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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock, DESPATCHES FROM REAR-ADMIRAL SIR JAMES STIRLING. ("From the Gazette of this Evening.) ADMIRALTY, JAN. 10. Despatches, with enclosures, of which the following are copies, have been received from Rear• Admiral Sir James Stirling, Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and ♦easels on the East India and China Station. REPORTING SUCCESSES AGAINST PIRATES BY RATTLER. Winchester, at Sea, lat. 25° 17' N., long. 1200 10' E. October 23, 1855. Sir,---On the 28th of May I had the honour to report that Commander Fellowes, of her Majesty's steam-sloop Rattler, had made a successful attack on a piratical horde, near Hong Kong, and I have now the satisfaction to for ward herewith reports from that zealous and attentive officer, of further and more important successes. 2. To the last of the operations therein reported I ven ture to solicit the particular attention of their Lordships ; for I feel assured that, while they will deeply regret that so many brave men should have fallen and suffered in the execution of the services described, they will appreciate highly the gallantry and resolution exhibited, equally by the officers, seamen, and marines, of the United States frigate Powhatton, as well as by the officers, seamen, and marines of her Majesty's ship s w h o were engaged, and will perceive that the success obtained reflects great credit on Commander William Abdy Fellowes, who planned and directed the attack. Every attention shall be given to promote the recovery, and provide for the comfort of the wounded men, and to afford such of them, as may desire it, an early return to their native coantry.—l have, &-c., (Signed) His Excellency Rear-Admiral Sir J. Stirling, Commander•in-Chief. J. STIRLING, Rear-Admiral and Commander•in-Chief, The Secretary of the Admiralty. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Rattler, off Mios Bay, a 1855. Sir,—l h ave the honou M r y to 29 inform you that I started from Hong Kong nn Sunday afternoon, the 27th, and pro ceeded to th e h ar b our of Samchow, here we arrived at daylight on Monday, the 28th, and with the assistance of some neighbouring fishermen and our own boats away sounding, we were enabled to get up near to where the captured lorchas were lying. Imme diately we hove in sight they all weighed and ran up to what to us appeared a river, but was the continuation of the harbour, forming an island ; the boats were sent away fully armed, under the command of Lieutenant Wrey, and after a good deal of firing the junks were run ashore and deserted. I ordered them by signal to be all burnt ; but besides the re-captured lorchas, three lorchas were claimed by the Chinese we took with us ; so there were burnt in all, six; brought off, five. We took four pri soners, one of whom was recognised as the Second Chief, and one other was wounded by a musket-ball in the knee. No casualties occurred on our side. Owing to the late ness of the hour before we could secure the prizes, I was obliged to remain for the night, and got out this morning with a very slight touch on the ground. I need scarcely inform your Excellency that, from first t') last, a most gallant spirit was shown by every individual engaged, and as the whole affair was seen by myself, I can attest the good behaviour of every one ; indeed the boat attack on the five large junks on shore , which were firing heavy guns until the boats got near, when they were de serted, was gallant in the extreme, at the same time pro per caution was used in approaching. The boats destroyed were as follows, averaging from 50 to 60 men each : One large junk, 14 heavy guns ; 24, 18, and 12-pounders. One large junk, 12 guns ; two 24-pounders and ten smaller guns. Two finks from 8 to 10 guns ; 6,8, and 12-pounders. Two large fishing-boats; ne big guns. From 28 to 30 of their men were either killed or wounded. The lorchas, which were also heavily armed, fired on the boats, but were soon deserted when they found our two smaller boats coming up in their rear.—l have, Etc., (Sigued) W. A. FELLOWES, Commander. His Excellency Rear-Admiral Sir J. Stirling, Kt. Her Majesty's Steam-sloop Rattler, Hong Kong, 28th June, 1355. Sir,—Since my last letter, dated May 29th, in which I informed you of a successful expedition against the pirates at Samchow, I have had information supplied of two more robberies having been committed; the first they could not make out any English ownership or that the plundered vessel belonged at all to Hong Kong, so I let them alone ; as to the second, on the 4th June Mr. Caldwell came off to say an English lorcha had been cap tured near St. John's, with a very valuable cargo on board, and the informants said they had no doubt the pirates were still there. I got up steam instantly, and proceeded ao as to arrive there at daylight, which was done, and the boats sent into the harbour, where we unfortunately found only one small piratical boat, which was burnt. I then, from informatio❑ received from a boat, went as far as Nampang, which we went completely round without seeing anything. I then stood back and managed, by lying to during the night, to fetch into Tyloo very early in the morning of the t;th, and cruised round, as far as the shallow water would allow, without seeing anything. I then steered for the Ladrone Islands, and as we neared them, observed two large piratical boats come round a point, and when they saw us they ran in shore and deserted their boats, the crews running away in all directions, car rying large bundles. The boats were sent in and the ves sels brought out. I then landed the boats' crews under the command of Messrs. Wrey and Greer, to search for some of the property we thought we had seen them secrete. Nothing of any importance was found on shore, but on board we found piratical flags—mandarin's and rebel. Mr. Caldwell concurring with myself that there was no doubt as to their character, they were towed out to sea, the guns thrown overboard, and the vessels burnt. I then went and looked into some more small harbours among these islands, and it getting dark I thought it better to return to Hong Kong, where I have remained up to this date without any more zoports I could act on.—l have, &c., (Signed) W. A. FELLOWES, Commander. His Excellency Rear-Admiral Sir J. Stirling, Commander-in• Chief. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Rattler, Hong Kong, 6th August, 1855. Sir,—My last letter apprised your Excellency of pirates being once more abroad committing depredations. Now I have the honour to inform you that I started from Hong Kong on the 30th ultimo after these plunderers, touching at Macao for information which led rc.e on the 31st to look into all the bays for some distance to the southward of Macao ; but seeing nothing, I crossed over to the Ladrones, taking a turn round all the islands in the neighbourhood, with the like want of success. Not de spairing, however, of finding their haunt I retraced my steps back to Macao, where, with the assistance of Mr. Caldwell, late Government Interpreter, I obtained some Chinamen who stated they knew their whereabouts. Standing again to the southward as far as Tyloo I came up with part of the junks the pirates had captured ; but the pirate chief, with several armed junks, keeping in shore, where the water is shallow, prevented the ship reaching him or our shot and shell doing him or his ves sel any harm. Suspecting the pirates would remain in their fancied security, I hastened beck to Hong Kong, land ing the Chinamen at Macao on my way, called on his Ex cellency Sir Jno. Rowriug on the "d, and, with his con currence, had an interview with Captain M'Cluney, of the United States steam-frigate Powhatton, who on my personal application placed a volunteer force at my dis posal, consisting of two paddle-h ex b oa t s an d a cu tt er, fitted each witla 12-pounder howitzer, and manned with 66 seamen and 28 marines, under the command of Lieute nant Pegram. With this additional strength and the Er.glet, a small steamer drawing seven feet of water, lent by Mr. Caldwell for the occasion, I quitted Hong Kong once more on the 3d instant with the steamer and boats in tow of the Rattler and anchored the same night as near the point on the north side of Kulan as practicable. At daylight on the 4th all the boats of the Rattler and the Powhatton, manned and armed, were taken in tow of the Eaglet, the depth of water not permitting Rattler to pro ceed farther, and stood at once for Kulan, which was found to bo empty ; but, looking round, a creek, appa rently on the main land, was discovered, where the mast beads of several junks could be distinctly seen, and about the same time a lorcha was observed to leave the creek with the evident intention of escaping, but to prevent her doing so, I despatched the Rattler's pinnace, in charge of Lieutenant Wrey, and Powhattou's cutter, to endeavour to cut her off; the boats on corning up with her found she was in possession of the w.ual sailing letter, and the master stated he had that rooming effected his escape, after being plundered of everything of value, The Eaglet soon towed the boats abreast of tho creeks, the pirates as we neared fi r i ng seve ral ineffe c t ua l guns by way, I suppose, of defiance; we re turned in exchange five 24-pounder rockets that I had procured before starting. These, fired from the steamer, Alarmed the pirates, numbering in all 34 junks, crowded f,uns a n d men, as they immediately hoisted their sails and made for the head of the creek. Perceiving this the boats pushed off in chase. On reaching a small island at the head of the creek, the large r junks made a stand, with broadsides towards us, firing with much rapidity and in excellent direction, but the boats returning their fire with shell and grape, and closing rapidly amidst a shower of shot, made a dash and the junks were ours, the crews teeing t o th e wa t er. Leaving a small party : of men in civarge, the boat s p ursue d the others, who had, with a light air, gained the middle of a large bay, or rather la- I goon, whi c h opene d ou t of the creek, and succeeded in taking many of them. Nine war junks, mounting 130 guns of a ll s i zes, and nine small j un k s ( traders) th pirates had detained were osptured. We felt ourselves obliged to burn and destroy the war junks, as also two of the trading junks ; night approaching and being a great distance from the steamer compelling us to do this to prevent them falling into improper hands. This success, obtained from a regularly organised pirate fleet. was, I am sorry to say, attended with the loss of two men. killed and eleven officers and men wounded on the pure of the Americans, anti three men killed and seven men wounded belonging to this ship ; while the lose of the pirr,tes runet have been immense, for taking the number of men in the junks, at the time of our o p en i ng fi re, to be 1,0000 men, their killed, wounded, and dr owne d , cou ld not hr eve been less than 500 men ; the shell and grape from the Loats, guns, and musketry of the marines must have told upon them severely, as they stood fighting at their guns with unusual firmness. Five of the junks are deserving more than ordinary men tion, being built o f very substantial material, large and I. n °°° , Y. evidently b u ilt f or war p ur poses, as they differ e d L many respects from trading junks; their armament, besides the usual compl emen t o f spears, muskets, stinkpots, a k n a co la m r p ge rised. many large guns ; there was a 6 8- pounder Pounder not weighing less than 50 cwt., 32 , 24, 1?, and l 8 6- pounders; one junk bad 21 guns mounted. .ct is impossibl e to speak too highlof the Arnericem co operating party engaged they were with the Rattler's emulating each other in the thickest of the attack. It was in capturing a junk which blew up, killing two anti veauuding 11 of the Ameri cans, an I capsieine U.S , 'that I witnessed the cool braveryof Lie . la do, S.N., to whose timely rescue I am - indebted et for e my u' life ; but any warmest thanks, in particular, are due to Lieut. Peg ram, the American senior officer; the men, and coolness under a heavy fire, and of ',revery when surrounded by a persevering and determined indeed, everyg foe, was conspicuous to all ; e a t ud revengeful leelonging to that frigate acquitted thernselley e e l; itnd man nip satisfaction. ' much to , While bestowing all doe credit on ourArnerican friends, I cannot pass over the conduct of Mr. R. Brownsdon, Pay- f matte; - it' oharge of the brit outtific . whole Vat, in as nt• i tack on a junk had three men killed and seven men vo ark) by stink pots and spears ; nor that of Mr. John James, the boatswain,who gallantly7attacked a junk in a five-oared gig with musketry, till Lieut. Pegram generously came to his aid and enabled him to take possession. Lieutenants Wrey and Greer, and Mr. Lomax, mate, in the pinnace, returned from their chase of the lorcha, in time to burn all the junks we had captured, when I was obliged to retire with the wounded. I regret for their sakes they were not in the action, as they have always when the opportunity offered greatly distinguished themselves. In conclusion, I must express to your Excellency my entire satisfaction with the conduct of every one employed under me; indeed all exhibited on this occasion the same gallantry and coolness under fire that they did on the three former occasions, when I had the honour of com manding them.—l have, &c., (Signed) W. A. FELLOWES, Commander. P.S.—I placed the use of the hospital at the disposal of Captain M'Cluney for the treatment of his wounded, who at once accepted my offer. W. A. F. List of the Names of Men belonging to her Majesty's steam-sloop Rattler, Killed and Wounded, &a., in the Engagement of the 4th August, 1855, with the Piratical Fleet near Kilian. KILLED.—John Massey, Gunner, R.M. Artillery ; George Mitchell, A. 8.; James Silvers, Carpenter's Crew. WOUNDED.—John Lindsay, Gunner, R.M. Artillery, burnt severely; David Lloyd, Gunner, R.M. Artillery, burnt severely ; Richard Clark, Stoker, slightly wounded and burnt ; James Poulter, A. 8., burnt severely ; John Eade, burnt severely ; James Paull, boy, Ist class, burnt badly ; Wm. Robinson, Gunner, R.M. Artillery, contused head. MissiNG.—Wm. Oliff, Private, R. M., supposed to be drowned. (Signed) NV. A. FELLowEs, Commander. (Signed) F. B. PRITCHARD, Surgeon. Her Majesty's Steam-sloop Rattler, Hong Kong, 6th Aug., 1855. List of Killed and Wounded in the Engagement with Pirates at Kulan, on tho 4th August, 1855. United States Boat Division. KILLED,—Joseph A. Halsey, landsman ; Isaac Coe, landsman. WouNDED.--Lientenant Pegram, contusion of hand ; Lieutenant Rolando, burn of hand ; John Pepper, seaman, mortally (dead) ; B. Adamson, marine, gunshot, danger ously (dead); J. Pendergast, landsman, fracture of left clavicle and burns ; Samuel Mullard, marine, burn, very severely (dead); Frederick Hommell, marine, burn, very severely; P. Walderschmidt, marine, burn, very severely; Joshua Lewis, seaman, burn, very severely ; William Taylor, captain after•guard, burn, very severely; Charles Tingwell, seaman, cutlass wound. (Signed) ALBERT SCHRIVER, Assistant-Surgeon, - U.S.N., (Copy) - U.S. Steam-Frigate Powhat ton. (Signed) W. A. FELLOWES, Commander H.M.S. Rattler. TRANSMITTING REPORTS FROM COMMANDER VANSITTART OF CONFLICTS WITH PIRATI CAL JUNKS. Winchester, at Hong Kong, 9th November, 1855. Sir,—l have the pleasure to transmit herewith a report from Commander Vansittart of her Majesty's sloop Bittern, detailing certain operations against pirates in the Gulf of Leotuag, together with a copy of my reply to that officer in acknowledgment of the services above referred to. I have also the honour to forward the accompanying re ports from Commander Vausittart, in relation to a later action between the Bittern and a greatly superior force of junks, in Shiepoo Bay, on which occasion the pirates ap pear to have commenced hostilities. I also forward my re ply to Commander Vansittart's report upon that service and I cannot recommend to the notice of their Lordships in terms too high, the skill, gallantry, and resolution displayed by Commander Vansittart, and by the officers, seamen, and marines who were engaged. I regret to add that success was not achieved without serious loss, and I beg to recommend to the consideration of their lordships the case of the family of Mr. Turner, late Master of the Bittern, who fell in the last-named ac tion while gallantly conducting the ships towards the pirate junks.—l have, &c., , . J. STIRLING, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. To the Secretary of the Admiralty. His Excellency Rear-Admiral Sir James Stirling, Kt. Her Majesty's sloop Bittern, Woosung, Sept. 2. Sir,—l have the honour to report the return this day of H.I. sloop, under my command, from a successful cruizo in search of the pirates referred to in paragraph 5. and en closures of my letter of proceedings to your Excellency of the let August; bad weather and ether circumstances de tained us until the 7th ult., when we started from Woo sung in tow of the Confucius steamer, that vessel m anne d and armed from the Am er i can frigate, having been sup plied by the Chinese authorities with necessary officials, pilots, and informers. 2. At the pert of Teing-hae-wei, near Staunton Island, the Confucius obtained information of the pirates' move ments, the fleet numbering by various accounts from 37 to 40, including, as the Chinese said, two European ves sels, with Europeans on board, had proceeded northward ; this went to confirm the information I had already received of Englishmen having joined themselves to these villains, rendering them vastly more formidable ; so I decided to prosecute the search, and in tow of the Pavushan followed the Confucius round Sbangtung promontory, and she having examined Wei-hai-Wei, rejoined us in Che-fon Harbour. which we found rudely stockaded, in prepara tion for the pirates ; they-hatilowever passed on, and un fortunately the shortness of coal obliged the Confucius to give up the chase. 3. Passing through Ml3-Tao Strait and striking north ward for Ross Bay in the Gulf of Leotung, at length on the 18th ult., the privates were observed in the unex plored bight northward of that bay, ending in the sizeable river which leads to the city of Fuchan ; the Pavu shan having towed us in, we still found ourselves obliged to anchor between two and three miles outside the pirates, in two and a half fathoms ; the boats returned with sound ings that rendered it doubtful if they could be approached, although over the bar of two fathoms, at about half a mile distant from the pirate fleet, we found a hole of three fathoms, which was buoyed after dark 4. On the following morning the pirates numbering from thirty to forty, including two lords 48 with canvas sails, formed two divisions, and with a leading wind bore down in pretty style, and opened, a respectable fire on her Ma jesty's sloop, which weighed and stood off to lead them out. I tacked and returned their fire, perhaps somewhat to soon, although they had already struck the ship, and continued working their guns with spirit ; for they then began a clever manoeuvre, joined their two divisions, and running for shoal water and a reef, kept in such a position that it was necessary to yaw np to bring our guns to bear, each time increasing our distance, and improving their chances of escape. Owing to the continued) down-pour of rain, and misty weather, it was difficult to count the exact force opposed to us, but that Europeans served the guns of two of the largest seems highly probable ; for having ob tained their range, they continued firing until they were dismasted and in a sinking state. As one boat was disabled another would take it in tow, and although surrounded with wreck I was glad to heave aback and work out of a dan gerous corner into which they bad led us, taking pos session of any of their vessels. Eight of their number, however, were sunk or abandoned. 5. Having communicated with the authorities, on the following morning we proceeded northward to release the merchant fleets. These we found had taken shelter high up various streams ; upwards of 100 of them in a river leadine to the city New-Chang, of which we anchored in 4?, fathoms, in lat. 40 deg. 38 min. N. lung. 122 d eg. 0 min, E., eight mil es di s t an t f rom the low entrance to the river. Between two or three miles within the bar is the seaport itself, of respectable size, with large estate. lishments of grain. Here we learnt the pirates had al ready bees, and, disappointed in obtaining their calculated ransom (the junks that had ventured past them having paid 1,200 dollars each, others having been burnt that had not the money). they seized a Chinese of no great rank, and, quartering him, sent his remains on shore in a basket to the authorities, with a threat that unless 100.000 dollars were weie immediately forthcoming, they would treat the mandarins in the same way. Having obtained their booty, they were loitering on the coast for merchant craft when we fell in with them. 6. Turning to the southward, and searching various corners, we came up with thirteen of the fleet, westward of Mid-Tao Strait, and the day being favourable, se cured eleven of them, which I sunk or burnt; one only surrendering herself, was taken in and given over to the authorities at Tang-chow-foo - this, quite one of the s ma ll es t , h ad a crew of forty-one. The prisoners assured our interpreter that a lorcha, which was one of the number, this day captured a white man and two Portuguese, as part crew, and that they escaped to the hills on our leaving her stranded to secure others making off with sweeps. She did not, on this occasion, return our fire; but when on shore, after having suffered severely from its effects, opened with her big gun upon the cduntry people, and clearing a lane, a great part of her crew got away, armed with baggage. 7. Finally, on the 30th ultimo, northward of Staunton Island, we overtook another of the fleet, the crew of which must haee been prepared to land, an expecting an attack by boats, would have blown the boas ders up ; for no sooner did our shot pass through her, than the crew took to the water, and landing with spears, made for the hills ; one man remaining•aft, threw a fire-ball forward, and sprung overboard immediately, before the explo sion took place. This completed twenty, out of a well provided daring fleet that we were enabled to destry, be sides probably having inflicted considerable damage on many that escaped us during the thick weather of the 19th ultimo. On different occasions, when the boats were em ployed, they were under thecommand of the Second Lieu tenant Mr. Brooker, Master Mr. Turner, and Acting Mate Mr. Todd, whose names I am glad to bring forward for favourable consideration. 8. I have troubled your Excellency somewhat fully, as the strengths of the armaments of these vessels, with their crews averaging not less than fifty men each, and the apparently established fact that' Europeans have joined them, proves the extent to which piracy has arisen, and the formidable scale on which it is now conducted. I em convinced a merchant vessel could only have escaped BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. ofsu ch t h t a s fl s e s e a t so ty George 1 1 Teatherhead, joiner, Nowcastle-upon-Tyne. would have rendered 4 h th e e r f f a re te ge m en o t re e f e c l e m r r s - BANKRUPTS. tai n, for these pirates sweep with ease three and font Robert 7 2urner, draper, Ludgate-hill, to surrender, Jan. 23, at twr ~ and Feb. 19, at half-past one, at the Court of knots, and with wind free Bittern. That they would not many he sitate •hem distanced the mann to er a t t i tack mer- Bankrupt, Graham, official assignee; Shepherd, Clif chantmen is evident from the vigorous ford's-inn , Fleet-street. and maintained their fire upon us ; their James' Wilson, ship broker, Grafton-road, Kentish -town, they opened , Jan. 31 a nd Feb. 22, at eleven, at the Courtof Bankruptcy. seven to fourteen and upwards in occasionalr ll" e' t x 2 T Centime, official assignee, Aldermaubury ;A. Reed, Iron pounders downwards ; perhaps an 32 p ro e " monger-1 ,ane. may be met with, but a nice sort of medium thel-.Beilise Th ° l"; as Hampton, corn merchant, Broadwater, Sussex, most common in use. This fleet, all of which is mild Jan, ,at twelve, and Feb. 19, at one, at the Court of the west coast build, and of from I should say go Bankru ptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Van" to upwards of 200 tons burthen (excepting two, deecom „ Cree, Laws, and Cornyn, Bush-lane, Cannon-st. which seemed considerably larger), had a hide crow's neet Gear and ongdee, draper, Welton-in-the -Marsh, Lincoln, (said to be musket b a n proof) at the main and foremast 7 2eb. 6 27, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. head, capable of sheltering men who sling the stink-pot t o / Carrie k, official assignee, Hull ; Farrow Alford. a considerable distanc e; vast quantities of these were ward Rheam Sanderson, seed crusher, West Kinnald found, and an almost incredibl e supply of ammuniti on, ry, Linc o l n , F e b. 6 an d 2 7, at twelve, at the Leeds pikes, knives, & c ., on b oard those captured. 0, It is impossible to estimate the amount of trade, L D i i v st e ri rp c o t oi C ; o 2f ur s t rida C h a d r , ri L c o k e , ds o . fficial assignee, Hull ; Peel, thrown open for the present, if Chinese are to be credited , ' John Richards, ship own e r, C ar diff, Jan. 22 a nd F e b. Lilly to the value of t wo or three millions of dollars; th , ' 19 . at eleven, at the Bristol Di s t r i c t C our t. Mill er , o ffi c i a l prima/ors talked of two hundr e d th ousand dollars having ; assignee, Bristol ; Bevan and Girling, Bristol. been amongst the fleet, and assure d us a considerable poi A lexander Anderson, innkeeper, Stourbridge, Jan. 25 tion of it went down in the largest of their vessels whir la and Feb. 22, at 11, at Birmingham. Christie, official had unstained their fire with such s pi r it ; i t would he. assignee, Birmingham; Addenbrooke, Stourbridge; E. been well to have brought away the heavier guns, but. the and if. Wright, Birmingham. delay would have cost us some of the fleet; the offvcers Thomas Whitehead and Joseph Laney, dyers, Morley, saw qt,eantities of rich furs and other booty on board those Yorkshire, J an. 2 8, and Feb. 25, at 11, at the Leeds Dis vessels which they burnt. treat Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Naylor, Leeds. 10 . I awl happy to say none of our people were wounded, 1 James Pratt and Charles Almon, earthenware manufac toms, Cautieford, Yorkshire, Jan. 28, aid Feb. 18, at 12, GEORGE GORDON, Acting Surgeon. Approved. (Signed) E. W. VANSITTART, Commander. Winchester, at Hong Kong, Oct. 30, 1555. Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letters of the 22d of September and of the sth Oct., In relation to your ,operations against the pirates in the neighbourhood of Shei-poo ; in the course of which, with the aid of your well-trained and efficient ship's cempany, you appear to have accomplished one of the most remark. able exploits within my knowledge. It will afford me the greatest pleasure to bring to the notice of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty 3 our transactions above mentioned, and to point their at tention to the excellent conduct of all who were engaged in the octurrences referred to, and most especially to the eases of Lieutenat Brooker and of the late lamented Mr. Turner, and of Messrs. Todd, Newton, and Sinclair, and of the captains of guns, Mattless and Hurneyman. The satisfaction caused by the good conduct thus evinced would indeed be without alloy if it were not accompanied by deep regret at the losses and injuries sustained. Al though personally but little known to me, I was well aware of Mr. Turner's merits ; and I trust the Admiralty may, with its usual liberality, consider the position in which his family are left by his death. To the other cases reported in your return of casualties I shall give my earliest attention on the arrival of the Bittern at this port, with the , hope of alleviating in some small degree th e f a t e o f th ose severely wounded, by au early transmission to their native country. With reference to the part which fell to your own share in these operations, it will be highly gratifying to me to bear testimony to the zeal, skill, and intrepidity you have displayed in this, as well as oq two previous occasions within the present year, and I feel assured their Lordships , will feel as much pleasure in receiving, as I shall have in communicating so favourable a representation of your con duct in your present command. I have, &e., (Signed) JS. STIRLING, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. Commander V ans i t tart, her Majesty's sloop Bittern. In consideration of the services, mentioned in the above despatches— Commander Edward Westby Vansittart and Comman der William Abdy Fellowes have been promoted to the rank of Captain. Lieutenant George... Augustus Cooke Brooker has been promoted to the rank of Commander. Mr. John James, Boatswain ' o f th e R a t t l er, h as b een advan ce d t o the 2dClass. Mr. Richard Brownsdon, Paymaster of the Rattler, Mr. George Gordon, Acting-Snrgeon of the Bittern, and Mr. George B. Newton, Assistant• Surgeon of the Bittern, have been noted for favourable consideration. cue ebly Was hurt in a trifling manner; a round ghat teak an awkward score between two and three inches deep out of the bowsprit, besides rending the spar; the carpenter tells me it can be rendered permanently secure by a fish we have prepared.—l have, &c., Signed; E. W. VANSITTART, Commander. Winchester, at Hong Kong, October :10,1855. Sir,— I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the sth September, in which you report that her Majesty's sloop under your command, accom panied by the Confucious and Pavushan steamers, the former manned and armed from the United States frigate Macedonia, and the latter employed by the parties inte rested in the object of your intended expedition, and supplied by the Chinese authorities with necessary officials, pilots, and informers, had proceeded to the head of the Gulf of Leotung, and had accomplished the capture or destruction of 20 junks, whose piratical out rages had for some time previously infested the coast of China to the north of the Yanetszee-Kiang, and greatly obstructed the legitimate channels of trade. I cannot but express the satisfaction I feel at your re port of the gallant conduct of Lieutenant Brooker and of Messrs. Turner and Todd, nor can I allow the present occasion to pass without conveying to you the expression of my high opinion of your own personal merit in the direction of the expedition, the success of which reflects the greatest credit on all concerned ; and it will afford sue great pleasure to forward to the Admiralty a copy of your communication and of this reply.—l have, &c., (Signed) JS. STIRLING, Rear-Admiral, &c. Commander Vaissittart, Her Majesty's sloop Bittern. Her Majesty's sloop Bittern, Sheipoo Harbour, September 22, 1855. Sir,—lt is my painful duty to r e p or t th e d eat h , at 8.55 a.m., of Mr. Charles Turner, late master of her Majesty's sloop, under my command. Being in tow of the Pavushan, Mr. Turner on board that newsier had successfully piloted us into port on the 18th instant, and it was some time after, during the heat of the action, whilst altering the po sition of the steamer, he was led to pass, outside of us into the direct line of all the piratical tire that went over the Bittern, when he received his death wound from a round shot which tore away part of his right side. Your Excellency is well aware of the loss her Majesty's service sustains in the premature death of this valuable officer. A thorough sailor and a first rate master, doubt less when represented by his commander-in-chief, his services will be favourably considered by the Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty in awarding some pension or assistant to his family. His mother, Mrs. Turner, the widow of an old Lieutenant who died a Retired Com mander, resides in Parker's-place, Exmouth, Devon, and with two daughters was, I am informed, chiefly dependant on the support she received from the late lamented officer and another son in the merchant service.—l have, &c., (Signed) E. W. VANSITTART, Corn mender. His Excellency Re ar -Ad m i ra l Si r Jas. Stirling, Kt., Commander-in-Chief, &c. A List of Men who have received wounds or hurts on board her Majesty's sloop Bittern, 18th Sept„ 1855. William Hanvey, aged 25, private, R.M. ' wound of right leg by round s h o t, ampu t a ti on b e l ow the knee. Thomas Ellis, aged 21, ordinary seaman, wound of left leg by round s h o t, am p u t a ti on b e l ow the knee. James Brownlee, aged 15, boy 2d C., wound of left leg by a splinter from round shot, amputation below the knee. Mr. Chas. Turner, aged 32, ''master, very severe lace rated wound of right side of abdomen by a round shot. Died on the 22d Sept. Mr. G. A. C. Brooker, aged 25, lieutenant, slight splin ter wound of right cheek. John Ridley, aged 26, A. 8., slight contused wound of right hand. John Flynn, aged 23, A. 8., contusion of scrotum and testicles. George Scott, aged 19, boy let C., slight splinter wound of right foot. Elijal Mordey, aged 30, Corporal, R.M., contused wound of left Ain. John Claw, aged 2:3, Private, R.M., contused wound of right heel by a shot. Benj , min Matthews, aged 42, Serjeant, R.M., splinter wound of scalp, back of head. l'Pth September.—Wounded on shore. Rcb,rt Funneil, aged 32, A. 8., lacerated wound of left cheek and face (slight). Andrew Caifral, aged 21, Ordininar Seaman, contused wound of lett band (slight). Robert Livingstone, aged 22, Ordinary Seaman, con tused wound of fingers of left hand (slight). John Bennett, aged 28, A. 8., contusion of left arm by bullet (slight). Henry Fordham, aged 25, A. 8., wound of left foot (slight). Men who sneered from the Sun whilst on Shore, Sept. 19. James James, aged 24, A. 8., severe headache and fever. William Woodley, aged 19, Boy, let C., severe head ache and fever. Peter Pinkerton, aged 21, Ordinary Seaman, severe headache and fever. George Tweedole, aged 23, Private, R.M.. severe head ache and fever. Thomas Stevens, aged 30, Private R.N., very great pain o? head, and fever. Died on 24th September. John Wallis, aged 28, Private, R.M., severe headache and fever. Charles Wichelo, aged 24, A. 8., severe headache and fever. (Signed) LONDON GAZETTE —{This Evening.) BANK OF An Account pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Saturdi ENGLAND. 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for ay the 51h day of Jan., 1856. IaT3ttINT. Government debt.... I 1.0i5,100 Other securities...—. 3,459.9C0 Gold colx and bullion 9,946.180 Sliver bu11i0n........ ISSInt DEP4 Notes Issued ...• .... 24,421,180 A 24,421,180 j £24,421,180 M. MARSHALL, Chi e f C as hi er. Dated the IGth day of Jaw., 1856. BANKING DZPAITMENT. A Proprf etors' capital 14.553,000 Rest 3,285,323 Public deposit s (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividea diAccounts) 5,514,535 Other deptisits 12,i07,840 Seven Day, and other Bills e• •• •• 849„' 95 Government securities (lneludg.Dead Weight Annuity) 10,827.515 Other securittes ...... 19 871,874 Nntes ..... 5,520,375 Gold and silver coin 590,729 f3G,810,493 £36.810,493 [. MARSHALL, Chief Castuer . Dated tp, e 10th day ofJan.,lBsl AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Avera,.;e Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, corn• puted from the returns made in the week ending Jan. 9. 1855. ex :lusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : From the 1 British Possessions in America 29s. 3d. Muscovado„ the produce of the East Indies ... 335. 2d. Average of the two foregoing descriptions ... 325. lid. THE STIN, 1.4 0 .1 0 4 D() 14; -It I DA. Y rveleNll4o- jAwajt a lvy Ig4e, 4t the tends District Court. Nom 01 , 310 miens*, Leeds ; Haigh, Horbury ; Bend and Barwick, Leeds. Charles Fox, print seller, Manchester, Jan. 24 and F eb. 11, at twelve, at she Manchester District Court. Herna• man, official assignee, Manchester ; Boote, Manchester. Samuel Lowe, provision dealer, Oldham, Jan. 28 and Feb. 25, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Partingten, Man chester. SCOTCH SEQTJESTRATIONS. Macdonald and Baird, clothiers, Glasgow. Alexander Macinnes, merchant, Inverness. John 31`Hardy, senior, gardener and merchant, ,tone. haven. John Bendelow, hotel keeper, Ituirtown, near Inver. DOSS. ANGE.—Tats DAY Gibraltar .. •• .. •• •• •• •• Leghorn ..•• •• •• ••• 30 22% Genoa Uilan ......•••••• •••• Venice .......• • • • • • • •• Naples Palermo ...... 13314 Messina .. • .. 133 Lisbon ....... •• .. • • 50!,', Oporto .............. •• 53 Rio Janeir0............ Buenos Ayres.. •• •• New York, 60 days' sight Philadelphia •• ........ PRICES OF BULLION, na, oz. Foreign Gold in BATS £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 n Mexican Dollars .... 0 4 11% New Dollars ....•- 0 0 0 411•-er in bars .. • n 5 It 4 11 0 irAT _WATT-A Al) EXT Ps Z ORYMINA ' PT "° 10. (Front ate Morning di el-e)tiser.) Mr. Cobden having proved, that is, assert,ed, fur lie assertions are proof, that the c inquest of the Crirn.o.s, the capture of Nicolaieff, the inve,tinent of P. reliop, the attack of the Danubian forts, the occupation of Odessa (its bombardment won d be "infamy"), the Iva, session of every place in Southern Russia within fifty miles of the Black Sea, the loss of Georgia and the Trans. Caucasian provinces, the destruction of Cronstadt, and every strong place on the Baltic, and the annihila tion of her fleet; would be trifles that could have no possible effect in bringing Rusaia to terms, proceeds to show that the demolition of her trade would not be one whit more effectual. This commercial, as well as military and marine, in vulnerability of Muscovy consists in her protective tariff, ard her prohibitive system, from which, according to Mr. C Alden, no other country in the world has over " suffered so much !" "It would be difficult to say whether the injury has fallen more heavily on the Government or people, the former through its loss of Customs revenue, the latter owing to the security and high price of manufactures and the misdirection of their capital and labour." By this admirable policy Russia is preserved because she is impoverished ; for, as Mr. Cobden profoundly urges, you cannot ruin ports which do not exist, pan perise merchants with nothing to 10-e, or stop the sup ply of tea, sugar, or fe-tiaras from Moojiks who don't import them. The poorer a people, the better prepared for going to war with its neighbours. Such being the case, even sham blockades would seem to be quite un called for, it being absurd to intercept a trade which does not exist, or at all events is not worth intercepting. That this is the fact is conclusively proved, in his own way, by Mr. Cobden. On the unimpeachable authority of M. Tengoborski, a "confidential Russian employe," he calculates that the value of the exports, which a real blockade would arrest, is, after all deductions, three mil lions and a quarter, for sixty millions of mouths, with agricultural productions worth three hundred and forty millions sterling. The sooner, therefore, we lay up our ships and cease sham blockades the better. Of the very inconsiderable exports in which Russia in dulges, Prussia, very much to her credit, in Mr. Cob den's opinion, affords the principal outlet. Tax-payers in England regard this trade with rather an evil eye, but Mr. Cobden assures them it is "natural," and groans in spirit, as well as print, at the "sad idea" of stopping it. In his last pamphlet Mr. Cobden denounced the trade of Turkey for being carried on in foreign bottoms. Russia,' he now tells us, does the same thing, with the greatest possible advantage. This, no doubt, is one reason why the British Government has waived the right of search, the sham blockade being thereby rendered symmetrical in all its parts. Mr. Cobden also tells us that Russia has fostered her trade through Georgia and Persia, at the expense of her mari time commerce. This was in contemplation, probably, of two eventualities—war with England, and the prose cution of her designs on India. The British Govern ment again, we may presume, has obligingly taken the hint, and carried out the sham blockade in the Baltic, by leaving Georgia alone, allowing Bars to fall, and helping Russia to "foster " her Asiatic trade, and her Asiatic conquests also. Russia, then, enjoying the inestimable privilege of no export trade worth talking of, likewise enjoys an in ternal trade of incalculable value—incalculable not in figures altogether—but in bullocks, carts, and poneys. These means of transport, vastly superior to railways and luggage-trains, are developed by hire, which have, unfortunately, fallen into disuse in England. The men are " always merry, the cattle never tired, and the "wheeled conveyances," it may reasonably be supposed, seldom or never wear out. Mr. Cobden's delight at ob serving these phenomena at the fair of Nishni Novogo rod exhausts his powers of description; and the "unique spectacle' was as ab , olutely overwhelming as tile Greek crosses and churches of Moscow, which so natu rally reminded him of Bagdad. This surplu-age of the means of transport in the in terior of Russia demonstrates both the iniquity and the absurdity of destroying stores of grain and forage on the coasts on the Sea of Azoff. Why they were col lected is left by Mr. Cobden in a certain state of ob scurity, but be is confident that " the Russian armies do not subsist upon food grown near the sea coast or the mou'lis of their great rivers !" This may seem rather singular fastidiousness on the part of the " Russian armies," but since Mr. Cob 'len states the fact there can not be a question that it is so. The troops in the Crimea are therefore supplied by the grain brought by "the great movement of the land carriage" from the interior to Odessa. The bombardment of that would therefore annihilate a depot of provisions of our enemy. Such a bombardment, however, is characterised by Mr. Cobden as "infamy" —so, provisions en the coast are not to be de stroyed, because " the Russian army" does not cat them, and provisions in Odessa are not to be destroyed because " the Russian army" does. Seeing, then, that Russia has no export trade worth even sham blockades—that her internal trade is self-supported by a perfect system of bullock waggons —and that her warriors refuse to feed on anything grown near her sea coast or the mouths of her great rivers, it is manifestly impossible to injure her, by hostile attempts upon her commerce From the exports of Russia Mr. Cobden proceeds to the " Patriotism and Love of Country," which are uni versal there. Mr. Cobden's own patriotism and love of country peculiarly entitle him to judge. The Rus sian, then, has, in an eminent degree, the organ of "in habitiveness ;" "he is passionately wedded to his vil lage home," and as all Russia is but "one great village" he never wishes to leave it. To be sure, considering that Russians are serfs, adscripti glebes, and penned like hogs on the properties of their masters, the gratification of migratory tastes would not be quite free from difficulty. However, it is " inhabitiveness," and not the knout, which keeps the Moojiks in static quo —a fact which Mr. Cobden learnt from " an intelligent native," who assured him that " if some new El Dorado were discovered" they would never budge for it. Arcadia, indeed, in point of innocence, is nothing compared to Russia. The shepherds and shepherdesses dance arid sing and pipe Sclavonic eclogues. " They are naturally the least warlike people in the world. All their tastes and propensities are of the most opposite character. Even in their amusements there is an absence of rudeness and violence, and they take no pleasure in the brutal sports to be found elsewhere. They delight in music, dancing, and flowers." " Quar rels or collisions amongst them never happen"—" the genius of the people abhors the shedding of blood"—the very a droslikey drivers are more terrified at the idea of running over others than others are at the danger of being run over by the droehkey drivers !" What a delightful domestic picture the Cossack daguer reotyped by Mr. Cobden presents to our fascinated gaze! Nor is the catalogue of his simple virtues by any means complete. His piety equals his innocence, for " ira no other part of the world," is so " religious" a creature extant. Most folks, indeed, call him fanatical and superstitious, but Mr. Cobden does not understand the difference between superstition and religion, and with praiseworthy humility refers the question to the decision of—Pascal ! To whatever conclusion Pascal may come, Mr. Cob den is certain of one thing—that " the Greek Church has shown less intolerance than other dominant sects." The proof is plain and convincing. "No proselytising is allowed. Each man's creed is stereotyped from his birth. If there be any relaxation in this rule, it is in favour of the Establishment, which sometimes converts to the privileged fold, and, on the other hand, deals most severely with deserters from its own pale." Thisabeence of intolerance, so justly prized and praised by Mr. Cobden, was charmingly illustrated, a short time ago, in the case of the Nuns of Minsk. This "inhabitiveness," peacefulness, and pure religious feeling of the calumniated Cossack must show how groundless are the fears of Europe at the idea of his in vading it. IsTe may have a penchant for appropriating Turkey ; but Turks are " Mahometane,"—and it can hardly be pretended that. Mabometans have rights, like Christians. " Territory won from the infidel has a precious value in the eyes of the orthodox," of course ; and, besides, the Turk is "slothful and barbarous," and, therefore, ought to he plundered. Giles Hodges gets up at five in the morning, whilst Lord Dunnup lies a-bed till ten. Giles, consequently, thinks. with Mr. Cobden, that he should visit his lordship's larder, pocket his plate, bag his pheasants, and make free with his sheep. But although Russans have an amiable and excusable desire for possessing themselves of Turkey, that desire need excite no sort of apprehension on the part of Eag• land or France. Mr. Cobden can put them at ease. "There is no greater delusion in the world than that which attributes to the Russian people a desire I o over run and occupy, in the spirit of the ancient Goths and Huns, any part of Western Europe." Nothing can be more satisfactory. Setting aside Ma hometan territory, which, of course, goes fer nothing, Russia has seized in Europe alone, since the battle of Pultava, Finland, Ingria, Esthonia, Livonia, Courland, Lithuania, the better part of the remainder of Poland, and Bessarabia. It is pleasant to find that this was not done i„in nthheabsiptieirvit„oLe Russian theGoth i Gotha or how pm Huns, and it proves how disinclined t o ro b any brit Mahometans. turned But againstthese v present.irties, Mr. As the Cobden ß u s si a n remarks, n a e n y d e how r a i r n e . vades other countries, always excepting Mahometan, he is naturally indignant when invaded. The lamb, for he never was a bear, becomes at once a lion. His " patriot ism and l ove of country, "a nd his re li g i ous f ee ling, ren der him invincible. The Czar and his lieutenants ad dress to him appeals which. some, Mr. Cobden fancies, may consider hypocritical and blasphemous. On this o be p g o n i i n d t e , d e b n y d Pascal.wpohientth h e r e t r e a o y jcw meu However es k ri a e rus Pascal a h e s mind,inggulled e d dbeu o cti r dewtl not hl by hypocrisy and blasphemy, " the intervention of their Government in the affairs of Europe does not excite their sympathy," and Europe, therefore, is both criminal and mad to make w ,soreligious i and so "inhabitive"aon so ape p o a p el i fi e , so simple, ENGLISHMAN.o OLD COURT. (B4,re Mr. Baron Martin,) THE EIYDE-PARK RIO r 3. Charl6s illecljdt, a oolice.c•sinstaFile, surre, lored t;ifi,e his trial upon a charge of asauiting Stevens. Mr. Relkin and Mr. Clerk ceolucted the prosecu tio❑ ; Mr. Parry and Mr. Metcalfe were couueel for the defendant. Mr. Bodkin briefly opened the case for the prosecu tion, and ho said, that the circumstance of the defendant being a police-constable, and the facts connected with the inquiry, rendered it one of con siderable public importance. The charge arose out of some proceedings of a very disorderly and violent cha racter, no doubt, that occurred in Hyde -park during the last summer, upon the occasion of a bill that woe intro duced into Parliament upon the subject of Sunday trading. With the wisdom or policy of that measure they had, however, nothing whatever to do, and the only question they would have to decide was whether, upon the occasion that was the subject of inquiry, the de fendant had used unnecessary violence in the execution of his duty. The jury were aware that the matter had already been inquired into by a commission, composed of three eminent persons, the Recorders of London, Liverpool, and Manchester, and upon their report the Secretary of State had felt it his duty to direct the pre sent prosecution to be instituted. The evidence was then gone into, and it appeared that the prosecutor was a hairdresser, and that on the Ist of July be was in Park-street, near the residence of Lord Robert Grosvenor, having been to see a female relative borne, and having had nothing whatever to do with the previous proceedings in the park, when he observed a orowd of people coining down the street, followed by a body of police. He stood on one side to wake way for the crowd, and according to his testimony, upon the police corning up, he -vas assaulted in a most brutal manner by some of the constables. He stated that he was knocked down, and kicked, and beaten by the policemen with their staves, and it ap peared that he was most severely injured, and was for ten weeks under the care of a surgeon. The prosecutor swore positively to the defendant being one of the constables who assaulted him, and his evidence in this respect was confirmed by several other witnesses. All the witnesses were cross-examined upon the question of iientity, and the only point that appeared to be raised on behalf of the defendant was that the witnesses were mistaken as to his being the man. Mr. Bodkin then replied, and he said it appeared to him that the case for the prosecution had not been ae swered, and he could not help expressing his opinion that some of the witnesses that had been called for the de• fence had stated things which they roust have known were not true. The only witness whose evidence he considered was of the least importance was the girl Bloxam, and he reminded the jury that she confirmed the prosecutor in every respect as to the brutal nature of the assault that was committed upon hint. She did not profess to be able to identify all the parties ; but he said the fact of her speaking positively to one man, and to that man not being the prisoner, did not at all show that he was not one of the parties by whom the prosecu tor was assaulted. Mr. Baron Martin, in his summing up, said he had an ticipated that it was possible some question as to the law upon the subject of riotous and tumultuous assemblages would have arisen in the course of this inquiry, and be was quite prepared to have given his opinion upon that point if it had occurred. It appeared, however, to be admitted by the counsel for the defendant, that, not withstanding the character of the assemblage of people which the police were called upon to disperse, the assault that had been committed upon the prosecutor was un ju-tifiable in point of law, and that the only question was as to the identity of the Oefendant, and whether he was one of the persons concerned in the act. The police were undoubtedly justified in endeavouring to disperse the persona who were assembled on this occasion, but the law did not authorise them to use any violence un less it was absolutely necessary, still less to make use of violence of such a charact-T as was proved to have been made use of on this occasion, and he had no hesitation in telling them that every one of the policemen concerned in that violence was guilty of an off ence aga i nst t h e l aw. The learned judge thn read over the whole of the evi (fence, and concluded by stating that it was for the jury to say, whether upon the facts before them it was made out to their satisfaction that the defendant was guilty of the offence charged against him. The jury, after deliberating a short time, said they were not satisfied with the evidence as to the defendant having actually committed any particular assault upon the prosecutor, but they believed he was one of the con stables who was concerned in the attack upon him. Mr. Baron Martin said that this amounted to a verdict of guilty, and that verdict was recorded, and the defen dant was taken into custody. Wm. Gearing, another constable, was then charged with assaulting and falsely imprisoning John Jas. White. This case appeared to be a very different one indeed to the one just disposed of. The occurrence took pace on the same day in Hyde -park, at the period when the erowd was very violent, and hooting at the carriages. Stones were flying in all directions, and it appeared that the defendant, who was on duty, was struck by one which appeared to come in a direction where the prose cutor was standing ; and he, supposing it was thrown by him, laid hold of hies with the intuition of taking him into custody. It appeared that the mob interfered arid attempted to rescue the prosecutor, and the policeman was knocked down and trampled upon, and he at length struck the prosecutor on the head with his staff. In cress -examination it appeared that the prosecutor was a pot-boy, in the City, and there aepeared to be very little doubt that he had gone to the Park on this day not ac tuated by ,the most quiet intentions, and he admitted having hooted at the police. It appeared that he was eventually taken into custody, and charged at Marlbo rough-street with having thrown a etune at the constable, but the charge was dismissed. Mr. Parry was about to address the jury for the de fence, but they intimated their opinion that it was un necessary he should do so, and they at once returned a verdict of Not Guilty. IVilliam. Bewlay, the third constable, was then charged upon an indictment, which contained two counts alleging that he had assaulted Wm. Lloyd and James Vas:ey, Ballantine, Mr. Parry, and Mr. Metcalfe were counsel for the defendant. In this case, when a portion of the evidence had been given, the trial was adjourned. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Hendrick Pieter Bernedah, Mocns, 24, clerk, was in dicted for wilful and corrupt perjury, committed by him before the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Poland prosecuted ; and Mr. Ed win James, Q.C., and Mr. Giffard defended the pri soner. It appeared from the evidence, which was of a very complicated nature, that the prosecutors are Messrs. Martin, Bremer, Sack, and Ca., of London-street, ship brokers and agents. The prisoner, a fashionable-looking young man, was at the period of this transaction in bumi• nets in Holland, as an agent for shipping goods from Harlingen, having succeeded his father. A short time Previously to May, 1853, the prosecutors had a corres pondence with the prisoner, who traded as the firm of Moens, Bernet, Lindeman, and Co., and in that month Moens called upon Messrs. Bremer relative to the purchase of the Queen, a vessel which they owned. Moens was acc anpanied by a person named Lindeman, and an agreement was entered into to pur chase the Queen for 10,000/. The prisoner Moen. and Lindeman paid down a part of the purchase-money, but being unable to complete it, the prosecutors allowed that money to remain to the account of the firm of which Moline stated he and Lindeman were partners, and they entered into an engagement to let them the Queen at 150/. a week to run between Harlingen and London for the conveyance of cattle. The first term of hire was for 12 weeks, and a second agreement of a similar character was made, and whilst these transactions were going on prosecutors advised the prisoner that the Herne, a vessel formerly used for passenger traffic to Herne Bay, was for sale, and that it would better suit the trade they were engaged in, and might be bought for 4,0001. Upon the receipt of this a correspondent took place relative to the purchase, and according to the statement of the pro- secutor the prisoner and Lindeman went and saw the vessel. Prisoner said Lindeman was his partner, and gave prosecutor to understand that Lindeman was the managing partner. The Herne was finally purchased for the firm to which the prisoner belonged, by the nro secutors, for 3,6001., and sent over to Harlingen, and was used by the firm to trade with Oporto, Where she was lost. The final arrangement about the purchase took place upon the 22d of Feb., 1854, and Moens eau then present, and took part in calculating the tonnage of the Herne. Lindeman was registered as proprietor of the vessel, it being stated that by so doing expense would be saved if the vessel required alteration in the ports Of Holland. The accounts, which were of a very intricate character, then r an on b e t ween t h e parties, and upon th e 29th of May, 1854, Mr. Bremer sent the current ac count and the accounts of freight in one letter, and amain wrote in November about the accounts. Some time after this prisoner came to this country and called upon prosecutor about a settlement between them, and he then denied that he was a party to the purchase of the Herne. Previously to prisoner coming to prosecutor's he bad written over asking for his account, denying the receipt of the one transmitted in May. In April of the present year, prisoner being again in London, prose cutor bad him arrested at his suite for the debt then_ due, nearly 30001., and prisoner commenced a cross-an tion against prosecutor for nearly the same amount. These actions came on for trial at the Common Pleas, Guildhall, when prisoner's action came on first for trial. He was examined, and out of that examination the pre sent charge arose. He then swore that he bad never stated Lindeman was his partner—that he was not in London when the arrangement for the purchase of the Herne took place—that he never received the account in May- -that the amount of 150/. for the hire of the Queen was not a regular agreement, but merely a nominal sum agreed upon by prosecutor, a blank being left at the time that deed wee drawn up, which had been filled in without his knowledge or sanction, and also that he had sent a letter from Harlingen upon the :übject of the Herne, directing that it was not to be bought. This letter was dated at the time the prosecutor al leged prisoner was in London, in February, 1854. The prisoner raid h' had sent the letter by ship, and pro duced his man;fold letter book, in which appeared the duplicate copy in such a place in the book as to appear it had been written at the time he alleged. Upon hear ing this evidence, the jury found a verdict' for the pri soner, and the next day prosecutor's action was brought on, and referred to arbitration. P r i s on e r appeared before the arbitrator, and then told the same story ; and al though the Looks were ordered to be impounded, he SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL S.—THURSDAY. There was no business transacted worth quoting. The sale of Palmer's horses will take place at Tatter sails' on Monday next. ACCIDENT TO TUE EARL JERMYN.—We (Bury and Norwich Post) regret to learn that our much-respected representative, the Earl Jermyn, is at present suffering some inconvenience from a shot which struck his lord ship while out shooting in Hampshire on the Thursday after Christmas-day, and which penetrated just above the right eyebrow. The shot entered with some force, and the wound covered his lordship's face with blood at the time, but without, we are assured, causing much pain. The shot has not yet been extracted. COURSE OF EXC. Amsterdam .•• • • • •• • • 11 17 Ditto, three months .. 11 19% Rotterdam ............ 11 19 3 ,4 Antwerp .............. 25 57% Brussels ....•......... 25 575 liamburgh ............ 13 93i Amnia •• .• •• •. •• •• .• -- Pari5........ • • .... 25 37 Ditto. three months .. 25 9714 . horseflies 25 77% Bourdeaux .• • Frankfort-on Maine •• •• 120 k Berlin •• •• •• .• •• .• •• •• . •• ..., 11 20 Trieste........ •• •• •... 11 22 Petersburg •• •• •• •••• •• 34 3 4 Madrid •• .• •• •.• •• 49% Cadiz •••• •• •••• 00000 •• 49% rt.:at:olo/1a •• •• •••• .. • - •• • - • -- Naval and Military Intelligence, 1 The following circular has just been issued to heads of departments and regiments and depots in Ireland : " Adjutant-General'a•office, Dublin, Jan. 1. "Sir,—ln transmitting the enclosed copy of resolu tions adopted at a meeting held for the purpose of giving the public an opportunity of expressing their apprecia tion of the noble and benevolent exertions of Miss Nightingale for the benefit of the sink and wounded in military hospitals, I have the honour, by desire of the General Commanding in Ireland, in pursuance of the orders of the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, to request that you will be pleased to cause the same to be notified to the regiment under your command, in order that all ranks may be afforded the opportunity of con tributing towards a fund which has for its object the ex tension of those laudable and charitable views of Miss Nightingale by which the army has already so materi ally benefitted. "I hare the honour to be, Sir, "Your obedient servant, " G. H. HILLIER, Major, ".Assistant-Adjutant-General, for the Deputy-Adjutant-General. " The Officer Comniandirg." THE MILITIA. New colours were presented to the Piince of Wales Royal Regiment of Renfrew Militia, in the barrack square. Paisley, on Friday forenoon, by Lady Napier. Her ladyship ad&reesed the regiment as follows Officers, non-commissioned officers, and solaiers of the Royal Renfrerw Militia,--I find the honour has been deputed to me by the Countess of Glasgow of presenting to you these colours, the gift of the Earl of Glasgow, Lord-Lieutenant c.f the county. It is with the greatest pleasure 1 V3OlB fc rward to do so, knowing that during the short tme tha t you have been embodied you have already aquired .a reputation for discipline and good conduut which is highly creditable to the regiment as well as to the cowl ty to which you belong. You have, further, shown yc.ur desire to serve your Queen and country by volunti tering for foreign service, and the num bers who continually. step forth from your ranks, both officers and men, to join those of the regiments of the line, and share vi.th them the perils and glories of the war, are sufficient evidence, if any were needed, of the good and loyal spirit which animates your corps. You have begun your career well. You bare my best wishes, and I am sure I may add those of all present, for your continued prosperity and success. Into your hands I now consign thew colours, with the conviction that the honour of these glorious standards can never be in safer keeping than in th.st of the Prince of Wales Royal Regi ment of Renfrewsliiire Militia." The principal residents of the county were present among the great cm icourse of spectators. The Colonel, Sir Robert Napier, iin returning thanks, particularly ex pressed the great obligation the regiment felt itself under to the Lord-Lieute uant, the Earl of Glasgow, for his great interest and nuitay acts of kindness. A ball was given by the officers an the evening to the inhabitants of the county and neighbeurhood. This was the first Scotch regiment that voltinteered for foreign service, and it bas given 220 men to the line since February last, and now stands within a very few of its complement. CRITICAL ,STATB OF THE ROYAL ALBERT. ...P.- ATHENS, Jan. 2.—Her Majesty's steam line-of-battle ship Royal Albert, 131 guns, has bad a narrow escape from foundering on her passage from the Crimea to Malta. It appea r s that sh e sprung a l e ak in the Archi pelago, caused by some defect in the screw machinery, and that the water rushed in at the rate of half a ton a minute at the stern, so that, to save the vessel, it was deemed exp e di ent to put into Port San Nicholas, in the Island of Z ea, where she was run aground to prevent her sinkin g . B y the last accoun t received here, up to noon of th e 31 st ult., all was going on well. The leak had been st opped, and it was expected that this noble vessel would be able to leave yesterday, for Malta, c• conipanied by her Majesty's steamer Sphinx, which latter vess e l, w i th the Princess Royal and the Swallow, bad proc ee d e d from the Piraeus to the assistance of the Royal Albert, as soon as h er cr iti ca l situation was known the re , on th.e 29th ult. After passing unscathed through all t h e daggers of the Black Sea for the last twelve m on th s, pr,tudly bearing the flag of our naval Commander-i n - c hi ef, i t would i n deed have been lament able-if th is truly m a gnificent ship had been lost in the waters of the AtVupelago. Sir Edmund Lyons must have reached M ars l i l i es in the Caradoc steamer about the time that his stag-ship was in such imminent dan ger. It is understood that he is to be one of the mem bers of a Council of War which is to be held mime diately in Paris. It is much to be regretted that there has not been a wider field for action on the part of our naval forces in the Black Sea ; as, al though Sir Edm un d Lyons has accomplished all that was practicable, it is believed he regrets that there was not more for the noble fleet he commands to do. —Morn ing Post. COMMON THINGS.—ii is a common thing for the con ductor of a Brompton •omnibus to propose to put you down within "a heasy va lk" of Brixton. It is a common thing for a wife whose• husband comes home late from a dinner -party to be told, r• . Myd-ear I shure you pnrrinn our I s hefirstogerriway." It is a commo❑ thing for men who " won't detain you a. minute" to hold you by the button-hole for more than an hour. It is a common thing for an undergraduate to discover after a wine party that he has taken too lime. `i coffee. It is a common thing upon one's entrance in, ‘io what are advertised as " quiet lodgings" to find tht tin tenanted already by a troop of equalling children and an amateur cornopean.— Punch. From Chatham we learn that the Sappho, 16-gun brig, bi ordered to be commissioned immediately. The floating battery -e - D;na is now in frame. A portion of the iron for her topsides has arrived from Mill wall, the remains of the oue burnt: The Rattlesnake store-ship was paid off on the 7th inst. The Severn screw, 50, is to be launched on the 24th inst. The Cadmus screw steam-sloop will be launched in February. Mr. Leacock, measurer, is ordered to attend as inspecting ship wright officer at one of the building yards -on the Thames, to overlook one of the floating batteries which are to be built there. A number of boys are being entered as apprentices to the several trades in Chatham dockyard. The screw sloop Falcon, 17, Commander Pullen, ar rived at Portsmouth yesterday morning from the east ward. The shipwrights of the dockyard assembled at the Admiral - Superintendent's office yesterday, and asked for an increase of wages. The shipwrights in the Thames yards (contract builders) are represented as earning 6s. a day, while those in her Majesty's dockyards cannot get such wages even at task-work. The Admiralty yacht Vivid, Master-Commander Allen, arrived at Woolwich yesterday morning from Ports mouth, and was ordered immediately alongside the ma gazine to coal. Her Majesty's surveying steamer Vesu vius, Commander Hoare, arrived at Woolwich yesterday morning from the Black Sea. The Vesuvius left Malta on the 25th ult., Gibraltar on the Ist inst., and reached Spitbead on the Bth. She is to go into basin forthwith, to be refitted for immediate service, but will require considerable repairs in her machinery, to which new boilers are to be applied. The screw transport Norma, No. 135, passed Woolwich yesterday morning from Con stantinople for Deptford. The pilot who took the sur veying ship Driver down the river, on her departure on Sunday evening last for the Baltic, has returned to Woolwich, having left the Driver off Harwich, where she steered due north. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty .—Lieut. J. Grant, to the Imperieuse ; Lieut. A. Dent, to the Firefly ; Lieut. W. Chimmo, to the Tartarus ; Lieut. F. M. Welsall, to the Horatio ; F. Wills, Master to the Sappho ; T. A. W. Smith, Acting- Clerk to the Pylades ; A. J. Mayers, Assistant-Clerk to the Illustrious ; C. H. J. Coiling, Assistant-Clerk to the Fisgard. The undermentioned clerks have been pro moted to be Paymasters :—H. Callaway, H. Tevit, J. T°mkinm, C. W. Tuke, A. W. Chimmo, H. Champion, R. D. Hors, and J. Seldon. Brevet -Major J. C. Rawstorne, 91st Regiment, has joined at Chatham, and assumed the command of the 65h company depot of that corps. It is rumoured that the 96th Regiment, upwards of 1.200 strong, stationed in the camp at the Curragh of Kildare, will be moved early in spring from that station to Cork barracks, to be in readiness for embarkation for the seat of war. The 96th have been supplied with the Enfield rifle. The head-quarters of the Royal Sappers and Miners from Woolwich arrived at Brompton barracks yesterday. The band played two airs before the quarters of Colonel H. Sandhain, R.E., after which the Colonel inspected the men, who were told off to their rooms. The duties of the department will be continued some weeks longer by the Assistant-Adjutant-General, who will return to Woolwich for that purpose. The body of the barrack quarters being required for the practical class of Gentle men Cadets, the sth company, under the command of Captain Tilley, will consequently be the only portion of that corps which is to be stationed in Woolwich for the future. The services of the sth company will be employed in carrying on all barrack repairs, &c. Quartermaster Jenktn Jones will l►kewise be stationed at Woolwich, to superintend the transport department of military cloth ing, &c. michbgAiliz let oltri a wit!: Mow ikato tMog ;4 , 16 1 % 30.4(1,0 ViStri Witini it W*. I . I IOY 13ad aie c mr ,, t artlolly tampered with, the 1 06 cmtaiiiing the b-tt,r counterma n di ng tire purcbaee , p the litxe 'wing pasted with grt at ma.ness i n to the hook in the plac , - of one extravted, and made to apP° f like the ,rigiwal leaf. The index bad also beeu a ltered so other b:,, , ks haves had been s nor t i ngen i ous l y pa tted together, a n d Vie folios alte re d t o hid e an accoun t 6f transacb.ns bearing out the truth of the prosecutor ; claims relati ve t o th e Q ueen. The reference was, ° cmrse, given for Mr. Bremer, and some time after p re toner being seen was taken into custody. The evidence most clearly and fully established 04 falsity of the prisoner's statements, proving that he 05 in London at the time he swore he had written the lette r from Harlingen, in Holland. Mr. E James, for the defence, in a very able speech! argued upon the fact of a previous jury, with all the e" deuce ably placed before them, having decided in favola of the prisoner. _ The Recorder having gone through the case with grist minuteness, The jury retired, and after being absent some time re; turned a verdict of guilty upon the pr i ncipal count) the iLdictinent, expressing their opinion that the heolo had been tampered with. Sentence deferred. This case lasted from the opening of the court till poi seven in the evening. THIRD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Crowder.) Charles Butler, 30, musician, and Sarah Butler, 2S, his wile, were indicted for the manslaughter of EtutO Butler, their child. Mr. Carteen prosecuted, and Mr. Sleigh defended. The facts of thi s case h ave very recently appeared' The parties liv e d in Bermondsey-street, a n d th e c hild' which was between two and three years old, had bee ° much neglected and ill-treated, especially by the wohasg . The prisoners were in a most abject state of poverty, t l3i man being a street musician. The medical evidence proved the child to have suffere d much from disease and want, but did not clearly °stabil"' death to have resulted from any specific act of neglect et violence. The jury acquitted the prisoners. Everett Carlton, an old man, nearly 70 years of a gs► surrendered to take his tr.al for manslaughter. The prisoner had bee❑ committed upon the coroner % warrant, and had, it appeared, unskilfully set a copper' the result of which was that a fire took place, causing ° loss of life. He was acquitted. Uotuitry Mamas. DERBY SMITHFIELD.—JAN. 8. A. good supply of fat beasts to-day, which were in flif request. There being no arrival of Irish heifers, the our ply consisted principally from our own neighbouring gr a. ziers. Sheep ag a in numerous, b u t t h e demand flat. T hs show of pigs, chiefly Irish, was the best that has been J for months. Fat calves scarce. The following were the quotations :—Beef, 6d to 64d; mutton, 6id t o 7d ; l am b , O d to Od ; veal, 7d tc Pe', lb. ; pigs, 9s 6d to 10.4 Od per score ; rough fat, 6s 5 i to per 141 b. ; hides, 41d to 4id per lb ; calf-skins, 3rd per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—JAW 8. We had a fair supply of grain to-day. Wheat was qnl and higher prices. Other grains heavy, and down. Wheat, on the top, 6,1 up, and on the average 2s Ili IT Barley, t o p, 6d d own — average, 4d down. 04. on tp. top is 4d up —average, 6d down. Beans on the top 11 down—the average, 9d down. AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat £3 17 8 10-12ths. Do. new -12ths. Barley Oats 1 8 4 1-12ths. Beans -12ths. BOSTON —JAN. 9. A fair average quantity of wheat on offer • but, owia to the extr aor di nary pr i ces d emanded lsy the 'farmers, th., transactions were limit e d, an d th e f ew sa l es effected mu .' he noted 2s to 3s per qr. higher than on this day weep' Barley unaltered. Oats 6d to is per qr. dearer. Beall and peas a dull sale, and Is to 2s cheaper. Prices :—Wheat, red, 61s Od to 78s Od ; white, 785 co to SOs Od extra, 82s Od. Barley, 325 Od to 38s Od. Ofti, 4 22e to 05. B eans , 41 s Od t o 47 s Od. Peas, 39 to 45s IP per qr. NEWARK-JAN. 9. A scanty supply of wheat, which caused prices to ad' varlet) fully 21 pee qr. Spring corn as last quoted. Wheat, white 84s to 86s ' red 78s to 82s; b ar l ey, ma ltiuf 38s to 40s, grinding 35 s to 371; oats, 24st. 34e to 38s, 22st , 28s to 335; beans, 54 s t o 58 s ; ma lt , 76 s to 80s ; peas, 48° to 50s ; taros, 70s to 72s per qr. SHARE MARKET'S. LIVERPOOL, Jr.A 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market has bee° steady to-day, and prices a slight advance upon yestordef' Lancashir e an d Y orksh i re, 76—Manchester, Sheffield; and Liamln, 231—South Eastern, 17—Midlands, 62i 1 Caledonian, 27—London and North Western, 934" Ditto (,l,ths), 1 d.—Eastern Counties, Bk—East Laucaehires 171—Groat Western of Canada, 24k, MANCHESTER, JAN. JO. ';70011 gXCHANGE.—The market to-day has been doini a dull business, and prices about the same as yesterday'. Leeds, 751 ei —Midlands, 624 3—Doyen+, 16 15.16- - Manchester, Sheffield, aad Lincoln, 23--Great Wester* of Canada, 24k. BIRMINGHAM, JAIL 10. STOOK EXCIIANGE.—The market was rather more la" today, an d a fair amount of business done at a shads better prices. Londo'! and North Westerns, mirigbain and Stour Valleys closed 7;—Shropshire Union' at 42. LEEDS, JAN. 10. STOOK EXCHANGL—A very inactive business to.dey; Thirsk, No. 2,3 i pm.—North Western Pref., 14i—Graua Trunk of Canada, 10. DUBLIN, JAN, 9. STOCK EXCIIANGS.—Three per Cent. Console. 88fr - Ditto for Account, Feb. 7, 861—New Three pe► Cent , Stock, 864—Ditto, for Account, 7th February, 861 o-' Great Southern and Western, 51 I—Killarney Junction (for account), RlGA.—Letters from Riga yesterday reach to the id inst., and describe a continuance of the Baltic navigation in consequence of the unusual state of the weather. Altogether seven vessels had arrived at that port laden with salt, and several more were expected. The tern• perature, however, had just become colder, and there were now five degrees of frost. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The total number of visitors to the Crystal Palace, on the week ending Saturday last, wee 7,299, and the amount received 2791. lls. AN AMERICAN CLIPPER IN THE BALTIC.—Lopg b.' fore the return home of the fleets a large and deeply laden three-masted clipper, under the American flag► arrived here from Boston and anchored in the deer water of the so-called Rinne, outside the Trekroner Bat tery. The ship is called the Wolga, and the commander (Capt. Holm) is a native of Copenhagen, and well ex" quainted with the navigation of the Baltic. Whether he has became naturalised in the United Stater, and thus obtained a right to command a vessel under the flag o f the Republic, and whether the ship's papers are in order, and would pass muster with the lieutenant of the Driver► who last year so keenly overhauled the Sammy Appleton, after landing her revolvers at Baltish Port, is more than can say. Thus much, however, is certain, that th♦ Wolga had been lying here for more than a month under very suopieious circumstances, for the captain had always some different excuse for remaining at anchor. One day he was waiting far orders, on another the wind was foul. At one time he was short of water, at another fresh provisions, and latterly that he was afraid of the ice. A few days ago, however, he weighed anchor during the thaw, and sailed up the Baltic, and a vessel arrived here from Bornholm reports having exchanged signals with her off that island. It is generally stated here as a well-known fact that she has arms and ammunition Oa board, which, being contraband of war, would have hew) liable to confiscation, althong'a the blockade of the Russian ports bad been abandoned for the winter-- Letter front Copenhagen (Jan. 2). BIRTHS. 07 A SON. On the Bth ingt., at the Vicarage, Canford, Dorset, tbi Lady Louisa Ponsonby. on the 9th inst., in Sussex-street, Pimlico, the wife of William Inkersolo, Esq. OP ♦ DATIO/111111. On the 7th inst., at Charing-cross, sfrs. Wra. Ryland. Oa the Bth inst., at Waterfield-terrace, Blackheath, th• wife of Win. H. G. Kingston, Esq. MARRIED. On the Bth inst., at East Moulsey, Henry, the yosnigest son of Mr. Joel Walker, of Jerrpyn-street, to Elizabeth, twin (laughter of Mr. George Harrow, of Old Broad-street, London. On the 10th i ns t., a t Trinity Chur c h , Paddington, Ed ward Charles O swa ld, Esq., of th e P alace, Croydon, to Charlotte Mary, eldest daughter of Jno. Christian Schetky, Esq., of Blonifield-terrace, Hy le -park, and late of the H.E.I.C.'s C o ll ege , Addlscombe. D I X D. On the 9th inst., at Reading, the Rev.SpeddingCarwen; aged 66. On the 9th inst., at Helions 13urnstead, Essex, Joseph Amos Trollope, Esq., formerly of Parliament - street,West• minster, aged 72. On the 9th inst., at Burlingham -hall, Norfolk, Lieut. H. N. Burroughes, R.N. eldest surviving son of Henry N. Burroughea On the 9th P Esq , aged 35. inst., a t Ci rcus-road, St . John's.vroo 1, John Jarvis, Esq., aged 76. On the Bth imt., at tbo Vestry-house, Laurence Pount ney-hill, Mr James Smith late of the Union Fire O ffi ce, and for 54 y ears parish clerk of the united parishes of St. Mary Abchurch and St. Laurence Pountney, aged 75. On the Bth inst. , James David Fitzg era ld, E sq., o f Somerset street, Po rtman-square. On the 30th ult , at Civita Vecchia, Italy, Commander Sir Thomas Gibson Carmichael, Bart., R.N., of Castle- Craig and Skirling, aged 38. 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