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the 24th Dragoons, his second a lieutem ly in the 46th
,Regiment. In 1800 he became aide,4le-eamp to Sir J.
Duff at Limerick. Reduced on 'half-pay at the peace,
he soon was restored to full pay in the 52d under Sir
John Moore; and shortly Ohtained a company in that
regiment. With the 52d he went to Sicily, still under
Moore, and with' that general to Sweden In 1608 ; thence
co Lisbon, and being madeaide-de:Catop to Moore, served
the Cormitia campaign, was beside his general in the
cattle, by his bed when ho died, and brhis grave.-when
he was buried. 'lt was Moore's express intention to
:end Sir George Napier to Englund with the ,despatch
,f the battle ; but SiCDa,iid yery:question.
able taste; and more queiAtiona*dlejtilitite; eentA ffisy his
sierirythede
own aide-de-catup, Captain Gordon, a. brother:of Lord
:lave ra, in
Aberdeen. .
wiCtha pt Captain
celebratedn 52dN
marchaup liire,orbf at
fit!)
iljtihik:ebsotlfoswt Divisionhe inpgr
oomn promotion,
General Crawfurd's skirmishes between the Cna and
igueda, including the severe, combat of the
.24 Jwy,
.6.1 d was *abet through the upper port of the thigh at
:tueaco, while actualy leapinr, sword in hare upon the
~,ad of General St. Simon's column of attack.

PRrcit 4D:

STAMPED bD•

good filith of the ErrilSehir of the French, who is with us
`heart end soul in:this contest. (Cheers.) We have an
additional security in the alliance of the kingdom of Sar-
dinia, which is not so great, territorially, as either
Franca, or England, yet history reminds us, that small
staleS have played an important stake in the world,
have etiercised no inconsiderable influence on. its de,-
tittles. (Hear, hear." We remember the important
part played by Holland, by Venice, by Genoa—smaller
.states,,territorially, than the kingdom of, Sardinia ; And
therefore, notdespising. the lessons of history, but or.
the other hand taking Cnnr.tge from the fact of tins Sar-
dieian ;alliance, we say that ti,:e compact is. highly
lionomiable to Sardinia, it is of this additional import_
ante, that it has joined a league againstt:rumny. (lieai,
and chi.sers.) Well, then, with this prospect before us
-with the valour Of our traps in unison with the
of the Diaper. r of France—na'ion- that have laid
atieiell antagonisms, and who are now actuated by no
othitr.fefflings but an honourable -rivalry as brothers in
arms, fightirg for a common cause, hound togetker.ty
'tae itelis;:elulde ties of friendship, and actfug in the truest
spirit of good fsi'.l—and above -and befere' all, relying
upon the justice of our cause, it is impossible to believ.-
that the war can be briugiit to any other conclusion
than that which will secure to Europe safety against tlit-
futnre aggressions of Russia—a ne that shall not only
be honourable and satisfactory to the allies, but which
shall redound to the honmir acrd interest's of the country,
and ju-tify the great sacrifices by which such a peace
shall have been attained: (Much cheering.)
Three times three cheers were then given for Lady
Palmerston, whO bowed her acknowledgments.
Mr. BRIGGS, after a few prefatory observations with
reference to the kindness of Mr. Brisco as a benefacto!-
te the town during the prevalence of distress, and' lilt
general afftbility of character, proposed three cheers foi
Mr. and Mrs. Briscoe and family, which were heartily
given, and the interesting proceedings terminated.

Before the French retir
igain well, and was engaged in all the Light Divicion
.r..robats during Massena's retreat up to Cazal Nova,
here his arm was broken by a shot. In that fight, his
:ompany being forced hack, he eaw his. lieutenant (Gif-
.ord) fall, and four Frenchmen attempting to plunder
ile body. Running back, sabre in hand, George Napier,
single-handed, drove the Frenchmen back, raised the
still breathing Gifford, and brought him off. He died
oistantly ; Napier's c•nnpany buried him with their
)ayonets under fire, and then, giving three cheers, rushed
tit the enemy again. For his conduct in this pursuit
:3aptain Napier was by Wellington made a brevet-major,
.me of 11 promoted in the army as reward fur eminent
service.

he was

At the siege of Ito lrign Major Napier was wounded
in the same arm again, but continued to do his duty in
bhe trenches, and led thest,rmera of the sma'l breach
`,:n the assault, where he was again struck iu the same
arm, and thus lost it by amputation. Far this he was
made lieutenant-colonel.

FRENCH IMPORT DUTIES ON MACHINERY
AND ARTICLES OF IRON AND STEEL.

Driven home by this wound, he served some time on
the Staff of the Northern District, but returned to Spain
in 1814, and was second in command at the Battle of
Ortbes, where the 52d, under the present Lord Seaton,
certainly decided the fate of the day. Colonel Napier
was also at the combat of Tarbes and--the Battle of Tou.
louse as Lieutenant-Colonel of the 71st Regiment:
At the Peace he was put into the Guards, afterwards
into a regiment of the line, but finally went on half-pay
until, as a major-general, be was appointed Governorrof
the Cape, 1837. In that situation, as a military man,
he displayed great energy and promptness in preparing
and sending a succouring expedition to relieve Captain
Smith, who was besieged by the boers at Natal, and on
t'le point of-being-reduced, after an obstinate defence..
As a: civil governor he enforced the abolition of slavery,
introduced and nourished with surprising success a new
system of district and -other schooli, made municipal
government general, formed a road commission, and
commenced several great public works for opening the
country to trade and Commerce ; improved the manage-
:cent of the revenue, paid off the colonial debt, and
abolished internal taxes, relying solely on duties ; and,
,nore than all this, he kept the colony free from Caffre
wars for nearly seven years.
On his return front the Cape he passed most of his
•ime on the continent, living chiefly at Nice, and, being
there in 1849, he was, by the late King of Sardinia,
Charles Alb, rt, offered the command of the Sardinian
army, but refused it, nut liking to war, except for his
own country.
When the panic caused by the Battle of Milan-
viailah was rife, George Napier was offered the command
in India, but refused it, thinking in common . with the
people of Eegta d, that the place of right belonged to
his brother, S,r Charles.

(From last ICght's Gazettl.)

Boord of 'rradr,
_‘Vhitelaa.ll,_SePt,l3, 1855

T're Right Ilenntirable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a
copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Ambassador at
Pais; enclosing cony of-a French imperial decree, modi-
fying, as follows, the duties on machinery and articles of
iron and steel.
Cast iron, purified, termed mazee, in masses of the
weight of 15 kilos., or more, 7f. per 100 kilos.
Iron—ln plates or flattened, plated with tin, lead, zinc,
or Cripper, 40f. per 100 kilos. Wire----Iron wire plated
!with another tnetal,..3of. per 100 kilos. White metal
strings for instruments same duty as for steel wire., No-
thing considered as wire which has not passed through
the drawing plate.
Hardware.—Steel plates ..of all kinds, 50f.• Steel wire
for instrument strings, 70f. per 100 kilos. !None will
he considered as plates which are not of the size of from
20 to 5 centimetres at least. Broken articles of
wrought iron Bf. per ]OO kilos. Broken articles of .east
iron same duty as raw cast it n.
Machinery and implements in a complete state.—
Steam Eogines.—Stationarv, 251. ; marine, 35f. ; Inc,-
inntiveli without tendem. 401. Other than steam—For
spinning, 40f. ; for twisting (metiers a tisser), 15f. ;
cards (untrimmed), 30f. ; for tile making, ; for riper
makinel 30f. ; for printing, 30f. ; agricultural, 15f. ;

svazgonl
iron whl
boilerA,
paratus
and wei
451.; 2(
30f. ; 2
per 109
Plate
kilo .
Mack
Of.herm

-. . _.
(de terrassensent) with wooden bodies and cast
3iS, 201. ; river boats and wherries, tenders.
gasometers. sugar and distilling and heating ap-
s, in iron, 30f. Other than steam, not specified,
hint, 100 kilos. at least, 65f. ; 1000 200.ki105.,
0 to 1,000 kilos., 35f. ; 1,000 to 2,500 kilns_
000 to 5,000 kilos., 25f. ; mere than 5,000, 20t.
kilos.
.
S and ribands of cards of all kinds, 200 f. per 100

When the Russian war broke out be offered his ser-
vices as a lieutenant-general, but they were decliue•d ;
and he continued in private life until his death. Let
the thousands of friends he won by his frank, honest,
warm heart and generous disposition speak for his pri-
vate character. ••It is believed that no enemy will gain-
say- their eulogiums.

new and Troplement, in detached picefi.—
u cast iron, wei4hinff 25 kilos., a least, 80t. ;

5 to► 51

65f.;kiln ss_to 100 55f.; 100 to XOO

li
kilos., 5f.; 200 to 1.000 kilos., 351...; 1,000 to '2.500
kilos., 5f.; 2.500 to 5,000 kilos., 20f.; more than 5.000,
15F. I v,ronght iron.-5 kilos., at least, 100 f.; sto
25 kilo , 80f.; 25 to 50 kilos , 70f.; more than 50 kilos.,
63f. I steep.-200f. per 100 kilos. .

FRIGHTFUL R,4If.WAY ACCIDENTS IN

AMRRICA.

T 046
Ricklpp,
copp
qilei a
17 cent
metres,

—lmplements of hosbaridry—Scythes, 1201..;
etc., as at present. Flax combs, &c., with iron
r teeth, and with steel teeth, as at present.
id rasps—Fine, for polishing, of the length of
14setres or more, 180 f. ; 4f less than 17 centi-
-225F. Saws of the length of 146 centimetres

SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 13.—The steamship North Star,
which arrived 4,11 this port last evening from New York
for Havre, brings detailed particulars of anothtr terrible
accident which occurred on the 29th ult. on the Camden
and Amboy Railroad between New York and Puiladel-
p►hia. The particulars are as to-11:iwis

or more,
to 50 c
centi tnel

I 1101. ; of less than 146 centimetres and down
ntimetres, and circular saws of more than 20
Tes diameter, 175 f. ; of 50 centimetres and
4 circular. saws of less than 20 centimetres di-
-2001. Others of pure iron, a.; at present ; of
ied with steel, 125 f. ; of pure steel, 175 f. per

The morning mail train left Phitadelphia at 10 c'cicelt,
and reached Burlioetun (20 mile ) a few ruir.utes ahead
,Lf time--,py a quarter of an hour after 11 o'clock.
There were six passenger cars in the train. By the rules
ot the railroad company, the train first arriving at Bur-
lington, which is the place for the meeting of the trains,
i 4 required to wait 10 minutes, and if the other train
does not arrive then the first i, entitled to the road ;
both trains to run, looking for each other. There is but
a single track.
The up-train waited, according to orders, for the train
from New York, and then -came- on. When about three
miles this side of Burlington, the trains wet, saw each
other in season to reverse, reversed rapidly, and the
tra n which lia,fl left Burlington a few minutes before ran
back for two miles, until it had reached a cross-road
halt-a-mile this side of Burlington.

lesr, al
atneter,

iron n
100 kil

NIAal
100 ki!c

gauze—Of iron 751. ; of steel, pure, 150 f. per

BANK OF FRANCE.

The
Thurs&

ellowing was the situation of the Bank on
,y, Sept. 13
CR. Fr. c.
ingots
he branch banks 151,507,532
yesterday to be paid to-day 538,630 7
oming due in Paris, of which
~3e3f. 29c. are from the branch _ .

Cash ancl
Cash at 1
Bills due
Bills be(
93,57(
banks
Bills in 1

At this point a waggon with two
.horses, driven by
Dr. Hatine,,an, an old physician, residing
„filet out of
Burlinkton, was crossing the: track as the train backed.
The hind-car struck the horses, killing them instantly,
and this caused that car to be thrown from the track,
while those in front piled up on the top of it. Four out
of the six cars were thrown off the track in this manlier,
and three of them were utterlptlestroyed. They were
all sell filled with passengers, nearly ell of whom were
injured more or less seriously. ,
The number killed is stated to be 21 persons, and
about 70 others are more or less seriously wounded.
Many of these persons were resioenti of Philadelphia.
Among those killed on the spot are mentioned the names
of Major Boyce, of the United Sta,:es' coast survey, with
his wife, and the Baron de St. Andre, French Cowell at
Philadelphia. Mr. John F. Gillespie, of Natchez, olie
et the wounded, bad his left leg amputated, and the
right fo taken off. His position being very critical,
tots gentleman made his will, and disposed therein of his
properzy to the value of 600,000 &Dais, directing that
in case of his death or that of his wife the railway com-
pany should be prosecuted to the last cent. of his fortune.
pr. flannegan was accompanied by
his wife and two
children, none of whom were seriously injured.
'On the mot ning of the 31st u:t. another accident oc-
curred on the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad. The
express train ran over a cow, and three of the carriages
were thrown t,if the line in consequence. Ten persons
were in, re or less wounded, fur ~f then sirionsly,
A third accident happened on the Bro.kl‘ii City
row), eate•ed by the breaking td a break el at worn oe.
sceliding a hill in Sands-street A pas.tn;er who jumped
from the cirriftue was thai,o-rons'y injured, and tee con-
.
iinctor was also very much bruised.

- --.--
219,442,129 64
e branch banks
on coin and ingots
in the branch banks
on public securities of France 43,557,236 10
in the branch banks
on railway shares and bonds 87,379,800
in the branch banks
to the State by treaty of
- June 30, 1848 60,000,000
on Trea,gury hills

Advance
DO.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.

Ad vance
Rentes c
Rentes o
Hotel an
Real pro
Expense
Sundries

the reserve fund 12,980,750 14
disposable funds 52,262,283 88
t furniture of the Bank 4,000,000
terty of branch banks 5,146,007
. .

of idtninistration

852,127 4
81,518 11

1,066,673,100 75

DR.

Capital .
Reserve
Reserve
Notes tol
Do. ' off
Do. tot
Bills pa.)/
Accounti
Various
Do.
Dividend
Discount
Charge
Re-disco
Overdue
Sundries

91,250,300 -
12,980,750 1
4,000,000 -

~uurl,
immobili~.re

bearer, in circulation -
branch banks 115,512,050 ---
order (Post b►lls)
bleat sight 7,430,411
current of Treasury Creditor 131.319 123 69
ccounts-current 117,764,543 92

TOTAL LOS OF THE SAILING T RANS-
PO R (ANTE) BUItY.

It app
has .leer
34) mill
has 41 ecr,
reserve
lions of

SouTnAmrroN, Sept. 14.—8 r the Peninsular and
and Oriental Company's mail steam-ship 'razes, Captain
J. Weeks, which arrived at Southampton last night,
with the Peninsular inails,• we receive intelligence of the
wreck and t tal destruction of the fine sailing transport
ship Canterbury, of 750 for a burden, comina•ded by
Captain Carvell. The Canterbury was or. her voyage
from Corfu to England, and had on board 63-rank and
file, invalids ; 40 women, and 5S children, all of whom
a t;nkt, ,
it
not
gfoe
fortunately were saved. ft appears that the ill fated
ship left Gibraltar on the 20th of August, and shortly
alter putting to sea, had to contend with strong head.
winds. She, however, continued the voyage with-
out either difficulty, or mi,hap, until the night of the
wererPe aalc tligi - ttievbree given
fairly c
mot
Lisbon. The chief mate, from the entire ab,ence of
all lights from the shore, and the extreme darkness
and
aysets,s
vessel
orders
whereabouts.
e could
uid
and thick state of the weather, found great difficulty
4th instant, by which time she bad
other tack she ran bodily on a shoal f
raitowards
before t hh
coast of Vianna. All the exertions to ° rocks off the
about,"
nbroeuadtc:lB,l:t:ouvwet
of no avail, for no sooner was the vesselextricate her were
than she began to fill rapidly with
the greatest consternation immediately water. Of course
pau-
sengere, and piteous were the b seized the
scenes of the most painlul description B rieks of the women, and
throughout the vessel. The
were witnessed
diately ordered the ship's e captaim t‘owever, ' imme-
boats to be lowered, and the
activity of the crew in h
As respect was surprising. It
being just break of day the position of the vessel, pas-
sengers, and crew was observed• by, persons 'from. the
shore, and boats _ were immediately sent off
.to render
assistance. They succeeded in 'landing every soul with-
out injury on the beach, about five milei to the north of
Vianna. The -
, crew managed to save some of their
clothes, together ''sails and . •
with a few
613 s hi '
gear. Shortlyafter the, man, WoMan and chil-
dren were got out the unfortunate vessel heeled over and
her deck burst from her. ''The captain and• chief mate
were still with the wreokiln,tbe• hopes. of saving some '
other portions, but there is very little doubt that the
destruction of the ve-sel is by this 'time complete. The
crew, consis.in4 of about 30 bands, arrived at Southamp-
ton by the Tagus. They state that the proper lookout
was kent,on deck, and that the mistake as to the posi-
tion of the ship is solely to be placed to accident caused
by the extreme darkness of the night. The Canterbury
was not more than one mile from the shore when she
struck. The whole of the passengers were left on the
beach in charge of an officer, who will be sent on to
England by the first opportunity. The crew arrived at
Vigo, from Vianna, in one of the Lo3tf, &cid wore
~brought thence to outhempto.

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