The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-25 00:00:00

Vara and ltriiiitary Intelligence.

The death of Vice-A.dmiral Charles James Johnston,
on the list of Flag-officers on reserved half-pay in receipt
of service pensions, was reported at Portsmouth yes-
terday. He was a Captain of 1803, Rear-Admiral of
1841, and Vice-Admiral of 1850, and placed on the re-
served list 1854. Tile gallant deceased was Lieutenant.
of the Ruby, 64, at the capture of the Cape in 1795
Lieutenant of the Arrogant, 74, at the surrender or
Columba, and the destruction of armed vessels in the
Java Seas in 1796 ; Captain of I,he Cornwallis, 50, in
company with the Sceptre, 74, and attacked the French
frigate Sdmillante and shipping in St. Paul's Bay, Isle
of Bourbon, in 1806 ; he commanded the powerful, 74,
in the Walcheren expedition. By his death the pension_
of 1501. per annum is disposable by the First Lord of
the Admiralty.
A letter from the Tagus states that her MajestyatihiP
Centurion, 80, Capt. Edward G. Fanshawe' which
Plymouth on the 6th inst., experienced very heavy vela-
tiler during the passage to Lisbon, and lost a boy fro
the head. The ship behaved well. On one occasion,•
when she was pitching heavily, the cutter's port &site.:
gave way in consequence of the bolts to which the fore-
guys were made fact having drawn. The eyes to vvhicle
the keel ships were broken, and the boat must have bet
lost had she not been speedily secured by lashing.,
The day she arrived in the river the starboard dayM
served them a similar trick. A man fell overboard, an
in lowering the cutter the fore end touched the wate.r
first and dragged the davit; the belt drew, the davit flog
aft, she capsized, and all hand fell into the sea, but were
able to swim. Lieut. Bullock, a marine, and a handsethle
jumped overboard immediately, and held the first man
who fell in, and aesisted the others; all were rescued.
The Brunswick, 80, Capt. Broadhead, which left Pled
mouth late in Sept., had frightful weather. She pitch eu
her bowsprit clean under water, and lost both quart, If-
boats. The Brunswick left Lisbon on the 11th inst. 11,
Her Majesty's ship Hannibal, 91, screw, Capt. J.
te
D. Hay, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir gous
Stewart, K.C.8., arrived at Spithead yesterday
noon from the Mediterranean. At 5 o'clock,, as she
standing into Spithead, she saluted the Commandersi'
Chief, which the Victory acknowledged. She will I\,':
forthwith surveyed, with the view to further innedia' '"'
service, as before stated. ee •
A court-martial, comprising Commodore the
Henry Keppel, C. 8., of her Majesty's ship Raleit's
President ; Captains G. Etiott, of her Majeety'ell"",
St. Vincent • the Hon. F. T. Pelham, c. 8., :.of 107
afte.r:
Majesty's ship Blenheim ; G. H. Seymour, Cell
her Majesty's ship Victory ; George Giffard,
of her Majesty's ship Princess Royal ; W. Peel, C. 130"
of her Majesty's ship Shannon ; R. Harris, of
eis
he
Majesty's ship Illustrious ; C. Barker, of her rtly
jesty's ship Retribution ; H. Stewart, C. 8., of her Pa,:
jesty's ship Dragon ; and Mr. W. J. Hellier, DWI%
Judge Advocate of the Fleet, assembled yester,reace
morning, at 9 o'clock, on board her Majesty's ship- v Id;
tory, in Portsmouth Harbour, to try Mr. .A.ugtOlt"
Ovey on the following cha-ges :
" 1. For that he, the said Mr. Augustus Ovey, beleil
in actual service and full pay of her Majesty's fleet, f,"-.%.
Paymaster of and belonging to her Majesty's ship D:
prise, did, on board the said ship, on or about the =ILL
clay of Sept.', 1856, falsely represent to Mr. 030
th
e
'
Egerton Harcourt, then and now the commander of
said ship, that he, the said Augustus Ovey, was th,efill
entitled to draw, as such Paymaster, 3001. for CO
geecies, whereas he, as such Paymaster, was not tblr,
entitled to draw so large au amount as 3001. for con. 'l.ke
gencies, as he, the said Paymaster, at the time of In
ing such statement as aforesaid well knew. g Chi
"2. For that he, the said Augustus Ovey, wnenetal
Paymaster, and when in Fuca actual service ane "-to;
pay, as aforesaid, was on board the said ship, on dr eb°
the 13th day of Oct., 1856, deficient in the sum of ::to.
of the amount belonging to her Majesty, which ong'w -
have been then in his possession. hpa
" 3. For that he, the said Mr. Augustus °veer,
such Paymaster, and when in such actual service soof
full pay as aforesaid, did, on or about the 13th (II /Is
October, 1856, neglect his duty iu not having sedli„-e
the muster-books of the said ship Surprise for the '„-te
quarter, and the victualling and clothing acceg-ef
of the said ship since he was appointed Paymaster -
her." of
The prisoner was aesisted by Mr. 3. Hoskins, it
Gosport, solicitor. Evidence having been heard i11.,8400
port of the charges, the prisoner put in a written adareuct
in reply, in wnsch he disclaimed any intention to defrede,
the Government, stating that he was unaware of the 0,
ficienay in the accounts until requested by the coon° is
der to produce them, and that he could only ascribebijo
to his having unintentionally drawn upon the Pt'
ova
money %for his own use through having placed hie °,.0.
money in the Government chest for safety. He then 1),„r
duced several certificates of his previous good charac"-a
and service. The Court, after due deliberation, frit°
the charges proved, and sentenced the prisoner to
eismissed from her Majesty's service. seer'
Seven of the despatch gunve.sels, (Rinedove, e
rowbawk, Cormorant, Flying Fish, &c.)tbree
Plyinoutb, and four at Portsmouth —are ordered to be
paid off until she has: finished her present trials
was taken into &etc at Portsmouth yesterday to hoed
her experimental false bow taken off. She has realis
12z knots under her best trial.
Her Majesty's stearnslo op Fury, 6, Commander Leckie.:
with the Bustard gunboa,:, left Spithead on Thursday
evening for the East Indies.
Her Majesty's ship r.aleigh, 50, Commodore the ITO'
H. Keppel, C. ,is complete in her rigging, and will be
ready to leave the fitting basin at Portsmouth iu a felt
days.
Majesty's ship Shannon, 51, Capt. W. Peel, 0 .;i1
is taking on board her provisions and stores. She Fell
soon be ready to go to 'pithead. der
The paddlewheel steara sloop Inflexible, 6, Cominnutb
J. Corbett, sailed from Plymouth on Thursday for
"
Cape of Good Hope and the East Indies. • /reel
The Meander, 44, Capt. T. Baillie, was towed tier
Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze on Thursday. -reir
crew unbent sails th© same day, preparatory to i"
being paid off.
The merchant ship City of Tanjore, Captain Ceri-ase-
witn sugars, hides, Bilks, indigo, &0., 120 days from e'oo
cutta, f r London, was off Plymouth on Thu 7134181., 'tee
left St. Helena on the 19th September, and re porl the
prevalence of very heavy weather in the latitude 0`,,,1
Cape of Good Hope, where four ships--the sher;
t Knowles, Sunny Seutb, Monsoon, and anoth.er--bn%:
foundered ; crews save'. The Alexander :08...ingA ri 16
into St. Helena leaky, on the 95th of August, anirrliei.
on the 17th of September, with a double crew, for
verpool. The Panola was discharging part. of Irer ee
and getting a new rudder. The American ship Or°the
for London, was detained in consequence
; sickness of the master. The English ships •'..;esPd
Ranger and Winterthur and the French bark.Atieegs-et.
Raymond, homeward bound, sailed about the 180 ;
e
The screw steamship Cleopatra, with troops, Oa- „
of
the island, and sailed for her destination, the Call;gst
Good Hope ; all well. The Tanjore spoke, on the a?
of Sept., the John Bertrane, from Calcutta for bonaetie
and off Cape Verd, the Marlborough from Locdoo, °
18 daye, fur Calcutta, with passengers. areaier
The Daring, 12, sloop, Commander Gerard J.
(1852), was paid off at Chatham yesterday, after he/
been in commission for upwards of four years. sets
Yesterday a body of 210 non-commissioned 001,41
and men belonging to the Provisional Batt3'l,-e;
I
Cbatham, with one field officer, two captaineaer
lieutenants, and six ensigns, proceeded to the far of
thins hear Prince Henry's bastion, for the purpe°44
going through a rehearsal of the noovernente_.%
operations to be performed on the occasion of the gr„te
night attack which is shortly to take place at rip
barn, in which the corp of Royal Engineers anua'ir
troops of the line will take part% The troops. wedr,:ck
etructed in their principal movements by Col.

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ham.'
ver
Eighty non-commissioned officers and men were
is
terday placed under the direction of the instructor-to
musketry at Chatham Garrison, to be instructed ift43,
use of the rifles previously to joining the service 011
panies cf their respective regiments. „Did
The freight-ship Nautilus sailed yesterday 10.-toir
from Woolwich, with powder and ball cartridge 50
nitT ion for Bermuda. 1°
he steam sloop Ardent was yesterday morning 01-•
out of basin, and transferred to No. 3 dock, at B'°,oo
with, for a continuation of repairs. Some of the their
mortar floats at Woolwich have been divested of t fos
fittings and are being converted into lighter barge, iew
the conveyance of steam ,machinery from Wool°
factory to Sheerness and Chat tam. #
The following appoiotments were made yesterday
the Admiralty : o.
Alfred Boys, as3istaut paymaster, to the Dottie°
Chas. Skills, clerk, to the Satellite.

From the manufacturing districts, generally, the
advices received this morning state that the de-
mand for most fabrics has continued steady, and
in some instances rather fuller prices have been
obtained. In consequence of a rise in cotton
higher terms have been asked for goods and yarns.
The export inquiry is generally limited.
The commercial advices from Antwerp report an
active business during the week in the chief articles
of import and the sales effected have been at ra-
ther enhanced prices, excepting in grain, which
continues gradually to fall. In the sugar market
there is not a large stock in first hand,, either of
raw or refined, and the quotations of last week
have been steadily maintained. The demand for
Coffee has kept pace with the supply, while the
favourable accounts from the Brazils of a slight
reduction in the market have been counteracted
by the increased charge for freight. The market
for tallow is firm, without any alteration in pricer.
The Bankof England Return for the week ending
the 18th inst. has been more favourably received
than might have been expected from the very im-
portant changes which it exhibits. Notwith-
standing the decline in the bullion, and the serious
failing off in the reserve of notes, however, there
is a confident impression that the next balance-
'abeet will show a decided improvement in the
general position of the establishment. The pay-
ment of the dividends as usual has caused extensive
alterations in the public and private deposits. The
'various items, and the variations from the pro-
'ceding statement, are as subjoined :
Active Circulation
Increase
Bullion 9, 760,482
Decrease
Rest
Increase
Pnblic Deposits
Decrease
Other Deposits
Increase
seven-Day and other 8i115... 985,192
Increase
Government Securities
DFcrease
Other Securities
•
Decrease
N'ctes unemployed
Decrease
2118 official return of the exports of bullion from
.I.e Port of London for the week ending Thursday
i 9 as follows :

Gold Coin
„
Belgium ... 3.000 02:3.
Barg
Silver Coin Hamburg ... 1,000 Ozs.

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The transactions in the English Stock Market,
as usual, on Saturday, are limited, but the Bank
"tegband Return seems to have been fully ” dis-
counted," since it has not exercised the least in-
fluence on quotations. There is a little weakness,
but that is attributable to a few sales in realisation
°f profits and the absence ef money purchases. Con-
eels for money have been 92 n, and :or account,
after being 92i I-, they also closed 921 ;!.. The New
" Per Cents. have been dealt in at 911 to 92i ;
the Reduced at 91/ Exchequer Bills, 28. to
68. premium, and the Bonds 98/ East India
stock is quoted 2261, being firmer.
In Foreign Securities the dealings have been
very much contracted, but the prices ar© generally
heavy. Turkish 6 per Cents. have ruled flat at 89
to 89:1_, a decline of about per Cent., but the 4
per Cents, are steady at 99-a Spanish 3 per
Cents, are 42, Do. Deferred 24 to 24/, and the
Certificates 54. Sardinian Bonds have been 89 to
891. There have been dealings in Peruvian 4i-
per Cents. at 76k, in the 3 per Cents, at 54, and
in Dutch 4 per Cents. 95.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 67 71 ; Mexi-
can, 2142 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 75 77 ; ditto
3 per Cents., 54 56 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents.,
43 45 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 108 ; ditto 4 per
Cents., 95 97; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41 421 ; ditto
Deferred, 24 242; ditto Certificates, 6 1-; ditto
Passive, 61
Very little business has been done in the Pail-
Way Share market this morning, and previous
quotations have, in most instances, been unsup-
ported. Caledonian, Lancashire and Yorkshire,
North-Western, South-Western, Midland, and
most of the other lines have ruled heavy. Foreign
and Colonial have attracted very little attention,
but Rips were slightly improved.
The alterations in Mines, Banks, and Miscella-
neous Shares are unimportant.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONg O'CLOCE.
(From the Official List.)
tn.lnr,n. dor, e.
3 per Cent.. Reduced Aunnitiu . .
3 Pen. Cent. Cznsnis Aunritieh ' 2)1 .
11.077 3 nor Cent. Annuities
India Stock
lba.i, Bonds. 4.:1c1t0
Ditto, under ,-c.;1000 6 p
Consols ',- A ce°r"" C,2.1 i i
India Stock for Account 228
ETchequar tillis, 2:.,-1•
1-:,1 nor)
-V.560 3 6 2 p
`"hall
Ditto Bonds, IFSS, 3:; per Cent.. 9i4 1
-
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT °NV. O'CLO(., E .
Zernvian Bonds 41 per Cent —
_LAU° Account
Ditto 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account
ISardinian Row's, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account
5p,,,,,,t ;;;(,,i.s. 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. -
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. ult fun si p c
Turkieh Bonds, 6 per cent — a d
Ditto Account
Ditto Small .
94- Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Account
993
of,,ieenls on, the above -cable in T.nr/1,,
Dutch Exchange, 2 per Con 7;., 12 Guilders (134
Ditto 4 /lA/. Cent. Certificates
Conde, money TWO O'CLOCK.
92',
DitteAcconnt
928
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