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extremely useful. The Vice-Admiral Commander-in-Chief
saw with real satisfaction the bold manner in which those
bomb-vessels, notwithstanding the heaviest sea, pene-
trated into the Bay of Streletzka, the Cassini in the dead
of the night, and the Tenare and the Sesostris at break
of day, under the fire of the Quarantine Battery. The
Palinnre, stationed at the entrance of the bay, continued
her fire with a precision the more remarkable as she was
exposed to a very annoying surf.'
" Sept. 10.—The Vice-Admiral Commander-in-Chief
congratulates the batteries of the navy on the glorious
part they took in the vigorous cannonade which, for
three consecutive days, prepared the assault on the
enemy's works. He hastens to lay before the squadron
the particulars he has just received from Rear-Admiral
Rigault de Genouilly. Between the sth and 7th of Sep-
tember the siege batteries had 145 men hors de combat
and three officers wounded. As on every other occasion,
our seamen in the last battle distinguished themselves by
their energy, self-devotion, and skill in working their
guns. Their fire was never more precise nor more rapid,
and must have inflicted considerable loss on the enemy.
The officers and midshipmen have maintained the glori-
ous reputation of the navy, and admirably seconded the
excellent arrangements made by the brave general officer
who commanded them.'
" We have been ordered to hold ourselves in readiness
to embark troops for an expediton, the destination of
which is kept a profound secret. You may consequently
expect soon to hear news."

BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS.

The official returns of the trade and navigation of the
United Kingdom for the month ending Aug. 31 have
been issued.

The comparison of imports for the month is as
under :

1854.
Live animals
Cocoa lbs. 962,416

1855.
45,686
1,183,335

Coffee lbs. 6,561,915

Wheat

qrs. 198,058

'251;860

Barley qrs. 96,760
Oats qrs. 125,069
Indian corn qrs. 62,847

41,080
125,088
132,960

cwt. 228,213

132,046

Cochineal cwt. 2,412
Indigo cwt. 11,219
Flax cwt. 134,447

753
6,751
116,356

Currants cwt. 2,184
Guano tons 14,767 ...... 26,323
Hemp cwt. 184,408
Mahogany . tons 2,986
Oil, palm cwt. 18,177
Opium lbs. 3,512
Provisions cwt. 81,236
Quicksilver lbs. 162,459
Rice cwt. 186,382
Saltpetre cwt. 68,493
Silk, raw lbs. 420,562
Cassia Lignea lbs. 23,809
Cloves lbs. 69,217
Pepper lbs. 783,439
Ruin proof gallons 920,916
Brandy proof gallons 105,453
Geneva proof gallons 6,963
Unrefined sugars cwt. 885,726
Tallow cwt. 60,893
Tea lbs. 2,741,294
Tobacco lbs. 728,670
Wino gallons. 786,487
Sheep's and lambs' wool 1b5.15,812,869
The declared value of some of the principal exports,
compared with that for the same articles during the cor-
responding month of last year, was as follows :-

1854. 1855.
g £
Beer and Ale 85,797
Coals and culm 196,393
Cotton manufactures 2,298,131
Cotton yarn
Earthenware 113,022 ...... 100,984
Haberdashery and millinery 385,403
Hardwares and cutlery
Linen manufactures
Linen yarn
Machinery and millwork
Silk manufactures
Thrown Silk 15,443
Woollen manufactures
Woollen yarn

The total declared value of all the exports in the month
was 8,891,473/. against 8,783,7141. in the corresponding
period as above, showing an augmentation of 107,759/.
in favour of the former.

GLASGOW AUTUMN CIRCUIT COURT.

GLASGOW, Friday.—The Autumn Circuit Court of
Justiciary for the city of Glasgow and the counties of
Lanark, Renfrew, and Dumbarton was opened here on
Tuesday by the Lord Justice Clerk and Lord Ardmillan,
and brought to a close to-day. In all there were 68
cases for trial, in which 88 persons were implicated, and
some of these were of an aggravated character. The
following were those of most importance :
Tames Moore was charged with the murder of Bernard
Macaulay, by stabbing him to the heart with a knife in
the streets of Glasgow, on the 22d of August last.
There had been some disturbance between the parties,
when the prisoner, in the course of a scuffle, drew a knife
and inflicted a wound of which the man Macaulay died
instantaneously.
The prisoner offered a plea of culpable homicide, which
was accepted by the Crown, and ha was sentenced to 21
years' transportation.

The termination of this case has excited much disap-
probation, especially as the use of the knife has become
lamentably frequent in Glasgow of late. No good rea-
son can be given for its not going to trial, excepting the
exercise of one of those unaccountable fiats for which
the law officers of the Crown in Scotland have become
remarkable.

Henry Mason was accused of the murder of his
brother, John Mason, at Kirkintilloch, in Dumbarton.
shire.

From the evidence it appeared that the parties, who
were much the worse for liquor, quarrelled, and the
prisoner pulled his brother from the house to the street
and back again by the hair of the head, threw him often
to the ground, and pressed upon his belly with his
knees, in consequence of which he died.
The case lasted the whole of Thursday, when the jury
brought in a verdict of culpable homicide, and Mason
was transported for 15 years.
Agnes APAllister, repulsive-looking woman, was found
guilty of an attempt to murder her child, a little boy
3 years of age. It appeared that the child had been
crying, and when the prisoner believed that no one was
looking on, she threw the boy into the sea at Greenock-
quay, but, fortunately, the act was noticed and the child
rescued.
The woman was sentenced to 15 years' transportation.
A batch of returned convicts, with whom this city has
been sadly infested of late, was brought up, and half-a-
dozen of them convicted of theft and housebreaking.
They were sentenced to 15 pare: tranoportatioh each.