The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-24 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL. SUBMARLVE A ND EUROPEAN TELEGR.APII. TRIESTE, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 23. The steamer Bombay arrived on the 23d, at eight a.m., in 112 hours from Alexandria. ALEXANDRIA, AUGUST 18. The India Mail has been in Alexandria 4ince the 15th, with advioes from Calcutta to July 14 ; Madras, July 21 ; Shanghai, June 28; Canton, July 4 ; Hong Kong, July 6 ; Singapore, July 14 ; and Bombay, July 20. There is no particular news. Trade in India was dull. Exchange at Shanghai, 6s. Bd. ; Canton, ss. Oid Freights at Alexandria, 3s. per quarter. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY. The General Screw Steam Navigation Company's steamer Indiana, Captain Lambert, which has been placed on the Havre and New York line, arrived in Southampton Water to-day at noon. She left New York on the 10th instant, and not on the Bth, as reported by the Cunard steamer Africa, whose arrival at Liverpool on Sunday was reported in The San. Her passage has thus occupied a space of little over 12 days. The Indiana brings 70 passengers and general cargo, but no specie. The news by this arrival is meagre. Previous to the sailing of the Indiana telegraphic reports had been received from New Orleans an nouncing the arrival there of the El Dorado steam ship from San Francisco, and the Philadelphia from Havannah. The El Dorado brought dates from California to the 15th ult., the same as those pre viously received by the Star of the West. The Havannah news was of no importance. Conflicting reports had been received in New York respecting the progress of the cholera in the provinces. In the neighbourhood of the Niagara Falls it was much on the increase ; so much so, that the place had almost been deserted by tourists and fashionable visitors. In Baltimore the disease was declining, while at New Brunswick it was rather on the increase. The Greytown affair still occupied the attention of the public, and there the matter stood. The State elections were being held. In the St. Louis district, Missouri, Mr. Luther M. Kennett bad been returned by a majority of from 600 to 800 over Mr. Benton. Great excitement had taken place, and much rioting was the result, but without serious consequences. Mr. Kennett is a great supporter of the Nebraska Bill. Returns had been received from North Carolina, but they could not be depended upon. The adoption of the Reciprocity Treaty was about being advocated in New Brunswick, now that - it had been confirmed by the United States. A. large fire had occurred at New Orleans, and property to a large amount had been destroyed. The fire raged principally among the merchants' warehouses. MARKETS. NEW ORLEANS, Aug. B.—The cotton-market continues without change, with a moderate demand at previous rates. The sales for the last two days were 2,250 bales. Corn and flour unchanged. NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—Common brands of State flour were firmer yesterday by 161 c. to 25c. per barrel. Indian corn also improved a cent, or two per bushel. Wheat unchanged. Cotton steady, with moderate sales. There was a slight revival in freights for Liverpool. ARRIVAL OF THE SCREW-STEAMER ALPS. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, 11.59 A.M. The screw-steamer Alps has arrived, with dates from New York to the 12th inst., and $288,000 in specie. The Hermann cleared on the 12th for South ampton. The Navy-yard at Washington had been totally destroyed by fire. At Havannah a speedy change in the Govern ment of the island was anticipated. A large number of additional troops had arrived at Havannah. Business generally dull. The Empire City had arrived with 1,127,038 dollars. Money Wtl,3 plentiful. Foreign exchange dull ; London, 109 to 109. Cotton active, at an advance of cent. to / cent. Flour market ex cited, and prices irregular. Wheat had improved, and was firm. PORTUGAL. The Douro steamer brings Lisbon letters of the 15th. Her Majesty's steamer Prometheus and the Brazilian steamer Viamao were the only foreign Vessels of war in the Tagus. The Royal Mail steamer Severn arrived at Lis bon with the mails on the 12th, and left for Brazil next day, having been kept all the time under quarantine at Belem, in consequence of the new decrees of the Lisbon Board of Health, declaring London to be infected with cholera since the 22d of July, and all other ports in England suspected. The name Gazette declares Genoa and Athens in fected, and all other Sardinian and Greek ports suspected. New York and Barcelona are also in fected, and thus, seeing that most of the Brazilian and Mediterranean ports were already excluded from free pratique, the Tagus has become a per manent quarantine station, and the means of en forcing heavy contributions upon the many for the profit of the few. The new Portuguese steamer Donna Maria 11. had completely filled the Lisbon Lazaretto with passengers brought from the Brazils, principally of the second and third class. The Donna Maria's pio neer voyage out to Rio de Janeiro was 24 days, and home to Lisbon 25 days, having been beaten by the South American Company's steamer Lusitania by three days outward and two days homeward ; also by one day homeward by the Royal mail steamer Thames, which left Rio 24 hours before the Donna Maria. There was no political news of importance at Lisbon. The report that General Concha had pro claimed the Iberian union at Barcelona produced very little sensation at Lisbon even during the 24 hours it was believed to be true. The Portuguese evidently fear their neighbour's embrace, and will require much courting before they accept it. The Minister of Finance was about to pay a visit of inspection to the works going on upon the road between Lisbon and Coimbra, which is ex pected to be rea ly for the diligence by the begin ning of 1855. The railroad between Lisbon and Santarem was progressing favourably towards completion. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY, 6 A.M. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Iberia, Captain Meehan, with the above. mail, arrived this morning, bringing dates from Gibral tar, Aug. 14 ; Cadiz, 15th ; Lisbon, 19th ; Oporto and Vigo, 20th. The Iberia has on board 34 passengers, six pack ages of specie (value not stated), 63 boxes of fruit, 41 ditto onions, 77 cases of eggs, 68 boxes of grapes, 251 ditto lemons, 230 ditto tomatoes, two casks of wine, two cases ditto, 30 ditto apples, eight oxen, and 18 packages general merchandise. Money was scarce upon the Lisbon Exchange this packet, and three months' paper on London remained over 'at 541, whilst other bills were passed at 54-a. Paris was done at 531 ; Hamburg, at 47i ; Amsterdam and Genoa nominal, at previous quo tations. In Stocks little had been doing. Three per Cents., 38± to 38i in Metal and Bank Shares, without alteration. Lisbon Bank notes 21- per cent, discount. On the 22d, in lat. 47.03 N., long. 6.44 W., passed a screw steam-ship, steering S.W., supposed to be the Peninsula. When the Iberia left Lisbon on the 19th, the French steamer Newton bad returned from Tan giers. Her Majesty's ship Prometheus, and the Brazilian steamer Viamao, were also in port. Some idea may be formed of the deplorable ex tent of the grape disease in Portugal by the very limited supplies which have come forward compared. With previous years. The weather was most un seasonable in Portugal. At Oporto the weather continued hot and close, and no rain had fallen for a considerable time. The Indian corn in the dry lands was suffering much for want of water. The price of that article Was 680 reis per alquiera. Indian corn flour was also rendered exceedingly scarce for want of water to turn the mills. A smart shock of an earthquake as felt throughout the city and neighbourhood on Sunday. The exchange for this packet was done at 54i and 55 for bills on London at 90 days' date; but owing to the scarcity of money, the number of transactions was limited. A great deal of Brazilian paper was in the market. In general business there Was no change. Her Majesty's steamer Antelope was at Gibral tar ; and at Vigo, th e Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Madrid. ABERDEENSHIRE ELECTION. —On Tuesday the Right lion. Lord Haddo, son of the E ar l of Aberdeen, was returned for Aberdeenshire without oppoition. A. CARPET OP IVORY. —Amongst the curiositi es to be transmitted from India to the Great Exhibition in Pans next year is a carpet of ivory. It is 20 feet long by 6 feet broad, and made of long strips of ivory, plaited like matting. The price axed upon it is nin. E A K E AND COM MEE, CIA L INT ELL MENGE'. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken fur export. The market closed heavily without change in prices. The sales comprised 210 Pernam and Maranham, at 7d. to 71d. ; 30 Bahia, at 6d. ; 300 Egyptian, at s : ld. to Bd.; 600 Surat, at 3d. to 40. ; and the remainder Arne icaL. Railway Shares were inactive at rather lower prices. We have the arrival of the steamer Bombay notified by electric telegraph from Trieste, with dates from Calcutta to the 15th of July, Bombay to the 21st, and Canton to the sth. Tho brief notice is that trade was dull there, and no parti cular news. The screw-steamer Alps is telegraphed also from Liverpool, with advices from New York to the 12th inst. She brings 288,000 dollars in specie. Under the head of the " Money Market," it is stated in the Tines of this morning, as if from authority, that " the anticipated letter from M. Drouyn de l'Huys with regard to the Turkish loan has been obtained, and is precisely in the same terms as that already furnished by Lord Claren don." This assurance so far is satisfactory, although it might have been as well if the document itself bad been given, seeing the absolute contradictions by Mr. Stanley in his letter in The Sun yesterday, of other facts previously asserted by M. Musurus, the Turkish Envoy, and still left unexplained by his Excellency. Straightforward explanations on the part of those who alone can make them would put an end to the " attempts of speculators" on either side to make trade out of the question by ".idle statements with the view of influencing the mar ket." We believe that it is cf the greatest iwport ance for Turkey that the loan should be realised without more let or hindrance than is necessary for the security of the public, or rather the sub scribers to it here. As there can be no doubt that the firmans authorising the loan must be here or in Paris, it would doubtless serve the interests both of the loan and the subscribers that they should be published in a translated form. Other rumours are afloat about the loan which it is not deemed necessary now to advert to. A return to an order of the House of Commons has just issued from the Post-office of the money orders issued for the three months ending the 30th of June, the gross sum received, and the cost of maintaining the offices in Great Britain and Ire land within the same period : Total sums received for printed forms £l3s 2 7 Gross amount of money orders issued 2,540,537 7 6 Commission Cost of maintaining offices lB,lBl 0 0 Number of money orders issued, 1,322,541 The London and Western Districts Cemetery Company have received the official approval of Viscount Palmerston by letter, dated the 21st inst., addressed to Mr. J. F. Galbraith, the managing director, of the site of Isleworth for their large cemetery. The distance from Oxford-street is only 7-i miles, and the site is considered highly eligible and convenient for the metropolis and vicinity, having access by road, rail, river, and canal. The company has been provisionally registered, and it is intended to apply for a Royal charter. The estimates, including land, enclosures, churches, ikc., are for a sum less than 50,0001. The news frouaßerlin and Vienna contained in the second editions of the morning papers of the total rout of the Turks in Asia with an enormous loss of men and materiel, coming from avowedly Russian sources, has been entirely discredited on the Stock Exchange, perhaps too absolutely so, and th© Funds would really seem to have improved upon it, for we have Consols better than at this hour yester day. They are called 941 to for money, and 941 to for time, with a fair business doing. Threes Reduced 94k to Thres and a quarter per Cents. 941 to Bank Stock was done at 210. Long Annuities 4g. India Stock 225. India Bonds ls. to ss. premium. Exchequer Bills par to 4s. premium, the latter for small bills. Exchequer Bonds, 1858, 98g. Very few dealings are recorded in the foreign market. Mexican are 244 ) , being firm. Spanish Deferred were 18k. The Turkish Scrip has been dealt in sparingly from 6k to 7k prem. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds 6 to 61, Mexi can 24,1 to 24 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 415 . - per Cents. 85 to 87, Spanish New Deferred 17i to 18, ditto 3 per Cents. 37 to 37-1-, ditto Certificates 41 to 5, ditto Passive 34 to 4. The last week's railway. receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under : 1854. 1853. Great Western North-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern Caledonian Great Northern 20,731 18,174 Lancashire and Yorkshire There is a dull market for Railway Shares, but prices have recovered somewhat of yesterday's de cline. As exceptions, however, we notice Cale donian and South-Western, which are very heavy. Central of France are rather lower. St. John del Roy Mine Shares have receded 103., but Colonial Gold are 1/. to 11. 10s. better. Banks are inactive, and also the Land Shares.. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. ( Prom the Ogcial List,) Business done. sank Stock ...... i per Cent. Reduced Annuities . ..... 94} i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94 4 i 4 si per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 India Stock India Bonds, 1:1000 ....... Ditto, under £lOOO 1 5 pm Consols for Account 13th Sept. Exchequer Bills, 24d. I'looo 2500 2 3 pm Small 3 4 pm par Exchequer Bonds Scrip, 1853 .. . 9Bl PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Wexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. — Ditto 3 per Cent Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. — Ditto for the Account lB/i Turkish Scrip nivtdenle on the above payable in London. In yesterday's List, read the lowest price of Turkish Scrip, 6. THREE O'CLOCK. Console 94 Ditto September Account 94k ODESSA.—Advices from Odessa to-day of the 11th inst. state that it was rumoured to be the intention of the Czar to remove the prohibition against the export of grain, which has existed at that port for the last six months. Looking at the extraordinary extent of the present crop.; in Southern Russia, this measure will be of considerable importance, if the total absence of block ade, which is still reported, should be allowed by the allies to continue- It is to be presumed, however, that the place remaining open is simply a temporary 'conse quence of the arrangements in progress for the attack upon Sebastopol. D IR. GEORGE 110DSON.—This gentleman is giving nightly, at the Regent Gallery, an entertainment called "My Irish Portfolio ; or Leaves from a Shamrock, " which LI redolent with Hibernian humour, vocal, drama tic, and anecdotal, and is likely to become as popular as the many amusements of a similar class which, within the last few years, have met with so much favour in the metropolis. Mr. Hodson takes no small rank as an Irish comedian, is the possessor of a very good voice, and is blessed with that hilarity of spirits which belongs to the natives of the Emerald Isle. His clever imita tions of Woodin, 0. Smith, and Buckstone, are among some of his most successful efforts. We cordially re commend an inspection of his ample and varied " port folio." COMMITTAL OF MR. G-. H. SMITH FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WlFE.—Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, Mr. J. Lewis, coroner for the city of Rochester, and a respectable jury, again assembled at the Guildhall, Chatham, in pursuance of adjournment. The coroner having on Tuesday given directions to Mr. Bevon, the surgeon, to make a post mortar?, examination—and that gentleman was the only one examined—he stated that he had made an examination of the deceased lady. He found the scalp and cranium had been perforated on the left side, so that he could introduce his little finger into the wound ; the brain was gorged with effused blood ; the two leaden bullets, which he produced, were lodged in the anterior lobe of the right side, having tra versed in an oblique course the corpus callosum, until resisted by the internal table of the cranium. No marks of violence were visible on any other parts of the body. Death, in his opinion, was caused by the concussion and effusion of blood about tho brain by a pistol-shot. The coroner briefly addressed the jury, when a unanimous verdict was given of mprder against Mr. Smith, and he stands committed under the coroner's warrant to take his trial at the next Maidstone assizes. The prisoner is in a very desponding way. He has refused to take any food or nourishment whatever since he has been in cus tody, and as he stood remanded by the mayor and ma gistrates he was brought up at twelve o'clock yesterday, and was ordered to be removed to the county gaol. The deceased lady is stated to be a cousin of Lord Vis count Canning, the Postmaster-General, and their corn ing to Rochester was on account of their accompanying a lady, a friend of theirs, at Jersey, who came to Coat ham to see a son of hers, and to stay for a short time, when it v;al agreed that they should return to Jersey The prisoner had obtained l eave o f a b sence together. from his duties as postmaster at Jersey for a limited period to recruit his health, 12i 50 13;4 27i 22 25 50 163 14 St. 19 14 50 20 11A 812s1 20 20 10 10 FOREIGN. 10 all Antwerp&Rotterdam 6 6 3 / 4 d 5 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 1 1 3 / 4 20 8 Beziers to Graissessac 3 3 / 4 3 d 20 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip ... Central of Italy • 20 all Uharleroi & Erquelin 17 3 / 4 all Demerara 20 14 Dijon andßesancon p 20 9 Dutch Rhenish 3 23/4 20 all East Indian 2 20 2 Do. Extension 3 / 4 d 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 d 51 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France p 25 10 Grd. Trunk of Canach 6 3 / 4 5 3 / 4 4 100 40 Do. Debentures 7 3 /4 6 3 / 4 d 100 all Do. do — 20 10 Gt. Central of Franc, p 101 20 3 / 4 all Gt.Westernof Canada Shares l7 —lB 100 all Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 p 2 allall o Hamilton peramilton u & eu T t o . routo d 100 20 8 Lake Const. & Basle 5 all Lucca &Pistoja 5 p.c. pref •• dis 20 15 Luxembourg — ••• 10 10 Do. (Railway) — 5 2 Do. Prof • ••• 5 3 Do. (Canal) — ••• 10 5 Do. 6p. ct. prof — ...d 20 10 Lyons and Geneva. par p 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran 20 13 Madras ia—ip 3i 33. Maria Antonia 10 all Do. do. New 2C 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry — 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest) 7 3 /4 8 20 all Do. (ex interest) — 16 all . orthern of France 33i —3l 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c Bds. (frny.B.&Ams.Shs.l 10 all NorwegianTrunkPrel 8 9 20 14 Paris and Lyons l B 3 /4 —l9 p 2/ 40 a ll Ditto Bonds 20 all Paris and Orleans 47 49 20 all Paris and Rouen 3B 40 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 20 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. ... --• pm 104 10i Quebec & Richmond 20 all Rouen and Havre 223 23 3 / 4 20 15 Royal Danish 1 d—l p 5 3 itoyalSweclish — d 122000 all l a S s D a u o m u . 0 F pm 20 12 St. Flanders t z. t s r p o e . uorPrn.l Switzerland : 1-7 3 p 22 1 0 A) 8 0: 811 21 a: D z ‘ vv V ea ; t osia ••• 20 10 Western of France.,, 5 3 / 4 Gi 6 all Wiesbaden ••• ••• MISCELLANEOUS Rubin Coal and Iron i , ustralian A gricult. Austral su.Pcific. Mail Australn. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co..' Canada 1 Crystal Palac 0.. DO. New.. Crystal Pal. of France Eastern 5team......,. , ElectricTelegraph(A) Do. (B) Electric Teleg. of Ir Gen. Steam Navigat (general Screw Steam Irish Beetaiot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig.' Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land._ N. S. W. Coal & Inter. , Steam Navigat. Co.' N. B. Australasian ' Do. New Nrth. of Europe S t cam Peel Rr. Ld. & 31inrl. Peninsular & Oriental Do. Do. 'Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam ... Scot. Austral. Invest. South Austral. Land Submar. Telegraph.. Do. Registered. yau Dimon Land .. 41 —42 xd, *6*.i = io ..= 3 - 33- i - o -: 17.x.n1 • • • •••••• ••• 4 li 1 = I ..• ---- ... 4 - 4i - - ...pl .•• -- ••• 21 21xd 33 35 ll_ l =l2 15 20 20 20 50 50 2 100 1 25 SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Aberdeen Anlbg, Nottng. Bost and Eastu. Janet... Belfast & Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley .... . . Birkenl4l. Lancsh. & Cheshi;e Juliet Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and. £25 Cons. Do., £20..... myth &Tyne origin& £25 (issd. at £45, Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, & Pass ICornwall Crieff Junction D übl in &BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian Do., (XlB E & H), Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock IDo., B. Stock... Do., New A. .... East Lancashire Edinburgh de Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles &liu.PrLh & Dundee Forth & Clyde June. 'Glasgow &S. Western Great Northern,..,,, Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds.., ..,. Lancash. andYorksh Do., Fifths DD., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Sonthpt London & Blackwal Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Loud. Bright & S.Cst. Loud. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/.5h.,M&8...t Do. Eighths LondwiandS. Wostn Do £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Maiach.Shef.St Linde' Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmng. & Derby tilidld. G. West. (Ira.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do., Bury Extension. Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd. Newry & Enniskillen Nowry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor.. Norfolk Northn.Counties North British North Devon, No. 1. Do., No. 2 A Deferred Do., l B Guaranteed North London iDo. New £lO N.&S.Wstrn.,llamp stead, and City Jn., North StalTurcisiiiro , North Western N. & S. Westrn. June, Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester.....,., Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton „ 1 Portsmouth Scottish Central .., Scottish Midland .. Shrewsbury dr Bir rug. 00. L. It N. Western Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. dr lierefd Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min i ; Do. Halves,i G. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. &Riv. Dun Do Staines, Wok. &Wok Stockton & Darling Stockton & liartlepl Taff Vale Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Noath Waterfd. & Kilkenny' Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall !West End of Londonl and CryStal Palace. West London. Wimbledu & Croydon' York NeWctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York& N.Midland kilosing Prices this day. 22 - 23 5 - 51 9 - 10 114-loi d 161 -17 i 7 -- 6 u 95 - 97 63 - 64 15A -16 i 12 - 14 'i -- id 7 - 8 lai = iii iii : Ili 36 - 40 25 - 27 66 - 68 58 - 60 ii = le 66 - 68,;' 83i - 62 -64 84 i 126 - 128 94 - 96 72,E -72 i 85 - 90 11 - 13 0 11 -13 69 -69 i 61 - 6* .; ii --8 i 104 106 101 k . 102 xd par .3 p par p 82 §B3 9 8 8 7 d 23 - 24 68 . 39 - 41 i d par 8 6 ci 24 3 6 - 8 47 - 49 3A 31 33A ... 34. 7 9 11 - - 53 - 65 41 4 P 61 6i par 2 p 33 - 35 94 - 96 63 - 65 71 73 67 -- 70 74 8, 18i -- 19& 91 9i 14 -- 15 3 4 -- 3id 13 - 15 64/ Csi 31 - 33 31 = 33 3$ Sa 181 — 19 4 5 23 - 25 46 56 S ' --- 7 75 -76 6t - bi d 4 --3(1 55 56 Business done this day. 60 all 25 all all 28a llt i i 84 62i 4 3 94i 5i 681 % 1011 I ad x d ad ad 82 ad ad ad 23i 67k 8k per cent. LINES LEANED AT FIXED RENTALS. 'Paid.' Earz,wAys. Bedford and Mete bley Backghanish. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. alas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New...... Olstr.dr Dn. Fr artlpl. Dk. & Railway ..... Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. A Shares. Lou.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. %tn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar . all all all till all 100 Hiclld.Bradfcl Northern and Eastern sp. c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fizeds p e Prest. & Wyre Do. Shares. Roystn.& flit. Do. Shepth. St She£Roth.a,tid Goole g. 5 p: C 5. Stafforclsh, Wear Valleyg r • 6 per cent... Do.. ......... Wilts&Somrst 100 100 18i 91 all Leasing Company. Loudon & N. West. L.&N.W. Ualedon... CA.Nrthia. Caldonian. Do Ut. Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &NW Do Do ......... S. Eastern ] D 0......... Norfolk.. L.& N. W. & Micild. Stckton & Darlingt.' lE. Count Do [4. &N.W. &Ln&yk D 0......... GtNorthn ...... Lancash& Yorksh. 11.3deloan Stockt. & Darlingt. I D 0... .... GtWestl Closing Prices this day. 95 - 100 96 - 98 135 - 137 28 : 30 12i -13 i 23 -- 24 2i - 2i 94 --- 96 - 53 - 60 132 - 135 lid ii - 31 92 - 94 Business this day. PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen Do. No. 2, p. c Myth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/) Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Cork &Bandons4p.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (X,3105) 6 per cent Do. (X 5) 7 per cent Do. (X 7 17s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- East Lancash. 6 p.cts. East and West York shire June. Pref... Edinb Prth . &Dundee 4 per cent. Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. Qo. 4 zi; p. c. Scrip Gt. W. of Scot. Ist Pre: Gt. Southn. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh Gt. Westn. (Berks Hants Ex. 5 p. c).., Do. cov. red. 411 p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred, 4p .c. Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock Leeds N. 6 p. c. No.l Do. Quarters, 1848 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1832 Do. New Guar.6 p. c Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 100 5 100 all 95 --: 97 i~ - ~a 31 - 34 4 - 5 p 1 -- l i p 13/ -- 13ip 5 10 St. 5 all all 100 all 22 - 24 ..• - ~ 3i - 3i St. 20 12i St. London & S.Western I Con. Thirds 123 123 25 Londonderry& Coler Shares Lundy. & Ennis: Plan., Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO 116 -- iir 110 - 112 101 - 103 6 oi 98 90 100 92 9 4 96 1 4 L 3 -1 136 ••• ..... INN 24 - 3 p 7- 8 10 - 12 15 8i 8 10 10 25 10 1.0.6 15 all all all 7 - 8 11 -11 i i - iP Do. X 6 Nlarypt & Carl. 4 p. c Do. 4i per cent Do Consol.6 p.c.St Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. per cent Norfolk Debenture, Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Ext Do. 5i per ct.pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c. North British North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolyerh.4ls, 6 p.c Do Soot. Cent. , New Pref Shrews. &Birm,N.G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon 1)s. fixed, 4i per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4 per cent 3 .Yorksh.4p.c.Guar Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent Do. do. do. Stockton and Hartle. pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.e. York, Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c. Pref Do York&N. Midland/1 1 and S. Porch,,,,. 133 —l3sxd 1 id 1 88 - 92 102 - 105 114 - 116 10 - 11 17 —lB 104 101 12 14 id 4 P 23/ —24 f 98 100 ... --* • • • 2 -- 1 d 92 - 95 3i - 11 i d MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 1 all Angl o A us t r i n. Gold ` , ••• s. all Anglo Californian A 10 2 Australasian 20 6 Australian 1 all Aust ra li an Cordillera ... - 1 all Australian Freehold. 1 1 all Ave Maria . 1 all Baden (Gd• Duchy of) 5() all Bloenarvon Iron and . 2 1 0 1 a 3. 11 5 1 ,1i British i Co t al h t !Il ▪ Gold • 35 ! Brazilianlmp. (issued▪ • at pm.,.. 3 4 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiad; t I# 2/ 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 26 —2B 27i 6 i 1 Carsons's Creek.,,, •• 40 all Cobre Copper 44 42 5 1 Colonial Gold. 16 Copiapo . ........... : St. all Copper Min. of Eng . 25 all Do. P re f . 7i p. cent: 1 3 P 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg, Co. 21) all , General- ...... 2 all Gt • NuggetlrPia 2 Do. Register e d . , 3i all Great Polgooth - 1 1 ] all Lako Bathurst... 1 all Liberty,,,,, 3 all Linares. ............. 9 81 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co,. 1 all Mariquita.. ..... ' • - . 10 9 Mexican&S.Aincric: 6 g = 6 1 all New Granada ..... 1 all New Linares Minin g 3 and Smeltin g c o 1 all Nouveau Monde ... 20 all Pontgiband Sd ve r Lead Min. & Smelt. 16 17 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock ...... 50 all Rhymnoy iron 2B 30 15 15 Do. New 8i 9 6 4 30 11i Santiago de Cuba..,,, 5 s# 1 all South Australian 10 7 Tin Croft ......... 1 3 286 all United Mexican 1 all Waller 1 1 Australia 1 joniT.si a l a a a 2 l l u l l s . y W WW u o ee b s i s • t a t t aG n i : rinp M aol a n Minin▪ g 111: 1 : 3 1 . 8• 1 4 40 0 a il all Btsttisrahl 50 all British N. American • 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia __ tat 83 1 20 2 Chrtd. Buk. of India, Colonialasia 85 and Loan Company 83t Australia, Sc China ... ... d 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Lond 3l 33 20 14 English Scottish and Australian 2 i -- 2 d 20 20 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 2l 214 21 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock ... 0 . 100 20 Loud. & Westminster " 10J 35 National Provincial of England ••• 20 10 Do. Nov • • 50 22/ National of Ireland 20 all New South Wales — 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 46 48 25 5 Do. New ••• -- 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ,„ 10 all Do. New ••• 5 1 Royal Australu.Bkg. ••• & Gold Imp Co 25 all South Australia 4O 42 25 all Union of Australia 65 67 6 6 i ... . Do. New 7 50 10 . Union of London NAPIER NAPPING V.—We have often been puzzl, to find out why Napier is so familiarly NAPIER NAPPING IT.—We have often been puzzled to find out why Napier is so familiarly spoken of as " old Charley." We think we have at last discovered the appropriateness of the sobriquet, for the old Charleys had a shocking character for going to sleep on their poste.--Punch. btrb bttion. SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. YORK RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) EBOR HANDICAP; Grand Inquisitor • Amalgamation Little Harry Thirteen ran. Won easy. FILLY SAPLING STAKES'. Dame Judith . Five ran. PRINCE OF WALES' STAKES. Jack Sheppard Dr. Cooke ' 1 Eleven ran. THE JUVENILE STAKES. Capucine Vandal BLACK DUCK STAKES Rambling Katie Myrtle Bud Four ran. EGLINTON STAKES. .1 Corcebus . Lord Alfred.. Seven ran. Corcebus objected to for crossing, and stakes awarded to Lord Alfred. EBOR ST. LEGER. Pumicestone Marley Hill COUNTY PLATE Ellermire.. Nine ran. HOPEFUL STAKES. Horatio walks over; LATEST BETTING-1.30 P.M. EBOR HANDICAP. , 2to 1 agst Grand Inquisitor (taken). 3to 1 agst Tros (taken). Bto 1 agst Kingston (taken). 10 to 1 agst any other. ARRIVED.—Acrobat, Boiardo, Crown Pigeon, Pro- fessor. CHARGE OF NEGLECT AGAINST THE PAROCIIIAL AUTHORITIES OF ST. GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS.-(TBIS DAY.) This morning an inquest was held by Mr. C. Bedford, coroner for Westminster, at St. Clements Danes vestry, Pickett-street, Strand, on the body of William Rinse, a tailor, aged 42, and during which a grave charge of neglect was made against the parochial authorities of St. Giles-in-the• Fields. From the evidence of several witnesses, it appeared that, previous to his death, the deceased resided at the model lodging-house, in Charles-street, Drury-lane. About eleven o'clock on Saturday last he was taken very ill, and was accordingly taken into the infirmary of the above-mentioned parish. After waiting for some considerable time Mr. Bennett, the surgeon, came in and told him to stand up, which he did, saying, "Here lam ; what the devil do you want with me ?" Mr. Bennett then told him to go about his business, and that he would have nothing at all to do with him, and the deceased left the infirmary without receiving any assist ance. On leaving the infirmary he was taken worse, and on his way back to the model lodging-house suffered the most dreadful agony, and was, some time after his arrival at that establishment, taken to King's College Hospital, where he was promptly attended to by Dr. Vaughan Holberton ; but, notwithstanding that gentle man's exertions, he sank and died on Sunday evening last from Asiatic cholera. Mr. Bennett, in explanation, said that, when he saw the deceased, he had no appearance of cholera, but admitted that as the deceased became ♦iolent he also lost his temper, and told him (deceased) to go and get an order from the overseer, where he thought he had gone to. Finding, however, that deceased did not re -turn, be gave an order to the porter of the infirmary to admit him if he did. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a ver dict that the deceased died from Asiatic cholera, adding that they hoped this death would act as a caution in future in procuring patients more prompt attention during the prevalence of the epidemic. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, the Maharajah, and the Duke of Newcastle, embarked in the Victoria and Albert at three o'clock yesterday, and steamed to the Needles, to witness the firing from the new screw-sloop Arrow, which was anchored there for target practice. Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty, had the honour of joining the Royal party on board. The Victoria and Albert returned to Osborne Pier at eight o'clock. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. Sharlirntrax—Meadow hay, 2/ 16s to 4/ 120 ; clover ditto, 3110 s to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1114 s to 11 18s per load. Supply but moderate , and trade dull. tiIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 41 15s ; clover ditto, 3110 s to 51 17g; and straw, 1/ 14s to 210 s per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. WHITEOHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 31 Os to 41 14s;. clover ditto, 41 Os to 6 , 03 ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 11183 per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. New meadow hay realised 65s to 85s ; and new clover, 75s to 95s per load. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The general demand was in a sluggish state, at the following quotations :- -Beef, from 3s 4cl to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 4s Od to 5s 24; "Veal, 3s Od to 4s 2d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SotxTHALL, Aug. 23.—T0-day's market was fairly sup plied with each kind of stock, which sold steadily, as fol lows :—Beef, from 3s Gd to 4s 104.1 ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 01 ; Lamb, 4s 4d to 5s 2d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s Od ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s Gd per 81bs, to sink the offals. ROMFORD, Aug.23.—The general demand was steady, as follows : Beef, from 3s 6d. to 5s Od ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s Od ; Lamb, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; Pork, 3s 6d. to 4.s 6d per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 21s to 27s each. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. 24.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W. moderate breeze, and fine, but cloudy at times. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 23.—Wind, S.W. .Arrived—Anjer, from London, for Bombay, leaky. FALMOUTH, Aug. 23.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Helen and Francis, from Havannah ; Countess of Durham, Que bec ; Jane Lowdon, do. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 23.—Arrived—Indiana (s s), from New York. Sailed—General Hewitt, for Moreton Bay. GLOUCESTER, Aug. 23.—Arrived—Ailsa, from St. John, N.B. Sailed—Euclid, for Quebec. YARMOUTH, Aug. 23.—The Cygnet (brig), of this port, from Rotterdam to Newcastle, has put in here leaky, hav ing been on shore, and is discharging. PORTLAND ROADS, Aug. 23.—Arrived—Presback, from Sunderland, for Grenada. Sailed—Macclesfield, for Mel bourne. OFF THE WlGHT.—Maria, from Hamburgh, for Cape Horn. POOLE, Ang. 23.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—Stanley, for No wfoundland. NNEWPORT.—Arrived—Jane, from Quebec; Recovery, Bristol, for Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, Ang. 22.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Ro sins Clapole, from Porto Ricq, and sailed for Liverpool ; Dovo, Havannah. Off Port—Jane D. Cooper, from St. Stephen's, N.B. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday, 10.30 A.M. Wind, W. ; strong, and fine. Arrived—Rosins Claypole and Speed, from Porto Rico ; Scorpion, Leghorn ; Alps (s), New York; Tryphene, Ca racoa ; Oreolon, Iceland. t i 3Off Port—Triumphant, Minnesota, and Henry Ismay. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.5 a.m. Arrived, 23d—Diana (s), from Gothenburg; Jane Law son, Dantzic ; Soho (s), Havre. Sailed, 23d—Sir George Anderson, for Mauritius. 24th —Phcebe Dunbar, for Port Philip. DEAL, Thursday, 10.15 Cm. Wind Westerly; strong and fine. Passed—Mischief, from St. Vincent, for London. Anchored—Stamboul, from London, for Trieste ; States man, London, for Port Philip ; Thomas Henry, London, for Demerara ; Edward Isabella, Sunderland, for Treport ; John Edward, London, for Cape of Good Hope ; Brooking, London, for Varna; Stirlingshire, London, for Launces ton ; Cotton Planter, London, for Havre. The discount houses yesterday afternoon gave notice of a reduction in their rate of allowance for money at a call from 4.1 per cent., at which it has stood since the 11th of May last, to 4 per cen t. S OUTHA MPTON, Aug. 23,—The Peninsular and Orien tal Company's screw steam-ship Candia, Captain Field, made a trial to-day in Stokes-bay for the purpose of testing her fitness for duty previous to her taking her departure for a station in India. For some weeks past this fine ship has been undergoing extensive alterations and repairs, in consequence of some fault existing in connection with her propeller; but, from the satisfactory result of the trial to-day, it is the intention of the com pany to despatch her with the outward mails for the Peninsular ports on the 27th inst., and on her return to order her immediate departure for India. The Iberia, with the mails from Gibraltar, Cadiz, Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto, is expected to arrive during the night. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Atrato, Captain W oo ll e y, with the West India and Mexican mails, is expected to arrive ea er *bent the 30th inst. THE ATTACK ON BOMARSUND. The most obvious inferences to be drawn from the success of the attack on Bomarsund is, that the Russian forts, if they are generally constructed on the same principles and of the same materials as those of Bomarsund, cannot withstand for any lengthened time a close fire of heavy guns, even when those guns are very few in number, and that the difficulty of fighting in casemated batteries is greatly increased by the fire of Minie rifles, which can now be directed with great precision into the embrasures. The fire of the ships at the long range at which they were compelled to lie acted chiefly as a diversion in favour of the troops, and produced no decisive effect on the forts ; but it still remains to be ascertained what would be the effect of the broadside of a three-decker on a fort of this descrip tion, and whether the results produced in eight hours and a half by three 32-pounder guns could not be produced in half an hour by a fire of greater rapidity and of twenty times that weight of metal. No breaching battery that ever was constructed is at all equal to the fire of a line -of-battle ship, but, on the other hand, a land battery is far more pro tected from the fire of the enemy ; and the question is whether a ship could float long enough under a severe fire from land batteries to silence and de stroy them. In the late operations, although the ships were several times in very critical positions, from running on the ground within range of the enemy's red-hot balls, none of them appear to have suffered materially; and, though the Admiral was compelled to order the Penelope to throw her guns overboard, which was done with great presence of mind, he probably relied on the probability of re covering them when the Alaud Isles were in our own possession. Upon the whole, this experiment is not only highly satisfactory and honourable to all those who were engaged in it, but it leads us to anticipate more important achievements. The season is still long enough to admit of further en terprises upon the Russian coast ; the allied forces are now on the spot, and within a few hours' sail of any point in the Baltic ; and we hope to learn that the allied commanders are taking steps to pur sue that career of success which has been opened by the fall of Bomarsund.—Times. COURT-MARTIAL ON LIEUT. PERRY. THE LATE COLLISION ON THE SODTII - RAILWAY. • :-‘• 1 • Among the passengers in the train which met" with • - the accident at Croydon was the Rev. Maynard Collie; of La.ndlin-park, near Hythe, in Kent, a clergyman the Church of England, , wh o , w i t h Miss Lyndon, the t - 1 governess of his family, was in the first class carriage nearest to the engine. The rev, gentleman intending to visit the Crystal Palace, had taken with him six little girls, purposing to give them a treat, but these he had placed in a second class carriage just behind, and they sustained no injury. Mr. Currie and Miss Lyndon were less fortunate. Mr. Carrie had just remarked that he was sorry he had come out that day, as the excessive speed at which the train was pro ceeding made him fear an accident would happen, when the collision took place. The account that Miss Lyndon gives is that she recollects the- car riage in which she was seated flying into the air, and then coming down again, so that she was head foremost. She then lost all consciousness. Some idea may be formed of the serious injuries received by this lady from the fact, that, at first, she was placed along side the remains of the poor man Gammon, it having been concluded from her perfect inanimate state that life was extinct. She, however, in time exhibited signs of returning animation, and was removed without delay to the Crown Tavern, where she still lies. It is somewhat singular that both Mr. Currie and herself sustained almost exactly similar injuries, both, in addition to severe bruises and concussion, having had the nose and an eye much injured. Mr. Currie's clothes were com pletely studded with the splintered wood. When restored to consciousness he was conveyed home. Each thought the other had been killed on the spot, and re mained under that impression till the next morning ; and the removal of so afflicting an idea was, as may be imagined, a source to each of the utmost gratification. A young woman, said to be a relative of the poor man Gammon, and seated between him and a female named Launders, also had a truly narrow escape. When rescued from the shattered carriage, her dress was found to be cut from the back of the left hip, round to nearly the front of the abdomen, as if by a knife, and on the right side her dress was covered with blood, so that those f w o h u o nd removed her w ere , f earful that she was fatally in jured.thSath e t the blood ohdoownehveerr, dress s lk h e a d d itabpoount,redantrdem th was e wounds of her deceased companion Gammon. There was n o t rut h i n the statement which appeared iwnhsoomunednerewwespnatpaemrspnyteastn of the righttioerdaythatC l aro eg lin o e n H m arr en is d o a n y , night at ten o'clock, the operation being performed by Mr. South, was dead. On inquiry at St. Thomas's Hos pital yesterday it was stated that the unfortunate woman was going on as favourably as could be expected • she, however remains in a very low condition. The Surrey Gazette, received yesterday, states that a woman, name unknown, both legs broken, has died since the acci dent ; but does not state when or where. No such death has taken place at either of the great metropolitan hospitals. At Guy's Hospital the three cases there are progressing favourably. THE TURKISH LOAN. The anticipated letter from M. Drouyn de Mugs on behalf of the French Government with regard to the Turkish loan has been obtained, and is precisely in the same terms as that already furnished by Lord Cla rendon. Meanwhile, a first warning has been given to the Pays for lending itself to the attempts of speculators, who aro also apparently busy on this side, to circulate idle statements with the view of influencing the market. It was recently pointed out in the Tints that the Russian war, so far from having been a cause of financial damage to England, had operated as t. check to a new spirit of inflation, which had just begun to manifest itself; and which, if allowed to pursue its course, would have ended in loss far greater than the expenditure now in progress. To com plete the view of the satisfactory course of events, and of the solid prospects of the national credit, some other considerations must be added. When war was first de. Glared, it was considered that in any case one of its evils would be a serious increase of the public debt, and the fact that, notwithstanding the partial clamour which was raised for an immediate creation of fresh Consols after a heavy fall had already occurred, the necessity for this step has been wholly avoided seems a point of congratulation for which the most sanguine could scarcely have hoped. But it remains to be seen that the circumstances under which this result has been realised are of a character greatly more gratifying than the world has generally supposed. The possibility that, though the sacrifices to which they now cheerfully submit, the war may be carried to an end without the burden of debt being augmented, would be a sufficient reward far the people of England to con template. They are able, however, to recall that their present efforts were not needed to avert an increase of the national liabilities, but simply to prevent the prospect being destroyed of an early and large diminution of them. The annual charge for the funded debt at this time is 27,443,7111., but at periods between now and the sth of Jan. 18G0 that is to say, little more than five years—it will undergo a reduction to 24,236,2111. In the course of six weeks the stock known as Three and-a-Quarter pee Cents. will become converted into " New Three per Cents.," guaranteed for 20 years, by which an annual saving will be effected of 600,0001. In October, 1859, annuities expire to the amount of 306,0001., and in January, 1860, the extinction of the Long Annuities, &c., will involve a saving of 1,599,5001., while meanwhile there are sundry smaller claims of tontine and other life annuities, which it is estimated will fall in to the extent of 702,0001. A total reduction is thus arrived at of :3,207,5001., and consequently a re sult which, in its effect on the yearly taxation, will be the same as if 107,000,0001. of Three per Cent. Debt had been paid off. In 1867, moreover, a further relief will take place in the expiration of the annuity held by the Bank of England, and usually termed the "dead weight," amounting to 585,7001., or the equivalent of an annual payment of 19,520,000/. Three per Cents. Hence it will be seen that, notwithstanding the predictions of some foreign writers as to the ruin that was to fall upon Great Britain whenever she should find herself compelled to resort to hostilies, she is in a position that would enable her during thenext 13 years to borro A' nearly 130,000,000/. or at the rate of 10,000,0001. par annum, without placing herself, as far as annual taxation is concerned, in less favourable circumstances than she occupies at this mo ment. It must be remarked, too, that although it is a common impression that the present generation have failed to avail themselves sufficiently of the advantages of a long peace in reducing the national obligations, a reference to the statistics of the subject for the past 30 years will show that, while more might undoubtedly have been done, there is no ground for heavy reproach. The principal of the debt, it is true, has been reduced only to the extent of about 41 per cent., but the annual amount payable for interest has been reduced nearly 8 per cent., notwithstanding the emancipation loan of 15,000,0001. in 1535, and the Irish famine loan of 8,000,00 C/. in 1547. Under these circumstances there seems nothing more than is natural in the prices which the British funds are now found to maintain, or in the fulfilment of the opinion ventured upon in March last, that the range of Consols throughout the worst periods of the coming struggle might be such as to excite con gratulation and surprise. —Times. CREMORNE GARDENS.-Mr. Simpson's annual benefit takes place this day. The preparations for it are upon a most liberal and extended scale, in which the whole resources of the establishment, aided by several special novelties, will be employed. It will be the grand event of the season, and we trust Mr. Simpson will have a bumper indeed. The season has, we fear, been hitherto far from prosperous, owing to the unsettled state of the weather. FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday, between one and two o'clock, as a fine little boy was crossing Drury-lane, near the Olympic Theatre, he fell down, and before he could be extricated the wheels of a waggon bad passed over his head. The child was conveyed to King's College Hospital, but he was quite dead. No blame is attached to the carman. DETERMINED ACTS OF SELF-DDSTRUCTION._ Yester. d a y forenoon, Mr. Baker, the coroner, received infor mation at his residence, Chester-terrace, Regent's -park, of the following acts of self-destruction :—The first was committed by a man named William Drew. On the 15th inst., he was admitted into the workhouse of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, having attempted self-destruc tion with a table-knife, while in a state of fever, and with which he cut his throat. He was recovering, but j m u a ry n . of H thee was n ai miaat s re N 3 of James ejyalar,oms on Monday IMlGnegoyilenl place,. edtat nnt agedhr g e oh2w o t: t : h case,e daa r enwsdte raovwyee: : : on Tuesday forenoon he died from the effects of the in who himself w a s living v s h i l m g found by his landlady. He had been in a depressed state of r m A i n T d A L fo A r e s c o me AT past tA N . bet bonr bridge, gh e ee e , n pwl t ah e t n ef on r a mo n n d ae e t o l e tf v a e tnh n ke sci dhe SlDE.—Yesterday morni n g, o'clock, children n u two t i h n Southwark, boys n nge werear pushed tplaying n e other, a boy about ten years, on one side, and he fell into the river. The boat belonging to the steam floating engine wa s i mmed i ately put off to the spot, and the drags of the Royal Humane Sooiety were used for some time, but the unfortunate child could not be found. Who the deceased was, or where he came from, could not be learned. SUSPICIOUS DEATH.—On Tuesday evening, o'clock, as Mr. Mayhew, of No. 6, Chester-terrace, Ro he gent's-park, was about to pass into his r esidence, oerw observed a bundle upon one of the steps of the doorway. upon ay about six He took it up, when he was painfully i gatekeeper of Chester-terrace entrance, body of a fine tyinc, the bundle, there was discovered the seeing the body of an infant. He se n w t h f e e o n x r . c H ep a o w n ki u n:,. theill, who r in fante3adjoining the gate, was cal d i e e ad, and that it was about 3 had not been long made ' and beautiful female infdant.HDe stated unable to say, without a post mortem examination w hether it had been poisoned o r na te infant was naked, and was tied up in a fine nc n s workhouse, King's-road. or • suffocated. The unfortunate p in and blanket. The body w a s taken to St. Pancras L I LLYWHITE. —The admirers of the m an ly will be sorry to learn that this favourite songme a of cricket of the bat, the ball , and the wicket, is no more. aa- k D XAT Ff OF After a long and successful innings cholera has at last " caught him out. He died at his house in Islington. on Tuesday, of the prevailing epidemic. The deceased was much respected by the cricketing world, who gave him the title of " The Nonpareil." Lillywhite introduced the round bowling. A SIGNIFICANT FACT has just transpired at Berlin. The king has ordered that a marble tablet, with az inscription in letters of gold, shall be placed at the spot where the first soldier fell in 1348 from the fire of the insurgents. This proceeding has given rise to some protestations, but which have led to several persons being arrested or summoned to appear before the mag►etrates. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Snt, —Much has been said as to the conduct of the officers of the 46th Regiment, and some say it has been undeservedly censured. During their stay at Weedon, only eight miles from this town, they were invited to dine with the officers of the Northamptonshire Militia, and, after they had left the dinner table, they descended into the town, and commenced a series of pranks dis graceful to any body of men, and especially of those holding her Majesty's commission. I ans sure the police would most feelingly state that they have no memory of ever having been so taunted and insulted as they were by these men, and it was a perfect mystery to the by standers why they were not taken into custody. In making the above statement I have no unkind or illiberal feeling, and I have no doubt the gentlemen constituting the court martial will do their duty dispas sionately, but I think it is but right that the country should be apprised that, irrespective of the court martial alluded to, the general conduct of this corps deserves re prehension, and has been highly unbecoming men calling themselves officers and gentlemen.—l am, your's faithfully, A CONSTANT READER. P.S. I should probably add that all this happened after they had parted with the militia officers, any one of whom would have been ashamed of such conduct. Lieut.-Col. Lord Burghley and the officers he commands (who are now en route to Dublin) would never have met them after such conduct, if apprised of it in all its truth. Northampton, Aug. 23, 1354. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. S lll , — Perceiving that a meeting of omnibus proprie tors has been convened to appeal against Sir Richard Mayne's laudible proposal for an improvement in the present inadequate accommodation for outside pas sengers in omnibuses, I am indu ce d t o b eg t h e f avour of you inserting th e following suggestion in your widely circulated paper:—M uc h caut i on is required on entering an omnibus, particularly if the vehicle moves on at the moment. Sometimes persons are precipitated forward, at other times backwards. This, in many instances, is owing to the two passengers on each side of the door obstructing the entrance. An improvement in this respect might be made at a trifling expense—viz., by removing the . two seats back about six inches, that allowing sufficient space for passing. It would also be advisable to add a small brass rod for resting the arm upon, with round knobs attached. The latter would be of great assistance in facilitating the ingress and egress of passing. R. GUINNESS. August 21, 1854. OUR AMMUNITION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. The Sun of the sth instant I raad, under the heading of "The New Long-gun Range," that practice was made at Shoeburyness with a two-groove 68-pounder rifle-cannon on Mr. Lancaster's principle. This two groove rifle-cannon has been called at one time "an elliptic-bore," at another time a cannon of "a particular bore," and again at the third time " the oval gun." This, I suppose was done to make it intelligible to the public. In page 6, figure 12, of my pamphlet on projectiles, the transverse base of the figure will truly and clearly ex plain the mystery of the elliptic, particular bore, oval cannon. It is now about sixteen years ago when I, by the request of Sir William Bowyers Smijth, Bart., M.P., gave Mr. Lancaster, gun-maker, Bond-street, one of my elongated rifle percussion -shells ; and it was about the same period that I successfully tested my four-groove one-pounder rifle brass cannon at Woolwich, in presence of Lord Hardinge, the present Commander-in-Chi e f, th e late Admirals, the Earl of Camperdown, Sir Thomas Hardy, and several other officers of high rank of both the naval and military services. Lord Hardinge was pleased to write to me afterwards, saying that he was convinced that my principle of rifle-cannon and its pro jectiles would lead to the most important results.—Your obedient servant, ' J. NORTON. Victoria Hotel, Cork, I9th August, 1854. MR. TV. S. WOODIN'S ENTERTAINMENT -" THE CARPET BAG AND SKETCH BOOK." The gifted and accomplished polyloguist, Mr. Woodin commenced, on Monday evening, the 14th inst. His metropolitan fame preceded him ; and the number and quality of the assembly which greeted him upon his first appearance in Brighton, and the continually -augmentin g receipts, from night to night throughout the week, at the doors of the Banqueting -room in the Pavilion, give promise that he will be induced to extend his projected series to a season, Mathews was a great artist, strictly sui generis. Such also is Woodin. They may stand at the same elevation in art. But each stands upon a different platform, and must occupy a distinct , niche in the temple of fame. Comparison is out of the question. Mr. Woodin's sketches of character are all ably delineated : several of them are pictures of ex quisite delicacy and masterly force. They are all amusing —nay, mirth moving. They draw forth, at the first, a gush of laughter from his visitors, which rushes on in a continuous stream of cachinnation to the end. We must, however, caution our readers not to be taken in by our able actor, as to one leading feature of his performance. They may be assured that the maniere Legere which he assumes in his interlocutory addresses as the entertainer, cannot be a characteristic of the man. It must be regarded as a studied piece of acting as elabo rate and finished as the full-length portrait of Sir Benja min Bungle—(and what an excellent work that is !) But Mr. Woodin himself—the natural Woodin--is, undoubtedly, a grave, deep-thinking man, who lays aside, for the oc casion, that impressiveness which a profound and power ful intelligence must stamp upon the natural manners and deportment. The disguise of polished lightness Which is worn in his well-acted part of the evening's host, is seen through, in many passages. This is pro minently obvious in the half-length of the man of the Last Century. There the force, depth, and power of the artist is manifest—the gravity, the severiey of his natural mood is marked in the surpassing vigour of the work, as—if we may compare such things—the mental power of Titian is stamped upon his portrait of Ignatius. It is seldom worth while to make mention of the pro gramme in noticing an entertainment, but Wo o d in ' s progra mme stands alone in the world of programmatic literature. It is unique. It is witty, and of rich humour. We recommend every visitor to be provided with a copy. Nay, more, we recommend invalids, who cannot partake of the entertainment itself, to procure a programme. They have a crown's worth of healthy laughter, and of somewhat classical merriment, for six pence. The book will ever be worth keeping, when the entertainment itself will be remembered but little, ex cept when revived in the recollection of the rising genera tion by some respective reference of a posthumous critic. —Brighton Examiner. MAIL BAGS AND RAILWAYS.--.Th• Lords of the Trea sury, upon the recommendation of the Right Hon. Vis count Canning, her Majesty's Postmaster-General, have awarded Mr. John Dicker, inspector of mails, the sum of 5001., as a compensation for his invention of an appa ratus for transferring mail bags to and from railway car riages at full speed without stopping, a working model of which, in the Exhibition of 1851 (class 5), was greatly admired, and for his personal exertions in the successful application of his improvements ou various lines of rail way. FIRE IN LAMBETH. — Yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. Millsom, timber yard and saw mill proprietor, carrying on business at No. 143, Regent-street, Lambeth-walk. th-alk. The workmen were employed in the building' at the time of the out break, so that immediate assistance was forthcoming, but in spite of every exertion, and the early attendance of the firemen with a strong force, the flames spread with great rapidity, i gn i t i ng success i ve l y th e s aw mills, the boiler hous e , an d th ree wor k s h ops , co vering a apace of ground nearly 100 feet square. Tho whole of thesepre mises, with the stock-in-trade, and the costly macr. hinery, were totally destroyed. Unfortunately, AI was only insured to the amount of 5001.,. which it is un -1 derstood will not more than half corer his loss. HE SUN, L IPald. 100 8 100 100 all all • all 100 184 11i all all all all 100 100 12 j 7 it is 100 100 100 100 16i 100 9 100 21 20 20 50 20 all 81s. 100 20 134 100 33 4 SDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 85 4,