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Ette elcnrefiri. £ um and --- 471 . b. saw OVELDVO "0 UMW," ke pubtreed every turfy sad rrlday meta, Ls tart fee ye& adveruwasesto. aimed tor "The tae...." Leedos ?NOM( POPer• mit I .t ta► itt,o, IS, aseverierbrest. by To* 'Alert so the lay of pablientlia. MOH WAXIER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tess I:o4e—alersim _mumps& I. No. Twaseassw—Neratas, I pia U. 11.. LONDON, WEDNESDAY', NOVEMBER 30. A TIMID Principality is Dow getting thoroughly entangled in the quarrel on the Danube,—and no. body who has watched the gradual spread of the mischief in that quarter will be surprised by the news that Berrie is now practically in the same boat with it. sister provinces of Moldavia and Wal lachia The Cz.sa has for yeses been looking and long leg for Senn', just as he has been lusting for the countries lower down the stream, and, whenever there has been an opportunity for interference in Serviaa politics, he has always seised it. Years ago litctiokse attempted to put aside the Prince chosen by the Berrien., and strove to set up another who was mom likely to lean to his side. On that asemies Ronda had, moreover, the countenance et Lord ABEZDZEN —just as the CAA* has it Dow. The last news from Berrie (coming through Vies* declared that the Bervians were arming to prevent the passage of the Bosnian volunteers to the camp at OMER PACIIA. On the face of that intelli gence it appeared that the Serbs were ready at coos to oppose the views of the Stl.v.tx, and that the loyal Bossism would have to conquer their neigh bours the Serbs before being able to cross the mountains which stand between their own land and the scene of contest with the Russians. &rent, in truth, seemed turning against the Porte, and ready thus far to help the Cam All the probabilities of the case leant, however, in the other direction,--as a glance at the map and a mo- ment's recollection of recent Servian history must tell. Berrie lies higher up the Danube than the two Principalities which Russia has invaded ; it is more wildly mountainous, is most densely wooded, is so well supplied with rivers that ordinary roads have been almost dis pensed with. It has few or no manufactures, but is content to rear in the fertile valleys of its mountain•country sufficient sustenance for its million of people. Having Hungary as next neighbour across the Danube, Bosnia on the west, the wild Montene grins towards the south, and Wallachia on the east, Berrie is—and has been—both by position, nature of country, and quality of neighbours, as little under external control as it is possible for a oountry in that part of the world to be. Her people have always been warlike, with • mountaineer love of freedom. They have never had much to be plundered of, except oak trees and their personal freedom; and few foes have seriously tried to rob them of those possessions, for the simple reason that Scrvia seemed, as the Cue says, "a hard nut to crack," and might by very bad usage be turned into • second Circassia in resistaaco. Centuries ago it was conquered by the Turks, and has since confessed a nominal allegiance to the Sorrax, whilst enjoying a rude practical independence. Belgrade has been held by a Pacha, and a small tribute has been paid to him : but this lenient taxation has en eared to those who paid it a valuable considera tion—the support, when needed, of the Turkish flag. In short, Sonia has been a part of the Otto man Empire as respects its position towards Austria and Russia, but has been as free as its position in Europe and its own intelligence would per mit. Like our own colony of Canada, for in stance, it owed an allegiance to a distant monarchy, but paid only for a few officials employed on its own soil, and managed its own affairs. Its superiority to its neighbours in free dom is shown at once by this fact, that it has en joyed, and still enjoys, • Representative Assembly, and is governed by a native Prince. The existence of this Berrien Parliament has always been quite enough to excite against it the hostile feelings of Russia and Austria. Despots don't like representa tive assemblies and discussions. They are things that may be loosed for, and striven for, by people to whom they are denied. On one side the Danube was seen • really noble people, the Hungarians, enslaved ; on the other, in the mountain fastnesses the Serbs, practically free. Little wonder then that the despots of that part of Europe wished to upset the Serbs, or that, in the quarrel arising from the Russian march over the Pruth, a third Danubian Principality should be ingeniously involved in the scrape. And other reasons besides the usual hatred to free institutions may have come into the Weak tion. If besides Moldavia and Wallachia the Curt could seise Servi• also, he would be able to sell, for his own benefit, not only the corn of the two lower Principalities, but the timber of the upper and western-mast one ; besides setting his Cossacks to trample down three little centres of indepen dence, the Servian Representative Assembly being one of them. Or—if it would pay better— !Jervis might be handed over to his fellow-despot and humble ally, Aestria, as her share of a general spoliation. In either cue the vexatious independ ence that really exists in the wooded hills between Belgrade and Montenegro would be " put (lowa." la previous attempts to act upon Sere* the organs of Ramis have always reminded Europe that the &velem are Christians sad hate the Moslems. The Serbs are members of the Greek Church, has always been the cry; and, therefore, their natural head is the Patin-Cran of St. Petersburg. About this assertion there is about as much truth as in the allegation that NICHOLAS was more tolerant than Aeon-Mu:um The fact is that, though the Serbs aro Greek Christians, they hold about the same relation to the Greek Christianity of Moscow and St. Petersburg as the Christianity of an English Dis senter—a Baptist, • Quaker, an Independent, or a Methodist—holds to the Pore of Rome. The English Dissenter would be described by a Russian politician to be a member of the Great Catholic Christian Church as distinguished from the Greek Christian Church, and therefore the Russian might go on to argue that the English Quaker or Methodist, for instance, had • strong desire that the Pore should hold spiritual and temporal sway over Great Bri tain ! This may be taken as an illustra- tion of the Muscovite argument on the re ligious leanings of the Serbs. They certainly rt, belong to the Greek Church, but they do Noi admit the supremacy of the PATRIARCH of St. Peters burg, or desire to fall under his control any more than the Dissenters of Clapham sigh for the pastoral tyranny of Pio NONO. The Serbs are as indepen dent in their religions views—and hitherto in the enjoyment of those views—as happily our English dissenting brethren are in their peculiar opinions. They equally prize that independence; and the falsehood of the allegation, that the Serbs sigh for religious fraternity with Russia, is as false as that they wish to strangle their own political welfare. To them the CZAR would be as great a curse as he is to the Wallach,; and for either NICHOLAS or FRANCIS Josern to get a footing in their country would be to sound the instant knell of their Representative Assem bl}•, their religious independence, and their rude prosperity. THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1853 How then are we to read these Vienna tele graphs, which say that the Serbs are in arms to oppose the passage through their country of the Bosnian contingent, which wishes to join Om PACIIA at IViddin ? Even in default of 'martin/Er elation on the subject, we may without mush di& catty solve the riddle. TO keep her awn fieedam, Berrie has always had a certain jealousy of Turks as well as of Russians. She has found it wise to stand armed in her mountains, frowning by turns at both, whilst destitute of resources to hold a continued eon test with either. Practically and most wisely her leaning has been to loyalty and the &mina. Bat if a great war is to mare between the Turks and Russians, in which Austria is presently to join, we may understand that Berrie is neither strong enough or self-saeriliciag enough to stated in her exposed posi tion and throw down an open daimon to the UAL Just across the Danube Bee a large Austrian army ready to swarm over the stream and mash her by overwhelming numbers. Her mountains stand be tween Bosnia and Widdia. The Bosnian contin gent cannot therefore join Oran PACIIA with out mooing Berrie. The Austrian and Rus sian spots, and the Reed= party in Ber rie itself, for Russian gold finds people to take it in Berrie as alsowhere—have, it is known, demanded that the Serbs shall be neutral, and allow no each pomace to the Bosniacs, who want to go into the field against thirtkaa; and—Berrie may there fore have thought ltbest to make es show riresistunce. Her regular army musters less than 2,000 meet ; her militia are fixed at 40,000. If the Berrien Govern ment, therefore, were in earnest in wishing to stop the Bosnian, the 2,000 regulars would be of very little use. The Berrien authorities, par se, would be but a feeble barrier. The militia alone could afford anything like effectual resistance; and, to get that into hearty operation, the people—the nation—must go heart and hand in favour of the CZAR. To believe they would do anything of the kind would be to believe that they desire the downfal of their own independence. Oxea PACIIA therefore may well calculate upon getting through Servia all the aid that Bosnia wishes to send him—even though some difficulties may at first seem thrown in the way. ANOTHER FREE TRADE ~ SION OF THE TIMES." Advice, from Stockholm state that the members of the Commercial Union of Stockholm have unani mnualy agreed upon sending in a petition to the King for a thorough revision of the enbtoms laws. The petitioners point out the desirability of a very low tariff on all raw materials and all articles of food, of the repeal of all prohibitory laws, and of the introduction of duties according to measure and weight, instead of ad valorem. gbe Court. —.4. . OSBORNE, Nov. 29. ----- --- The Duke of Brabant arrived at Osborne at half past twelve o'clock from Dover. The royal yacht Fairy, commanded by Captain Crispin, was in waiting at Gosport and conveyed the Duke to Osborne pier. A deputation of licensed victuallers had an interview with Viscount Palmenton on Mends, to induce his lord ship not to abolish the lotteries held at public homes until after (Arista:Las. The deputation consisted of MOWA. Riptoe, Stroud, Madden, Everett, Bryant, and Fowler. The omimissioners for inquiring iota the state of the cot inmate at the cityof London, held a meeting yesterday at the Wise of Its First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing street. The maniniesiseme present were the Right Hon. H. Lalimeffiete wed& Hernewall Lewis, Esq. Despatches were gettelved at the Colonial-office yesterday from the Governor at Malta. The si;ittes 74 the Privy Council sat yester day and resnoted die beating of the petition of Schism bargee to nodal IN mkt la Oilmah parent. The lords present were the Leda illigille Tomer and Knight Bruce, the jedp of the High Cain et Adiairaity, Sir J. rat tans, and Sir B. Ryan. It will be seen by Omar Paoha's despatch that a carriage was sent sad weft' search made amongst the de►d et Oltenitza fora body supposed to be that of sane perms of distinction. A line in the letter of oar Constan tinople correspondent potato to the likelihood that the slain soldier was the son of Osasral Gorteehakelf. The Ennis= en paying the penalty of their aggression. THE BOARD OF CURTOIIB.—The Board of Custom have issued a nodes, sanountiag en open court for the purposes of bearing sad deciding complaints, and for inns tigatiag stamen relating to the moms' revenue. A room in the Caetom•hoass has bean set apart for the purpose, and . . the sew court is to sit on Taudays and Fridays, every week, when wieweary. COLONELCY or TUB 20TH FOOT.—Although this coloneley still mossins meant, it is g UT stated that Msjor•Usaeral Godwin, C.B. (who, it is said, will be nomi nated a K.C.8.), is to mama to the appointment. DEATH OF GENERAL aft THOMAS BRADFORD, O.C. 8., G.C.ll.—On theft* inst. this distinguished officer died at his residence is Mw, aged 76 yeah. He entered the area, in 1793, served in biked in 1798, is Hanover, and in South Amerims—heii eit Monte Video and Buenos Ayer. Bableguently he umg in the Peninsula, and he I nsured a sins mad sky he his distinguished services in command of the Pertngnme Brigade at Corium, Bala mama, Vittoria, It. fiebereinkend Rive. In 1815 he was nominated a K.C.8., sad kllnl a G.C.H. By the decease of Sir Thomas the tiskaisky et the 4th (King's Ows) Regi ment of lafautst becomes moist DEATH OF CI 8131 AOOIIIIIIIS DE BUTTS, K.C.H.—iiir A. de Be" SRI arks onikeis commandant et the Royal Regime/e t mid pima is the i ce. died cm the 28th fast., aged 13 yam Only a short ago Sir Augustus last • see, wise but she served is the swag. LATEST FROM ABROAD. • -- 'MANLY!. PAM/. TIAISDAT Evasinte. The Pour-and-a-Half per dents. bad improved at the tiering of the Bourse 15c. on tits rates of rotor. day. The Threes were the same as yealerday. Closing prices :—Fonr-and-a-Ralt Tier Cent. Reties, 100,5; ditto Three per Ceate., 74.301 Book shares, 2,890. GERMANY. VIENNA, Nur. 28. The Turks were still at KaWit at the last data. The Danube hu overflowed its banks near Oltsnitza and Giurgewo. The exchange on London is rising, and is to-day 11.17. The Austrian funds are also rather lower than on Saturday. Fire per Cent. Metallicines, 921. GREECE. ATHENS, Nov. 17. The first session of the fourth legislative period is opened by royal decree. A new journal has been founded, with the chid object or calling the Greek race to a sense of its high destiny in the present crisis. The Patriarch of Constantinople had addressed a letter to the Holy Synod of Athens, announcing his elevation, and expressing his desire to maintain friendly relations with the Hellenic church. THE WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND TURKEY. OFFICIAL DESPATCH FROM OMER PACHA. By the arrival of the Egyptus we are in receipt of the letter of our Constantinople correspondmt, confirming the report of Russian losses in the Black Sea, and enclosing the despatch transmitted by Omer Pacha to his government, after the battle of Oltenitsa. The Turkish report which has hitherto been published in this country, is only a translation from the hurried and inexact accounts of the Journal de Constuntinopk. _ CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 15. The following is the despatch received by the Seraskier from the Marshal commanding the army of the Danube, narrating the events of the 2ad, 3rd, and 4th inst., at Oltenitza: " Th:ePos session of the island situate in front of Turtukai having been considered iodispeosable, I had effected the passage of troops, and in the space of the night of the Ist managed to raise tolerably strong for tifications. On the following day, the 2nd, two batta lions of infantry, three pieces of cannon, and a hun dred of the mounted pollee, were conveyed in large boats to the locality, with ammunition, provisions, and great coats. " They had scarcely landed, when from the batte ries of Turtukai we opened a fire on the lazaretto situate 01 the left bank. After the first discharge the Russians quitted this position, and the imperial troops took possession of the building, which is of solid construction, with vaulted chambers. Without loss of time four hundred workmen, under the direc tion of staff officers, commenced raising fortifications, and for which purpose two thousand gabions had been already prepared. On the 3rd again other troops were sent to fortify the fete de pont. " As soon as the imperial troops had landed on the left bank of the river, the Russians quartered in a large village at about an hour's distance, turned round, and b -nen to retreat. A body of cavalry was despatched to reconnoitre, and having encountered at Oltenitza an outpost of Carrick cavalry, they killed five, and rejoined our lines with a loss of three men. We found at Toads, on the left bank, a great quasi thy of boats, which were sent to Turtukai. " The number of boats at our disposal having faci litated the coooti uotioa of the brit's*, we were enabled without delay to place in the fortifications 12 large guns, which were brought from Schumla. " On the 3rd, at 4 p.m., three battalions of Russian infantry, with eight cannons, a regiment of cavalry, and party of Cossacks, entered the village of Oltenitza. Our troops, posted within the works constructed on the left bank, waited them de pied femme. This same night I caused to be constructed a bridge at the conflux of the Argish and Danube, and flanked it with redoubts. 4 , Yesterday, Nov. 4, at 8 a.m., we began to per ceive the movement of the Russian force.. As soon as their march was well defined, I caused to be em barked and conveyed to the !Aurelio& reinforcement of one battalion. The evening before I had placed on an even ground a battery of guns calculated to face en Awns any attack which might be made. The Russian forces amounted to twenty battalions, three regiments of cavalry, one of Cossacks, sixteen mounted batteries, and sixteen on foot. They formed in order of battle, with fourteen pieces of cannon in the rear of twelve battalions, and the regiment of Cossacks in lines beyond the reach of our guns, and fronting the centre of our works. They advanced, supported by the fire of their artillery, and at the same time two battalions, with two cannons, came on threatening our left flank. Having commenced the assault another stronger division—consisting of six battalions with four cannons, and having in the rear three regiments of cavalry supporting and outstrip ping left lank—took its position and in two lines, with artillery, hone and foot, into echelons, attacking our right flank. After an e.xchange of some cannon shots, the centre gave the assault, whereon they charged both our wings. The centre attacked three different times, and each with' a fresh battalion—twine on the left, and once on the right. "A well-directed fire from our fortress at Tuts tukai soon dispersed their right column—and the centre gradually fell back after having suffered severely and half its numbers hors de combat. The battery of the island, also mounted with powerful guns, menu' top, and commanded by Ithalid Pacha, did admirable execution on the enemy's right wing. The Russians advanced with coolness and resolution almost to the brink of the trench, and on this account their loss was considerable, amounting to a thousand men killed and double the number wounded. "The engagement lasted four hours, from noon till 4 p.m., and during this interval the waggons never ceased to carry off their dead, and twenty were ob served heavy laden oven after the conflict. With a view of facilitating this duty, as long as it lasted, we abstained from molesting the enemy and from firing a single shot, but found nevertheless 800 bodice on the field. A private carriage, moreover, wee re marked, and from the pains taken in the earth we conjecture it must have been destined to receive the body of a general offioer. " At sp.m. a total confusion ensued in the Russian ranks; their lines were completely broken and their retreat precipitate. An hour later some few rallied in the neighbouring villages, but the remainder fled in disorder. Some of our men pushed forward in pursuit of them beyond the lines, but were sum moned back by trumpet to their own quarters. " Our lace amounted to 106 men. We found on Ithe field of battle 500 muskets, sacs, cartridge boxes, equipments, etc. " Omni." syssaded. , Lower down they were phi exposed to the Busiest Intuit.. ; and booing it was ispossible to ad vegps, returned to Restates'', end get eater sever ler repairs at Mum. Oa Thursday last, the Perth, Lloyd Mule?, else is (Mabefore Morgue, flag hoisted, hod alto to sager te Rued= battery, althosgh the weather was so clear • set to admit the possibility of an serer. Out bat tery between &patchouli and Verdes.. fired some sista is order te protect the packet, which was Wend to two pluser, and her chain broken by prejestiles. lienee, ander the speesseity of Miming, she Auld herself labia our prates**, and the passengers were landed. Daring these Incidents eons of the inhabitants of Roatehoith armed hastily and crowed the Deaths, and set Are :to :the guard-house above Giurgevo ; whereon sig nals were Immediately given, and the troops occupying the neighbouring posts fled without resistastos. These ware all burnt down by oar an, who retorted with some muskets end ammunition found oa the spot. At 4 o'clock p.m., after the return of the Austrian steamer, the 'goat of the company at Othrgeth sent to apologias, stating that the Am nia= bad And by mistake, and the captain. accompanied by the Austrian and Prussian Consular Agents, presented themselves before me to in quire whether the steamer might be considered safe in her present station. Is reply, I observed that I could make no formal engagement, and that the vessel necessarily must be exposed to the same risks with the tows itself. On this the captain resolved to depart, and at a Malmo from this place of about three hours, the Russians math fired on the vessel, which was defended to the best of their ability by our post guards. Finally, the captain was forced to sr proach the right bank, and throw out his anchor, and he seat me the second in :command to inform me of these events. I have learnt by a despatch from Omer Pacha that the Austrian captain was so ezasperated at these outrages of the Ruskss and grateful for our protection, that he informed him of a Russian flotilla being stationed before Ismail, and that the gun-boat steamers and other osmosis composing it were so closely pressed together that a single battery would suffice to destroy them. In consequence of this the com mander-in-chief despatched Aly riche, general of cavalry, to adopt the measures required under these circumstances. The Captain Fiche informs me that a three masted steamer, which I suppose to be the Bessarabia, and two others of the Odessa line, in war trim, were cruising off Varna. Our own correspondent (in continuation) writes: The Turks, you are aware, occupy a strong position at Shefkatil, on the Georgian frontier, and the Rus sian forces are posted at Kernel, distant about four hours from that fortress. The Asia (Austrian steamer) brought intelligence from Trebizond of the Russians having attempted to land 1,500 men at Batoun. However ! it blew a rather heavy gale at the time, and a well-directed lire from the battery almost immediately sunk the large transport steamer with the troops, and all perished excepting 27, who are to be conveyed, per Nil steamer, to Constantinople. The Russians have assailed Shefkatil live times, hoping to regain their lost laurels, bat hitherto in vain. The Turkish steamer Cheh-Per had in tow a trans port with troops, horses, and ammunition for Batoun, and having been attacked by two Russian ships of war, let go tho transport, and luckily e►caped un hurt to Trebizond. Ihe other vessel is also safe at Binape. The last project of settlement, as already men tioned, was announced (oftieusentent) to Reschid Pacha by M. Scheter and I'isam, chief dragomans of the Freuch and English embassies. The Minister's reply to that communication was, it is understood, that it would be utterly impossible for him to make any such proposal to his colleagues and his sove reign under any circumstances. I have heard from a good source that this last diplomatic manmuvre amounts in substance to the memorable Vienna note, in a somewhat modified form! M. de la Cour has been recalled, and starts on Saturday next with M. de Bersolle, one of his at taches. Various rumours are afloat respecting the cause of this incident, but it is quite certain that an ambassador and staff militant will be most conducive to the interests of Turkey at the present juncture. M. Barsguay d'ililliers, the successor, dined at St. Cloud on the 31st ult., to receive his last instructions; left Paris on the Ist inst., and thus may be hourly ex pected at Constantinople. General Bosguet, with some French officers destined for the service of the Porte, are also expected with the utmost impatience. The combined fleets are all moored at Bgros, and 31r Edmund Lyons will soon join them with a rein forcement of three ships. Sadi Effendi, a Polish officer of distinction, who in consequence of the inveterate persecution of the Czar, it is uid, had been obliged to embrace Islam ism as his last and only refuge, is promoted to the rank of Feric, and charged to organise three Cossack regiments in the Dobrodja, Anatolia, and the environs of Constantinople. Mouhtar Bey, ex-Minister of Finance, has been nominated to his old post of Tophane Nazir, which he filled with credit and ability for many years. A History of the Ottoman Emp ire, on Hammer's plan, is in by Haironla Effendi, son of Abdulhak Oa, ex-Hekim Bachi : three volumes have already appeared. General Gortschakofl's son, it appears, was amongst the slain at Oltenitza. A voluntary offer ing of winter clothing for the army is in progress, and to which all without exception of nationality are sending in their contributions. At this moment, 9 a.m., his Excellency M. Baragnay dlifiliers has arrived in port, per Prome thee war steamer, and, after the usual exchange of salutes, is expected at the French Palace, Pera, which is all ready for his reception. General Michael Czaykowski, who hu been nomi nated Pacha, or chief, of the Cossacks of Turkey, long resided in France. "He made," says the Siecle, "brilliant studies here; but they were inter rupted by the war of Poland in 1831. He is a man of noble character and rare energy. No one knows better than he the spirit, manners, customs, and his tory of the Commack& of the Ukraine. Between 1837 and 1841, he published at Paris nine works in the Polish language on that people." There is no authority for the statement of a Vienna paper, that the Turks had left Kalafat for It is i zgain asserted that the first regiment of Osten ken's corps paned through Jassy on the 12th inst. But the German papers publish letters to the 17th, in which it is positively affirmed that to that date nothing had been seen of the Russian reinforce ments on any point of the Pruth. The Russian war ship Jenikale, whose loss we reported last week, was, it appears, one of the finest vessels in the Russian navy. Nothing but bad seamanship explains the lose of the ship,which struck l upon the rocks near Jala, in smooth water. It is stated in several letters from the East that the greatest agitation exists among the Affghans ; that Dost Mahomed has declared to the Court of Persia that the Alfghans were at war with Russia, and that if they should decide on attacking that Power the Shah would be expected to great them a through his dominions. The same letters passage d im Et in Bokhara, in consequence of a popular movement got up by the Afghans, the Shah was as suinated, and that the Grand Vizier, an Afghan prince, had been proclaimed in his place, under the title of Ildherim Shah. It appears he is the bitter enemy of Persia and Russia. The Journal de Constantinople contains the fol lowing ; The Minister of War has this day received the news that the imperial troops repulsed, with loss, fi ve attacks made by the Rusaians by land on the fort of Sholkatil, which they vainly attempted to take ; and that a Russian steamer, containing 1,600 troops for disembarkation, having at tempted to cannonade the same fort, was so damaged that it could aot make any use of its paddles whets it wished to sheer off. The wind drove it on a rock, and of its 1,600 men only 26 succeeded in escaping. The Nil went to the spot and made them prisoners ; they are to be brought to Constantinople. Some prisoners were also taken at Sher katil ; most of them were grievously wounded ; they were conveyed to Trebisond, where they will receive all the attention their state demands. As soon as they shall be cured, they are to be sent to Constantiaople. On the Gth the government steamer,the Cbeh-per, towing • small brig, containing horses and ammunition, was surprised by a Ruuian squadron, consisting of two line-of-betas ships, three fngates, a corvette, and a steamer ; but thanks to the sangfroid and to the ability of her commander, M. Em manuel Legit, she succeeded in escaping, and in continu ing her route without further accident. the Priisce to the sense of the Czar by bringing about ia open breach with the Porte. It was believed at Belgvade that the government had, to the date men tioned, avoided all farther engagements with the Porte than these which arise out of its relations u a tributiry state, and it was doubted whether these would be strictly fulfilled. The importance of Sorel& will be more and more recognised as the Eastern question unfolds itself. It should be mentioned that it was reported in Vienna oh Monday that a serious conflict had taken place between the Serviette and the Turks near I Ushitza, on the Servo-Bosnian frontier, and the Turks were repulsed, the loss of both parties being estimated at about 500 men. It is unnecessary Ito that this inte ll igent* is worth nothing till con ray fi. FRANCE. - . - Palle, TUESDAY. The first and only notice of the " fusion" which has appeared in any Parisian journal, is the following few hue in the Seek of this morning : Darin; the last week there has been a talk about the fusion. The Duke de Nemours has paid a visit to the Count de Chambord. The demeanour of the visitor and the host was agreed upon beforehand. The words to be used were as completely settled as if a speech from the throne had been in question. To escape eld susceptibilities, the august personsges addressed each by the innoceist ex pression, " Good morning, cousin." A proeis verbal °PO' audience is in simulation, which the royalist journal will no doubt give us. Several individuals were lately arrested at Orleans, for spreading the false report that an emends had broken oat at Oien, and that the mayor and sub prefect had been hanged by the populace. Three of these persons have been sentenced to fifteen days' imprisonment, and two others to fines of IM., and sf.—a light sentence for such an abominable offence,' in times when k man may be transported for life, without judgment, for belonging to a secret society. A case of assault, tried in Paris on Saturday last, brought to light some very extraordinary circum stances, resulting in the ruin of an officer of the 72nd Regiment, notorious for his devotion to the govern ment. On the 13th of October last, Captain Deeor thins, of the 72nd, while promenading in the Galerie d'Orleans, was publicly struck by M. Franceschi, late a lieutenant in the same regiment, but who had been cashiered pennant to a requisition made by his brother officers. The object of M. Franceschi— an object openly proclaimed at the moment of the assault—was to provoke Captain Desorthies to fight a duel. The latter, however, said that M. Franceschi having been ignominiously expelled from the regi ment, he could not possibly meet him. It was alleged by the ex-lieutenant, but denied by the captain, that the latter called him a spy immediately after being assaulted. It is to be gathered, however, from what came out on the trial, that M. Franceschi was re garded as a spy in the regiment, and it does not ap pear that his conduct was otherwise open to reproach. Ho had served in the army for eighteen years, and had excellent military testimonials. The colonel of the regiment was no party to his expulsion. On the contrary, it was represented by the counsel for the defence that the colonel had taken his part. At all events, the colonel, when examined as a witness before the court of inquiry which pre ceded M. Franceschi's dismissal, said a Franceschi was powerfully protected; he was recommended to me by the Emperor's surgeon." It seems that Fran ceschi presumed too much upon this " protection," and gave himself airs of importance upon the strength of it, which gave intolerable offence to his brother officers. When the regiment was quartered at Lyons, Franceschi was on terms of great intimacy with M. Lordereau, a commissary of police, and, ac cording to the evidence of this commissary, Fran ceschi reported to him that the officers of the regi ment were in the habit of speaking disrespectfully of the Emperor and Empress. M. Lordereau one day, after a conversation with Franceschi, went to the barracks, and said to Captain Desorthies and some other officers " I understand you are very free in your conversation here, and I should recommend you to be cautious." The zeal of Lordereau appears to have carried him further than his friend intended ; for it was urged as part of Franceschi's defence, that he begged Lordereau to say nothing about it, for fear the regiment should be punished. Shortly after this event, which made a groat sensation at the time in military circles in Lyons, a large majority of the officers of the 72nd called for a court of inquiry, which court being duly empanelled, according to the rules of the service, reported that " Lieutenant Franceschi had acted dis honourably (avail manqué drhonneur), and called for his dismissal from the service." The Minister at War complied with the requisition, and the dismissal was confirmed by the Emperor. M. Nogent Saint Laurent, an advocate of strong Napoleonist princi ples, made the best defence he could for Franceschi against the indictment for the assault. He insisted upon his enthusiastic devotion to the person of the Emperor—a devotion naturally increased by his hav ing been promoted from a non-commissioned officer to a lieutenancy after the coup d'etat. Daring the fighting in Paris the lieutenant-colonel of this regiment was killed and the colonel wounded. This fact was brought forward as a proof of the good feeling of the regiment, but M. Nogent de Saint Laurent to some extent countenanced Franceechi's— or at least the commissary of police's—accusation against the other officers by qualifying them as esprits frondeura. However this may be, Lieut. Franceschi's powerful "protection" seems to have abandoned him for the present. The Tribunal of Cor rectional Police found the assault upon Captain Desorthies unprovoked and wholly unjustifiable, and sentenced the prisoner to 15 months' imprisonment, a fine of 25E, and to pay I,ooof. damages to Capt. Desorthies, and the costs of the trial. The Journal des Chemins de Fer states that the government, after a minute examination, has ordered enquetes to be opened on two new railway projecti— ons between Corbeil and Nevem, and the other between Nevem and Chalons. PROROGATION OF P. Yesterday all speculations respecting an early meeting et parliament were sot at rest, by the fact of the usual formal prorogation to ths 3cd of January next, without the important addition, " kit this despatch of bui- sass," which iadicatcs % actual of the session. Ti see the dull, quiet, and atter•of•fact way in which the brief eeremsay was hurried through, one could hardly ham imagined that the foreign relations of the country were is a stale of crisis, that the Turks and Bw sisal wen belabouring each other ea the beaks of the Da. nubs, that the British fleet was in the Bosphorus, or that the Pram Minister was daily threatened with impeach. sent by the omits of the protectionist press. The day was most seasonable, that is to as,, as dark sad foggy as possible. Two candles, of frugal dimensions, flickered dismally on the clerks' table, sad made faintly risible the two or three rows of bonnets which supplied the plate of the plumes and diamonds that figure en the red benches when royalty beams the house with its presence. The wessaissionen IMO the Lord ChantieUoi, the Duke of Newcastle, aad Lord Campbell. Their lordships stole into the house as quietly as possible at about five minutes past three o'clock, and Wok their smite upon the woolsack with the least imaginable ceremony. The noiseless entry of these distinguished personages, as seen through the gloom, had something spectral in its character, and eel &any produced a profound impression on the dozen or so ' of count:oolk who, through the patronage of some info 'anal messengers, had obtained admission to the pageant. The Commons were effectively represented by Mr. Ley, who had, however, no field for that elocution so mock praised by lir. Disraeli, and ldr. Williams, the senior doorkeeper, blushing intensely under the responsibilities of the situation. Some small betting went on, in merman, below the bar, as to the probable time of meeting, while the clerk read the commission, and the interest perceptibly intensified, as he came to the words, " for certain pressing caws sod considerations ;" but when it transpired that the only effect of thew " pressing causes and considera tions" west* give the minister, another five-weeks' holiday, public curiosity collapsed, and the ceremonial lost its inte rest. The form was read through to the end, the commis sioners severally raised their three-cornered hats with that variety of grace which might be expected from their several idiosyncrasies, the gilded gates were t►rown epee, and the whole of the drissmatio persona noiselessly melted away in the fog. A POLITICAL PROBLEM SOLVED.—Why are diplo natio paper, called cinder notes t—They are called circu lar, became they frequently urire at no definite end.— Punch. WANTON ATTACK BY THE RUSSIANS ON THE LLOYD STEAMER. DISTATCN, NOV. 2, ViON TUB TO TUZ GRAND ♦lili4. A messenger arrived from his Excellency Omer Puha with despatches to demand that I should mad in all huts, lad, the better to conceal this step, during the light, boats and lighters sufficient for the transport of some one thousand men, to be effected after sunset on Monday or Tues day, 29th Monharreen. Accordingly, on the Ist of No vember, about 29 large boats and yietcks quitted port long before break of day ; but the fog, low water, and danger ous banks did not permit the steamer and schooner to star during the night, and they left at sunrise. The boats reached Turtukai without accident, but the steamer and transports just mentioned were exposed to the fire of a Russian battery of two guns in passing before Giurgevo- They replied as well as they could, and suffered only some slight injuries, and among the rest a mate and sailor were SERVIA. We have letters from Belgrade to the 19th inst. In that frontier town all was quiet, but in the interior the public mind was greatly agitated. The Russian party was making extraordinary efforts to commit ITALY. The Parlament° of Turin, of the 25th, states, from Lugano, that the Austrian spy, Contini, is still in prison, and that Austria has claimed him from the canton. An engineer and landowner of Modena, named Montanary, has been condemned to 21 years' impri sonment in a fortress, for having, in May and June, 18M, undertaken to visit the forts of Mantua and Verona, with a view to direct the taking of them by the insurgent forces, when the proper time should come. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 23rd speak of a con flict between the cabinet and the Senate, arising out of the expressed determination of the latter to con tinue the discussion of a bill relative to railways al ready before it, although a new bill on the subject has been presented by ministers to the Chamber of Deputies. This conflict gave rise to reports of a change of ministry, and of a dissolution of the Cortes. General Narvaez had officially announced his inten tion to the Minister of War of retiring to Loja. Some gentlemen had presented a protest to the Queen against the concession of the Northern Railway, made by decree of the 31st ult.; they complain that that concession injures the rights of those to whom the first concession was made. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT LIVERPOOL.—On Monday night, at half-past eleven o'clock, a dreadful acci dent occurred at the Great Howard-street station of the East Lancashire Railway, which resulted in the death of the guard of the train, named William Parker, and a female passenger, named Hurst, residing at Liverpool. It appears that the deceased had both arrived at the usual time, 11.30 p.m., by the luggage train from Ormskirk, and that the engine, after being disengaged from the train, and proceeding ahead a short distance, was brought on the op posite line, and returned parallel with the waggon from which it had previously been detached. The deceased had by this time alighted from the train, and were in the act of crossing off the line, when the engine, which had returned sooner than was expected, ran over them, and killed them on the spot. The bodies presented a most dreadful spec xacle, the man's skull being literally crushed together, and the features of the face totally obliterated, and the woman had both legs nearly severed from her body. A person named George Gillester, who was near the deceased at the time of the accident, was knocked down by the buffer, and remained insensible for some time. was made kilo "- ' e d . SHIPWRECK OF A BRllTrsiiip_ ‘ OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY Lilloss LI S. Yesterday the wreck of the 1 3ritish "hi Led, Evelyn, Captain MtClellan commander while on yee; from Hong-Kong to San Francisco, Lloyd's. No fewer than two hunt:red and fifty lien w e n ft lost. The previous mail furni s h e d some brief inn Iligire:ea of a serious loss having occurred on one of the liLdj* e . - group of islands, and through th e representation of Ll e , 7 estate her Majesty's steamers Hermes, Capt. Fishboun' de and Salamander, Capt. Ellma n , were despatched to the scene of the reported catastrophe. It was th en ascertained that the ill-fated ship had gone upon a reef know, se Richard Rocks, off the south-east end of Typuisan ea t ei the group previously named, situate i n l at. 24.42 N 1 " 125.26 E., and of the number of so u l s w h o weee on becar d -. only thirty had escaped, who were taken off the isL o d b e the steamers, after being there upwards of two m oo d; The Lady Evelyn was the property of Messrs. of Liverpool. She was a fine vessel of 87.5 WWI, built a t Herring, Quebec in 1851, and registered at Lloyd' s as A 1, for fact years. Towards the latter end of last y ear s h e left Load for Melbourne, and on her arrival at that colony proc ee d ed to Hong Kong, where she was taken up fin the conveya oce of a number of Chinese labourers to Slll Francisco se e left that port on the 29th of June with a cargo consisting of granite slabs, 450 tons of rice, sugar, and other nierchaa. dies. In addition to 220 emigrants, of whom 40 were fe. males, who were shipped in her, she had several pannier% amongst whom was an English gentleman named Sutton, Major Poore, of the American service, and two Portuguese merchants; her crew, comprising 22 European gallon and two mates, Messrs. Mackey and Al'ltae. It wa• observed on her leaving that she was down pretty deep in the water, although not so mush as some that h a d quitted the port. For about a fortnight after hav ing she encountered contrary and baffling winds, in the course of which she carried away her 'Raiment, Captain M'Clellan bore up for Amoy, and having r e . plenished his stock of provisions and water, and making good the damage which the ship had sustained, he resumed the voyage on the 16th of July, taking on board at dewy another and a third officer, Mr. Livingstone. Oa the night of the 17th the ship cleared the north end of Formosa. A t daylight on the 19th the mercury in the barometer beg's% descend, indicating the approach of had weather, sad shortly afterwards a breeze set in from the S.S.E., with squalls. At ten o'clock the wind increased to a gale, carry. ing away the jibboom and maintop-gallant mast. At four o'clock the next day (the 20th) an island was sighted which was supposed to be Tripura', about 60 miles to the nit. ward of the North Cape of Formosa. The gale chopping round to the north east, the crew wore ship, and later in the day Captain M'Clellan, finding the storm gaining fan. fully, shortened sail, bearing away under furled main sail and close-reefed fore and mizen topsails. The wind again veered round to the northward, and the ship's course was shaped E. by N. for 17 hours. The storm continued to rage tremendously, splitting the sails to threads, and causing the vessel to labour heavily. She was then hove to with her head up to E.S.E. There was so abatement in the violence of the weather on the fol lowing day, and the mercury had so far dropped as to be scarcely visible in the tube. The ship rolled away the main and mizen masts heads, spanker, and main spencer gaf. At 1 o'clock, p.m., a reef of rocks was noticed m the lee beam. They wore the ship and cleared it, still no land was visible, the weather being thick sod hazy. Aboat en hour afterwards land was sighted on her lee team, two miles distant. Its close proximity immediately created the greatest germ. All hands were instantly employed to clew up fore-sail and fore-topsail, together with a spare fore-topmast staysail on the stump of the mainmast ; a tre mendous sea, however, prevented the possibility of their weathering another reef, which they observed close in on shore. As a last resource, both authors were let go, one took out 30 fathoms of chain, and the otter 7.5 fathoms, but such was the force she was driving as to cause the cables to drag on her bows. The ship held on notwithstanding, although at times lying com pletely on her broadside, until about four o'clock, when her stern struck on to the ridge of the reef with such terrific force as to break the vessel right in two. She parted just abaft the mainmast. Long before this the helpless Chinamen crowded the decks. Their whole ener glee were devoted to filling the air with toss papers, sad shrieking frightfully. The moment after; she struck the stern and after-part of she ship :drifted away, loaded with human beings, not one of whom escaped, each succeeaiag sea sweeping them off into deep water. The long boat re mained on deck, and some 20 or 30 were collected round I hoping to preserve themselves by it, and in their effort to get the craft clear the mainmast came down lengthways upon them, crushing the boat and every one almost whit was near it, to death. The second mate, Mr. *Rae, one or two of the cabin passengers, and about 39 others, took to the fore-rigging, which happily for them continued in an upright position, no doubt kept so by the granite slabs which were in that portion of the vessel which rested on the reef. They had scarcely taken up their position, before the fore part of the ship opened out in two parts, one chain cable dragging the windlass through the bowl. The chief ate, Mr. Mackay, and 3 or I seamen, were swept away on the bowsprit ; they were seen clinging to it for some time afterwards, and then disappear. Those who had taken refuge in the fore-rigging continued holding on till 12 o'clock the next day, when they determined upon attempting to reach the shore. 'Whether they all suc ceeded has not been correctly ascertained; but amongst those who were fortunate were Mr.M•Ree, the steward, Mr. Gee, three able seamen named Purdy, Peter Josephs, and Benjamin Tucker, one of the Portuguese passenger?, two females, and 22 Chinamen. Witte had sunk before he reached the land, and, but for two of the natives of the island, who swam to him and kept him up, be must have perished. On gaining the shore, they found that one of the Chinese women had, by some extraordinary means, been cut on the beach on a spar during the previous night, and had climbed up to the summit of the cliff. The survivors were sateen into the interior by the natives and were mat ' kindly treated. The chief of the place caused them to be sheltered and fed with much liberality. They remained= the island for two months and four days,when H.M. stemma Hermes arrived, and a party, headed by Mr. Williams, a midshipman, who had come off from the ship to explore the country is search of the survivors, came upon their "settlement." As may be imagined, the arrival afforded I much joy to the poor fellows, who, from the position of the island, had given up almost all hopes of being taken off. Of the wreck of the Lady Evelyn not a vestige re =tined. It is understood that she was insured, but not to the extent stated. Nearly the whole of her crew were shipped in London, and many of them have left families. REALM OF LONDON. The Registrar-00[mnd'; report announces that the mortality of the metropolitan districts has risen con siderably during the week. In the preceding week the deaths registered ware 1,162; in the week that ended on Saturday last they were 1,339. The mean weekly tempe rature has suffered a great fall. In the last week of October it was 65.5 deg., in the four weeks that followed it was 48.9 deg., 45.7 deg., 38.5 deg., and (last week) 36.7 deg. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843-52 the average number of deaths wee 1,093, which, raised in pro portion to increase of population, becomes 1,202. There is an excess in last week's return, amounting to 137. Last week the births of 777 boys and 66.3 girls, in all 1,442 children, were registered in London. The average number in eight corresponding weeks of the years 1815-52 was 1,387. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was '2J 998 in. The mean temperature of the week was 36.7 deg., which is 5.1 deg. below the average of the same week in 38 years. The mean daily temperature was below the average on every day of the week, and the depression on Tuesday was nearly S deg., and on Wednesday nearly 12 deg. The mean dew-point temperature was 3513 deg. FATAL ACCIDENT.-On Monday afternoon a scaffold at the tower of the new church of St. Matthew, Ilvdford New-town, St. Pancras, now in the course of erection, suddenly gave way, and five of the men upon it were threwn to the ground from a height of sixty or seventy feet. One of the poor fellows named Donne', about twenty-five years of age, lived only a short time afterwards, but the rest escaped with trifling injuries. A sixth caught a rove is his descent, and hung by it till he was rescued. THE EXPENSE OF MAKING A IiARON.-Yetterda a return of Mr. Hume's was printed showing how 4.501 charged in the civil contingencies of hest year was expended in creating General Lord Fitzroy Somerset a Baron of the United Kingdom. The Crown•office charges were 3901. lbs. 4d., and the Patent-ollice charges 291. 181. 6d. The expenses are remarkable. To the Stamp-office, 150/.214 Lord Chancellor, great seal fee, 21. 6s. Bd. ; clerk of the Hanaper, 241. I3s. 44.; deputy ditto, 1/. ls. ; Lord Chan cellor's purse bearer, 51. ss. ; porter to great veal, 11. Is. ; gentlemen to ditto, 61. • sealer, 11. 2s. Gd. ; deputy ditto, 10s. 6d. ; chaff wax, U. 2s. 6d. ; deputy ditto, 10s. 6a. ; royal household, 104/. 6s. 10d ; prim. ipal usher of Scotland, 61. 13s. 6d. ; Scotch heralds, 161. ; Er,clih ditto, 361. ; Earl Marshal, 51. ; garter king at arms, 20/. ; gold emblazoned skin and boxes to hold patent and seal, 9/. Of the Crown office charges 201. went to the Attorney-General, and 71. 7e. 6d. to the clerk of the patent to, the Attorney- General, and 11. 10s. the stamp duty on warrant. To the engrossing clerk 1/. le. for engrossing the warrant and fot parchment. Thus was spent 4201. in malting a member d the Rouse of Peers. The authority is " ancient usage." Ph the i.i■F opt Brit Rim plat' Ntr Ada Cap W. vies, ley, leo tio the ow the