The Sun. — London, England, 1857-10-10 00:00:00

THE LYDIAN MUTINIES. THE DEFENCE OF BENARES. The following interesting letter is written by the son of Major Peddie, of Stirling : Benares, August 21, 185 - 7. Dear Mother,—l have just received. four news papers from papa, but no letters this time, so that some of those black blackguards must have got hold of them. I hope this will reach you, as no doubt you are quite anxious enough already ere this time. We are safer here in Benares (or at least as safe) as in Calcutta or London. We have been throwing up entrenchments, which might almost be called fortifications, they are so strong. As there were no military engineers here, I had, by request of Brigadier Gordon, commanding, to commence and carry on the works, and managed to throw them up at a rate that rather astonished the old Indians hereabouts. They have given me no end of praise. The works are now in charge of two military engineers, who arrived the other day from Calcutta, but it is more than probable they will have to move on in a day or two, and then I will be " Commander-in-Chief" again. The -works are on a high isolated mound, bounded on three sides by the rivers Ganges and Burna, the banks of which are precipitous, the fourth side has been defended by 24-pounder, 18-pounder, 12- pounder, and 6-pounder batteries, witk three 10- inch mortars. These batteries command the river, the city of Benares, and the approaches to the - works. Provisions for 500 men have been already stored, sufficient to last for one and a half years. Barracks are being erected, and as there is one main position, with two lines of outworks, the place can be defended by either 400 or 5,000 men, as in the event of our having only the first number, tie outworks could be given up, and yet the enemy would gain no advantage thereby. The only fear now is that they will not come near us, as they know our strength. We have had some beau tiful practice with the guns and mortars. The en trenchments are at present occupied with 200 of the 37th (Queen's) and about 800 of the faithful Sikhs —they are men that refused to join with the rest of their regiment on the night of the mutiny here. They are fine fellows ; one of them saved his colo nel's life. We have also 40 men of the Madras Artillery. In the event of a row all the troops (about 400) would come down from the station, which is 3l miles distant. There is so little danger here now that none of the troops are detained on their way from Calcutta, but pushed on at one towards Cawnpore and Lucknow. I went out the other night with 250 men, and two guns that were sent along the Grand Trunk Road to intercept the Dinapore mutineers, but they heard of our coming and bolted across the country, where the guns could not follow them quick enough, so we missed them. All the railway works are at a complete stand still for the present. But we will soon be pushing them on again. Ano'her two months will settle all this part of the country as far up as Futtehpore. The Delhi business will take longer, as it is such a dis tance for troops to march. The accounts from Delhi this morning are good—the mutineers' powder manufactory, with 50 artificers, has been blown up. I bad a lot of the sth Fusiliers up here during the other day—they were on their way to Allahabad. I find I must close, as the bags will close in a few minutes. I have scrawled th;s in great baste. As the arrival of the papers was the first intimation I bad of the Bombay line being open, I had not cal culated on being able to send you a line this time." DIIGSHAIE. The following are extracts from the letter of a young officer at present residing at Dugshaie, slowly recovering from wounds received before Delhi. His letter is dated 30th Aug. last : " I have arrived here (i.e., at Dugshaie) all safe, on the 23d July. I left on the 2d June to join the army at Delhi. I was sadly afraid that I would be too late, but I caught them up at Allipore, 8 miles on this side of Delhi ; and on the Bth of June we marched to attack the enemy, who had taken up a strong position at Badi Serai (a native inn), and I had command of the advanced guard of our force. We got close up to the enemyapparently before they saw us, for when they issued their fire, the shot, shell, &c., went far over our heads. I was lelt behind to take charge of the guns we had taken. I hal soma hard work, however, for the serai (inn) was full of Sepoya. I took the guard in and killed about sixty of them. At sunset I received an order t) march to the camp at Delhi. We had occasional skirmishes with the enemy. I came safely out of them all until the 17th June, when I was settled with five wounds—one through the left wrist ; one ball carried off the little finger of my right hand, , wounding the one next it ; the third was a wound in the chin ; the fourth broke my collarbone, carry ing away upwards of an inch of it, and the bullet has rot yet been found—it is in me somewhere ; the fifth was a graze on the right breast. I am getting on favourably. It was only through God's mercy I was not killed. The ball passed about a quarter of an inch from the large artery, and a quarter of an inch more would have caused the amputation of my left arm ; so you see again I had a narrow escape. As soon as a fresh batch of mutineers arrives at Delhi we have a fight. The old ones don't like it ; so it went on—a skirmish about every third day. But on the Ist of August, the " Bakri Eed" (a Mahornmedan festival), they came out highly primed with bhang (an intoxicating weed) ; and as our men had positive orders on no account to leave the defences, Pandy took courage and advanced close up, but a well-directed volley killed numbers, and seat the rest to the right about. However, they persisted, and for upwards of 24 hours the fight lasted. Our total lose was five killed and 14 wounded, and the native report says the enemy's los was 3,000 killed. I heard say he saw their dead lying in heaps. I hope by next mail to be able to tell you that Delhi has at last fallen ; our reinforcements are close at hand. The Pandys robbed me of all I had, when the cart was about a mile from our camp. The natives all over the country are in a great fright of the 78th Highlanders, who committed such havoc at Cawnpore on the murderers there. They say "that a new sort of people have coma among them fighting in petticoats, and that when they come near sweet music issues from their bodies (the bag pipes, I suppose) ; that each one of these people is equal to 100 men ; that nothing can hurt them, and that they surpass even Rostum (one of the native heroes) hirngelf.' After I was wounded a man from the Guile lihrps got me a doolie (a covered litter); and seeing I was wounded in five places, he said, " Sahib, burn Cahadoor hoa" (Sir, you have be come a very great man), and told me I was sure to be a major for it. I said, "No, I am only a captain." He then said, "If you were in my regiment they would make you a major." The Ghoorkas and Sikhs had also a great opinion of me because I was severely wounded. We had a very severe shock of an earth quake here the day before yesterday. OUDE. The following letter from Corporal Kerr, of the 78th Highlanders, was written on the road to Luck now " When we left Persia, after the battle of Me l:ammo:al], we all expected to be in England in the month of September. We sailed up in the ship Kingston four miles from the fort. We then went on board the Hon. Company's steam frigate Agatha. We sailed close under their batteries, and they kept up a heavy fire on us all the time. We landed half a mile above the fort, but they would not stand. I was one of 300 who followed them up the river Croon 264 miles. We came up with them at the town of Auaz. We took one big gun, 154 stand of arm", 500 mules, and destroyed all their stores and ammuni tion. The men that did this were the Light Bobs of the 64th, and the Light Roughs of the 78th. The enemy were 7,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry. We were commanded by Hunt, of the Light Company, WI Regiment. Woll, we left Mohammorah on 9th May, in the frigate Berenice, for Bombay. We called in at Ma-ca. When we came t ) Bombay we expected t 3 get ashore to spend our clearance, but "0 ; we (that is the Light Compaey's Rougha) `vent on hoard o f the ship 11a))y Castle, fir Calcutt i , a s our _service was much required there, fur the sepoys had mutinied, and killed every man,_ woman, a n d c hild who ha d a w hi te f ace in Bengal. We bad a stormy passage by Ceylon, and we . anchored in Calcutta on the 9th of June. We sailed up the Ganges to a hours, an p d lac m e l c r a e l h lel C t hin - sur i ah, stopped twelve called Barrackpore, and disarmed fo e t c t :e ) po a y P re t g . 7- inotos. We then got the route to B r )0 miles up the country, and shot and arr,"'ll4 caught, there.. We then got the route funr'A.allihwne bad, 200 miles further up, for the sepoys had killed ' every one, and burned down all the hones. We stopped two days, and got the route for Cawnpora, 126 inijes farther. We came up with the enemy on the 12th of July ; fought and wen the but . ° of Futtypore—our strength, 2,000 ; enemy, 9,000. We then marched on till the Lath, when we fo ug ht four hours and twenty minutes the battle of China sarow. We rested one day and took the road again. We fought and won the battle of Cawn pore, one of the hardest battles since Wat,Tleo. The enemy was com manded by Prince Nana Silvb —infant r y, 15 , 000 ; c avalry, 5,000 ; ours, 1 , 824 ; cavalry, 68 ; and those were gentlemen volunteers who had lost their wives and children. Sir Hugh wheeler and t wo companies of t h e 84th Regiment, with 200 women and children of the 32d Regiment, were murdered two days before we took Cswnpore. I went down to the place to see them ; they were cut and hacked to pieces. S uc h a s i g ht I never I wish to see again. We fought four general engage ments under General Havelock. He has been in Waterloo and 27 general engagements, and he says t • ST h olv r N J the like of Cavrnpore he never witnessed. We stopped four days in Cawnpore, and we crossod the Ganges at night for the kingdom of °tide. Luck now is its capital. We have fought two more general engagements in Oude, and we have three more to fight before we come to Lucknow. Sir FI . Lawrence and six companies of the 32d. Regt nent are in Lucknow, and cannot come out, s r .) We are on our way to relieve him. He cannol c hold out much longer. Poor John M'lntyre J died with cholera on the night of the 14th Jv or Neill were not present in those - si 'iy. Caldwell x general en gagements. Our company was 9?... strong going in, coming out, 22. Out of twelve corporals three left it. There are rumours in carr,p that we will have to retire until we get a stronger force, aud entrench ourselves in, for the force i 4 reduced to 1,039. God bless you all. ME. BAITER, ALP., ON THE LATE SESSION. Mr. Baxter, M.P. for the Montrose burghs, has been addressing his constituents. He appeared before them at Arbroath on Tuesday evening, in the Corn-Exchange, the large hall of which was well filled. Provost Lurngair was in the chair, supported by the other magistrates and members of the Town Council. The Provost introduced Mr. Baxter, in a very complimentary speech, and the hon. gentleman was received with cheering. He began by expressing his cordial thanks for the kind manner in which he had been received, and for the many valuable suggestions which had been sent to him from his constituents. He then went on to say :—Gentlemen, it is scarcely necessary for me to tell you that last session of Parliament was one of the most harassing and unin teresting which has taken place for many years. We had constant late hours, excessively hot weather, and an unusual amount of private business ; while there was a total absence of political excitement or party gossip. No great questions of national importance were debated, and, although several measures of great practical benefit passed both Houses, they were not, generally speak ing, of a nature to excite much interest either among the members or out of doors. But do not suppose that they were of small moment merely on that ac count ; for I think those men who have most closely edtwih,watchedoohainentn:ptrslehiei literally the public nulnl tyt oflthhil ilni lmperial laag nr g useful ehd eefyabnaactLegislaturereyes enactments , more eonrote wt og aewillhouses busily oderutashl e t el ays e nt l gltaoaof ses sion eebeusndes. i nothing o br itat than is commonly the case with necessary reforms and speakers, practically hpfvaeeettathci okihenr eigenrcssoao s, olttodsshfa i oe m tldrhmio p eeun o sacie riant legislation. Too many of us judge ni incidents htduueeradneta attentionprogressooccurring session he obfy questions st bills h d d the ui r areeis directed dt o tgehi q s dedcu debate. abs n i is c et e audeya: of f ferry‘to t vh h mo ee e f the success of a long desired change of the law, by an enthusiastically -received oration or a well-reported scene. And yet there are men in the House of CORl mons who have done far more for the good of their country, who have been much more serviceable in the cause of useful legislation than Mr. Gladstone with his amazing rhetoric and Mr. Disraeli with his sarcastic powers. Aye, and there are measures which excited very little popular attention, the results of which have been more influential than those of bills whose passage lashed into fury the waves of Great Britain's political sea. Having noticed with approbation the Scotch mea sures passed during the session, he went on to say : While speaking on the subject of Scotch legislation, I must, however, express my concurrence with those who complain that so little time was last session given for the consideration of very important bills. The fact is, gentlemen, that the management of measures affecting Scotland only is not on a proper footing. I have the greatest esteem and regard fur the Lord Advocate —I believe we never had a more efficient one—but I cannot help feeling that no L rd-Advocate can satis factorily perform the duties imposed upon him as a judicial and political officer. One thing is certain, — that he cannot be in two places at one and the same time; that it is rather too much to expect of a man to be in constant attendance in London when the Court is sitting and he has causes to plead in E lin burgh. Why, this very year Miss Smith's trial delayed the Scotch business before Parliament for a fortnight, and I think it well worthy of consideration whether or not an humble address should bo moved to her Majesty praying her Majesty to take advantage of the first va cancy in the office of Lord Advocate to appoint an Under-Secretary of State who should take charge of and be responsible for Scotch measures in the Im perial Parliament. (Cheers.) There are only two more topics discussed during last session on which with your leave, I would say a word. On the 7th of July Mr. Roebuck moved a resolution to abolish the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. As a friend of economy and responsible government, I, of course, gave this proposi tion my warmest support, and I deeply regret that only 115 members out of the great Liberal ,majority should have been found to vote I r doing away with a system of sinecures benefitting no one but the tradesmen of Dublin: and when told, as I have been on excellent authority, that the leaders of all parties really do r ot approve this useless pageant, I feel humiliated to find that 266 mem bers, including many Liberal, recorded their *suffrages in its favour. I characterised the office as useless, and, if this be the case, seeing it costs the country annually a large sum of money, it ought to be abolished ; but is it not worse than useless ? Have not many excellent measures been baulked I have not even efficient Secretaries for Ireland been forced to resign in consequence of backstair influence in Dublin Castle / This is freely stated among politicians who ought to know sornoth:ng about the matter, and I do hope that no electioneering considera tions will prevent a liberal Government removing this obstacle to the progress of Ireland. You are aware that I have always voted in favour of admitting Jews into 1 Parliament. As an advocate of civil and religious liberty I can recognise no distinction of creed as affecting politi cal rights, but you must not be surprised if, however noxious I am to see this last shred of exclusiveness re moved, I refuse to concur in any course which does not recognise the right of the House of Lords tobe consulted and which may involve the House of Commons in an unseemly contest with the courts of law. By sendinc , u p so many bills on the subject to the Upper House we have virtually admitted their claim to a veto, and, though it is rather unusual certainly for them to persevere in throwing out a measure passed by such large majori ties in the Commons, I, for one, b've great confidence in their lordships' patriotism and in their arriving before long at a more liberal and wiser decision. At all events, I do not consider the matter of such im portance as to justify a conflict of doubtful merits between the representatives of the people and the peers. Neither did I concur in the courec adopted by Lord John Russell to wards the close of last session, when he introduced a second bill info the Commons having the same object in view. This, it humbly appears to me, was hardly constitutional, and, although out of courtesy I voted for leave to bring it in, I had quite made up my mind to vote with the Conservative party had it been pressed to a second reading. And now I dare say you are ready to inquire what about the Reform Bill ? It is a question very difficult to answer. You know as much as I do about the necessity for it, the state of feeling throughout the country in regard to it, and the chances of its success. All I can say is that, although no doubt there is a time and place for everything, and although, if the state of our Indian possessions be such as to de ,nand much of the attention of Parliament, it would be folly to endanger them to discuss political changes, still I do not believe that any professed Liberal Ad ministration can remain long in power unless it keeps pace with the rapidly-growing intelligence of the people, and heads every movement for gradual and judicious reform. (Cheers.) Lord Palmerston is pub licly pledged next year to bring in a measure, and, un• leas events in the East cause a general acquiescence in its further postponement, I am not suspicious enough to imagine that the word of promise will not be kept. I hope it will include a further revision and improvement of the representation of small boroughs, the disfranchise ment of some, the taking away of one member from others, and granting of additional members to great towns of comparatively recent origin which have not their fair share in the government of the country. And As far as Scotland at least is concerned I feel assured that the reduction of the franchise to Si. would give us a more intelligent and snore independent constituency than we have at present, for there is no class of men better in formed on political subjects and less under influence than the more skilled workmen employed in mechanical labour. Perhaps they have on the whole more politi cal knowledge than the shopkeepers. At all events, I would gladly welcome them to the voter's list. Per mit rne, gentlemen, to make one er two observations before sitting down on those lamentable occurrences which have taken place in India, monopolising public attention, throwing for the time into the shade every other topic, taking the country by surprise, exciting the national spirit to a pitch not witne sed for many years, and, alas! filling not a few households with desolation and woe. It would be the height of presumption in me were I to dog matise as to the causes of this revolt or the measures to be taken to put it down and restore confidence and good , government in that great empire. My object is merely to call your attention to two or three points which must be discussed, and which it is very necessary that we should all study with deliberation and impartial care. The first question which will naturally be asked when Perla meat reassembles is, was no warning ever given of what has taken place; amongthe numerous and gifted civil and military servants of the company were there none far-see ing enough to predict the gathering sworn? I am afraid the officials of Cannon-row and L.adenhalestreet will find it difficult to persuade the Legislature and the public to accept of a negative answer to queries which involve culpability and neglect. I will not say with Mr. Dis raeli that the councillors of the Governor-General have by their conceit and arrogance endangered the Indian empire ; but I am prepared to join those who will ask thee', Did Lord Metcalfe, referring to the condition of the Bengal army, say, 'I fear we shall wake up some flue morning and find that her Majesty has lost India.' Were native newspapers containing notices of wide spread disaffection laid before the council of 1856 ? Did the late lamented General Anson never cease to repro sent to the directors the danger to be apprehended by the Sepoys ? Did Lord Melville when he returned home in 1850 (I quote his own words in the Masse of Lords) express the greatest disapprobation of the condition of the Bengal troops, and was he toll really not to publi .h his sentiments lset foreign na"ons should be acquainted with the state of affairs 1 Is Sir C. Napier correct in stating that in 1849 "a mutinous spirit pervaded some 30 Sepoy bat talions in march for, or actually employed in, the Pun jab?" D.d not he, in a work published in 1853, ,y,— " Mutiny with the Sepoys is the most formidable danger tuenaciug our Julian empire—a danger that may corns unexpectedly, and, if the first eyneptenns he not car-- fully treated, with a power to shake L -a lenbnP-o,reet I' Did the Bengal Sepoys mutiny at Scinde! In 1849 was the same spirit rampant in Delhi ? Were 20 rrg,itnents then discovered to be infected ? Did Sir C. Napier state on his arrival in India to assume the chief command, that "ha found the seeds of mutiny SO All in a large proportion of the native army I' Tease are questions not to he hastily answered, as they centain serious charges ; but you will a. once see that they call f„r the fullest and 'no t searchieg inquiry on the part of the re presentatives of the people. if, however, there be the sliebtest truth in such re atements, it is rather too touch for ge ntlemen cocnecled v..ith the India-heti-se to toll u; that the want of common f, rl.eararce and knowledge of scruple I believethe natives displayed in compelling them to use gre ased cartridgesridges was the cause of the outbreak — cartr id g es which, by th e wa y, the same conscientious soldiers hav e no inusin w g i a tt a ainst their European officsers. Gentlemen, " Staff Officer,'' who writes most admirably on th e su bject, that the rising was a Musaulman plot aided by the Brahmins, and I think, I judging at least from his acts, that Lord Canning has do SA larit DA 1 7 EVEINING- OCTOITER 10, 1857 doubt of the existence of a great and general conspiracy for overthrowing British power. We shall likewise have shortly t ) inqu:re whether this spirit was not fostered by what Sir C. Napier calls the over-petting and over paying of the Sepoys. Even Mr. Mangles, chairman of the Company, admitted in his place in the House of Commons that they had been so much indulged that their discipline had been affected, and Colonel Jacob has told ne stories of how they were pampered which are almost incredible. The srme "Staff Officer" to whom I have alluded likewise writes in the most indig nant style "of Government encouraging the Sepoys to dictate, to complain of their officers, to magnify prejudices, and invent grievances." The next sub ject which demands our notice is the attitu3e of the Government towards religion, and already some feeble attempts have been made by those who have friendslo screen to throw the blame on Christianising efforts and the missionaries. What says the "Staff Offi cer" on this point ? " What has encouraged the revolt ? Implacable hatred to us as a nation—the timid policy of a Government who tolerate and cherish idolatry and Ma. homedanism, and rather persecute their own religion." Mr. Hay, an intelli g ent A mei ican, and one of the refugees from Allahabad, writes-- " The Government relied upon keeping alive the ignorant prejudices of Hiudoos and Mahomedans, and preserving its authority by balancing race against race and religion against religion, and the mutiny shows that its scheme has signally failed. The missionary schools were twice as crowded as the Govern ment schools. In the former the Bible and catechism were taught, and the schools commenced and ended with prayer. In the latter, until very recently, the Bible was excluded. The Koran and the Shaster were in the Go vernmesnt schools; but no professor was ever allowed, even if vequested, to explain anything with reference to the Bible, even as a historical book. Nearly all the na tive professors and graduates of the Government univer sities and schools were atheists. Their education caused them to disbelieve paganism, and they were not encou raged toe believe in Christianity. Many of them are im. plicated in the present revolt." Col. Jac)b tells us that " the incredible pretensions of the Bengal Sepoy in rela tion to paste are based, not upon the precepts of his reli gion at all, but simply upon his own subtle and design ing policy," and in proof of this mentions the extraordi nary fact that the B ;mbay army, where such claims are toletated, contains men from "the very same villages, thn very same families, and the very same caste" as that of Bengal. Sir C. Napier narrates that in the 18th N.I. there were no fewer than 430 Brahmins. Looking at what hag taken place, I ask you, in the words of another recent writer, should not " our future policy be an un bending, stern, and avowed discouragement of everything opposed to civilisation, social morals,' and British supre macy ?", (Cheers.) Again, the withdrawal of military officers to fill civil situations—carried on systematically, and to an extent scarcely credible—was sufficient of itself to destroy discipline. Sir C. Napier assigned this as one of his chief reasons for resigning the command. No fewer than 443 officers of the Bengal army had at that time been thus withdrawn by the civil authorities, and it is well known that the cleverest and ablest men are generally selected, leaving the dull and the inexpe i ieuced to manage the troops. Then the soldiers were harassed by being made to do the duties of a police, which the Company ought long ago to h •ve established on a proper footing, instead of which they thwarted Lord Ellenborough and every one who tried to organise it. The discipline of an army is necessarily impaired when its men are draughted off to collect taxer, carry letters, guard magistrates, and put down street rows. Parlia ment then, gentlemen, after all the causes of this fearful outbreak have been investigated and the real culprits ex• posed, wily be called on to provide for the reorganisation of t he native army, for it is impossible to boll India with Fri ish,troops alone, to consider the requisite augmeo ta ion of the European force, and, regarding as well the done er to be apprehended from internal commotions as that likely to rise from hostility on the part of the Mah ratta. States, of Ave, Affghaniet ee , and Nepaul, to make arrangements for the defence of the empire. In doing so I I hope they will not forget to urg e on Government the ne cessity of stationing a sufac:ency of gunboats on the Gauges, the Indus, and their tributary streams. But the great question will be the continued existence of the Ea.t India Company; whether that mercantile oligarchy hould be held as scarcely responsible for any of the evil 3 admitt d to exist, and therefore permitted to con tinue its influence or policy; or whether, in considera tido of the growing feeling even in Celcutta itself, as indicated by the unanimously passed resolution of a public meeting and the widespread sentiment at borne, it should be condemned as effete and inefficient, and India he brought into more immediate cannexion with the British Crown. (Cheers ) We have three o r f our y ears at lea4of arduous and severe work before us, we have to crush with a high hand one of the greatest revolts in hi-tory ; we have to reform the Government of 200,000,000 of men; but I rejoice to think that the Indian army possesses men fitted for the crisis, whose cool heads and admirable judgment have already saved an empire, whose deeds of chivalry and daring rival the grandest exploits in the historic page. The marches and the despatches of Havelock remind us of the earliest days of Roman achievement ; at Agra, at Lucknow, and at Arrah you have bands of Englishmen who have heart and hand to boll any Therinopylte, and Iforatius Coc!es on the Snlpician bridge, holding the Etrurian army at hay, displayed no sublimer spectacle of heroic bearing than did Captain Skene and others of our countrymen who fought like lions against overpowering numbers, whose yalour has produced an effect in Asia scarcely to be effacied by time. (Cheers.) A view of thanks was cordially passed to Mr. Baxter for his able and independent sera ices, arid the meeting separated. Tae hon. member also addressed his con stituents at Forfar un similar topic 3, and was cordially received. CBEMORYE GARDENS AND TUE ARGYLL LOOM. (Before Mr. Po wnall and a full Bench of Magistrates.) Yesterday being appointed for the hearing el the opposition of the Vestry of St. Luke's, Chelsea, to the renewal of the license fur Oren:llrue Gardens, the court was crowded to excess, and the greatest interest pre va led. Mr. Sergeant Bellantine, in oppotition to the renewal of the license, opened the case, and urged the bench to refuse the application on the ground that the gardens, owiog to the manner in which they were con ducted, had become a nuisance to the neighbourhood. He also said the surrounding property had become so depreciated in value that serious loss had been entailed up )11 the vestry of Saint Luke's, Ch e l sea . I t was the practice of keeping the gardens open un til an advanced hour in the morning, and, after the fire works, a class of visitors arrive who kept the neigh. bourhood in a state of uproar until nearly four o'clock. the to put an end to such asta v t e e s o tr t y th o i f n C gs h , e h ls a e i a l 'pwriotphoasevdietwo Mr. Simpson to close the present proceedings the Ordens at 12 o'clock at night, but th e p ro p os i t i on The learned sergeant then called a number of lo w i e td re b a e d en op r t e e i d u . sed, and therefore wit nesses, who stated that up to 12 o'clock at night there was nothing to complain of in the mai.agement of the , and till a ver y a d vanc ed bbeurhood was in a state of great uproar and c •nfusion. th ll o e u i r g gardens,h ur of the bu tmaofrtneirng, bat the The Chairman said he thought it would save time if he stated what he thought was the opinion of the bench, that arrangements should be entered into with Mr. Simp son to admit no new visitors afrer 12 o'clock. A Magistrate dissented from such a proposition being considered to be the unanimous opinion of the bench. He did not think that any other condition than that laid down by the law should be imposed on Mr. Simpson. The Chairman said he did not say it was the unani mous opinion of the bench, but of the thainity. Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., who appeared for Mr. Simp son, said, as suc h a proposition had been thrown out by the chairman, be thought it but right that counsel should retire and see whether any arraogernent could be come to. If b o result was arrived at, then the hear inse of evidence could be proceeded with. The learned gentlemen engaged in the case then left the court, and after a short absence they returned into court. Jalnes't,. Mr. giwia Jamem, Q 3 , appareti for Mr. Mr. Edwin James informed the bench that the cons Erence bad been attended with no practical result. Mr. Sergt. Ballantine said the terms he had proposed to his learned friend were, that Ceemorne Gardens should be treated precisely in tie same manner as the Grecian Saloon an! High bury Barn, viz., that the gar dens be closed and cleared by 12 o'clock e very evening. Mr. El win Jame s sa id such a proceeding would utterly ruin his client. On the part of Mr. Simpson he was prepared to enter into arrangements that the fireworks should be discharged at 11 o'clock, that no new visitors should be admitted after one, and that the gardens should be closed at two. Bignold. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said he was instructed on the part of the authorities of the parish of St. James's to oppose the renewal of this license. The Argyll Rooms had become a nuisa.nca to the neigh bourhood, in consequence of the immense number of prostitutes that nightly assembled there. Aftsrl2 o'clock, at which hour the rooms closed, the neighbourhood of the Haymarket presented such a scene of vice that the parish authorities had determined, if possible, to re press the nuisance, and with that view they opposed the application now made by Mr. Bignold. Two inspectors of police were ex trained. They stated that, owing to the attractions of the Argyll Rooms, houses of ill-fame bad greatly increased in the surround ing streets, and that extra police officers had to be stationed in the Haymarket after the Argyll Rooms closed ; and that the number of drunk and disorderly night charges from that district was almost incredible. Mr. E. James said the attempt to remove the plague• spot of prostitution from this c ,untry was much to be applauded, but he did not think the refusal of this license was the right way to set about it. Mr. Bignold, the pre seat proprietor of the Argyll Rooms, had for the last seven years carried on that establishment, and up to the present time no complaint had been made. He bad lately expended a large sum of money on the premises, and it was hard that he was to be sacrificed to the new born zeal of the parochial authorities. The right way to set about the reformation was to put down those vile places celled " night houses," which abounded in the Haymarket. If the vestry did that they would merit the thanks of the public, but to come before the bench and oppose the renewal of the license of the Argyll Rooms because prostitution flourished in the Haymarket was absurd and uncharitable in the ex treme. Mr. Byng, m ag i s t rate, proposed t h at Di r . Simpson , terms be assented t o. Mr. E. Jam es sa id it was perfectly lega l f or th e b e nch s to pursue such a course. terms, and the Exeminatiou of witnesses was t hen p ro- Mr. Sergeant B a ll antine refused to assen t to such ceeded with. All complained of the noise t ccaeioced by the cabs conv e yi ng the visitors Irons the gardens, and some seid thei r h ouse property had decrease d i n va l ue in cen;rnueiic e o f their prezitnity to Mr. E. Jaeles then addressed the bench oa behalf of Mr. Sampson. Ile characterised the oppeeition that had of ilices of amusement like Cremorne, been offered to the renewal of the license to Cre morne Gardens* as the efforts of a small num ber of ptrsens, who, because they disapproved Cretnorne. if pe.ed': . le, to close the garden., or to fetter the licence of efr.Stinpson with auch coeditor's that ruin must enacts Tee learned gentleman whoa pp eared on balialt of the veetry of St. Luke's, Chelsea - had strongly pieced his heel de erinined, case before the bench, but he contended that several of s t i t 1:: l e , S e : : n e p n I , a e i n n t whole of the evidence adduced to-day there W 29 not a the manner in which the aenusetnents were : Vireesrfeit.evteirny much exaegEreted. In the conducted within the walk of the erlene, and he thought, thoee'relieious gentlemen were going too f a r to make Mr. Si nes ea r spensible for acts c.atinnitted outside the weeke n d therefore out of his cell ,?,,,,„reiltee haariretuneanee,,lai,df ttlaheatliebeni4se l tr, 1 die felt p er f ectly seti-fied that the bench would see clear y ti r oug h this flimsy a tt em pt to interfere with the ha-tel-ess alitHeruchts of th e Feo p! e , and unanimously no .v heard the er. furnente oe b o th s id es , an d it would be far them to d eci d e whether or not this license should be re i; e wed, The license was i mmediately and almost unanimously brother magietratee had renewed without tba slightest conditions. Toe license was refused. Only three hands beingheld up in favour of the application. From the London Gazette of Last Night. FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 14. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint George Benvenuto Mathew, Esq., now Her Majesty's Con sul-General for the Russian Ports in the Black Sea, to be Her Majesty's Consul-General for the Russian Ports in the Black Sea and in the Sea of Azoff. FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 8. ' 7 ; l The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Joaquin de Zugasti as Consul-General at Sierra Leone for Her Majesty the Queen of Spain. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, OCT. 9. 59th Regiment of Foot.—Majur-General Jeremiah Taylor to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General George Augustus Henderson, deceased. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, OCT. 9. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards.—Capt. H. H. Steward, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Captain, paying the difference between Infantry and Cavalry, vice Mayne. appointed to the 3d Light Dragoons. 3d Dragoon Guards— Cornet and Adjutant James Don. to have the rank of Lieut(naut ; Cornet Nathaniel Gould to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Corrigan promoted. 4th Dragoon Guar ds--Captain Thomas Miller Clarke, from half-p Ly 4th Dragoon Guards, to bo Captain ; Captain Christopher M`lhnnel, from half-pay 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain. sth Dragoon Guards--Captain Robert James Montgomery, from half-pay sth Dragoon Guards, to be Captain ; Cap tain J. S. Ferguson, from half-pay sth Dragoon Guards, to be Captain; Cornet and Adjutant James Hayes to have the rank of Lieutenant; Cornet H. E. White to be Lieutenant ; Cornet C. Morley Balders to be Lieutenant. 6th Dragoon Guards—Cornet G. S. L 3 G. Stoddart to bo Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Ellis, deceased. 7th Dragoon Guards—Captain George E. F. Kauntz 1, from half-pay 42nd Foot, to be Captain, paying the difference between Infantry and Cavalry ; Cornet William Chaine to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dowdeswell, promoted ; Eusigu Charles B. Knight Alleyne, from the 49th Foot, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Barton, promoted. Ist Dragoons—Captain St. John William Chivorton Charlton, from half-pay Ist Dragoons, to be Captain; Captain Thomas Keane Fitz Gerald, from half-pay lit Dragoons, to bs Captain. 2nd Dragoons—Captain Lenox Prendergast, from half-pay 2nd Dragoons, to be Captain ; Captain George Farring ton Price, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, paying the difference between Infantry and Cavalry. 3rd Light Dragoons— Captain Taylor L. Mayne, from the 2nd Dragoon Guards, to be Captain; Captain Sir Peter A. Halkett, Bart., from half-pay 3rd Light Dragoons, to be Captain ; Cornet Charles Talbot Goff, to be Lieu- tenant; Cornet Arthur Lautour to be Lieutenant. 4th Light Dragoons—Captain A. G. M. Moore, from half pay 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain ; Captain the Honourable Algernon T. Moreton, from half-pay Un attached, to be Captain, paying the difference between Infantry and Cavalry; Lieutenant the Honourable Fraderick George Ellis to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Hutton, who retires. 6th Dragoons—Captain John R. Cuthbert, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, paying the difference be tween Infantry and Cavalry ; Lieutenant Archibald Weir to be Captain, without purchase ; Cornet Thomas An !erson to be Lieutenant; Cornet Joseph Thomas Wetherall, to be Lieutenant 7th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Thomas H. Stisted, from the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Captain. without pur chase, vice Clarke appointed to the 10th Light Dragoons. Bth Light Dragoons Lieutenant Benjamin A. Branfill, from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Greethatn, appointed to the 15th Light Dragoons; Cornet Ernest Helme to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Clowes, promoted; Parry de Winton, Gent., to be Corset, by purchase, vice Helme ; Walter Tuckfield Goldsworthy, Gent., to be Cornet, without purzhase ; Daniel D udley Valentine Maher ' Gent., to ha Cornet, without purchase, vic e the Hon. B. Stourton, promoted, 10th Light Dragoons—Captain John Walrond Clarke, from the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Captain ; Lieutenant Theophilus Wirgmann to bo Captain, without purchase. 11th Light Dragoons—Captain Coleraine Robert Vansit tart, from half-pay 11th Light Dragoons, to be Captain ; Captain George Ashby Ashby, from half-pay 11th Light Dragoons, to be Captain. 13th Light Dragoons—Captain Denzil Thomas Charnbar layne, from half-pay 13th Light Dragoons, to bo Cap tam; Lieut. Robert Macneill to bo Captain, with out purchase; Comet Thos. A. Southwell to be Lieute nant; Cornet Francis William E. Savage to be Lieute- nant. 15th Light Dragoons—Captain George Travers Macartnoy, from half-pay 15th Light Dragoons, to be Captain; Capt. Wm. V. Greatham, from tho_Sch Light Dragoons, to ba Captain. 16th Light Dragoons—Captain Henry Eustiee Leader, from half-pay 16th Light Dragoons, to be Captain ; Captain Charles Steel, fr.)m half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, paying the differenle between Infantry and . Cavalry. t•C Cornetba Lieutenant , orne Walter Sy dney Light Dragoons, to 1 t Dragoons to be Cornet, Vic Tucker, from the s T , ' fi ld e Roger tic& eGoldsworthy, promoted ; Weymouth, Henry to be .a-goons—Lieut. H. E. Wood, from 13th without purchase, vicethe Hon. promote'. W. Curzon, p 17 G th en L t. i , g t h o t Dragoons—Lieut. Cornet, y Train—Captain Charles E. Gibson, from half-pay, Military Train—Captain to be Captain, vim Canavan, appointed to the 18th Foot ; Lieut. John Sewell, from half pay of the without purchase, vice Bond, pro ate Land Transport Corp, to be Lieutenant, vice Jen 3T;raCnosprnoertt k `i, l , , a ppointed fro t t o o h th a e lf- B pa th y, Lofigthhet late e ra L g a o r o n n i Cornet Ruben Hill Powell, from half-pay of Rutledge, promoted. I t ne he rtP l eB a d t ' a ; Land Transport Corps, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Royal Engineers—Brevet-Colonel Cowper Rose to bo Colo nel, vivo Streatficld, retired upon f u l l-pay ; Captain Edmund Ogle to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Ro-.e ; Second Captain Francis Koa to be Capt a i n , v i ce Ogle ; Lieut. James Ponsonby Cox to be Second Captain, vice Koe ; Second Captain George Montagu Stopford to bo Adjutant, vice Francis Edward Cox, appointed Adjutant to the Force of Royal Engineers under orders for India. •)(1. Regiment of Foot—Ensign John Mudge, from the 97th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Boyd, whose transfer from the 92d Foot has been cancelled. 6th Foot—Ensign A. W. 0. Saunders to be Instructor of Musketry 18th Foot— Captain John Canavan, from the Military ...rain, to be Captain, vice Brovet-Major A. T. S. Free man Armstrong, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal NV'arrant ot;,6th October, 1851 ; Captain William F. G. Foster, from the let West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Esmond°, who retires upon half-pay; Lieut. H. Marshrnan Have lock, from the 10th Foot, to be Captain, without pur chase, vice Brevet-Major U. J. Hayman, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854. 22.1 Foot—William Conyngharn Plunket, Gent., to be rloll.laeG,..,,AviedeesMproiongt,rnao::eadnocyf hist Cap tain,wounds; Ensign Easign, by purchase, vice Winthrop, promoted. 4 N ei vit — b L ou je t u p t u Ensign G. Scott to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice 2 llil do Montmorency ; G. C. Rose, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Scott. 33d Foot—Ensign W. Coxon to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Howe, who retires. 41th Foot—Captain B. S. Hoskins, from half-pay 41th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Spring, who ez changes, on bei ng a pp o i n t e d F ort-Major at dinburgh Castle. 60th Foot—Ensign Frank S. Braroton to be Instructor of Musketry. 65th Foot—Lieutenant T. W. Still to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Nicolls, who retires ; Ensign A. B. Toker to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Still ; If. M. Muttit, Gent., to he Ensign, by purchase, vice Toker. 80 h Foot —Lieut. J. L. W. Nunn to be Instructor of Mus ketry. Blth Foot--Lieut. David O'Brien to be Captain, without r arch Ise, vl co C urr i e, di ed of his wounds ; Ensign H. T. W. Oxley Kenny to be Lieutenant, without purchaie, vice O'Brien; Ensign G. B. Wolseley, from the 22d Foot, to bo Ensign, vice Kenny. Foot—Lieut. Lionel Holmes to be Captain, by pur chase, vice J. G. Don Marshall, who retires ; Ensign Adam Clerk Rattray to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Holmeg. 21 W - e;t7ndian Regiment—The appointment of Staff-As sist...Surgeon E. J. Crane (vice Clutterbuck, appointed to the Staff) on 25th Sept., 18'.7, has been cancelled. St. Heleua Reo ° irnent- --Hunry Long William Phillips, Gent., to be En - sign, without purchase, vice Mitchell, promoted. THE ARGYLL ROOMS. An application was then made on the part of Mr. R. BignoA for a re newal or the license for the Argyll It wing, Windmill-street, llsyrnarket. Tao renewal o! the license wa3 opposed by Mr. 813T gantllanine, on the part of the parish of ht. John henry M.D., vice Henry, eppoini;od to tho 13d Foot. William Ashton, MX., vice Ramsay, appointed to the 37th Foot. William James Mullen, Gent., vice Grant appointed to the sth Foot. BREVET. Colonel Charles Ogle Streatfield, retired full pay Royal Engineers, to be Major-G e ne ra l, th e ran k b e i ng h o no r ary only. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry C. Barnaton Daubeney,C.B., 55th Foot, to be Colonel in the Army. Lieutenant-Colonel James Thomas Mauleverer, C.B• 40th Foot, having completed three years' actual service on 10th September, 1857, in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be promoted to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 11 , 54. Lieutenant Charles Compton Abbott, commanding the detachment of troops stationed in the Falkland Islands, to have the local rank of Captain while holding that com mand. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Oct. 9. MANSION-HOUSE.—Lambert Philip Molle down, formerly a commission merchant carrying on an extensive business in Mark-lane, was brought before Mr. Alderman Wire in custody of Haggett, the detective officer, for final examination., charged with having uttered a bill of exchange for 4531. 19z.. sd. with intent to defraud Mr. G. Anton, )rn-factor, of 23, Fenchurch-street, and Corn Ex change. It will be recollected that the prisoner already stands committed upon the charge of having frudu lently obtained from the same prosecutor 7401. upon a forged bill of lading. At the last examination of the prisoner - upon the present charge, the prosecutor said that on the 16th of May last he received from the prisoner the bill of exchange then produced, dated the 27th Apra, 1857, at three months after date, for 4531. 19s. 5d., purporting to be drawn at Glou cester by G. Hall and Co., on John Taylor, late Taylor and Francis, Nottingham. The prosecutor took the bill in part payment of a cargo of barley that the prisoner had on his account. The bill, which had been made payable at the London and Westminster Bank, was presented and returned. Mr. E. Estcourt, superintendent of police at Gloucester, stated that he had made inquiries in that town for the firm of G. Hall and Ca., and had , not been able to find it. Mr. Wm. Taylor was called yesterday, and said —I live at Nottingham. Until Dec., 1855, I car ried on business with Mr. John Francis, as whole sale stationers. He was the father of my present partner. The partnership was dissolved in Sep tember, 1855. Since that time I have been en gaged in business with the son of the former gen tleman, under the firm of Taylor and Francis. I have carried on business under the name of Taylor and Francis with father and son together, about six years. There is no other firm of Taylor and Francis, carrying on business at Nottingham, than ours. Ido not know the signature of the accept ance of the bill produced, and it it was not autho rised by our firm. Alderman Wire—Did you receive any notice of the dishonour of the bill ? _ Witness—Certainly not. I knew nothing of it till I saw the report of the last examination of the prisoner in the newspapers. Mr., L. Ashley, clerk at the Lothbnry branch of the London and Westminster Bank, said—l have searched our books and cannot find that we have any account with John Taylor, of the firm of Taylor and Francis. Mr. Church declined putting any questions on behalf of the prisoner, who, after the usual caution, said he should reserve his defence. He was then fully committed for trial upon this charge also. Solomon Parker, who had been remanded, but admitted to bail, upon the charge of having stolen nearly 1001. worth of military caps and capes, the alleged property of Mr. Henry Benjamin, of 13, Mount-place, Vi hitechapel, again appeared before Mr. Alderman Wire for further examination. Mr. Dsniel appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Sleigh for the defendant. Alderman Wire, after hearing some evidence on Ole part of the defendant tending to confirm the statement of Mr. Sleigh, that his client and the prosecutor were partners in the sale and purchase of old clothes, dismissed the charge. Matthew Henry Benjamin, a young man, for merly in the service of Mr. Morpe h, tobacco broker, in Fenchurch-street, was brought before Mr. Alderman Wire and Mr. Alderman Solomons, in petty sissions, charged with having robbed his master of 791. 3s. 4d. The prisoner pleaded guilty. The prosecutor most strongly recommended the prisoner to the mercy of the Court, on account of his nine years' previous good character. Mr. G. Lewis, who appeared for the prisoner, joined in this appeal, and said that his client had ben the victim of sudden temptation. TI • prisoner was sentenced to five months' im prisonment with hard labour. Ch tries Oates, a ruffer in the service of Messrs. De fries, glass manufacturers, of Hounsditch, who pleaded guilty to robbing his masters of a decanter, two tumblers, and two custard cups, was sentenced to four months' imprisonment with hard labour. William Thompson was charged with having ob tained four leather bags, of the value of 41, the property of Jos. Schloss, under false pretences. Mr. C. Rockley—t am traveller to Mr. Joseph Schloss, importer and manufacturer, St. Thomas Apostle. On the 4th ult. the prisoner gave me the order produced, purporting to come from Mr. Es c-11111mA, a customer of ours. He was in Mr. Es- Esquilant's employment. The bags were sent ac cordingly. Thomas White, a porter in the service of the prosecutor, said he packed up the four bags, which were given to the prisoner by Mr. Oppenheimer, also in the service of the prosecutor. Mr. F. Eiquilant, stationer, 346, Oxford-street, said the order produced, purporting to be his, was a forgery. _ _ Samuel Evans, policeman, No. 459, said the pri soner denied the charge when apprehended. The prisoner, who was fully committed for trial, has already suffered 12 month's imprisonment upon conviction of an offence similar to that with which he was now charged. WESTMINSTER. —DISGRACEFUL NUISANCE. —James Cowan, a very illiterate person, practising as a quack doctor at No. 3, Grey-coat-place, West minster, was charged on a warrant with unlawfully exposing to view on the highway certain obscene prints and pi c t ures , an d o th er i n decent exhibitions. Defendant's establishment, which is designated by the unprofessional title of " John Bull's Cabin," has its front adorned with a portrait of the owner, and the palings in f ron t o f hi s gar den are from time to time covered with pictures and placards. For the indecent exposure of some of these he was con victed only a few months ago. On defendant being placed in front of the table he said he didn't know what he was there for ; he bad never " yeard" a word about it. Sergeant Moore, 1 B, sad that in consequence of several complaints which had bean received by the police he went to defendant's place, and there saw five or six pictures and placards now produced. They were inspected by the magistrate, and were of the most filthy and disgusting description, the pictures or figures being surrounded by the most contemptible balderdash, the emanation of an ex ceedingly depraved mind. Inspector Humphreys, of the T division, pro duced three letters of complaint which he had re ceived from gentlemen in the neighbourhood. A solicitor, who attended for the defendant, thought that those who complained should be pre- Ben'. Mr. Paynter observed that he had received a number of letters complaining of defendant's exhi bitions. The worthy magistrate then inquired whether the exhibitions in question did not cause a great number of persons to accumulate. Inspector Humphreys replied in the affirmative. He rarely or ever passed defendant's place but he found a number of persons nmgregat e d, some of whom called his attent on to the fitthy cha racter of the pictures and placards. Amongst till latter had been one throwing contempt upon the day of humiliation, agreeably with tne terms of which defendant 1.-.galed the "serfs" of Westminster with bread and cheese on Wednesday, when he hail a person dressed up in a sheet, with a Popi,h cap on, parading thefront of his garden. The " serfs," or somebody el se , made a bad return, for they storied the person, whoewr he was, that was doing penance, broke and evea proceeded to attack d d c o, f l e v n a d t a h l e i t Defendant': solicitor was about to address the magistrate, when, Paynter observed that he should feel no . hesit a ti on i n comm i tt i ng d e f en d a nt under the Vag rant Act f or ex hibi t i ng . t i t 3 lacards before him ; but th a t h e felt it wouhrbe better to treat the whole p matt :r as a great public nuisance, awl he should therefore send the defendant for trial. It was a disgr,..c3 to a civilised and well regulated metropolis that such obsceneaniLx rs o e tane exhibitions should take place in it. He de fendant's do or which Nvere Soma himself at quite h orr ibl e . He should require defendant to enter int) his own e, if -- the l racognisances of 1001., an d t wo suretiesin 501 end t, answer the charge at the sesious where, prosecution were properly conducted, it could n,t. The required bail was put in. After the attack which succeeded the bread and cheeee banquet defendant's feelings were so over come that he exhibited the following rebuke : " 0, ye serfs and slaves, you have this day shown what you are ; you will never more receive bread and cheese from this cabin." STAFF, Captain and Brovet-Msjor Wm. Spring. upon half-pay of the 44th Foot, to bi Fort-Major, Edinburgh Castle, vice Alexander Cruiekshanks, deceased. 110.7iPITAL STAFF. aiputy Inspector-G,niral of Hospitals Thomas David Hume, M.D., from half-pay, to b.. 1 Deputy Inspector-Ge neral of Hospi.r. a l 3 . TO BE ASSISTANT-SURGEONS TO TffE FORCES. Assistant Staff-Sur g eon Henry Tit,torton, M.D , from Kali-pay, vi ce Tit appoiot,ed tc, the 42 , 1 Foot. Simnel Chapman, Gent-, vice Hooper, ap pointed to the 42.1 Foot. Philip Broke Smith, M.D., vice Carolan, appointed to the 72d. Foot. David Chambers McFall, Gent., vice McSheey, appointed b the Ist Dragoon Guards. George Davidson Milne, M.D., vice Slaughter, appointed to the 7th Light Dragoons. Alexander Thorbura McGowan, M.D., vice Baker, ap pointed to 4lth Foot. Janos La,%dale, M.D., vico Parr., appointed. to the sGth Foot. William Silver Oliver, M.D., vice Ffolliott, appointed to;tho fiGth Foot. ..klexly:d,r Watt Boveridgo, - a. D., vice Jones appointed to 72d Foot. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 8. The following promotions, datd the 2d instant, conse quent on the death, on the let instant, of Vice-Admiral of the Red John Brett Purvis, have taken place : Vice-Admiral of the White Edward Harvey to be Vice- Almiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue the Right Hon. Edmund, Lord Lyong G.C.8., K.C. H. (holding the tempo rar y ran k of Admiral) , to be Vice-A , lmiral of the White. Rear-Admiral Donat Henchy O'Brien, Rear-Admiral Benedictus Marwood Kelly, on the Re served 119.1 f-pay List, To be Vice-Admirals on the same List. Rear-Admiral of the Red Henry William Bruce to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White Henry Eden to be Rear-Ad miral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue Christopher Wyvill to be Rear Admiral of the White. Captain Brunswick Popham, Captain Thomas Ogle, Captain George Evans, Captain George Hackett, Captain Julius James Farmer Newell. to be Rear-Admirals on the Reserved Half-pay List. Captain Frederick Bullock to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Captain John Parker, on the Retired List, has also been promoted to a Retired Rear-Admiral on the terms propos in the London Gazette of Sept. 1, 1846, without increase of WIIMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Regi ment of Royal Lancashire Militia.—Cecil Wm. Bethana, Gent., to be Ensign. Gth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Thomas Richard Belton, Gent., to be Ensign. Royal Lancashire Militia Artillery Regiment—First Lieutenant Charles Blaydes Molyneux to be Captain, vice Railton, resigned; Second Lieutenant Thomas Gawne to be Firat Lieutenant, vice Molyneux, promoted. West Kent Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—The Commission of Charles William Motherwell, late Lieuten ant in the Royal Renfrewshire Militia, of Lieutenant in the West Kent Light Infantry Regiment of Militia, which appeared in the Gazette of the 2d Oct. inst., has been can celled. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Philadelphia Bravery, furniture dealer, Brighton. Frederick Rickards, coach proprietor, Farnborough. BANKRUPTS. William Clayton, perfumer, Watling-street, and West Smithfield, to surrender, Oct. 22 and Nov. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnston, official assignee, Basingball-street ; Lepard and Gammon, Cloak-lace. Matthew Townsend, manufacatirer of hosiery, Leicester, Oct. 20, and Nov. 10, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Miles and Gregory, Leicester. William Smith, hotel keeper, _Bath, October 20 and November 16, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Shaen and Grant, Lam beth ; Wilton, Bath. James Score, timber-dealer, Pilton, Devonshire, Oct. 19, at one, and Nov. 11, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Carter and Chanter, Barnstaple ; Stogdon, Exeter. John Catt and Arthur Wellington Callen, beer and bett/e merchants, Lower Sha,dwell, Oct. 22, at half-past two, and Nov. 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Wakefield, baker, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, Oct. 20 and Nov. 10, at half-past ten, at the Shire-hall, Notting. ham. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Lees, Not tingham. Frederick Ryder, stationer, Basinghall-street, Oct. 19, at eleven, and Nov. 19, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Baker, Smith, and Oliver, Basinghall-street. Francesco Zerman, coffee-house keeper, Saville House, Leicester-square, Oct. 20, at half-past twelve, and Nov. 17 at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, A Iderinanbury ; Govett, Holborn. Joseph Salford, ironmonger, Cheltenham, Oct. 20, and Nov. 16, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Chesshyre, Cheltenham ; Bevan and Girliu g , Bristol. Lambert Phillip llolledonn, corn dealer, Mark-lane, City, Oct. 22, at two, and Nov. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbnry ; Ashurst, Son, and Morris, Old Jewry. William Coe, builder, Halifax, Oct. 22 and Nov. 20, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official as signee, Leeds; Ingram, Halifax; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. James Hogg, hairdresser, Edinburgh. William Combs Pyper, Master in the Royal Navy, Johnshaven, Kincardinshire. James Barnett, joiner and builder, Glasgow. William Spark, hardware merchant, Aberdeen. BANK OF An account pursuant no the Act the Week ending on Saturdl !;NGLAND. 'th and Sth Victorla, cap, 32, fcr y, the 31 day of Oct., 1857. LaTMENT. ISSUE DEPT A Notes Issued ...... •• 24,553,3151 Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities ...... 3,459,500 Gold coin and bullion 10,078,315 Silver bullion...". • • - £21,553,315 Z 24,553,315 MARSHALL, Chief Casiner. Dated the Bth day of Oct., 1857, PARTMENT. Governmentsecnritles (includg.Dead Weight Annuity) 10,593,6. 7 Other securities...... 21,835,843 Notes .. .......... 4,6C.1,040 Gold and silver coin .. 584,377 £37,619,867 MARiIIALL, Chief Cashier. HOP IXTLILrG.E.NCE. CANTERBURY.—Picking now being quite brought t ) a close, some idea may be formed as to the quantity and quality of the growth. There is no doubt the crop, generally speakitig, i 3 very satis factory—indeed, in some ca es ' quite beyond ex pectation. Some of the samples are of fint-rate quality, but where the blight was very severe the hops come too much in two crops to make a good sample ; consequently such hops are not much sought after, and realise but a low figure, not suffi efeilt to pay the grower. Tile good samples are now eagerly looked afte-, and realise a tolerable price. The duty for the district will probably reach near 40,000/. BRENCHLEY.—Having now quite completed picking, I can only repeat my report of last week —viz., that the month of August being so very sunny and warm, the hop matured beyond our ex pectation, and the average crop is considered from 6to 7 cwt. per acre here. Several planters have riot picked the lighter hops, in order to preserve the samples clean. This, with the hail -storm and other casualties, has diminished the duty, and we cannot comprehend the present estimate in the Borough ; at any rate, we shall not reach half l as t year's duty in this district. FIJRSMONDEN.—The picking now is almost finished, and a much larger crop has been the re sult than was at one time anticipated. We have many very fine samples. Oar average is about eight cwt. per acre. MAIDSTONE.---Throughout this district hopping is finished. There are, perhaps, a few gardens not 3et completed, but these are rare exceptions, and nothing depends on them. The crop is better than was expected, and the present price conse quently very low ; lower, perhaps, than is war ranted by the quantity grown. To correct this, it may Le suggested that the large planters hold the remedy to a great extent in their own hands—let them abstain from' pressing their hops on the market while the quotations remain at so low a figure. PENSHURST. —Hop-picking is almost finished in this district. The hops have come down very light, but the crop is better than atone time was expected. WATERINGBURY.—The hopping is nearly finished, and the growers express themselves pleased as to the quantity and also the quality. YALDING.—Our hop-picking is brought to a con clusion. A very large crop is brought in, and many fine samples produced. FARNHAM, ALTON, AND COUNTRY DISTRICTS. Picking is now completed, but, from the largeness of the crop, it is not all pocketed. In June the estimate of the duty for this district was from 8,000/. to 10,000/. ; m July, 10,0001. to 12,000/. ; August, 12,000/. to 15,0001. At the commence ment of the picking, in September, it was imagined that it might reach last year's duty, 16,300/. ; but it is now supposed that it will amount to above 20,0001. Colour and quality, with some excep tions, very fine.—Kentish Observer. BANKING DE: Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest ••••• • • • .. 3,943,929, Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ng's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 8,243,217 Ocher deposits ... • 10,0J2,2,c2 seven Day and other 8i115........ 877,439 437,619,667 Data the Bth day of Oct , 1857. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. Iho Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending Oct. 29, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid on p vable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : B. d. From the British Possessions in America Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius Muscovad o , th e p ro d uce o f the East Indies Average of the above descriptions. 35 6 32 24 Ot 35 6 RAILWAY TRAFFIC _RETURNS. TRLIFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Miles 1 Receipts. o,milecl, NAME OF RAILWAY. 1857. 1857. 1856 ..----• - - - - BRITISH. X , £ - Aberdeen .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .... ... .. - - 65 Belfast and Ballymena .............. 1,339 1,009 17 Belfast and County D0wn........ •• .. 301 300 32 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2,777 2,514 26 W Bolton,Blac :burn and West York .... 1,042 933 118 Bristol' and Exeter •• .... • • .... •• .. .• 6 ,939 7,225 19 8 % Ca1ed0nian............. .........• •. - - 91 '4 Chester and 1101yhead............... 10,709 6,941 6Y,', Cork, Blackrock, and Passage •• •• • • 214 223 20 Cork and Bandon •• • • • • • • • • •• •• • • • • 290 258 56 Dublin and Belfast-function ........ 1,337 1,122 63 Dublin and Drogheda• ••••••„• •• .• •• 1,606 1,743 404 Dublin and Kingstown .............. 2,392 2,088 17% Dundee and Arbroath .. ---•• .. •• 975 507 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 1,154 1,014 3 5 Dundalk ani Enniskillen•••• •• •• •• •• 577 376 67% East Ang!ian........................ 1,100 1,119 93 East Lancashire .................... 6.615 6,754 489 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. ••- 1, 27,618 26,302 Eastern Union . ............... 3 142 Edinburgh and alas ;on ••• •• •• •••• ••6,295 5,781 78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee.... - 3,363 3,236 6 Exeter and Crediton.. •• .• .• .• •• .. - - 2 2 Furness Railway •• • .............. 1,365 1,169 183 % Glasgow, and South-Western........ 7 510 7,132 283 Great Northern..• ... ..... - ....- •• 24,680 27,574 203 4 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 7,923 6,9.1 i 465 Great Western •• • . ... •••• • • . ...... 31,870 30,871 25 W Irish South Eastern ••••••••.. • • • • - 264 338 90 Lancaster and Car1i51e.............. 7,657 7,251 286 1 . Lancashire and Y0rk5hire..•......... 24,855 22,564 - Leeds Northern •• ••--••-• • •• - •• - - 16} Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... - - 637 i London and North Western . - •..... 70,117 68,247 5% ! London and Blackwall.• -•• • • ...... 1,545 1,57 5 183% ' London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 19,422 19,238 289% London and South We5tern......... 16,833 17,208 60 Londondorry and Enniskillen ........ 1,075 730 - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, Sce. - - 173% Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshirt 1.1 1, 1 : 91 064424563 . 10.114 9 1 W Manchester and South Junction•••• .. 9 1,025 •• •• -• • .• •••••• .. •• • ), 28 Maryport and Carlisle • • ..........., 567 Midland . .... 3 -92 33,413 177 AMland Great Western (Irish) ...... 4,709 5,122 52 Monklands • • .......................................... 5 1 :6 5 7 0 6 3 5 1 : 3 5 ; 9 0 78 Newcastle and Carlis l e .. •••• •• -..... 3,937 3,8 ; 9 149 North British .. 233 North Staffordshire •• •• .....• •• •• • 8,023 7, :74 47 North-Western •• •••••••••• • • .. •• ~„ 1,045 1,004 50 Scottish Central ...• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 3,2 5 8 3,034 32 3; Scottish Midland •••••••••• •• •• •• .. 29 Shrewsbury and Birming ham •..... 1 , 8 7 4 1,884 481 j Shrewsbury and Chester ............ 3,410 3 , 3 33 30 Shropshire Union .. •• •••••••• •• •• •• 852 787 57 South Devon l.• ••••• • • .. •... •••• •• • • _ 2,837 1,874 301% South Eastern •••••••• •• .. .......... 24,746 24,99'; 171 South Wales ...... •• •• •• •• .... 7,548 6,932 108% South York., Doncaster , and Goole .. 2 ,384 2,727 53 Taff Yale • • • • • • • • •• •• - •• • • •• •• •• .. - - 35 ulster. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •••• •••• •••• •• 1,703 1,513 77 Waterford And Limerick •• .......... 1,211 1,326 27 West Cornwall .• - - ..... ....... 605 644 12W Whitelmven Junction .• •••••••• • •• •• , 412 652 Yo y rk ork an an d N d e N w Flo C ior a ißt s h t E l l e mG , Ni a d. n la d nd ß & erw L i e c e k d 429 - .. - 31(14,94 LyonsiDutch a lt i lt hi eT l s h 63 itti N " l aao o rrr t ii l tss t h e aca r nrn e nd a d u 3: - -:: 76 0N:al Paris e n 1 , trt and and a a l ro i stit d df : yor L n Fcci, i ' pre i se e : : l : : :::l ac. . r . . 1 . .. 1 1 1 ...... •.. .: •':.. : .: ..• ••• :, 496 2,347 23,827 26,954 it roy i es . •• •• 5 15 •• IDS •••• •• •• •• I 46 - 1 - 77 41;79 - - 1 . 1 ,.. c tf I n a a n n t d N i o l r a i v h r_e ll ... e . s . t ~ ... , f • F ., , • . ; , •; e s •• •. ..• •• .. •• ..•. • 42 , 184 41,262 - ~ .. ...,.. .... 46,584 37,318 - fl 40,780 37,6 f-id HARBOURS OF REFUGE.—The report of the Select Coannittee On llarblurs of Refuge, so far as the evi deuce goe9, has been pri,,ted, and occupieJ, w:th the ap pendix, &c., 323 pages of a BLue-boolc. The examination of witcesies commenced on the 13. h of July, and termi nated on the 7th of Augu , t, during which time 21 wit nesses appeared before the comm ttee. Although the inquiry must be regarded as incomplete, a great deal of valuable information ha 3 been elicited so far, and the appendix contains many papers of equal value, in the shape of reports of surveys of various localities round our co at, accompanied by maps. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL—OCT. 9. The business transacted was only of moderate extent to day ; however, there was a rather better attendance. The best wheats held firmly for late rates. Good American barrel dour scarce, and no lower ; English and Irish sack dour about is decline. Oats gave way 6ti to ld per bushel and oatmeal is per load. Indian corn fully supported the prices of Tuesday, and a more general inquiry for feeding purposes. WAKEFIELD—Om 9. A good supply of wheat, which sold at a decline of Is per qr. Fine barley was steady, but inferior slow of sale at lower rates. Beans, oats, and shelling rather lower. Average prices of grain—Wheat, 58s ld ; bailey, 43s 4d ; oats, 28s lid ; beans, 45s 2d . ; peas, 45s 61 ; rye, Od. EXETER,-OCT. 9. CORN,—Wheat, Os 9d to 7s Od ; barley, 5s to 5s 3d ; grinding do., Or Od. to Os Od. O a t s, 3 s O d to 3s 3a. Beaus, Os O to 0 Od. Peas, 00s Od to 00s Od. FLOUR.—Fine, 41s Od to 42e Od; seconds, —3 Od to 404 Od per sack. CATTLE.—There was a small supply of bullocks. Best beef, from 10s 6,1 to lls per score ; inferior, 7s Od to 8s per score ; fat calves, Od to 7d per lb ; barrenners, Os Od to 04 Od. per score ; cows and calves, 121. to 201. Ls ; butchers' calves, Od to 7d per lb., rearing calves —s to -- s each; sheep, ewes and lambs, 21. 5s to 31. 5s per couple; ewes, 0,1 to 6,0 ; wethers, 7d —d; .s ize 7,(1 to 0 per lb. Pigs, large size, —s to —s; second. size, —s to —8 ; s li ps, to —s ; suckers, —s to —S. Rough fat, g aups, Pork carcases from 10s Od to 3d per score per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR—OCT, 9. There has been a very steady demand this week, both for pan and scale sugars, and a fair amount of business done, chiefly in Barbadoes- there being but ♦ery little re maining in first hands of other descriptions. In parcels to arrive the sales are confined to one cargo of brown Babia and one eargo of clayed Manilla, at about former prices. Refiners' produce finds a ready sale, at rather improved rates. Rum is much wanted, but there is very little offering. :ET.-002. 9. the close of the market Wallsond, &o. s d. Riddell lB Braddyll 19 0 Belmont 18 3 Haswell 20 0 Whitworth l6 0 Cassop 19 0 Eden Main l9 0 Framwellgate lB 6 Hatton 2O 0 Rollos l9 6 Lawson 17 3 Rough Hall lB 6 Gosforth lB 0 South Durham ....18 6 Hetton Lyons Main ~..17 9 South Hetton 20 0 Hartlepool l9 6 ~ 91 ; sold, 90. COAL MARK . Prices of Coals per ton a s. d, Bebside's Hartley 18 3 Hastings Hartley 18 3 Walker Primrose l4 3 Tanfield Moor l4 3 Tanfield Moor Butos 14 3 North Percy Hartley l6 0 Morpeth West Hartley 17 6 Wylam Newcastle Hartley 16 ti Holy well l6 Ward's West Hartley l7 Wallsend, &e. Northumberland l7 6 Brown's Moor Haigh __ . Main 16 0 Tees 2O 0 Bell. lB 0 Ships at market, COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YEsrEnDAT. m5t0rdam............ 11 16 Gibraltar .. •••• • • Litto, three months .. 11 19% Leghorn ........ • 30 10 Xottordem ............ 11 1: % Genoa ........ •• ...... 25 72% Antwerp 25 42% Milan •• - Brussels .... • • ........ 25 42% Venice. tan burgh ............ 13 9 Naples ... •••• •.. 2% na „„ •• •... .• •• •• •• •• Palermo •••• • •• •• 127% Paris ••—•• • • .•• •• •• •• 25 25 Messina •• ******** •• •• 128 Do. three months 25 62% Lisbon • 52% Marseilles„ „. „..• •••25 65 Oporto .• •••••••••• •• •• L 2% Roardeaux ...•........ .. Rio Janeiro ...... •• •• •• Ff ankfort-on-Maine •• •• 1194 Buenos Ayres...... „, Berlin •• •• ..•• •• •• •• •• • • New York,6o days'sight ;Timis •• •• •• •••••• • • •• 10 35 Philadelphia • • ...... rtieste•• •• •••••• •• •• •• 10 36 PRICES OF BULLION, PER QV. PetersLurg ............ 35% Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Madrid 49% Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 Cadiz 49T. ,Mexican Dollars .... 0 5 1 ilareenna ............ New Dollars .... 0 0 0 Saville ...... Silver iu bars ...... 0 5 LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL. OCT. 9., STOCK EXCllANGE.—Birkonhead, Lancashire, and Che sbire, 63- Caledonian, 414 x d—North Eastern, Berwick, 22 6 a--Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 154 London and North-Westerns, 94 5 4—Midland, 804 g—_ Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 3:4 4—Grand Trunk of Canada, 104—South Eastern, 19/. 6s 3d s—Blackburn 6 per cent., 22,1—Eastern Counties, 11.3.9.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 934 I--Great Western of CaLada, 20 Ditto, new, i d.—East Lancashire, Pref., N. MANCHESTER, OCT. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was rather weak to day, with improved closing prices. Eastern Counties, 11 3-16—Leeds, 93 1 I—Leeds, New, d.—Sheffields, 391 Grand Trunks, 10 ,—Londons, 95 6- 2 East Lancashire, 90i —Midland, 80j—Great Western, 52 —North British .11¢ —Gloat Western of Canada, 20—Dovers, 19 e. BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE. —Prices in the market flat at the opening, but firmer towards the dose. Midland, 80 4 London and North Westerns, 951—Great Westerns 54 —Birmingham Guaranteed, 694—Stour Valley s' 84, Birmingham and Derby, 56 7—Birmingham Banks, 33. BIRTHS. OF A 130 N. On tho 9th inst., at Sunbury, the wife of the Rev. IL Harcourt Skrine. On the 9th inst., at Chi gwe ll , Essex, the . wife of A. H. Christie, Esq. • OF A DAUORTER. On the Sth inst., at Eallswood, the wife of Wm. Klein, Eq. On the 9th inst., at 16, Glocester-crescent north, Pad dinton, Mrs. John Williams. MARRIED. On the Bth inst., at Cantley, the Hon. William George Eden, Attache to H.M.'s Legation at Stockholm, and son of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, to Lucy Walbanke, the , youngest daughter of Joh n Walbanke Childers, E s q., of tioles Camberw e ll, M r . Th os . Mary Eliz4b e th, the t Cantley. daughter of John Beng,ougb, Es q ., o f Cornhill, and Peck. ham. oBfthisiininsgt.t,ona.,grSete.nG, DIED. On the 9th inst., at Neasdon House, Middlesex, Walter Addin, Esq., aged 66. On the Bth inst., at Holloway, M..ry, relict of the late Mr. A. Young, of West Smithfield, aged 90. On the Bth inst., at Portsmouth, James Lowndes, Esq., aged 77. _ - Ou the 7th inst., at Coltham House, Cheltenham, Ed ward Creek, Eq., aged 70. on the 7th inst., at Bideford, North Devon, the Rev. Richard William Kerley, M.A., of Exeter College, Ox ford, aged 61. On the 7th inst., at Portsmouth, Admiral Josh. Haul. SOD, aged 67 On the 7th inst , Ethnund Smith, Esq., C.E., of Wood street, Woolwich, aged CO. On the 7th inst., at Brathay Hall, Ambleside, West monland, Gilds Redmayne, Esq., agent 64. LogDox : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNGI of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 2714 Sun Office, No 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Aliddlegex, Saturday, October 10, 18;17.