The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-29 00:00:00

Irttrb Mbitton+ BUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. DERBY RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRADESMEN'S PLATE. Little Davie '--- 1 Pentioestone Six ran. GRAND STAND STAKES. Pelson Little Tom. ................................................. . Six ran. PRODUCE STAKES. St. Clair . Two ran; DERWENT STASES•} Timothaus Governess Three ran• CHELMSFORD RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MARKS-HALL STAKES. St. Faith .. Bordeaux Four ran. BRENTWOOD STAKES. 2 Guitar Despised CHELMSFORD STAKES • Min Bolton Littl• Naughty Pour ran. MEMBERS' PLATE. John o' Bruges Adsline ALLEYWOOD STAKES. Vestige C by Vernlam LATEST BETTING. LEAMINGTON STASES. Bto 1 agst Amalgamation (taken). ST. LEGER. 6to 4 agst Boiardo (taken). OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM SIR CHARLES NAPIER. (FROM THIS EVENING'S GAZETTE.) ADMIRALTY, AUG. 28. 'Despatches, of which the following are copies or extracts, have been received from Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and Tassels in the Baltic : No. 380. Bulldog, off Bomarsund, August 19, 1854. beg to inclose a letter from Rear-Admiral Plumridge, who was stationed, with the Hecla and the French steamer Cocyte (commanded by Lieutenant de Vaissean A. Georgette dn. Bnisson,) on the north side of Bomarsund. 2. I had intended to have brought this squadron through the Presto Channel to have shelled the north side of, Bomarsund, but when the breaching batteries were placed he could not take that station without endangering the men in the French batteries ' • he , therefore, very wisely took up a position so that he had the Presto Tower and Bomarsund in a line, and did good service against the Presto Tower, which I afterwards examined. He was rather too close, being within range of the enemy's fire, and received some damage, but no one was,hurt. 3. The ships I stationed to the southward were out of range of the enemy's guns, and received no damage ; but the shot and shells from the 10-inch guns, together with the fire from the four French mortars, which never missed, and the excellent fire from Captain Pelham's battery, to gether with the preparations the enemy saw in progress, I presume expedited the surrender. 4. Had the enemy held out till the following morning, when the breaching battery, judiciously placed by the French Engineer (General Niel) withing 400 yards of the rear of 'the fort, and the ships the French and English Admirals intended to place in their flank, the fortress would have been reduced to ashes. r have the honour of enclosing lists 'of the whole British Force landed, and of casualties, together with a list of prisoners and guns captured, being no less than 112 mounted, 3 mortars, 7 field pieces, and 79 not mounted. 6. The Commissioners are now taking an account of the stores, and they are preparing plans not only of the bat teries in existence but of those in progress, which I shall send home as soon as possible. 7. This has been a most arduous and laborious service, and I have great reason to be satisfied with the great ex ertions of all the officers, seamen, and marines, and their orderly conduct. 8. General Jones speaks iu the highest terms of the con duct of Colonel Graham and his marines. The firing of the seamen and marines and marine artillery, under Capt. Ramsay, was most precise ; he himself was slightly wounded. 9. The shells thrown by the ships were most destruc tive, and had the fortress resisted till the following day when all was ready on shore, they would have been irre sistible.—l have, &c., CHAS. NAPIER. Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. The Secretary of the Admiralty. No. 10. RESPECTING OPERATIONS AT BOILIRSUND. Her Majesty's ship Blenheim, Bomarsund, August 17, 1831. Sir,—lt is with great pleasure that I have to report to you, for the information of the Commander-in-Chief, the exceeding good conduct and gallantry displayed by the officers and men under my command on shore at Blenheim Battery, during the attack on Bomarsund on the 15th and 16th inst. when under a very heavy fire of shell and shot during the greater part of this period. All deserve the highest praise, and I name in the mar gin* the two officers and captain of gun. I have, &c., FK. Puralt, Captain. Rear-Admir a l H enry D. Chad RE s, D C.B. Edinburgh, off Bomarsund, Aug. 18, 1854. Submitted for the consideration of the Commander-in- Chief. H. D. CHADS, Rear-Admiral. Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.U.B. Leopard, at Bomarsund, Aug. 17,1854. Sir,— Observing on the 16th inst. th e Presto Tower's fire was harassing the constructors of General Jones' bat tery, I moved (in obedience to your orders) the Leopard, Heels, and French steamer Cocyte into a delightful seques tered position, screened from observation by the trees on the neck of land to the eastward of the tower, having the great Bomarsund Fort and it in one, so that our over shot and shell should fall to the lot of Bomarsund. The simultaneous opening fire from the throe broadsides was the first intimation the tower inmates had of on movements, and I had the satisfaction of seeing (at times from aloft) the steadiness and precision with which the shot and shell were delivered from each vessel. I only re gret that the trees alluded to obscured us all from your view, as I feel almost assured this bit of service would have been deemed worthy of better notice than it becomes me to give at so short a distance from your flag. It is how ever, Sir, my most gratifying duty to state, on behalf of the whole of the officers and ships' companies, that I en tertain the most lively admiration of their exertions, as well as of the exemplary animation exhibited by Captains Hall and Giffard, and Lieutenant de Vaisseau A. Georgette du Buisson, of his Imperial Majesty's steam-vessel Cocyte. I have, Stc, HANWAY PLITURIDGE, Rear-Admiral of the White. Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., Commander-in• Chief, &c. &c. kc. _ .__...., .... In Camp, Bomarsund, Aland Islands, Siit,—l hav y e our thehononr to a A c u qu g a. ' i s n t t lB Yo l u Bs4 that in com pliance with d ir ections, I landed at Bomarsund. on the Bth instant, in command of a battalion of Roya l Marines, and placed myself under theorders r commandingo of Brigadie r- Generalthe Jones, RE brigade. ' ', the general o fficer The brigadier-gener 1 • yesterday's date, latahnkae'd hthr e l lffits7nnt e m o i r e r o c l officers and men conduct d uring Royal Marines under my command ene for their good also ng the period they hav employed on shore, as un for the cheerful and vi e it en g ed the various labo manner in which they a performed perform, and which none duties they were calla ' has contributed so greatly to thT n successful results which have been obtained, I have onl to bear my t es ti mony to allotted to them. their zeal and steadiness in theY performance of every duty der the direction The artillery companies of the corr ieoui of Captain Ramsay, R.N.with Poore, and Hewett, R.M.A.A, performed the ir plaawbey, The e xactness and precision of their fire frommeirrathaneacFaotfwtteehrylle. reflected great credit on the officers M co several gunei. The divisional companies were repeatedly exposed to heavy fire of round and grape as well as from the mi n i: rifle. The casualties have been few, for which we h ave to be thankful t o a divine providence. I beg to bring to your favourable notice the zeal and energetic conduct of the two officers appointed by brigad e orders of the 9th instant, to perform the duties of field officers, viz. : —Major I\iolloth and Capta in Heriot, R.M., of my brgacie, Major Captain W. C. P. Elliott, whose exertions in support of my orders call forth my warmest thanks. I beg also to assure you that the captains of companies, subalterns, non-commissioned officers and men, did their duties in a manner highly satisfactory to me. Lieutenant Frases, R.M. acted as the adj utant, and Lieutenant Lennox as my orderly officer, and I have great pleasure in bringing them both under your favourable con sideration as deserving officers, together with Assistant- Surgeon Daniel John Duigan, and the other medical offi cers employed u n d er m orders who evinced the g reatest willingness and pr•mp y titude in the execution of their duties.—l h ave, &c., F. GRAHAM, Colonel, Royal Marines, A..D.C., in commnd of Brigade in Camp. Vico-Admiral Si r Charles Napier, K.C.B &0., Commander-in -Chief. ----_._ Read-Quarters, Bomarsund, SIB,—I beg leave t o enclose a August 19, 1834. copy of a Brigade Order * Fran. A. Closes, lieutenant Wildmanevenoa M t); John Farrell, chief lnati mat , 3.4 , 1 a tin & v*VV,4 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1854. which I directed to be issued previous to the seamen and marines, who have been employed on shore, returning to their respective ships, and it a f f ords me great satisfaotion to state that the discipline observed merits my warmest appro bation • not a single complaint has b ean addressed to me on the pa rt of the inhabitants against any individual of the force employed on shore under my orders. I beg leave to bring to your notice the valuable assist ance I have received from my naval aide-de-camp the Honourable Ernest Cochrane, who has been most Esalous and active in the discharge of the duties required of him, many of which have, in consequence of Lieut. Cowell's abeenoe, from his wounds, partaken more of the military character. Mr. Cochrane is a young officer of great intelligence, and I beg leave to recommend him most strongly to your favourable notice, and to express a hope, should a force be again employed on shore, that I may have the benefit of his assistance.—l have, Sco_,. HARRY D. JONES, Brigadier-General. Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier , &c., Ate &o., No. 396. Bulldog, off Bomarsund, Aug. 22, 1854. Sir,—l beg to transmit their Lordship's the enclosed letter I have received from General Baraguay d'Hilliers, expressing his satisfaction at the zealous manner in which Commander the Hon. Arthur Cochrane performed his duties during the time he was attached to the General's Staff. Commander Cochrane was in the batteries throughout the operations of the siege of Bomarsund, and General Baragnay d'Hilliers has spoken to me in the highest terms of his conduct. —I have, &c., CHARLES NAPIER, Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. The Secretary of the Admiralty. Bomarsund, le 20 Ada, 1854. Monsieur PAmiral,—Pendant les operations militaires dont l'lsle d'Aland vient d'être le thatre, vons avez eu is. bonte de detacher pros de moi pour faciliter les relations de rarmee Francaise, avec la marine Anglaise, Monsieur le Commandant Cochrane dont j'ai en beaucoup ame loner. Je enis tres-henreux, Monsieur l'Amiral d'avoir temoigner du zele de Monsieur le Commandant Cochrane et de le recommander votre bienveillance.—Recevez, etc., (Signe) BARAGIJAT D'HILLIERS, Le General-en-Chef. A Monsieur le Vice-Amiral Napier, Commandant rEscadre Anglaise de la Baltique. No. 380. Brigade Orders. Camp, Bomarsund, August 17, 1854. The Brigadier-General cannot allow the force which he has had the honour to command, during the operations against the forts of Bomarsund, to re-embark without re questing the officers, seamen, non-commissioned officers and privates of the Royal Sappers and Miners and Royal Marines, to accept his thanks for their good conduct during the period they have been employed on shore, as also for the cheerful and willing manner in which they performed the very laborious duties which they were called upon to perform, and which has contributed so greatly to the successful results which have been obtained. _ . The excellence and precision of the fire from the two batteries was the admiration of every one who witnessed it, and reflects great credit upon the officers in command of the several guns. Captain Ramsay, R.N., and Colonel Graham, Royal Marines, are requested to accept the Brigadier-General's thanks for the very able assistance they have afforded him during the period he has had the honour to have them under his command. (Signed) H. ST. GEORGE ORD, Major of Brigade. A return of the killed and wounded in the forces ender the command of Brigadier-General Jones, between the 7th and 18th of August, 1854, at Bomarsund, Aland Mande. KILLED. The Hon. C. Wrottesley ; Henry Collins, private R.M., Duke of Wellington. WOUNDED DANGEROUSLY. Thomas Baughan, private R.M., Her Majesty's ship Blenheim, ankle joint, by a fragment of a shell; since amputated. WOUNDED SEVERELY. William Mitchell, A. 8., Her Majesty's ship Blenheim, by splinters of iron. SLIGHTLY WOUNDED. William Bridle, gunner's mate, her Majesty's ship Hogue, by splinters of iron. SLIGHT CONTUSIONS. Captain William Ramsay, her Majesty's ship Hogue; Lieutenant G. F. Burgess, R.N., her Majesty's ship Edin burgh. BURNT. John McGngan, A. 8., her Majesty's ship Hogue, in the foot; John MeGriffin, A. 8., her Majesty's ship Hogue, foot. A. R. BRADFORD, Surgeon of her Majesty's ship Hogue, and Medical Officer in charge of the above force. Approved, W. RAMSAY, Captain. No. 381. Bulldog, off Bomarsund, Aug. 19. Sir,—l have received their lordships' letter of the 7th inst., approving of all my proceedings and their satisfac tion at Admiral Plumridge's activity and judiciousness. 2. I owe much to Admiral Plnmridge for the manner he placed his squadron to prevent reinforcements being thrown in ; and I am informed two Russian Admirals were sent among the Islands to see if it were possible to pass the blockading squadron, and returned in despair. Rear-Admiral Phimridge, as second in command, I have removed into the Neptune ; Rear-Admiral Martin ,will hoist his flag on board the Leopard, and take charge of the Gulf of Bothnia, during the rest of the season, which will not be long,—l have, &c. dRAS. NAPIER, Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. The Secretary of the Admiralty. No. 397. Bulldog, Led Sund, Aug. 22, 1854. Sir,-1 ar.4 happy to inform their Lordships, that Rear- Admiral Chads has conducted three of his line of battle ships in perfect safety through all the intricate navigation of the channels from Bomarsund to this anchorage.—l have, &c., CHAS. NAPIER, Vice-Admiral and Commander•in-Chief. The Secretary of the Admiralty. Return of Russian Prisoners embarked in the undermentioned Ships. Hannibal—Officers 9, privates 304, wives of officers 1, wives of men 7, children 2 ; total, 323. Algiers—Officers 8, privates 4)9, wives of officers 2, wives of men 1 ; total, 420. Royal William—Officers 16, privates 731, wives of officers 1, wives of men 8, children 8 ; total, 764. Termagant—Officers 3, privates 199, wives of effice3, children 1, servants 1 ; total, 207. St. Vincent—Officers 15, privates 499, wives of men 5, children 2 ; total, 521, Grand total, 2,235, (Signed) F. W. GREY, Commodore. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) [The following article is substituted for that which ap peared in the Gazette of the 23d of June last.] FOREIGN-OFFICE, JUNE 20. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. August Wehner as Consul in London for his Majesty the King of Hanover. DOWNING-STREET, AUGUST 26. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Neville Pucker, Esq., to be a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of the Province of New Brunswick, with rank and precedence in the said Court next after the Chief Justice. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Thomas D. Archibald, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the province of Nova► Scotio. Her Majesty has been further pleased to appoint Richard S. Darling and Toussaint Rostant, Esqs.. to be Members of the Legislative Council of the Island of Trinidad. WHITEHALL, AUG: The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Bar onet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto John Beverley Robinson, Esq., C. 8., Chief Justice of that part of Her Majesty's province of Canada, called Upper Canada, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great - Britain and Ireland unto Louis Hypolite Lafon taine, of the city of Montreal, in the county of Montreal, Esq., Chief Justice of that part of her Majesty's province of Canada, called Lower Canada, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. WHITEHALL, AUG. 29. The Queen bas been pleased to appoint Henry Goodeve Bowra, Esq., to be Lieutenant in the Artillery Company of London. WHITEHALL, AUG. 29. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend George Clark, M.A., to the united Rectory and Vicarage of Saint Mary's, Tenby, in the county of Pembroke, and diocese of Saint David's, void by the cession of the Rev. William Hayward Cox. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, AUG. 28. Royal Regiment of Artillery — S econd Ca p tain Charles Henry Morris to be Captain , vice Lovin g! , deceased, Aug. 3 ; Fiat mCharles Second Edward LieutenantMainwaring be Second Captain, vice Er nest Augustus Montague Lloyd to be First Lieutenant, vice Mainwaring, Aug. 4. Memorandum—The date of the promotion of the under mentioned Officers hash!en altered to 3d of August, 1854, Viz.:—Second. Captain H.:A. r.Chrupp; First Lieutenant G. A. A. Walker. COMMISSIONS SIGNED In LORD-LIEUTENANTS. Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia — Win. Leyland Feilden, late 13th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, Aug. 24. 3d Ditto—Wm. Thomas Harris, Esq., late Captain 35th t to o b b e e Ensign t o b e Captain, Aug. 25. Royal Bucks King's Own Militia—Augustus Morgan, Gent., Ensign,oaigo ; July 24. Royal M onmouthshire Light Infantry—Bryan Sheehy, Gent., William Grey Pitt, Gent., to be Ensign.4th o or Williamßo y Royal South Parker, E Middlesex g Charlesrvßegi ment,jmeiegßn euatrog; Burgess, s a p, . ig , Captain, E d Henry Alexander Striven to be" resigned ; Ensign resigned ; EnsignenEdward Crossweller George utenant, vice Keily, arvaiceE'dqßrilsattewe C , aptain 69th Elliot to be Lieutenant, to be Lieut enant, vice Var I ( resigned ; William Fleming Marson, Ge n t., to be Ensign, vice Scriven, pr omo t e d ; William Piers Brialy, Gent., to be Ensig n , v i ce Elli ot, promoted, o o t r ed lio A ya u l g. 16. Westminster Li..ht Infantry Regiment j of M H _Middlesex Militia—Captain . my Penton to vice Glossop, promoted; Ensi gn Robert BruceW e E M we a n jo t r o , be Lieutenant, vice Parsons, promoted, Aug. 18. Esq., Royal Wilts Militia — John Frederic Nicholls, be Surgeon, Aug. 16 . Royal Light Infantry Militi a Georgeto O'Grady, Glamorgan y, Es a q m ., o t rgn o a be Second Lieutenant, Aug. 26. The Essex Rifles—Charles Andrew Irwin, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Cnmpbell, promoted, Aug. 1. Ist Regiment of West York Militia (Rifles)—Charles WHeinlkrYes Wand, Irwin, Gent., to be i Edward Stainforth , Es q . (late 7th Re g im ent), to be Cap tain, Aug. 17. 4th Reg u mY.orlks ;Edward -- Lieutenant, of West g A West York Assistant-SurgeonMilitis— -3d Regiment of Ti ko ph Kitty to In sargevu, 1 1 49314 3 0F1 00$ 11 0; AiG4r4 Hayes Perry, Gent., to be Asaistant•3urgeon, vice Guy, promoted, Aug. 22. BANKRUPTS. James Martin, hatter and coach proprietor, Maidstone, to surrender, Sept. 7, at two, and Oct. 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Hughes, St. Swithin's-lane. George Harris de Rusett, merchant, Birchin-lane, Sept. 7, at one, and Oct. 20, at halt-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Elmslie, Moorgate-street. Walter Graham, draper, Blackburn, Sept. 12 and Oct. 3, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Cobbett and Wheeler, Man chester ; Backh onse, Blackburn. Thomas Lightfoot, grocer, Stockport, Sept. 8 and 29, at twelve, .at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee; Partington, Manchester; Bolton, Merriman, and Dunning, London. Patrick Farrell and John Griffiths, builders, Broughton, Manchester, Sept. 8, and Oct. 4. at twelve, at the Man chester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Blair or Parry, Manchester. William Hollins, commission merchant, Manchester, Sept. 13, and Oct. 4, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Atkinson, Saunders, and Last, Manchester. James Rand, grocer, Stafford, Sept. 9 and 29, at half past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Clarke, Longton; or Mot teram and Knight, Birmingham. Philip Paige, lodging-house keeper, Montvidere House, Torquay, Sept. 7 and Oct. 5, at one, at the Exeter Dis trict Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter. John Edward Rathbone, trading under the name of John Edward Egerton, printer and publisher, Threadneedle street and Moorgate-street, Sept. 14 at eleven, and Oct. 13 at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Webb, Lincoln's-inn fields. Samuel Siviter, ironfounder, Brierley-hill, Sept. 15 and 29, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Wright, Birmingham. John Daudison, wine and spirit merchant, Huddersfield, Sept: 11, and Oct. 13, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds • J. and W. Sykes, Huddersfield Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Robert Sykes, grocer, Sheffield, Sept. 9 and Oct. 14, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Brewin, Official As signee, Sheffield; Fernall, Sheffield. James Lawrenoeson, innkeeper, Blackpool, Sept. 14 and Oct. 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Richardson, Bolton-le-Moors. John White, builder, Ormskirk, Sept. 12 and Oct. 2, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.l Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Forshaw, Liverpool; Welsby, Orms kirk. Charles Levet, ironmonger, Ely, Sept. 8, at half-past twelve, and Oct. 13, at two, a t the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Reece and Blyth, Fleet-street. Charles Lord, tailor, Fleet-street, Sept. 7, at two, and Oct. 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Stronghill, Coleman street. George Rusling, licensed victualler, Manchester, Sept. 12, and Oct. 3, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Boote, Eltoft, Manchester ; Bower, or Jaques, Edwards, Jaques, and Layton, London. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. William Jamieson, stock-broker, Glasgow. Stewart M`Millan, singer and calico printer, Kil marnock. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of this day.) SUGAR.—The market is quiet, the quantity offered being small. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 2,476 hhds 479 tierces 992 brls. There were taken for home consump- tion 1,220 hhds 166 tierces 642 brls. The stock in the same places is 11,131 hhds 1,890 tierces 3,075 brls. REFINED.—Foreign goods are firm in consequence of limited supply. Home made dull and cheaper, brown lamps having sold at 435, crushed quiet at 31s 6d for British, and 24s 9d to 28s 6d per cwt. for Dutoni MAURITIUS.—At public sale 1771 bags sold slowly, very low dark brown went at 25s 6d, low to good 27s 6d to 31s, grocery sorts were bought in full prices, viz. 34s to 36s per cwt for low to good. EAST INDIA.—To-day sales of good dry grocery descrip tions have been made at 36s to 37s per cwt which is about former terms. Mauritius kinds were withdrawn at 34s to 35s 6d, with inferior at 33s per cwt. COFFEE.—There is not much doing. Ruxt.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 949 puns 151 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 322 puns 93 hhds, and ex- Ported 78 puns 265 Mids. The stock in the same place is 10,:316 puns, 2,492 hhds. OlLS.—Supply does not exceed demand, and prices are on the rise, pale seal realizing 411 to 41110 s. Other sorts 3 , 31 to 40/, cod 401, southern at 401 to 411, sperm 104/ to 1061; headmatter 102/ to 1041, Gallipoli 561 to 57/, other sorts 52/ to 55/, Lucca 71 10s. per jar, and Florence 24s to 25e per half chest. For cocoa nut prices are easier, Cochin selling at 51s to 51s 6d, and in other sorts at 49s 6d to 50s 6d. In Linseed Oil a larger business has been concluded, and 34s 3d to 34s 6d accepted on the spot. A good business doing in Palm, still there are sellers of low to fine at 45s to 475. Of Rape Oil supply exceeds demand, and there are sellers of Refined at 44s to 44s 6d, and Brown .at 42s to 42s 6d. Lard Oil is cheap, 51s to 52s having been accepted. American Spermacetti sells more freely at is 3d. and is 4d per lb. TALLOW.-Although it is evident supplies from Russia will not be equal to the previous year, still speculators and the trade are reluctant to operate.. There are sellers of first sort P.Y. Candles at 66s to 66s 3d on the spot, and 66a 611 to 67s for delivery last three months. Of town tallow supply now exceeds demand, yat there are not sellers under 67s cash. Australian, fair to fine mutton at 63s to 67s 61, and South American 62s to 67s 6d. Stock of tallow is 12,000 casks more than last season. Deliveries 5,000 less, and prices range higher by 14 to 15 per cent. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Lirs DAY. Am5terdr.m.........•.. 11 1 7 % Gibraltar .. •••• • • • • Ditto, three months .. 11 17 1 4 Legi'orn Botterdam ............ 11 174 Genoa ...... • • ...... 25 45 Antwerp .............. 25 30 'Milan : •• • • Prassels 25 30 Venice........ • • 11aniburgh .......... 13 64 Naples ............ •• .. 44 Altona Palermo . Paris . 25 734 Megsina • 129% Ditto, three months .. 25 30 'Lisbon ....... ..... .... 53 Marseilles ............. 25 30 Oporto ............ •• •• 534 Boarde,ux .. • • ........ alto Janeiro ..... ..• F, aukfort .on• NT able •... 119 Buenos Ayres.. .. •.• . .. New York, Gi days' sight Vienna................ it 34 Philadilphia Trieste •• •..... 12 36 PRICES OF BIILLICN, PER oz. Petersburg 36% Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid 40% Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 Cadiz .......... .. 50 Mex l can Dollars .... 0 0 0 Barcelona .......• •• •• New Doltars 0 0 0 Seville.. •• •• .......... Silver in bars •• 0 0 0 ASSAULT BY AN OFFICER. ROCHESTER, Aug. 28.—The county magistrates were occupied a considerable time this morning, at the magis trates' office in this city, in investigating a charge of a violent and unprovoked assault, preferred by Louisa Pierce, against Ensign Strover, an officer attached to the Royal Engineers' establishment at Brompton. Mr, M. Stephenson, solicitor, appeared fur the defen dant, who was attended to the court bji several of the officers belonging to the corps. The complainant, a young person of prepossessing ap pearance, deposed that she was returning from Chatham to her residence at Brompton on the night of Saturday, in company with two other friends, and they were pass ing along the embankment opposite the Marine Bar racks, when they overtook the defendant in company with' two officers, all of whom were walking dow❑ in the roadway. Immediately they passed them some obser vations wore addressed by the officers to complainant and her friends, and thereupon defendant and his com panions commenced throwing stones at them. Com plainant ran down into the road to ascertain the names of their assailants, and to remonstrate with them on their behaviour, when the defendant struck her two violent blows in her face with his fist, and another with his walking stick, at the same time calling her By Mr. Stephenson—Witness knew of no reason for the attack upon her, and was quite positive she threw no stones. She had only seen him once before, and that was the same evening. The two officers who were with the defendant also threw some stones. On complainant going down into the road she was very excited and frightened, but did not attempt to strike them. A gen tleman had insulted her the same evening in Watt's place, by trying to pull her veil up. When the defen dant struck her it was about half-past eleven at night. She did not attempt to arouse the Marine guard, as she did not know she was allowed to do so. The reason she was out so late was because she had been to pay a bill at Rochester, and afterwards partook of some re freshments at a confectioner's. Kate 0 wden said she was proceeding home with com plainant on Saturday night, and on passing the defen dant and two other gentlemen, they commenced swear ing and throwing stones at them, several of which struck witness. Complainant ran down the steps to see who threw the stones, and witness saw the defendant strike her with his fist in the mouth, and again under the eye. fie als9 gave her a blow with his stick, and called her a ---. On witness asking him why he did it, he said he did not know, but it served her right. By Mr. Stephenson —The other female's name who was with us is Sarah, but she is called " Topsy". (A laugh.) I have made no endeavour to bring her as a witness. The officers commenced the disturbance by speaking to us and throwing stones at us. Ensign Irwin Montgomery Greig, R.E., was then called, and, in answer to questions put by Mr. Stephen. son, said lie saw the complainant, with two other girls, in Watt's-place. He spoke to them, and received a n abusive answer, and one of his friends told him not to speak to them again. He afterwards saw them near the barracks, and spoke to them, when they gave him an answer which was certainly net civil. He could not remember what it was, but thought complainant called him " a little devil." This being the whole of the evidence, the court was then cleared, and on the public being admitted in about five minutes, Mr. Davies, addressinglthe defendant, said the magi strates convicted him of an assault inflicted under most unjustifiable circumstances. The bench carefully re frained from calling it an aggravated assault, because, bad they done so, the defendant would have been com mitted to prison, and thereby endangered his commis sion. Although the present assault closely answered to one of those aggravated offences, yet the magistrates would not in his case put the wise provisions of law in force against him. As an officer he was bound to protect the weak, and especially those helpless creatures who were thrown, as it were, on the publio for proteo tion. It was a most unmanly thing to assault those females after associating with them. Defendant denied that he associated with them. Mr. Davies desired defendant not to interrupt him. He had been convicted of an assault, and the magistrates therefore ordered him to pay a fine of 51. The penalty was immediately paid, and defenclaut left the court with Nisi fijud,4, OUR COMMBRCE WITH RUSSIA. The following extracts are taken from an inte resting paper in the Quarterly Journal of the Sta tistical Society : The purposes of this paper is to afford materials for answering the question---- What is likely to be the effect of the war we are now engaged in upon our commerce with Russia ? It will be observed, in the fret place, that we have taken the initiative in the war! and that its immediate operation, under the aspect suggested by this question, is unusually simple in firm. It consists only in a blockade of the . Russian ports, we having no access to her land frontiers. And these ports all open upon inland seas, egress from which must be extremely diffi cult in the face of a hostile fleet. In other words, we have little more to consider than the effect of our own acts upon our own share of the maritime commerce of Russia. Obviously, then, the first thing wanted is a clear ac count of the commerce of Russia in general ; then a si milar account of our share in it ; and, finally, whatever authentic data may be available on which to estimate the probable influence of the steps we have taken to put, a stop to commercial intercourse between the two coun tries. At the very outset of the inquiry, however, it becomes apparent that the commerce of Russia, as well as the country itself, and the peonle, are marked by features broadly distinguishing each from any other we are ac quainted with. And, if not at first sight equally appa rent, it may be reasonably suspected that these peculia rities bays an important bearing upon the present sub ject. Hence it is necessary to a right understanding of what we are about that they should first receive some attention. A great deal has been said of the enormous extent of Russia ; but the extent of what now concerns us is not greater than can easily be brought within manageable limits. The area of Russia in Europe, according to M. de Koeppen, may be taken, exclusive of Poland, to be about 2,000,000 of English square miles. A large space ; but not without parallel. The United States of America, including their share of the Oregon territory, as settled by the treaty. of 1846, is supposed, upon data at least equally. sound, to contain 2,500,000 square miles. And British North America, extending as it does from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the nor. thern frontier of the United States to the Arctic Sea, is about as large as the United States, or about one fourth larger than Russia in Europe. Extent of territory is but one of the elerhents of national power ; arid, unless duly combined with the rest,.is apt to prove a source of weakness rather than of strength. The Russian census of 1838, increased in its results, according to the same authority, by about 1 1-3 per cent. per annum, gives us, for the population of this area, in 1854, about 62,000,000 souls. The comparative density of the population in the three groups of provinces, showing us how the people with whom we trade are located, may therefore he shortly stated thus :—The population per square mile (English) was in Finland, 17 ; in the Baltic provinces, exclusive of Finland and Poland, 52 ; in Poland, 103 ; in the Black Sea provinces, 26 ; in the central provinces, 80 ; throughout Russia in Europe, 31. These details then conduct us to the important con clusion that the people of Russia, as we have now to deal with them, are grouped round two main centres, one of wkich is Moscow and the other Warsaw. Put ting aside all reference to despotic political arrangements, we thus discover the natural centres of production and consumption ; and in the connection existing between these localities, on the one hand, and the nature of the commerce carried on by sea between Russia and the rest of the world on the other, we may hope to find sure indications of the probable operation of a maritime war upon the Russian people in a mercantile point of the three years 1841-2-3, was 2,840,000 owts. ; and from other countries, in the same three years, 585,000 ewts. I❑ 1851-2-3, from Russia, 2,266,000 mtg. ; and from other countries, 1,182,000 cwts. So that, while the Russian supply, in the ten years, fell off nearly 20 per cent. the supply from other sources increased by more than 100 per cent. With respect to provisions, the supply from other sources has doubled, while that from Russia has scarcely increased. On examining these results together it will be observed that, as to five of the six articles (grain, hemp, flax, tallow, and bristles), the supply from other sources ha , , during the period in view, been increasing faster than the supply from Russia, and, consequently, that there has been a progressive diminution of the extent to which we have been dependent upon that country for a supply. It is also obvious that the increase, such as it is, which has taken place in the imports of all these ar ticles from Russia (excepting tallow) has tended to make the producers of that country somewhat dependent upon the consumption of this country for a remunera tive demand. Let us now consider how the present war is likely to affect a foreign commerce such as that we have de scribed. Putting aside the trifling amount of commerce carried on through the ports of the White Sea and the Caspian, we have seen that, speaking in round numbers, about one-half in bulk of the exports of Russia pass through her Baltic ports, and the other half through the ports on the. Black Sea. In value, however, the amount or the Baltic trade far exceeds all the rest. To take the Baltic ports first. Of these we need only mention S. Petersburg, Riga, Revel, Windau, and Liebau. And the two first mentioned are so much more important than the rest for our present purpose, they, too, may be passed over. The share of the trade taken by St. Petersburg and Riga may be safely inferred from the following account of the entries of shipping in the three last years for which the returns have just been pub lished Tonnage of shipping entered at the ports of St. Peters bur.- and Riga . in each Of the three , years 1847, 1348, and 1849 : St. Petersburg, 1817, 449,338 tons; 1848, 313,617 tons ; 1849. 323,252 tons. Riga, 1847, 285,352 tons; 1848, 163,105 tons ; 1849 228,983 tons. The tonnage entered at all the Russian ports on the Baltic in 1847 was 808,026, and in 1848 was 645,836. It appears, then, that in both years St. Petersburg had more than half trade in point of bulk, and that Riga had about two-thirds of what remained. It will be here borne in mind that the chief localities of Russian production are not,• as in most other countries, upon or near. the coast where the produce is shipped. The goods exported from St. Petersburg and Riga, coming as they do chiefly from the central provinces be fore referred to, have to pass a long distance through the interior, but a distaAoevhich, from the facility of land carrilge during the inter• months, may be almost as easily travelled in one direction as in another. What, then, is the average distance thus intervening between the place of production -and the port of shipment ? I conceive this may be estimated, in a manner sufficiently accurate for the present purpose, by taking the distance from about the. centre of these provinces to the ports in question. Examination of the map, and of the figures before given, lead us to the City_ of Moscow itself as probably the most common centre that could be chosen for such a purpose. The distance from Mpscow to St. Petersburg, in a straight line, is scarcely 400 miles. Practically, the distance passed over between the two cities may be set down at 480. The like distance between Moscow and Riga appears to be about 630 miles ; but against the distance of 150 miles further, by land, to Riga, is to be set a saving of sea carriage of some 200 miles, in con sequence of Riga being so much nearer than St. Petersburg to the entrance of the Baltic, which is to be passed by nearly all vessels exporting the produce of Russia. _ . . So much for the export trade of the central districts around Moscow. But there is, as we have seen, another great centre of production around Warsaw. And this is very differently situated. It will be observed that Po land and the neighbouring provinces of Vilna and Grodno are separated from the Baltic coast only by a slip of Prussian territory, some 70 or 80 miles wide. Upon the seaboard of this territory, and upon a line the extremi ties of which are not more than 200 miles apart, are four Prussian ports, Dantzic, Elbing, Konigsberg, and Me mel. A fine navigable river (the Vistula) and its tribu taries penetrate the entire kingdom of Poland, and even float thitherward much of the produce of Russian Grodno and Austrian Gallicia. - And though, during the last 30 years, the Russian Government has done all in its power and not without considerable success, to draw the pro duce of this district northwards-, to ports within its own territory (as Windan and Liebau), the natural course of things is still so far maintained as to render these pro vinces of Russia mainly tributry, by their commerce, to the ports of East Prussia. It need scarcely be added that so long as Prussia re mains neutral, her ports will remain open, and the pas sage of Russian produce across her frontiers will be un obstructed. Hence it is to be expected that whatever the Russians may wish to exchange for foreign goods, and can afford to sell at a profit on the frontiers of Prus sia, they may continue to produce for exportation, though every port they have on the Baltic be closely blockaded. Nor does it seem likely that the central provinces will, in the event of a continuance of the war, find the Prus sian ports much less serviceable to them than they are obviously fitted to be to Poland and the neighbouring provinces in the west. We have already set down the average distance of these central provinces from St. Petersburg at 480 miles, and from Rigi at 630 miles. On like data the distance from Moscow . to Konigsberg cannot be estimated at more than about 800 miles. And against the additional land-carriage of 320 miles (as compared with St. Peters burg) there is a distance of some 500 miles saved by sea --Konigsberg being at least so much nearer to the Sound than St. Petersburg. It will also be observed, on consulting a recent map of these countries, that Cracow, at the southern extremity of Poland, and Posen, but a short distance from the western frontier of that country, are already within the bulks of the continental railway system. Goods reach ing either of those cities from Russia are in immediate communication • with Stettin, Hamburg, and all the Dutch and Belgian ports ; and depots of foreign pro duce, for Med at either city, and destined for Russian consumption, might be rapidly supplied by steam transit from any of the ports of England, France, Belgium, Holland, or Prusgia, and the goods easily placed en route for Warsaw, St. Petersburg, or Moscow. When the projected lines from Dantzic to Posen, and from Posen direct to Cracow, shall be completed, the exportable produce of Poland and Gallicia must tend to seek a railway route to Dantzic or Hamburg, or even to Ostend ; a tendency operating directly in proportion to the value and the portability of the produce. But whether this tendency of the German railway system to draw westward the trade now. by the imperial system of Russia, drawn northward to Riga or St. Petersburg, or southwards to Odessa, will be permitted to operate with any degree of freedom, must depend much upon the duration and the issue of the present system. That while hostilities continue, and the Prussian frontier re mains passable, the more free and natural course of trade will be admitted by the Czar for his own sake, though to the detriment of the imperial system is obvi ous ; a benefit to the cause he fights against, which may, for the present, reconcile us to the equivocal-attitude of one of the four powers. So long, then, as Prussia remains neutral, the eastern half of that country, as it obviously possesses the coast line naturally appendant to the kingdom of Poland, and to the Russian provinces immediately adjoining that kingdom on the east, may be expected to afford a pas sage for the trade of these provinces, with all the ease and all the willingness with which mercantile men, who have long seen trade diverted from its natural channel through their own hands, see it come back in conse quence of the temporary weakness of the disturber. From the ports of the Black Sea the only regular sup plies we receive are of corn and seeds, with a small quantity of wool and tallow, and a few articles of no im portance. Corn, wool, and tallow, then, are the only articles with regard to which an entire stoppage of our trade with the Russian ports of the Black Sea would affect this country. And how insignificant such a stoppage would be to us may be inferred from comparison of the quantity of each of these three articles imported thence in the two years 1849 and 1850, with the quantity of each imported into this country from all parts of the world in the same year. • Assuming the trade, on an average of years, to be fairly represented, the corn would form only about 6 per cent., the wool about 3 per cent., and the tallow from 1 to 7 per cent. of all we have been accustomed to iin port. But, reverting to what has been said of the facilities for interior carriage in Russia, and of the great distances over which nearly all the exportable produce of the coun try must be carried before it reaches the place of ship ment, we may safely infer that the greater part of the produce now shipped in the Black Sea would, were that outlet closed to it for more than one i,ea.sou, find its way to the shores of the Baltic. It is also to b e b orne in mind that the Russian export - Rade of the Black Sea is chiefly concentrated at Odessa ; that port is supplied from the country west of the. Dnieper, and drained by that liver and the Bug and the Dniester ; and that this, the most fruitful part of the Russian dominions on the Black Sea, is at once most open to the menus of transport to the Baltic already in use for Gallicia and Poland, and is also the territory obviously most likely to be occupied by the allies of Turkey in the event of a protracted con test, and an advance by the allies upon the most recently acc;iiired and most southern dominions of Russia. This conclusion may be stated in a few words. It is that, while Prussia remains neutral, the efforts we make to put a stop to commercial intercourse between Russia and the rest of the world will result in little more than in transferring to Prussian ports the greater part of the trade hitherto carried on through the ports of Russia. The people of Russia would suffer from such a transfer mainly in the annoyance and loss always incident to an obstruction or disturbance of the ordinary channels of traffic—the nobles or landowners in a lower price ob tained for their exportable produce, and a higher price paid for imported comforts and luxuries—and the government in a partial loss of the revenue derived from trade, and such a restoration of the main commerce of the country to its natural outlets as cannot but post pone, if it do not ultimately prevent, the realisation of the despotic scheme which makes St. Petersburg, in spite of nature, the capital city and chief port of the empire. The sufferings of the p e ople will, at worst, he tempo rary ; for, could the transfer continue but a few years, it would confer all the countervailing benefits of a more natural state w hile the damage done to the of thinols • artinoiAl Bygitom of the Government would b e art4i . : . , view. , The productive powers of the Russians are yet small, hence they have not much to exchange with foreigners. The population of the United Kingdom numbers about 29,000,000, and sends abroad; in exchange for foreign commodities, British produce to an amount which can not now be stated at a value less than 90,000,0001. sterling, or more than 60s. per head per annum. The French people, numbering 36 millions, annually ex change a similar value of nearly 60,000,0001., or about 335. per head. The 62,000,000 of the Russian people export produce to the amount, at most, of 14,000,0001. a year ; say 4s. 2d. per bead. In other words, their foreign commerce, in relation to their numbers, is about one-eighth of that of France, - and about one-fifteenth of that of the United Kingdom. Its nature is exactly such as its amount would indicate. While we export manufactured produce almost entirely, and the exports of our Frgneli neighbours are also largely of the same nature, the exports of Russia are, with 'scarcely an exception, of raw produce. The value of the principal exports from European Russia, in the years 1847 and.lB4B; were—Grain and flour ; 1847, 11,205,6251.; 1848, 3;418,6911. Tallow, 1847, 2,332,7711.; 1848. 2,352,726/. Flax, 1847, 1,439,159/. ; 1848, 1,445,567/. Linseed, 1847, 1,398,966/. ; 1848, 1,186,116/. Hemp, 1847, 1,199,400/. ; 1848, 113,039/. Wool, 1847, 667,9911. ; 1848, 343,5171. Timber, 1847, 593,2091.; 1848, 339,1681. Bristles, 1847, 281,845/. ; 1843, 341,2961. The accounts for 1848 may be taken to represent nearly the ordinary state of trade, and that of 1847 to show how it is liable to be altered by a large and sudden demand for corn: - The value of the principal imports into European Russia were in-thesame years .—Sugar, coffee, tobacco, wine and fruit, 1847. 3.257,876/. ; 1848, 3,388,689/. ; salt, 1847, 840,5161.; 1843, 361,9131. ; textile manu• factures, 1847, 1.121 685/. ; 1848, 956,147/, ; textile materials, 1347, 3,502,909/. ; 1848, 3,820,1551. Speaking in general terms, it may be sail that the peasantry produce the exports, and the nobles and the higher class of burghers consume the imports. It appears that the Russian ships seen in our ports fOrm scarcely 2 per cent. of the whole; or, in other words, taking all vessels at an average size, about one in fifty only are Russian. The capital embarked in the conduct of the trade be tween the United Kingdom and Russia is well known to belong almost wholly to Britii4h subjects. England, how ever, in this instance, only acts upon a rule sufficiently common to be applicable, more or less, to every nation with which she has dealings. Of the Russian tariff, I need scarcely say more than that it is so framed as to keep out almost all our manu factures, except at such prices, duty paid, as prevent their use by any class below that of the nobles, who, as they travel much, and are accustomed to all the arts and conveniences of civilised life in use among the corres in England and France, habitu a lly d raw pouding classes from these countries the means of supplying them. To the Russian people, as a body, the manufactures of other countries are yet almost unknown. What sort of customers for our produce we have hitherto had in the Russian people may he gathered from the following account of their purchases during the last seven years :—The avera g e of the d e cl are d va l ue o f British exports to Russia during the last seven years was 1,557,9261., whilst, to all the world, the average value for the same period was 65,281,169/. It wid be observed that, while the declared value of our exports of British produce to all the world has in creased from 57,000,000/, sterling at the beginning of this period to 78,000,0001. at the end of it, the value of what has been sent to Russia has fallen off with similar regularity, and in • much larger proportion. But, as suming that this diminution may possibly have arisen from causes of a temporary character, and taking, as a broader and safer ground of comparison, the average of each column for the whole seven years, we find that the Russian demand for British produce is only about 2 1-3 per cent. of the whole ; or, in other words, that of every 1001. worth of goods we turned out for exportation dur ing the seven years in view, Russia bought only to the value of about 2/. 6s. The real extent of the trade between this country and Russia, however, is greater than can be exhibited in any accounts yet extant in e i t h er country. O n th e o ne hand, much of what Russia o bt a i n s f rom o th er c ountries is paid for in Russian produ ce sen t to this country, and balanced by British produ ce sen t ei th er di r ectly to the country which thus becomes our cre dit o r, or elsewhere to meet bills drawn by us i n f avour of the creditor rnet the d eunderother imported f hand, m otheru much he countries t the rie s tirnotpoi Russiaand country. other produce piopr O o l du o c e British orders and in British vessels. From two-fifths t o one -h a lf o f the vessels en tering Russian ports before the war broke out were British—and, notwithstanding the restrictions placed by the Government of St. Petersburg upon the action of foreigners as merchants in Russian ports, it is well known that the foreign trade of the country is almost entirely in the hands of foreigners, among whom our fellow-subjects. a re , an d h ave l on g been, by much the most numerous. , The followin g figures show the co m p arative im portance of th e pr i nc i pal art i c l es of Russian produce in the English ma r k e t ; Articles imported from Russia into the 'United King dom, in ; 1850, quantities so large as to constitute one tenth of the total importation of each were :—Bristles, 2,305,685 lbs ; wheat, 3,738,9 95 qrs. ; oats, 1,154,473 qrs. ; flax, 1,822,918 cwts. ; hemp, 1,0 48 , 635 cwts. ; iron, 34,066 to ns ; li nen go ods, 6,7501. ; linseed and flax. seed, 603,984 qrs. ; tallow, 1,240,645 cwts. ; tar, 12,097 lasts: From the southern ports we receive little besides wheat, aril io - ine linseed, with small quantities of tallow and wool. From the northern ports we receive the larger quantity of linseed, some wheat, and a supply of oats nearly equal to one-third of our average animal im portations— and flax, hemp, tallow, tar, and bristles in quantities so large as to form the chief part of our foreign supply of each. -• To the six important articles, grain, hemp, flax, tallow, bristles, and linseed, of which the Russian supply has hitherto formed more than half of all we, have usually imported, it is necessary to give more par ticular attention. It appears that, upon an average of the last seven years, about 14 .per cent. of our total imports of grain, meal, and flour has come from Russia, of which about 8 per cent. came front the ports in the Black Sea, and the remaining 6 per cent. from the northern ports. In the first seven years we obtained from Russia about 62 per cent. of our whole supply of undressed hemp, and, in the last seven years only about 62 per cent.--showing that, while tie have increased our imports in the pro portion of 11 to 6, we have reduced the proportions of the total supply for which we are dependent on Russia in the proportion of 7 to 6. The average annual importation of flax from Russia, which, m the three years 1841-2-3 was 967,000 cwts., had increased in 1851-2.3 to an average of 1,018,000 cwts,, or by less than 5 per cent. And the quantity imported from other countries increased, in the same period, from an average of 342,000 to one of 477,000 ewts., or by nearly 40 per cent., an indication of the fertility of other sources of foreign flax, which the pre seht high prices cannot but tend further to develops. "Xile whole quantity of tallow imported from Russia, in . : considerable, and probably irreparable. But England and France in arms will hardly permit a new settlement of the channels of trade between Russia and her neigh bours anterior to a general peace. A state of war must be a state of change- -achieved or expected—and in either case is destructive of that confidence in the future which is of the essence of all settled mercantile arrangements. Should Austria frankly join and strongly act with the allies, and should the resistance of Russia continue, it is more than probable that Russia will, during the next twelve months, have to retreat not only from the invaded provinces, but from the Crimea, and the whole line of coast from Azof to the mouths of the Danube. Were such a position to be attained by the allies, and Prussia still to remain neutral, the entire trade of Russia, west ward, would be carried on over the. Prussian frontiers, much to the profit of the Government and people of that country. In view of this state of thing", St. Peters burg and Riga, already useless as ports, and all the Rus sian ports on the Black Sea, might be destroyed without materially affecting the commercial pressure of the war upon the Czar. Russia would be surrounded by a circle of belligerents, broken only by the intervention of a single neutral State—that State, however, being singu larly well placed for carrying on the obstructed trade of the beleaguered State. And in the event, said to have been already threatened by the Czar, of a final retreat upon the central provinces, and the allies permitting the war to resolve itself, as they then probably would, into a mere shutting up of the general disturber, by holding in possession every avenue between Moscow and civilised Europe, the neutrality of Prussia would become the sole hope of the enemy, and, in all probability, the sole obstacle to peace. Nor would the removal of this ob stacle be a matter of slight import. Small as is the commerce of Russia, it is much greater now than it was firty years ago, and could not be entirely stopped with out causing much suffering among some, who, even in Russia, are not apt to suffer in silence. Hemmed into the central provinces, the Czar would be driven to rely for support mainly upor. the ancient landholding, as dis tinguished from the modern office holding, aristocracy. And when the imperial perseverance in schemes of ter ritorial aggrandisement, which have always, under the family of Romanoff, been closely linked with other schemes for suppressing the influence of these ancient nobles, shall produce an entire stoppage of the incomes they derive from the exportation of hemp, flax, and tallow, an explosion may be looked fir of the direction of which Russian history has already furnished several examples. If, then, in the last extremity, we should be met by a repetition of the plan so niuch vaunted for its success against the French in 1812, it may become expedient effectually to blockade instead of penetrating the em pire ; and therefore to compel the abandonment of any " neutrality" opposed to this policy. SPORTING INT ELI,IGENCE. TATTERALL'S-YESTERDAY. Paying and receiving on the recent events at York was the principal feature of business. Betting was remarkably I;:nited ; the advancement of the St.. Leger favourite Boiardo to 6 to 4, taken to upwards of 4001. was the only important change ; 7 to 4 was, however, obtainable at the close. Acrobat and The Trapper were frequently inquired after, and a few investments were made at 6 and 7 to 1 about each, but Acrobat had evidently " the call." Scythian rose in favour, and some additional confidence was placed in Midsummer. Hannibal was backed for a pony at 40 to 1. Further comment is unnecessary. CLOSING PRICES. DERBY HANDICAP. 6to 4 agst The Grand Inquisitor LEAMINGTON STAKES. 6to 1 agst Amalgamation (taken). Bto 1 agst Hungerford (to 1001.) 12 to 1 agst Baalbec (taken). ST. LEGER. 6 to 4 agst Boiardo (7 to 4 taken). 6 to 1 agst Acrobat (taken). 6 to 1 agst The Trapper (taken and offered) 12 to 1 agst Midsummer (taken) 15 to 1 agst Scythian (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst R innihal (taken) CESABEWITCH STAKES. 1000 to 20 agst Scherz 1000 to 15 agst Epinician (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Rattle (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Muscovite (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Burlington (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 1000 to 15 agst Selina (taken) DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Dirk Hatteraick 20 to 1 agst Cruiser (to 501.) 50 to 1 agst Ryistone (to 501.) GOORKAH.—In consequence of having broken down, this horse ws,3 struck out of all his engagements on the 28th inst., at 4 p.m. RACES. :es for the Lincolnshire LINCOL THURSDAY. Accepts= Handicap. Kingston Defiance Cleveland ' 5 6 10 Lindrick St. Andrew Grand Inquisitor 3 6 4 Newbold AribbaA Lady Vernon 4 6 2 BROCKELSBY STAKES.—The following have paid : Helena, Itch, Postulant, Bixby. Miss Briggs Seducer 3 5 8 Blron Ogy 4 5 7 Horatio 3 5 6 Jetty Treffz Diligent 3 5 4 Lady Elegant Julius Agricola 3 4 10 SHIPPING' INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, AUG. 2R. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS.—The Stadt, from Dor drecht ; Belimerhauven Altebaran, Archangel ; Despatch, Oporto ; Fortuna, Hernosend ; Anna Catterina, Memel ; Canerum Packet, Stettin ; dEolus, . Memel ; Nordstein, Da , ,tzie Julius, Ranca ; Gretina, Stolpemunde ; Samari• tan, Quebec ; Freetrader, I , antzic ; Osiris, Quebec ; Urda, Archangel ; Enigheden, Nyland ; Olivia, Christiania ; Atalanta,, ditto; Soeblonesten, Skelteftea ; Vordadt, Archangel; Mangel, Dantzic ; Constantia, Hernsanad ; George, Drontheim ; General Dunlop, Quebec ; Cathe rine, Licata ; Mary, Caen ; Maria, Westerwick ; Orge r, Calmar; Christina Christine, Memel ; Jacob Sy ms, Nantes ; Christian, Gottenberg • Diamond, Archangel ; Grevinde, Sasjobing; Anna, dolbeck ; Kegworth Que bec; Daimeborg, Kallenborg ; Maries Minde, Skelskion ; Johannes, Archangel ; Yonasil, Skonwick ; Clio , di tto ; William Wetherell, Quebec ; Mischief, St. Vincent ; Can didates, Hamburg ; Nils, Hernosand ; Sus tnnah, Dantzic; Austria, Jamaica; Calder , Porto Rico ; Emerald, Gre nada; William, Jettendatel ; Jane, Venice; Suchia, Richibucto ; William Nelson, Quebec ; Sella Antonia, Matanzas; Ravensbourne, Antwerp ; Andreas, Sjume ; Shand, Antigua; Young Scaleby, Rouen ; Queen, Dant• zic ; Onward, Shanghai ; Emma, Norkoping; Ceres, Memel ; Tentonia, Sundsvall ; Flora, Nykobing. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—Stadt Dordrecht, Dordt ; Sarah Ann, Antwerp ; Marie Christine, Altona ; New Great Britain, Port Philip ; John Bull, Boston, ; Diana, Memel; Litternecnse, Stettin ; Queen Bee, Colombo and Ceylon; Juliana., Hamburg; Almina Chris tiana, Dram and Moss CLEAEED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—Jabez, Bermuda; Sarah Ann, Antwerp ; Standard, Adelaide; Emily, Cape Coast Castle; Peninsula, Gibraltar and Cadiz ; Henriette, Hamburg ; Shannon, Mauritius ; Lady of the Lake, Algoa. Bay and Port Natal. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Lodewyk Anthonie Leonhart, from Amsterdam to Melbourne, Aug. 15, lat. 46 N., lonz. 8 W. The Saxon King, lat. 56 N., long 13 W. The O'Brien, from Bordeaux to Quebec, Aug. 3, lat. 45 N., long. 49 W. The Adams, Aug. 6, lat. 4? N., long. 48 W. The Champion, from St. Vincent to London, July 26, lat. 19, long. 63. The Nicholas Biddle, from Liverpool to New York, Aug, 17, lat. 47 N , long. 29 W. The Tamaulipas (screw steamer), Aug. 19, going into Gibraltar. The Lavinia, from Bristol, Aug. 14, ht. 44 N., long. 13 W. The Arabia, from Liverpool to New York, Aug. 19, lat. 50 N., long. 14 W. The America (steamer), for Boston, Aug. 17. The Asia, for New York, 20th, lat. 47 N., long. 49 W. The Brothers, from the Clyde to Providence, July 20, lat. 47 N., long. 43 W. The Charles. from London to Quebec, July 24, lat. 45 N., long. 40 W. bond being required from the Company. ELECTION AUDITOR —Mr. John Nicholas Bennett, solicitor, of the firm of Whiteford, Bennett, and Tucker, of Plymouth, has been appointed the election auditor for the borough of Devonport, under the act 17 and 18 vie., cap. 102. AN AMERICAN DUEL.—A duel was fought on M. d a y. the 19th ult., betwee n Mr. C. Stewart and Mr . J. B. young lawyers, resident at Newmans viFlorida.t The quarrel is said to have had its ie, Coker, East both origin in Coker's intimating to a young lady that Stewart had invited him to be one of his groomsmen on the occasion of his approaching, nuptials with that lady. It appears that Mr. Stewart had requested Mr. Coker to atteed him on the occasion referred to, but at the same time enjoined secrecy in the matter. Mr. Stewart construed the disclosure into a breach of confidence and an offence, requiring of Mr. Coker his signature and his acknowledgment of his having been guilty of a libel, or the alternative of a fight with deadly weapons. After the interference of the friends of both had proved unavailing in settling the quarrel, the parties left Newmansville, and proceeded to a ferry some thirty miles distant, where they crossed to the appointed side. Both were armed with double-barrelled shot guns. Mr. Stewart's gun was loaded with 30 buck shot ; Mr. Coker's gun, which chambers three balls, was loaded with twelve bullets. After firing the first shot at the distance of seventy•five yards, in case neither fell, they were to advance ten paces, and fire a second time, when, if neither was yet hit, they were to advance ten paces more, and fire a third shot. At the first fire Mr. Stewart received three balls, two of them in his left arm and shoulder, rendering, it is said, amputation of that limb necessary. The other ball entered his right breast, and passing upwards lodged in his right shoulder in front. Fears were entertained for Mr. Stewart's life, partly by the delay caused by having to send a distance of twenty miles for instruments neces sary for the amputation of his arm. The attending sur geons had no instruments on the ground. Two buck shot passed throu:h the breast of the loose garment worn by Mr. Coker, Both appeared to be well practised in the use of their weapons ; and by the result of the first fire we are perhaps spared the record of one of the bloodiest tragedies that has ever resulted from this mode of adjusting differences between "gentlemen."—Savan• nab Morning POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLEBONE.—TosepIa Gee, a pastrycook and confectioner, carrying on business at No. 10, Bath-pieee, • New-road, was placed at the bar before Mr. tong, charged with having indecently assaulted Janet PD I6 , with intent to violate her person. Mr. Parkinson, solicitor, Austin friars, attended for the prisoner, many of whose friends -7-respectable persons —were in court during the inquiry. Mr. Albert, of Poland-street, was sworn as interpreter. Prosecutrix, a pretty-looking girl, about eighteen years of age, on being sworn, said—On the 10th of this month I arrived in London from Brussels, where my mother lives, and went to the prisoner's house, having been engaged to go there as a servant. The prisoner is married man, with a family. Ou the following Thurs. ay, at midnight, my master (prisoner) came into 1 0 Y room after I had gone to bed, and said to me, "Janet, get up ;" and almost immediately a fterwards he sa id, " Don't do so, f or th e li t tl e b a y has got the cholera. He went away to his own room, but shortly returned, when he got close to my bed and wanted to kiss me. pushed him from me, and upon his finding that I resisted such a liberty he quitted ; in about half an hour after wards he came back. I had gone to sleep, and I found some one in my bed. I thought it was the prisoner. tried to push him from me, tut he was stronger than me, and he laid his hand upon me in an improper roan; • ner. He saw that I was very angry at what he had dune, and he again left me, as I was not disposed to yield to his wishes. Mr. Parkinson—Did you see th e prisoner in bed Prosecutrix—l at first merely saw the sleeve of hie shirt ; but I am satisfied that the prisoner is the inant Mr. Parkinson—When did you first make mention 0A the indecent conduct which you have sworn to ! Prosecutrix—On the next morning. Mr. Parkinson—To whom Prosecutrix—To a workman on the premises. Mr. Parkinson—Did you say anything to Mrs. Goff . ' the wife of the prisoner, about it ? Prosecutrix—No, I didn't like to make soy cli 6 t urb. ante between them. Mr. Parkinson—Did y ou, while the risoner We % lb ! you allege, taking liberties with you, make a noise, or in any way cry out ? Proseoutrix—l told mymaster to be quiet. d id not , cry out. Mr. Parkinson—lf you had made a noise, oy one on the premises have beard you ? Prosecutrix—They might have done so. helolf • Mr. Parkinson—Some workmen were sleeping you, I believe ? . Prosecutrix--Yes. Paul Hemarey, in the service of the p r isoner, sa id ' . On the same morning that my master took the as stated, the young woman (prosecutrixl told me wila he ~ad done. In answer to Mr. Parkinson prosecutrix sa id— no d turd-.y last, we had some words together about nayne putting milk enough into some soup. 'oh it Sortie further evidence was go ne into, from will _A. appeared that in consequence of a communication yawl by prosecutrix to her mother with regard to the infainn ti n e treatment to which she had been subjected, (the mother) applied to the French consul, which aPP".; tion ultimately led to the Metropolitan Police Coirrari.. sioners' attention being directed to the matter, and 1 1- result was that the prisoner was taken into costodfi his residence, by Sergeant Lockerby of the S division police. Mr. Parkinson urged that all rested upon the nn o gli r.. ported evidence of the prosecutrix, and that the pris ovl was entitled to a clicliarge. Mr. Long thought otherwise, and committed 0 0 1 16 1 :i sonar tor trial for the inslecent assault. lie velts liberty to put in bail, himself in 601. and two sureties 30/. each, for his being forthcomin g at the sessions.- COUNTRY MARKETS. CHELMSFORD--AuGusT 25. oci: Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, old 4 6 7 ° to 63s Od, new 41s to 70s ; red, old 39s to 645, nevf,_ 3 %, 3 g. 63s ; barley, 27s to 35s ; chevalier, 33s to 368 • 6 171 7, 1 4" 21s to 30s ; malt, 71s to 75s ; chevalier, 746 t° '7Bll; i9of 26 , , to 33s ; peas, partridge, 10s to 45s ; white, 470 t° boiling 54s to 6,,s ; dun, new, 343 to 36s ; beans, tick, to 413 ; Harrow ticks, 39s to 47s ; lefazagan, 406 to 445. COLCHESTER— AUGUST 26. al; ' 62 3 to ~- 0 Prices to-day were as follow :—Whest, white, red, 56s to 61s ; barley, 00s to 008 ; oats, 00s to 00s ; be l ' Mazagan, 42s to 448; middle and sTriall, 46s to Os ; p eak, white, 43s to 50s ; grey, 3es to 38s. e& , Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, to., recta ...,, iu the port of London, from the follow in g ports, fru"' t the 21st to the 26th August, both inchrivt______--:. . . j g 8 g -- • Colchester 1 "*" Harwich — Leigh - lO4 Ntaldon 6t4 14 a - COAL MASS Prices of Coal per ton at '.—Auourr e close of the market. Wallsend, &o. d.I Huddle W. Hartley l9 6 Burnhope l5 6 Carr's Hartley l9 0 Chester Main 21 0 Chilton Hartley l6 6 Hartlepool West Hartley 9 6 Hasting's Hartley l9 6 H01ywe11....... ..... l9 3 Ravensworth Hartley l9 6 South- Tanfie' d l6 0 Stewart's Hartley . 19 t Taufie)d Moor l5 0 Taufield Moor Butes 15 West Peltou 15 0 ‘Villington Hartley lB I Wylana l9 6 25 V ~24V , 9 Framwellgate Southt l B el mont p is t mw Hu tton i e e r ill Gr ange Ha swell t . 23 6, 22 0 25 0 24 3 ham bton 24 9 Lumley .23 9 L (Peusher 23 9 ,„ Plummer. ~ 23 . 2 ,' IRussell's etton - 0 I Stewart's : . ......... . ..... O5 , (I ,' Scarborough ......... ;.... 23 t ,Cassop . "......... . 24 9 Hunwick .........; .. '. ... lB . Hough Hall ... ............ O4 0 24 9 Wall end, &c. Acorn Close 24 G bson Gosiorth 23 Hilda 23 liedley 23 Lawson 22 Riddell 23 Wharncliffe 23 Eden Main 21 Kelloe 240 South Hartlepool ..... . 2B • Tees " South Kelloe . ......... . 7 6, • Whitworth lB u 19 6 Derwentwater Hartley. 0 Watney's Anthracite ...• 27 Aubrey's Stone 27 n v Nixon's Merthyrdteardiff 27 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day has been 6 034 at improved rates, and closed. at its best point. Blackburtit 5; Caledonian, 314 2 A ; East Lancashire, 17 ; Lancaslsire and Yorkshire, 7N ; London and North-Western, 11-1,, Midland, 681 9A ; North-Eastern, Berwick Capital Stec d 19 ; Oswestry and Cheater, 144; Shropshire UlllOl l E• C., at die.; South Eastern, 194, BRISTOL, AUG. 28. 51 33 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was very Li , &rid. prices advanced, Great 'Westerns being done at 74; land, 69,i; Vale of Neat!), 19. 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Es. wi o fe n o t f h j e o 2 l h - u th H in ew st e . t , t a , t E N s i g oa q stery House, CallterbUrli OF A DAUGHTEII. 000 .bridg eP On the 28th inst., at Tillotson plac e, IVI"e the wife of Mr. Henry Rurnsey Forster. .„ or k, the On the 26th inst., at Dringhouses, near x of the Rev. G. H. Phillips, M.A. MARRIED. w • W• On the 24th inst., at Harpole, the Hon. Cha r ` 1 eg itili e ' Fitzwilliam, youngest son of Earl Fitzwilliam, 1;101. youngest daughter of the late Hon. and Rev. T• L' • c offr e • On the 24th inst., at Corbridge, Mr. Tell Meurl ar e, of Naples, to Harriet Jane, fifth daughter of J° ll° Esq., of Dilstone House, Northumberland. DIED. , „ Cater be o ll, n E ti s i q e ., l7 o t f h W in a s l t to , n a - On the 24th inst., at 'Walton•p rk, James NV , I.I L°. ": bt• ry o i• o f C , Es o q. n , t o h f e 23d lera, Emma, eldest daughter of T. IL Fraser, Ocl" Thurloe-square. London, aged 9 years. nott , rc rk a4 S ell e a . 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