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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY. EV-ENING, AUGUST 29, 1854. the prisoner with another pot of beer, when the police came in. Henry Thredder, another shoemaker, corroborated last witness's testimony. Inspector Moore, M division, said he held a warrant from the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, and on Sunday, after one o'clock, he went to a shed in More ton-street, where he found the prisoner and thirteen or fourteen men, among whom were the last two witnesses. There were spirits and beer about, and witness asked Richards who had supplied him with either. He pointed out the prisoner, and witness took him into custody. He then searched the place, and found a cask containing nine gallons of porter, a bottle of gin, and several pots and glasses. At the station-house he received from Richards a bottle containing a quarters; of gin, which was sealed up in his presence. Sergeant Richards said he accompanied the inspector, and assisted in finding the beer and spirits. Since the vissing of the new beer act, which prevents licensed dealers from selling on Sunday during the prohibited hours, he understood the prisoner had been carrying on a roaring trade, and many drunken people had been seen to leave the stable while persons were returning from church. Mr. Solomon, who was retained for the defendant, here said that he was ❑ot so much in the habit of giving up a case when he saw the remotest chance for his client. But he must say the evidence in this case was so clear that he could not struggle against it. All he would ask his worship was, that he would deal merci fully with the prisoner, as he was instructed to say it was his first offence. Mr. A'rect.cmis—;raid Mr. Solomon had taken a very judicious course ; but the defendant bad been guilty of a very serious offence, which was a great evil to society. The Legislature had just passed an act of Parliament to suppress, as much as possible, the sale of exciseable liquors on Sunday amongst licensed persons, which, he must confess, had worked beneficially in the district of the court ; therefore, for the protection as well as the good of the public, he could not look over the prisoner's offence without inflicting a heavy penalty. He should fine him 501., and, in default of payment, commit him to the House of Correction for three months. 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 Ennigu 3brovcr, ant:4llCM ati.aol.od Royal Engineers' establishment at Brompton. Mr. M. Stephenson, solicitor, appeared for the defen dant, who was attended to the court by several of the officers belonging to the corps. The complainant, a young person of prepossessing tip-, 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 1 with two officers, all of whom were walking down in the roadway. Immediately they passed them some obser l vations were addressed by th e officers to complainant, and her friends, and thereupon defendant and his com, panions commenced throwing stones at them. Com; plaioant ran down into the road to ascertain the names of their assailants, and to remonstrate with them o 4 their behaviour, when the defendant struck her twq violent blows in her face with his fist, and anothet with his walking stick, at the same time calling her By Mr. Stephenson—Witness knew of no reason foi the attack upon her, and was quite positive she th re i no stones. She.hadonly 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 gent 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 Owden said she was proceeding home with comL 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. He also 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. Mr. Stephenson then addressed the magistrates for the defendant. He said he must ask them to consider the probabilities of the case, as it affected Mr. Strover. In the first place, if . the complainant and her companions had been at homeas they ought to have been—at that late hour, the assault would not have occurred. In tliti second place, he would.. ask, was it probable that his client and the other gentlemen, who were all officers, would have molested the complainant without any appa rent reason l He was sure, then, the bench would cou dant. lt e r 41,111 .3 ere he e was l s e e t t o r b e :d i n u f , a , v2mr . . def v e i r y i The defendant, who had been into Chatham with some of his friends, was returning to the barracks, when they passed the complainant and her party, whom they asked to walk with them in the road, instead of walking on the embankment. Complainant's party then began throwing stones at them, which defendant returned. Complainant then ran down the bank and commenced an assault on the defendant, who—he would not deny— struck her in return. He should call the two officers who were with the defendant, and the bench would bear from them how the assault began. Ensign Irwin Montgomery Greig, R.E., was then called, and, in answer to questions put by Mr. Stephen. son, said he saw the complainant, with two other girls, in Watt's-place. He spoke to them, and received an 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 hire an answer which was certainly not civil. He could not remember what it was, but thought complainant called him " a little devil." The Rev. Mr. Davies (chairman)—That might be a term of endearment. • Witness continued—They commenced throwing stones at defendant, which witness returned. Complainant then ran down the steps towards them, as if intending to strike them. She ran towards the defendant with her clenched fist, and a scuffle took place. It was dark, and on the'return of defendant to the barracks, witness went into his room, and there saw the skin cut off his face, as though done by a stone. There were three or tour marks, which had not the appearance as if done by a scratch. His face was covered with blood. By Mr. Davies —Witness spoke to complainant first in Watt's-place, and received an uncivil answer, and was not surprised when he received an uncivil answer again. He did not hear her make use of any expressions of vengeance when she ran down. Ensign Salusbury T. Trevo, R.E., said he saw com plainant as be was going into the billi ar d- room , an d afterwards saw h er knock a man's hat off for insulting her. There was a great deal of abuse, and complainant said she would not be insulted by such a ---- fellow. Witness afterwards saw complainant and her companions as he was going to the barracks, and told them that they were fond of " exalted" places, and invited them to come down into the road. Complainant and the others then began to abuse them, and' threw stones at them. Complainant afterwards ran down into the road, and, 1 picking up a stone, advanced towards them and struck defendant about the head and face. Defendant took hold of her arm and struck her with his fist about the head, where all the blows were delivered. She screamed out and tried to strike him, when he twisted her round and struck her again. He did not look at defendant's cheek that night, but next morning he saw that it had three or four scratches on it, as if done by a flint. By the Bench—lf a blow were given by a flint, it would depend on the angle it was aimed at as to whether it would be deep or not. Complainant could not have inflicted the marks with her nails. Witness saw the defendant strike her, and he called to him to desist, and to remember he was striking a woman. This being the whole of the evidence, the court was then cleared, and on the public being admitted in about five minutes, • Mr. Davies, addressingithe 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, had 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 hi s cas e put the wise provisions of the 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 public for protec tion. It was a most unmanly thing to assault those females after associating with them. Defendant denied that he associated with them. Mr. Davies h de s sired defendant not to interrupt him. Re ther had b een convicted of an assault, and the magistrates hfirmieotdos id p . ay afi p n a eo , f and s defendant left 1 the T penaltyfeoreordered i Was immediately courtwith - ----------- V.:DrSBURGII. ---We regret to have to announce an ad dition to the number of cases of cholera in Edinburgh, of which several have proved fatal. REPRESENTATION OF WIGAN.—The subject of the re sl,l.e n t a T t i i l o e n g o e f n e t r h a e l fe boroughiing pointsis e engrossing R l \ n i g t : . much Acton,a t tteini the shoemaker, tiro' Fariinf/t" , SOUTH WA RK.—Peter or, who is now looked upon as the of was brough t before Mr. A beer and spirits, in a Beckett,'. charged with un- m ay stable in Moreton- Liberal party, and who chairman such being an ofl leader the p was lawfully selling on Sunday, , committee at the last election, and the proposer of him street, Newington-causeway, at the hustings. A requisitio ' • h ' nbeing got up desiring _unlicensed place. shoemaker, said, on him to be a candidate. Mr. Henry Woods, nianufac • Henry Richards, a journeyman -Sunday morn i ng, a b out e l even o'clock, he was walking p urer and coal proprietor, i s a l so spo k en of, and will . with a f r i en d a l ong N ew i ngton - causeivaY , when a mart robably offer himself for the suff rages o f t h e electors, as accosted them, an d as k e d t h em if th e y w anted any gin. he is known t o en t ertain the wish to represent the or beer. Th ey replied in the affi rmative, and the maa borough. He is now inißavaria on a t our, h av i ng been took th em i nto a stable in Moreton -street, where be- married to the only c hild of Mr. C. Hindley, M.P., a tween thirty an d forty persons were drinking beer and few weeks since. A t e l egraphic message has been for spirits. The p r i soner came up to them warded to him, and he is expected to return in a few , and served them , r., with a qu ar t of beer, for which witness paid him four- (I ay'. Should Mr. A c t on consent to become a cancii.: and should Mr. Wo o d a l so stan d , the Liberai pence. Oth er persons were then served, and witness date, strong, will be disunited, and feeling will and his friend had another pot of beer. They had after- ‘ party, now On high. Mr. F. S. Powell, the defeated wards a quartern of gin from him, and paid him five- • probably r in 1852, is now at home, and it is generally pence for it ; and as they were leaving, witness pur- candidate I 0 would stand on the Conservative lute - chased another quartern of gin, and put it into a bottle, believed that i any encouragement.—Jian which he sealed up at the police sta tio.o'clockrest if there should appeal' At one . , OUR COMMERCE 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 first 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 form. 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 tnilar 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 people, 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 have 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 hn+ "MA of the elements of national power and, 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 be 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 which is Moscow and the other Warsaw. Put ting aside all reference to despotic political arrangements, we thus discover the natural centres of produc►ion 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 view. The productive powers of the Russians are yet small, hence they have not much - to exchange with foreign ers . The population of th e U n it e d 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 head. 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 French 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 1848, were—Grain and flour : 1847, 11,205,625/. ; 1848, 3,418,6911. Tallow, 1847, 2,332,7711.; 1848, 2,352,7262. Flax,' 1847, 1,439,159/. ; 1848, 1,445,5671. Linseed, 1847, 1,398,966/. ; 1848, 1,186,1161. Hemp, 1847, 1,199,400/. ; 1848, 1 ,013,0391. Wool, 1847, 667,991/. ; 1848, 343,5171. Timber, 1847, 593,2091.; 1848, 389,1681. Bristles, 1847, 281,8451. ; 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. . s 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, 340,516/. ; 1848, 361,9131. ; textile manu factures, 1847, 1,121,685/. 1040, 950,1471. ; textile materials, 1847, 3,502,900/. ; 1848, 3,820,1551. Speaking in general terms, it may be said that the peasantry produce the exports, and the nobles and the ht, her 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, iu 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 British 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 ponding classes in England and France, habitually draw 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 average of the declared value of 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 will be observed that, while the declared value of our exports of British produce to all the world has in creased from 57,000,0001. sterling at the beginning of this period to 78,000,000/. 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 either country. On the one hand, much of what Russia obtains from other countries is paid for in Russian produce sent -to this country, and balanced by British produce sent either directly to the country which thus becomes our creditor, or elsewhere to meet bills drawn by us in favour of 'the creditor country. On the other hand, much of the tropical and other produce imported from other countries into Russia is so imported under British orders and in British vessels. From two-fifths to one-half of 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 are, and have long been, by much the most numerous. The following figures show the comparative im portance of the principal articles of Russian produce in the English market:— Articles imported from Russia into the United King. dom, in 1850, in quantities so large as to constitute one tenth of the total importation of each were :—Bristles, 2,305,685 lbs • wheat, 3,738,995 qrs. ; oa t s , 1 , 154 ,473 qrs. ; flax, 1,822,918 cwts. • hemp, 1,048,635 cw t s. ; iron, 34,066 tons ; linen goods, 6,750/. ; linseed and flax seed, 608,984 qrs. ; tallow, 1,240,645 owta. ; tar, 12,097 lasts. From the southern ports we receive little besides wheat, and some 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 annual im. portations— and flax, hemp, tallow, tar, and bristles in quantitiessupply so of each. large as to form the chief part of our foreign raiu. meal, and flour from has 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 imported, it is necessary to give more par. t i havec It u t l a appearsre s a u t t a e l n l y t i o t n h a . t upon an average a ofim the e ts of gr ain, meal, last n years, about 14 per cent. of o per cent. came remaining 6 per cent. from the northern ports. In ports from ißussia, our the l o ao f P kßsea which , andaboutthBe t —showin only about 62 per cent.--showin g . g in the last seven years 62 per the o e first nt. seven of f ourw y h e o a l r e s s wu supply p o i, b y t o a u e n d from dress e dhemp, Russia about and, ghat,while portion o fll we to n Russia the total su pply f or w hich we are dependent o have e w i e n i c i r a e v a e s increased reduced d i mtphoer proportionsts i n th e pro. of in the proportion of 7 to 6. The average annual importation of flax from cwts., Russia, which, in the three years 1841-2-3 was 967,000 bad increased in 1851-2-3 to an average of 1,018,000 't cwts., or by l ess th an 5 per cent. And th e quantity imported from othe r countries increased, in the same t period, f rom an average o f 342 , 000 t o one of 0f 477,000 cwts., or by n ear l y 40 per cen t., an indication the fertility of oth er sources o f f ore i gn fl ax , w hich the pre sent high prices cannot but tend further to develops. The whole quaiitity, of tallow imported from passiN in the three years 1841-2, was 2,840,000 cwts. ; and from other countries, in thsamS three years, 585,000 cwts. In 1851-2-3, from Risia, 2,266,000 cwts. ; and from other countries, 1,1E,000 owts. So that, while the Russian supply, in thiten years, fell off nearly 20 per cent. the supply fron other sources increased by more than 100 per cent. With respect to povisions, the supply from other sources has doubled, tile that from Russia has scarcely increased. On examining theseesults together it will be observed that, as to five of th six articles (grain, hemp, flax, tallow, and bristles), he supply from other sources has, during_ the period in sew, been increasing faster than the supply from Rust, and, consequently, that there has been a proc , ressi e diminution of the extent to which we have been d:pendent upon that country for a supply. It is also olvious that the increase, such as it is, which has taken psce in the imports of all these ar ticles from Russia (extpting 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 tiling amount of commerce carried on through the ports cf 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, andthe other half through the ports on the Black Sea. It value, however, the amount or the Baltic trade far exeeeds all the rest. To take the Baltic ports first. Of these we need only mention St. Petersburg, Riga, Revel, Windau, and Liebau. And the twofirst men ti one d are so muc h 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 ,he 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 burg and Riga in each of the three years 1847, 1848, and 1849 : St. Petersburg, 1847, 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 y e ars St. Petersburg had more than half the trade in point of bulk, and that Riga had about two-thirds of what rprn.ined. 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 foresreferred to, have to pass a long distance through the interior, but a distaigaskvhish, from the facility of land carriage during the ''''Sinter 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 Moscow 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 vie have seen, another great centre of production around Warsaw. And this is very differently situated. Tt 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 tbitherward 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 Windau and Liebau), the natural course of things is still so far maintained as to render these pro vinces of Russia mainly tributary, 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 portg much less serviceable to them than they are obviously fitted to be to Poland and the neighbouring provinces in th. We have already set down the average distance of these central provinces from St. Petersburg at 480 miles, and from Riga 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 limits 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, formed 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 Prussia, 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 se-^k a railway, route to Dantzic or Hamburg, or even to d'rend ; 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 p rov i nces, w i t h a ll th e 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 import. , w may all the exportable p roduce of the coun hut, reve r ti ng to what has b een said of the facilities for interior c arr i age in Russ i a , an d of the great distances m o v e e n r t whiech nearlytry must be car ri e d b efore i t re aches the place of ship produce no w s hi pped in the Black Sea would, were that safely infer that the gr eater p art of the outlet closed to it for more than one season, find its way to the shores of the Baltic. It is also to be borne in mind that the Russian export trade 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 means 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 acquired 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 pe o ple 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 far imported comfor ts and luxuries—and the government in a partial loss of the revenue derivtd 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 people will, at worst, be tempo. rary Jur, could the transfer continue but a few y ears , it w'll confer all the countervailing benefits of a mere natural state of things ; while the damage done to the artificicl system of the Government would be :ertain, --• 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. view of this state of thing., St. Peters bur:; 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 forty years ago, and could not be er.tirely stopped with out causing much suffering among sonic, 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 upon the ancient landholding, as dis tinguished from the modern office holding, aristocracy. which have a l wa y s , un d er th e f And when the imperial perseverance in s ch emes of ter rlmtoriliyal of a Ro aggrandisement, been ent closely li n k e d w ith o th er , 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 for 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 much 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 INTELUGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDA.T. Paying and receiving on the recent events at York was the principal feature of business. Betting was remarkably limited ; the advancement of the St. Leger favourite Boiardo to 6 to 4, taken to upwards of 4001. was the only in•portant 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. 6 to 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 innibal (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 Rylstone (to 501.) GOORKAH.—In consequence of having broken down, this horse was struck out of all his engagements on the 28th inst., at 4 p.m. LINCOL THURSDAY. --c• Acceptanc Handicap. Kingston Defiance Cleveland Lindrick 5 6 10 l iHoratio 3 5 6 St. Andrew Grand Inquisitor 3 6 4 Diligent 3 5 4 Newbold Aribbas Lady Vernon 4 6 2 BROCKELSBY STAKES.—The following have paid : Helena, Itch, Postulant, Haxby. T RACES. :es for the Lincolnshire SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOU4E, AUG. 28. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS.—The Stadt, from Dor drecht; Behmerhauven Altebaran, Archangel ; Despatch, Oporto ; Fortuna, Hernosend ; Anna Catterina, Memel ; Canerum Packet, Stettin ; Zolus, Memel ; Nordstein, Dantzic • Julius, Ranca ; Gretina, Stolpemunde ; Samari tan, Quebec ; Freetrader, l)antzic ; O s i r i s , Q ue b ec ; U r d a , Archangel; Enigheden, Nyland; Olivia, Christiania; Atalanta, ditto ; Soeblonesten, Skelleftea ; Vordadt, Archangel; Mange], Dantzic ; Constantia, Hernsanad ; George, Drontheim ; General Dunlop, Quebec; Cathe rine, Licata ; Mary, Caen • Maria, Westerwick ; Or ger , Calmar; Christina Christine, Memel; Jacob Sy ms, Nantes • Christian, Gottenberg • Diamond, Archangel; Grevinde, Sasjobino• ; Anna, Ifolbeck ; Kegworth Que bec; Danneborg, Zallenborg ; Manias Minde, Skelskion ; Johannes, Archangel; Yonasil, Skonwick ; Clio, ditto; William Wetherell, Quebec ; Mischief, St. Vincent ; Can didates, Hamburg ; Nils, Hernosand ; Susannah, Dantzic; Austria, Jamaica; Calder, Porto Rico ; Emer a ld, 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 ; Teutonia, Sundswall ; Flora, Nykobing. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—Stadt Dordrecht, Dordt ; Sarah Ann, Antwerp ; Marie Christine, Altona ; New Great Britain, Port Philip ; John Bull, Boston, U.S. ; Diana, Memel ; Litternecuse, Stettin • Queen Bee, Colombo and Ceylon; Juliana, Hamburg; lamina Chris tiana, Dram and Moss. Sarah CLEARAnEnD, Antwerp:oUTWAß s w i t a n T ( H i a r e d A , R A G d O e . ra d J e a E Z , m ß i 1 8; 7 tl a p a e ; Coast Castle ; 3 e ninsula, Gibraltar and Cadiz ; Henrietta, Hamburg ; Shannon, Mauritius ; Lady of ' thl) Lake, Algoa Bay and Port Natal. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Lodewyk Anthonie Leonhart, from Amsterdam to Melbourne, Aug. 15, lat. 46 N., long. 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, lat. 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 Mon day, the 19th ult., between Mr. C. Stewart and Mr. J. B. Coker, both young lawyers, resident at Newmans villa, East Florida. The quarrel is said to have had its origin in Coker's intimating to a young lady that Stewart had invited him t o b e one o f hi s groomsmen on the occasion of his approaching nuptials with that lady. It appears that Mr. Stewart had requested Mr. Coker to attend him on the occasion referred to, but at the same time enjoined secresy 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 wero 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 di , tance 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.zh 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 eve r resulted from this mode ofadjusting differences between "gentlemen."—Savara net, Morning POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—Bobert Priteh,ard, a thickset, mus cular man, 44 years of age, a carpenter by trade, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hall, charged with having committed three assaults on his wife, Eleanor Pritchard. The complainant stated that she was assaulted three times on Sunday by the defendant. The first time at six in the morning, the second at eleven, and the third in the night, between twelve and one. Mr. Hall desired her to speak with reference to the last. The complainant said defendant came home drunk, and she was in bed. He recommenced his abuse of her and dared her to speak, and she did not, through fear. He picked up a basket in which there were five or six pounds of potatoes, and threw it at her head. He then pulled her out of bed by her hair, handfuls of which were scattered about the room. While she was ou the floor he beat and kicked her, and she was suffering se erely from the effects of a kick on the hip. She had b Cf along subjected to this kind of treatment at the de fendant's hands, but she did not wish to have him punished ; all she required was to be separated from him, and that he should allow her a maintenance. She lived in Yates-court, Carey-street. - - - - In answer to Mr. Hall she said she had never brought any similar charge against him in London, but had in Liverpool, and he had been punished. She had been married to him eighteen years last Christmas, and hey had four children all living. She had only been in London with him two years ; but he had been in Lon don longer. He bad habitually ill-usecliher,for the last twelve years ; but during the last eight months she had not been free from black eyes. He only allowed her 10s. a week to support his home, and she earned a little herself at shirt-making ; but she had a hard struggle of it. Two of the children were able to assist her. The youngest of the four was eight years old. Inspector Dod informed the magistrate that the com plainant had made the case much stronger when the charge was taken at the station than she had now. She told him that he threatened to murder her while she was • on the floor. Mrs. Murphy, who lodged in the same house, corro borated the complainant's statement as to her being habitually ill-used by the defendant, and said she (com plainant) was a sober, well-conducted woman, who worked hard and paid her way ; but the defendant was continually quarrelling with and beating her. The defendant, in answer to the charge, said his wife was guilty of the greatest misconduct. She neglected all her domestic duties, and would strip the place of every available article to procure drink. Shebad pawned his tools, and everything she could could lay hold of down to the blacking brushes, to get drink, and the origin of this disturbance was, that on Sunday morning neither himself nor his children had a clean rag to put on. She was never. sober if she could get anything to sell or pawn, and she bad been in the House of Deten tion for stealing another man's tools. He could not trust her with his money, because she would not provide for the children, and on Sunday they had not a bit of dinner to eat.He admitted throwing the potatoes at her, but utterly and entirely denied having kicked her, ' or pulled her out of bed. He called James Merrifield, shoemaker, living in the same house, to bear out his assertions ; but he said the complainant was a hard-working, sober woman, and he did not be lieve there was the slightest ground for the wholesale imputations cast upon her by the defendant. Not only was she ill-used by the defendant, but she was also by her sons, one of whom repeatedly threatened to knock her down if she did this or did not do that. Mr. Hall could not be surprised at that, after the ex ample of the father. The complainant explained that she was once sent to the House of Detention on suspicion, but she was libe rated by Mr. Henry. As to the pawning, she was kept so short of money by the defendant that she had to pledge articles to get bread for her children, but she always redeemed them with her own earnings. It was , false that she was a drunkard, as all in the house knew. She hoped the magistrate would not punish him, but order her a maintenance far herself and children. Mr. Hall said this was a most atrocious case: There was, it seemed, not the least ground for the defendant's a ssertious with respect to his wife, and that was a great aggravation of his offence. The defendant was evi dently a monster, and he and such like him must be taught that they could not treat their wives like mere property, as they did a cat or a dog in their house, and subject them to all kinds of ill usage with impunity. I n the minds of some of these brutes the abominable notion prevailed that they could treat their wives as cattle, and subject them to every kind of abuse and ca price, just as they thought fit. The poor woman, after all her years of ill treatment, even now begged that de fendant might not be punished, as was generally the case, but the highest punishment the law enabled him to inflict was hardly sufficient to meet such an atrocious case. He should commit him to hard labour in the House of Correction for six months; The defendant was hissed by the auditory as he was removed from the dock. Mr. Hall sent for the relieving-officer of the Strand Union, and had some conversation with him relative to assistance being given to the complainant and her chil dren. MARYLEBONE.—Toseph. Goffe, a pastrycook and confectioner, carrying on business at No. 10, Bath-place, New-road. was placed at the bar before Mr. Long, charged with naying mueeenbiy with intent to violate ber person. Mr. Parkinson, solicitor, Austin friars, attended for the prisoner, many of whose friends—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 o f thi s 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. On the following Thum ay, at midnight, my master (prisoner) Caine into my room after I had gone to bed, and said to me, "Janet, get up ;" and almost immediately afterwards he said, " Don't do so, fir the little boy 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. I 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. I tried to push him from me, but he was stronger than me, and he laid his hand upon me in an improper man ner. He saw that I was very angry at what he had done, and he ag a i n l e ft me, as I was not disposed to yield his wishes. Mr. Parkinson—Did you see th e prisoner in bed ? Prosecutrix—l at first merely saw the sleeve of his shirt ; but I am satisfied that the prisoner is the man. Mr. Parkinson —When did you first make mention of the indecent conduct which you have sworn to ? Prosecutrix—On the next morning. Mr. Parkinson—T o whom ? Prosecutrix—To a workman on the premises. Mr. Parkinson—Did you say anything to Mrs. Goffe, the wife of the prisoner, about it Prosecutrix—No, I didn't like to make any disturb ance between them. Mr. Parkinson—Did you, while the prisoner was, as you allege, taking liberties with you, make a noise, or in any way cry out ? Prosecutrix—l told mymaster to be quiet. I did not cry out. Mr. Pa,rkinson—lf you had made a noise, could any one on the premises have heard you Prosecutrix—Thev might have done so. Mr. Parkinson—Some workmen were sleeping below you, I believe'? Prosecutrix—Yes. Paul Hemarey, in the service of the prisoner, said— On the same morning that my master took the liberty, as stated, the young woman (prosecutrix) told me what he had done. In answer to Mr. Parkinson prosecutrix said—On Sa ,turday last, we had some words together about my not putting milk enough into some soup. Some fu r th er ev id ence was gone into, from which it appeared that in consequence of a communication made by prosecutrix to her mother with regard to the infamous treatment to which she had been subjected, she (the m o th er ) appl i ed to the French consul, which applica tion ultimately led to the Metropolitan Police Commis eionere' attention being directed to the matter, and the result h . was that th e pr i soner was taken into custody, at is . resnlence, by S ergeant Lockerby of the S division of ..... Mr. Parkinson urged that a ll rested upon the unsup ported ev id ence of the Prosecutrix, and th a t t h e prisoner was entitled to a discharge. Mr. Lon g thought otherwise, and committed the p ' soner for trial for th h e ih r se d l e f c i e t n i t o as i. s a au h l d t. two li sl r w eji e s s - ra in ; liberty to put in bail, 30,1ieyaocubn,grorhisbeing forthcoming at the sessions. woman, who gave her name Mar the e arged with h n st n was placed at the bar, av ii i C g aiiag ol l:an .. ryaelotreoperty of Elizabeth Ward, 17 3 u , rs ,l e fo c n or t i a t g ai u n e i - n m g e t. s. 6d E . that o l r t i h e the r e p , r e e e v u i t o r u i: It appeared from the eviden7eci ua. morning, between ten and eleven o'clock, Spa.nish-place. was in the St. James's Catholic Chape, m an chester-square, and that durin g the service she and ,prisoner, who was next to her, were kneeling together. She (prisone r ) p ressed closel y to her while so kneeling and at length she felt, . as she imagin e d, a hand inhe , r pocket. Prisoner hastily got up and walked away, fol lowed by prosecutrix, who ascertained that she had been robbed, and the prisoner was secured by her at a short distance from the chapel door, with the purse an d its contents in her possession. She was in the act of counting the money at the time. She was fully committed for trial. BANK BETURIVIL An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks . of Issue in England and Wales, in. Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 12th day of August, 1854 : Average ' PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 10,691 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman 4,561 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 24,28' Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke— Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Sedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons 3e , ,vdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—B. M. and G. Tubb Birmingham Bank, Birmingham -Attwoods, Spooner, and Co Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir rningham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and C 0... Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co Buckingham Bank, Buckingham— Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds — Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawney, and Co Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son Bath City Bank, Bath— G. Moger and Son ... Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon— Wilkins and Co Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington — Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co. 24,100 8,975 18,312 29,078 12,242 13,430 24,755 10,688 6,942 61,977 13,908 4,897 38,582 15,799 19,62 61,345 27,250 20,350 3,273 32,897 33,359 12,082 62, 903 22,152 11,645 2,146 13,224 39,079 29,853 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and Son. Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round & green Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester—Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke 22,979 2,980 15,069 27,324 48,530 7,096 19,966 67,041 6,891 8,044 11,120 31,283 25,736 8,867 10,131 and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and C 0... Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster --Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse & Co Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Co • Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—R. and H. Williams East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos ter, East and Co Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co 48,273 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Cob Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—tßarnes, Medley, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Tinder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford—S. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veaseys Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead --Smith and Whittingstall Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin Sharpies, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford— Morgan and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington— Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and Co Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Terry and Co. Kendal Bank Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and C0............................... Kettering Bank, Kering—J. C. Gotch and 50n5.. ................................................. Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Harvey and Sin Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, Lewes Old Bang, Lewes--Molineux and Co Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and 70,174 79,197 9,982 48,66 , 40,295 26,452 20,100 5,451 10,919 6,685 5,421 4,869 21,980 28,012 14,193 12,586 19,074 38,494 5, 4 22,595 20,860 16,705 55,314 13,349 22,818 : 18,021 36,44' 8,094 5,212 54,266 37,733 23,817 25,815 9,354 77,495 18,860 6,586 -Co. Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis—Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree—Nunn and Co. 3,871 Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough . Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tan ner and Co Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and 32,360 10,079 14,073 2,535 Son Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Moninouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co Newark Bank, New and Riddell Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, andCo Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock 17,409 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket--Eaton, Ham mond, and Co Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys Bank, 64,552 Nottinghamney s andßainr k d beck Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co - - - Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris 5,978 13,934 30,720 14,130 19,235 43,347 9,018 3,277 and Co. 23,336 New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co 11,919 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co. Oxford Oid Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge—T. H. and S. Beeching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W Clinch and Co. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co Penzance Bank, Penzance--Batten and Co Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co Reading Bank, Rea,ding—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co 5,816 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co. ............ . Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches -7,636 ter—Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Roy s t on —F o rdham and Sous 12 , 31 4 Rugby Bank, Rugby —A. Butlin and Son 9,555 Rye Bank, Rye—R. 0. Pomfret and Co 12,160 25,655 8,833 8,203 9,295 45,113 11,120 7,722 9,963 26,824 COUNTRY MARKETS. CHELMSFORD-Au GIST 25. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, old 47s Od to 69s Od, n ew 41 s t o 70 s ; re d , o ld 39 s to 645, new 39! to 6:35; barley, 27s to 355 ; chevalier, 33s to 36s ; 21s to 30s ; malt, 71s to 75s ; chevalier, 74s to 78s ; o ats, 26s to 33s ; peas, partridge, 405 to 45s ; w hite, 47s to 49s . boiling 54s to 6;s ; dun, new, 34s to 36s ; beans, tick, 4 12 to 44s ; Harrow ticks, 39s to 47s ; Maza,gan, 40s to 445. COLCHESTER- AUGUST Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, red, 56s to 64s ; barley, 00s to 00s ; oats, Mazagan, 42s to 44s ; middle and small, white, 43s to 50s ; grey, Sus to 38s. white, 623 to 683 033 to 003 bolsi', 46s to 48s ; PerbO, Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, g o ., reel in the po r t o f L on d on, from the following ports, the 21st to the 26th August, both inclusive. . . c , dl c.) 7d . F., 0 j Colchester Harwich Leigh Mahlon 1041 - i - i - KIRKCALDY— AUGUST 26. Here to-day we had a fair supply of wheat, and 5 11141 °C barley and oats. S a l es s l ow. Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. I Beau„,,°— First Second - 6os Od —s Od 32s Od I 13° a I Third 4Bs Oct I. --s Od I 31s 6d 1 Os v Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs imperial, OOs Od to OOs Od. COAL MA RKE' Prices of Coal per ton at tl Vl7.—Auousr 28. ;be close of the market. Wallsend, Jo. 4 5. • 25. ET etton ........ . .......... ... '!Belmont .. ................ . . 9 24 South Hettim ............. .1) Framwellgsite . ......... . . 0 . !Hutton ..................... Haswell ..................... Kepier Grange ............ Lam bt on ................... 9 Lumley ...................... 9 Peusher ................. 9 , I Plummer ................. !f A Russell's ;Raton ..........4 0 ISte wart' s . . ................. 'Scarborough ............... 0 ; I Cassop ......... • ......... 0 Hunwick ................. - 0 Heugh . ............... 0 Kelloe .. . .................. 0 TeesSo ut h H . .............. .................. ..2b . South 'Kelloe ............. • . 0 Whitworth .... 7, 6 Derwentwater Hartl y. ^7,,i,?: 0 Watney's Anthracite •0 Aubrey's Stone ...... • 7a 7; f 0 Nixon's Mertbyr&Call3m. s. Buddle W. Hartley l9 6, Burahope l5 6 Carr's Hartley l9 0 Chester Main 21 0 Chilton Hartley l6 6 Hartlepool West Hartley i 9 6 Ha.stiug's Hartley l9 6 Holywell .19 3 Raveusworth Hartley ...19 6 South Tanfie'd 16 0 Stewart's Hartley l9 t. Taufield Moor l5 0 Taufield Moor Butes 15 1, West Pelton l5 0 \Villington Hartley lB t Wylam . 19 6, Wallsenrl, &c. Acorn Close 24 t G bson Gosforth 23 6 Hilda 2.1 0 Redley .23 6 Lawson 22 9 Riddell 23 6 Wharncliffe 23 9 Eden Main 24 :3 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• LIVERPOOL, AUG. 28. "' STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day.bas been ubio, at improved rates and closed at its best point. Bl_ ac oso biTo 5 ; Caledonian, 31 , 4 2 ; East Lancashire, 17; Igi n itt; and Yorkshire, 744 ; London and North-Vireslistocsl Midland, 68i 9 ; North-Eastern, Berwick an io n 19 ; Oswestry and Chester, 113; Shropshire C., 34 dis.; South Eastern, 19i, MANCHESTER. AUG. 28• z ..,„ STOCK EXCHANGE.—Prices to-day have beep P'r ca• good business done. Eastern Counties, 11i ;,„ 65 "ditto 1; , shire, 17; Great Northern A Deferred, 8 7.- 0 ; T r . Ow guaranteed by Aupto 6 per cent., ; Landis. Yorkshire, 69i 70; ditto 161. Shars F, chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln,So th-Easten, 23i ; 46 die. ; 11-16. BRISTOL, AUG. 28. Aro AO STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market Was veil 'XiCV prices advanced, Great Westerns . being don e at 74; land, 694; Vale of Neath, 19. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signlfles - that the made ere seat awn the he by the night—and 24 by the morning—despatch.) ~, ------ / 1 Whe n Day when mai, ol From wit , do in- COUNTRIES. in General Pest- rat Bughsliek Office, London.. Dispatched. .................r! ...---. ______—...--•- , ---. Imerica(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool . • • America (by United Sts. packet) ...... ••• • N America (by U States packet) ..........N Australia (via South- , ampton) ..........M Ditto (via Marseilles) N Ditto (via Cape of Good ' • erte' Hope) .......... •. N •• • ' 1 • 741c IS. 'Sept' Africa. ( West Coast)..Nlg3d of the month. Plymouth • .• Alexandria.. .... .. .. N 8, 1 , 24, & 30 of m. Dover .• • • ''''' • • •,- ••• DSoouvterha7t.onret. 4 Alexandria.. Bahamas ... .. .. Belgium ............N flatly .... ........ Dover ...... ....est 16 Brazil ..............M 9th of the month.. Southampton ist ue--t $6 Buenos Ayres •••• :::::::" Live rpool Cap e of G oo d Hope „Nll4th or the most' Plymouth ..I C a p e of Good Hope, ..N .14th of the month. Southampton rhP:roalp t; 0 n ;iia. 30 Cape do Verde ......Nll4tll of the month Southampton Ceylon (see Itulia) Ceylon ..............N ;14th of the montt , Channel 151e5........N , Mon ..IVed.,&Fril Southampton ,Ta.T ll . O Chili... .............M ,2d & 17th of moat Southampton; China (see India) I Constantinople ......N :7,8,17,24,&27 of m, / Dover ...... Constantinople ......., 4th & 20th of mon South.,mpto , I 011/ cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ...... 'Dover ...... ;Tivie 6 Egypt (see India) I I . ....pol France . ..... .. M & N 'Twice daily .... .. IDover ...... ,Tssir':"l6 I Gibraltar .. .. .. ..IM i 4, 7, 17, 20, 27 of m IS ou th a mpton !A ugil l . Greece (see India) I I „ t 16 Greytown .......... 51;2nd & 17th of mon.'S ou thamptoi.Au£o ,° Hamburgh .. • • • • • • •• N ; Tuesday & Fridau London .....1 6 Finvannah .......... 51 1 2nd of the mont/ rSouthampto!, Sept. Holland ............ 511 Daily .... • • ...... ;D0ver....... Ps _, 16 Honduras .......... 51 1 17th of the mom h.l.s out h am pto , , Aug z 7 India (vtaSouthampt.)34 4th & 26th of tin :11. 1 Plym• uth • • 'SOL India (via Marseilles)M gat& 24th of mo , th ;Dover .... • • I lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, & 27 of mon ,Dover....• • , 00 Ireland ........7.1 & N,Twice daily ...... i Holj head .. Twlce 6 Li5b0n..............M 7,9, 17, & 27 of tn.:Southampton SeP t _•. i 26 Madeira „ „ ~ „ „ ..si 9th of the montio l Southampice AUP. Madeira ............ N :23d of month •... irlymouth ! Malta (see India) I / est 164 Malta ..............N 7,17,19,27, 30 of m.. Dover ...... Ang Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month I • Mexico ............ 31 . 2nd of the"month. ; Southampton Sept. 1 Naples:. .... ........N ; sthlsth2sthof mon :Dover ...... New Granada ...... Di 2d & 17th of month Southampton New Zea1and.......... IDy private ship ..'Various port Una Papal States .... .. Nisthlsth2 sthofmon. 'Dover ...... Peninsula .... ...... M j7thl7th2Bthotinon. 'Southampton „,alO6 Peru ~. .......31 1/1 & 27th of mon : Southampton A...- Port Natal ........ ~ N/14th of the month:Plymouth .. Sicily ...............N r sthlsth2 s thofmon, Dover .....• Tuscany ..., ........ i.psthiMrl2stholmon. Dover ...... __,„i 16 Venezuela ........ M 2d & 17th of month ;Southampton , 1 ..4116 1 . Van Diemen's Land (see/ Australia) .. . I it h o ' month Southampton SePt West Indies .... .. .. m l 2d ,Z. • When any of these date , fall o t a iunday, the n 131 1; ",,j, despatched on the following day with the exception of the in tip Southampton), and the Malta. both of which will be desp atcne" preceding da . [ADVERTISEMENT.I—Du Barry's Delicious R 0 ; 3 ; 1 ,1 13 7 Arabica Food invatiablyrestores health, without 113 0 0 ';i n i e e inconvenience, or expense, as it saves 50 times its te st:' othe.r remedies. We extract a few out of 50,w " cur° mon i als of cures, which bad resisted all medicines. _ to p, No. 180. —" Twenty-five y ears ' nervousn ess, constiP rot indigestion,iry,nad which ccilieiniiolitiyo,e(firiocminewhcoicuhld m I rheadosvuefferod Pogo, m „ f re ver y have been effectually cured by Du Barry's food in 3 " short time.—W. B. Reeve, Pool Anthony, TiT ert :e v ss, Cure No. 4,208.—" Eight years' dyspepsia, nerve debility, with cramps, spasms and nausea, ha ve „ or/ effectually removed by Du Barry's delicious food in "toll , short time.—Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridlington R . bi ble Norfolk." Cure No. 51,4/ 6.—" Fifty years ' indesc rl : o ti• agony fr om d yspeps i a, nervousness, asthma, cough , c o yO - flatulency, spasms, sickness at the ston , c li ood , mitings, hav e b een removed' by Du Barry's excellen cure —Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling, near Diss, Norfoll"„eer No. 3,9oo.—Thirt e en years' cough, indigestion, 3uceljeat ral debility have been removed by Du Barr Y's TI L care Focd.—James Potter, Athol-street, Perth.' with No. 81.—" Twenty years' liver comp laint, e bo o disorders of the stomach and nerves, hAaLbica.' perfectly cured by Du Barry's Revalen ta . Ire ogler, Andrew Frazer, Haddingtm, East Lothian. , tee , yep Gulval, near Penzance. Feb. 20th, 1851.—Eig il thr ° "‘ nervous debility, violent palpitation of the hear nA wok' bing of the temples, violent pains in the left side ,±% v ities; shortness of breath, coughs numbness of the ex c !r e _ en ers , cramps, spasms, flatulency, retching, and sn:2 o o on weakness, that I was constantly fearful of Win. by P i my legs ; all these symptoms have been remov ln c e a u n i s ter 3, Barry's excellent Food.—Mary rac ti°°6 suitably packed for all climates, and with full ins b 220. —llb., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., lls. ; 121 01 . b., 3 3° ' super-refined, 11b., 6s. ; 21b., I Is. ; nlb , 225• ' office oraer. The 101 b. and 121 h., carriage free, on . post i.,,d 013 ; Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, if Vic - Fortnum, Mason, and ors to her hilkiT . ' s -T treet; C 0.,. purvey cadilly ; also at 68, Cornhill; 60, Gracechuren 56, 330 and 451, Strand, 63 and 150, Oxford res" Charing-cross ; 4. Cheapside. BIRTHS. OF A SON. „46,31. A , 00 On the 23(1 inst., at Shirecliffe Hall, near fly th e wife of William Watson. Esq. Cant erbill' On the 2"th inst., at Monastery House, wife of Johu Hewett, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 28th inst., at Tillotson-place , Waterloo -bricige' the wife of Mr. Henry Rumsey Forster . On the 26th inst., at Dringhuuses, n ear of the Rev. G. H. Phillips, M.A. York, the Al • MARRIED. On the 24th inst., at Harpole, the Ffon. Char le ! SV Anf e: Fitzwilliani, youngest son of Earl Fitzwilliaw. youngest daughter of the late Hon. and R ev. T. etifieofTrer On the ',4th inst., at Corbridge, Mr. Tell Mu Gra , of Naples, to Harriet Jane, fifth daughter of J ohn Esq., of Dilstooe House, Northumberland. D I E D. C ame" On the 21th inst., at Viralton-park, James-Walton. ht, bell, Esq., of Walton-park, Stewartry of liirkendbrif c her On the 17th inst., at Castellareare, near NaPi e9 '-u - f ° I. lera, Emma, eldest daughter of T. H. Fraser, Thurlo'.-square, London, aged 9 yoarß• , c r ott, On the 23d inst., Amelia, rl . t of the late Ricbar", of forrae r i l ii; jo: sEnhsgqiiibb,o,safg_boAidifi::::z.eo.uhsiell:s.uGnrnei_ep,nngwehilcic:hl: On the 24th inst, at Hastings pllßarreikirl.kinam-n,dsee"a 'SOP Thomas Reid, of 14, York lace ..A.lbion-road, St"ke ---- - yOr r S''' LONDON : Printed and Published by MI7RDO ,T 0.112, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office , t: u ti a Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the co" Aliddlesex, Tuesclity, August 29, 1854. , '' • .k., y 1.1:4 41) 4' I