The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-30 00:00:00

DEALING IN QUESTIONABLE SHARES,

Several instances of dealing in questionable shares
having lately been brought to the knowledge of the com-
mittee of the Stock Exchange, the most recent case being
that of the Columbia Mining Company, on the scrip
certificates of which it was affirmed that 11. had been
paid, although on inquiry it appeared that there had
been no deposit whatever, and that they were entirely
worthless, the following resolution was pit forth yester•
day :
" Resolved,—That it is the bounden duty of brokers
who offer, aid persons who deal in, sharesof any new com-
pany to take the precaution, iu the first instance, - to ascer-
tain whether the company bo of a bona fide description, BO
as to afford no facility for the introduction of fraudulently-
created shares into the market, to the detriment of the
character as well as the interests of the Stock Exchange.
" By order of the Committee.
" GEORGE WEBB, Secretary.

"Nov. 27."

THE _RUSSIAN LOSS AT INKERMAN,

(From, Spencr's Gazette.)
As regards the losses of the beaten army the dif- '
ferent reports dissent considerably from each other. The
Russian reports gives them at 3,000 killed and 5,900
wounded. General Canrebert estimates them at between
8,000 and 10,000 ; and Lord Raglan assures usthat 5,000
Russian dead or severely wounded were found on the
battle field, that the Russians carried off vast numbers
in their retreat, and that the total loss of the latter
could not be less than 15,000 of all kipds .
In favour of Lord Raglan's estimat€ must be adduced,
first, the scrupulous exactitude of all English reports ;
and secondly, that he remained master of the field of
battle, and was enabled, consequently, to count the
number of dead and severely -wounded. On the other
band, Prince Menschikoff ought to have been enabled,
by the daily states, to ascertain the amount of his loss
(that is, the number of men absent from the ranks on the
morning), but certainly not to distinguish the killed
from the wounded left within the allied position. The
prince's first report betrayed an attempt to soften
the importance of the contest. It islat any rate re-
markable that, in the statement of his losses, be omits
the category of " contusioned," which always figures
in Russian reports, and that the amount of wounded
(contrary to the experience of a thousand battles),
was scarcely double that of the killed, whereas the Eng-
lish (and French) reports show about four wounded for
one killed on the inside. Perhaps Lord Raglan has based
his estimation of the Russian loss upon their customary
proportion.
Under every circumstance, the battle of Inkerman
was the most sangui❑ary, when the number of men
engaged is considered, that has for long been fought
in Europe. Let the number of combatants be estimated
how it may, it is clear that the Allies fought to the dregs
a long and terrible infantry combat against at least
" double" their numbers, and drove them from the field ;
whilst even the Allies do full justice to the efficacy of
the Russian artillery.

THE CREW OF THE TIGER.—The following officers o
her Majesty's late steamer Tiger have arrived at Berlin
from Riazan, and proceeded this evening. via Hamburg,
on their way to England :—Lieutenant Alex. Hamilton,
Lieutenant W. E. Stone, Mr. Charles Wilkinson, mate;
Mr. Scudannere, second mate ; Mr. Edward Lawless,
assistant-surgeon ; Mr. Quin, gunner ; Mr. Delaney,
boatswain ; and Antonio Sckembri and Charles Birch,
servants.
THE FINALE OF THE PRESTON STEUGOLI.-111r, Geo.
Cowell, the prime leader of the late turn-out, is now im-
prisoned for debt in Lancaster Castle, whence he has in-
dited an advertisement to the public for their asstsstance.
He writes as follows :—" Immured within t walls of
a debtors' gaol, deeply sensitive of my own personal
degradation, and of the disgrace which the cause of
labour is being subject to, I feel compelled to address
you
from my prison-house, and appeal to that feelingof
honour and self-respect which I trust animates the great
mass of those who so generously aided to uphold the
dignity and independenee of labour in the late untortu-
nate struggle." The debt appears to be only for pr::nt-
ing the statement of accounts and weekly balance-she ts.
He states that the distress at the close
of Or struggle
was so great, that the hourly appeals and cries of hun-
ger impelled the committee to give relief to the last
farthing, trusting that the promises they had received
would enable them to pay all the liabilities they had in—
, curred.—Liverpoo/ Mercury.