The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-24 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL. AW A Ey MARKEI BY SUBMARISE AXD EUROPEAS TELEGRAPH. TRIESTE, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 23. The steamer Bombay arrived on the 23d, at eight a.m., in 112 hours from Alexandria. ALEXANDRIA, AUGUST 18. The India Mail has been in Alexandria since the 15th, with advioes from Calcutta to July 14 ; Madras, July 21 ; Shanghai, June 28; Canton, July 4 ; Hong Kong, July 6 ; Singapore, July 14 ; and Bombay, July 20. There is no particular news. Trade in India was dull. Exchange at Shanghai, 6s. Bd. ; Canton, ss. Oicl Freights at Alexandria, 3s. per quarter. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY. The General Screw Steam Navigation Company's steamer India.:a, Captain Lambert, which has been placed on the Havre and New York line, arrived in Southampton Water to-day at noon. She left New York on the 10th instant, and not on the Bth, as reported by the Cunard steamer Africa, whose arrival at Liverpool on Sunday was reported in The San. Her passage has thus occupied a space of little over 12 days. The Indiana brings 70 passengers and general cargo, but no specie. The news by this arrival is meagre. Previous to the sailing of the Indiana telegraphic reports had been received from New Orleans an nouncing the arrival there of the El Dorado steam ship from San Francisco, and the Philadelphia from Havannah. The Et Dorado brought dates from California to the 15th ult., the same as those pre viously received by the Star of the West. The Havannah news was of no importance. Conflicting reports had been received in New York respecting the pro g ress of the cholera i n th e provinces. In the neigiibourhoAl of the Niagara Falls it was much on the increase • so much so, that the place had almost b een deserted by tourists and fashionable visitors. In Baltimore the disease Was declining, while at New Brunswick it was rather on the increase. The Greytown affair still occupied the attention of the public, and there the matter stood. The State elections were being held. In the St. Louis district, Missouri, Mr. Luther M. Kennett had been returned by a majority of from 600 to 800 over Mr. Benton. Great excitement had taken place, and much rioting was the result, but without serious consequences. Mr. Kennett is a great supporter of the Nebraska Bill. Returns had been received from North Carolina, but they could not be depended upon. The adoption of the • Reciprocity Treaty was about being advocated in New Brunswick, now that it had been confirmed by the United States. A large fire had occurred at New Orleans, and property to a large amount h9d been destroyed. The fire raged principally among the merchants' warehouses. MARKETS. NEW ORLEANS, Aug. B.—The cotton-market continues without change, with a moderate demand at previous rates. The sales for the last two days were 2,250 bales. Corn and flour unchanged. NEw YORK, Aug. 10.—Common brands of State flour were firmer yesterday by 161 c. to 25c. per barrel. Indian corn also improved a cent. or two per bushel. Wheat unchanged. Cotton steady, with moderate sales. There was a slight revival in freights for Liverpool. ARRIVAL OF THE SCREW-STEAMER ALPS. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, 11.59 A.M. The screw-steamer Alps has arrived, with dates from New York to the 12th inst., and $288,000 iu specie._ _ . The Hermann cleared on the 12th for South ampton. . . . The Navy-yard at Washington had been totally destroyed by fire. At Havannah a speedy change in the Govern ment of the island was anticipated. A large number of additional troops had arrived at Havannah. Business generally dull. The Empire City had arrived with 1,127,038 dollars. Money was plentiful. Foreign exchange dull ; London, 109 a to 109. Cotton active, at an advance of k cent. to cent. FlOur market ex cited, and prices irregular. Wheat had improved, and was firm. AND COMMERCIAL liVT ELL IGENCE. • CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken for export. • The market closed heavily without change in prices. The sales comprised 210 Pernatn and Maranham, at 7d. to 7id. ; 30 Bahia, at 62-d. ; 300 Egyptian, at 51d. to Bd.; 600 Surat, at 3d. to 4gd. ; and the remainder Ame icar. Railway Shares were inactive at rather lower prices. We have the arrival of the steamer Bombay notified by electric telegraph from Trieste, with dates from Calcutta to the 15th of July, Bombay to the 21st, and Canton to the sth. The brief notice is that trade was dull there, and no parti cular news. The screw-steamer Alps is telegraphed also from Liverpool, with advices from New York to the 12th inst. She brings 288,000 dollars in specie. Under the head of the " Money Market," it is stated in the Times of this morning, as if from authority, that "the anticipated letter from M. Drouyn de l'Huys with regard to the Turkish loan has been obtained, and is precisely in the same terms as that already furnished by Lord Claren don." This assurance so far is satisfactory, although it might have been as well if the document itself had been given, seeing the absolute contradictions by Mr. Stanley in his letter in The Sun yesterday, of other facts previously asserted by M. Musurus, the Turkish Envoy, and still left unexplained by his Excellency. Straightforward explanations on the part of those who alone can make them would put an end to the " attempts of speculators" on either side to make trade out of the question by " idle statements with the view of influencing the mar ket." We believe that it is of the greatest import ance for Turkey that the loan should be realised without more let or hindrance than is necessary for the security of the public, or rather the sub scribers to it here. As there can be no doubt that the firmans authorising the loan must be here or in Paris, it would doubtless serve the interests both of the loan and the subscribers that they should be published in a translated form. Other rumours are afloat about the loan which it is not deemed necessary now to advert to. A return to an order of the House of Commons has just issued from the Post-office of the money orders issued for the three months ending the 30th of June, the gross sum received, and the cost of maintaining the offices in Great Britain and Ire land within the same period : Total sums received for printed forms £l3s 2 7 Gross amount of money orders issued 2,540,537 7 6 Commission Cost of maintaining offices lB,lBl 0 0 Number of money orders issued, 1,322,541 The London and Western Districts Cemetery Company have received the official approval of Viscount Palmerston by letter, dated the 21st inst., addressed to Mr. J. F. Galbraith, the managing director, of the site of Isleworth for their large cemetery. The distance from Oxford-street is only 7 miles, and the site is considered highly eligible and convenient for the metropolis and vicinity, having access by road, rail, river, and canal. The company has been provisionally registered, and it is intended to apply for a Royal charter. The estimates, including land, enclosures, churches, &c. are for a sum less than 50,0001. The news from Berlin and Vienna contained in the second editions of the morning papers of the total rout of the Turks in Asia with an enormous loss of men and materiel, coming from avowedly Russian sources, has been entirely discredited on the Stock Exchange, perhaps too absolutely so, and the Funds would really seem to have improved upon it, for we have Consols I better than at this hour yester day. They are called 941 to / for money, and 948 t0 # for time, with a fair bu3iness doing. Threes Reduced 94i- to Threa and a quarter per Cents. 941 to 4. Bank Stock wag done at 210. Long Annuities 4. India Stock 225. India Bonds ls. to ss. premium. Exchequer Bills par to 4s. premium, the latter for small bills. Exchequer Bonds, 1858, 98i. Very few dealings are recorded in the foreign market. Mexican are 24, being firm. Spanish Deferred were ifq. The Turkish Scrip has been dealt in sparingly from 6i to 7i prem. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds 6 to 62, Mexi can 24k to 242, 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 17/ to 18, ditto 3 per Cents. 37 to 372, ditto Certificates 4/ to 5, ditto Passive 34 to 4. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under :- 1854. 1853. Great Western North-Western Brighton Midland South- Eastern Caledonian Great Northern 20,731 18,174 Lan . eashire and Yorkshire There is a dull market for Railway Shares, but prices have recovered somewhat of yesterday's de cline. As exceptions, however, we notice Cale donian and South-Western, which are very heavy. Central of France are rather lower. St. John del Rey Mine Shares have receded 10s. but Colonial Gold are 1/. to 1/. 10s. better. Bank ; are inactive, and also the Land Shares. BRITISH FUNDS TEAS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( Front the Oticial List.) Business done Sank Stock per Cent. Reduced Annuities 941 h 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9l 1 31 per Cent. Annuities ; ong Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 India Stock ;ndia Bonds, £lOOO . . , Ditto, under £lOOO ... 1 5 pm Consols for Account 13th Sept. b.;xcliequer Bills, 24d. l!.1000 ' ... par 2pm 2500 2 3 pm small Exchequer Bonds Scrip, 1858 Ditto 1859 I'RICE or FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE ('CLOCK. , exican 3 per Cent. Spanisit New Deferred, 3 per Cent — Ditto for the Account lBh Turkish Scrip Dividends on the above payanie in Landon. HALF-PAST TWO. Console Ditto September A ccoun t ODESSA.—Advices from Odessa to-day of the 11th inst. state that it was rumoured to be the intention of the Czar to remove the prohibition against the. export of grain, which has existed at that port for the last six months. Looking at the extraordinary extent of the present crops in Southern Russia, this measure will be of considerable importance, if the total absence of block ade, which is still reported, should be allowed by the allies to continue- It is to be presumed, however, that the place remaining open is simply a temporary conse quence of the arrangements in progress for the attack upon Sebastopol. The discount houses yesterday afternoon gave notice of a reduction in their rate of allowance for money at a call from 41 per cent., at which it has stood since the 11th of May last, to 4 per cent. MR. GEORGE HODSON.—Tbis gentleman is giving nightly, at the Regent Gallery, an entertainment called "My Irish Portfolio ; or Leaves from a Shamrock, " which is redolent with Hibernian humour, vocal, drama tic, and anecdotal, and is likely to become as popular as the many amusements o f a s i m il ar class which, within the last few years, have met with so much favour in the metropolis. Mr. Hodson takes no small rank as an Irish comedian, is the possessor of a very good voice, and is blessed with that hilarity of spirits which belongs to the natives of the Emerald Isle. His clever imita tions of Woodin, 0. Smith, and Buckstone, are among some of his most successful efforts. We cordially re commend an inspection of his ample and varied "port folio." COMMITTAL OF MR. G. H. SMITH FOR THE MURDER OF nis WlFE.—Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, 'Mr. J. Lewis, coroner for the city of Rochester, and a respectable jury, again assembled at the Guildhall, Chatham, in pursuance of adjournment. The coroner having on Tuesday given directions to Mr. Bevon, the surgeon, to make a post mortent examination—and that gentleman was the only one examined —he stated that he bad made an examination of the deceased lady. He found the scalp and cranium had been perforated on the left side, so that lie could introduce his little finger into the wound ; the brain was gorged with effused blood ; the two leaden bullets, which he produced, were lodged in the anterior lobe of the right side, having tra versed in an oblique course the corpus callosurn, until resisted by the internal table of the cranium. No marks of violence were visible on any other parts of the body. Death, in his opinion, was caused by the concussion and effusion of blood about the brain by a pistol-shot. The coroner briefly addressed the jury, when a unanimous verdict was given of murder against Mr. Smith, and he stands committed under the coroner's warrant to take his trial at the next Maidstone assizes. The prisoner is in a very desponding way. He has refused to take any food or nouri-hinent whatever since he has been in cus tody, and as he stood remanded by the mayor and ma gistrates he was brought up at twelve o'clock yesterday, and was ordered to be removed to the county gaol. The de( e tried lady is stated to be a cousin of Lord Vis count Canning, the Postmaster-General, and their coin ing to Rochester was on account of their accompanying a lady, a friend of theirs, at Jersey, who came to Coat ham to see a son of hers, and to stay for a short time, when it wag agreed that they should return to Jersey together. The prisoner had obtained leave of absence from his duties as postmaster at . ;Jersey ior a limited poriod to recruit his health. PORTUGAL. The Douro steamer brings Lisbon letters of the 15th. Her Majesty's steamer Prometheus and the Brazilian steamer Viamao were the only foreign vessels of war in the Tagus. The Royal Mail steamer Severn arrived at Lis bon with the mails on the 12th, and left for Brazil next day, having been kept all the time under quarantine at Belem, in consequence of the new decrees of the Lisbon Board of Health, declaring London to be infected with cholera since the 22d of July, and all other ports in England suspected. The same Gazette declares Genoa and Athens in fected, and all other Sardinian and Greek ports suspected. New York and Barcelona are also in fected, and thus, seeing that most of the Brazilian and Mediterranean ports were already excluded from free pratique, the Tagus has become a per nianent quarantine station, and the means of en forcing heavy contributions upon the many for the profit of the few. The new Portuguese steamer Donna Maria 11. h ad Completely filled the Lisbon Lazaretto with passengers brought from the Brazils, principally of the second and third class. The Donna Maria's pie /leer voyage out to Rio de Janeiro was 24 days, and hom e to Lisbon 25 days, having been beaten by the South American Company's steamer Lusitania. by ,three d ays outward and two days homeward ; also „ 13 ,Y one day h omewar d by th e R o y a l m a il s t eamer xhatnes, which left Rio 24 hours before the Donna Maria. There was no po li t i ca l news o f i mpor t ance at 4 4i sbon. T he report that General Concha had pro claimed the Iberian union at Barcelona produced Tory little sensation at Lisbon even during the 24 hours it was believed to be true. The Portuguese :videutly f ear t h e i r ne i g hb our ' s em b race, and will spire much courting before they accept it. . 12 he Mini s t er o f Fi nance was a b out to pay a i t of inspectio n t o th e wor k s go i ng on upon t h e road between Lisbon and Coimbra, which is ex- Pouted to be rea iy for the diligence by the begin ning 1855. The railroad between Lisbon and t arem was progre ss i ng f avoura bl y towards Completion. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, THuItSDAY, 6 A.m. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Iberia, Captain Meehan, with the above mail, arrived this morning, bringing dates from Gibral tar, Aug. 14 • Cadiz, 15th ; Li s b on , 19th ; O porto and Vigo, 20th. The Iberia has on board 34 passengers, six pack ages of specie (value not stated), 63 boxes of fruit, 41 ditto onions, 77 cases of eggs, 68 boxes of grapes, 251 ditto lemons, 230 ditto tomatoes, two casks of Wine, two cases ditto, 30 ditto apples, eight oxen, and 18 packages general merchandise. Money was scarce upon the Lisbon Exchange this packet, and three months' paper on London • remained over at 541, whilst other bills were passed at 54i. Paris was done at 531 ; Hamburg, at 47i ; Aansterdam and Genoa nominal, at previous quo tations. In Stocks little had been doing. Three Per. Cents., 38f to 38i in Metal and B an k Sh ares, W ithout alteration. Lisbon. Bank notes 2 per cent. discount. On the 22d, in lat. 47.03 N., long. 6.44 W., Passed a screw steam-ship, steering S.W., supposed to be the Peninsula. Fr W hen the Iberia left Lisbon on th e 19th , t h e eneh steamer Newton had returned from Tan 'iers. Her M a j es ty' s s hip P rome th eus , an d the Brazilian steamer Viamao, were also in port. Some idea may be formed of the deplorable tentex . of the grape disease in Portugal by the very ,wited. supplies which have come forward compared. s el_t h previous years. The weather was most un 4sollable in Portugal. atc tt Oporto the weather continued hot and close, helo rain h a d f a ll en f or a considerable time. Indian corn i n t h e dry lands was suffering -que for want o f wa t er . T he price of that article also ll 6 eo reis p er alquiera,. Indian corn flour was t O "" rendered excee di ngly scarce for want of water turn the mills. A smart shock of an earthquake sy,ass, ,felt throughout the city and neighbourhood on at ","Y• The exchange for this packet was done but ° 4 and 55 for bills on London • t 90 days'dt ; t owing to the scarcity of money d , the number date; transactions was limited. A great deal of Brazilian _Pa a p vi er was in the market. In general business there P ap was cha nge. Her Majesty's steamer Antelope was at Gibral , pany nd s puny s team- s Vigo, th e P en i nsular and p Madrid. Orie n t a l ..,oto' sthi ABIIRDEENSEURE ELEOTION.—On Tuesday the Right lion. Lord liaddo son of the Earl of Aberdeen, was returned for Aberdeenshire without opposition. A. CARPET OF IvonY.—Arliongst the curiosities to be transmitted from India to the Great Exhibition in 'Pam next ytar. . is a carpet of made of long strips of - ivory, pl a i ted LUto price fixed upon it is 300/. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1854. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. (Closing Prices 1 yesterday. Business done this day. 22 - 23 5 - 54 9 - 10 lli--10i d 16i - 7 - 6ti 95 - 97 -- 634 154 - 164 - 14 3 ld 7 - 8 16. - 3.'"7 - 12 36 - 40 25 - 27 66 - 68 58 - 60 25 -: i'6 66 - 68 83 - 84 62 - 64 .26 - 128 94 - 96 72 -721 85 - 90 1 11 - 13 , 11 -13 68i -69 , 6# ei .---- ..8i 104 106 101 alol i xd par p par # p 810 —82 i 9 8 8 7(I 2:3 - 24 67i 68 39 - 41 par 8 —6., 2i 3 6 - 8 45 - 48 34 ;3i ,1 33k... 3 9 4 i 7 1 - 6i - 7i 53 - 55 4 -ip - PI 4 - 4 a 64 64 ) par 2 p 33 - 35 94 - 96 6:3 - 65 71. - 73 67 -- 70 7i -- 8 18 -- 19) 14 --15 i 3i -34( l 3 - 15 64i 65 31 - 33 ii. - 33 3f - 19 194 4 - 5 23 - 25 44 - 53 i . = f 75 -76 ; 6i 61.1 4 - 301 55i -- 55. L ' 81 " Closfus Prices Ausir its Shr. Paid. RAILWAYS. Compares. yesterday, this day. 50 all Bedford an d London & Bletchley N. West. St. 100 'Buckghamsh. LAN.W. 95 100 50 all ClydesdaleJc. Caledon 96 98 St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. qt.Nrthn. 135 137 25 all las. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct 25 all Do. New. Do 25 all Glstr.dt Dn.Fr Gt. WestL, 28 30 100 all Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &N Md 25 all Do. Shares. Do — 12 all Do. d Shares. Do — 131 all Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern 12i 134 20 all Do. Preference St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk — St. 010 Do. 6 per ct. • ••• 5,i all Manch. Bxtu. L.&N. W. and Matlock & Midld. 2, 3 - 50 all Middlesbro' & Stcktou & Redcar . Darlingt. 101 all Midld.Bradfd Midland 94 96 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count. 53 60 50 all Do. 6 per et. Do. 50 all Do. Fixeds pe Do • ••• 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N.W &Ln&Yk 12i 12 Do. Shares. D 0~, St. 100 Roystn. & Hit. Gt Northf, St. 100 Do.Shepth.St Do. 25 18 Shef. Roth a. 6 Laneadidt Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. . . • 12 9, S. Staffordsh. A.MCleau lid 50 all Wear Valleygr Rtockt. 6 per cent... Darlingt. ..• ••• 25 all Do Do. 30 31, St. 100 Wilts&Somrst t4t*es.tn. 92 94 PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen Do. No. 2, P.C.. ..... Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 500 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent I Cork drßandens4p.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (I:310s) 6 per cent Do. (.£5) 7 per cent Do. (E 7 17s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. 51., 10 per oent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh- East Laucash. 6 ii.cts. East and West York shire June. Pref... Edinb Prth. &Dundee 95 -: ii ••• •.. li id 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. 4i p. c. Scrip .3t. N. of Scot. Ist Pref Gt. Southn. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh Gt. Westu. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. cov. red. 4i p. c Do. con. red. 4 p. c irred, 4p.c. Lan. & York. F. £26 Do. 6 p. c. Stock Leeds N. 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. Quarters, 1848 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 P. e. St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar.6 p. c Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton ... .... ... London & S. Western Con. Thirds... Londonderry& Coler. 21 -- 3 p 7- 8 10 - 12 Shares Londy. & Ennis. Sh Nlan. Shef., & Lin. i Shares, No. 1. . Do. New, £lO Do. £6 7 - 8 11 - 11, iP' Ilarypt.&Carl.4p.c Do. 41 per cent 'Do Mid. Consol.6 I Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 44 per cent Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. 5 p. c. Eat 33 —l3sxcil 1 id I 88 - 92 102 - 105 Do. 54 per ct.pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. o, North British ... ..-.- ..• North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, Sr Wolverh..£ls, 6 p.c., 114 - 116 Scot. Cent. , Now Prof :shrews. & Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. Do. 5 per cent 10 2: 'll 17 -- 18 101 -10 i 12 -- 14 id -- 4 P 23/ -- 241 98 -- 100 (South Devon De. fixed, 4 per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4 ipei cent S. Yorksh.4p.e.G uar Stockton and Dar-1 •• ... ••• lington, 4 per cent Do. do. do. itockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 Witted& &Kilk.6p.c. York, Neweastle,and Berwick,4 p.c. Pref Do York&N. NlidlandH tn•t Pu t le ..... ••• FOREIGN. 10 all Antwerp&Rotterdam 6 —64 d 5 3 'telgia,n Eastu. June. 1 14 20 8 Beziers toGraissessae 34 3 d 20 2s. Bombay, Baroda,and Central India,Serip 4 d 4 p ... Central of Italy 20 all Charleroi at Erquelin 17?, all Demerara 20 14 Dijon andßesancou p 20 9 Hitch Rhenish. 3 24 20 ; 4 :ast Indian 24 —21 d 20 2 Do. Extension — 5 all /t. Indian Peninsula 4 d 54 20 10 la. June.+ .of Fiance p Ird. Trunk of Canada 66 56 4 1 2 0 . 0 4 10 , 100 all Do. do — ••• 10 20 Do. Debentures 74 —64 d Ch. Central of Franec —& p 10 206 all (It.WesternofCanal Shares l7 —lB 100 all Do. Bands (Ist is. )'57 p 20: , , all Hamilton & Toronto 4 d par 100 . all Do. 6 per cent. 20 8 Lake Coust. & Basle 6 all Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c pref ••• die 20 15 Luxembourg — ••• 10 10 Do. (Railway) — 5 2 I )o. Pref — 5 3 Do. (Canal) ••• 10 5 Do. 6p. et. pref — ...d 20 '0 Lyons and Geneva par —# p 20 12 Lyons & Meditorran. 20 13, klachas id— • p 331,33 A Maria Antonia - ••• 10 all Do. do. New 2f 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry • 20 all Namur & Lie ge ( w ith • interest) 7a 8 20 all Do. (ex interest) •• 16 all Northern of France 334 —3l 20 all Do. 20/. 3p. c Bds (fmy.B.drAms.Shs.) 10 all NorwegianT run kp re f 8 — g' 20 14 Paris and Lyons lB4 —l9 p 40 all Ditto Bonds . ..... 20 all Paris and Orleans 47 49 20 all Paris and Rouen.— 38 40 20 all Paris and Strasbourg - 20 10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg. ..• —• pm 104 10 1 Quebec & Richmond ... 20 all Rouen and Havre..,,. 226 234 20 15 Royal Danish ld— 1 p 5 3 Royal Swedish 20 all Sambre and Meuse 74 8 10 all Do. 56 p. cent. Pref — 20 10 Southern of Fran ce,. 20 12 St. A n d rew ' s and ..„ pm Quebec (A) ..... •8i all West Fl anders . . .. . .10 all Do 5l per c. Pref d 20 10 Western of France 56 20 lei West. of S w it zerland 6 all Wiesbaden ....... 20 20 Zealand 2 = rd 92 - 95 3i 11 i d 1 all Aqua Fria •••• ... .. s. all Auglo Californian j•• 10 2 Australasian . _ ..... 1 20 6 Australi an . . ... . . ....... 1i • 1 all Australi an Cordillera - 1 all Australian Freehold. • 1 all Ave M ar i a . .......... -- 1 all Baden (Gd.Ditchy of) I 50 all Bhmurvon Iron and Coal .• • . ... .. . ... . • 1 all British Austrln. Gold " •• •• 20 13.5 British 1r0n.., 8 9 35 24i Brazilianlmp.(issuOcl at 4 5 pm.. . .. .. 3 4 30 all Do. Cocaes Cui • ada 11 20 15 Do. St. John D e l Rey 26 2 :4 27* 6i 1 * Carsous's Creek 40 all Cobre Copper 4 l• . 43 42 5 1 Colonial Gold 16 Copiapo . . ..... . - ll —l2 St. all Copper Min. of Eng 52 57 25 all Do. Pref. 7* p. cent 1 5 all English and A us ti n 3 P Copper Smeltg. Co i t _ it 20 all General .. • 2 all Gt.NuggetVeinger p ::• 2 Do. Registered. ...•„• :.'• 3i all Great Polgooth. all Lake Bathurst......., 1 all Liberty ••• 3 all Linares 8 9 1 all Lond.&Californ•Goki Quartz Crush. C 0.., • ••• 1 all Mariquita ........ 10 9 Mexican&S.Amerim 6 __ 1 all New Granada 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co 1 all Nouveau Monde 20 all Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 16 -_ 17 5 1 Port Philip * * 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhymney Iron 2B 15 15 Do. New 8 gi 30 11/ Santiago do Cuba 4 5 5 t 1 all South Australian I 3 10 7 Tin Croft. 28A .all United Mexican — 31 1 all Waller * 1 all West Granada 1 all West Mariposa I - 1 12e. Worthing Mining of Australia 1 all Yuba JOINT-STOCK 8AN137" ---- """ 4 40 0 aaull British Austra 22.. 5 0 0 5 a 1 125 co B h r th r a a n t r d d i d s h . I al ! N B a nknago Lo an American nC o ioal f 85 Company India,fßankpaAsian d : Australia, & China ... ...d 100 25 Colonial •• -- 100 20 Commercial of Lond 3l 33 20 14 English Scottish and Australian 2 1 d 20 20 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 2l 214 50 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint Stock — 28 d 100 20 Lond. & Westminster 100 35 National Provincial of England • ••• 20 10 Do. New — • • 50 22?, National of Ireland — 20 all Now South Wales.- 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation l6 48 46/ 25 5 Do. New . . 1 00 25 Provincial of Ireland „. 10 all Do. New • ••• 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co ... 25 all South Australia 4O 42 25 all Union of Australia.. 65 67 WI • . 2. Do. New 50 10 - Union of London ..• 8 -- .T -------- '"".■L---i— 86 MISCELLANEOUS 40 all Australasia • 40 all British Colonial Bank 6 all Aubin Coal and Iro n and Loan Company ... ... 25 17? 'Australian Agricult. 41. ---42 . ad x d 20 6 lustralsn.Pcific•Mail ~, ._ ... ~ 10 all A.ustraln. Royal Mail ... ....., , 25 alsl all o ß h ri a t rtd ish . N. . A of Asia merican. i d. • 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, 10 4 merlin Water Works , _ Aust ... 50 40 Brit. American Land 65 70 100 25 Colonial & China ...d •• ••• 5 I Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. 100 20 Commercial of Lond. 31 33 and Reduction Co.. — ... 20 14 English Scottish and 100 32l Canada BB \— 92 Australian 2 —li d 5 5 Jrys t a 1 Palace 3l - 31 31 20 20 Lond. Chart. Bk. of 5 3A Do. New ... Australia 2l 214 4 all Crystal Pal.of France „,, --.., 50 20 London and County ... ... 20 5 Eastern Steam • •• 50 10 Loudon Joint Stock.. ... ... 28 x d 25 20 ElectecTelegm,ph(A) 16 17xn 100 2 0 Loud. & Westminster ... ... 25 all Do. (B) • • — ••• 100 35 National Provincial 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir ... „, of England • ... 15 14 (len. Steam Navigat. ~. ... 20 10 Do. New .• • • 20 all General Screw Steam ... ... 50 22?, National of Ireland ... ... 20 10 Irish Beetwot Sugar ... ... . 20 all Now South Wales-- 20 10 Nia,gdalena it. Navig. ~„ ... 25 all Oriental Bank of 1 xll Nat. Pat. Steam Fue, ,„ .., Corporation 46 48 46 10 5 Netherlands Land.... i 1i 25 5 Do. New • -- ••• 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... Steam Narigat. Co. ... I 10 all Do. New 1 all N. B. Australasian... i i 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg 1 i Do. New .• ••• & Hold Imp C 0.... ... --. ... 20 12 i Nrth.ofEuropeSteaw .. ... 25 all South Australia 4O —42 505 allall p P e e n el in lt s r ui . a Lc r l s . z & ori M e i t u lta rl i .. .4 . — 4. . i. 4i 0 1 ; 2 5. . 5 0. ail2ol Union i t ) rn i o . N n e,:wff London A Australia.. ra lia . . 65 67 66 1.•••••,..,...a.mm0i0•Mm.imnnmnw.m••nn.fi , ...1MM...... b for the last to t h e s d le iB o rd to and out why Napier is so familiarly spoken of as " old NAPIER NAPPING IT. We have often b e ?att.—Pock v c e bar red ie t y he s Bleep oil their L 0 0 5 2 11 26 a 413 1 0 1 s P D:u o o l by. t: m aa l r a i . ri , d i 8. Mail. .Telegraph.. e Iron elr ee Steam g lc L C D . a h . . . i .. 1. .. . 1 4 —l . _ 1. ...p.. 1 en puzzled 25 1 2 a1; ) ,i ic o o li t i.a A a Austral. g trvaenstd. 33 . : 2i 3 x s d 1 witilun mom Laudz nit .; I ha e pad h p a r r ao l p e: rhioa " ctekni W negs e s c t oh b fa in rtacteh k e wi7ebriflol2rauveget,oialf: YORK RACE'S. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.) FILLY SAPLING STAKES. Dame Judah . Five ran. PRINCE OF WALES' STAKES. Jack Sheppard 1 1 Eleven ran. THE JUVENILE STAKES. Capucine Vandal 2 LATEST BETTING -1.30 P.M. EBOR HANDICAP. 2to 1 agst Grand Inquisitor (taken). 3to 1 agst Tros (taken). Bto 1 agst Kingston (taken). 10 to 1 agst any other. ARRlVlD.—Acrobat, Boiardo, Crown Pigeon, Pro fessor. CHARGE OF NEGLECT AGAINST THE PAIeOCIIIAL AUTHORITIES OF Sr. GIIES-IN-THE-FIE LDS.—(T BIS DAY.) This morning an inquest was held by Mr. C. Bedford, coroner for Westminster, at St. Clements Danes vestry, Pickett•street, Strand, on the body of William Kinse, a tailor, aged 42, and during which a grave charge of neglect was made against the parochial authorities of St. Giles•in-the-Fields. From the evidence of several witnesses, it appeared that, previous to his death, the deceased resided at the model lodging-house, in Charles-street, Drury-lane. About eleven o'clock on Saturday last he was taken very ill, and was accordingly taken into the infirmary of the above-mentioned parish. After waiting for some considerable time Mr. Bennett, the surgeon, came in and told him to stand up, which he did, saying, "Here lam ; what the devil do you want with me ?" Mr. Bennett then told him to go about his business, and that he would have nothing at all to do with him, and the deceased left the infirmary without receiving any assist ance. On leaving the infirmary he was taken worse, and on his way back to the model lodging-house suffered the most dreadful agony, and was, some time after his arrival at that establish men t, taken to King's College Hospital, where he was promptly attended to by Dr. Vaughan Holberton ; but, notwithstanding that gentle man's exertions, he sank and died on Sunday evening last from Asiatic cholera. Mr. Bennett, in explanation, said that, when he saw the deceased, he had no appearance of cholera, but admitted that as the deceased became violent he also lost his temper, and told him (deceased) to go and get an order from the overseer, where he thought he had gone to. Finding, however, that deceased did not re turn, he gave an order to the porter of the infirmary to admit him if he did. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a ver dict that the deceased died from Asiatic cholera, adding that they hoped this death would act as a caution in future in procuring patients more prompt attention during the prevalence of the epidemic. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, the Maharajah, and the Duke of Newcastle, embarked in the Victoria and Albert at three o'clock yesterday, and steamed to the Needles, to witness the firing from the new screw-sloop Arrow, which was anchored there for target practice. Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty, had the honour of joining the Royal party on board. The Victoria and Albertrreturned to Osborne Pier at eight o'clock. STATE OF TRADE. ( From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) MANCHESTER, Aug. 22.—1 n our market the tendency to quietness, which was observable last week, partica larly towards its close, has become more marked to-day ; both the home and foreign buyers of the middle and lower numbers of yarns having shown an increased indisposi tion to operate. In this they are evidently very much influenced by the position of the cotton market; then, again, many have bought very freely of late, and are now well supplied. Under these circumstances, some little irregularity is introduced into prices. The great body of spinners are indeed too much under contract to make any change in their quotations ; but here and there one is willing to concede id. per lb. in some de scriptions. The sales have been inconsiderable in their aggregate amount. In the department of goods a simi lar restriction of transactions is experienced. In general. manufacturers are not at all inclined to accept the small est reduction from the previous quotations, which were quite unremunerative, and in many kinds worse than unremunerative. BIRMINGHAM, August 21.—The past week has wit nessed a considerably improved feeling in this trade. The withholding of orders that followed those unmis takeable signs of dubiousness among some of our leading manufacturers as to their ability to maintain the ad vanced position into which they had been forced, has been carried to its full extent without effect, and a reac tion of a promising character appears to have set in, with a revival of demand equal to every power of pro duction. For pig iron of good quality there has again been more inquiry, and the purchases of quarter day are all fast being used up, so that there is little prospect of any further concession on the part of pig makers ; per haps the prices may be quoted something like 2s. 6d. of ss. per ton lower than were demanded at the end of June, with, however, less inclination to sell than was evidenced a fortnight ago. The accounts from Glasgow notice a renewed impulse in the Scotch pig market, with an advance of 3s. to 4s. per ton. MARKET NEWS-(TIIIS DAY.) RAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. —Meadow hay, 2/ 16s to 4/ 12s ; clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 1/ 18s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. UUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 41 15s ; clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 51 17s; and straw, 1/ 14s to 2/ Os per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 31 Os to 4 , 14 s; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 6' Os ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 1/ 18s per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. New meadow hay realised 65s to 85s ; and new clover, 75s to 95s per load. • MEAT MARKETS. NEWOATE AND LEADENRALL.—The general demand was in a sluggish state, at the following quotations :- - Beef, from 38 4(1 to 4s 6,1 ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; Veal, 3s Od to 4s 2d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Aug. 23.—T0-day's market was fairly sup plied with each kind of stock, which sold steadily, as fol lows :—Beef, from 3s 6(1 to 4s 10(1 ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 0.1; Lamb, 4 s 4d t o 5 s 2d ; V ea l , 3s 4d to 4s Od ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s Gd per Sibs, to sink the offals. ROMFORD, Aug.23.—The general demand was steady, as follows Beef, from 3s Gd to 5s Od ; Mutton, 3s 8(1 to 5s 0(1 ; Lamb, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s Gd per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 21s to 27s each. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. 24.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W. moderate breeze, and fine, but cloudy at times. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 23.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Anjer, from London, for Bombay, leaky. FALmouTH, Aug. 23.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Helen and Francis, from Havannah ; Countess of Durham, Que bec ; Jane Lowdon, do. __ SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 23.—Arrived—Indiana (a 8), from New York. Sailed—General Hewitt, for Moreton Bay. GLOUCESTER, Aug. 23.—Arrived—Ailsa, from St. John, N.B. Sailed—Euclid, for Quebec. . _ YARMOUTH, Aug. 23.—The Cygnet, (brig), of this port, from Rotterdam to Newcastle, has put in here leaky, hav ing been on shore, and is discharging. PORTLAND ROADS, Aug. 23.—Arrived—Presback, from Sunderland, for Grenada. Sailed—Macclesfield, for Mel bourne. OFF THE WIGHT.—Mmis, from Hamburgh, for Cape Horn. POOLE, Aug. 23.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—Stanley, for Newfoundland. ESlNEwroßT.—Arrived—Jane, from Quebec; Recovery, Bristol, for Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 22.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Ro sina Clapole, from Porto Rico, and sailed for Liverpool ; Dovo, Havaunah. Off Port- Jane D. Cooper, from St. Stephen's, N.B. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday, 10.30 A.M. Wind, W. ; strong, and fine. Arrived—Rosina Claypole and Speed, from Porto Rico ; Scorpion, Leghorn ; Alps (s), New York; Tryphene, Ca meos. ; Oreolon, Iceland. Off Port—Triumphant, Minnesota, and Henry Ismay. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.5 a.m. Arrived, 23d—Diana (s), from Gothenburg; Jane Law son, Dantzic ; Soho (s), Havre. Sailed, 23d—Sir George Anderson, for Mauritius. 24th —Phmbe Dunbar, for Port Philip. DEAL, Thursday, 10.15 a.m. Wind Westerly; strong and fine. Passed—Mischief, from St. Vincent, for London. Anchored—Stamboul, from Loudon, for Trieste ; States man, London, for Port Philip ; Thomas Henry, London, for Demerara ; Edward Isabella, Sunderland, for Treport ; John Edward, London, for Cape of Good Hope ; Brooking, London, for Varna; Stirlingsbire , London, for Launces ton ; Cotton Planter, London, for Harare. • SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 23.—The Peninsular and Orien tal Company's screw steam-ship Candia, Captain Field, made a trial to-day in Stokes-bay for the purpose of testing her fitness for duty previous to her taking her departure for a station in India. For some weeks past this fine ship has been undergoing extensive alterations and repairs, in consequence of some fault existing in connection with her propeller; but, from the satisfactory result of the trial to-day, it is the intention of the com pany to despatch her with the outward ma il s f or the Peninsular ports on the 27th inst., and on her return to order her immediate departure for India. The Iberia, with the mails from Gibraltar, Cadiz, Lisbon, Vi go , an d Oporto, is expected to arrive during the night. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Atrato, Captain Woolley, with the West India and Mexican mails, is expected to arrive on or about the 30th inst. RAILWAYS. IPaid.l 100 8i Aberdeen Ambg Nottng. Bost and Eastu. Junet Bel fast & Ballymena Binning. Wolverh. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. dr Cheshire Jnnct. Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20..... Myth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45, Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin&BelfastJunc. Dundee Perth&Aber deco Junction , Do. New ...... , lEast Auglian.. Do., (.a8 E & H).... Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, A Stock I De., B. Stock Do., New A......, East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Etein. PAL) (St Dundee iorth & Clyde June. llasgow &S. West,orn ~ rent Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. kWest.(lre Great Western Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster St Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. andYorisil Do., Fifths ID 3. ; Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwal Loud. Tilb. &Sthend. Loud. Brig ht & S. Cat Loud. and N. Westu Do. Fifths Do.lo/.5h.,M&8...t Do. Eighths London and S. Westn. Do £5O Do., £4O ,Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.& Linelu Do., Mau. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Biro= g. &Derby Midld. G. West. (Irs.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle, Newmarket 54 Do., Bury Extension.: 19 N wpt.Aberg. & Hrfd. 8 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor. .00 Norfolk ..... Northn.Counties tin North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 it Is 17, all 10 1 Do., A Deferred Do., a B Guaranteed North London IDo. New £lO.. `Wu 100 1 100 100 N. &S. Wstrn. , Hamp. stead, and City Jn 'North Staffordshire 'North Western N. & S. Westrn. June, Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester rOxford, Worcester,St Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury dr Bil mg. Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed S c Shrewsby. dti Herefd. Shrewsby. dt Chester (N. W. Min, Do. Halves,i IDo. Oswesti7.. Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per taint South Devon South Eastern • South Wales . a. Yrksh. 6z Riv. Dun, Staines, Wok. &Wok Aocktozi & Darling Stockton tit liartlepl. Taff Vale ... Do. £lO shares Do. Pref., No. 1; Irhames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Linieriek West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West London ' Wimbledn & Croydon' York Newctl.&l3erw., Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase' York& N.Midland g/ 2sl 20 20 10 10 20 St. St. St. St. 10 St. 25 818. 100 20 1341 100- ni i 84 i I 62i i 94 72j i 6st 91 1014 i x d x d xd ad 82 xd ad ad 23i 67j 81 5 10 St. 5 33 4 per cent. 15 84 8' 10 10 25 10 .0 3} - i - 1- 13 - 22 - 24 •• • 3 4 - 34 I - - ...x(1 1 116 - 118 110 - 112 101 - 103 6-64 98 - 100 90 - 92 94 - 96 11 - 134 - 136 all all [OO all 100 100 100 6 1.00 I,p 1p 13/ THE A ITTACK ON BOMARSUND. The most obvious inferences to be drawn from the success of the attack on Bomarsund is, that the Russian forts, if they are generally constructed on the same principles and of the same materials as those of Bomarsund, cannot withstand for any lengthened time a close fire of heavy guns, even when those guns are very few in number, and that the difficulty of fighting in casemated batteries is greatly increased by the fire of Minie rifles, which can now be directed with great precision into the embrasures. The fire of the ships at the long range at which they were compelled to lie acted chiefly as a diversion in favour of the troops, and produced no decisive effect on the forts ; but it still remains to be ascertained what would be the effect of the broadside of a three-decker on a fort of this descrip tion, and whether the results produced in eight hours and a half by three 32-pounder guns could not be produced in half an hour by a fire of greater rapidity and of twenty times that weight of metal. No breaching battery that ever was constructed is at all equal to the fire of a line -of-battle ship, but, on the other hand, a land battery is far more pro tected from the fire of the enemy ; and the question is whether a ship could float long enough under a severe fire from land batteries to silence and de stroy them. In the late operations, although the ships were several times in very critical positions, from running on the ground within range of the enemy's red-hot balls, none of them appear to have suffered materially ; and, though the Admiral was compelled to order the Penelope to throw her guns overboard, which was done with great presence of mind, he probably relied on the probability of re covering them when the Aland Isles were in our own possession. Upon the whole, this experiment is not only highly satisfactory and honourable to all those who were engaged in it, but it leads us to anticipate more important achievements. The season is still long enough to admit of further en terprises upon the Russian coast ; the allied forces ars now on the spot, and within a few hours' sail of any point in the Baltic ; and we hope to learn that the allied commanders are taking steps to pur sue that career of success which has been opened by the fall of Bomarsund.—Times. COURT-MARTIAL ON LIEUT. PERRY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. I SlR,—Much has been said as to the conduct of the officers of the 46th Regiment, and some say it has been undeservedly censured. During their stay at Weedon, only eight miles from this town, they were invited to dine with the officers of the Northamptonshire Militia, and, after they had left the dinner table, they descended into the town, and commenced a series of pranks dis graceful to any body of men, and especially of those holding her Majesty's commission. lan sure the police would most feelingly state that they have no memory of ever having been so taunted and insulted as they were by these men, and it was a perfect mystery to the by standers why they were not taken into custody. In making the above statement I have no unkind or illiberal feeling, and I have no doubt the gentlemen constituting the court martial will do their duty dispas sionately, but I think it is but right that the country should be apprised that, irrespective of the court martial alluded to, the general conduct of this corps deserves re prehension, and has been highly unbecoming men calling themselves officers and gentlemen.—l am, your 's faithfully, A CONSTANT READER. P.S. I should probably add that all this happened after they had parted with the militia officers, any one of whom would have been ashamed of such conduct. Lieut.-Col. Lord Burghley and the officers he commands (who are now en route to Dublin) would never have met them after such conduct, if apprised of it in all its truth. Northampton, Aug. 23, 1854. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - SlR,—Perceiving that a meeting of omnibus proprie tors has been convened to appeal against Sir Richard Mayne's laudible proposal for an improvement in the present inadequate accommodation for outside pas sengers in omnibuses, I am induced to beg the favour of you inserting the following suggestion in your widely. circulated paper:—Much caution is required on entering an omnibus, particularly if the vehicle moves on at the moment. Sometimes persons are precipitated forward, at other times backwards. This, in many instances, is owing to the two passengers on each side of the door obstructing the entrance. An improvement in this respect might be made at a trifling expense--viz., by removing the two seats back about six inches, that allowing sufficient space for passing. It would also be advisable to add a small brass rod for resting the arm upon, with round knobs attached. The latter would be of great assistance in facilitating the ingress and egress of passing. R. GUINNESS. August 21, 1854. • OUR AMMUNITION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —ln The Sun of the sth instant I read, under the heading of "The New Long-gun Range," that practice was made at Shoeburyness with a two-groov e 63-pounder rifle-cannon on Mr. Lancaster's principle. This two groove rifle-cannon has been called at one time "an elliptic-bore," at another time a cannon of "a particular bore," and again at the third time " the oval gun." This, I suppose was done to make it intelligible to the public. In page 6, figure 12, of my pamphlet on projectiles, the transverse base of the figure will truly and clearly ex plain the mystery of the elliptic, partic.flar bore, oval cannon. It is now about sixteen years ago when I, by the request of Sir William Bowyers Smijth, Bart., M.P., gave Mr. Lancaster, gun-maker, Bond-strcet, one of my elongated rifle percussion -shells ; and it was about the same period that I successfully tested my four-groove one-pounder rifle brass cannon at Woolwich, in press nce of Lord Hardinge, the present Commander- in. Chief, the late Admirals, the Earl of Camperdown, Sir Thomas Hardy, and several other officers of high rank of both the naval and military services. Lord Hardinge was pleased to write to me afterwards, saying that he was convinced that my principle of rifle-cannon and its pro jectiles would lead to the most important results.—Your obedient servant, J. NORTON. Victoria Hotel, C or k, 19th August, 1854. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S ENTERTAINIVIENT -"THE, CARPET BAG AND SKETCH BOOK." The gifted and accomplished polyloguist, Mr. Woodin commenced, on Monday evening, the 14th inst. His metropolitan fame preceded him ; and the number and quality of the assembly which greeted him up on hi s fi rst appearan ce i n B r i g h ton, and th continually-augmenting receipts, from night to night throughout the week, at the doors of the Banqueting -room in the Pavilion, give promise that he will be induced to extend his projected series to a season. Mathews was a great artist, strictly sui generic. Such also is Woodin. They may stand at the same elevation in art. But each stands upon a different platform, and must occupy a (iistinct niche in the temple of fame. Comparison is out of the question. Mr. Woodin's sketches of character are all ably delineated : several of them are pictures of ex quisite delicacy and masterly force. They are all amusing —nay, mirth moving. They draw forth, at the first, a gush of laughter from his visitors, which rushes on in a continuous stream of cachinnation to the end. We must, however, caution our readers not to be taken in by our able actor, as to one leading feature Of his performance. They may be assured that the ?maniere Legere which he assumes in his interlocutory addresses as the entertainer, cannot be a characteristic of the man. It must be regarded as a studied piece of acting as elabo rate and finished as the full-length portrait of Sir Benja min Bungle—(and what an excellent work that is !) But Mr. Woodin himself—the natural Woodin--is, undoubtedly, 1 a grave, deep-thinking man, who lays aside, for the oc casion, that impressiveness which a profound and power ful intelligence must stamp upon the natural manners and deportment. The disguise of polished lightness which is worn in his well-acted part of the evening's host, is seen through, in many passagestle This is tpro minentlye obvious in the half-length of man of h Last Century. There the force, depth, and power of the artist is manifest—the gravity, the severiey of his natural mood is marked in the surpassing vigour of the work, as—if we may compare such things—the mental power of Titian is stamped upon his portrait of Ignatius. It is seldom worth while to make mention of the pro gramme in noticing an entertainment, but Woodin's programme stands alone in the world of programmatic literature. It is unique. It is witty, and of rich humour. We recommend every visitor to be provided with a copy. Nay, more, we recommend invalids, who cannot partake of the entertainment itself, to procure a programme. They have a crown's worth of healthy laughter, and of somewhat classical merriment, for six pence. The book will ever be worth keeping, when the tc e ie n op t nt e r bw t y ai h e n s on m mr e ee n v t ri ev i t se s pd e e l ic f nt tvh i e l e l r re b ef e ee re r el e t ki e m ccet e i n oe i fn b a e e r pf e ot d hs tehb rising t emi no l g i u t s t g l e e c nr , iet e ri x ac —Brighton Examiner. MAIL BAGS AND RAILWAYS. —The Lords of Hon.re sury, upon th e recomiuendation of the Right . Via s count Canning, her Majesty's P ostma 4 ter-General, have awarded Mr. John Dicker, inspector of mails, the sum of 5001., as a compensation for his invention of an appa ratus for transferring mail bags to and from railway car riages at full speed without stopping, a working model of which, in the Exhibition of 1851 (class 5), was greatly admired, and for his personal exertions in the successful application of his improvements on various lines of rail way. There was no truth in the statement which appeared in some newspapers yesterday that Caroline Harrison, who underwent amputation of the right leg on Monday night at ten o'clock, the operation being performed by Mr. South, was dead. On inquiry at St. Thomas's Hos pital yesterday it was stated that the unfortunate woman was going on as favourably as could be expected ; she, however remains in a very low condition. The Surrey Gazette, received yesterday, states that a woman, name unknown, both legs broken, has died since the dect dent ; but does not st a t e w h en or where. No such death has taken • place at eith er o f the great metropolitan hospitals. At Guy's Hoipitai tliethree cases there are progreesing favourably. THE LA I E COLLISION ON THE SOUTH EAS IERN RAILWAY. I Among the passengers in the train which met with the accident at Croydon was the Rev. Maynard Currie, of Landlin-park, near Hythe, in Kent, a clergyman of the Church of England, who, with Miss Lyndon, the governess of his family, was in the first class carriage nearest to the engine. The rev, gentleman intending to visit the Crystal Palace, had taken with him six little girls, purposing to give them a tr ea t, b u t th ese h e had placed: in a second class carriage just behind, and they sustained nu injury. Mr. Currie and Miss Lyndon were less fortunate. Mr. Currie had just remarked that he was sorry he had come out that day, as the excessive speed at which the train was pro ceeding made him fear an accident would happen, when the collision took place. The account that Miss Lyndon gives is that she recollects the car. riage in which she was seated flying into the air, and then coming down again, so that she was head foremost. She then lost all consciousness. Some idea may be formed of the serious injuries received by this lady from the fact, that, at first, she was placed along side the remains of the poor man Gammon, it having been concluded from her perfect inanimate state that life was extinct. She, however, in time exhibited signs of returning animation, and was removed without delay to the Crown Tavern, where she still lies. It is somewhat singular that both Mr. Currie and herself sustained almost exactly similar injuries, both, in addition to severe bruises and coneussion, having had the nose and an eye much injured. Mr. Currie's clothes were com pletely studded with the splintered wood. When restored to consciousness he was conveyed home. Each thought the other had been killed on the spot, and re amnadi n t e h d e ruented oval er of s aati that go a n idea ntill th e was,n exta smay be morning ; im A agined, a source to each of the utmost gratification. young woman, said to be a relative of the poor man Gammon, an d seated _ betwe en him and a female named rLeaseuunedderfsr,emalstohe shadhattere tr uly ea, narrowcarriage , her escape. dresaw W to be cut f rom t h e back o the left hip, round to as n f e o a uh r ne ly the front o f t h e abdomen, ifas dn i w u h r e o d r . e m s o h v e e ds sooner, wer however, fear f u w l a t i ri k a i e t t d h right side he r d ress was covered e by a knife, and on the blood, so that those sh a e bo w ut as , and it vas found that the blood on her dress had poured from the wounds of her deceased companion , G ammon. 'HE TURKISH LOAN. .The anticipated letter from M. Drouyn de l'Huys on behalf of the French Government with regard to the Turkish loan has been obtained, and is precisely in the same terms as that already furn►shed by Lord Cla rendon. Meanwhile, a first warning has been given to the Pays for lending itself to the attempts of speculators, who are also apparently busy on this side, to circulate idle statements with the view of influencing the market. It was recently pointed out in the Times that the Russian war, so far from having been a cause of financial damage to England, had operated as a check to a new spirit of inflation, which had just begun to manifest itself, and which, if allowed to pursue its course, would have ended in loss far greater than the expenditure now in progress. To corn plete the view of the satisfactory course of events, and of the solid prospects of the national credit, some other considerations must be added. When war was first de dared, it was considered that in any case one of its evils would be a serious increase of the public debt, and the fact that, notwithstanding the partial clamour which was raised for an immediate creation of fresh Consols after a heavy fall had already occurred, the necessity for this step has been wholly avoided seems a point of congratulation for which the most sanguine could scarcely have hoped. But it remains to be seen that the circumstances under which this result has been realised are of a character greatly more gratifying than the world has generally supposed. The possibility that, though the sacrifices to which they now cheerfully submit, the war may be carried to an end without the burden of debt being augmented, would be a sufficient reward far the people of England to con• template. They are ably, however, to recall that their present efforts were not needed to avert an increase of the national liabilities, but simply to prevent the prospect being destroyed of an early and large diminution of them. The annual charge for the funded debt at this time is 27,443,711/., but at periods between now and the sth of Jan. 1860—that is to say, little more than five years—it will undergo a reduction to 24,236,2111. In the course of six weeks the stock known as Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. will become converted into " New Three per Cents.," guaranteed for 20 years, by which an annual saving will be effected of 600,0001. In October, 1859, annuities expire to the amount of 306,0001., and in January, 1860, the extinction of the Long Annuities, &c., will involve a saving of 1,599,5004 while meanwhile there are sundry smaller claims of tontine and other life annuities, which it is estimated will fall in to the extent of 702,0001. A. total reduction is thus arrived at of 3,207,5001., and consequently a re sult which, in its effect on the yearly taxation, will be the same as if 107,000,0001, of Three per Cent. Debt had been paid off. In 1867, moreover, a further relief will take place in the expiration of the annuity held by the Bank of England, and usually termed the "dead weight," amounting to 585,7001., or the equivalent of an annual payment of 19,520,000/ Three per Cents. Hence it will be seen that, notwithstanding the predictions of some foreign writers as to the ruin that was to fall upon Great Britain whenever she should find herself compelled to resort to hostilies, she is in a position that would enable herduring the next 13years to borrow nearly 130,000,0001. or at the rate of 10,000,000/. per annum, without pl icing herself, as far as annual taxation is concerned, in less favourable circumstances than she occupies at this mo ment. It must be remarked, too, that although it is a common impression that the present generation have failed to avail themselves sufficiently of the advatithges of a long peace in reducing the national obligations, a reference to the statistics of the subject for the past 30 years will show that, while mere might undoubtedly have been done, there is no ground for heavy reproach. The principal of the debt, it is true, has been reduced only to the extent of about 41 per cent., but the annual amount payable for interest has been reduced nearly 8 per cent., notwithstanding the emancipation loan of 15,000,000/. in 1835, and the Irish famine loan of 8,000,00G1. in 1847. Under these circumstances there seems nothing more than is natural in the prices which the British funds are now found to maintain, or in the fulfilment of the opinion ventured upon in March last. that the range of Consols throughout the worst periods of the coming struggle might be such as to excite con gratulation and surprise. —Times. JREMORNE GARDENS.—Mr. Simpson's annual benefit , akes place this day. The preparations for it are upoa a most liberal and extended scale, in which the whole resources of the establishment, aided by several special novelties, will be employed. It will be the grand event of the season, Lnd we trust Mr. Simpson will have a bumper indeed. The season has, we fear, been hitherto far from prosperous, owing to the unsettled state of the weather. FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday, between one and two o'clock, as a fine little boy was crossing Drury-lane, near the Olympic Theatre, he fell down, and before he could be extricated the wheels of a waggon had passed over his head. The child was conveyed to King's College Hospital, theosp rm it e a a l,bu a t n h . e was quite dead. No blame is attached to DETERMINED ACTS OF SELF-DESTRUCTION.—Yester day forenoon, Mr. Baker, the coroner, received infor mation at his residence, Chester -terrace, Regent's-park, of the follovl'ing acts of self-destruction :—The first was hn O u n se th n e f ls s t t h . inst., t h t e e d by wasa mannamed admitted into the Drew. hewor Matthew, Bethnal- green , h av i n g attempted self-destruc tion with a table-knife, while in a state of f ever , an d with which he cut his throat. He was recovering, but on Tuesday forenoon he died from the effects of the in jury. He was 58 years of age. In the other, case, a man of the name of James Gillett, aged 29, a weaver, who was living at No. 1, Alley place, Bow, destroyed himself in a similar way on Monday night, and was found by his landlady. He had been in a depressed state of mind for some time past. FATAL ACCIDENT AT BANKSlDE.—Yesterday morning, between ten and eleven o'clock, two boys were playing on the platform at Bankside, Southwark, near the iron bridge, when one of the children in playing pushed the other, a boy about ten years, on one side, and he fell into the river. The boat belonging to the steam floating engine was immediately put off to the spot, and the drags of the Royal Humane Society were used for some not F I b ß e E l e IN a .rn L e A d m . time, but th e un f ortunate child could not be found. Who the d ecease d was, or where he came from, could BETH.—Yesterday afternoon a fire broke yoaurtdinantdhe sapwremmisilelsprbneplorniegthinrg, ntoarMryrin. g M n i n llso b m us , in ti ens mb a e t r No. 143, Regent-street, Lambeth-walk. The workmen were employed in the building at the time of the out break, so that immediate assistance was forthcoming, but in spite of every exertion, and the early attendance of the firemen with a strong force, the flames spread with great rapidity, igniting successively the saw mills, the boiler house, and three workshops, covering a space of ground nearly 100 feet square. The whole of these pre mises, with the stock-in-trade, and the costly machinery, were totally destroyed. Unfortunately, Mr.l?fillaml was only insured to the amount of 5001., which it is un derstood will not more than half cover his loss. s h. SU SPICIOUS DEATH.—On Tuesday evening, about eiz o'clock, as M r. Mayhew, of No. 6, Ch es t e r-terra c e , RA gent's-park, was a b out to pass i nto his excited upon He took it up, when he was pain fu lly ife sent for Hawkins, seeing the body of an entrance,infant when, upon un observed a bundle upon one of the step s of the doorway. gatekeeper of Chester-terrace Dr. Gill, who resides made and beautiful female in fant. that the in was called. H e s tated adjoining the ga te, long dead, and that it was about 3 tying the bundle, there was discovered the body of a finis font had not been was unable to say, without a post months old. He it had been poisoned unfortunate infant was naked, and was suffocated. The and blanket. The fine napkin body was tied up in a modem examination whether or taken DEATH OF LILLYWHITE.—The admirers of the manly game of cricket will be sorry to learn that this favourite son of the bat, the ball, and the wicket, is no more. After a long and successful innings cholera has at last .‘ caught him out." He died at his house in Islington on Tuesday, of the prevailing epidemic. The deceased was much respected by the cricketing world, who gave him the the title of "g he Nonp are il . " Lilly white introduced round bowlin A SIGNIFICANT FACT has just transpired at Berlin. The king has ordered that a marble tablet, with an inscription in letters of gold, shall be placed at the spot where the first soldier fell in 1848 from the fire of the insurgents. This proceeding has given rise to some:, protestation's, but which have led to several - persons being arrested or summoned to appear before the magistrates,