them alive. The returns of ,me of the regiments show that for the last four days they were on the ground the average was only about 221 b. for each horse, previously exhausted as they had been by the want of hay or straw during the early part of the month. 41 When the supply began to fail the Commissariat officer referred to, who appears to have done everything in his power to, meet the difficulties, of the case, proposed —as h e k new there was plenty of barley at Balaklava—that if a detachment of the horses .were allowed to go down daily he would engage to bring up enough for the rest of the brigade. "Tins proposition appears to have been brought especially under the notice of Lori Cardigan by Lieut.-Colonel Mayon, Assistant-Quartermaster-General of Cavalry, who states that his lordship declined to accede to it, as he had previously done when a similar proposition was made to him to send the horses down for hay before that supply failed. " The whole brigade remained in this state till the 2d of December, when it was directed to return to its previous position, but by that time the horses were reduced to such a state from starvation that they could no longer bear the weight of their riders ; they had to be led down, many were left on the ground in a dying state, and of the remainder 17 died .on the road before they could reach their former station, a distance only of about six miles, "It is no part of our duty to enter into the military rea sons which may have led to the detention of this brigade on a spot where the horses could not be foraged by the Commis sariat, or which may have induced a refusal to adopt the only measure by which apparently they could be subsisted; we merely call attention to the fact, as one of the instances of a deficiency of supply which formed the special subject of an inquiry. His Lordship's complaint was— That the commissioners had here charged him with having contributed to the ultimate inefficiency of the Light Brigade by his refusal to adopt a suggestion which, in the opinion of the commissioners, was calculated to improve the condition of the brigade—viz., the sending the troop horses down to Balaklava for forage (p. 198). He contended that, in not adopting that suggestion, he had exercised a sound discretion, and one which was calculated to enable the brigade, so far as the difficulties permitted, to continue to discharge its various duties (p. 198) P • I n asmuch as, had the horses been sent down, he thought it very uncertain whether they could have obtained supplies (p. 204); And further, because such a journey, in the then state of the roads, would, in his opinion, have caused a greater loss of horses than actually occurred from the inefficiency of the supplies (p. 205). He further contended that, had he thought it expedient to send his horses to Balaklava, he should not have considered himself at liberty to do so, since the absence of so many as would have been required to convey the forage from Balaklava (for an indefinite numberof hours) would have been inconsist ent with the positive orders of Lord Raglan that the Light Brigade should, for military reasons, retain that position (pp. 206, 207', 213, 219, 229) It appears by Lord Cardigan's statement that his lordship did not demand an inquiry into his conduct, but that he gladly availed himself of the opportuniry of appearing before the Board, in order to enter more fully into the consideration of the remarks of the commissioners in their report, which re fer to his command while with the Light Brigade of Cavalry in the Crimea. It appears that on the 2d of November the Light Brigade was moved to the Heights of Inkerman, wider a special ar rangement between Lord Raglan and the Commander-in-Chief of the French army, and continued in that exposed situation, for military reasons, until the 2d of December, the Earl of Cardigan having resigned his command on the 29th of No vember. After the storm of the 14th of November the men and horses were exposed to inclement weather. The rations of forage, owing to the diminution of means of Commissariat transport, were reduced, and towards the end of November the supplies of hay failed entirely. The commissioners have charged Lord Cardigan with hay- ing contributed to the ultimate inefficiency of the Light Bri gade, by his refusal to adopt a suggestion which, in the opi nion of the commissioners, was calculated to have preserved the Light Brigade from the destruction that threatened it— namely, the sending the troop horses to Balaklava for forage. It appears that at the latter end of November the greatest number of horses in the encampment of the Light Brigade was 330, of which, owing to so many men being .14...au au sent, only 286 could be mounted. From this number it would have required 120 horses to have brought up forage from Balaklave. ; and to have de tached se large a proportion of the force would have di minished it to such an extent as to have rendered it vir tually nseless for the purpose for which it had been placed in the pisition it occupied. With reference, therefore , to the military reasons noticed ,by the commissioners, it appears to us that Lord Raglan alone could` judge of the fitness of a measure, and that it could not have been resorted to without his sanction. He appears to haVe been made acquainted by the Major- General commanding the brigade, by the Lieutenant-General commanding the division, and by Commissary-General Filder with the hardships which the cavalry were suffering. But there is no evidence to show that Lord Raglan's attention was particularly called to the proposal of the Assistant -Com missary-General that the horses should be sent to bring forage from Balaklava. What steps, therefore, might have been taken by Lord Raglan hid that proposal been distinctly brought to his notice can now be only matter of conjecture. The military reasons for keeping a largo proportion of the cavalry in the position which they then occupied seem to have rendered the case peculiarly embarrassing: for these reasons appear in some degree to have been irrespective of considers.. tions of forage. The opinion, however, expressed by Lord Cardigan, that to have sent the horses for that purpose to a place so distant as Ba l a kl av a would only have augmented the losses of the brigade, although not in entire accordance with some of the opinions offered in evidence before us, appears to be sup ported by a reference to the difficulties experienced by the Royal Artillery at the same period; for it is in evidence that the horses in that force were on two occasions, between the 23d and 27th of November, 1854, at great wear and tear, sent down to Balaklava for hay, at the urgent request of the Commissariat, , and on their arrival there it was found that no hay was procurable. MAJOR-GENERAL SIR RICHARD AIREY'S CASE. Sir Richard Airey said, - " With regard to the passages which I regard as containing matters of - animadversion, they' are intermixed with other passages involving no animadversion, so that it would be difficult to point out the exact sentence, or parts and bits of sentences, of which I complain; but I can say it is the whole of the London Report, down to - the end of the sixth line of the 37th page, and to that part I invite inquiry." At the commencement of his. address Sir Richard Airey commented on the circumstances under which the evidence was taken by the commissioners, and contended that those circumstances rendered it dangerous to draw conclusions from that evidence, and scarcely possible to assign a value to a report founded thereon. He set forth at length various reasons for entertaining this opinion, which reasons will be found in the proceedings (pp. 230-1-2-4-5, 252, 261, 337-8-9). stated that the evidence, as priatil 11 the co=gs. .; • „ _.'-~ ~.- 5 5 -20 10 Inn all all all 100 St. 1100 I 1100 100 171 all all 100 16 , 190 1.00 2O 'no too 100 1.00 ~li DN. 95 6 6) 171 ma i 103.1 34i i 831 4 551 5 37 181 B 62§ 63 i 5 4 i 25j 8 4 i 21i 1 72 li x in Zell I