The Express. — London, England, 1853-09-16 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1853. erpreoo. TO CORRESPONDENTS. a !gnarl Wition of "Tie Lapeer," wasalast tla ono wealap's .* Watts," le published way lased', ead ffralq alga, la tune fat past. Adattpwants intruded ea "The Paprosa" Lemke ZlPlPSiliff paper. art be at the 116 e% le, Dewerioustryst, by Tam Vaal es Ile Jay of pabileatioa. alarm ; and from that quarter an attack would in deed be perilous. The French maxims of govern ment might undermine the social condition of the Austrian monarchy, and the French armies endanger her Italian ascendancy. What confusion would then ensue in an empire which extends over Italians, Hungarians, Poles, and Germans, main taining as various forms of adminiswation as there are countries under its sway, which, even during peace, is reduced to the violent neceuity of em ploying the force of one half of its dominions to keep the other half quiet ; which, in fine, is upheld by the antiquated maxims of a feudal oligarchy quite repugnant to the present age. Hence the dread of the court of Vienna for the July revo lution which threatened to set Europe in a flame. This dread, not yet allayed, impelled Austria to the adoption of the Russian system, and explains the acquiescence which for eight years has been deemed necessary regarding the pretensions of the CZAR in Oriental affairs." HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tim Day -minims. IL Itsa.--Aftreess. lb. 37.. Taroaisuw Moats& lialls.......Attirram„ IL Oa LONDON, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 16. Tuts day week is fixed fur the meeting of the elderly Realise CZAR and the stripling Austrian Earesoa. Olmutz is to be the scene, and of course 'turkey the topic, of the conference. For months past we have teen NiertutAs playing out the little drama of the " Wolf and the Lamb," between him self and the SULTAN. We are DOW to see him exhibit his powers in another equally popular and telling story. He is still the wolf, whilst Fatscat is to be the Lila* Red Riding hood of Eery peen politics. This day week the wolf is to show the little Kaiser the way through the tangled wood of European policy. Nlcuo- Lys is aged, crafty, clever, unscrupulous, so customed to exercise unrestrained authority, versed in diplomacy, learned in the doings of Courts, full of the whole subject he has in hand, and with a mind and a will as strong and sturdy as his huge body. In fine, he is the lusty wolf. The Austrian Em parer, on the sontrary, is little more than a lad, not very vigorous in body, and certainly not at all over burthened with mind; destitute of the knowledge, the judgment, and the experience of his dangerous neighbour, and without that facility of securing his own way which arises out of long and clever practice of the habit of command. The Russian CZAR has a great game to play out, and he knows both his cards and his man; the Austrian Emperor has faith in his neighbour's power and—unhappily— faith also in his own. Only a METTERNICH would have any chance in such a conference as the boy- Emperor is now about to venture upon, and yet the very youth that makes him weak gives him also that rash confidence which threatens to lead him into a fatal scrape. To that open manner, manly bearing, and handsome form and face which are all the more captivating in proportion to the youth and simplicity of the victim against which they are brought to bear, the CZAR adds the further power arising from services—and most important services— formerly done to his Austrian ally. FRANCIS Josern owes his throne to NICHOLAS of Russia. Is a youth likely to forget, or to be permitted to overlook Mat How came the stripling now going to Olmutz to be Emperor of Austria ? The Emperor PRAWN tND is still alive, though he has ceased to reign. How came the crown, then, upon the head of its present wearer ? Because the European strug gle for freedom upset the uncle to the great gain of the nephew, whose newly-gained sceptre could not have been upheld, however, but by Cossack help. By trampling down the Hungarians, the Autocrat established a claim on the House of HAPSBURG, whisit he well knows how to make use of. Never, then. were political dicers less equally matched than these about to sit down at Olmutz, and before the play begins it must be quite clear which way the stakes will go—if the Grin really means to have them out right and openly at once. Let us imagine the scene. There lies a map of Turkey in Europe. The huge hand of the Autocrat is placed on the mouth of the Da nube, on the Balkan, on Constantinople. Still a tempting slice is left uncovered. Is that worth Austrian's acceptance? Berrie, with broad lands besides along the Adriatic, are things not to be despised. The bargain may be easily made. Like the greenhorn who ponders over the acceptance of his first bill—nothing is more easily arranged. It is " only just writing his name.' As with the spendthrift, so next week with the Kaiser. His future trembles in the balance, and the future of his house. Will he sign? If he does, he inevitably becomes for ever after the toss of Russia body, soul, estate. He will have strengthened the Ghoul, who, having fed his full upon Turkey, will settle Austria at his leisure ROM day hereafter. ARM AND LEFEBVRE years ago described—with what now seems like prophetic foresight—the European position sad policy of the House of HAPSBURG : " But would Austria, in a really decisive crisis of the East, continue in the attitude of non-resistance, to which she has hitherto accustomed herself ? A very grave question. Let as assertion be allowed, drawn from the nature of the OM : to France, first of all, the task of the solution of this question will be assigned. The situation of Austria is simply this; that :she is unconstrained in her proceedings against Russia, only when she can thoroughly depend on the moral and physical aid of France. A compact with England alone would not suffice to give the requisite energy to the tone and actions of the Cabi net of Vienna. Neither could Austria wage war against Russia unless assured of the unequivocal co operation of France. If France denies her concur rence, Austria is then fettered by the apprehension that, while she despatches troops against Ramis, France may cross the Alps, and suddenly pour down on Lombardy. Austria would much rather accede to the dismemberment of Turkey, than leave her Italian possessions unguarded. Consequently, she would delay ; and make her appearance on the stage only when nothing further remained to bo done but to accept thankfully her allotted share of the parti- tion. On these grounds we are convinced that, should a war break out in the East, the policy of Austria would be determined by the resolutions of France." 1 The meeting at Olmutz will clearly afford plenty of food for speculation, and its decisions may bear very strange fruits in the future. The organ of France in London yesterday hinted that the SULTAN ought to be civilly forced to do what he is not likely to do, and ought not to do— accept the Vienna note unmodified. Does France really mean to make such a refusal an excuse for backing out of the business, and standing by for a chance of helping herself when the time comes? It would be one strange result of the Eastern diffi culty, if it ended in the reduction of Austria to the condition of a mere Russian outpost, and the distinct aggrandisement of Lotus NAPOLEON and his roughly made Empire of France. WnEvrrEu it be considered a compliment or a re proach, there is no denying that the English are an eminently practical people. Whatever be the subject of their study, if it be not susceptible of an immediate practical bearing it soon ceases to excite much interest, and languishes from want of encouragement. Whilst men of science on the Continent devote themselves to the discovery of abstract truths, and think they have reaped their reward when they have succeeded in solving some abstruse problem, or in eliminating an ab stract truth, an Englishman looks to scientific pursuits with a practical eye, and regards science as comparatively valueless unless it can be applied is some way to purposes of use, comfort, or luxury. Even astronomy derives its popular value from its application to navigation; and Lord Roues in vestigations in the stellar nebula with his six feet reflector seem to be principally appreciated because they serve to disprove certain uncomfortable doctrines. Geologists who pry into the bowels of the earth, and trace the history of former worlds and their inhabi tants entombed in the solid rocks, seek to attach additional interest to the subject by constantly reiterating the fact that geology leads to advantageous results in mining, building, and agriculture. Science—simply as science—is seldom regarded as its own exceeding great reward. The prevalence of this longing after practical applications is evident in the objects proposed for investigation by individuals, and by scientific bodies. The proceedings of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, during the recent meet ing at Hull, are strongly indicative of the feeling. That body may be considered as the barometer of science, and its yearly meetings serve to point out the direction towards which scientific inquiry is tending ; influenced, however, in some degree, by the character of the locality in which the meetings take place. Last year at Belfast, and especially this year at Hull, the papers communi cated, and the discussions upon them, assumed a decidedly practical character, and the pre sidents of the sections lost no opportunity of enforcing on the notice of their audiences the prac tical advantages of their respective scientific investi gations. Chemistry, geography, statistics, and mechanical science, afforded the subjects of the most interesting and important communications, whilst the branches of abstract physical science and of geo logy, which have been generally the most attractive, were this year extremely barren, and on one occa sion the section of physical science wan entirely void of an audience, and its meeting necessaxily adjourned,. The rapid diffusion of knowledge at the present day renders it scarcely possible that there should be kept in obscurity any wonderful discovery, or very important invention to be disclosed at these anniver saries of the British scientific congress. The objects of the association are rather to promote a rpirit of. inquiry, and to bring the cultivators of science in different parts of the kingdom into communion with each other, than to annunciate wonderful discoveries; and the plan originally proposed and acted on of instituting, by the aid of the fads of the association, investigations into various branches of science that particularly require development, has been latterly greatly abridged, in consequence of a deficiency of mew. Though nothing of striking novelty can, under thew circumstances, be anticipated, yet the visitations of this peripatetic body have often been the means of developing latent talent, and of bringing into prominent notice inven tions that were comparatively little known. The " The vocation of Austria—her true and actual vo cation, hazardous, indeed, but worthy of her gran deur—is to preserve the central Mates of the conti nent in their integrity and independence, to shield them against the ambition of France, and above all things against the ambition of Russia ; to hold these two powers in check and in equipoise, the one by means of the other. Now, in the Oriental question Russia is the most threatening and dangerous foe. Should she soessed in gaining possession of the Lower Danube, the mountain range of the Balkan and Constantinople, Austria would be hemmed in by the Russian territories along the whole extent of bar eastern frontier ; and the Austrian commerce, both in the Euxine and in the Adriatic, would be under Russian controL There is also ground for solicitude in the secret endeavours of Russia to tam per with the loyalty of Austrian subjects professing the Greek faith. No one believes that Russia can be withheld by over-conscientious scruples from me ditating covert intrigues of this nature. The con quests of Russia in Turkey place her in a situation to realise all her fondest designs. Austria would be thus fearfully menaced ; her relative strength would be so materially weakened that freedom of movement would be lost. To oppose the advances of the North there would remain to Austria nothing save an inert resistances like that with which Prussia must content herself. Fallen from her high estate, she would be compelled to act an entirely different part. Instead of being the bulwark of the West against Russia, she would became a tool in tho hands of that power for holding the East in subjugation. All the central armaments which ought to guard the West would be paralysed, and the central states themselves threatened with the loss of their independence. Even the possession of Bosnia, Servia, Turkish Dalmatia, Albania, sad Macedonia would then be to the court of Vienna no adequate compensation for the superior aggrandisement of Russia. Russia directly, and with the aid of the Greeks, necessarily at her devotion, would exert so overwhelming an influence in these ostensibly Austrian provinces that they would prove to their new masters much more a source of weak ness and embarrassment than a real increase of strength. meeting at Hull has not been barren in this respect, "Thus the policy of the cabinet of Vienna maybe and among the developments of practical ingenuity sketched by anticipation. As the enemy of Russian may be mentioned two recent improvements in the projects, as the extreme post of Western Europe steam engine—the one now in operation in France, against Russia, as the natural guardian of Turkey the other the invention of a working mechanic in and dell the interests menaced by the jeopardy of Hull—which promise important advantages in the the Porte, Austria must risk her last man and her use of steam power. In the earlier years of tb e last florin rather than suffer the Czar to extend his British Association,—when the payments of life mr,m dominion beyond the south bank of the Danube." hers and visits to the largest towns in the kin gdom But is there nothing but Ramis that Fasxcis produced ample funds,—the annual grants of money JOSEPII may fear ? Will not NICHOLAS this day week for scientific investigations exceeded I,OOW. It was have something besides gratitude for past services, during there prosperous times that the experiments aggrandisement from future cooperation to think were instituted on the forms of ships which have about ? May he not hold up Lotis NsrotzoN as a resulted in completely remodelling the old clumsy scarecrow to frighten his young friend with ? bluff-headed shapes into forms better adapted to LEVI:IA - RE has spoken about that also : float over the surface of the water. The total " But Russia is not the only antagonist whom amount granted this year, which is considered to Austria fears. Franco is viewed with still greater have been a prosperous one, is only 1801., exclusive of the arniatesion of the Observatory at x i .. The G erman Anrnal of Frankfort has the follow- Thxt paltry sum is all that the funds of the ins from Smyrna, 31st ult. : Alt all the t0...0ps co ining from As ia, from British Association can allow to be appropriated 60 000 t w o 80,000 in n umber, have passed through for scientifio inquiries. Whilst thousands and ! this city; they are filled with the most warlike ea hundreds of thousands lift• lavished by the thusiasm. As to the inhabitents, they are at this English Government upon worthhzes objects, many moment animated with such a spirit that the Sultan questions of vast importance remelt: unsolved for would lose his life and his throne if he were to ars want of means to carry out the needful experiments. cept humiliating conditions. The meets in Besika the are constantly . receiving reinforcements, and at It seems always to have been the practice with our lit i i i es sa s m ta e te time t a j i c e ol t nts . from a the Denzil:tan Pnsci- Governments not only to disregard, but to died:wage re king preparations science and the applicatioas of science, as if it were for wintering there. Ismael Paths , our governor, is a public duty to cheek all improvements in mead- using every possible effort to re-establish public nary and manufacturing processes. Take, for ex- tranquillity, which has unfortunately been lately ample, two of the most important inventions much disturbed. It is reported that more than 1,600 muskets have been found concealed in the of the present age—steam navigation and the Greek hospital. electric telegraph. At the commencement of It was rumoured on the Paris Bourse on Wednes thia century the inventor of a steam-bat day, that the French government had received ac that had worked successfully on rivers was counts from Constantinople of the 6th, and that they told by the Government officials to whom he applied were very unfavourable. The Emperor of Russia, that the propulsion of vessels by steam was altoge- it was immediate he sent a new note to the Porte, de thee impracticable; and in 1817, when an electric laownyeereaoo with ie the nna,an co d ot t l h ition t s . telegraph, perfect of its kind, was submitted to the ening to advance against Constantinople if, within a Admiralty, the inventor, who had expended large fortnight, the Sultan should not send an Ambassador sums in perfecting the invention, was rebuffed with to the Emperor to present that note. The rumour the assertion that telegraphs were of no use in time is not traceable to any authentic source, but is most of and that in time of war the semaphore likely one of the thousand inventions of stock jobbers. answered all required purposes. Had those plans been then encouraged, communication by steam vessels and by electric telegraph might have been established many years earlier than they did actually come into practical operation, and instead of being now in stat se of transition and of infancy, they might have attains d that condition of maturity and general utility which. can only be acquired by extended expo. One of the ,duties imposed on the Council of the British Amo•iation is to communicate with the Government, and po direct their attention to objects c o nn ec t e d with the promotion of science, which the influence and power of the Government alone can att a i n , Some of thest' suggestions, when backed by th e recommendations a r the Royal Society, have been attended to, among which is the projected establishment of an °been-story in the southern he misphere. The vis inertia is, however, great and hard to be overcome. The parliamentary committee of the British Association, consisting of members of both Mouses of Parliament, do not appear to act with energy adequate to the resistance to be encountered; and the Council seem to be too diffident in urging them to action. The applications to the Government for aid to science during the ensuing year are micro scopically small. They are comprised in a re quest that provision be made for the arrange ment of meteorological observations taken at sea, and that imported foreign instruments and specimens may not be destroyed by repacking at the Custom house ! If the Council of the British As ociation possessed an adequate appreciation of their own im portance as representatives of the sciences in this country, they would scarcely limit their appli cations to objects of such insignificance. Were they to exhibit more personal energy, and be backed, as they ought to be, by the voice of the people, they might compel Ministers to feel that the encouragement of science and its applications consti. tutee an important part of the duties of the Govern ment. CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT 1. We are anxiously expecting the result in about ten days of amended Note IL, of which I forwarded a copy on the 23th ult. You and your colleagues in London seem to cal culate on an amicable settlement—whereas we are all here very apprehensive of an opposite result— owing to the inexplicable movements of our friends the Peace Congress. " Were we in the wrong," the Turks say, "we should scarcely have merited all this from those whose counsels have been followed throughout in these transactions." Another project of arrangement, it is understood from the French government, has been proposed, though not officially, to the Porte; and the Chaptal, I perceive, has just this instant arrived front Toulon with despatches for M. de Latour. The Russians, it is said, are doing all in their power to negotiate directly with the Porte, and offer far better terms than those proposed by the allies. Meantime, warlike preparations continue with the utmost vigour and activity. Advice. from Salonica state that a further levy of 80,000 (redif) is in pro gress in the pachaliks of Tenidje, Meander, Truala, Matins ' &c., &c. The Sultan on the 30th alt. in spected the Egyptians at Hunkiar Iskele, and was highly pleased with their martial appea rance. Genera l O'Donnel, who had been, it s said, at the request of the ambassador to visit the camp at Schumla, has returned to Constantinople. Colonel Rose, it is rumoured, is coming back here, and Lord Redeliffe going home. I cannot vouch for the accuracy of these reports. Genets.' Prim and staff started for the camp on the 28th ult. Omer Pacha, in a despatch to the Porte, speaks highly of the disposition of his troops. He uses these words—" My army, like the Romans of old, do not ask what is the strength of the enemy, but where ho is to be found." FRANCE. PARIS, THUUDATT EVENING. The Moniteur contain' a decree, lowering to a very great extent the import duties cn cattle and fresh and salt meat. Although this, like the other free-trade measures that have lately bean taken, is upon the face of it merely temporary, there is every reason to hope that in the result it will bo permanent. The advantages accruing to the public from the removal of commercial restrictions are likely to become so obvious within a very short period, that a restoration of the prohibitory duties is in the highest degree =probable. There is a variation in the wording of the decree which may fairly be taken to indicate that the revocation of it is not contemplated. The recent decrees :elating to corn are limited in their operation to the 31st of December nod, but the present regulation is ex pressed to be in fordo "until, further order." The following is the tariff on cattle and meat as this day fixed. Oxen will be admitted at (per head), 3fr. instead of 50er.; bailout 3fr. nstead of Mfr.; cows at If. instead of 25fr. ; heifers at Ifr. instead of 12fr. 50c. ; caves at 25c. instead of 3fr. ; sheep at 25c.. instead of 3fr. ; hogs at 2c. instead of I2fr. ; pats sit 23c. =stead of Or. 50c.; lambs at 10e. instead of 30e. - kids at lee. instead of 25e-.; and stinking pigs at Ile. instead cf 40c. The reduction on meat is equally important. Fresh meat, which has kitherta paid (per 100 kilogrammes) 18f. in French bottoms, and 12f. 80c. in foreign, will now pay but 50e 4 and salt meat, instead of 30f. in French bottoms, and 33f. in foreign, is charged but 10f. The decree does not allude to the distinction between French and foreign ships, and therefore it is pre tamable the reduced duty is applicable to both. Contrary to what I was led to anticipate it has been decided to maintain the present price of bread daring the ensuing fortnight for the rich as well as the poor. According to the average price of flour 'the loaf of two kilogrammes ought to have been fixed this day at 92c. instead of 80c., so that the bakers, who since September Ist have been compelled to sell at a loss of 10c., must now go on at a loss of 12c. The municipality had a long sitting yesterday to consider in what way compensation was to be given to the bakers, and were an ' able to come to any definite conclusion. As I I stated yesterday, it was very generally supposed that the system of giving bread tickets to the poor at a reduced price, the municipality paying the differ ence to the baker, would be resorted to • and the Con stautionnel of this morning announces t hat a credit for the necessary funds for this purpose was actually voted. It appears, however, from the Moniteur that the municipal council ultimately adopted the follow , keg !Violation, which, it will be seen, merely autho rises the Prefect of the Seine to advance money to sash bakers as may require it to carry on their trade, and leaves the principle on which compensa tion for their losses is to be definitively awarded en tirely open : Considering the application lent in by the Prefect of the Seine on the 12th of the present month, of callingon the coun cil to deliberate oaths measures to be adopted in the interest of the population of Paris, on account of the ripe in the price of Gormand flour ; considering that it belongs to the municipal administration to provide for the exigencies arising from the advanced price of bread in Paris ; considering that the Prefect of Police has already, for the purpose of aiding the rlion, maintained the price of bread at a rata interior t u b l a a t resulting from the price of flour during the first fortnight of September ; considering that a compensation appears to be the best means of meeting the difficulty; con sidering that whatever may be the mode definitively adopted, it is sufficient, for the present, to make advances to the bakers of Paris in the proportion existing between the natural price according to the value of filer, and that of 40c. the kilogramme, which is fixed as the maximum price ; considering that the measure would be incomplete, and would not attain the object proposed if it did not extend to the communes of the department of the Seine, and that it is advisable to make such advances 118 are required to provide for their necessities, with the proviso of afterwards regularising the position of these communes ; the council, taking all these matters into consideration, decides that the l'retect of the Seine is authorised to make to the bakers of Paris and of the communes of the department of the Seine, the advances necessary to make up the difference which will exist between the natural price of bread and that of 40c. the kilogramme, which hss existed since the lot of September. (Signed) DELANOLA, President. E. MOREAU, S .CrCtely. (Countersigned) MEBRUAtf, Seeretary•General. The arrangements which I stated to have been made with respect to the Emperor's excursion to the north are confirmed in every respect by an announce ment in the .Moniteur, from which, however, it appears, contrary to what was expected, that the Empress will accompany his Majesty throughout his tour. It appears that the approaching journey of the Emperor and Empress will not he a private one like that to Dieppe, but a triumphal progress. In all the to ens which their Majesties will visit, the most extensive preparations are making to do honour to the illustrious visitors. The Prefect of the Pas de Calais has sent a circular to all the mayors of the arrondissement of Arras, inviting them to march into the town on the 22nd, at the head of deputa tions from their communes, bearing flags, and accompanied, if possible, by the cure: of thoir pa rishes. The utmost activity now prevails at the Ministry of Marine. The French fleet now consists of nearly 100 vessels, and should all the orders given in the cliffarcnt porta be punctually executed, France will INDIA AND CHINA. THE OVERLAND MAIL. TRIESTE, THLTUDAT. The steamer Calcutta arrived here to-day at 6 a.m., in 109 hours from Alexandria. The India Mail has arrived at Alexandria, with dates from Calcutta to the 6th August ; Hong Kong, 23rd July, Bombay, 30th July. There is a great famine in Burnish, and the country is overran with Dacoits. The East India Company's steam frigate Mozuffa was• lost off Rangoon River. Cholera is committing great ranges in the Upper Provinces of India. The indigo crops are not good. The market for cotton pies, goods has improved. Exchange, 2.1. Steady in China; the patriots' army retains its position; the Tartars had attempted to retake Amoy.but without success. Trade dull and inactive. Exclsange, 33.3 d. —Alexandria, Sept. 10, 1853. RUSSIA AND TURKEY.. The French pipers publish th► Mowing lanofticial telegraphic despatch whicha has been rtiesired via Trieste : " Constantinople, Sept. S.—The Hospodar has re ceived the Sultan's authorisation to remain in his principality." The despatch does not say whether it is the Hos podar of Moldavia c .r of Wallachia to whom allusion is made. But the concession mentioned is a matter of course ; the ordi yr to leave their poets given to the ims was only', imed to safeguard the rights of the Porte. The Vienna . Press publishes the subjoined re markable intelli germ ; " BUCTIABEIr e , SEPT. 4.—Prince Glortschakoff has held a review •of the Russian troops. The Hospodar, StieheYi had received en invitation to attend, but sent an excus "The Ike sin Commander-in-Chief has addressed an order o f the day to the troops, in which he peek* , the .ir fidelity, and exhorts them to remain I faithful to , their oath and to the Czar. The order concluder with the following words Russia is called to annihilate Paganism, and those who would Wen ter in that sacred missionshallbe annihilated with U le Pagans. Long life to the Czar ! Long life vo the God of the Russians!'" W . no are the Pagans here referred to? Prince Gee .schakoff must know very well that the Mussul- OW iis no Pagan. Sent to conduct a religious war, he should know whom he is going to fight. If there v. one thing on which the Koran insists more 'strongly than another, it is in , condemning Paganism and idolatry. The telegraphic despatch I .vhich was published on Tuesday, In a large portir in of our impression, is given, In the French page rs with an addition which will be remarked below: "VIENNA, SEPT. 13.- —The Russian Cabinet ha. definitively refused to accept the modifications de manded by the Porte.. A new memorandum from Russia is expected.* It has been Bur osted that the word s " a n e w memorandeln.hwee Russia is expected" tend to show that the period of negotiation is not over. This however doea n of follow from the words, whether probable or not in itself. A memorandum in diplo macy is not W. j overture, but a statement of facts and reasons. It is kno•,vn that the Porte has expressed a desire that the fa ur powers should guarantee that Russia shall not oe allowed at any future time to take an imprope r advantage of the concessions that may be made *.o her in the settlement of the Eastern question. The Weser Gazette states that the cabinet of Vienna 111 . 1 * refused to be a party to any guarantee of this nd. The project of such a guarantee to be given '.3y the powers was, in the first instance, put forward by the Austrian government; but that was in IMO, when those who directed the policy of the empire were wisely distrustful of Russian professions. The Wonderer of Vienna of the 11th has the fol lowing : "A Russian corps erarmele, 30,000 strong, has been for some days at Krajowo, on the Bulgarian frontier. Until now there have been, throughout the whole extent of the Russian empire, but eight com missariats for the arming, clothing, and victualling the troops; but the Russian government has just created a ninth commissariat, with Bucharest for its head-quarters. This measure is of the highest im portance, and is far from indicating an intention on the part of Russia to evacuate the Principalities." possess within a year, from this time the most for midable navy she has ever had. It is said on good authority that she will have at least fifty ships of the line, and as many frigates, of which fifteen will be of the first class. More than fifty millions of francs are appropriated in the budgets for 1833 and 1834, to ma•erials for the navy and shipbuilding. Under the head of steam-engines and Loiters alone, we find an item of eight million.. The power given to ministers of appropriating a surplus in any chapter of the budget to extra expenditure in another facili tates the progress of naval constructions. Whatever may be the motive for the preparations now going on, they are such as to excite much attention among the employes in the department of the marine. SWITZERLAND. Count Straseoldo has issued an ordinance announc ing Chat a cattle fair will be opened on the 3rd of Octobt'r at Lecco on Lake Como, and will continue for eight days. The Swiss who may think proper to attend this fair with beasts are promised that the import (filth's to be paid at the Lombard frontier for their cattle shall be returned to them in respect of all not sold; hot, it is added, to reach the fair from Switzerland trat - ellers must journey only by the Splugen. It wou.ld appear from this measure that the want of the accustomed supplies of Swiss cattle is felt in Lombardy. In alleviating it, however, the Austrian government is careful to exclude Ticino from the benefit of this special intercourse with Lom bardy. ITA, T .Y. ROMAN STA TES. Oar Roman correspondent, w . riling on the 10th Sept., states that on account of the difficulty of get ting sufficient evidence against then upposed political conspirators, their trial by consults to bunal had been suspended and an inquisitorial commies ion named to examine the affair. Many arrests hare taken place in the provinces. The guillotine was re. established in Rome on the morning of the 10th. The decapita tion of two men caused a panic among th e crowd. The Pope was coldly received at the Wear. d of the Bth inst. GERMANY. The Vienna Lloyd states that the King of Prost. 1 would meet the Emperors of Russia and Austria at Olmiitz. i THE CHOLERA. NEWCASTLE.—Return for Sept. 14 : Deaths, 58, Total number of deaths from Aug. 31 to Sept. 14, 211. GATESHEAD.—Deatbs, 83. Extra medical assistance has been procured, and the house to house visitation detects an enormous amount of diarrhcea. In almost all cases premoni tory diarrhoea has existed. There is great d►fficulty in enforcing early attention to it, although great numbers of hand-bills have been circulated pointing out the danger of neglecting any looseness of bowels. The local authorities are active in co-operating with each other. A LUTE!. FROM STOCKEOLII of the 7th states that the cholera there was on the decline. On the 6th, there were 146 cases and 94 deaths ; on the 7th, only 126 cases and 92 deaths. At Copenhagen, on the 10th, there were only three new cases, and no death. The communisations between that city and Nlalmoe, so long interrupted in consequence of the cholera, were resumed ea the 9th. CHRISTIANIA., SEPT. 3.—Prom July 25 to Sept. 4 : Attacked, 741 ; deaths, 473. DRkTH OF MR. BRADSHAW. CHRUPPIA-YIL, SEPT. 10,1853. About 800 penman have been swept off by cholera. cad still upwards of sixty a day bite the dust. Only one linglishman yet—Mr. Bradshaw, the veritable Bradshaw, who had come owe to collect data for his new Continental Guide, bad only been in the toms three days; he was hoe aver, nervous, and had been iteeseantly taking preven tives. From apparent perfect health, six house illness eau sufficient %emitter him before his Maker. NEWCASTII-UPON-TINE, WEDNESDAY EVENING. To-day the board of guardians have issued large post 111g-bills warning the public against alarm, on the ground t'sat the incipient stages of cholera may by prompt attention be checked, and the further progress of the disease emitted ; also warning alpinist the use of raw fruit and green vege tables generally,, and against the too free use of intoxicating drinks. The bill also contains a list of eighteen druggists' shops where, besides the infirmary and dispensary, the poor are informed they may apply for medicine at all hours of the day or night, and obtain them free of charge without any letters of recommendation or order from a medical officer. ConsAerable panic yet exists, and not without rea son. There were 87 new cases yesterday and 37 deaths, making a total of 257 cases and 113 death. since the cholera broke out. But this is altogether exclusive of the cases of private medical practice, of which up to last night returns had not been made. They are believed to be very numerous. In one burial place, namely, Ballast-hills, were 25 interments yesterday, and 20 more were ordered for today. The cemeteries of 'Westgate and Jeswond, especially the former. have had a proportionate number. The mourning coaches and hearses are never off the streets, and the melancholy spectacle of the palled coffin, minus the customary procession of mourners, has become an every day occurrence. The Town Council met this day, the Mayor presiding. Mr. Grainger, the inspector of the Board of Health, stated his views to the meeting with great freedom and force as to the necessity of immediately carrying into effect the provisions of the Common Lodging House Act, for which he made out a case of crying . necessity, from his recent inspection of the rooms in Sandgate. His re marks told well upon the meeting, and with remarkable and praiseworthy unanimity, they at once voted 5001., and appointed a committee to regulate the disposal of the money. A resolution was also adopted for using the powers of the act, and regulating the number of persons in each lodging-house, and closing any rooms which may be deemed unfit for human babitatton. It was remarked by Mr. Grainger, that Gateshead exhibited a perfect contrast to Newcastle with regard to the lodging houses. There they had been registered and properly at tended to, and the result was that only one ease of cholera had occurred in their lodging-rooms, and that was a man who had been absent a week at Newcastle, and bad, in fact, naught the disease before his return to Gateshead. The retolution of the council, it appears, cannot be of legal force without the consent of the Secretary of State, and it was agreed that a telegraphic communication should be sent • to him immediately. MANCHESTER, Ssrr.ls.—No case of cholera has 1 , yet come under the notice of the authorities of Manchester, ' but the intelligence of the disease having reached New ' castle, Liverpool, and London, has had its due weight, and the Board of Guardians yesterday nominated a sanitary committee for the purpose of inspecting the dwellings of r the poor and adopting the precautionary measures usual t on such occasions. ----- DARLINGTON, SEPT. 14. —The local Board of Health here is on the alert, owing to the cholera having made its appearance in the neighbouring town of Newcastle. The town has been divided into districts, and, with the officers of health and the inspectors of nuisances, the members of the board have made a personal inspection of all the alleys and courts. They found an abundance of nuisances likely to be prejudicial to health and to aid in developing any epidemic disease : pigsties in close and confined places, surcharged asbpita and dunghills, with, in some places, pigs sporting about amongst the garbage and refuse in the dung hills. Prompt orders were given for the abatement of al the nuisances ; the drains and sewers were well flushed on Saturday night by means of the mains of the Water Com pany, and they are to be again cleansed at the end of the week. A supply of whitewash, brushes, and chloride of lime has been obtained for the use of the poor, and a man has been appointed specially to go about de use in diem to see that the orders of the board are strictly carried out. Tl.e board met on Saturday morning aad again this morning. The following handbill has been issued:—" The Local Board of Health esawstly request the inhabitants of Darlington to pay :he strictest attention, at this particular season, to the following instructions, so as to assist the board in carrying out the necessary sanitary:regulations, whereby any prevailing epidemic influence may in a great degree be mitigated, if not entirely counteracted : —l. The daily cleansing of all courts, yards, alleys, gutters, and drains ; and tho prompt removal of all filth and garbage therefrom. 2. That the contents of ashpits, dunghills, and pigstyes bo removed between the hours of twelve at night aad six in the morning; and that during the process chloride of lime be freely used, in order to prevent the escape of nox ious effluvia. 3. That all persons effectually cleanse and whitewash the interior of their dwellings, where requisite; and the external walls in crowded courts and yards." SIR HARRY Smut's CLOAR.—This gallant war rior has in his possession a remarkable cloak, so large, we hear, that when worn it protects the horse as will as him self. It served all through the Indian campaign, and is fairly riddled with shot; so that it is at all times regarded with much curiosity. When Sir Harry met the 50th Regiment, after their arrival from the East, tho soldiers recognised the martial cloak that was on his shoulders, and they bore testimony to the great service it had rendered in the vicissitudes of war.—Plymoutli Vbe Court. BALMORAL, SEPT. 14. Her Majesty and Prince Albert (hove yesterday towarks Invercauld. In the evening her Majesty and his Royal Highness, with the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Hoye!, Princess Alice, and Princess Helena, were pres en t at a ball given by the Duchess of Kent to the servants at Abergeldie, Dr. Southwood Smith and Mr. Chadwick had an inter. view with Viscount Polinerstun yesterday at the Home office. . The eommissionen appointed to inquire into the state of the Leicester County Gaol will open the commission at Lei cester on Monday next. The French ambassador transacted busineu yesterday at the Foreign-office. Mr. F. Lucas, M P., had an interview with Viscount Palmerston, at the liome•office, yesterday. Despatches were recessed at the Colonial-office yesterday from the Governor of Gibraltar. BARNSTAPLE BRIBERY COJIMISSION. BARNSTAPLE, WEDNVADAT NIGHT. This morning, upon the re-assembling of the com missioners, Mr. G. Nerd, solicitor, examined—Was active on behalf of Bremridge and Fraser, but did not consider himself their agent, at the last election. Knew, personally, of no illegal practices on their side, and was quite surprised by the evi dence given before the Committee of the House of Com. mons. Was agent for Mr. Hodgson in 1847, and ws quite sure that, so far as the conservatives were concerned, that election was a pure one ; so much so, that, although he at tended the committee room during the whole night Wore the election, nothing stronger than water came into the room. Mr. Thomas Ceurtis, householder, a few days after the election, received 181. from Mr. Potter, to give to three voters who had supported Bremridge and Fraser. Robert Budd, householder, voted for Bremr:ilge and Fraser, for which he neither received nor was promised anything. Had nothing for his vote of Mr. Moon, either before or after the election. In 18 Ei purchastd a lathe of Mr. Moon for 15/. 155., which was cot worn out in 13.52. Before the election Mr. Woolacott, Mr. Moon's partner, came to witness and asked him how much he wanted for his lathe ? Witness replied 171. (having added woodwork worth 305.). Mr. Woolacott came again otter the electioa, put down 101. on the lathe, and said ho would pay the ether 71. when he took the lathe away. 'The lathe was still in witness's possession, and he had never given Mr. Wool. acatt notice to remove it. A day or two ago Mr. Woolacott called on witness. and told him he must say he had re ceived the money fur his vote, as he had gives witness's name in on his list for 101., but witness replied he would not say en for 1001., as he did not consider it to be bribery. The Chief Commissioner, however, told him he had better take a certificate, as any jury would convict him of bribery •nder such circumstances. Adam Britton, freeman, who yesterday denied that he h a , I received anything fur his vote in 18;i2, and who at his ell nination before the committee of the Ileum of Corn ,. mom swore positively that he had never received a single tat og at any election in his life, now came f orwar d , and atitud being paid 81. after polling for Bremridg e an d r m L Fraser. in Barnstaple that this man never voted in his life [wi t h the exception of 1847, " the pure election," it is Commissioner said it was impossible to accede v 'Tc c a n tio l n by Britton for a certificate, wi. notorious tho. tp a . Upon app tat, as it would be altogether contrary to tho spirit of the as t of parliament to grant a c , rtiticate to a oney tor his vote, well knowing all the to l s . u h c e h C a h r ie eq f man who had repeatedly stated -.Ton oath that be had been bribed. Possibly, by now coming nevertheless, be preferred ; in which 'g the truth, he might have escaped a prosecution for pen or,. It was, however, quite likely that forwardneyew hiler trhe ca tt et n i and stati c d e b u t ta t 4 i on of the truth would doubtless ope rate in mitigation f punishment. But, be that as it might, a certificate o c a ime nin t d he ic l t a ni te n c t ol ? e u sin i f indemnity was quite out of the question. Britton (who is a jou, - minim stonemason and a middle- aged man) then left the . court. John Tinson Turner, a freeman, who voted fir Ebring ton and Fraser, after pr. qnising Fraser and Bromide, and by so doing hail been s.til by several witnesses to haws determined tho leading men he the conservative interest to commence bribing, upon the supposition that ho had been bribed by the Ebrington party, was examined, and swore that he had received no valuable consideration of any kind for his vote. His vote for Fraser was given fur himself, and that for Ebrington for his employer, Mr. Westacott. John Jones, freeman, voted for Bremridge and Fraser, and afterwards got 12/. ; Cl, from J. Hart, and GI. from James Hancock; both on polling day. Witness did not tell either that he had becu paid by the other. (Loughter.) William Hill, householder, voted for Bremridge sad Fraser, !and got 101.; V. 10s. before polling, and 71. Rh. , after. Mr. Petter agreed that witness should have 101. about twelve or one o'clock on Dolling day, and witness voted about two. The 21. 10s. was left with his " minus" by Mr. Geen, before nine o'clock, but witness did not care much about voting at all; and said Green might have the money back, sooner than he'd vote for such a sum. Green said 2.1. 10s. more should be paid after the election ; but witness went to Mr. Jos. Petter, and said he wanted more money. Mr. Fetter said ho should have 101., and gave witness his watch as security. Witness then voted, and at night Mr. Petter brought 71. 10.3., and took his watch back. The remainder of the day was occupied in the examina tion of a large number of electors, including four of tho o.flaydon famiiy," pretty equally uividsd between house holders and freemen, who voted for Bremridge and Frazer, and afterwards got W. each, either " hane-delivered " to themselves, wives, sisters, or daughters; or found on tables, under shoes, hats, walls, or stones, or in other strange and usually un-monied places. The inquiry is expected to terminate to-morrow or Friday. MUSIC. GLOUCESTER MUSIG'AL FESTIVAL. (IntOY OUR REPORTER.) GLOUCESTER, TIII'3SDPLY. Another day has opened most auspiciously; con tinued tine weather specially favouring the meeting. The railway trains again brought immense throngs of people to the " fair city," and the cathedral was filled as yesterday. Before proceeding, however, to this morning's performance of sacred music in the cathedral, we must record the doings of last night at the College Hall. Contrary to expectation, the concert-room was only half filled, but parties appear to have been reserving themselves for the last concert, this evening's. Nevertheless those who did attend evidently enjoyed themselves greatly, as was evinced by their repeated encores. This morning (Thursday) the cathedral was again fi!lcd to overflowing, every seat being occur led, and additional accommodation having to be provided on the floor for the rush of visitors. The programme ri sacred music for to-day presented great and varying attracti.ins coexisting cf parts 1 and 2 of Haydn's Oratorio of the Creation, Mendelssohn's unfinished Oratio Christ us, and Handers Israel in Egypt. This occupied a long morning, and the congrt gation did not leave the cathedral until four o'clock. The last concert will be given to-night. To-morrow is the .2lfeuiah day. THE WAGES OF roLLIEES. The Messrs. Charlesworth, the well known pro prietors of extensive collieries in the West Riding of York shire, and the employers of no lees than about three thou sand working miners, have, en the recent rise in the price of coal, pursued a course which seems at least well worthy the consideration of other proprietors, more especially of those whose men have struck or determined upon striking fur a certain advance of wages. The price of coal, 03 is generally known, was risen 10d. • ton at tho commence ment of the present month. Immediately this advance wu determined on the Messrs. Charlesworth voluntarily, and before any movement on the part of their workmen, inti mated to them that they should advance their wages—those of the bottom or pitmen fifteen per cent., and those of the top or hank-nen ten per cent. Accordingly, on Saturday the 3rd inst., the men were paid their increased were?, which they received, naturally enough, with feeling s ef gratitude and pleasure. Influenced by those feelings they at once determined upon having a general holiday in order that an opportunity nfi:,.ht be afforded to them of collec tively returning thanks to their employers for the liberality end generosity they had manifested, and in order that they might celebrate in • suitable manner the bringing about of what they had so long desired—an increase of their wages. Monday last was the day chorea by the men for this pur pose, and it was indeed to them an occasion of joyous festivity. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO LORD SOUTTIWELE.—A serious accident occurred to Lord Viscount Southwell oe Sunday afternoon, while passing the kennel of one of hff watch-dog., a powerful mastiff. Ills lordship, as was his usual custom, stayed to fondle with the dog, which sud denly seized his master and tore off the greater part of his clothing, and when beaten with a stick the enraged animal pulled him t 3 the ground and endeavoured to drag him to the kennel, but hie cries for assistance were heard by the servants, who came up and beat eff the dog with an one bar. His lordship is severely bitten in the thigh, and his hands and fingers are extensively laccrated, the tenches being laid bare. hles•rs. Ricketts and Roden, of Wait ' with, Lord Southwell's medical attendant•, were Mune distely called in. Up to the present time the symptoms arc as ',wearable as can be expected, considering the acme nature of the injuries rece,ved.—lfrorcester eleronicle. ACCESSION OP roinTNE.—A poor weaver naiad liayton, residing in Caldengate, in this city, has just come into possession of a large fortune—it is said or SOO/. a yeas —by the death i f a younger brother, a wealthy hop met chant and spirit dealer in Manchester. —Carlisk Journal.