The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-14 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON SATURDAY EVENING. JULY 14, 1855.

tween the sth and 6th (17th and 18th) June in repairing
all the damage done, under a heavy fire, and during the
a,sault, having defeatp,l the des.perate attacks cf th. aq-
-Bailants, they pur.,u€](t tietaelafieh.ti, int;) their Very
trenches.

"The A11;,:r., an; c:m,••equeily compellA continue
a r-;;rar siege ; it wiii doubtless ccht tiima s ill
ranch time and new and enormous sacrifices. _

"The obstinacy and duration of the assault, during
which the enemies' masses had to advance under a mur-
derous fire of grape, cannot fail to have caused great
havoc in their ranks. If we are to credit deserters, the
French have 10,000 men put ;tors de coinbat in killed and
wounded. Among the killed they mention Generals
Mayran, Brunet, and Voran. According to their re-
ports the English. lost 3,500 men, among whom Gene-
rals Campbell and York have died of their wounds, and
a great number of officers of all grades.
"Moreover, among the 600 prisoners we have taken,
of whom 300 are wounded, there were one superior and
11 non-commissioned French officers, and one English
officer of superior rank.
"On our side among the officers named in the report
of the 7th (19th) June, we have to regret the death of
the brave Captain Ostrovsky, Commander of the sth
company of the Sevsk Infantry Regiment, who, at the
head of his company, charged the enemy who had en-
tered the Gervais Battery, and the following officers have
been wounded, namely :—Captain Kislinsky, of the navy,
Aide-de-Camp of the Emperor ; Major Roudanovsky, of
tho Minsk Regiment ; Lieutenant-Colonel Nitikine,
of the Odessa Chasseurs ; and Lieutenant-Colonel Prince
Bagratior, of the Yclets Regiment.
" Since their repulse the Allies have continued their
siege works as follows :—Frorn the 7th to the 15th (19th
to 27th) of June they have lengthened the approaches
against the Cemetery, Bastion 5, and the Schwarz Re-
doubt ; they have joined by a trench the Selinghinsk
and Volhynia Redoubts, they have pushed forward au
approach starting from the Kamtschatka lunette, and have
constructed a battery to the left of the Selinghinsk re-
doubt, on the incline towards the bay ; but all these
works are so impeded by the well-directed fire of our ar-
tillery that an attempt made by the enemy to open a
trench on the 10th (22d) June against the Peressyp was
completely stopped by one of our nearest batteries, and
the attempt has not since been renewed.
" The enemy is mining against bastion No. 4 ; we use
smoke halls against them with effect.
" Since the 7th (19th) of June the fire of the besiegers
had been gradually diminishing, and so have our losses.
On the 7th (19th) of June we counted 62 killed and 202
wounded. Since then, up to the 11th (23d), there were
only 7 men killed and 27 wounded. Among the lat.
ter we have unhappily to regret Major-General de
Totleben, who received a bullet through the calf of his
leg on the Bth (20th), which, however, does not pre-
vent him from directing the works of defence es usual.
"During this period we have been chiefly occupied in
clearing out our ditches and increasing the height of and
strengthening our defences.
" Despite the great heat, which has quite hardened
the ground during the last month, and which renders
work very difficult, thanks to the unexampled zeal of
the garrison of Sebastopol, we have succeeded in repair-
ing all our works, and preparing new means to defend
them stoutly." •

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CITY, Two o'CLocc:.

The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday
closed steadily. The sales were estimated at 6,000
bales. Fair Uplands at 6W., Mobile 7d, and
Orleans at 7-1-d. per lb. The sales of the week
amounted to 23,200 bales. The Railway Share
Market closed heavily, with a downward tendency
in prices.
In their review of the Tallow trade, Messrs.
Smith and Charles state that—
" The prospect of a change in the Ministry again revives
the hopes of those who wish to see every measure taken
which shall render the war intolerable to the enemy. It
cannot be doubted that a Ministry, guided by this prin-
ciple, will direct its attention seriously to the best means
of rendering our Baltic blockade commercially effective;
at present they are simply a sham, and will be so until the
Allies adopt such measures as are within their reach to
prevent the enemy taking advantage of thq inventions
and appliances of modern times for their evasion."
The balance sheet of the Bank of England for
the week to last Saturday exhibits the effect of the
shipments of gold to the Continent rather than of
any home demand for discount accommodation, the
other securities being diminished, while the amount
to the credit of private depositors is lessened and the
bullion has suffered a reduction. The public deposits
increased, the large amount of revenue brought in
at the close of the quarter usually swelling the
total. The next statement will be affected by the
divident payments which commenced last Mon-
day. The following are the changes exhibited upon
a comparison with he previous return :

Active circulation £20,482,750
Increase 317,205
Bullion . 17,584,066
Decrease 434,509
Rest
Increase 37,598
Public Deposits 6,852,350
Increase 705,351
Other Deposits
Decrease 847,858
Seven-Day and other Bills
Increase
Government Securities 13,757,224
Increase 861,156
Other Securities 13,828,806

Decrease
Notes unemployed
Dlicrease

-168,637
10,412,335
727,190

Yesterday afternoon the rates for Bills of Ex-
change were barely supported upon Amsterdam,
which at 90 days was 11 19± to 192, Hamburgh 13
71 to 4, and Frankfort 1188 to Paris was firm
at 25 322 to 35.
The exports of silver direct from London during
the week to Thursday last were 2,600 ounces, and
of gold 570 ounces.
The letters by the Overland mail will be delivered
on Monday.
The official return of the Glasgow Customs' Re-
venue for the quarters ending 30th June, 1855
and 1854 have been issued. There is a slight in-
crease as compared with that in Greeneck, caused
by the heavy payments of sugar duties, which
article is the great staple of the neighbouring town.
The rise in our Excise duties must be very great,
but we have no means at present of giving the de-
tails. The following are the Customs duties re-
ferred to :

For the Qr. ending 30th June, 1855 £172,802 12 7
30th „ 1854 169,700 17 6

Increase in 1855 £3,101 15 1
The English Stock Market has been heavy, and
prices exceeded / per cent. The apprehension of
a " break up" in the Government, rather than the
least regret at the retirement of Lord John Russell,
is the cause, uncertainty being always prejudicial
to the money market. The value of Consols was
90ff to 91 for transfer at the commencement of
business, and has since been 9q :1. For " time"
the prices were 90i then 91, and are now about
90i to 91, the favourable despatches from the
Crimea inspiring more confidence. The reduction
in the amount of bullion held both by the Banks of
England and France is against the funds as prov-
ing the drain for the war. Exchequer Bills
at 21 are 245. to 255. premium. The New 3 per
Cents. have been 921 to 11. India Bonds are 345.
to 375. premium.

Turkish Bonds are still rising, having reached
851 and 86. Sardinian Stock is steady at 86k.
Peruvian are up full 4 per cent., being 71i. Bra-
zilian Old Stock is worth loin. Spanish. Threes
are 36L and Dutch 4 per Cents. 951.
The following are the nominal prices of foreign
stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, G to 7 ; Mexi-
can, 211- to 211 ; Peruvian, 71 to 73; ditto Three
per Cents., 50 to 52 ; Portuguese Four per Cents.,
42 to 44 ; Russian Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ;
ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 88 to 90 ;
Spanish New Deferred, 18 to 18i ; ditto 3 per
Cents., 36/ to 36i. ; ditto Certificates, 4 to 4i ;
ditto Passive, 4 to 41.
The market for English Railway Shares is very
flat, and Caledonian are k to 1 lower, Midland about
±to 1, and North-Western to $. Brighton are
, steady. Sambre and Meuse are maintained. Great
Western of Canada are dull. Antwerp and Rot-
terdam are much the same.

The foreign mining market is without particular
change. Joint-Stock Banks are rather flat. Crystal
Palace aro heavy.