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London, England, 1857-09-08 00:00:00

NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF
NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.

Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, Sept. 7, 1857.
Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and ma-
rines, and to all persons interested therein, that the dist: i-
bution of proceeds arising from salvage services rendered to
the merchant vessel Edin, by her Majesty's ship Ariel, and
the Government brig Bustler, on the 6th April, 1856, will
commence on Monday, the 21st Sept., 1857, in the Prize
Branch of the Department of the " Accountant-General
of the Navy, Admiralty,. Somerset House."
Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney,
prize orders, assignmenti, or other instruments, by video
of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share-of
any captor, serving in the above-named ships, are re,
quested to present the same at this office.
Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person, who may
desire to receive his share from the Collector of Customs or
Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is required to
intimate the same by letter to be addressed "On Prize Busi-
ness, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London," in which
letter his own place of residence is to be precisely stated,
as well as the place of the nearest Collector of Customs
or of Inland Revenue, from whom it would be convenient
to receive such share of prize money.
The following are the shares due to an individual in
each class :

Commander 6 7 6 Sixth class
MaisterCommanding 4 5 0 Eighth class
Third class .... ..... 10 8 4 Ninth class
Fourth class 6 13 11

NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, Sept. 7, 1857.
Notice is hereby given, to all parties interested therein,
that preparations are now making for the inienqed dis-
tribution of proceeds arising from the Greek brig Apsis,
captured on the 15th May, 1855, by her Majesty's ship
Niger, and the ship-of-war Le Milan, belonging to his Im-
perial Majesty the Emperor of the French, and for the
destruction of pirates in the Chinese seas. by her Majesty's
ship Bittern, between the 27th June, 1854, and the 30th
March, 1856.

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
John Kirkbau3, ironfounder, Bridge-road, Battersea.

BANKRUPTS.

William Harvey Brook, cheesemonger, Peerless-place,
City-road, to surrender, Sept. 15 at two, and Oct. 20, at
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assig-
nee • Cattlin, Ely-place, Holborn.
Henry Greaves, reed and heald maker, Halifax, Sept.
24, and Oct. 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Hone, official assignee, Leeds ; Navel!, Philbriek, and
Foster, Halifax.
George Prevost Oxley, merchant, Liverpool, Sept. 28
and Oct. 19, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Cazenovo, official assignee, Liverpool; Forshaw, Liverpool;
Goodman, Liverpool.
Theophilus Kirkham, East India merchant, Leadenhall-
street, city, Sept. 16, at half-past one, and Oct. 24, at half-
past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, ofileija
assignee, Alderinanbury ; Kayo and Son, Symoud's-inn,
Chaneery-lane.
Samuel Peacock Timbers, grocer, Great Yarmouth,
Sept. 16 and Oct. 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldern,inbury ; Sole'
Turner, and Turner, Alderumnbury ; Miller, Eon, and
Bugg, brickmaker, Billings, Lancashire, Sept.
2,a n Norwich.Oct.d 1 2
Bohn
Cadman,
at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court.
Cazenove, official assignee, Eldon-chambers 00l •
" Liverpool;
Darlington, Millgato, Wigan.
John Noakes, linen draper and haberdasher, Kenning-
ton-cross, Sept, 17 at half-past twelve, and Oct. 21 at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, official
assignee, Aldermanhury ; Oldkuow, Guildford-place, Bus-
sell-square. •
George Bear, butcher, Sudbury, county of Suffolk, Sept.
16, and Oct. 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Stansfeld, official assignee; Goodday, Fish-street-hill.
Thomas Hart, hat manufacturer, Charlotte-street, Black..
friars, Sept. 16, at eleven, and Whit ;o
o 21,
re, at half-palsassigneet. eleven,
officia,
at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Basinghall-street, Crafter, Doughty-street.
se-wpt.illiisa,matllhuatife.hpire, stone merchant, Frant, Kent,
.stSrtaceitis.feld, official assignee ;
t two, and Oct. 20, at half-past one,
Samuel Bache and Samuel Tertius Bache, jewellers,
Sept, 21, and Oct. 14, at ten, at the Bir-
actlatrhkeeCaonudrct ofar tßera,rimkrouoprgtoayt.e
District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Bir.
mingbam ; ''owell and Son, Birmingham.
tißiiirnignbinaginham
George William Basham and Charles Edward Davis,
export oilmen and drysalters, Sept. 21, at half-past eleven,
and Oct. 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Mary Brown, grocer, Kinfare, Stafferd, Sept. 18, and.
Oct. 9, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit-
more, official 'aisignee, Birmingham ; Deakin and Dent.
Wolverhampton ; James, Birmingham.
David Davies, groeer, Llandilofawr, Carmarthen' Sept.
22 and Oct. 20, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan and Girling,
Bristol.

John Goolden Perrin, William Lionel Freestone, and
Samuel Wm. Tuckoy, merchants, Bristol, Sept. 21, and
Oct. 20, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller,
official assignee, Bristol ; Brittan and Son, Bristol.
William J. ears and James Sears, printers, Ivy-lane,
Sept. 18, at half-past one, and Oct. 23, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Ba-
singhall-street ; Jenkinson, Sweating, and Jenkinson,
Clement's-lane.

SCOTCH SEQUE STRATIONS.
Alexander Ross, boot and shoo manufacturer, Ayr.
Thomas Wright, merchant, Rothes, Elginshire.
Miss Isabella Knox, Melrose, Roxburghshire, now de.
ceased.

COURSE OF EXCI
10n5terdam...........• 11 17
Ditto, three months .. 11
19
Rotterdam ............ 11 :1,4
Antwerp • • • • •• •• • • •• •• 25 40
Brussels • .... •• •• 25 40,,
aamburgh •• •• •• •• •• • • 13 By,
Altona •• .• •• •• •• •• •• „
Pte. • ..... •• •a PO 2a 25
Do. three months .. • • 25 65
............ 25 65
Bourdeaux •• ••••• • • s 6.
F rankfort.im• M gins • • 119 V
Satan •• •• •••••• .• •• .• • .
Vienna" •• •• •... • • .• •• 10 34
Trieste•• •• it* es •• ••..« 10 51
Petersburg •• • 000000 • •• 36
gatirtl ••• •• •• •• •• 41. 49
Cadiz • •• •• •• •• . • •• •• • • 50
Barcelona •• •• •• .. • •
teYille...• • • ........ . --

ANGE.-•THIS DAY.

Gibraltar ••••••••.••• ••
'Leghorn •••••••••••• •• 29 92},i
Genoa

Rilan ..
•• •• •• •• •• •• ••

Venice :
..
Naples ••••.......••• 424;
Paler= •• • • 128
Messina ... ... 1281,i
Lisbon ..
Oporto ...... „ „ f. 3
..... •• •
Buenos Ayfes'.l.••': • • •gilt
• ••
New York darelO
Philadelphia • •
ratan OF BULLION, PER oz.:
Foreign Gold in Bare Lo 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin • • 0 0 0
Mexican Dollars... - 0 0 0 -
New Dollars 0 0 0
iu Pare, 0 0 0

MUTINIES.

THE SIEGE OF DELHI.

The following is a copy of a letter received from
a young soldier, eergeent in the 60th Royal Rifles.
" Camp Guznee de Nuggur, June 3.
" My dear Father,—We left Meerut on the 17th
lilt. Our force was 400 rank and file, 24 sergeants,
12 bugler; and 20 officers of our battalion, 200
troopers of the 6th Dragoon Guarde one battery
and half a troop of Artillery—of all ranks under
1,000 ; arrived. here on the morning of the 30th.
At about 4 the same day the insurgents took up a
most capital. position, about a mile from our camp,
and commenced operations with some very heavy
guns. Allsr company, ' D,' was ordered in advance,
got under a wall, and returned the fire in first rate
order. I fired the first shot on our side. We re-
mained under cover and unsupported for about
half an hour, when the remainder of our boys came
up at the double, and our captain was ordered to
charge the guns. Off we gelloped. They sent
several rounds of grape and cannister into us, but
we dodged them. As soon as we saw the explo-
sion down eve went flat on our faces, and up, off,
and down again before we could say 'Jack Robin-
satif We got up to the guns, drove the niggers
to the devil, and thought we were all right, when
off went their ammunition. They had put a slow
matey. to lit. Our captain (J. Andrews) and four
more were killed by the explosion, and several
wounded, We captured the 24-pounder siege gun
wad five others. The field batteries they took away.
They next took up their position-in front of a large
walled. village, and fought like devils. We drove
them_ into the village, and set fire to it. We were
obliged afterwards to go through the fire and drive
tlermi out. At last we broke them. A small band,
aleout 30, got together at the back of the village,
and stood their ground till the whole were
killed. They actually crossed bayonets with
ours, and met their death like Trojans. We
returned to camp about nine p.m. At two
o'clock the next day they came out again, and
fought the same battle over again. We drove them
from their position, and that was all. They numbered
about 6,000, with a great many guns. Their cavalry
charged our guns over and over again. _Both men
and officers who have fought side by side with them
say they could not have imagined that any of the
native troops could have fought so well. I had
several very narrow escapes, but one particularly
so. In the village I went into a but ; one of the
gents was behind the door ; as soon as I showed
my nose he made a chop. I twigged him in time,
took a stop to rear, fired through the door, and
cooked his goose. The officer commanding the com-
pany, Lieut. Napier, the second day was shot in the
leg, which has since been amputated. We expect
to join the forces of the officiating Commander-in-
Chief to-day or to-morrow. As soon as that takes
place we're off for Delhi • no quarter to be given,
as they give us none. We were obliged to shoot
their wounded. They fought more despera. ely when
hurt than when whole. We picked up several of
our old rifles, which were lodged in the Delbi ma-
gazine. Delhi Fort now mounts upwards of 150
heavy guns and field pieces; innumerable, ammuni-
tion, shot, and shell in abundance, so that we may
expect rather warm work. The Commander-in-
Chief Anson died of cholera at Kurnaul about 10
days ago. General Barnard is officiating. We have
been reinforced this morning by 100 rank and file
of ours froin Meerut., and the Ghoorka Regiment
(natives) from the Wells, 600 men. On accost ,t of
the difficulty in procuring carriage we could only
bring one change of clothing, and no white outer
clothing. We are wearing the same as we did on
Christmas-day, and what we have is as ragged as it
cin be ; bolting 'through brambles and briars does
net much improve one's outward appearance. Our
greatest difficulty is in procuring water, and what
we do get is very bad. The river is so very muddy
that we cannot possibly use it. In case of accidents
I have written a letter, which you will only receive
in the event of my getting a gooser.' My initials
are on the outside of the envelope.
" I have written this squatting on the ground ;
we don't deal in tables, and I must leave off for a
sleep, as We expect a row this evening. I enclose
a copy of our battalion order after the actions, also
a rough. plan of the battle field.
"Camp before Delhi, June 14.
- "No soldiers' letters have been sent from camp
since I commenced this, We left Guznee de Nug-
gur at 5 p.m. on the 3d en route to join the head-
quarter' camp, and marched 21 hours without
halting more than 10 minutes at a time, through
mountains and jungle ; joined head-quarters on the
morning of the 6th, having made a circuit of 60
miles and.upwards, nearly the whole road too steep
and rugged for a billy-goat, the whole force consist-
ing of the 9th Lancers, two squadrons of 6th Dra-
goon Guards, two troops and a half and one battery
of Artillery, 21 siege guns and mortars, 60th Rifles,
75th Foot, Ist Bengal Europeans, four companies
21 Bengal Europeans, the Ghoorkas, 100 Sappers
and 50 Irregular Hotse. Commenced the march to
Delhi at 2 a.m., distance 10 miles. At 4 p.m. we
came upon a line of batteries of the enemy, which
were served with" the greatest precision. After
three hours very hard fighting we drove them from
their position witn great loss. We ourselves lost
considerably. The socondishell fired by the enemy
killed the Adjutant-General, Col. Chester. The
75th lost about 70 men. Our regiment has been
very fortunate, for since we joined head-quarters
the loss has been about six or eight killed and 20
to 25 wounded. Delhi lies in a hollow, surrounded
on three sides by very high and steep walls ; on the
fourth side is the river Jumna. After we got the
gentlemen out of their first line they retired, dis-
puting every inch of ground for eight miles ; at
the sixth we halted, had a drain of rum and a bis-
cuit served out to us, rested for half an hour, and
then followed them up ; in the meantime they had
lined the tops of the hills. The Rifles were ordered
to advance in skirmishing order, which we did in
fine style, and by an able flank movement, which
does our commanders who planned it the greatest
credit, we took possession of the whole range, cap-
tured the guns, and drove the enemy into the city.
It was fine sport for our fellows. We kept
behind the rocks as we advanced, and all the
niggers could see was the flash of our pieces.
.Our first point is to look out for cover—up a
tree, behind a tree or rock, in a hole, or, in
fact, anywhere where we can see without being
seen. We took and shot two Europeans
this day ; one of them confessed that there were
10 more in the service of the King of Delhi. Cap-
tured 17 guns this day, with a very large store of
ammunition, shot, &c. They came out in great
force at 7 p.m. the mine day and tried very hard to
dislodge ue but it was no go.' They have been
out six times since, driven back with great loss
each time. They are getting reinforcements every
day ; the 60th Native lufentry and 4th Native Re-
gular Lancer.; joined them from the waterside the
day before yesterday, 2 p.m., and gave us as
tight a fit as we have hid yet. If it had not been
for a stratagem [ think they would have taken our
heavy guns and ammunition. Oar colonel ordered
us to hide just as it was getting dusk, and then he
sounded the 'retire ;' the ' niggers,' who, of
course, know our bugle s mods as well as we do,
thinking that wo hall actually gone back, can up
at the double in thousands, all of a mob. When
about 20 yards distance it was boys and at
them.' They were greatly astonished, and cut
. their sticks as fast as they could. I have had a
sight bayonet wound in the right side, and a ball
through the sleeve of my jacket. The old sol liars
who were at Moo!t in, Go ljerat, and other battles
in India, say that this far surpasses anything they
have ever witnessed
" Our siege guns have been at work since the 9th
but as yet 'hey-have not displaced a brick. Our
re is anything but good, while the shots of the
nervy are flying about our batteries like hail,
10 a. nl.-=A messenger has been sent from the
t.ee"e lhirartillerymen that if pardoned they will stir-
• Of courses a favourable answer has been
sent theta.

• si All quiet till this " June 17.
the force, piek6t,, day. At.s p.m. the wlio!e of
by different routZudi guird 3 excepted, proceede-1
cr), two columns to attack and
dislodge a battery.
the place, knocked do:nt companies arrived first at
rushed in in front of a velthtte, front gate gate, and
walls, Wand then forced turoYetrryibiairreri6
from behind
behind
about 10 of ours wera ordered. n4lthe rastgb%teinsg;
'misted outside the inner walls to
tempted to eicape. • We drove theme.:24:4'!lld.who at-
cor-
- ner, and shot 41,. all that retnainei, the olgtineoiraaeldrxv-
log e-caped`by 'a gate Which we had not
"Ou the 19th the engmy_wore reinforced with
one regitn#4 of infantry and one troop of artillery.
During the' day the whole force made a wide.eir.
cuit and.got within a wile of the rear of our camp
- before they , were discovered. The. artillery and
cavalry went out to check them ; three companies
of otu battalion were the first infantry ft:rce on the
field. Ater a very hard fight, which lasted till 10
Lthe v
mie wera obliged to retire for the night, owing
darkness, the 75th and one of our guns fired
officerthr e e rounds
killed,
w
into our company. We had one
7wr
ounded, and about 30 men
killed and vvoundeo dnot be found ; the Some of the wounded :could
picked up the-nett DICIII2 .•
ing most horribly ymuteilate'c!. Two of them (one a
married man witia.4 lug*
fly),. were skinned.
We went ofshalie; next mo
retired liNfa heavy artillery '.adtion -' - -fc '=-
" The weather is very hot. .1, had 72 hours46i_
posit duty on a plain, without the'slightest shelter.
.1 felt during the. day as if I had a hot: iron going I