The Sun. — London, England, 1857-08-29 00:00:00

it " 8 „, 41 4 good a s t a t e o f d e f ence as t h e means at their corn "'„aacl rendered p oss ibl e — guns an d amun iti on b e i ng auuedatit, but experienced gunners scarce. On the 2d inst. the Ketah contingent of Horse, Foot, Artillery —up to to that moment believed by some r.4 lo h e loyal_ marched into cantonment, to the great a l of the majority of the residents ; and then, to. the , 11 1 , a niehinent of al, one detachment was sent to relieve "4e Euroeang uard over the gaol (in which 4000 derepe eta_te criminalsgwere imprisoned) ; and anether to guard of te 4 Government-hop -e. It being known on the afternoon C th, that the expected enemy were close at band, -14 eotetingent was marched out of the can.ourne,n,e, ut e RaderElf take up an advanced position on the road, !ight have been foreseen, no sooner had tee Conan eilt reached the destined belting ground, and the opptohre „4,_itY offered, than one and all bo!ted, and joined the be C ria e of the rebels. Full particulars of the affair will oaed ill another cceumn. Th e en tn t o p, e afternoon, ev er y l a dy an d child in the can mill'uts and civil lines, previously done who had not e °l re tuoved to the Fort, and shortly alter daylight the g tlelezt morning probably no man was outsid e, d , i x 7 :sio p u ti of I t ., regular European troops and the first „ Rarly the day the enemy, about 10,000 strong (say ei):),.°,94infatry, 1,500 cavalry, a,nd . 8 gills), encamped l a " 00 yards of an open plain in-the rear of the . vrila hge: Sussia, close to the f iurth mile stone from Agra ta°l;.tl,l",. read to Fuit -spore S . eekree; and shortly after " 4 3 1 our troops came in sight of that village, which '4 tYePpriached in a leisurely manner, but unfortunately ..te takingimmediate possession and forcing h aetlae-y to fight on the plain, we commenced firing from ,eistance, and ultimately the enemy took possession ° O 4 a r and being thenuercever, inflicted heavy loss on e:Cthey were driven out. V 4 a re promiaed a copy of the official despatches t f l ,, Pee ting the battle, but in the meantime we u tee thfermation of the distant reader the subjoined ot t ar , r , s 4ti ver written by an eye-eituess, of the operations - ""e tight flank of our force.' j 4 The tr oupe tlrat went to meet the enemy s ein the sth lit Marched uut of the station about 11 a.m., and pro. S e ll e a d l i , H g a ong the r oa d i n th e di rec ti on o f th e village of eat; a nge, and which is about six miles from Agra, th e e d tie large sandy plain that lies to the right of r e where the line of battle was formed, and in at ord r advanced slowly to meet the enemy, who . i ly e e _ te theen distinctly visible, hovering . in large bodies tomeMately to the right of the village. Toe line a °Cited of a horse field battery on the extreme right te n i d e te ,fta the infantry being in the middle, and the mounted iret'a somewhat in the rear. When about 600 yards O . the village, the insurgents opened fire on our right ati 4 e t-r Y bY a , furious discharge of round shot, grape eeesehells which, which was immediately responded to ea' such excellent effect, that after two rounds from C e gue th e y were seen retrea ti ng in great numbers. t o r che er i ng and repeated cries of `follow them . up, 41,aw t hemup,' were h ear d f rom a ll par t s o f the right r e 4 e r9. and there can be little . doubt had. a dash been si t:4 , the enemy would have been driven from their po -0 e `txl th open i nto the e field with the loss of their gun . s, _ action teen b roug ht t o an en d, with less same. °f life than eventually was the case. Our gu . ne,. thow:iler, limbered up and the line again advanced but "tletu Y now stood to theirguns, and, having got their as the ii,raeg; directed their fire with admirable positi n • oe tie atoongst our men and horses painfully attested , r atta c k S t l ib was evidently being confined to a series of 'to ot er ete advancs, fur of such it consisted, until we e a• wh yarns 200 arils of the village, which we then email lensed to bombard, and, it is to be feared, with 1 "Be on the other side. The most unpractised eye e Wadeur shots were being thrown away on high 4 `A • Wher eas , which siege guns alone could have touched, dadfarth e r our right battery only moved fifty yards eid ne th e : the right, every shot from it must have t tlest ee e ! ta taY's two batteries, whence was issuing so ,were .ctie a fire upon UP. The consequences of this m Cam e what might have been expected, the enemy 11448°8 emboldened, their cavalry in great . num them. l ON ed °ur right, and the infantry spreading e us great over the field in skirmishing order, whilst we I som 44nyance with their rifle firing, whils repel % eel the want of cavalry were powerless to ewe s . e a ' la rge number of their horse had the audacity ateer• round to our rear, and riding up the centre, elketti'o.ured to reach their main body, which many Militia doing I It is true that our mounted . '4ll t hrough a fairly uf those hanging to the eig . ht o tad 0 - t e 2 When after five of tneni getting cut to pieces, tetreoiteri aeverely wounded, they made a precipitate hv tote ' l ute the battery and from the dirvition t e, 4 04 to reach it in a fire about being opened Pte i k 4 gun that'h a d p een got into position f or the pur oaid which would have blown off the field every citie,r at wh om i t was pointed. 110 4 The fir ing against the village continued for fully one E °M eng which ti me a shower of . musketry was be.ng tiet:e(l oot e , us from behind its walls and the tops of the ; two companies of the European Regiment then ae d ~ 6 (1 in most gallant style, forcing their way through th„,`liviog out the enemy to the opposite bide, and this see' would have done in a much earlier stag e of the ete l 4 )ll , had they been permitted. The left battery had lie' bring before the Europeans emerged from the bilo - ti e l though that on the right continued exchanging Lek mhot with the enemy, and it was only very shortly ' 1 44 4 it bad succeeded in silencing them, that the la fe.. ed apt. D'Oyley received his mortal wound. But t44,tv retinue ol ammunition remained incur waggon w eu se t go ad event occurred, nevertheless the wouneed man 114 4 1 a tum bri . , and continued to give the word of com veeteuntil they were expended. Want of cavalry pre rtole" our followi busp what we had gained, and nothing 4141:44ailtisultendd tistixsve to retrace our steps to canton roceeded to do in the most orderly rtlti ve ' r Possible. Iraiately the rebels perceived tha i t he e l i nt, they advanced with their guns, and nearly 1 4 'hin,, Wa Y into Agra, fired round rihot after a a ',eV' Peculiarly humiliating to experience, whilst smll t eut t : e f their horse threatened us on either side with t • ie• k etiv itY as to prevent our getting a shot at them. %if - me Whole fo rce succeeded reaching the Fort by efter t4t itnat e l td and wounded will best enable the reader to Th e ; *oe severity of the engagement. b e n % messed doubt that our men were fearfully ou`- gliaatc%Zii.but despite that . they would have remained d • hel the held, had it not been that both men a . n i e ', e re( ' off the whole of the small supply of am th at he y _b_ad taken to . the field. It is now sup ti,t'fore, h.4,enerny were in the same predicament, and I, ho ""1/41 we not moved off, but had waited a short • T• he c ," er, Perhaps they might have gone first. d e -s h sci las - „ l te vi. Linea Infantry Militia having met the tire "ard,4,-"'hg in, were formed across the road as rear• tet.ohee" the they maintained until the whole force t• in t e ort. " l e Ztia 4 l9 4 ; l o l e still two miles from the Fort, we had the 4(18 the of seeing the enemy's cavalry gallopping I: tvere i de fencelee- stition and before we entered, : 3 4 114, , g f °lls ee were :heady ' on fire. .After sunse", anti r° the bastions houses burning on every l 4 " 4 4gai n the next night—so that har y has escaped destruction—and such houees l t o l e f a conl i rtents as were not consumed by fire, have etlot, if . 44 ' 1 3' gutted and destroyed by other meau r s e . . 40 er h ate to leave the Fort to-morrow,. there a h " B es in the place with roofs remaining, under h' et t9 a -e a t4a ld obtain, shelter-and as for household pro ,l°ttli,",°th thin " ten ou*side we suspect there is 1(1,,1te articl gs • t qice iu serviceable order..Tne eo o4 eoore and eteexis to I r e out " windows are removed,. and every bit of ,t 4 wall ao that nothing remains but the bare b roken n s e ; r T y h d i g a . re s tredw wherever t y h o e u r m o a„,ilvso youa 11 d tr oe jokep eb. , rectiob, an tri r f e r.y, and tables, carriages broken in bits, faejlest eob rr and in fact every kind of property wan the °Y th e •'"u• This has not been done, we are setis eekiso „ e e tle roY, but by the bath - flashers of the cty and 'h who were all liberated from the gaol. il lt r Z ee'l ed e ti 4 d eca t Y, t li!aa u Ppeared the day . . after the action, and ‘ • v ti Of th heir rrpore, but nothing . with certainty is j m e 3, e eir alter movemente. It is rumoured that e l '„r Cent;lPeot a visit from the mutineers of the Gtv.- " 14 ven t .4 g e ct, but it is doubted by many whether they re eiy to re to coins -.however, it they do come, we are The e give them a warm welcome. 1111 a crowded, but not inconveniently so, and ell are good health and spirits. We are well provided the Pretty cos and ammunition, and upon the whole we eeaBar fortable, and have become reconciled to Ci t e. un lotisoranent. tideNncs' two or three Christians are known to have been ineitt'diarhe,c,l3 out . s ide—namely, Major J.cob, formerly in b service, and Mr. Huhuard, of the Agra C be lit ever other Ceri , tiaa inhabitant is supposed * ate wit h ' a id to i n th e fort. ' Taohl.harr jah of Gavel or 1,4 be exerting himself for our a.irautage and we e cue else to f ear. ti,inLore c oncluding, it is right to mention that our re n4„'eg lroin th e h el d may be consideredaene,.dac, hd t av o ine f t t t e t tti' l li a :rY prudence, for had the enemy au into our rear later in th e d a y , they might e Ooff from the Fort, an d b y overpowering the Kraal' lson, have mur d ered four or five thousand deteuce ''4,ereen, women, and children. I? e followi ng i s a correct abstract of the casualties !< occurred occurred in the action on the sth. It will be ac iktiwledged that th e fi ghting must have been severe, pitt..td I:R that a full quarter of the men engage d were mre de c om b at. b'dle Ar tillery had two cfficere wounded (Calo i ala It hd I I PY• Since dead, and Lieut. Lamb)-3 men ki Th* wo unded, i nc l u di ng 6 naive dri re. o fta„,!. 3 1 European Regiment bad 29 men 10l ed ; t ads : (Major Thomas and Lients. Pond and Fello wee), , T he men wounded, of whom 10 have since died. 1 : 11 14 ( ,"viA Line. Infantry Militia had fi ve gentlemen R( Seise O'Connor, C. Hirn, P. Horn, J Cara aere. , S tnith, and Jourdan), one officer (Major Pr, n- Nt",_B9 aed eight gentlemen (Masers. White, Ray, dea'?orne, Braeiley, C.S e Freeze, Outram,.C.S., and 1,:k1; 1 / 4 ,(l es . e • 8 .) wounded. Vil Lines Infantry Militia had one gentleman r. - ' ed e') k• 11 ; d five gentlemen (Messrs. N il e d v e l e ahYo; Steadman, dtn m' an, Ilallyian, and' - Faville) Th,, • t Hitt a }itai ached officers, &C", bad 6 c olnded, viz : q ° °ltt e , s " • Alexander, 10th Light Cavalry ; Lieuts d . otalotto", Williams and Bratnley, Dr. Watson, an r Runte r tl e h llt rib - te ti l lta ber killed, 'or since dead, is 46-and the d ' °t ledei en tided 92, making a total of 141 ki'led an eu v t .°f . a'total force of ablur 500 men engaged. isti) Li 't of suervents within the Fort of Agra, July t " J. R. o,lvin; E. A Reade, H. B. v )l u ° n ,w . E. Money, R. B. M. , rgan, , lii !lll, l q tat i ti:i e rsd r .a g . ,k l :3l. o ! re.Rocacikkwse,,,,C J. B. Thornhill,‘ in V i y e l y i y 11 0,Ani. V . . Bit an ..i si Al t ) t o. a r r jr t . ,... room j W. ra '• 01 • -rowerA. A, L. M. Phillips, W. Power, A. 0. Hume, H. W. DAahwood, W. H. Lowe, H. M. CnaAe, R. H. CliTfori C. J. Daniell, E. Colvin, F. H. Outram, INDORE. From information supplied by the Government vre (Bombay Times) learn that Indore has followed in the track of rebellion. On the lst, lery, which was placed at the Residency to protect the Ear ope.ans, treacherously attacked it, an I a retreat was deemed pru dent after a va'n attempt of WI. Travers t] charge the enemy with only "five or six horsemen !" The fk flow ing is tha list of those who effected their escape :—Col. and Mrs. Durand, Cilonel Travers, Captain and Mrs. -Magniac ' Col. Stockley, Lieut. Waterman, Dr. and Mrs. Koapy, Dr. and Mrs Rice, Lieut. and Mrs Shak-s -peare and child, Mrs. Robinson and two children, Cap tain and Mrs. Cobbe, Captain Ludlow, Dr. Thomson, E. Beauvais, 1. Craudley, J Hammond, E4q., Sergeant Murphy and wife, Sergeant Orr, Messrs O'Brien and Collins. PROAL GENERAL NEILL, ALL AHABAD, DATED JULY 16, 1857. I started 227 of the 84th Regiment, partly in bullock vans, they are to march 25 miles a night, t reach in five days. I start this afternoon by dark, and shall overtake the 84th and move up with them ; I will go on belore them if I car, ; I shall loge no time. The muti neers are out of caps, and have converted all the det ma• tore into matchlocks. A Cossici from Lucknow declares that the mutineers thereare in want of shot, firing stones front the guns. News has been received, that Sir Henry Lawrence was wounded on his return from an attack on the rebels advancing on Lucknow, on the 2d instant, and that he sank under the effects of his wounds on the 40) inst. It is repotted ,from Lucknow (au the 10th July) that the attacks of the rebels are less frequent and more feeble than heretofore. LIST OF EUROPEANS ARRIVED AT HOOSUINGABAD FROM ANGEER, ON THE 15TH JULY, 1857.—W-tin. Mac pherson, Lieut Ryail, and Dr. Sillipant, 31 G valior In fantry ; Capt. Carter, L:riut. Macdougal, and Dr. Wil- son, sth Gwa for Infantry ; Lieut. Lefuaroliand, Bengal Artillery, Mrs. Lernarchavd and four children ; Mrs. Heyman, and Miis H-yman.; Mrs. Harrison (wife of Ctpt Harrison, Gwalior Cavalry) and threi cbildran, arrived two days before with some telegraph ; Mr. 13urIton and child ; two overseers—Watts and Wakefield ; the wife and mother of Watts and three children. In all twenty-seven. . Of the Angaer party, Dr. and Mrs. Ja•nss and Liiut. O'Dowda were murdered. The death of Lieut.:C.l. W. H. Tottenham, of her Majesty's 12th La tcera, is announced. The Poona Observer arsnounce. , the death of Major F. W. Follett, commanding the 25th Regiment Native Infantry. Among the unfortunate victims who were massacred at S , alkota, in the Punjab,!when the two regiments at that station mutinied, we observe the na , ne of the Rev. T. Hinter, a missionary of the church of Scotland, who, with' his wife and coild, are reported to have been killed. Majnr-General Hewitt, commanding the Meerut divi sion of the Bengal army, has been removed from divi sional command, and . Major-General N. Penny, 0 8., has been appointed to succeed him. Until the arrival of Major• General Penny, Brigadier A Wilson, com mandant of artillery, is to command the Meerut division, with the rank of Brigadter-General. The Englishman has received, a letter which confirms the report previously received, that the Europaau in habitants of Jnansi had perished. The local Mahotnedan authorities, aided by the mutinous sepoys, ars Aated to have massacred them all with the usual atrocities. The Governor-Ger.eral io a proclamation dated the 10th July offers a reward of fifty rupees for the appre hension of mutineers, deserters, and of those whose who incite to mutiny and desertion if the offenders have arms in their hands, and of thirty' rupees it without arms. Those who deliver up arms and other property belong ing to government, will be rewarded in proportion t a the value of such property. COMMERCIAL. CA.LCIIrTA, JULY 19. Oar produce market remains much the same as last represented. The insecurity in the transit and the difficulty in effecting insurance have tended to check supplies to this market. There seems a general desire for purchase by shippers, but the ruling high prices and paucity of produce restrain operations. In imports, the transactions which have taken place in twist and gray cottons since our last are entirely for lower Bengal. The market for metals continues dull, scarcely any transaction has taken plane. The money market remains much the same as last repored. Money is plentiful, and the ordinary channel for its employment is entirely shut up. Sums to large extent are available for even short periods on most rea sonable terms. Good papers may easily be discounted iu the bazaar at 6 to 7 per cent., and ey,m at lower rates. The Bank of Bengal reduced last week its rates of discount on Government acceptances and mint certi ficates 2 per cent. - Government securities have beenfluctuating, and there has not been much doing. EXCHANGE ON LONDON.—Tbe amount sot 1. for this mail ass been considerable, considering the check the import market has felt, and the reduced extent of busi ness. Bank bills amounting to about seven lakhs A hich were received by the last steamers from China, have gradually found buyers at 2s. 64., whilst American credits in small sums have fetched the same rate. A considerable business has been done in first rate credits generally at 2s. 21d. Document bills at 24 20. to 2s. 24d. FREIGHTS.—The supply exceeds the requiremen'., and rates for London and Liverpool have had a further downward tendency. BOMBAY, Jutr 29; The tightness in - our money market, reported in our last, has, if anything, increased during the past fort- night, and looking at the present aspect of affairs all over the country, we do not anticipate a change for the better for some time to come. The banks have not yet altered the rates of interest. 'The Governmonr have Issued a notification to the effect that until further notice holders of 4 per cent. paper can pay into the open 5 per cent. loan one half in cash and ne half in the said promissory notes, the effect of which has been to lower the price of fives to 93, and raise fours to 85. Our local pint stock shares keep pretty firm at about former quotations. TONNAGE.—The rates for Liverpool have been steady, while those for London have risen materially on account of there being only one vessel available at, present. We quo e 21. to 2/. 7s. 6d. for Liverpool, and 2/. 15'. for London. EXCHANGE.—The bulk of the transactions for this mail have bees done at 2s. 211. ; at one time bids sold 28. 2d., and in a few isidated oases a trifle lower, but for the last day or two the market has had ae upward feeling. O . - Calcutta—aight par. China 60 days' sight, 224 rupees. CHINA. We take the fell, wing from the Overland China Mail of the 10th July :—" The great event of the fortnight has been the arrival, on the 2d inst. of the Rlght Hon. tue Earl of. Elgin and Kincardine, C.B. and P.C., her Majesty's Ambassador Extra ordinary and iniser Plenipotentiary to China, in the screw steam frigate Shannon. Lord E'gM, in company w.tn his Excellency the Naval Com mander-in-Chief, will visit the northern ports of Cain - % and Japan, taking a look at Chusan and Formosa on their way—some say their real desti nation is the Gulf of Pichi-li, and even Peking. Several screw steamers will accompany them. Mili tary operations in the vicinity of Canton, since our last report, have been insignificant, and amount only to the capture of two or three armed junks and snake boats. The gunboat Hardy has arrived from the river, having on board eight wounded men of her Majesty's ship Esk, the b cats of whiCh vessel had had an engagement with pirates in one of the creks in the imme ' &ate vicinity of Second 80. Two of our poor fellows were killed, and three mortally and five severely woUndel. One pirate-junk only was-t +ken. From Amoy we hear that fears of local disturbawes had died away, an , ' that bu-ine-s was consequently on the increa , e. From Ningpo we learn that the quarrel betw:xt the Cantonese and Portugu. , se has at length reached a climax, and that a severe.strug gle has taken place, in which the latter were de feated. On the 25th Jane, a large fleet of Canton past-caist j>>nks f ern Fuhohan m,de th-ir appear ance in the river, and took possession of the Portu ,guese I.xclts in port without much resist ince, the craws escaping on shore. The Cantont.se, led on by foreigners, closely followed, and after some fighting, totally routed the Portu4uese, but not unit about 20 had been killed. The loss of the victors was by no means small, and amongst those slain were an Eng lishman and a Frenchman. Every pl •ce occupied by Portugue , e was plundered ; and Marques, their consul, escap e d by concealing himself in the R man Catholic chapel." itiielisueure auction s, Majesty's ship Raleigh was put' up to pub ,.ll s t o h o e d 2 o 9 ll t a h rs. ultimo, and bought in at S" u FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. A telegraphic dispatch from Trieste, dated yes terday, mentions a report that Lord de Redcliffe had made overture 3 to the Turkish Minister of, War for permissi in to send English troops to India through E f,ypt, and that the negotiation had failed. Both thel 3 atrie and the Presse, admitting, however, that the news requires confirmation, incline to in fer from' t that Lord Palmerston had recourse to special pleading, when he said he " was not aware" that any application on the subject had been made to the "Pacha of Egypt." The Patric, moreover, sees in the refusal a just revenge for the obstinate opposition of English statesmen to the piercing of the Isthmus of Suez. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, SATIIRD &Y. The Royal Mail steamship Persia arrived this morning, with advices from New York to the 19th inst., 130 passengers, and $1,750,000 in specie. The Arabia, hence, arrived at New York on the 19th inst. ; she passed the Jason, screw steamship, ou the 20th, and the American, hence, on the 24th, both bound west. The news is unimportant. The steamship Terrance had arrived at New York with 260 deserters from Walker's army. It is stated that Walker was organising a subscription for another filibustering movement. Mr Cunning ham h-id been p'aced in prison at the Tombs amid great excitement. The money market has been in a favourable con dition. Capital was abundant on first-rate securi ties. Stock s ill tended downwards. Exchange on London 109/ to Colon WAS very firm. Roacla-uffa a fa;r demand. Provisions inore active, and former freights improving. nal ; duty sycee, nominal. Other bills on London at six months' sight, 5?. Oa India, 234 re. SHANGEIAE, JULY 18. SILK.—The new crop is the most abundant on record, and for excellence of quality and other favourahl3 characteristics stands unrivalled. Of new Bilk the arrivals already reach the unprecedented heavy total of 12 000 bales ; the demand has been equally active. 10,000 bales have been taken over in Shanghae, despite the exorbitant rates exacted and obtaine 1 at the opening of the new campaign, and au advance of 10 per cent, thereon has been demanded by the dealers and freely paid by our buyers. The total settlement to pre sent date for the season ending 30th instant is therefore 98,000 bales. with every probability of reaching, if not exceeding 100,000. EXCHANGE has now varied mote than id to ld per tael during the month. We now quote 7s 3d for Bank, and 7:4 3. to 7s 41 for credits. Oa Calcutta and Bombay, 237 rs, and 336 rs. per 100 taels respectively. FREIGHTS —The R)bia Hood, Chrysolite, Mirage, Latomermuir, Julia, and Sir James, are on the berth for L indon, arid asking 3/ 10$ for tea, and Cl. 6.r for silk. The Ariel is also loading for New York at $lO for tea and $2O for silk. LOSS OF THE TRANSIT. SINGAPORE, JULY 19. On the 13th instant, he Netherlands Majesty's war st-amer Montrade arrived here from Minto, having on board Lieut. Dlivnes, belonging to her Majesty's steam transport Transit, and bringing ac counts of the total lo : , s of the later vessel in the Straits of Banca, by striking upon a rock or coral reef, distant four miles from the shore, at 9 o'clock in the morning, and want down in 1 ss than two hours. The bead of the vessel rests on the rock, just above water, but at the stern there, are 11 fathoms, and on one side of the vessel so much as 17 fathoms. The troops on hoard and crew were saved, as .also pla of the military armament. On reaching the shore tents were placed for the accommodation of the people, who succe.e led in reaching the Island of Banea in the ship's boats. Lieutenant Downes was despatched. to Minto for assistance, and the Dutch resident at once despatched th et officer in a war steamer to Singapore. On arrival of the news here the senior naval officer (Captain Barnard, of her Majesty's ship Racehorse) immediately de spached her Majesty's ship Actaeon and the slam gun-boat Dove, as a'so chartered the American clipper ship Beaver, to br,ng up the troops and crew. On the 16th the Governor of Sin gapore sent the Hon. Company's steamer Hooghly to afford aid,. and, I hear that the Sir James Brooke steamer, bet urging to the Borneo Com pany, has been chartered for the same destination, and sails to day. We suppose that arrangements will be made to forward the troops on to Calcutta, where their presence is much required. The Transit has been one of the most unfortunate Vessels in the service. On her recent voyage she sailed upon her anchor, and all but foundered be fore leaving England, then put into Corruna, and has finally wrecked herself when within 100 miles of Singapore. . The ab lye Trie3te despatch pretends that M. de Prokesch is getting up a collective demand by all the great powers for the restitution of the Isle of Perim. Is it for this that we have formed an Austrian alliance ? BRITISH ARCH2EOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION.—On Thurs day a large party of the members of this association started for Great Yarmouth for the purpose of inspecting the antiquities of that town and the neighbourhood. The visitors were received in the Town-ball by the Mayor, Mr. C. C. Aldred. Mr. C. J. Palmer, de puty mayor, officiated as conductor of the party in the absence of Mr. Aldred, and the visitors first pro ceeded to inspect Mr. Palmer's mansion on the south quay. This house was built in 1516 by Mr. Benja min Cowper, and it afterwards passed into the p session of Mr. John Carter, whose son, Benjamin Carter, married Mary, daughter of General Ireton by his wife, Bridget, eldest daughter of Oliver Cromwell. If tradition is to be believed, a final meeting to con sult as to what was to be done with Charles I , pre vious to bringing him to trial, was held in one of the apartments. Mr. Palmer next conducted the party to the fragmentary remains of Grey Friars Monastery. Attention was directed to some inerchente marks in front of a house on the South-quay, and a visit was paid to a house close by, in which there is a fine moulded ceiling of the time of James I. Some remains of the old town wall and a defence raised in 1588 against the Spanish Armada, which seas then supposed to be near the, coast, were also pointed out, with the ruins of keno towers of the date of Henry 111., and one or two other objects of interest. Mr. Palmer pointed out some curious archways, &c., and exhibited a charter of King J ihn, by which Yarmouth was made a free port. The company then proceeded to the beautiful church of St. Nicholas, built about the year 1100 by Herbert de Loainga, Bishop of Norwich. The architectural features of the church having been explained by Mr. Palmer and Mr. C. E. Davis, the party proceeded, after a short in terval of rest, to Caistor Caster, said to have been built by Sir John rastolf about the early part of the 15,h century. The castle is in ruins, and only some portions of the north and west walls, with the tower, remain. A paper was read by Mr. T. J. Pettigrew on the history of the castle and on' a Roman station supposed to be the ancient Garianonum. From Caistor the party pro ceeded to Burgh, from wleich place they returned to the Town-ball at Yarmouth. There a public dinner took place, and a meeting at 'Mr. Palmer's house followed. Finally the visitors returned to Norwich by a special train, which left Yarmouth at 10.30. Ye.terday an cxeursion was made into West Norfolk, East Dereharn Cottrell, Walsiogham, and Binham Priories, and East Bireham-ball being among the objects of interest visited. HE VALUE OF A KENTISH ESTATE.—Yesterday, at the Auction Mart, Mr. Norton, of the firm of Nor. ton, Hoggist, and Trist, offered to public auction the va cable estate of Hernsted, situtated near Cranbrook, in the Weald of Kent, fir many years the residence of the late Mr. Thomas L. Hodges, comprising 4 500 acres of freehold land, divided into farms, with fine old man sion and officers, gardens, and extensive pleasure grounds, and having great sporting advantages,—the aunui.l rental, 4,6601. ; also the advowson of the vicar age of Benenden, with tithe commuted rent-charge of 5001. per annum,—the incumbent being nearly 80 years of age. It was spiel at 125,000/., to Mr. Hardy, NI P. MILES DARDEN, THE GREAT AMERICAN GIANT. Some weeks ago (says the Jackson, Tenn., TVltig), we gave a few facts in regard to the weight sad dimensions of this ex raordinary man, and promised our readers, through the courtesy of a friend in Henderson county, further items of interest.. He writes as follows:—" Mr. Darden was born in North Carolina, in 1798, and de parted this life, at his residence in Henderson county, Tennessee, on Jan. 23, 1857, in the 59th year of his age. ele joiued the Baptist church in early life, and shortly after emigrated to Tennessee, where he connected him f eef with what is called the Christian church, but had not been a member of any church for years past, but was moral and fend of conversing on religious subjects. He was an obliging and kind neighbour, and fond of com pany ; an d about 15 years ago be joined the order of Masone He was twice married. His chil Iren are very large, but probably none of them will ever be more than half the weight of their fattier. He was active and lively, and laboured until about 4 years ago, when he became so fleshy that he was compelled to stay at home, or be hauled ab ut in a two-horse waggon. In 1848 he made a contract w th a tailor to furnish him with a suit of clothes for $5O, tb c'oth was to cost $5 pEr yard. Upon mere :lasopr o u j flt. on e the scqiou ta c br : e a t , at Lexington.bllttoned it suremeet, i took 12 yards of cloth, so the tailor lost $lO f and the m king. The tailor states that three men, each roundwl n ei I g B h s i yard wide, to make him a coat. It took 16 of cambric for his shroud ; 24 yards of bl tck velvet to cover the sides and lid of his t n o h g e i t m o ,Ivoaeornt,d2lo3o walkedlsar coffin ; 125 feet of plank to make his coffin. His coffin was 8 feet long; acrces the breast 32 inches; across the head 18 inches ; across the foot 14 inches ; its depth 35 inches He weighed 871 lbs. in 1845; his height was 7 feet 6 inches. Las weight, when he died, as randy as could be ascertained, we , - a fraction over 1,000 lbs. REPRESENTATION OF OLDEASI. —Several meetings of electors have already t.ke place in reference to the vacancy caused by the fatal accident to Mr. Plate-, and we understand that there is a strong feeling in !Avonr of zuminating Mr. Cobden. N S A 7' ri COMMERCIAL. Our export of tea tbi a sepooHn? fNrom K J u O Iy N I G t , O J .T u u L I Y v 1 1 0 0: is —From Canton, 20. 026,5001b5. ;Funnhau. 20.839, 400 lbs. ; , Shanhee, 20,990 7 00 1b5.---giving a total f ,r the season 1856-7, as tar as yet ascertained, of 61,856,6001b8., agaiLst 91,055,800113 e. at the same date last year the decrease this sea on being 29,199,200 be. The silk ex port has been 74,215 bales, againMt 50 489 bales last season—the increase this season 23,726 bales. RAW iqLlC—For Marseilles, per the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamers :—July, 1,315 ; August, 793 ; SF-ptemb,r, 900 ; October (Malta and Shanghai), 2 218 ; NoveMber, 1 429 ; December, 7,406 ; January, 705 ; February, 272 ; March, 648 ; April, 482 ; M a y, 731 ; June, 554 bales COTTON.—Bombay t 11 dole. to 12 dols, per picul ; Bengal, 9 do's. to 10 do's. 25c. per picul—m3derate. OPIIIII.—OId Patna, 540 dols.; new Patna, 580 dols., nominal ; New Bemires, 390 dols. ; Malwa, 515 dols. Macao, Bth July.--• New Patna, 570 dole. ; old Patna, 512 dole. ; new Benares , 570 dols ; Maims, 515 dols. to 520 dols. Canton—No market Shanghae, Ist July. —Malwa, 370 taels ; old Patna, 367 to 372 taels, new Patna, 370 to 371 tads. EXOHANGE AND BllLLlON.—Oriental Bank Corpora tion on London, at six months' sight, 4s. 114 d. ; on India, 234 re. ; gold leaves, at 21.90 dole. per teel, and bar at 19 dole. to 21i doll, ditto ; Canton sycee, now- A y v N . = r p 1857 29, G L f AL. 0 IN - 7 MARKET ND COM zERCT.A.I., MTELLIGENCE. -cl,;. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Th) Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday cloned with a very animated apps aranw, and prices con tinued ti advanc3. The sales amonnt6d to 12,000 ba7es, 3,000 of which were taken on speculation and for export. Tile Railway Share Market closed quietly, and prices were a shade lower. The Bank of Engllnd.return, which is completed fer the week ending the 22nd inst., is in most re spects Eatisfic'ory, and it is generally presumed that the improvement exhibited still continnes. Besides a large addition to the reserve of notes, there is a decline of more than three quarters of a million ste►ling in the other securities, and the total now stands at a lower point than for some time past. The bullion in consequence of the withdrawals which took place prior to the departure of the last st.:Amer to the East h slightly reduced, but as a large augm3utat;on has since occurred this movement excites little attention. The other deposits show a material reduction owing to the withdrawal of the Sound due money. The prin ciple items and the charges they present are as subjoined. £19,208,605 ........ 184.420 11,230.131 29,775 3,598 867 Dcreasee 36,380 Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits Decrease Seven-Day and other Bills 727,692 Decrease Government Securities No alteration. Other Securities Decrease Notes unemployed Active Circulatton Decrease Bullion Decrease Rest Ineriase 148,145 Thq market for Public Securities opened flatly, and at one period prices were depressed fully per per cent. The Indian news did not exercise much further influence, but when it became known that the Persia had arived with a million and three-quarters of ddlars, the market be came firmer. Consols have been 90k # for money, and 90 for account. They are now 901 and 901 respectively. The New Three per Cants. are 901 91, and the Reduced 90i f. Exchequer Bills are 4s. discount to pat. Foreign Stocks have been very dull. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 941 5, and he 4 per Cents. '991. Russian 5 per Cents. have been dealt in at 112 ; and Mexican at 22. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 664 ; Mex can, 22 22i ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 81 83 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 55 57 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 112 114 ; ditto 4i per Cents, 97 99 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40 40h ; ditto New Deferred, 251 25i ; ditto Certificates, 52- 61 ; ditto Passive, 51 61. The Railway Share Market has been extremely dull, and the few transactions entered into have been at a decline of ful!y k per cent. on yes terday's rates. Eastern Countie, Great Northern, North-Western, and Midland declined 55., Cale donian 10s. Great Western and South Wales were about ss. higher. The Foreign and Colonial lines are dull. Dutch Rhenish declined 103., East Indian 11., Grand Thank of Canada 1/., and Great Western of Canada ES. Mining Shares are at quite nominal values. Joint-Stock Bank Shares are buoyant. London Joint-Stock advanced ss. ; Bad of London, Zl. ; London. Chartered of Australia, 53., and Union of London about ss. The Miscellaneous Share 3 ahoy no variation in price of any importance. SUIT' SEI FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES —THIS DAY. (Prom the Official Lista Business done. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ... 9)4 3 per Cent. 4:onsets Aniptities WI New 3 per Cont. Annuities .. fat t 1 Long Annuities, expire sth Jau. 1860,..... 2 7.16 3 / 4 In tin Bonds, i•ltPiii Otto, under £lOOO 2O d Caasots for Account ..'. .. .. 901 $ .Ex.thoquer Bills, 24d. tlOOO . •••••• 'MOO 2 d ' Small. 2 d 1 p ••• 00000 • Fxchequer Bonds. 1858, 34 per Cent -- Ditto, vii 9 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Mixican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account . ..... ... U " • Rus3ian Bonds, 12, E St., 5 per Cent ll2 Tutkish 80nd5,,6 pia. cent — Ditto Account 94s Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account •• Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOC E. • Consols, money 9Ol $ Consols for account, September 9 AUSTRALIAN MAILS. —The following telegraphic mes sage has been received from Marseilles, datel August 28, Meagre. D. and C. Maclver :—" The Cambria arrived at Malta on the 21st August, at nine o'clock in the evening. The Etna left for Alexandria on the 22nd, at 5 axe. The Australian magi and passe ngers have arrived-here by the Vectis." WEST COAST OF AFRICA.—The screw steamer Der went, belonging to the London line of African steamers , arrived in the Victoria Docks yesterday aftetneon. He r dates t.re Sierra Leone 1 t Aug., Teneriffe 14th. From the Gad Coast her dates have been anticipated by the mail. The cargo of tho Derwent consists of 601 but te and puncheons of palm oil, 1 box of golddust, 2 cases silver plate and watches, 70 bags ginger, 13 bags eechi neal, and 12 packages sundries, SUDDEN DEATH.—Yesterday afternoon, between 1 and 2 o'clock, a fearful instance of the uncertainty o f human life was exempiified in St. James's-park. Mr. C. Wright, solicitor, of No. 27, Essex-street, Strand, bad been in the park taking exercise, in company with Mrs. Wrig ht, and was seated on one of the benches opposite t he Duke of York's column, when he suddenly fell do wn and expired. The unfoitunate gentleman's body w as removed by the police to his residence. EIECUTIoN AT CHESTER.— Yesterday morning John Blagg, convicted at - the late assizes at Chester for the murder of John Bebbington, gamekeeper to Mr. Corbett, of Tilstone, was executed at Chester Castle: Exertions were made to procure a reprieve on the ground that the evidence was only circumstantial ; but the Home Secre tary, in reply to the communications made to him, stated that be did not see any feature in the case to justify him in interfering with the course of the law, When the un happy man was informed that all effete to save his life had failed ho became very touch depressed, and the full extent of his awful position and the late which awaited him seemed to come with great force upon him. The untiring eff.irts of the rev. chaplain to bring the un happy man to a proper sense of his position were in a great measure crowned with success. During the pact few days the convict paid marked attention to the ex hortations of the rev. gentleman, joined in prayer with apparent earnestness, and passed much of his time, when 1-ft al me with his attendant, in reading passages of Scripture selected for his perusal. Although he had at times disputed the truth of portions of the evidence ad duced a , -,:ainet him, he never denied his crime or attempted to aceount fer himself at the time of its cominiesion. His sorrowing wife saw him several times after his convic tion. In his interview with her on Tuesday Blagg dis played much more feeling than he had done on former occasions. A. few minutes before 8 o'clock the convict was visited in the condemned cell by Mr. Dunstan, the governor, the rev. chaplain, and er.here, who remained with him a short time, when he went through the pro cess of being pinioned by the executioner. The bell then commenced to toil, and the mournful procession having been formed, proceeded to the scaffold. There, in a f ew moments, the solemn preparations were completed, the rope was adjusted, and, the bolt being withdrawn, the dropfell, and, almost momen•arily, the convict was dead. A large crowd of persons, ceeepoeed of all classes, assem bled to witness the painful spectacle. SALMON FISHING IN THE TWEED.—The productive. ness of the Tweed Fisheries has so diminished of late, that the annual take of adult salmon hag, in about forty years, fallen from 40,000 to 4,000 ; so that, notwith etanding the great increase in the price of the rent of the river has fallen from 20,0001 to something above 4,0001. per annum. Such a state:of things seemed to threaten even the corollate sterility of what was once the most productive of the Scotch salmon rivers. To prevent this, and it possible flso to allow the fish to increase in number, the Tweed Fisheries 13;11, which became law on the 19th instant, ha.i, after math fighting, been passed. Its provisions are to lengthen the close-time which now begins on the Ist October for nets, and 15th October for rods, instead of the 15Lh Oc ober and 7th November respect: vely, as formerly, and ends on the lst of March instead of 15th Feb., fsr both net and rel. The act also abolishes the use of fixed nets of any description, and of leisters or spears, and prohibits the destruction of foul fish. Ia order that this is it clause may be effect tinily worked, anglers are not allowed to use cleeks or landing hooks until the first of June — by which time the kelta have generally left the river—as, after having been taken out by such hooks, the fish are chai, or neatly so, and it therefore becomes useless to return them to the water. These provisions, we doubt not, will have the desired effect--Bang Journal. 18 20i 100 100 10 20 5 20 20 20 20 20 SHARE MARKETS—,Inis Day.) RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. .01.•••••• l?i 'Xmbg. Nottng. Bost. 4 Eastn. June....... Belfast & Ballymena Birmng, Wolverh. & Birkeuhd. Lanesh. di Cheshire June. Blackburn Blyth & Tyne original £25 Om. at £45) Bristol & Exeter._ Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall D. A. Do. B ........ Dublin&Belfastjunc. Dun. P. &Aber. June. East Anglian Eastorn Counties Eastern Union ,A. stk Do., do. 8....... Do. New A... Rut Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk 8 174 100 all ' 4 100 Do. Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb.Prth. &Duadee Forthand ClydeJunc. Furness . Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of Sco:f and Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre. ) Grer : - Western. Do. Str. V. R gna. St Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster &Carlisle. Do., Thirds...... Do. New Thirds 100 all 100 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F £1.6 ... Do., Wet. Riding Un. Do. Southport. London & Blackwall Lond.Bright.& &est. London & N. Western Do. Fitter . . Do. JO/. 5h...1L&8...0 Do. Eighths London & S.Western Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manoh.Shef. &Lincln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland Do. Birming. dr Derby Midland 13.West.(Ir.) Do. Shares Newcastle &Carlisle.. Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warronpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk.-- .... . ... Northn. Counties 17n North British North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock . Do., A Stock .:....... Do., B Stock ...... 100 100 .all all all 100 3 100 100 N. Eastern Berwick Do. do. Extension Do do. G.N.E.Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. & B.Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western...— N. & S.Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central ... Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St Shropshire Union Sitingbourne &Sheer South Devon. South Do. 4} per:. Shares , South Wa1e5......... .. S. Yorksh. RiverDurl Staines,Wok.,& Wok. Stockton & Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 18K5 Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Closing rricel day Do. Prof., No. 1. Thames had. D. &R. Vale of Neath ..... Waterfd. dg Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Col West End of London and Crystal Palaco Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class Winbledon &Croydol BRITISH PI Atlan. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda and Cen.l ad, guar. 5 p. c. Do. Buffalo & Lake Hnr Buff., Brnt & Godch 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 June, '74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Do. B. do. Demerara . all 10i 100 100 1 2s6d 106 Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares Do. 44 p. c.Bnds. '57 Do. do. do. , 's9:do. Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. Gd . Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben, Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pore Do. New. guar. 5 p. c Gt. Wostn. of Canada Do. Now Do, Bds., payable '57 Do, do., '76, P. '6O Do. do., '73, do Do. do., '73, without option, Madras, guar, 4. p.c Do, do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p, c . Exten. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex., do Oude (Limited) Sciude, guar. 5 per c Do all IOA, all all I all all, FOR: ISSESSIONS. - 99 - 101 108 112 108 - 112 5 1i - 8 - 8A 66 - 68 ••• -- " 7i - •8i 86 - 88 8o —80 i 35 36 , • . •• - 4 - 5 9 - 10 20 -2( 11i 111, 48 - 51 31 - 34 17 - 16 95i -96 i ai _ iii - iii 01 - 103 8 - 9 951 - 961 8t - 88 20 - 124 103 - 105 531 - 51 63 - 65 72 - 75 7 - 8 p 7 - Bp . 99 - 991 5 - 6 103 - 105 - 104 d -92 -- 93 3ii := 5 • . - ••• 81 - 82 53 - 54 ••• - ••• 14i - 15 60 - 62 31 - 17 - 48 ••• ...... ... iii --- iii 2 4 . - 474 - 484 77 - 79 95 - 97 Business done this day. 4 4 7 8 10 31 33 7 6d 102 —ICI 24i 254 48 50 3 2 32 31 694 —70 a E 4 - E 5 14 - 15 Si - 4.1 9 - 11 40 - 42 21 - 21' 3i - 4 7 - 9 1 3 - 3 5i - 5i 105 - 107 I 17 - 18 191 - 1911 2 - 1.1 / d Id, 41 4ict 88 92 85 90 85 90 111 I ••• - •• li - I 1• p - - 4 93 1 - 991 fi , (I, 20i 2111 81 86 19a —19 a par p -21 j— 22 , Antvrrp &Rotterdam' Ardennes Belgian East. Junct Bo zi ers to Graissessac Carracaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New Euphrates Va'ley Gt. Central of Frame Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bak Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons St Mediterran Maria Antonia Do. New Namur & Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France NorwegianTrnk•Prei Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Reeife & San Frau , (Pqrnam.) g. 7 p. c. 7t Rums and Fras:„ati all Royal Danish ...... all Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse all )o. 5i per cent. pref all Southern of Franco all West Flanders.. all Do. 5i per c. Pref all W.&N.W. of France 6 , ' Western of Austria all IWest. of Switzerland , all Wiesbaden I all Do. Bp. cent. pref. i all 'Zealand •• ••••• all all all all JOINT-STOI 2 -1p all lON. 5 - 6h - 14 4a 41 4 31 27 274 231 - 24 6i - Ti N. -- • ••ti - 4 - 4bl 26a 24 - 19 -19. 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W 93 - 95 94 - 96 11 - 13 - ii =--- ili 0 - 107 12 124 2 234 98 100 id 89 91 par - p 51 1 121 - 130 7i - 84 9 - 94 31 - 32 85 - 87 Buckghamsh. Clydee?.alo ICol.Staur Vy. !E.Lin. g. 6 p.e Ua. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. dz Neils.Direet Do. Now r Glstr.&Dn.Fr Tlull & Selby Do. Shares Do. I! Shares Lon. & Greenly I Do. Preference !Lon. Til., &S. Do. Mirk. Sh.! !Manch.Bston. and Matlock 9i Ild. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. N.& Est.s P.C. Do. 6 per et Do. Fixed sp.c j Prest. &Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn. dr H it. !Shrews.& Her S. Statlordsh !WearVal.gape Do Wilts&Somrst! PR EFERENI Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 501.), Bris.StEx.4 p.c. st. Do. 4 per e. Shares.. Caledn. £lO 4} p. c. Ches. di Ho. 51 P.C. Do. do. 5 per cent... Cork At Baridons p.o Dnu.Porth.kAbOi..J, I E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eas.Co.Ex, sp.c No.] D°. No 2 Do. New 6 pr. c St. East Un., G. 6 p C. IDo. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 104 Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash .6 p.cts. ,E.&W. York. J. sths Ediu.dg sp. c. Sh. Ed. Prth.&Dun. 4p.c. Furness, sp. c . Glas. & -4.1V.G.5 p.c. !Great Northn. 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. C. prem.... Do. 4i per cent ..... Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. Gt.N. of Scot.lst Pro Gt. S &W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. , Gt.W.(B.&II.Ex.Spc Do. con. red. 4i P.C. Do. con. rod. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per tent. Do 5 p. c. rod. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Bp. e. P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do. . Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Chesil. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 D0.,P., 5 p.e.St.No.2 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N.W., Coy. dr Nuneaton 5 p. et... Lon. & S_ W. 7 per ct. late 3d Shares ... Londy.& Color. Sh. Londy.&Ennis. Sh. M., S. , &L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 ..... 'Do. do. 3i per cent. Nfarypt. f Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 4. per cent Do. do. lid.Consol.6 p.c. St. Do.Con.Br.Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4. p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. &H. Pref. St. New. , Aber. , &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et. Vorfk . Deb. 4 13. c. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 54 p.c. pf , 1847 DO.Wv.V.Sp. ~1847 North British Dn. 71. Preference N.E. Berw. 4 p. c. Prf Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6pc No.l Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York EL dr S. Pur North Staffordshire Wor. dz Woly. 6 p.c., Ist guar. , Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar._ 1 Scot. Cent. New Pref. ISe.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. Do. d 0.3 . 1 2, p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 4: pr cent. S. Eastern (Readint Ann.) ef £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4. per cent ,Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh S. Wales C 113. 4 p. c Do. do. 4. p. c S.Yorksh. 4 I). c. Guar Stock. &Dar., sp. c Do. do. do. Stock. & Hartl. g. 5. p.c. till July 1, '56 Watorfil&Kilk. 6 pc. BRITISH Alfred Cons. (Philk.) British Iron Conduraw (Cambrn.) Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) Great South Tolgus 1 G rt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.) 43rt.W. Vor (Helstn.) Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N. W. Bisset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) Porkellis U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Illogn.) S.W. Frances(lllogu.) Tarn. S. & L. Co Tin Croft Un.llli nen (G Are nuap) ;V. of Towey (Camar.)! W. Basset (Illogan).. W. Carad on (Liskrd.) Basset (Illogan).; • I Wh. Buller (ildruth). Wh. Edward(Calstck)' Wii. Kitty (U. Llant) Wh. Ma. Ann (Afenlit.) Wh. Trelawuey (Lis.)' FOREIGN Australian Brazilian I nip.(issued at £5 pin) Do. Cocaos Si Cuiada Do. St. John Del Roy Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Cobro Copper Copiapo Fortuna General Linares Lusitaniau Jiariquita N" ow urauada Noveau Mondo Pont.Sil.lAll.& Snih i Port Philip Santiago ,lo Cuba South Australian Do. Scrip Do. 10 p. c. Prof Ithated Mosican MISCEL: Australian Agricult.l Australis. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works ' Brit. American Lam Canada Do.C4J.Gpc.Jan&Ju Do, E p. c.FE13.&,% ug 1 D 0.6 p.c. tfisr.ept Copper Min. oZ Eng. Do. Pref. 7; p. cent Crystal Palace Do. PreLreueo Crystal Pal. of Franco) lDuston Iron Ore ,Eastern Steam ... Electric Telegraph Electric Tel. of Irol. En. & Aust. Cop. SmCo Eur. & Ind.Jctn. Tel. 'Gen. Ir Sc Col (llin.) Gen. Steam Navigat. London Discount Load. Gen. Omnibus 'Magdalena St. Navig. Meditera,n. Elec. Tel. Mexican& S.Americn Nat. Discount Co Do. New Netherlands Land Do. Do. iDo.B p.c.Pf.iss.at Do. Do. ............ N o w B. & N. S. Land, N.S.W. Gov. 5 p: c. D. NT. B. Australasian 1 rth. of EuropoSteam Oriental Gas Do New Shares Ld. & Minrl 1 Peninsular & Oriental Do. New . Rhy mney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam._ Scot. Austral. Invest. Do. New S. Aus Gov. 6 p.c.bds South Austral. Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. Registered Trus.Ln. Co. Up. Can. Van Din:1011'0 Land, 'estn. SHARES. 89 - 91 oi oi 5~ - 6~ 111 - 115 118 - 122 4 - 12. - 13 70 - - -- 72 f .07 - 109 .01 - 103 60 - 62 10} - IN, -- 89 - 91 82 - 84 83 - 85 97 - 99 9i - 10 68 - 72 135 - 139 112 - 114 ••• ••• L 53 - 155 ••• ••• 61 - 66 130 - 132 95 - 97 85 - 87 II - 11. 'lO2 - 104 94 ld id 22 23 113 - 115 103 - 101 ió - iCq 224 - 23 98 - 100 95 - 100 26 - 27 1. - 2.jp MINES. MINES. i - i li - 2 11• - ii 46 - 48 10 - 12 - 7i 8 ld p 1 i i ... - .. 5 - 7. 'if : ii •33 - 3 ANEOUS. 21. j - *22, ••• ••• - 5A 35 - 401 138 - 112 1 1111 - 114 ••• ••• 30 - 35 25 27 11-13 4 ,4 ,f6O 1} - . ii 31 - 34 - - ••• - I§3 •••*4 3 ••• - 2 2i - 3 - 16 - 18 97 99 - ••• .... i li ..'. d iP At 2 68- - 70 1 4 - 5 2 1 -23 p 1 6 - 8 5% - 60 li - 11 1 164 - 163 32 - 34 - 1 1 ONO G 00 10 12 n 41 MR. G. T. F. SMITH'S WEATHER PRE DICTIONS FOR SEPTEMBER. Ist or 2d we have showery indications, of a partial character. 31 to the 8:1, high temperature and fine-- probably thunder. Dth to 13th or 17th, high tempera. ture, and the average fine. Near the 13th and 1 . Bth, showers. 18th to 21st or 25th, stormy, with declining temperature, bright rays intervening. 26th to 30;h rainy weather and squally, with declining temperature. It will remembered I stated the month of August, '57, would prove one of the finest - harvest months on intense heat the resu lt con fi rms my op i n i on . Th e heat said to occur fri m the 3d of August to the Bth generated electric excitement., which is generally the consequence, an d gave muc h power to the ra i ny testi . monies stated to occur near the 9th of the month. I would here remark that, in my opinion, the intense heat of the prese n t season i ? attributable to the approxi mation of a cornet. There is also a conjunction of the superior orbs, Jupiter and Herschel', which is one cause of so much dry weather. Th ey are near a separation at this period, and again approach their conjunction during spring of 1858, whe n a d roug h t may be expected to prevail. Conceiving these hints may be of same utility, they are respectfully submitted to the putlie. G. T. F. S. 6, Northfield Terrace, Cbeltenham, Aug. 27, 1857. MARKET NEWS.--(This Day.) COVENT lARDEN. The supplies of fruit and vi and a large business was dolt getables were very extensive, g, as follows : Pine apples, per lb. Ss 01 to 6s Filberts, per 100113 303 to 40s Colonial do., ea. ls 01 to 4s 04 Cobs., p. 100 lbs. Os to a Grapes, per lb ...23 Od to 5s Almonds, p. lb. Os 04 to Os Od Foreign do Os Od to Os Od Walnuts, per 100 exl to is Od Melons, each 2s Od to 4s Od Figs, per doz Os to Os Od Peaches, p. doz. 6s to 153 Od Strawberries, per Nectarines, do. 4s to lOs Od pottle Apples, p. h. sv. is Od to 2s 64 Gooseberries, per Pears, per h. sv. 2s to 3s 64 half sieve ..OsOdto Os Od Oranges, per 100.16 s d to 203 Currants, p. h. sv. Os Od to Os Lemons, p. doz. Os 84 to 2s Od Plums, per do. 2s 04 to 4s Od Apricots,p. doz. 2s Od to is Od Green gages, per b. sv.4s to 6s Cherries, per lb. is to Is 3d Raspberries, p.potl. 04 to Od 'TABLES. VEGE Green% p. doz. bun. Os to Os Od Cabbages, per doz.9d to is 2d Savoy do., p. do. Os Od to Os (id Cauliflowers, do.2s Od to 6i4 Od Brocoli, p. bun, is 6d to 2s Od Potatoes, per ton 603 to Ms New do., per cwt. OsOd to 0- Peas, pet h siev 3s Od to 6s (?d Turnips, per bunch 4d to GJ Carrots, per bunch... 4 to Gd Cucumbers, each id to Os Gd Garlic, per lb Od to Os Od Sorrel, per sieve Od to Os Spinach, p. d0...1s Od to 2s Od Brussels sprouts, per Shallots, per lb.. ..... 6a to 8d florseraddish, p. b. Is3d to 4 s Parsley, per do. 2d to 4a. Celery, per do is Od to is 6d Beet, per doz. is Od to 2. Od Parsnips, per do. Os to Os Od Small salad, p. pun. 2d to 3d Mushroorns, p. ptl.lBod to2s Od Artichokes, each ...6d to 8d I Lettuces,per scr. Is tole 8d Endive, per doz. 2s Od to 3s Radishes, p.doz.bun. is to 2s Tomatoes, per hsv.ss to 6s 01 Walnuts per 100 ...6d to 10d Chillies, per 100 Os Od to Os Od half do Os Od to Os Od, Onions, p. busb Os Od to Oa Od Now do., per bunch Od to Od i French beans, per half-sieve ... is 6d to 2s 6d Leeks, per d 0......... Od to Od Capsieu - ras, per 100 Os Oil to Us Rhubarb, p. bun. Od to dO Asparagus, per 1001 s GI to 6s Ses.kail,perpun.Os Od to Os Oct Turnip greens, per bush Os Od to Os 01 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, Os Od to Os Od ; Poults, 4s Od to 7s Od; Geese, 5s Od to 7s Od each ; Goslings, 5s Od to 7s Od ; Duck lings, 2s Od to 3s Od ; tame rabbits, is 01 to is 3d each ; wild do., 10d to is Od ; Pigeons, 6d to 8d each ; large Surrey Fowls, 68 to 103; barn-door do., 3s to 596 d ; Chick ens, 4s 01 to 6s Oct per couple; Capons, Os Od to Os; Hares, 2s 01 to 5s Od ; Grouse, 2s Od to 3s Oct each ; Pheasants, Oa to Os Od ; Partridges, 03 Oct to Os Od ; Woodcocks, Os Od to Os Oct ; Snipes, Od to Os Od; Teal, Os Od to Os Od; Wild Ducks, Os Oct to Os Od; Widgeons, Os to Os Od; Plovers, Os Oct to Oa Od each ; Guinea Fowls, 3s 61 to Os ; Roasting pigs, Os 01 to 6s 01 each. Ostend fresh butter, —s to —s Od ; English do., is Oct to is 3d per lb.; English eggs, 8s Oct to 8s Gd; French do., 7s Od to is 3d per 120; Leverets, 3s Od to 5s Od each. NEWPORT. Boef, from 3s 4d to 4s 61 ; mutton, 3s 6d to 48101; lamb, 4s Od to 5s 0(1; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per Blbs., by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 33 2d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 8d ; lamb, 43 4d to 5s 4d; veal, 38 61 to 4s 21; pork, 41 Od to 43 8d per 81bs, BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s 6d to 25s ; Brills, 2s to 12s each; Salmon, is 2<l to is 4d per lb ; Cod Fish, 2s 0,1 to 10s each ; Soles, 6d to 2s Od per pair ; Trout, is to —d per lb ; Lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; Crabs, 6d to 2s Od; Whitings, 3s Od to 122 per doz. ; Common Oysters, 16s to 20s ; Natives, —s to GOs per bah. ; Mackerel, GOs to —s per 100; Smelts, 04 01.1 tO s6d per doz.; Skate, Gd to Od per Ib; Shrimps, Os Od to Os Od per gallon ; Bloater; Os 0,1 to is Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, 8s Od to Os per 100; Scotch do., Od; Sprats, Os Od to Os Od per bushel; Doreys, 2s 61 to lOs each; Haddocks, 4s to 12s per doz.; Pike, 6d ; Sturgeon, Gd per lb ; Prawns, 5s Od to Os; Mullets, Os 6d to 2s 6d each; Plaice, 9d to is each; Halibut, 6d per lb ; Flounders, is Od to is 6d per doz. ; salt fish. Od per lb; Eels, 8d to Is; Carp, is to ss; Tench, le to 5s per brace; Gurnets, 4d to le. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis aro from 8J to 9d ; of household ditto, Gd to 7d per 4 lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, sid to 51d ; 641 b to 721 b, Sid to sid ; 721 b to 801 b, Sid to Gd ; 801 b to 881 b, 6d to 6id ; 881 b to 961 b, 6id to qd ; 961 b to 1041 b, —d to —d ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od ; upwards, —d to —d ; horse hides, 108 0(1 to 12s Od ; Calf skins, light, 3s 01 to 5s Od ; ditto full, 8s Od to Os Od ; Polled Sheep, 3s 6d to 4s tSd ; Knits, Os 0,1 to 0a0d; Half-breds, 3s Od to 3s 6d; Downs, 2s Sd to 3s Od ; Shearlings, Os Od to Os Od ; Lambs, 28 id to 4a 6d. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFTELD.—OId meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 41 Ss; new do., 31 103 to 41 4s; old clover, 31 103 to 51 lOs; new do., 41 103 to 51 5s ; and straw, 1/ Gs to 1/ 10s per load. A moderate supply and a firm demand. CUMBERLAND. —Old meadow hay, 3/ 03 to 41 88 ; now do., 31 lOs to 41 4s; old clover, 31 lOs to 5/ 513; new do., 41 03 to Si Os; and straw, 11 63 to 11 lls per load. Both hay and straw sold readily, at our quotations. WHITECITAPEL.-01 , 1 meadow hay, 21 15s to 41 8s ; new do., 31 lOs to 4/ 44; old clover, 31 103 to 51 10s ; new do., 41 5s to 51 ss; and straw, 11 63 to .1/ lOs per load. Supply moderate, and trade firm. COAL MARKET.—AUG. 23. Prices of Coals per ton at the close of the market s. d, ) Wallsend, &e. Holywell ....... ....... l6 0 Canfield Moor l4 6 Birchgrove Graigola 2l 6 s d Braddyll ltS 9 Russell's Iletton 16 9 .Iftswell la 0 Wallsend, &c, keoru Close l6 9 Riddell l5 C Cassop l7 6 South Hutton 17 D Haugh Hall 16 6 Whitworth l5 3 Pees lB 0 Ships at market, 37 ; sold, 34, Mn. JAMES PLATT, M.P., ACCIDENTALLT SIIOT.- -Yesterday (Thursday) afternoon, about a quarter past one, James Plitt, Esq , one of the members of Parliament for Oldham, was accidentally shot on the moors at his estate near Greenfield, Saddle worth, and the wounds proved fatal in little more than an hour afterwards. The circumstances at tending the fatal occurrence are of a very distressing character. It appears that the honourable gentleman, ofho recently returned to Weinoth Park from the discharge of his Parliamentary duties, went out yoi terday forenoon, about eleven o'clock, to have a day's shooting. He was accompanied by his intimate friend Josiah Radcliffe, Esq., the Mayor of Oldham ; Joshua Radcliffe, E-q. ; John Radcliffe, Esq., and other gentlemen. After they had been shooting about two hours the party came, in the pursuit of sport, to a gully in the moors, which the deceased gentleman was the first to cross. Mr.Josish Radcliffe, the mayor, was follow ing about six yards distant,carrying his gun in a horizontal position. In taking the leap over the gully he stumbled a little, and the trigger caught his leg, causing the gun to go off, and the contents to lodge in the calf of Mr. Platt's right leg. The wound was immediately bandaged by one of the party, and the unfortunate deceased gentle man was carried into the gamekeeper's house, which was not a very great distance, at Ashway Gap. But he never rallied ; the shock was too great for his weakly constitution ; and although there was little loss of blood from the wound, and the bandage was as efficient as could have been put on by the most skilful of the pro fession, Mr. Platt died at about hale-past two o'clock. Immediately on the accident taking place, an express was sent to Oldham for Mr. Thomson, the family sur geon, but he was not at hand, and Dr. Murray and Mr. Lialkyard at once proceeded to the spot, but they were too late to render any assistance. The lamentable fatality has thrown a gloom over Oldham, and plunged wavy of the leading families of that district in the d k e n e o P w e 4 n distress. The worth of the deceased is where it has been most displayed ; of that concerns the prosperity of the tow t n a r o peopleprogress Oioharn will regret, will the friends l o ag p e og of 31, of a and the bfdreigetnds of all gene rally, the cutting down, a . t the . ea Ye-fnoerrghyimoftheehahriag7h ogs i a tLo e n :i ter, gen tlemanand public w ho s u e s e a f t u n i l d i t a , e b s l s e d h "Ei l e i n a s7 Aes D i i:71:113 1 st x ll l ' S mi STORES r AT po p it z i e o T u s created in the vicinity of the East and the outbreak of a very destruc tivetßxLnAi ,CelirnlV4Lw -D--,Ekacrlybyyesterday afternoon considerable 117ChTicIOhNbeiDbFe N West India ec • • fire, at the extensive stores and manufactory of Mes,re. Duncan Dunbar and Sons, shipowners, situate in Orchar d-street, Blackwell, adjoining the east de of the Est India Docks. The property covered a large area LA ground on the banks of the Bow Creek, compri sing a large range of lofts and sheds, boat-houses, sail and rigging stores, spar sheds, and other erections. They were almost all filled with stores belonging to the firm's fleet now at home, and a quantity generally kept in reserve. The fire broke out in a portion of an old shipbuilding yard, formerly part of Mr. Mare's yard, and a strong N.E. wind prevaillog the flames soon gained rapid ascendancy, and extended to Messrs. Dun bar's establishment. The buildings being ehiefly of wood, the firs swept along them with incredible fury tend assumeda most fearful aspect. The Thames Iron Shipbuilding Works, which are near, at on ce a telegraphic m e ssage to the chief brigadeset°afrrteiomn thein Watling-street, and in the me antime an bow Creek, was g in Trinity House depot, at the corner of embers brought being the w ettscene.wafted overln consequencetheEat led of the D e k e bur w ni a n i g l, p il, Captain Tait, the and 'dicing the shipping engines g to Lo3ar into °pew dock-master directed several upon this threatened poi in some o o T m f h e t e l the r d w o e c r k e was thrown lion from the dock, the hoseb i e w ii d ig y t o a f k w en ate o r ver the dock wall, by which means a great upon the burning property. Other engines, and those of the London Bridge, arrived in quick succession, and were got into active play. Notwithstanding all their ff irts, however, the fire continued its fearful course for nearly two hours, and was not checked until the whole of the premises were consumed. Up to a late hour last evening a great mass of the ruins continued smouldering. Among some articles in the sheds was Mr. CosWell'a ear" balloon, which of course was bt rUtI •es ak• Ind , ry. ,bib 3,nd Sbi vvn- and :.oin 'her 34th p of Stli Jed, the A ❑d favir vith y us very .ifles first lons but and and -tol rged 0 or still ! Olt .heit' 115 0 • eras veil d at uost ,13Se (Iraq ;pe e that the and Erlt were th e tool‘ _ t►,e C e ° icing 1111