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fribe expreMlL TO CORRESPONDENTS. kohartimmosts beastied ter .. The Itzprera," Lamina Evadmi pow, la ast le lit the 0111 N. 111. Bouverfoareat. by Two •'i ca tli• My of pabilistiss. HIGH WATIR AT LONDON BRIDGE. tut* DAT —Uvula& -. Aftento" lu. Hu. To rearm —Kariba lab. Ms goat, lib. Sla. LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 9. TER Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland has been the scene of another trial of some public interest. It appears from the description given of himself by Mr. RICHARDSON. the plaintiff; that he is a gentleman who cashes bills sometimes, and thinks it unnecessary to say whether be ever kept a gambling-house, and equally so to explain whether another suit to which he was a party arms oat of a loom of 2,0001. con tracted in a hell in Jermyn-street. The purity of his character has moreover been established by a judicial decisiou, for he was discharged at Marlborough-street on a criminal accusation connected with a bill trans action. This worthy was the friend of Mr. EDMUND O'FLanalTY, the quondam Commissioner of Income-tax in Ireland, and now employed, as is said, during his retirement at New York, in the humbler capacity of clerk in a transatlantic store. Mr. RICHARDSON also states that he made the acquaintance of the defendant GREGORY at that critical period in the life of the latter when, for some unexplained reasons, he suddenly disappeared from the Turf. Mr. GREGORY seems to have been deep in the confidence of OTLaueare, and to have regarded with especial admiration the Commissioner's peculiar power of softening the Hebrew heart. Together they engaged in the patriotic task of restoring Irish credit in the discount market, with what success the facts we are about to state will show. The litigation arose thus. O'FLAIIERTY had induced the plaintiff to discount two bills—one drawn and the other in cepted in the name of GREGORY. RICHARDSON, in his simple way, imagined that the official had brought the bills merely as the friend and agent of GREGORY, and was of course amazed when the latter, instead of taking them up at maturity, denied the genuineness of both the signatures. It was to try this question that the jury was impasnelled in the cause of "Richard son c. Gregory." An Irish trial on such a subject could hardly pass off without a little fun ; but as we have other objects in view in referring to the cause, one specimen mast suffice. The plaintiff's counsel took occasion, in his opening, to mention Sir James GRAHAM as one of many friends of O'FLaniarr who had "left him Us the lurch" in money matters. This turned out to be a blunder between two names; but the mis take was not explained until Mr. FITZGIBBON had improved the occasion by a philosophic gene ralisation of his own. "It was a fact," he said, " that great men had engaged in felonious transac tions, and would do so to the end of the world." A very comfortable doctrine truly for Administrative Reformers. The result of the trial was, that the jury found both the bills to be forged, and the plain tiff lost his money. It will be remembered that about this time last year this Mr. EDMUND OTLAHERTY appeared as the brightest star in a little constellation of Government protegla who attracted the particular notice of the House of Commons. It was not long after the ap pointment and subsequent disappointment of Mr. 15TONOL and the curious display of speculative genie' by the Secretary of the then CHANCELLOR of the Excinonza, that the latter functionary gained a signal triumph in the matter of EDMUND OTLAHERTY, whose retirement across the Atlantic had just then taken the world by surprise. He had in the previous April, though then deemed faultless, been removed from his financial post, and the Government consequently suffered neither in purse nor in character by his having absconded in the month of July. If idle rumours had reached them they had consulted their dignity and their duty by turning a deaf car to everything that affected the character of their trusted servant. We do not recur to the subject now to twit a Ministry happily defunct, with the forgeries or other misfor tunes of their emplorga ; nor would we add to the chagrin which must be felt in aristocratic circles at the dishonour done to official dignity by the humble position now occupied by the ex-Commissioner ; but dropping the cri minal part of the affair, the revelations in the story are very interesting in another:point of view. We get • glimpse of the sort of life led by Mr. OTLATIERTY probably before and certainly during his tenure of office. We see the associatn with whom he consorted, and the atmosphere of jockeying, gambling, and discount that qualified him, notwith standing the lack of nobility, to become the recipient of ministerial patronage. The case always puzzled us. We never could make out why EDMUND OTLA. MERIT bad been chosen for the office. Bat the cause of "Richardson v. Gregory" has thrown a new light not only on the particular instance, but on the general principles that regulate the se lection of public servants. Of course we do not mean to suggest that the leading rule is veiled in any obscurity. That a duke is more worthy than a marquis, and a marquis more worthy than an earl, and so on through all the grades of the peerage, is an elemen tary axiom of the grammar of administration, free from those exceptions that used to make the rules of our juvenile horn-books so fruitful a source of com plexity and castigation. Beyond this primary prin ciple we do not pretend to have advanced in the science of patronage, though there are doubtless rules by which adepts could balance the claims of a baron's cousin against the pretensions of a baronet's son, and assign to every man his due position in the hier archy of office. But the most perfect system will sometimes break down. It does occasionally happen that no candidate possessed of the rank indicated by the graduated tables of aristocratic sue- °cession, appears to fill a vacancy. We would not impute any slackness to the lordly inheritors of office, and we feel bound in justice to admit that these occasional lapses are attributable to accidental cause rather than to any want of that alacrity to serve the State which is well known to be the natural fruit of hereditary rank. Mr. OTLAHERTY'S appointment seems to have been just one of those instances where the absence of a privileged candidate compelled the Minister to make his selection upon some crude prin ciples of his own devising. We need not say that snob exceptional cases tarnish matter of the deepest interest to " common fellows," whose ordinary privilege it is to sit at the feet of noble and most noble raises, and blew the British Constitution. We have for area bees content to see the loaves of office allotted to tasseseed class whose natural fuod they are; but we venture to say that Englishmen have always watched with jealousy the crumbs that fall from their mestere table. After the demands of Rink were satisfied, the country has at all times steadily insisted on the claims of Merit. We had supposed auk was &s ow rule that, when no aristocrat's essilisb - all the world were equally eligible ; but appointments such as 071411111TV11 and others suggest that a new class is in course of being interpolated, to filch from patient Merit her residuary inhe ritance, in default of illustrious birth. Not only is she postponed to the scions of nobility, but habiluls of the betting ring, and frequenters of hells are, it seems, also to take precedence. Against this we must raise our voice. We admit that the Turf has supplied us with many illustrious statesmen ►oth in put and present times; we are willing to allow that a gambling-houss in St. James'. affords valuable opportunities for becoming familiar with the tone of that class from which our governors are in the first instants, chosen ; but we take our stand upon the traditions of the Constitution, and fearlessly assert that such advantages by themselves ought not to confer priority. We purposely avoid all mention of the nicer cases, where these quali fications are strengthened by some touch of noble blood. It is only the ignoble devotees of the Turf and the dice-box whose pre-eminence we are com plaining of. To this class it is now clear that Mr. O'FwaiErtrE belonged, and in the absence of any other explanation of his elevation we can only sup pose that it was due to the antecedents by which he was distinguished. We must protest against the cue being drawn into a precedent for confining to a single section of society the few appointments that may remain after the list of well born exclusives has been exhausted. For this remnant of good things we hold it to be the undoubted and imprescrip. live right of the public to compete, without any special preference being shown to jockeys and gam blers. Happily, the risk of such affairs as that of OTLARERIT is now considerably diminished. By his superior tact, combined with large and compre hensive views of DE BRETT, our present PREMIER has been ably, as yet, to fill up all, or most, of the vacan cies that have occurred without travelling beyond the simple rule of aristocracy. We have the greatest con fidence in the continuance of his success. But if ever he should find an appointment lett on his hands, we trust that he will not reject an otherwise worthy applicant for ignorance of rouge et noir or unfami liarity with bills. THE THIRD OF THE HYDE PARK SUNDAYS. Yesterday was enacted the third aet of the Hyde Park drama. Ii the Park there was a crowd and some hooting; bu►, as the police did not interfere, nothing more. An irruption, however, was made, by a mob of boys and blackguards, into Belgrave-equare, and a great number of windows broken. The affair seems likely to terminate as all noisy demonstrations provoked by legislative and ministerial folly are apt to do. A few fools and mischief-makers have damaged the property of a number of individual& without asking whether they had say cause of quarrel with the sufferers. The well-meaning aid respectable who formed part of the first Hyde Park assemblage will draw back in disgust. Especial care will be taken to fix atten tion on the excesses that have been com mitted, with a view to divert attention from the folly which provoked the angry expres sions of popular feeling of which these excesses are mere excrescences. Government, with the ap probation of a time-serving House of Commons, will go on to augment and drill its centralised police force; the Sale of Beer Act will be left unrepealed, and sew Sunday trading bills and Maine liquor law bills will be obtruded on the legislature. And after a brief interval of sulky silence, we shall have a more serious explosion than that which has just burst around us. LATEST FROM ABROAD. THE CRIMEA. BERLIN. SUNDAY. A despatch from Prince Gortchakoff of the 4th, states that nothing new had taken place near Sebas topol, but that the enemy appeared to be getting ready for a new bombardment and an smelt. Ge nitachek had been bombarded, but without experi encing much damage. THE PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION. (FILOK Ova OWN CONIIISSIONICIL) PARIS, JULY 6. The robbery of watches from the case of Davis and Sons, of Birmingham, on Saturday evening last, has caused great excitement among the English exhi bitors of gold and jewellery. This excitement will, however, be probably allayed by the rapidity with which the French police have traced the stolen pro perty and the thief. It appears that the culprit is a locksmith,who has been for some time past employed in the English gallery . Let us hope that this expe risme will diminish the tendency of the polies in attendance to gossip, and increase their watchfulness over the goods con fi ded to their care. Thejuries are now fairly at work, and I should advise English exhibitors 'who care aboht rewards to hasten hither to watch their own interests. I be lieve that the French people are much pleased with the document lately issued by the British jury. There appears to be now some hope that Prince Napoleon will be made to see the necessity for an English catalogue ; meantime the English commis 'loners . promise their list of British contributions, with prices current, for the end of the week. This wall be a most useful document. Every day the number of visitors appears to in crease, and the place approaches completion. It may be fairly said that the Exhibition is now worth a visit—even from the remotest part of the kingdom. THE NEW TURKISH LOAN. (Prow Gelisneerwra Maselver.) The Turkish loan is to be under the conjoint gua rantee of France and England. To that end a convention was signed on the 27th ult. between the Emperor of the French and the Queen of England on the one hand, and the Salt= on the other, filing the conditions on which the loan is to be contracted. The interest is fined at four per sane., with • sinking fund of one per cent. additional. The interest of the sinking fund is to he provided for out dell or any of the Turkish nee, but more particularly from the annual sum remaining disposable of the Egyptian tribute, and from the customs receipts of Smyrna and Syria. The amount of the loan is to be appropriated exclusively to the necessities of the war; and • mined com mission, composed of French, English, and Turks, is to w.tck over the manner in which it is to he employed, so as to prevent any portion of it from being diverted from its legitimate destination. Ludy, in order to prevent ;any confusion in the Paris money market, from • French and a Tartish loon being brought forward about the same time, the Turkish one is to be raised solely Is England. THE STATE OF THE THAMEEL—The present dis granful state of the river Thames has called forth the fol. owing litter from Professor Faraday I traversed this day (Saturday) by steam-boat the space between London and Hangerford ridges, between half-put one and two o'clock ; it was low water, and I think the tide mut have been near the turn. The appearance and the smell of the water forced themselves at once on my attention. The Wide of the river was an opaque pale brown fluid. La min to test the dews of opacity, I tore up some whit* Muds into pieces, moistened them so as to make them dak amily below the surface, and then dropped some of these pieces into the water at every pier the boat came to ; before they bad sunk en inch below the surface they were in dininvaishable, though the son shone brightly at the time; and when the pieces fell edgeways the lower part was bidden from Cght before the upper part was under water. This happened at Bt. PauPs.wharf, Blackflies". badge, Temple. whae,'Smthwark.bridge, and Hungerfordt end I have no doubt would have centred further up sad durn the river. Near the bridges the feculence rolled op le deeds so dense that they were visible at the surface, sten in water of this kind. The smell was very bad and cos, mon to the whole of the water; it was the same as that which now domes up from the gollytioles in the streets ; the whole river was for the time a real sewer. Having jut returned from out of the country air, I was, oarbape, more affected by it than others; but I do not think I could have gone on to Lambeth or Chelsea, and I wee glad to enter the streets for an atmosphere which, ex cept near the Maki) An, I found much sweeter than that on the river. I have thought it a duty to record three facts that they may be brought to the attention of those who ex ercise power or have responsibility in relation to the condi tion of Our river; there h nothing figurative in the words I PROCLAMATION OF THE WORKMEN OF have employed, or any approach to exaggeration; they are the simple truth. It there be suScient authority BARCELONA. to remove a puttee:int pond from the neighbourhood of a few simple dwellings,surely the river which flows for 'omen) The Makatea Of Barcelona have published the miles through L ndon ought not to be allowed to become • fermenting sewer. The condition in which I saw tire following Thames may perhaps be considered es exceptional, but it We have risen peacefully, in order that we may obtain ought to be an impossible state, instead of whirl I fear it M hau l m We wish to so.scobib t h an association of „axes rapidly, becoming the e g x enitalto do to with condition. If we impunity ; neglect this . onsusis, which has been dissolved. We demand • Jury of subject' we pect. ought we to be surprised if, era many years are over, • hot maaa fa etenre an d workmen, to amicably settle our M usson give us ud proof of the folly of our cusineaess." bream. He who shall attempt a Carlin demoutration ; We are still without intelligence from the Crimea, sod in hourly expectation of some decisive result. SPAIN. MADRID, JULY 7. The complete plan of a new constitutioa is to be presented to the Corte,. The latest news from Bar celona is of a favourable character. Seven hafts lions of Infantry, six squadrons of Cavalry, and two batteries have been sent into Catalonia. The Queen postpones her visit to the Reeuriel ho who seeks to smite the sasanfamorers &palest us—shill be at that lastaat punished with death. We bring oar ensplalet to the Caputo General of Cats lady became the province, beim la a Mato of siege, all authority beleap to hi., sad it is at his hoods that we look for junkie. We are rssdy to sacrifice ourselves a thousand times for Evader*, for Liberty, and that the Revolution of Jaly may biome real. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Ica.: 7. The Vienna Gazelle contains a semi-official article in reply to the Emperor Napoleon's speech, in so far as the latter touched upon Austria. The article in question maintains that Austria ha. fulfilled the obligations imposed on her by the treaty of December 2, and that she is not bound to take any farther steps. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, &MILDLY, JULY 7. The Prince of Prussia is going to St. Petersburg on family business. This journey has no political signification. THE MEDI (ram ova owx MALTA, lIILT 4. The greatest activity prevails here in forwarding reinforcements to the Crimea. The Alma, Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer, left on the 2nd with upwards of 1,000 men, forming different drafts for the regiments in the Crimea, under command of Lord Alexander Russell. LientenasteColonel Gough, of the 33rd, Captain Maitland, of t►e 49th, and a few others; passed throzgh on the Ist, en route to the Crimea, on board a French steamer. Lieute nant• Colonel Erskine, 33rd, left for England yesterday by the Indian. A groat number of steams,, have proceeded hence as transports to England, among them the Resolute, Orincoo, Harbinger, City of London, Jason, Ii) dupes, and Indian, and to-day the Emu leaves. We have had equally numerous transports for Balanlava ; among them the Alma, Lady Eglinton, Sarah Sands, and Germania; l and to-day the Golden Fleece, and Tynemouth, No. 102, and Assistance, will leave for the same destination. The Resolute, on her voyage down, had two cues of cholera, one fatal; she was in consequence subjected to a very rigid quarantine, and left without communicating. Yesterday a lugs steamer came in with a case, and was ordered from the Great to the Quarantine Harbour. H. M. S. Gorgon, Captain Crawford, has returned to England, and H. M. S. Fair Rosamond, with three gun. boats, has arrived from England, and leaves this day for the But. Among the transports daily passing are now many American ships, the freights being the inducement. As soon as the intent of our losses in the Crimea became known at Malta, many of the Eut Kent Militia stationed here volunteered at once to join line regiments then eeee iog at the seat of war. This noble offer could not however be accepted, as their colonel could not spare any men till he received fresh drafts from Eoglind. The following la an entree; from a private letter written before Sebutopol _ _ "Jun. 23, 18.55. " Our feu of being short of water now, thank Ood, does not longer exist, u the Wye ku come into the harbour she can distil water for the use of 40,000 men daily. Our attack on the Malakoff was a complete series of misfortune and ill lack; but although we failed it was no defeat, and we shall wacceed next time." THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 9, 1855. AN ORDER OF THE DAY BY PRINCE GORTCHAKOFF. The Gazette Hilifaire of Vienna publishes Prince Gortchakors order of th 6 day after the affair of the 18th. The order is couched in the following terms : Heights of lokorstaar,Juno 19. Contradea,—The bloody combat of yesterday, and the defeat of an enemy in despair, has again crowned our unto with immortal laurels. Ramis owes you her thankr, and elle will not refuse them. Thousands of sue companions in arms haws staled with their blood the oath which they had taken, sad so have 'alit safe the word which I gave to the Emperor, our common father. Thanks us given to you for it, comrades ! Comrades! Considerable .. from all puts of our lured Russia; they will immediately be with us. Oppose, as you have hitherto done, your manly breasts to the marcerous balls of our impious enemies, and die, ma thousands of your comrades have died, with ums in your hand in an honourable eonteet, man against man, breast against breast, rather than violate the oath which you swore to the Emperor and to the eonntry—to preserve our Sebastopol. are marebing Soldiers! the enemy is ►eaten—driven back with enor mous Noes. Permit your commander to repeat to you his thanks, in the name of the Emperor, our august monarch, is the same of the country, our holy and orthodox Russia. The time is at hand when the pride of the enemy will be overthrown, when his armies will be swept from our terri tory like straw before the wind. Until then, have faith in God, and fight for the Emperor and country ! This order of the day will be road is each company and all the horse squadrons of the different bodies of troops (Signed) PRINCI 001TCHLKOPP. RUSSIAN NEWS FROM THE BALTIC. We have received the S'. Petersburg journals of the 30th ult. The Invalid* RUEIBB contains the fol lowing : In the interval between the 2214 and 27th the enemy's ships made two fruitleu attempts against some points very near St. Petenbarg, on the south coast of Finland. Oa the 22ad at four o'clock in the afternoon, two steam• frigates appeared opposite the village of Mules, and cast anchor out of the range of our cannon. Oa the 23rd., at ten o'clock a.m., a gunboat, towing four long•boata full of armed men, approached the hamlet of Itembilt. Stopping at the distance of 300 scone. from the Orme, these boats opened bre against the nearest thicket, probably under the idea that an ambuscade of our troops were concealed there, while the latter, la reality, were on the other side of Mes• lax, ready to attack the enemy if he attempted a descent. At eleven o'clock the cannonade ceased. On the 24th, towards the evening, the enemy's Seat moved toward. the northern extremity of the island of Itevon Saari, and on the 25th it approached Bjork-o. At the latter place, a gun-boat, separating from the frigates, ap proached within 80 'arms of thepout and fired six times at the telegraph, missing aim each time. In spite of the enemy's vicinity, Ecsign Mutchenko, of the corps of Ma rine Pilots, attached to this Telegraph Station, quietly continued the transmission of a mange which he had com menced. On neither of these two days hay* we bad to regret either killed or wounded. On the 26th a steamer, accompanied by two gunboats, left the fleet anchored in the channel at the north of Crew stadt, and brought to bear near the mouth of the river Senn (not far from the Sestrorstak arms manufactory), at about 600 'ageless from the shore ; the boats got within 400 sagirnes, and anchored in advance and on each side of the steamer. Towards 3 p.m. the enemy commenced • can nonade lasting an hour, and at its close raised anchor and rejoined the fleet. On this oonaion, with the eaception of the non commissioned officer Schuster, of Ring Frederick William's Regiment of Grenadian, who was wounded, the enemy's fire did us no harm. TURKEY. (FROX OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) CONSTANTINOPLE, ivx2 28. . _ It is with deep regret that I have to report the death of Captain Lyons, who expired while under operation, at Therapia, on Sunday last. The de emed had been wounded on the 19th inst., before Sebastopol, by a projectile (biscaien) in the calf of the left leg—a species of injury , which professional men always consider dangerous, and oftentimes such as to entail a loss of the limb. In this sad cue the best was done, I have no doubt, but it is at the same time melancholy to reflect that if amputation were absolutely required, and had been promptly performed, it might perhaps have been attended with a far dif ferent result. The lut obsequies took place at The rapia on the following day, and the remains of this young hero, cut off in the midst of his glorious career, were conveyed to their last resting•place—a lonely spot in the neighbouring valley. Lord Redcliffe, with his whole staff in fell uniform, attended this afflicting ceremony, as well as the aides-de-camp of the Seru kier, the Capitan-Pacha, and several officers of the army and navy—the Miranda, her flag en berne, pealing mournfully her minute•guns and last farewell to her heroic commander. Admiral Grey pronounced on this occasion a most affecting funeral oration. There has been, unfortunately, within the last ten days, some recrudescence of the cholera, and more especially in a Jew district of Kouskoundjuc, on the Bosphorus. The full amount of the mortality did not appear yesterday at the last sitting of the Sani tary Council, and only fourteen fatal cues were reported during the week. At Salonica, however, the epidemic has been far more violent ; and, from the 13th to the 20th June there were noted in all 511 attacks, whereof 292 persons have died, 82 are cured, and 137 are under cure. According to lut accounts from Anatolia, the army of Kars was concentrating round Erzroom ; and the fortifications of that town had been considerably advanced under the direction of General Williams. General Guyon is still here, I believe, as also Biram Pacha (Colonel Cannon). Six gun-boats—Grinder, Cracker, Jasper, Boxer, Clinker, and Fancy—arrived here armed with cannons and mortars of long range. They have all passed up to the Black Sea. RUSSIA. Despatches from Prince Oortchakoff of the Ist inst. are transmitted from the north, but they merely confirm the absence of any signal event since the 18th nit. A letter from St. Petersburg says:—"The Czar continues to display great activity; he visits for tresses, passes reviews, and works at night in his cabinet. All trace of dissension between him and his brother the Grand Duke Constantine has disappeared, and there was never any question of his abdication. The Czar, though mild and affable, clings energeti cally to the resolutions which he has adopted ; and he said recently to a commercial deputation, ' It I am feeble, I will pray to God to make me strong.' He has several times repeated what he said to the diplomatic body on his accession to the throne : The policy of my father is sacred for me.' He has determined not to abandon that policy on any account." A letter from Warsaw, in the Post Anyt Gazette, Says : The reduction of the Austrian troops is °illicit has had Its influence here. By crder of Prince Paskiewitch, 1619 of the oxen which had been purchased for the supply of the Polish fortress.•, are to be sold. The fortress of Z which is situated not far from the Austrian frontiers, will alone sell 683, which formed part of its supplies. The troops which have lately left the kingdom of Poland have not been replaced by others. HAMBURG, JULY 5. About a week ago the Baron von formerly lieutenant in the Bth battalion of infantry in the now disbanded Schleswig-Holstein army, was arrested at Wandsbeck, a little market town about three miles from this city, but belonging to Denmark, by the Danish authorities, on his return from an excursion to Heligoland, on a charge of enlisting recruits for the Foreign Legion, and his papers were examined and taken possession of by the police. On the even ing of the Ist inst. Baron von K— received a despatch from London, "on her Majesty's service," from Col. Kinloch, inspector•general and head of the staff of the Foreign Legion, informing him officially that on the recommendation of Lord Panmure her Majesty had been graciously pleased to appoint him to a lieutenancy in the 2nd battalion of Light In fantry, and that he was to repair immediately to Heligoland, and report himself to the officer in com mand there, where also he would find his com mission. On this despatch being communicated to Col. Hodges, that officer wrote to the head of the civil government at Wandsbeck, Councillor of Justice Reiche, requiring the immediate 'iteration of Baron von K— as a British officer, and dem•inding satis faction for his arrest, at the same time forwarding the original letter from Col. Kinloch. The banish authorities have not yet delivered him up, and have written to Copenhagen for instructions how to act. THE AUSTRIAN EMPEROR AND THE POLES.— What has most struck the public in the tour of the Emperor of Austria is his evident desire to be agreeable to the Poles. At the review of the 19th of Jane the Gallic:fan regiment of Jablonowski had peer.edenee of the Croatians of thy Ban JeHabit's, although this latter was present. The Polish deputations have been all received with much affability by the Emperor, end men who in 1848 had played a certain political part, such as Adam Notoeki, Ldon Niewnski, and George Lubomirski, were evils invited to the imperial table. When the Emperor arrived at Leopold he replied with great kindness to the Polish speech of the burgess Sidorowies. He afterwards visited the library of Oilliiiniki, the Mortgage Loan Establishment, sad the Agricultural Society—all institutions essentially Polish. Indeed, in every town which the Emperor has as yet visited he has made evident eff,rts to conciliate the affection of the Palish populations.—Letter from Tarnowits in the Steele. MoNTENEGRO.—A letter from Montenegro of the 19th ult. says:—" The French consul at Scutari went re cently, with the Pasha of that place, to Cettinje, to endeavour to conciliate the differences which esist between the Turk. and the Montenegrins, so as to prevent the breaking out of hostilities; but all that he succeeded in obtaining was a tree, for a month. Prince Danilo demands the immediate giving up of the island of Scutari, Vicunas, and Limonites ; a promise Waive to Montenegro, on the conclusion of general peace, all the territory of Ivanbergowina ; the recognition of the political and territorial Independence of Montenegro ; unlimited liberty of commerce and communication ; mutual extradition of political and other criminals." The Peninsular Company's beautiful new steamer the Alhambra left Southampton on Saturday with the Spanish and Portuguese snails. She has been furnished with item winches for loading and unloading cargo and hoisting sails, by the mistimes of which a boy can do as mush work as half-a-doses men. She has also the new apparatus for steering which renders all verbal communication between the commander end steersman unnecessary. This is the first of the Oriental Company's ships in which such an ap paratus has been latrodueed. Amongst the passengers by the Ennio., which arrived at Southampton es Friday with the India mail, was the SOD of the celebrated Whampos, the rich tea suer. chant, of China. lie is • youth 16 years of age, with a very large bead aid most ietelleetual isoenteaance. He has beim cent to England to be educated. Reis to remain at wheel fee four years, when his father will visit England to take Wm best to Chime. OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA, (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) CAMP ABOVE SEBASTOPOL, Jews 28. No move of importance has occurred in the siege operations the lut few days. The French are up ping up towards the Malakhoff, and already the trenches make a considerable show. An extensive place d'armee has been formed in front of the Mamelon. The armament in the White Redoubt (Selenghinsk Redoubt), above Careening Bay, is being strengthened and works added. The small 5-gun work, deserted by the Russians, at the extremity of the spur, is still unoccupied, except by a few French riflemen; it i is not in a position to be rendered available against the enemy's works on the west side of the Careening ravine. The Russians are adding to their number of guns on the verge of the cliffs on the north side of the roadstead opposite to Mount Sapone. On our side we are e tending the sap towards the &deo, and as yet have not met with any interrup tion from the enemy. A trench has also been made to connect the extremities of the right and middle boyars proceeding with tie old advanced work, and this again has been joined to the parallel extended from the Quarry Battery. A new battery of con siderable strength is also in course of construction ; it is expected that it will chiefly be brought to bear against the Russian shipping. When Colonel Yea fell in the attack on the Redan, he bad with him a plan of the works in the right attack ; this, however, could give the enemy little information beyond what he already possesses. All the trenches and batteries on Frenchman's-hill, from the sloping nature of the ground, are fully exposed to his view. It is aione possible to keep secret the exact position and nature of the armament of the new batteries ; but it would appear, from the counterworks erected, that the enemy has means of obtaining speedy information even on these subjects. I append a brief diary of the circumstances which have transpired the last three days. June 23.--Lieutenant-General Sir George Brown left camp this morning to go on board the Royal Albert, for the purpose of recruiting his health. Re has been suffering from a severe attack of diary! yea, and, though relieved from all urgent symptoms, has been mach weakened by his illness. Major-General Cadrington, who has also been ailing, is about to pay the Admiral a visit in the same vessel The First Division (Guards and Highlanders) is to continue assisting in the trench duties of the right attack. The increased extent of the works, and the proportionally greater number of the Guards required to protect them, the large number of working parties which will now be necessary to carry on the new approaches toward the Redan and Karabelnaia and to construct certain newly projected batteries, demand a greater force than the Light and Second Divisions can afford, consistently with maintaining the troops in good health. Some of the regiments of the Light Division are greatly reduced in strength. The 34th Regiment has no captain, and only three subalterns available far duty, and both it and the 7th Fusiliers have had to borrow officers from other regiments to carry on the duties. Captain Hill, of the 22nd Regt., died yesterday in camp, from cholera. He had volunteered his services in the Crimea, and was doing duty with the 79th Highlander.. He was taken ill in the trenches, and left with the intention of returning to the camp of the Highland Brigade. Oa arriving at the Light Division tents he became so ill that he was not per- 1 witted to proceed further, and he died within the lines of the 88,h Regiment, in the tent of one of the officers who had kindly taken him in on bearing the serious nature of his attack A long line of fleabag was observed to move along the north side tc-day, coming from the eastward to an open space below the Star Fort. They appeared to be empty. Oa their arrival at the open space before mentioned they were regularly marshalled into six lines. It is suspected they have been brought for the removal of sick and wounded. The steamer usually employed in transporting troops across the harbour, and which has been lying close to Fort Paul all day, got up steam towards sunset, and went over to the landing place near Fort Nicholas. She appeared to be taking in troops as the sun set. It is not unlikely that this cool period of the day would be selected for the transport of the wounded to the north side. About 9 p.m. the camp was visited by a tremen dous storm of lightning. The electric disturbance was so extensively diffused, the flashes were so vivid and:so continuous, that for minu'es together the camp was exposed to view as clearly as in full moonlight. Scarcely a drop of rain was perceived in front, but near Balaclava it fell in torrents, and caused considerable damage to the railway and several stores.' The railway chiefly suffered near Kadikoi, and several dos} s must elapse before the injury can be repaired. _ 2l h.—General Pennefather left by the Colombo to-day for Engiand. Hie constitution is Enid to have suffered considerably from the eff.cts of the campaign. The Light and Second Divisions are now without any general officer, whether divisional or brigadier. Major-General Codrington, it is stated, will have the command of the Second Division, as soon sa his health will permit him to return to camp. His loss will be felt very much in the brigade, which he has commanded with the utmost aatislaction on all sides since the first landing of the army in the Crimea. General Eatcourt died early this morning, to the great regret of a numerous circle of friend, of cholera. He was attacked with the disease on the 22nd instant, but had been ill for some days previously. On the 23rd all the symptoms had much improved, and hopes were held out of recovery. He became worse at night, however, and gradually sank. His affa bility, and many social qualities, ensured him a great number of personal admirers. His successor has not been named, and some doubts have been expressed whether the duties of the vacant offim would not be amalgamated with those of the chief of the staff The French have been throwing shells at the large Russian ships in the Great Harbaur from some bat teries on the left. Several shells fell very near; in one instance a shell fell into the water between two of the ships—a three-decker and two-decker, but without doing any harm. The ships still remain broadside on the direction of the Malakhoff-hill. On several nights lately, boats from the fleet have stolen in towards the month of the Great Harbour, and discharged shells and rockets into the town. They have been within range of the guns of the forts, but the darkness has prevented the enemy from deter mining their position, notwithstanding the momen tary flashes of their fire. _ _ _ Hans Marsh, Adjutant of the 33rd itegimelt to pan from one of the boyaus in a direction t,b2l-' the left zigzag app roac h, near the trench lat e l y from the enemy an d connected with the works. There was a covered way along affil could pass free from risk, but he moved C e 7,s by the open ground. A friend cautioned Ilk, b iZ7 . l , do so, as the savi ng of. time and sp ace would b," unimportant, and po inted out that th e sharpshooters were firing . from th e f ront of thsj: d o n. " Firing is not h itting" was the rept., unfortunately he follow e d t h e rash promptioe,l:47. momentary impulse and went forward. H e fully exposed to view, and the enemy fired a e t ah,.." One ball more true than the rest struck him it head, and he fell dead on the instant. He hid advanced ten yards when the event took b t, ant 1" Lieutenant Marsh was quite young, had only t Z received the appoi n t ment o f a d jutant, was active 4 intelligent, and gave promise of being a moat efftei en officer. Captain Smith, of the 9th Hegiraent, sete out e ed yesterday to the wound s he received on the 'Misr He was struck in the back while helping a wends; officer of the 16th Itegiment on a stretcher, sea 40 hope was entertained of his recovery from the Om The wounded in the field hospitals, both officer, sod men, are reported to be progressing most favoorshl, and the benefits arising from the necessity of Mei; removal to Scutari and elsewhere being obvist,d b y the greater accommodation in camp are fully 4 . ,parent. Heavy gales of wind from the south end 505tb.,,,,, have prevailed all day, and dense clouds of dig have been passing through the camp. ltaiu.J have been hovering over the mountains, and thaw* has occasionally been audible. The fire in the batteries has been flack. 26th. A bright, wa rm morning. . The oiled ri b. sided towards eveni ng , an d the n ight was (pit Thera was scarcely any firing on either aide, smith working parties pursued their labour without inter. ruption. FRANCE. - (FROX OUB. OWN CONIIESPONDIST4 PARIS, SATURDAY Evrxiiio, The 140,000 men voted yesterday will be miscast the very earliest moment that the law will allot I am informed that by last tight's post, and wittlia an hour or two after the bill was passed by theecfp i Legls!atif, a circular was sent cff by the Minim? it War, orderirg the drawing for this levy to NI, place in October next, and the calling oat of the troops so drawn in November. Thus by January 1, 1856, the entire contingent will no doubt be ready to march. Hitherto the cholera has not been reckoned small the causes of death which give a soldier's or s►ilor's widow aright to a pension under the laws of llthand 18th April, 1831. But it appears, by a circular lately addressed by Admiral Hamelin to commanders of squadrons and maritime prefects, that the choke contracted out of France, either in the army, or an beard ships employed in the Baltic or Black Sea, with a contagious character in the sense of the pension law, that is to say, when it shall be recognised as her's; prevailed epidemically in the ship, or in the place where the soldier or sailor may have been on day, shall confer a right to the pension. Pursuant to thi new rule pensions have been already granted to widows of officers and sailors who died of Asiatic cholera prevailing epidemically on board the ellipse! war employed in the Baltic or Black Sea expeditima The English steamer, the Enniskillen, left Mar. seilles on the sth for the Crimea with troop°, home, and stores on board. She had in tow the thus master, Dismona, similarly laden. The Clio, steam-frigate, which lately arrived at Toulon from the East, brought with her a brig al 2,50 tone, captured at Kertch, and laden with whist She bears the mark "No. 1," of the prizes taken the Sea of Azoff. There was scarcely anything done at the boom yesterday, and the Inte is still heavy. The uocep tainty as to the war paralyses speculation. Tte Three per Cents. offered at first at 66.30, receded to 66.03, for a moment recovered to 66.15, but tb report from the Stock Exchange caused a new kilo 66.03. At the close prices were a little better, tat no businees was done. The principal railway le are from 2.50 f to sf. lower. Northern, 865; Lycra 1,185; Orleans, 1,185; Rouen, 1,180; Grand Centel, 600. SUNDAY EVENING. The only business transacted at the Little Beam of the Boulevard was some sales in Three per Can at 66.15. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC. LIVERPOOL, St:yDLT• The mail steam ship Atlantic, Captain Wed, arrived this morning from New York, with abide to the 27th ul!.. 232 passengers, and 800,000 dollsa in specie. The Asia arrired at Boston on the 21st ult., and the steam ship Ariel, from Havre, on the 29th ult. The vote of all the counties on the prohibitory liquor law of Illinois has been reoeived, and show' a majority against the law of 14,000 votes. A New York paper states that the efforts of the British recruiting agents there to enlist men for the Crimean legion appear to be attended with cool• darable difficulty. '• The brig Buff:do was on Sunday taken into Holmea• Hole by the revenue cutter James Campbell. It appears that she recently sailed from New York with a number of Germans as passeagem. who were ostensibly engaged to work on soma imaginary railroad in Nova Scotia, but who weeds reality destined to win renown and eight dollars Pr month before Sebastopol. The Germans, suet getting to sea, thought they had made a bad bargain, and placed themselves under the protection of the cutter, the commander of which awaits orders from the au t horit ies." Mr. Charles H. Staub-, of the British consulate in New York, was arrested on the :16:h of Jane, and placed under 1,000 dollars bonds to answer a chirp of enlisting recruits for the Crimea. Favourable accounts continue to be received of the growing and ripening crops. In Georgia, Alabama. the Carolinas, Florida, Tennessee, acd Indiana, sod even in some sections of Virginia, the harvesting has already commenced, and in all those states, with the exception of Virginia, the yield is unprecedented. In Virginia the wheat crop was somewhat injured by the fly and the army worm, but as the number of acres put under cultivation in that state this year far exceeds any previous season, there is no doubt that the yield will surpass the average. In Obio, New York, and all the northern and eastern stet% the coldness of the season has saved the wheat from the ravages of the fly, and now, as it is about enteriog into the ripening stage, it has nothing but rust to fear. A New York paper observes :—" If this gesso does not outstrip any previous year in the numbered bushels produced, there is no truth in favourable re' ports of crops." We have advices from San Francisco to the let of Jane. Accounts from the interior of California give glowing descriptions of the country and the general prosperity of the various branches of industry, Pertlo* laxly mining. Active search has been made during the last few days for Russian spies supposed to be in the camp. Several innocent persons have been taken up on sus picion. Among others, Captain Freeman Armstrong, of the 18th Royal Irish regiment, was yesterday arrested as a spy. He had come over on horseback from the Third Division, and in consequence of some striking peculiarities in his dress and appearance, and certain questions about the works on Frenchman's hill which he put to the guard at the picket-house, he was thought to be a Russian agent in an assumed dress. Notice was given to the Provost-Sergeant, who followed Captain Armstrong to lokermann, and there arrested him. It was in vain he made assertions THE AMBRICAN MAILS.—The British and North of his being an officer of the 18th Regiment, he was American Royal Mail steamship Canada. Captain C. B. B. compelled to come to the proper authorities. As he Indltins, sailed from the Mersey on Saturday atteracca moved along, a crowd of soldiers gathered, both about three o'clock, for Boston and Ralik:, with the mail French and English ; there wee no doubt mails for the United States and British possessions i v n o N e s i l that he was a spy, and lnud was the Ammerecrhieciekisels. 0 Tae Canada h e a n s d for a sofmal.l time peat of been pi a explosion of indignation which followed. Cap tain Armstrong became excited, and it was per- Her graving dock, and has undergone a thorough renovatioa engineer reports her in as perfect a condition at the haps fortunate that his sword, which was curved, and present time as she was on her maiden trip. Prior to Sr? not at all of the ordinary Eoglieh shape, was taken departure copies of tke E.rpress were :placed o n 4. b0!,a from him. He was not identi fi ed until he reached the Canada by Meows. Willmer and Smith. of Li ve rpoo l. for the pram and public institutions of the Wow ° the Adjutant-General's office of the Light Division. c o mi, ont . A short time since a Russian agent passed in a direc- FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND Nositt tion towards the Mamelon, dressed in the uniform of a Vissreax Rair..way.—The Camden•town station a t the French captain of the line. Something led to suspicion above railway was, at one o'clock on Saturday, the ra s e respecting his real character, and he was interrogated. a most distressing accident, causing the death of .1 3 . As he did not know the name of the colonel of the pl oyed by the company as a porter at the station. Bort", named Benjamin Bertram, 23 years of age, who was nv regiment, nor which division the regiment belonged complete') as leading • harts across the new lines (lately to, he was removed for closer examination elsewhere, when, perceiving a train of ballast waggo ns approaching , h e and the fact of his being in disguise was speedily endeavoured to urge ,Ilim forward out o f the way; t 3 s ilt: proved. Several of the Greek canteen men in camp parently alarmed at the noise mad e by th e eagine , b dit mal would not move from his dangerous position, an ~. have been taken up on suspicion of being spies. that moment the loaded trucks overthrew Bartraut Ow 25th.—A melancholy occurrence, involving nano. oessary Ines of life, took place last evening in the over his body handed him a extensively that death so still retained his hold of the bridle), and the wheels pil* advanced works of the right attack. Lieutenant labblubtismor.