The Sun. — London, England, 1854-09-08 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS. THE EXPEDITION TO THE CRIMEA. The following are our latest telegraphic de. patches PARIS, Thursday Evening.—Letters from Con stantinople of the 30th of August announce that Prince Napoleon and the Duke of Cambridge, to gether with the Rifles and several other regiments, have gone up to Varna, from Constantinople. Lord Raglan was to embark at Varna in the Caradoc on the 2d of September, and the expedition was to rendezvous at Baltchik. Letters from Varna of the 29th, state that the Guards and the 28th, 42d, 44th, 79th, and 93d regiments had already embarked, and that the Light Division was under orders to embark. A great portion of the French force was to em bark at Bourgas and Baltchik. Lord Cardigan's division was also under orders to embark at Varna. General Sir John Burgoyne had arrived. The expedition is composed of 25,000 English, 26,000 French, and 20,000 Turks. The intended expedition had created immense enthusiasm among the troops ; and it was said that the Marines had obtained permission to take part in the assault. T he departure of the expedition for the Crimea was irrevocably fixed for the 2d inst. The cholera had almost disappeared. S aid Pacha had been created Grand Vizier. CONSPIRACY TO ASSASSINATE LORD RAGLAN AND THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. VIENNA, FRIDAY MORNING. A.dvices from Vienna, in the Fremden Blatts, state that a Greek conspiracy to assassinate Lord Raglan, the Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Na _poleon h ad been discovered in Galata. The r i ng leaders had been arrested. I EFgAT OF THE RUSSIANS IN ASIA. -- • -- with 20,000 Circassians,had made an in cursion into Georgia, and defeated the Russians. He destroyed 200 villages, and carried off forty Russian ladies. The beaten Russians have retired into their forts. General Bebutoff has evacuated Bay ;zici) and blown up the fortress. The Russian -,„? re ") despite their dear-bought successes at j aYazid and near Kars, have become disheartened. THE PRfNCIPALITIES. LIBERALITY OF OMER PACHA. The letters from Bucharest teem with praises of Omer Pacha and represent the conduct of the Turkishi. soldiers as most orderly and praiseworthy. ? :110 payments for everything purchased are made in ready money ; and Omer Paella, according to a c orrespondent of the F remden Bladtt of the 26th, has contributed 30 millions of piastres to the re sources of Wallachia, to meet extraordinary ex penses. One-half of this sum was paid in gold and silver, and the other half in bank notes. The road to Basco is now opened, the country being cleared of the Russian troops. Communication with Ibraila is of course stopped. THE ADDRESS TO THE SULTAN. The Prussian Correspondence of Berlin state that in the address to the Sultan, which is being signed at Bucharest, there is a passage expressing a desire that the Wallachian, militia should take part with the Turks in the war against Russia. This passage is said to have been inserted in con sequence of a remark of Count Zamoyski, the aide de-camp of Omer Pacha, that if the Wallachians demand the establishment of their rights, it is only just that they should co-operate with the Turkish army. CONDUCT OF PRINCE STIRBEY. A letter from Bucharest, in the Lloyd of Vienna, states that a petition having been sent in, with the sanction of the British Consul, to Omer Pacha. complaining of the conduct of Prince Stirbey, thr Turkish Commander-in-Chief has promised that the charges shall be carefully examined by the Turkish and Austrian commissioners. CONSTANTINOPLE. Letters to the 25th arrived in Paris yesterday. There appears not to be the slightest doubt at Constantinople that Sebastopol is the point to be attacked. The immense siege materiel collected for the undertaking could not, they affirm, be required for any other place, and all the mi litary men agree in representing the whole as something admirable. The fleets and trans- Ports which are to proceed to the Crimea form a n armada of a most imposing character. One hundred steamers of a ll kinds, three hundred t rans p or ts, and thirty-six ships of the line, compose the fleet. Marshal de St. Arnaud and his staff are on board the Ville de Paris, which Is to be towed by the Napoleon. These letters f4ate that much anxiety was felt relative to the situation of the army of Asia since the last defeat. The reply of M. Drouyn de l'Huys to the not e of Russia, bearing the signature of Count de Nessel rode, has also produced a great effect at Constanti ople. It seemed to support the news which was in circulation there at the entrance of the Austrians into Wallachia. It is also said that this news ha d b een.,„„ officially given to the Porte by Baron d e Bruck. , tllC ovaer tOrts, allut Cou:stautine. 1V lietliel on this occasion or on some other is not clear, the Tolbeckiu lighthouse was visited, and its precincts relieved from the further profanation it had been forced to submit to at the hands of divers British middies. In St. Petersburg, people were disposed almost to erect altars to the cholera for havin g like an avenging angel of death delivere d Russia from her conquerors. A paper of that capital has re cently styled the cholera "Russia's only true ally ?" THE GOVERNOR OF BOMARSUND AT HAVRE. • General Budisco, who commanded the fortress of Bomarsund, has arrived at Havre in the Souffleur, accompanied by his two aides-de-camp, his wife, one of his children (a boy between four and five years of age), and two servants. The General and his companions have taken apartments at a hotel, waiting the decision of the Government as to their destination. The General, who speaks French fluently, manifests a very grateful sense of the kind ness which he received from the officers of the Souffleur. In the evening, after his landing at Havre, he went to the Frascati Rooms, where he was the object of much polite attention. One of the officers who were with him received a bayonet wound, which is now healed, from a French Ohasseur. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Sept. 4.—This morning perfectly re liable intelligence has been obtained relative to the reply of the St. Petersburg Cabinet to the Austrian Note of the 10th. A Russian Government mes senger arrived here on the evening of Friday, the Ist of September, with despatches for Prince Gortschakoff. At an unusually early hour on Saturday morning the Russian diplomatist called on Count Buol, and informed him that the condi tions of the Austrian Note of the 10th of August were f irmally and completely rejected by his Go vernment. A few hours later a Cabinet Council was held, at which the Emperor presided, and it is positively affirmed that it was then and there de cided not to make a castes belli of the refusal of Russia to give the guarantees demanded. Some of the highest persons in the empire are extremely opposed to a rupture with Russia, and there is e very reason to believe that their influence has been employed • in counteracting the measures of his Majesty's Government. As the last Austrian Note has been made public, the world will have an opportunity of judging whether it is now consistent with the honour and dignity of such a powerful empire still to maintain its policy of " armed neutrality." By the irresolution which she now displays, Austria reduces herself to the level of Prussia, and this is carrying self-abase ment to the highest, or rather to the lowest, pitch. The German world had become accustomed to con sider Austria the sole defender of the interests of Central Europe against the Great Northern Power, but, like the other German States, she is unable to shake off the moral yoke. The Imperial Cabinet informed the Russian Government that certain guarantees were requisite for the peace and welfare of Europe, and the Emperor Nicholas roundly de clares "that he will rather sacrifice his last man" than give them. This positive language, which must naturally render all further negotiations im possible, took this Government " quite aback." There is some little talk here about Count Ester hazy's being recalled from St. Petersburg, but this is probably mere talk. From information received to-day, there can be no question of Austrian troops being sent into Moldavia until the month of October. As a measure of precaution, the army of occupation in the Principalities will probably be raised from 30,000 to 100,000 men. People here would fain conceal the fact from the world, but his Majesty's Ministers, and his Majesty's )ther 'subjects, are treated by the Russian au thorities with a sad want of consideration. Up to Friday morning Prince Gortschakoff used such conciliatory language that men in office were in- Ained to believe " that something might be done with the expected reply of the Russian Cabinet." How grossly they deceived themselves, or were de- Jeived, you have already been told. A Vienna :etter in the Augsburg Gazette shows that the mer oantile is treated even worse than the diplomatic world. The exportation of grain of all kinds from Russian Poland and the Danubian Principalities las been several times permitted, limited, and alto ;ether prohibited. One of the most vexatious measures of the Russian Government was to de- la,re all the corn in Russian ports, eve❑ if bought tn(l paid for by the subjects of neutral Powers, to he the property of the State. True it is that a )romise of indemnification was made, but the government either Lever ended to keep it, or it has resolved to delay its realisation as long as possible. Not a tenth part of the corn has yet been taken possession of by the authorities, and the ruinous consequences, of the delay have , )een seen in the case of the Trieste house, Spiri- lien Gopcevich. The last insult offered to Austria was the refusal to permit her subjects to enter Russian seaports, and this at a time when the Russians and the Russian property in Turkey were enjoying. the protection of the Austrian flag. It naturallyexcite the surprise of the surround . ing nations that Russia should venture to act thus towards a Government which has such a formidable army at its command, but the St. Petersburg Ca binet seems to fancy that the Power which permitted the mouths of the Danube to fall into its hands will bear anything and everything. The relative posi tions of Russia and Austria may be clearly and cor rectly definedin a few lines. Russia is quite as hostile to Austria as she is to England and France, but she will not break with her. Austria must feel that she is in a false position, but she cannot sum mon up sufficient courage to declare war against Russia. If Russia would but strike the first blow ill difficulties would be removed, but as she is far too politic to do so, Austria will probably continue " to eat dirt" for an indefinite period. Some time since there was a question of an addi tional article to the Austro-Prussian treaty of the 20th of April. It appears that the proposed altera tions and additions to the Convention will be made with the knowledge and consent of the German Diet. The first paragraph is a mutual guarantee For the security of the territories of the several con tracting parties, and this will remain unchanged. The Trieste Zeitung, which is here generally con sidered an organ of the Greco-Russian party, in forms us that the Wiener Zeitung has much im proved lately. "The Wiener Zeitung," says the Vienna correspondent of the Trieste paper, "usually brought foreign news later than other journals, and totally neglected the ' latest intelligence.' " This ilas been changed by orders from a high source, and the editor has in general terms been told that he is to remember the Wiener Zeitung is the organ of Government, and not his. This was probably in Consequence of the singular bias displayed by the Wie,ter Zeitung "in favour of Russia." This is the pot reproaching the kettle for being black ! Yesterday evening the following information was obtained relative to the new gun :—The alteration being in the lock, the barrel of the musket is, when shortened three inches, quitegood enough. Formerly the non-commissioned officers and tie first rank in each infantry company were armed with the so called Kammer-Buchse (a kind of Minie rifle), but now the whole of the army, with the exception of the Chasseurs and the Borderers; will have the newly-invented gun. The Chasseurs will retain their rifles, and the Border troops will be armed with the Kammer-Buchsen taken from the non commissioned officers and the first rank of the com panies of the regiments of the line. Yesterday the Bucharest correspondent of the illedical GAzette gave you some insight into the way in which the directors of the Russian military hospitals manage matters, and the Russians do not attempt to deny the truth of such charges. The corr ectness of the following is undoubted :—During the Hungarian war a Russian colonel asked au A us trian general officer what pay he received. On hearing the amount, he expressed his astonish ment at its being so small, and then demanded " what he could make in the cour se of the year for himself ?" 'The *Austrian looked at his Russian comrade with astonishment, w hich was not a little increased when he was informed that, although his (the colonel's) pay was about 2,000 silver roubles, he, like the other men of his rank in the army, " had a revenue of about 10,000 silver roubles." The thing was managed thus :—lf Government al lows 30 or 40 roubles as the price of a "remount, a cer`ain percentage is deducted as a matter of course ; and if so many copecks a-day are allowed for the- rations of man and horse, the colonel pockets two, and the commander of each squadron ono. THE BLACK SEA. The Corri ere It a li ano of Vienna, of the 2 d, gives th e fo llowinc , intelligence from Varna of th e 26th A b division of the alliedfle et has just left Varna, On the 28th and 29th, the squadron which has left will be followed by the bulk of the fleet, with Admirals Hamelin and Bruat, and General troops, at the head of the French and Turkish c r o c 7s. The division which hds left Varna, pro ceeded in a north western direction, but it is not I.town whether it has gone to Akermann, Odessa, co er son, or Sebastopol. It is certain that after the re i s lcil of war held lately at Constantinople, it was v ,ed to send all the disposable forces into Ana tolia." a , • The above-named journal makes the re b:drx that since the fire not a single case of cholera tnade it s appearance at V arna. Th e sa me Cementth appears in two other Vienna journals, of Which Bladtt an d th e S o ldaten Freund, both ""lch gave it as coming from Russian sources. THE BALTIC. .O,4?TURN OF THE FRENCH ARMY. Journal :Ito: Nord, which thartn4t6h vessels,at itha o s f been du Havre says :—" By the steamer has arrived from Cherburg, we officially announce .l there _P t Oetob arrive Which 10 will be Engl ish tral:i- Oth of a the s,will Baltic; there between the s th and the r bringing back to France th e army GR...EAT FIRE rhe AT RUSSISCH-CROTTINGEN. tMI,• news has b een rece i ve d a t Memel of a fire .Ich brok e out on the Ist inst. at Rusi i sc h-C ro t. tw ee _ Th' '• and Which was mastered only the day after. the e Prtncipal p art cf the town, t h e C us t oms , and co _ houses situ a t e d around the mar k e t, h av e be roeuir" prey t o th e flames. L arge quan tities of , av e handise, destined for exportation to Prussia, The been destroyed. Governor of Revel has ordered that when,. a the evening, the inhabitants light up their apartinewts, the windows should be provided with the lights or with thick blinds, in order to prevent Th.lights from being perceived at a distance. g t e hav e despatch from oekholna received a telegraphic sod that apprising us that it was confid entl y t e , at the Fort of Gustaysvaern was blown up u3r the Russians, but by the British. RUSSIA. i i. P REPARATIONS AT CRONSTADT. zeit letter from St. Petersburg, in the National h a d I P g of August 29, mentions that information „e_eoeen received there at variance with the views L: ri_ally prevailing in the European press, that thi s L ' aki ng of Bomarsund was to be the close of PRUSSIA. the 3 Y -ear 's campaign in the Baltic, According to MODIFICATION OF THE AUSTRO-PRUS i.tatement of this correspondent, much more tulhoP_cor,tant matter was in store. The Russians, SIAN TREATY. We read in a Berlin letter . of the sth :—" It is a .„_„uga at ease for the fortifications of Helsingfors stated that the .Austro-Prusslan treaty is about to out of the solid granite, are nevertheless . very Linen„in it to the Germanic Diet,. and to insert a clause therel' about Cronstadt and the fleet lying . h ave The taking of Bomarsund is reported to binding Austria and Prussia to protect each other's ti t`_v , excited as much admiration at the prom M de K• Iff p- territories. M. isse e , who was the Russian i :ette and efficacy of the operations as it has Ambassador in Paris, is expected here from Darm uspired distrust of the granite fortifications or stadt." In another letter of the same date, the __granite facing of fortificati o n s . All the naval offs- writer, alluding to the arrival of Count Benkendorff u .k erli and men absent on leave have been called back with the Russian answer, says it is reported in the stadt, their ships ; the same with the garrison of Cron- diplomatic circles of Berlin that the Czar requests - v "2- I .t, that had been enjoying a little respit e . the King of Prussia to make propositions for peace tinned changes have been made in the troops sta- which he shall consider equitable to the Western ' l3 l _ ed there, who have been in many cases relieved Powers. freshstationed regiments, and the flotilla of row-boats Th e H an over Gazette gives the following letter C 6l oned advantaeously along the coast. Thi s from Berlin, dated the 4th : Cor respondent also mentions tbe fleets having' " The Russian answer to the Prussian note of the moved out of 'the harbour and Proceeded as far as 113th, was followed by the Russian answer to the Ans. Irian, note of the SI. The latter arrived at Vienna on the Ist, the former was received at Berlin on the 31st uit. The text of the two notes is perfectly identical, containing Russia's unqualified refusal of the proposals of the Western Powers. No counter-proposals have been made by Russia ; so that in the well-informed po litical circles of Berlin the situation is considered to be perfectly clear, and well defined. Russia having con sented.to evacuate the Principalities, and to take up a detEnsive position on her own territory, there is no longer any casus Belli or casus foelenis, that could war rant a joint action, founded on treaties, of Austria and Prussia against Russia. If, therefore, any journal talks of dissensions in the Cabinet, touching the true inter pretation of the Russian answer, and if the periodical rumour of a Ministerial crisis be revived on that score, such assertions must be considered as utterly without foundation, and of the same kind as were circulated a few days ago about the affirmat►ve or evasive answer of Russia." A Berlin letter, of the 3d, says : " A note was despatched to-day from this place to the Western Powers and Austria, communicating to them the Russian answer to the four propositions. We may remark that this reply has as yet arrived only at Berlin, Russia having requested Prussia to act as mediating power between her and the powers, and to obtain for the Russian answer a suitable reception. The Prussian representative of the Germanic Diet, M. de Bismarck Schonhausen, returned this day from Putbus, and pro ceeds to-morrow to Frankfort, the Diet having to hold a sitting on Thursday next, in which it will come to a definite decision on the proposition made by Austria to place on a war footing a part of the Federal contingent. The new Turkish ambassador, Kiamal-Effendi, had an audience this day of M. de Manteuffel, to whom be was presented. Count Benkendorff passed through this place to day on his way from Putbus. He is going to his family at Scandau. The military convention, which has subsisted hitherto between: Prussia, the Grand Duchy of Baden, and the Duchy of Brunswick, has just been denounced by these last two States." Tilt SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMB:ER 8 1 1854, SPAIN. The Espana of the 2d has the following : Some disturbances had broken out at Salamanca. There was also some little agitation at Barcelona on the 24th and 25th ult., but the Captain-General and the Civil Governor had visited the different quarters of the city, and restored order. At Saia gossa the authorities had thought it necessary to adopt precautionary measures. SWEDEN. OPENING OF THE DIET. A letter from Copenhagen, 2d inst., says:—" The King yesterday opened in the throne room of the chateau of Christianborg the session of the Council of State, decreed by ordinance of the 26th July last." FRANCE. We find in the Pays a long article, the conclud ing portion of which we subjoin, as it refers di rectly to the visit of the King of the Belgians and Prince Albert. The first and principal portion of the article is an eulogium on the Emperor for his general policy, and an enumeration of the benefits which it has conferred/on France, at the same time that it has inspired confidence in the well-meaning men of foreign countries. The Pays says : " This visit which King Leopold, who is the natural representative of the constitutional system and of Ger manic spirit, has spontaneously paid to Napoleon 111. is a striking testimony and an echo of the confidence which Belgium and Germany have in the heir of the ' great Emperor. This confidence is legitimate and reci procal, for France in her turn knows that the prejudices of the past have for ever disappeared beyond the Rhine and beyond the Scheldt, and that on those shores for merly hostile the two nations now entertain only ideas of union and concord, as the two Governments have only sentiments of peace and of common progress. The pre sence of the illustrious Consort of the Queen of England has a significancy not less considerable. The name and the remembrance of Boulogne was for a long time between France and England the symbol of war and of hatred. 1854 has just effaced for ever the remembrance of 1304. The alliance of the two great Western nations, that alliance which is the firmest guarantee for the peace of the world, is now cemented with additional force., By the band of their illustrious representatives the two nations draw closer the bonds which connect them, and increase the interests which unite them. Yes ! it is more than an interview of sovereigns which has just taken place in presence of the French army assembled for a work of political morality and European safety. We hail in this event a new era in the relations of modern states— an era of solidarity, of reciprocal sympathy, and of universal progress. Selfish and personal considerations and dynastic influences no longer exist. They have given place to the great social interests which ought to dominate for the happiness of the people, which should be the only object of Governments." The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at 73f. 65c., for the end of the month ; the 4 per Cents. 98f. ex d. ; and the New Loan 73f. 60c. ; Orleans Rail wayShares,l,24sf. ; Rouen, 965 f. 50c.; Havre, 583 f. 75c.; Great N orthern, 857 f. 50c. ; Strasburg, 801 f. 25c.; New Shares, 628 f. 75c. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY. The American steam-ship Hansa arrived here this morning for coals, en route from New York to Bremen. She brings two days' later news, her dates from New York being to the 25th ult. The Asia arrived out on the morning of the 24th. The Hansa brings little additional news of im portance in commercial affairs. At New York, common to good State brands of flour were scarce, whilst extra continued firm at previous rates. Cotton was inactive, and sales light. Prices continued about the same. The steam-ships Prometheus and George Law had arrived from California, with about 2,000,000 dollars. At New Orleans the cotton market was without change, and flour was dull. At Philadelphia, cotton showed a slight decline. Money was unchanged. Yellow fever was very bad at Savannah, thirteen deaths and seven new cases occurring on the 24th ultimo. A frightful fire was raging in the woods at Cleve land, and the soil was burning to the depth of one foot and a half. THE NEW BEER BILL AND THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS. A numerous meeting of licensed victuallers was held •yesterday afternoon, in the saloon of Drury-lane Theatre, with the object of forming an association for the purpose Of defending the licensed victuallers of the metropolis against the vexatious and injurious operation of the New Beer Act, by uniting the two societies already formed for that purpose. The room was crowded to excess, and a loud outcry was raised for an adjournment to the stage, which had been kindly offered for the use of the meeting by Mr. Smith. This led to some confusion, and the consequence of a general movement towards the door was chairs and seats exchanged owners, and the press were, for a time, deprived of the accommodation which they required for the discharge of their duties. ' Mr. T. B. SIMPSON took the chair, and, in opening the proceedings, remarked that the progress they had hi therto made must be most satisfactory to those present, and the deep interest which was felt by the trade was shown. by the large number who had assembled upon so short a notice. (Hear, hear.) They were not on:y met to defend their own interests, but the interests of the public generally—(hear)—who were deeply sensible of the injustice which had been done to them. (Hear.) They, bad been deceived by those in whom they trusted, and he was disposed to say that the parties were those who had the management of that journal to which they had, as a body, a right to look for support. The resolu tion which he had to propose was—" That this meeting regards with extreme satisfaction the amalgamation of the two recently formed societies, whose objects respectively were to obtain a repeal of the late obnoxi ous Beer Bill, and to protect the trade against other threatened and dangerous changes, and fully approve of the establishment of a Metropolitan and Suburban Li censed Victuallers' Defence Association to carry out these objects." Mr. l)sehey Mr. itu seconded th o e r re E sc ß lz hdtioan. The resolu tion f Cge was supported rs' li carried unanimously. Mr. FORSTER moved the second resolution, "That this meeting considers the recent management of the Morning Advertiser and Protection Society detrimental to the best interests of the trade, and thereby pledges itself to obtain the speedy removal of those in whose hands the recent manageinent has been trusted ; and, until such can be legally achieved, this meeting further pledges itself to use all legitimate means to obtain the repeal of this most uncalled for measure of legal interference, and vigilantly to watch the interests of the trade for the future." Mr. CONQUEST (of the Eagle Tavern) seconded the re solution, which was supported also by other gentlemen, and finally carr ied without opposition. Mr. GRIMES moved the third resolution :—"That a committee be now formed to prepare rules for the future g overnment of th is society, and that they make their re port on Thursday next, at a gene r al meeting at the Thea. society. This officers to immediately This resolution was seconded, and agreed to ; and a tre-Royal Drury - l ane, such m e eting to sanction and ap .eparorrvye out t su th c e h committee having been nominated, the meetin g thanked the chairman and sep arated. objects and of the a p pooeniit FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVEIL—This morning at 10 o'clock a barge lay moored about midstream oppo. site the Nine Elms wharf. Two boys in one of th e usual rowing skiffs coming down with the current, ran athwart the chain cable of the barge and upset the boat. The elder bny - swarn and got on top of the skiff and was recovered by a boat near at hand, but the other boy, a lad about 15 years old, in black trowsers and white shirt hung on by the cable only for a few minutes. He rose once alongside the barge, but before assistance could be rendered he sank and WAS drowned, MONEY MA RK E AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 7,000 bales, including 1,500 American taken for export and on speculation. There was no change to notice in prices or the tone of the market. The sales comprised 5,700 American, 300 Pernam and Maranham at 6d. to 6d., 60 Bahia at 6d. to 6d., 250 Egyptian at 6d. to 91d., and 70U Surat at 3d. to 41d. per lb. Railway Shares were dull. In Colonial produce this week there has been more animation, and full prices have generally been obtained. West India sugar, however, has been dull, but foreign has met with a ready sale. Coffee has brought full rates, and with a good business doing. Spices have remained dull. Tea has not been much inquired for, and rice has slightly re ceded. Cotton has been steady. Saltpetre lower, and tallow inactive. From Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., we have the subjoined list of prices for United States securi ties, with the information that the market is dull : e. . United States 6 pe r C en t . Bonds Redeema 1868. b .. 1 106 Per 107 Cent United States 6 per Cent. Inscribed Stock 1 86/-1868-106 107 Pennsylvania 5 per Celt. ... 77 78xd Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 82 83rd Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1868...103 Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling. Bonds) ... 92 94 Alabama 5 per C en t. (Ster. Bonds) 1858-9-66... 83 Virginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 90 92 Virginia Bonds Canada 6 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1876...107 103 New Orleans 6 per Cent. Bonds 1893... 79 81 Pennsylvania Central It. Rd, 6 per Cent 1880— 90 91 New York and Erie 7 per Cent., Convert ible 1859... 90 91 New York and Erie 7 per Cent., Convert ible 1862... 70 73 The next and following arrivals from the United States are looked forward for with something of a painful interest, for the last, with dates to the 20th ult., brought details, unhappily too distress ing, from many states and leading districts of the Union, of a deplorable failure, not of one, but of all the serial crops, and of potatoes as well. It is not one paper alone that tells the tale, but num bers of respectable journals, located in the various states and districts, and they are all of one accord ; indeed there could be no mistake about the causes. With respect to the potatoes the cause was simply the disease, which, for some time past, had been known to be prevalent among them. In the case of the cereals it was a drought, uninterrupted, of six weeks, except in isolated localities, where slight showers had fallen during the first week of the series, so slight as scarcely to have moistened the surface of the soil. The draught was accom panied with excessive heat, by which vegetation was scorched up. In various of the States it was asserted and believed the crops would not yield one third or even one-fourth of an average. In Ohio, which in ordinary years usually produces about one-fifth of all the wheat grown in the Union, it is positively averred, with facts brought in proof, that the harvest product, under the most favourable change of circumstances, could not be beyond half an average. Similar statements are made from Indiana, Kentucky, and other neighbouring States. With these it is not, however, theloss of the wheat and other grain crops that is so much the occasion of anxiety and so deeply deplored as that of Indian corn. They are the most extensive grazing and cattle growing States of the Republic, and are pecu liarly dependent, therefore, upon ample supplies of this grain, which, besides that the choicest portion is largely consumed as food by the people through out the United States, is applied to the fattening of cattle and swine for consumption and ex portation. They are driven into the maize fields after the finest tall plants are cut for grinding, and so prepared for the knife. In the States named with Missouri and ono other, this cattle and pork rearing and slaughtering is a special branch of industry, and of porkers alone about one and-a-quarter millions of heads are thus slaughtered, cured, packed and exported, of which full one fourth are from Ohio alone. With a deficient harvest of one half in Indian corn, for that was the most favourable estimate, food would be wanting for cattle and swine, who must perish by whole sale in consequence, as they had already eaten up and laid bare in a winter and summer's range the herbage of the forests and the acorns. Panic had already seized the owners and breeders by the last accounts, and at Cincinnati they were anxiously offering the live porker stock at V I cents, say 2{l. per lb. Flour had advanced in the sea-ports from 45 to 60 cents upon the barrel, and it is under stood that upon the advices or orders received on this side of the state of things, American flour has actually been bought in Liverpool for return expor tation to New York. It is quite clear, that should the final realisation of the cereal crops come to verify the apprehensions even the most moderate entertained and expressed, resort must be had to European markets for sup plies to fill up a deficiency so deplorable. Hap pily, both here and all over Europe, splendid har vests have furnished enough for home wants, with some to spare for our neighbours across the Atlan tic. There may, and must, be difficulties about the payment, in money markets disordered like those of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and elsewhere, by wild speculations in railway stocks, bonds, and other schemes, scarcely saleable now, either hero or there for investment at whatever price. The national damage from deficient crops must be no less frightful in America than from sad experience it has been found here. An Ohio paper, giving various statistical returns and calculations, estimates the damage at no less than 100 m i llions of dollars upon the most favourable supp os i t i on of half an average ; but, with journals in other districts, doubles that amount, some of them more still, in the lamentable case of one-fourth of an average only. There is little change to report in public securi ties, but ou the whole it may be observed that prices are weaker in Consols, and a fraction lower than yesterday. We quote them now at 94i to 5 for transfer, and more for account, but money transactions have taken place at the lower rates of 941 an d They have more recently recovered as above, and the market shows more firmness: India Stock obtained 229, and Exc hequer -bills were done at 45., 55., and 6s. premium. Bank Stock, Re duced Threes, 3 per and Cents.,- Long Annuities, are shut for the dividends, th erefore w i thout deal- ings. w -e rather a h eavy i T e F ry or l e it ig o n e d M o a in rk g e . t There rather heavy, Mott of th e accoun t having induced many to close their speculations. T tone l ih in 1 - Turkish dealt i n a t 5 only officia s l cri p p r , ic th e e settlement is 5., 3 premium. Thl24 e a. quoted 24k. Greek Red Stock is at 51. Russia n The Spanish Certificates have be an 44 per C en t s . are worth 881. Dutch 4 per Cents, are at 93/. The following are the nominal pri ces of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bench 6 to 6i, Mexi can 2/ to 25, Peruvian 70 to 72, ditto 3 per Cents. 4 51 to 53, Portuguese 4 per Cents. 40 to 42, Russian 5 per Cents. 97 to 99, ditto 4i- per Cents. 88 to 90, Spanish New Deferred 18i to 18/, ditto 3 per Cents. 37i to 38, ditto Certificates 5,1 to si, ditto Passive 31 to 41. Railway Shares opened generally at a decline this morning, and although firmer at the present moment, they are not so good as they closed yes terday. This is most observable in Caledonian, Great Western, Brighton, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, and South Eastern. The French lines are very dull and heavy. Mining Shares are neglected, and in the Banks and Land Shares the dealings are unimportant. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCE. (Prom the Og.ica List.) Tin Inn s done. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities ............ 2 941 India Stock zz Consols for Account 13th 5 ep t . , ,,...... 29 5 Exchequer Bills, 2jd. £lOOO. ......... 4 6 .1,!50-3 Email 4 6 5p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Creek Bonds, Red Mexican 3 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ 5t..,, Ditto 4i per Cent BBl Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 5 p 0 Turkish Sc r ip nvidends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Gull Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifieates..... HALF-PAST TWO. Consols 94 $ Ditto September Account SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. !Closing Prices 1, yesterday. -- 20 Buatam done St ' this day. 15 Bhr. in st.tu 12 )0 iberdeen Si Asubg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Janet In Belfast & Ballymena a 1 Binning. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 19i Birkenhd. Lancsh. cit Cheshire Janet __ 21i --- 22, 5 - ... ... .., 9 - 9i all Dt o o. Chesh. di Bi r k., £5O and £25 Cons. 19 0., .£2O 30 Rly - th & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) 30 Bristol and Exeter... )0 Caledonian. Lll Chester & Holyhead. dl Cork and Bandon... Lll Cork, Black, do Pass A Cornwall 11i --10 i d 16 -17 i 7 -- 6dl ••• - 95 - 9 . 7 664 - 67 15 - 16: 11 - 13' ••• '-' ... Crieff Junction DublindtßelfastJunc Dundee Perth&Aber• deen Junction Do. New East Anglian 2~ ldl 74 - id ii ro., (XlB E dx H), Eastern Counties.. = !Eastern Union, Al Stock .00 De., B. Stock 8 Do., New A .. I Easi Lancashire, 70 - 72 63 - 64 X) Edinburgh& Glasgow 94 Edinb. and Peebles... )0 Edin. Prth do Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June. K) (Glasgow &S . S. Western' 24 - 25 Great Northern Do., A. Stock 68 - 70 83 - 89 70 - 72 .21 - 127 91 - 96 744 74 Do., B. Stock [Gt. Sth. &West.(lre, `Great Western L 2 Irish South-Eastern. .11 Lancaster & Carlisle 4i Do., Thirds 4 Do. New Thirds... ., IO Lancash.andYorksh 84 Do., Fifths 14 Do., Wst. Riding Un 11 Leeds Northern 86 -- 90 11 -- 13 u -1411 75 -75 i 51 -- 41 4 -- Liv.Craby.&Southpt London & Blackwal Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Bright & S.Cat. Lond. and N. Westn. 8 -8 ; 1.06 1.04 f 105 L 2 Do. Fifths 1 Do‘lo/.5h.,3i&8...( 2i Do. Eighths 10 London andS. Westn 2i ,Do., £5O 4 Do., £4O 11 Lnndrry& Coleraine 11 Ludndrry. & Ennisk. _ _ _ P A - p - 8. - 8 (i 4i 9 8a 8 (1 ''''''' • •• )0 Manch.Shef.& Lineln 4A Do., Man. & Lin. Un )0 Midland ►p Do.Birmng. &Derby .11 Miclld. G. We st. (Ira.) Do. Half Shares .11 Newcastle & Carlisle () Newmarket 26 -2 6 h 714- - . 7 2 41 - 43 ''' ••• 54 Do., Bury Extension. Nwpt.Aberg. & Ilrfd 8 Newry & Enniskillen 11 Newry Warrenpoint d par l 8 6 d 2 3 - 2, and hostrevor:, Norfolk 5 i - 6i 48 - 50 31, Northn.Connties Un 10 North British 34 ... 35 7 9 (North Devon, No. 1 Xll Do., No. 2 .11 Do., 1 A Deferred 8 Do. i. i B Guaranteed - 4 54 - 56 -' p 01 JNorili London Bi' Do. New £lO is N.,l,S.Wstrn. ,llamp stead, and City Jn .7iiNorth Staffordshire 11 North Western 4 Q p par 1 p .0 IN. &S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester ..' ••• )0 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 4 Portsmouth 34 - 36 'Scottish Central ~ 95 - 9i 64 - 66 'Scottish Midland O Shre wsbury &Bi mg. , O Do. L. &N. %atom Guaranteed St ock .0 Shrewsby. & Horefd 11 3hrcwsby. dr, Cheater (N. W. Min,; 11 Do. HalvesA 7i- i, - ... dl Do. Oswestry a Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,St D o fully paid up at per cent 11 South Devon )O South Eastern dl South Wales 1.5 ,S. Yrksh. di Riv. Dun 5 Do - ." -- 30 13 3 / 4 141 67 67A 34 3 / 4 2i 2i 1 par 6 Staincs,Wok. &Wok dl Stockton & Darling .6i Stockton dt Hartlepl. 31 = 33 -- ... Taff Vale ! Do. £lO shares -- ... '-'-' ... Do. Prof., No. 1 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway dl Vale of Neath 184 31 - 31 19 44 - 54 24- 26 44 - 5i Waterfd. & Kilkenny 11 Waterford&Limerick .6 West Cornwall 3 West End oi London and Crystal Palace 11 West London - 7A .s. Wimbledn & Croydon ) York /slowed. &Berw. I - 78 25 21 25 E St. 101 !O IDo. Extensions : 3 I Do. G, E. Purchase 6 4 - 30, 56 - 57 ' York& N.Midland FOREIGN. 10 all Antwerp&Rotterdam 61 5 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 1 20 8 Beziers toGraissesnae 3 3 d 20 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip 1 d—ip . . Central of Italy 20 all Charleroi & Erque in • „, 17, 4 , all Demerara • 20 14 Dijon andßesancon p 20 9 Dutch Rhenish 2i 2 d 20 all East Indian 2 3p 20 2 Do. Extension... 4d par 5 all Gt. Indian Poninsui^ 6 p 20 10 Gd. Juuct. of France .p 25 10 Grd. Trunk of Canad, 6 100 40 Do. Debentures 8 6 d 100 all Do. do — 20 10 Gt. Central of France i ip 201 all Gt.WesternofCanada Shares 100 all Do. Bonds (Ist is.)'s7 2 d par 20i all Hamilton & Toronto ld par 100 all Do. 6 per cent. 20 8 Lake Const. & Basle 5 all Lucca & Pistoj asp. c prof ..• die 20 10 Great Luxembourg Constituted Share: 2/ -- 3 21 / 4 all Do. Obligations 3 3} 20 tO Lyons and Geneva 1 li p 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran. 20 13., gadras f a —lP 33! 331 Maria Antonia • 10 all Do. do. Now • 20 2 gelbourne Dk. & Ry. 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest) 74 71 20 all Do. (ex interest) — ••• 16 all Northern of F rance 34} —34 i 20 all Do. 201. 3p. (fruy.B.&Ams.Shs.) 121 121 10 all NorwegianTrankPref 8 9 20 14 Paris and Lyons l9 19113 33 40 all Ditto Bonds 20 all Paris and Orleans 49 51 20 all Paris and Rouen 37 39 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 20 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. pm 104 10 4 Quebec & Richmond 20 all Rouen and Havre..... 23 —23 i 20 15 Royal Danish par —1 p 5 3 Royal Swedish •20 all Sambre and Meuse._ 81 —Bl 10 all Do. 54 p. cent. Prof. 20 10 Southern of France ... —pm 20 12 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) . ••• 8i all West Flanders 3l -- 4 10 all Do 5} per c. Pref — d 20 10 Western of France 6 7 p 20 16 West. of Switzerland ... 6 all Wiesbaden ••• 20 20 Zealand MISCELLANEOUS 5 all kubin Coal and Iron ... 25 17 Australian Agricult 43A —444xdi 20 6 kustralsn.Pcific•Mail ..• 10 all kustraln. Royal Mail 10 4 Berlin Water Works ... 50 40 Brit. American Land 65 70 5 1 i3rit. & Coln. Smoltg. and Reduction Co [OO 32i Canada 100 105 5 5 Crystal Palace, 2i 3i 34 1 5 3i, Do. New .. • ... 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 20 5 Eastern Steam ••• .• 25 20 ElectricTelegraph(A) 16i —l7ixn 25 all Do. (B) ••• ••• 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — ..„ 20 all General Screw Steam —14 a 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Land — 4 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. 1 all N. B. Australasian 1 1 Do. Now .• ••• 20 12 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 5 all Peel RT. Ld. & Minrl. 4h - 4▪ i 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 50 40 Do. 2 all Portland Iron Co 2 23xd 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 zdl Scot. Austral. Invest. 2 24▪ xd 25 25 South Austral. Land 37 39 1 all Submar. Telegraph.. 1 1 all Do. Registered. — 1 1H 284 Vau Diemen Land 1 =l3 124 St. I 25 St. lo st. 111 st. 11 sc. ID 12 I 1! i! F 191 L 14 1: 50 al 20 al St. Ili St. 11 20 ] 10 St: l ii 50 I 25 25 1 St. 1 8/ 2s St. 50 25 00 2: 1 50 20 al 50 St. 101 16 11 16 a] lo Iti 20 1 20 al 10 1i 10 10 li 261 al 50 a St. 10+ 50 al 20 L 20 25 I a] St. 11 10 St.llo 25 I 2: 20 al 20 al 50 al 20 11 20 a 10 8 St. 10 31 1 21 50 ai 60 a.] 20 a] 20 1 10 50 4] 25 al 661 6 15/ 14 11f 12 x d 6 87 8 70 125 7314 zdj 50 741i115 150 12. id 25 1051 104 4 4 25i 61 711 1 per cent. 66i 7i 32i 2 76; 14i i a PR FERENCE SHARES. 100 iberdeem 100 Do. No. 2, I). c. 30 Illyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 501) 100 Brie. i.' , .; Ex. 4p. e. St. 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent 64 Cork &Bandons4 p.c all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction all EastAnglian (£3los) _6 per cent .......... all Do: (5) 7. per cent. 2 Do. (.£7 17s) 7p. c. / all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 all Do. No. 2. .. ..... .. all Do. Ne w 6 p. c. St. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent ... all Do. 5/., 10 ner cent. all Do. 101. DeSentr.Sh -100 East Lancash. 6 p.cts. all East and West York shire June. Prof. all EdiubPrth.&Dundee 4 per cent. ......... 100 Glasgow & S.Western Guar. 5 per cent.... 100 Great Northn. sp. c. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... 100 Do. 4i p. c. Scrip ... 8 Gt.N. of Scot. lst Prei all Gt. Southn. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths)... 6 Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh. 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. 0)... 100 Do. cov. red. 4i p.c. WO Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 Dc,. irred. 4p. c. ... 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 100 Do. 6 p. c. Stock ... 13 Leeds N. 6p. c. No. 1 9 Do. Quarters, 1848 . 1.00 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c . 100 Do. Pref., sp. e. Si. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c 100 Lon. &N. W., Cov. Nuneaton 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds all Londonderry& Color Shares all Londy. & Ennis. Sh all Man., Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1. all Do. New, £lO 44 Do. £6 all Marypt & Carl. 4 p.c all Do. 4i per cent 10.1 Do .00 Mid. Consol.6 p.c.St .00 Do. Consol. Bristol & e•• .""" N. 2i - 2113 7 - 8 10 - 12 7 - 11 - 8 12 - SP Birm. 6 per cent.. 7 1 11i Do: Pref. 4i per cent 8 Norfolk Debenture '.03 Do. Prof. 4p. c. Stock 100 Do. sp. c. Ext 100 Do. 56 per ct 100 Do. Wav, Val. sp. c 100 North British all North Staffordshire 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh..£ls,6 p.c. 15 D 0... all Scot. Cent. , New Prof all Shrews. & Birm.N.G. all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent.,.,,,,, all South Devon., 14 De. fixed, 4 per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 4 percent. all 8.-Yorksh.4p.c.Guar all Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent. 5 Do. do. do. all Stockton and Hartle. pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. .00 York, Newea.stle,and 13erwick,4 p.c. Pref 5 Do 10 York&N. MidlandH and S. Parch 136 138 11 id 87 - 90 01 - 104 114 - 116 12 - 14 - P 23i - 24 99 - 101 ••• --- •• 2 1 • d 91 —93 31 3i 11 i d LIEUTENANT PERRY', CASE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Your spirited remarks thereon are worthy of the chivalry with which you attack every wrong, and deal your " thunder" against every established or recognised tyranny. I cannot refrain from asking—Why, if such a weighty consequence as (so far as his " persecutors" are concerned) the deprivation of all that is worthy of living for is to be the lot of Mr. Perry--and I may ask, as nearly the whole of my countrymen are doing, for what offence ? —what ought to be the punishment of the Greers and the Waldys ? The latter worthy, I sincerely cherish the hope, will be called to a different bar than that lately sitting at Windsor. Perjury of the direst kind he has committed. Bad enough in the sight of God and man would it have been, if it had simply been committed with the object of obtaining some personal or pecuniary boon; but when the very essence of a gallant brother-in-arms' honour and re pntation were in issue was the stake, oh I it becomes " rank in the nostrils," and insulted justice cries out for "satis faction." Surely the legal adviser of this injured gentle. man will see to it. I call upon my fellow-countrymen to indorse your appeal to their sympathy on his behalf ; and, as an earnest of such appeal, I have sent two guineas to the Mayor of Windsor, whose efforts and friendship, I doubt not, will meet their reward.— Your faithful servant, Sept. 6. A SOLICITOR. THE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. —Yesterday, the first of a course of lectures by Dr. Scoffern, M. 8., on the " Destructive Chemical Resources of Modern War fare," was delivered at the above institution. The lec• turer, in introducing the course to the audience, dwelt at considerable length on the great improvements which have been made in destructive instruments of warfare during the last few centuries by the introduction of gun powder, the manufacture of which, and its scientific application as a projectile force, he fully explained by a series of interesting experiments and diagrams. He also touched upon some of those immensely powerful com pounds with which chemistry has made us acquainted, and which at different times it has been proposed to use as a substitute for gunpowder, demonstrating that, in the present age, mechanics had not kept pace with che mistry in this respect, inasmuch as that no apparatus has ever been invented which would render their appli cation anything but exceedingly dangerous. Towards the conclusion of the lecture, Dr. Scoffern briefly alluded to the report now current that the Russians had placed infernal machines under the water in the neighbourhood of Cronstadt, in connection with a galvanic battery, ready to be exploded the moment any of our ships should pass over them, clearly illustrating, by a few practical experiments, that our cruisers have nothing to fear from them, as the explosion would not only be deadened by the water, but would be distributed equally throughout its whole mass, and that any ship would pass uninjured, though the explosion should take place directly below them. The lectures are to be continued on Mondays and Thursdays. • ALLEGED ILL-TREATMENT OF THE POOR IN LAM BETH WORKHOUSE.—Last night a public meeting was held at the Vestry Hall, Kennington-green, in order to bring befor e th e ratepayers the alleged ill-treatment of the poor in Lambeth Workhouse, so as to cause an in vestigation by the guardians into the conduct of the master and assistant-master. Mr. Stratton, one of the churchwardens, was called to the chair, and the meeting was addressed by Dir. Hyde, Mr. laird, &c., after which the following resolution was unanimously agreed to :—"That this meeting, viewing with deep regret the harsh treatment of the poor in Lambeth Workhouse, call upon the guardians to suspend the master and assistant-master until the allegations made to this meeting are investigated by the Poor Law Board, and finally determined upon." Mr. Bushell, on behalf of the guardians, exonerated them from blame, and after attempting to make himself heard in vain for some time, observed, amidst the cheers of the meeting, that they would certainly inquire into the m a tt er . Th e proceedings then terminated. - ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At a monthly general meeting held yesterday at the society's house, in Hanover-square--W. J. Broderip, Esq., F.R.S., vice president, in the chair—Lord Lindsay, Si r J ames Car negie, Bart., Colonel Cautley, Mrs. Nichol', an d M essrs. S. Crawfurd, W. Harrison, and J. E. Richard, were elected fellows of the society, and Mr. E. W. Wadeson was proposed as a candidate for the fellowship. The report of the council stated that the number of visitors during the year had been upwards of 325,000, that the additions to the menagerie during the last month con sisted of various objects of more than usual interest, including a beautiful male specimen of the wild sheep of the Punjab, which had now been imported into Europe for the first time in a living state and presented to the society by Brigadier Hearsey, C.B. The report also stated that his Majesty the King of Portugal had been pleased to transmit to the society a fine specimen of the true boa constrictor of Linnteus. The collection gene rslly, as well as the flower -garden, are in a state of efficiency to which the council refer with gratification. Among the most conspicuously beautiful ornaments in the garden are the Japan lilies, now coming prafusely into flower, and an immense collection of the finest dahlias furnished by Mr. Turner, of Slough. THE DORKING CASE.--The hearing the charge against George Elton, George Elphick, and Maria Fenn, was resumed at two o'clock on Wednesday, the 6th inst., at the Messrs. Hart's offices, before Captain Parrott, A. K. Barclay, and George Cubitt, Esq. The depositions of the previous day having been read, additional evi dencef was given by James Farringdon, postmaster, of Newdigate, who said when the prosecutrix had described d said ' what had occurred to him, she \ burst into tears, she crnild not help it, there was three to one. repeated what she said to him, which was in v er y J. par ticular the same as she had stated in her evidence. prisoner D. Sadler, Esq., solicitor, appeared for the I at consi- Elton, and cross-examined Elizabeth Crowley her and then n derable length, but he elicited nothing evidence in the slightest degree. After on behalf of made a very ingenious and feeling app eal G co rge Elton and M r . tw Sad eaa l c er had his client, the magistrates committed George E lphick for the capital offences and Maria Fenn, , ••• ". .•• .." • • • "-. 97 - 99 li—id 3a 44 i 1 - 1 - 13k - 2 4 2 - 3 1 -3, a 114 ii. 1 L 99 - 101 ,• ^ . ~ - . 6 64 99 101 90 92 94 96 14 d .36 138 • ....".. Ile ••• '''".. ••• 5 10 St. 5 10 25 10 ..0.6 li) 13i AsnErs AMPHITHEATRE. Under the auspices of Mr. W. Cooke, Astley's, which had grown somewhat old-fashiOned in its feats, has be come famous for its novelties in the way of animal sin galarity. About a twelvemonth ago we had the extra ordinary spectacle of an elephant standing upon its bead --a solecism doubtless in natural history, but a visible fact notwithstanding. Having thus taught us that the largest of living quadrupeds may become even fanatical in its docility, Mr. W. Cooke now dives into the littleness of creation, and produces the " smallest horse in the world." The inverted commas indi cate that we quote the bill, but we have no reason to question its accuracy. Indeed, we almost fear to hint how sinall the horse is, lest our own veracity should be doubted. In old times, showmen used invariably to ex hibit a giant and a dwarf together, that they might set off each other, but Mr. Cooke scorns such expedients with respect to the little horse. Challenging stern compari son, he turns first three remarkably small ponies into the ring, and then the minute horse appearing, like a toy-charger detached from its casters, the applaud ing throng hails the supreme littleness with delight. When the eyes have been sufficiently sated with an ob ject that a little paring down might qualify for a t enan t in a microscopic slid, the clown bears off the little wonder in his arms, facetiously observing that "it is a hard thing to keep a horse and have to carry it oneself." Nor is the horse the only wonder. Herr Christoff, a professor of the somewhat forgotten art of tight rope dancing, has cultivated it to strange perfection. He puts his feet into big baskets, and, thus equipped, he creates amazement by the contrast between the lightness of his movements and the unwieldiness of his costume. He also performs a wonderful somerset—we beg pardon, summersault—(we have learnt to spell " heels over head" right at last), c g T i i 3 n e g done with the soles of his feet firm on the rope. cult and performance of one rope I" So exclaims 2summersaultrds upon the floor is in itself a . m a os u t tdtiffie miration of the marvel it • The ring is certainly - performances being kind. There is Miss Gee , t h e simi lar feats in lustier fashion 1 ar and perfect) upon a single (clear how much more di c 1 . h the Astley's playbill in honest ad- Itself records. Blanche, o f il most excellent condition, the vLahanod Mr. sitorivdegresb,anwnheors suc cessively most varied and agreeable hurdles, and Mademoisell tthe gettingfo r forms se o f off his who performs gereenetl;enaan, a lady, and his h A ce p ss o i l v lo e , ly w ta ith k o e u s from these wilder and and, distinguished more fantastic Miss Kate Cooke, who, clad in a r t i stes, there is a su perb and with the genteel t perb riding-habit, .es of hats pressed u i • Pun a profu s i on of flaxen ringl e t s , goes with a wnnin those sedate achievements whichg grac e th rough ~ a re pedants of the r i ng i n the term fa _ hccrue comprised by te ecole" MARKET NEWS--(THIS DAY.) _ CORN EXCHANGE. The present week's arrival of English wheat up to our market, coastwise, has been moderately good, viz., 2,330 quarters. Fresh up to-day, the receipts by land carriage were small; hence, the show of samples was by no means extensive. For most kinds we had a very moderate in quiry, at about Monday's currency. The supply of foreign wheat was good, but the imports have been only 320 quarters. On the whole, the demand was in a sluggish state. In prices very little change took The inquiry for barley and malt was heavy, at the late decline. There was more firmness in the oat trade, at fully Mon day's quotations. The arrivals are small. We had a dull inquiry for beans, at late rates. The few peas on offer were much neglected, but we had a good inquiry for Indian corn. Flour sold slowly. Several parcels of Spanish have sold for Belgium, at 46s 6d per sack. ARRIVALS THIS WEBB. English .. Irish .... Foreign .. Wheat. 2,330 Barley. 180 Malt. I Oats. I Flour. 1,370 490 620 7,810 sks GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BR ITISH CORA24obrls For the week ended Sept. 7, 1854, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns In England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. RYE. I B EANS. PEAP. 623 ad 32s 5d 27s 8I 383 4d 1 .48s 2d 1375 7d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. I PARLEY. I OATS. RYE. t BEANS. PES. 64s 5d 348 4d 28s 9d 423 Od 47s 6d 42s A 5d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY, I I OATS. RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od QUA ' ,7 TITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 56,921; Barley, 2,514 ; Oats, 5,864 ; Eye, 369 ; Beans, 1,725; Peas, 1,137 Quarters. SMITHFIELD. There was only a moderate supply of beasts ou sale in to-day's market, in very inferior condition. Most breeds moved off slowly, at Monday's prices. The shew of sheep was comparatively small ; nevertheless, the sale was in a sluggish state, ou former terms. We had a fair inquiry for lambs, and late rates were well supported. Calves were in short supply and somewhat improved request. In some few instances prices had an upward tendency. Pigs were dull, but not cheaper. Mulch cows met a dull inquiry, at from 141 to 191 each, including their small calf. Per Sibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. 11 s. d. s. d Inferior Beasts—.. 3 oto 3 2 PrimeSonthaown 410 5 0 Second quality.... 3 4 3 B?Large crse. calves 3 0 3 8 Prime large oxen 310 4 81Prime small d 0... 310 4 4 Prime Scots, &c. 410 5 o,Large hogs 3 0 4 2 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8;8=11 porkers 4 4 4 8 second quality ...3 10 4 o) Sucklingealves ..22 0 29 0 Prime crse.-w110d.4 2 4 SiQuartor old pigs 21 0 28 0 Lambs 9s 2a to 5s 6d. TOTAL SUPPLY. ( FON/ZION SUPPLY. Beasts . Calves Sheep ••• •• ..• ••••• • • •• . NEWGATE AND There was about an aver our quotations. Per Sibs by s. d. s. d. Beef, interior 3 0 3 4 Do., middling 3 5 3 8 Do., prime large 3 10 4 2 Do., do. small 4 4 4 6 Pork, large 3 2 4 0 LEADENHALL. ge business doing to-day, at the carcase. Lamb . d. S. d. Mutton, Inferior e 3 4 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Do., prime 4 4 4 8 Vea1..... 2 8 4 0 Pork, small 42 4 8 4s 2d to 5s 4d. BOROUGH HOP. A few pockets of new hops have sold this week at from 1815 s to 211 per cwt. Yearlings are in request and dearer. Duty, 60,0001 to 65,0301. The imports are again large, viz., 244 from Ostend, 992 from Hamburg, 49 from Ant werp, 165 from Ghent, and 50 from Rotterdam. Mid and East Kent pockets, 121. 12s to 161 108 ; Weald of Kent ditto, ill lls to 14112 s ; S uss©x ditto, ill Us to 131 13s per cwt./ COLONIAL. SCJGA.R.—The market for West India has been heavy, and a decline of Gd has taken Mace. Barbadoes low to mid yellow selling at 31s to 31s, and superior colony at 395. Demerara low to mid brought 32s to 33s 6d per cwt. East India—Mauritius grainy yellow fine sold at 39s 6d to 40e Gd, but mid low to line brown went as low as 25s 6d to 30s, being Gd per cwt decline, low to mid fi ne goo d so ld at 30s to 32 s Gd. B engal date brought 23s to 263 Gd for brown, and 20s for very low damp. Foreign—Yellow Havannah mid • to good bright sold at 34s to 365, low to good at 33s to 32s Gd, white, in bond, was taken in at 28s to 32s for dingy to fine, but low to good soft found buyers at 26s 6d to 28s Gd. Porto Rico has realised full prices, viz., fine and very fine calor y 39s to 41s, mid to good brought 34s to 37s 6d, and heavy brown 31s to 325, and low heavy to goo d b r i g ht grocery 32s Gd to 37s 6d per cwt. Cuba was taken in a t 27 s t o 31 e f or heavy brown, and at 31s to 35s Gd for low to good yellow. St. Croix has been at full values, mid to very good bright 343 to 878 6d. Rio low white brought 353 per owt. COFFEE.—There has been a good demand for plantation Ceylon at full quotations, low to mid colory at 56 to 59s 6d, good mid and good colony 61s to 645, fine ord mixed to low mid small 52s 6d to 565, mid and good mid bold 56s 6d to 62s 6d, peaberry 608 to 645, and triage 35s to 52s 6d. Native has been firmer, good and real good ord selling at 45s per cwt. Costa Rica good and fine ord pale brought 503 to 54s 6d per cwt. RlCE. — Madras has been cheaper, mid and good pale pinky lOs to 10s Gd, and ord yellow Ss 6d. Bengal good mid and good bold white wont at lls 6d to lls, and fine at 12s 6d per cwt being full values. SPlCES.—Cassia Vera sold at 39s Gd to 42s for mid coarse, but slightly mouldy pepper went briskly at 4q(l to 4d for Malabar. Mace obtained is 5d to 2s for wormy. COTTON. —This article has been quiet. TEA..—Very little is doing. Common congou is 10d to lOid per lb. SALTPETRE.—Madr as b rought 225, for small dingy grey s ß d o u m ll b:y 21s lid t o 22 s for low 2 s 0 2 f 5 rrt,4 4. 21, d 1L p so eiwra to r t 2 h o r eesf markpr ac e r t i o cwt.e nt and P.Y.C. is 65 s 6d per cw G t n f o t r EN old F o ß n u t r h r e ._ sp t o e t ra . ons continue scarce, some small parcels per Geneva steamer vie/ Liverpool, sold by Reeling and Hunt at public sale, realised an advance of 3d to 4d per case. Lisbon grapes arrive in limited quantities the black having suffered more than the green by the prevail ing disease, and prices will be high in consequence. No particular difference is anifest in the consumption of ripe fruit in London, it is m the hard and unripe that is an incentive to the existing epidemic. LL ,OYD'S SIIIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Sept. 8 at Noon, N.E. ; fresh B.—Wi nd this day breeze, and fine weather. PLYMOUTH, S e pt . 7 .. Wind E. Arrived—Bremen, from S avannah ; Daring, Cortinna. Off Port — Fingal, from Van Diemen's Land. Sailed—Violet, for Melbourne. I FALMOUTH, Sept. 7.—Wind, E. Arrived—Crawfords, from Bahia ; Susannah, Havannah ; Mary seilles. Off Port—Cresar from Canton ; Northumberland .i..e (transport), Bailey, Mar- Constantinople; Domino, Marseilles ; p Sailed—Countess of tune, Liverpool, for Hamburgh. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 7.—Wind, S P.; Termagant, East -Victoria, from Quebec; fl.M.'s steamer and ese war steamer),do., pro ceededEdmunds, East ward for Southampton. SOUTHAM 7.—Arrived—Devonshire (s), f rom London, an Sailed—lberia (s), for Gibraltar. B RIDG EWATER, Sept. 6.—Arrived—lntrepid, Phili p , FJO I N eit Se f p o t r . Dublin. from Quebec. d . . O FF ILFRACOMBE, Sept. 6.—Ballinacurra Lass, a n d pro ceeded for Bristol. Hula. ROADS, Sept 7 .—Wind, N.E. A rr i ved—H.M.'s s . Horatio ; Sarah Harrison, from Dautzic. OFF LOWESTOFT.—Thor, from Christiania. HELFORD, Sept. 7.—Arrived—Daedalus, from Quebec. ; Arrived—Sir o BRISTOL, Sept. 7.—Wind, E. Arrived — Blanchard, from Miramichi. , Sailed—Devon, for Newfoundland. ouceste G r; F. Seymour, from London, n7Cl—on\,VfoitirdEerNm.uEd.a for New York. Sailed—Keying, f or N Ada, New York ,Maria Theresa, Constantinople. SWANSEA, Sept. 7.—Wind, E. s • ailed—Jane Morri son, for Quebec. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL Friday, 10.30 am. Wind, E., moderate, and dull. ' Arrived—Matthew Ring, from Memel • Panetima, Bremen ; Volunt eer , B arbadoes ; Harriet, N ewfoundland. Sailed—Peeping Torn, fox Prince Edward's Island. • zd zd zd id zd zd zd