The Sun. — London, England, 1856-09-27 00:00:00

AMERICAN AFFAIRS. (Front the Daily News.) It is not enough for our interest in the welfare of the United States to know in a general way that the power of the Executive has, from first to last, been on the side of the Missourian invaders of Kansas. It is desirable to ascertain, when opportunity offers, exactly what it is that the President has said and done in the matter. Such an opportunity is afforded by the publication of the Report of the Sub-com mittee of the National Kansas Committee, after an interview with the President at the end of last month. The Report is dated September Ist. It will be remembered that Congress appointed a committee of its own members to proceed toKansas, in order to inquire into the respective claims of the opposition legislatures, and report upon these and other specifie matters. It will be remembere I that these federal officials, sent by Congress, and members of that body, were in danger of their lives from the Missouri invaders—that the process of taking evi dence was stopped by force--that the members of the commission were glad to get back in any way they could—and that the evidence was smuggled across the Mississippi on the person of a lady who intrepidly offered that service to her country. It will be further remembered that the evidence was conclusive in regard to the respective claims of the rival legislatures ; there being abundance of proof that the pro-slavery laws, which decreed various barbarous punishments, among which death was not the heaviest, for the holding of anti-slavery opinions, and which precluded non-slaveholders from serving on juries, and from the commonest social rights, were imposed upon the real inhabitants of Kansas by invaders from a neighbouring State. It was proved that every step was illegal; that qualified voters were kept away from the polls, while strangers who had no qualification were brought up in troops; that the ballot was falsified, the assessors intimi dated, and the elections a mere pretension for the ad mission of ruffianism. The j udiciary appointed by the same means was as bad as the legislature and the exe cutive. All this was incontestably proved by the evidence brought back by the committee and pre sented to Congress. The legality of the proceedings of the residents of Kansas was no less clearlyproved. The report, the evidence, and the speeches in Con gress grounded on them, are on record, as materials for the future historian. The President changed the Governor of Kansas, and made no attempt to sustain the Chief Justice appointed Ey the Border Ruffians. INiot a day was to be lost in ascertaining what he meant to do for the defence of the territory against a threatened in vasion of Missourians, who declared their intention of clearing Kansas of every free settler. The free settlers had bought land and built houses, and were living on their own property ; and those who were about to in vatie them had no business on the ground at all. They had no propertf there—no claim of residence—no title whatever to act beyond their own frontier. In this crisis, the Congressional Com mittee deputed three of their members to wait on the President on the 30th of August, to "pray his interposition against the threatened slave oligarchic invasion of Kansas." As the interview was an appointed one, and as it related to the most important interest of the time, it must be assumed that the opinions and the words of the President had been thoroughly Considered. The views expressed by him were these—as re ported by the deputation. President Pierce declared that while he had been using the limited powers he possessed under the constitution for the preservation of order in Kansas, rebellion had been stirred up by the Emigrant Aid Societies, which had facilitated the access of set tlers to the new territory ; that the residents of Kansas, who had no concern with slavery, and should have let it alone to cure itself, stirred up trouble about it . ; that the Border men, who were wild by education and habit, were naturally in censed by opposition about slavery ; that the Northern States should have forwarded men who carried bibles and no rifles, and who would not have opposed the Border men ; but that, instead of this, armed men were sent, who boasted that they could protect their own rights. If the settlers bad not presumed on their claim to protect them selves, he (the President) might have interfered ; but, as it was, they had, by their resistance, tied his hands. The sufferings of the settlers are, the President declares, their own fault, and the legitimate consequence of their disposition to pro tect themselves. No doubt their is fault on both sides. There is violent temper both at the South and at the North ; but, if each party would get rid of about a hundred agitators, all would come right, and peace be restored. Both parties claim the interposition of the President, bringing precisely the same charges against each other 3 • and, dis tant as Washin g t on i s f rom K ansas , he declares himself unable to d ec id e b e t ween them. He can be guided only by official reports. General Smith's despatches have convinced him that no invasion need be apprehended. (This was said on the very day of the first battle under the new invasion.) If any should occur, it would be duly punished. The Federal troops are not there to repress outrages, but to be on the spot in case of invasion or rebel lion. The civil courts are the proper resort for redress (under laws, be it observed, which forbid free-soil men from entering the jury box) ; and the President has never heard of any failure of justice in the Kansas courts :—if such a case occurred, he should remove the judge. He does not see that an escort should have been granted to an applicant whose life was threatened. " General Smith thought that if the applicant was smart enough to find his way safely to him without an escort, be ought to be able to find his way back." If the majority of the people in Kansas had wanted peace and quiet, they could have had it,—simply by not making or permitting any difficulty about slavery. He had always felt anxious about the ter ritory, and was extremely uneasy when Lawrence was sacked and burnt. That was 110 ; done under his authority. He admitted tLat mistakes had been made; but he had removed Shannon ; and now an impartial man was gone to be Governor ; and he would do justice to both parties, and hang any man of either p a rty' who should be caught in th commis sion of violence. His opinions on certain points pro posed to him were these—that persons who sullered violence on their way to Kansas could not expect anything from the Government—they must apply for redress to the courts of the State in which the injury was sustained ; the persons who suffered violence within the bounds of Kansas could not be protected by him otherwise than through the c,urts or under martial law ; that the federal troops can act only as a posse comitatus in support of the civil power; and that Government having provided courts and a military support of them, the citizens ought to he satisfied, it being clear that anything they may suffer must arise from their own disre gard of law, or their applying for military protec tion when they should rest upon the civil power. Finally, persons entering the territory armed are not to be supposed invaders on that acecount ; nor are residents who carry arms to be supposed rebels on that account. To bear arms is the privilege of every American, and Government has no right to disarm hirn. Thus far the President delivers his views to silent hearers. He had all his own way—omitting, it may be observed, the somewhat important considera tion that of " the two parties" between whom he strove to be impartial, the one was the constitu tional citizenship of Kansas, and the other mere lawless invasion ; omitting also another somewhat serious consideration—that the civil jurisdiction which ho extolled as a perfect refuge was no con stitutional power at all, but an illegal pretence, im posed to deprive the citizens of justice and a re course to law and police—omitting also the consi deration that the subject of slavery was precisely that on which it was imperative on every settler to speak and act, the alternative left by silence being simply that of becoming a slaveholder or a slave. When it became the, turn of the deputation to speak, they put a question to the President, and very pertinent was the question they put ; so pertinent, that the Pr, sident declined replying. The depu tation inquired whether, F: B all the powers of the President, exerted from the beginning to preserve order and obedience to the existing laws, had failed, so that the prospect was now desperate, it was not apparent that the fault lay in the uncon stitutional and impracticable character of the laws themselves ? This was a rational and obvious ques tion in a country where the citizens of each State make their own laws, which are, as a matter of course, obeyed and cherished by the great majority. This question the President declined discussing. Once more the deputation spoke. They pointed out the horrors of life in Kansas while marauding invaders pillaged, tormented, and slaughtered the rightful inhabitants, so that the residents would change for the better if transferred to Russia, Aus tria, Naples, or France ; and they inquired whe ther, such being the results of Presidential methods thus far, there was any hope of a change in the policy of the administration. The reply was— " No ; there will be none." Three days after this interview the President is sued his ordersto the Governor of Kansas, providin for a levy of m ili t i a and an addition to the Federal force in the territory, for the purpose of supporting the Border Ruffian party, and suppresging the in habitants as " insurgents." Kerrucky and Illi nois are ordered to supply militia regiments, in aid of the invaders against the citizens. W e have some doubt whether Kentucky, though a slave State, will furnish any such assistance. It is highly improbable that Illinois will —well watered as its soil is with the blood of martyrs in the anti slavery cause. This is for the future to show. Our present business is to mark the sayings and doings of President Pierce, in preparation f or the career of Mr. Buchanan. if we have opportunity' to show what a broad foundation Mr. .13sichanan hats laid by his congressional votes for the political edifice which President Pierce is working at on his behalf, it will be evident euouzli that t e political liberties of the citizens of the United S ates hang on the election of Colonel Fremon ; and that Colonel Fremont will, therefore, 'oe ]n all proba bility elected. Every day is clearly mproving his chance. TIIE SOURCES OF TIIE NILE. The expedition to discover the sources of the Nile, which the Viceroy in Egypt has initiated, and which has occupied, for the past six months, the attention of the learned of Europe, after delays inevitable to the development of such matters, has started. The Count d'Escayrac de l'Auture, to whom the com mand h as b ee n entrusted, after having obtained, on the 20th of last July, the Viceroy's approbation of the plan, came to Europe to procure the neces sary adjuncts for the execution of his enterprise. Authorised to select twelve assistants, be sought in Austria officers of topographical celebrity ; in Prussia, a well-informed engineer ; in France, naturalists ; in England, nautical assistance ; and America has furnished him with an excellent photographer, so necessary on such an explora tion . He has selected in London, Paris, Berlin, and Vienna the necessary instruments for observa tions of the greatest variety, and nothing has been neglected that could in any possibility interest the scientific world. Magnetic observations will not be neglected ; the iniusoria invisible to the eye Rill be studied according to the custom of the most perfect naturalists ; geography will rest on astronomical observations ; ethnography, so full of interest, in that part of the world, will be the ob ject of the constant attention and particular efforts of men whose knowledge has been already proved; photography will lend to science the most valuable assistance ; it will thus bring before the eyes of learned men a new world, and the people of Europe will see all the expedition has encountered of the interesting and remarkable. This expedition, which has for its aim the discovery of portions of Africa where the foot of the white man has never trod, promises to make us better acquainted with these unknown countries than we are even with some parts of Europe. The expenses of the expedition will be consider able, as the Viceroy has provided it with everything that can forward its success ; and a sufficient escort will protect these missionaries of civilisation during their perilous expedition. Nu merous boats with steamers will transport them up the Nile, as far as the last point where this river is navigable. The expedition has every thing in its favour, in the great experience of its commander and the generous ardour of those who take part in it. The Count d'Escayrac does not deceive hiraseif as to the difficulties which attend him ; but what ever obstacles he may encounter he is prepared to meet and to conquer. Thus the problem of the sources of the Nile is near its solution, and the inte -1 riorof Africa will be probably opened to science, at the same time that the Red Sea, through the Isthmus of Suez, may possibly be opened to the commerce of all people. These two great undertakings will have been the work of one prince, whose name will be carried down to the most distant posterity. En lightened Europe regards with interest the course of this expedition, and the Emperfor Napoleon has given a mark of his approbation in naming the Count d'Escayrac an officer of the Legion of Honour. The count started on the 3d of this month for Trieste, which he was to leave on the 18th ; his companions will join him at Cairo in the beginning of October, and the expedition will then begin to ascend the Nile. We shall expect its re turn in two years, which will prove a great event in the scientific world ; for whatever happens, the prolonged stay of twelve learned Europeans in the most unknown part of the world cannot fail to create great interest. We give the names of those engaged in this expedition : Le Comte d'Escayrac de l'Auture, commander of the expedition; M. A.ubaret, a lieutenant in the French navy and a chevalier of the Legion of Honour ; M. Mayer, mining engineer, of Branden burgh, Prussia ' - M. Richard, doctor of medicine and surgery, of Paris ; M. Boleslawsky, lieutenant of the Ist Pionniers of Metrovitz, an Austrian, attache to the Imperial and Royal Institute of Military Geography; M. Della Sala Count Kinsky, of Milan, lieutenant in the 47th Infantry, attache to the Imperial and Royal Institute of Military Geography ; M. Geng, assistant topographer, of Vienna, an attache to the Imperial and Royal In stitute of Military Geography ; M. Pouchet, licencie en sciences, of Rouen, France ; Mr. Anthony W. Twyford, f London, late au officer in the British transport service ; 11. de Bai, draughtsman, of Montreuil-sur-Mer ' ' France • dr. Clagne, of New Orleans, photographer ; M. Tabonelle, of Olbceuf, ) France - and M. Bonnefong, also of France. __ . . . __ r Now that Captain Richard Burton, so celebrated for his daring visit to Mecca and Medinah, and his penetration to the city of Harar, in Abyssinia, is about to start under the direction of the Royal Geographical Society of London, for East Africa, for the purpose of penetrating to Like Uniamesi, and, if possible, to the sources of the Nile, it is greatly to be hoped that the Foreign Office may direct Dr. Vogel to turn his steps south-eastwards from Like Chad, with the same objects in view. ANOMALIES IN THE ENGLISH CHARACTER. (From the Times.) There is hardly any amount of wrong or of an noyance which the Englishman is not prepared to endure or inflict, as the case may happen to be. Of the two he prefers to inflict it, but he also en dures it . very kindly. When he is once in harness, well strapped up, and his head as it ought to be, he is as patient as a cab horse. The fact is, we are of a mulish breed, half Norman, half Saxon, and, as an Irishman would add, with several more halves from other races. The spirit of our nume rous fathers is still in us, and sometimes it is a vA-37 - noble, sometimes a very donkeyish one. While we pride ourselves on a dozen self-einancipa tions, we tolerate an amount of inconvenience and worse in our public institutions, in the condition of our towns, and in our domestic habits, that would drive a Frenchman to insurrection and a German to madness. The truth is, that under the flattering conviction that we have a voice in making the laws wo put ourselves in two positions at once, or, rather, we are continually performing that feat of ventriloquism which consists in one man talking as if it were two or three dozen voices. This reconciles us to the worst evils, for A: we suffer them we have the consolation that we also help to inflict them. We have no pass ports ; we don't pay a quarter of a farthing for every half-dozen cabbages brought into our towns; our market-gardeners and our hay and corn-chand lers do not stop for 20 minutes outside our towns to have their innocent loads stabbed and perfo rated, pummelled, ripped open, and gutted. We have not the mairie and the prefecture, the douanc and the octroi, intruding into every stage of our existence. On the other hand, few and f►voured are the localities where one can ride or drive five miles without being stopped by a privileged footpad and asked for lid. or 4id., or some other odd sum. The Welsh Celt fairly re biled against the nuisance a few years ago; but the English Saxon grumbles, stops his horse, pulls off his glove, unbuttons his great-coat, fumbles in his pocket, draws out his purse, asks for change, pays, and drives off with a ticket he does not know what to do with. Then as to rates and taxes, not one householder in a hundred knows or has the means of knowing whether he is cheated or not. He pays, and pays, till he can pay no longer, and beats a retreat, by going to a cheaper house or re ducing his establishment. We are rather proud, indeed, of what we pay and suffer, as long as we are able. The reduced gentlewoman remembers with complacency that she paid rates and taxes 30 years ago in Marylebone parish, and knows the figure to a shilling. It is a pardonable vanity in that sex, btr, - , the other ought to look a little more ii.to these matters. But what a power of patience, what a strong tradition of Caxonistn, what a preponderance of the asinine parentage there must be in the honest d; udges of Manchester, to have stood for these - 200 years to be fleeced by the Corporation of Liverpool ! When Mr. Fox was addressing h is Lancashire friends the other day he spoke strongly indeed on thiei point, but he hardly gave it the importance and the precedence it deserves. Indeed it should almost .atop the mouth of any agitator from the backs of the Irwell, or any district drawing its supplies from the Mersey. There is no tax under the sun, a nd no application of a tax, not even a grant for an Australian bishopric, to compare with the enor mity o f the Manchester people; with so many calls for money in their own huge city, paying ma ny thousands a-year for the decoration of Liverpool. What can they he made of ? Div „ on iter that with such excellent home discip -1., no they have till lately p rove d such patient tri b ataric3 t o ho Imperial Treasury. Tile bread-Lax, the cotton-wool tax, the geese tax, the foreign pork tax, and all the rest of them, aimed, as everybody knows at the manufacturing districts, certainly did strike one sometimes as more than an en t erpr i s i ng, hard-working, hungry Englishman i could be ex pected to bear. But the bearers, n the chief re gion of these people, had been well trained in their youth in what might be called their home educa tion. As Mr. Fox observes, the British people collectively cut off Charles I.'s head became he wanted to tax them without their consent ; but when the same Monarch gave to the borough of Liverpool the right of .taxing the commerce of the whole country without any check at all the victims scarcely murmured from that day to this, for two hundred years. The victims, too, are those sturdy, noisy, independent natives of the County Palatine of Lancaster. At the date of this notable grant it brought the town of Liverpool 141. Gs. Bd. a-year, just sufficient to buy a handsome gilt chain for his worship the Mayor. It now fetches 70,0001. or 80,0001. a-year, and one year's income is about all that the Corporation of Liverpool, as spent for the good of shipping during the last quarter of a cen tury. The rest of the million and three quarters collected in that period has been spent in widening streets, embellishing public buildings, and building a magnificent music-hall. The growth of this black mail from 14/. Os. Bd. to 80,0001. a-year must be the origin of that hackneyed party phrase, " the point of the wedge." It is usually applied to the operations of Reformers, who are supposed to be adepts at the use of this instrument, but no achievement of theirs can be compared with this of the Conservative ‘ borough of Liverpool. In statistical charts 'ea.riations are sometimes repre sented by dark ci.irrents, expanding or contractincr as the case may b e ; an d on thi s p l an t h e growth of this iniquit‘Jus impost would require a pyramid of which the apex was 141. 6s. Bd., and the base 80,000/., or more than five thousand times as much. The pyramid of Cheops, standing on its apex, is the most appropriate image we can think of for the- legal arid equitable basis of the tax ; and if Charles 1.. would revisit his ungrateful kingdom he would be delighted to find twenty millions still taxed le).;- the divine right of one man. The meaning of the original grant and its appli cation to present times are not very clear. For example, the grant particularises certain limits within, - which the dues may be levied, and certain articles whereon they may be levied. It may therefore admit of a reasonable doubt, to say the least, whether the dues may be lawfully levied in places beyond those limits and on other articles than those named. It might also be questioned what amount of dues should be paid on the articles not mentioned in the grant. But all questions on these points are overruled by the broad doctrine laid down by the Corporation, that the grant must be explained by the " user." As this is a legal word, or at least not a common one, we may as well say that it means a man may do any thing that he is used to do. Th e coo k j us tifi e d the sinning of eels alive on the ground that they were used to be skinned. The Corporation of Liverpool has a much better reply—viz., that it is used to skin eels. The one is the passive form of the argument, the other is the active, and it is much the more logical of the two, for the obvious reason that the cook might be used and the Cor poration might be used, but the eels, not being a corporation, could acquire no prescription, custom, habit, usance, or endurance ix the matter. We admit that the analogy does not strictly apply to the case of the eels skinned by the Corporation of Liverpool. Society induces a species of unity ; the submission of many sufferers makes a wroig seem inevitable ; and at last they may be said to be used to be skinned. The Corporation of Liver pool, however, disdains that defence, and takes the more manly course of resting the practice on its being used to skin them. It is said that even a worn will turn, and eels have risen, or rather wriggled, into rebellion at last against the cook— that is, the Liverpool Corporation. Whether they will succeed in rescuing their skins it is hard to say. " Use" is decidedly against them just now, for the use is to let things alone. The people of Manches ter themselves still betray the dominion of use. They are among the " waiters on Providence," or rather " waiters on Palmerston," whom Mr. Fox describes. It is too true, as he says, that " the House of Commons has been waiting for the people to agitate for reforms, and the people have been waiting for the House of Commons to originate re forms." Have Manchester and its representatives been as serious on the subject of the Liverpool town dues as they might have been f We are sorry to say that there prevails a grave suspicion that some of these gentlemen would have no objection to see Palmerston beaten by the Conservatives on this very question. If he is, the Manchester people deserve to be skinned for another two hun dred years. THE SILVER QUESTION. (From the Times City Article.) The following communication sets forth in a very plain way some essential conclusions which must be kept in view in all discussions on the silver question. There are, however, several indirect circumstances which must be pointed out in connexion with them, and which will greatly qualify, even if they do not entirely counteract, the results the writer antici pates. His argument is that, as India and China 'will take nothing but silver in settlement of any balance of trade that may be in their favour, no artificial measures, such as a debasement of the continental coinage; &c., can prevent silver from finding its way there. Grant, he says, that France should debase her silver currency in the manner adopted by the United States three or four years back, it would certainly relieve her for the moment, and cause the drain to be thrown exclusively on those countries which still retained silver as a legal tender ; but these countries would soon be driven to a similar course, and then, when all Europe bad adopted the same system, the demand would again have to be supplied by each country in its relative proper ti It is admitted that if the debasement adopted should be 10 or even 20 per cent. the price of silver must rise to that extent before the new coinage can be drawn away ; but this advance would, of course, be witnessed if the supply from other sources continued inadequate. Thus far the matter seems indisputable. But the writer omits to notice-1, that a rise of 10 per cent. in the value of silver would greatly stimulate the production from existing mines, while it would also lead to increased economy in the use of the metal ; 2, that under this advance in price a given amount would perform greater functions,—that is to say, 901. in silver would answer the purposes for which 1001. had previously been required ; and, 3, that from the constant operation of these influences there would be a probability that the Chinese, at all events, might be led at last to receive a greater pro portion of gold. it is also to be recognised that by a measure which would raise the value of silver 10 per cent. each country would secure the amount they hold from being drained from them at a less adequate price. An assertion in the following letter that this advantage would be neutralised by a corresponding rise in the goods of the Indian producer is erroneous. The price of those good 4, like price of silver, depends upon the supply, and no enhancement in silver through sudden scarcity could involve a relative enhancement in the otLer commodities. If India were to endeavour to raise her prices she would at once be put out of the mar ket by competing countries. Under those circum stances it will still be seen that a depreciation of coinage is the true remedy for the inconvenience now threatened. If the movement continues at its present rate the depreciation will undoubtedly have to be repeated at certain intervals. Although 10 per cent. might be sufficient new, 20 or 30 per cent. may be necessary a few years hence. Thus the time may not be far distant when England will be compelled to resort to a now silver coinage of less intrinsic value than at present in circulation. This was originally issued at a debasement of about 10 per cent., but the difference is now little more than 5 per cent., and a further advance of 3d. or 4d. per ounce in the value of silver would immediately lead to its exportation : " I have read withgreat interest your remarks in your money articles of the 18th and 19th inst. on the move• ment of gold and silver, and assent fully to your con clusions as to the future, particularly those of the 19th instant. " With regard, however, to the drain of silver, and the suggestion of a depreciated coinage as the remedy, I would ask—How could the coinage of a debased silver currency overcome the difficulty ? Silver is now drawn from the continent to be sent to Asia in liquidation of the balance of trade in favour of that continent, because Asia will take nothing else from us for it. Would the emission of a debased silver currency on the continent prevent an adverse balance of trade with Asia, or make her take anything else than silver from us in liquidatio❑ of it ? Remember that Asia receives from the rest of the wiirld an amount of silver sufficient to liquidate (at the Asiatic evaluation of the silver, not at its European valuation) the present balance of trade in her favour. England, being the agent for the rest of the world to li quidate the balance, now absorbs all the silver as fast as it is extracted from the earth (as this is the market where silver bullion is at the highest price); and, as the amount at present extracted front the earth is not sufficient to li criidate the balance of trade with Asia, England isforced to procure coined silver from those countries where it exists a:, currency. If France should debase her silver currency it would result in a profit to the French Go v,rnatent of the difference in the value of the old and new currency, less the expense of re•coinage (no trifling affair), and we should then haveadebased silver currency in the three greatest commercial nations of the wreild—Great Britain, Franc,, and the United States —adopted solely with a view to prevent its exportatien. But, as this debasement of the silver currency would neither prevent nor liquidate an adverse balance of trade with Asia, silver would still have to be purchased on the continent of Europe, where it alone exists to any exteot. At first, immediately after the debasement of the s leer currency in France, it would be drawn at gradually in creasing rater of premium from Holland, Prussia, and other States that as yet bad not debased their silver cur rency, but the drain on them would soon be so severely . felt that they would also be forced to debase it by adopt ing the same standard as France. When all European nations shall have gone through this state of transition will they have gained anything 3 Will it not simply re sult iu a legal alteration of the relative value of gold and silver,—an alteration unnecessary, and no way prevent ing or diminishing the shipthent of silver to k.sia.°? The alteration in the relative value of gold and silver by add ing 10 per cent. to the legal value of the latter metal would increase the cost of all commodities imported from Asia in exchange for silver 10 per cent., which would, at the expense of the people, balance the profit made by the Government on the re-coinage of the silver cur rency ; but there would then still remain the expense of re-coinage, which would be a loss without the slightest compensation. "All the prevailing errors in regard to gold and silver arise from confusing the two entirely different uses to which we apply these metals—viz., coin and articles of luxury and ornament. Gold and silver when used in the manufacturing of articles of luxury or ornament are com modities, or, in other words, capital ; but when used as coin they are not commodities, i.e. capital, but the repre sentatives of capital or commodities. This you clearly show in your money article of the 19th inst., and you are perfectly correct in stating that the increase of the pro. duction of gold (as far as used as coin) is no increase of wealth ; it is simply an increa-e of the representative of wealth ; and this increase of the representative without a corresponding increase of commodities or wealth itself only diminishes the exchangeable value of the represen tatives, gold and silver. " The only remedy for the present drain of silver to Asia would be either to have gold legalised as coin in Asia ; or, if this be impossible, to allow the siver to go to Asia to any extent, and replace it when necessary by coin of similar value composed of gold and some suitable alloy, so as to have coins of small value with which to make small purchases, without reducing their size to an inconvenient point, as would be the case were we to at tempt to coin pieces of small value in a metal as valu able as gold. Eeither of these remedies can be easily adopted without the slightest injury to any existing or future interests. ~ C. M." THE MILITARY MAN , (EUVRE AT A LBUERA. We ( Times) published yesterday a letter from Sir John Scott Lillie upon the subject of Lord Hardingo's share in the glorious victory of Albuera. In recapitulating, upon the previous day, the va rious services performed by Lord Hardinge in the course of his military career, we mentioned, upon the authority of Sir Wm. Napier, " that the for tune of the day (at Albuera) was turned by a happy mancouvro executed by young Hardinge." The phrase given in inverted commas is our own. Our readers must judge for themselves how far it is borne out by the statement of Sir William Napier. In his History of the Peninsular War, written by the gallant General, which has now taken its place among the classical works in the language, we find that Sir William writes as follows, after ho had described the terrible straits to which the British force was driven when the French under Soult had succeeded in establishing themselves on the hill : "Destruction stared him (Beresford) in the face ; his personal resources were exhausted, and the unhappy thought of a retreat rose in his agitated mind. He had before brought Hamilton's Portuguese into a situation to cover a retrograde movement ; he now sent orders to General Alten to abandon the bridge and village of Al buera, and to assemble with the Portuguese Artillery in such a position to cover a retreat by the Valverde road. But, while the Commander was thus preparing to resign the contest, Colonel Hardinge, using his name, ordered General Cole to advance with the Fourth Division ; and then riding to the third brigade of the Second Division, which, under the command of Colonel Abercrombie, had hitherto been only slightly engaged, directed him also to push forward into the fight. The die was then cast, and Beresford acquiesced. Alten received orders to re-take the village; and the terrible battle was continued." The passage is to be found in the 3d volume of Napier's Peninsular War, page 545, edition of 1840. Sir John Lillie's counter-statement is as follows : " It was Sir Lowry Cole who took upon himself the responsibility of executing the movement in question, in the absence of any orders from Marshal Beresford, who commanded the aliied forces on that occasion, to whom Sir Lowry Cole sent an aide-de-camp for permission to make the movement ; but this aide-de-camp having been severely wounded, and not having returned, Sir Lowry took the responsibility of making it upon himself, in the manner so brilliantly described in your quotation from Napier's history." This is the state of the controversy, from which we now retire, for the question of fact is one which must be settled between Sir William Napier and Sir John Lillie. The readers of the Times will, however, we hope, exonerate us from the imputa tion of risking rash, unadvised statements, which may detract from the fame of the glorious dead. Sir William Napier is a man of far too chivalrous and generous a character to publish any statement which might affect the reputation of a brother officer which he did not conscientiously believe to be correct. Sir John Lillie, again, was one of the most distinguished officers in the Peninsular War —a man whose name is illustrated by a bead-roll of the most splendid services. Ho would no more utter, unadvisedly, any remarks prejudicial to the memory of Lord Hardinge without overpowering necessity than Sir William Napier would seek to detract from the reputation of Sir Lowry Cole. Wherever the mistake may lie, it is not with us. We can but tell the tale as we received it from our forefathers, and certainly the general impression hitherto has been that the Battle of Albuera was won by the daring, but unauthorised, manoeuvre of Colonel Hardinge. THE MONEY MARKET. ( From the Times City Article.) The step taken by the Bank of France yesterday should be regarded with great satisfaction. In the present state of financial knowledge it has been painful to contemplate the futile attempts prac tised for months past to arrest a condition of affairs for which nothing but a rise in the rate of discount could be effectual, and which was becoming more intractable with every day of delay. Although the measure, if it has been resorted to, as is most probably the case, to check the displacement of silver by gold, must fail in its ostensible object, its salutary tendency to meet the real evil under which the country is labouring cannot be questioned. It is the loss of the silk crop, together with other ac cidents, and the consequent adverse balance she is called to meet in specie, to which her existing posi tion is to be attributed ; and the inconvenience caused by the withrawal of the silver currency, notwithstanding the degree in which it has aggra vated the panic, is an entirely separate matter, for which a separate remedy will ultimately have to be provided. By putting a stop to all extension of the speculative schemes which it was last year the effort of the Government to encourage, and by lowering prices and thus stimulating ex portations, the action now resolved upon will operate as a first -impulse towards the recovery of a sound condition. Whether it will prove sufficient is a point that must for some little time remain in suspense. It is to be hoped, how ever, if perseverance should be found n ecessary there will be no further flinching, and that we may now expect to see an end of ti-ose empirical pro ceedings which have so long excited remark, and which, after throwing everything into confusion, have resulted, as it was predicted they would, in creating a state of distrust far greater than could have been occasioned by any measures of whole some rigour at the commencement. A rumour prevailed yesterday that the French Government are about to prohibit the exportation of silver, but few persons were disposed to believe that the idea of an act which must prove so entirely abortive can oven have been entertained. It would at once open up a smuggling trade, organized in a way to increase the rapidity of the drain. It is assumed that the rise in the French rate of discount will certainly be followed next Thursday by an advance on the part of the Bank of England from 4& to 5 per cent. at least. As far as the com mercial position of the country is concerned no such movement would be necessary, but if it were not adopted a large amount of capital would at once be sent to Paris on loan, and we should thus bo ex posed temporarily to a considerable pressure. The agitation on the Continent and thelrandom movements in specie and exchange consequent upon it are such as to preclude for the moment any kind of calculation. It appears that, although silver has lately been drained to _Loudon from every part of the Continent, nearly 100,0001. was purchased to day for transmission to Hamburg, telegraphic in telligence having been received from that city that the rate of discount has advanced t 0,9 per cent. The sudden alteration in the various money markets in Europe will exercisenn adverse influence on the results of the speculative shipments of silver to China to be made by the next mail. In the silk-market to-day it caused a fall of 2s. to 3s. iu the Bengal and Is. to is. 6d. in the China descrip • tious. LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.—Traffic ro turas for the week onding Sept. 13, 1856 £10,033 13 10 ROYAL SCOTS GREYS.— PRESENTATION OF PLATE,— On Thursday, the 18th inst., at a general parade of this diPtinguished regiment in the riding-school at Newbridge, Colonel Darby Griffiths, C. 8., presented, in the name of the officers and men. a handsome silver tankard to Ser jpant•Major Wm. Todd. 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Three-quarters of a mils. 23 subs. Mr. Dawson's Janet, by Raby, 7st 71b (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's Mongrel, 7st (Challoner) 2 Mr. Higz's Leo, 6-it 13ib The following also ran :—Norton, Brompton, Sichmus, Echo, Frodsham Squire, Siikrnore, and Jane. Betting-2 to 1 asst Janet, 4to 1 agst Leo, 6to 1 eac'i agst Mongrel and Sichams. Wou by a head ; a neck between the second and third ; a length between the third and fourth; Jane and Frodsham Squire were next welt up. The Trafford Handicap Plate of 60 sovs ; winners extra. Half a mile. Mr. T. Wright's Persia, by Rochester, 3 yrs, 6st 91b (Withington) 1 \lr. Wood's Pera, 3 yrs, fist 10Ib (Ryan) 2 Gullivtr's Bessy, 4 yrs, 7st 31b... (Prior) 3 The following also ran :—Biron, Jack Sheppard, Al fred, Gay, Knight of St. Patrick, Pretty Girl, Miss Nughtingale Negara c., and Lady M a l co l m . Betting-- 2 3 to 1 agst Jack Sheppard, 4to 1 agst Bessie, 6 to 1 agst Lady Malcolm, 10 to 1 agst Persia. There was a false start, and Lady Malcolm run the course through. In the actual start Persia got off in front, made all the running, and won easily by half a length ; same distance between the second and third ; Jack Shep pard was a moderate fourth. On returning to scale an abjection was made to the winner by the rider of Pera on the ground of a cross ; the objection was, however, overruled. Prior was fined 51, and Ryan 2/. for dis obeying the orders of the starter. The Wilton Handicap Plate of 100 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each. Winners extra ; the se cond to receive 10 sovs out of th e s t a k es . One mile and a quarter. 19 subs. Mr. J. Osborne's Yorkshire Grey, by Chanticleer, 4 yrs, 7st gib Mr. Byrne's King Brian, 3 yr s , fi s t 41b (Challoner) 2 Captain Gray's Greencastle, 3 yrs, 6st (Bullock) 3 Betting-3 to lon Yorkshire Grey. Won easily by half a length , • bad third. The Garrison Stakes of 5 soya each, with 50 added. Once round. 7 sibs. Captain Spoor's Cavendish, aged, list 61b 1 Captain Moare's General Wyndham, 3 yrs, lOst 2 Three ran. Post•ofce Hotel Handicap of 5 soya each, with 50 ad ded. The second to receive 10 soya out of the stakes. Three-quarters of a mile. 12 subs. Mr. Gill's Bourgeoise, 6 yrs, Bst 71b Mr. Higgs's Leo, 2 yrs, sst 4lb Mr. Flintoff's Blossom,. 5 yrs, Bst Seven ran. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING. The Great Autumn Cup (a free Handicap) of 200 sow, given by the captains of America and the stevedore of Liverpool, with 200 sovs in specie, added by Mr. E. W. Topham, the lessee and clerk of the course, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 soya each (in case of acceptance), 10 ft ; the second to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes, the third to save his stake, and the winner to pay 30 goys to the judge and starter. A winner of any handicap of the value of 100 soya, 3lb ; twc, or 200 sovs, 71b ; and the winner of the Cesarewitob, 121 b ; second, slb extra ; but no horse to carry more than 121 b extra. Thirty acceptances are no race, and not less than six to start. Entrance, 3 soya, to go the fund. One mile and three-quartera. One hundred and fifteen subs. Acceptance to be declared on or before Tuesday, the 7th October. Weights published on Thursday, Sept. 25, at 10 a.m. If the highest weight accepting be under Bst 121 b, it will be raised to that, and the others in proportion. Age st lb Peter Wilkins 3 5 12 Midhope Aldford Border Chief 4 5 10 Alice Red Robin.. 4 5 10 Culcavy 4 5 10 Laura Selina 4 5 10 Preston Alice Wentworth 3 5 10 Middleton 3 5 10 Mary Copp Diego 3 5 10 Enchanter 3 5 10 Alcyone 4 5 9 Termagant...— 3 5 9 Bruiser Johnny Taft 4 5 7 Comedy 3 5 7 Pan mure Earfleur 3 5 6 Early Morn Curious Falstaff 3 5 6 Swalcliffe Ld.Derwentwater 3 5 6 Lady Florence King of the Gip sies 3 Thames Ditton 3 Gaudy Glautias 3 December Puck 3 Alma 3 Maid of Der went 3 Breeze B c by Ratan, out of Alice 3 Swyndel Dhygga 3 Ch c by Birdcatcher, out of ; Maid of Masham 3 Grey Pyrrhus King of Scotland 3 La Victime Maid of the Morn 3 B c by Orlando, out of Clarissa 3 5 0 Uzella Laird of Hazle wood Little Nell (11 b) 3 5 0 Torn Thumb 3 4 12 Kt. of St. Patrick 3 4 10 Adam 3 4 10 Miss Harkaway 3 4 7 Arago San Francisco Alonzo Age at lb Typee Mr. Sykes 6 8 5 The Trapper 5 8 0 Rifleman Hungerford Speed the Plough 6 7 10 Early Bird Wild Huntsman 5 7 10 Pole Star Lord of the Isles 4 7 10 Saraband Warlock Lance Ellermira Bonnie Scotland 3 7 4 Pretty Boy Fact BrtoGreyTommy 6 7 0 The Assayer 5 7 0 Mary 4 7 0 Heir of Linne Jack Sheppard The Chicken 4 6 12 Homily 4 6 12 Lundyfoot 3 6 12 Rogerthorpe' 3 6 12 Yellow Jack Poodle Black Swan Pantomime Quince Cockatoo Siding The Earl Mincepie Lough RIWII a 6 8 Gamekeeper Stradbally 4 6 8 Flatterer 4 6 8 Coroner 3 6 8 Hospitality Morgan Rattler 5 6 6 flumguffin 5 6 6 Bolton Court , itly Hind Jolly Marine 4 6 6 Vandal Polmoodie 3 6 4 Redemption Prince of Orange 3 6 2 Cerva 3 6 2 Xauthus Catherine Parr, 6 6 0 Cardsharper Atherstone Imogene Claret 4 6 0 Good Friday 3 6 0 Pbcenix Moonshine 4 5 12 CRICKET. THE ELEVEN OF ALL ENGLAND ♦. 5 6 5 6 5 8 5 6 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 6 4 5 4 5 4 5 2 5 2 5 0 5 0 TWENTY-TWO OF STOCKTON AND DISTRICT. The above match was played on the Stockton Ground, and, a' ter a contest of three days, was brought to a con clusion on Wednesday. All England went first to the wickets, and Caosar made a good stand for 20. Ander son's was a splendid innings, his 57 being well obtained. H. Hirst, E:q., also played well, and so did J. Morton. Tho innings amounted to 149. The fielding of the Twen tv-Two was very praiseworthy. The first innings of Stockton only reached 53, of which Mr. T. Darnton scored 19 in an able manner, the others being all small figure=. Being 96 in a minority they followed their in nings for the runs, which, however, they did not obtain, their second hands amounting to 94, which left Al England victorious in ono innings, with two runs over. TFIE ELEVEN OF ALL ENGLAND v. TWENTY-TWO OF LEEDS. After the conclusion of the preceding match the All England Eleven proceeded to Leeds, and on Thursday the play commenced against twenty-two of that place, and the result of the day's play was—All England, 83 ; Leeds, 35 ; with six wickets down. The game was to be resumed on Friday. UNITED ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY TWO OF CORNWALL. This match commenced on Monday at Cornwall, and was concluded on Wednesday, the United Eleven win ning by 16 wickets. AQUATICS. LONDON ROWING CLUB. This great metropolitan amateur club, which now numbers something like 200 members, intends winding up its season on Tuesday next (the 30th) with a four oared race, for which five boats are entered. The race will be rowed at half-past sin the evening down from Hammersmith to Putney, where the gentle men belonging to the club will dine at half-past 6at Mrs. Heath's, the Star and Garter. The prizes are handsome drinking -cups, and we have no hesitation in saying that, from the excellent arrangement of the crews, there will be a smart contest for them. The rowing season of the club will conclude with this race, and the members will remove from bead-quarters at Putney to town, where monthly meetings will be held during the winter. [AnvnartssmErr.l—A most interesting recovery from a vast complication of diseases, such as indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver corn. Plaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, without the aid of medicine, by Du Barry's Rove lcsta Arabica Food, is recorded in the following let ter : —Cure 52,422.—" Bridgehouse, Frimley, 3d April, 1854. 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Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all ()that means of cure had failed. Suitably packed for all climates, with full instructions. In canisters, 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d.; 51bs., Ils. ; 121b5., 225. ; super-refined, 11b., 6s. ; 21bs., lls. ; 51bs., 228. ; 101bs., 335. The 101bs. and 121bs. carriage free, on receipt of post.oPlce order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Legent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly; also at 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330 and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; 68, Cornhill ; 49, Bishops gate-street; 55, Charing-cross ; 64, Upper Baker-street; 63 ald 160 , Oxford-street. From the London Gazette of Last Night. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 15. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint John Lyow, M`Lemi, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Mo zambique. DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 24. The Queen has been pleasci to appoint Sir II:Barkly, 1t.C.8, ) to be Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Colony of Victoria. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint William Snagg, Esq., to be Chief Justice of the Islands of Antigua and Montserrat. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Philip Barnard .Ayres, Esq., M.D., to be Superintendent of Quarantine at Flat Island. in the Dependencies of Mauri tius; and John Benbovr, Esq., M.D., to be Medical Officer for the Seychelles WHITEHALL, SEPT. 25. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend Samuel CharlessVoith to the Rectory of Limpsfield, in the county of Surrey, and diocese of Winchester, void by the promotion of the Reverend Charles Baring, D.D., to the Bishopric of Gloucester and Bristol. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 25. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's consul at Leipzig, report ing that the duties on corn, pulse, flour , and brea stuffs, &c., imported into the States of the German Customs' Union, have been further suspended until the 31st De cember next. vv WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 26. 25th Regiment of Fo3t—Major-Gen. Sir Henry Somer set, K.C.8., to be Colonel, vice General Sir Henry Fre derick Campbell, K.C.8., deceased. WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 26. 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Thomas Phillips, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Dew, promoted. Royal Engineers—The surname of the Second Captain, promoted on the 18th ult., is Fyers, and not Fyors, as pre viously stated. Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign and Lieu tenant Henry Charles Eden Malet, to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Cust, promoted ; The H on. Charles Ernest Edgecumbe, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Malet ; Norman Leslie Melville, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice W. D. Viscount Stormont, who retires. Ist Foot—Lieut. Francis Barker Hassard, from the 6th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lawrell, who exchanges. 6th Foot—Lieut. Henry John Lawrell, from the Ist Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hassard, who exchanges ; Quartermaster-Serjeant James Cranney to be Qum bermes ter, vice Croker, who retires upon half-pay. 19th Foot—Captain Richard Young, from the 98th. Foot, to be Captain, vice Mitford, who exchanges. 24th Foot—Lieut. Henry Macdonald Burns to be Cap tain, without purchass, vice R. A. Croker, deceased ; En sign Walter B. Logan to be Lieutenant, withom, purchase, vice Burns. 25th Foot—Lieut. Thomas Winter Sheppard, from the 97th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Manners,,who exchanges. 93d Foot—Lieutenant John James Greenwood to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major William Pretyman, whose Brevet Rank has bc3n converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854. 43d Foot—Lieutenant Robert M. Pakenham to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Girardot, who retires ' Ensign Vere Fane to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pakenham; Ensign Thomas 31 1 G-oun, from the 51st Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Fane; Assistant-Surgeon Arthur Croker, from the 98th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Browne, promoted in 83d Foot 47th Foot—Ensign Thomas Quinn has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Commission. 51st Foot—Frederick Thomas Humfrey, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Scott, promoted ; John Burton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice M'Goun, appointed to the 43d Foot. 54th Foot—Lieut. Charles Alex. Thomson to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Francis John Griffin, who retires upon full pay ; Ensign Joseph Wm. Hughes to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Thom son. 74th Foot—Lieut. Henry Currie, from the B.lth Foot, tie be Lieutenant, vice Blake, who exchanges. 83d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Robert Browne, from the 43d Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Stephenson, deceased. 84th Foot—Lieut. George Pilkington Blake, from the 74th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Currie, who exchanges. 97th Foot—Lieut. Douglas Ernest Manners, from 25th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Sheppard, who exchange; 96th Foot—Capt. Henry Mitford, from the 19th Foot, to be Captain, vice Young, who exchanges ; Assistant- Surgeon Jas. M`Neill Beatty, from the Staff, to be Assist.- Surgeon, vice Croker, appointed to 43d Foot. Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Joseph Ashton has been per mitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Com mission. . Cape Mounted Riflemen—Charles Harrington Harris, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Barnard, promoted; Charles Currie, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Car twright promoted. UNATTACHED. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Warden, 19th Foot, to have his Brevet Rank converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854. Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. St. G. Gerald Foley, C.B. Captain on half-pay Unattached, to have the Sub stantive rank of Major, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854. Lieut. the Hon. Algernon T. Moreton, from 3d Light Dragoons, to be Captain. by purchase. HOSPITAL STAFF. _ _ Inspector-General of Hospitals, with local rank in Tur key, Thomas Alexander, C. 8., to be Inspector-General of Hospitals, with local rank in Canada. The undermentioned Acting Assistant-Surgeons have ceased to do duty, there being no longer occasion for their services :—John Hutchinson Hammond, Augustus Otto William Swains, M.D., Thomas Wiley, Samuel Job, Jas. Greig Leask,' M. 8., Thomas Win. Spink Locke, Thomas Brickenden Blandford, Alfred Sanders. BREVET. Brevet-Major Francis John Griffin, retired full pay 51th Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel in the Army, the rank being honorary only. The undermentioned Quartermaster, retired upon half pay, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of 17th Dec., 1855—Quartermaster John Croker, half-pay 6th Foot. The undermentioned Cadet of the East India Company's service to have the local and temporary rank of Ensign during the period of his being placed under the command of Colonel Sandham, of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, for Field Instruction in the art of Sapping and Mining— Patrick Montgomery, Gent. MEMORANDUM.—Captain Robert Nairne Boyes, upon half-pay of 3d West India Regiment, has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his Commission, he being about to become a settler at the Cape of Good Hope. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday the 20th day of Sept., 1856. MITE DEPAITMENT. Notes Issued ...... • . 26,015,080 Government debt .... 11,015,100 Other securities ...... 3,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 11,540,080 Silver bullion .. ...... - 226,015,080 £26,015,080 if. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. r, 1856. PAITMENT. Dated the 25th day of Septeml BANKING DE Proprietors'capital .. 14,553,000 Rest . ........ 3,743,895 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say _ _ Governmentsecnrities (I ncludg.Dead Weight Annuity) .... ...... 11,964,953 Other securities . ... 18,291,557 Notes • • .. .. .... .... 6,225,895 Gold and silver coin .. 592,522 in 's Banks:, and Dividend Accounts) 7,909,724 Other deposits ...... 9,958,972 Seven Day and other 8i115........ . 909,336 £37,074 927 ) £37.074 , 92 ' M. MARSHALL, Chief Cast-er. Datel the 25th day of September, 1856. _ AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending Sept. 23, 185 G. exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain. From the British Possessions in America 3ls. 31. Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 30s. 56d. Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies Average of tho three foregoing descriptions 3ls. sd. BANKRUPTS. George Henry Stanley, builder, Cannon-street-road, St George's-in-the-East, to surrender, Oct. 7, at one, and Nov. 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Laurance, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. William Hartzig, manufacturing chemist, Staffordshire, Oct., 10 and 31. at half-past ten, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Challinor, Hanley; Snxith, Birmingham. Thomas Hooper Brook, draper, Wolverhampton, Oct. 10 and 31. at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; South all, Birmingham. Henry Mertens and John Sutcliffe, dyers, Apperley bridge, Yorkshire, Oct. 7 and Nov. 7, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; P a y ne , Eddison, and Ford, Leeds. Henry Warne, carpenter, &c., 8, Mill-street, Hanover square. 68, New Bond-street, ad 22, Maddox-street, Oct. 11, at half-past twelve, and Nov. 11, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook court, Basinghall-street ; Draper, Charlwood-street, Pim lice. John White, Joseph Exley, and Joseph Darlington , coal proprietors, exborough, York, Oct. 11 and Nov. 15, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ; Westmoreland, Wakefield ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds, Isaac James Hawdon and James Lamont M`Gregor, merchants, Liverpool, Oct. 16 and Nov. 13, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Loundes and Bateson, Liverpool. Henry Alfred Ward, grease manu facturer, Birmingham, Oct. 10, and 31, at eleven, at the Birm ingham District Court. Christie, official assignee , B irm ingham ; South a ll, Birmingham. William James Beaman and Robert Pearce Lewis, hide dealers, Bath, Oct. 7, and Nov. 3, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; lYfoger, Bath. Simon Tforsman, gro2or, Westgate, Bradford, Oct. 7, at half-past eleven, and Nov. 4, at eleven, at the Leeds f District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Foster, Bradford ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Samuel Parkinson Muff, currier, Westgate-Lill, Brad ford, Oct. 14, at twelve , and Nov.ll, at half -past eleven, at the Leeds Distri ct Court. Hope,:official assignee, Leeds; Richardson and Sa dler , Old Jewry-chamber s ; Rawson, George, and Wade , Bradford. Robert Ingham, cotton manufacturer, Hamer Bottoms, Rochdale, Oct. 7 and Nov. 6, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester; Heaton, Rochdale ; Keightley and Banning, Liverpool. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. James APlntosh, cabinetmakers Dundee. Wm. Carruthers, Tynron, Dadriashire, deceased. ACCIDENT ON THE DUNDALK AND ENNISKILLEN RAIL■ WAY.—Dundalk, Sept. 25.—Yesterday an engine, which went to assist the 7.28 train (goods) as far as Enniskillen was corning back at full speed, tender foremost, when one of the buffers dropped on the rail and knocked the engine off. The fireman was very much injured, the break having struck him iu the head, but the driver escaped. Country 71.arkets. LIVERPOOL—SEPT. 26. At this dray's market there was a fair attendance of tile, trade, an, 1 a good demand for prime wheat and flour, el beingliscad 'co commanded rather more money. Come, descriptions gore inquired for, and the turn dearer. r' a e l l oats and oati n eal being in better supply, wore ld per 4 ' l e a and is per lo; tt I lower. Barley, beans, and peas unalter Indian corn a t tracted more attention than of ls,te, ° lj with some spec Illative buying an advance of 6d to 111 qr. was estabb's, 'led — prime yellow bringing 32g 6d to 3 mixed, 32s to '32, 6d ; and white, 338 6d to 34s 6d. Ns r AKEFIELD—SEPT. 26. The market: for wheat is quiet, but rather firmer 0 611 11 few days ago. Bea t qualities of new meet a steady demos to at is per qr. un,iei • last week's prices, whilst inferior so r t , ,Lt at a greater decline ; old is is Per 4 1 uch business. Fine barley is is per.,..„ 4 are neglected, eve i are firm. Oats, shelling, and IN''" lower, without 411, nigher ; other sort, each rather higher. Average price or grain—Wheat, 66 s 'lid ; boric'' , 46. 2(1 • oaFs 31s 2d ; bt 'ails, 49s 51c1 ; peas, —s . Od. 2 s P 1 EX. EVER—SEPT. 26. gal CORN.—In our marAet wheat may be quoted from os Od., Malting barley, sOdto6s Od ; grinding d 0 . ,; Od to Os Od. Oats, 3s Od. to 33 3d. Beans, Os Od Od. Peas, 00s Od to 00s f )d. Several samples of new vill e ; in good co ndition, 8s fid per bushel For new oats, 35 ' 3s 6d per bOshel was as' Iced. noun. —One, 50s 0( I. to 52e Od ; seconds, 48s Od to Od per sack, t beef w.a s sold at CATTLE,— Fa s from lOs 6d to 118 0(11 1 score ; fat calves, 6d to 6id per lb ; barrenners, Os Od Od. per score ; cow,* and calveP, 101. to 161. t,s • butchl calves, 6d to —d pe,:' ~ rearing calves —s to B el sheep, ewes and lambs, 1/ . 148 to 21. 5s per couple; snot : a o 24s to —(1 ; wethers, 4i c m ; to 7 to d 3 p o e s r se nd b size , large size, 45s to 555; . to 30s ; suckers, lOs fs 14s. Rough fat, CO per Pork carcases from lOs to lie 6d per score. BRISTOL SU 'AR—SEPT. 26. Our stock of sugar this week'c has been very low , a nd: equal to the wants of the track 1 , and the few sales 0 3 : ~ have been at full rates. Refined goods are in som e, '" better request. Rums would con) wand attention ive...r°, not that the o ffi ces are bare of saknple3. Some parce l ' molasses have changed hands at 22s per cwt. COAL MARK. PrWee of Coal per ton at ET.—Sn'T. 24. the close of the market. 1 Walls and, ke. e. d. North Percy Hartley l7 6 Tanfield Moor l5 0 Eiaswell ... 19 fletton Kepler Grainge ... lB Montague . 11 South Raton .18 Heugh Hall ,ll Kelloe. . lB South Kelloe ,1 8 South Hartlepool A. /5 4 I Sold ..... ...... 29 Davison's West Hartley 19 6 Wallsend, Riddell l7 0 Braddyll lB 0 Framwellgate lB 0 Hartlepool lB 6 warm's Merth yr 23 0 Tees l9 0 Ships at market... 4 COURSE OF RICCA, imsterdara....... . n 14% Ditto, three months .. 11 17 Rotterdam ............ 11 17% Antwerp 25 32% Brussels .... • 25 32% Elamburgh ............ 13 7% Altana .• • • .• • • . Paris„ „ ........ 25 32% Ditto, three months 25 67%! Marseilles 25 70 BOUrdeaUX ............ Fr anitfort-on- Maine .• 119% Berlin • . •• •• •• .• •• •• Vienna................ 10 38 10 40 Petersburg .... .... .. ... Madrid ..• .. • • •• 491 1 Cadiz ......... • • 50 Barcelona .......... .. SevilSeville — le.. •• • •• •• •• • • :ANGE.-YESTERDAY. Gibraltar .• •• •• •• •• •• •• Leghorn %, 9 , qb Genoa ..... •• •• Milan • • •• •• • • •• •• •• •• Venice •••••••• • • •• •• 4 44 Naples •• ..... ••• Palermo •••• ' Messina ... ••• 131 ; Lisbon .• 52 •• •• 52 Oporto •• •••••• •••••••• • Rio Janeiro...... •• •• 7 • Buenos Ayres.... ••• • •• , • New York,6o days' sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLICN, PEN 01 %1 Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 0 Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 y i Mex!can Dollars vn 0 New Dollars 0 I v 0 Silver in bars ...:.• 0 LOCAL S& - ARE MAREBTS. LIVERAIOL, SEPT. 26. • STOOK EXCHANGE. TL'is market was doings foel firm business dining the fo,-enoon, but a reaction ori s place in the afternoon, and quotations closed at the ° v at point of the day. L ancashire and Yorkshire, 96P - Z.O Lancashire, 20i—London and North Westerns, 1-111 South Eastern, 211 Midlands, 77i—Eastern Counti e°l o, l North Eastern, Berwick Capital Stock, 20—Black lA 7.lB.9.—Great Western of Canada, new, li p. MANCHESTER, S. 26. bo 4 STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market has given waY 9 _4 1/. per cent. to-day, in consequence of the Bank of PM. having raised its discounts. al good deal of the busioere for next account. Caledonians, 27i—Dovers, 21 I.',Ars Leeds, 96k- Sheffields, 32—Midlands, 77—Great W ee " of Canada, 231—Ditto, new, prem. BIRMINGHAM, $t7T. 26. STOCK EXOHANGE.—The transactioCle in every L.-- ue p tion of stock were active today, and prices wer e hi t , . Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 32- —Great Wer:, Birmingham Pref., 10—South Staffordshire, 16.3. a ir London and N.-estern, 103 i. SBABORNB MAILB. (IS signifies that the mails are sent trom the Generar roilt 4 ey the night—and M by tho morning—despatch.) 10 SyhaO title . at. I 10°- Day when made up From Whit , COUNTEIri., in General Post- Pert. Office, London.* Dispatche • - Every .... Liverpool inaerlca(byllrit.pack)N kmericri. (by United Sts. packet) „N Every Tuesday .. Southampton N 5 tmerica (by U. Status packet) ...... ....N Liverpool ... Australia (via Liver pool) ,„ bi 4th and 19th .... Liverpool .. T' Ditto (via Marseilles) N Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) Africa (West Coast)..N 134 of the month.. Plymouth .. 61 & 26th of n o. Dover ...... & 20th of mon. Southampto. 4 Bahamas ...........31117th of tbo month Southamptor If Belgium ...........N Dover ...... Brazil 9th of the month.. Southampton. I Buenos Ayres 9th of the month .. Southamptot. 1 Cape of Good Hope ..N Uncertain Cape of Good Hope ..N Cese de Verds 9th n. th. month Southampton 16 Ceylon (see India) 10th and 26th lb Cey10n..............N 4th and 20th Channel Isles ..N Mon., "veil., ecr ri Southampton rt Chi1i................N 2d & 17th of month Southampton China . 4th and 10th Constantinople N 10th and 26th Dover --t• •• 2 Constantinople 4th & 20th of mon. Southamptor , 7 Cont. of Europe M& N Twice daily „ Doyer ...... Egypt (see India) France ........ M& N Twice daily-- Dover Gibraltar M 4, 7,17, 20, 27 of m. Sottthampto• Greece (see India) Greytown Pc 17th of mon. Southamptor I Hamburgh ..........N'Dailv 'London Havannah .......... M 2nd of the month Southautpu. is Holland Dover Honduras 17th of the month. Southampton 16 India (viaSonthampt.)M 4th t 20th of mon. Plymouth .. India (via Marseilles)M 10th&26th of moth D0ver...... IS lonian Isles (see India) •• • • •• • • Ireland & N Twice daily Holyhead T4isbAr...• •• • • •• •• .•hi 2d of a 0.. Southamptor Madeira 24 9th of month Southamptoni 6 g Madeira ........ N 231 of month • • Malta (see India) BSalia N 4, 10, 20, and 26 Dover 4. Mauritius (see India) Manritins ..........N 20;ft of the month 4tl >lfeatoo 2nd of the month gonthanipt-T, is l Naples ........N Da11y........ • New Granada 2d & :7thof month Southampto n lsl New Zealand Twice a month Papal Ste.tes ........N Daily•• .. ••• • • • Peninsula Southamptor Peru ............ & 27th of mon. southamptor 151 Port Natal fly private ship Various port , Sicily .• •• •• •• -. .,N Every Saturday• • Dover .... •• Tuscany Daily Venezuela 4d +a. 47th of month Southampton I Van Diomen's Land (see Australia) ........ 4th of m0n... .. West Indies i t. 4 0 (nun Southampter WI tell/ !We sl°l !Twine .11 an ea- so 6th of 4 1 t 116th .1,0 I KO. 160 1 0 (Ina" 16th ° 9 Ol lb IP2 oft 4th c yst. 1 Ar a i . 0 4 sio u stod I 1 Sn' s dig Tyr iC 0 4°111 vri 4, 9 i A An - Dalll Ist ust4' 16th 9 1 0 I in" 0 16 I 6 aod 16 14.0 s'' 4th • 0 i . ,if IstA rl " ofe° ll Ist 1616 in 1 1 vree xii I 1 E 064 ; on o II and/ --- Whenany of these dates fall on a S un d a y, th e malls w • -pi 1,0 spatched on tho following day, with th e except i on o f th e 10" , 9.enthampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatch' preceding day. PRESENTATION OF KAFIR MEDALS. Miring n o afternoon parade of the eng i neer officers and the o r e s fi r a of the Royal Sappers and Mi ners , un d er th e congt r of Captain Somerset at Chathani yesterday/a very i 1 1, 700 esting ceremony took place, which was the present" i de of a number of Kafir medals. The corps on pa% assembled in 12 divisions, and, after forming a se t i e t the names of those who carved in the war were co" n i into the centre to receive medals, which' had be e n se s down from the War Office for presentation, which f ee done by Colonel H. Sandham, the director, and in :;, presence of Lieutenant-General Sir Ch ar l es W. PO"' K.C.B. BIRTHS. OP A SON. riol , On the 25th inst., at Woolwich, the wife of Lieut.'s' Burrows, R.A. On the 14th i ns t., a t M a lt a , t h e Hon. Mrs. Augoo Lane Fox. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 25th inst., at 51, Grosvenor-street, Lady Smith of Sutton,. liff l6 On the 25th inst., at Dorchester House, Park-lane, lford. MARRIED. 11 0 On the 24th inst., at All Saints, Upper Norwood, v° t o Forster Esq., of the Middle Temple, barri s t er - a t-la'rt f Eliza Ann, widow of Henry Colbur n , E sq ., an d daugu' of the late Captain R. Crashie, R.N. On the 26th inst., at St. Mary's, Battersea, Wm. Leo r ; of 14, Eastcheap, and 2, Sussex-square, Hyde.park - g i o dens, to Sophia Frances Anne, only daughter of J 2113 /, Walton, Esq., of Highbury-house, L aven d er -hill, Surrey, D I E D. On the 26th inst., Samuel Rolls Ewen, Esq., barri ol4 at-law. On the 25th inst., at Stamford-hill, Mr. Thos. Sande rs ' builder, aged 54. On the 25th lust., at tho Vicarage, Dunchurch, Cb_ f ar• - ,, John Wheeler, Esq., late of the Spring, Kenilworth,Vt''. wielabire, aged 90. On the 22ci inst., at Mallow, John Aubery J. N or rell jun., Esq., a member of the Middle Temple, and y o ung son of Sir Denham J. Norreys, of Mallow Castl e , co . Co r y ' Bart., M,P. • On the 24th inst., William Cooper, of Ongar, late o f Bondham Hall, Norfolk, and Rose-hill, Ip sw i c h, a ged u' On the 24th inst., at Brighton, Mrs. Elizabeth /Pr burn, aged 85. On the 23d inst., at Ryde, Isle of Wight, J. T. Norrigf Esq., of Keiran, Ireland, aged 45. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the oog" of aiddlegez, Saturday, September 27,1866. TilE SUE, LONDON, SATURDAY . EVENING, SEPCEMBETt 27, 1858.