The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-23 00:00:00

M ON E Y Ai Ait VA , AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'C L 0 CK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 4,000 bales, including 500 American taken for export. The market again closed heavily, with but very little change in prices. The sales comprised 80 -Pernam and Maranham, at 6ad. to lid. ; 30 Bahia, at 6kd.; 150 Egyptian, at sid. to Bd.; 500 Surat, at 3d. to 41d. ; and the remain der American. Railway Shares were steady. Tile Foreign Ex °hang s yesterday afternoon ex hibited some slight symptom of weakness for three months' bills. Paris, however, remained unaltered, being 25, 27k to 30. Antwerp, 25, 25 to 30. Am sterdam, 11, 171 to 17k; Hamburg, 13, 61 to 6i- ; Frankfort, 118/ to 119 ; and Trieste, 11, 52 to 56. There has been a sligh t demand for gold to be shipped to the Continent, and, with the exception of the fine gold from America, which has been melted and sent into the Bank of England, all available parcels have been taken. Bar gold is 775. 9d. per oz. standard, and bar silver ss. 1:d. per oz. From Brinsels . yesterday, under the head of various important tours in the interior, it is stated the markets continued to be well provisioned with considerable quantities of the new wheat and other grain. Active purchases at Courtray had improved the quotations, both for wheat and oats, two francs per hectolitre. At Grammont, on the contrary, with very plentiful supplies, prices were lower. At Liege and Louvain again prices had realised an advance of about one franc. The suspension of M. Henri Von Wertheimstein, " one of our great houses of commerce," says the advice from Vienna, suspended payment in that capital on Monday last. The fact transpired here late yesterday, but must have been known to lead ing mercantile houses connected with Vienna on the day of its.occurrence, probably through the electric telegraph. No 'particulars of the extent of the lia bilities involved are as yet known. Two other great failures were also spoken of, but apparently as 0 •nnected with Stock Exchange speculations. The stops age of Messrs. Morpurgo and Co., general commission merchants, chiefly in the Italian trade, became known yesterday on 'Change. The house bad, it is stated, been concerned in ex tensive grain speculations in connection with Galatz and Alexandria. The Stock • Market has been remarkably quiet all morning, which indeed maybe readily accounted for, not only by the absence of any existing intelli gence, but by the thin attendance of jobbers and speculators, whose operations are the animating cause of all business and fluctuations other than what might more gradually grow out of the less massy but more regular every-day business of money purchases by the public for bona fide in vestment, or sales for the realisation of funds wanted forcommercial or other purposes. Brighton, Paris, and the Rhine, are now probably among the temporary quarters where many of the more stirring spirits of the Stock Exchange are seeking repose, Or recreation, or both. The quotations of public securities, in conse quence are not quite so well supported, but still the variation of Is. Bd. can scarcely be called a de cline. Consols are called 934 to 4 for transfer, and 94 to for time, with sluggish business. Threes Reduced 93k to 4k. 3/ per Cents. 941 to Long Annuities (1860) are done at 4 11-16ths and 4i. Bank Stock at 208 i and 21.0. India Bonds 2s. to ss. premium. Exchequer Bills ls. discount to 3s. premium. Exchequer Bonds, 1859, 94. Foreign Stocks are quiet. Brazilian Small Bonds are 1044 to 101. Russian 5 per Cents. are weaker, being 99. Sardinian have risen to 87 and 87i. Spanish 3 per Cents. are 37f to 38, and the New Deferred firmer at 17/ to 184. Dutch 4 per Cents. are at 931. The Turkish Loan Scrip has been dealt in at 61 to 7* premium. • The controversy between the Proprietors of the Ottoman Bank and the Agents, or, astheynow pub lish themselves, the Contractors of the Turkish Loan, would seem to be far from temiin.ted, as will be sewn below from the letter of Mr. S, auley, representing the Bank. It is in flat contradiction of the assertions put forth in the letter recently pblished and 'signed by M. Musurus, the Turkisu Envoy. No observations need for the pres.tut to be made on the subject matter of dispute, respect ing the facts of which we can hardly fail to be fur ther enlightened in its progress. It may be stated, however, that according to accredited advises the loan hangs fire in Paris, and on the Bourse its ex istence seems to remain unrecognised. It is re marked, also, that no sign of recognition or al pro "val similar to that stated of Lord Clarendon, has yet issued from M. Drouyn de I'Huys, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, talthough in the programme of the loan issued by the re spectable agents here, the act of that Minis ter's adhesion and approval was very dis tinctly notified and assured as forthcoming. The publication of the Sultan's firmans at once would do much to settle this vexed question. In the meantime, it is to be hoped that the present is not destined to conclude in a catastrophe like that of the last war, in which the dealers and holders were so unluckily shorn of their paid premiums. THE TURKI S H LOAN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. " SIR,—My attention has just been called to the letter published in your journal of the 21st instant, and signed M. Musurus, the Ambassador of the Sublime Porte, in London.' " The letter states that Messrs. Trouve-Chauvel and Stanley question the right of any one to apply any por tion of the Egyptian Tributes, as guarantee for the new Turkish Loan, alleging that those tributes are already made over i n f avour of the proposed Bank of Constanti nople. It further adds that the Embassy of the Sublime Porte in London gives the most formal denial to this unjustifi able assertion ; and whilst acknowledging that a contract was passed between the Subline Porte sbnd certain bankers at Constantinople, asserts that they (the bankers) have since obtained the cancelling of the contract, and that con secluently all engagements on both sides are null and void. I am compelled, sir, in reply to state—first, that the contract passed between the Sublime Porte and the bankers alluded to was, with the sanction of his Imperial Idajesty the Sultan, transferred by a sub-contract duly certified to M. Trouve-Chauvel and myself, under the firm of E. R. Stanley and Co., and that in the contract the tributes of Egypt were transferred to the bank ; secondly, that there never has been any vttempt made by the bankers to obtain the cancelling °fetich contract, nor of any part of it, and that, so far as I know, there has never been any desire on the part of the Ottoman Government to disengage itself or relieve us from engagements which are mutually binding. All the documents relating to this question are now deposited in the hands of the legal authorities in Paris, and are consequently open to public inspection—every do cument bears the necessary signature of the official ap •pointed by H.I.M. the Sultan, countersigned and attested by the French and British Consular authorities—and as it is upon these documents alone that we found our claim, so it will be from the same source alone that the propoied subscribers to the loan can ascertain how far their preten sions can be upheld in so far as regards the tributes of Egypt.—Yours, &c. E. H. STANLEY. Craven Hotel, Aug. 22, 1854. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds 6 to 6i, Mexi can 241 to 241, Peruvian 71 to 73, ditto 3 per Cents. 52 to 54, Portuguese 4 per Cents 40 to 42, Russian 5 per Cents. 99 to 101, ditto 41; per Cents. 85 to 87, Spanish New Deferred 171 to 18k, ditto 3 per Cents. 37 to 38, ditto Certificates 4i- to 51, ditto Passive 3i to 4. - - - - A very limited business is doing in Railway Shares to-day, and quotations are heavy. The Foreign Lines are nominally without variation. Mining, Banking, and Land Shares are without particular change, but the transactions are unim portant. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Ulacial Lie.) llnyinegs dnne Panic Stock ••••• • 2OSi 10 3 Per Cent. Rectum:a Annuities 3 Per 00,t, elan. , '- Annuities 94 3R I 3 1 Per Cent. Annuities Lun g Annuli._ ~.re .sth .i 5..., 1860 Dittc, 30 Years, Earl ro 10th Oct., 1859 4 7-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 4 7-1 G India Bonds, £1000 Consols for Account 13th Sept. . 94i 4 - Exchequer Bills, 24d. £lOOO 2500 ..... ..... 1 dis Small Exchequer Bonds Scrip, 1858 . . — Ditto 1559 4 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. B razilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. _ Ditto Small Russian Bonds. 1822. 5 per Cent. £ St 99 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent B7 i 7 . Spani s h Bonds. 3 per Cent g nmligli New Deferred, 3 p .1r Cent. l7i 18} Turkish Scrip _ Dividenda on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2a per Cent. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ...... HALF•PAST TWO. Consols 931 4 Litto September Ac •onnt LANDLORDS AND WAITERS.—A s a rule, it is a good plan never to negotiate with the waiter about an over charge or an inconvenience, but always with the landlord i't person, and if possible when nobody ehe is present. Always pay up your bill, too, some hours before you Bart, or y ou w ill fi n d h a lf a score of complaints, per ils, to make, and nobody to hear them. Mine host n early al ways ta k es care to he out of the way after send g in an exorbitant bill to a departing guest, and out of the way lie will remain till you are safely off, and, and nobody else can help you. Mine host i., indeed, full of tricks as a pantomime, especially if an Italian; so that it is better always to keep a tight hand on him. Roving Engligman. YORK RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DUNDAS STAKES. Bourgeois Eleven ran. NORTH AND SOUTH BIENNIAL Meteora Ten ran. Umbriel received ft LATEST BETTING ON THE ST. LEGER. 7 to 1 agst Boiardo. Entries for the Queen's Plate—Kingston, Dove, De fiance. Billy Richardson. Sheriff , Hermit , Jetty Treffz, Arribas, Seducer, Grapeshot, Virago, Merry Monk, Lerrywheut, Itch, Professor Buck, iind King of Trumps ; all here but Defiance and Sheriff. Arrivals for the Great Ebor Handicap—Kingston, Little Harry, Muscovite, King of Trumps, Aquilla, Hermit, Early Bird, Heapy, Grand Inquisitor, Dr. O'Toole, Tros, Amalgamation, Rodomeli, Ethelwolf, Humguffin, and Lindrick. ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS.—NettIe, Vandal, Cockspur, Merry Lass c, Determination, Pumicestone, Correbus, The Medway, Fayaway, Tadcaster, Igo, The Cropper, Marley Hill, Braxey, Baalbec, Ammonia, Priestcraft, Capucine, Musqueto, Neville, Cecrops, Ludwig, Johnny Taft, and Dr. Cooke. ORDER OF RUNNING. Dundas Biennial ...... Oaks Convivial Chesterfield Queen's Plate 1.30 2.30 3.0 4.0 4.30 5.0 MARKET NEWS-L-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The show of English wheat in to-day's market was very limited ; yet the demand for all kinds was exceedingly in active, and Monday's prices were with difficulty sup p3rted. _ _ - Although the supply of foreign wheat was not to say large, all descriptions moved off heavily, and inferior par cels were lower to purchase. Barley commanded very little attention, on former terms. The molt trade was dull, but no actual change took place in prices. Oats were in moderate supply, and heavy request, on former terms. Beans, peas, and flour were almost nominal. ARRIVALS THIS VEER. Barley. Malt. I Oat.. 20 ) 1,980 770 1,360 6,031 Wheat. 720 English .. Irish .... Foreign .. Flour. 640 6,070 i 4,620 I,soosks WHITECHAPEL. The general demand was in a sluggish state, as follows : Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; lamb, 4s Od to 5s Od ; veal, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; pork; 3s 4d to 4s 8d per Blbs by the carcase. BORO tJGH HOP. The imports of foreign hops being very extensive, the demand is heavy, and the quotations are almost nominal. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( From the London New Price Current of yesterday.) SUGAR.—To-dav British Plantation Sng,rar was dealt in with caution for home-trade purposes ; 256 hhds 26 tr s and 94 brls Barbadoes, of which about one half was sold at 32s to 38s 6(1 for low to fine yellow ; Jamaica, - brown 30s 6(1 to 325, ord yellow 32s 6d to 33s 6d ; 63 hhds Demerara ord and mid grainy 32s to 35s 6d. REFINED.—To-day the market for refined sugar pre sented a quiet aspect. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar went at 3tis to .i6s for good and fine like Mauritius at 32. s to 33s 6d for good date, and at 40s 6,1 f or goo d white Benares. FOREIGN.—To-day floating cargoes of Foreign Sugar were inquired after at last weeks rates. TEA.—Few export buyers of congou, and home dealers operate with caution. Supply plentiful, paces rather de• dined. Low to good ord sound at 10jd to 10Id, rather blackish leaf 111 to is 3d, and strong to Pekoe sorts is 3:•,d to 2s 3d, There is a dull market for green, supply is abundant. COFFEE.—The public sales of coffee declared for Thurs day and Friday comprise 700 cks plantation. To-day plantation Ceylon coffee met with greater attention. Mid to good at 58s tid to 033 6d, low mid ~7s to 584, other sorts 53s to 565, pea berry 62s to 635, and Triage 46s to 535. Jamaica taken in at 60s, 65s for good mid to good, one lot sold at 43s 64 for low. RICE.—To-day East India met with less demand; good white 12s ; good mid, rather dusty, with a short prompt, Ils 63 to 12s. OlLS.—Rape pale at 44s 6d to 455, brown 42s to 42s 6d per cwt. Linseed 3416 d to 34s 9d for present delivery. Cocoa nut, Cochin, re Llises 51s to 525, and Ceylon 50s to 50s 6d. Palm 43s to 47s 6d obtained for mid to fine. Gingelly at 44s to 455; Olive, Gallipoli, 561. to 571., other sorts 511. to 551.; Lucia per jar 71. 7s 6d to 71. 10s, and Florence chest 24s to 25s ; Seal, pale 401. to 411., and other sorts 371. to 391. Sperm--1051. to 1061. obtained for mid to fine quality. The value of headmatter is 1021. to 11.4/. TALLOW.—A reluctance has been evinced by the trade and speculators to do business in Russian during the last few days, and prices have not been supported. On the spot first sort P.Y.C. selling at 66s 6d to 675, and at 67s to 67s 3d for delivery in last three months. Home melted is not offering under 66s 6d cash ; demand is, how ever, not adequate to supply. Other sorts have been operated in with caution. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. 23.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W.' light br eeze, and cloudy. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 22.—Wind, W. Arrived—Forerunner (s), fr.m London, for West Coast of Africa ; Maid of Yarrow, Newcastle, for Adelaide, S.A. Sailed—No. 1, for Adelaide, S.A. FALMOUTH, Aug. 22.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Char lotte Reed, Matanzas; Lely, Havannah. Put back —Mer maid, for Leghorn; leaky. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 21.—Arrived—Australia, from Buenos Ayres ; C. H. Brockleman, New York. Off Port —Princeton, from St. John, and sailed for Liver pool. COWES, Aug. 22.—The crews of the Mary Caroline, of Liverpool, from Quebec to London, waterlogged, were taken off by the Davenport, arrived here from Quebec. Arrived—Henry Warren, from Havannah. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 22.—Wind, W.N.W. Sailed — John Hendrick Hudson, for New York. LEITH, Aug. 22. Arrived—Diadem, from Quebec. Sailed—John Ritchell, Melbourne. HARTLEPOOL, Aug. 22. Arrived—Percy, from Quebec. GLOUCESTER/ Aug. 22.—Arrived—Collins, from St. Stephens, N. 8.; Elbing, St. Andrews, N.B. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. The Indiana, screw steam-ship. from New York, has just rounded Calsliot Castle. The Indiana having left New York on the same day as the Africa, which arrived at Liverpool cn Sunday, her news, of course, has been an ticipated. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday, 10.45 A.M. Wind. S.S.W. ; moderate, and light rain. • The William Vail was got off Pluckington Bank first tide, and docked, without apparent injury. The steamer Marietta, for Smyrna, and the Amor, for Hamburg, have put back. Arrived—Wm. Stevenson, from Bombay ; Douro (s), Oporto • Elizabeth and Adeline, Smyrna ; P e li ca n ( s ), Rotterdam ; Newton, Antigua. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10.34 a.m. Wind, W.N.W ; tide, 2 hours' flood ; fine. Arrived.—Colon)! Evans, from Rotterdam ; Juliana, Hamburg; Qaeen of the West, Antigua; Ma.ssaniello, Alexandria. Sailed.—Panther (s.), for Boulogne; Belgium (s.), Os tend; Alar (s.), Dunkirk. DEAL, Wednesday, 10.15 a.m. Wind Westerly ; light and fine. Passed.--Alice Tarlton, from St. Croix for Lodon • Hey worth, from Quebec f or London • Blenheim, from Loudon for Calcutta ; Samuel Pasquiel, from Newca-tle for Genoa. Passed Dungeness, 20th.--Mercury, from St. John's for London ; Pontiff, from Akyab for London ; Sarah Ann, from Leghorn for London. 22.—A Spaniard, from Ha vannah for London ; Sago, from Quebec for London. Anchored.—Espoir, from Ostend for Villa Nova ; Os prey, from London for Naples. THE WEATHER.—At the Royal Observatory, Green wich, the mean height of the barometer last week was 29 813 in. The mean reading on Friday was 30.022 in. The mean temperature of the week was 59.9 deg., which is 1.2 deg. below the average of the same week in 38 years. The mean daily temperature was below the average, except on Sunday, Monday, and Saturday. It was so much as 6.4 deg. below it on Thursday. The highest temperature of the week occurred on Sunday, and was 79.8 deg. ; the lowest was 43 deg. on Friday. The mean dew-point temperature was 51.2 deg., and the difference between this acd the mean temperature of the air was 8.7 deg. The temperature of the water of the Thames rose to 66 deg. on five days of the week. The wind blew generally from the south-west. The whole amount of rain was 0.15 in. A lVfnaltarn.—The following story has been published at Berlin under quasi•official sanction :—" On the 15th The wife of a painter in Old Schonhaus-street brought into the world a most wonderful creature. This was a child born only a few weeks before the regular time, which had the regular human form down to the loins, and thence downwards that of a fish, but without scales. Its fingers were webbed, but otherwise perfectly well formed. It died half an hour after birth, in the presence of the accoucheur, Dr. Hoffmann." PERILOUS ADVENTURE ON MOUNT HELVELLYN.— Two gentlemen from the vicinity of London, making the tour of the English lakes, met with a perilous adventure last week while crossing Mount Helvellyn in Cumber land. They had ascended this lofty mountain from the village of Wythburn, with the inte n ti on o f d escending into Patterdale by gwirrel-edee. After a toilsome ascent they reached the summit ; but mistaking a circular pile of stones for the land mark known as the "Helvellyn man," they soon strayed from the regular path, and shortly found themselves on the edge of a frightful pre cipice, leading down into the vale, it is true, but without either path or track. As, however, night was fast ap proaching, retreat was impossible, and the two travellers male their perilous attempt to slide down the face of the rock as they best could. After many narrow escapes, they neared the bottom of the valley, but only to find themselves immersed in a Belies of mnaasses, filled with large and rugged stones. Our tourists at length reached Patterd .le after dark in a state of extreme exhaustion. It will be remembered that it was on this side of the i mountain that Mr. Gough lost his life nearly fifty • years ago. THE SUN, LONDON, Wt..tiNESDAY EV r EINING, AUGUST 23, 1854, 811 ARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RA ILTrATB. 'Closing Prices yesterday. Business done this day. 100 LINES LEAIIED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. Leasing Compans. Closing Prices yesterday. 'Tedford and Bletehley Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. alas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. Npw.....1 (Ilstr.& Dn. Fr firtlpl. Dk. & Railway..... Hull & Selby Do. A Shares. Do. d Shares. Lon.&Greenw, Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Nianch. Bxtn. and Matlock Widdlesbro' & Redcar. . . .. . . Loudon & N. West. Oaledon... 95 - 100 96 - 98 it. Nrthn. [Caldonian.l 135 - 137 Nberdeen. • tmbg Nottng. Bost and &stn. Junct Belfast & Ballymena Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley ... ... Birkeuhd. Lancsh. do Cheshire Junct 22 - 23 5 - 5i Do Westn Vit. New. Berw. V.&N hid Do ii - 30 9 - 10 11 3 / 4 -10i 16i - 1711 - 6 . ..... • .. Do. Chesh. & £5O and £25 Cons. Do., Blyth &Tyno origina' £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall 3. Eastern 12i -13 i 23 -- 21 INorfolk.. 95 - 97 - 634 15j - 164 12 - 14 L.& N. W. Midld. Stekton Darlingt. Ilidland.. 2i -2/ Orieff Junction Dublin&BelfitstJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New Aiclld.Bradfd Northern and Eastenisp.e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p Prest. & Wyre ... --- ••• 94 - 96 '.. : ici E. Count. Do. Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do 53 - 60 7 - 8 East Anglian , Do., (£lB E & H) lEastern Counties IF:astern Union, A Stock IF = i• 11 t - 12 36 - 40 25 - 27 !Do. %hares. Itoystn.& Hit. Do.Shopth.St Shef.Ropl and Goole g. 5 p. c. S. Staffordett. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent... Do. Gt Northn Do 132:135 Do., B. Stock - Do., New A. East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin.Prth &Dundee Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow &S. Western Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock riancash& Yorksh. A.MClean itockt. Darlingt.' ~, 2~ .l~d~ 66 - 68 68 - 60 25 ia Wilts&Somrst 30 - 31 92 -- 91 ,Gt*estn: 66 - 68 831 - 841 62 - 64 126 - 128 94 - 96 72 -72 i -• 89 • - 91 11 - 13 u , 11 -13 I. 69 - 691 6,k - 6 •1 PREFERENCE SRA R ES. Aberdeen Do. No. 2, p. c Filyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/) Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO .... Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Cork &Baudensip.e Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Gt. Sth. &Weit.(lre.) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & CarH&c Do Thirds ••• ••• 95 - 97 Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorksh Do Fifths 11 ••• —id ..• Do.; Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. &Southpt !London & Blaekwal Lend. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Lond, and N. Westn Do. Fifths EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent .. • ii ----- -81 Do: (£5) 7 per cent. Do. (X 7 17s) 7 p. c. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 ner cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh East Lancash. 6 p. ets East and West York shire June. Pref... Edinb Prth. &Dundee 4 per cent. 31 - 3i 4 -- 5 104 106. Loli .102 Par p pa l — r p 82 Z 33 9 8 i. 8 7d P 1- lip 1/p 13/ - 13 IDo.IO/.5h.,31&8 ( Do. gighths LondoiandS. Westn. Do., £5O 22 - 24 Do.; .£4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.& Lineln Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland 23 - 24 68 684 39 - 41. Do ; Birmn „T. & Derby Midid. G. West. (fro.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Glasgow & S.Western Guar. 5 per cent.... Great Northn. 5 p. c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem.,, at 10 p. c. prem... Do. q p. c. Scrip .... Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Pref Gt. Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths)... Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh. Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. coy. red. 46 pc. 'Do. con. red. 4 p. c irred. 4p. c. Lan. &York. F. £ 2l, Do. 6 p. c. Stock ... Leeds N. 6 P. C. No. 1 Do. Quarters, 1848 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c ...I Do. Pref., 5 p. e. St. , Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar.6 p. Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton London & S. Western Con. Thirds Do., Bury Batension. Nvrpt.Aberg. &Hrfd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoini . and Rostrevor....... Norfolk .... 8d par 2i 3 6 - 8 45 - 48 3$ ;41 :134 ...34 7 9 Norihn.Connties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 A Deferred._ D 0.,• B Guaranteed North London 1k 64 - 70 53 - 55 IDo. New £lO.. N.&S.Wstrn. ,Hamp stead, and City Jn Neill, Staffordshire North Western 4c l 41 4 • 6i par 2 p N. & S. Westru. June, Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester 'Oxford, Worcester, is/ Wolverhampton Portsmouth 34 - 36 'Scottish Central Scottish Midland 94 - 96 63 - 65 71 - 73 tiondonderry& Coler Shares 2i - 3 p 7- 8 10 - 12 shrewsbury & Bi Do. L. & N. Weston Guaranteed St cut_ Shrewsby. & Bet efd Shrewsby. & Choate! (N. W. Min i ; Do. Halves,l Do. Oswestry Shropshire 'Union Do, A, B, C;Bc ,paid up at per cent south Dewitt south Eastern Coady. &Ennie.i Sh. %lan. Shef., & Lin. Shares, No. 1. Do. New, £lO Do. 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Stockton and Dar . 10 ---- 'll 4 - 23 - 25 - 17 -- 18 101 -10 i 12 -- 14 id -- 23i -21 j 98 -- 100 all 81s. 100 20 130 100 6 - 7 Wimbledn &Croydou York Newctl.B:Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York& N.Midland 75 -76 6i - 6 d 4 55 -- 56 lington, 4 per cent Do. do. do. Stockton and Hartle- pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York, Neweastle,and Derwick,4 p.c. Pref Do York&N. Midland IL and FOREIGN. . • 10 all Antwerp&Rotterdam 6 —64 d 5' 3' Belgian Eastn. Juno. 1 16 20 8 Beziers to Graissosaae 31 —3 d 20 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Centrallndia,Scrip 4d—ip Centralof.ltaly 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin 171 all Demerara 20 14 Dijon and Besancon.. p 20 9 Dutch Rhenish 3 24 20 all East Indian 21 21 , 1 224 20 2 Do. Extension 4 p 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 6 20 10 CM. Junct. of France p 25 10 G'rd• Trunk of Canal: 6 h 100 40 Do. Debentures 7 6 d 100 a ll Do. do 20 10 . Gt. 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The board, finding that there is a very general want of information as to the proper way of proceeding for the removal of nuisances under the acts relating to_that subject, and being unable from the pressure of corre spondence on the nffice at the 'present time to give this information in every case in reply to' the many applica tions daily made to them, have issued the following plain directions on the subject for general circulation, as well as the short recommendations to boards of guar dians which follow, and which are a summary of the more detailed directions contained in the minute of in formation as to preventive measures issued by the late board in June last : "SHORT RECOHIENDATIONS TO GUARDIANS IN TIMES OF CHOLERAIC DISEASE. . "L Divide your union amongst committees of the guardians. "2. Give your medical officers assistance if you find they require it. birect your chief attention to places where epi demic diseases most prevail—your medical and relieving officers know these places. "4. Look to the Cleansing of roads, streets, and courts ; and see that surveyors, paving and improvement commis sioners, and others, having by law power to cleanse, carry out their powers. "5. In their default, or when they have no power, yourselves see to the cleansing of such streets, roads, and courts. " 6. Appoint a committee for the receipt of complaints of nuisances, and see that the proper officer attends to such complaints, and reports what he does therein. " 7. In all cleansing operations, where foul smells may arise, let disinfectants, such as fresh earth, quick lime, peat charcoal, chloride of lime, or zinc, be used. " 8. Filthy houses should be lime-washed. "9. Direct your medical officers to report to you any unusual prevalence of bowel complaint and diarrhoea, and any case of cholera in their respective districts. 10. On the earliest appearance of choleraic disease, assemble your medical officers, and carry out, as far as may seem necessary, the minutes f instruction of the General Board of Health as to preventive measures, dispensaries, and medical aid, which minutes have already been supplied to you by that board. 11. Make known your arrangements for relief by plain handbills, freely circulated. "12. Give warning, by handbills, of the importance of applying, on the first symptoms of diarrhoea, to your me dical officers, for advice and medicine, and that the same will be given gratuitously. " August, 1854." THE CHOLERA. MILBANK PRlSON.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. Bed ford had two more inquests on view of the bodies of pris • oners who died of Asiatic cholera. The first was respecting the death of Thomas Brestow, aged 49, who was a single man. Mr. Samuel M'lntyre, clerk to the prison, said that deceased was received from Swaff bam gaol on the 30th December last, under sentence of ten years' transportation, having been convicted of steal ing clothing and a quantity of food after several previous convictions. The coroner read the order for his removal, from which it appeared that the deseased had been re peatedly imprisoned, and that on the last conviction he expressed a wish to be transported. The wit ness, in answer to the coroner, stated that 700 prisoners had been transferred to the barracks at Dorchester, and that there were 400 in the gaol. Mr. G. Attfield, resi dent surgeon, said that deceased came under his notice on the Bth inst., when he was in the infirmary suffering from diarrhoea. This passed into Asiatic cholera, from which he recovered. He was again attacked, and died on the 18th, at eleven p.m., in the secondary stage of the disease, from low fever. The coroner asked if there was any report forwarded from Dorchester of the health of the prisoners who were sent there. Mr. Attfield replied that there had, and there was not a case of, cholera among them ; they were all in good health. He further stated that there were only ten cases of cho lera in the prison, and that there had not been any one attacked with it during the last three days. Juror— Have there been many who bave recovered from Asiatic cholera ? Witness—Yes, thirty-two. These were distinct cases of cholera, and quite as severe as were those of many who have died. Coroner—lt was sati,factory to know that there were cases recovered which were quite as bad as those that have terminated fatally. The next case related to the death of Joseph Bowles, aged 36, a married man, who was received into the prison on the IBth of February. He was sentenced to 15 years' transportation for stealing shawls and other articles. Among the previous convictions were two for breach cf the game-laws, in one of which he committed an assault. Mr. Attfield attended him in the infirmary on the 7th. His symptoms were the same as the last, and he died on Saturday morning early of Asiatic cholera. In the above cases the jury returned a verdict of " Death from Asiatic cholera." SPREAD OF CROLERA.—Th. Belfast Banner, of Satur day, contains the following report of the spread of cho lera in Antrim, Lisburn, and Larne :—" We regret to state that since Tuesday last no fewer than thirteen cases of cholera, five of which proved fatal, have occur red in the small town of Antrim. Every exertion is being made by the inhabitants to stay the progress of the malady. There has been only one case of cholera reported in Lisburn during the week. The number of cases in the town since the first appearance of the epi demic has been 120, of which 50 proved fatal. We understand that cholera has broken out in Larne, and that during the last week four cases have appeared. Prompt measures are being taken to arrest the conta gion. Dr. Knox, M. 1., visited the locality within these few days, and gave instructions to those concerned as to the mode of treatment, &c." ENGL/SHAIAN ABROAD.—An Englishman, living in Russia, was perpetually annoyed for some time by being summoned to the police-office. At last, after hav ing answered the same questions for the ninth or tenth time, he mildly requested his friend at the police (for a sort of intimacy had sprung up between them, from fre- ' quent interviews) to inform him, as a pure matter of po liteness, why he was harassed so often on the same sub jent. Thus gently pressed, the official raised his eye brows, and, as if by accident, opened a drawer which contained a few rubles, and shut it to with a musical jingle. The sound seemeul to put him into a cheerful temper, and he gave a sort of smiling explanation, quite refreshing, from its long words and total want of mean ing. The Briton, however, understood him ; and, after they had shaken ,hands at parting, the man in office but toned up his pocket, and assured his visitor, agreeably, that he would not be troubled any more—nor was he. The means here hinted at, however, must be used cau tiously. An Englishman in Austria, who was sum moned before the police, without being able to under stand why, put his hand bluffly into his pocket, and offered to fee the chief commissioner, without any cere mony but a wink. The next day he was sent to the frontier, for an attempt to bribe a royal and imperial officer in the discharge of his duty. His courier, how ever, used to say that the eyes of the royal and imperial officer sparkled oddly when the offer was made to him ; but looked round the room in despair at the number of witnesses, and the light in his eyes died away.—The Roving Englishman. RllSSlA.—Anciently the country, now known as Rus sia, was called Sarmatia. It was probably peopled at first by races of men who passed into Europe by the country north of the Euxine. Their original residence was along the rivers Kur and Araxes, or the mountains between the Euxine and Caspian. The name of Ros, Rua, or Russian may be clearly recognised in the Roxo lani of Pliny, Ptolemy, Strabo, and Tacitus. The two last-named historians menticn the Roxolani as highly distinguished among tne Sarmatian tribes, inhabiting the countries between the Don and the Dnieper (Borys thence). Before the close of the fifth century Sarmatia was overrun by numerous migratory hordes of Alans, Huns, Avarians, Bulgarians, Ishudi, and Slavi, or Scla vonians. All these tribes maintained themselves by pasture and the chase ' and exhibited the usual barb a ri sm of ancient nomades. The Sclavonians, coming from the northern Danube, and spreading themselves along the Dnieper, in the fifth and sixth centuries, early acquired, from a commerce with their sourthern neighbours, habits of civilised life, and embraced the Christian religion. They founded the two cities of Novgorod and Kiof, which early attained a commercial importance. Their wealth tempted the cupidity of the Verangians, a race of bold pirates who infested the coasts of the Baltic. One of their chiefs, Runic, who arrived in the country in the year 862, united his people with those already occupying the soil, and so laid the foundation of the Russian empire. Taking the political boundary, Russia in Europe may contain a surface of about 1,700,000 square miles, and a population of probably upwards of 60,000,000. The census taken in 1836 makes the number 59,133,566. This vast population consists of many races, differing greatly from each other, in language, in manners, and in disposition. Slavonians, or Russians, properly so called, are the pre dominate race ; they chiefly inhabit the country towards the Baltic, and eastward into the centre, and are esti mated at more than two-thirds of the whole. The Finns in the north-west amount to nearly 3,000,000 ; the Lithuanians 2,000,000; the Tartars rather more than 2,000,000 ; the tribes of Caucasus 1,400,000 ; the Ger mans and Jews about 1,000;000 ; the Samoyedes, 70,000. But the tribes in Asia and America are esti mated, or rather guessed at, in order to make up the total population as above stated. From the Govern. ment account it appears that Russia is upon the whole s a very healthy country, and that the increase of it population is at least as rapid a s the averagel millions of all Europe. According to the census , nearly o are the property of the crown, and 114 millionsth s e trict pro perty of the nobles ; but tho u g h these are aa glebce and can be bought and sold along with the lands, in they are not slaves, but peasant s, most of them easy circumstances according to their way of life, a o nd the many of y of them rich. The popular namees siren t this country is "Boors," from the German . bauer, a far mer of cultivator of the ground.--Rusts, time People, Country, and Government. THE LAKE DISTRICT.—AMBLESIDE, Aug. 19.—This beautiful and romantic region has attracted an unusual number of summer tourists this season ; Ambleside, Witelermere, Bowness, Grassmere, Coniston, Ulverston, and Keswick are quite full of visitors, and innkeepers, lodginghouse-keepers, and coach proprietors are making profitable season. The mountain and l ake districts of a a W es t m oreland and Cumberland are impenetrable by railway: and the nearest approach from the south is by the Kendal and Windermere line, which has conveyed above 1,000 more first-class passengers this year than during any former season. The district is now very well supplied with stage-coaches and omnibuses, and villages well in the interior of the country aro becoming favourite places of resort. A company has two handsome steam yachts plying on Windermere, which are well supported by the public. Lord John Russell and family are sojournins at Lowood, a pretty villages on the shores of Windermere, near to Ambleside and-Rydal. THE OJT ARIT i" COMMISSIONERS AND HEMSWORTH HOSPITAL. Hemsworth Hospital is one of the numerous charities founded by Archhisl.op Holgate, whose will bears date April 27, 1555—the year in which he died. • The hospital was erected near to the church of Hems worth, and various statutes were formed for the proper government of the foundation. The hospital was rebuilt in 1770. The stipends of the poor and the master have much increased since the foundation with the increased value of land. The present rental is said to amount to 2,3491., and the brethren and sisters' stipends to about 961. each. We now come to the part which the Charity Commis sioners are taking towards the hospital. No complaint is made of mal - appropriation of the funds or of bad ma nagement. The commissioners, however, consider the stipends to the brethren and sisters to be mischievously large, and they propose to divert no less than 1,2001. a-year to educational purposes, viz., 7501. to the Hems worth Grammar School ; 2501. to the Malton Grammar School ; and 2001., in four equal amounts, towards the education of the poor in the four parishes of Hemsworth, Felkirk, Kirkby, and Wragby. We must now turn for a moment to the Hemsworth Grammar School, which was founded, together with those at York and Malton, by Archbishop Holgate in his lifetime, by letters patent, granted by King Henry VIII., on the 24th of October, 1546. The master was to have 241. per annum, out of which he was to pay 41. to an usher. We believe the income of the school to be about 3501. The head master is non resident, and it is generally understood that he allows 1001. per annum to be divided between a resident master and his usher, in the proportion of 601. and 401. The patronage of the school is with the Archbishop of York. The Charity Commissioners propose to make the present non-resident master attend at certain hours in the school, ultimately to increase his salary to 2501., to appoint a second master with a salary of 1501., and to borrow a sum not - exceeding 8,0001., to rebuild the school and master's houses. The extra funds the commissioners propose taking from the hospital, at the rate of 7501., per annum, creating a repair and sinking fund for paying off the debt. When the nature of these schemes became known a meeting of the principal inhabitants of the four parishes interested in the hospital was convened on the Ist of August, at that place, for the purpose of taking the said schemes into consideration. At this meeting Lord Viscount Galway, M.P. , Colonel the Hon. R. G. ' Monckton, Charles Winn G. B. Greaves, and William Henry Leatham, Esqs., Major Vincent, the Revds. G. Allott, C. Andrews, T. B. Graham, Batty, and A.B. Wrightson (in the chair), Messrs. Newman, Hoyland, Glendall, Leak, Hallilay, Green, Emmerson, Ham mond, Ibeson, Wigglesworth, Cuttle, Addy, &c., &c., were present, and it was unanimously resolved that the present constitution of the hospital be continued ; that no sums should be taken from the hospital funds for the Grammar Schools of Hemsworth and Malton • that a new hospital be erected ; that the number of brethren and sisters should be increased to 40 (ten to be elected from each parish) ; and it was resolved, by a majority of two, that the electors be extended to the four parishes, &c., and unanimously that a committee of two gentle. men from each parish, together with Lord Galway, be appointed to assist Mr. Newman in preparing a new scheme hospital, which should embody the above reso tionS, and some others of minor importance, and report to a future general meeting. What effect the exertions of this committee may have, in inducing the Attorney-General to modify or abandon his scheme, remains to be seen ; but it is right the public should know the daring nature of the inroads which the Charity Commissioners propose to make upon the sanctity of testamentary endowments. Should the Attorney-General go to Parliament for an act to enable him to rob the hospital of 1,2001. per an num, for educational purposes, we trust that the mem bers of Parliament who represent Yorkshire constitu encies will frustrate this act of spoliation, and restrict the amount to a much smaller sum, • and stipulate that it shall be applied, not in educating the children of the rich in the classics, but in teaching the children of the poor the rudiments of learning —a kind of teaching which is very ill provided for in .Hemsworth and the parishes adjoining.—Wakefield Express. CRYSTAL PALACE, Aua. 22. Snru.rxa mission at the doors, 11,146 ; adniission by season tickets, 743,; total, 11,889. REPRESENTATION OF KING'S LYNN.---The Norwich Mercury says :—" We hear that Lord James Hay, a brother of the Duchess of Wellington, is mentioned as a candidate for Lynn, to fill the vacancy made by the death of Viscount Jocelyn." - • CRICKET.—THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM V. ALL ENGLAND.—This match, made with the Marylebone Cricket Club, was commenced at Nottingham, on Mon day, and the following is the result of the first day's play —All England, first innings, 208 ; Nottingham, first innings (one wicket down), 10. • Ma. SMITH O'ERIEN.—The Munster News announces that Mr. Smith O'Brien has arrived in Belgium to join his family. CHOLERA. AT ST. PETERSBURG.—A.n official bulletin shows that on the 11th inst. there were 300 cholera cases at St. Petersburg, of which 7 were fatal. On the 12th there were 15 fresh cases, 18 recoveries, and 9 deaths. BIRTHS IN LONDON.—Last week the births of 812 boys, and 756 girls, in all 1,569 children, were regis tered in London. The average number in nine corres ponding weeks of the years 1545-53 was 1,363. ANOTHER ENGLISHMAN ON MONT BLAND.—In a letter from Chamonix, given in the Savoy Gazette, we read : " A new ascent of Mont Blanc has just taken place, having been accomplished by Mr. Blackwell, a young Englishman, 22 years of age. During the ascent, Mr. Blackwell observed a rather singular phenomenon. In the night of the 10th, after 11 o'clock, a guide having come out from the cabin of the Grands Mulete, saw the ridges of this mountain cluster all on fire. He immedi ately communicated what he had observed to his com panions, who all wished to assure themselves of the fact, and they then saw that., through the electricity gene rated by the tempest, all the rocks of the Grands Mulets were illuminated. They found the same phenomenon on their own persons. When they raised their arms their fingers became phosphorescent." THu HAnvizsT.--The accounts of the crops contained in the provincial papers received during the last few days are almost uniform in their tendency. The wheat and grain crops generally, though in some places slightly affected by recent rains, are represented as being on the whole in a very forward and gratifying condition. Green crops are stated to be promising ; potatoes almost in every place more or less diseased, and the hay crop a little below the average. SOUTHAMPTON DOCK COMPANY. — Yesterday, the half yearly meeting of this company was held at their offices in Bishopsgate•street. The report stated that the reve nue of the company exhibited a progressive increase, amounting on the half-year to 2,4341. 17s. 2d. over the corresponding half-year of 1853. Owing to the convey ance of troops, and other causes, the balance in favour ' of revenue for the half-year was reduced to 3,9671. 18s. Bd., leaving 10s. 6d. per share for dividend, clear of income-tax. CANADIAN POST-OFFICE.—The annual report of the Postmaster-General of Canada shows that the low rate of postage in that province, or the uniform system, as it is termed, works as well as it was expected. The post age revenue for the year amounted to 84,866/. 68. 111 d., while the expenditure, including 14,3481. 18s. 4d., balance due to England for British packet postage col lected, was 90,0;;4/. 16s. 20., leaving a balance of 5,1681. 9s. 3d. to be provided for out of the Consoli dated Fund. As, however, 15,0001. had been voted in favour of the postal revenue for the year 1852, and a balance of 2.4801. 4s. 10d. of this sum remained unex pended, with 5,0001. voted for 1853, the deficiency for the past year was amply provided for.—New York Daily TimeB. NATIONAL GALLERY FOR IRELAND.—The site chosen for the erection of the National Gallery for Ireland is the lawn in front of the Royal Dublin Society's House, Merrion-square. The Building is to consist of two ex tensive wings, running in parallel lines at the extreme verge of the lawn on either side, and terminatin g at the Dublin Society's House, one of which will be set apart for a national gallery, and the other as a national museum. The Daily Express says :—" With this object Mr. Sidney Herbert, MY., has granted a new lease to the Dublin Society for 999 years, and the Dublin Society will grant a similar lease to the trustees and directors of the National Gallery." DONNYBROOK FAIR.—The weather yesterday was beautifully fine, and immense numbers went to visit the far-famed Donnybrook. At three o'clock there were at least 25,000 persons in and about the fair, but owing to the admirable regulations adopted by the Police Com missioners, and acted on by . the subordinates, the greatest tranquillity was maintained from the commence ment to the close of the day. The tents are now obliged to be shut at 6 o'clock p.m., and this rule has completely d o ne away with the drunken scenes of former ye ars . FATAL EFFECTS OF FRIGHT.—An inquest was held by Mr. E. Herford, coroner, at Manchester, y es t er d ay morning, on the body of a woman named Harriet Mackey, the wife of a fireman, who h a d died late on Saturday night. The deceased liv e d in German - street, and on Saturday one of the child ren , f rom two to three years old, was playing at the corner of the street, when a cart made the turn so as to place the life of the child in considerable danger. The little creature was snatched Out of danger at a very critical moment by an elder brother, but screamed loudly. A number of people in the street joined in the cry of alarm which the child raised, a b n u c t l terror th e m o h t a n d e rrush exerted ed such out an e of her e hous e ect to carr y itthis h on her system th a t her arms dropp e d power l ess by her aide, followed immediately afterwards by paralysis of the lower limbs. The unfortunate woman had herself to be carried away by neighbours, and after being talren home and put to bed, lost the power nately, medical assistance was not speech. Unfortu nately, and wh en , a t 11 o twined, 'clock aotsusought had l a late at b• corpse. D ' eceas rg" edw il as 39 y e e e a n rs ° o; she was a age. The jury found a verdict of—" Died in a fit, caused by fright." ANOTHER WHALE HUNT.—An immense shoal of whales appeared in Scapa Bay on Friday morning, pur sued by some some boats from Walls, that had chased them all night. On nearing the bay, they suddenly, turned, broke th r o ug h th e b oa t s . an d went out in sepa rate droves in the direction of Ophir and Walls. After an unsuccessful chase of many hours, the boats were obliged to relinquish pursuit. It is conjectured that nearly 1,000 whales are about the coast,. and it is thought, from the number of thorns found in the blub ber of those killed the other week, that they have been irritated and enraged by dog-fish, that hover in vast numbers about the islands during the herring fishing.-- John o'Groat Journal. 812s1 ?,0 20 10 10 20 20 50 20 allj 11 Is 10u 100 100 100 all 16i 100 9 100 63 1 21 111 I 72 2 691 8i 105 4i 104 d ad ad It ad ad ad ad 34i 134 11 per cent. 641 5 32} 100 'lOO 100 5 100 all & 10 St. 5 all 104 too . 100 1001 100 100 100 100 all 100 15 8i 8 10 10 25 10 1.0. E 3 i - 3i Ili - lir 110 - 112 101 - 103 6 6l 98 —10 J 90 92 94 96 11 id .34 136 dig • - JuIRDE Prz4 R OF A LADY BY HEItI/44RBA• AT ROCHESTER. On Tuesday morning the neighbourhood of Troy Town, Rochester, was thrown into considerable conster nation, owing to a murder being committed at the resi dence of Mr. Holden, Union-street, Troy Town. It appears that Mr. George Henry Smith, who is postmaster at Jersey, came . to Mr. Holden's with his wife, on Saturday last, and took furnished lodgings for the benefit of her health. Everything seemed to go on ' very comfortably ; and during the time that Mrs. Holden was cleaning the step of the door, about eight o'clock on Tuesday morning, Mr. Smith came down stairs and told her that he had killed his wife, and de ' sired her to send for a policeman and a doctor. Mrs. Holden was much •frightened at such a request, and immediately sent to her neighbours. Mr. Bevan, a surgeon, of Rochester, was quick in attendance, and also policeman Storey, of the Rochester police. The surgeon on entering the bed-room found Mrs. Smith in bed, with the bedclothes not the least disturbed, and to all appearance asleep. On removing them he found that she had been shot in the back of the neck, and that her skull was fractured. There was very little blood in the bed. Mr. Sqaith was present, and he told Mr. Bevan that he would find the pistols under the mattrass, and there they were found. One had been recently dis charged, and the other was loaded with powder andtwo bullets. Mr. Smith was taken into custody, and he underwent an examination at the Guildhall, before the mayor, Wm. Manelark, Esq. , and a full bench of magistrates, charged with the murder. The prisoner declined saying anything, and he was remanded. On his being placed in the cell of the prison, he told the policeman that he would find some letters at his lodgings which would explain everything. The prisoner is about 45 years of age, rather bald, with very little hair in front, and of a very respectable appearance. He wears moustaches, and looks like a foreigner. It is stated that he was placed in Hanwell Lunatic Asylum about six months ago, and he was considered per fectly harmless. His deceased wife is about 50 years of age, and is said to be very respectably connected. An inquest was held yesterday (Tuesday) at the Guildhall, Rochester, by James. Lewis , Esq., coroner. Mr. and Mrs. Holden were examined, when the above facts were given in evidence. The inquisition stood adjourned till this morn ing, and the coroner had given directions for a poet marten:, examination to be made by Mr. Bevan, the surgeon. HEROIC COURAGE OF A BRITISH OFFICER. Mr. Burke's body was found after the action in which he lost his life with no less than 33 wounds upon it. The Russians had taken his sword belt, but his sword was found hidden in some long grass close to the corpse. The ring finger of both hands was cat off. He was seen by the sapper who went with him fighting despe rately to the last, though surrounded by a horde of Russians. When he first leapt on shore from the boat six soldiers charged him. Two he shot with his re volver, one he cut down with his sword—the rest turned and fled. While he was encouraging the Turks, who Were in the stream, to row 'quietly to the land, and forming them in line as they landed, conspicuous as he was in full uniform and by his white cap cover, a number of riflemen advanced from behind a ditch, and took deliberate aim at him. Poor Burke charged them with headlong gallantry. As he got near he was struck by a ball, which broke his jaw -bone, but he rushed on, shot three men dead at close quarters with his revolver, and cleft two men through helmet and all into the brain with his sword. He was then surrounded, and while engaged in cutting his way with , heroic courage through the ranks of the enemy, a sabre cut from behind, given by a dragoon as he went by; nearly severed his head from his body ; and he fell dead, covered with bayonet wounds, sabre gashes, and marked with lance th ru sts and bullet holes. The sapper who was with him stood by Mr. Burke till the last, but could not save him. He is now only recovering from his wound and the effect of his exertions.—A Varna letter of the 9th. THE PHILADELPHIA MINT. The fo llowing is the report of th e Phil a d e l p hi a Mi n t for the seven months of 18.54 : The following table w ill s h ow th e coinage of the Mint of the United States, Philadelphia, for the seven months of 1854 : Double Eagles Eagles Half Eagles Quarter Eagles Three Dollars Dollar .510,699,100 00 457,980 00 333,535 00 939,695 00 347,684 00 783,343 00 Total Gal Dollars Half Dollars Quarters 13,561,937 00 33,140 00 1,153,000 00 2,160,000 00 270,000 00 212,000 00 12,000 00 Dimes Half Dimes. Three Cents Total Silver Copper 3,840,140 00 32,400 04 Gold, Silver, and Copper Gold Bars ... 17,434,477 04 .... 11,177,082 60 Total - In 1853 28,911,539 64 35,879,927 59 Decrease, 1854 6,967,467 95 The whole numbeer of pieces coined in 1854 was 1,404,459, against 3,516,808 the corresponding months of 1853. Of the pieces coined this year 54,643 were gold, 1,248,000 silver, and 101,816 copper. The gold bullion deposited in July was : From California 53,910,090 From other sources Total 53,940,000 Silver bullion deposited The deposits of precious metal for the first seven months of the year were : 1853. 1854. Gold. Silver. Gold. Silver. January $1,962,097 $14,000 $4,215,579 $lOB,OOO February 2,548,523 13,560 2,515,000 1,166,000 March April 4,766,009 2,550,000 3,442,000 129,005 May June July Total-433,385,882 9,152,560 $25,659,579 $2,156,500 The shipments of specie during the same time hare been as follows : Shipments of Specie from the Port of New York By R. W. Packer, Cape Haytien, amount of gold ,. Additional by steamer St. Louis, Havre, $5OO 00 specie Steamer Pacific, Liverpool, U.S. mint bars IP 10 California slugs SO American coin t f 2, Mexican silver 234,237 53 726,229 69 12,149 80 203,005 00 27,000 00 Total for the week Previously reported in 1854 ... $1,200,117 02 ... 19,108,319 31 Total.. $20,308,436 33 BIRTHS IN ENGLAND AND WALES IN 1852. Having already given an abstract of the marriages for theth e y R e a e r g i l s 8 t r s a 2 r , - G a s e n r e e r c a o l r d e u d in the p on births, 15 15th n deaths, anual reportandm a o f ri l a b g j e e s c , t i o t t s b e ir e t m h s s, ulnaturalough it ithats notwe should s I n t p e p x o t s t e u d r turn thatto t t h h e e s births of 1852 can be the result of the marriages of 1852. It appears, then, that in that year there were born alive 623,990 infants, of whom 319,036 were males, and 304,954 females. The births of both sexes are most numerous between December and April ; next, between March and July ; next, between Septembep and Janu ar° ; and the fewest are between June and October. The totals of males and females are these :—Quarter ending March 31, 161,803 ; quarter ending June 30, 159,031 ; quarter ending December 31, 151,934 ; and quarter ending Sept. 30, 151,222. Of illegitimate births, there have been registered during the year 21,734 males and 20,757 females- together 42,491 ; so t h at a b out ono. fifteenth of the who le children born alive are illegitimate. When it is considered how manyillegitimate children are still-born, and how strong the temptation on the part of the mother is to conceal rather than to register their births, it is to be feared that the proportion of these un fortunates to those born in wedlock is even greater than at first sight appears. For the purposes of this return, England and Wales are divided into 11 districts, and in order that the reader may form his own view of the com parative morality of the different portions of the king -1 dom, we subjoin a list of the divisions, with their popu lation, and the number of illegitimate births in each : Divisions. West-Midland P 22 7 4 : 903 1 2 a ,,8 t 9 i 2 0 370 n. No. ( 5 0 ;,, f 8279 b 53 irth5. North-Weste rn York 1:78 98 4,743 South-West ern South-Eastern 11:62803i 3,517 North-Midland 3 2 0 86 9 4 1 7 London 2,362,236 ••• 3, 280 Eastern 1,188,914 ... 2 , ,v3 969,120 .• • Northern dling," presents a very Londonre also facilities Wales, in spite of the " htm Welsh h -Midland ..... 1 i:2 1 3 1 4 3 ,3 9 3 8 3 2 2 2 2 and greater looks remarkablfwell ; large towns than in rural dis for evading registration in triote. spectable appearance in btuhtisthrecrteuranr;e MELINCLIOLT ACCIDENT AT THE Moons.---On Thurs. day last a party consisting of Mr. Morrison, late of New Orleans, Mr. William Cochran, grocer and provision l merchant, GlAsgow, and Mr. Mliean, baker, along in single an advance, observed the went out to have a day's shooting on the , Kill as re g g o g w, him, f fiwyhireng away, e ay 4nthinkingly wheeled a:olvrsir.Rmosuernreiasuthu: whu While w a s p r i o n e eekli nm afterwards the dog making a point, and immediately. however, it flew to. r,, b o. i :u t: r d ndds r rose. Instead p overu Tn i i s e t d e a t d h e o t r i g gheer ; and, as Mr. Cochran wa i i n mm hi e s di h a e t a el r y t. beh T in h d e h gardi i n 'e g ee h iv is ed w t i h fe e a cv n h d ol c e h c il h dr a: unfortunateirine man was only able to utter an ejaculation when he expir e d. and has left a widowTahned d t e h c r e e a e s e c d h i l w d left Glasgo w th e was 38 H yea e n ha o d f only same morning. Morrison was not by any means a practised sportsman, and it is said that be had very rarely disch arged a gun before this =hippy occurrence. - .44 . tI 4: 1,1" i i t sr . Z4 * if s , -1. 4 i 7 ,1