The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-15 00:00:00

. _ / - •.+ -. .... , . . . .. , MONEY MARKET. ! SHARE MARKETS. AND (THIS DAY.) COM MERCI AL TNT ELL TGENCE. as. -4.- BRITISH . RAILWAYS. • CITY. TWO o'CLOCK. --7------- ' The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were see. l a id. ' Ramtvays. !Moiling Prices Businak. done y. this day. estimated at 6,000 bales, including 1,000 A m yesterd eri- —.... can taken for export. The market was well sup plied, and closed tamely without change in prices. St .100 eberdeen.... ........ .. 221 -- 23 : 4 : • A berdeen Nottn. . The sales comprised about 5, and Ea 000 American, 100 20 .- 8, - 'aabg_ stn. J Bost unet... 5 5 .1 Pernam and Maranham at sid. to GO., 300 Bahia 50 all lielfast & Ballymena. ••• ••• 13i all Birming. Wolverh. & at 61d., 100 Egyptian at 6.0. to 81 , 1., 400 Surat at Stour Valley ...... .. 9 10 -34 d. to 3id and 150 Sea Island at 10d. to 2s. ld. 31 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & 110-10 i 0 . • ) Cheshire Juuct per lb. In Railway Shares a good business was 27i all Do. Chesil. & Birk., done at st ea d y pr i ces. £5O and £25 Cons. 16 4 17 4 7 6 o 22 181 Do. £20..... ..... Belgian papers report a very active demand for 25 30 :13,-t1 &Tyne origins' £25 (issd. at £35 .. ••• iron and coal at the mines, and the iron works ge tol and Exeter 95 97 . nerally were entirely occupied with the construe- Z. 100 r 'l :l l le s donian 6 .3 - 64 631 tion of locomotive engines and other railway ma- 50 all • lhester & Holyhead. 151 - 16.1 50 .d 1 ';ork and Bandon... 1 2 14 . chinery. • 20 all • - lork, Black, &Pass. ... .. The stock and share market in New Y or k was 20 14 !oruwall ... ••• ... ... still labouring under the panic excitement which 10 6 7rieff Junction 50 4 Dublin&BelfastJnne 3 ld had sprung out of the discovery of the enormous 25 al DundeePerth&Aber frauds, forgeries, and defalcations of some of the Leen Junction ..... ... - ... leading functionaries of railway boards. The New 2255 all Nast 1. New . :l Anglian l7l 18,i. York Herald, in a special article on the subject, 18 all Do., (XlB E & H)..„ ••• ... compares the existing crisis there in its intensity ?0 t all a a l l l / :aster n Union, A Counties..,,, 12i 12',.; 121 with that which originated in 1835, and extended Stock over the two years following of 1836 , 37. There is, St. 10t De., B. Stock 25 27 however, this difference to be noted between the two U . iol. FastNewA hi, .. e 6 i ,, ..... 6 cases. The disorganising panic of 1835 was the st. 100 Edinburgh dtGlasgom 58 ~,, 60 result mainly of banking frauds and defalcations, l s . t o lo g : . tiding. and a r i t i i d i P dt e n eb u l n e e s ie . , . 25 __— 26 which ended in a general suspension of specie pay- 10 1 • ..orth & Clyde Jun e ' . ••• .., lflents by the banks, and the bankruptcy of a con- St. 100 ;Rasgow&S. Western 66 68 siderable number among them. In the p resen t St. 100 , ;rent N or th ern ....,.' 6 6,1 86 851 • St. 100 Do ,A. Stock 6i —69 67 Do., Sto c k . instance the catastrophe was initi a t e d b y ra il way St. 100 . B B. 125 127 127 dilapidations. The failure of a large reckless specu- St. 100 it. Sth. &West.(lre., 94 —96 944 St. 100 Great Western '' 0 later in real estate and stocks of the name of 12 12 Irish South-Ea . s . ie . .... --- '7" _ 7 4 1 69 Rathbun, at Buffalo, which brought tei light a sys- 50 all Lancaster & Carlisi, 89 91 . I.6_i 11 Do., Thirds ll 13 ( roan of forgeries and fraud s of astounding magnitude, 16i 4 Do. New Thirds__ 11. i 3 ... carried on for several years, ushered in the panic St. 100 Laucesh.andYorksl. 681 —69 69 i of the former-period, j us t as th e di scovery o f t h e 194 18 Do., Fifths 6 /I -- 61 ~ 14 11 4 Do., rust. RidingUn ... ... enormous railway forgeries and defalcations of 50 all Leeds Northern l5l - 151 Schuyler, the railway director, introduced the pre- 20 . a l l Liv.o rsby.routlipt .. i .. Sent panic, still spreading with fresh failures and 10 A ' all Lo nd on Lond.Til k b.&;tl k ie7l l . ...1 .! x d the discovery of other gross malversations in the St. 100 Lona. Brieht&S.Cst. 1054 I,oq 105 St. 100 Loud, and N. We s t u. 104 105 1041 Management of railway boards. It is to be hoped 20 12 Do. Fifths ' that the disease may . be confined to stock specula- 10 1 Do.lo/.5h.,M&8.,. . 0 - 1 p , tors, and not interfere with the healthy course of 1 5 2 L 6 10 2 0 .i, Do. Ei g hths - LandS. West], 81 1 f 3 5() • commercial and industrial affairs. 50 426 Donlon 0., .C5O . , 8 7:1 : pe., £4O 7 6 . d . Quebec papers to the 30th ult. report the num- 40 alli4 . milnilrry& Col eram c. ... ... bor of passengers which had entered that port from 25 all I.4ndudrry.StEnuisk. .. ... ~S 2 t .s 100 ) ) lauc i4 i i i•Slieft Lin u ei 11 234 24 , 24 the opening of the navigation to date, end the cor . responding date in 1853, at 23,060 for 1854, against 6 st. 100 n Ilidian a d . & . . 674 . 7 '' a 67k , 33,133 for 1853, or less in 1854 by 10,073. Of the st. 100 ' , o.Birniug.&Derb 39 41 ‘ 23,060, the number from England was 5,663; from 2 50 g 4 1 7 7 0 11.i o dld ria G lf .W sh e a s r t e . s (lre. ... ... Ireland, 8,974 ; from Scotland, 2,117 ; th e rema i n- 100 all Newcastle & Carlisle. - . ...• ....• dian ports. der from Germany, Norway, and th e l ower C ana- St. 100 Newmarket — ... 6,i 51 . Do., Bury Extension 4d par 25 19 Cwpt.Aberg.&llrfd 7 6 d - The arrivals and tonnage of ve s s e l s f or th e same 50 7i, Newry & Enniskillen 3 34 periods were— -20 all Newry Warreupoint and Rostrevor 734 vessels, of 316,303 tonnage for 1854, against s . t . . 13 100 Norfolk .... Nw it t l h in p .C ri o t t i l a n h tiesUn 34 ... 3 3 1 1 . 660 vessels, of 269,743 t onnage, i n 1853 . Excess ot 34 No in 1854 over th e year before, 74 vessels, and 4,650 16 16 North Devon, No. 1, 7 9 4 , 16 all Do., No. 2 ' tonnage. • 8 all Lo. 1 A Deferred • 14 li . Cholera was reported to have broken out among 8 BDo' 1 B Guarante . ed 64 —7- •, 2 the Irish labourers near the suspension bridge at 50 all ,North London :A 16 ,1:: i o .& . New s. £ _ 4 —1 p 10 It . 1: Niagara F a ll s, w hi c h sprea d through the shanties 5 I yvs tru lo „Halm,. with fatal rapidity, between fifty and sixty persons stead, and City Ju ad 1 p having fallen victims to it in one d a y, p r i nc i pa ll y 20 171" North Staffordshir e 4l 4 20 all North Western 6O 7 on the Canada side. 10 10 N. &S. Westru.June par —2 p As arrangements are being made for the lighting 10 1 Nuneaton, up of the city of Melbourne with gas, an active at. 100 oxford, Worcest . e . *** . , demand is expected t o ar i se i n th a t quar t er f or Wolverhampton 33 —35 coal, where the arti c l e su it a bl e f or the purpose is , . s ?O t. 2 1( 1 )1 2 , s ‘..k.P.oortttsiisloutli Central 95 , realising as much as 4/. 10s. to Si. per ton. st. 100 Scottish Midland 59 —6l : • The approach of the settlement o f accoun t i n St. 100 Shrewsbury &Bi ling 7O 73 Consols two days hence has in the usua l course st. 100 Do, L. &N. Western GuaranteadSittk 6B 72 led the speculators and jobbers to the preparatory 10 10 Shrewsby. & Heield. 71 —7i arrangements of making up their books, and doubt- 26i all ihrewsby. & Chaste'(N. W. 0rie1,......... 181 19 , . less to a considerable extent of closing accounts. 134 all Do. Halves,l (.. f4 -Oi ' The market has been flat, and the prices of public 20 2 6 all Do. Oswestry 1.4 15 4 Shropshire Union securities not so firm. Consols for money have ... ..- Do. A, B, C,Be Le,fulls varied only between 932• and i, for account 93 paid up at per cent. ... . per cent. and 50 all ,outh Devon l3 15 i, and are last quoted at the former figure. St. 100 South Eastern 651 (.6 654 Reduced Threes, 93 to 1, but opened at 934. 50 all South Wales - 36 15 4. Yrksh. & itiv. Due ... _ ... Three - and-a-Quarter per Cents., 944. Exchequer- 20 ..0 5 Do bills have been done at 28. premium. Exchequer- 20 '2/ 2i, -;taines, Wok &Wok .:. -- .:* bonds, 1859, at 97i and 981. 25 all . tockton & Darling 31 36 16; Stockton & Hartle I In Foreign Securities the transactions have been St. 1.00 Fair NT , . P .— a.e . • . -- few and un i mportant. The Turkish loan may pro- 10 8 Do. £lO shares. "'•• ••• bably, when it m a k es it s appearance, i mpart some St. 100 Do , Pref., No. 1 .... . 25 21 Thames haven Dock .. , animation to this branch of the stock market, at and Railway 3l Si present so dull. Brazilian were done at 100,1 and 20 17 i v srv ! ,,. il t e ei o f f d N 3L ea li tli iike • i ; Chiliau Sixes at 104 ; Peruvian Four-and-Half 50 all Ya.terford&Linan u i n cl 13 -- ',5 per Cents. at 70 fur account-, the Threes at 521. 20 16 West Cornwall 5 --• 6 Sardinian Fives at 86 and 7. Spanish New D e - "• i West E n d o f L on d on' mid Crystal Palace ..„ . 7 ., . ferred Threes at 18-- and -3-. 20 all West Loudon 6 , The following are the nominal prices of foreign 10 81. s. •Winibledn&Cr o yd oi , din St. 100 York Newetl.&llerw. 74 . 4 . 75 - 1 75 25 20 Do, Extensions stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 61 ; Alexi- Do. G.N.E. Purchasc 4 31 , 1 can, 24a to 2/4 ; Peruvian, 69 to 71 ; Ditto 3 per :3 ' 45 t. 100 13: ' york&N.Midland.. 57 -- 58 ,57 • Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to - 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 98 to 100 ; Ditto 4 per FOREIGN. Cents., 84 to 86 ; Spanish New Deferred, I.Bi to -- - 18 1 ; Ditto 3 per Cents •) 10 38i to 39 ; Ditto Certifi- all kntwerp& Rotterdam 6 60 5 3 ilelgian Lastn. June. 1 14 Cates, 4i to 5 ; Ditto Passive, 31 to 4. 20 8 Beziers to Graissessac 31 3ti The Railw a y Sh are M ar k et st ill tends 'down- 20 2s . loi. rlt Centralay, B it s. , i d . o ia d a 4c a. r u i 1 i id_ip 'wards, and the business done is principally in con- ... ... .3entral of Italy section with the settlement of the account. Great 20 ' all Oharleroi& Erquelin ... ... 7 a .• Westerns conti nue very d epresse d , and most of the 20' 141 1 Demerara Dijon and Besancon ... P chief lines are much weaker. In the Forei g n 20' 9 Dutch Rhenish 3 26 , i xin shares t ransact i ons have been limited, and quota- 20 all East Indian 24 2i 1' 20 2 Do„ Exte n sion. — 1 4 d 1 Lions are nominal. 5 all tA. Indian Peninsula 4 i p Mining Shares are neglected, Banks dull, and 20 10 C•4l. Juliet. of Franey ... Shares ... • Land2F: 10 Grd. Trunk o f C ame l, d 6 5 4 without particular variati o n. 100 40 Do. Debentures 7— 6 160 all Do. do .. ... 13--RITISII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.. 20 10 it. Central of France par —4 p 104 201 all Gt.West erno f Can,int • (Front the ()licit') LW./ Shares l7l 18 rtieitneie riete, ... ... Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 ... ...p 3 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 934 i i 206 all ilamilton & Torout, 4d— ip . s .per Cent Consols Annuities 938 II 4 100 all , Do. 6 per cent. 9 Per Cent. Annuities . l4', 4 1 20 5 Lake Const. & Basle ::: -- i'il' t n t g o Annuitic 4 , Exore sth 'lan, 1 8 811 .. ••• 30 Vein, Expire 10th Oct. 1559.... 4i 5 all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. . Consols 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1860 44 1 pref ... dis 20 15 Luxembourg for Account 17th August 10 10 ' , o. (Railway),..,, .. ... ... Exchequer Bills, 240. 5 2 Do Prof qOOO . ... 2pm 5 3 Do. (Canal) Exchequer Ro - n - d s s cr i p — ... Ditto 1859 .. d 971 81 20 0 Lyons and Geneva .. id—ip PRICE EOF FOREI(4N FUND) AT ONE O'CLOCK. 20 12 uyous & Meclite erazeian Bonds, 5 per Cent. lOOl 20 13 laileas Ditto Small 1004 33.: 33.1 Maria Antonia Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent. • ••• 10i 1.0 all D• o. do. New •• ••• ••• Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. — 21 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry ... ...... Ditto for the Account - Ditto 3 per Cent Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent B6 7 20 all 1)0. (ex interest) - Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. lB4 i 16 all Northern of France iii --- 3 . 31 Dividends on the above payable In London. . Do. 201. 3 p. c IMF. '2O all (fruy.B.dzAins.Shs. HALF-PA ST TWO. 10 all NoravegianTrunkPr e : 8 9 . • Consols • 933 i 20 14 Paris and Lyons lB2 ~ 188 p 3n , 40 all Ditt o Bonds ----• --•— ... 1.0 all Paris and 0 , THE INDIA MAIL —Among the va r i ous i tems o f i n- 20 all Paris and Pwuen 1.199.118— telligence brought by th e I n di a ma i l i s a certain an• 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 49 bourp ;IYi l l- nouncement ostensibly co nnec t e d w i t h t h e intrigues o- 20 10 ParisCaen &Ch er b rg. ... --- u r.) 4 K Russia in these reg i ons o f t h e world. Such announcef 10i 1 uebec & Richmo n d ... _ -. . . nients may now be expec t e d w i t h every overland de- 20 all Pollen a n d H avre 2 21 —23 4 Bpateb, for, alth oug h R uss i a i s in reality powerless, and 20 15 Loyal Dani s h }to ground whatever exists for alarm the true Asiatic d 28 al 2 l :' , ' l tt e i. 3' l . l a b i r S e w a e nd lis M h euse 7i 84 8 talents of invention and credulity are ' not likely to want ‘ 6 Do. 5.j, p. cent. Prof ... ... scope under circumstances like the present. Th e specific :2 . 0 . 6 , outherr of France ... —pm , report just now is, that Dost Mahoined, the ruler of 20 8 St. Andrew's and Cabul, who exercises a kind of sovereign authority over Quebec (A) .. ... , a numbe r of half-subordinated chiefs, is discovering that 84 all West Q 1' landers 3i 4 xin control, chiefs are even less amenable than usual to his 10 all Do 54 per c. Pref.. .- d ontrol. From this it is inferred that the ' refractory 20 10 • Western of France .. 54 - 6ip 10 7 -Vest. of Switzerlai;i princes are encouraged in their rebellious spirit by other Power, and this Power is said to. be Persia, 20 2 Wiesbaden .......... .....; ::: ing under the instigation and in the interests of .liu.sasia- 20 15 Zealand ' Row the Indian Government is to suffer from these operations, or in what vi ay the fortunes of Dust Ma horned are to affect the d est i n i es o f B r i t i sh India, is MISCELLANEOUS . F iore than th e p urveyors o f suc h i n f ormat i ou condescend' 5 1 all Auhin Co a l an d Iron .. * to explain,—Times. 25 174 lustralian Agricult. 43 7 i 44 i 41,_ 10 8 Australia. R oya l Mail ' T HE TURRISH LoAN.—The expected noti ce regar di ng 20 14 lustraisii.Pcifie.Mail . ** U 8 loan was no t i ssue d yesterday, some minor arrange- 10 4 , ierliu Water Works *** Ilf,_l.etis yet remaining to be adjusted. It may be looked 50 40 ;irit. American Laud • • • c tf,oeirrdialiyowever without delay. Its non-appearance yes- 5 1 ;gri t. & Coln. Smoke. th' 7Q 100 321 ~,, , a w n a d d aß e. c . l . u . e . t . i . o . i . i . .. Co B .. ii --__ 9 ._ morning led to some wholly grouielless reports - oustael e 5 5 t•rystal Pa1ace,.,.,,,, 3 424 - prevent , ]laving presented the which would the Egyptian tribute being inimedately made 5 3# , u. New... w pa . l .. oiF ... i.a .. uce . .:: _ : available as seen * rit 1 ieel‘tinualinn E e i t t i2o 5 r•••:: ,, tern Ste . am .. '2 'OP ' TwO y. I.;ThILDREN. —This mornirrz, the too -25 20 Electra Tele *et ili A duty in Vincent -street, Westminster, die eovered a bundle on the step of a door, which was tied 2 5 ~ai im. (B).. t , • I ( ) 19 20 ' ti g h tly, and on being opened, he was horrified to find 1 1 o:lectrie Telex. of Jr. : that it contained the body of a fine male child, sup- 15 14 Fen, Stearn Navigat. • • ... pone to be about two months old, lie convoyed the 20 18 • . Zeueral Screw Steam ::* —.- child and the wrapper to the union, when, on examina- 20 7: . Irish 13 Cet:00t Sugar : ... ' ti ° I , , little doubt is entertainedh that the child had died Of suffocation, 20 • 10 . N'larl,alena St. Navig. ... _ .2 t ie . fact of the tongue protruding, dill other ofmi;rk)yviolence. The second is that of a 1 1 0 '3 1 N''''tlFalt: Steaml Fuel ... child eight mont s hs old, that was . fo . und in the Regent's' 2 1 (~s . .eN . l am s Land._ 4 14. v. Coal dt Inter. anal, Stepney, with marks Steam Navigat. Co. of violence on the body ; 1 all N. B. Australasian._ ** l and little doubt is entertainedl , that the unfortunate 1 4 Do. New creature met with an nn im , e y end. T' 4 i .•. --- ... held, the to the Gun Makers Arms for tine body' was re' 20 10 N• rth.ofEuropeSteau ... ....._ . e inquest to be 5 all Peel Itr. Ld. & Miurl. 4i 4id . t i :i t s , b e e c e n m O r ffi t , C officially ENCUMBERED ESTATES COURT It 1 ... announced from the Encumbereld E 50 all Peninsular & Oriental ... 50 40 Do. Do. • no drafts for the payment i f c....•s lor Government stock I°°2l after MetidaV, ot ic e c i u .a u nno,c,, as Wil be issued from the • • • - iits.iit'a adiee ime tiateneenwaitl I a ,1 1 1.0, 1 .i. P le i o it y) • t t a. li lti vn viu d satiil.a Iron sl .t le C na o vm . e . s: i : . li i . a .— 'P - 2 p . the 21st inst., until further be required for arranlineg d short balanc a ingt 25 ,!. South A astral . LIM t . 34 ,:; ncernent of burliness." 1 , all SuLmar. Telegraph 1 —1; . previous to the re-co 4 • 1 11, all Do. Registered. 1 -- 14 i 284 .Vies Diemen Land 11 -12 FOREIGN. 10 all %ntwerp&llotterdam 6 64 ( 1 5 3 ilelgian Ea•stn. June. 1 14 20 8 MezierstoGraissessac 34 3(i 20 2s. Baroda., Central India,Scrii id—ip .3entral of Italy 20 all Oharleroi& Erquelin — 17 i all demerara 20 14 Dijon and Besancon p 20 . 9 Dutch Rhenish. 3 240 xin 20 all east Indian 2j 2 i 20 2 Do. Extension.— 4 d 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula p 20 10 Cld. Juliet. of France 10 Grd. Trunk of Canada: 6 5 d 4 100 4,1 Do. Debentures 7 6 1.00 all do. do — ••• 20 10 Gt. Central of France par —4 p 104 204 all Gt.WesternofCana,b Shares 174 18 ... Do. Bands (Ist is. )'57 ...p 204 all ilaniilton & Torout, 4 • d # p 100 all , Do. 6 per cent. •• ••• 20 5 hake Con s t. & B as l e •..„ 5 all Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c pref • die 20 15 Luxembourg 10 10 0. (Bail way) ..... ••• ••• • • 5 2 Do• Pref • 5 3 Do. (Canal) ▪ 10 5 do. 6p. et. pref... . (1 20 0 Lyons and Geneva .. id—ip 20 12 Lyons & Mecliternui• 20 13 limb-as i d-33 33:_ Maria Antonia • 10 all Do. d o . N ew ••• ••• 21 2 Melbou rne Dk . &R y 20 BJ] Namur & Liege (wit, interest) 7. -- 8 20 all Do. (ex interest) ▪ 16 all Northern of France. 338 331 Do. 20!. 3 p. c Bds. 20 all (finy.B.&Ams•Shs. lO all NorwegianT , unkPre: 4 . 20 14 Paris and Lyons lBl —188 p 40 all Ditto Bonds 10 all Paris and Orleans—. 47 46 20 all Paris and Rouen 39 —4l 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 314 - 31 i 20 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. • p m 10; 10 4uebec & Richmond 20 all Pollen and Havre 224 234 20 15 r•oyal Danish 5 2 IloyalSwedish — d 20 all Stambre and Meuse 7 84 8 6 Do. 5,t . p. cent. Pref — 20 6 •outlierr of France —pm 20 8 'it. Andrew's and Quebec (A) — 8i all West r landers 34 4 zin 10 all Do 5A per c. Pref.. d 20 10 'Western of France 54 10 7 'Vest. of Switzerlan,l 20 2 Wiesbaden 20 15 Zealand 41 34 ' a TEI SUN, LONT.DOIIS TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15 5 1854. GIN ES LLB? .ED AT 'FIXED RENTALS. PREVENTION OF CHOLERA. COWES, ISLE OF WIG EIT.-Allg. 14. Leasing ijompans Closf.tig Prices yesterday. RUSiTICSS this day. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—It cannot be too generally known that nothing is so important during the visit of cholera as at once checking the premonitory diarrhoea which invariably precedes it. This is often neglected, from being fre quently unattended with pain, or any alarming symptom, till the attack has assumed a malignant form, when ex pgrience shows how little, frequently, medical aid can avail. The premonitory diarrhoea, however, if properly attended to, usually yields without any difficulty. The treatment I have found to be, without an exception, successful, is the dilute sulpimric acid in half drachm doses, combined with fifteen drops of laudanum , and eight of the tincture of capsicum, taken in a glass of water ; one or two doses being usually sufficient. The only troublesome symptom which remains is sick ness of stomach, which, however, is removed by hydro cyanic acid g i ven in doses of one drop, at-the interval of an hour. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA. TUESDAY, AUG. 15.—PRINCE ALBERT'S CUP. The following yachts are entered : Tons. Aurora (cutter) 6O ... Le Merchant Thomas, Esq: Arrow (cutter) .. Julia (cutter) Osprey (cutter) 59 ... Lieut.-Colonel R. Huey. The same yachts contested for Prince Albert's Cup last year, with the addition of the Mosquito, which vessel carried off the cup ; but the wind was light and baffling. We have a splendid breeze to-day ; should it continue through to-morrow the Julia will stand a good chance; but they are all fine, powerful yachts. The evening finishes with fireworks. On the 16th the Royal Yacht Squadron Dinner take. place. AUG. 17.—HER MAJESTT'S CUP. The following have entered for this prize : Tons. Alarm (schooner) ... 243 ... Joseph W eld, Esq. Shark (-chooner) ... 150 ... W. Curling, Esq. Titania (schooner)... 181 ... R. Stephenson, Esq. Ginevra(schoonel).. 142 ... Sir Percy F. Shelley, Bart. The Town Re;_atta ako t,kes place on this day, con sisting of boat racing, duck hunting, &c. There are to be altogether nine matches. On the 18th, the Royal Yacht Squadron Ball. AUG. 19.—THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON CUP, The second evening after, I would recommend five grains of calomel to be taken, followed in the morning by the ordinary black draught, which serves to restore the sytqem to its proper tone. The avoidat.ce of fruit of all kinds cannot be too much enjoiued, no less than temperate and regular habits. I am, Sir, y, urs obediently, R. AUSTEN ALLEN, M.D., Somerset -street, Portman-square. Vaiue 100 guineas, open to all the yachts of the squadron. The town proposes giving another day next week. The town is filling very fast, and the roadstead is kll full of yachts that it looks like a forest of masts. GINGER USAFUL AS A PREVENTIVE AGAINST CROLE.RA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As a visitation of Asiatic cholera is now occasioning some alarm in this country, and with our army in the East, I trust the following communication will not be considered altogether uninteresting to your readers : In 1834, the Ist battalion of the Rifle Brigade (600 strong) was in barracks at Halifax, in Nova Scotia. In the month of July the cholera broke out with great virulence, and the mortality in the battalion was very severe, upwards of 100 men, besides women and chil dren, having been swept off in about six weeks. Under an order from Lieut.-General Sir John Camp bell the battalion was then removed into an encamp ment near a wood, a few miles distant from Halifax, the cholera patients only, with the necessary attendants, remaining in the hospital. Many men were labouring under attacks of diarrhoea and premonitory symptoms of cholera at the time of the removal. The diet and clothing of the men were carefully at tended to; they were required to wear a flannel belt round the loins, and a decoction of ginger, which was called ginger tea, was directed to be taken daily. The course pursued in preparing and administering it was this :—The battalion was divided into messes of 12 men. A quarter of a pound of root ginger was supplied daily to each mess. It was boiled fur about three quarters of an hour in water sufficient to supply each mats with a pint twice a day, and the tea was taken warm ever morning and evening. No malt or spirituous liquors were allowed to be con sumed, with this exception only that under proper regula tions small quantities of brrndy were permitted to be supplied medicinally to s ome o f the men by the sergeant of the officers mess. The effect upon the health of the men was most strik ing. Toe sick gradually recovered. Only a few new cases of diarrhoea occurred, and those were of a slight nature, and during the time of the encampment (a period of 6 or 7 weeks) the battalion lust but one man, Corporal Bi by. Now the' Corporal had been left in the hospital in attendance on the sick, and did not join the battalion till a month after it had been encamped. Ile was soon afterwards attacked with cholera and died. Altogether his services at the hospital had occupied eight weeks. In his case, therefore, the change of residence and treat ment cannot be considered to have had a fair trial. The regiment was under the command at Captain, now Colonel, Kelly, who, I believe, is, or was lately, the Commander of the Chatham district. Captain, afterwards M jor, Warren, if this should catch his eye, will recollect the circuu.stance of the death Of the poor Corporal, for he read the funeral service on his burial in the wood. COLOURS-SERGEANT IN 1834 OF COMPANY No. 4. LECTURES TO THE INDUSTRIAL CLASSES. POLYTEGHSIC INSTITUTION. - Last night the fi rs t o f a series of weekly lectures, spe cially intended for the industrial classes, was delivered in the large theatre of this popular institution, by the Rev. Bath P ower , t o a very crowded and attentive audience, which, in addition to the class for whom the lecture was principally intended, a large number of the most eminent scientific men resident iu the metropolis. The Polytechnic has recently come under an entirely new management, represented by Professor Pepper, apd with a view of rendering it of greater practical and na tional value than heretofore, it has been resolved, in addition to other improvements, to throw it open on Monday evenings to the industrial classes of all workshops and factories and their families on a pay ment of sixpence, provided they produce a ticket signed by the foreman or superintendent of the works to which they belong. Books of these tickets have already been furnished to many factories, and wi ll, i t is erisuing,th ree stated, shortly be available at most of the w or k s h ops in the mAropoiig. Tire programme for the months includes lectures on the chemistry of the non metallic elements, on frictional electricity, on the manu facture of sugAr, on mechanics, geology, and physiology as connected with health, by eminent professors, and cannot fail to be equally useful arid instructive. Dr. SAYER, wh o was ca ll ed to the chair, said it was just a month since the member for Nottingham (Mr. Walter) presided at a meeting at which the idea was thrown out of these lectures, and they were now as sembled to listen to the inaugural lecture by the Rev. Bath Pow er , on th e a d vantages of a knowledge of science, ilinstrated by experiments. Mr. POWER, in the course of a very eloquent and pertinent lecture, forcibly showed the importance of scientific k now l e d ge to the industrial classes asindi viduals, and for the sake of scientific progress gene rally. Numerous were the lamentations of employers over the ignorance which at present unfortunately prevail e d among that class. We had, in fact in our f ac t or i es and workshops, a race of intellectual Sampsons with sealed eyes— who, could they be enabled to look intelligently at the processes in which they were engaged, and to reason inductively from what they ob served, would g i ve to practical science an inventive power of which we had at present scarcely any conception. In the course o f th e l ecture, a series of chemical experiments of great i n t eres t, value, and beauty, were introduced, under the sup er i n t en d ence of Professor the "moder n G ree k fi re, " which as the lecturer humour , P ep per, with the most complete success. One of the most brilliant was ously remark e d, ma d e the setting of the Thames on fire no longe r a j o k e, but a r e ality. By dashing a small bottle of su l p h uric ether with a few particles c of met a l potas-iurn into a fl a t c istern, a bright flame w a s p ro d uced, which illuminated the whole theatre. The t wo experiments however, which ex ited the grea t est attention, curiosity, a nd applause,, were, first, one in whi c h Professor Pepper, after wetting his fingers in amino n i a , dipped them into a crucible of molten lead, an d l et the metal run off in the shi-ipe of bullets into the shallow cistern of water.The second was the layi ng o f f our pieces of r e dhot iron on four bricks, and the passage over these by o ne of the attend ants barefooted, with out the lightest i i ,jury. This is a discovery by the professor, the secret of which was not disclosed last night, as it w i ll be given in a paper to be read before the Royal Society shortl. At the close of' the lecture a cordial vote of thanks was given to the lecturer, and also to the Ch a i rman, s powled. In t . he gallery there was afterwards exhibited, for the first time,. M.. Dubose 4's illuminated fountain. A stream of voltaic light is first projected from one end who suitably re of the gallery to another, a is the n turned on from a of cylinder containing water and whi c h a b sor bi ng the wh. le g li, falls n enthusiastic a v ase placed below like a stream of molten gold or fire, as the operator chooses to m s akin of coloured glass. This is invention, and last night plaudits. Upon the th e inaugurated their reign in a very srwe h t a e lo rl elicitedlye whole, tot frequenth e beautifuln e o w o r lan : In y addr! age.men t of pirited mariner, and will, we trust, secure the succes s they deserve. Polytechnic have pened on t h e 19t h of H ALL .---I snow arranged h G al E l o s ß h G a E l is be o tha O t PE S N t. IN G G e O or F ge S ' T a- . September, but the belief is that the Queen will not be present. The wish of her Majesty, however, is to be and, i sounden the d throuevgent o h thf the Queen of the E arl of Sefton, expressing a desire to inaugurate the building, any day about the specified time, which may suit her Majesty better, w ill b e fi xe d . The chances, nevertheless, are at prese n t against the Royal Family being in attenda,ce, and it is possible that the stir which was made in the House of Lords a fortnight back, b— y Lord Camp bell, at the instigation of the members the Northern Bar, may have decided the point TT Majesty's punctuality is notorious, and, if she had felt a wish to be present, her desire would have been I ulown ere this. The arrangements, therefore, will proceed on the supposition that we shall not be honoured by the face of Royalty, notwithstanding Prince Albert's ex clamation to the Sovereign three years ago, as he was leaving the hall for the railway opposite, " Let us take another view of this beautiful building:' Tt has been de ci.ied, so far, that there shall be two perfermauces—one in the morning, and another in the evening — t h e f i rst to consist of the Hallelujah Chorus, the Coronation Anthem, and other musical p i eces ; and the second °fan Oratorio Miss Clara Novelle., whose success in the first•natned piece at the opening of the Sydenham Palace astonished and delighted every one hill be the prima donna, on the occasion, while Sir Henry Bishop will wield the beton, and Dr. Wesley will guide the organ_ instrument so vast that it requires the aid of steam to bring out its volume in perfection. A chorus of 200 performers will swell the enormous mass of sound. W e see it stated that all the admissions are to be paid for, the price half a-guinea per head, and that the members of the cor poration are to have no advantage over -the public, beyond the selection of the seats which they and their families may desire to occupy, before the general ballot for seats takes place. As the proceeds, after the payment of expenses, are to be handed over to the charities, this is the regular course to pursue ; but rumours abound that the proposed arrangement is not satisfactory to certain members of the Council, and with that body rests the ultimate control of the affair.— Liverpool Chronicle. REPRESENTATION OF ST. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday the representative vestry of St. Pancras assembled in the Great Hall, King's-road, Camden. town, pursuant to special notice, to meet Sir B. Hall, and to hear an explanation from the i ight hon. baronet as to the circumstances under which he accepted the office of President of the New Board of Health ; John Flather, Esq., the senior churchwarden, in the chair. Sir B. HALL said that he was most desirous that the whole of his constituents, to whom he was indebted for everything in public life, should clearly understand the circumstances under which he had accepted the office which he then filled. He had represented the borough of Marylebone for 17 years, and he did not wish to do anything without the knowledge of his consti tuency. So far from his having ever sought fur office, he really, when applied to last Sunday week upeni the subject, recommended a person whom he be lieved to be a fit person, to MI the important post. It was represented to' him that it was the wish of the Government that he should accept the office, which was represented to be one of great responsibility and high honour. He looked upon the office as one of a social more than a political character. Of one fact he had to assure them, that the duties of his office should be ever transacted with a view to the upholding of the principle of local self-government as contra-distinguished from that of centralisatioo, and to place the department ono such a footing as to command the respect of all parties." The appointment gave him no power whatever over the metropolis, except as regarded the provisions of the Nuisances Removal Act, but he should be glad at all times to do all he could by way of suggestion ; he had attended officially at the board for the first time on Saturday, and had already prepared the following cir cular, which would be forthwith issued to the various clerks of the parishes and unions : " General Board of Health, Whitehall August 12, 1854. am directed by. the General Board of Health to inform you that it is the anxious desire of the board to co-operate with the metropolitan boards of guardians in preventing and mitigating, as far as possible, the visita tion of epidemic cholera, which has already made its ap pearance in many districts of the metropolis ; and while the board would deprecate any diminution of local respon sibility or interference with local efforts, it is possible that their assistance and advice may be acceptable tc hoards of guardians, and they are prepared therefore to direct one of the board's medical officers, in company with an inspec tor from the Poor Law Board, to attend and confer with the guardians as to the preventive measures already taken or to he taken, and the arrangements for dispensary accoin modation and the treatment of the sick, in accordance with the recommendation in the minute on preventive measures already sent. I am therefore to request that you will convene a special meeting of the guardians for the purpese of ascertaining whether they are desirous of receiving the assistance anti advice of this board in the manner above indicated, and that you will communicate to me the wishes of the guardians in this respect. (Signed) "T. TAYLOR, Sec.' ., Ile called their attention to this document, more especially to show that his idea was purely to suggest and advise, not to command. It had been said by one of his friends that it was to be regretted that Sir B. Hall had been placed in so unpopular an office. This might certainly be sufficient to cast down many, but if he (Sir B. Hall) could succeed in rendering tire office a popular one, he should feel more than amply repaid with the feeling that he had done some good to the state. (Cheers.) The right hon. baronet then made a similar statement to that which appeared in this journal on Monday, and concluded by expressing a hope that what he had dune would meet the approbation of those with whom he had been so lung associated. Mr. T. E. BAKER moved a vote of thanks to Sir B. Hall and Lord Dudley Stuart for the efficient and faith ful discharge of their Parliamentary duties. Mr. Churchwarden Fannua seconded the vote of thanks, which was carried by acclamation. Mr. DEFRIES wished to be informed whether the ac ceptance of office would interfere with Sir B. Hall's Parliamentary duties ? - - Sir B. HALL considered that so far from interfering with his Parliamentary duties, his new office might give him greater facilities fur carrying out any measure he might bring forward. Sir B. HALL then retired. NEW YORK.—The commercial accounts from New York this week show that an increased deg' ee of ease in the money market had had an effect in mitigating the distrust in stocks and shares. Although by the previous advices they had fallen to a point whence a rebound seemed inevitable, it now appears that a further average decline of 3 or 4 per cent. has taken place, from which, up to the depsrture of the packet, there was only a par tial rally. Several additional failures had been announced, the principal being that of Mr. John Tucker, of Philadelphia, president of the Reading railroad, sup posed to be for alout 300,0001. The railway company, however, are said nut to be compromised. Mr. Tucker was largely interested in other lines, and also in iron works, and was the holder of an immense amount of un productive securities, some of which were now being forced to sale by parties with whom they had been de posited as security. The Vermont Central Railroad Company had issued a report of the circumstances con- nected with the over issue of 10,321 shares by their president, Mr. Crane, and had recommended that the 1 company should admit their liability for the amount, which at existing prices would not be large. 'With regard to the serious case of the over-issue ofNewhaven Railroad shares by Mr. Schuyler, the question of responsibility continued still to be keenly argued in the newspapers, but apparently without any legal steps having yet been commenced. There was a clamour in several of the States for stringent laws to prevent a repetition of these delinquencies, and in that of New Hampshire the Le gislature had already passed an act making the over issue of shares felony, punishable by a fine of 200/., with imprisonment for any period ft orn ctie to seven years. In general business t,ere was nothing of much importance, transactions at this season being usually almost suspended. The rate of exchange showed no ma terial alteration, and a further amount of specie will pro bably be received by the Pacific on Wednesday. Immi gration continued on a great scale, and the arrivals dur ing the first seven months of the year had exceeded those of the corresponding period of 1853, the total being 171,054 against 148,515. In the House of Representa tives at Washington. a bill had been passed, in which it is provided that the increased allowance given some time back to the Collins mail steamers shall cease at the end of this year, but it would probably be rejected by the Senate. RAILWAYS. tedford and Bletchley tuckghamsh. dlydesdale Je. E. Lincoln gr.! 6 per cent. Mts. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do; New 'lnstr.& Dn. Ft 'lrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft . gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Wench. Bath. and Blettloci , Aiddlesbro' & Redear. ld. Bradfd NTorthern an,i Easternsp.e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p Prost. & Wyrel Do. :I. Shares. R,oystn.& Do. Shepth Si. Roth 3 G'ooleg.s p.c. Staflordsb. Near Valleygi 6 per cent, Do Wilts&Somrst Audon 6 S. West. L.&N.W. gt.Nretn. Caldoniatt, St. 20 St. 15 It. Westt fk. New. & Berw. V. &NW] 'Do i s 9 . o Eastern Norfolk. L.& N. W & Miclld. stckton & Darli ugt. thilaud.. 5 10 St. , E. Count. L.&N.W. &Ln&Yk Nortlml Yorksh. ,itockt. Darlingt. Westri. 95 - 100 97 - 99 12. 12 St. St. 134 - 137 28 1 - 30 103 -- 105 516 -- 526 256 - 266 136 23 -- 24 Si 8 10 2 - 2i 10 25 10 .0 61 94 = ii 53 - 60 134 - 137 = is 301 - 314' 92 - 941 PREFERENCE SHARES. ) %.herieen Do. No. 2, p. c. Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/, ) Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St, i Do. 4p. c. Shares ) Caledonian £lO I & Holyhea,. Guar. 54 per cent Jerk &Bandons4p.c, Dundee Perth &Aber Been Junction Es.stAngliau (I:310s) 6 per cent Do. (X 5) 7 per cent Do. (X? 17s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. I Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent .. no. 51., 10 ner cent Do. 101. Del;entr.Sh East Lancash.6 p. ets East and West York shire June. Pref... ddinb Prtli.&Dund, 4 per cent. liitsgow&S.Westeri Guar. 5 per cent :=seat Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. Do. p. e. Scrip Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Prei It. Southn. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Prof. Sh Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c).. Do. cov. red. 4 3 , p.c. Do. con, red. 4 p. c. irred, 4p.c. Lan. &York. F.,£21; Do. 6 p. c. Stock Leeds N. 6 p. c. No. I Do. Quarters, 1848 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Ao. Pref., 5 p. e. St. Dc. Cowiertible, 5 p. c., 1852 _to. New Guar.6 p. c. N. W, Coy. & luneaton London & S. Wester, Con. Thirds.... on douderry& Color Shares .... & Ennis. Sh Shef., & Lin. Shares, No.l. Do. New, £lO Do. £6 )larypt.& Carl. 4 p.c Do. 4i per cent.. Consol.6 Do, Consul. Bristol & Birtn. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 44 per cent Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Do. 54 per et . Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolyerh.X.ls, 6 p.e, Scot. Ceut. , New Pre' iiirews. & Dim. N.G. ihreweby. & Chest er (Nor. W. Min), 8 p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon 04. fixed. 44 per cent S. Eastern (lteadit4,l' Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. Opel cent. 3. Yorksit.4p.c.Guar Hitockton and DarH lingtou, 4 per cent Do. do. do. stocktou and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Waterfd.&Kilk.f3p.c. York, Newcastle,and Berwick,4 p.c. Pref. Do York&N. Midlandil. and S. Pure .. 95 - 97 li id 3} - 4 4 - 5 I P 1 - lip lip 134 13t 22 - 24 3 1 - 34 16 iixBd 1.0 - 112 .O 1 - 103 6 6A 98 10 93 92 93 95 id 136 .• • -""' ~.. 2i - 3 p' 7- 8 11 - 13 7 - 8 11 - 12 i - iP 134 —l36xd l , id 00 93 .02 - 105 114 - 116 iii - ii 17 -- 18 10/ -10 i 12 -- 14 ia P 23i -- 21 ... ••• -- ... 1161 110 100 •. ••• 2 1 di 92 - 95 3 - 4 1 -- d 1 all Agua 1 all Anglo Austria. Gold s. all Anglo Californian _ $ 10 2 Australasian 1 d 20 6 Australian l4 —l/ 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 all Australian Freehold. 4 1 all Ave Maria . • 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) g 50 all Bhunarvon Iron and C0a1... 7 9 1 all British Austria. Gold 20 13.5 , British Iron 8 9 35 24 Brazilianlmp.(issued at *:.5 pm 3 4 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 1/ 24 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 26 —2B 46 48 a 40 1. 5 C C C O ol b ra o r:e n ia C s i ' o s G p C o p i l e . d e : k ... 16 Copiapo ll 12 . D St. all Copper Prf. Min. 7 c in i . o p! Eng. en. 1 52 357 25 p 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. 14 20 all General . • 2 all Gt. NuggetVeiuScrp 2 Do. Registered — 3i all Great Polgooth — 1 l all Lake Bathurst ••• 1 all Liberty - 3 all Linares. 9 10 1 all Lond.&Californ•Gold Quartz Crush. Co — 1 all Mariquita I 13 10 9 Mexicau&S.Amerien 6 —64 1 all New Granada,,,,,,,,,, 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co., 1 all Nouveau Monde__ 20 all Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 16 17 5 1 111 1 1 PQoula.trtPzhlitioilick - 1 5 5 0 aa a lll l sll l i spu l o i no i u y i. inney Iron 30 11 / ttSantiagohNedeAwidse Australian.,,,, a b n 4 8 : g 3: a 10 7 Tin Croft 2 181 . 4 . all West Marip05a...,,,,,.. 1 all Waller ... • 1 all West $ 1 12s. Worthing . - Australia g 1 all Yuba ~,• - BANK. 40 all Australasia ....... 83 40 all 13ritisli Colonial Bank 85 and Loau Company 50 all British N. American 25 5 Chartd • Bank of Asia "i(1. 20 2 i:3lirtd. Buk. o f I n d ia, p a r Australia, & Chin?. ...d 100 25 :1;olonial 100 20 'ommereial of Lond. *** 20 14 English Scottish and • *** Australian 11 d 20 20 ',mid. Chart. Bk. 0 1 Australia 2O/ -- 214 50 20 ,ondon and County 50 10 Loudon Joint Stock.. .▪ .. 2 7/ x d 100 20 Loud. & Westminster •.. 386 x d and b 10J 35 National Provincial of England •• 20 10 Do. New ••• •• • 50 22. J, National of Ireland 20) all New South Wales 21. all n•iental Bank of Corporation l6 47 47 25 913. New •• ••• 100 25 i'rovincial of Irelani: 10 all Do. New ..• ••• 5 1 - loyal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co 25 all .iouth Australia 4l 43 25 311 jiiion of Australia 66 68 X d ••• 2? ')o. New • ••• 50 10 Union of London — LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST AILWAT.-- Traffic return for the week ending Aug. 12, 1854 £17,49313 0 Corresponding week last year 18,383 13 2 Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 105,871 0 8 Tetal of th e half-year to this date, 1853 10 0,631 13 1 TEE UNITED STATES AND CUBA. The following telegraphic despatch has been received from a Liverpool correspondent : " WASHINGTON, AUG. 1. " The President transmits the following Message to the Senate of the United States : _ " '1 hasten to respond briefly to the resolution of the Senate of this date, requiring the President to inform the Senate—if, in his opinion, it be not incompatible with the public interest—whether anything has arisen since the date of the message to the House of Repre sentatives of the lath of March last, concerning our re• lations with the Government of Spain, and which, in his opinion, may dispense with the suggestions therein con tained touching the propriety of provisional measures by Congress to meet any exigency that may arise in the recess of Congress affecting those relations. " In the message to the House of Representatives referred to I availed myself of the occasion to present the following reflections and suggestions : " • It) view of the position of the island of Cuba, its proximity to our coast, the relations which it must ever bear to our commercial and other interests, •it is vain to expect that a series of unfriendly acts in , fringing our commercial rights, and the adoption of a policy threatening the honour and security of these States can long exist with peaceful relations. In case the measures taken for the amicable adjustment of our difficulties with Spain should unfortunately fail, I shall not fail to use the authority and means which Congress may grant to insure the observance of our just rights, to obtain redress for the injuries received, and to vindicate the honour of our flag. In the anticipation of that con tingency, which I earnestly hope may not arise, I sug gest to Congress the propriety of adopting such provi sional rneastires as the exigency may seem to demand. " The two Houses of Congress may have an ticipated that the hope then expressed would be realised before the period of their adjourn ment, and that our relations with Spain would have assumed a satisfactory condition, so as to remove past causes of complaint, and afford better security, tranquillity, and justice in the future ; but I am con strained to say that such is not the fact. The formal demand for immediate reparation in the case of the Black Warrior, instead of having been met on the part of Spain by prompt satisfaction, has only served to call forth a justification of the local authorities of Cuba, and thus to transfer the responsibility of their acts to the Spanish Government itself. "'Meanwhile, information not only reliable in its nature, but of an official character, was received, to the effect that preparation was making within the limits of the United States by private individuals, under military organisation, for a descent upon the island of Cuba, with a view to wrest that colony from the dominion of Spain. International comity, the abolition of treaties, i and the express provisions of law alike required, n ny judgment, that all the constitutional power of Vie Exe cutive should he exerted to prevent the consummation of such a violation of positive law, and of that good faith on which mainly the amicable relations of neigh bouring nations must depend. " conformity with these convictions of public duty, a proclamation was issued to warn all persons not to participate in the contemplated enterprise, and to in voke the interposition in this behalf of the proper offi cers of the Government. No provocation whatever can ustify private expeditions of hostility against a country at peace with the United States. The power to declare war is vested by the constitution in Congress, and the experience of our past history leaves no room to doubt that the wisdom of this arrangement of constitutional power will continue to be verified whenever the national interest and honour shall demand a resort to ultimate measures of redress. Pending negotiations by the Exe cutive, and before the action of Congress, individuals could not be permitted to embarrass the operations of the one and usurp the power of tie other of these de positories of the functions of government. " I have only tSadd that nothing has ariQen since the date of my former message to dispense with the sug gestions therein contained touching the propriety of pro visional measures by Congress. " ' FRANKLIN PIERCE. " ` Dated at Washington, Aug. 1, 1854.' "The message was read in Executive session." A Washington correspondent says : "The lukewarniness of the House on Spanish affairs will render it ineffective in its object. No sanction can he got from Corigr.ss to act during the recess. Toe war fever is entirr•iy extinct in the House. "It is thought the nomination of George N. Sander as Consul to London will be made again, and be sent to the Senate on the 4th. "The resolution of the Senate to meet on the let of November was to have been introduced to-day, but was delayed." Another despatch, from a reliable correspondent, says : " WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY. "It is understood that Senator Hunter will to-day move an amendment to the Army Appropriation Bill, that the sum of 10,000,000 dole, be placed at the Pre sident s disposal during the recess, and that the neutra lity be suspended towards Spain." THE AFFAIR AT GRBYTOWN. At the sitting of the House of Representatives of the United States of America on July 31, the Speaker laid before the house a message from the President, in reply to Mr. Chandler's resolution, calling for information re lative to the recent destruction of Greytown. Among the documents is a letter from Secretary Marcy, dated June 9, 1854, addressed to Mr. Fabens, United States Commercial agent, at San Juan del Norte, in which the following passages occur : Mr. Borland, our Minister to Central America, has repre,ented to this Government that, while recently at San Juan, he was insulted by the authorities or people at that place—an indignity offered to the nation as well as to him, which cannot be permitted to pass unnoticed. If done by order of the authorities of the place, they muss answer for it in their assumed poli tical character. Nothing short of an apology will save the place from the infliction that such an act justly m rite. It is expected that this apology will be promptly made, and satisfactory assurances given to Commander Hollins of future good conduct towards the United States and public functionaries who may in future be at that place. If the outrage was committed by lawless individuals, without the authority or connivance of the town, then it is clearly the duty of those who exercise the civil power at San Juan to inflict upon them exemplary pu nishment. The neglect to bring them to justice is assum ing, on the part of the nominal magistrates there, the responsibility for the act of these individuals. In such a case, not to punish is an implied sanction of the acts of the transgressors. It is hoped the authorities wi.l be prepared to satisfy Commander Hollins that they have done what was incumbent on them, in the way of bring ing the offenders to punishment. The following is Secretary Dobbins's letter to Com mander Hollins : "Navy Department, June 10, 1854, "Sir,—The government has recently received intern geuce that the interests of our countrymen require the presence of a national vessel at Sin Juan, or Gi eytown, and from your experience in that region, and confidence in your prudence and energy, and in pursuance of the wishes of the President of the Department, has con cluded to direct that you proceed with the Cyane to that port, so soon as she can fully he ready for the cruise. The property of the American citizens interested in the accessory Transit Company, it is sail, has been unlaw fully detained by persons re iding in Gieytown, and ap. prelien-ion is felt thst further outrages will be cominit ted. Our minister, Mr. Borland, has been treated with rudeness and disrespect. You will, however, learn from Mr. Fabens, our commercial agent at Greytown, more particularly the conduct of these people, and the views of our Government which have been communicated to him from the State department. You will consult with him freely, and ascertain the state of the facts. Now, it is very desirable that the people should be taught that the United States will not tolerate these outrages, and that they have the power and the deter mination to check them. It is, however, very much to be hoped that you can effect the purposes of your visit without a resort to violence and that destruction of property and loss of life. The presence of your vessel GREAT TEMPERANCE DEMONSTRATION.— Several thou- will no doubt work much good. The department re sands of teetotallers congregrated yesterday morning in poses much in your presence and good sense." Russell-square, for the purpose of paying their fourth Among the documents is the correspondence between annual visit to the Surrey Zoological Gardens. Every fW. D. Jolly, commander of H.B.M. schooner Bermuda, part of London and its suburbs contributed its quota to and Captain Hollins. The former under date Greytown, the general mass ; and by the time the procession was I July 12, enters his most solemn protest against the ready to start, it was found that Russell-square, cepa- course which Hollins had intimated to him he intended cious as it is, would not hold it, and large bodies of per-1 to pursue towards Greytown. The inhabitants of the sons had to move down the adjoining streets, in order ! city, as well as the houses and property, he says, are to give the leaders an opportunity of making a dignified entirely defenceless, and quite at your disposal. wil will do, without exit. Every description of vehicle which could be therefore, notify you that si!ch s an so actd I beg to call your begged or borrowed was brought ii:to requisition to precedent among civilised a nation large 'amount of property of , olBl7inilut%line' convey the enthusiastic teetotallers, and the procession attention to the fact that was made up of omnibuses, cabs, clarences, British subjects ; well as others, which it is my uty b roug h ams, gigs, &c., h ea d e d by ba n ds of music, the to protect, wil t i o b s ea a s l d l y est i r e o a y d e e c q l. u l a ) t u e t a f s o t r he t f h o i r s ne p h u i r s r o ld t s e e in c r t c i m ' eur y ies vigourof which must have taken the aristocraticresidents command is of Russell-square and its neighbourhood not a little he Cyane, I can only enter this my protest. by surprise. Shortly after eleven o'clock the proses- against the replies (July 12), expressing ertyneanpdeopPeire sion made a start, amidst the deafening cheers of the per- reger'etttehsattngCaajpots.tJthoellyaefteieolisi hhiemwsealsf aubneduetrttohiet,ankeeceinssit sons who composed it, some hundreds of whom were to p after a manner re children, d e signated the " Band of Hope," who are la a t d ie ro to the city of San Juan del Nort ra e (i . tp s n e o e f n e fi it t iz t e o n c s o o m f m t i h t e ou u tr o a i g te e t s i o s ti t t a, h ,t e r p bound by a solemn league and covenant never to take reg ea a d rd ir e e d cte a d s piratical. ceanliorce that reparation l i r e e pl a r y a s t i oi in alcoholic liquors themselves, and to discourage the peas- i tics in others. Mr. Gough, the well-known temperance , orator, whose sudden and renSarkable conversion from I c" by my excess to total abstinence is well known, headed the pro- 'demanded you in the reue of government.Be assured I sympathise cession, which moved along Tottenham•court-road, Ox- !with ier the circumstances, English subjects and property ford-street, Regent-street, Pall-mall, Whitehall, Parlia the u farce underyour nn"' and regret exceedingly that ment-street, over Westminster-bridge, down the York- command is not doubly equal to of the C ' .and thence through Walworth that ytine. road, to Blackfriar s-rooil, place. Commander Hollins to the Surrey-gardens, where a grand fete tookcommunicated a full account of the , his action tothe ' On entering tee gardees there was a gathering of Band of hope, when each member was presented by Mr. concluding ri. with--" rrasting the course I have pursued Gough with his " Address to the Young. ' Afterwards , in e aiian to the affairs of this place, Greytown,and there was a meeting on the lawn, a t which Mr. Gough, i my intention of proceeding directly t o t h e north, may 3 met, Mr. Bormond, and other gentle men s p oke on the evils with the enlightened apnroval. of the department, 'nla' of intemperance. Later in the da y there were salutes I will bring m y commun i cation to a close, respectfully of cannon, performances by M iss Poole, Miss Bamford, asking order s i n company with Mr.' Fabens to Mr. Manvers, and other professionals. In the evening Washington, on the ann ouncement of the arrival o f the there was a display of firew orks and olher represents- l ship, by telegraph." tions, for which the Surrey-gardens are so reinarkabhe i COL. 1' REMON'T'S ACCOUNT. The whole of the proceedings were under the direction A Washington cor I isspetir wit of the Arm York Daily of the London T e nipsrance League. i Times makes the following statement : GAROTTE ROBBERlES.—Robberies of this description ; " Col. J. C. Fremont was one American •• of the citizens have of late been of frequent occurrence inthe neigh- ' present at Greytown at th e Occurrence o f th e ' outrage ' bourhood of Eckingto n, and the thieves Live, in every . upon Mr. Borland, fur which such fearful retribution instance, escaped detection. About a week since a per- ' has been visited bys upon Captain Hollins the town. As 1 son named Hall , e m p lo y ed at Itenishaw W or k s, was h e i s well known to the world as a cool, clear attacked and plundered of a sum of moneyoiviieer, white walk- headed, and truthful gentleman, statement of that ing between Eekhigton and the railway station. On the transaction, and the facts connected with it, cannot be previous Saturday nightanother m an h a d a quaritvy of otherwise than highly interesting at the pre sent time. is prov ions stolen from his basket in the same locality ; Upon questioning him on the subject this mottling, .11e the thieves, in this instance also, preventing resistance very commun ic ated h is d rataucling cheerfully to me un e Other by strangulation. cases have occurred with the i of the affair, which is substantially as follows : , like result.-15Actlicid Boantincr.n or other, 1 "it was quite evident that, for some realm - - a very strong prejudice existed at Greytown against all Americans ; a prejudice amounting almost to positive hostility, and to conceal which no pains whatever were taken. The immediate origin of th e difficulty in which Borland participated, was the homicide of the negro captain of a bungo, or river boat, committed by Captain Smith, ofa steamer plying on the river. Notwithstanding published statements directly the reverse, this homicide was considere I by theAmerotans, almost without excep- tion, as a deliberate and cold-blooded murder, without a shadow of palliation. There had been some previous difficulty between Smith and the negro. On the day of the homicide Smith's steamer ran into the negro's bongo, when the latter threatened to shoot Smith if he broke his boat. The bungo, however, was uninjured. Sub sequently the steamer started down the river, and after it had proceeded some distance, put back again, appa rently for ao other purpose than to run into the bungo, which it did, crushing it like an eggshell. At this time' the negro was sitting in his boat with his gun across his knees. The weight of testimony is, that he made no hostile demonstration against Smith, having neither risen from hii seat nor raised his gun, when Smith delibe rately shot him. Immediately upon being shot the poor fellow got up, and while attempting to step from the wreck of the bungo, into the boat alongside of it, his strength failed him, and he fell into the river. Andye s t t persons who esteem it their duty to defend the victory, right or wrong, tell us it was universally ad mitted that the negro was shot by Smith in self-defenoe. "A warrant was issued by the Mayor of Greytown for Smith's arrest, and an officer went onboard the steamer, as everybody knows, but was prevented from getting his prisoner by the forcible resistance of the passengers, headed by Borland. In aiding the minister thus to re sist the officers, the passengers did not intend to endorse the murder of the negro, or absolve the murderer. Oa the contrary, it would have been a very easy matter to have had him hung on brief notice by a Committee of Vigilance,' had either of the acknowledged leaders pro posed it. But Mr. Borland, in a speech he made to the crowd, as well as in private conversation, told them he *WI instructed not in any way to recognise the authority of Greytown (deriving its authority from the Mosquito Klee) as separate and distinct from Nicaragua. "To permit the Greytown officers to arrest an American citizen and try him for crime, would be to recognise the authority of the town government in the fullest sense ; and so Mr. Borland urged them to aid him in crushing nut' this scion of the Mosquitos. If the government of Greytown was illegal, deriving its powers from incompetent authority, the act of the officers who attempted to arrest Smith could only be looked upon as the act of a mob, proper to be resisted by mob force. In this opinion the whole steamer's party concurred. And of course the arrest and impri sonment of Mr. Boland that night was also looked upon as the act of an irresponsible mob, without law or an. thority of any kind. DESPATCHES FROJI SIR C. NAPIER. [FROM A SUPPLEMENT TO FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, AUG. 11. With reference to the notifications of blockades of car. tain Russian ports in the Baltic Sea, published in the Gazettes of the 16th of June last and of the 16th of July last, it is hereby notified that the Lords Conamisionars of the Admiralty have received further information from Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., Commanding her Majesty's naval forces in the Baltic, from Capt. Key, R.N., ot her Majesty's ship Amphion, senior officer off the coast of Courland, and from William James Hertslet, Esq., British V!ce-Consul at Memel, relating to suck blockades, which information is as follows : viz., Sir Charles Napier states, that, "On and from the the 17th of April last, all Russian ports ' roads, harbours, an d cree k s, f rom lat. 55 deg. 53 min. N., long. 21 deg. 3 min. E., to Cape Dager-ort, in lat. 53 deg. 55 min. N., long. 22 deg. 5 min. E., including especially the ports of Libau, Wiudau, Riga, and Pernan were placed iu a state of strict blockade by a competent force of her Majesty's ships. " On and front the 26th of April last the Russian ports of Helsingfors and Sweaborg, and all Russian ports roads, havens, and creeks to the westward of Helsiugfors, as far as Hango Head, in lat. 59 deg. 49 min. N., long. 22 deg. 53 deg. E., were in like mannr blockaded. "Ou and from the 20th May last the Russian ports of Hafsal, Warmso Islands, Port Baltic, Revel, and all Ras- Sian ports, roads, havens, and creeks on the coast of Es thonia, front Cape 1) iger-ort to Ekbolin Light (situated in lat. 59 deg. 43 min. N., and long. 25 deg. 46 min. E.), were placed in a state of strict blockade by a competent force of her 3lajeAy's ships." " On ant from the 26th of June last the Russian ports of A 66, the islands ot Oro Onto and the Aland Archipe lago, Nystad, Bjorneborg, Christineld.a.l, Wasa, the Wal griind Islands, New Carleby, Jacobstad, Old Carleby, Lohto, Kalajoki, Brahestad, Uleoborg, Carlon Island, Ijo, Gas tila, Kerrie, and all Russian ports, roads, havens, and creeks from Hango Head, in lat. 59 ceg. 48 min. N., long. 22 deg. 53 min. 8., to Ned Tomes (included), situated at the head of the Gulf of Bothnia, in lat. (abo u t) 65 d eg. 59 min. 0 sec. N., lon g . 24 deg. 15 min. 0 sec. E. were placed in a state of strict blockade by a competent force of the allied fleets." " On being joined by the French squadron in the Gulf of Finland, on the 13th Juue, the duties of blockading in that gulf and elsewhere were henceforward conjointly carried into effect." (1.) Copy of an Official Communication from Captain Key, R.N., of her Majesty's ship Amphion, to W. J. Heftslet, Esq., British Vice-Consul at Memel : H.M.S. Amphion, Memel Roads, May 12. Sir,—l have the honour to request you will inform her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Riga, Libau, and Windau, that those ports are now strictly blockaded, and that any vessel leaving them, after the 15th May, with a cargo, or part of a cargo, on board, will be detained and sent to England or Franca for condemnation. This information is to be publicly made known at thews ports. (Signed) A. Comm. KEY, Catain and Senior W. J. llertslot, Esq., British Vi p ce-Consul, Memel. Officer. (2.) Copy of an Official Communication from W. J. He rtslet Esq., British Vice-Consul at Memel, to Captaiu Key R.N., her Majesty's ship Amphion. British Vice-Consulate, Memel, June 8, 1854. Sir,—l have the honour to inform you, that immediately on receipt of your letter of 12th May, which I received on the same day, I communicated the contents of that letter to Mr. Griller, Hanoverian Consul at Memel. Mr. Schiller, Swedish and Hanoverian C.inaul at Memel. Mr. Schroder Sand, Danish Consul at Memel. Mr. Hueft►nann, for Holland, Consul at Memel. and likewise to a number of merchants on the Exchange of this town, and to several Riga and Liban merchants who were there. I likewise informed his Excellency Lord Bloomfield that I had communicated the subject of your letter to the Con suls of Neutral Powers at Memel. (Signed) W. J. HERMIT. Captain Cooper Key, Memel Roadstead. 3) Copy of an offi c i a l report fro ( m Capt. key, R./NT., her Ma jesty's ship Amphion, to Vice-Admiral Sir C. Napier. Amphion, off Wiudau, June 14. Sir—Her Majesty' s ship uuder my orders having detained several vessels belonging to neutral nations for attempting to violate the blockade established on this coast, and sent them to England for legal adjudication, in accordance with Articles 9 and 10 of the Admiralty instructions on the subject. I have the honour to report, for your infor mation, the circumstances under which the said ves sels have been captured, the manner in which the block ade has been carried out, and other points which may be of importance to the Court of Admiralty commissioned to take cognisance of this question. Three p.ints must be proved to condemn these vessels as lawful prizes : Ist. That an effective blockade has been established. 2d. That the vessels detained attempted to violate this blockade. • al. That they were aware of its existence. Regarding the first point, I have the honour to inform you that since May 9th, when I was first intrusted with the blockade of this coast (at which time I found her Majesty's ships Conflict and Cruiser on the station, which vessels had been blockading since April 20th) two ships have been ordered to cruise off the entrance of the Gulf of Riga, a passage limited by the shoals to a breadth of three miles, this entrance has never been left without one vessel. Two other ships have been continually passing between ‘* indau and Memel within sight of the coast. No doubt in a few instances vessels have succeeded in evading the cruisers under cover of ihe night and the fogs which have been so prevalent that the number of vessels boarded is of itself a proof that vigilance has boon exer cised. second point is readily ascertained by a reference to the definition which has been sent in each vessel by the captain of t' , e ships detaining her, in which the locality, the course the vessel was steering, and the direction of the wind are stated. With respect to the second point, the knowledge of the blockade, great care has been necessary to prevent injury to innocent vessels. The captured vessels come under two heads—thosa attempting to enter the blockaded ports and those leaving them. As regards the former, the Captains of her Majesty's ships received orders that if the slightest reasonable doubt existed as to the captain or the owner of the vessel being informed of the blockade, she was to be sent away with a notification to that effect on his papers. Under these orders 154 vessels have been warned off since April 20th, although nearly all of them passed through the Sound, communicating at Elsinore, which scarcely allows a doubt to exist of their knowledge of the blockade. Never theless, I deemed it my duty to show as much leniency to neutrals as was compatible with the interests of the Allied Powers. Four vessels only have been detained for at.- tempting to enter the ports. Two of these contained coal, and were without proper paper? ; the others were fro m _ e Copenhagen, and c on f es sed their knowl e dge of th blockade. the should not plead ignorance of their condition, I wrote British Vice ' To insure that the residents in the blockaded' Ports accompaning letter (Endlo , ure No. 1) to the Bn made known at in the Berlin Ga:ette, and were publicly t's Answer (No. Consul at Memel, the contents of which were Liban, and Windau. Mr. Hertel° 2) 1 enclose. Is have taken in ear- Notwithitanding this, reveral vesse therefore been detained, published and sent to England for adjudics to A. COOPER KEY, ws, and left Riga.; (Signed) C p •n and Senior Officer On the tal Coast of Courland. ,C B. • • ' they have t.n. Vice-Admiral Sir Charles_ Commander-in-Chief, Sc. • 4S; as I ?fir ,)ar a Vv t ' k a i l n e s s, Huglies, Friday of l a n was travelling in a gig from Congleton to Morton, he was attacked with apoplexy, and died in a few second In company with some friends, the deceased had been l" land SiT s p t D e z w N a steward DEATH.—Ur: some farms in the neighbourho o d It sp s e e c y t e i r n a g l Jays previously, and arrived i n . of apparent Crepweer,. feet health at Congleton, on Friday morning, where he took a gig to proceed to Morton, and on the road was WAS overtaken by the fatal stroke. Deceased was 45 yei rs of age, and highly respected It is announced that MrGreville is about to give up racing d h!s ubtte s s renderingest e. i , the growing infirmities age incapable of entering into turf pursuits with that • • aotivity and energy necessary to in• cure success.