The Express. — London, England, 1853-10-11 00:00:00

ithe t IL TO CORRESPONDENTS. A *omit It ',tem of 'Tim Ilsitreen," vattaiiting the we evening's ttliAnt tte. - uNW *Aril ',cry Too klay sod Friday night, tame for poet Aittertinrowats intended for "The FAprors,” London Evening pryer. Aunt to et the olko, 10, flosorriceetrain, by Two o'clock ow the ilsy of publiaidos. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tune 4 1t.ileo ..... Afternoon. Vb. Ile. T'reoele7—ilNO(. IN. lOn .. —Afternoon. IYh. VA. LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11. a *illy boy and girl, barely arrived at the marriage able age, enter, as too frequently happens in this city, into the bonds of matrimony. Without instruo. tion, secular or religious, thriftless, devoid of guiding !principles, they fall into poverty, thence into squabbles. She scratches him, and he thrashes her. Unmanly the young scoundrel is, no doubt, bet fitter fur the punishment of the nursery or school, than of a prison. Even the deep degradation of the wife-beating class we see may have its "extenuating circumstances," as our French neighbours phrase it ; but what extenuation can there be for the cold blooded and intense selfishness of the " respectabili ties " who can conspire to abandon two helpless female infants to a fate at which the most thoughtless must shudder when they reflect for a moment? THERE. ii really nothing to be said about the re venue returns for the year and quarter ended yester day. They continue to indicate an increasing revenue in the face of all abolitions or reductions of taxos. .. . .Ismodeus, should he visit London in our day, might make shocking revelations in the houses of the outwardly decorous and regular. Our civilisation is after all little more than skin deep. The surface is seemingly sound, fair with flowers ; but every now and then a piece of it breaks in, disclosing the un quenched fire of human passion that smoulders, glows, and withers beneath. For child-sacrificers Under all the heads of "ordinary revenue" there is an increase fur the year; except under the petty sup plementary• one entitled " Miscellaneous." Customs, Excise, Stamps, Taxes, Property Tax, Post-office. and Crown Lands—all have yielded more in the year ended 10th October, 18.53, than they did in the year ended 10th October, 1832. Their aggregate increase for the twelve months is no less than 1,669,8971.; deducting from which the year's decrease of 110,0331. under the head miscellaneous, there remains an in crease of 1,339,8641. on the ordinary revenue. There is also an increase for the year of the re ceipts of " Imprest and other Monies," and " Repay ments of Advances," of 133,8801. from the former, and 618,0081. from the latter. there is no punishment—they walk unscathed, un deterred by the penal law. Some of the aberrations of the "respectable," when detected, do consign them to the mercies of gaolers and turnkeys. It is this class of delinquents whom our theorists are but too apt to have exclusively in view when they speak of reformatory and intimidating punishment. This class know some thing, have acquired certain habits of self-control, whether the motives for it be virtuous or not. They can feel their fallen state and be led to aim at regain ing a position. The unfallen of their circle in society may take warning from their fate. But the immense majority of the inmates of our prisons are totally different beings. They have been left to grow up ignorant or perverted. Language con veys to them either no ideas or ideas quite different from what it conveys to the " respectables." With all the exertions of philanthropists for more than half a century, we have scarcely advanced with this clans of prisoners beyond the rude and inefficient method of locking them up from time to time, to keep them out of harm's way, and making their abode as unpleasant as possible, in the hope that this may deter them from doing any thing to cause their being brought back. These poor wretches require to be humanised—we require to The total increase for the year is 2,311,7321. On the qua:ter ended 10th October, 1833, there is a decrease, as compared with the corresponding quarter in 18.52, of 29,996/. on taxes, and 25,0001. on the Post Office; but, on the other hand, an increase of 22,1001. on Miscellaneous. There is a decrease for the quarter of 16,2391. from " Imprest and other Monies," but an increase of 207,2121. from "Repay ments of Advances." The increase on the quarter is 464,9621. ; the decrease, 71,23.51.; leaving a net in crease of 417,727!. We hinted a few days ago that the tide had taken a temporary turn. This having only happened a week or two ago, does not appear on the face of the present returns. The return, for the year and quarter ending sth January, 1834, will probably show a greater amount of decrease to be deducted from the increase, and spread over a greater number of heads. We mention this, not for the consola tion of Protectionists and other growlers, but to fore stal them; for, all deductions being made, enough will still remain to entitle us to add the year 1853 to those which have preceded it, bearing witness, in a financial point of view, to the wisdom of a Free Trade policy. THIS is a most philanthropic age. To listen to its language one might fancy it, lit* CHAUCER'S Prioress, all "gentleness and tender heart." But awkward facts will occur at times that betray a fearful amount of old induration of heart beneath this specious exterior._ On Saturday but a brace of " well-dreesed " young women presented themselves before the police magis trate in Marlborough-street. Their object was to learn from him by what means the St. Pancras guardians might be compelled to take charge of " two beautiful female children, of the ages of about three and six years," whom they brought along with them. Whether the children were beautiful or not is unworthy a moment's consideration. Were they ugly u sin, or—what ia uglier far—the hearts of their relations, stiU their story would be sad and hu miliating._ learn some language which both can understand, before we have any chance of making an impression on them. Can they be intellectually or morally trained by one half-hour's prelections in the week for a few months or even years ? Can they be taught to love labour by being rendered emaciated from turning a crank which produces nothkng ? LATEST FROM THE CONTINENT. (lIT ELECTRIC TELIO/LAPIL) CONSTANTINOPLE, Strr. 27. The Duke de Nemourv, his brother-in-law, and the Duke of Saxe Coburg-Gotha, accompanied by General Reille, have just visited the Russian army in Moldo-Wallachia, where they encountered a brilliant reception. They afterwards visited the Turkish camp, and are at this moment at Shumla, at the head-quarters of Omer Pasha. Four steam-frigates hare been sent to Syria for new troops, and two others to Asia with ordnance stores for the Anatolian army. VIENNA, O. 6. The Czar has coaferred Russian orders on eighty officers of the Austrian army. 7, Barr. 26. Their - father has deserted them and their mo ther. The mother is in • state of destitution and "out of the way." Their paternal grandfather —" a tradesman of respectability"—" apparently quite able to keep the children "—refuses to support them—turns them out of doom The maternal grand mother—mother of the two " well-drnned • youn women—refuses to take them in. The kind an well-dressed aunts conduct them, with a happy in difference, to workhouse or polies aloe; anxious only to drop them by the way, as lieu. Thema and his brutbers and sisters were carried out to be left in the forest by their starving parents. The father who dosses his family, the mother who "gets out of the way" leaving her children to chance, the grandfather "of respectability," the grandmother " determined not to shelter the children again," and the " well•dreesed " aunts who cheerfully take upon them the office ascribed to the lee hardened of the two ruffians in" the Babes of the Wood," are indeed an unrivalled family group. What can the souls of the poor children have done in any pre-existent state to incur the doom of being born into such a family ? And yet to look upon them, father, mother, aunts, grandfather, grandmother—ell appear of the highest "respectability," talk like other mortals of the lapses of their follow-creatures, shed tears over melodramas oe romances, nay sabeeribe, it may be, to missions and philanthropic institutes. And yet the winds( ways of children of three and six years old—their own flesh and blood—leave their stony hearts untouched. Prince Oortschakoff is busy on the Danube per sonally superintending the works going on there. Hs is rarely seen in Bucharest. On the Turkish side of the river Tarim defensive works are in progress, but nothing indicates an intention of crossing for an attack. Father, mother, aunts, grandfather, grandmother, run away from, or bar their doers against, or carry oat to get rid of, these belpkes innocents. They throw them on the parish, knowing all the hardships and temptations to which fleas of the parish are exposed. The children are girls, and said to be beautiful ; who can read this without feeling certain that in this overgrown metropolis they are, if parish-bred, all bat certain to live to curse the fatal gift of beauty ? They may, indeed, live to be, for a few short months, as " well droned" as their aunts—bet at what a pries? This is the future upon which their callous relatives oomph oently throw them. We can cousin the refusal of the Pancras Giardina* to receive these children into the workhouse to have been prompted by humanity. They, good easy men, may have imagined that in a family of "respectability" the infants might be better eared for, better trained, than in the public almshouse. If so, they are mistaken. Be the lot of a workhouse child what it may—be the future fate of these girls as dark as we have sought to fore shadow—they cannot be more heartless, more inca pable or =deserting of happiness, than the example and preempts of relatives like theirs would make them. We bar mach talk of the depravity and inunora lity of the times daspreine ! We will not be sus pected of any disposition to palliate the unmanly brutality of wife-beaters. Yet there are some times two sides to these revolting stories which have obtruded thmisuipse upon su with such terrible frequency of We. If we more fre quently find the tyrant. husband a drunken, un provoked brute, we also Aid occasionally faults on both sides. A hard-working, steady, though coarse and ignorant man has, we gall suppose (the case has occurred), a wife who constantly drinks his earn ings, makes his house too hot to hold him, outrages htai in other ways. Some day provoked beyond en durance, forgetful of his superior strength, forgetting the sex of the un-womanised wretch, he strikes her. We will not apologise for him, but as. suredly he ought not to be classed with the many Nabrated evasion wits - killeee we beer of. Apia THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 1853. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The English and French governments have re jected the Olmuts proposition. They will not have the Vienna note retained, nor do they consider the declaration offered by the Cur a guarantee against its ahem. These views and resolutions have been notified to the Cur, who received intelligence of them at Berlin. The amount of concession which they will counsel Turkey to make is that which would remain in the Vienna note as modified by Reschid Pacha. The Cur has also been informed that while the Porte takes its stand upon the basis of its lam offer, Erases and England will support it if necessary by force ! of arms. A Cabinet Comml was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-ollos, and lasted two hours and a helL The =Waters present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lard John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Gran ville, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, Sir Charles 'Wood, Mr. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The ministers absent were the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Newman, and Sir Jams Graham. Our own =respondent writes : CONSTANTINOPLE, Sur. St. In my lest letter I noticed the increased activity of the ambassadors, consequent upon the receipt of the despatches announcing and explaining the ,k's rejection of the modified note. Since that date not a day his passed without the mumbling of a fall coun cil of ministers, whin the grand council has been twice convoked, and is to meet again this day. The proosediogs at thus reunions have been of the gravest character. Every one is seen to feel the ser iousness of the situation, yet no one appears to shrink from war. Oa the 23rd the ministers met in council, and having reconsidered their former determination not to accept the Vienna note without the necessary amendments, rejected by the Cur, confirmed it in the most formal manner. The next step taken was to convoke a general council, or assembly of the chief public servants of the state, in office or retired. The object of this proceeding was less to ask advice than to ormunanicate the resolutiou of the morning, and so mollify the rising sentiments of the people, which were adverse to the supposed temporising policy of the ministry. Accordingly the Palma Ulsmea, and civil functiona ries were summoned to a meeting to be held in the evening. Baron Brook, the Austrian internuncio, saw at once how fatal such a proceeding would be to his hopes of a transaction, and had on the preceding day tried every means to avert the convooation of the council now, however, all he could do was to make the most of his influence with some of the members of the Divan. Here, however, the memory of the Leiningen mission, and of Austrian interference in Montenegro, rose up against him, and no one of the least influence listened to his suggestion!. The ap pointed meeting of the sovereigns of Russia and Au tna, which he held out as a new pledge of peace, was regarded as a sign that the time for decided ac tion was come. Accordingly the meeting was held, and the ministerial resolutions of the morning were unaniniousl a red. It was, however, thought that more should be done, and done at once. An the ministers were quite alive to this nece s sity, th e y prolong to devise some measure of immediate ac tion, and again to convoke the Grand Council on the 23th. On the atoning of the 24th, the French, Austrian, and Prussian ambassadors met, and rubsequeetly waited on Iteshid Factha. Immediately aftersee‘ a ministerial council was held, and the Sultan was present. Here the ministers reported their resolu tions of the preceding day, and the approval which they had elicited at night. The Sultan then inquired whether they sincerely believed that so oases was left to him but to repeat his :eclectics cd the Vienna note? All the saintatere declared that snob war their belief, the Grand Vizier and lieschid Pacha i being the last to express their views. When the Sultan heard tho most moderate and pacific of his advisers pronounce this opinion, he said, "It is enough, I place myself in your hands." On the following day, the 25th, the Grand Council assembled according to appointment, and the final rejection of the Vienna note by the Sultan having been reported, it became a practical question what ' was next to be done. The deliberations were pro tracted to a late hour, and then adjourned without a resolution having been taken. It is, however, well ascertained that war was recognised as inevi table. The council is to meet again this evening, when it is expected that a definitive recommendation to the Sultan will be adopted. While such have been the deliberations of the Porte, its administrative department* have not re- are almost lazed their activity. Reintorceum,..— daily sent off to the army of the Danube, steamers are sent to Syria for more troops, and munitions and ordnance are sent to the forces in Asia Minor. With a view to meet the great expense which the support of so many non-productive belligerents entails, the Minister of Finance has considered it prudent to recommend an issue of paper money, in order s test to press too much on the remits in the treesery. I believe, however, that the emote& and Mode of this emission are not yet fixed. The equivocal position of Persia is the subject of emu uneuiness here. The Journal of Constantinople ant long since took complacent notice of the concen tration of troops iu Persia, and their direction to the Turkish frontier, u if it were certain that they were destined to lend their aid to the Porte. I should be glad to learn that the Ottoman government could rely on the support, or at least the neutrality et Persia ; but, considering the secular antipathy of the two nations, it will be no wonder if the Shah is seduced by Russian arts into hostility to Turkey. The recent Persian mission to St. Petersburg and its objects are enveloped in much mystery ; but we know that the envoy received decorations from the Cur, and similar distinctions have been accorded to the other members of the embassy. The Shah is himself a mere puppet in the hands of venal and unscrupu lo us ministers, and the power of Russian gold will doubtless be proved should the situation require a military diversion on the Persian side of the Turkish frontier. Happily the Ottoman government has means in its hands of weakening the external power of Persia. The Usbecks, a warlike race, descended from the great original Turkish nation, which occupied the modern Turkestan, have their seat on the Persian frontier, and have often proved by warlike deeds that they cherish their relationship to the Osmanli@ of Turkey, and are ready to help them according to their means in the hour of need. Asia will find work for more Russian forces than the Czar can spare, should the Porte and Russia come to serious fighting ; and, with the Kurds on one side, and the Usbecks on the other, there is little doubt that Persia may be held to reason. The recent visit of Sir Henry Ward to Candies was recorded a few days ago in the Ezpreu. It is now states from Paris that that voyage was connected with arrangements having reference to possible mili tary operations to be carried on by France and Eng land in aid of the Porte. In the event of its being necessary to despatch troops, the intention is to form a depot in the island of Candia, which will be the head quarters of both the French and English troops, and to which stores and ammunition will be directed. From this point aid can be rendered to Turkey either on the Bulgarian or Anatolian coast, 'wording as war may break out on the Danube or in Asia Minor. The Turkish government has resolved upon increas ing the army in Asia, mid it is thought by many that hostilities will commence there. The Turkish forces in Asia are stationed along the line stretching from Erseroum to Batum. This army is, however, chiefly composed of irregular soldiers, and at present does not exceed 40,000 men. Measures are being taken for its immediate increase, and on the offensive being taken by Turkey an ende avour will be made to carry the seat of war as near to the Caucasus as possible, a .junction with the Circassians being natu rally considered very desirable. The Vou Gazette of Berlin, under date of Vienna, 6th, says :—" Lord Westmoreland, on his return from Olmutz, announced that the Emperor Nicholas would make no further concessions on the subject of the Turkish question. It is said that despatches have been received from M. de Bruck to the same effect as regards the Turkish ministry." Several Wallachian and Moldavian families have arrived at Berlin, not being willing to await in their own country the course of events. A letter from Jassy, of Sept. 28, in the Wan derer, says :—" Classes of the population which, up to the present time, have under most critical circum stances continued to believe that pesos would not be troubled, now begin to fear that their hopes will be deceived. Three days since 1,000 Russians arrived here with two batteries. They are, it is said, the advanced guard of Leder'. army. If this goes on, the Danubian Principalities will soon be overran with Russian troops; and it cannot be doubted that the promos of this mates of armed force will exercise a sensible Whence upon the administration of the country. a The ' • manifesto of Prince (forte oh will fall into oblivion, and the Russian gene rals will everywhere seek to substitute their autho rity for that of the indigenous public functionaries. The country will very soon be governed by Rusk." A letter from Vienna of the dth, in the Post dent Gazette, says : It is beyond a doubt that the betsrvisw of the three Sovereigns at Warsaw led tri 'Welt Ms pot as sod to the complications with Twin. and to emselidste the pease of lamps. It is set however, that the three Mo narchs may cam se sum a tandermading sespeming the mem of guarsateeing the puss of amps lareelter, with out, however, for lid purpose formfmg ellimeive sad delmedve anima. The news is belegesaihmed that in the essibsessee d Obemin the Sewn: MOM* has made iseessisse whisk deems a great Moire ter esuelliados. The View Degel of the sth inst. has the fol. Lewin : The - Divan of CsonleMbegle impend of 121 mem bete. All wore main% en iM nth, wins the assembly re solved to advise the Sultan to raise the elendard it the Prophet. The deliberation mere keg. end*, meintien was adopted by a easjority of US miss. I'M Wm, or State Chassray, ossayeims the superior sad inferior film *binaries, to whom the Turkish mats of Qtialemiie (of the pea) is applied. Those basotienarise are divided into See estrgenes. The Ant are caned Mirka. The Divan is In the ministry andstabs Council of the Empire, trl4l.lge d oluticen only booms important when they are senetioned by the Cabinet and the Imperial Coma DENMARK. OPENING OF THE DIET. COPENHAGEN, Om. 4. To-day, at noon, the King opened the Diet with the following speech : " Men of Denmark, receive the felicitations of your King. Whet;, a year ago, we appeared in this place to address the Diet, it was of great importance to obtain its assent to those laws by which we desired to esta blish the unity of the constitution in relation to the several countries confided to us by Providence. The Diet adopted the laws necessary for the exe cution of the work we had taken in hand. But before promulgating the general con stitution, by which we hope, with God's blessing to bind up all our states into one well ordered whole (as announced in our ordinance of Jan. 28, 1852), it is n that changes should be made in the fundamen laws concerning the kingdom. The draft of a new fundamental law was communicated to the Diet before the close of the last session, but the advance of the season and the preva lent epidemic forbad its legislative treatment. " The law which muleteer the order of succession for the entire monarchy has been recently promul gated, as have been the laws establishing the unity of the customs' administration of our kingdom and the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. We have also, by various ordinances and resolutions, and in the same spirit, drawn the kingdom and the duchies nearer to each other in all that concerns the relations in which union should reign according to our plan of the constitution. " The essential point before proceeding to realise the general constitution is the adoption, of the new fundamental law respecting the special affairs of the kingdom of Denmark. According to the laws now in force, this new project cannot be voted by the present Diet; but we believe that you will regard this circumstance as an additional motive for for warding it m soon as possible to that state which is withia your legitimate power. "Although the financial propositions which will be submitted to you in more than one respect drtw considerably upon the resources of the country, yet our financial position is satisfactory. "The remaining affairs which will be submitted to you are of smaller importance and extent than those which ordinarily come before the Diet. " We invoke the blessing of God upon the labours which you now undertake for the welfare and pros perity of our country." FRANCE. PARIS, StINDAT EVININO. The Comeauiimmel unceremoniously dismisses as out of date and wholly insufficient the revival of the expedient of putting a non-natural sense upon the Vienna note. It says: "The nmes alludes to a proposition already put forward more than a month ago by some German journals, and since clothed with a more official cha racter. This proposition, the idea of which is not new, is that a counter declaration should be made by Russia to reassure Turkey—who would purely and simply accept the note of Vienna—as to the use which the Czar m'ght ultimately make of it. This proposition seems to us at this time of day to be without any real importance. This counter declara tion, in the first place, arrives rather late; and, further, it cannot possibly be aooepted as satisfactory by Turkey after the interpretation which the Czar has already put upon the note. This, indeed, the Times appears to feel." The affair of the Opera Comique plot will some on for trial on the 27th inst. There are 27 prisoners. M. Rouland, the imperial procureur, will conduct the prosecution in person. M. Jules Fevre will defend some of the accused. The Progres du Pas de Calais his received a warn ing for a series of articles written during the Empe ror's northern tour, in which the civil and military authorities found much matter of offence. PARIS, MONDAY ETI2IIIIII. The following highly important, if authentic, tele graphic despatch has been received to-day at Mears. Englander and Co.'s office of correspondence: OCT. 9. "The English packet Fury brings news from Constantinople of the 2nd. e The Divan had decided that on the 4th the official declaration should be proclaimed, calling upon Russia to evacuate the provinces immediately, and that in default war should commence. " A rumour was accredited that the Turkish and Egyptian fleets had entered the Black Sea. " On the 3rd the Fury met the Ardent, bearing the order to the French fleet to enter the Dardanelles." This despatch, which was known to a few people at the Bourse to-day, adds to the confusion winch already prevailed, owing to the conflicting nature of the intelligence which reecho' us from Turkey, Germany, and England. The Patrie of last night threw a shade of doubt upon the entire authenticity of the despatch from Vienna of the 7th, announcing a declaration of war with Russia unless the Principalities were evacuated within four weeks. The news, it said, was not improbable, but it would be better to wait a little before feeling entirely certain with respect to facts of this kind and the exact bear ing of them. Upon this paragraph the Constitu tionnel says:—" We will be more affirmative than the Petrie, for we can say that our own advices enable us to confirm the accuracy of the information given by the telegraphic despatch of Vienna as to the declaration of war made by the Porte." This, if worth anything, is a confirmation of the Vienna despatch in its entirety—not as to the fact of the declaration of war only, but also es to the delay of four weeks. It is not to be sup posed that this delay once granted the Sultan would have afterwards revoked it, and required the immediate "evacuation." To the extent, therefore, that the Constifutionnel may be thought trust worthy, the new account via Marseilles must be discredited. It is, however, asserted in some quarters that private letters have been received, stating that the original period was not three weeks, but eleven days. The declaration is said to have been notified to Russia about the 27th of September. The time would, therefore, expire towards October 8, and in such a case war might be very well spoken of on the 2nd as about to commence immediately. The Patric announces the arrival of the Fury, but does not notice the above despatch, which, as it is difficult to think the Patric cannot have known that such a despatch had been received, is a circum stance against its authenticity. This journal, indeed, gives intelligence inconsistent with the Marseilles story. It says:—" Private letters and all the most recent private telegraphic despatches from Constantinople are unanimous in confirming the fact that the Divan has pronounced for a declaration of war, but it appears that the Sul tan had not yet given his sanction to the vote of the Divan." The letters and journals brought by the Tancrede have arrived to-day, but they contain nothing of in terest beyond what is greatly known. The papers have not been allowed to speak freely. One of the numbers of the Cburrier de Constantinople says, " We must warn our readers that two pages of our political news have been cut out by the censorship to day." The Marseilles journals, arrived by the same courier, give in detail the story already brought by telegraph that the French and English frigates had left Constantinople to rejoin the squadrons. The Patrie again gives a peremptory deaial to this statement. The Bourse faithfully represented the perplexing state of doubt and uncertainty in which the public, mind is involved. At the opening there was a strong tendency to rise, emigrated by the con fident 111111111001141 of some English journals that the miniWy had unanimously decided to resume the thread of negotiations. The Threes opened at 73fr. 70c., and towards half-past 1, upon a report that Consols had rimen i t per cent., they ran up to 74f. 300. Later in the day Consols were said to come lower, and the rents rapidly declined, closing at 73.83, being a rise of only 43c. from Saturday. Bank of France shares rose 10f. The railways rose considera bly in the early part of the day, and in them the reaction was not very great. The price of Consols was not placarded according to the promise made last week. The great bankers operated largely for the rise to-day, and, but for the effect of the &patch from Marseilles, which, although much suspected, was the cause of a great many Wu, they would have been more successful. Their operations were also discouraged by confident assertions that the " una nimity" of the English cabinet was a fiction. lam told the Emperor said to Rothschild on Saturday, " You must get the funds up to 75 on Mondayfand some think from this the loan of 300 millions is con tracted for and about to come out. . _ It is reported that an insurrectional movement has broken out on the Grecian frontiers, at that part which separates Greece from Turkey. GERMANY. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 4th, in the dagger' Gazette, says :—" In financial circles a five per cent. loan is looked upon as concluded. It is said that the loan has been effected with the firm of Roths child, at the price of 89. 1 The Emperor of Austria is said to have returned from Warsaw. MOVEMENT OF BRITISH TROOPS. A telegraphic despatch which leg Dublin yester day evening states that six regiments is Ireland have been ordered to hold themselves in readiness for the Mediterranean ; and it is rumoured that this order is connected with the probability of hostilities between Russia and Turkey. ACCIDENTS IN COAL MINES.—The third report of the House of Commons on accidents in coal mines is Just published. The evidence and documentary appendix afford matter for reflection which we may use hereafter. The com mitter "adjourned sine die," without even attempting to pt up a report. THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE The following despatches from Sir E. Belcher, detailing the proceedings of the Arctic expedit'on under his commend, have been forwarded to us for publication : " Her Majesty's ship North Star, Beechey Island, Aug. 24. " 1. Sir,—Commander Inglefield having yesterday in formed me that it is his intention to leave as soon as the despatches can possibly be got ready, I hasten to close my proceedings in • condensed form up to this day, forwarding to their lordships a copy of the same, together with all despatches received, and every document likely to advance the service in which we are engaged.; " 2. I forwarded on the 12th inst., by Lieutenant Bellot, the French officer of the Phreniz, who had volunteer, d to conduct a party with despatches on to your ship, full ac counts of my proceedings since leaving you, but unhappily, and which it is my melancholy duty to ieforna you, in the execution of which, by a sudden and unforeseen disruption of the ice in Wellington Channel, he has lost his life; the four men who accompanied him returned to the ship—two on the 20th, and the remaining two on the 21st, worn oat with fatigue and exhaustion ; their depositions were im mediately taken, a copy of which I enclose, only remarking that, up to this time, and during their trying work, they have done their duty well, and speak of Lieutenant Bellot, although of a different nation, as an officer that they would gladly follow as their leader. All here feel his loss most acutely; he was well known to us when in the Prince Albert, and I consider it a most fortunate thing his volun teering to lead the party, for the only officer I had was away with Captain IngleSeld, myself and Mr. Shellibear only having returned the previous night. I gave him no orders, merely a letter of remarks for his guidance (see enclosure), considering his experience sufficient under any circum stances. I therefore feel his loss most painfully, for he was a good and worthy young man, a credit to his profession, and, although a foreigner, has shown such seal and energy in the cause we are engaged in, that I should feel myself honoured in being associated with him in any way. "3. Oa the 21st inst., at 10 minutes after midnight, the ice in the bay began to drive oat at a rapid rate, taking us with it; the inshore piece, however, happily received • check, by which we held on, and have since maintained our position off Northumberland-house. The Phccaix and transport were also observed setting out of the bay and off from Cope Riley, where they had been discharging provi sions. The wind at the time was light from the eastward. At 2.15 cm. of that morning both vessels got so far to the westward, and outside Beechey Island, that we lost sight of them from our deck. At 3.30 the steamer alone was seen again coming to the eastward, under steam, but was soon checked by a large floe-piece. I therefore con cluded she had left the transport in • safe position, perhaps in:Union Bay, which was clear. At noon she sig nalised Transport is lest,' and we could see from our masthead that the steamer herself was completely sur rounded with heavy ice, and their saws at work, as if en. deavouring to cut a dock. In the evening the ice eased off, when she reached Cape Riley, took up a position, and commenced discharging. The neat morning, the it-e still opening, enabled her to reach the fast ice in this bay. Wind northerly at the time. "4. I have discharged all my crew who wished to leave, also those unfit fer Arctic service, together with Mr. fd.Cormick, surgeon, and Alston, mate, who were desirous of returning to England. "6. An officer and two men were sent on the return of the first two men to relieve the others, and also examine the rate of the ice in Wellington Channel, and to see if it was practicable by boat, or otherwise, to communicate with you. Look-outs also from the top of the island Lave been kept, and such is their reports that not only myself, bat Captain Inglefield, consider it imprudeat to detach any more parties to endeavour to communicate. "6. I have acquainted Commander Inglefield with all your orders, wishes, and intentions, taking from him every available article of provision, &c., for travelling he cou'd spare, and necessary for the expedition under your com =and. "7. From the long continuance of E. and S.E. winds packing the ice up so much to the westward and on these shores, that I fear the Intrepid will be very late, if able to reach at all, I cannot venture an opinion on the season at present, merely noting that it is a late one, and very dit. forest from last year. I confidently expect, and am pre pared for, being driven out of this the first strong N. W. wind. However, I hope to be able to return again, even if so, prior to your arrival ; and, considering all these circum stances, a ship being here from England, the lateness of the season, &c., your opinion respecting this as a winter quarters coinciding with my own from actual experience, I shall, if you are net here by the Ist of September, if pos sible, remove to Gascoine Inlet. " B. I herewith enclose the copy of a notice set adrift en the Ist of August, and, in conclusion, regret to my that, having only so lately returned from travelling, and time being so short, I am unable at present to forward a sepa rate report, as requested by yen, relating to the stranding and recovery of the ship. "9. Three of the men of the late Lieutenant Bellot's party have also exchanged into the Pin:rein, so that we have now almost a new ship's company. I cannot wonder at so many leaving, for the severe and heavy work that has fallen to them from the position in which the ship was unfortunately placed, and the actual necessity of being obliged to keep them so continuously at it, induces me to think that, if I may so say It, they are cowed, and dread the thoughts of another winter. Had it not been for the good example shown by the *niceties officers, I hardly think we should have kept them up to the work. I cannot refrain from bringing to your favourable notice Mr. Elliott, the clerk in charge, whose duties, from every document con nected with the expedition, passing through this ship, and having to be copied, have not only been heavy, but so eontinuous that he has been most unremittingly em ployed,—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient ser vant, " W. J. 8. Etrimex, Commander." " To Captain Sir B. Belcher, C. 8., her Mejeity's ship Aaaistanoe conunanding Arctic expedition. II Document (copy) set &IM this day enclosed. Report from Wellington Channel, just received (noes) from the summit ot Donkey bland, is favourable to the speedy arrival of Bir E. Belcher with his ships. " W.J. 8. P." " Tier NajoatrsShip North Star, Aag. 12, 1863. ,4 Dear Sir,—YOn laving ;10 gallantly ;clanWend to lead the party I propose sending on to Casein Sir E. Belcher I gladly avail myself of the offer, and, as time is short , and of consequent*, I do not miter fully into detail, . . . lamely giving you a few remark. aad • light eqniputent. YOU an already acquainted with my views as to the pro• b►ble spot in which you will find the Animism., and Point Hogarth being a principal point of nniezvons, make for it as speedily as possible, keeping as mach as you can t►e eastern shores on board ; as I know it is Sir Edwud's in tendon to travel this way if he aunt gains with the ship, it is, therefor*, uncertain when he will leave. " Thus is nothing within a reasonable distance of the s►ore to prevent alight sled getting on. Keep a sharp look out, and I hardly think he can pass you. You have on. of Halkett's large boats ; I have, therefore, no fear for your encases ; for the ice is still heavy in Wellington Channel, and I hardly think it will break oat this month; at all events, should you see any signs to suppose such lately to happen, make for the shore, and use your own discretion as to ad vance or retreat. The boat will track well in shore. Cap tain Inglefield, It is possible, may cross you, but it can be only when well to the northward. However, should such be the ease, I advise year going on together, more especially should he have his large boat. "Provisions are e; oaeAl at Point Bowden and Point Rescue, but I trust you will reach the Assistance before you are out, and she will be approaching you. Pray show this to both Sir Edward and Captain luglefield. " Wishing you God speed and every success, "I remain, yours faithfully, " W. J. B. Pcm.ast." " EXTRACT PROM SLR I. HULCE/WE ORDERS. "It is probable that the Assistance will be at or near Cape Beech., during the month of August, therefore any despatches which may artive are to be forwarded to meet the ship by the east side of the Wellington Channel, calling at Point Ilogarth, which will be a principal rendezvous; at all events, as the distance on the present position where the ship may be icebound is not more than four days' easy march, the officer should be instructed and provisioned to move on and to communicate with me. Indeed, this duty must be imperative, ae the final determination of my move ments must depend on the ea-operation of the external divi sion, should it be found necessary to abandon the vessel next season. " I left the ships well to the eastward of Dundee Isle, and the ice breaking away fast. Therefore, I think you will meet them well advanced towards us. " W. J. 8. Pvutug. 1 " Bet afloat from her Majesty's ship North Star, lying in Erebus and Terror Bay, Boechey Island, on the Ist of August, 1853. The foe only opened out sufficiently this day. The North Star was driven on shore: by ice and a huvy south cut gale last September, and only got off again on —see the 30th of June by cutting, blasting, and clearing a spa t . in the ice to heave her into. No intelligenc e }et of fir x Belcher in the Wellington Channel. The Roadute and her tender, the Intrepid, are at Dealy Isle, !slued. 4 party arrived here ir.n the former on tlic 33:h of 'ldly Ittt, with the intelligence of the Investigator being is alere Bay, Baring leand.l67 miles from the Itts.ilut.:*l prei, pt winter quarters. Baring Island is newly discovered land, a continuation of Banks's Land. The Investigator has been there since September, 1851. If not able to get through into Barrow's Straits this season she is to be abandoned, and all hands come on to the Resolute. A party is now away from this ship on another visit to Cape Beecher for intelligence. Any person picking this up, it is requested it may be forwarded to the Secretary of the Admiralty London, with the date when and wher e f oun d . All well. " W. J. 8. PULLEN, Commander. " Another cask •1141 set adrift ; with this ; and last Sep. tember ono with two bottles, each containiug a notice." " STATEMENT OP WILLIAM JOHNSON, A 8., WIIO WAS ON THE ICE WITH LIEUTENANT lIELLUT. " We got the provisions on shore on Wednesday, the 17th. After we had done that there remained un the ice David Hook, A. 8., Lieutenant Benet, and myself, having with us the sledge macintosh awning and little boat. C. menced trying to draw the boat and sledge to the southward, but found the ice driving so fast ; left the sledge sad to ik the boat only, but the wind wasso strong at the time that it blew the boat over and over. We then took the boat with rte under shelter of a piece of ice, and M. Bellot and ourselves commenced cutting an ice-house with our knives for shelter. M. Bellot sat for half-an.hour in conversation with us taking on the danger of our position. I told him I was not afraid, and that the American expedition were driven up and down this channel by the ice. He replied, ' 1 know they were; and when the Lord protects us not a hair of our heads shall be touched.' I then asked M. Bellot what time it was. Be said, ' About a quarter past 8 a.m.' (Thursday the 18th); and then lashed up his books and said lie would go and see how the ico was driving. He had only been gone about four minutes when I went round the same hummock under which we were sheltered to look for him, but could not see him, and on returning to our shelter saw hi, stick on the opposite side of a crack, about 5 fathoms wide, and the ice all breaking up. I then called out ' Mr. Bellot but no answer (at this time blowing very heavy). After this I again searched round, but could see nothing of him. I be lieve that when he got from the shelter the wind blew hies into the crack, and his south-wester being tied dowa, could not rime. Finding there was no hope of again seeing Lieutenant Bellot, I said to Hook, ' I'm not afraid; I know the Lord will always sustain us.' We commenced travelling to try to get to Cape de Haven or Port Phillips, and when we got within two miles of Cape de Haven could not get on shore, and returned for this side, endeavouring to get to the southward, as the ice was driving to the northward. We were that night and the following day in ceming across, and came into the land on the eastern shore, a long way to the northward of the place where we were driven off. We got into the land at what Lieutenant Bellot told us was Point Hogarth (?). "How did you get on shore I—ln drifting up the Straits towards the Polar Sea saw an iceberg lying clove to the s►ore, and found it on the ground. Succeeded in getting on it, and remained for six hours. I said to David Hook, Don't be afraid, we must make a boat of a piece of ice.' Accordingly we got on to a piece passing, end I had paddle belonging to the iodiarubber boat. On being asked what became of the iodiarubber boat, replied, ' It wan left where Lieutenant Benin was lost.' By this piece of drift ice we managed to reach the shore, and then proceeded to where the accident happened. Beached it on Friday. Could net find our shipmates, or any provisions. Went on for Cape Bowden, and reached it on Friday night. Found Harvey and Madden there. They told us they were going on to the ship with the mail-bag. We rested that night in a miserable state, and ,in the morning got some bread and pemmican out of the cache, and after we had refreshed our selves proceeded to the ship. ' What sort of travelling was it ? Very indifferent with respect to water on the floe.' (States that they were uyiag it would be better travel ling in the middle of the channel ; and Lieutenant Bella. hearing this, said, ' It wu Captain Pullen's orders to keep dose to the starboard shore (generally keeping within two miles.)' " ' Had an yof you any fears on your way up 2—No, not any of us. " Do you thick M. Ballot was afraid ?—No, sir; he was a good officer.' OMER PACIIA. ~--- The Journal des Debats given the following de taila relative to Omer Pasha, who commands the army of the Danube: Omer Pasha is a native of Croatia, and was consequently by birth an Austrian subject. He was born is 1801 at Vlaski, a village situate in the circle of Ogulini, 13 leagues from Fiume. His family name is Lattas. His father was Lieutenant-Administrator of the circle; his uncle was a priest of the United Greek Church. Admitted when very young into the School of Mathematics of Thum, near Carlstadt, in Transylvania, and after having completed his studies with distinction, the young Lattas entered into ,the corps of the Ponta et Chausees, which in Austria is organised ,on a military feotiag. In 1830, in consequence of a misunderstanding with his superiors, he left for Turkey, and embraced Is lamism. Chonew Pacha, who was then Seraskier, took him under his protection, procured him admission into the regular army, and attached him to his personal staff. He even gave him his ward in marriage, who was one of the richest heiresses of Constantinople, and the daughter of one of the Janissaries whose head he had caused to be cut off in 1827, when that corps revolted against the Sultan Mah moud. In 1833, Lattas, who had taken the came of Omer, was chief of battalion, and was appointed aid-de-camp and interpreter to General Chnanowski, who had charge of the lasts union of the Ottoman troops encamped near Constan tinople. Omer was thenceforward actively employed in the reorganisation of the Turkish army, and, still protected by Chosrew Pasha, obtained successively important mis sions and command in the army. The troubles of Syria and the Albanian insurrection of 1846 g►ve him occasion to dis tieguish himself, and attracted to him the attention of the Sultan. He was seat to Kurdistan, and succeeded in ob taining the submission of that province, which was nearly independent of the Porte. Named in 1843 to the COM mind of the army sent to the Danubian provinces, he made the authority of the Sultan respected, while at the same time he respected the susceptibilities and privileges of thou provinces, placed as they were under the double protection of Turkey and Russia. The year 18•i1 was the most brilliant period of the military career of Omer Packs. Named Commander-tn-Chief of Bosnia, the principal chiefs of which had refused to recognise the Tanziniat i that is, the new organisation of the empire, he combated successfully, though with an inferior force, the Bey. of that country At last he was sent to Montenegro, where he found himself for the first time commanding a regular army of 10,000 men. The intervention of Austria, as is known, put a term to that expedition before decisive operations could be commenced. At the present date Omer Packs is at Schumia, at the head of ' nearly 100,000 men. He is described as displaying great ' activity in its orgaaisatlon, and is occupied with fortifying the country which may become the theatre of war. Omer Pacha is about 02 years of age, below the middle height, but with a martial expression of countenance. He speaks with the same facility the Simian, the Italian, and the Ger man tongues. After the insurrection of Hungary he un dertook the defence of the refugees whose extradition had been demanded by Austria end Runs. He proceeded to Schwas, where be made acquaintance with the principal refugee., and on his arrival at Constantinople he interfered zealously with the Sultan in their favour. He took several o' them with him to Hamill and Montenegro, and confided to them important poste. Some of them have distieguished themselves greatly, and have remained in the service of Turkey. RUSSIAN INVASION OF TURKEY.—Last evening a public meeting of the inhabitants of Kensington, Hammer• smith, and the adjacent districts, was held at the Priaee Albert Tavern, Notting hill, for the purpose of taking into consideration the present aspect of the Eastern question, and the conduct of the government in reference to it. The meeting was a very crowded one, and a large number of persona who presented themselves were unable to obtain admission. Mr. C. W. Danford wee called to the chair, and the meeting was addressed by Mr. R. Batr man, Dr. Tru man, Messrs. Nicholay, Williams, Beneste, J. W. Howell, and D. Urquhart. The resolutions, unanimously adopted, condemned the present system of managing the intercourse of nations, as shown to be injurious by the state of events is the East. and declared the necessity of abandoning ecreey in diplomacy, and attributed t►e prevailing dearth of provisions more to the conduct of Russia on the Danube, than to the defective yield of the late harvest. It was fur ther agreed to appoint a committee to draw up addresses to her Majesty the Queen, and the Sultan, and to take mea sures for their presentation through the usual channels. FORTUNATE DISOOVERY.—As Mr. Thomas O'Con• nor, of Pallas, was lodging the proceedings of his day's sale in the National Bank at Ballanuloe, on Wednesday he observed a small parcel on the door, which, on examin ing, he found to contain so less than 1,0001. in notes. Upon inquiry he found the owner, to whom he restored the lost property, who merely thanked him politely for the parcel. —ioay Express. P