The Sun. — London, England, 1854-11-08 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND 0021.31ERCIAL INT.ELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK, The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, including 500 American, 500 Surat, and 70 Sea Island, taken for export. The market was firm, without change in prices. The sales comprised 4,500 American, 100 Pernam and Maranham at 61d. to 6:1d., 200 Egyptian at 6d. to 7-kd., 1,000 Surat at 3d. to 40., and 100 Sea Island at ls. 2d. to ls. lld. per lb. Railway Shares were dull, at lower prices. The returns which were yesterday analysed under this head, of the trade and commerce of the United. Kingdom, may be considered favourable, under all circumstances, and with respect to the falling off in exports, after the experience of glutted markets in India and Australia, it is rather desirable that there should be a curtailment. Taking the nine months, an increase is still shown, and there will to the better prospect of ultimate profitable re turns. The last advices from South Australia are en couraging, and give evidence of the steady and substantial progress of the colony, as distinguished from the mere fitful prosperity of gold mining. An account before us states : "Mining, which has to some extent been retarded by the gold fields, is slowly but surely gathering its strength once again. The Burra is now finding miners without much difficulty, and the comfortable wages and allowances it is able to give to all that resort to it for permanent employment, is making a suitable impression among the gold diggers, whose gains and losses, balanced against each other, do not in most cases exceed those of the steady miner at Kooringa. There is there full employment at present for 600 men. The usual quarterly dividend of one hundred per cent. on the paid up capital was declared the other day, accompanied with the comfortable assurance that these returns will be regularly maintained for the future. "Our last report from the liapunda continues as favourable as ever. It is going on steadily, with its limited numbers of miners, at about eighty tons of 40 per cent. ore per month. The mine is stated to be kindlier than yet observed ; and two or three hundred miners and labourers at full wages very much wanted. "From Strathalbyn silver-lead mines the reports are equally favourable, and Mr. Bassett, the superintendent, writes in the most encouraging terms of their progres ive improvement." The following is a statement of the land sales : "March 30-3,521 acres April 6-3,630 „ „ 13-3,239 „ £7,530 9,673 4,489 4,937 7,068 6,224 4,344 6,971 11,836 20-3,554 27-2,635 „ 2-4,532 „ May 11--2,905 ;', 18-3,100 25-4,516 29,585 acres. £63,073 " We need scarcely repeat here an observation which to us is trite enough, that these sustained land sales are sure indications of permanent settlements throughout the colony. It is expected that in a few months the re served banks of the River Murray will be opened for purchase, when investments on a much more extensive scale may be expected. "A preliminary section belonging to Colonel Torrens, and sold by him to Messrs. Kent and Robin, realised for one-half nearly 12,0001. This section, four years ago, was considered a decided bad bargain at 4,0001." The ascounts from New York are as unsatis factory respecting the money market as those brought a few days since by the Europa. The Banks were contracting, and failures and reported failures of banking establishments, particularly in the Eastern and Western States, were daily an nounced. The arrivals of gold • dust from Cali fornia were not so ample as was expected. An en couraging feature in the present advices, however, is that the result of the wheat crops is likely to turn out much better than has been anticipated/. Prices, however, were maintained in the face of this fact by a good local demand, as well as an in quiry for exportation. From California the intelligence both as regards mining and commercial news is, more favourable, and at San Francisco trade is said to have revived and was quite active, while the diggings were yield ing abundantly. There was a slight decline yesterday afternoon in the rates for bills of exchange upon some of the principal continental cities. Paris, 90 days, was at 25 30 to 35 ; Amsterdam, 11171 to 171 ; Ham burg, 13 GI to 61, and Trieste, 12 10 to 15. The bar silver received by the steamer Atrato has been sold at ss. lid. per ounce standard, but the dollars have not yet been sold. Gold was a little in demand yesterday for the continent. The English funds have been flatter agt.id this morning, and there is rather a fuller supply of money stock. It would appear that cash is in de mand in the Stock Exchange, and probably in an ticipation of the next instalment of 20 per cent. upon the Turkish Loan. In discount circles there is a full supply of money. Consols have been 94/ to 94i- for transfer, and 94/ to for account, with more real than speculative business doing. The New Three per Cents. have been 93k to and the Three per Cent. Reduced from 93± have dropped to 921. Bank Stock has been done ,at 211, although the first bargain was 212/. Exchequer Bills have remained at Gs. to 98. premium. East India Bonds have been 11s. to 14s. premium. Foreign Securities have been heavy,lin the almost entire absence of business, but in Turkish Scrip there has been a panic on a small scale, arising from forced sales made byone or two parties. There has been an allegation that the wording upon the bonds is not sufficiently explicit in reference to the firman ; but, even were it so, this could probably be set right, and we believe the main cause of the sudden reaction is the large amount held in the Stock Exchange, and the sums borrowed thereon, with the necessity of making " provision for the ensuing call." The first price was par to / premium, and business has since been done this morning at and 1 discount. Peruvian Stock is nominally lower, the parties interested in the home debt having made vigorous efforts to produce a fall, but the real holders will have more encouragement than ever to keep their property. The 41 per Cents. have been at 69, and the 3 per Cents. at 49. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 to 6 ; Mexi can, 221 to 22a ; Peruvian, 69 to 71 ; ditto, per Cents., 49 to 51 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; ditto, 4 per Cents., 84 to 86 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18 to 18i ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 371- to 38 ; ditto, Certificates, 54 to 5i ; ditto, Passive, 41 to 4i. Railway Shares are feebler, the decline being :.tv to 1 per cent. in London and North-Western, to in South-Western and Midland, and in about th' d same proportion for the other lines. The foreign lines are a shade lower. • The Au s t r alian Banks continue in favour, tile Murs are steady, and the Colonial Land Com panies' ke ep firm. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSIT.:FG PRICES. (From the OPial ) 'Business dons 'Bank stock . .......................... 2124 11 per Cent. Reduced Annuitie5,,,,,,""""`......... 9.34 , 21 31- :3 per Cent. .Consols Annuitie* ................ 94;1 Near 3 per Cent. Annuities .................. 93 rung Annuities, Expiro sth J au., 1860 "'4 7-16 uci .I'lt Bonds, 1000 .......,..... ..... .......... 14 Ditto ' .. under glOOO ......................... 13 11 onsols for Account 14th Nov. ............... Exc!lequer RillP, 2io. VO6O .. , • . 9 6 p 2500 9 6 p • Stua l .l Exelle.: f uer Bonds 1853, Sa per Cent. lOO Ditto 1359, ~ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS Tills DAY. 11ms-Aban Bonds, 5 per Cent 9Bl 1; itto Small Ditto New, 1852, 44 per Cent 961 Mexican 3 per Cent. : l!ernvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. ...........^•• 69 Ditto 3 per Cent. ............. . .. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 3 per Cent .......... .............. "•••• 371 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent............ Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent lBi TurkishSerip 6 per cent Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE 0 CPOCE. Consols Ditto November Am.rint Two new planets have just been discovered at Paris — one by M. Goldschmidt, a private gentleman, in the night of the 27th ult. ; the other by Al. Chacornac, of the Imperial Observatory, in the night of the 28th ult. The former, which is like a star of the ]oth or 11th magnitude, has received the name of Pomona ; the latter, which appears of the 9th or 10th magnitude, that of Polymnia. r THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 8; 1854. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RRITISH RAILWAYS. st.lll [CI.I RAILWATP. Aberdeen A.mbg. Nottng. Bost. and Eastn. Junct... 11 Belfast & Ballymena. 11 Binning. Wolverh. Stour Valley !9?, Birkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Junct 11 Do. Chesh. do Birk , £5O and £25 Cons. .9 Do., £20... ;0 Blyth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45; 10 Bristol and Exeter 10 Caledonian .s. Carmarthen and Car digan 50 all Chester & Holyhead 50 all Cork and Bandon 20 all Co'rk, Black, dr Pass 20 16 Cornwall 10 1i Crififf Junction 50 45 Bublin&BelfastJune 25 all Dundee Perth &Aber deep Junction ill Do. New )0 East Anglian Lll Eastern Counties )0 Eastern Union, A Stock .00 Do., B. Stock Do., New A East Lancashire 60 al 13i a] 31 I 2' 22 1' 25 3, St. 10 St. 10 10 21 25 al St. 10 , 20 St. la St. li 25 St. 10 St. 100 Edinburgh & GlasgoNN 10 9 i Edinb. and Peebles... St, 100 Edin. Prtb &Dundee 10 1 Forth & Clyde June. St. 100 Glasgow &S. Weston, St. 100 Great Northern . .00 Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) !Great Western 10 Do. Stour Val. Rail, Gua. Stk.. 12 all Irish South-Eastern. 50 all Lancaster & Carlisle 3.63 14?, Do., Thirds 163 4 Do. New Thirds St. 100 Lancash.audYorksli 19 19 ; 1 Do., Fifths 14 11i Do. ' Wst. Riding Un 20 all Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt 113 all London & Blackwal St. 100 [Arid. Bright & S.Cst St. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 20 12 Do. Fifths 10 1 Do.IOZ.Sh.,M&B_( 12? 2t Do. Eighths.... 100 St. St. St. St. Et. 1101 St: lk ILondon and S. Wcstn 50 t:3 Do., £5O 40 3 t Do., £4O 25 all Lndndrry& Coleraine, 25 all Lndndrry. &Ennisk. St. 100 Nlanch.Shcf.& Lincln 812 s 44 Do.,2vlan. & Lin. Un. St. 100 Midland St. 100 Do. Birnang. & Derb; - 50 all Nlidld. G. West. (Ire.) 25 223 Do. Half Shares 100 ill Newcastle & Carlisle, • Newmkt.BuryEsten. Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd t Newry &Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoinl and Rostrevor Norfolk 32, Northn.Counties 10 North British ,114 North Devon, No. 1 11 Do., No. 2 A Deferred 11 Do., B Guarantee(' O N. Eastern—Berwick 0 Do. do. Extension .3 Do.do. G.N.E. Purch .11 Do. Leeds )0 Do. York 11 North London 8 Do. New £lO le N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire Xll' North Western.., 11 N. &S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester )0 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 6 Portsmouth., )0 Scottish Central . Scottish Midland 11 Shrewsby. & Heiefd dl Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& paid up at per eon, 11 South Devon )0 South Eastern ,11 South Wales .5 5. Yrksh. & Riv. Due 5 Do 50 al St. WI 50 al 20 1 20 : 20 25 al li St. 10' 10 S Staines, Wok. &Wok ill tockton & Darling•. L6= Stockton & Hartlepl )0 Taff Vale 9 Do. £lO shares St. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 25 21 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 01 Vale of Neath ill Waterfd. & Kilkennx LII Waterford&Limerieji l 8 West Cornwall 3 West End of London and Crystal Palace 11 West London - is. Wimbledn &Croydon 20 a 20 al 50 al 20 1 20 I al 10 11: 10 I 20 20 2 17,3, al 20 1 20 20 a] 20 1' 20 i 20 100 a 100 a , 20 11 25 1! 25 al 25 al 100 a, 20 !Closing Prices 1 this day. 21 - 22 4fi - 4i gi si 11 'lO3 ti 17 - 18 6i - ,5 95 - 97 603 - 61 13 - 14 10 - 12 4 - 2'o 61 - 74 15 - 16 11i - Hi 32 - 34 22 - 21 69 - 70 55 - 57 20:§ -22 t 89 - 90 76 - 77 25 - 126 I 90 -9.; 71 '' - ` 1 74 69 - 71 78 - 82 8 - 10* 8 - 10 72i - 73 53 8 05 107 Al 101 id — 1p t, d R B 81 82 , 10 • 9 d 9 i o _ ),i - 2.4 691- 70i 40 - 42 $d ' A i'l 9 8(1 2 23 - 52 3$ 33i .. 34 8 10 11 - 6i - 7 76 - 77 6 - - 14 - 144 53 - 54 53 - 55 I) - V 4i - 4 6i - 7 32 - 34 94 - 95 60 - 62 7 - Si 45 - 47 12 - 141 62 - (2i 311 - 3241 i- i d 35 - 37 . - .• 3 - 3i 18 19 41 - 22 - 6 - 7 67- f FOREIGN. ill Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Basta. June. 8 Beziers to Graissessac !s. Bombay, Baroda,autl Central luclia,Serip Central of Italy 11l Demerara Dijon and Besancon.. Dutch Rhenish - M Eastern of France .0 Do. New di East Indian 2 Do. Extension .11 Do. 45 p. c. Bds., pay.l '57, convertible..., ,11 Do. do. do., '59, do .0 Gld. Juliet. of France 2A Od. Tk of CanadaA is. 11 Do. do .11 Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. [1 Do. Co:A. of Deben , into Stk. till '63 1 dl P,o . Comp. 6 do. Gt. Central of France al Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. New 5 per cent. 11 GLlVestern of Canad:it Shares Do. Bds., ptirable's7, with option till '55 1 al ; Do,. do., '62, p. '56 11 IDo. do., '76, p. '60.. 11 Do. do., '73, with•uti option 11 Hamilton & Tel'Onto 11 Do. 6 per i' , ?ht. 1 Lab) ooust. & Basle 5 all i. Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. prof .2 Great Luxembourg Constituted ShareS. 11 Do. Obligation ,0 Lyons and 'Genova L 2 Lyons St Mecliterran. I.6l'iMadras IDo. New l Maria Antonia 11 Do. do. Now Melbourne Dk. ar.P.O Nll D:7(1: interent), 4 i.l iii te e re7) 4ll .11 )-ortlern of France al ~T 0.20/. Sh sdate Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3$ p. c. & red.' at 2211. dur. 88 yrs. from I San. 1851 all ii Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy.B.& Ams. Shs. ) all NorwegianTrunkPref 14 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans.... all Paris and. Rouen 10 ParisC-aen & Chcrbrg all Rouen and Havre 20 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish 11l Sambre and Meuse._ dl Do. 5a p. cent. Prof. 0 Southern of France St. Andrew's and' Quebec (A) dl West Flanders 411 Do SA, per c. Prof .0 Western of France West. of Switzerland 11 Wiesbaden !O Zealand JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 80 -- 82 4 d par 1 io -- 1 d 25 - 25.1 Ca 6a 1/ 10 4 3 d *d-ip P 3 —2i d 33 334 3 11; id i d 6 a 7 - 6 8 9 7d 1 — lip par ap 18i - IS 1 -- 4 id • par P 2 4p ... - LT 18 - 5 21 - 3i 1 - lip a-gy p t.• .:. ~~- .. s'e • '''''' • • , 7i - 7i 34 -34 12i -- 13 9 - 10 211 -211-1 p 47 49 38 40 pm 22 224 par 1p 24 8 —Bi ... - pm 3] - 4 6 - 6?ip .1 16i - 17 Businen done this day. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RATLWAU. Leasing Compans Redford and Blotchley , 1 0 3uell.gbamsh. lydesdale Jc. 'E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. London & N. Wc,t. L.&N.W. Caledou... 95 - 100 99 - 101 Gt.Nrthn. Caldortian. 136 - 138 Glae Barr. &'• Neils. Direct Do. New...... Glstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Solby . _ Gt. Westn Yk. New. Borw. Y. &NAM 'Do De o. 4 Shares. o. Shares. .Jon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lon.,Til., &S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. :rlanch. Bxtn. and Matlock NEddleibro' & Red ear . 102 -- 104 61 52 25 -25 i 13 -136 23 -- 24 11i S. Eastern Do Pete &Co. Norfolk.. L.& N. W. & Stekton & Darling t. Aidland.. 2fi - 2i Nlidld.Bradfd Sorthern Easternsp.c Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p ?rest. & Wyre ... - ... 94 - f.ts E. Count. D 0... 5g - CO L. &N.W. &Ln&Yk .Do Do. A Shares. Roy stn., Shef. Roth .an ci! Goole g. 5 p.c. S.Staflordsh. Wear Vali eygr 6 per cent Do Wiltsiaomrst: GtNorthn Lancash& Yorksh. Nl.MClean , itockt. Darlingt 136 - 138 ii ---- rid 30 - 3131 93 3 - 95 1 IGtWestn, PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen ... 93 - 102 92 - 96 Do. No. 2, 7 p. c. Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd.l4 t 501) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO 96 - DS Chester k Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent ' Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &Bandonsip.e Dundee Perth &Aber- 1 decu Junction EastAnglian ( - .C3105)1 6 per cent Do. (X 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 r . C. St. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent... Do. 51., 10 ner cent. Do. 101. Del>entr.Sh- Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash. 6 p. cts. East and West York shire June. Fifths EdiubPrth.&Dundec 4 per cent. Glasgow & S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... Do. 43 p.c GLINT. of Scot. Ist Pret Gt. Southn.drWestra. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per C. Pref. St Gt. Westu. (Berks Hants Ex. 6 p. c) Do . con. red. 4i p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.?.S Do. do. 6 p. c. do Do. Bins. Gua. Stk Do, Ches. Gua, Stk Do. Flo. do 5i - 6i - - 1 1) 13 -13 i 22 - 24 65 -70 - .7“1 ilk - 117 103 - 110 10.) - 101 -- 6A 98 -- 100 90 -- 92 93 -- 95 10. -- 11 16 -- 171 10 - 10, - 72 -- 74 18 -- 191 ti -- 9i 14 -- Do. do. do. : Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Prof., 5 p. c. St Do. New Guar.6 p. c Lon. &N. W., Cot. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct. London & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color Shares Londy. & Ennis. Sh Han., Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1. Do. Now, £lO Do. X 6 lf id 138 140 ••• .....' N 2i - 3 r 11 - 11 i - ip garypt .&Carl.4 p c Du. 43 per cent Do lii 1. Cousol .6 p.c.St. Do. Cousol. Bristol & Birin. 6 per cent Do. Pref, 4 per cent Norfolk Debenture . Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stool Do. 5 p, c. Ext 138 140 —la - 90 104 - 10(3 Do. 5. 1 - 2 per ct prof._ Do. War. Val. 5 p. c. North British N. E.Berw, 4 p.c. P. Do. do. do 92 - 94 03 - Si Do. Leeds 0 p.c. N.. 1 De. do. Quarters '4B De. York &4. Per. North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.£ls, 6 p.c. Scot. Cent. , New Prot' Do. 5 per ccnt South Devon De. fixed, 4i percent, S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4? per cent, S.Yorksh.4p.e.Guar S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. de. 4} p. c Stockton and Dar- •• •.• 1 id 112 - 114 12 14 0 pai 221 231 99 101 17 —l9 lington, 4 per cent. Do. do. do, Stockton e:nd "raffle. pddl, par. p. c. till Ist July, 1856, Watorf(l.&Kilk.6p.c. ••• .. •• 2 - 1 • i TEE COMMAN'bEIT-IN-OHIEI' talt ll .l - 1..T1C) FLEET. — Sir Charlet Napier Wae at Hamburg on the 4th . . Several Acers t her Majesty's 'vessels anchoed at Itiel---sin'osng others Captain Egerton Ktasilisic)—have run over to Berli n , t o v i s it t h a t city and 'Potspni. THE REPRESENTATION OP' ibli4o.itb.--ar. s, fit e. lawny has dtelinea COthib.g fdrirai'd 'for lids place, as he sees no hope of Priiient subeeSt. 1 Tlti TAtn Milian.—Sunday last Kirkstall Abbey, situated about three miles from Leeds, narrowly escaped destruction by fire, which was entirely actidentat NEW YORK, Oct. 20.—Private nd*eli bieritlon that Mr. W.Vincent Wall ,do 6.d iVrriVed in New York. This will reretve the painful apprehensions of his nume tots Ifinerds and admirers in this country, who had much 'fiason to fear that he was among the passengers on board the Arctic when she was lost,. THE ANTRIM MILITIA,.--The iliar4uis of bonegal, colonel of the Queen's Own Rifles, the tOnnty Aiktrim Militia Regiment, hAs koheered Serjeatt-tiajor Chew, Belfast, with orders to lake 1 !'-b necessary steps for en ' rolling such candidates as may offer themselves for the above regiment. One thousand men will be required ,for the Rifles, and 579 for the Artillery. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH IN Ir4tir.--•-the Construe tion of telegraphic lines Is making great progress in Italy at present. A direct line between Piedmont and Switzerland by Brissago was opened on the Ist. An other line was opened some time ago between the two countries by St. Julien. Caserta, and .the towns of Cancello Santa Maria, Capua, Male, Terraciaa ' Nola, Salerno and Avellino, are now connected with Naples by telegraphic lines, which are open to the public. A line is also in progress to connect Bologna and Ancona, a distance of 150 miles, and has already reached Rimini. It is believed it will be continued at Rome. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday.—The Penin sular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Euxine, Capt. John Weeks, left this afternoon with the usual mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar. Her specie comprised—for Oporto, 5,0001. ; Lisbon, 41,9731. ; Gibraltar, 27,3001. ; total, 74,2731. She had also on board 29 passengers—viz., first class, 16 ; second class, 11 ; deck, 2 ; among them were the Baron and Baroness d'Aelsward, for Lisboa ; and Captain Goven, Royal Artillery.—The Tagus, with the homeward Pen insular mails, is due about the 13th inst.—The Rajah is appointed to leave for Malta and Constantinople on the 15th inst., and will convey a large quantity of supplies for the forces in the East.—The Candia, with the Medi terranean, India, and China mails, Captain J. 8. Field, will leave on the 20th inst. THE RUSSIAN " HOSPITAL" FOR THE WOUNDED.— It appears that from the first the Allies noticed a large structure in the central part of the city, which was sur mounted by a yellow flag,' indicating that it was an hospital for the wounded. A communication to that effect was made to the Generals commanding the Allied Armies, and strict orders had been given to spare that part of the town. Some time after, however, some deserters from the place gave information which led to the conviction that a deceit had been practised ; in fact, it was found that the building, which was supposed to give shelter to the sick and wounded, w as anything but an hospital : it was a vast magazine, where the ammunition and stores of the besieged were depo sited. Acting on this information, some shells were thrown into it, and the pretended hospital blew up with a tremendous effect. The ground around it shook as if with an earthquake, and heuses were thrown to the ground in all directions. The Kreuz Zeitung of the sth, contains an official de spatch from St. Petersburg of the 3d inst., that the Russian General Baron von Nieolai has inflicted a severe blow on the celebrated Circassian chief Schamyl, at Gros Naja, in the country of the Tschet schenzen (Gros Naja lies on the Tchetchia), a tributary of the Terek, which flows into the Caspian Sea. Just before the termination of business yesterday after noon much satisfaction was caused by an announcement posted at Lloyd's that the Swarthmore, from Melbourne, put into Tahiti on the Ist of August. She has 63,123 ounces of gold on board, and, owing to great apprehen sions for her safety, insurances have recently been effected t; upon her at the rate of 40 per cent. Closing Prices this day. Business this day. SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. CONSTANTINOPLE, 00t.24.—1t is now the eighth day since the beginning of the great conflict. No steamer has made its appearance from Sepastopol for the last two days. Had any such left on the 22d it would be already here, and if any event of importance had occurred such a vessel would cer tainly have been despatched. We may conclude, therefore, that on the sixth day of incessant can nonading the fortress still remained in the hands of the Czar. It is said that one effect of the naval diversion on the 17th was, that the Allies were able to gain a parallel 200 yards nearer the Russian works, a considerable advantage, if the story be true ; for such an advance might make all the dif ference between a destructive and an ineffectual fire against earth and stone. A person who left on the 19th says that the only effect of the English and French balls on some of the Russian works was to make them seem speckled all over. The strength of the .defences is most undoubted. But when once a breach is made the rest will be easy. The Russian troops are said to be disheartened. The sailors from the fleet work well, and are the principal ar tillerymen. Should the Allies once get in among them the affair will not last a couple of hours, though it cannot be doubted that numbers must fall before an entrance is effected. The loss at Alma is a proof of the difficulty of attacking a strong position, even when those defending it are inferior in every way. It would be madness to attempt an attack without having made two or three practicable breaches, and, as far as our present information extends, we aro unaware of any such success having been achieved. How ever, there is another month fit for operations, and there seems no reason to believe that any considerable force of Russians can advance to help the place for some weeks to come. The troops fired at by an English st eamer w h en crossing the Dniester did not appear to be more than 20,000 strong, and they can hardly arrive in the south of the Crimea for another month. There are persons who say that the Russian army of Simpheropol is of great strength, but it seems most improbable, for it would hardly, in that case, have allowed the town to be so endangered as it was on the 17th and 18th. The dismasted and battered Albion arrived yes terday in Bujukdere Bay, towed by the Orinoco. This vessel, with the Agamemnon and Sanspareil, ,bore the brunt of the action. She had 15 killed and 72 wounded in the day's combat. She was towed down to Constantinople this morning to be docked. As she passed, with her main and mizen topmasts shot away, and her sides showing the marks of the fray, a band on board played enliven ing airs—a strange contrast to the scene which had been witnessed on board a week before. She has several large holes near the waterline, which have been temporarily boarded . up and painted ; and the round marks of the shot are to be seen on every part of her hull. Her vast bulk, equal to to that of a first-rate, with her battered aspect, and the interest attached to the fight, attracted crowds during her passage down the Bosphorus. The spectators eyed her silently with various ideas and sympathies—the English, with pride, mingled with sorrow the Turks with apathy which might veil any feeling, other parts of the population with something like secret gratification. She had sent upwards of 120 men on shore previous to the com mencement of the action, in which she was exposed to the hottest fire of the Russian batteries. There was a general anticipation on board that the fleet would again try its fortune against the fortifica tions which it has so long 'watched ; but, whatever may be the ardour of the . soldiers, it would be un wise to allow any chagrin at an incomplete result to urge the valuable squadron into action under circumstances in which our loss must at least be greater than any we can inflict on the enemy. The Arethusa is not so much injured as some of the other vessels, but she was found to be in a rotten state, and thei shot which struck her knocked out whole pieces of her hull, although this would have done little damage to a sound ship. The French loss it is difficult to ascertain with exactness. It is, however, certainly greater than was supposed at first, being now stated at 60 killed and 250 wounded. The total loss of the allied fleets on the 17th was therefore more than 600 men. No French vessel, however, was so much injured as the Albion, although the Ville do Paris had her upper deck very much shattered by the shells of the enemy. Lieutenant Lloyd is still alive at the naval hospital at Therapia, although his wound is most severe, and his escape from instant death wonderful. A shell struck him under the arm and tore away part of his side ; the hurt, however, is not mortal, and he has the advantage of at least sufficient medical attendance. About 84 wounded have been landed at Therapia • two had died up to the night of the 22d ; since then there have been also one or two deaths. Many of the men who wora slightly hurt have remained on board. The Orinoco, which towed down the Albion, will pro bably return with Turkish troops. 'However, the supply of these is nearly exhausted, and the arrival of French reinforcements from Marseilles would be received with satisfaction. The Allied troops are no doubt incomparably superior to the Russians, but still the expected superiority of the enemy after a short time is a cause of disquiet even to the sanguine. By the last accounts the force of the Russians on the Tchernaya was estimated at about 24,000 men. Such an army can, indeed, do nothing of itself, but it may serve to reinforce the garrison of Sebastopol, which had its communication entirely open, and has continually received and sent intel ligence connected with the defence of the place. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 26.—The British army mail, which left yesterday by the French boat for Marseilles, will be 14 days on its passage , It may be as well to give some account of events up to the last arrival from Sebastopol. We have news up to the 23d, which is on the whole satisfactory, although the progress of the siege may not keep pace with the anticipations o f th e sanatnne. On the evening of the 20th the Russians made a sortie, and spiked three of the French guns. They were, however, driven baek with considerable slaughter. Much harm is done to the siege operations by the insuffi cient solidity of the French works. It appears that they are smith injdred by the Itiissian fire, and the work of cannonading goes on slowly in their palt of the line. A spectator on the 20th ColnPated it iq child's play, and said that the fire diu not exceed a shot every ore inintitee from each battery. This, however, seems to be an exaggera tion. The town has been on fire several times ;it is nanch ct't abol, a the of the enemy must 110 13. the 21st treat. aeserter Caine mit trie 21st said that no less than 5,000 liaclbooll killed and wounded. Nachimar the adsdiral sihd mendednincase was said to be among the dead; ihe accounts •we receive are of the most nie4gre kind, as they ar e In ainip hurried lines ferhish.;d Pehans writ!? fetk , h tir rnes to their friends, or by in`..vai officers who have been kept at a distance from the sceneof • action. It is,however, Stated is positive that the Brit; I , hadvanced I • e t leir works within 390 yards -8 a of the Russians and are making a considerable I • mpression. The Rifles have been engaged in Picking off tie ussi R • an gunners,, who are 'Shot down in considerable niinileehl. There are several volunteers also armed with rifles who have join e d in this part of the warfare. It is said by deserters that the greatest panic prevails in the town, which is almost soldiers are said to be kept at their guns by the swords of their officers, and many have been shot for attemptin g to desert. On the 22d the French opened another battery on the e x t reme right of the Russians ; it was sup posed that w h en this new work produced its effect the place would be stormed simultaneously from the British and French positions. The British troops had conducted the siege wit • h a coolness and courage which was the admiration of beholders. The loss had been as yet very slight —not more than 200 • killed and wounded since the beginning of the c annonade. The ch i ef difficulty was the transport of ammunition for such a distance. In some places we h a d b een presse d very hard by the Russian fire, but in the end the enemy had always received the worst of the conflict. The force of the Russians in the field is t• l cer am y less than 30,000 men. It has made no fresh attack, or attempt at one, since the 17th. No news of re inforcements has arrived, although it is believed that a large force of R • is Russians already south of Perekop. The Allies are no doubt in want of fresh troops. The effective British force is not more than 16,000, so great has been the void made by battle and disease. No less than 9,000 men are dead or hors de combat in the last eight weeks. More Turkish troops aro being sent up ; to-day the Golden Fleece arrived hero from Vole, with 2,000 troops, who were engaged in opposing the Greek invasion. But it could be wished that reinforcements of a better rMarseilles. The could a rr i ve f rom P ortsmouth o The Viper arrived this morning. A. fire broke out in the town at 3 a.m. of the 233, and was burn ing 18 hours after. Whether this be intentional accidental cannot be st a t e d. Th ere i s no doubtthoart the town has suffered greatly, and would have been destroyed, but that it is, to a great extent, built of stone. The prisoners and even the deserters say that the Russian generals are determined to leave the place a ruin. The women and children may probably have been sent over to the northern sides. It is to be hoped that they may be placed in safety before the final assault, for such is the obstinacy of the defence that the rage of the sol diers are being roused, and assuredly the Zonaves and other African regiments will display no small ferocity when the place is sacked. There does not seem any intention of sending in the ships a second time to attack the forts. If the vessels had been all screw-ships the effect might have been very different ; but it was necessary to lash a steamer alongside of each sailing-vessel in order to carry her in, and the efficiency of both was correspondingly diminished. The Albion is very much injured ; it is said she was on fire in nine or ten places, and that she was only saved by great exertions. She will be patched up here, prepara tory to being sent home. Her place is, however, well supplied by the Algiers. There was some talk of storming the place to wards the end of the week, about the 28th, but there is reason to believe that such reports are mere surmises, and that the commanders have come to no determination. Indeed, it is evident that such an assault must depend for success on the i impression made on the Russian works, and up to this time there iA nothing which can be called a practicable breath. Communications between the southern and northern shores of the bay are still open, but it ro niains to be seen whetherthe Russians will be able, on the fall of Sebastopol proper, to cross the water with their remaining vessels, and defend them selves in their new position. If they can succeed in this their fire may render the place untenable, , and at all events Fort Constantine and its out works would have to be attempted by a second series-of seige operations. The weather is still gloriously fine, and well fitted to siege operations. The wind, for the last few days, has been from the south, and the heat con- 1 sequently oppressive ; but still the season is most favourable, and for another fortnight we may expect a continuance of the present propitious weather. Afterwards the army muss make up its mind for hail, wind, and rain, with all the incon veniences of a November climate. Let us hope that before the middle of next month they may be safely housed in Sebastopol. The wounded are all going on favourably, except that whenever a southerly wind prevails inflamma tion begins, and the simplest wound will not heal. Scutari is in a much more decent order, although there is still a great deficiency of medical attend ance. The supply of medicines is now sufficient, and the place has been cleaned of its former impurities. But the sufferings of the risen have been very great, and it cannot be too frequently impressed on the minds of those in authority at home that the prepa rations for such events as those now occurring ought to be on the largest scale. No one can say what will be the numbers of wounded in the great assault which may any day take place. It is as well to state the truth at once. Alma is likely to have been far less deadly than the struggle which will take place in the breaches of Sebastopol. The enemy there will probably be unable to retreat, and if he have a trace of courage, or even of natural instinct, he will defend himself with desperation. Every street may have its barricade, country c will l e l c o n economy w an wickedness. expense Surgeons whieh and wi will and the very ground o ver w hi c h th e assau lti ng regiments, pass may con cea l th e d ea dl y m i ne . I n such nurses in numbers sho u ld b e sen t out. Th e T e myis ickdes grudge be small in vmparison with the good it will do, and many a family will owe its happiness to the precaution of a thoughtful Executive. OCT. 27.—The last advices from Sebastopol are up to the 25th. The vessel which brought them is unable to furnish any details, but we know that the siege was going on as usual. Women and children are said to be lying unburied in the streets; everything is neglected in order to keep up the defence ; all the guns of the Round Fort were said to be silenced except one. The Russians are con structing another line of works behind their pre sent ones ; they have plenty of guns and ammuni tion. The British effective infantry is now about 15,000, the French 36,000, the Turks.ll,ooo. The artillerymen are being much worn out by incessant toil. They are 12 hours out of the 24 in trenches, instead of the usual 8. The loss of effective strength from sickness and wounds amounts, in the British force, to about 80 a-day. The Carnac has just arrived with a large addition to the medical staff. This is a timely relief to the worn-out surgeons of Scutari, and a fitting pre paration for the great assault which will soon take place. The sick are still very much neglected in the Crimea. The naval hospital at Therapia is ex tremely comfortable, and the men receive every attention. They are about 80 in number, and most of them are becoming rapidly convalescent. Lieu tenant Lloyd of the Triton is doing well in spite of his dangerous wound. Lieutenant-Colonel Lawrenson, of the 17th Lancers, went home a day or two since. Captain Dallas, 11th Hussars, is recovering. Prince Ernest of Sane Leiningen is now nearly well, after two months' illness. Scutari is being prepared for the reception of fresh wounded. EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS FROM THE CAMP. REPORTS OF DESERTERS. OCT. 20. —Deserters, whe came out in the last two days, drew a melancholy picture of the state of Sebas topol, and the execution our artillery had done among the garrison. The fortress, they said, was like a large slaughter house, and since we opened fire five thousand men had been taken to the hospitals and the graveyards. This is good news for us, if it be true. But it should be recollected that deserters are in the habit of saying whatever they think is most likely to please those to whom they surrender. ♦N AWKWARD MISTAKE. Sir Colin Campbell had ordered that no pickets should enter the plain which separates our position from the Rus sian hills. The troops were told that any masses moving in that plain must needs be Russians, and orders were given to fire upon such masses the moment they came within range. Now it so happened that the Turkish commander either did not understand, or that he for got the order, for he sent numerous and strong pickets into this very plain. Two columns of Turks, thus laudably employed in insuring the safety of the camp, and marching one upon the ether, came almost at the same mornunt in sight of a battery manned by English artillerymen and protected by a strong body of our infantry. No sooner did the dark masses of the Turks loom through the shades of night—at a distance df certainly less than four hundred yards— than the artillery let fly at them with rockets and round shot, and the infantry poured down their terrible volleys of musketry. The Turks of either party believed that the body of men march ing upon them were a Russia force, and the two columns, setting up a terrible howl, were just on the point of charging one another, when the proceedings were stepped, and the matter cleared up by the arrival of Colonel Sterling and Lieutenant Wagemati, Who bad just seen the Pacha, and learnt from him that he had sent parties to scour the plain. So riding up in hot haste they came at the very height of the dutiftision, just as the two parties of Turks were about to grapplu in mortal combat, while the battery 'w ag almost i n the ac t of giving them another dis Charge of gung .4.11:1 Musketry. When the time for explanations came;, most strange id say, it was found that none of theTdrks *ere hurt. The shot had gone over their heads, for Beithet the gunners nor the musketeers had any idea that the stipp osud enemy was so close at hand. Tilia STATE Or TEM OAERISON. d ;il l . late neirs of the distress of the garrison y severa of Sebastopol was yes4.4rdaY confirmed and b as %heFe could de serters, who all teld the same story , be no previous understanding between t hem , asser ; tions are entitled to some credit. I give them in full. the it from our batteries has most terribly told upon Sebastopol ; the Isicc is Pits asvast slaughter-house, and t a. hip, the streets are full of howl in g Five thousand men are killed or severely wounded. The explosion of the magazine in the rear of the redoubt, on the first day of the siege, killed and disabled three thou sand men. The garrison are disheartened, and wish their tribulation was over, and that the Allies had taken the town. The chief engineer, who conducts the defence of the fortress, is severely wounded, VIGILANCE OF THE TROOPS. Yesterday, too, the position of Balaklava was alarmed by the Russians, who displayed a force of 8 battalions on their own bill-tops, and who, as usual, retreated when they found Sir Celia Campbell prepared to receive them with all the honours of war. The repeated advances of the Russians and Sir Colin Campbell's extreme vigilance keep the troops in the batteries and the camp continually on the alert. They are like Sir Walter Scott's Knights of Branksom Hall, who stood, walked, ate, drank, and slept in armour. They muster at daybreak; pickets are out all night. After sunset the silence of death hangs over the camp; all lights anclfires are out, and the infantry sleep with their muskets within reach, the cavalry with their swords belted round them, and their horses ready saddled, the artillery sleep with their guns, and the whole camp is always prepared to rise up in arms at the first shot in front or the first sound of the bugle. And Sir Colin, whose green old age tires and almost breaks his youngest and strongest aides-de-camp, is up all day and half the night inspecting the outposts and ascertaining with his own eyes that the position confided to his keeping is safe from surprise. A CARGO OF LUXURIES. I am glad to ho able to announce to you that an enterprising merchant from Para has at last come to relieve the necessities of the camp. His ship; a barque of 150 tons, containing a general cargo of necessaries and luxuries, came in last night. He commenced his sale this morning, and by sunset lie had disposed of one-third of his cargo, at prices which, on the average,' must yield 100 per c ent. profit. I qu . ote a few of the prices, premisinfi that all the articles are of inferior description. ° India rubber coats, 60s. ; iron camp bedsteads, 455. ; cigars, per pound, 30er; chocolate, per pound, 3s. ; a small cheese, 12s. ; candles, per pound, 3s. ; Westphalia hams of 10 pounds, 255. These are the prices I noticed ; all the others are equally high. But there is, no bargaining in a camp, and men are but too glad to obtain useful things for any amount of useless money. The arrival of the stores at Balaklava is hardly known in the camp at Sebastopol. When the news spreads the rush of officers and officers' servants will be tremendous, and prices will most likely rise 50 per cent. Here is a vast field for enterprise. THE RUSSIANS AT THEIR GUNS. A French officer was taken prisoner on shore the other day ; he was taken into Sebastopol, and in the confusion managed to escape, Se says that there were 5,000 men killed ; the wounded were innumerable. They were obliged to drive the Russians to their guns at the point of the bayonet, and they had the gallows rigged, and were hanging them by the dozen. The town was in a❑ awful state. There is a report that the Poles will turn on I 1 - w Russians as soon as our troops assault it, which is not unlikely. LORD DTJNIKELLIN. He, went with a party of his regiment to convey am munition to the new battery on the right about 4 a.m. There was Do one to show the road and they missed the track. The serjeant at last observing troops in front called the attention of Lord Dunkellin to the fact, and he, ordering the party to remain where it was, went for ward to reconnoitre. He did not return, and after some time waitinc , the serjeant marched the men back to the camp. Lord Dunkellin advanced too far, and, being near-sighted, was made prisoner. DEATH OF LIEUTENANT GREATHED. One of the enemy's round shot struck the muzzle of a large 68 pounder, breaking it, and killing and wounding by the fragments several who were around. Among the victims of this shot was Lieutenant Greathed, First Lieutenant of the Britannia, fl ig-ship. He bad been invalided home, but returned to his duty, and v. as on the eve of promotion. A great part of his side was carried away ; but, in spite of the terrible wound, be was able to dictate his last wishes in a letter to friends far away. Ho survived the injury upwards of half an hour. Two sailors and an artilleryman were killcd by the same Information has been received from a prisoner of the death of the Governor of Sebastopol. it is stated that he was wounded in the leg by a round shot, and that he Lank after the amputation of the limb. Admiral Dundas is reported tp have given up com mand of the fleet to Sir Edmund Lyons. The position of the English batteries is as follows : That called the 40-gun battery, or the Greenhill, or sometimes Captain Chapman's battery, is on the extreme left, facing the lines of the 3d and 4th divisions. The 21-gun battery, or Frenchman's hill, or Captain Gordon's battery, is in front of the Light Division. The 1-gun battery (the Lancaster gun) is in rear and to the left of the 21-gun battery. The 5-gun battery is on the extreme right. THE FLEET. Or THE KATOHA, OCT. 21. The fleet has again relapsed into the state of repose from which it had been disturbed by the bombardment of Sebastopol on the 17th inst. It is busy in effacing the souvenirs of balls and shells, in making conjectures as to a future more serious and better combined attack, and in discussing the deeds and adventures of the different vessels engaged in the affair. I give you what I could collect of the latter, partly as an eye-witness, partly from the accounts of others who were so, for, as smoke formed decidedly the most promi nent feature of the bombardment, it was only now and then possible to catch a glimpse of other vessels, which appeared and disappeared like so many huge phantoms in the midst of the flashes and the thundering peals of artillery. THE TRAFALGAR. Like the Albion and the Arethnsa, the Trafalgar could not long keep her place, or, rather, she never took it up properly, for the Rodney sent a Moorsom shell into the mainmast of the Retribution, to which the Tra falgar was lashed ; it burst in it, the mast went down, and both vessels were unfit for action. THE DRITANNIA. The old Britannia maintained her position, and was exposed to a hail of shot and shell. Both she and the Furious, to which she was lashed, kept up a very good rocket practice at the batteries. I saw towards dusk some very well-directed ones fly over. The Ad miral himself narrowly escaped a shell, which burst on the poop. He was sitting on the poop railing when it fell. THE DETACHED STEAHEES. The detached steamers on the left were decidedly the heroes of the day. To them was assigned jthe position north of the shoal running out from the Cape Fort. While the other vessels went down outside as far as Quarantine Bay and then veered round and opened their fire from their starboard broadside, the detached steamers steamed straight down inside, near the shore. The first were the Sampson, Terrible, and Tribune, who advanced like eclaireurs before the Agamemnon and the Sanspa reil, which formed the main strength of this division. These two, after having tried the range of their long pivot-guns at the Wasp Battery, steamed right down to the fort on Cape Constantine—the formidable casemated battery at the lest of the entrance into Sebastopol, and engaged it. There you could see them anchored, the Agamemnon at 800 yards, and the Sanspariel a little behind, enduring with unshaken firmness the heaviest fire of the enemy, and returning it with great vigour, while the steam frigates, who could approach closer in the shoal water, hovered around them, making the most of their independent position. The situation of the two screw line-of-battle-ships was the most critical possible, exposed as they were to a heavy cross fire, on one side from the northermost batteries run ning along the . shore, from the Star Fort inside, and from the whole outward face of the fort on Cape Constantine. For two hours they had to encounter the whole fire of the enemy on that side alone, when the Queen, having left her first anchoring-place, where the Turkish flag-ship had come in her way, passed inside of the other sailing line-of-battle ships from the extreme right to the left, and came up alongside the two heavily pressed screw steamers, and drew off part of the enemy's fire from them—a movement which, as I told you, was acknowledged by Admiral Lyons hoisting the signal of " Well done, Queen !" It was a marvellous sight to see such an immense vessel as the Queen passing the other liners inside, and both Captain Mitchell and Captain Powell, the commander of the Vesuvius, deserve the highest credit for the skill and enter prise with which they took the vessel in as well as out. Unfortunately, the respite which she brought was only momentary, for, being in but six fathoms water, she was in danger of going on shore unless she anchored, while if she had anchored she would have had to leave her anchors behind, and perhaps something more, for she had caught fire from a red-hot shot ; she was thus obliged to yield to the forzn maggiore, and withdraw. The Sanspareil, owing to her unwieldiness and the defects in her propelling force, which fails always when most necessary, would have had a hard fate had not the Shark, a tiny little steam-tug, which attends the Sanspareil as a planet does its sun, or the jackal' its lion, gone in and - towed her out. The skill aid courage displayed by the commander of this little craft, Mr. Balls, second mate, excited general admiration. It was a striking illustration of the lion and the mouse, 'to see the little Shark help out the colossal Sanspareil, but at the same time it was a most gallant feat of seaman ship. It is reported that Admiral Lyons sent in the commander of the Shark with the words—" Go in ; you will find there a coffin or your promotion." Both the Agamemnon and Sanspareil were obliged to leave buoys for their anchors, but they .teft also some heavy marks of their presence on the face of the forts. Both ships did net quit their posts until nightfall, for Admiral Lyons determined to be sunk rather than give in. CAPTAIN MITCHELL AND THE TURKISH ADMIRAL. While I am relating to you the deeds done on the day of the bombardment, I cannot refrain from telling you also a happy mot spoken the day after the action. The Turkish Admiral sent his excuses to Captain Mitchell, of the Queen for having gone betw een hi s s hi p an d t h e forts. The answer of Captain Mitchell was, "that he considered him to do his duty best who was nearest the enemy." THE LABRADOR: A. letter from Constantinople, in the Constitutionnel, gives the following details of the incident which caused the Labrador steamer to withdraw from the attack at Sebastopol on the 17th :--" Towards four in the after noon, as we were looking anxiously forward for a clear opening to see the fortifications better, and to direct our aim more surely, we heard a cry on board of 'Fire, Are I The fire is close to the powder magazine ! To the " In fact, a Russian shell of 80 had burst in the pumps • - -rl. had set fire to some ropes which were captain's cabin, .nowde . r magazine. At once the close to the partition a of . t;L.7 quani !iity of water was poured spot was cleared out, a vast p ,-wder magazine, boll , ' into the cabin and into the -Mould have and God d'o . preserved us, for certainly we ,7 11 been blown up, as lief a the vessel next to us. COOLNESS OF AiiilttAll 4AMELIN. A letter in the Gazette du Midi 066 the following ac count of the effects of the shell which bur's! !trt the poop of the Ville de Paris :—" This shell blew up negily the whole of thepoop, on which were standing at the time AA.; iniralHamelinand fmir of his aides-de-camp. The admiral was thrown some feet up luta the air, but without being hurt. After having glanced at bia aides-de-camp, one of whom was cut in two, another had hig two legs car ried away below the knee, and a third was slightly wounded, he merely exclaimed, 'Poor fellows 1' and re , sumed the command with as much coolness as before. The son of Osman Pasha, the Egyptian admiral who perished at Sinope, and who was serving on board the Ville de Paris as aspirant, was one of the first killed — sad victim of the fatality which appears to pursue his family." THE BELLEROPHON IN ACTION. The following is an extract of a letter received by the friends of an officer of the Bellerophon !--- " We got our • topgallant-masts, studding , booms down, bound our yards up, and made everything ready. We were towed by t he Cyclops. She was lashed alongside of us—the port side, as were all the steamers. The fleets were well away by 11 o'clock. The French led the way, then the Turks, and the English last. At 1 o'clock we cleared for action (our starboard guns). The French and Turks anchored off the south forts, but they were not half near enough. It was a splendid sight to seo as we were going in the ship and forts firing ; a tremendous fire th was Gran kep v ilt .ulep. I was looking out. of t he bow port, wi, when we heard a sharp repot% close to iv+, the pieces of the shell fell wit hin 10 y ards of us. W e anchored within about 1,200 yards of Fort Constantine, one of the heavy entrance forts (the Agamemnon was ahead of us). We had hardly commenced firing, when Admiral ' Lyons sent his flag-lieutenant on board to ask Lord George to come to his assistance, as he had four forts bearing on him. We of course imme diately weighed, yards and steamed in to within ei g h t hundred - Wasp fort and some mud batteries on the top °i of ' the Wasp e hill. We were the closest ship in. The firewek t ept up was splendid, the men were so co that one of our shots were thrownol.l do not b e li eve away —not one fired till he got his object exactly on. We soon silenced Wasp Fort, and then turned our attent i on to the mud batteries, which had got our , range to a T. Th e Aga memnon made th e signal Well.ss a w done, eßellerophon,'had three it and then went out and left u forts playing on us . I can tell you got rather hotter than I liked. The shells were coming against us like hail ; one came through and burst over the almond gun in my quarters. I secured a piece immediately after it burst. A. few minutes afterwards we caught fire for- _ ward on the lower deck, so we had to cease firing and extinguish the fire, which was done in about ten minutes. I could not sec a, yard before me ; the smoke was so thick. It got so hot at last that Lord George gave the order to ship the cables. Whilst the men were over the port side shipping the cables, a shell and shot came in forward.. It must have cleared two guns' crews away had they been at their guns. When we shipped the cable we found that the anchor had never been on the ground, so we had been drifting in towards the forts all the while, and, what was worse than all, we had got a shoal ahead and astern, so the steamer could not go ahead. Luckily the Spitfire was within hail, so she towed our head short round, and we got out. We were the last ship, and we hauled out at 7 o'clock. Two shells had burst on the main deck, and one on the upper deck, which I am sorry to say killed poor little Forster. No doubt you remember him. He was standing under the poop, tie port side, when the skell came in, and burst close to him. He was as black as a coal. A piece of his skulf was knocked out ; he also had severe wounds on his lice, and luckily he died 24 hours afterwards, but was not sensible. W e anchored in our old digging with our side and r i gg i ng beautifully cut up. We had five men k il l ed idsixtc. he en wounded, besides several bruises with splint ers. The Albion was the worst cut up. She had a narrow escape ; a shell burst in the handing room of her magazine. She has gone down to Constantinople , to be docked. She had lieutena et killed, and three officers wounded, and ten men killed. 'We are about the fourth worst ship. The Britannia, Trafalgar, Queen. Vengeance, London, and Rodney, are hardly touched. Our sides are awfully rpped up. We had the first gun on the lower deck disabled, and two ports nearly knocked into one. Our wheel was knocked away. I think we are hulled about fifteen or twenty times. Our main tope mast was shot through. The total loss in the English fleet is 45 killed and 256 wounded. Ido not know the loss of the French. The Turks had only one man wounded. Fort Constantine was nearly silenced ;it is cracked right down, and has been since propped up with spars. Most likely we shall go in again when the troops storm the place; I never expected to get through it without a scratch. I had four shots en the lower deck, and I know they were good ones. Poor Forster was buried on Thursday. 'attended his inneral. You can not think how we miss him : he was universally liked. The Britannia has the name of Navy -back given her. I have not time or room to enter into further details." THE ALBION BEFORE FORT GONSTA.NTINE. Extract of a letter off Sebastopol, Oct. 18, H.M.S. Albion : " It is a very difficult and laborious task to get the guns up the heights, as the enemy is continually firing, night and day. Day after day we have been waiting impatiently for the army to begin, as that was to be the signal for attacking the forts. Yes terday morning the Allies opened a tremendous can nonade on the inner forts, and down went the fleet, each ship having its allotted post for the battle—ours was the Waif battery, which is to the north of Fort Constantine : it mounts about twelve guns, and is on very high ground. The French line-of-battle ship (Screw) Napoleon, with the Agamemnon, began the fight ; we had to pass Fort Constantine, and in so ' doing got within range of their guns, so we had the Waif battery and Fort Constantine, with about 100 guns, bearing on us, through some mistake of the steamer who towed us. The Admiral had been mis informed, or we should not have been within two fires. However, we opened on Fort Constantine, which they returned, but it was too much for us ; we were on fire in three places, and the enemy poured in grape and canister in quick succession. We are fearfully knocked about, and report says we go to Constantinople to repair damages. The other ships kept up their fire till dark, when they all hauled off. I think the Arethusa and ourselves have suffered most. If the Russians had managed their guns well they could have sunk us easily. The forts were so high we could not depress the guns on the lower deck sufficient to reach them, being so close under their bat tery. 60 20 16 al 25 I 21 25 1: St. I 101 50 I a 10 itz 2011' 20 al 100 a , 100 a 100 al 100 a] 20 1 20 4 1 20 20 1 20 1 20 I 2 33k 3 20 I a] j a] 20 I ai 10 a , 20 20 1 , 6 al 20 21 40 a] 140 a] 50 al 25 20 100 2! 100 2i 20 1 20 I a' 50 21 50 11 100 21 100 3 20 lc 50 2: 20 al 23 al [CO 10 8,1 25 i al .11 Au5tra1a5ia............ LB British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 11 British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. link. of India, Australia, & China 5 Colonial !O Commercial of Lond .6 English Scottish and Australian Lu Loud. 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"My Lord,—Mere than a month has expired since I was induced to address your lordship with a view to ascer tain whether the expectation might still be entertained of an effectual blockade of the Russian ports in the Black Sea and Sea of Azoff which the prior declarations of Go vernment had encouraged, and which has consequently formed the basis of commercial operations to a considerable extent. " Although the reply elicited by me was by no means so conclusive as could have been desired for the future gui dance of parties interested in this important question, its tenon might be presumed to favour the inference that the , original design of Government, which on more than one occasion assumed the positive character of an official an nouncement of an existing blockade, would at length bo realised. " The disposition of the British merchant would there fore lead him to persevere in developing other and more congenial sources of supply in our own colonies and depen dencies of such articles of produce as the war with Russia. might otherwise render comparatively unavailable. " To prove to your lordship that the impulse already imparted has not been without result, the fact may be mentioned that of linseed alone shipments to this market has e been made at Calcutta, during four months after the declaration of war with Russia became known there, of no less than 107,500 quarters, against only 16,500 quarters exported in the corresponding period of the preceding year. " "While such energy and enterprise are being legiti mately employed, it does seem rather discouraging that the still suspended blockade should impair the interests of the British merchant and shipowner, by permitting a par ticular class of alien and (as regards the policy of the war) inimically disposed merchants located here to compete on unequal and unusually favourable terms, by the unre strained importation of Russian produce in neutral vessels from the Black Sea. "It would, however, yield some satisfaction if your lordship were at least to indicate the intentions of Govern ment as regards the blockade, so that contingent mercan tile operations may no longer be pursued at haphazard.— I am, my lord, your most obedient humble servant, . .. . _ " J. JoRNSON. " The Right Hon. the Earl of Clarendon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs." " Foreign-office, Nov. 6. " Sir,—With reference to your letter of the 30th ult., in which you request information as to the intentions of her Majesty's Government with respect to the blockade of the Russian ports in the Black Sea and Sea of Azoff, I am directed by the Earl of Clarendon to state to you that it is the intention of her Majesty's Government to institute a rigorous blockade ; but, pending the operations in the Crimes, no distinct assurance can be given as to the period when it will be effective. " I am, sir, " Your most obedient humble servant, " John Johnson, Esq." " WODEHOINIE." THE GREEKS IN LONDON. It has been represented to us that many of the Greek merchantsresident in London, who probably owe their lives and certainly their fortunes to the protection they have enjoyed under the British flag, have so far forgotten themselves and their true position as to give vent to their satisfaction at the result of the late foray of the Russians in a most indecent manner. We have no desire that these gentlemen should be exposed to any injury in consequence of their political opinions ; they are as free to cast in their lot with the Czar Nicholas as with Queen Victoria ; but, if such be their reso lution, let them at once betake themselves to the territories of their friends, and evacuate the capital of their enemies. They would do well to draw a comparison between their present position and what it would have been had they been enrolled in the merchant guilds of Muscovy. They have, no doubt, as perfect a right as we have ourselves to political sympathies and opinions. One thing how ever, let them remember. England will tolerate no avowed enemy in her capital at the moment she is spending her life's blood in contest with ifthheyerwionuvlea terate foe. The sea is open to them, e part without bd gone from our shores. Theyni t a h y o d y let or hindrance from us ; .but, if remain, they m la a n t d ters an , d n o eJ e t c w u i p th must remain as sojourners British nation, save in a, the public affairs... o ll l e themselves with theirtobwon pirnivhtee T y: would do well to reflect with whatn had he caught them at Mosco tocrat wouldhave itheston4selYlvsepsiurpiton b the conduct ofthe Russian A.u or Nishni Novgorod ee expressing publicly their w faction at the result of the battle foughtonsatthise- Now, if we English do the , Bugs i sii Czar in any othheirmpianrtoiuculr Al ma 's banks- not resemble j a e r a , lo a u t s l y ea fo s r t , e will not bear to hear a. surpass, own capital city raised tt b it no r g a u v sa e scream our e e a c q m o u u a o n i f t country Su perhapsmp honour. i s n ur indebtedoyof. our se over ar iht b by l l bloody theyo whody fateearenj a sons by a l f l t o for the ideasofd wealthe. ali ce nY n dbri cy sed and propriety out of the question, at least for their own sakes, it would have been as well had the Greeks waited to ascertain the real foundation upon which their expressions of satisfaction reposed. We feel a very sure confidence that ere many days have elapsed the sympathizers with the Czar—the men who rejoice that some two or three hundred Englishmen have been slaughtered in the Crimea, —will find that their joy was not a little prema ture. This, however, is not the point. Whether one Englishman or' 10,000 Englishmen have been killed, it matters not ; the Greeks here n London cannot be permitted to triumph in the destruction of a single British soldier, though he be but one. If any Quaker gentleman—Mr. John Bright, for writi u n „ example—thinks the moment a well-chosen andis ma one for f blaming the policy of his countrymen . h . up the Muscovite, at least he is an Engl settle its guar- With Englishmen the country can . but let no foreign merchant attempt to follow suit e o r f their own the protection of our laws — whop another way, but to the fovrrehigno, s who enjoy country, there can be our if they disapprove the but one of two courses open, choice, have settled in • policy or action of the British nation,—let them e —Times ) keep silence, or beg= • r~ 'hr. I PI 71i 1 81i i 71, 8 43 3 21 34i it 4 03 Paid.