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Unity Joint Stock Mutual Banking Association, Chief Offices, Unity Buildings, 10, Cannon-street, City, London, Sept. 11, 185 G. TO the Shareholders of the Unity Bank. LADIES arm Gzanorstart,—Having many enquiries respect ing oar Branches, permit me to place before you our views and in tentions- 1. That the amount invested in Branches shall never exceed one fifth ofthe paid-up capital of the Bank. 2. That every Branch that does not pay shall be closed. 3. That about ens year's trial shall decide the fate of each Branch, although the first few months will generally indicate the pro bable result. It may be interesting to you to know that our Leicester•equare Branch already nearly pays its expenses; those at Hertford, Ware, and St. Albans promise well. The Watford Branch will probably only pay for one day per week. The Brighton Branch, although in complete, and opened during the panic, commenced favourably. We shall follow the example of the Bank Of England, which closed some, but retained many of its Branches. It is the opinion of our first Banking authorities, that Branches are legitimate and profitable if well managed and effectively super vised. The rapid extension of our city is taking the population far away from the old Banks, and there is a great taxing of shopkeepers in the operation of cheque and money-changing. With regard to the future capital of the bank, although you have so liberally authorised us is raise the capital to two millions, it is our intention to proceed very gradually, according to circumstances, probably adding 10,0001. annually, or as much as can be profitably availed of, but, as I told you verbally, no increase of capital will be attempted until the price of our shares in the market evidences a healthy and pros perous condition of our Rant. We purpose letting off nearly the whole of the upper part of our magnificent premises to some public companies, so as to diminish our rental to the lowest convenient point. I think that I may safely congratulate you on your futnre pros pects. I have devoted nearly my whole time, since the opening, to your Bank Parlour, and I shall continue to do so until I find our ship resting in smooth water. I am, Ladies and Gentlemen, Very faithfully yours, J. J. MECHI, Governor of the Unity Bank. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Crider the Mimagement of Mr. CiAzzace SEAN. THIS EVENING. MUSIC II tTH CHARMS. After widen. PIZARRO. Rolla, by Mr. C. Kean ; Elvira. by Mrs. C. Kean. ..._ To conclude with A PRINCE FOR AN HOUR• THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Bucketons. THIS EVENING. AS TOD' LIKE IT. Followed by The Spanish Dancers. After which, ONLY A HALFPENNY. To conalude with ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the management of Mr. Charles Dillon, Will Open for the season on MONDAY, Sept. 15th, 1856, with the drama of BELPHEGOR. Belphogor, Mr. Chas. Dillon ; Madeline, Mrs. Chas. Dillon. T• he followed by W. Brough's new Burlesque, _ PERDITA, THE ROYAL MILICif AID ; or, a Winter's Tale. Florizel, Mrs. A. Mellon (late Miss Wool:ar) ; Autolycus, Mr. J. L. Toole; Hermione, Mrs. Buckingham White; Leontes, Mr. S. Calhaem ; Polialnes, King of Bithvnia, Mr. Wm. Broueh (his first appearance on any stage) ; Fast Time, Miss Harriet Gordon : Per dita. Miss Marie Wilton; Antigonns, Mr. Barrett, Miss Rosins Wright, and a grand Corps de Ballet. To conclude with THE WEDDING DAT. Lady Contest, Miss Fitzpatrick. Stalls, ss. ; Dregs Circle, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 31. ; Pit. 25.; Gallery, Is. Commence at 7. Half price to all parts at 9. Box Office open daily from 11 till 4. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPHI. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, IRELAND AS IT IS. Followed by DOMESTIC ECONOMY. To conclude with IRISH ASSURANCE AND YANKEE MODESTY. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lome and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan: THIS EVENING THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER. After which, M E D E A. To conclude with THE WELSH GIRL, AsTrzrs ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Sixth Week Shakspere's Tragedy of RICHARD THE. THIRD, with unequalled equestrian illustrations. White Surrey killed under his rider, Royal Richard. Numerous chargers dead on the plain in the Rattle of Bosworth Field, Etc. After which, The EQUESTRIAN ACTS in the ARENA. To conclude with a Risible Farce. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director. Mr. VP. Cooke. Inn. HIGH. WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. MIS DAY—Morn. 0 min. aft. o—Evening 11 min. aft. 12 Tim-Mointow—Morn.37 min. aft. 12 —Evening 2 min. aft. 1 THE WEATHER—SUN Omar, SEPTEMBEE 12. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHAD& 71—highest since noon yesterday. 59 —lowest this morning and during the night. 66 —this day at noon. PA ‘InVISTER , 30.25. WTND, N. to N.N.E.—Light, with fine weather, bn' cloudy. STAMPED EDITION OF " THE SUN." The Latest Edition of The Sun, Stamped, in time for Past, may always be had from half past 5 till 7 o'clock every evening. Subscribers in the Country will please to observe that the heading " THIRD EDITION" is always to be seen on the papers containing the latest news. If any difficulty be experienced in obtaining that E lition, a communication to The Sun Office will remedy it. Sun Office, 112, Strand. ,A 4 ^ 4 , • 6- LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 185 G. There seems to be no reasonable prospect of any amicable arrangement of the difficulty be tween the Senate and House of Representatives at Washington. We rejoice to say that the "Free Soilers" remain steadfast in their resolu tion, and that there has not been a single deserter from their ranks. The lectures of FRANKLIN PIERCE and the gloomy vaticinations of General CASs have proved equally unavailing in producing any change of sentiment. A conference had been held between the Houses, but, no conclusion hav ing been arrived at, the committee for conducting it had dissolved. The greatest praise is due to the firm and unbending resolution displayed by the Northern representatives. They have proved that they can neither be bullied n)r cajoled in any deviation from the course which in their souls and consciences they believe to be correct. All honour then to the patriot band. The names of its members will long live in history, as of those who have nobly earned the thanks and gra titude of their country, and who have rendered important services to the cause of suffering humanity. As we have already stated they are not the aggressors. They did not even seek to disturb the existing arrangements, however strongly they might object to the " domestic institution" and all its accompanying abomina tions. They sought protection for themselves from the atrocious system, and clearly fore seeing that the partiality of the Execu tive would afflrd a triumph to tho pro slavery party, from the consequences whereof they might never be able to extricate themselves, they taoked the just and necessary rider to the Army Appropriation Bill. The Southerns display equal activity. Having "cornered" their opponents, they clearly perceive that the contest has assumed a new aspect, and that they must either triumph, or behold their highly-prized privileges of holding their fellow men in bondage, and violating all natural [ties must be finally and for ever abandoned. Like the great Northern serf-owners, they greatly regret the aggression which they ventured, but are urged on by an avenging TT -.EMESIS, that will eventually bring bitter retribution on their de voted heads. There is, therefore, no symptom of yielding by the President or the Senate. They mutually strive to cast the responsibility on the Representatives, forgetting that it was the TILE SIJN, LON DON, rRIDAY EVENINO, SEPTEMBER IQ 1864 proper attempt of the President to direct the Federal troops to enforce the unconstitutional de crees of an illegal and usurping body, styling itself " The Territorial Legislature of Kansas." Meanwhile the President has given orders to discharge forthwith all workmen and other employes not holding commissions from himself, whose pay, wages, or salaries are taken from the appropriation for the manufacture of arms at the national armouries. This is apparently the last move on the board. He may imagine that cast ing a number of men out of employment, and thereby reducing their families to comparative distress, will heap obloquy on his opponents. But the Americans are a sturdy race. They ' have already on many occasions exhibited un questionable proofs of' their tenacity of endurance in what they believe to be a just and holy cause ; and we are greatly mistaken if the odium conse quent on the movement will not fall more heavily on the President and his advisers than on those who have offered a constitutional opposition to his would-be despotic will. Already the Northerns have regained all the advantages which were achieved by the pro slavery party on the first onslaught ; they have shown themselves made of the right material, and if the question were to be decided amongst the real bona fide immigrants into Kansas for the purpose of settlement, there could be no doubt as to the result. The Missourian ruffians had every, thing in their favour in the first instance. They took the peaceful settlers by surprise, and came down with an organised piratical gang, prepared for any extremities, who plundered and murdered all who came in their way, whether friend or foe. Under their invasion—for it was nothing else— every vestige of legal authority was set aside. A so-called Territorial Legislature was appointed, under circumstances of intimidation and duresse that rendered the pretext of election a ridiculous farce ; and it was this Legislature that Mr. PIERCE attempted to support with the Federal troops. If such proceedings could be tolerated, it would be for the Northerns to demand the dissolution of the Union—a matter by which they would be greatly benefited, while the Southerns would speedily be compelled to cry "Peccavimus I" and to solicit its restoration. It is scarcely to be sup posed that 25,000,000 of free citizens should be compelled to yield to 300,000 burdened with the care of ten times the num ber of slaves, whom, if left to themselves, they would find it impossible to manage. Should the separation really take place a fair division may be made of the national standard ; the stars will naturally belong to the north, while the "stripes" will be the distinguishing mark of the south, on which they have long cast an i4elible , stain. The result of the Presidential election offers the only solution of the great problem. If FREMONT be returned all will be well. Should BUCHANAN, however, triumph, it will be but " the beginning of the end." The model republic will pass through a fearful trial, but we believe that it will be materially improved by the ordeal. Until, however, that event has been decided, it is vain to anticipate peace or tranquillity. The Southerns will still strike while a single hope remains. BICHANAN is their last card, and we earnestly trust that he may be overtrumped. by FREMONT. The King of Nei.Lns still maintains inviolate what he is pleased to consider his sovereign right to "do what he likes with his own." The lesson he learned in his youth is one a Bourbon was never slow to acquire, nor, once having learned, to forget. Indeed, of all principles, good or evil, none is more religiously cherished, or held in abeyance with more reluctance than " the right divine of kings to govern wrong." Once embraced in early life, nothing but death can sever the bond. Promises are nothing oaths are of no account— so long as a born despot has the power to act on this sovereign principle, act on it he must and will. The leopard will sooner change his spots than he cast this, his only " stuff o' the conscience," aside. So Pozaro, and other noble martyrs,. day by day rot in their prisons, and Naples is an earthly hell. We don't wonder at it, so far as BOMBA. is con cerned. The wonder, if any, is that the people have borne with him and his mandates so pa tiently. To do them justice, however, it must be remembered that they have been and are cruelly mystified by the French and English Go vernments. Knowing an attempt at revolution, under all the circumstances, involves the gravest hazard, they have turned to these Governments in hope of redress, and have suffered themselves to be cajoled from the initiation of an organised resist ance by the promises they have received of effective interference, Franco and England, they are per petually told, have either sent in a threatening remonstrance, or the Government of Naples is about to receive one which will frighten it back within the confines of the constitution. An amnesty, they are told, will speedily be issued, but it never comes. The KING is wiser than they in this matter. He understands the policy of the Emperor of the FRENCH, on which, by the direr or indirect confession of an English governmenta journal, that of Lord PALMERSTON depends (!) and his subjects do not. If they addressed themselves to an unbiassed consideration of their position, they would soon be satisfied as to how little they have to expect in the way of aid from either Government. The free exercise of their own good sense would teach them that, the man who successfully conspired against the constitution in Spain, and unsuccessfully against the Swiss Republic is not the deliverer they look for, and if he interferes at all it will be to thrust on them possibly a less cruel, but certainly a no less iron, despotism in subservience to his will. A change of tyrants is doubtless a boon for the nonce, but the Two Sicilies surely deserve something better than that. If they do, their own wisdom and their own right arms, in conjunction and har mony with those of other oppressed Italian States, must be brought into play to insure it. " Hereditary bondsmen know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow 1 This is a piece of information Italy should lay to heart at the present moment. Italian liberty, to be established, must be based on it. In Austrian Italy an example is being set which is well worthy of imitation. Ultimate good can not but come of it even in Naples. We allude to M. MANIN's scheme of an organised resistance to pay taxes, as a legal means or peaceful agitation, which might go far to force the KING of Naples to submit to reforms. In Lombardy this scheme has been put into operation to the great annoy ance of Austria. In Brescia this has been done on an extensive scale, and the Government is baffled by the absence of bidders for the property it has confiscated in consequence. The scheme should, iu our opinion, bo tried in Naples. The Neapolitans have still a constitution entitling them to refuse payment. The subjects of Austria in Italy have not, and yet thousands of them are bold enough to withhold their quota of taxation. It is objected that BOMBS would seize persons, and not property, and imprisonment, and possibly death, must be looked for as the most probable re, suit. Doubtless there is some force in the objection ; but he is a dreamer who looks for the restoration of liberty in Italy without bloodshed ; and if any are prepared to devote themselves as sacrifices to their country's welfare there would seem to be no field at present where their devotion could be more signally manifested and prove of more essential service. If the operation of the scheme be pro ductive of the results contemplated by its con ooctor, well, no harm is done ; if not, and the sodden tyrant perpetrate new atrocities, the public ear of Europe is on the stretch to hear of them, and every fresh act will but precipitate a revolu tion with which it will be dangerous to any sym pathising despot to interfere, and which will be conclusive of the sway of the tyrants of Italy, including the ever-execrable BOMBA. ROYAL BRITISH BANK. The failure of the Royal British Bank has led to a variety of suggestions from those who are prone to believe that Government restrictions to prevent su eh disasters are better than th e l es sons of expe rience. In the face of all that has been shown of the effect of legislative attempts to keep men pru dent by determining the modes in which they shall transact their business there are always a number of persons ready, whenever any financial disaster oc curs, to propose measures of control, the fact being wholly lost sight of that a multitude of regulations serves merely to confuse the general public and to give adroit schemers increased openings for evasion, while at the same time it begets a false confidence and extinguishes the habit of private vigilance. The evils of such a system would be insuperable even if Parliament, instead of being constituted as it is, were composed of persons gifted with greater discernment as to the true principles on which financial establish ments should be conducted than the ordinary trader whose dailyisersonal interests are all enlisted in the question. It is damaging, therefore, whenever an event occurs from which men should be taught to gather for themselves a wholesome lesson, to seek to divert them from the true uses of the adversity by representing that it has happened not from any want of wisdom on their part, but from the neglect of statesmen to frame preventive checks. In the case of banks, when a stoppage happens, it is usually contended that greater publicity of accounts, the supervision of a Government auditor, the com pulsory investment of the capital in Government stocks, or other analogous provisions, should forth with be adopted. The whole, however, would prove nugatory. The publication of bank accounts, unless coupled with the names of the drawers, acceptors, and endorsers of each bill discounted, is entirely worthless, the supervision of Government auditors would soon sink into deceptive routine, or be ac companied by vexatious formalities that would ren der it intolerable, and the enforced investment of capital in any particular method would throw all the responsibility upon the State in case through political or other circumstances it should at any time lead to embarrassment. Hard as the asser tion may seem, people who suffer from events like that which has just occurred merely reap the con sequences of their own ignorance or false confi dence, except in so far as they are misled by such tampering with the natural freedom of their ope rations as is' promoted by the protective laws al ready in existence, and which the theorists in ques tion desire to see carried further. The fact that the Royal British Bank bad been favoured by Government with a special charter, and the suppo sition that the law which renders its directors and shareholders liable to their last shilling must afford an ample guarantee not only for their prudence, but for the fulfilment of their engagements under all possible circumstances, have no doubt betrayed many of the depositors into the blind reliance from which they have suffered, but in all other respects they have only themselves to blame. They could not be expected to recognise that unlimited liabi lity in many cases throws the management of banks into the hands of a reckless class, and often causes the proprie+ )xy to be composed of persons whose liability, limited or unlimited, is worth little; nor could they assume that the restrictions of a charter framed by the Board c Trade, and containing a proviso that upon one-fourth of the capital being lost the establishment should be wound up, were scarcely anything but snares. The fate of the Tip perary Bank, some of the Newcastle banks, and a variety of others, might have warned them, but these examples were not likely to be potent when throughout the last session of Parliament the in estimable value of such regulations in all banking concerns was universagy insisted upon. In every other aspect of the matfsr, however, they must be answerable for their mistaken trust. But, although the cry for Government meddling is unsupported by reason or experience, and is suited for the con tinent instead of England, the public are entitled to denounce, not merely the absence of such just laws as would visit great financial offences with the severity shown to other delinquencies, but the actual encouragement given in such cases by the know ledge that a resort to the Court of Chancery will be far more terrible to the creditor than to the parties by whom he has been ruined. Until the wilful concealment of losses, the misappropriation of proprietary funds, and offences of this descrip tion generally, are made penal, and the prompt and inexpensive procedure of a criminal court can be invoked, it will be vain to hope for any improve ment. At present it is the offender, and not the victim, who holds up the law as a threat, and all the efforts of the latter, as has been seen in the case of the British Bank, are exerted to obtain any compromise which shall save him from the protec tion of the Winding-up Act. With regard to ordinary companies, the new Joint Stock Bill makes an important advance in the right direction, but banks, in which more than anything else the safety of the trader is concerned, are still left to be conducted, like the Aberdeen Bank, the Tipperary, or the Royal British, under;laws which seem framed to deter prudent persons of large property from having anything to do with them, and to insure immunity to all who may desire to make them a medium of depredation.—Times City Article. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) BANKRUPTCY COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Pane.) A CRIMEAN SPECULATION. The bankrupts were described as of Great St. Helen's, London, St. George's Stores, near Sebastopol, Russia, and to-day came up to pass their last examination on accounts, prepared by Messrs. Thomas and Copley, Gresham-street. The balance-sheet shows debtor to creditors, 4,5421. ; liabilities, 8381. 63. 11d. ; profits, 1,5991. lls. ; capital, April, 1855, 7671. 15s. ; creditors, by good debts, 3561. ; doubtful, 6961. ; property, 251. ; trade expenses, 3,9301. lq. ; losses, 1,6351. ; partners' drawings, 2661. The heavy expenses and losses are attributed partly to the difficulty of getting the stores from Balaklava to the front of the camp, and further by the loss sustained on the realisation of the property on the sudden termination of the war. The bankrupts passed without opposition. IN RE STERNBERG. This bankrupt was described as of Northampton, wine merchant, and today came up to pass his last examination on accounts prepared by Messrs. Thomas and Copley, which were satisfactory, but a question was raised as to allowances made by bankrupt as excessive interest. Mr. Chidley supported, and said that the accounts being satisfactory, the bankrupt was entitled to pass. The bankrupt accordingly passed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) BOW-STREET. ASSAULT.—SamueI Joslyn was placed at the bar, on remand, charged with assaulting an elderly woman, named Mary Pleasance. The man was first placed before the magistrate of this Court on Wednesday last, but in consequence of the woman not being in attendance he was remanded till to-day. The woman Pleasance slowly entered the court this morning, and delivered a medical certificate to Mr. Jardine, which stated she was suffering from blows and bruises. On being sworn, she stated that on the morning of Tuesday last as she was proceeding to her work she was followed by the wife of the prisoner, who threatened, for some cause or other, to give her into custody. To get away from the crowd, she then went an indirect way, and succeeded in getting in-doors. As she was returning home in the evening between eight and nine, she found that the wife of the prisoner was waiting for her, and she be gan to speak to her daughter about the cir cumstance. While she was so engaged she heard somebody say "Here she is ;" and immediately after she received a blow at the back part of her head, which felled her insensibly to the ground. She was conveyed to the hospital by some women, and a con stable coming up the prisoner was given into custody. Mary Sullivan stated that about half-past eight she saw the woman Pleasance pass along Bream's-buildings, and shortly afterwards she saw the man at the bar strike her a violent blow on the head. Prisoner—You was in a public-house. How could you see it / Sullivan denied the assertion that she was in a public• house at the time. It was true she had been brought to this court, but it was fer an assault, and she was now on bail. She did not know the man at the bar, neither had she ever had a quarrel with him. Another witness, named White, saw th• assault com mitted by the prisoner. In answer to the charge, Joslyn said it was all a made-up affair. He certainly pushed the woman down to prevent her scratching his face, as she had made an attempt to do so after having abused him very much. He had been to the surgeons she had mentioned, and they said she had nothing the matter with her. Mr. Jardine said the certificate from the hospital proved the contrary. He should, therefore, sentence the prisoner to six weeks' imprisonment for the assault he had committed upon the complainant. THE EXPEDITION FROM THE TIRAGO. BANK OF FRANCE. CR. Fr. c. Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks 122,676,090 Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day 2,111,194 82 Bills becoming due in Paris Bills in the branch banks Advances on coin and ingots Do. in the branch banks Do. on public securities of France 78,420, 336 10 Do. in the branch banks Do. on railway shares and bonds 38,273,100 Do. in the branch banks Do. to the State by treaty of June 30, 1848 55,000,000 Advances on Treasury bills Rentes of the reserve fund 12,980,750 14 Rentes of disposable funds 52,299,795 98 Hotel and furniture of the Bank ...._ 4,000,000 Real property of branch banks 4,908,307 Expenses of administration 823,584 21 Premiums on the purchak3 of matieres 1,496,313 El Sundries 75,347 11 998,458,913 64 MARLBOROUGH STREET. IMPUDENT ROBBERT.—James Butler was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with stealing a coat, the property of Mr. W. Adams, tailor, No. 7, Piccadilly . It appeared from the evidence of police constable 311 A that yesterday afternoon he was on duty in Regent•circus, near the prosecutor's shop, when he saw the prisoner go inside the passage of the shop, and re move from an iron rod the coat produced, which he put under his arm and walked off. Witness followed him and took him into custody. William Ridgway, foreman to the proprietor, identifi. fled the coat as his master's property. The prisoner, who did not attempt to deny the charge, was committed for three months, with hard labour. A. BLACK ASSAULT.—.Tohn Mackinnon, a tra.v.elling tinker, and Mary Mackinnon, his wife, were brought up on the following charge. William Watson, of No. 8, Peter's•hill, Doctors'. commons, stated that on the previous night he was in Regent-street, when his attention was called to the pri soners, who appeared to be in liqour, and who were pushing indiscriminately up against the passengers in the street. The woman, who had a black sooty sauce- Pan in her hand, attacked and struck several ladies with it, and blackened their shawls and dresses. The ladies became alarmed and ran away, and in order to prevent prisoners from committing further mischief he undertook to give the prisoners into custody. The prisoners, who pleaded drunkenness as an excuse, were each of them committed for seven days to the House of Correction. THAMES. DESTITUTE SEAMEN.-Mr. Levy, of Ship Alley, Wellclose-square, came before Mr. Selfe, this morning, directly the magistrate had taken his seat, and pointing to three foreign seamen who accompanied him, said they were in a destitute condition. Mr. Selfe—Under what circumstances 4 Mr. Levy—These men formed par*4 of the crew of the American ship Glad Tidings, and shipped at New Orleans. They arrivedin the London Dock last Friday, and on Sun. day morning they left the ship viiith the rest of the crew. On Monday morning the seamen returned to the ship and the captain was not on board, nor did any officer give them any directions. On Tuesday they saw the captain and asked for their wages and clothes. The captain .said he would not pay them any wages ; but they might take their clothes away. They asked for a written pass to enable them to take their clothes out of the dock, and he refused to give them one. Under these circumstances they applied to the American Consul, who told them to return to the ship. Yesterday (Thursday) they returned to the vessel, and the second mate told them the captain had prohibited them from working any more, and told them to leave the ship. The men were now entirely destitute. Mr. Selfe—What country do they belong to Mr. Levy—They are Hanoverians. Mr. Selfe was of opinion the best course for the men to pursue was to go to the Hanoverian Consul. Mr. Levy—They complain of being ill•used on the voyage. They have been struck with ropes very severely, and demanded redress. Mr. Selfe could not give them redress for the alleged assaults. He had no jurisdiction over offsnces com mitted on board American ships at sea, but he bad no objection to grant summonses against the master of the American ship for detaining thb seamen's chests and effects. Mr. Levy—The seamen are without clothes and desi tute. Mr. Selfe—l cannot help them. Let them see the Hanover:an Consul. They may have summonses against the captain for detaining their property in the London Dock. Mr. Levy—Will you give them summonses to recover their wages ? Mr. Selfe—l have no jurisdiction over contracts made with the captains of American ships at Now Orleans. The Merchant Shipping Act only has referrence to British seamen in American ships. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—abis Day.) LONDON, Sept. 12.—Wind this day at noon, N.W. light airs and fine. (PER /CLEaTRIO TELEGRAPH.I LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning, Wind SSE. Sailed—Groot Zowyk, for Riga; Saml. Dunning, Callao; Exchange, Hamburg ; Gannet, screw-steamer, Rotterdam; Peacock, Constantinople; Maldon, Quebec; H. Von Gagern, New Orleans ; Meander, screw-steamer, Tiieste ; Squando, New Orleans; Ya.mactow, Savannah. QUERNSTOWN, Sept. 10. Off—Strathfieldsaye, from Akyab. (BY SUBIdARINZ AND BRITISH Tr.LBGBAPR.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 9.47 a.m. Wind NE., tido four hours' flood ; cloudy. Arrived, Sept. 11.—CereP, from Stettin ; Jacob, Odense; Inga, Quebec ; Resolutionem, Aalborg. Arrived, Sept. 12 —Bellona, from Christiania ; Lyra, St. Petersburg ; liertha, Cronstadt. Sailed.—Syduey Griffiths, fur Portland Bay ; Pollux Hamburg, DEAL, Frithy, 10 a.m, - Wind N.E., moderato Passel—Ludwig Holbcrg, from London for Trieste ; Pioneer, screw steamer, London, for the Cape, &c- ; Doctor, London, for Cardiff ; Aurora, Shields, for Naples ; Island Q ueen , Shields, for Genoa ; Marrianna, Nowcaatle, fox Naploo, LATEST NEWS. VISIT OF NAPOLEON TO SPAIN. MADRID, SEPT. 10. A telegraph despatch anno' duces th a t th e Em peror of the French wag yesterday at St. Sebas tian. FRANCE. PARIS, THintliDAY ETENING. The Moniteur of to-day says :—" Immediately on learning the disasters caused in Algeria by the shocks of an earthquake, the Emperor stepped in to succour the pool* suffering by this visitation." CORONATION OF THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER. MOSCOW, SEPT. 1. The English Ambassador Extraordinary, the Earl of Granville, gave his first reception at 10 p.m. It was most brilliantly attended. The mem bers of the Corps Diplomatique and a great number of the Russian nobility were present. Prince Menschikoff, General Osten-Sacken, Prince Ga garin, Prince Galitzin, the best of the Russian noblesse, the Foreign Ambassadors, and a number of distinguished generals and statesmen paid their respects to the Ambassador and to the Countess of Granville in the course of the evening. TITESDAT, SEPT. 2. To-day the Empress-Mother received the Am bassadors and the various strangers who have been presented to the Emperor, and was very gracious to the more distinguished members of the diplo matic body. Her Majesty made a most pleasing impression by the grace of her bearing and by her kindness of manner, although her physical weak ness was very evident. M. de Morny, M. Baudin, and the members of the French embassy, which comprises no less than three of their Crimean Ge nerals ; Lord and Lady Granville, the Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, and the suite of the British Embassy; Prince Esterhazy, the Sardinian Ambassador and suite, and the whole of the diplomatic body who have come on this special mission, were duly presented, and the proceedings, which began at 1 o'clock, were not terminated till 3 o'clock. WEDNESDAY. The world of Moscow was in a continual ferment to-day. Races, reviews, and presentations quite distracted it. The Emperor alone was engaged in business—all his subjects and the strangers who have flocked here to see him crowned were intent on pleasure only. Prince Esterhazy held a reception which was very well attended ; but it was remarked that many of the old Russian party were absent, and that the number of generals was not great con• sidering that there is such a swarm of these officers here at present. There was a parade and review of cavalry to• day on the Petrovsky Plain at 2 o'clock, and races at 6 p.m. _ TVVIIBDAT. The ceremony of proclaiming the Emperor's coro nation was performed to-daypfor the first time. At 9 o'clock in the morning the procession was formed in the square before the Senate House, in side the Kremlin, in the following manner :—The General in command, Osten-Sacken, on horseback, halted in the centre of the open space ; on his right hand, a little in the rear, a squadron of the Che valier Garde, and on his left a squadron of the Garde 11 Cheval were drawn up in parade order ; the trumpeters of each squadron were posted on the flanks, and six led horses, with rich caparisons, were stationed in a line on each side of the trum pets. In front of the general were the two Secre taries of the senate. An aide-de-camp general, a grand master of the ceremonies, a herald-at-arms, and two masters of the ceremonies, in full costume, were placed at each side of Osten-Sacken, and be hind him were four trumpeters, with trumpets of silver magnificently draped with cloth of gold em broidered with the Imperial arms. The masters of the ceremonies wore tri-coloured scarfs embroi dered with gold, and the heralds at-arms were as richly and fantastically clad as Norroy or Clarenceux could desire. Shortly after the assistants had taken their places, the General raised his hands and gave an order in Russian, whereupon the trumpets burst out into a wild and startling flourish, the heralds raised their maces in • the air, and all having un covered their heads one of the Secretaries read the proclamation, of which the following is a transla tion into English :- 4 " Our very august, very high, and very puissant Lord, the Emperor Alexander Nicolaievitch, being mounted on the throne of his ancestors, which is. that of All the Russian, as well as upon those of the kingdom of Poland and of the Grand Duchy of Finland, which are insepar able from it, has deigned to order that the coronation of his Imperial Majesty and his oath shall take place on the 26th of the month of August, His August Spouse the Empress Marie Alexandrovna participating in this sacred ceremony. This solemn act is announced by the present proclamation to all faithful subjects, to the end that on this happy day they may redouble their fervour in their prayers to the King of Kings, that He may spread by His Almighty power His favours and blessings on the reign of His Majesty, and that throughout its duration He may maintain peace and tranquillity, to the glory of His holy name, and for the unalterable prosperity of the Ern pire." Let us hope that " all the people cried ' Amen' " to this prayer. May it be heard ! Then - th-e heralds-a - t-arms scrttere I printed copies of the proclamation among the people, which were very eagerly caught up, and the trumpets of the cavalry played " God save the Czar." The crowd cheered loudly, and many knelt down and prayed. The procession then re-formed, and passed out through the Saviour's Gate to the Place where the monument to Minine and Pojarsky is erected, as follows :—First, four led horses very richly capa risoned, two led horses for the heralds, four for the Grand Masters of the Ceremonies, two for the General-in-Chief, a squadron of the Chevaliers Garde preceded by trumpets and kettle drums, two heralds preceded by the four trumpeters with silver trumpets and flags, four Masters of the Cere monies two and two, General Osten-Sacken, two Aide-de-Camp Generals, the two Secretaries, and a squadron of the Guides a Cheval. The proclamation was again made in the same form as before, and then the cortege was di aided into two bodies of equal size, each composed of the functionaries of similar rank, which separated and proceeded to the various gates and principal points of the town, where the procla mation was again made, and copies distributed to the people. When this ceremonial was finished the Masters of the Ceremonies proceeded in great state, in gold coaches, to the residences of the different Ambassadors, to announce that Sunday next had been fixed for the coronation. FRIDAY MORNING. Last night the rooms of the Graziani Palace were thrown open to the beau monde of Moscow, and about 350 sr 400 people flocked into a "little dance" at the Countess of Granville's. The attendance of Generals, of statesmen, and of Ministers was very large, and all the special embassies, with the excep tion of that of France, were fully represented. The Prince of Prussia, the ex-Minister and favourite of the late Czar, Count Kleinmichel, M. Nesselrode, M. Von Seebach, Prince Gagarin, Prince Galitzin, and many other persons of distinction were pre sent. The state ball-room has not yet been opened and the dancers were more than sufficient to fill the room assigned to them. The Turkish Minister has arrived at last, he will be in ample time for the coronation. The ceremony of the proclamation will be repeated to-day. The Emperor still keeps jeuir maigre, but he works incessantly with his Ministers, and they are loud in their praises of his extraordinary assiduity. The committee of the Stock Exchange have fixed Thursday, the 18th inst., as the settling day for the Cal. cutta and South-Eastern Railway, the Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway, and the European and Indian Junc tion Telegrailb, the whole to be quoted in the official list. A settlement is to take place in the Copiapo EL tinsion Railway on the same day, but those shares are not to be marked. The committee have also resolved that the new Metropolitan Railway shares, issued with a guarantee of 6 per cent. from Mr. J. L. Ricardo, from the opening of the line, are to be quoted in the official list. QUARANTINE IN THE BLACK SEA.—Official intelligence has been received that the Russian Government has abolished for the time being all the quarantine restric tions now in force in Bessarabia, the Black Sea, and the Sea of Azuff. This new regulation is to remain in force until the navigation in cloned for the Fermat year. DR. Capital 91,250,000 Reserve fund 12,980,750 14 Reserve immobiliere Notes to bearer, in circulation - Do. of branch banks 77,024,400 -- Do. to order (Post bills) Bills payable at sight 5O Account-current of Treasury Creditor 118,818,302,338 ,8 76 Various accounts-current 100,008,295 88 Do. branch banks 25,475,446 Dividends to be paid 1,141,905 25 Discount, interest, and expenses Charge for safe keeping of securities Re-discounts of the last half-year Overdue bills Sundries 1,629,993 9 15,862 79 5,674,123 82 998,468,913 64 PREVIOUS MONTH'S RETURN. Cu. Fr. c. Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day 390,177 10 Bills becoming due in Paris Bills in the branch banks Advances on coin and ingots Do. in the branch banks Do. on public securities of France 90,246,336 10 Do. in the branch banks ...... —. 11,557,530 Do. on railway shares and bonds 40,055,900 Do. in the branch banks Do. to the State by treaty of June 30, 1848 Advances on Treasury bills 40,000,000 Rentes of the reserve fund 12,980,750 14 Rentes of disposable funds 52,190,792 93 Hotel and furniture of the Bank Real property of branch banks Expenses of administration 465,874 8 Premiums on the purchase of matierea 1,145,986 35 Sundries 64,547 11 1,043,077,898 29 DE. Capital Reserve fund 12,980,750 14 Reserve immobiliere 4,000,000 Notes to bearer, in circulation Do. of b ranc h banks 76,481,200 Do. to order (Post bills) Bills payable at sight Account -current of Treasury Creditor 102,139,314 2 Various accounts-current _.„.... Do. branch banks Dividends to be paid Discount, interest, and expenses Charge for safe keeping of securities Re-discounts of the last half-year Overdue bills Sundries 26,821,876 --- 1,310,027 25 5,111,261 63 33,724 75 1,629,993 9 14,113 31 4,694,579 77 1,043,077,898 29 FEES IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.—By an order made, the fees ou gas and water bills are reduced, and the additional fee for extra capital is not to be charged unless the capital be above 50,0001. THE RUSTON ANCHOR.—By this new and ingenious invention, elasticity is given to the anchor shank, which is enclosed in a tube, a helical spring being interposed, and renderin g th e anchor capable of lengthening by the application of any force greater than that of the spring. By a further improvement, a yielding power is given to the cable by means of a spring and pulley ; thus both anchor and cable are securely enabled to resist any and. den etrain ' TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Dr. Cullen begs to present his compliments to the editor of The Sun, and to request the insertion of the following Report, by Dr. Ross, of the Expe dition across the Isthmus of Darien, from H.M.S. - Virago, which he has obtained from the Medical Department of the Navy, and which has not hitherto been published. 11, Royal Exchange, Sept. 11, 1856. EXPLORATION OF ISTHMUS OF DARIEN. December 13th, 1853, 1 p.m.—Left the ship in me ical charge of the expedition sent to explore the Isth- nag of Darien, and report on the p-acticability of the )rcjected ship canal from the junction of the rivers S'avana and La Villa, on the Pacific, in a N. N. easterly iireotion, to Port Escoces, on the Atlantic side. The f .110 wing are the nanses of the offi3ers and crew that ,cconlpanied the expedition :—C.)mtnander J. C. Pre• vost, Lieutenants Moore and Glrdon, Mr. Inskip, mas ter; assistant-surgeon Dr. Ross ; Mr. Hornby, midship- ,nan ; WEn. Rawlins, captain of forecastle ; R. Whit- bread, quartermaster ; J. Curtis, J. Fink, H. Windsor, U. Robins, IL Jones, J. Dick, W. Beheuna, J. Tower, I. Cullen, and R. B!ake, able-bodied seamen ; W. Rowe, W. Richards, and J. Callahan, ordinary seamen ; J. fiyde, J. Perkins, G. Julier, J. Orrell, W. Barnes, and T. Fisk, privates of the Royal Marine Artillery, with seven New Granadian guides. January 7, 1854.—Returned to the ship with the ex ploring party. The following is a brief account of our journey across the Isthmus and back :—Leaving the vessel in Darien harbour we ascended the Savana a dis- Lance of 21 miles in the cutter and first gig, the Grana lians occupying two canoes. This river has its source in the Isthmus from the confluence of a number of small itreams, and, after a comparatively straight course of from fis to 30 miles in a S.S.E. direction, empties itself into Darien Harbour, in the Gulf of San Miguel. For the first six or eight miles ascending from its mouth the banks are low, swampy, and covered with nangiove bushes, which extend for some distance in land; until the ground, beginning to rise, terminates on the right bank in a range of hills from two to three bun ,fired feet high, running nearly parallel to the river. The swampy mangrove on the left bank runs farther inland, is more thickly wooded, and finally ends in irregular and solitary hills of from one to two hundred feet in height. A.s far up as the distance spoken of, the river, from ll mile in width, narrows to half a mile, and has a vari able depth of 1} to 5 fathoms, the deepest water being in mid-channel. This part of its course is nearly direct, and there are no obstructions. A little beyond, how ever, the stream widens and is studded with numerous Atle islands, through which there is a passage with 6 fathoms water. For the next 13 miles it becomes more - .,ortuous, narrows considerably, the banks become more solid, the mangrove is lost, and forest trees grow close to the water's edge, it being then only from 20 to 30 yards wide. Its tributaries are the Iglesias and Lara, opening on the left bank, the former near its mouth, and tie latter nearly 18 miles above, and the La Villa on its right bank, about three miles above the Lara. The two first mentioned are large streams, but the latter is small. At sunset we encamped on the right bank a little above La Villa, and built a rancho, or hut, of branches of trees covered over with palm leaves, for protection from the night dew. At 6 a.m., of the 20th, we again resumed our journey in the boats, and, about two miles further on, coming to a place a little below tidal influence, with high preci pitous banks on each side, the whole party landed, it being the intention to leave a depot of provisions and ammunition. The boats were secured, and their con tents landed and placed under a canvass tent brought for the purpose. A permanent and comfortable rancho was also built for 10 men and an officer, who were to be left here in charge, while the main body prosecuted their researches inland. Every night at sunset we encamped, building our rancho, when the locality was a matter of choice, on a rising as near as possible to a stream. These ranchos were designated by numbers from 1 to 12 inclusive, commencing with the depot. Dec. 20. At 2 p.m., all preparations being made, the party started. It may be here stated that the course taken was compass N.N.E., from which, during the whole journey, no obstruction in the shape of rising ground, stream, or swamp, was allowed to deviate us. Nearly the whole of our route lay through a dense forest of immense trees, the spaces between the trunks of which were filled with undergrowth of creepers of various kinds, chiefly what is termed bushropes, varying in size from half an inch to thrc 3 inches in circumference, and very tough. Through these it was necessary to cut our way with machetes or cutlasses, and so dense and difficult of penetration is this forest that four men as pioneers, cutting from 8 a.m. till 5 p.m., could only get over a distance of from three to four miles. The first 19 miles lay through au undulating country, with fre quent elevations and depressions, rendering any correct estimate of their height above the level of the sea diffi cult. It is supposed, however, that the highest of these did not exceed fifty or sixty feet. In this part of the journey numerous streams, the beds of which were formed of clay, were crossed, running in various direc tions towards the Pacific, and also two swamps, in one of which the water lay stagnant from two to three feet deep, and extended along our course a distance of at least one mile, and on either side as far as the eye could penetrate, which here was soma distance, the vegetation being scanty. On the 31st, about noon, we arrived at a river with high banks on each side, about 60 or 70 feet wide, run ning in a southerly direction, and having on its left bank Indian plantain patches. This was evidently the Chuquanaqua, which hitherto had been laid down in all the charts as taking its origin much to the southward of where we now were. We here formed our 10th encampment. Next day, Jan. 1, 1854, a party of the expedition crossed and returned at night with intelligence of having seen the sea—the At lantic—from the top of a tree on a high hill about five miles distant, the view being in a N.E. direction, and carried through a gorge. At the same time they brought a very discouraging account as to the nature of the country, which was broken into a series of high hills by deep and intricate ravines, through which numerous and rapid mountain torrents coursed, rendering travel ling difficult. Hitherto our provisions bad been carried by five men in large bags and baskets. It being impossible to con tinue this mode of progression on the left side of the river, it was decided that each officer and man should take four days' provisions, and that the remainder should be left at our rancho on the right bank of the river in charge of a guard of two seamen and two Ma rine Artillerymen, who were chosen by lot. This fell upon Henry Windsor, aged 25, Henry Robins, aged 21, A B.s, Thomas Hyde, 22, and James Parkins, 31, R.M.A. On leaving the boats my instruments and pocket case, with bandages, lint, tourniquet, and medi cine had been carried in a tin box. Finding that four days' provisions, arms, ammunition, and blanket were too much to carry under a tropical sun, I took from the box What I considered necessary for immediate use on emergency, and left the remainder with the guard. On the morning of the 2d January we forded the river, which was then only from 1 to 3 feet deep, but which, in the rainy season, from evidences around our encamp ment, must overflow its banks and be then 30 feet deep. Still keeping the same course we progressed towards the Atlantic. By the evening of the 3d, after crossing seve ral mountains, varying from 300 to 400 feet high, and travelling some distance in the bed of a river from two to three feet deep, and whose course lay in our route, we arrived at an elevation of 1,200 to 1,300 feet, in fact, the summit of the Cordillera range. From this point of view we overlooked a deep and wide valley, densely wooded and running in an easterly direction. It was supposed that it was through this valley the Atlantic had been seen from the tree. The hills on the northern side of this terminated in a broad and well-defined cliff, beyond which it was surmised was th e s e a. We had traversed 26. 1 ; miles of measured ground from the place where we left the boats, three miles above La Villa, which, allowing 36 . miles for elevations and depressions, would give twenty-three miles in a straight direction, and as none of the maps make the isthmus more, from the latter place, than 23 or 24 miles wide, we concluded that the ocean was close to this bluff. It was still one day's journey distant, but our provisions getting short it was deemed advisable to retrace our steps, which we commenced doing on the morning of the 4th inst. On our way back we explored, for some distance, a mountain torrent which we at one time thought emptied itself into the Atlantic, but its course and direction soon led us to believe it was the commence ment of the Chuquanaqua. A little before noon of the sth we arrived at encamp. meat No. 10, and found the guard gone and the rancho cleared of its contents. Presuming that the men had gone on to No. 9 to avoid the annoyance of sand flies, or that they Fad been ordered to return by the Indians, who, from the vicinity of plantations, we knew could not live far distant, although we had as yet seen none of them, we prepared, with some degree of caution, to fol low them. Between Nos. 10 and 9we found a heap of bread lying in the middle of the path, but the latter rancho was alco uninhabited, although it had, appa rently, remained undisturbed. On arriving at the edge of the swamp before spoken of as being covered with stagnant water, we observed numerous and recently traced footprints returning to the Chuquanaqua. These, from certain indications, the Granadians pro nounced to be from Indian feet. About a mile from No. 8, and on the western side of the camp, we suddenly came on the murdered remains of three of our former comrades, all lying obliquely across the road, and pierced with soversal gunshot wounds, which must have caused almost instantaneous death. They has evidently, in their retreat, with heavy burthens of provisions on their backs, which still remained there, been shot from the left side of the path from behind an immense guipo tree, the spaces between whose spreading roots couid have concealed from view a number of men. All three were lying on their right sides. Windsor was shot through the pelvis and lower part of the spine, Hyde through the left side of the head, and Perkins through the head arid throat. Everything left behind us, except provisions, were taken by the murderers, From the state of decomposition in which the bodies were, I judged they must have been dead 48 hours. Nothing could be seen of the remaining man Robins, and it is presuwed he was either shot with the others, and escaped farther into the bush, where he died, or was despatched by the eavages, or else that he is retained to live a miserable prisoner in .their hands. Fearing we might now be surrounded by the savages, end every mo ment exm:cting a volley from hidden enemies, we could not remai❑ to afford Christian burial to our lamented comrades, however anxious to do so, and we continued our journey till dark, passing ranchos Nos. 8,7, and 6, and sleeping at No. 5. By daybreak next morning, 6th Jan., we again commenced our journey, and at 11 a.m. arrived at No. 1, where we found the party we left be hind all well. At 10 p.m., the tide serving, we started for the trip, and arrived on board early this morning, Jan. 7. Intermittent fever is endemic amongst the negroes, and New Granadians inhabiting the villages in and around Darien Harbour, so that it was fully expected that some of us would, ere now, have suffered from this complaint. The incubative period of the disease may not vet be over, but, as yet, no one has suffered from the Jour ney. All were exposed to more than ordinary exertion and consequent fatigue in carrying heavy burthens and assisting to clear the dense brushwood, so as to make a recognisable path for our return, and also for others to traverse after us, should this portion of the Isthmus be subjected to a regular survey. At the same time we Were but scantily fed, chiefly on salt provisions, while at night we had to sleep in open ranchos, exposed to the night air, with, frequently, the lower parts of the body wet from the numerous streams we had to cross. It had been asserted that this portion of the Isthmus was very insalubrious, but from the foregoing facts, and from our being exposed to malarious influence in crossing the marshes before mentioned, it may reasonably be con cluded that, at this season of the year, when the eva poration from decaying vegetable matter following the rainy season has ceased, and dry weather fairly set in, this portion of the Isthmus is healthy to Europeans. At the same time our not having suffered from fever is greatly to be attributed to our not having been exposed to the rays of the sun (the foliage of the trees having afforded us a grateful shade), and to the comparative coolness of the atmosphere, which, judging from the feel ings, was never above 80 deg. Fahrenheit, and then rendered refreshing by a constant nor'clerly breeze, but mainly to the dryness of the ground over which we passed, and its freedom, except in two places, from marsh or swamp. TELE HIGHLAND BRIGADE OF THE CRIMEAN ARMY. Sir Charles Forbes, on behalf of the Highland Society of London, presents his compliments to the editor of The Sun, and would feel greatly obliged by his having the goodness to give insertion in his valuable journal to the accompanying application to, and the answer from, the Horse Guards. Broomwood, Sept. 11. " 13, Parliament street, Sept. 2. " Sir,—l am directed by the Committee of Manage ment of the Highland Society of London, of which so ciety the Prince Consort is chief, and your Royal High ness a member, to submit the respectful duty of the committee to your Royal Highness, and to request the favour of your Royal Highness's having the kindness to grant permission to the Crimean soldiers of the High land Brigade, quartered at present at Dover, to partake of a dinner to be prepared for them at the Royal Surrey Gardens on the same plan, and under the same reguls- tions, as that given to the Guards. "The Highland Society of London is not only most anxious to make this small acknowledgment of the high sense its members entertain of the services of their bravo countrymen, but the directors of the society have been joined in this wish by many noblemen and gentlemen residing in the metropolis, and which they have he doubt would. afford great gratification to the inhabitant s of London as well as to the country at large. "The dinner to the Guards having given so much satis faction, and several regiments of the Crimean army hal' ing been welcomed and entertained in the provinces, th e circumstance of the Highland Brigade being at present so near town, and that these three regiments (42d, 79th, and 93d) might never again be together in our neigh' bourhood, suggested that a similar compliment should be paid to this portion of the army, which served in the same division, and fought side by side with the Guards, under the command of your Royal Highness. " In the event of your Royal Highness being pleased to grant, what may be termed a single holiday, to these distinguished troops, the Highland Society would under take to make arrangements for conveying the Crimean, medal men and their officers by railway t o London and back the same day, and to defray all the expenses attena' ing the trip, conforming in all respects to such regule" tions as may be made at the Horse Guards for their guidance. " I have the honour to be, Sir, "Your Royal Highness's most obedient and ♦ery faithful servant, " GEO. BAIN, Honorary Secretary to the Highland Society of London. " Hie Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, S.G., General Commanding-in-Chief, &c." " Horse Guards, Sept. S. " Sir,-1 am commanded by the General Command' ing•in-Chief to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2d inst., requesting, on the part of the Committee of Management of the Highland Society of London, that his Royal Highness would grant permission to the Crimean soldiers of the Highland Brigade quartered et Dover to partake of a dinner, to be prepared for them at the Royal Surrey Gardens on the plan and under the same regulations as that given to the Guards, and stating that the Highland Society would make arrangements for the conveyance of these soldiers and their officers by railway to London and back again. " His Royal Highness directs me, in reply, to request that you will bo good enough to essure the gentlemen of the Highland Society that he most highly appreciat es this mark of their kind feeling towards these national regiments, but to state that, although there can be n° objection to the troops being enter:Ained in this mann er , in the various garrisons in which they are quartered, 1" the moving them from their quarters to London for such a purpose must be attended with so much inconvenie nce that his Royal Highness =list express his regret that be is obliged to decline acceding to an application wblev ; has been prompted by so gratifying a feeling on the Pe r , of the society.—l have the honour to be, sir, your mos ' obedient servant, " C. YOB IS. " George Bain, Esq., &c." THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA. The following is a translation of a decree date a Aug. 4,185 G, dictating some arrangements to ill' sure order at the railway station " The Vice-Governor of the State of Panama, is charge of the executive power, in virtue of the authority conferred upon him by the Executive of the Republic to give some directions to secure order at the einbarkatioo and disembarkation of the passengers who travel by th e railway, decrees : "Art. 1. On the days when the vessels with pass eiv r gers to or from California may arrive at this port, °, leave it, the prefect of the department or the alcalde the city will repair to the station of the railroad with the number of police which may bo deemed necessary fo r the preservation of order at that place. "Art. 2. When the police farce which may be disc able for the object expressed in the foregoing article 1:03,, be considered insufficient, the prefect, or the alcal de his stead, will solicit the aid of the regular force, 3,', dressing himself for that purpose to the respective 11341' tary authority. "Art. 3. The agent of the Company of Am erica n steamers in the Pacific will give notice to the prefect % the department in proper time as to the hour at wh ic e the embarking or disembarking of passengers is too ali place ; and the prefect will notify immediately tb,: alcalde of the city, whenever he may think it to dep ot that officer to act for him. "Art. 4. The force which will repair to the station of the railroad, in conformity with the present decree , ° well as the authority in command of it, will not le/ that place until after the embarking or disembarking ° passengers and their property shall have terminated. t " Art. 5. In the unexpected case that a oor liii fe between the passengers and the inhabitants of the e y'4, may occur, and cannot be quelled immediately, functionary who is at the station will send forthiv, t . notice to the Governor of the State, in order that Pvs may be able to adopt such extraordinary measures tl the case will require. " Given at Parma the 4th of August, 1856. " FRANCISCO DCFABRIGA, The Secretary of the State, " BARTOLO3IE CALVO." NATIONAL DISCOUNT COMPANY.—Yesterday the P r °. ptietors of this undertaking held an extraordinary Me et ' . ing at the London Tavern, to confirm the reeolution, passed at the ext raor di nary mee ti ng h e ld on th e 27th last last month. The resolution was carried unanimously;' CREDITON.—When a second edition of the ~Worthil of Devon," ( w hi c h recor d s th e i m p er i s h a ble deeds °, Monk, Marlborough, Drake, Raleigh, and a host °` other immortal leaders) shall have been published, I ?ii doubt the exploits of two young Crimean heroes 0 , 1 0 occupy some of its most prominent pages. We allude L., Colonels Drew and Morris who, without the aid of eV Parliamentary or other influence, have alone, by t u e force of their bravery, risen to their present high P °B ; tions. The first belonged to the celebrated 23d N e ll Fusiliers, which in continual encounter with the eneb f had nearly the whole of its officers put hors cle cono 6 though Col. Drew fortunately escaped without even scratch scratch nearly up to the taking of Sebastopol, when e () ",; tinual labour in the trenches broke down even his s tron. i constitution, and he was obliged to return to the air of Devon, when his neighbours of Cullumptou cowed hint home by a sumptuous entertainment. Col. ) I `.„ ris was feted at Torrington on Saturday last, when a sple", did sword was presented to him, subscribed for 11 4 , number of his admirers in the district, who, under able presidency of Sir Trevor Wheler, an old o ffi cer. ely tertained their hero at the Globe inn on the occa sil/ g Colonel Morris, although but a few years past thirty, 11,1,3 perhaps seen as much of warfare as any officer on net l , l) : service, having been throughout the ca'npaign !'„; P-unjaub, where he acquired muc:t fame as a da sh young ~Hicer of lancers, and got desperately wounaeda, At Balakiava he was again foremost in the fray ; after having been frightfully wounded, was wade Pr"o Boner, but, being loosely guarded, though faint from I°sa of blood, he made a desperate run fur his liberty , got clear from his Cossack pursuers. Colonel MetilS one of the most expert swordsmen in the British arli3J„,' and, from his dash and gallantry, bids fair to heel, a nother Bayard. 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