The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-01 00:00:00

SEAMEN'S WAGES.

At the. Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of
August, 18i4, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty
in Council :

Whereas, by an act passed in the present session of Par-
liament, entitled " An Act for Facilitating the Payment
of her Majesty's Navy, and the payment and distribution
of prize, bounty, salvage, and other moneys to and among
the officers and crews of her Majesty's ships and vessels of
war, and for the better regulation of the accounts relating
thereto," it is directed, among other things, that the Lords
of the Admiralty may from time to time make such rules,
orders, and regulations, as may to there appear expedient,
fur facilitating the paying of the navy, bet that the same
sash not have any force or affect until they have been pre•
viously approved by your Majesty in council.
And whereas great inconvenience and delay have been
occasioned by the existing regulations for the payment of
advance, allctinents, monthly allowance, and seamen's
wages generally, we have them efore taken this subject into
serious considelation, and beg leave humbly to submit to
your Majesty,

That the scales of allotment and monthly allowance esta-
blished by his late Majesty's order in Council of the 18th
of November, 1833, be forthwith abolished, end such rates
substituted for them as to us may seem expedient.
That all officers of your Majesty's navy, above the rank
of petty Officer. be allowed to-draw bills for the full amount
of their pay quarterly, but not to allot or receive monthly
allowance.

That the payment of advance and of wages due, instead
of being made as at pi esent, only at places where there
is a superintendent and an establishment of paymaster-
general's clerks, may be made at any place, and by all ac-
c ,untant officers under the Admiralty, including the pay-
masters of your Majesty's ships, or parsons acting in
that capacity, under such restrictions, regulations, and
control as we bay hereafter find expedient ; and, therefore,
it is necessary we should have the power to ordor the pay-
uncut of sea wages at such times and in such manner as to
us may appear most desirable and convenient.
That the sale or traufer of promotion tickets shall no
longer be permitted, but, in lieu thereof, that the pay of
wages due to any person promoted to the rank of an officer,
or to any petty officer, seaman, or boy, who may be dis-
charged from one of your Majesty's ships abroad, may be
paid to such persons by the pay waster of the ship he is
promoted or discharged front, or at the Adinir dty.
That the advance of wages granted to the crews of your
Majesty's ships on tiret fitting out, instead of b ing exactly
two months' pay, as at present, shall be an even sum of
money approaching thereto, but in no case to exceed the
amount of three months' pay.
That payment of allotment bills and remittance bills
should henceforth be made by any accountant officer under
the Admiralty, and by postmasters in the United King-
dom, as well as he t e Paymaster-General and his clerks,
and the collectors of Customs or of Inland Revenue.
That in lieu of the duplicate allotment bill at present
required by the net 11 George IV., c. 20, a single bill only
may be made out and delivered to the party, and an as-
signed pay list, in such form as shall be determined by us,
be sent to the paying officer, the assignment of such list to
have the same force and effect as the duplicate bill now in

That the certificate of identity required by the act afore-
said, to be signed by the minister and churchwarden, or
elders, shall continue to be produced by all persons residing
in England, Wales, and Scotland, as at present, but that
in Ireland the signature of the county inspector or sub-
inspector of constabulary shall be obtained, instead of that
by a churchwarden.
of any minister of religion ; the certificate. to be also signed

That the payments of allotments be set off on the allct-
int
list of the party receiving it, or that
of at present,
present, and the signature or mark
n an hee independentl'aaYsbigilnit "
assigned
witness to the payment, shall be con-
That the power to appoint a trustee in certain cases,
granted to us by the said before recited act, shall continue,
nn
as a sufficient receipt.
but that the recommendation of the person to be appointed
as such trustee shall be that of the coup y inspector or
sub-inspLctor of constabu arY said a. churchwarden in Ire-
land, as is herein proposed with regard to the certificates
of identity.

Tnat it is desirable to extend the power of allotting and
remitting by the petty officers, seamen, and marines of
your Majesty's fleet, iu order that they may freely dispose
of their own money, by assigning it to any person whatso-
ever, instead of being restrictedas to allotting or remitting
to relatives in a certain degree prescribed by the act of
11 George IV., before quoted.

That it is expedient that the Accountant-General of
your Majesty's navy should posses% all the powers and per-
form all the functions of examiner of prize accounts and
inspector
of
seamen's wills; and that all documents
hitherto signed by the officers so designated shall in future
be signed by the Accountant-General of the navy, or by
some person acting on bis behal .
And, finally, -that all existing roles and regulations re-
lating to the matters herein contained, which ate not at
variance with the changes herein proposed to be made do
remain cud continue in force until they shall he superseded
or provided fur by other regulations to be made by us in
that behalf.
We beg leave most humbly to submit to your Majesty,
tllatthesehsotpilrduypooivarislt..tie•syty be graciously pleased to approve
of may
be sanctioned by your Ma-
jestv's order in council accordingly.

Her Majtsty having taken the said memorial into con-
sideration, was pleas d, by and with the advice of her
Privy Council, to approve of what is therein proposed ;
and the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty are to give the necessary directions heroin
accordingly. C. C. GREVILLE.

AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION.— SOUTH AMPTON, Aug 31.
—The iron clipper ship Lord of the Isles, of 692 tons,
Captain P. Maxton, was despatched from this port yes-
terday, for Adelaide, by Messrs. C. R. Thompson and
Co., having embarked from the Government depot 264
adult emigrants, numbering 30S souls. The Lord of the
Isles is the first iron clipper-built ship which has sailed
from this port with emigrants. She made the last run
to Australia in 66 days. In her run home she beat the
Marco Polo. The general opinion is, that she will make
a splendid passage out.. She i 9 .00nlidered the fastest
1144iug ship &I WOO,

" Bomarsund, Aug. 21, 1854.
"Monsieur le Marechal—The troops of the expedi-
tionary corps, embarked at Calais on the 16th of July
and following days were united at the north side of the
Isle of Gothland. From the simple fact of the presence
of all the naval forces in the Bay of LAsund, which is
situated at the southern extremity of the Isle of Aland,
it became very difficult to conceal from the enemy the
object it was proposed to accomplish ; but it must also
be stated that these dispositions had the advantage of
intercepting all communication between Aland and Abo,
and of depriving the place of siicciour which, without
that, it might have received from Fitilard.
" The general-In-chief having been informed of the
arrival of the fleets at Ledsund, by thu admirals with
whom he had previously requested an interview, in order
the better to comprehend the design of the operation,
also repaired thither. But the whole of the transports
were not able to proceed with equal celerity ; the St.
Liuis,, the Tilsit, and some frigates, bearing the ma,teri el
of the army and the personnel of the engineers and the
artillery, were delayed. These vessels joined on the
6th Aagust. On that and the next day, all the vessels
frtighted with troops entered the Bay of Lumpar,
,at .the north of which is situated the fortress of Bo-
marsund.

" Some days before this, and in concert with Ad-
mirals Napier and Parseval, the general-in chief had
reconnoitred the must favourable places for effecting a
landing.

" lithe collection of the fleet in the Bay of Lumpar
rendered it very difficult to deceive ,the enemy as to
our projects, it did not, however, indicate to him the
precise point of coast upon which we intended to
land, while it placed him under lively apprehensions as
to the retreat of any troops which he might send to
mee► us.

" The isle of Aland is broken up in the direction of
north and south, by arms of the sea which penetrate into
the land, and in which there are thus Vire wit a number
of lakes•which, joined together by converging streams,
permit almost the entire isolation of some points of the
isle. Thus, in leaving Bom.irsund, that for,ress, situated
on the edge of the sea, h.,s behind it an arm of the sea
and two lases or marshes, which defend the approaches to
it. To this first enciente, or natural defence, there is
joined a second of a more extensive radius, which reaches
to Castelhein, runs from thence to Siby, and there
unites with the sea, by a tongue of land of small extent,
and easy to hold.

"Not knowing whether the population of the island
would be hostile to us, and wishing, more or less, to
concentrate hostilities with:n a periwetre, which we
might be able under any circumstances to hola ; wish-
ing also to prevent the place from receiving reinforce-
ments or succours from the other parts of the island, the
General•in Chief ordered, beforehand, the three points
of Casteihom, Sounbon, and Siby to be occupied, as
they alone could put us in relation with the rest of the
isle.

"In order to distract the attention of the enemy he
bad, further, in concert with the admirals, selected
three places for landing.

"The first, situated at the north, on the height of
Halta, was to be occupied by General Harry Jones,
having under his orders 900 wen belonging to the Eng-
lish troops, and 2,000 infantry belonging to the French
Marine.

" The second, on the eastern side of the hill to the
south of the Bay of Tranvik.
" The third, to the south-west of the same hill.
" Once lauded at Halta, General Harry Jones was to
move upon the fort of Boinarsund by occupying the
tongue of land between Siby and the sea in such a man-
ner as to secure his rear, and to close all cutlets to par-
ties who might wish to quit the place. Arrived near
the Lake of Perness he put himself iu relation with the
French troops, who, from Tranvik, were assailing the
enemy in the fort.

" At the east of Tranvik, the 12th battalion of Chas-
aeurs 'alined. They Occupied all the range of heights
to the north and south of this village, as well as the
junction of the roads, from the same point along which
the postal communication from Castelhom to Butuarsund
is carried on.

"Toe 2d Regiment of Light Infantry supported the
12th Battalion of Classeure.

" Tun 31 Regiment of the line landed in the Bay of
Trauvik ; they proceeded towards the village, and were
putnted entirely upon Um branches of the roads indi-
catetl above.

" The 48th were to occupy definitively the points
gained by the 12th battalion of Caasseurs an'l the 2d
Light Infantry, and were ordered to assist in the en-
trenched camp in the lauding of all the personnel and
materiel of the artillery, the engineers and the adminis-
trators.

"The 51st were thrown to the south-east of the same
hill, in order to aot upon the insersection of the roads,
to take the enemy in the rear if he resisted upon the
heights to the south, and to move rapidly along the pos-
tal road in advance of Castelholua.
" All the troops having landed, and rendered them-
selves masters of the points a,aigned to them, were to
p❑t themselves, en route, under the command of the
General-In-Chief and proceed upon No% a Sodra and Filthy,
their right resting upon the edge of the sea. Arrived at
Filiby, they were to place themselves humediately in
commuoication with General Harry Jones.
"These dispositons, agreed to on the 7th, and com-
municated the same day to the general and superior offi-
cers, were executed on the Bth, as tar as the extreme
difficulty of the ground permitted ; a difficulty still more
increased by the de tructiun of all the paths, and by
numerous obstructions with which the Russians had
covered the roads.

" The troops were put ashore at three o'clock in the
morning ; by nine o'clock they occupied the first posi-
tions indicated. Towards eleven o'clock the 3d Regi-
ineht of the line and the 51st were proceeding towards
the postal route by two different roads ; and lastly,
after ►uany fatigues and a great deal of labour, the road
from Tranvik to Nova F►nby were rendered practicable
for artillery. All the corps, then, with the exception of
the 48th Regiment, advanced, approached the place,
and made a co►uplete investment of it.
" The enemy had prepared some batteries and re-
doubts, which the fire from the marine soon constrained
him to abandon.

" The coast of Tranvik was too far off, and our means
of transport too small to permit us to leave our stores
and provisions of all kinds. We discovered a point
nearer the camp where the French and English marines
hastened to establish new stations. Some companies,
the number of which was aferwards increased, were
ordered to secure safely our rear. The next day after
our arrival before the place, the engineers were occupied
in making fascines and gabions.
General Niel and Lieut.-Colonel of Artillery De
Rochbouet reconnoitred the points upon which the first
batteries were to be established. General Harry Jones
was reinforced by 500 men drawn from the infantry of
the French marine, and he also selected the place for a
battery which, in concert with ours, was to play upon
the Southern tower.

" The next day Colonel Ducrot, of the 3d Regiment
of the line, who, during the investment of the place,
was always at the most advanced point, and who already
knew the locality, was ordered to occupy these posi-
tions with his regiment. The enemy the whole day
exchanged fire with our advanced posts, and sent to us
a good deal of bhot and some shells, which did but little
harm.

" In the night of the 12th we opened a trench by
means of sand-bags ; and this operation, always so deli-
cate, cost us a dozen men, killed or wounded. Lieut.
Noire, of the 12th battalion of Chasseurs, was unhappily
among the first. The tower covered us with its fire, but
our tirailleurs replied to it with such precision that the
men who had come out of the plce were soon obliged
to seek refuge in it.
"On the 13th, at three o'clock in the morning, a bat-
tery of four guns (16-pounders) and four mortars, which
had been armed during the night, opened its fire. At
first, and indeed uutil noon, the tower kept the advan-
tage of us ; but after that time its fire slackened ; the
embrasures were almost destroyed, and the facings of the
tower were knocked away ; many bombs hal fallen upon
the roof ; everything led us to hope that the next day
we might carry it by assault, when at seven in the even-
ing they held out a white flag.
"Nevertheless, after a suspension of arms for one

hour, during which nothingwas heard, the fire re-
commenced. But these last efforts of the enemy were
fated to give way very soon to the terrible precision of
our fire. Tie tower was silenced again, and the next
morning two French offi,,ers, M. Gigot, sublieutenant
of the 12 battalion of Chasseurs. and M. Oibon, sub-
lieutenant of the Voltigeurs of the 51st, followed by
some deteimbied men, resolutely penetrated into the
works. The Russian commander, wishing to resist this
unforeseen attack, was 'Oiled by two stabs of the bayo-
net, and thirty-two Russians, unable to make their
escape, were brought in prisoners to the quartier-
general.
" The surrender of this tower led us to hope that we
should be able to reduce the fortress itself without this
new success costing our troops very dear.
".On the same (lay we were enabled to push our ap-
proaches on the right, and we were in aaof
conditionfoutor
bring to play the next day a battery COMpo
mortars and two guns throwing shell. Whilst we were
constructing this battery the engineers selected a posi-
tion for the breaching battery.
" On the 15th of August, at eight o'clock in the
morning, our battery of mortars and shelling guns threw
a cross-fire of heavy projectiles into the place, while the
fleet, at anchor, also directed against Bornaraund the
fire of four ships. In the evening the fort replied, but
very slowly ; still its fire was not completely ex.
tinguished.
" On the 15th, at eight o'clock in the
General Harry Jones, who had not been ableintooranhsisnigst,
southern
tzworth: finreao
bid
4hiediregtoaartillery qua
off"thertt"ti;gr,,:rfalthtlaae

I four o'clock he had made a large breach in thetower,
north, opened a very severe fire upon that point, and by
I which capitulated the same evening.
" In the night the breach battery
imbed at 380 wetrea from the body of the place, and we
were preparing to arm it the following night with 30
pounder guns taken from the ships. had been estab-
"We being under his eyes, and, so to speak, under
his hands, the enemy threw Lornbs and shells, and we
had 14 men killed. Our fire, nevertheless, did not
slacken, and we were wishing it might continue so tip
to the moment when the breaching battery should open,
when, at noon, the enemy, alarmed at the ravages
caused by our artillery, and finding that further re-
sistance was impossible, held out a white flag. Colonel
Gouyen, chief of the staff, and the aides-de-camp, en-
tered the fort together. The colonel took with him
Colonel Saan, of the 23 Light Infantry, who was in the
trenches with a battalion of his regiment., and some com-
panies of the 12th battalion of Chasseurs. After the
surrender of the place a eerinus ni,terhanoe arose in the
ranks of the Ru,sian garrison. Those who were most
excited wished to jump out of the fort, but the attitude of
our troops prevented them. Order was re-eetabliAbed ;
the garrison, prisoners, defiled before the united
French and Engliah troops, 4nd were embarked in the
evening.

" Bornarsund, with the three towers which formecitits
advanced posts, included a garrison of 2.400 men ; tt
was armed with 180 pieces of cannon, and was supplied
with a considerable amount of provisions.
"The intention of the EMperor of Russia was to make
Bomarfund one immense entrenched camp for his rnii-
tary and naval forces to the first of which there were
great obstacles, and which had been a constant
menace to the neighbouring states in the Baltic. After
obtaining possession of the Isles of Aland, Russia
has riot ceased to augment the fortifications of B 'Tufa-
sund ; andif,
,from. that which exists and that which
was in course of execution, we may judge of the projects
of that power, Bomarsund appeared destined to become
the advanced sentinel and the principal port of Russia in
the Baltic.

" The de4tructior2 of Bomarsund will be a consider-
able loss for Russia, not less in a material sense than in
a moral aspect. We have destroyed in eight days the
prestige attaching to those ramparts of granite, which
cannon, it was said, could not overcome. We know
now, we cannot doubt it, that there is nothing in those
fortifications, so fine and so menacing, which is nut at
the mercy of a well-directed fire.
"This happy result, Monsieur le Marechal, is due to
the intelligence, the devotion, the courage of the officers
and soldiers of the expeditionary army and the allied
squadrons. Each one has done his duty. Danger, fatigue,
privations have been reckoned as nothing by the admir-
able French soldiers whom it is so glorious to command.
If the troops of the expeditionary army have responded
to the expectations of France, and justified the confi-
dence which the Emperor pleased to repose in them,
permit me, M. le Marechal, to pray you to call for the
benevolence of his Majesty upon the officers, sub officers
and soldiers whom I consider worthy of reward, and of
whom I transmit to you a list. If after General
Niel, who conducted the operations of the siege
with so much bravery and skill, and Generals
D'Hugues and Grassy, who admirably seconded me,
after Lieutenant-Colonel Rochebouet, director of the
artillery, Col. Gonyon, chief of the staff, and Sub-Inten-
dent Le Cauchoix Ferrand, it were necessary to cite all
the officers and soldiers to whom I would wish to call
the attention of his Majesty, my list would be too long,
and therefore it is necessary for me to limit my desires.
Two thousand soldiers belonging to the marine infantry,
under the orders of Colonel Fieron, and two companies
of artillery, under the command of Chef de battalion
Freboult, rendered us powerful assistance. It remains
for me now, M. Marechal, to render the warmest ac-
knowledgments for the assistance which I so frankly re-
ceived, not only from the French fleet commanded by
Vice-Admiral Parseval, but also from the English fleet
by Vice-Admiral Napier.
"General Harry Jones, by contributing byhis marines
and sappers to the attack on the towers of Bomarsund,
has shown us once more what may be expected from the
bravery and discipline of Engli-h soldiers. The greatest
cordiality did not cease to prevail not only between the
officers of the two fleets and those of the expeditionary
ccrps' but also between the soldiers and sailors.—Re-
ceive M. Marechal, &c.,

" BARAGUAT Di HILLIERS."

[Then follows the .report of General Niel, which
details his share, and that of the troops under his
orders, in the capture.]
The following is the report of Vice-Admiral Par-
seval Deschenes, addressed to the Minister of Ma-
rine :

"Monsieurle Ministre—After haying saluted with warm
and cordial acclamations the arrival of the expeditionary
corps, and having made myself the faithful interpreter of
the sentiments of the squadron towards its bre.hren of
the army, in my older of the day of the 30th July, I
hardened to accompany General Baraguay d'Hilliers in
his reconnaissance of Bomarsund, of which I had pre-
viously visited the approaches, in order to conduct our
ships there, to maintain a close blockade arid to prepare
the way for the army.
" On our return to Ledsund, where the general-in-
chief had acquainted ins With his project, our crews
were set in motion without repose or truce, in difficult
circumstances for navigation, in the towing of tranTorte,
the transhipment of materiel and provisions, and lastly of
troops—a movement indispensable in order to secure
order and rapidity at the moment of action.
"These kind of expeditions have already done too
much honour to the marine, M. le Ivlinistre. fur your
excellency not to appreciate as highly as myself the ener-
getic labour and indefatigable devotion for which our
mariners are so well known, a duty so much the more
meritorious as it is less brought out in relief.
" On the Bth, the troops landed, under the protection
of the ships Duperre and Elinburgh. This operation
having been accomplished without difficulty we proceeded
to put ashore the sieze mattri Lis, tents, and provisions.
A rapid march, without resistance, having promptly
brought the army to the place, a new landing place was
constructed by our care, and so more easy and prompt
relations established between the quarter-general and the
squadron. Four French and four English vessels, as well
as the most powerfully armed steamers in the two squa-
drons, were placed ready to take part in the attack on the
fortress, having taken soundings night and day, under the
fire of the Russian tirailleurs. The skilful labours of
the military engineers proceeded rapidly. The tower
which commanded Bomarsund on the south-east was seen
to be destroyed by the French artillery ; a similar tower
to the north fell under the shot of an English battery of
heavy guns. The lines of investment of the place were
drawn nearer, new batteries were about to be established
to breach the fortress, and the moment appeared to Ad-
miral Napier and myself to have arrived to make a diver-
sion, and to engage the artillery of the fort, which was
inconveniencing the tirailleurs of the army. We directed
the fire of our heaviest guns upon the granite walls of
the fortress of Bomarsund, and it was not long before we
were agreeably surprised at the effects of our fire at so
great a distance. By a happy coincidence, Monsieur le
Ministre, our vessels were decorated for the solemnity of
the 15th August, thus saluting the fete of the Emperor
in a very unusual manner.
" I repaired, in succession, on board all the vessels
engaged, and I had the satisfaction of observing every-
where the address and coolness of our brave gunners.
They threw-out of the portholes solid balls and shell
from the deck. Havoc was not slow in showing itself
in every part. The fire of the enemy visibly slackened,
and front this moment the decisive result of a nearer
attack on the part of our ships was no longer doubt-
ful. It had been agreed with the general command-
ing-in-chief, that, when the breaching battery, which
had been finished on the 17th, should open its fire, we
should commence ours at a shorter distance. beg you
to believe, M. le Ministre, that it is far more easy to
leal good ships and brave men to the enemy than to re-
strain and moderate their impatience.
" It was, therefore, in the night, between the 15th
and 16th of August, that, in order to finish the invest-
ment of the place, and to take from the enemy his
last chance of retreat, I occupied the Isle of Presto
with a detachment of 500 marine infantry, 180 Eng-
lish marines placed at my disposition by Admiral
Napier, and four landing parties from the ships, under
Captain Lautheaume. second
sd of L
incominiaenntleonfantcoio
eZennoei
hia, under the superior command
de Vassoigne.
" This occupation, resolutely conducted, and the
attack on the tower f Presto, the third and last ad-
vanced post of Bomarsund, produced mare effect upon
the garrison than I had ventured to promise myself ; and
we effected, on the morning of the 16th, the reduction
of the place, after some discharges from the ra ie. At
the sight of the flag of truce I comprehended that the
intentions of the Emperor were accomplished under the
most happy conditions peu de gang verse, pour un,
badot
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captain
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vessel,
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grande resultat.
" Soon after tv:.
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floate
Captain upon
P °Sun rtvhi lel e
Bent by Admiral Napier, proceeded on foot to receive,
if it
n ot capitulationv,ltho ou ft the
en hadthesee,,
fficelarscee'titthee
entered—not
was still an internal struggle among the ranks; of the
garrison ; and it was not until atter some pour parlers,
mingled a ith musket blows, that the surrender
was de-
clared and accepted unconditionally,Some rn later, Admiral Napier and myself,
accompanied binyutthees
officers of our staffs, entered the fort. TheC
ommander-
in-Cuief having arrived, we left him to
proceed to take
possession, and we returned to our ships.
" I have Since, M. le Ministre,
had an opportunity
of examining with care the works
finished, commenced,
danger
governor. r
-there
or projected according to a plan perfectly obvious, and
evidently destined to make Bomarsund a fortified place
of great importance. The geographical situation of
Aland, its magnificent port, the difficult access to which
augments its value, everything enabled us to devise that
it was the idea of the Emperor of Russia to create a
vast naval establishment, a clteval, upon the two gulfs of
Bothnia and Finland, menacing Sweden and commanding
the Baltic, under conditians far superior to those at proni
stadt and Sveaborg. The taking and the destruction o
assumes, then,
Vat 80 much time and so many.. millions,
sacrifices
it
Bomarsund, the magnificent works of which had already
in my eyes, an importance far. beyond the
hit/ doweigied from the allied pc,ffrf, I do got doubt

" Mr. Chairman,—Since I had the hobourof address.
ing you in December last, a copy of the note which I had
I about that time presented to Mr. Domineck, the then
Muitster of Finance, thinlAiere have taken such a turn
11 that no opportuaity has cccurred for taking any fresh
steps to obtain from the Spanish Government an arrange.
menu of the certificates.cf the coupr'ns.
•` The Cortes, or Parliament, hto been shut ; and
the Government, placed in a 1.11061, utif,rtuns.te sitna•
lion, has bean without the means of doing justice to our

p r o"s pTehcet
late
of the' great and excessive potitical agitation which
fur the future
eh;o
awnedvere,ve-anfftchroduguhs ain fatvnonura
niiust
be
threatens Spain, our claims will have some difficulties
to contend wish ; nevertheless the necessity of a
means of reparation is at the present time generally
recommended.
" Mr. Collado, the new Minister of Finance, has ever
since the commencement of the discussion a's to the set-
tlement of the debt in 1850 and 1851, expressed his
opinion in Parliament as opposed to the confiscation of
the Cuo' oas, and whilst the Spanish Government, under
date of 12th int., hao resolved to convene the extraor-
dinary meeting of Parliament for the ensuing mouth of
November, I consider the tiwe has arrived. for spin
preferring the legitimate demands, whose representa-
tion your committee has confided to my charge.
" 1 send you annexed the translation of a note, No.
1, which I have forwarded under date of 19th to his
Excellency Joad Manuel Collado, her Catholic Majesty's
Minister of Finance. Under date of 21st I have sent a
copy of it, as you will see, by sheet No. 2, to his Ex-
cellency Lord Howden, oho, with the energetic and
pronipt readiness of which he has given us so, many
proof• immediately transmitted it to the Min'et r of
Foreign
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" I have only further to nrici. that Mr. Collado, to
whom I I ave personally handed the note (translation of
which is No. 1), has told we that his private opinion*
are not changed, that he would take our claims into his
serious consideration, and lay them before his colleagues.
In compliance with my request, he has authorised me
to communicate his words to my constituents, and I
have now done •o verbatim as uttered by him.
" Rest assured, Mr. President, that I shall do my
utmost to fultir the expectations of the committee, as far
as lam concerned.—l am your humble servant,

" IGNACE
"To the Chairman of the Committee of Spanish
Bondholders, London."

(TBANISLATIoN.—No. 1.)
"The undersigned delegate of the English committee
of Spanish bondholders in the name of his constituents,
humbly appeals to the sentiments of eqtity and *di*
of the Spanish Government.
"The claims of the English creditors, based upon the
confiscation of the half of the old 4 and 5 per cent.
Coupons, bas been the subject of repeattid appeals, ad-
dressed by its foreign and home creditors to the Spanish
Government and Senate ; and ever since the commenoe.
ment of the discussion regarding the law for the settle-
ment of the debt, until the present time, the creditors,
strengthened by their rights, and confiding in the good
faith of the Spanish Legislature, have never ceased to
protest against the arbitrary violation oftheir interests.
"Their legitimate demands have been so often atd
clearly represented, that the undersigned delegate of the
English committee deems it needless to reciprocate the
origin and history of the same to a person so well ac-
quainted as your Excellency with the financial position
of his country.
"That which again restores the confidence of the Spa-
nish bondholders, so often shaken, is the fact that the
destinies of Spain are confided to the enlightened and
patriotic direction of a Government whose motto is pro-
gress and jus ice. Fur the present, there is not a claim
or exaction of sacrifices made upon the Spanish nation
and in which case your Excellency could not countenance
the claims of the English creditors. But the state or
position in which the Spanish credit is placed will beet
suggest to your Excellency whether Spain can tuu,h
longer refuse to do justice to the demands of the credi-
tors, and your Excellency cannot but be con-
vinced that this just reparation is the only course by
which Spain can ever see her credit revive and obtain
the resources indispensable for the carrying out or de.
velopment of the grand projects destined to enrich
the country.
" For these reasons, so highly politic as well as equit.
able, the undersigned delegate of the English committee
hopes much from a cabinet whereof your Excellency forms
a member, and the head of which is the illustrious Duke
of Victory ; and that her Majesty's Government taking
into serious cansideration the deep importance of the
snlject, will submit to the high Parliament such mea-
sures as may be deemed requisite to efface this 'alit blot
from the Spanish escutcheon, and repair the errors and
wrongs of the past, and to secure for an immediate
future those advantages, and that progress, that such a
great nation should not longer de deprived of.
(Signed) " IGNACE BADIE,
Delegate of the English Committee of Spanish
Boodnolders.
"To his Excellency Joseph Manuel Coiled°, %eider
of Finance."

(TRANSLATICN—COPY.—No. 2.)
"My Lord, —I have the honour to hind your lord-
ship a copy of a letter which I have just forwarded to
her Catholic Majesty's Minister of Finance, in the name
of, and as delegate of, the English Committee of Spanish
Bondholders.
" It is to you, my lord, who have always so itlongly
defended and maintained the English intereets iecluded
in this question, that the London committee, full of con-
fidelce in your lordship's good-will, make a fresh appeal,
an. make bold to beg your lordship to kindly support
the step which I have taken in every way that yon
think proper.
" I have had so many proofs of the powerful and
ready patronage accorded by your Excellency to the
i
claims or demands of the committee that I make bold to
thathopeto
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—I remain, your lordship's most humble servant,

IcarAca
" To His Excellency General Lord Howden,
Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
to her Britannic Majesty," &c., &o.
(Corr.—No. 3.)
" British Legation in Spain, Madrid,
21st August, 1854.
" Sir,--I have had the honour of receiving your letter,
enclosing me copy of a communication made by you as
agent of the English bondholders to the Minister of
Finance.

" I lost no time in transmitting the document to the
Minister for Foreign Affairs, accompanied by the note
of which I annex a copy.—fhave the honour is be, sir,
your most obedient humble servant,
"Ignatius Bauer, Esq."
(Corr.—No. 4.)
" British Legation in Spain, Madrid,
21st August, 1854.
"Sir,—l have the honour to transmit to your Excel.
lenoy oopy of a communication addressed by Mr. Bauer,
the agent of the English bondholders, to the Minister of
Finance. I not only earnestly request your Excellenoy!*
attention to this document, but I crave your assistance
to the contents.
" The fairness of the claim nobndy can doubt, for the,
scandalous injustice done by Senor Bravo Murillo to the
creditors of the State has been the theme of every press
in Europe.
"I have been instructed at various times by 'my de-
vernment to press urgently the payment of these turbt-
trarily confiscated C mpons • aid I can assure your Ex•
cellency that the public of 'England is at this moment
anxiously demanding that correction of past wrong and
bad faith which th-y look upon themselves as justified
in expecting from a Government that inscribes public)
and nrivAtt morality on its banner.
" Feeling convinced that your Excellency will takethis subject into serious cousideration, and will represent
its extreme imp(ztance in those branches of the Minis•
try which it may more immediately concern—l avail
&c., &c.,
•
"To his Excellency Senor Pacheco," &c.

" Hownzr.

u HOWDEN.

Hops.—The plantations in the neighbourhood of Maid.
stone have exoerienced an improvement within the la-ii
few days, espedally those growing grapes. There is still,
however, little prospect of anything like a crop.
The mould has done extensive mischief. Where ti
plants were least affected by the vermin there ha. bow
too much sap in the bine, so that those which appeared
least flourishing a short time ago, now in many places
look look best. Generally, however, there is a • -
complaii.t
that the growth advances slowly and unevenly, and
while some are nearly fit to pick, others are not yet out
of the burr. In Avlesford the hops are in a very satis-
factory state generally, and in Wateringb ury, Mere.
worth, and Teston, the extremely warm favourable
weather causes the hops to grow and improve far beyond
expectation. The splendid weather is
effect on those plantations that show having a good
burr, as well as
those which are tolerably well out in hop, and will, if it
continues, no doubt increase our average a little • but
the majority of the grounds are past recovery.--Sioutlt•
Eastern Gazette.
ACCIDENT TO THE MARQtrIE OT BATE.—The Bottifslsira
Journal states that the Maretch' of Bath, by as at•cideat
while in the pursuit of red deer, fell over a preuiPand i!Pet
sore_relyinjuretne of his legs, which has premium,
bae 1? !.1144P trOila to
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