The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-23 00:00:00

YORK RACES. (TILTS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DUNDAS STAKES.:. Bourgeois King of Trumps Eleven ran. NORTH AND SOUTH BIENNIAL. Meteora IYan Ten ran. tfinbriel received ft. YORKSHIRE OAKS. Virago Adelaide Lady Lambton CONVIVIAL STAKES. Rifleman . Cavalier . Seventeen ran. CHESTERFIELD HANDICAP. • Fillerrnire Snowdon Dunhill • Five ran. M►TCH.—Mn.covite beat C Aracara. • • BURGUNDY STAKES. Vindex Sittingbourne QUEEN'S PLATE '_!..:•ttrb lZtitiritt4: SUN OPP ICE, ... 2 Hermit Merry Monk Five ran. LATEST BETTING. EBOR HANDICAP. 3to 1 agst Tros (taken). ST. LEGER. . 3to 1 agst Boiardo. fourtbWrtitton ADDITIONAL DESPATCHES FROM SIR CHARLES NAPIER. [FROM A SUPPLEMENT TO LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.] ADMIRALTY, AUG. 23. The following adaitional despatch has been received from Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C. 8., detailing opera tions connected with the fall of the fortress of Bumarsuud : No. 340. Bulldog, off Botnarsund, August 11, 1814: Sir,—By the last snail I informed their lordships of the arrival and debarkation of the troops ; I now beg to ac quaint you that, ou Wednesday morning, the 9th instant, the troops were in position, both to the north and south, and the western battery of the enemy completely in vested. 2. It was now time to land the guns, and as we had no horses, it was necessary to employ the ships' companies instead. Enclosed is a copy of the f.rder I gave to Rear- Admiral Chads, and his report of proceedings. 3. There were many instances of last war of guns being placed in extraordinary positions, but I do not believe that in any one case such difficulties were overcome as in the present instance. 4. The moving of the guns was under the command of Captain Hewlett, of the Edinburgh, but Admiral Chads, with his usual activity, was there to cheer them on, and indeed al! the Captains occasionally gave the benefit of their pie.seuce to the men employed ou this hard and fatiguing service.—l have, dtc., CHAS. NAPrEII, Vice-Admiral and Cowwauder•in-Chief. The Secretary of the Admiralty. Et,o!anre No. 1, in Sir Charles Napier's letter, No. 340. Bull-dog, off Bomarsund, Aug. 9, 1854. (Memorandum.) I wish as many thirty-two-pounder guns as General Jones may require to be landed from the 13elleisle, and conveyed to him. Having the fullesh reliance on your skill and exertions to perform this difficult and important service, I shall give you no other instructions than to get them there. If, the portion of your squa.lron now here is not suffi cient, you shall have what further assistance as is in my power to give you._ (gigne(l) CHAS. NAPIER, Vice Admiral. Rear-Admiral H. D. Chada, C. 8., H.M.S. Edinburgh. Enclosure No. 2, in Sir Charles Napier's Letter, No. 340. No. 18. Edinburgh, off liomarsund, August 12, 1851. Sir,—ln obedience to your directions to give every aid from the four ships of my squadron named in the margin,* to Brigadier-General Jones, to form a breaching battery, I consulted with that officer, who proposed to compose his battery of six thirty-two pounders of 42 cwt., which guns you had forwarded in the Belleisle, when the following operations were undertaken. Each ship having previously prepared two sledges, after a pattern made by Capt. Ramsay, for dragging the guns, four were landed on the morning of the 10th, to convey three guns and the carriages anti the gear, with 150 men to each sledge, under their respective senior lieutenants, the whole being under the command of Captain Hewlett, of my flag ship, encouraged occasionally by their own captains. The situation selected for the battery from the landing place was four and a half miles distant, over execrable ground, the greatest portion of steep rocky hills and ploughed fields. At five o'clock the boats left the ships, orectrid shears, landed the gnus, anti had them in the General's camp by one o'clock; the exertions and good will of the officers and seamen created much astonishment in the encampment of the French troops, who cheered them in passing, and on some of the most difficult ascents, went in voluntarily and most cheerfully to the drag-ropes, and gave their assistance. On arriving in camp the men were much exhausted and laid down to rest, and prepare their dinners, when an order arrived th a t th ey were to embark ininitCliately, as the Penelope was on shore under the fire of the enemy, and their ships might be require d ; the order was received with cheers, and, forgetting dinners and fatigue, rushed down to their boats in three quarters of an hour by a short route, but close under the enemy's fire. On the next morning the same number of guns were landed, but on this occasion, with 200 men from each ship --as the parties the prevfous evening were much fatigued —these guns were iu the camp by 10.30. The bands of the ships attended the parties, and the 'whole march was one of triumph over difficulties that pre viously had been considered almost insurmountable ; the spirits of the men were occasionally excited by a dropping shot hem the enemy. It is unnecessary for me to expatiate on the merits of Captain Hewlett, the officers, and seamen in performing this arduous service, but to express my admiration of their great zeal and perseverance, as from personal observation on the spot you will have formed your own judgment. -I Vice-Admiral Sir H. D. CIIADS, Rear-Admiral, &c. Charles Napier, K.C.R., &c. Enclosure N 0.3, in Sir Charles Napier's Letter No. 340 Bulldog, off Boti.arsund, Auguit J. 2, 1851. (Memorandum.) The Commander-it... Chief begs to convey to Rear-Ad miral Chad' his admiration of the great exertion made by , Captain Hewlett, the officers and men etnployed in land ing and transporting six thirty-two pounders - to, General Jones's camp, a distance of four miles and a half. The Con:inlander-in-Chief, in the course of his service, has seen guns moved on difficult places, but never on such roads and to such a distance as in the present instance. The cheerfulness and exertions of the men were won derful, nor must it be forgotten, when the Penelope got on shore under th, enemy's battery and it was probable they might be wanted on board their ships, regardless of their fatigue, they abandoned their dinner and hurried down to their boats to einbaik and render assistance to the Penelope in distress. (Signed) CHAS. NAPIER, Vice-Admirttl and Cumivander-in•ChieL Rear-Admiral H. D. Chads, C. 8., H.M.S. Edinburgh. * Edinburgh, Donald Mc L. IVlackonzie, Senior Lieutenant ; Hogue, Thomas Davies (B), Senior Lieutenant ; Blenheim, Geo. H. Clarke, Senior Lieutenant; Ajax, WalterJ. Pollard, Senior Lieutenant. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) . • MANCHESTER, Aug. 22.—1 n our market the tendency -to quietness, which was observable last week, particu larly towards its close, has become more marked to-day ; both the home and foreign buyers of the middle and lower • 'lumbers of yarns having shown an increased indisposi tion to operate. In this they are evidently very much • influenced by the position of the cotton market ; then, l 'enia,'rnany have bought very freely of late, and are now well supplied. ,Under these circumstances, some little irregularity is introduced into prices. The great • body of spinners are indeed too much under contract to Make any change in their quotations ; but here and there One is willing to concede id. per lb. in some de scriptions. The sales have been inconsiderable in their aggregate amount, in the department of goods a simi lar restriction of transactions is experienced. In general. Ma nufacturers are not at all inclined to accept the small est . . reduction from the previous quotations, which Were quite unremunerative, and in many kinds worse than nremunerative. EIRIIINGHAM, August 21.—The past week has wit nessed a considerably improved • feeling in this trade. The withholding of orders that followed those unmis takeable signs of dubiousness among some of our leading manufacturers as to their ability to maintain the ad vanced position into which .they h been , has been carried t o i ts full extent Without effect, and a forced reac t • lon of a promising character appears to have set in, with a revival of demand equal to every power of pro duction. For pig iron of good quality there has agar, . been more inquiry, and the purchases of quarter day are all fast being used up, so hat there is little prospect of any farther concession co l t he part of Pig makers ; per haps the prices may be quoted poinetl ' g like 2. 6d. or •59• per ton- loWer tha, were demanded at the end of June, With, however, less inclinatio n to se ` I than was .got, :ig.). The accounts from Glasgow evidenced a fortoi vs ` ' ' notice a renewed impulse iti the SeOttiia Fig market, with 1111 % I mes of $l, to is. per t9/2. -TlTre FITIN9.-LONDON, W-gDNrSDAY--Elr-ENING, AUGUST 1854. AI ON E M A. RKET ANP COMMERCIAL INT ELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 4,000 bales, including 500 American taken for export. The market again closed heavily, with but very little change in prices. The sales comprised 80 Pernam and Maranham, at . bid. to ; SO Bahia, at 60.; 150 Egyptian, at std. to Bd.; 500 Surat, at 3d. to 41d.; and the remain der American. Railway Shares were steady. , The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon ex bilked some slight symptom of weakness for three ! mouths' bills. Paris, however, remained unaltered, being 25, 27i to 30. Antwerp. 25, 25 to 30. Am sterdam, 11, 171 to 17i; Hamburg, 13, 61 to 6i ; Frankfort, 118 to 119 ; and Trieste, 11, 52 to 56. There has been a slight demand for gold to be shipped to the Continent, and, with the exception of the fine gold from - America,. which has b een melted and sent into the Bank of England, all available parcels have been taken. Bar gold is 775. 9d. per oz. standard, and bar silver ss. lid. per oz. From Brussels yesterday, under the head of various important tours in the interior, it is stated the markets continued to be well provisioned with considerable quantities of the new wheat and other grain. Active purchases at Courtray had improved the quotations, both for wheat and oats, two francs per hectolitre. At Grammont, on tie contrary, with very plentiful supplies, prices were lower. At and Louvain again prices had realised an advance of about one franc. The suspension of M. Henri Von Wertheimstein, " one of our great houses of commerce," says the advice from Vienna, suspended payment in that capital on Monday last. The fact transpired here late yesterday, but must have been known to lead ing mercantile houses connected with Vienna on the day of its occurrence, probably through the electric telegraph. No particulars of the extent of the lia bilities involved are as yet known. Two other great failures were also spoken of, but apparently as connected with Stock Exchange speculations. The stoppage of Messrs. Morpurgo and Co., general commission merchants, chiefly in the Italian trade, became known yesterday: on 'Change. The house bad, it is stated, been concerned in ex tensive grain speculations in connection with Galatz and Alexandria. The Stock Market has been remarkably quiet all morning, which indeed may be readily accounted for, not only by the absence ut any existing intelli gence, but by the thin attendance of jobbers and. speculators, whose operations are the animating cause of all business and fluctuations other than what might more gradually grow out of the less massy but more regular every-day business of money purchases by the public for bona fide in vestment, or sales for the realisation of funds wanted forcommercial or other purposes. Brighton, Paris, and the Rhine, are now probably among the temporary quarters where many of the more stirring spirits of the Stock Exchange are seeking repose, or recreation, or both. The . quotations of public securities, in conse quence are not quite so well supported, but still the variation of ls. Bd. can scarcely be called a de cline. Consuls are called 931 to 4 for transfer, and 94 to for time, with sluggish business. Threes Reduced 93.1 to 31 pe;Cents. 941 to I. Long Annuities (1860) aro done at 4 11-16ths and 4i. Bank Stock at 2081 and 210. India Bonds 2s. to ss. premium. Exchequer Bills ls. discount to 3s. premium. Exchequer Bonds, 1859, 98k. Foreign Stocks are quiet. Brazilian Small Bonds are 1001 to 101. Russian 5 per Cents. are weaker, being 99. Sardinian have risen to 87 and 87k. Spanish 3 per Cents. are 371 to 38, and the New Deferred firmer at 17i to 18i. Dutch 4 per Cents. are at 931. The Turkrsh Loan Scrip has been dealt in at 6i to 7* premium. The controversy between the Proprietors of the Ottoman Bank and the Agents, or, asthey now pub lish themselves, the Contractors of the Turkish Loan, would seem to be fir from terminated, as will be seen below from the letter of Mr. Stanley, representing the Bank. It is in flat contradiction of the assertions put forth in the letter recently pblished and signed by M. Musurus, the Turkish Envoy. No observations need for the present to be made on the subject matter of dispute, respect ing the facts of which we can hardly fail to be fur ther enlightened in its progress. It may be stated, however, that according to accredited advices the loan hangs fire in Paris, and on the Bourse its ex istence seems to remain unrecognised. It is re marked, also, that no sign of recognition or appro val similar to that stated of Lord Clarendon, has yet issued from M. Drouyn de l'Huys, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, kalthough in the programme of the loan issued by the re spectable agents here, the act of that Minis ter's adhesion and approval was very dis tinctly notified and assured as forthcoming. The publication of the Sultan's firmans at once would do much to settle this vexed question. In , the meantime, it is to he hoped that the present is not destined to conclude in a catastrophe like that of the last war, in which the dealers and holders were so unluckily shorn of their paid premiums. - - THE TURKISH LOAN. TO THE EDITOR, OF THE SUN. "SIR.—My attention has just been called to the letter published in your journal of the 21st instant, and signed by `M. Musurus, the Ambassador of the Sublime Porte, in London.' " The letter states that Messrs. Trnuve-Chauvel and Stanley question the right of any one to apply any por tion of the Egyptian Tributes, as guarantee for the new Turkish Loan, alleging that those tributes are already made over in favour of the proposed Bank of Constanti nople. Ih farther adds that the Embassy of the Sublime Porte in London gives the most formal denial to this unjustifi able assertion ; and whilst acknowledging that a contract was passed between the Subline Porte and certain bankers at Constantinople, asserts that they (the bankers) have since obtained the cancelling of the contract, and that con sequently all engagements on both sides are null anti void. I am compelled, air, in reply to state—first, that the contract passed between the Sublime Porte and the bankers alluded to was, with the sanction of his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, transferred by a sub-contract duly certified to M. Trouve-Chauvel and myself, under the firm of E. R. Stanley and Co., and that in the contract the tributes of Egypt were transferred to the bank ; secondly, that there never has been any sttempt made by the bankers to obtain the cancelling of such contract, nor of any part of it, and that, so far as I know, there has never been any desire on the part of the Ottoman Government to disengage itself or relieve us from engagements which are'rnutually binding. All the documents relating to this Question are now deposited in the has !s of the legal authorities in Paris, and are consequently open to public inspection—every do cument bears the necessary signature of the official ap pointed by H.I.M. the Sultan, countersigned and attested by the French and British Consular authorities—and as it is upon these documents alone that we found our claim, so it will be from the same source alone that th..) proposed subscribers to the loan can ascertain how far their preten sions can he upheld in so far as regards the tributes bf .Egypt.—Yonrs, &c. E. H. STANLEY. Craven Hotel, Aug. 22, 1854. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds 6 to 6i, Mexi can 241 to 241, Peruvian 71 to 73, ditto 3 per Cents. 52 to 54, Portuguese 4 per Cents 40 to 42, Russian 5 per Cents. 99 to 101, ditto 4i per Cents. 85 to 87, Spanish New Deferred 17i to 18k, ditto 3 per Cents. 37 to 38, ditto Certificates 4/ to 5 1, ditto Passive 31 to 4. A very liinited business is doing in Railway Shares to-day, and quotations are heavy. The Foreign Lines are nominally without variation. Mining, Banking, and Land Shares are without particular change, but the transactions are unira port aut. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (Prom the Oficial List. ) Pusinoiiii nank Stock ......... 208; 10 * j * per cent. Reduced Annuities 94 3 4 l per Cent. Consuls Annuities 94 3i 1 /1 $ 3/ per Cent. Annuities e tu Dit t tO A:- I ol o mY Y ael e at a ins i r .s .: , Expir e E F: x x p l ir• 10t h 55 J')ati, Oct., u n .. 111888665009 229 44 4 71 7 -1 - 1 1 . 61 6 6 India St ,ek India tionds, I:1000 Consols for Account 13th Sept. Exchequer Bills, 2*d. £1000 £5OO 1 dis Small Exchequer Bonds Scrip, 1858 Ditto 1859 ........... PRICE OF FOR6IGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Small Peruvian Bonds, 41 p er C ent. Russian Bonds, I p 22, S per Cent. £ St„ 99 Fardinian Bonds, 5 p er Cent ........ . Spanish Rends, 3 per Cent 374 8 7 Spa.nish New Defer re d, 3 per Cent ......... 18# Turkish Scrip .................................... 7 1 Dividends on the above payable in London, Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil ..... Ditto 4 per Cent. ...... 93* 4 THREE O'CLOCK. Console 93i 4 Ditto September Avonnt _JANDLORDS AND WAITERS,—As a rule, it is a good plan 'never to negotiate with the waiter about an Over charge or,an inconvenience, but always with the landlord , person, and if possible when nobody el e is present. Always pay up your bill, too, some hours before you start, or you will find half a score of complaints, per haps, to make, and nobody to hear-them. Mine host nearly always takes care..to he out of the way after send ing in a l exitrbitAtit ►gill to a depa-ting guest, and out of the was' he will remain till you are sateiy off, u and nobody else can help you. Mune host is., indeed, a; full of tri,ke as a pantomime, especially if an Italian; so that, it is better always toloop a tight hand on bim,—The giving lingiiilintan. E SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYaI, rasing Prices yesterdAy. Ruined.< done thLi day. kberdeen kmbg Nottug. Bost and Eastu. Juoet... 'Belfast & Ballymena.' Birmiug. Wolverh stour Valley Birkenhd. Lauesh di Cheshire Juliet ill Do. Chesil. & Birk. .£5O and #:25 Cons. LB4 Do., £2O 30 , tlyth & Tyne origina. £25 (isad. at £45 )0 Bristol and Exeter.. )0 Caledonian dl Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon.. ill Cork, Black, 4 Pas, ,r7oniwall (:rieff Junction ;)üblinkßelfastJunc Dundee Perth6tAbr Veen Junction...... Do. New 'East Anglian.. IDo. ' (XlB E H).. [ Eastern Counties..... i , lastern Union, A Stock ... be., B. Stock.. Do. - , New A. FAA Laucashiie Edinburgh & Glasgo% Edinb. and Peebles Edin.Prih &Dundee north & Clyde June. ;lasgow & S. Western r;reat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock ,00 Loo Loo 00 Sth. &West.(lrc. Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle 4)0., Thirds Do. New Thirds Laneash.andYork.4ll Do., Fifths D a., Wet. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwal Lond. Tilb. &Sthen. Loud. Bright & S.Cst Loud. and N. Wostu Do. Fifths Do.lo/.Sh.,M&B , Do. Eighths I.‘ondoi;andS,; Westn po., £su Do. £49 i,ndndrry& Coleraine I.ndudny. & Ennisk. Mauch.Shef.& Lineln Do., Man. & Lin. Uu Midland DO .o. Birning. &Derby ill %Md. G. West. (1 no.) 22, Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle DO Newmarket :5i [)o., Bury Extensior 19 wpt. Aberg. & Hrfd 8 Newry & Enniskillen ill Newry Warrenpoini and Bestrewn.. CI Norfolk Northu.Comities 1111. Volt') British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 7 all 1.0 1 100 100 100 100 A Deferred. • . Do., 4 B Guaranteed North London iDo. New .£lO N.& S. Wstrn., H p• stead, and City Ju., North Staffordshire North Western N. S. Westru. June, Vinicaton, Hinckle3 and Leicester 'Oxford, Woreester,& 'Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Afire wsbury dt Bi i ins . Do. L. dt N. Western Guaranteed St G(.l Shrewsby. dt lieu& I ihrowsby. di CLeste, (N. W. Min, Halves, t 10. Os westi7 9 IAX) iiu•nhishire Union Do. A, B, C,St paid up at per ~ei; . "outh Devon south Eastern .ioutli Wales . Yrksh. & Ric. Dm, Do itaines, Wok. &Wol; - tockton & Darling :Stockton & Hartlepl. Call Vale... all 81s. 100 20 13 100 Do. £lO shares... i llo. Pref., No, 1. 'Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limeriek West Cornwall. Wet End of London and Crystal Palace.. West London. Winibledn &Croydoi: York Newcti.&Berw., Do. Extensions Do. G.N. E. Purchase York& N. Midland 22-- 23 5 -- 54 9 - 10 111--10/1 i6i -17 i 7 -- 6 95 - 97 6 - 631 154 - 16; - 14 3 ld 7 - 8 14 "::: iii iii : 12 36 - 40 25 - 2? 66 - 68 58 - 60 25 - /6 66 - 68 83 - 84 62 - 64 [26 - 128 94 - 96 72 -72 85 - 90 11 - 13 11 -13 I 68 - 69 .61 -- 81 - 8~ LO— 106 101 Qlol4xcl Par — 2p par #P 814 —82 i 9 8 A 8 i : ii, 67. 68 39 - 41 }d par' 8 6 1 2i 3 1 6 - 8 45 - 48 34 :334 244 7 9 - - 7 0 5,3 - 55 4 - P p' 4i 4 par 2 p 33 - 35 94 - 96 64 - 65 71 - 73 67 - 70 73 - 8 183 - 19* - 94 14 - 15 3i - 34, 13 - 15 64 3 / 4 t. 5 31 - 23 31 - 33 .31 Sf 19 1 9j 4 -- 5 23 - 25 4i -- 61 6 - - 7 - 76 6 "eid 4 344 554 -- 554 RAILWAYS. 1 Pald.l Tedford and tiletchley leckgliarnstr. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr 6 per cent, Irlas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do._NeW •llstr.dt D. Pr Dk. k Railway l 9 1 11: ;o 0oun. .. l P 4:eSBG LowestoftfhiSle:e'er tytte.. 1 4 per cent. 1 1 Do. 6 per et. inch. attn. and lifatloel, Aiddlesbro' &, 1 Redcar . 100 100 18t tidld,Bra.lfd ,Northern an Eaaternsp.e. 110. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p ?rest. & Wyrt- Do. 6bares. Roystn.& Hit. Do. Shepth. St ihef. Roth-a Goole g. 5 p.c. Statiordsb. Near Vali eygi 6 per cent Do.. Wilts&Somrs, Lusing Oompium Unladen & Y. West L. &N. W. 3aledon... "It.Nrthn. )aldonian., Do it. West) VI. New. & Berw. V.SzNNia D 0... i)o Eastern Do Norfolk.. L.& N. W. & Midld,i itekton Darlingt. 4idlattd. • ' L. Count. Do Do L. Si N.W &Ln&Yk Do 'l2,er, leen ............ Do. No. 2, p. c. .... Myth and Tyne 10 pel C. pref. (issd. at 501, Brim: & Ex. 4 p. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Uhester & Holyhead ) Guar. 54 per cent Jork dißandens4 p.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (4:310s) 6 per cent Do. (X 5) 7 per cent Do. (C 7 17s) 7 p. c , Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. C. St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent... Do. 51. 10 ner oent. Do. 10 1. Delientr.Sh- East Lancash. 6 p. ets. East and West York shire June. Prof... Edinb Prth. &Duudet 4 per cent. Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent.... great Northn. 5 p. c. , )o. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. .. io. 44 p. e. Scrip ,;t. N. of Scot. Ist Pre; ;t. Southn.& Westm. (Ireland) Eighths)... Do. 4 per c. Prof. Westn. (Berks.& Rants Ex. 5 p. c).. Do. cov. red. 4j p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. hTed„ 4p.c, Lan. & York. F. £2 l Do. 6 p. c. Stock' ... Leeds N. 6 p. c. No.l in). Quarters, 1848 . London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Lou. Pref., 5 p. e. St. Dc.!. Convertible, 5 p. U., 1852_ 31 4 - - 1 - 14 - .16 _ ... ..^.' ... ►o. New Guar.6 p. c. IJon.&.N. W., Coy. & vw►oaton see ..... 6.• I 6oudou & S. Weston Con. Thirds I ,oudonderry& Coler Shares Londy. & Ennis. Sh titan., Shef., & Lin , Shares, No. 1. , Do. New, £lO Do. £6 Ifarypt & Carl. 4 p c Do. 4 per cent.,..... Do Consol.6 p.c.St Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock, 00. 5 p.c. Ext Do. 54 per ct.pref Do, Way. Val. 5 p. c North Bfitish North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolyerh..£ls, 6p.e 1 Do (Scot. Cent., New Prof Shrews. & Birm.N.G.' Shrowsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent........ Louth Devon , fixed, 46 per cent S. Eastern (Beading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4 per cent. Yorksll.4p.c.G uar Stockton and Dar-! Linton, 4 per cent Do. do. do. 3tocktou and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c.I till Ist July, 1856 vVaterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York, Neweastle,and Berwiek,4 p.c. Pref. Do York&N.liidlandH 1 S. Parch... 92 - 9S 3t - Closing Prices this day, 95 - 100 96 - 98 135 - 1.37 so 124 - 134 23 - -24 2i - 2i 9i - 96 53 - 60 132 : li !ltNorthL D 0...... Lannash& Yorksh. Vl.MCleari . 4tockt. & Darlingt. PREFERENCE SHARES. ii =lid isi 31 92 -- 94 95 :: 97 li •••• ".. id••• p' lip 1p l3i 22 - 24 • • • ...., ... ai 3i 118 LlO - 112 .01 - 103 6 - 6A 98 - 30) 90 - 92 6 4. - 96 li - 13i6,i 134 - 2i 3 7 - 8 10 - 12 7 - 8 11 - 11. i - iP 133 -135xA - SS -- 92 1102 - 105 ... ~. 114 - 116 10 ----- 'll 17 -- 18 10i 12 -- 14 ta p 23/ -- 241 98 -- 100 2 - 1 134 i 1 dis MINES. 1 all Agua Fria ...... - . 1 all Anglo Austria. • Gold ••• ••• s. all Anglo Californian ... - 10 2 Australasian .......... 1 -- 20 6 Australian ..... 14 - 1 1 all Australian Co•rdille-ra•• - 1 all Australian Freehold. 1 all Ave Maria . ........ .• all Baden (Gd.Ducii•i• of) 50 all Bhenarvon Iron and Coal •....... 1 all British Austrl •• 20 13.6 British Iron.. 1 1 6 5 1 cDoop Colonial S ia ... •8 - 9 35 44 Brazilianltnp.(i•ss•ue•d at .k.• 5 .. . 2 ....... 3 - 4 3 1 30 all Do. Comes 6t Cularla 11 - 2 1 2 5 0 . 4 Carsons's Creek .. -28 27i 7 10 all Cobre Copper ...... 41 *** • 43 1 :11 D ...... Re " all Copper Alia.. ..... . 25 all Do. Pref. 7i P. cent .. 52 3 27 5 all English and Austin.. P Copper Sineltz Co, 20 all General.. "' °- . . 5 1. 7 2 , ....... .. 2 all Gt. Nug . get-V.)11,S 2 Do. Regist ered . . r p *** 1 . all Great Polgooth .. ...- 1 I all lAke Bathurst.. ........ ' 1 all Liberty ........... ••; •,•• 3 all Linares,. ..... ........ - A ...... 1 all Lond.&Californ.,G;li i 8 ••• Quartz Cru s h . Co 1 allU c a x ri i g el ita &S - . ... .10 9 M .............. 4 - I all New Granad a .. 1 ad New Linares Mi n i,"; and Smelting 1 all Nouveau Moude .... 1 7' ;•• 20 all Poutgibaud • I Lead Min. & Smelt, 1 6 17 6 1 Port Philip ............ 1 all Quartz Rock .......... 50 all Rhymnoy 1r0n......., 28 30 15 15 Do. New ......... 4 8 i - 94 30 114 Santiago de Cuba__ 5 1 all South Australian..,,, 0 10 7 Tin Croft ...... 3 284 all United Mexican . 3i 31 1 all Waller 1 all West Granada......., " 1 all West Mariposa 1 12s. Wortking Mining o Australia 1 all Yuba JOINT-STOLE BANKS, 40 all kustralasia 3 40 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 50 all 3ritish N. American ~, 25 , 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia id 20 2 tlhrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China ...d 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Lond 3l - 33 31 20 14 i!',uglish Scottish and Australian 2 - 14 d 20 20 Wild. Chart. Bk. of Australia 2l - 21>i 21i 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock ,,, 100 20• Lund. & Wed d miustei 10J 35 National Provincial of England •.• 20 10 Do. New „ 50 22,.. National of Ireland ,_ 20 all * New South Wales - 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 46 - 48 461 25 5 Do. New •• ••• iOO 25 Provincial of Ireland „, 10 all Do. New ••• ••• 5 1 loyal Anatraln•Bkg,. & Gold Imp Co ... 25 all ;oath Australia 40 - 42 25 all 'Tarim of Australia 65 -- 67 66 ... 2 Do. New ... 8 50 •10 Union of London - ..• 23f 43i 44 AND SOUTH-WESTERN R AlLWAY.—Traffic re- GLASG t two for orrespoi AV AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILW Is week ending Aug. 19, 1854 iding week last yea .............. 1814 tttttttttttt .T.—Traffic re ..1:6,4:)8 3 6 6,015 9 10 X3P2 13 - GENERAL _BOARD OF . BEAT.T.E-- IiEMOVAL OF NUISANCES. The board, finding that there is a very general want of information as to the proper way of proceeding for the removal of nuisances under the acts relating to that subject, and being unable from, the pressure of corre spondence on the office at the present time to give this information in every case in . reply - to, the many applica tions daily made to them," lik{.ee ISsned the following plain directions oe the subject for'geherid circulation, as well as the short recommendations to boards of guar dians which follow, and which , are a summary of the more detailed directions contained in the minute of in formation as to preventive measures issued , by the }ate board in June last : • • "SHOWr ERCOMMENDA.TION3 TO GUARDIANS IN Tllir3 CHOLERAIC DI RAS& "1. Divide your union amongst committees of the guardians. "2. Give your medical officers assistance ,if you find they require it. "3. Direct your chief attention to places where epi demic diseases most prevail—yonr medical and relieving officers know these places. " 4. Look to the cleansing of roads, streets, and courts ; and see that. surveyors, paving and improvement commis sioners, and others, having by law power to cleanse, carry out their powers. "5. In their default, or when they have no power, yourselves see to the cleansing of such streets, roads, and courts. "6. Appoint a committee for the receipt of complaints of nuisances, and see that the proper officer attends to such complaints, and reports what he does therein. " 7. In all itleansing operations, where foul smells may arise, let disinThctants, such as fresh earth, quick lime, peat charcoal, chloride of lime, or zinc, be used. " 8. Filthy houses should be lime-washed. "9. Direct your medical officers to report to you any unusual prevalence of bowel complaint and diarrhoea, and any case of cholera in their respective districts. 'lO. On the earliest appearance of choleraic disease, assemble your medical officers, and carry out, as far as may seem necessary, the minutes of instruction of the General Board of Health as to preventive measures, dispensaries, and medical aid, which minutes have already been supplied to you by that board. 11. Make known your arrangements for relief by plain handbills, freely circulated. "V. Give warning, by handbills, of the importance of applying, on nie first symptoms of diarrhoea, to your me dical officers, for advice and medicine, and that the same will be given gratuitously. "August, 1854." Business this day. THE CHOLERA. MILBANK PRlSON.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. Bed. ford had two more inquests on view of the bodies of pris • otters who died of Aiiatio cholera. The first was respecting the death of Thomas Brestow, aged 49, who was a single man. Mr. Simiuel M'lntyre, clerk to the prison, said that deceased was received from Swaff ham gaol on the 30th December last, under sentence of ten years' transportation, having been convicted of steal ing clothing and a quantity of food after several _previous convictions. The coroner read the order for his removal, from which it appeared that the deseased had been re peatedly imprisoned, and that on the last conviction be expressed a wish to be transported. The wit ness, in answer to the coroner, s t a t e d th at 700 prisoners had been transferred to the barracks at Dorchester, and that there were 400 in the gaol. Mr. G. Attfield, resi dent surgeon, said that deceased came under his notice on the Bth inst., wheu he was in the infirmary suffering from diarrheas This passed into Asiatic cholera, from which he recovered. He was again attacked, and died on the 18th, at eleven p.m., in the secondary stage of the disease, from low fever. The coroner asked if there was any report forwarded from Dorchester of the health of the prisoners who were sent there. Mr. Attfield replied that there had, and there was not a case of cholera among them ; they were all in good -health. He further stated that there were only ten cases of cho lera in the prison, and that there had not b een any one attacked with it during the last three days. Juror— Have there been many who have recovered from Asiatic cholera ? Witness—Yes, thirty-two. These were distinct cases of cholera, and quite as severe as were those of many who have died. Coroner—lt wai satibfactory to know that there were cases recovered which were quite as bad as those that have terminated fatally. The next case related to the death of Joseph Bowles, aged 36, a married man, who was received into the prison on the 18th of February. He was sentenced to 15 years' transportation for stealing shawls and other articles. Among the previous convictions were two for breach of the game-laws, in one of which he committed an assault. Mr. Attfield attended him in the infirmary on the 7th. His symptoms were the same as the last, and he died on Saturday morning early of Asiatic cholera. In the above cases thejury returned a verdict of " Death from Asiatic cholera." SPREAD of CLIOLERA.--The Belfast Banner, of Satur day, contains the following report of the spread of cho lera in Antrim, Lisburn, and Larne :—" We regret to state that since Tuesday last no fewer than thirteen cases of cholera, five of which proved fatal, have occur red in the small town of Antrim. Every exertion is being made by the inhabitants to stay the progress of the malady. There has been only one case of cholera reported in Lisburn during the week. The number of cases in the town since the first appearance of the epi demic has been 120, of which 50 proved fatal. We understand that cholera has broken out in Larne, and that during the last week four cases - hare appeared. Prompt measures are being taken to arrest the conta gion. Dr. Knox, MI., visited the locality within these few days, and gave inatructions to those concerned as to the mode of treatment, &c." MARKET NEWS-(TaIS DAY.) = CORN EXCHANGE. The show of English wheat in to-day's market was very limited ; yet the demand for all kinds was exceedingly in active, and Monday's prices were with difficulty sup ported. Although the supply of foreign wheat was not to say large, ull descriptions moved off heavily, and inferior par cels were lower to purchase. Barley commanded very little attention, on former terms. The nic.lt trade was dull, but no actual change took place in prices. Oats were in moderate supply, and heavy request, on former terms. Beans, peas, and flour were almost nominal. English .. Irish .... Foreign .. Wheat. 720 ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Barley. I Malt. Oats. 20 1,9e10 1 770 1,360 6,031 6,07 - 0 1 1,620 Flour. 640 WHITECHAPEL. I,soosks The general demand was in a sluggish state, as follows : Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 39 8d to 4s 10d ; lamb, 4s Od to 5s Od ; veal, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per Blbs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. The imports of foreign hops being very extensive, the demand is heavy, and the quotations are almost nominal. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. 23.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; light breeze, and c loudy. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 22.—Wind, W. Arrived—Forerunner (s), from London, for West Coast of Africa ; Maid of Yarrow, Newcastle, for Adelaide, S.A. Sailed—No. 1, for Adelaide, S.A. FALMOUTH, Aug. 22.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Char lotte Reed, Matanzas ; Lely, Havannah. Put back maid, for Leghorn, leaky QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 21.—Arrived—Australia, from Buenos Ayres ; C. H. Brockletnau, New York. Off Port —Princeton, from St. John, N. 8., and sailed for Liver pool. - COWES, Aug. 22.—The crews of the Mary Caroline, of Liverpool, from Quebec to London, waterlogged, were taken off by the Davenport, arrived hero from Quebec. Arrived—Henry Warren, from Havannah. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 22.—Wind, W.N.W. Sailed— John Hendrick Hudson, for New York. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. The Indiana, screw steam-ship, from Now York, has just rounded Caisliot Castle. The Indiana having left New York on the same day as the Africa, which arrived at Liverpool on Sunday, her news, of course, has been an ticipated. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday, 10.45 A.m. Wind, S.S.W. ; moderate, and light rain. The William Vail was got off Pluckington Bank first tide, and docked, without apparent injury. The steamer Marietta, for Smyrna, and the Amor, for Hamburg, have put back. Arrived—Wm. Stevenson, from Bombay ; Douro (8), Oporto ; Elizabeth and Adeline, Smyrna ; Pelican (s), Rotterdam ; Newton, Antigua. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.34 a.m. Wind, W.N.W ; tide, 2 hours' flood ; fine. Arrived.—Colonel Evans, from Rotterdam ; Juliana, Hamburg ; Queen of the West, Antigua ; Massaniello, Alexandria. Sailed.--Panther (s.), for Boulogne; Belgium (s.), Os tend; Alar (s.), Dunkirk. DEAL, Wednesday, 10.15 a.m. Wind Westerly ; light and fine. Passed.—Alice Tarlton, from St. Croix for Lodon ' • Hey worth, from Quebec for London • Blenheim, from London for Calcutta ; Samuel Pasquiel, from Newes:tle for Genoa. Passed Dungeness, 20th.--Mercury, from St. John's for London ; Pontiff, from Akyab for London ; Sarah Ann, from Leghorn for London. 22.—A Spaniard, from Ha vannah for London ; Sago, from Quebec for London. Anchored.—Espoir, from Ostend for \ Nova ; ()s -pray, from London for Naples. THE WEATHER.—At the Royal Observatory, Green wich, the mean height of the barometer last week was 29.813 in. The mean reading on Friday was 30.022 in. The mean temperature of the week was 59.9 deg., which is 1.2 deg. below the average of the same week in 38 years. The mean daily temperature was below the average, except on Sunday, Monday, and Saturday. It was so much as 6.4 deg. below it on Thursday. The highest temperature of the week occurred on Sunday, and was 79.8 deg. ; the lowest was 43 deg. on Friday. The mean dew-point temperature was 51.2 deg., a n d t h e difference between this and the mean temperature of the air was 8.7 deg. The temperature of the water of the Thames rose to 66 deg. on five days of the week. The wind blew generally from the south-west. The whole amount of rain was 0.15 in. HUDDERSFIELD, Aug. 2 2.—The goods disposed of have generally been of mode ra t e quality, but in small parcels. The wool trade has been very quiet ; but rather more has been done in wools since last Tuesday than for NlLie time before. THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS AND HEMSIVORTH HOSPITAL. Hemsworth Hospital is one of the numerous charities founded by Archbishop Holgate, whose will bears date April 27, 1555 the year in which he died. The hospital was erected near to the church of Hems worth, and various statutes were formed for the proper government of the foundation. The hospital was rebuilt in 1770. The stipends of the poor and the master have. much increased since the foundation with the ihere,ased value of land. - The present rental is said to amount to 2,3491., arid the brethren and sisters' stipends to about 961. each. We now come to the part which the Charity Commis. sinners are taking towards the - hospital. -No complaint is made of mal - appropriation of the funds or of bad ma nagement. The commissioners, however, consider the stipends to the brethren and sisters to be mischievously large, and they propose to divert no less than 1,200/. a-year to educational purposes, viz., 7501. to the Hems worth Grammar School ; 2501. to the Malton Grammar School ; and 2001., in four equal amounts, towards the education of the poor in the four parishes of Hemsworth Felkirk, Kirkby, an d W rag b y. , We must now turn for a moment to the Hemsworth Grammar School, which was founded, together with those at York and Malton, by Archbishop Holgate in his lifetime, by letters patent, granted by King Henry VIII., on the 24th of October, 1546. The master was to have 241. per annum, out of which he was to pay 41. to an usher. We believe the income of the school to be about 3501. The head master is non resident, and it is generally understood that he allows 1001. per annum to be divided between a resident master and his usher, in the proportion of 601. and 401. The patronage of the school ie waliihe Archbishop of York. The Charity Commissioners propose to make the present non-resident master attend at certain hours in the school, ultimately to increase his salary to 2501., to appoint a second master with a salary of 1501., and to borrow a sum not exceeding 8,0001., to rebuild the school and master's houses. The extra funds the commissioners propose taking from the hospital, at the rate of 750/., per annum, creating a repair and sinking fund for paying off the debt. When the nature of these schemes became known a meeting of the principal inhabitants of the four parishes interested in the hospital was convened on the Ist of August, at that place, for the purpose of taking the said schemes into consideration. At this meeting Lord Viscount Galway, M.P., Colonel the Hon. E. G. .Monckton, Charles Winn, G. B. Greaves, and William Henry Leatham, Esqs., Major Vincent, the Revds. G. Allott, C. Andrews, T. B. Graham, Batty, and A. B. Wrightson (in the chair), Messrs. Newman, Hoyland, Glendall, Leak, Habilay, Green, Emmerson, Ham mond, Ibeson, Wiggles worth, Cuttle, Addy, &c., &c., were present, and it was unanimously resolved that the present constitution of the hospital be continued ; that no sums should be taken from the hospital funds for the Grammar Schools of Hemsworth and Malton ; that a now hospital be erected ; that the number of brethren and sisters should be increased to 40 (ten to be elected from each parish) ; and it was resolved, by a majority of two, that the electors be extended to the four parishes, &c., and unanimously that a committee of two gentle- men from each parish, together with Lord Galway, be appointed to assist Mr. Newman in preparing a new scheme hospital, which should embody the above reso tions, and some others of minor importance, and report to a future general meeting. What effect the exertions of this committee may have, in inducing the Attorney-General to modify or abandon his scheme, remains to be Seen 'but it is right the public should know the daring nature of the inroads which the Charity Commissioners propose to make upon the sanctity of testamentary endowments. Should the A ttorney-General go to Parliament for an act to enable him to rob the hospital of 1,2001. per an num, for educational purposes, we trust that the mein bens of Parliament who represent Yorkshire constitu encies will frustrate this act of spoliation, and restrict the . amount to a muc h smaller sum, and stip u l a t e that it shall be applied, not in educating the children of the rich in the classics, but in teaching the children of the poor the r u di ments of learning —a kind of teaching which is very ill provided for in Hemsworth and the parishes adjoining.— Wakefield Express. CRYSTAL PALACE, AUG. 22. SHILLING DAT.—Ad mission at the doors, 11,146 ; admission by season tickets, 743 ; total, 11,889. . . REPRESENTATION OF KING'S LTNN.—The Norwich. Mercury says :—" We hear that Lord James Hay, a brother of the Duchess of Wellington, is mentioned as a candidate for Lynn, to fill the vacancy made by the death of Viscount Jocelyn." CRICKET.—THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM V. ALT. ENGLAND.—This match, made with the Marylebone Cricket Club, was commenced at Nottingham, on Mon day, and the following is the result of the first day's play : —All England, first innings, 208 ; Nottingham, first innings (one wicket down), 10. MR. SMITH O'BRIEN.—The Munster News announces that Mr. Smith O'Brien has arrived in Belgium to join his family. CHOLERA AT ST. PETERSBURG.—An official bulletin shows that on the 11th inst. there were :1100 cholera cases at St. Petersburg, of which 7 were fatal. On the 12th there were 15 fresh cases, 18 recoveries, and 9 deaths. BIRTHS IN LONDON.—Last week the births of 812 boys, and 756 girls, in all 1,569 children, were regis tered in London. The average number in nine corres ponding weeks of the years 1845-53 was 1,363. ANOTHER ENGLISHMAN ON MONT BLANC.—In a letter from Chamonix, given in the Savoy Ga:ette, we read : " A new ascent of Mont Blanc has just taken place, having been accomplished by Mr. Blackwell, a young Englishman, 22 years of age. During the ascent, Mr. Blackwell observed a rather singular phenomenon. In the night of the 10th, after 11 o'clock, a guide having come out from the cabin of the Grands Mulets, saw the ridges of this mountain cluster all on fire. He immedi ately communicated what he had observed to his com panions, who all wished to assure themselves of the fact, and they then saw that, through the electricity gene rated by the tempest, all the rocks of the Grands Mulets were illuminated. They found the same phenomenon on their own persons. When they raised their arms their fingers became phosphorescent." THE }EARN - Est—The accounts of the crops contained in the provincial papers received during the last few days are almost uniform in their tendency. The wheat and grain crops generally, though in some places slightly affected by recent rains, are represented as being on the whole in a very forward and gratifying condition. Green crops are stated to he promising ; potatoes almost in every place more or less diseased, and the hay crop a little below the average. SOUTHAMPTON DOCK COMPANY.--Yesterday, the half yearly meeting of this company was held at their offices in Bishopsgate-street. The report stated that the reve nue of the company exhibited a progressive incr ease, amounting on the half-ye ar to 2,434/. 17s. 2d. over the corresponding half-year of 1553. Owing to the convey ance of troops, and other causes, the balance in favour of revenue for the half-year was reduced to 3,967/. 18s. Bd., leaving 103. 6d. per share for dividend, clear of income-tax. CANADIAN POST-OFFICS.—The annual report of the Postmaster-General of Canada shows that the low rate of postage in that province, or the uniform system, as it is termed, works as well as it was expected. The post age revenue for the year amounted to 84,866/. 6s. 114 d., while the expenditure, including 14,349/. ISs. 4d., balance due to England for British packet postage col lected, was 90,0:;41. 16s. 2d., leaving a balance of 5,168/. 9s. 3d. to be provided for out of the Consoli dated Fund. As, however, 15,000/. had been voted in favour of the postal revenue for the year 1852, and a balance of 2,480/. 4s. 10d. of this sum remained unex pended, with 5,000/. voted for 1853, the deficiency for the past year was amply provided for.-11 7 ets York Daily Times. NATIONAL GALLERY FOR IRELAND.—The site chosen for the erection of the National Gallery for Ireland is the lawn in front of the Royal Dublin Society's House, Merrion-square. The Building is to consist of two ex tensive wings, running in parallel lines at the extreme verge of the lawn on either side, and terminating at the Dublin Society's House, one of which will be set apart for a national gallery, and the other as a national museum. The Daily Express says :—" With this object Mr. Sidney Herbert. M.P., has granted a new lease to the Dublin Society for 999 years, and the Dublin Society will grant a similar lease to the trustees and directors of the National Gallery." DONNYBROOK FAIR.—Tho weather yesterday was ov w isi e t re th a e t far -f u a t rn ifu ed lly D fi e n n e n , y a b n r d oe i k m . m en At s e t h n r u e l e n b o e ' o' s clock o went there t . least 25,000 persons in and aboutth b e fair, y te Police butowin c g ern to the admirable regulations adopted. missioners, and acted was maintained yanteldiefrsoumbotrbdemeaetmerns, Commence ment grea test tranquillity . ment to the of the p d. n. ay,., and The b tentsti srule hasar3 now e om obliged y to be shut at 6 o'clock done away with the drunken scenes of former years. FATAL EFFECTS OF FRIGIIT.—An inquest was held by Mr. E. Herford, coroner, at Manchester, yesterday morning, on- the body of a woman named Harriet Mackey, the wife of a fireman, who had died late on Saturday night. The deceased lived in German-street, and on Saturday one of the children, from two to three years old, was playing at the corner of the street, when a cart made the turn so as to place the life of the child in considerable danger. The little creature was snatched out of danger at a very critical moment by an elder brother, but screamed loudly. A number of people in the street joined in the cry of alarm which the child raised, and the mother rushed out of her house to carry it away, but terror had exe r t e d suc h an effect on her system that' her arms dropped powerless by her side, and this was followed immediately afterwards by paralysis of the lower limbs. The unfortunate woman had herself to be carried away by neighbours, and after being taken home and put to bed, lost the power of speech. Unfortu nately, medical assistance was not sought until late at night, and when, at 11 o'clock, a surgeon had been ob tained, she was a corpse. Deceased was 39 years of age. The jury found a verdict of—" Died in a fit caused by fright." , 'ANOTHER WHALE lIONT.—An immense shoal of whales appeared in Scapa Bay on Friday morning, pur sued by some some boats from Walls, that had chased them all night. On nearing the bay, they s uddenly turned, broke through the boats, and went out in sepa rate droves in the direction of Ophir and Walls- After an unsuccessful chase of many hours, the boats were obliged to relinquish pursuit. It is conjectured that nearly 1,000 whales are about the coast, and it is thought, from the number of thorns found in the blub ber of those killed the other:week, that they have been irritated and enraged by dog-fish, that hover in vast numbers about the istauds during the herring fishing,—. John o'Groat Journal. FOREIGN. 10 all t utwerpdißotterdam 6 6id , 5 :3 .lelgian Eastn. 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On Tuesday morning the neighbourhood of lisy Town, Rochester, was thrown into considerable conster• nation, owing to a murder being committed at the reed donee of Mr. Holden, Union street, Troy Town. It appears that Mr. George Henry Smith, who is postmaster at Jersey,- came to Mr. Holden's with his wife, on Saturday last, and took furnished lodgings for the benefit of her health. Everything seemed to go ou very comfortably; and during the time that Mrs. Holden was cleaning the step of the door, about eight o'clock on Tuesday morning, Mr. Smith came down stairs and told her that he had killed his wife, and de ' sired her to send for a policeman and a doctor. Mra. Holden was much frightened at such a request, and immediately sent to her neighbours. Mr. - Bevan, a surgeon, of Ro - ebester, was quick in attendance, and I also policeman Storey, of the Rochester police. The surgeon on entering the bed-room found Mrs. Smith in bed, with the bedclothes not the least disturbed, and to all appearance asleep. On removing them hefound that she had been shot in the back of the neck, and that her skull was fractured. There was very little blood in the bed. Mr. Smith was present, and he told Mr. Bevan that he would find the pistols under the mattress, and there they were found. One had been recently die. charged, and the other was loaded with powder andtwo bullets. Mr. Smith was taken into custody, and be underwent an examination at the Guildhall, before the mayor, Wm. Manclark, Esq., and afull bench of magistrates, charges with the murder. The prisoner declined saying anything, and he was remanded. On his being placed in the cell of the prison, be told the policeman that he would find some letters at his lodgings which wolltd - exitlen - everyth - ing. The prison is about 45 years of age, rather bald, with very little hair in front, and of a very respectable appearance. He wears moustaches, and looks like a foreigner. It is stated that he was placed in Hanwell Lunatic Asyltun about six months ag o, and he was considered per fectly harmless. His deceased wife is about 50 years of age, and is said to be very respectably connected. An inquest was held yesterday (Tuesday) at the Guildhall, Rochester, by James Lewis, Esq. , coroner. Mr. and Mrs. Holde n were examined, when the above facts were given in evidence. i a o t n ion st t o oh o a d bdegmi adjourned vaedn e till this trio rn n u o g t , T h e e,7and i e n x c a h u m e i s coroner n t d b i y rec x t r io r n . s B f e o v r an a , po t :: surgeon. HEROIC COURAGE OF A BRITISH OFFICER. Mr. Burke's body was found after the action in which he lost his life with no less than 33 wounds upon it. The Russians had taken his sword belt, but his sword was found hidden in some long grass close to the corpse. The ring finger of both hands was cut off. He wag seen by the sapper who went with him fighting despe rately to the last, though surrounded by a horde of Russians. When he first leapt on shore from the boat six soldiers charged him. Two he shot with his re• rolver, one lie cut down with his sword—the rest turned and fled. While he was encouraging the Turks, who were in the stream, to row quietly to the land, and forming them in line as they landed, conspicuous as he was in full uniform and by his white cap cover, a number of riflemen advanced from behind a ditch, and took deliberate aim at him. Poor Burke charged them with headlong gallantry. As he got near he was struck by a bail, which broke his jaw -bone, but he rubbed on, shot three men dead .at e.lose quarters with his revolver, and cleft two men through helmet and all into the brain with his sword. He was then surrounded, and while engaged in cutting his way with heroic courage through the ranks of the enemy, a sabre cut from behind, given by a dragoon as he went by, nearly severed his head from his body ; and he fell dead, covered with bayonet wounds, sabre gashes, and marked with l ance t h rusts and bullet holes. The sapper who was with him stood by Mr. Burke till the last, but could not save him. lie is now only recovering from his wound and the effect of his exertions.—A Varna letter of the 914. THE PHILADELPHIA MINT. The following is the report of the Philadelphia Mint for the seven months of 1854 : • The following table will show the coinage of the Mint of the United States, Philadelphia, for the seven montha of 1854 : Double Eagles 510,699,100 00 Eagles Half Eagles 333,535 00 Quarter Eagles 939.695 00 Three Dollars •• • 347,684 00 Dollar Total Gold Dollars Half Dollars Quarters Dimes Half Dimes Three Cents 13,561,937 00 33,140 00 1,153,000 00 2,160,000 00 210,000 00 212,000 00 12,000 00 Total Silver Copper 3,840,140 00 32,400 04 Gold, Silver, and Copper Gold Bara 17,434,477 04 11,177,082 60 Total .... In 1853 . 28,911,539 64 35,879,927 59 Decrease, 1854 6,967,467 95 The whole numbeer of pieces coined in 1854 was 1,404,459, against 3,516,808 the corresponding mouths of 1853. Of the pieces coined this year 54,643 were gold, 1,243,000 silver, and 101,816 copper. The gold bullion deposited in July was : From California .. 53,910,090 , From other sources Total 53,940,000 Silver bullion deposited The deposits of precious metal for the first seven months of the year wore 1853. 1854. Gold. Silver. Gold. Silver. January $1,962,097 $14,000 54,215,579 $lOB,OOO February 2,548,523 13,560 2,515,000 1,1t;6,000 March April 4,766,009 2,550,000 3,442,000 129,005 May June July ---- Total . $6,152,560 $25,659,579 $2,156,500 The shipments of specie during the same time have been as follows : Shipments of Specie from the Port of New York : By R. W. Packer, Cape Haytien, amount of gold Additional by steamer lit. Louis, Havre, specie . Steamer Pacific, Liverpool, U.S. mint bare If PP California slugs 7P PO American coin Mexican silver 5500 00 234,237 53 726,229 69 12,149 80 200,00500 27,000 00 Total for the week 51,200,117 02 Previonaly reported in Itss4 Total 320,303,436 33 BIRTHS IN ENGLAND AND WALES 111 1852. il and repo m rt ar of Having already given an abstract of the marriages for t t h h e e y il ea e r gi l d B r s a 2 r , -G as ee r e ec ra o i rde u d po i n n births, h l s deaths, s , t hanna bsu je ct of births, though it is not to be supposed that th e riages, it seems natural that we should next turn to the births of 1852 can be the result of the marriages of 1852. It appears, then, that in that year there were born a li ve 623,990 infants, of whom 319,036 were males, an d 304,954 females. The births of both sexes are most numerous between December and April ; next, between March and July ; next, between September and Janu ar° ; and the fewest are between June and October. The totals of males and females are these :—Quarter ending March 31, 161,803 ; quarter ending June 30, 159,031 ; quarter ending December 31, 151,934 ; and quarter ending Sept. 30, 151,222. Of illegitimate births, there have been registered during the year 21,734 males and 20,757 females; together 42,491; so that about one. fifteenth of the whole children born alive are illegitimate. When it is considered how many illegitimate children are still-born, and how strong the temptation on the part of the mother is to conceal rather than to register their births, it is to be feared that the proportion of these un fortunates to those born in wedlock is even greater than at first sight appears. For the purposes of this return, England and Wales are divided into 11 districts, and in order that the reader may form his own view of the com parative morality of the different portions of the king dom, we subjoin a list of the divisions, with their popu lation, and the number of illegitimate births in each : Divisions. North-Western West-Midland 5 293 2,132,930 ... , _ Population. No. of birth'. York 1 789, 0 4 7 ... 4,743 South -Western 1,803,291 ~. ewe South-Eastern North -Midland London 2,362,236 .•• :,,! Eastern 1,628.386 ... _3, 517 1,113,982 ... ,- , ! , :k! South-Midland Welsh 969,120 ••• ...,70, Northern ur n ; and London also appearance in this return facilities spectablo ; but there are greater looks remarkably well towns than in rural die. for evading registration in large Wales, in spite of the " bundling, tricts. ----..manni5am..m...............m........ la Th te ur:i grocerand • • New Orleans, Mr. William Cochran, Gasgow, and Mr. M'Kean, baker, Glasgow, e C 0 C I n D si E s ti t i T n rc A T 0 T f lI 3 E ir M . o :s o l it o s r . r — iso o: . Moors, Itoseneath, While proceeding along in single ...m d a e y il r i c E i l , a a r4 s n A t t s , a " p ° a L r Y t y A went out to have a day's shooting on the Killreggatt ale, Mr. Morrison, who was in advance, observed the dog making a point, and immediately afterwards the bird rose. Instead of flying away, however, it flew to. wards and over him, when he unthinkingly wheeled round and pulled the trigger ; and, as Mr. Cochran ws immediately behind him, he received the whole charge in his heart. The unfortunate man was only able to utter an ejaculation regarding his wife and children, when he expired, The deceased was 38 years of age , and has left a widow and three children. He had only left Glasgow the same morning. -., AI orrison was not by 1 any means a practised sportsman, and it is said that ha had very rarely discharged a gun before this WASPY/ Occurrence. --, •c~~ '~. ~ 50 60 20 20 '2O 20 10 10 St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 721 2 89 8 131 1 13 571 lli i 83 i i BO 25 12 4 • 50 1.2 k St. St.l 25 St. 20 St. 15. •5 10 St. 5 all all [OO all 10t, 100 100 100 100 137& .~; ~.~