The Sun. — London, England, 1856-08-30 00:00:00

MONEY :MARKET AND C0rY114 7 .:'2 7pr,'Lr CITY, Two o'CLoo The Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, ex bibited.the same quiet aspect, without any varia tion in prices. The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales, 2,500 of which were taken for export and on speculation. The Railway Share Market closed quietly, and the fluctuations were various in almost every description of stock. The Moniteur of yesterday contains an official tabular statement of the average prices of wheat throughout the principal markets in France up to the 28th August. This table exhibits a sensible decline during the second week of this mouth. During the last month the average price of wheat was 33f. 50c. per hectolitre, and in the present month 32f. 63c.; consequently the fall generally has not been moll than 87c. In the Midland depart ments the fall was not perceptible, in con sequence of the scarcity from the inundations ; and at Marseilles, notwithstanding the large arrivals from the Sea of Azoff, there was no decline during the first part of August. The section which comprises Toulouse and Bordeaux exhibits an ave rage rise equal to that of the preceding month. On the other hand the average fall at the markets of Mulhouse during that period was as much as 4f. 55c. per hectolitre. The retrograde movement has been generally rapid in the eastern markets and within the circle of Paris, but in Brittany, St. Lo, Paimfrot, and Nantes the price has been higher since the beginnit,g of August than it was up to the close of July. The Bank of England Return for the week end ing the 231 inst. is generally of a favourable character, although a further slight decline is apparent in the stock of bullion. The decrease in the other securities and the addition to the reserve of notes indicates a diminution in the pressure on the Money Market. Active Circulation Decrease Bullion 12,435,756 Decrease Rest Decrease Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits Decrease Seven-Day and other Bills 882,965 Decrease Government Securities Increase Other Securities Decrease Notes unemployed Increase At the half-yearly meeting, this day, of the Nor• folk Railway Company a dividend at the rate of 1/. ss. per Cent., or at the rate of 21. 103. per Cent. Per annum, was declared on the ordinary stock of the company, leaving a balance of 7001. to be carried over to the n2xt account. The official return of the exports of bullion from the port of London, for the week ending Thursday last, is as follows :—Silver Bullion, Hambro', 6 5,000 oz. ; ditto, coin, France, 2,200 oz. ; ditto, Belgium, 300 oz. Gold, Belgium, 8,070 oz. ; ditto, France, 220 oz. The English Funds are stationary, at pre vious prices, and the Stock Exchange has been comparatively deserted a large number of the members having availed themselves of the fineness of the weather, and left for the country. Consols have been 95 to 951 for money, and 95 ± for account. Exchequer Bills have risen to 11s. and 15s. prem. The Bonds are nominal, and India Bonds 15s. prem. The New Thr ees are 954 3_ to 9G, and the Reduced 951. Very few dealings have taken place in the Foreign Market, but prices are not lower. Turkish 4 per Cents. are 1031. Portuguese 3 per Cents., 46i ; Sardinian, 94 ; and Russian 41 per Cents., 981 ; Dutch 4 per Cents. are 98. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 7 A ; Mexican, 221, i ; Peruvians 82i 33 ; ditto 3 per Cents. 58 59 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 46 7 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 111 13 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 98 100 ; Spa nish 3 per Cents., 441 ; ditto new Deferred, 251 g; ditto Passive, 6 7. In Railway Shares there has been scarcely any variation, owing to the limited transactions. Sone of the heavy lines are to 4 lower. Caledonian aro very depressed. Foreign descriptions have been mostly nominal, but Namur and Liege are higher. Ceylons have risen 18s., but the Colonial Shares generally are without change. Rigas are pm. Mining, Banking, and Miscellaneous are steady. Cobre Copper Shares are firmer. Ottoman Bank rule heavy. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (From the Official List. . - _ riminett done. Bank Stock 3 per cent. Reduced Annuities__ 9si 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities € l sh 5 New 3 per Cont. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 — Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 lBs 7-16 India Bonds, XlOOO Ditto, under £lOOO l5 p Consois for Account Exchequer Bills, 44. £lOOO . -.~. Small PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. — Ditto New, 1852, 4 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto, 4 per Cent. .. 5O Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent 46.?! Russian Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent ll2 Ditto 4 per Cent. . 9Bl i Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Divii en is on tt , e above -'ayahle in London. Dutch Excliang?„ 2A per Cent., 12 Guilders Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates TWO O'CLOCK., Congols, money 95 A Ditto, Account THE MANCHESTER MECHANICS' INSTITITTION.—As soon as the death of Sir W. Temple, in London, was ru moured, there was a very general belief expressed in Manchester that this domestic bereavement in his family would prevent Lord Palmerston from being present, as he had intended, at the inauguration proceedings of the new Mechanics' Institution. This belief was well founded ; and it will be with little surprise that our readers will learn, through us, that Sir B. Heywood has received a letter from his lordship, requesting him to express to the directors of the Mechanics' Institution his great regret that the severe affliction which has recently fallen upon him, in the death of his brother, will pre vent him from being present at the opening of the new building. In his note to Sir Benjamin Lord Palmerston gave expression to his hope of being able to visit Man chester on some future occasion. In the unavoidable absence of the Premier, the strangers who will take part in the opening proceedings will be Lord Stanley, Sir J. - Kay Shuttleworth, the Very Rev. the Dean of Hereford, Mark Philips, Esq., and the Rev. H. Goodwin, of Cam bridge.—Manchester Examiner. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—RAMSGATE, Aug. 27.—At day break, alarm guns were heard from the Goodwin light vessels. A schooner was seen on shore on the North Calli per. A fresh gale, young flood and sea, making the Rams gate Harbour steamer Aid was despatched with the life boat (No. 2on White's plan) in tow. At 9.15 a.m. steamer Aid and life-boat returned with the schooner and her crew in tow. The wind was at the time from WSW. The vessel was forging ahead apon the land before wind and sea. The life-boat's crew boarded her, and the captain made a signal to the steamer to assist her off. With much difficulty the steamer approached her in very shallow water (seven feet), and succeeded in sending her large hawser to the schooner, by which means and with much exertion and risk they dragged her off the sand. The schooner, being on the weather side of the sand, would have gone to pieces as the water flowed. She proved to be the Pauline, of Rochelle, Bernard, master, from Newcastle, bound to Rochelle with coals. An immediate award was made of 481., or 28s. per man ; 71. to steamer Aid and lifeboat. MINING INTELLIGENCE.--The mining market is daily assuming a firmer tone, and there is great activity in shares. One or two important improvements early in the week created a demand for shares in two or three mines, and consequently a rise in value took place, especially in Esst Tolgus, shares in which have now reached 75. South Frances shares have been in request at a further advance, and few sellers to be fo , nd. In Grenville, which is the ajoining mine, an important improvement has been reported, and shares rose to 11 ; the mine promises ere long to assume an important po sition. Great Alfreds remain firm. Basset, 285; Wheal Wrey, 8 to 81 ; Mary Ann, 35 to 36, and several trans actions in them; Gonamena, 26 to 263 ; South Caradon, 280 to 290 ; Buller, 280 to 290, and rather more in quired for; Devon Consols, 395 to 400 ; Porkellis, 10 to 11 ; South Francis, 365 ; East Basset, 42 ; Alfred Consols, 131 ; West Providence, 181 to 19 ; South Tol gus, 130 ; Sortridge Consols, 2i to 21 ; Clijah and Wentworth, 131 ; Great Alfred, 4i ; North Frances, ; West Folic% 19urric4 of Wiis gay. 25 all I 25 all St. 100 3:25' 82s. 10 t 1 St. 'lOO St. ;100 50 I all 25 all too ! 2F all 50 I Fi 20jall St. 50 t. St. 5 5 20 10 SHARiii MARKETS. Y-I '' lS DAY.) E kiLxv 11-Et. naILWASS. Closing Priec yesterday. ▪ Irottn,r,. Batt Au I Ea - stn. Juliet,. Bailyratlna Mrnalng.l , ,Tolverh Stour Vary . , Birk cub d. Lance.. 4 Cheshire June n o . mosL. & Birk. Do., do. • & Tyr. originr. £23 (issd. at .-C45;. Bristol coxl. Exeter Caledonian. Chester > Holyiteacl, Cork and Cork, Back, Pas Cornwall Do. A Do. B Dubin e..lßelfastJunc Dnn. P. d; Ab,,r. Joe. East Avglian Eastern Cotutths.. East. Union A MI P€ 2., B. Stock. Do., New A. 'East Kent East Lanemshi re Edinburgh &Glr,ego , , Edinb. r.nd Pcoblt a icdin.Frth &DIM do , Forth & Clyde Juna. Furness. Do. Extension Glasgow & S. West.^ll: Great N. of Seotind. Great Northern... , Do., A. Do., B. Stock ..... Gt. A_!th. &West.(lro, Groat Western Do. Stour Val. Rai Gua. Stk trieh So uth-Eas tkrn • Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds [awash. andYorkeh T)-.)., Wet. }tiding Un Do. South; or . ; London & Black-wall Lond. Bright & S.Cst Lond. and N. Westn Do. Fifths Do.lol. Do. Eighths,. London and S. Weg- Lon. Tilby. & Sout' Barking Sh Ludndrry4Colerainc Lndndrry. & Ennisk lvranch.Slicf.&Linclu Do., Man. & Lin. Un Metropolitan Midland Do.llirinng.&Derk fidld. G. West. (Ire, ) Do. Half Shares Newcastle& Nwpt.Aberr, , ,.&llrfd. Newry Newry, Warrenpoint and Rostrevo- Norfolk Northn.Counties "(JD North British Nth. Devon Rail. & Dock Stock Do., A Stock ,Do., B Stock N.Eastern—Berwic Do. do. Extension .. Do.do. G. N.B. ?nrch Do. Leeds Do. York North Lennon . &S. Wstrn ain7 stow (1., and City Jo.. North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June l)x., Wore., &,- Wois. !ertsntouth Scottish Central 3cottishiVidland Union Louth Devon ..... - South Eastern. South Wales . S. 'frt . sh. 4s Riv. Dn. Do a!nes, Wok. &Wel Stockton & Do., do., 1.854 Do., do., 1855 ;to;:kten f Hartlep. raff Vale )o. Pref., No. I__ flames D.k R. Vale of Neatly Waterfd. & Kilkonn WaterfordtLinior West Cornwall West End of Londe? and Crystal Palace. Do. A ...... ........ Do. B Vf ost London IWimbledn&Croydor intwerpatßott,rdair Ardennes Atlan.& St. Liv. leased at 6p. c.l Gcl.Tnk, of Canada 3elgian Ra. - Ftn. June Beziers to Graisscssa Bombay, Baroda, an Can. Tndia, g. 5 p. c Do. !Buff. & Lk. liur. Ry. Carineaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of Franco Do. New east Indian, g. 5 p., Do A and B, do Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. p.c.13nd5.,'57 on. do. do., '59, d c. Gee'ong a, Melbourne 1 guar. 5 per c , nt. IGd. Tk of CanadaAi-. Do. Cert. of Debon, con. into Stk. tin 'd: Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Franc Gt. Tn. Pen. g. 5 p. c. Do New, gn•+r. 5 p. c. Great Luxcrnbonr Constituted Stnre Ot.Western of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Eds., payable Do. do., '76, p. De. do., '73 do. Do. do., '73, withou option... Ln.ko Censt. Bas ) ' Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venctia , n. Lucca & Fist. 5 p. c.p 'Lyons r.nd Genova Lyons & Moditorran {draw, guar. 4 p.c do. Now do., 5 p. c Do. 44 p. c. Exton Po. 3d Ex., g. 5 p. c ilaria Antonia ~. r)o. do. New Namur k Liege (wit' _ interest) 10. (ox interent) Do, do , C p. c. Prof orthern of Francs iorwegianTrumkPre Paris and Lyons , Ditto Bonds Paris an d Orleans Recife & San. F:an„, (Perham.) g. 7 p. c. Riga & Dunaburg is at 801. per share. Rome and Frascati.. ,loyal Danish Royal Swedish iambre and Menao.. Do. 5i p. cont. Pre icinde, guar. 5 p Do southern of France., R. Andrew's ear Quebec (A) Vest Flanders Do 5 per c. Pref.,, vc'. &N. W. of Franc West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden ... Zealand J OINT-STO Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of Loudon ilri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C :3ritish N. American Ohartd. Bank of Asir IChrtd. Bnk. of AnatraLls, & Ch'na City Colonial Commercial of Lond En g.Enot. & Aus. Cht Load. Chart. Bk. o' Australis. Ditto New London and Count Lud. & E. Pak g. Corp. London Joint Stock. London and Paris Wostminste: National Pro.ef if.ng Do. 1Z397 gmtiont 1 of Bank New South Oriental Bank Df Corporation. Ottoman Bank ercvinch.l of Ireland 'Jo. New Aus E &Go Im C( Royal British loath Arstralia tinitia of Atstrzdia... Do. New 'mien of London Wotan Bk of Loud 4, 1 ,- - 4a ~H ~' •. 19 - 20 /5 J - 17, 13 - 11 94 - 52 - 53 17. l 2 - 14 • 00 ..m.. 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Browning, a young man of yellow complexion, whose mouth was adorned with a moustache, and who stated himself to be in her Alaj.:sty'E service, was brought before Mr. Beadon charged with obtaining from Mr. Alfred Bingley, wine merchant, 156, Piccadilly, a quantity of wine and liquors by false and fraudulent representations. Arthur Jones, cellarman to the prosecutor, deposed that on the 16th inst., about one o'clock, the defendant came to the warehouse, and after representing himself to be a surgeon just returned from Calcutta, and at pre sent in the India House, requested to be shown some port wines. After tasting sevora l samples he ordered half a dozen of port. Witness asktd him if he required any sherry, and ho then ordered a dozen of sherry, som, dozens of lemonade, and several bottles of liquors, the whole of which he directed to be state his residence, 45, Grove-place, Brompton. The goods, with the invoice, were sent by the porter, who delivered them to prisoner The latter desired him to fetch him three bottles of Bri tish brandy, alleging that he preferred that to the French brandy. The porter did st, and when be re turned the prisoner said he could not pay the bill then, but he would call at the warehouse and pay Mr. Bing ley. The prisoner, however, did not call, and witness saw no more of him till last night, when he gave him into custody. The prisoner had previously referred him to Mr. Jenkins, of the India-lime. Samuel Evans, a porter in the eoploy of the prose cutor, corroborated the evidenca of ;he last witness. Joseph Lovegrove, clerk to the prosecutor, said that he had called at the India House, where he saw Mr, Jenkinq, who denied all knowledge tf the prisoner. Inspector Coombes said he had ascertained that the prisoner had ordered of various tro.d;smen goods to the amount of nearly 3001., which vice to be sent to his lodgings this morning, and he no do - ,bt would have suc ceeded in swindling the parties out o . their goods had he not been taken into custAy. He (,he inspector) there fore wished for a remand. The prigoner was remanded till Wednesday next. ETON MEMORIA L. ROBBING A CAPTAIN.—CIara Cox a well-known thief and prostitute, who has been frequently in custody f, r robbing mariners, and dwells at an infamous house, No. 3, John's-place, Commercial-road East, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing a silver watch and gold guard, value 15/. Captain Edward Brown, master of the ship Estonnab, lying in Bell-wharf tier, Shadwell, said he went last night to a lodging-house, No. 32, Commercial-road, and had a cup of coffee and tnen hired a bed. In the ing he found his watch and chain had absconded. (A laugh.) Mr. Selfe—How did it abscond ! Captain Brown—That young woman came into my bed by permission of the landlady, and between 2 or 3 o'clock this morning she absconded, and I suspect my watch and chain absconded wi6 her. Mrs. Patience Soder, an ancient -looking, woman said sho was landlady of the house, No. 32, Commercial•road. It was a coffee and lodging•house. She let out beds, of course. Mr. Selfe—Yes, night coffee-houses are nearly all brothels. I know that from ray experience as a magi strate. Mrs. Soder—The captain came in alone, and the pri soner c ime in some time afterwards and sat down beside him. They went up stairs together. The bedroom was over my kitchen. Half-an-hour afterwards I heard some one moving about. The pisoner came down stairs, and I said I hoped it was ail right, and she said "Oh yes," and left the house. This morning, when th e cap tain awoke, 1 o sail Le had bean robbed of his watch and chain. Capt. Brown was recalled, and said he placed his watch and guard on a table before be went to bed. his purse, containing 101., wag in his pocket. He found all his money safe. Mr. Selfe said the prosecutor was very lucky to save his money, and remanded tee prisoner. VIOLENT AScAULT ON A FEMALE WITH A HAMMER. —Richard Morgan, a dirty looking old fellow, the keeper of a brothel in King-street, Donugh-road, was brought before Mr. Combe, charged with committing a violent assault upon Hannah Ongley with a hammer. The complainant, whose left eye was swollen and much bruised, stated that she was an unfortunate female and lodged in the prisoner's house. On Friday morning, shortly after ten o'clock, the prisoner, who had been drinking all night, came up to her and asked her for some money, she told him that she owed him no rent and she had no. money. Ho then said you b— go and look for some. She replied that she could not at that time, when he seized up a hammer and with• out any furthrr remarks, struck her violently on the kit eye, nearly stunning at the two. He was about to repeat the blow when she closed in with him, and, after a severe struggle, succeeded in wrenching it from his grasp. A constable then came up, and she gave the prisoner into custody. In answer to Mr. Combo, witness said she had been drinking with the prisoner during the night and morning, and was a little under the influence of liquor when he struck her, but she never gave him any provocation to strike her with such a weapon as a ham mer. Fortunately for her the wound was not very severe. cr Police constable 180 M stated that on Friday morn ing, shortly after two o'clock, he was on duty in the Borough-road, when he heard a female calling out mur der in King-street. He proceeded there, and saw the pri soner and the prosecutor struggling together. The latter had a hammer in her hand, and she gave him into custody for striking her on the eye with it. The parties were both under the influence of ►iquor, but the female had an extensive bruise on her left eye. In answer to the charge, the prisoner said that the complainant had been annoying him all the morning because ho would not give her more drink. He then told her either to go to bed or leave the house, and on her refusal they had a struggle together, but he had no recollection of striking her with a hamme4. The complainant said that she had paid for nearly a'l the drink, and because she would not go and got tno - :e money in the street he struck her. She, however, did not wish to punish him. Mr. Combo said that had they not both been in a stato of intoxication he should have punished the prisoner with great severity. As he might have received some pro vocation from her, however, he should sontenca him to two months' hard labour in the Souse of Correction at Wandsworth. fe, V E 1. AUGUST 30 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(Ihis Day.) LONDON, Aug. 30.—Wind this day at noon, W. ; light breeze and fine. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 29.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Abby Blanchard, from Matanz.ts. B RID GEWATER, Aug. 29.—Wind ved— Beta, from Quebec. CLYDE, Aug. 29. — Arrived—New Zealand, from Moul mein. Sailed—Daniel Huntley, for Halifax; Home, Montreal. WATERFORD, Aug. 2 8.—Wind N.W to S.W.—Ar rived.—Eltjea, from Thrall. Sailed—Boroas, for Quebec. Put back—Alpha, for St. John's, Newfoundland. CARDIFF, Aug.2B.—Sailed—Stoiingen, for Singapore ; Marquis of Bute, Quebec ; Klein Kinderea, Malaga. MILFORD, Aug. 28.—Wind W.—Arrived—Cambrian, from the Clyde, for Palermo. PORT TALBOT, Aug. 29.—Wind from St. Stephen's. LONDONDERRY, Aug. 28.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed— Argontinus, for St. Joan's, N.B. (FEB ELECTRIC TELEGRA.PH.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind S. Off—Ann Thomson, from Quebec; Annie Fi s h er , Ch ar ity (screw-steamer), Lady Franklin., Sailed—Ellwood, Walter, Hemisphere, and Rock Light, for New York; Centipede, Labrador; New Hampshire, New York; Topsy, Galatz. WATERFORD, Aug. 28. Wind S.W. Arrived —Ettjia Berg, from Ibraila. Sailed—Boreas, for Quebec. , _ Wind N.W. DUBLIN, Aug. 29. Arrived—Albert, from Barbados. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 10.22 a.m. Wind calm, tide 1 i hour' s floo d ; weather fine. Arrived, Aug. 29—Marion Dorothea, from Pugwash; Islander, Barbabos ; Nancy Dawson, Elenthera. Sailed—Red Gauntlet, for Sydney ; Thobla, for Syra. DEAL, Saturday, 9.59 a.m. Wind S. ; light. Anchored—Daunkbarbei d, galliot, from Genoa, for "London. Passed in tow. —Washington from Pugwash, f or L on d on . Passed.—Pius IX., from Galatz, for London ; Phantom, Loudon for Mogadore ; Ellen Simpson, London, London, for Que bec; Ibis, Newcastle for C olo gne; Pari s an d screw-steamer, Paris, for London. Sailed.—Calleroon, Ch a p ma n , Hannah, Marathan, Thomas Hughes, George Marshall, Great Britain, City of Hamilton, Conquest, with several others, outward bound. Report of ship Washington.-23d August, signalled the ship Joseph Rowan, from Liverpool to Montreal, lat. 49'50 long. 25 W. ; 28th August, off the Lizard, a Bremen ship, showing No. 247 under the ensign. The German Journal of Frankfort states from Bucha- rest, that on the 15th the Consul-General of France gave a grand dinner to the Ministers and Consuls of the foreign powers, and that a toast was drunk to the union of the Frizacipalitiee. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIIN. Sir,—As the following list of officers, educated at Eton, who have fallen during the late war, will be of considerable interest to a great portion of your readers, I transmit it for publication should you be disposed to and room for it in your columns.—l have the honour to he, Sir, your obedient, humble servant, J. STUDHOLME BROWNRIGG, Colonel, Honorary Secretary. 37, Ilortford-street, Mayfair, Aug. 28. Return of officers educated at Eton College, who died in the field or from disease during the late war : Major-General Sir George Cathcart, K.C.8., Com mander 4th Division, killed at Inkerman, Nov. 5, 1854. Rev. George Henry Proctor, Assistant-Chaplain, 31 Division, died at Scutari of disease, March 10, 1855. Captain George Duckworth, sth Dragoon Guards, died in Varna Bay of cholera, Au g . 24, 1854. Hon. Lieutena n t G re y N ev ill e , sth Dragoon Guards, died at Scutari, Nov. 14, 1854, of wounds received at Balaklava, Oct. 25, 1854. Captain John Arthur Freeman, Scots Greys, died in the Crimea of disease, September 29, 1854. Captain John Barry Marshall, 4th Light Dragoons, died in the Crimea of disease, Sept. 20, 1855. Hon. Colonel Francis Grosvenor Hood, Grenadier Guards. killed in the trenches before Sebastopol, Oct. 18, 1854. Lieut.-Col. Augustus Cox, Grenadier Guards, died at Balaklavaof cholera, Sept. 27, 1854. . -- Hon. Captain Henry Aid worth Neville, Grenadier Guards, killed at Inkerman, Nov. 5, 1854. Lieutenant Francis Byam Davies, Grenadier Guards, died at se's, Nov. 10, 1854, of wounds received in the trenches before Sebastopol, Oct. 19, 1854. Lieutenant-Colonel James Charles Murray Cowell, Coldstream Guards, killed at Inkerman, Nov. 5, 1854. Captain Horace William Cast (A.D.O ), Coldstream Guards, killed at the Alma, Sept. 20, 1854. Hon. Captain Granville Charles Cornwallis Eliot, Coldstream Guards, killed at Inkerman, Nov. 5, 1854. Captain Henry Montoliea Bouverie, Coldstream Guards, killed at Inkerman, Nov. 5, 1354. Captain Frederick Henry Ramsden, Culdstream Guards, killed at Inkerman, Nov. 5, 1854. Lieutenant. Colonel Charles Francis Seymour, Scots Fusilier Guards, Assistant Adjuant-General, 4th Divi sion, killed at Inkerman, Nov. 5, 1854. Lieutenant-Colonel James Hunter Blair, M.P., Scots Fusilier Guards, killed at Inkerman, Nov. 5, 1854. Captain Duncombe Frederick B. Buckley, Scots Fusilier Guards, killed in the trenches before Sebastopol, Sept. 7, 1855. Captain Arthur Henry Thistlethwavte, Scots Fusilier Guards, died at Scutari of disease, Nov. 26, 1854. Colonel Walter Giles Lacy Yea, 7th Fusiliers, com manding a brigade of the Light Division and the storm ing party, killed attacking the Redan, June 18, 1855. Hon. Captain Charles Luke Hare, 7th Fusiliers, killed at the Alma, Sept. 20, 1854. Captain Henry Townsend, 14th Regt., died at Therapia of disease, Nov. 29, 1855. . . Major James Birch Sharpe, 20th Rec., , t., died at Scutari Hospital, Dec. 28, 1354, of wounds received at Inker man, Nov. 5, 1854. Lieutenant Lewis Kokewich, 20th Regt., died at Corfu of wounds and disease, Feb. IE, 1855. Captain Francis Edward Evans, 231 Fusiliers, killed at the Alma, Sept. 20, 1854. Captain Cornelius Graham Sutton, 231 Fusiliers, died at sea of cholera, Sept. 15, 1854. Lieutenant Frederick Luxmore, 30th Regt., killed at the Alma, Sept. 20, 1854. Lieut. Francis Richard Hurt, 34th Regt., killed at tacking the Redan, June 18, 1855. Lieut. Owen Gwyn Saunders Davies, 38th Regiment, killed attacking the Redan, June 18, 1855. Ensign Arthur Ferdinand Platt, 49th Regt., did at Scutari of disease, Aug. 11, 1855. Capt. George Herman Norman, 57th Regt., died in the Crimea, June 30, 1855, of wounds received attacking the Redan, June 18, 1855. Lieut. Samuel Ashton Yate Benyon, 631 Regt., died in England of brain fever, from exposure in the trenches before Stbastopol, May 22, 1855. Major lieneage Griffith Wynne, 68th Light Infantry, killed at Inkerman, Nov. 5, 1854. Major Edward John Wellesley, 731 Regt., Assistant- Quartermaster-General at head-quarters, died in the Crimea of cholera, Sept. 20, 1854. Capt. Edward Henry Lowther Crofton, 77th Regt., died in the Crimea, on the line of march, of cholera, Sept. 26, 1854. _ _ Capt. Audley Lempriere, 77th Thsgt., killed attacking rifle pits before Sebastopol, April 19, 1855. Capt. Henry Miilingchamp Vaughan, 90th Light In fantry, died before Sebastopol, Sept. 13, 1855, of wounds received att: eking the Roden, Sept. 8, 1855. Capt. Robert Henry Payne Crawfurd, 90th Light In fautry, died at Scutari of disease, Feb. 24, 1855. Capt. Edward Edward Rowland Forman, Rifle Bri gade, killed attacking the Redan, June 18, 1855. Lieut. Henry Tryon, Rifle Brigade, killed attacking rifle pits beicre Sebastopol, Nov. 20, 1854. Lieut. Chap•. Augustus Penrhyn B )ileau, Rifle Bri gade, died at Malta, Aug. 1,185 E, of wounds received attacking the Redan, June 18, 1855. Lieut. Lionel Nirl Malcolm, Rifle Brigade, killed at Inkerinac, Nov. 5, 1855. Lieut. if ohn llenry Upton Spalding, IM.A.S. Lindon, killed in tie trenches before Sebastopol, Jan, 1, 1355. Major Henry Langhorne Thompson, C. 8., E.I.C. ser vice, died in England of disease, contracted from over exertion and exposure at Kars, June 13, 1856. MikRIPT2 NEWS.-I.i2is Day.) COVENT GA RDETZ. The supplies were large, and a steady business was ,ransacted, as follows : - FRUIT. Pine apples, per lb. 3s 03 to G. "Filberts, p. doz. lbs 61 to is Colonia I do., ea. ls 01 to 3s 01 Cobnuts, do., Os Od to Os Od Grapes, per lb. 2s Od to 5s Od Almonds, p. lb. Os 01 to Os 01 Foreign do 03 Od to OS 0 i Walnuts, per 100 01 to Os 01 Melons, each 2s 01 to 5s 01 Figs, per doz 9 s to Gs Od Peaches, p. doz 10s to 20301 Stra.w bei Lies, per Nectarines, do. Os Od to 15s Od pottlo Od to 01 Apples, p. h. sv. 3s 01 to 5s Od Pears, per doz. 2s Od to 6s 0,1 Oranges, per 100 30s Od to O Lemons, p. doz. is 01 to 2s Od, Apricots, p. doz. 2s Od to 430,11 Cherries, per 11a. is to 33 Od; Gooseberries, per half sieve ... 230 d to 4s 0(1 Currants, p. do. 2s 61 to 5s Od Plums, per do. 4s Od to 78 Od Green gages, do. 430 d to 7s Od llaspinrries, p. potl. 6.1 to 8d VEGE Greens, per doz. bunches O3 01 to Os Od Cabbages, per doz. 9d to is Savoy do., p. do. 03 Od to Os Od Cauliflowers, p. do. 2s Od to 6s Brocoli, per do. Os Od to 03 Od Old potatoes, per ton Os to 0, New do., per d0....50s to 90, Peas, per quart ...9d to is OJ French beans, p. do 2s Od to 3s Turnips, new, per bunch 4(l to 6d Carrots, per do sd to 8d Cucumbers, each 4d to is Od Garlic, per lb. 6d to Os 8d Spinach, p. sieve Is 01 to is 63 Sorrel, per do Od to Os Bras. sprouts, p. do Os to Old onions, p. bushel Os to Or Now do., per bunch 2d to 6(1 Leeks, per do 2,1 to 36 7ABLEB. Shallots, per bunch 4d to Gd Horseraddish, per do. 2s to 4s Parsley, per do. ?d to 3d Celery, per do Os 9d to is Gd Endive, per doz. 3s Od to 43 Od Beet, per doz. is 0, - 1. to 2s Od Parsnips, per do. Os Od to Os Small salad, p. pun. 2d to 3d Mushrooms, p. potl. ls f'd to 3s Artichokes, each to Gd Cabbage lettuces, per score Os 4.1 to Os 6d Radishes, per doz. hands Gd to is Od Tomatoes, per d0z....2s to 3s Walnuts p. hf. sv. 2s Od to 4s Chillies, per 100 Os Od to Os Od • Capsicums, per 1000 s 0,1 to Os Rhubarb, p. bundle 4.1 to Sd I I Asparagus, per 100 Os Od to Os 11 Sea kail, per pun. is Od to 3s NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkey Poults, Os 0,1 to Os ; Geese, us 61 to 7s each ; Ducks, 2s 0.1 to 3s Od ; wild do., Os Od to Os to Oct ; rab bits, is to is 6d each ; Pigeons, 5d to 3d each ; large Surrey Fowls, Os Oa to 03 ; middling, Os Od to Os Od ; Chickens, is 6d to 2s 3d ; Capons, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Hares, 3s 01 to 4s Od ; Grouse, 2s 3d to 2s Od each ; Phoasants, Os 0.1 to Os 01 ; Partridges, 03 0.1 to Os to 01; Guinea Fowls, 2s Od to 3s Od ; Roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each. Ostend fresh butter, lls 6d to 12s 6d ; English do., lls 6d to 15s per dozen lbs. ; English eggs, 8s to' BOd ; French do., 58 Gil to 7s per 120; Leverets, Os Od to Os each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 33 21 to is ld ; mutton, 3s Gd to 4s Gil ; lamb, 4s 41 to 5s 4d ; veal, 33 101 to 4s Gd; pork, .is Gd to 49 4d per 81bs., by the carcase. WIIITECIIAPEL. Beef from 3s 01 to 4s 41; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 61; lamb, 4s 21 to 5s 43; veal, 38 61 to 4s 41; pork, 3s 61 to 4s 61 por Sibs., by tho carcaso. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s 0,1 to 15s ; Bi ills, is Od to 7s each ; Salmon, is 0,1 to is 2d per lb ; Cod Fish, is to 5s Od each ; Soles, 3,1 to is 3d per pair ; Eels, 8,1 to Is per lb ; Lobsters, Gd to 2s Gd; Crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; Whitings, 3s Od to 12s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 12s to 16s ; Natives, 40s to —s per bsh. , Mackerel, 30s to s per 100 ; Smelts, is 6d to Os Od per doz.; Skate, 6,1 to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon ; Bloaters 8s oa to lOs Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, 6; to Os per 100; Scotch do., Oa; Sprats, Os Od to Os 0,1 pes bushel ; Doreys, is to lOs each ; Haddocks, 6s to 12s per doz. ; Pike 6,1 ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 5s Od to 8s; Mullets, 2s Gil to 3s Gd each; Plaice, 4d to is each; Halibut, 6d per lb ; Flounders, is 6d to Os 01 per doz. ; salt fish, Od to Od per lb, BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9,id to 10d; of household ditto, 8d to 9cl per 4 lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 5Glb to 641 b, 4d to Od ; Glib to 721 b, 4d to 4,,}d; 721 b to 801 b, 4ld to 4P ; 801 b to 881 b, 4P to 5d ; 881 b to 961 b, 5d to 54d; 961 b to 1041 b, 51d to sid ; 1041 b to 1121 b —d to —d ; upwards, —d to .—d ; Horse hides, 69 Gd to NOd ; calf skins, light, 2s 01 to 4s Od ; ditto, full, 7s Gd to 88 Od; Polled Sheep, 3s 2d to 3s 8d ; Kents, Os Od to Os Od ; Half-brads , 2s 9d to 3 s Od ; Downs, 2s 3d to 2s 8d ; Shearlings, Os Od to Os Od; Lambs, 2s Gd to 4s 3d. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, 31 Os to Si 103; now do., 31 Os to 4148; old clover, 41 lOs to 6/ 10s; new do., 41 Os to 51 ss; and straw, 11 8s to 1112 s per load. A mo derate supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—OId meadow hay, 31 58 to 51 12s; new do., 31 Os to 41 8s ; old clover, 41 lOs to 61 lOs ; new do., 41 Os to Si 5s ; and straw, 118 s to 1/ 13s per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly , at about stationary prices. WurrEcHlrEr,.—Old meadow hay, 31 5s to 5110 s; new do., 31 to 41 4s ; old clover, 41 10s to 61 lOs 3 • new do., 4/ Os to 515 s ; and straw , 1 / 8 s to 11 13 s per load. There was a moderate sale for hay and straw, at about stationary prices. STORMONTFIELD SALMON.—We understand that a fine salmon, weighing nearly 191b5., was killed at Dal guise by Mr. Stewart, on the 20th inst. We believe this is the heaviest of the marked fish of last year yet taken, and probably the only one taken by the rod in the Tay. —Perthshire Courier. Tun NATIONAL GALLERY.—Orders have been issued by the authorities that the National Gallery, and the English portion of the Gallery at Marlborough House, wilt be closed for the annual six weeks' vacation on the 11th proximo. The Gallery will be re-opened on Mon day, the 27th Octeber. 641iiixd 98k 8 106 6 1051 7 li; 1/ a d 371 401 17i 534 xd 40 93 i i 30 28 29 284 i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. Least 7, CompanF,. "rtce• yesterd : . London & N. L. &N. 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Registsred....„.. >1- 1* 20 5 Trust& L. Co.U.CaL. No 28 Vas Die: en's Tan 16 17 yiCi?,6p4grhatJul/ 1 ,9 in 11,11", Trti.c ritn, I% NE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—elt is one of the brightest features of this age the English press, and more especially the Times, should have become a high tribunal, before which the moEt powerful and despotic Government in the world has, to . appear, there to meet the accusations of a batch of poor prisoners perishing in the swamps of South America. I take such a tribunal to be far superior to any court martial, mixed con mision, or Star-chamber. I therefore request you will allow me in your columns a few words in reply to the result of the inquities made by your Paris correspendent in official quarters. The facts stated in the letter the Times has so fairly inserted and so remarkably commented upon have taken place in a very remote country, whither no man is likely to go for the express purpose of verifying them. The French Government is perfectly aware of the fact, and this is the reason why it screens so confidently behind a bold denial of some of the statements held forth the moral responsibility it has incurred, I have little doubt that the King of Naples, although in a much less favour able condition, is as ready to affirm that there is nothing but falsehood in the accusations levelled at him. For tunately, the qaestion is on. of common sense. Is it conceivable that 38 men, living at the mercy of their enemies in a place so far distant, with no prospect of material assistance, should be mad enough to sign a letter falsely stating as practised upon them such cruel ties as these—the chains with a cannon-ball attached, the floggings at the stake, the blows and brutal outrages? Is it credible that, while their most obvious interest is to soothe the feelings of those on whose they so entirely depend, they should as much as run the risk of inflaming to frenzy by signed calumnies the anger of their gaolers? The very fact of so many persons having, under such circumstances, appended their names to a letter expressly intended for publicity is a decisive proof that their denunciations are not only true, but have been forced out from them by the agony of despair. Besides, it should be borne in mind that, concerning the above-mentioned cruelties, there is not the slightest discrepancy to be found in the various reports sent at different periods by different prisoners. Your correspondent has been told in official quarters that in August, 1855, those assembled on the Ile du Diable had their residence changed to the continent, and were then subjected to military discipline. Well, long before—that is, in October, 1854—a letter had been written and made public, with the signature of the author appended to it, in which it was positively said :—" The proscribed in French Guiana are subjected to forced labour (travaux forces) side by side with the most vile criminals. The regulations of the galleys are applied to them in all their rigour. They wear the old clothes of the deceased convicts, with the letters T.F ; and the very word 'galley-slave is written in capitals on the upper leather of their shoes. Their food is that al lowed to galley-slaves. For the first months of their sojourn they have exclusively lived on rnetuel' and ' couac,' which were the diet of the blacks before the abolition of slavery. If one of them venture to remon strate against the boundless insolence of their subal leen tyrants, woe to him ! He is immediately put to the rack. Starvation being added to sorrow, and the in fluence of a deadly c li ma t e t o ill-t rea t men t, 35 bodies out of 200 have been, in a few months, cast as prey to sharks ; for in the Isle of St. Joseph the prisoners have no other cemetery than the sea." It must be remarked that at the time these statements were made public no voice rose to contradict them. When your correspondent asserts that three of the persons mentioned are liberated galley-slaves, and four of them repris de justice, he happens to confirm, in the most striking manner, one of the facts that have been denounced—namely, that in French Guiana the political prisoners live bide by side with ordinary criminals. Is it true that the seven whose names your correspondent gives are really liberated galley-slaves or repris de jus tice? I cannot tell, as I know nothing of them. But supposing this to be true, how can this "assist in an estimate of the characters of the men from whom the ranks of the Republican party are recruited ?" Were not men transported in consequence of the coup d'etat who belonged to various parties ? Was not the coup d'ctat resisted by persons sharing in the Legitimist or the Orleanist opinions ? Among the victims who were then struck in the dark, pele-mete, and transported, "some by judgment of drum-head court-martial, some without trial at all," were there .not men belonging to no party whatever ? Is it not obvious that this very pele-mele was one of the most odious consequences of the 2 , 1 of December ? The French Government, or such as speak in its name, will do well not to c.dl to mind that Lahr, who died on the scaffold for having treacherously murdered Gen. Brea, in those unhappy days (.1 June, was not on!y an avowed Bonapartist, but even a Bonapartist recruiter ! To sum up all, from the inquiries made by your cor respondent in official querters, it follows:- 1. That those deported to Cayenne were sentenced by either courts-martial or mixed c)mmissions, which a country like England cannot possibly consider as amount ing to a lawful judgment. 2. That out of the 38 who signed the letter as many as 31 were punished for no offense against the laws, the others being only seven. 3. That, supposing the seven to be what they are se preaented, which may be questioned till more ample in formation be gat, the consequence is that iu French Guiana the political prisoners are confounded with libe rated galley-slaves and repris do justice, and subjected to the same punishment. 4. That NI. Peret, ex-mayor of Beziers, was trans ported to Guiana is a matter of favour ! For what crime? Tais is prudently passed over in silence. 5. That his death by drowning occurred, as stated by myself, in an attempt to escape, which shows that those unfortunate people are ready to incur a most terrib:e death in their anxiety to fly from a life still more terrible. 6. Tbat in the course of June two political prisoners out of 181 were carried off ) although the last survivors may naturally be considerci very robust, having been able to stand till now the murderous influence of a cli -I)3We known to be pestilential. One word more. 13 it true that the system of secret transportation is still going on—that not long agl a workman in Paris disappeared on a sudden without his family being aware of what had become of him, and that, upon inquiries, it was found the man had been sent to Cayenne ? It would be very gratifying to all right thinking men to learn that nothing of the kind has oc curred in this nineteenth century. Whatever may be the answer, I shall always congratulate myself on having afforded to the English press an opportunity to express sentiments of humanity and justice, so highly creditable to it.—l remain, &c., Louts BLANC. Aug. 29. CICERUACCHIO'S MURDER: AUSTRIA'S DEFENCE AND II ER DEFENDER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUET. Sir,—S. Angeloni has requested me to translate the following letter. Will you kindly insert it in your co lumns! J. MERITON winrE. 28, Ashley-place, Aug. 29. Sir,—An article, furnished to the Gazetta Officials di Milano by M. Enrico Montazio, the London correspon dent, concernin2 the fate of di Ciceruacchio, having been quoted by the English press, permit me to rJuto the statements mate by the above-mentioned gentleman. After a sneering allusion to the article in the Timrs on Garibaldi's letter, the coi . :cF-pondent alleges that Ciceruacchio and his children were not shot by the Aus trians, but that they " were drowned while endeavour ing to cross a stream in their flight from Rome. lie who assures me of this fact, says the correspondent, " is an °tam° galantuonto —a certain Guiseppe Angeloni—who, after the fall of Rome, came to London, married an Englishwoman, and now earns an honest livelihood as an hotel-keeper, which employment would be more pro fitable if his extreme good-nature did not make him the dupe of so many emigrants, who, abusing his kindness, feel themselves at his expense. I, sir, am the humble individual with whose family af fairs M. Montazio thinks fit to trouble the public. I feel obliged by the respectful terms in which he mentions me, and am sorry to be obliged to repay thetn byasserting that his statements concerning the information given by me to him about Ciceruacchio are utterly false. I remem ber, about two months since, when dining at my table d'hote, M. Montazio questioned me concerning my poor friend. I replied that I supposed he was dead, my in variable supposition about all of our friends of whose fate we ara ignorant, and whom we know to be obnoxi ous to one or other Of the Italian Governments. Had I been in possession of any par'dculars, a table d'hots was not the place in which I should have revealed th.m, nor was M. Montazio the man I would have chosen as my confidant. But in this instance I was totally in the dark. When I parted from my friend in Rome, he ac companied Garibaldi in his retreat, and I embarked for England in a steamer off Civita Vecchia, the sth July, 1849. From that moment until General Garibaldi's letter appeared in the papers, I have waited anxiously for ;tidings, fearing the worst. Hence the " stream," the "crossings," and the " death by drowning," exist only in the inventive brain of the London correspondent of the Gazetta Officials di Milano. Perhaps if I had been in the habit of receiving Austrian money for com munications fabricated for an Austrian official journal, I might have been in possession of Austrian secrets, and long since have given over hoping against hope that some future day might give me back my friend again. As it is, I am but a poor innkeeper ; but so far from complaining of the " mala fcde di molti entigrati," I am glad to see at my table those of my brothers exiled for the holy cause in which the noble Ciceruacchio and his sons, together with such myriads of our countrymen, have lived and died. I have written a letter to 'this effect to the Gazettes, though well aware that it has no chance of insertion. I ask you, sir, to give publicity to my statement - . It is due to General Garibaldi, who affirms, on the word and researches :of Colonel iSacehi, that those seven brave ones fell by Austrian bullets—that false assertions should not prevent the inquiries of honest men into this matter. And for myself, I should grieve that my brothers in exile, and my brothers in my native land, should deem me a traitor to the common cause.—l am, sir, with respect, yours, G. ANGELONI. 32, Warwick-square, August 29,1856. --- SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 29.—Two steamships, the Cadiz and Jacquard, have arrived here within the last few days to go into the graving dock for repairs. These steamers belong to the Franco-American Steam Com pany, having its seat of operations at Havre, and are em ployed in the New York and Brazil trades. The other steamers of the company—viz., the Arago, Vigo, Bar celona, Franc Comtois, and Ligonnais, are, it is said, shortly to follow, to undergo repairs in the Southampton grAving-clocks. =a , COMMODORE ELLIOT S CRUISE IN THE GULF OF TARTARY. By the arrival of the steamers Hellespont and Erin from Shangai, we (the Friend of China) are placed in possession of some interesting information regarding the recent cruise of ex-commodore Eiliot's squadron in the Gulf of Tartary. This squadron, consisting of the Sibylle, Pique, and 11114rra.co n t a left Hakodadi, Japan, on the 4th May, and on the 10th reached Cape Lemanon, in about 48 deg. north lat. There the Sibylle and Pique remained, the. Barracouta steaming onwards along the coast to the northward. On the evening of the 11th, in lat 49.1.50 deg. N., long. 140.19 E., a fine and capacious bay was discovered, with many sheltered creeks capable' of affording secure anchorage for ships of the largest tonnage. The entrance to this bay is very narrow, and when seen from a diz.tance appears blocked up by an island in the centre. Indeed a vessel might pass and repass, and no one would dream of the beautiful enchora J so close at hand. Soon after anchorinu a few nativ (Ghuliacks) came off to sell fish, which they were glad barter for buttons. Some of these natives had buttons with Russian insigni on them, leading the Barracouta to infer that Russian 3 had been there not long before. Consequently, early next morning, Mr. Freeman, master of the Barracouta, proceeded on shore, and crossing over a field of ice, cam e all at once on a number of Russian log-houses strongly built and ensconced in the shade of some forest trees. These houses bore evident marks of recent occupation-- piles of freshly cleft firewood lying here and there in various directions. There were some empty casks, too, in a store-house; marked with the English broad arrow, " Portsmouth, 1852," the contents, &c. In front of the principal house waa.a flagstaff, with a compass card of April, 1855. In the rear, and a little to the left of the houses, W 33 a strong platform battery for 8 guns. At some distance to the right a similar platform for 10 guns, whist in the anchorage, between the two, with her broad side t, the entrance, lay the remains of alarge frigate 200 feet long, anchored in 10 fathoms, burnt down to the ice in which she was embedded. The framework of this vessel was stouter than that of either the Pique or Sibylle, and conjecture assigns her to have been the Pallas. Her figure head, a double eagle, found on the ice, was taken posses sion of by the Barracouta, and much of her rigging, spars, &c., was found stowed away in different places, it being evident that her destruction had been an act com mitted but a short time before. Numerous graves—dis tinguished by the Greek Cross—were found on the hill, and dated at various periods from as far back as 1853. The Ghiliacks, by signs, led the Barracouta, to believe that the Russians had vacated the place seven weeks be fore only. Having made this extraordinary discovery, the Barra couta returned to Cape Lemanon to inform the Commo dore, who, with the Pique and Sibylle, then proceeded to a further examination of the bay,, the hills about which were thickly etudded with birch and pine trees, affording fine shelter from the cold blasts of the north and east. Leaving her comrades in Barracouta Bay, as it was at once termed, the. Barracouta proceeded north to Castrie's Bay, looking into all the bays and inlets on the coast en route, a labour which could be performed effectu- ally, the weather being clear, although there was some danger from drifting ice. Finding nothing more of Rus sia.us either at De Castries Bay or on the roal to it, the Barracouta returned to the bay named after` her, which - she reached on the 21E-t May, and took in wood and water. Leaving Barracouta Bay again she reached Hakodadi on the 29th; the Sibylle and Hornet arrived there a day or two after her. REPORT ON THE MINING DISTRICTS. Mr. Hugh Seymour Tremenheere's report on the mining districts for 1856 has just been published in the form of a small blue book of 56 pages. After reporting the extension of associations for giving prizes in schools to South Wales and elsewhere, the commissioner urges the necessity of a measure to compel all boys between 10 and 14 years of age, who work below ground, to attend some school for 100 hours every six Months—a measure which, in the general opinion of all concerned, would be of great service, bothto the labour. ing mining population and their employers. There is a general concurrence in the principle of the proposed measure, and a few objections of detail are satis factorily disposed of by Mr. Tremenheere. The &lofts at improvement made in the great mining dis tricts of Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire are next noticed. The Chartist outbreak of 1839 having alarmed the proprietors, impelled them to action, and in successive years the great majority have taken some stops to provide for their people better means - of moral, reli gious, and general instruction, and to facilitate the phy. sica.lcomforts and decencies of life, among these large and rapidly-co!lected popula,'ions. Gratifying instances of this care and forethought are given in the report. The unfeminine employment of women upon the " pit banks and cinder-tips" has long been indicated as de grading to the female character, and as fraught with many and most obvious evils. A woman of this class,,, so brought up, and from an early age marries at or . soon after 20 ; and how, it is asked, is she qualified for the discharge of the conjugal duties ? She doeS not know how to keep a house clean and tidy ; she cannot cook ; she is ignorant of the first principles of economy, and she knows nothing of the management of children. In connexion with this branch of the report,. the neglect of some special instruction and training in nearly all female schools for the labouring classes is vety' properly pointed put as an evil that might easily be re medied, and various suggestions are made with this vier - , which, if carried out, could hardly fail to be most bene ficial. The strike in the principal coal and iron districts in Scotland occupies the remainder of the report. The loss of wages between March and June (when the strike terminated) is estimated at a minimum of 500,0001., but this very imperfeCtly represented the total loss inflicted upon the community. The strikes are likely to take place from time to time in Scotland, and the employers are urged to adopt, without delay, such measures as may tend to abridge their daration. Mr. Treasenheere thinks that it is possible, s were the effort fairly made, to establish so much confidence betweenworkmen and masters, as should satisfy the former, when a demand for an increase of wages was resisted by the latter, that they really could not afford to comply with the request. And so with relation to a lowering of wages, the facts upon which the master founds his plea for reduction should be patent to the men. Mr. Tremens hesre deplores the fact, that whenever any difference aYises between masters and workmen, the question is immediately seized upon by delegates, " whose direct interest it is to aggravate every existing cause of die. pute, and bring forward as many others as can be made available," and who, by generalising the ques tion of wages for the whole district, do a great deal of harm ; for one master, by his facility of com munication, easy working of his minerals, So., might be able to afford much better wages than another in the, same locality. But these matters are entirely unesti 7 mated by paid delegates. The results of strikes are par ticularly noticeable in their moral and physical_ effects, upon those engaged in them :-1. The increase of crime. 2. The increase of disease. The low living produces low fevers, and if wet or cold weather comes on soon after a strike and before the stock of clothes, which has usually been much reduced by being sold or pawneri; can be replacei or recovered, an increased rate of mortality is tho consequence. 3. Demoralised habits. The same observers, having experience of strikes for upwards of 30 years, notice with regret the injury done to the habits of a workman and his family by a strike. The loss of their usual resource of wages drives them to resort to means of saving themselves froth starvation which an honest and well-behaved workman, would not previously have thought . himself capable of. Some get into debt to an amount which tempts them tb become dishonest; . others perambdlato the country bogging, or rather often extorting money or food ; others send their wives or children, or both, on the same errand ; in all cases their self respect is impaired or de* stroyed, and when that is gone the descent is easy to crime and degm'ation. The Marchioness (Anne) of Londonderry has arrived at Garron Tower, her ladyship's seat in the north of Ireland, from Seaham The Hanover Gazette states that the Government has decided that, if it cannot come to an understanding with the Chambers, it will settle its financial affairs by royal ordinance. The Earl and Countess of Sandwich are entertaining a select circle of friends at Hinchinbrooke Park, Hun tingdonshire. The Duchess of Orleans, accompanied by her eons, says the Presse of Brussels, arrived at Augsburg on the 24th, and was to continue her journey on the following day for the baths of Stackelberg. SALARIES OP PROVINCIAL POSTMASTERS.—The sala ries of Postmasters in England and Wales for the cur rent year amount to 52,4071. ; in Ireland to 10,000/. ; and in Scotland to s,l6ol. —Civil Service Gazette. THE FIRST OP SEPTEMBER.—The prospects of part ridge shooting, says the lVorcesfershire Chronicle, which will commence on Monday next, are very rejoicing to the sportsman. The birds are very abundant, the coveys large and strong, and the approaching Ist of September will probably witness the death of as many as ever fell before the murderous tube on that day so dear to spode men. THE ROEBUCK TESTIMONIAL.—A meeting of the above committee was held at the Councill,hall on Monday afternoon. Ald. W. Fisher, jun., occupied the chair, and there were present V. Fisher, Esq., sen., Ald. Dunn, W. Smith, Esq., Dam House ; Mr. M, Beal, Mr. R. J. Gainsferd, and other gentlemen. It Was stated that the subscription to the testimonial amounted to nearly 1,400/. ; and it was resolved that a thousand guineas be presented to Mr. Roebuck, and the remain. der devoted to the purchasing a portrait of the hon. gen tleman, if it was agre eable to him that this cou rge should be adopted. The presentation will take place OA at the Music-hall, Sheffield, at seven ay The neat, will be placed in one of the public o Ny c e lo d c n k e . sd buildings. HONOUR TO A CRIMEAN OPPICER.—A grand demon stration in honour of Lieutenant-Colonel Soulden Oak ley, 56th Regiment, took place at Bishops' Castle, on Wednesday. The town was lavishly decorated with arches, crnamented with evergreens, flowers, and ban ners. The bailiff and other members and officers of the corporation waited upon the gallant colonel at Oakley House, the residence of his brother, where he is at present staying, and presented a con gratulatory address to him. Colonel Oakley, whose health has suffered greatly from the Crimean campaign, received the deputation with great cordiality; but his reply to the address presented to him was read .by his brother, the Rev. Arthur Oakley, the gallant colonel, for the present, having entirely lost the use of his voice. In the evening a grand banquet in honour of Colonel Oakley took place at the Castle Hotel, Bishops' Castle, which e was attended by all the elite of that part of Sinop. shire. We trust that the gallant colonel may goo n l o re-eatabliehed. _. ,-.~ ~' tco LOO lr 0 LC•O 20 20 20 33?., ,100 I all 100 10' 1 100 all all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 3 1100 100 100, FOR: 4i a 9B a 411 54i f ti 1 x , ,'a