The Sun. — London, England, 1853-09-28 00:00:00

• THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER - 28, 1853. LATEST FOREIGN N IN - S. 1 SHARE MARKETS. -(.THIS DAY.) FRANCE. , General J o mi n i has just arrived at Brussels on his way to Paris from St. Petersburg. General Randon, Goverlior-General of Algeria, arrived on th e 23d at Marseilles, on his return to h is post. The Paris Bourse was exceedingly weak y-ester uaY, and after the first half-hour prices went down without a check. The Three per Cents. are 90c. lower, and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 35c. lower, at 74f. 85c., and 101 f. sc. Bank of France Shares have fallen 5f., those of the Societ6 Mobi here 16f. 25c., and the Mortgage Bonds 2f. 50c. „ F czeign Funds were comparatively neglected. I ;ailway Shares were offered, but the decline in t lieln is scarcely in proportion with that in the Three per Cents. The principal lines have fallen fr om 7f. 50c. to 10f. Exchange on London (short), 25f. 74c., money ; ditto, 90 days, 25f. 77 -lc., money, 50 25 1.00 St. 100 all 3;3 100 6 all ;100 all 100 20 11,1 100 Biusiness done this day. 471 61 91 9 11i iiii 24 i / 11 102 11 354 6 9 64 5 571 8 7 8 33 14 p 57 si 10 42i A 34 PREFERENCE SHARES. St. 100 'Aberdeen - St. all Do., No. 2, 7 p. c .., - - ... St. 100 ! Bris. & Ex. 4p.c. St ... - - ~ , 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares - ~, St. 100 Caledonian £lO 100 --. 102 15 all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5 3 / 4 per cent 1 6 3 /4 —17 i 64 64 Cork &Bandon 5 3 / 4 p.c ... --... 64 all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction. 6 64 3i all EastAngliam (£3los) 6 per cent ... ...... . 3' --4 --5 all Do. (£5) 7 per cent 4 5 7 2 Do. (17170 7p. ct , 1 p ei all Eastern Counties Ex tension, sp. c. No.l i lip pm 6i all Do., No. 2... ..... . 10 all Do., New 6p. c. S t... 13 14 13 20 all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent lB 20 St. 100 EastLancash. 6 pets ..,, ... 5 all Edinla.Prth.&Dunde , 5. per cent .., .„ St. 100 Glasgow &S. Western guar. 5 per cent. St. 100 Great Northr 5 p.c ll5 117 1151 16i St. 100 Do. sp. c., Redeem , at 10 p. c. prGm lO5 108 1071 6i 6i all Gt. Southn. &Westn (Ireland) Eighths 7/ Eli 50 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks Hants Ex. sp. c.) 6 3 /4 7 St. 100 G. West. fixed 4p c 95 100 95 16 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O, id par St. 100 Do., 6p. c., Stock l4O 145 141 St. 100 London and,Brightol Guaranteed sp. c ... ... St. 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. ... „.. 50 all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 - ••• St. 100 Do. New Guar. G p.c. ... ... 50 5 London &S. Western, Con. Thirds 2 3 /4 3 12i 121 Londonderry& Coler i Shares . 12 3 / 4 all Londy. & Ennis. 3 / 4 Sli 12 3 / 4 13 3 / 4 25 all Manch. ,Shef., & Lin., 4 Shares, No. 1 6 7 103 all Do. New, £lO B. - 92 6 3 io., £6. ....... 12 all ' Marypt.diCarl. 4p. c ... ... 12. all Do. 4. per cent .. p -10 i Do .. .... . . ..... . .. ... _ ... St. 100 Kid.C .. onsol. 6 . p. c. 'St. ... ... St. 100 Do. Cousol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... X l3B 142 lei 5 Do. Pref. 4 3 / 4 per cent. id par St. 100 Norfolk Extension... ... ... x St. 100 Do. Pref. Z, per ct... ... ... St. 100 Do. Way. Val. 5p c ... ... St. 100 North British 9B 102 102 20 all North Staffordshire 24 25 St. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverli. E 15,6 p. c. ... ... 100 15 15 Do par / p 15. 8 all Shrews& Birm. N. G lO 11 10 all Shrewsby. & Chester ' (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. 16 —l7 p 10 10 Do. 5 per cent par i p 25 all South Devon l3 14 10 14 Do. New par i P 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of El 05.6 d. 24 24 3 / 4 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 19 20 5 3 Waterfd. &Kilk . °p.c. ... ...d St. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.e.Pref. 96 99 17 5 Do. 25 10 York& N. Midland H & S. Purch id 4 d FOREIGN. 10 5 Antwrp &Rotterdam 23 lAd 5 3 Belgian East. Junct. 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin 11 —l3 20 10 Dijon and Besa9on 11p 20 8 Dutch Rhenish 20 all East Indian 3 4 p 20 1 Do. Extension 5 a ll Gt. Indian Peninsula 4 1 p 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France 11 2 tiP 201 201 Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares 3 ld 5 3 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. — id 20 15 Luexembourg 5/ 10 10 IDo. (Railway) 3 31 5 2 Ppo — 5 3 'Do. (Canal) 1 -- 10 4 Do. 6p. cent. pref. 1 11 . 1 20 9 Lyons & Mecliterran. 20 73'Madras par A p 333 29 Maria Antonia 10 10 Do. New — 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest 6 63 20 all Do. (ex interest) — 16 all ; Northern of France 33 —34 331 20 all iDo. 20/.3 p. c. Bds 1 [fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.] 133 - 14 10 all Norwe ,, ianTrnk. Prof 7 8 20 10 !Paris and Lyons l6 -163 p 25 63 20 all Paris and Orleans 47 —49 183 1 20 all Paris and Rouen 20 all 'Paris and Strasbourg 37/ 384 373 20 4 ,Paris Caen& Cherbrg. 2 4 p 101 10, !Quebec & Richmond . . d 20 all ;Rouen and Havrc 20 all ,Sambre and Mouse 7 8 7i 10 4 IDo. 5 per cont. pref 20 6 Southern of France 2 4 p 20 2s. Upper India Scrip . 81 all West Flanders 3 10 10 iDo. 5 ; per c. Pref, , 20 10 Western of France 7 8 p 10 2 West. of Switzerland id 2G9 New Zealand.... London & N. West. 1 Gt.Westn Do 304 304 304 all 100 all 100 L. giz,N. W. Caletlon.. Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &NMd Do all all all all all 100 S. Eastern Do 'Norfolk.. 30 20 1 40 25 100 100 20 50 50 100 100 100 20 10 50 L.& N. W. & Midid. Stckton Darlingt. Midland.. E. Count Do L. &N.W.I &Ln.SDYk Do 100 ' 100 18a 9i all Gt Northn l Do Lancash& Yorksh. M.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do i GtWestn, MINES. Agua Fria . Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek 'Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copia.po . Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7i p. cent. 'English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co General Great Nugget Vein Great Polgooth Lake Ilathur st Liberty Lond. &Calif° rn. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexicau&S.Amerien New Granada Nouveau Monde Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron (Do. 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Land Submarine Tele g raph , Van Diemen's Land 98 - 100 50 - 52 140 - 145 30 - 32 106 - 108 53 - 54 27 - 28 13i - 144 252 - 262 21 31xcli 99 - iiii 59 - 61 ... ad 140 - 145 140 - 145 ... 2 . lid 28 - 30 98 - 102 2 1 k _ dis—_ par a A d 9 Rwit,•B9 thieday. 107 8 21. x d ad ad 140 -- 3i 2 # — 2t 32 -- 331, -- d 42 -- 4 5 10A --11 55 -- 65 6 —7 p 21 2id, 14 -- 16 ; d-- p 2i -- 2 &I d $ I A 6A -- 7 1 Id 6 6 -- id I —• id 3• = a -- 6 3 - 3i d d g d, BANKS. 71 - 73 r 71 3 1 .. - par 2 ldis 2i -- lid 7i 1 d— part 14/ 131 14i ... 34 45 - 47 45i d • par 36 38 61 63 62 3 '4l 17 191 EOUS. ii - 160 68 - G 2 ~ .11 = fr ) 51 6i 1 ' par a -_—. 1,11 4i ..• "ii 1 - lip 2i i 30 - 32 ii ---- MI LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Sept. 28.—Wind this day at non, W. ; fresh breeze, and cloudy.—The Earl of Charlemolt, from Liver pool, has been wrecked at Port Philip Heads, and sold for 9001. RAMSGATE, Sept. 27.—Wind, W. by S. Arrived — Fox, London, for Hobart Town. Of Pert—Jane and Barbara, Quebec (?). PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 27.—Wind, W.N.V. Arrived— H.M.S. Tyne, Coast of Africa. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 27.—Wind, N.W. Arived—Devon port, Quebec. Sailed—Ameer, Port Philip ; Indiana (s), India and Cape of Good Hope. BRIDLINGTON BAY, Sept. 27.—Arrived- Corbet, Que bec, for Newcastle. GRIMSBY, Sept. 27.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Enchan tress, Shields, for Sydney. BEAUMARRIS, Sept. 27.—Arrived—Lima, Montreal, for Rhyl. SCARBOROUGH, Sept. 27.—The Vine, of and for Ar broath, from Sunderland, took fire and foindered yester day off Henchleff Foot ; crew saved. OFF ILFRACOMBN, Sept. 27.—Louisa, frnn Quebec, for Bristol. BRISTOL, Sept. 27.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Maria, Barba does. ELSINORE, Sept. 22.—The Pizarro, Grangemouth to Stettin, was in contact with the Curtew, Dantzic to Lon don.—The Isabella, Newcastle to St. Petersbmgh, was in contact with the Cambria (s) ; the Isabdla, which was abandoned, has received considerable damage, and is very leaky.—The Bordeaux, of Newcastle, has ken assisted in with damage, from contact with a foreign vessel, name unknown. ST. MONANA, Sept. 27.—The Janets anc: Margarets, of Aberdeen, is stranded on the Island of May; one man drowned. MARKET INTELLIGENCE-(TUTS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of English wheat was on sale in to•day's market. Although the business doing was by no means extensive, the demand may be considered very firm, and a good clearance was effected at fully Monday's ad vance in the quotations. For forward delivery, very high rates were demanded. Foreign wheat--the show of which was very moderate— was mostly held on higher terms. Floating cargoes were in request, but holders refused to sell except at enhanced currencies. Barley sold readily, and prices had an upward tendency. There was a steady sale for malt, at full ➢rices. Oats, beans, peas, and flour were very firm, with small supplies on offer. ARRIVALS THIS WISH. 1 Barley. 1 Malt. 1 Oats. I Flour. 1 150 1 610 1 I NO Wheat. 410 The audience with their Majesties having now terminated, the departure was signified by the mayor, whereon the same line of procession was formed as that which conducted the Imperial visi tors from the station yesterday. The streets were lined with infantry of the line, from the Hotel Dessin to the limits of the town. English .. Irisii •• • • Foreign .. 8,040 470 I 150 BOROUGH HOP MARKET. About 1,500 pockets of new hops have now arrived here. The demand for them is steady, at from 61. 15s. to 9/. per cwt. Yearlings are rather dearer. BOULOGNE, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, HALF -PAST THREE. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S FIRST VISIT TO THE NORTHERN DEPART MENTS OF FRANCE. CALMS, TUESDAY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Their Majesties, on their progress to the ball at the Philharmonic Hall, last night, and amidst the cheers of an immense concourse of spectators, caused the royal cortege to pass at a slow pace, the better to have a glance at the illuminations. This little attention on the part of the Sovereign was greatly appreciated by the townspeople, who, fully sensible of their exertions to render the ancient seaport worthy of the presence of the Imperial personages, not being commensurate with their wills, with that ready observation of the French character, testified their admiration of the interest so considerately manifested by the Emperor and his illustrious con sort. The ball was admirably conducted by the stew ards ; and though the room was on a scale but cal culated to accommodate about 400, at the last mo ment 500 tickets had been issued, and yet there was no crowding, no irregularity, no torn dresses, and consequently the fair members of the assem bly were in the best possible mood throughout the evening. Among the most distinguished of the guests were the British officers who, on the previous day, had attended the camp at Helfaut ; and the presence of the Earl of Lucan, the Marquis of Worcester, Lord Bingham, and Colonel Dupuis, as officially appointed to represent our Government, was a source of evident and genera gratification. The various Foreign Consuls also e ngage d th e ki n d at tention of their Majesties. The dresses of the ladies were most elegant and varied. Their majesties left the ball a few minutes after 12 o'clock. At eight o'clock the Prefect, Sub-prefect, the Mayor and Municipality, together with the depu tations of the trades, assembled at the Imperial residence for the purpose of accompanying the Em peror and Empress to the harbour and docks, and at half-past eight the Imperial guests signified their readiness to depart. His Majesty was preceded by a cavalry guard of honour, then the mounted police, and immediately afterwards the select of the harbour employes. The Imperial person was on either side guarded by the principal officers of the harbour and docks, flanked by the municipality and fishermen. His Majesty was escorted about the docks and pier by the chiefs of each department, and the Emperor received with the utmost attention the suggested improvements to the harbour from the principal engineer of the Imperial harbour. After a minute inspection of the harbour, the Emperorjvisited the Gourgain, where he was greeted by the fishermen and their families right warmly. There was a vast display of the finest specimens of the Calais fishery, and his Majesty paid particular attention to what was said by the veterans engaged in this arduous and hazardous calling. The deplorable state of the poor in some portions of the city was pointed out to the attention of the Emperor by the mayor and the heads of the clergy. His Majesty expressed his intention of aiding the efforts of the municipality to improve the condition of the poor of Calais The - persons who had distinguished themselves in saving life from the perils of the deep were pre sented to their Sovereign, who highly eulogised their humanity and bravery, and conferred upon them distinguished proofs of his satisfaction. His Majesty returned to the imperial residence shortly after ten o'clock, in the same order as he had set out, the soldiers lining the streets, pre senting arms, and his approach being heralded by trumpeters stationed along the line of cortege. Her Majesty immediately, on the arrival of the Sovereign, held a reception, at the Hotel Dessin. The Empress was presented with a splendid lace robe, the manufacture of those exhibiting in the Customhouse, adjoining the station. The superb presentation was most graciously received by the Empress, and was the creditable result of English and French workpeople jointly, and for the special occasion. Their Majesties set out at a few minutes past 11 o'clock for Boulogne in a plain travelling carriage, a strong guard of cavalry heading the Imperial party, and the rear being brought up by hussars and a troop of horse artillery. The departure of their Majesties was accompanied by the booming of 101 guns, and the Imperial car riages were followed by those of several private families who had come from the vicinity of Bou lognn to pay their respects to the Emperor and Empress. _ _ There are hundreds going off for Boulogne, a distance of some 26 miles, but the charge for tra velling by any mode of conveyance is exorbitant beyond all precedent. Here they are all fishermen ; those who do not incline to go afloat content themselves with catching gudgeons. It is quite a consolation, however, to the English to find that they alone are not, as in general, the only prey to the cupidity of hotel-keepers, and that the natives, though not always to be caught, have on this oc- ' casion, however, been regularly fleeced as cleanly as themselves. This morning at 11 o'clock their Imperial Ma jesties left Calais, and their route throughout to this place has been one series of triumphs. All along the road, wherever there was an opportu nity, the national colours were displayed, .and triumphal arches erected, whilst the people lined the roads in groups of from 50 to 100 persons, where not a house was to be seen for miles. The only place of importance on the route between Calais and Boulogne, which had to be traversed by post, was Marquises ; and here there was such a display as we have never seen in any place of equal size, not equalling a fifth-rate English village, yet three triumphal arches spanned the road, and the municipal authorities and other inhabitants were drawn up on either side of the way to present an address to their Majesties, which was most graciously received. Ap proaching Boulogne, the manifestations of popular favour were evidenced in every possible manner ; and gratifying as have been the Aeceptions in every other portion of the Imperial progress, they have been much excelled here ; indeed, though we have had much experience in viewing such demonstra tions, we have never seen this exceeded, not even in the enthusiasm which always awaits our own gracious and beloved Monarch wherever she ap pears. Their Majesties and suite, occupying 11 carriages, and escorted by several deta3hments of the military, arrived at the Calais gate, outside of the town of Boulogne, which, as far as we have yet been enabled to see, presents nothing but a continuation of triumphal arches, garlands, wreaths, flowers, evergreens, and ribbons, and were received by the Mayors, the members of the Municipal Council, and deputations from the various trades, in a very elegant tent, where the keys of the town were tendered to his Majesty, and appropriate addresses presented —an Imperial salute being at the same time fired from the harbour, all the vessels in which were deco rated with colours, and the bells from the various churches ringing a merry peal. After the presen tation of the various addresses, the royal cortege proceeded by the Rue de Lille, the Place d'Arines and the Place au Ble, to the Sous P re f ec t ure, the Imperial cortege advancing in the following order A picket of cavalry. The Imperial carriages. The Municipal Body. The Military Authorities. The Sous-Prgets. The Magistracy. The other constituent bodies, in the usual order of precedence. The Institutions, Deputations, and Corporations. A picket of cavalry. Immediately after the Imperial cortege arrived at the Sous Prefecture, in their pro gress to which they were most enthusiastically cheered, the cries of " Vivo l'Empereur et l'lmperatrice " being most incessant and prolonged, the various portions of the cortege defiled down the Grande Rue before the Emperor, and separated on the Place d'Alton. Shortly after three o'clock, the Emp eror received the authorities in the following order : The Bishop of Arras and his Clergy. The Military Authorities. The Magistracy. The Municipal Body ; and The other constituted bodies according to precedence. During the reception at the Calais gat e , an o ld natelotte, heading the deputation from the fishing population of Boulogne, presented an address to the Emperor, said to b . e a verbatim repe ti t i on of the one she delivered to his uncle when in the flower of her youth and beauty. The troops taking part in the procession consisted of two squadrons of the 12th Regiment of Chas seurs with their staff-officer, and on e battalion of the 6th Regiment of Light Infantry with their staff-officer. These troops, together with about 50 gendarmes, and upwards of 300 pompiers, including those of Montreuil, formed an aggregate of nearly 2,000 men. At this moment their Imperial Majesties are proceeding by the Grand Rue to the N apo l eon Column, where an inspection of the troops is to take place at 4 o'clock, the hour of the departure of the express boat from Boulogne. The town is most densely crowded with English and other visitors, and great has been the difficulty of those arriving here from Calais, from 40 to 60 francs being demanded for a common cart, con veying two persons, the whole of the place s i n th e diligence having been engaged as long since as Friday last. 110,5'PITAL. The weather in the early part of the day was most beautiful, but just as the Emperor arrived a smart shower of rain came on, which, however, appears now happily to have passed away. We have already said that Sir Jas. Gordon's ser vice claims, as published by our contemporary, were inferior to those of the Earl of Dundonald and Sir W. Parker ; for in addition to their services as captains, both the latter admirals have served on foreign stations as commanders in chief, which Sir James Gordon has not ; but to do both the Earl of Dundonald and Sir James Gordon justice, we ap pend the epitome of their services as recorded by O'By rne.—Morning .Herald. SERVICES OF REAR-ADMIRAL SIR JAS. GORDON, K.C.B. Sir James Gordon is the eldest son of the late Charles Gordon, Esq., of Wardhouse, county Aberdeen, by a daughter of the late Major James Mercer, of Auchnacant, in the same shire. "He entered the navy, Nov. 25, 1793, as cap tain's servant, on board the Arrogant, 74, Captain James Hawkins Whitehed, employed on the home station ; where, and in the Mediterranean, he after wards served, part of the time as midshipman, in the Invincible, Ramillies, and Defence, 74's, Cap tains Hon. Thos. Pakenham, Sir Richard Bickerton, and Thos. Wells ; Eurydice and Revolutionnaire, fri gates, both commanded (the latter in Bridport's action) by Capt. Fras. Cole ; Namur, 98, Capt. J. H. Whit shed ; Goliath, 74, Capt. Thos. Foley (one of the victo rious fleet in the battle off Cape St. Vincent, Feb. 14, 1797) ; and Royal William, fiag-iaiii , of AAlwiral Mil banke. Being promoted to a lieutenant, Jan. 27, 1800, in Le Bourdelois, of 24 guns and 195 men, Captains Thos. Manly and John Hayes, he particularly signalised himself in that ship, on Jan. 26, 1801, at the capture, after a close cannonade of half an hour, of the French national brig La Curieuse, of 18 guns and 168 men, about 50 of whom were killed and wounded, while the British only sustained a loss of 1 man killed and 7 wounded. Towards the end of 1802, Mr. Gordon be came first lieutenant of the Racoon, 18, Captains Wil son Rathborne and Austin Bissell ; by the latter of whom we find his conduct on many occasions described as highly exemplary and praiseworthy, but especially lauded in a very warm action of 40 minutes, which, on the 11th of July, 1803, led to the capture, in Leogane Roads, of the French corvette Le Lodi, of 10 guns and 61 men. Succeeding Captain Bissell, March 3, 1804, in the command of the Racoon, Captain Gordon had the good fortune, during his continuance in that sloop, to make prize of many of the enemy's vessels, and, among others, of the French national transport, 14Argo, of 6 guns and 30 men, and the privateers L'Aventure, of 1 gun and 28 men, and L'Alliance, of 6 guns and 68 men. He was posted, May 16, 1805, into the Diligentia, afterwards Legere, employed, as was the Racoon, on the Jamaica station, but resigned the command in a few months, and was next appointed, June 18, 1807, to the Mercury, 28. After visiting Newfoundland with convoy, he proceeded off Cadiz, where, in company with the Alceste, 38, and Grasshopper, 18, he took a distin guished part, April 4, 1808, in an action of two hours and a half, which terminated in the defeat, under the batteries of Rota, and in the teeth of 11 French and Spanish line-of-battle ships, of 20 of the enemy's gun• boats, having a fleet of merchantmen under their charge. During a subsequent command, from June 27, 1808, to June 11, 1812, of the Active, of 46 guns and 300 men, Captain Gordon, whose prompt and zealous co-operation in the different services on which he was employed ap pears to have raised his name to a high pitch, planned several cutting-out affairs, and on the occasion of one which took place at Ortano, Feb. 12, 1811, won the par ticular thanks of Captain Henry Whitby, his senior officer, for the judicious manner in which he placed his ship and prevented any body of the enemy from form ing in the rear of the men detached on the expedition. On March 13, in the same year, he had the fortune to render himself conspicuous by his valour in the memo rable action off Lisbon, when the Active and three other frigates, carrying in the whole 156 guns and 879 men, completely routed, after a conflict of six hours, and a loss to the former 4 killed and 24 wounded, a Franco- Venetian armament, whose force amounted to 284 guns and 2,655 men. A few months subsequent to the lat ter event, Nov. 29, the Active, whose complement had been reduced to about 218 men, again distin guished herself in becoming the captor of La Pomone, of 44 guns and 332 men, 50 of whom were killed and wounded. The British did not sustain a loss of more than 8 killed and 27 wounded ; among the latter of whom, however, was the gallant Captain Gordon himself, an officer whose merits, as expressed by Captain Murray Maxwell, of the Alceste, who had witnessed the action, and been simultaneously engaged with La Pauline, ano ther of the enemy' s frigates, are known t o hi s country and who lives in the hearts of all who have the happiness to know him.' A 36-pounder took his leg clean off, just at the knee-joint, while he was standing on a shot rack, and leaning on th e capstan. Captain Gordon ' s next appo i ntment was Sept. 14, 1812, t o th e S ea h orse , 38, in which frigate, after cruising some time in the Channel, making a voyage also to South America, and effecting the destruction, Nov. 13, 1813, of Le Subitile, privateer, of 17 guns and 72 men, he joined Sir Alex. Cochrane in the Chesapeake. On August 17, 1814, Captain Gordon, with a squadron under his orders, con sisting, besides the Seahorse, of the Euryalus, 36, De vastation, /Etna, and Meteor bombs, Erebus, rocket vessel, and Anna Maria, tender, entered the river Potomac. After ten days of u nequalled labour, during which the B r iti s h were constantly impeded by shoals and contrary winds, and every ship in the squ a d ron grounded n o t l ess th an twenty times, they reach e d an d attacked Fort Washington ; the which, together with a battery on the beach, a martello tower, and a battery in the rear, containing in the whole 21 heavy can not and 6 field-pieces, fell into their possession. The City of Alexandria, having thus lost its only defence, was, on the next day, the 29th, forced to capitulate on the most humiliating terms. On the 31st, the conquerors, ani mated with the success they had encountered, retired in charge of 21 of the enemy's vessels, laden with all kinds of merchandise ; the whole of which the,y brought down in triumph, notwithstanding that the Ameri cans, to the natural difficulties with which their invaders had previously had to contend, now added all the obstacles that the most determined spirit of oppo- * The Earl of Dundonald possesses three Chilien decora tions for capturing the city of Valdivia and the frigate Esmeralda, and for clearing the Pacific of all hostile ves sels of war ; also the Grand Cross of the Order of the Cru zero, for driving the Portuguese from tho northern pro vinces of Brazil ; and the Order of the Redeemer of Greeco. His lordship s services to his own country have been ga zetted nine times. _ _ _ 1- His lordship has lately afforded the public some very sterling suggestions, the fruits of his vast experience, in the shape of a pamplet, entitled " Observations on Naval Affairs, and on some collateral subjects, &c." In this volume he has published a summary of his naval services, and has exhibited acts of injustice, as experienced by him self, which should render its perusal imperative on all who feel in any way interested in the honour of their country, and especially on those whose duty, as well in whose power, it is to make atonement for the past, and, by future sots, to cancel its recollection. THE GOVERNORSHIP OF GREENWICH The navy and the public will receive with high satisfaction the intelligence of the promotion of Sir James A. Gordon, the Lieutenant-Governor of Greenwich Hospital, to the office of Governor, vacant by the death of the late Sir Charles Adam. Few officers in the English navy have been so for tunate as to earn so many honourable distinctions as Sir James Gordon. He was midshipman of the Revolutionuaire in Bridport's action, served at St. Vincent and the Nile, and wound up his active service in 1814 by commanding a small squadron which ascended the Potomac and obtained possession of the city of Alexandria. The records of his services as a frigate captain throughout the war with France are too familiar to all who have read the annals of the British navy to need repetition here. He was captain of the Active in the action off Lissa, and at the capture of the French frigate Pomone, in which he lost a leg. He has been nine times gazetted. Independently of his great and splendid services at sea, there is obvious justice in appointing the second officer of the hospital to the post vacant by the death of his senior. The pro motion is as honourable to the Minister who could recognise and reward such long and honourable service as to the new Governor of Greenwich Hos pital.—Times. It was reported yesterday in select circles that the vacant appointment of Governor of Greenwich Hospital had already been given away, and that the noble Premier, the Earl of Aberdeen, had inti mated to Sir James Gordon, the present lieutenant governor, in a very complimentary letter, that he had selected him for the place. We believe this report to be correct, and that the gallant officer received yesterday at Whitehall the congratulations of the Admiralty in town. Well, we have done our duty to the service, and we have no doubt that the Earl of Aberdeen feels conscious that he has done his duty to the country in preferring Sir James Gordon, K.C.8., to his seniors, the Earl of Dundonald, G.C.8., and Sir Wm. Parker, G.C.B. Doubtless the fact that Sir James had been the lieutenant-governor so long had great weight with the Premier, and it was looked upon as a succession promotion earned by service in the second position at the Royal Hospi tal.. We still believe, however, that the navy gene rally will take a different view of the matter, and will not accept this selection either as a matter of justice to the service or to the individual who has received the appointment. They will remember that Sir Jas. Gordon was allowed to waive his turn for promotion, in order that he might keep his appoint ment, and they will not now consider it fair to the distinguished seniors of the navy that Sir Jas. Gordon, without any other claims for service than what he acquired as a captain, should now jump from 8001. a-year, with his half-pay as a rear admiral, to 1,5001. a-year, with his half-pay as a vice -admiral, with house, stores, &c. Thus, Sir James, who has not served afloat for 20 years, will by this step have his emoluments increased from 8001. salary, 300/. a-year pension, and 4561. half pay—total, 1,5561. per annum, to 1,500/. salary, 300/. pension, and 593/. half-pay—total, 2,393/. per annum—twice as much as admiral of the fleet, and, taking the perquisites into account, house, allowances, asc., almost as much as a port admiral, more than the commander-in-chief of the Coast of Africa, and just as much as the commmanders in chief in the East Indies, West Indies, and Medi terranean, including their allowances for table money. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The Moniteur of yesterday announces in the fol lowing terms the entrance of part of the English and French squadrons into the sea of Marmora "The last news from Constantinople informs us that on the application of the Ambassadors of France and England, in accord with the Ottoman Goverrk- Inept, two French and two English frigates have Passed the Dardanelles, and anchored in front of Constantinople." The short note in the Moniteur appears to have 40 other importance than this, that it officially con firms the intelligence already received from other 80 tirces of the passage of the Dardanelles for a cer tain portion of the united squadrons. Whether the . , number of frigates be two or three is not of Tle slightest consequence ; the grand fact remains, that English and French vessels of war are be 'Ore Constantinople. I understand from a trust- Worthy source, that the ambassadors at Con stantinople only ordered two vessels at first, in Order not to create too great alarm, but that the whole of the squadrons were to follow without de taY ; in fact, that it may be looked on as certain that all the other vessels have before now anchored to face of Constantinople. In order to lessen the impression which this de nlonstration is calculated to produce on the Emperor of Russia, the French and English Governments have directed their ambassadors at Vienna, Baron de norqueney and Lord Westmoreland, to proceed t 0 Olmutz, to pay their respects to his Majesty. They are also directed to embrace with eagerness any overture that might by possibility be made to- Wards resuming the negotiations. But the opinion here, in well-informed circles, is, that no such over ture will be made. Marshal Narvaez has received a letter from Ge neral Prim, announcing that he (the latter) has been placed by the Sultan at the head of a body of 20 ,000 men. It is to be remarked that General Prim has not received any authorisation from his own Government to accept any such post. Private accounts from the banks of the Danubt 1, ,,e the 9th make known several important facts. The Itussians, who had not quitted Bucharest until the 2 5th ult., bad just pushed forward two recognis ances, the one to Kaletat, a small fortified place in Wallachia, on the right bank of the Danube, oppo site Widdin • and the other to Giorgevo, opposite zt ,ustchuk. That town has a real strategic importance 15 3 r reason of the fortress which defends it, and Which, situated on a small island on the Danube, c ommands the river in that part. No judgment c an yet be formed of the plan of the Russians ; but according to the works of their engineers, they a p - Pear t o intend to make Giorgeve one of their cen tres of operations in the south of Wallachia. The Turks on their side continue to use energetic means of defence. From Varna to Nicomedia all t he vulnerable points of the river are fortified, the lefile o f S oumon dji is impenetrable, and the artil lery is under the command of experienced officers. "pier Pacha is at Tarna ; he shows an unbounded activity, and is well seconded by his officers. * c averything shows that if the Russians attempt to cross the Danube and the Balkans, they will meet with insurmountable difficulties. A letter from Moscow, of the 17 t h, states that t he Emperor of Russia, on leaving Olmutz, will eruceed to Odessa. SPAIN. .A. telegraphic dispatch from Madrid, of the 24 t 1 1) says :—" The Madrid Gaze tte announces that the question of Marshal Narvaez has been so loed ; the marshal m a y return to Spain when he ,Zuks proper. The new military organisation will 1 11 Prise, it is said, the nominatio n of several gene s'which bad formed part of the Moder ate 0 pp 004.„ o4.„ TIIE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY' The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's mail packet Indiana, Capt. Lambert, arrived this morning. Her dates are—Calcutta, July 15 ; Mauritius, Aug. 7 ; Table Bay, 20 ; St. Helena, 29 ; Ascension, Sept. 2 ; St. Vincent's, 10 ; and Vigo, 25. At the Mauritius, sugars were making five dols. Per 1001bs. Freights, 3/. 3s. to England. The Sydney emigrant ship was lost at Carmo- I liers Point, on the 12th of July ; crew and passen gers saved. Affairs continue tranquil at the Cape. The Gaikas and Kreli have fulfilled the stipulations im- Posed on them at the end of the war. Any sudden t in:dilution of the troops would, in the opinion of the colonists, be followed by fresh outbreaks. The e cqunerce of the Cape is daily increasing, and the c onstitution has given a full sense of security. At the Cape—The Meander, Dart, and Hydra. The Bosphorus, from England, was daily expected. Two Spanish ships of war (a frigate and a brig) were at Vigo. Spoken —Aug. 16, in lat. 34 S., long. 25 E., the ~ 'ancellor, bound from Bombay to Liverpool ; on 17th, in lat. 35 S., long. 21 E., the Robt. Peel, 'am Batavia to Cowes ; on the 28th, in lat. 18 1. 3 long. 3W. the Cambria to Liverpool ; on the ‘ l oth, i n l a t. 14 S., 7 W., the Martaban for Liver -1;001 ; Sept. 7, in lat. 7, 19 W., the Orion ; Sept. ; 1 ) in lat. 19, 25 W., the Andover ; Sept. 26, in At. 44 N 10 W., distinguishing pendant No. 70. THE UNITED STATES. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. The United States mail steam-ship Atlantic, captain West, arrived from New York this morn ing, with 100 passengers, but no specie. She "'lugs the following intelligence : NEW YORK, SEPT. 17. Niagara Hermann has arrived at New York, and the lama at Boston. The Court of Bishops at Camden has, by a una ,7l:sous vote, dismissed the presentment against jtshop Doane, chiefly on the ground that that pre e, as he admitted, had acted indiscreetly, but not ith wrong intent. t The Union (official) denounces the policy of in uducing apprenticeship instead of slavery into üba and t hints at nterference. im The pestilence at i New Orleans is abating. ARKETS.—Money easy ; fall trade large. Stocks ,ve recovered, but are not active. Sterling ex -I::.',a/age lower, and rather dull ; 109 k for bankers' b 'u it 'us, and lon to 1081 for merchants'. Cotton dull, t ti ci shows no change. Provisions are advanced, i!cept flour, which has retrograded 6c. to 12c. per " 4 xTel. Groceries and teas have advanced. _ - • TEIE SOUTHAMPTON MAIL PACKETS.—TUESDAY.— L 4 e mail steam-ship Iberia, belonging to the Peninsu r and Oriental Company, and commanded by Captain s '-` , ,abe r t s, left this afternoon f or th e P en i nsu l ar w ith usual mails &c. The Iberia has taken out about 4 ' l l , l .Ydye in pa a s i sengers, 4,320/. in specie for Lisbon, and Cull general cargo. The above company's screw II -4113811 i Cadiz will leave the docks to-morrow to toeeed to her intended station, Bombay. She will • taken out by Captain Cooper, who will upon her ri val hand h er over t o th e charge of another com- In 7 4 cder. Th e C a di z w ill procee d par tly under steam and Partly under sail, and is expected to reach her destination 1 4 about ninety days. She will take sufficient provisions to 4 1 3 8 t her crew six months, and will also have on board 4 ° 1 4 . 500 tons weight of coal for steaming purposes. f or e,,will also take out a considerable amount of stores b‘lle company's depot at Bombay, but no mails or •%,Thleecgers. The line upon which she will be placed be between Hong Kong and Bombay, touching at 44 4411 1?, Singapore, Galle, and Ceylon. The Tartar will leave to-morrow for China, and will be towed out 41 411 b %, eyond sight of land by the Cadiz. Owing to the 1,41-lness of this vessel, it has been deemed n ecessary to t o "ve her paddl e -boxes for th e p urpose o f ena bl ing h er j easily to travel under canvas, there being sufficient p w age room in her to enable her to steam out to her des ricm- She will be commanded by C a pt a i n C a lb ec k, la intended to be placed upon the China river ser %to • The next ship home, belonging to the Peninsular p o `A. Oriental Company is the Indus, with the heavy ' 1 ,2° 4 of the East India and China mails ; she may be *Feted to arrive about the 2d proximo. The Euxine 1 1 „`, convey the next outward East India and China 1 , 4 1 1 , 1 8 to Alexandria on the 4th of October. The Sultan %4 1 1 8 eave on the 7th of next nionth with the Peninsular bei n ' &c., in the stead of the Madrid, which vessel is r e jlaid up for the purpose of undergoing thorough , 511 1 r;,.... The Sultan will be commanded by Captain ao 11 weeks, late of the Madrid. The Tagus, Captain 2i, will be home with the Peninsular mail about the lit ab a :!'d the D ouro and Ra j ah are expec t e d from Con --"410ple early the commencement of next month. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid, Leasing Compans. Closing Prices this day. RAILWAYS. Bedford and Bletchley.... Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Do. withoutgr Birm. Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do. wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. A Shares. Do. Shares. Lon. & Greenw D o. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bxtu. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar. . Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp. c. Do. 6 pe. et. Do. Fixeds p e Prest. & Wyre Do. Shares. Roystn.& Hit. Do. Shepth. St Shef.Roth.aud Goole g . 5 p. c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrst WHITECHAPEL. The general demand ruled steady, as follows:—Beef from 2s 10d to 48 ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 10d ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; pork, 3s 8d to 5s 4d per 81b8 by the carcase. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S EDUCATION SCHEME.—A nimber of the teachers employed by the General Assem bly of the Church of Scotland, and others, entertained Mr. John Keith, clerk to the General Assembly's Edu cation Committee, at supper on the 23d inst , and pre sented him with a purse containing thirty-two guineas (being contributions from 139 teachers), as a token of their appreciation of his labours in connection with the Education Scheme for the last fourteen years, and as a mark of their gratitude for his uniform kindness and his unwearied attention to their interests on all occasions. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Pa id RAILWAYS. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. June Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley.. Birkeuhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons Do., £2O. ..... Bristol & Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Dublin&Belfast June Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New . ...... East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.) Do., (XlB E. & H.) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh Do., B. & C East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Binning. June Edinburgh& Glasgow ,Eclinb. and Peebles lEdinb.Prth.&Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock ..... Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. )1 'Great Western I all LOO all j Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster &Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancasti. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby. &So utbpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. London & N. Western' Do. Fifths Do. ,10/.5h.,M&8...0 London & S. Western Do., £5O Ludndrry.&Coleraine Lndudrry. & Ennisk. Aanch.Shef.&Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Ki Wand Do. Birming. & Derby siidlaud G.West.(lr. ) Do. 3 Shares Newcastle &Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry dz Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk... ......... Do., New ..... ....... Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l Do., No. 2........ De., A Deferred... Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire.. North Western........ N. & S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester di Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg. 'Do., L. & N. Westu. Guaranteed Stock... Shrewsby. & Herefd. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.)...... Do. Halves, d 0....... Do. Oswestry ..... Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun Do. Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway .. Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall.. Wmbl edon &Croydon Woodford ....... York Newctl. & Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland Closing Prices this day. 20 -- 22 3 4A si —9, 13 11 d 15 17 5 4d'' 48 - 49 14 - 16 2/t lid 73 83 ..... 4.1 2' 34 11 -11 i) 36 - 40 24 - 28 61 - 63 2: 6 20 . -- 2.2 68i -69 i 42 - 44 19 - 121. 98 - 100 79 - 80 82 87 10 —l2 p 62 63 7i —74 d 44 3id 12 12 7i -- 7i par -- 1 p 94 -- 96 101 i --102 i - F' par -- 74 76 13 -- 12 d 11 -- 10 d 18i -19 f --d 57 -- 58 32 -- 34 1 50 52 d— par 6 5d 43 . I ,I. 4 —3 cl 244 —254 8— 1O 1 2 7 74 6i 7i St par 2 p 38 - 40 86 - 88 57 - 59 60 - 65 " a; uaSi 16 18 8 9 12 -- 13 4 -- 3d 16 -- 18 58 59 32 34 3- 4 28 - 30 2i 3 13- 144 4 57 59 9i —91 d 4i -- 4d g43t —44 i 60 57 S 2i2 69 8 9 70 42 3i 119 9!7 78 §7i9B 61 3 / 4 Pm 603 11 81 3 / 4 11a 12 7f 3 / 4 94 3 / 4 123/ 1003 3 / 4 74 6 181 19i 56 1 b 51 7i THE QUEEN'S YACHT. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY. ---Her Majesty's yacht Vic toria and Albert is still being dismantled ; but it is now discovered that, even if lengthened the 63 feet ordered, the requisite accommodation will not be obtained. This was arrived at on a consultation over the plans for altera tion (brought down yesterday from the Amiralty by Captain. Crispin), which were inspected this morning at the master shipwright's-office by a committee of officers, comprising Captain Crispin, Mr. Baker, inspector of machinery and chief engineer of the Royal yacht ; Mr. Murray, superintending engineer of this dockyard ; Mr. Abethell, the master shipwright, &c. So matters will remain in abeyance as to the actual cutting until the final opinion of the Admiralty is issued.—Times. The spoilation has commenced. The funnel and boilers have been taken out of her, and she has this day hauled over to the factory side to have her engines taken out, after which she will haul into No. 9 dock for the final tragedy. The blocks have been raised in the fore part of the dock upwards of eight feet, to allow for her extra length, which is purposed to be 265 feet. The gilt orna ments have been taken off, and the bowsprit got ashore this afternoon. She now presents a sightless and tender hull ; what she will be after having been " chloroformed" to undergo her terrible operation we are not prepared to say. We shall, at all events, watch the patient daily, and see if she sinks under it. But we yet hope for a change of treatment. —Morning Herald. THE CHOLERA. (From the General Board of Health, Whitehall.) NEWCASTLE. Deaths on the 26th of September : Cholera .... Diarrhoea.. 53 -56 The total number of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea in Newcastle, during the present outbreak, has been 1,243. In the same period, viz., the first 26 days during the prevalence of epidemic cholera there in 1831-2, the number of deaths was 197. GATBSEISAD UNION. Deaths on the 25th of September : Cholera 14 The total number of deaths from cholera and diarrhoea in Gateshead to the present date has been 306. During the same period, viz., the first 19 days in 1831-2, the deaths amounted to 131. Nine more medical visitors have been requested by the Medical Superintending Inspector of the General Board of Health. They have been instructed by the Board to leave town forthwith for the districts affected. SANATORY IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMBETH. —The Com missioners of the Paving Board of the extensive and densely-populated parish of Lambeth, have at length commenced a most excellent mode of draining the various side streets leading out of the principal thoroughfares. Many of the side streets, leading especially out of the Waterloo-road, and the neighbourhood of the New-cut localities, where the cholera raged during the last visita tion ; although the drainage was good, yet the streets, not being properly formed, allowed the surplus water, after heavy showers, to remain in front of the inhabi tants' houses for several days. In hot weather, the effluvia arising from the stagnant water was unpleasant and dangerous, and the Commissioners have commenced paving the streets in a novel way, forming a small con duit in the centre of the roadway, and the sides of the road being slightly raised, the water is now effectually tarried off, which must prove a great boon to the whole of the parishioners, especially at such a time as the pre sent, when we are threatened by another visitation of cholera. THE BIRMINGHAM GAOL CRUELTIES. - A meeting was held in the Town-hall of Birmingham, on Tuesday, to protest against the justices appointing another governor and surgeon to this gaol. Such a hall has not been seen for years. From seven until eleven every inch of space was occupied, and a crowd surrounded the building. Mr. George Edmonds, the clerk of the peace, presided. Mr. Alderman Laroden, several town councillors, and the leading clergy of the establishment were present. Great excitement prevailed, and some degree of exas peration was caused by reason of the refusal of the mayor to grant the use of the hall, which was subse quently obtained by other means. Amongst the resolutions passed unanimously was one to the effect, that the meeting viewed with feelings of indignation the horrible system of cruelty and oppres sion which had been carried on at the gaol, with the implied eauetion of tho visiting jindires:, and the meeting expressed its strong disapprobation of such inhuman treatment, also expressed a hope that the people of England would acquit the people of Birmingham of any participation of these barbarities. Also a subsequent resolution, moved by Mr. Coun cillor Aliday, the visiting justices were declared to have entirely forfeited the confidence of the people of Bir mingham, and the meeting solemnly protested against these justices participating in the appointment of an other governor and other officers of the prison. A gentleman, partner of one of the justices, attempted to move a counter resolution. He made some remarks, amidst a torrent of disapprobation, and finally gave way with the simple expression of his dissent, he being the only person who did dissent in the vast assembly. The Rev. G. S. BULL moved a vote of thanks to Lord Palmerston, which was carried by acc l ama ti on , as was also the following resolution :—" That this meeting is of opinion that the appointment of a stipendiary magis trate for the borough would greatly facilitate the proper, orderly, and impartial discharge of magisterial business, and would tend to inspire the inhabitants of this great and important town with a confidence in the administra tion of the criminal and especially judicial decisions and summary convictions, which the borough justices do not at present possess." The immense crowd departed quietly at 11 o'clock. THE FUNDS. ( From the Times City Article.) The panic in the stock-market continues to increase, and has now apparently become uncontrollable from the mere force of contagion. At the commencement of business, before the course of operations had been influ enced by a renewal of vague excitement, there was a favourable reaction of the same character as that which took place on the previous morning ; but a continuous pressure of sales, both for money and account, then again set in, and a decline ensued with scarcely any pause, until Consols for money, which had opened at 92. had been sold at 934. Subsequently, on its becoming known that the quotations of the foreign exchanges were such as to put any further immediate transmission of gold to the continent out of the question, a slight im provement took place, but there was no alteration in the actual appearance of the market, which retained its agitated character to the last. Nothing transpired during yesterday to account for the renewed fall, and operations seem to content them selves with general predictions of fearful monetary or political difficulties, according to the direction in which the market may be most sensitive for the moment. Of course, with fears of this kind once set in motion, a panic may be carried to any extent, since it soon creates of itself the very evils from the dread of which it had its origin. Meanwhile, however, it is satisfactory to state that in no quarter among the respectable firms of London engaged in general trade does there appear to be the slightest fear of any commercial disasters—a con dition of affairs which harmonises with the fact that all stocks of produce or manufactures have for months past been cleared off at a profit as fast as they could be accu mulated, while, with the exception of the shipments to Australia, the entire commerce of the country has been carried on with more freedom from speculation than at any former period. The rate for money in the Stock Exchange yesterday on Government securities was 3 per cent. Out of doors and at the Bank there was a full, but not au excessive, demand. Some loans on Exchequer Bills were obtained at the Bank at the rate announced on Friday last — namely, 4 per cent. The fall in Consols since May has now exceeded 10 per cent. ; and on only eight occasions during the pre sent century has any continuous decline to a similar ex tent taken place. These instances were as follows—the downward course in each case having been interrupted by only slight oscillations. It will be observed that the heaviest periods were in 1803, on the breaking out of hostilities with France ; in 1819, on the resumption of cash payments ; in 1825, upon the failure of the private banks ; in 1830, on the rejection of the Reform Bill ; and in 1847, in consequence of the railway crisis. In the remaining cases the fluctuation was little beyond that which has occurred this year, although in compar ing them with the present time, the greater margin for a fall that has been presented by the recent high prices must be kept in mind. Year. 1802 1803 1814 1815 1819 1825 1830 1847 Decline from 79 to 66{ 73 —5 0 i 72.1 62 65 53 79 6 4 4 . 94i 75 941 77. 94 78 Extent of fall. 122 i i per cent. 10 2 PROPOSED METROPOLITAN MANIFESTATION IN SUP PORT or TURKEY. - At a meeting of friends to the inde pendence of Turkey, held at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet street, yesterday evening, Mr. J. A. Nich o l a y i n t h e chair, the following resolution was unanimously adopted : —" That a metropolitan aggregate meeting, for th e pur pose of eliciting an expression of public opinion with re gard to the Russian invasion of Turkey, and the duty of this country in consequence thereof, be holden on the earliest possible day ; and that a sub-committee be ap pointed to forward the necessary arrangements, and to report to a general meeting of the committee on Satur day evening, October I.': The sub-committee having been appointed, the meeting adjourned until Saturday evening, at the above-mentioned place. sition could suggest. The loss endured by the squadron fortunately did not exceed 7 killed and 35 wounded; yet some idea of the operations may be formed when it is asserted that during the 23 days they lasted the ham mocks of the men were down but for two nights. The issue, indeed, of the enterprise was stated by Sir Alex. Cochrane to have surpassed his most sanguine expecta tions. Captain Gordon afterwards accompanied the ex pedition against New Orleans, and throughout all its de. tails afforded, as officially recorded, his unwearied and cheerful assistance to Rear Admiral Poulteney Malcolm. The importance of his services met a just reward, on Jan. 2, 1815, by the conferrence upon him of the K.C.B. His after appointments were—Nov. 7, 1815, and Oct. 24, 1816, to the Madagascar and Meander frigates, the latter of which was all but lost off Orfordness, in Dec., 1816 ; Jan. 11, 1819, to the Active, 46, employed on the Halifax and Mediterranean stations ; and in July, 1832, to the superintendentship of Chatham Dockyard, where he remained with his name part of the time on the books of the Chatham y ac ht, until his promotion to flag. rank, Jan. 10, 1837. He has been lieutenant governor since July 1, 1840, of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich. Sir James Alexander Gordon was presented by the Board of Admiralty, in 1812, with a gold medal, de scriptive of the action off Lissa, to be worn with his uniform in the usual manner; and he has been in the receipt, since July 31 in that year, of a pension of 2001. In 1817 he was presented with the freedom of Aber. deen. He married, Aug. 27, 1812, the youngest daugk. ter of John Ward, Esq., of Marlborough, Wiltshire, by whom he had issue a son, the late Commander J. A.. Gordon, R.N." PUBLIC .HEALTH. From a return which has been just published of all the places which have petitioned the General Board of Health for the application of the Public Health Act, 1848, with the dates when such petitions were received ; distinguishing the towns where provisional orders have been confirmed, and where orders in council have been issued, with the dates of such provisional orders and orders in council, we extract the following interesting particulars : The total number of towns, &c., from which applica• tions have been received for the application of the Pub lic Health Act amounts to 225. The total number of towns, &c., in relation to which examinations and reports have been mad*, and to which the act has been applied by provisional order, is 86. The total number of towns, &c., in relation to which examinations and reports have been made, and to which the act has been applied by orderi n council is 78. The total number of towns, &c., in relation to which reports and examinations have been conducted, and provisional orders made, awaiting the sanction of Par. liament, is 10. The total number of towns respecting which orders in council are pending, is 2. Places within jurisdiction of Metropolitan Commis sion of Sewers are 3. Applications to the General Board of Health for assistance have also been made from other places within the jurisdiction of the Me tropolitan Commission of Sewers ; such as from Ken sington, Hampstead, Camden Town, Barking, Wal thamstow, &c., but as they were not formal petitions, complying with the requirements of the Public Health Act, they are not enumerated in this list. Local acts obtained, incorporating Public Health Act, are 7. The principal portions of the Public Health Act have also been incorporated in local acts for other places, such as Bath, Bolton, Newark, and St. Helens, torn which no petitions or applicati ons h ave b een made to the General Board of Health for inquiry or other pre liminary proceedings under the said Public Health Act. The application of the act is suspended at resent in 29 instances. The number of towns or places awaiting second in. quiry, or not yet reported upon to the board, 40. A TRIP TO BOULOGNE. The General Steam Navigation Company's ship Al bion, Captain Payne, left London-bridge wharf at five o'clock on Sunday morning, for Boulogne, having on board 140 passengers. 25 horses, and 2 carriages. The weather was very fine, and there appeared every Fos pect of a fair run across Channel ; but after passingthe Nore it became thick and hazy, with rain, and the brreze freshened strong from the southward. The ship boreup bravely, but on making the South Foreland the captan, finding he should not be able to save the tide into Ber logne harbour, deemed it prudent to put back, and rut round into Margate Roads, where he came to anclur immediately under the North Foreland about 2 p.m, intending to proceed on his course with the next tide. The ship laboured considerably during the afternoon, owing to the heavy sea and the great deck load slim was carrying. At dusk, the wind, which had nov got round to the north-west, increased to a perfect gale, and every sea washed over the vessel. The passengers became very much alarmed, and some of them expressed a fear that they should never see terra firma again. The captain and crew behaved very gallantly, and the cool conduct of the former, as well as of his chief mate, under the trying circumstances, had an admirable effect in quieting the fears of those on board. The ship was anchored about a mile from the beach, and at nine p.m., in consequence of the gale and heavy sea, it was deemed advisable to give her 50 fathoms more chain, after which she rode with greater ease until midnight. AL Lwo a.m., the gale still blowing hard, the ship parted from her best bower anchor, which was lost, with five fathoms of chain. The steam was soon got up, and the head of the ship being pointed off the land, Captain Payne with some difficulty got round under Broadstairs, where, in some degree sheltered from the wind, he came to anchor at three a.m. in com paratively still water. The sea outside was still run ning very high, and the gale continuing, a fresh difficulty arose in consequence of an emeute or mutiny among the passengers, the majority of whom insisted upon the captain going into Ramsgate, and allowing them to land at that port. Captain Payne vainly assured them of the absence of all danger, and of the certainty of his landing them safely at Boulogne during Monday night, in sufficient time to welcome the Emperor and Em press. It was all of no avail. They had had one night of it, and another they refused to encounter. While the argu ment pro and con was pending, some of the passengers, more anxious than the rest, found among their number a stout lady in an "interesting situation," whose suf ferings had no doubt been very severe. Armed with this lady's case, they proceeded in a body to the captain, whose seamanship at length gave way to his politeness, under the pressing remonstrances to which he was sub jected. The anchor was again weighed, and, at half past two o'clock on Monday afternoon, the Albion ran into Ramsgate harbour, where about 100 passengers left the ship, and either returned to London or came on by way of Folkestone. At half-past five o'clock cis Monday afternoon, the Albion left Ramsgate and came to an anchor at half-past six under Walmer Castle, near to which the French squadron were then lying. Sh• weighed again at half-past one o'clock yesterday morn ing, and made the run across Channel in V I hours, en termg Boulogne harbour at four o'clock—making 47 hours from port to port. At one period of the gale on Sunday night, the captain was actually urged by some of the passengers to lighten his deck load, by throwing over the horses and carriages. His conduct throughout was most seamanlike, and those passengers who remained with him, and who are consequently best able to form an opinion, express themselves highly satisfied with his judgment and energy. There can be no doubt the ship was too heavily deck-laden, in consequence of which she rolled arid pitched with much greater violence than she would otherwise have done. While the Albion was in Ramsgate harbour, upwards of 20 anchors were sent off to ships in the Downs, which had either parted or been compelled to slip their cables. The City of Paris, which was to have left Boulogne on Sunday, for London, did not go out of harbour until yesterday morning, in consequence of the violence of the gale. The Folke stone traffic has not been t nteriupted since Tuesday, when the departure of the steamer was delayed for a few hours. The Princess Clementine, Captain Mortte man, made an excellent passage from that port on Mon day afternoon, with 160 passengers and six horses. The captain might have brought many more horses and two carriages ; but, in the exercise of a discretion allowed to the commanders of the vessels on this line, he declined to do so in the then state of the weather.—Morning Post. THE NEEDLEWOMEN AND THE SEWING MACHINES. —ln consequence of the utter impossibility of obtaining workwomen, at the present scale of wages, to complete many heavy orders for exportation, several of the mid dle people, who take the work out from warehouses, have notified that it is their intention, should the strike continue longer, to substitute the sewing machines, which can be obtained at a cost of from 301. to 401. each, and will seam or sew at the rate of a yard and a quarter a minute for manual labour. Notwithstanding this threat, few, if any of the good workwomen have applied for employment, there being at present several hundreds who are determined not to return to work until an ad vance in their wages is given. ANTIQUITIES. -A number of stone coffins, containing human remains in a more or less state of decomposition, have been recently discovered in the grounds of Brae head House, in the neighbourhood of Kirkaldy. The coffins and their inhabitants are no doubt old, but they do not seem to point to a period of very great antiquity. Similar remains have been discovered in different parts of the country, also large standing stones, some of them probably memorials of victory or defeat, gained or sus tained by our rude ancestors in their conflicts with the Roman power, or the numerous migatory invading armies which came at a later period from the shores of the Baltic, or the sterile wilds of Scandinavia.—Fife shire Journal. WOODS, FORESTS, AND LAND REVENUES.- Yester day a Parliamentary paper was printed containing the accounts of the receipt and expenditure of the Woods &c., for the year, to March 81, 1852, with the audit of the Commissioner of Audit to the Treasury. The Woods are now separated from the Public Buildings. The receipts, with the balance in hand, of the land revenues were, in cash, 53,8511. 25., and in stock and other securities, 173,2641. 7s. 10d. On the other side the expediture was considerable, and the balances were 4,2931. 6s. cash, and 110,299/. 13s. 7d. securities. The general abstract shows that in the receipts the securi ties purchased were 195,2641. 7s. 10d., and in cash 563,795 1 . 19s. 2d. There were various payments, and the net balances on the 31st of March, 1852:were 138,7161. 2s. 7d. THE SCOTCH BENCH.--It is rumoured at present that previous to the commencement of the winter session of the Court in November next, one of the Inner House Judges, who is in rather a delicate state of health, is to tender his resignation, and that in consequence the Lord Advocate will be elevated to the Bench.—Edin burgh Witness. ti .411 i ~. i 1 ; - al * q