The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-07 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

The Invalide Russe publiEles the following ex-
tracts from Prince Clortschakoff's diary of the siege
from the 14th to the 18th of August

"The fire of the e.emy befere Sebastopol, from the
2d to the 6th (14th-18th) of August, wh ch was very
heavy at times, became almost inccastant after nightfall. The besiegers throw in a great quantity of hollow shells
against the works of the town.
"On the 4th (16th) the fire against the town was
slack.
" On the sth (17th), at 4.30 a.m., the enemy opened
a new cannona,43 and bombardment. They had sue-
in placing a large number of
ceeded, for this object,
mortars in their nearest trenches. The fire of the be-
siegers was directed against the Karabelnaia and the
works which defend that part of the town.
,6 On our side, despite the violence of this bombard-
ment, the artillery of the town replied with c instant
success, and with no less energy than that of the enemy,
and, by its well-directed fire, silenced on the sth (17th)
some of their batteries, and destroyed the embrasures of
others. The serious damage done to our fortifications
was repaired by us as well as possible, although the in-
cessant fire at short range of the besiegers considerably
delays the syorks.

"our leases, which were moderate during the first
three days, were considerable on the sth (17th)."
The Invalide publishes the following details :
"Aug. 2 (14th).—The war of mines is carried on in
front of Bastion No. 4. We could hear the enemy's
workmen. The explosion of a counter mine stopped
them. To-day the line of defence of Sebastopol was
strengthened by two new batteries. The enemy con-
tinued to fortify Quarantine 11,y, increased the thick-
ness and height of the defences of his advanced trenches,
and opened two embrasures in the old Volhynia re-
doubt. •
"Aug. 3 (16tia).-.liVe fired three smoke balls (cconou:

fiets) in front of Bastion No 4, whic,) f. r a tine inter-
rupted the ens nIN 's T fired tw. n1;""5,
which did us no harm. At ,?.3) p.m, tree lyta 'l,th
bots approached Battfly No. 10, within the distal-ice of
900 sagenes, and fired shells. The besieLerssucceedtd
opening ten embrasures in taeir lower trench in front of
the old Kamschatka Redoubt against the Korniloff
Bastion.
" Aug. 4 (16th).—The enemy succeeded in slightly
damaging one of our batteries by an explosion.
" Aug. 5 (17th), 4.30 a.m.—As observed already, the
enemy commenced a violent bombardment, to which or
batteries replied with similar vigour. This terrible fill
was kept up for five consecutive hours, after Which
eonsiderab!y s aer. coed. Tire firr of the besiegers
wF
directed against Bast No. 3, the Kornileff Bastion?
the three intermediate 13astions, Bastion No. 2, and the
left half of the second section of the line of defence. 111
the evening the enemy for a moment occupied our ad-
vanced lodgments before Bastion No. 2, but Lieutenant
Loukaschevitch, in comma ~d of that portion cf onr
andau
mof e
dit
ours
formersec p s
secret posts,,iti
or)s .
drove them out, and our fine
re
at
"Aug. 6 (18tb).—The bombardment was renewed
daybreak with great vigour."
SPAIN.

The Madrid journals of the 31st ult. have le:
rived.. They announce that the once famous the
raldo is about to re-appear. The committee of oft
Junta on tariffs, specially charged to make rePcs
on cotton tissues, had held several deliberatwiti;
It is said that the Minister of Finance intends
present a measure to the Cortes for the defin,lZeir
regulation of the debt immediately after 0.
meeting.. A letter of the Ist says that the derdas
crate party in Galicia had held a meeting st C°li;eo
de Reis, which was attended by several &Plot
of. the Cortes, for the purpose of discussing. if 01.
line of policy it is to follow under existing cites
stances, and especially in the event of the v,
de la Victoria quitting the government. in:try
provinces, and especially in Valencia and -98
madu ra, the democratic party has lately disrairog
considerable activity. The government is keePod
a strict watch on the movements of the party' the
is determined to act energetically against it, Jrn" all
event of its being guilty of any illegality. A—aria
Carlist band has appeared near Tarragon, -the
Marshal O'Donnell's brigade, which was 011,100
march from Burgos to Madrid, has received 0
to occupy Medina Cceli, an important strategic'
sition in Aragon.

THE WEST INDIA IVIAILS'

SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT' 6.
The Royal Mail Compahy's steam-ship At:o3--',
CaptainWoulley, arrived this morning at 1.3-n -- ja
from the West Indies, with the usual tofulty
charge of Lieutenant C. Pearson, R.N., Adul'
agent.
On her homeward voyage the Atrato experle-
strong head winds and much swell.
The latest dates broualit by the Atrato a aged
Grey Town, August 4 ; Colon, 8 ; Demerara :cis,
Carthagena, 10 ; Jamaica, 11 ; Trinidad, Go°ls ;
and Jecmel, 12 ; Porto Rico, 14 ; Barbadoes'
and St. Thomas, 22.
ftSll
The following is the list of passengers, an-, d vies
whence :—Hon. Judge Farquharson, MrS•
and child, Mt. and Mrs. Hesse, Mr. T. 13. `l,,`,ca;
Mr. E. J. Davis, and Dr.. Harvey, from Jagl" T.
Sir H. Fletcher, Bart., Grenadier Guards,
..„I"i.s.
N. Askins, and Mr. Irish, from Barbadoes2l-Leijitr
Cloke and Beresford, from St. Vincent ;
nington, from Nevis ; Captain Cobb,
Howard, Weiss, Blasy, &c., from Colon ; xe-„os,
De Nully Leseur, Kolff, J. Barr, Cayrol,
Sespes, Roubeau, and Ferrandon, Miss Dursfma
&c., from St. Thomas ; six invalided seamen' ..`ti,
her Majesty's ships ; and four distressed J3rl
seamen—total 58. „ gala
The Atrato brings on freight $283,373 "-diet,
dust and bars, $34,877 platina, $213,365 'l4OO
705 serons of cochineal, 43 serons of jalalhee 1.0
pearls, 23 tierces of coffee, 109 barrels of coffs' of ,
bags of cocoa, 12 packages of beeswax, 9 °9'.soll,
succades, 76 cases of cigars, 4 cases of tortolscow
37 bales of sarsaparilla, and a general cargo'
sisting of 42 packages. T0ta1,2,806 paekagetbie
The information respecting her Majest9ls -and
of war, at the various West India Wart:tad-
naval stations, at the date of the most rec al-- -
vice (August 11) is as follows :—At port
thßlatter
the termagant, Imaum, and Eurydice;
arrived on the 9th from Havana, and Nra's.r, The
Boscawen, Argus, and Espiegle, at SO" •to re'
Wolverine sailed on the 9th for Greytow9 the
lieve the Buzzard. The Mariner, at Grenau,,)jr
Vestal, at Antigua ; the Arab and Daring 5' •
vana ; the Medea, at St. Domingo ; the Scohr
at Bermuda.
ere
The stations of the Company's steam-ships wn;
as follow :—The Teviot, Capt. Moir, Spanish
the Clyde, Capt. Heenan, Spanish Main ; the .vfe,
went, Capt. Reeks, Gulf of Mexico ; the Oft,
Capt. Hole at Grenada, broken down ; the Pr)°,,-t,
Capt. Bridges, at Belize. The Tamar, v'thi
Parker, arrived with the mails of the 2d afro
16th, and is gone to Windward Islands. :242a
Wye, Capt. Powell, had not arrived on the
from the Gulf of Mexico. he fir
The Atrato spoke the following ships on tscith
turn voyage :—Sept. 1, exchanged colours
010
ship Indian Queen, from Barbadoes to Cork ;don,
the barque Caroni, from Trinidad to 1-4°12 406
Sept. 2, exchanged colours with the French ll`jb,,l-
Mariaparry, from Guadaloupe, and the Charles d
loner, outward bound. Sept. 3, excbartgeLcusa
lours with the American ship Brewster,
westward.
}, was ft)r
The Atrato waited seven days at St. Ta° ,sOO,
the Wye, with the mails from Mexico and Oa'
but she did not arrive. frSa
The royal mail ship Eagle, witmails'o-0
Demerara and Trinidad broke down, and Put for
Grenada, and there remains. The mails were 'lOO
warded by a hired vessel. The chief engineer
in a very precarious state from yellow fever'oooo
Yellow fever has broken out among the .060
at Barbadoes. Two officers, of the 69th Releoso
(Lieutenants Allen and Dorington), and Lietinf the
Cave, Ist West India Regiment, eight men
Royal Artillery, and eight men of the 69tuorr81'
ment, have died, as also the son of Capt. 3ltosval
barrack master. The troops are sent out of cote
and are in camp. The mails from Barbaloice
sent on by a hired vessel—those from Nis'
and Guadaloupt, by a French war-steamer,'.ut font
Yellow fever was better at St. Thomas', ", catcall
the
cases of small-pox were reported on the aa-Y
sailing of the Atrato.
41/
From Jamaica we have the story, so rep
ine rove
told, of trade dull and no prospect of an 40
ment. Mining alone seems favourable.
tract the following mining report :
fr el;
" We are gratified to learn that the repolo'nfiooPill,
ing-cross, the property of the Wheal Jai:o3feet wo, age°
continue exceedingly favourable. The Inirii°D hr
wider date the 27th July, reports as follows :..,giag t
" The lode in the bottom of the Winze, ,°11,5414:t
low bamboo level, is about four feet wide, uvoecrb of u
present very trifling, with a good saving bran Weyer'
inches thick on the foot-wall. The ground, 11°
oide,
still very ha n
rd for sihe lode is upwards of four fetpet; 1,315;
with two rich veins of ore on the hanging and f°„.,od, .0 5
the remainder of the lode is orey throughout; will,go.P-
ing from present appearances, I expect the ,17,0" ore r
only increase in width, but become slue'
if the
fitable, on,: i.
" In adit No. 2 we are nt present carril:rge 10,40
hanging wall-side of the lode, which is too r. jo 07,
chide in one end. The present end, hoWeY,:d te,sto
throughout, and on that account we _are olteobortiLfs
nearly all of the lode that is taken. I intel? 4.011 VZ
drive a cross-cut in the end, to prove the
bel°',B richest:oe
of the lode, which at present appears to rwitb °
" Adit No. 3 remains as last report° 00
good spots of ore throughout. ut. °ice •int°
ec gln the 50 fathom (Williams's) cross-e 3 feet e,
intersection of the lode, we have driven 2 t: to 4 i°_c.,ido
it. It consists at present of a branch from 0re,1104
thick, composed of native and yellow noPPe flake!' 0
of iron, spars, &c., in a rich body of pris°'_ Os
decomposed porphyry, with a slight under ay' .10.0 •
whole, as far as we have got into the lode I r
test
consider it highly promising. e the N— five
" P. S. Since writing the above, I Bev.ot cut su 10
pleasure in informing you that we bay° Jbes tbic /PO
branch of yellow ore from three to four Irl tided 01 fott
William's cross•cut, and which has far exef!..ordieg
sanguine expectations. I lose no time in Itw
herewith some samples.'"
COMhitERCIAt INTELLIGENCE'
JAMAICA MARKETS. „es.,
oral
In the absence of anything like active busk'cut gee not
have but few remarks to make. Our 11 hat °olio:
is bare of provisions, but it is just as ifts",o little it, 1.1
be so, for the demand is small, and there.? eouoiti•
tion on the part of sellers to parcel out..tb_e,iortei
stocks are kept down, and business confined t° is.
omuatt e
satisfactorilychannels,
uereto -
if°l3loU'rhmo
as has:_ipous•
_„1:00
undated with cargo after cargo,
paerktheat t
itoorelaeo
the case, the result to all parties must be if:el, to nor.
ALEWIVES (duty, 2e, per barrel)—Are s ;Fria
into active demand for the country, as
bee °'
rings will not bear carriage.
BUTTER (duty, 9s. per cwt.) New—
obaucitite: bao
affairs
at 15d. Another time 18d. would r
_.ste of a
given for this article, but in the present 0.
it
15d. is a top price.
BEEF (duty, 10s.
worth 565. per halfLarrel.
)-Is worth 18°.no Price
per ga on
can quote
BRANDY (duty, 68-per barrel of 200 lbs.)--'s°3ltil'll
We
he
BREAD (duty, 6s.
lets the
CORNMEAL this article.
ty, 1s per barrel) Tbe
per cwt.)
CORNMEAL (du • •
ket must he
d per box, 5611)04
OW°
CANDLES (duty, b
sold according, to quality._ 71
151 d to 16d. British Colo
to 9d. Composition, .
..4 4fit
°Minn DpVa-
iin,Ceiogurrr
rohi(dbuitteyd,)4l.litel;tleew_t.

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CONIMERCINLA\ INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLoCK.
~.! the Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday
UN Were all in favour of buyers. Sales, 6,000
.4748, -Shares were steady, and not affected by
me_ increase of the rate of discount.
d This has been a quieter week in the Colonial pro-
114t market la Sugar has not in all cases maintained rit week 't3 •
8 rates, but the decline is only 6d. per
9 and is not upon the finer descriptions.* For
eetree
ere has been a fair inquiry, at full rates.
1,7.11 as ruled dull, and also tea. Rum been
oes at full value ; and a larger business has been
7:eted in saltpetre at steady rates. Tallow has
lower.
The f
kit ollowing report upon the Silk Market is
Th4r. Renry W. Eaton :
atti'v;e silk market during August has been fairly
the ho and the deliveries have continued satisfactory,
e°4l4 ttae trade, however, not participating as largely as
repot desired. Accounts from China to 30th June
kluiej ice completion of the export season, resulting, as
deaciPated in the circulars of. May and June last, in a
being eneY of about 10,000 to 11,000 bale., the shipments
these 62)100,against 63,000 in the previous year. Of
44 44,000 bales, including the ship now unloading,
may j)„irecclY arrived, leaving about 8,000 hales, which
Itspre;,erpected in all September and October. The
toibit;Bloa still existed that the crop would be short ;
INtt g certain, however, could as yet be known, nor to
tohail rigetz:e high t
•Shamples of new silk bad arrived, but
t
prices asked very little hid been done,
Theatitlnt theations from England showing a decided loss.
the fladYices have had little or no effect on oar market,
-ste having passed when such attempts to open the
St Poshigh prices could excite our buyers. Some
ohe at
ecare milting an advance, but there have been.
si4 ista"no• The position of the stocks of raw silk
4/, -e activity of the export demand will no doubt
fate pre rates desirably firm ; but without a maoi-
LAI hitoreinent in the present languid sale of goods,
tatty," Price of English thrown silk, it is not, I fear,
tasty
either manufacturers or throwsters will buy
lith,the actual requirements of the mills. Some of
` manufacturers are even working at short
gios,tittsotsfry
aaitiengal silk there is no change, everything
ben still good selling as it arrives, but the common
neglected. In Italian silk the imports,as
thateLth? sales, have been.. very limited. In Brutiaa
NT been nothing doing, but Persians have sold
4lieris.!frft Os. 6d. to lls. 6d. Tee stocks of both
Of cch_lllelY small."
Pimento crop, a party writing from King-
, vveery
w e 8
C4ll4ede regret to learn that the late heavy rains, which
P4ieheNtlell disastrous floods in some of the northeide
• th' 'ors nearly destroyed the pimento crop in .st.
7giii—e Principal pimento parish in the island. T. here
ussi4l%noolation, however, that pimento is peculiar to
imall4and that though the crop of this year will be
tetet;
.63 present high price will be maintained, or even
ho 'vas je consequence."
lkitm..,stlitivation of pine apples seems likely to be
fitleto7„ and as the supply hitherto has been
dote ntg, and the demand in the United King-
woUld absorb a much larger quantity,
efferrea be satisfactory if there should be facilities
thet,..f_ne or a larger importation. The following ex-
teet743.
•` Jamaica paper will explain what has
We
'lo
p.7tee Te happy to learn that the crop of this delicious
:N-% prized fruit is very abundant this season.
tiikrtespot dent at Rock Sound.E:euthera, informs
kf wc,„`,35,000 dozen have been shipped from that place,
"ember 6,000 dozen very superior fruit have
N4t,e'rb" by Mr. T. Sands, a young and enterprising
several VeB4e
l'ecently settled at Rock Sound, who has had
18 consigned to him during the season. Two
ittttisgee other vessels are expected to take the second
k,er correspondent says, some of the other
at_ etseriss
t, that he h
can't get sale for thei;fruit. ;.' we bow-
s- Why th
_ad been a little more explicit, and informed
"i„11 fruit a:g.,,nas been the case. If the superiority of
;"Igeniee Sound has been the effect of increased
-t
th and
industry on the part of the labourers,
Son,
the. nitroduction of a superior mode of cold-
114fersa ids 18 a matter on which the public ought to
• Tile American schooner MMEiO II Rogers,
t721.4.' n;aater, arrived on the 18th, and desp Ached on
est -s uit , with 3 s •
eonsigpee,
astis ti!'ands.• The A°Cledrinze n pine
schoonernPn 1 Florida, Mott,
400 , arrived on them2letnaannd sailed on the 25th, with
IthCito (1.°.2,en--nonsignae C. T. Sands. The Americin
eitttnc. Emma Tuttle left on the 15th with 3,000 dozen
N'tb.:4eo for New York. At the island of St. Salva-
1114C ealtivation of the pine apple been of eon:I-
N:* recent introduction. That it is rapidly on t e
daeiq.tbe shipments already made this season show con-
• 1111850 only 300 dozen were shipped, while
Present season 7,000 dozen have been taken
itftLYes"' 'ae Schoonersth' Arctic add Mose The former
4 the 25th, latter on the 29th ult., for Boston.
I:l4)tes‘ NI by recent accounts from Inagua that the salt
there are considerably improved. A general
expected to take place. Very little salt
salt n
iil hand shortly
re snt price 27 cents. At Long I-land
Sk;t;°Perationpshaeve been euspended for the last three
Ttd to 14 consequence of heavy rains, and the crops are
tie ,-e.bact• Holders of salt are asking 25 cents.
o.eari,t,il:l.2ll the United States, according to the latest
1141 25 vrtt has considerably fallen, being quoted at
'" 28 cents. At Exuma the crops have failed.
eNt (711 are very scarce, and the peoplere said t..ibe
state of starvation. The Turks' Island
h "'"'co'd reports that the weather hiss bye!, very.
.4.,• %Nei
Ltvyof
,rie for salt operations, notwithstanding which
htl4 s nib Pans are making, 25,226 bushels which had
I:'",!laetidisQtted in one week. At Sal,t, Cay there remained
,tli,,,Qco or two small cargoes.
is• '44test passage ever made from London to
*llO4-e been by the cairngorm, Capt. C. Irvine,
Nits vied at Hong Kong in 90 drys. Piu Arne-
gh;
"00 111 had previously borne off the palm by
ttai
ug the home passage in days.
'lie A:1 animal meeting of the National Provincial
144 b7llrance yesterday, a dividend, after the rate
Ok tit
tot tent. per annum, was declared. The su r-
carried to the reserve funds was 6,9951.
t The
k market for American securities is reported
Nta•Bell, Sun and Co., to continue
tl5 tet,44tl withoutD.
ushs, any material. change quotae-
toprilkh Carolina 5 per Cents., 18:38 68, are
Cr ; Virginia
.6 per Cents, 89 to 90 ; Pitts-
-I:kis) 13'r Cents 76 to 78. Illinois Central (Fre.e-
.iblil •'
•ut un 1860, 8011 to 81A ; New York and Erie,
nr!saB6 to 87 ; Pennsylvania Central, let
Tie be, convertible
till 1860, 91 to 92.
L
ish Government is disposed, it is said,
i°llleiLf` the Sound dues according to a general
tre,b,,to plan, but this is not expected to satisfy
',Oietrernents of the United States.
sit tigliSh funds have been steady this morn-
96Lve litle business doing. Consols have
)1,71N-t
'0...903 for present transfer, and 90i I for
any of the stocks upon which dividends
itNOft,,vaYable next month are now closed to public
, Money seems in less demand, but the
brokers have raised their terms to corre-
k forth the advance at the Bank of England ;
4„lleo,7tee3r on "call" they allow 3,1 per cent.
iriiier Bills have been 14s. prem. for those
lllle%llterest 2/ per diem.
114Ve re Foreign Stock is quiet. Peruvian Bto2nlds
!•44.elained at 781'. Mexican are heavy a
1417. h_l?l,cl Stock is firm at 103. Turkish 6 per
14111,4 e been 93 and 93k, and the Scrip is 1k
French Scrip is 11 premium. Dutch
1111- ‘•euts. have been 642 to 651.
4tecits4 toll •
• °Wing are the nominal prices of foreign
Ct'zita'Grenada Deferred Bonds, 62 to 71 ;
11'4° 1,11 21 to 212 ; Peruvian, 78 to 79 ;
-:res per Cents., 58 to 59 ; Portuguese
„1)(3,1• Cents , 43 to 45 ; Russian Five
Ott -148., 98 .to 100 ; Spanish Three er
oltto ea to 38k; ditto New Deferred, 182 to 19k;
o'lltCr,!ificates, 41 to 4/ ; Turkish Bonds, 6 per
ehtite av3l to 93i ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
tli<fwvl to 66 ; ditto Four per Cents., 95 to 97.
IN,Ntii.taile Shares have been rather better, al-
Pt re is not a large 'business doing. Great
t~t'l
averallied about I, and North Western
°nth
ofil lie western are at fuller rates: The fo-
°4 es
have been very dull, but Great Western
ntd_
0 •rorei are fully supported.
4110.
C 0 Pant' haved rl/41 gtl Mines are ull, the Banks firm, and
isen 51. again.
41,4

4:1 FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOcitc .
11414, ki,,,,, From the Of.eial List.)
Pn.ittesb done
3" ,--* ,
, Shut
I.,,tiz ',tent.. 'ter, duce(' Annuities Shut
bi„rxeutd,:'°neele Annuities 9Ol f i
,tii ; ' , . c•• 30 v" 1" ' . Expire sth Jan. 1860
'roll„„-"‘e 30 v.' Expire 10th 'Oct., 1859 Shut
ri. , "um, Expire sth Jan ,1860 3l 13-16
Xch 'or Liccount, 12th 0ct0ber......
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lii`kt its_ll'OßEldN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
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Fri h rdnuerlP, 4 per Cent.
8 bililtentes, on t" above payable in London.
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f 1 Per Cent.
bit,txeil4;'l, Loan of 1853 li P
1 pot Cent! neertli'Lantiele2 Gull 64/ 51
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