The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-17 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 7,000 bales, including 1,000 Ameri can taken for export. The market was heavy, and prices of all kinds were per lb. lower. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 170 Peruam and Maranham at 5Zd. to 7d. 200 Egyptian at sd. to Sid., and 1,500 Surat at 3d. to 41d. per lb. Rail way Shares were depressed. As was yesterday anticipated under this head, the Turkish loan, has now made its appearance officially iu the market. Late in the day yesterday the notification, a copy of which will be found be low, was issued by the agents, and posted at the Stock Exchange. The subscription list is to re main open to-day, but there is no question that there are already in the hands of the agents ten ders of subscription from capitalists, stock dealers, and the general public, to more than double or treble the amount required. The more particular feature, and one of striking advantage, in this financial operation, is the assignation of the tribute payable by the Pacha of Egypt to the Sultan, in sterling amount 282,0001., as a fund specially ap plicable for the payment of the dividends on the loan. The extinction of the principal at the moderate rate stated can scarcely be a financial difficulty with the Turkish Government, in however an exhausted condition of its Exchequer. The approval signified by Lord Clarendon of this loan and its objects, although a satisfaction to speculators, or those who may subscribe for investment, must not be under stood as committing this Government to anything in the nature of a guarantee, either as respects in terest or principal. Well understood principles of public policy must preclude it from engaging as part principal in the negotiation of money for the account of foreign states. In cases where Govern ment should deem it the part of good policy to ex tend a helping hand to the exigencies of allies, that object would be naturally effected by the more direct course of subsidies, for raising the amount of which, when ordinary revenue should not be equal to supply it, recourse would be had to the money market, and the credit of the State pledged for loans, which could thus be raised on far more advantageous terms as a State debt, on the same footing as Consols and other securities, representing the domestic loans of former periods. The terms of the present loan are considered to be somewhat onerous for Turkey. Taking into account the special allocation of the Egyptian tri bute, which constitutes what the Czar would call a very 4 , material guarantee," it would seem that the Price of 80 for a 6 per cent. stock, and that price subject also doubtless to a certain if not consider able discount in the shape of agency and other charges, was any thing but a desirable bargain for the Turkish treasury. Upon that price the rate of inteeest is equal to nearly 7 per cent. (61. 165.). The cash actually receivable by the borrower under this arrangement for the first two millions should be 1,600,0001., and rateably for the second million to be issued, but that sum will undergo probably some not inconsiderable reduction when subjected to commission, and the usual expenses of exchange operations in the remittance of the funds. The loan has been received with all the favour on the Stock Exchange that could be desired by the parties who are bringing it out. From 3to 4 per cent. premium at which it ruled for the coming out this morning the rates have ascended, and at this present moment aro quoted 6 to 7 per cent. premium. _ _ _ At the meeting of the Northern and Eastern Railway Company this day the dividend for the half-year was agreed to, as follows :—On shares of 50/. guaranteed 5 per cent. per annum, 11.55. each; on shares of 501. guaranteed 6 per cent. per an num, 11. 10s.: less property tax. • The settlement of account now on hand has led to a rather material improvement in the quotations of public securities. It has turned out to be a Bear account. The speculators for the fall have oversold themselves, and find the market rare of stock. In consequence, Consols from 93k, buyers in the morning for money, rose to 94k, buyers, at - which rate outstanding accounts had to tie balanced. Speculators for the fall, however, would seem not to have much faith in the permanency of the higher rates, for there were sellers for the account now opened for the 13th proximo at 93'4- and 94. Re duced Threes were 941. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 94g. Bank Stock was done at 210 and 2081, India (Stock, 228. India Bonds ls. to 2 s. premium. Long Annuities, 4i. Exche quer Bills ls. discount to 2s. premium. Ex chequer Bonds 1858 were sold at 98L, of 1859 at 98. The Foreign Stock market is quiet, and prices -rule somewhat heavy. Brazilian 5 per Cents. are quoted 100 k, and Chilian 6 per Cents. are rather nigher, being 104±. Danish Fives are marked 103 . Peruvian Bonds have been steady , at 70 to 71 . Spanish New Deferred are flatter , bein g 1884. -uutch 21.- per Cents. are Gig. Belgian 41 per Cents. have realised 93 to 94. The following are the nominal 'prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 6i ; Mexi can, 24 to 241 ; Peruvian, 69 to 7 1 ; Ditto 3 p er Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 98 to 100 ; Ditto 4i per Cents., 85 to 87 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18g . to 18 g - ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 381 to 38i ; Ditto Certifi cates, 41 . t0 5 ; Ditto Passive, 3 to 4. Railway shares have been very little dealt in , but the quotations are rather firmer. The rise upon the dep resse d value of yesterday is about 1 to t per cent. on the heavy lines. The foreign lines are firm,. but with a very limited business doing. liming shares are neglected, the Joint Stock Banks steady, and the Land Companies inactive. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up In Ulm day are in round figures as under : 1854. 1853. Great Western N orth-Western So uth -Western 17,358 25,112 Bright on , *17,493 18,383 Ilidland So uth -Eastern 22,024 22,011 , Caledonian, and Eclin. and Glasgow 12,504 10,937 Great Northern 20,212 18,341 Lancashire and Yorkshire 21,872 21,461 North Eastern . 33,395 30,311 * Review at Spithead last year. - BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (Prone the Oficial List.) Business dons. • 'Sank Stock Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 94 3 5 2 4/ 3 Per Cent Consols Annuities 93a 48 ( mg Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1880 ittc 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1859 4i itto 30 Years, Expire sth J a n., 1860 4a tdia Stock Ii tdia Bonds, £lOOO ..... , 2 pm Ditto, under E,lOOO 1 pm Co rise's for Account 13th Sept. 934 4 jtachequer Bills, lid. £1000 Small par Exe hequer Bonds Scrip, 1858 9 83 D itto 1859 PR ;ICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. bras silian Bonds, 5 per Cent. lOOl - Ditto Small Chß ian Bonds, 6 per Cant Dan ish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent — D itto 5 per Cent 103 Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent. Spa,i ash New Deferred, 3 per Cent lBl Dividends on the above payable in London. telelan Bonds 44 per Cent. ex. 25 fr Dutch Exchange, 2A per Ceut. 12 Gull 6lf? 11ALF-PA,sT TWO. Consols 931 i F.IT. PANCRAS BURIAL GROUND.—Yesterday, at a Lux nerous meeting of the St. Pancras vestry, the fol low ing resolution was passed without a dissentient voi~:e :—" That this vestry, the constituent body elect ing the burial board of this parish, having heard with the greatest - surprise and regret that a clerk has been aPP ointed by the burial board, who is the son of one of its members, consider such a proceeding highly deroga torli to the dignity of the board, and exhibiting in the att.( mgest degree evidence of nepotism, without regard :to fitness for office, do hereby express their entire want Of c:onfidence in those members of the board who voted for the apppointment of the said clerk." A deputation arse appointed to wait upon the board on the subject. JIRUTRNANT PERRY.--A Southampton correspondent mrr tes :—" The court-martial on Lieutenant Perry, of 'no 46th Regiment, has excited great interest in the sov.th of England, he being a native of Romse 7 " 1- ants), where Lord Palmerston resides. Perry 's f at her rose from the ranks, and was made a pay- Ina ster. One of his father's brothers was a grocer ,Itmsey, and another was a saddler in Salisbury , - 1 , -11 ' is now the master of a workhouse. Perry 'all his commission given him on account of the long s ervices o f hi s f ather. He was always cons id ere d a s a , l l°7 worthy young fellow. Not long since a Hamp shire young man purchased a commission in a cavalry Nt'iment, and he was ill-used hecaused he was not what is 'called a ge n tleman—that is, his • friends were in busi t 1 5 1 58 . His broth er o ffi cers used to t h row co ld wa t er on "Hai when he was in bed • and at one time, when he fell oil: his horse an d broke his leg, not one of those officers L - T e oilid go to hi s ass i s t ance. H e was obliged to leave MON STER on account of the ill-treatment he received. ex NI ONSTER EXCURSION.—BRIGH TON. —A n i mmense e ursion from M a id s t one an d ot h er Kentish towns arr ived here on M on d ay , qu it e i nundating the town. c onsisted of 110 ca rr i ages , con t a i n i ng 4,000 persons, l accompanied by two bands, Mr. Hughes, of Eden he ?J'idge, conduct e d it. By th e exce ll ent management of B righton Comp an y. a ll l e ft by 8 p .i u. i n four trains. DI ARRIEI.—the following has been recommended as t_m c l effica c i ous cure for diarrlicea. :—Confection o f op i um, ' grains; es sence of peppermint, 12 d rops. To be taken., a wino gl ass o f wa t er every two hours until 1101:Ycd OIif2,IINAL ;01J .—( .1 - 1 lb DAI). OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) henry James Hall, 35, was indicted for feloniously setting fire to a dwelling-house, with intent to defraud the Westminster Fire-office. _ Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Giffard proescuted. The pri soner was defended by Mr. Parry. It appeared from the statement of the learned coun sel for the prosecetion, that the evidence against the prisoner was entirely of a circumstantial character, and the main facts rested upon to support the charge were these. The prisoner carried on the business of a coffee-shop and eating houskeeeper at 158, Fleet street, and his family consisted of two children and a sister, who acted as housekeeper. It appeared that he had been insured in the Westminster Fire-office. for other premises previously to his taking possession of the house in question, which was at the beginning of the year, and he obtained a fresh policy for stock in trade, fixtures, &c., for 8501. The fire in question broke out about twelve o'clock at night on the 27th August last year, and it appeared that the house was nearly consumed before the fire could be extinguished. The first thing that created suspicion was observing that the fire appeared to have commenced on the landing of the first floor, and it was observed that a great quantity of shavings had been strewed about in different parts of the house. The prisoner in the usual course sent ino claim for 7 501.17 s., and enquiries were then made which resulted in the present charge being made against the prisoner. It appeared that for some time before the fire he had removed a quantity of property from the house in Fleet-street to a lodging he had taken at Islington, and shortly before fire he had given out that he had sold the business. On the Satur day before the fire happened it appeared that the prisoner removed the children and his sister from the house in Fleet-street to the lodging at Islington; and it appeared that the former was never opened for the purposes of. business again until the fire occurred, and the prisoner accounted for not opening the house on the Monday by stating that it had been arranged with the new purchaser that there should be a holiday on that day. It was shown that the prisoner was in the house on Saturday the 25th, at night, and it appeared that about 10 o'clock on the night of the fire, a waiter at the Portugal Hotel, which adjoined the prisoner's house, heard some one moving about and he called out the prisoner's name, but re ceived no answer. When the prisoner was questioned after the fire, he gave several contradictory statements as to the period when he first heard of the fire, and on his being asked by one of the firemen whether he had sent in his claim to the ' fire-office, he replied that there was plenty of time, and that there was no use in doing a thing and being sorry for it afterwards. It also ap peared that after the claim had been sent in by the pri soner, a surveyor was sent to make the necessary ha quiries, and in answer to questions put by him to the prisoner, be said that he had sold the business to a person named Parker, who was to give him 3001. for it; and on his being asked who this Mr. Parker was, and where he lived, be at first said that he lived at Dalston, but that a letter would not reach him at that address, and on being pressed, he promised to come again ano ther day and bring an address, and also a copy of the agreement that had been entered into between them. The man did so, however, but it appeared that he aban doned the claim he had made upon the company and absconded. The learned counsel then called his wit nesses. The trial was proceeding when we went to press. MABKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. SmunFrELD.—ACadow hay, 21 lOs to 41 15s ; clover litto, 31 Os to 51 15s ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 2/ Os per load. A moderate supply, and a steady trade. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 4/ 16s ; clover ditto, 31 Os to 51 12s; and straw, 1/ 16s to 21 Os per load. Both hay and straw sold freely, at our quotations. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 4/ 15s; clover ditto, 3/ Os to 51 16s ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 2/ Os per load. Trade firm. New meadow hay realised GOs to 925; and new clover, 70s to 95s per luad. MEAT 31.A1 KETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—Trado ruled dull. Prices: —Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 6d. to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; Veal, 2s 10(1. to 4s Od ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per Blbs, by the carcase. SouTHALL, Aug. 16.—T0-day's market was well supplied with each kind of stock, which moved off slowly at drooping prices :—Beef, from 3s Gd to 4s Sd ; Mutton, 33 Gd to 4i 10.1; Lamb, 4s 4d to 5s 2d ; Veal, 3s Od. to 4s 2d ; Pork, 3s Gd to 4s 6d per Sibs. to sink the offals. ROMFORD, Aug IG.—The general demand ruled heavy, as follows : Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 6s Od ; Lamb, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4.9 4d ; Pork, 38 6d. to 4s Gd per Blbs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 21s to 27s each. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. 17.—Wind this day at Noon, W.; mode rate breaze, and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 16.—Wind, N.N.E. Sailed—York- Town, for New York; Froya and Farna (Russian prizes), for London. FALMOUTH, Aug. 16.—Wind, N. Arrived—Clontarf, from Akyab ; Cxsar, Africa ; Panama, Quebec, for Truro. Sailed —Polar Star, New Zealand. Off Port—Sleepner, from Rio Janeiro, and sailed fcr Copenhagen. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 16.—Wind, N.W. Sailed — Washington (s), for New York. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 17.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Buc chante (a s), from Fernando Po. Sailed—Concordia, for Rio Janeiro ; Oriental, Quebec. COWES, Aug. 16. --Arrived—Mozambique, from Callao, and proceeded for Antwerp; Geatitude, Bahia; Dirigo, Havannah. OFF BONCHURCH, Aug. 16.—Palmyra, from Barbadoes. SUNDERLAND, Aug. 16. Wind, S.S.E. Arrived— Thorney Close, from Quebec. SHIELDS, Aug. 16.—Wind, W. Arrived—Minnett, from Miramichi. Sailed—Eliza, for Rio Jane ro. FLEETWOOD, Aug. 17.—The Maranham (ship), of New castle, from Quebec, timber laden, is on shore on North Wharf. HuLL, Aug. 17.—The Swanland (s), and the Jupiter (s), were in contact about three o'clock this morning, off the Hebblesfloat, in the Humber, when the latter sun. ST. IVES, Aug. 16.—The St. Agnes (schooner), of and for St. Ives, from Newport, struck on the Willis Rocks, Aug. 5, and soon after sunk ; crew saved. SWANSEA, Aug. 16.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—Appleton, for Jamiica. (P ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday, 10.30 A.M. Wind, E.N.E. ; moderate and dull. Arrived—Lochmaben Castle and Sarah Ann, from 11.ichibucto ; Arabia and Onward, Quebec ; Joven Pepita, Licata ; Garonne, Leghorn; Lavinia, Taragona ' • Sunda, Bahia; State Rights, Savannah ; Bolivar, Dalhousie; William, Messina; and Straat Zundi, Antwerp. Off Port—Katinka and Arbroath, from Trieste.. Sailed—Lady Head, for Africa ; Cornelius Grinnell, New York ; Syrian (s s), Constantinople ; Arundel, Bom bay ; Blackburn, Calcutta ; E. Z., New York. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.20 a.m. Wind, W. ; tide, 2 hours' ebb ; fine. Arrived—Southampton, from St. Chat; Rhine (s), Rot term; Baron Osy (s), Antwerp; Mercury (s), Memel; Co lumbine (s), Rotterdam. DEAL, Thursday, 10.40 a.m. Wind, W. ; light, and fine. Passed—Venice, from Charente ; London, from Akyab ; W. H. Kent, New Britain, and Rankin—all for London ; Jessy, London, for Antwerp ; Sarah Park, Quebec, for London ; Ellen (Greek brig), Marianople, for London ; Gladiator, Sydney, for London ; Joseph Wallis, westward, for London: LYCEUM THEATRE.—The enterprising Mr. Allcroft has engaged Mr. and Mrs. Sims Reeves for three " fareweil" performances prior to "their departure from London for the present season," and the first of them took place last night. The Lyceum Theatre was filled to the ceiling to witness the Bateman, Girl--an opera that has taken a peculiar hold of the unsophisti cated public, and which is seldom revived without meet ing with considerable patronage. The audience last night was of the old sort. Enthusiasm of the warmest kind pre vailed, and Mr. Sims Reeves and his better half received with a cordiality which betokened the strength and con tinuance of the popular interest. Mr. Sims Reeves was in excellent voice, and the pretty music of this operatic perennial fell from his lips as gracefully and pleasantly as ever it did. In the once-famous song, "I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls," Mrs. Sims Reeves was encored with extraordinary vehemence. She, in fact, seemed to be in as much vogue as her husband—if we may judge by the usual tests. Mr. Weiss was the Count Arnheim, and Mr. Farquharson Smith the Devilshoof, the comicalities of the latter being, we need hardly ob serve, relished in proportion to its extravagance. The chorus was tolerable, and the orehestra was conducted by . Mr. J. 11. Tully. Th e S onnam b u l a an d th e L uc i a di Lammermoor are announced. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE MAYOR OF GLOCESTER.—The city of Glocester was thrown into some excitemant on Tuesday morning by the announcement that Mr. W. Washbourne, the respected mayor of the city, had died suddenly on the previous night, on his return from London. It appears that Mr. Washhourne formed one of a party of excursionists who left Glocester for London on Saturday by the • Great Western Railway. The train returned from London on Monday evening, leaving Paddington at half-past 6 o'clock. Mr. Washbourne appeared to be in excellent health until the train arrived within a few miles of Glocester. As it was running down the long incline near Stroud, Mr. Washbourne made the remark that the trai❑ was running at an unusually rapid rate, and he appeared somewhat alarmed. Almost immediately afterwards he fell back in a fit of apoplexy. Dr. Cook, of Cheltenham, who was in the train, was called in and attended to hire, and on the train arriving at Glocester he was immediately conveyed to his residence, where he expired almost immediately. Mr. Washbourne was much respecttd in Glocester for the manner in which he had conducted the duties of his mayoralty for the last two years, and especially during the visit of the Royal Agricultural Society to Glocester last year. At the in quest held on Tuesday the jury decided that death WAS caused by apoplcxp. THE SUN, LONDON, Turns))Ay EVENING, AUGUST' 17, 1854. 11.A1 ,E 41 , 1ARE.EIS. (THIS DAY.) iE FIXED RtINT;IT.S, THE WAR IN crlicAssi-A. Leasing Closing Prices Business Shr. Paid. RAILWAYS ' Compans. yesterday. this day. 50 all Bedford and London & Bletchley .. . N. West .. St. 100 Buckghamsh. L&N.W 95 100 50 all ClydesdaleJc. Caledon.., 95 97 St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt•Nrthn. 134. 137 25 all 'Mu. Barr. & Caldonian, Neils. Direct 25 all Do. New. `Do — 25 all Glstr.ex Dn.Pr l Gt. Vest 1 28 28 30 100 all Hrtipl. Dk. & Yk. New.! Railway & Berw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &Nbld 103 105 25 all Do. 4 Shares. Do sli 524 124 all Do. Shares. Do 25. —26 13i all Lon.&Greenw S. Easterr 124 134 20 all Do. Preference Do 23 —24 20 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk — 20 LOO Do. 6 per et. 51 all Manch. Batn. L.&N.W.' and Matlock & Midld., 2 - 211 50 all Middlesbro' &Stckton&, Ralcar . . . 10e all Aidld.Bradfd Midland.; 94 95 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count., 53 60 50 .3 . .. Do. 6 per ct. D 0... 50 all Do. Fixeds p s Do, 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &Ln&Yk 124 12 Do. a Shares. Do . ••• ••• St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. GtNortlan St, 100 Do.Shepth.St D 0.,,,,, i 132 135 25 18g Shef.Roth.and Lancash& Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. 12 94 S. Staffordsh. NI.MClea 2_ 11c1 7/ 50 all Wear Valleygr Stockt. 6 per cent... Darlingt. 25 all Do Do. St 100 Wilts&Somrst Gt - Virestn 92 94 REDOUT-KALEH, GEORGIA, JULY 3. This place is now very strong ; the ramparts are stout and high, and a good flanking fire will be obtained ; we fail in guns, however, though we received two extra ones from Suchum-Kaleh the other day (Russian pieces), and hope soon to have some more. The Bashi-Blzouks have at length been got to work upon it ' • they occupy the north side of the riv er , an d were at length induced to work at a breastwork (which, by the by, was well flanked from the other side of the stream) and were busy work ing away in the ditch ; shortly, however, it was observed that they had dropped away, except a few who were leisurely sucking away at their chibouques. An appeal to the chief was consequently made, and he being in formed, in very indifferent Turkish, that in two days " E,lglish ship would go away and Moskoo would come," the effect was decisive, and on the next morning the work was found to be finished. Redout-Kaleh will prove a puzzle to " Moskoo" if ever he makes his ap pearance there, but we must remember that we had the aid of 2,000 men to make the fortifications ; the Bey told me the other day that, during their progress, the soldiers were not his men, but mine. He came on board to see the firing the other day, and was delighted. We have now a Tacbjerman (Anglice, dragoman) a clever little fellow, who speaks perfectly 10 languages ; he was born in Bagdad, has lived in France and England, in Turkey, and in Greece, and has married an Italian wife. lam learning Turkish under his auspices, and can already make myself understood among our friends of the fez. The construction of the verbs is most singular ; for example, there are two future tenses, one signifying the determination, " I will do it, ;" the other expressing "At present such is my intention." On a first hearing, the language sounds remarkably like gibberish ; but when th e ear b ecomes more accus tome to it, it is not unpleasing. First studies are, of course, mere efforts of memory, as the language is so entirely different from any other both in derivation and formation. I have found the little Turkish phrase-book which was sent out to me most useful, and have con stantly carried it about with me, and have now learnt the whole of it by heart. I have also made some addi tions ; the little fat Bey here (in whose quarters I have daily chibouques and coffee) is constantly adding to my dictionary, and to-day has told me that "ekee ayeeler" (two months) I shall speak "pek ayee Turche" (very good Turkish). The grandees of Turkey avoid their own language when in intercourse with each other, and speak pure Arabic, and those are deemed the most polished who speak it the most purely. BRITISH RAILWAYS. !(dosing Prices yesterday. Business done this day. CHITRITK•SU, JULY 5. We came to the Turkish head-quarters here yester day ; on our way we passed the mouth of the river Phasis (now Rhion). The view it presents is very beau- tiful—a broad, rapidly. flowing (though somewhat muddy) river, the banks of which are covered with trees of the greatest luxuriance in growth and quantity, its introduc tion to salt water being presided over by a little wooded islet in the centre of the mouth, sparkling emerald-like in the morning sun. At the extremity of the left bank is a Russian square redoubt of solid masonry, the empty embrasures of which now look harmlessly upon the scene of Jason's wanderings, and if Jason made the first ac quaintance of the Colchians on as brilliant a morning as that on which we passed it, he might have mi taken the whble of the visible course of the old Phasis for one huge, burnished, sparkling, golden fleece. Carrying the eye nearly a mile beyond the old redoubt I have mentioned, over the rich verdure of the same bank, it falls on towers and battlements. These are at once seen to be Ge obese. There is no mistaking those lofty, solid, grass-grown walls upon which, but the other day, Rus sian guns were bristling to very little purpose ; those guns (for the most part having their trunnions knocked off, and otherwise rendered useless) now lie under the old walls, and the long' grass, in rank luxuri ance, is fast shutting them in from the light of day. Among them are the remains of fine brass pieces. Be yond theSe old walls of Poti the river disappears in a bend lost in labyrinths of wood ; in mid-distance rises a steep bill, one mass of foliage, and, terminating all, rise above wood and stream the distant mountains of the Caucasus, stretching across on their way to the Caspian, their upper half a mass of snow and fleecy cloud, their lower-a mysterious haze. On our former visit to Poti we took from the place a few tons of Russian coal ; the place is perfectly deserted, and has suffered much from the usual Russian policy of incendiarism. The only in habitants at present are Asiatic fleas, and such fleas ! They inhabit the sand, they tenant the long grass, and exist everywhere—the deserted huts are full of them. Some of them migrated on board with us, and I declare to you they are so big that they give an audible shriek when one succeeds in massacring them ; the coals, too, which we took on board were full of the brutes. Since I last wrote we have been to Chamsheer, about 30 miles north of Redout-Kaleh, in search of fresh beef and pro visions, as a change for the men from their salt fare. We reached Chameheer early in the morning, and were somewhat undecided as to whether the Place was in Tur kish or in Russian hands, so we sent our interpreter to communicate ; our doubts were soon relieved by a visit from a fezzed and turbaned multitude, who informed us of the departure in toto of " Moskoo.” Not quite in toto, however, for a Russian General, Prince Michael, still presides over Chamsheer and its neighbourhood ; odd enough, you will say, but then Prince Michael has an alias—Hamid Bey —and was born a Turk and of blussulman parents, and has even now, they say, strong sympathies, both reltious and patriotic, with his original brethren. He was captured with two bro thers (Alexandro and Said) in Circassia or Mingrelia ; they were all educated in Russia, and attained to high Russian rank. Hamid Bey became very distinguished, and latterly settled at Chamsheer, with a goodly pro. petty of acres and serfs ; his house is very fine, the basement storey of stone, and the remainder of wood, finely decorated. He declined receiving our captain, but expressed a strong wish to speak with our inter preter, which was not complied with. Soon afterwards Prince Michael found it convenient to ride into the country, to suppress some insurrection (either real or imaginary) in a Georgian village, taking care t o t a k e with him all his horses, lock u p his stables, and secure his mansion under lock and key. On reaching the shore, we found that great consterna tion had been caused by our arrival ; the Turks, thinking we were Russians, had tarred all the points of timber in the wooden houses of which Chamsheer is entirely composed, and were prepared to evacuate and fire them at a moment's notice. The town is a long straggling street of wooden huts and shops ; the latter are now tenanted by turbaued Tusks, who sit on their ancles, sucking at their chibouques, as tho ug h they had dwelt there all their lives ; from these I bought some beautiful sables of the Caucasus. Crossing a substantial Russian bridge of wood, stretched over a mixture of half swamp and half stream, we reached a little Georgian village, where we were evidently looked upon as wonderful specimens of natural history by the :.habitants. The houses are composed of wattle work, or wood, and consist of three or four rooms on the ground floor, the principal room being lined with ' sofas, upon which (when seen by us unawares) the residents were reclining. I never saw so many women to a household as in this place—about half-a-dozen to each—and generally exceedingly pleasing and pretty in appearance, and graceful in their walk. A t first sight of us they generally adhered to the Turkish custom, and, covering up their faces, ran away to an inner room, or closed their doors while we passed by ; but soon curiosity prevailed, the doors opened a little, and then whole figures came gradually to view, until at length they came out in a body and unveiled, and boldly criticized the appearance of the "Ingleez ;" they were attired in coloured or pure white drapery, drawn in to the waist, and setting off their figures and fair com plexions to advantage. The men wear a calpac and robe supplied with cartridges like the Circassians, and are generally fine, intelligent-looking fellows. In the village we had a gossip with some Turks, one of whom made a remark which I must tell you. The interpreter explained to him that all the Russian vessels were at Sebastopol under large batteries, and that English, French, and Turkish ships were now in the entire possession of these waters. He replied, that, as the Ingleez, Franseer, and Osmanli held the "Ceara Denniz" (Black Sea), it was greatly to be feared that "Moskoo" would have to go without fish for dinner. Among the houses' of the little villoge are placed curious-looking pigeon house places of wattle work, supported on poles to a height of about 15 to 20 feet, looking like windmills without their 'sails. These we discovered to be store houses and magazines, more particularly for corn, which at such a height is preserved more dry and in better condition. At the top of one of these I saw a fellow with a rifle keeping watch over us, waiting (like Austria) the turn of events, and I have no doubt that each of these places had a similar occupant ; one' of them also kept guard in the upper storey of Hamid Bey's mansion. The country round Chamsheer is luxuriantly beautiful. In the evening we went off to the ship with our supply of cattle, some of which were for our friends at Redout-Kaleh. We have commenced a flirtation with a Mingrelian village nearly two hours from Redout-Kaleh ; the inter preter accompanied the party, and also a strong escort of Bashi-Bazouks. At first sight of them the Min grelian Bey and his principal people stood in line, and, taking off their calpacs and tucking them under their arms, bowed low, their bow, like Lord Berleigh's shake of the head, being very expressive first, esteem for the rank and appearance of an English visitor ; secondly, fear and trembling at the ap pearance of the Bashi-Bazouks ' • and, thirdly, an unpleasant reminiscence of the threat of the Russian General, only nine miles from them, that if any assistance or communication were carried on between their village and the Turks or Engiish, it should in stantly be burnt or spoiled. They were told to put on their hats, and then ensued a " palaver," carried on in English to our interpreter, banded over in Turkish to a Turkish officer, and from the last in the Mingrelian language to the villagers. The Mingrelians expressed their belief (instilled into them by the Russians) that the Turks had come to spread their religion by force anion; them They said they were between two fires, and de licately insinuated that the r best policy would be, in case of compulsion, to fight with the strongest, whoever he might be ; also that they knew that two great nations were fighting against Russia. They seemed somewhat as tonished to find that the English were Christians, and not assisting in the spread of the religion of the Crescent; but on the contrary, in conjunction with the Fren c h, had raised the Cross to an eleva Lion not before known in Turkey. All this through the interpretation of the Turkish officer. Finally, they brought out some wine for their visitors, and got up a sort of tournament for them. Six of them mounted horses with bare backs and with out bridles, and each rode at and tried to dismount his neighbour, ; and the feats of horsemanship shown in this amusement are described as something wonderful. The parting took place with expressi ons o f goo d w ill , and a place of meeting (a mile or two from Redout-Kaleh) wag Appointed fox Saturday, This p a wi ng also took place, the villagers bringing a present to us of a wild boar, killed the day before. They were invited to come and see the ship on Sunday, and after service made their appearance. The Bey is a man of really polished address, and spoke Turkish and Russian ; he formerly held a post in the Russian quarantine here. They were shown views of churches and interiors of continental cathedrals; they said they were Roman Catholics, acknowledging the Pope as their head ; they were greatly interested and delighted by a book of engravings from sketches in Palestine. They expressed great admiration of the ship, saying how much more clean and orderly it was than any Russian vessel they had seen. Before leaving, they made a present of wine, which would be an excellent substitute for vinegar. The Bey of the fort received them afterwards on the other side of the river, prudently not allowing them within. The next morning early they brought down to the trysting place a pig, eggs, and cucumbers, which we purchased ; at the same time, they informed us that, the day before, the Russians had evacuated their outpost (five hours, or 15 miles, from Redout-Kaleh), and had also left Ouzourghet, the town the gained from the Turks the other day, and that they were then leaving Kutais, which town would probably be burnt by them. They were concen trating all their forces at Tiflis. Schamyl is awake, and is descending into Georgia with 40,000 men, 20,000 of whom are mounted. He was expected at Anakria last Monday, and is probably now near Redout- Kaleh. He is to form a junction with the Turkish forces ; and it is said Tiflis will be attacked. Kutais (anciently Cyta, or Cutasium) is on the Phasis, and was the birthplace of Medea. lEa, the capital of King iEtes, where the Golden Fleece was preserved, lay between that place and the present Poti. lam sorry the Turks at Redout know of the Russian retreat, as there will be the more trouble in getting them to work. Since we arrived at Churuk-su, I have met with Turkish artillery officers who spoke the European lan guages, and had been educated in European military schools ; they have no news whatever to tell us, but say that Mr. Stevens (our Consul at Trebizond) has promised them some by the next mail. We visited the tent of Selim Pasha (the Commander-in- Chief), but he was not at home ; Mustapha Pasha (en second) we found seated in his tent, upon an arm-chair, with his legs ludicrously tucked underneath him, writing orders and smoking a chibouque ; he is a fine-looking fellow and an Arab. The town of Chnrult z su is a large straggling bazaar of w o o d en box e s, now occupied by Bashi-Bazouks and tobacco-bowl vendors ; its name means literally " troubled waters." The view of the country round it, backed on the south by the Armenian mountains, and on the north by the distant Caucasus, is most beautiful • to the south, on a n em i nence sur rounded by lovely wood scenery, stands a Genoese ruin, covered with moss and green, and in shape like the gateway of Carisbrooke Castle. Fever and ague be gin to be severely felt here. We return to Redout this evening, and Selo. Pasha goes with us. The other day, at Redout-Kaleh, I met with a Bashi-Bazouk, whose weapons were those of the middle ages—an im mense battle-axe was stuck in his shawls (in addition to the usual complement of knives and pistols), and in his hand he carried a large iron club. I hope our soldiers are doing something in Europe, and that the Crimea will fall, but we must have a large army there. 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The Moniteur has the following, under the head of " The Russian policy in Asia and the expedition to K hiva" " The policy which Russia pursues in Asia merits attention, not only as being the source of agitations in the East, but also as an explanation of the proceedings and projects of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg with re gard to the European States, her neighbours. It is in the conduct of the Asiatic policy of Russia that is more clearly revealed the fundamental idea of her Cabinet. This idea, which is often thwarted in Europe by foreign influences, and sometiwes suspended in its action, appearing to be almost abandoned, has never ceased to manifest itself throughout the whole of Asia. It is an idea eminently Asiatic, borrowed by the Czars of Russia from the once powerful Sovereigns of the Tartars. It starts on the conviction that the Russian Empire only owes its own existence to destroying that of its neighbours, and that a continued and permanent ac tion abroad is an essential condition of life at home; it is what Peter the Great expressed by these words My Empire is an army on the march; the Czar is the soldier par excellence.' Thus Russia has never ceased to repre sent herself in the East, (except with regard to China) not as one of the Powers, but as the only Power having or assuming to itself the privilege of preponderance, of protection, and consequently of real sovereignty. This pretension obliges her to seize eagerly on every opportu nity of interfering in the affairs of her Asiatic neighbours, and she does not hesitate to start pretexts for so doing, if none happen to present themselves. She incessantly directs towards Khiva both her troops and her agents, and, whatever may be the definitive fate of those enter prises, she certainly will persist in them. The dangers which result from them, although not immediate, do not the less certainly exist for the neighbours more or less close to Russia. The encroaching policy of the Ca binet of St. Petersburg finds in the Khanate of Khiva all kinds of elements for working on—such as the geographical situation, the diversity of races, their re lations with the adjoining countries, &c. Russia, with out sending her troops against the English and the Persians, might, from the influence she exercises over Khiva, raise, whenever she thought proper, serious em barrassment for those two Powers, and she will not fail to have recourse to it." (The Afoniteur then gives a detail of the Russian expedition to Khiva in 1840, under General Perowski, and continues :)—" In 1850 the conquests of the English troops in the Punjaub led to another contre-coup on the part of Russia. The Emperor Nicholas, seeing that the Indo-Britannic pos sessions had been drawn back as far as Peshawur, pro posed to the Shah of Persia to purchase the town and port of Asterabad at the price of the arrears of the con tribution due to Russia ; but the negotiations opened on this subject led to no result. In the meantime the flotilla of Astrakin militarily occupied the island of Achoura, which commands the entrance of that port, where a Russian Consul has since resided. The fortress Leuko ran has just been completed on the plan of Peter the Great ; it is close to the frontier of Russia and Persia, and is only separated from the port of Novp-Alexandro vosk by the breadth of the Caspian Sea. The • latter, without being so large or so well defended as Leukoran, commands the most important position on the eastern side, as it is at the culminating point of the corner of a bay (Mertvoizalive), which penetrates far into the Desert, and only 180 leagues from the Lake of Aral. Another circumstanae adds to the importance of Fort Novo-Alexandrovosk, which is, that it is in immediate communication with the Jemantes, the Alas, and the Tchoudars, powerful Turkoman tribes of the Eastern coast, the first of which reckons 20,000 tents, the second 1,000, and the last 600. Several of their chiefs re ceive pensions from the Russian Government, and keep up constant relations either with the commander of Novo- Alexandrovosk or with the Russian Consul at Asterabad. The nature of the service of this consulate is more par ticularly p o liti ca l, t h e commerce of the place being in significant. Under these two influences the Turkomans are already more obedient to Russia than to Persia, and may be usefully employed against the latter as well as against Khiva. It must be remarked that since the commencement of the present war between Russia and Turkey the periodical press of London and Calcutta has already several times spoken of fresh attempts of General Perowski against Khiva, which are said to have suc ceeded. Although this assertion requires confirmation, the fact is possible. Certainly, in the present crisis, the will is not wanting to Russia. She would be happy to - create embarrassment to the English Cabinet, were it only to show that she might really at some future day threaten the English possessions in India, and prove a more or less serious argument in support of the opinion which she endeavours to create in the East of her universal preponderance." THE OMNIBUS PROPRIBTORS AND THE GOVERNMENT. The threatened withdrawal of the omnibuses in conse quence of the rigid regulations issued by the Commis sioners of Police has been averted, chiefly by the inter ference of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to whom Mr. Bradfield, on the part pf the stage carriage committee, made an appeal. The Chancellor sent the following reply "Do in-street, Aug. 15. [ner to acknowledge the receipt ~ sm,—l am directed by the t Ch o a f n y ce o l ur lor coofmtmheunEicxacthioen ated August 4. x t c h h e eqn er hasarrangements instructed which have reference to the regulation of seats aainda Mayne to exp " r T ess he to Ch y a o n u c h el i l s o h r o. o p f e th th e a E t has been t • with t w h hich a report transmitted the Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Sir Richar d i n n o w omnibuses,be en ado pt ed whose behalf your communication has been will prove satisfactory y to the committee of stage carriage proprietors, on made. "I have the d honour eld. "be to , sir, your very faithful servant, " Mr. J. E. Brafi " FRANCIS LAWLEY. The following letter was addressed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in acknowledgment : " Stage Carriage Committee, Ang. 16. g , Silt,—l beg to acknowledge your letter of the 15th inst. The amended police regulation which Sir R. Mayne settled in an interview I had with him, has removed the difficulties referred to in my communication to you of August 4. The police regulation complained of was pre pared and issued without any reference to the trade, and, as we are advised, was in direct opposition to the spirit of the Stage Act. The committee considered it was a case to be brought miler your notice, and have to express their grateful thanks to you for your kind and prompt attention to their interests.—l have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient humble servant, "To the Ri g ht Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer." SPREAD OF CHOLERA.-The cholera continues to spread in Belfast. The Banner of Ulster of yesterday says : " Since last Wedne3day there have been 51 cases at tended to by the doctors of the Barrack-street establish ment, which still remains open day and night. These 51 cases make in all, since the return of the malady in last month, 174, of which it is calculated that not less than 75 have died. Attacks of diarrhoea and other collateral ailments are not here included, nor cases occurring in private practice, the number of which it is impossible to discover." The same journal remarks that —"The disease is not confined to Belfast, but that instances of its fatal occurrence have happened in country districts. 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(Berks & 'Tants Ex. 6 p. c)...1 Do. cow. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4p.c. Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. C. Stock Leeds N. 6 p. c. No.l Do. Quarters, 1848 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. e. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar.6 p. c Lon.&N. W., Cov. Nuneaton London & S. Western Con. Thirds ...... Londonderry& Coler, Shares Londy. & Etude. Sh. fau., Shef., & Lin., Shares, No.l. .., Do. New, £lO ,Do. larypt.&Carl.4 p.c Do. 4i per cent )lid. Consol.6 p.c.St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4 per cent Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Est Do. 54 per ct . pref. Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c, North British (No4,rth Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.Xls, 6 p.e Do Scot. Cent. , New Pref Shrews. & Birm.N.G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent (South Devon Is. fixed, 4i per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. , qper cent. Yorksh.4p.e.Guar 1 Stockton and Dar- lington, 4 per cent Do. clo. do, Stockton and Hartle• pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Waterfd.&Kilk c. York, Newcastle,and Berwick,4 p.c. Pref Do York&N, Midland H 4.w - 1 R. Porch PREFERENCE SHARES. Do.. 100 100 100 all 100 1024 2 114 k ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. ' MARYLEBONE. Sir B. Hall, who had resigned his seat for the borough of Marylebone on his appointment as President of the Board of Health, was re-elected yesterday. The nomi nation took place at hustings erected for the occasion in Park-crescent, Portland-place ; but, as no opposition was offered to the return of the late member, there was an entire absence of the excitement and turmoil which are the usual concomitants of Parliamentary elections. Sir B. Hall arrived shortly before 12 o'clock in at' open carriage, accompanied by Sir J. V. Shelley, M.P., Mr. Hume, M.P. Among the ge n tl emen on th e h ust i ngs were Sir J. Duke, M.P., Colonel Bagnold, Mr. C. George, Mr. Flather, Mr. W. D. Cooper, Mr. H. Far rer, and Mr. Billett. After the usual preliminaries, crotest against the election having been handed in, the returning officer opened the proceedings. Mr. Hum; M.P., who was received with cheers, said, he wished to inform the gentleman who had handed in a protest that the statements which it contained were in every respect inaccurate. They had assembled to dis charge one of the most important duties which as Englishmen they could perform, by returning a repre sentative to the Commons' House of Parliament. He had now lived in the parish of Marylebone for 43 years; he had never ceased to advocate the right of the people to representative institutions ; and he hoped to live to see that principle carried out much more extensively than had yet been the case. He had known Sir B. Hall for upwards of a quarter of a century, and although not always agreeing with him, he had found him, on the whole what he denominated a liberal progres sive reformer. He regarded the offiee Sir B. Hall had accepted as one of' the most important which any man could hold ; and although he regretted that his friend, Mr. Chadwick, whom he had known for many years. and who was an assiduous and laborious public servant, had been unable to carry out the measures which were considered essential for the maintenance of the public earnest, health, he beli eve d they would find in Sir B. Hall an a th b e le refo a r greatle anae a nd asu r ea zealous proposing public Sir B officer. HallH He a h s ad a fit and proper person to represent the borough in Par liament. Mr. STOCKTON seconded the nomination. After a short discussion in which Messrs. Maodowall, Langham, and Beacon, took part, and no opposingoandi• date having appeared, The Returning Officer announced that Sir B. Hall was duly elected, amid considerable cheering. Sir B. HALL then came forward and was received with cheers. He said, he would endeavour to answer the questions which had been put to him, and also to ex plain the course which, as a public man, he had deemed it [his duty to pursue, In the first place, however, he must beg to thank the electors of the borough for having, for the fifth time, returned him to Pa r li amen t as their representative. He wished also to express his thanks to his hon. friend Mr. Hume, who had kindly remained in London to propose his reelection. It had been said that the office which he (Sir B. Hall) had *recently accepted had been an office of centralisation, and :bat it would continue to be so. He (Sir B. Hall) had already stated that it should not be an office of centralisa tion. He had not taken office from any of those sordid. ' and miserable motives which were often attributed to public men. He thought it would be unworthy of him to allude further to such a subject, but he might ask whether the representatives of great boroughs like Marylebone were not to be allowed to take office for the purpose of doing good ? A question had also been put with regard to the equalisation of the poor rates. That was a sub ject on which a committee would sit next session of Par liament, and it was one of the most important that could be conceived. There could be no doubt that that c)m inittee would go into the whole subject carefully and impartially. There was only one other question, and that related to the repeal of the taxes on knowledge. With regard to that, he had given his vote in favour of the repeal, and he should continue to do so in future. He thanked them most sincerely for the confidence they had reposed in him. (Cheers.) Thanks were then given to the returning officer, and the proceedings terminated. MALDON. Yesterday the election of two members to represent this borough in Parliament was commenced by the nomi nation, on hustings erected in front of the Town-hall, of no fewer than five candidates—namely, Mr. Peacocke, who was elected for Harwich in 1852, but afterwards unseated on petition; Mr. Bramley Moore, both of whom stand on the Conservative interest; Mr. Quintin Dick (a Liberal Conservative) ; Mr. Lennard (Liberal) ; and Mr. Thomas M'Enteer, a barrister, who styles himself' " the people's candidate." Mr. Lennard was respectivelynominated and seconded by Dr. May and Mr. Payne ; Mr. Quintin Dick, by Mr. J. S. Hance and Mr. Polley ; Mr. Peacocke, by Mr. W. Codd and Mr. Wood ; Mr. Bramley Moore, by Mr. Thorpe and Mr. Kernpe ; and Mr. M'Enteer, by Mr, Joslin and Mr. Freeman. The respective candidates having addressed the elec tors, The MAYOR called for a show of bands, which he de clared to be decidedly in favour of Mr. Lennard and Mr. M'Enteer. A poll was then demanded on behalf of the other can. didates, r hich will commence and end this day. BARNSTAPLE. The contest for this borough, besides the general inte. rest attached to it on account of the respite which it has received, excites an unusual degree of local interest on account of the personal feeling embarked in it. The can didates are Mr. Tite, the architect of the Royal Exchange, who comes forward on the Liberal interest ; Mr. Guin ness, who is connected with the brewery business in Dub lin ; and Mr. Laurie. The two latter corns forward on a joint interest, and are supported by the Conservative party and the old freemen with great zeal and earnest ness. The borough is, of course, all excitement, for the nomination takes place to-morrow (Wednesday). The Mayor, under the provisions of the recent Bribery Act, has appointed Mr. J. Jerwood, barrister, of Exeter, election auditor for this election. It is reported that the Liberals have an opinion from a high legal authority, that the 270 electors convicted of bribery at the last election are disqualified from voting on this, as it is held to be a continuation of the last election, which was in valid on account of bribery. The candidates on that occasion being disqualified for having bribed, it is held that the bribed electors are also disqualified. This nice point is to be raised by a notice being served in due form on each of the " immaculate" when he comes up to ten der his vote. At the nomination to.day (Wednesday) the show of hands was in favour of Messrs. Tite and Laurie. CAMBRIDGE. The nomination of candidates desirous of securing the representation of Cambridge took place yesterday (Wed nesclay), on Parker's-piece. Dr. LEAPINGWELL proposed Mr. Adair, alluding briefly to the proceedings un veiled by the late commission, and de signating them a disgrace to the electoral body of Cam bridge. Ile was exceedingly glad that reform had been introduced into the universities, and was sure that their best friends would not object to such an introduction, but would rather feel rejoiced at it. Mr. G. FOSTER, banker, seconded the nomination. Mr. BALLS, chairman of the committee of Lord Maidstone, and Mr. SLADE, proposed Lord Maidstone as one well able to advance their interests in the House of Commons,—a nobleman and a gentleman. Mr. MARSHALL, cheesemonger, seconded the nomina tion. Mr. Alderman ERIN proposed, and Mr. Alderman ELLIOT Surra seconded Mr. Mowatt. Mr. FioRLIN proposed, and Mr. Alderman WENT• WORTH seconded Mr. Slade. _ _ _ Mr. MOWATT anT3fr. SLIDE having declared their political creed, A show of hands was called for by the Mayor ; the numbers appeared to be as evenly divided as possible, but Messrs. Adair and Mowatt had a small majority, and the Mayor so gave it in. The proceedings concluded about two o'clock, and were distinguished by nothing worthy of a more ex. tended report. Mr. Campbell has retired. CANTERBURY. The nomination of candidates for this borough takes place to-day (Thursday) in the Cattle-market. Five candidates are at present seeking the suffrages of the electors—all pledged to go to the poll—the Hon. George Smythe having just retired. Great interest is displayed by all classes of electors as to the result of the contest. T wilts for the ele li cti U on L o L f . two members to serve in Parliament he for the borough of Kingston -upon-Hull were received by the Sheriff, Charles Liddell, Esq., and proclamation has been made that the nomination will take place on Thursday (this day), and the polling on Friday. On Wednesday evening, the two Liberal candidates, Messrs. Watson and Seymour, and their friends Mr,. Clay and Mr. Digby Seymour, M.P. addressed an im mense meeting in Osborne-street. The hour appointed was eight o'clock, but long before that time the street was completely blocked up by the mass of people who had assembled to hear the candidates. Mr. WATSON, Q.C., on coming forward, was received with vociferous cheers, and having addressed th. electors was followed by Mr. SEYMOUR. He said—Gentlemen, I am not a man of many words. I cannot address you with the i‘ e e n r. a c t e s n o f . miy am le a more rned f a r id s d , t o y m o e u d r other e c d a e n s d k i d t a h t a e n , ofth e L p o l n a d tf o o n r . m . I I a havem, e gentlemen, arrie oo n an ti d le l fi a r ni m and work a thanha l f. haosminerecshsanint i t n h t e h e gr c e it a y t metropolis of this vast empireformay a y m ea e r r % at present the sole represen tative (Cheers.)'hich h s f been u iwishn talk, send me to Parliament. (The hon. candidate re tired amidst loud applause.) ex a is t t n e a n n ce w h f t r w a i l c l e r n a ' t u h r e y r After a spee d c s h t fi t o h m e 11,c1hre.oCrsLA0Tf, the the ee s p ere p ra ie l , ge a n n t d lem th en e departed, arm crowd shortly afterwards dispersed. I The specie arrivals yesterday comprised 192,0001. from New York and 54 , 0 001. from th e W est Indies, ma ki n g a total•of 246,0001. CHARGE OF INDECENT firostatE. —At the Commis sion Court, yesterday, Lieutenant James Clarke was placed upon his trial for an alleged indecent exposure of his person near Sandymount, in July last. After the evidence had been gone into, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Before Lieutenant Clarke left the court, Chief Justice Monaghan, addressing him, said he had been most honourably acquitted, and that he left the court free from all imputation of the crime charged against him. It was evident, from the satisfactory d• - fence of the prisoner, that the cane WAS one of mistaken identity,