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career of Mr. Buchanan. if we have opportunityo
to show what a broad foundation Mr. Buchanan
his laid by his congressional votes for the political
edifice which President Pierce is working at on his
behalf, it will be evident euoitzli that t e political
liber;.ies of the citizens of the 'United S ates hang
on the election of Colonel Fremon ; and that
Colonel Fremont will, therefore, be n all proba-
bility elected. Every day is clearly mproving his
chance.

when the same Monarch gate to the borough of
Liverpool the right of taxing the commerce of the
whole country without any check at all the victims
scarcely mur►nured from that day to this, for two
hundred years. The victims, too, are those sturdy,
noisy, independiant natives of the County Palatine
of Lancaster. At the date of this notable grant it
brought the town of Liverpool 141. 6s. Bd. a-year,
just sufficient to buy a handsome gilt chain for his
worship the Mayor. It now fetches 70,0001. or
80,0001. a-year, and one year's income is about all
that the Corporation of Liverpool, as spent for the
good of shipping during the last quarter of a cen-
tury. The rest of the million and three quarters
collected in that period has been spent in widening
streets, embellishing public buildings, and building
a magnificent music-hall. The growth of this black
mail from 141.65. 81=1. to 80,000/ a-year must be
the origin of that hackneyed party phrase, " the
point of the wedge." It is usually applied to the
operations of Reformers, who are supposed to be
adepts at the use of this instrument, but no
achievement of theirs can be compared with this
of the Conservative borough of Liverpool. In
statistical charts variations are sometimes repre-
sented by dark currents, expanding or contracting,
as the case may be ; and on this plan the growth
of this iniquitous impost would require a pyramid
of which the apex was 14/. 6s. Bd., and the base
80,000/., or more than five thousand times as much.
The pyramid of Cheops, standing on its apex, is
the most appropriate image we can think of for
the legal and equitable basis of the tax ; and if
Charles I. would revisit his ungrateful kingdom
be would be delighted to find twenty millions still
taxed by the divine right of one man.
The meaning of the original grant and its appli-
cation to present times are not very clear. For
example, tne grant particularises certain limits
within which the dues may be levied, and certain
articles whereon they may be levied. It may
therefore admit of a reasonable doubt, to say the
least, whether the dues may be lawfully levied in
places beyond those limits and on other articles
than those named. It might also be questioned
what amount of dues should be paid on the articles
not mentioned in the grant. But all questions on
these points are overruled by the broad doctrine
laid down by the Corporation, that the grant must
be explained by the " user." As this is a legal
word, or at least not a common one, we may as
well say that it means a man may do any-
thing that he is used to do. The cook justified
the skinning of eels alive on the ground that they
were used to be skinned. The Corporation of
Liverpool has a much better reply—viz , that it is
used to skin eels. The one is the passive form of
the argument, the other is the active, and it is
much the more logical of the two, for the obvious
reason that the cook might be used and the Cor-
poration might be used, but the eels, not being a
corporation, could acquire no prescription, custom,
habit, usance, or endurance ix the matter. We
admit that the analogy does not strictly apply to
the case of the eels skinned by the Corporation of
Liverpool. Society induces a species of unity ;
the submission of many sufferers makes a wrong
seem inevitable ; and at last they may be said to
be used to be skinned. The Corporation of Liver-
pool, however, ddains that defence, and takes the
more manly course of resting the practice on its
being used to skin them. It is said that even a
worm will turn, and eels have risen, or rather
wriggled, into rebellion at last against the cook—
that is, the Liverpool Corporation. Whether they
will succeed in rescuing their skins it is hard to say.
" Use" is decidedly against them just now, for the
use is to let things alone. The people of Manches-
ter themselves still betray the dominion of use.
They are among the " waiters on Providence," or
rather " waiters on Palmerston," whom Mr. Fox
describes. It is too true, as he says, that " the
House of Commons has been waiting for the people
to agitate for reforms, and the people have been
waiting for the House of Commons to originate. re-
forms." Have Manchester and its representatives
been as serious on the subject of the Liverpool
town dues as they might have been ? We are sorry
t.) say that there prevails a grave suspicion that
some of these gentlemen would have no objection
to see Palmerston beaten by the Conservatives on
this very question. If he is, the Mancheter
people deserve to be skinned for another two hun-
dred years.

THE SILVER QUESTION.

(From the Times City Article.)

The following communication sets forth in a very
plain way some essential conclusions which must be
kept in view in all discussions on the silver question.
There are, however, several indirect circumstances
which must be pointed out in connexion with them,
and. which will greatly qualify, even if they do not
entirely counteract, the results the writer antici-
pates. His argument is that, as India and China
will take nothing but silver in settlement of any
balance of trade that may be in their favour, no
artificial measures, such as a debasement of the
continental coinages, &c., can prevent silver from
finding its way there. Grant, he says, that France
should debase her silver currency in the manner
adopted by the United States three or four
years back, it would certainly relieve her
for the moment, and cause the drain to
be thrown exclusively on those countries
which still retained silver as a legal tender ; but
these countries would soon be driven to a similar
course, and then, whin all Europe had adopted the
same system, the demand would again have to be
supplied by each country in its relative propor-
tion. It is admitted that if the debasement
adopted should be 10 or even 20 per cent. the price
of silver must rise to that extent before the new
coinage can be drawn away ; but this advance
would, of course, be witnessed if the supply from
other sources continued inadequate. Thus far the
matter seems indisputable. But the writer omits
to notice-1, that a rise of 10 per cent. in the value
of silver would greatly stimulate the production
from existing mines, while it would also lead to
increased economy in the use of the metal ; 2, that
under this advance in price a given amount would
perform greater functions,—that is to say, 901. in
silver would answer the purposes for which 1001.
had previously been required ; and, 3, that from
the constant operation of these influences there
would be a probability that the Chinese, at all
events, might be led at last to receive a greater pro-
portion of gold. It is also to be recognised that by
a measure which would raise the value of silver 10
per cent. each country would secure the amount
they hold from being drained from them at a less
adequate price. An assertion in the following
letter that this advantage would be neutralised
by a corresponding rise in the goods of the Indian
producer is erroneous. The price of those goods,
like price of silver, depends upon the supply, and
no enhancement in silver through sudden. scarcity
could involve a relative enhancement in the otbe:
commodities. If India were to endeavour to raise
her prices she would at once be put out of the mar-
ket by competing countries. Under these circum-
stances it will still be seen that a depreciation of
coinage is the true remedy for the inconvenience
now threatened. If the movement continues at its
present rate the depreciation will undoubtedly have
to be repeated at certain intervals. Although 10 per
cent. might be sufficient new, 20 or 30 per cent.
may be necessary a few years hence. Thus the
time may not be far distant when England will be
compelled to resort to a new silver coinage of loss
intrinsic value than at present in circulation. This
was originally issued at a debasement of about 10
' per cent., but the difference is now little more than
5 per cent., and a further advance of 3d. or 4(1.
per ounce in the value of silver would immediately
lead to its exportation :
" I have read withgreat interest your remarks in your
money articles of the 18th and 19th inst. on the move-
merit of gold and silver, and assent fully to your con-
clusions as to the future, particularly those of the 19th
in ,tant.

" With regard, however, to the drain of silver, and
the suggestion of a depreciated coinage as the remedy, I
would a-k—How could the coinage of a debased silver
currency overcome the difficulty t Silver is now drawn
from the continent to be sent to Asia in liquidation of
the balance of trade in favour of that continent, because
Asia will take nothing else from us for it. Would the
emission of a debased silver currency on the continent
prevent an adverse balance of trade with Asia, or make
her take anything else than silver from us in Heist dation
of it I Remember that Asia receives from the rest of the
world an amount of silver sufficient to liquidate (at the
Aslieic evaluation of the silver, net at its Europern
valuation) the present balance of trade in ber favour.
England, being the agent for the rest of the world to Ii
quidate the balance, now absorbs all the silver as fast as
it is extracted from the earth (as this is the market where
silver bullbm is at the highest price); and, as the amount
at present extracted from the earth is not sufficient to li-
vidate the balance of trade with Asia, Englandisforced
t.) procure coined silver from those countries where it
exists as currency. If France should debase her silver
currency it would result in a profit to the French Go-
vsrnrnent ef the difference in the value of the old and
new currency, less the expense of re coinage (no trifling
affair), and we should then haveadebased silver currency
in the three greatest commercial nations of the
world—Great Britain, France, and the United Ste es
—adopted solely with a view to prevent its exportation.
But, as this debasement of the silver currency would
neither prevent nor liquidate an adverse balance of trade
with Asia, silver would still have to be purchased on the
continent of Europe, where it alone exists to any extent.
At first, immediately after the debasement of the s her
currency in France, it would be drawn at gr&dual:y in-
creasing rater of premium from Holland, Prussia, and
other States that as yet had not debased their silver cur-
rency, but the drain on them would soon be so severely
felt that they would also be forced to debase it by adopt.
in tie same standard as France. When all Eutei can
nations shall have gone through this state of transition
will they have gained anything ? Will it not simply re.
cult in a legal alteration of the relative value of gold and

silver,—an alteration unnecessary, and no way prevent-
ing or dimki-bing the shipment of silver to Asia ? The
alteration io the relative value of gold and silver by add-
ing 10 per cent, to the legal value of the latter metal
would increase the cost of all commodities imported from
Asia in exchange for silver 10 per cent., which would,
at the expense of the people, balance the profit made by
the Government on the re-coinage of the silver cur
rency ; but there would then still remain the expense of
re-coinage, which would be a loss without the slightest
compensation.
" All the prevailing errors in regard to gold and silver
arise from confusing the two entirely different uses to
which we apply these metals—viz., coin and articles of
luxury and ornament. Gold and silver when used in the
manufacturing of articles of luxury or ornament are com-
modities, or, in other words, capital ; but when used as
coin they are not commodities, i.e. capital, but the repre-
sentatives of capital or commodities. This you clearly
show in your money article of the 19th inst., and yon are
perfectly correct in stating that the increase of the pro.
duction of gold (as far as used as coin) is no increase of
wealth ; it is simply an increase of the representative of
wealth ; and this increase of the representative without
a corresponding increase of commodities or wealth itself
only diminishes the exchangeable value of the represen-
tatives, gold and silver.
"The only remedy for the present drain of silver to
Asia would be either to have gold legalised as coin i❑
Asia ; or, if this be impossible, to allow the siver to go
to Asia to any extent, and replace it when necessary by
coin of similar value composed of gold and some suitable
alloy, so as to have coins of small value with which to
make small purchases, without reducing their size to an
inconvenient point, as would be the case were we to at-
tempt to coi❑ pieces of small value in a metal as valu-
able as gold. Eeither of these remedies can be easily
adopted without the slightest injury to any existing or
future interests.

~ C. M."

THE MILITARY MAI\CEUVRE AT
ALBUERA.

We (Times) published yesterday a letter from
Sir John Scott Lillie upon the subject of Lord.
Hardingo's share in the glorious victory of Albuera.
In recapitulating, upon the previous day, the va-
rious services performed by Lord Hardinge in the
course of his military career, wo mentioned, upon
the authority of Sir Wm. Napier, " that the for-
tune of the day (at Albuera) was turned by a happy
manoeuvre executed by young Hardinge." The
phrase given in inverted commas is our own. Our
readers must judge for themselves how far it is
borne out by the statement of Sir William Napier.
In his History of the Peninsular War, written by
the gallant General, which has now taken its place
among the classical works in the language, we find
that Sir William writes as follows, after be had
described the terrible straits to which the British
force was driven when the French under Soult had
succeeded in establishing themselves on the hill :
" Destruction stared him (Beresford) in the face ; his
personal resources were exhausted, and the unhappy
thought of a retreat rose in his agitated mind. He had
before brought Hamilton's Portuguese into a situation
to cover a retrograde movement ; he now sent orders to
General Alten to abandon the bridge and village of Al-
buera, and to assemble with the Portuguese Artillery in
such a position to cover a retreat by the Valverde road.
But, while the Commander was thus preparing to resign
the contest, Colonel Hardinge, using bis name, ordered
General Cole to advance with the Fourth Division ; and
then riding to the third brigade of the Second Division,
which, under the command of Colonel Abercrombie, had
hitherto been only slightly engaged, directed him also to
push forward into the fight. The die was then cast, and
Beresford acquiesced. Alten received orders to re-take
the village, and the terrible battle was continued."
The passage is to be found in the 3d volume of
Napier's Peninsular War, page 545, edition of
1840. Sir John Lillie's counter-statement is as
follows
"It was Sir Lowry Cole who took upon himself the
responsibility of executing the movement in question, in
the absence of any orders from Marshal Beresford, who
commanded the allied forces on that occasion, to whom
Sir Lowry Cole sent an aide-de-camp for permission to
make the movement ; but this aide-de-camp having been
severely wounded, and not having returned, Sir Lowry
took the responsibility of making it upon himself, in the
manner so brilliantly described in your quotation from
Napier's History."
This is the state of the controversy, from which
we now retire, for the question of fact is one which
must be settled between Sir William Napier and
Sir John Lillie. The readers of the Times will,
however, we hope, exonerate us from the imputa-
tion of risking rash, unadvised statements, which
may detract from the fame of the glorious dead.
Sir William Napier is a mau of far too chivalrous
and generous a character to publish any statement
which might affect the reputation of a brother
officer which he did not conscientiously believe to
be correct. Sir John Lillie, again, was one of the
most distinguished officers in the Peninsular War
—a man whose name is illustrated by a bead-roll of
the most splendid services. He would no more
utter, unadvisedly, any remarks prejudicial to the
memory of Lord Hardinge without overpowering
necessity than Sir William Napier would seek to
detract from the reputation of Sir Lowry Cole.
Wherever the mistake may lie, it is not with us.
We can but tell the tale as we received it from our
forefathers, and certainly the general impression
hitherto has been that the Battle of Albuera was
won by the daring, but unauthorised, manoeuvre of
Colonel Hardinge.

THE MONEY MARKET.

( From the Times City Article.)

The step taken by the Bank of France yesterday
should be regarded with great satisfaction. In the
present state of financial knowledge it has been
painful to contemplate the futile attempts prac-
tised for months past to arrest a condition of affairs
for which nothing but a rise in the rate of discount
could be effectual, and which was becoming more
intractable with every day of delay. Although
the measure, if it has been resorted to, as is most
probably the case, to check the displacement of
silver by gold, must fail in its ostensible object, its
salutary tendency to meet the real evil under which
the country is labouring cannot be questioned. It
is the loss of the silk crop, together with other ac-
cidents, and the consequent adverse balance she is
called to meet in specie, to which her existing posi-
tion is to be attributed ; and the inconvenience
caused by the withrawal of the silver currency,
notwithstanding the degree in which it has aggra-
vated the panic, is an entirely separate matter, for
which a separate remedy will ultimately have to be
provided. By putting a stop to all extension of
the speculative schemes which it was last year
the effort of the Government to encourage, and
by lowering prices and thus stimulating ex-
portations, the action now resolved upon will
operate as a first impulse towards the recovery
of a sound condition. Whether it will prove
sufficient is a point that must for some little time
remain in suspense. It is to be hoped, how-
ever, if perseverance should be found necessary
there will be no further flinching, and that we may
now expect to see an end of those empirical pro-
ceedings which have so long excited remark, and
which, after throwing everything into confusion,
have resulted, as it was predicted they would, in
creating a state of distrust far greater than could
have been occasioned by any measures of whole-
some rigour at the commencement.
A rumour prevailed yesterday that the French
Government are about to prohibit the exportation
of silver, but few persons were disposed to believe
that the idea of an aot which must prove so entirely
abortive can even have been entertained. It would
at once open up a smuggling trade, organized in a
way to increase the rapidity of the drain.
It is assumed that the rise in the French rate of
discount will certainly be followed next Thursday
by an advance on the part of the Bank of England
from 41 to 5 per cent. at least. As far as the com-
mercial position of the country is concerned no such
movement would be necessary, but if it were not
adopted a large amount of capital would at once be
sent to Paris on loan, and we should thus be ex-
posed temporarily to a considerable pressure.
The agitation on the Continent and thelrandom
movements in specie and exchange consequent upon
it are such as to preclude for the moment any kind
of calculation. It appears that, although silver has
lately been drained to _Loudon from every part of
the Continent, nearly 100,0001. was purchased to-
day for transmission to Hamburg, telegraphic in-
telligence having been received from that city that
the r tte of discount has advanced to
.9 per cent.

The sudden alteration in the various money-
markets in Europe will exercise an adverse influence
on the results of the speculative shipments of silver
to China to be made by the next mail. In the
silk-market to day it caused a fall of 24. to 3s. in
the Bengal and is. to ls. 61 in the China descrip
Lions.

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Sporting Intelligence.

MANCHESTER AUTUMN MEETING.—FRIDAY.
The Coesterfield Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 50 added,
for two-yr-olds. Winners extra; the second to save
his stake. Three-quarters of a mile. 23 subs.
Mr. Dawson's Janet, by Raby, Tat 71b (Aldcroft) 1
Mr. J. Oaborne's Mongrel, 7st (Challoner) 2
Mr. Higg's Leo, Est 13,b
The folllwingalso ran :—Norton, Brompton, &awns,
Echo, Frodsham Squire, Silkmore, and Jane.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Janet, 4to 1 agst Leo, 6to 1
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The Trafford Handicap Plate of 60 sous ; winners extra.

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 15.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint John
Lyons M`Leod, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Mo-
zambique,
DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 24.
The Queen has been pleasci to appoint Sir H. Barkly,
K.C.8., t) be Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in
and over the Colony of Victoria.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint William
Snagg, Esq., to be Chief Justice of the Islands of Antigua
and ontserrat.
Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Philip
Burnard Ayres, Esq., M.D., to be Superintendent of
Quarantine at Flat Island, in the Dependencies of Maur--
tins; and John Benbow, Esq., M.D., to ba Medical Officer
for the Seychelles Islands.
WHITEHALL, SEPT. 25.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend
Samuel Cbarlesworth to the Rectory of Limpsfleld, in the
county of Surrey, and diocese of Winchester, void by the
promotion of the Reverend Charles Baring, D.D., to the
Bishopric of Gloucester and Bristol.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 25.
The Right Honourable 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 consul at Leipzig, report-
ing that the duties on corn, pulse, flour, and bread stuffs,
&c., imported into the States of the German Customs'
Union, have been further suspended until the 31st De-
cember next.
WAR DEPARTMENT, PILL-MALL, SEPT. 26.
25th Regiment of Foot—Major-Gen. Sir Henry Somer-
set, K.C.8., to be Colonel, vice General Sir Henry Fre-
derick Campbell, K.C.B deceased.
WAR DEPARTHENT, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 26.
14th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Thomas Phillips,
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Dew, promoted.
Royal Engineers—The surname of the Second Captain,
promoted on the 13th ult., is Fyers, and not Fyors, as pre-
viously stated.
Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Ensign and Lieu-
tenant Henry Charles Eden Malet, to be Lieutenant and
Captain, by purchase, vice Oust, promoted ; The Hon.
Charles Ernest Edgecumbe, to be Ensign and Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Malet ; Norman Leslie M '
elville Gent.,
to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice W. D.
Viscount Stormont, who retires.
Ist Foot—Lieut. Francis Barker Hassard, from the 6th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lawrell, who exchanges.
6th Foot—Lieut. Henry John Lawrell, from the let
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hassard, who exchanges ;
Quartermaster-Serjeant James Cranney to be Qum termas-
ter, vice Croker, who retires upon half-pay.
19th Foot—Captain Richard Young, from the 98th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Mitford, who exchanges.
24th Foot—Lieut.' Healy Macdonald Burns to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, vice R. A. Croker, deceased ; En-
sign Walter B. Logan to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Burns.
25th Foot—Lieut. Thomas Winter Sheppard, from the-
97th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Manners, who exchanges.
931 Foot—Lieutenant John James Greenwood to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major William
Pretyman, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into
Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th
October, 1854.
43d Foot—Lieutenant Robert M. Pakenham to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Girardot, who retires ; Ensign
Vere Fans to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pakenham;
Ensign Thomas M`Goun, from the 51st Foot, to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Fane ; Assistant-Surgeon Al Shur
Croker, from the 98th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Browne, promoted in 83d Foot
47th Foot—Ensign Thomas Quinn has been pea mitted to
retire from the Service by the srle of his Commission.
51st Foot Frederick Thomas Humfrey, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Scott, promoted ; John Burton,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice M'Goun, appointed
to the 43d Foot.
54th Foot—Lieut. Charles Alex. Thomson to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Francis John
Griffin, who retires upon full pay; Ensign Joseph Win.
Hughes to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Thom-
son.
74th Foot—Lieut. Henry Currie, from the Blth Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Blake, who exchanges.
83d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Robert Browne, from the
43d Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Stephenson, do ;eased.
84th Foot—Lient. George Pilkington Blake, from the
74th Foot, to be• Lieutenant, vice Currie, who exchanges.
97th Foot—Lieut. Douglas Ernest Manners, from 25th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Sheppard, who exchangr-.
96th Foot—Capt. Henry Mitford, from the 19th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Young, who exchanges ; Assistant-
Surgeon Jas. M'Neill Beatty, from the Staff, to be Assist.-
Surgeon, vice Croker, appointed to 43d Foot.
Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Joseph Ashton has been per-
mitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Com-
mission.
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Charles Harrington Harris,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Barnard, promoted;
Charles Carrie, Gent., to be Ensiga, by purchase, vice
Cal twright promoted.
UNATTACHED.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Warden, 19th Foot,
to have his Brevet Rank converted into Substantive Rank,
under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. St. G. Gerald Foley,
C.B. Captain on half-pay Unattached, to have the Sub-
stantive rank of Major, under the Royal Warrant of 6th
October, 1854.
Lieut. the Hon. Algernon T. Moreton, from 3d Light
Dragoons, to be Captain. by purchase.
HOSPITAL STAFF.

Inspector-Genera of illspitals,Viiifocal rank in Tur-
key, Thomas Alexander, C. 8., to be Inspector-General of
Hospitals, with local rank in Canada.
The undermentioned Acting Assistant-Surgeons have
ceased to do duty, there being no longer occasion for their
services :—John Hutchinson Hammond, Augustus Otto
William Swaine, M.D., Thomas Wiley, Samuel Job, Jas.
Greig Leask," M. 8., Thomas Wm. Spink Locke, Thomas
Brickenden Blandford, Alfred Sanders.
BREVET.

Brevet-Major Francis John Griffin, retired full pay 51th
Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel in the Army, the rank being
honorary only.
The undermentioned Quartermaster, retired upon half-
pay, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the
Royal War:ant of 17th Dec., 1855—Quartermaster John
Croker, half-pay 6th Foot.
The undermentioned Cadet of the East India Company's
service to have the local and temporary rank of Ensign
during the period of his being placed under the command
of Colonel Sandham, of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham,
for Field Instruction in the art of Sapping and Mining—
Patrick Montgomery, Gent.
MEMORANDUM.—Captain Robert Nairne Boyes, upon
half•pay of 3d West India Regiment, has bean permitted
to retire from the service by the sale of his Commission,
he being about to become a settler at the Cape of Good
Hope.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap, 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday the 20th day of Sept., 1856.
iseric DEPAUTMENT.

Notes Issued •..... •• 26,015,080

£26,015,080

Dated the 25th day of Septentl

BA.NICING DE:
Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000
Rest ................ 3,743,895
Public deposit: (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of •• • '
National Debt, Say- '

Government debt.... 11,015,100
Other securities ...... 3,459,900
Gold coin and bullion 11,540,080
Silver bu11i0n........ -

ing's Banks, and ,
Dividend Accounts) 7,909,724
Other deposits ...... 9,958,972
Seven Day and other
llllls ........ . 909,336

£26,015,080
W. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier,
ar, 1856.
:FLIT/ ENT.

Government securities

(includg.Dead Weigh t
Annuity) ...... 11,964,953
Other securities ...... 18,291,557
Notes •• .. .......... 6,225,895
Gold and silver coin .. 592,522

£37,074,927 £37,074,927
M. MARSHALL, Chief Caster.
Patel the 25th day of September, 1856.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending Sept. 23,
1350, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable
thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain.
From the British Possessions in America 3ls. 3d.
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies Ms. 60,
Average of the three foregoing descriptions 3ls. 5 .