The Express. — London, England, 1855-09-19 00:00:00

2. trbs exvreoo. TO 00RRISPONDENT8. enctionnii Inland in "Tb• "Louisa Imilzipaper, sea be at dr OS" 10. Des itr by Two *Wok so Or &gar rgman. MON NAT= •T LONDON BRIDGE. TUN Dalr—Meralag, Ith. 1111a......—Aftenece. 614 MN. 194imasow—Koraim 11 11... Altenees. lb. On. LONDON, Y, B.EPTEMBER 19. IT has been a 001111S011 remark for some time past that we beer mush less than we did about the share the Americans propose to take in the existing and impending conflicts of Europe. We need not return now to the view most frequently and naturally pro. Dented to account for this—the impossibility of the Americans making war in our hemisphere while their own great interior conflict remains unsettled. Their Own newspapers supply new lights, which throw a strong interest round the case to all who wish well to the great Republic. The abdication of SANTA ANNA is filling with hope • large proportion of the citizens of the United States. We are sorry that it is so large an out, as their aerial (or noteiter) organ, the New York Herald, avows a kind and de gree of exaltation in the prospect of the extension of slavery into new territory which the best of the population must consider a matter of mourning and humiliation. There is no slavery in Mexico, any more than there was in Texas while it belonged to Mexico. The Americans introduced slavery into Texas ; and they propose (according to the New lurk Herald) to establish it in Mexico. There is to be, according to this popular authority, a new Mexi can war. So says one journal, in the way of pro posal and prophecy. Another, the Daily Times, gives &letter from Kossurn to the PRESIDENT, which quotes certain promises from the late DANIEL WIS. nen, on behalf of the Hung .rian cause, and asks questions of the PRESIDENT about Use fulfilment of these promises. As a matter of course, the Perm- DENT altogether declines to patronise any scheme ot insurrection against an established European power. He lets down M. Emu= gently ; but the refu sal to support the Hungarian cause against Austria in any way whatever is as clear as it can be made. The only matter of surprise is that M. KOSSUTH should have asked such questions of the ruler (representative or hereditary) of any nation in alliance with all the existing European powers. Thus, according to journals which speak for diffe• rent American parties, the Americans will probably go to war on their own continent on behalf of slavery ; and they will not go to war os our oonti neat on behalf of liberty ; at least, in that form of which the Hungarian cause is an exponent. Other newspapers cant lights on this alternative, and on some other matters at the same time. One declares that the sympathies of the American people are with the CZAR; while another entreats Europe not to believe such a calumny, and asserts that re publicans like themselves can distinguish between the protection afforded to national security and deve lopment by the Allies and the tyrannous aims and temper of the Russian policy. While we are looking from the one speaker to the other, perplexed which to believe, a third solves the riddle, by pointing out the grounds of sympathy between the United States and Russia. Passing over those which belong to the institution of slavery, the fear of free speech and a free press, the censorship on literature, the abroga tion of justice in inconvenient cases, and other anal*. gone practices which liken the Southern States to Muscovy—there is a cause which involves the States collectively. From the days of GEORGE 111. the supposition on which the foreign policy of the United States has been based has been the same en tertained by Russia—the supposition of the eternal antagonism of England and France. This supposition being proved to be a mistake, the CZAR suffers on the one hand, and the Americans are perplexed on the other. At first they would sot believe the fact, and the Americans resident in Russia laughed at it, in concert with the courtiers. Next, they were sure the alliance would not last, and there was a rush of individual citizens to St. Petersburg and to the towns on the Black Sea, to help to bring on the rupture as soon as possible. That expectation failing also, the next profession was of reverent com passion for the Caen, invaded by overwhelming forces in his own territory, while peacefully engaged in patriarchal care of his people, trader the "peculiar institutions" of Runk We must not suppose, how ever, that the noisy many who swell this cry are the majority of the American people. Neither are we at all sure that the majority sympathise with the Allies. We are disposed to believe that the new conjunctions, and varying aspects, and complicated interests of European politics are simply perplexing to the majority of Americans, and that they find it best to say no more of the aid that their country would give on behalf of freedom in cue of say peril to the sacred cause. This, again, is not all. The wisest and most patriotic Americans regard war very differently from those of their neighbours who are republicans for other moons than enlightened principle. The highest ceder of awn in the Republic are the most sensible of the privileges of their political and social birthright. They rejoice that their institutions took form in an ap when the military regime was virtually past ; when warfare is, among the more ad vanced peoples of the earth, purely defensive, and especially for commercial aims. Believing that their Republic was based on the most advanced social principles, they know, and rejoice to know, that they can support no competition with old military States in the organisation and arts of war, any more than Russia and Austria, and the warlike States of Asia, can compete with the States of New England in en lightenment, morality, and the arts of peace. They know, and rejoice to know, that the field of warfare it not that in which republicans of the nineteenth century can reap their brightest glories. Of course this is no question of personal prowess. The wars of the revolution settled for ever the question of Ameri can bravery and devotedoess. The same qualities would show themselves as conspicuously u ever now, or at any future time, in case of invasion, or any sggression which affected the radical or general interests of the Republic. But no provision is made in the federal constitution for war as a liability, lake that of the old world; and the Americans, not being provided for war, or trained to it, like nations whose institutions date from the mili tary ages of the world, are certain to fail in the com parisoo,oe other soils than their own. In their own country it is rather a boast than not that the military and naval professions are not honoured as in Englaad and France. The public principle and sentiment are against a standing army and sir thousand is the amount of the federal army, in ordinary times. The habits of the popular mind are directly opposed to those which are indispessable for such an organisa tion as belongs to a military system; and what the drawbacks are to the life of a soldier or sailor, private or in command, none dealers so strongly and so openly as the members of both reviews in the Republic. The jealousy of arbitrary bom mmad defeats itself in a way which shows how incom patible is military pieties with &aromatic inefitu-1 dom. As for the officers, nave' Or 'Military, they! occoplain of want of power to project and Cl schisms for which they ari yet responsible. are so many spies, so many objectors, so many people to pinkie, with so few to sympathise in their cares, that no vocation is so hard and so thankless as theirs. General Sucre, it may be remembered, was superseded at a critical moment, in Mexico, by the jealousy of a cabal, and restored to command merely by the oosepienoos incapacity of his successor. The reader of Capt. Wimuses Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition will remember how sore a subject is that of authority and obedience on the high seas, or in the diplomatic transactions in volved in such a voyage. It is no secret to any tra veller in the Western world that the want of legal power in the heads of commanders induces punish ments which would not be tolerated by, or on behalf of, British soldiers and sailors. There must be no dogging on board ship, nor any specified punishment against which popular sentiment can show cause; sad the consequence is that each com mander takes his own way. The captain throttles an insubordinate sailor, at some private moment, and shuts him up till he begs humbly to come out. The military officer administers the buck and gag, or sets his culprit on a barrel, all day, in a public street of a foreign tows, with a sentry beside him, to run him through if he attempts to come down. No British soldier would stand the back and gag (being tied into a helpless bundle and then gagged for more or fewer hours); nor should we ever have as army if we treated our soldiers no better, in regard to food and all other personal accommodation, than the American authorities do. The fact is, the troops are not American. The hot-blooded young natives who want to fight go as volunteers, for a year or some other fixed term, each providing his own horse and other equipments, and every man obeying such orders as please him, and no others. In the Mexican war, the regular soldiers were scarcely American at all, but German, Irish, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Cana- dian, and a few English. Many of these were run aways and scapegraces ; but some of each nation were not so; and the common agreement of those respectable soldiers is well known—that the American service was intolerable after that of other countries. Their term was usually for five years; and those who did not previously desert broke away in delight when their term had expired. The desertions be tween Vera Cruz and Mexico amounted to a propor tion never heard of in Europe. The unreliableness of, the American soldiery in a war of aggression was as remarkable as their steadiness and devoted ness in their immortal war of defence. And so it must continue to be. They do what they can in fos tering their Military College at West Point, and training officers there in as much of the European spirit as they can command; but their people and their institutions are not of a military nature. The slave-power will fight feeble Mexicans for a new slave area, and the whole nation will fight like Spar tans in defense of the Republic; but when the ground and the cause are European, the aid to be looked for from Americans is not of a military kind. They know this very well ; and Europe ought to know it also. The CZAR may hope for their good-will and covert assistance, to a considerable extent ; but be will soil. The KOSSIITEIS of the depressed nationalities may obtain vague promises from party leaden, and money and sympathy from any number of individuals; but they, too, may be assured that military assistance from the United States is out of the question, and would be of no avail if it could be had. The genuine Americans ars above being mere merce naries; and the circumstances of their country and time ►eave them no leisure to devote their lives to any cause bat those which they may well find all absorbing at home. I'HE EXPRESS. WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1855. 'Ube Court. BALMORAL, OUT. 17. Prince Albert, with Prince William Frederick of Primal', and the Ladies sad Gentleness of the Household, attended divine service yesterday, at the parish church of Crathie. The Rev. A. Anderson officiated. ROYAL MIINITICENCL—With a thoughtful charity and Consideration the Quota has munificently signified her lineation of groats( a life position of 301. per annum to the widow of William Haigh, who lost his lite while endeavour lag to lubricate the axle of one of the carriages daring the royal journey to Soothed on the 6th instant. The safer tenets man was en old servant of the Greet Northern Railway Company, end had attended the royal progresses over this line on several former occasions. Her Meleety harp already signified her intention of »turning to the 'oath over the Great Northern Railway. The train is ordered ter the 13th proximo. The Marquis of Bristol arrived at his seat, Irk worth, oil Friday Met, from Brighton, and Earl Jermyn arrived as Saturday from the Baths of liontbourg, appear I lag lama beneated by the change of Mr. Lord and Lady John Russell left town yesterday, ea a visit to the Duke sad Bach's. of Bedford, at Webers Abbey. The Duke of Rutland has been to his estate in Datryshire, bat has been unable to enjoy hie anal sports oa the moon. Ho is maimed at Newmarket oatly to tho em nava nreetiap. Lord Georg* Manners, third surviving eon of his Ones the Dabs of Rutland, Captain of tits Royal Horse Garde, and M.P. for Cambridgeshire, is to be salad to Lady Adelina Howard, daughter of the Duke of Norfolk, at the sad of this mouth or early is the neat. On Monday Sir Archibald and Lady Alison en tertained a distinguished party to dieser at Fossil Honig. Glasgow, comprising the Duke of Argyle, Prince Lucien Bonaparte, and tits Count sad Countess Compelle, the Lord Proroet, Lord Wrottetley, Sir Mahal and Lady Gmais Bhsw Stewart, Sir Roderick MarehLon, Colonel Sabine, Colossi Rawlirneser, Professor Whowell, Colonel sad Mrs. Campbell of Skimmer, Mr. and Mr.. Baillie Cochrane of Lantiegton, and Mr. and Mrs. Culla Passion of Craigdarrmb. Major °wilt, who came home from the Climes in the Jura transport, arrived at Icklinitham hall, the resi dence of his father, Robert Orri:t, E.q., last Thursday, when the inhabitants of leklianham welcomed his retina with the most lively masks of affection and sesgratalatios. It may be remembered that In the attack directed against the Grand Roden, on the 18th of Jane, Major Owilt led one of the storming parties, consisting of 400 masa sad 10 officers, of the 34th Regimeat, when sight of the latter and their leader fell under the ire of the enemy. Three wily of the eight alone now survive. Major °wile sustained a compound fracture of the right arm, near the shoulder. The friends of Lieut. Palmer, 62nd Regiment, re ported In the list of the 11th as missing, have been informed that he is a prisoner, but gait* well. LORD CARDIGAN was expected at Burnley yester day, when preparations had bees made to meet him, and give his lordship a public. receptioo. The noble lord was at Maachester, however, the gr oaten part of the day. la the l morning, whilst at the Royal Hotel, he was recognised by the people, who sheered him, and 'viewed great interest in suing the hero of Halahlave. In the afternoon he was to review the 16th Lawns, at Old Trafford. This mama; lately returned from foreign service, is wee of the Inset sad most efteleat eavalry mimesis I. this meatry. The 26th Infantry, which has bees es leas ea foreign service that as *Meer la the army, who had held a commission forty yaws, mid he cover resolleebed te have seen the regimen;is also stationed at Manchester. The names of the two Russian officers whom we stated yeeterder to have bees killed la a foraging eapedi- Goa seer Kam are General Keakoleff ki sad Colonel Jaime. LATEST FROM ABROAD. IMPORTS') EVACUATION OF THE CHUM BY THE RUSSIAII ARIEL wiscrare 711.11041.114 (mom ova OWN CORRISPONDNNT.) HAMBURG, Barr, 19. 1 Intelligence has arrived here from Vienna that the Road= ambassador has received a telegraphic de spatch, informing him that the Russian army in the Crimes have retreated upon Perekop from want of provisionL EXCHANGE OF DR. EASTON AND MR. SULLIVAN. ADMIRALTY, Bm. 19. The Secretary of the Admiralty presents his com pliments to the Editor of the Evros., and begs to acquaint him that the fallowing intelligence hu been received in this office : "The Wolverine was lost on the night of August 11, on the south-south-east bey of the Comtown Bank, while proceeding to Grey Town. "No lives lost. "Dr. Easton, Burgeon, RN., and Mr. Sullivan, Master's• Assistant, who were captured at Hango, in the Cossack's boat, were exchanged at Odessa on the 18th inst." 1 The fillowing private telegraphic despatches have bees received: " VIENNA, SETT. 17. "The latest adviees received here from the Crimea state that Marshal Pelletier was preparing at a very early date to resume operations against the enemy." "The embarkation of Turkish troops at Eapatoria has been nupended." A letter from Odium, in the Military Gazette of Vienne, states that " the Russians in Baktchi-Serai are barring all the mountain defiles, breaking down the bridges, and destroying the communications with Balaklara, which indicates that they are expecting the Allies will commence a campaign in the interior of the Crimea." The Franden Batt states from Warsaw, on what it believes to be good authority, that " the Russian rear-guard abandoned Fort St. Nicholas on the night between the 9th and 10th. On the 10th, General Palissier sent some detachments into the town, which consists or 480 houses. On the lltb, the Rarabelnaia suburb was occupied by a French corps. The main body of the army will enter the town as soon as the barricades have been removed, and when a bridge of boats hu been thrown over the War Port. The immune, lass unstained by the Russians in the six assaults, and the fear of a diversion on the Taber. nays, induced Prince Gortchakoff to retreat into the maritime forts and into the Northern citadel, to w avy the heights of the Belbek, and to send a corps of observation in the direction of the Tchernaya The Russian position is strong, but it will be difficult foe the army to winter on the plateau. From the preparations which are making at Perekop we are induced to believe that the Russians mean to defend the Crimea even after having lost Sebastopol." Oar Paris correspondent transmits the following despatch : "The government of Naples exhibits the most deplorable infatuation. The King refuses to make the slightest concession to France and England. It is expected that strong meuures will be taken." DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, Szrr. 18. The members of theists Danish Cabinet, who were dismissed in 1854, are to appear before the High Court of Justice on the 19th (this day), on the charge of high treason. OPENING OF THE DUTCH CHAMBERS. HIS MAJESTY'S SPEECH. (PROM OUR OWN 001111111PONDZNT.) THE HAGUE, Barr. 17. The members of the First and Second Chambers of the States General of Holland, assembled today, under the presidency of 2d. J. A. Pbilipee, In re sumption of their official duties. His Majesty, who was accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Frederic of the Netherlands, read the following speech from the throne : Gleatlemes,—lt is • matter of satisfastlon to me to be again able to inform you that oar relations with the other powers continue to testify their entity and friendship towards am. In the midst of the war in which several friendly states are still engaged, we remain faithful to the principle of strict mutuality. Beropuloady followed oa our part, it I. appreciated end respected by the belligerent powers. Oar sea and lead fora' egatiane to merit our special ap proval for their military discipline and the zealous per forates". of their duties. The increase of the marine has biome • suttee of aeoessity, and is the subject of my anxious sellsicuk. At a time when our colonies and pea. melbas to ether quarters of the globe excite our interest, I seaside, it • privilege to be able to state that order and peace prevail is them; that the steno of the public health in Netherlaade India has considerably im• proved daring the last few months ; and that the harvests kayo amorally proved favourable. The "'Weaves» we have for some time past been maths to elyain a modification, of the system of ezelasiveuess hitherto pursued by the Empire of Japan, have not been fruitless. Privileges granted by the Japanese government to other na time have also been ensured to as. The !hates Comp mattes, sppoiated to investigate the condition of the slave po. palation of oar traumatise possessime have reeently cos eluded their report. I latter myself that their es malts labours will enable us to form • ma sers for your masideration ea this important subject. Dariag the pest winter 4 assay parts of the country tie dykes were broken, and fearful inunda tions took plus ; but the benevolence of our fellow-80as trymen and of foreign's* has eostribated is a great measure to the restoratioa of the ose, and the alleviation of the sufferings ceased by the ether: My earnest desire continues to be directed to the development of the moral and material welfare of the nation ; to promote theistical' of education, of seesaw and of am, and at the WM time she to enegm, rage, and as mush as pessible rapport, undertak ings of industry sad of public utility. Though the teatimes of the wee on trade and 'hippie, is sot insignificant, yet the state of thee* important breaches of the people's subsides's' ( Voikebestaas) gives se rause for anxiety. The plaits) income derived front taxation answers in every rapes' the ezpectstieste which had been formed. The favourable state of the Sauces permits a sectioned redostisa of the Bathed debt. I ['stead shortly to afford yen the oppertmaity of 'smoldering a aware which. mording to the fifth Magma' article of the shifter, must be proposed to you. By these end ether, either now or eireedy partially dbeeseed 'swains of leg islatiem,* wide hold bee bets *posed for you to give in this session also proofs of year seal la the impertaas teak which has been entrusted to you. Our Potbellied, gestlemes, has again east its regards apes us. It expects Om us friendly eossaltatissa, geed traits for the stability of order and prosperity. Let as not, so far as depends upon us, disappoint these prespeess. Let u, above all, show that we value the risk blemdrage which the Almighty (we acknowledge it with hearthit thanks) bestowe es our loved Fatherland. I declare Ibis I Nall= of the State; General to be opened. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (10M 011 OwN ComisrONDIXT.) PARIS, TuNDLY Brume. None of the news circulated at the Bourse yester day hae been confinned to-day, and we are absolutely without any freak intelligence from Sebastopol. There has been a considerable fall in every description of securities. The Rents declined 40c., closing at 66fr. 50s. The Loan of 1855 fell 60c., and Credit Mobilier 45k. The railway market was extremely heavy. Orleans fell 30fr. ; Lyons, 27k. 50c.; West ern, 101 r.; Northern, 2k. 50c.; Austrian, 17fr. tiOc. A good deal of business was done in the " French clippers," which were in request at a premium. Prince Napoleon arrived in Paris yesterday, on his return from the excursion to the coast of England. MABBEILLEB, 17TH.—We expect here every mo ment the steamer which brings the detailed accounts of the capture of Sebastopol. Maxima Mazloum, the Patriarch of the Oreek Church, has just expired at Alexandria. Six battalions of the 11th and 31st regiments of the line have just arrived here, and will embark this week at Toulon for the Crimea. The Sleds has a remarkably warlike article, strongly urging that the present opportunity should be improved to settle the question ef nationalities. The Commerce Breton states that several bakers were fined on Monday last for not having a sufficient quantity of bread in their shops. At Montreuil a farmer has been arrested for having made a false return of the price at which he had sold his wheat at market, with a view to raise the averages. Frauds , lent manceuvres of this kind have, it is said, been frequent at Montreuil. At Bordeaux the price of bread for the second fort night of September has been fixed at 63c. the kilo- gramme for first qualittt 48e. fqr second, and 43c. for third. This is higher thanike Paris tariff issued the other day, and the municipal it y of Bordeaux evi dently anticipates a further rise very soon, for, in its sitting of September ;16, it voted a sum of 60,000 fr. to make up the difference to the poor in case bread of second quality should be quoted higher than 60c. Last night, at the Francais, Madame Arnould Flossy made her first appearance in Paris since her long sojourn at St. Petersburg. The play selected for this long-expected rentree was " Tartuffe." On her appearance at the beginning of the first act, Madame Plessy was greeted with a hearty round of applause, which lasted for several seconds. She was visibly affected by her reception, and, indeed, exhibited throughout the evening almost the timi dity of a debutante. She played the part of Elmire with excessive care, spoke somewhat too slowly, and did not tread the stage with the assured step of the members of the company around her. A certain anxious look seemed to show that she was thinking about the caprice of Parisian audiences, of the new favourites of the last ten years, and of the effect of those same ten years upon that beauty which was deemed so peerless both in Paris and London. I think it may be safely said that the lady has nothing to fear on either of these heads. Last night, to be sure, it was observed that the audience was some what cold,knd that there were critics who pronounced the word failure,when it was found that Madame Piney was not called foe at the fall of the curtain. But in truth the latter omission only shows the dis crimination of a Francais audience. The wife of the credulous Orgoo is not the principal character in Tartuffe. The saucy soubrette (admirably played on this occasion by Madlle. Aagustine Brohan), the old grandmother who clings to the belief in Tartar(/' virtue till she finds him turning the whole family oat of their houses, the unsuspicious husband, and the arch-hypocrite himself, are such prominent figures in the drams, that to have awarded all the honours of the evening to tke fair ' , truant fresh from St. Petersburg would not have been a genuine expression of the emotions produced by the performance. In the afterpiece (a most airy trifle), La Vgne Broils, Madame Plesay was more at her ease; and the desiderated call was her reward at the end. As regards personal appear ance, Time has treated Madame Flossy with remark able tenderness. There is, to be sure, an unmistake able increase of embonpoint, but it is sack only as is naturally the concomitant of robust health in the prime of womanhood, and the art of the corsetiere exercised upon a tall well-proportioned person, pre serves the line of beauty unimpaired. The lustre of her eye is not dimmed, her voice is as mellow as ever, and when she shakes off the little nervousness that she could not repress on her first appearance on the scene of her former triumphs, she will, doubtless, feel that her power to please is as great ever. She remain., undoubtedly, without a rival In the highest walk of comedy. M. Tracy, the holder of the winning ticket is the lottery of Bt. Bach, writes to the newspapers to say that it is not true, as has been stated, that he has been paid 10,0001 r., in part of the 100,000 f r. d ue t o hi m , ail he has declined to accept any sum on account, lest he should thereby appear to sanction the delay which has taken place in the delivery of the pries. It has also been stated that a M. Desouches had claimed to be the rightful owner of the ticket; but M. Tracy, in his letter, says that that person has abandoned the I claim, and that, besides, it was totally unfounded, inasmuch as be (Desottches) had declared in presence of witnesses that he purchased the ticket in March, and that it was of a yellow colour, whereas the lot tery was not authorised until May, and all the tickets are of a violet colour. The Preece states that the project of establishing the Central Post-office on the Place du Chatelet, is to be, if not abandoned, at least considerably modified. The cause of this is said to be a desire of prolonging the Boulevard de I'Hotel de Ville to the Louvre, under the name of the Boulevard Victoria. The Exhibition will remain open till the 25th of November. MURATISM AND THE POLICE. NAPLES, SM. 10. I hare on several occasions spoken of the grave suspicion suspicions of Moralism under which the Neapolitan nobility labour. True to their order, they fear and detest democracy ; but at the same time they hate the present Government, which has despoiled them of all influence and consideration. The Neapolitan nobleman is in fact a puppet with a title. Therefore, be is in hostility with the Government, and considers that the best solution of the political problem lies in some French movement = and this so much the more, that many of his class enjoyed rank and office in the " ten years' court." These facts ex plain the persecution and vigilance to which the family of Bivons has been exposed, a family whose aristocratic sentiments and pretensions might have raised them otherwise, beyond all doubt. Unhappily for it, there was a time when it was a merit to sing pmans in honour of the French Emperor, and the vanity of B irons delighted to relate that his duchess, who is a Spaniard of the house of Beidinar, was con nected with the Empress of the French. In fulfilment of my plan of presenting you with a faithful picture of the proceedings of the political polio* in this kingdom, and thus marking the steps by which this Government is hurrying on te ruin, I begin with the owl of a man called Aral* and you will ob serve that I deal not with genseelities, but give you mow sad localities. I fun howsww, that what I write may be received with incredulity; but, though I the following fact cannot be printed in this country, yet it does not strike one on the spot as strange or marvellous after many years' endurance of savage barbarity. Arcello was suspected of being a Mu ralist. It is true that the Government persecutes without distinction all who are not of its way of thinking, as though they were repnblioanse re serving, however, its special hatred for the word Murat, or Murattista, which awakens an irritation and a fury withoat moderation. Arcello, then, was thrown into one of the horrid cri minal dungeons of Castel-Capriano, when a thousand devices were resorted to extort a confession of facts unknown to him. Such efforts having failed, a kind of wooden stiletto was run into the most sensitive part of the body, and the man is now in great danger, arising from inflammation in the part to which such violence has been done, and from which blood issues. A first-rate inquisitor and inventor of similar tor tures is Primicile Caraffa, Commissary of Police of the Quarter of St. Carlo all' Arena. His industry in tho investigation of tortures to eject confession is extraordinary, and his mode of treating a young person, in order to force a disclosure of the hiding place of a relative, is well known. I may not repeat the physical torment and the moral injury inflicted with this view. Another and a sew shirr°, called Pierro, is distinguishing himself after the manner of the old champion. of espionage and persecution. He is the author of the recent calumny which has compro mised so many respectable persona, and on the ground of which a process is being drawn up. His activity and that of his confreres does not arise from attach ment to the actual state of things; it is a money ques tion, and my Lord Palmerston explained it admirably. Pierro knew that there were two brothers called Zadicicco, rich proprietors in the commune of Regale, in Terra di Lavoro, who had a gun in their possession without a license. It was a Godsend, and Pierro demanded 300 ducats u a compromise of their non compliance with the law. The money was not forth. coming, therefore, Pierro, together with Campagna, who has unlimited power throughout the kingdom, went to Regale and brought the brothers handcuffed to Naples. Aftereleven days of imprisonment, robbery, and bad treatment, General Viale, commander of the province of Terra di Lavoro, came to Naples to procure their release; and was compelled to use all his igno minious influence with the Director of Police, assuring him that the brothers possessed the gun by his ex press authority. What compensation ? None. Again, an upholsterer called De Martino, executed some work for a friend of the government, but being unable to get payment, instituted an action, and obtained a favourable decision. He was called before the Commissary Campagna, and ordered to bring his documents. No sooner were they in Campagna's possession than the man was ordered to leave and think no more of his money. The poor fellow com plained, 'poke of his necessitous condition, of his loyalty to the king, of the decision of the courts in his favour, and was clapped in prison. On his release he applied to Prince Ischitells, Minister of War, for whom he had worked. The prince shrugged his shoulders, " could do nothing ; lae had not been able to do anything for his own nephew; these were evil times, which could not last e. counselled patience, or it would be the worse for him. That such acts u I have been recounting should take place in this kingdom would awaken no astonishment, were it known of what reckless characters those are who arc often chosen to execute the laws. The management of the theatres has at length been conceded to a society of private individuals, with a certain Vincenzo Flanti u administrator. As this man, who enjoys no good character here, is in the employ of the Minirtry of Finance, the management of theatres may be said to have been conceded to and to be at, the mercy of this department. The great annual military religions tete ; com monly called Piedo Grotta, in honour of the Madonna, took place yesterday. The King and all the Royal family were present, and the usual amount of gun powder was expended. PIEDMONT. The following address hu been issued by the Commander of the National Guard of Turin : ORDER or S zzzzz BER 9,1855. Comrades Our troops are fighting valiaatly in the East for :the liberty of nations and the glory of our native country. In their triumph' Piedmont aces the most precious gem in the crown of our most beloved sovereign. The government is indefatigably providing for their want,. While the whole nation is applauding, a committee has been formed for manifesting to them its solicitude and gratitude. _ _ _ I have no need to excite the :eat of the National Guard, of which force I hare the honour to be the oottussadsr, by this set of fraternisation and affection. Through the medium of the commanding officers, • register will be opened in each eotopeoy for whatever offer ings shall be contributed. by each legion to the eentrel (nod ; these registers will remain in the archives. The glory of there gallant _ a national glory ; on their return from their memorabk expedition, their banners riddled by the grape shot of the enemy, will be saluted by as, as at this moment we salute oar brave troops, with the ory of " Loag lite the army of the But r ' of ours is Tte Chanel A. CAMP - ANA. The Piedmontese papers continue to speak of the illuminations and other rejoicings with which the towns of Piedmont have celebrated the fall of Se bastopol. The same feeling has been strongly evinced in Spain. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, of the 15th, an nounces the departure of more Piedmontese troops for the Crimea, and of the youngest son of the late Count Balbo. There were the of them ; two fell in 1848 during the war of independence; two more are now officers in the Crimea, and the last has just left the diplomatic career to serve, as already stated, as a common soldier in the present war. A letter from Odessa, of the 20th, in the COMOilith Noma?, Bp: The Winding-up of the affairs of booms of commeime, warehouses, and shops roes on without interreottes. Doors ere closed in quick succession, and the ishabitants emigrate. Merchandise becomes exhausted by degrees and begins every day to fail for the wants of that part of the richer population which is forced to remain here, and who have been accustomed to a luxury equal to that of the capital. In a word, the greatest ruin and desolation exist. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, of the IStb, in the German Journal of Frankfort says: " In consequence of the events at Sebastopol, Count Ruol has been summoned to attend the Emperor at Lehi. A rumour prevails here that Prince Gortehakoff has received orders to try and persuade the cabinet of Vienna to apply to the Western Powers for a re-opening of the confer ences. This rumour is not, however, much believed in." GENERAL SIMPSON'S DESPATCHES. Ws learn by Eketric Telegraph that the Indus which left Constantinople on the 11th, arrived this morning at Marseilles, with edv ces from the Crimea to the 9th. The steamer, Telegraph, which brings the much looked-for details of the bald rabastopol, had not arrived. WEST INDIA. AND MEXICAN MAILS. By the Tamar, the arrival of which we announced by telegraph in our impression of yesterday, the fol. lowing intelligence has been received : Fourteen vessels have been wrecked among the West India Island. during the late severe gale of the 25th, 26th, and 27th of August. The New City of Cork, sugar laden, and a large ship off Santa G4us, from the casks, &c., which have been washed on shore, supposed to be French, also sugar laden, and homeward bound ; not a soul saved. The Wye Royal mail steamer, coming from Havana, felt it most severely on the night of the 27th. For some hours she wan in great danger, shipping heavy seas. It was with the greatest difficulty the fires could be kept up. At 2 p.m. a heavy sea broke on hoard, which nearly swamped the ship. Great praise is due to Captain Powell, the officers, and crew (assisted by the passengers), for the exertions used in getting the storm sails set, which saved the ship, for the force of wind and sea was so great that the steam power was unable to keep headway on the ship. General Sir It. Doherty, the late commander of the forces at Jamaica, came home passenger in the Tamar, having been relieved by General Bell. Also the late governor of Porto Rico, Lieut.• General Gambit, and his daughter. Small-pox is very prevalent at Porto Rico and St. Thomas. Yellow fever at Barbados., principally among the troops. At Havana, cholera as well a. yellow fever are very prevalent. The troops have all been sent into the country, and the National Guard are doing their duty in the town. The Tamar, since leaving England on the 17th of last August, has run or steamed over 10,000 mills, having performed the routes No. 4 and 5 while out in the West lodic'', and in a shorter space of time by two days than was ever done before. She has been ten days in port at the different islands out of that time. Business at Jamaica was flat- The Legislature was not in session; exchange on London 1 per cent. In Demerara the weather was favourable to the canes, but trade very dull. The Court of Policy have passed the b ll for autho. rising the incorporation of the London and Demerara Railway Directors, and for altering the places of the general meetings of the company from London to Liverpool, and for empowering the Company to raise the sum of 20,000/. to pay off the existing liabilities of the railway, and to put the line in good working order between Georgetown and Belfield. The Bill will be sent home by this packet for the sanction of her Majesty's government. The Court of Policy have also passed an ordinance for raising a loan not exceeding 130,0001. for the Intvoi nction of Indian immigrants into British Guiana. An Order in Council bad been received by the Governor, authorising him to amend the laws and constitution of British Guiana. His Excellency has prepared a bill, founded upon and nearly identical with the bill sent home during the government of Sir H. Barkly, and to which her Majesty's govern. ment refused their assent. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Do Cordova says : Flour has been in small supply, Bad from that fact alma has realised fair pr ces. Bread and crackers are in sack abundant supply, that we hopo shipmeeta will, for a log time, be withheld. A general gloms prevails at present, bat we trust soon to see it dispelled. Alewives : sold at 161. per barrel, but gener►lly in, little demand. Butter : very scarce. Sales of Irisk at 16d. Brandy : sales of small parcels at 18e. Candles; A parcel, sometime on band, was sold at 811. foe B's, 7's, and 16's ; and 611. for 10's, the letter size being ea. suited to the retail trade. Coffee : Noce at market. Cheese: Sees bare bee. made at Is' per lb. in small puce* Malt: A lot of Harvey's has been disposed of at 12.. and Gs., quarts and pants. Strong ale, end some of Jeffrey'., at 121. for quarts and 7s. for pints, in small parcels. Ruin sells at 3s. 6d., proof 18, and this price refused by some. Soap: Late purchasers finding it impcssibls to sell at advanced rates, arc offering to parcel out their lots et oasts, say His. 61. and lls. for crown and feather. Sug►r is worth 14s. :o 18s., according to quality. Tobacco: Ample stock of Cavendish, and abundant of leaf. PERU. A medal hu been voted to Don Domingo Elias, with a imitable inscription. De has also had conferred span him the tit's of hombre del pueblo. General Distills has been promoted from the rank of General of Brigade to Generd of Division. The following vessels thiled with cargosiot guano from the Chinas Islands in the month of Jaly : For Boglend, 45 vessels, with 31,218 tons ; Spain, 7 ve► gels, with 2,891 tine ; Mauritius, five vessels, with 2,078 tone ; United States, three vessels, with 1,59/ tons ; France, one vessel, with 259 tone. Tots!, 61 vise se's, with 35,043 tone. On the Ist of August there were 89 vessels of an aggregate tonnage of 61,484 tons loading at the islands. Br. Don Manual Maria Nunes (Moises her been appointid Consul of Peru in Bordeaux. The British barque Orleans, Evans, muter, which uiled on the 13th of June for England, with a cargo of guano t foundered at sea on the 17th of July. The muter sad crew took to the boats and reached the Chinch' Islands in safety. BOLIVIA. The presidential election has terminated in favour of General Cordoba, the eon-in-law of General Beim, the Waal president. The principal citizens in Bolivia are to meet in Soars, to be present at the ceremony of installing the new presi dent, it being the first time that a constitutional election for a euccemor to that othoe has aver been carried into effect. AUSTRALIA. We have advice, from Melbourne, ria Callao, to the 25th of June, five days later than the last dates. Serious collisions have taken place between the Irish at the Maryborough diggings and the miners. The "Tips," as the former are called, attempted to take the law into their own hands relative to " jump ing" claims, but the miners rose en masse to the num ber of three thousand, and obliged them to conform to law and usage. The miners are known as "the Allies," in contradistinction to the "Tips." Military and police have been sent to preEerve the peace in the district. ----- A mutual protection society has been formed, with the unction of the government. At the Ballarat diggings tho Irish have also been placing themselves in opposition to the English, Scotch, and American miners, snd scenes similar to thou at Maryborough have occurred. At Maryborough a " Tip," who rashly presented his gun at a body of 2,000 of the " Allies," was fired at twice, and slightly wounded. The yield of gold is steady, and there are great hopes of making exports of gold this year a hundred tons. The population of the colony is returned at 304,150, but this is thought to be too low. The rate of exchange on London has been raised to 31 per cent. The Argus publishes comparative statements of the exports and imports to Melbourne for the fine quarters of 1854 and 1855. In Imports we find 3,248,261/. in 1855, against 6,167,4221. in 1854; in exports, 2,615,315/. in 1854, against 2,997,167 in 1855. The exports from the termination of the first qusrter to the end of the week ending June 9th, were 2,275,0971., and the imports to the same period, 1,704,883/. The proposed means of raising the revenue of the colony by the addition of 10 per cent. ad valorem duty on all articles not before taxed, was withdrawn on account of its unpopularity. Oa the 21st, flour had advanced—Chili, 4/. per too, and ell other kinds 21.; wheat is quoted at 20s. per bushel, fine flour, 451. In Hobart Town (June 1 6), . flour is quoted at 481. to 501. Os the 23rd the pr ice in Melbourne had then to the same figure. In the spirit and wine market the prices also role high. Martel, 13a. 3d.; West India rum, 53g. 6d.; Genoa, 18s. 6d. At Geelong, gold was 31. 18.. on the 23rd. ARRIVAL OF THE BOOMERANG. (IT MAGNITIC TELEGRAPH.) (nos ors owx CORAIISFONDINT.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY• This day the mail ship Boomerang, which left Mel bourne on Jane 7th, arrived off Holyhead at 102.0 1 .. and is expected in the River in time for her sails to be delivered by first poet to-morrow morning. Bhe has on board on freight 17,000 ounces of gold.