The Express. — London, England, 1855-08-31 00:00:00

£b Oxpreitig. 1.1,Ill.11.121•1% SOW , Illwatleoniesto holonied foe The pron." tendon Evening Mir. east be at the Mee. 10. BooverWtn•4 by Two oakien .0 the day of publieation. HIOR WATIR AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts MT —Mentes, 41. its. Aftersoco, Ih. 3011. 10110aiiew—Meralag. 31. Its Alterews. 33. na. LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31. As it will probably be a long time before we shall see the Militia, as a national defensive force, again dispensed with, it becomes a matter of no small interest to the commuoity at large that it should be ordered aed disciplined in a manner to render it worthy of the ancient constitutional name it bears. To meet a temporary exigency people were willing to put up with many short-comings and irregularities which they believed to be, if not unavoidable, at least diffi cult to avoid. But as days and months roll by, and the blemishes and faults of the existing system out last the presence and haste in which they were sup posed to originate, symptoms of dissatisfaction and expressions of discontent begin to be manifested, of which it behoves the Govern ment to take heed in time. In several places, chiefly large towns, the inhabitants have be come weary of the disorderly and licentious habits for which several of the regiments are remarkable. At Derby, Yarmouth, and other place, the conduct of the men has been such as to call for the most se rictus representations from the local authorities; and in the latter town a magistrate of the highest re spectability, while attempting to interpose for the protection of some peaceable inhabitants from brutal outrage, was ferociously assailed by three militia men, and, besides other injuries, had his arm broken. The culprits were last week made amenable to justice before the local bench ; and such punish ments were awarded by the magistrates as the law enables a court of summary jurisdiction to impose. But, as we shall presently notice, these are hardly calculated to meet cases of the kind in question; and after all, it is not by the exposure and punishment of the soldiery by the ordinary tri bunals, however right and just proceedings of the kind may be, that a remedy is to to found for the mischiefs to which public attention is now very gene rally directed. We must look deeper, and deal with the causes, not the mere casual results. In the first place, then, we are compelled to notice with regret the proofs that are day by day afforded of the indiscriminate manner of enlistment that has been, we tear, very widely pursued. Copying with out reserve the recruiting tactics adopted too frequently for regiments of the line about to go on foreign service, those who have undertsken to raise militia corps have been content to take the first half-doseu fellows of the prescribed physical qualifications, without any re gard whatever to their put character or conduct, no matter how bad it may have been. We do not set up for puritans in these matters, and under the ex isting circumstances of the labour market in this country it would be preposterous martinetism to lay down rules of exclusion on the score of trivial indiscretions or youthful faults. The old sew of "the rough oolt and the good horse " seems to have been originally suggested by the sight of a recruiting strgeant under difficulties, with a squad of wild and wayward young boors at his heels. Bat want of training and amenability is one thing, and convicted criminality and base habit, of life are quite another. Nobody would recom mend that the gaol•yards should be rummaged for the materials of • national garrison ; bat is it not nearly as bad if the inmates of our prisons are re ceived into it, ranks, not in exceptional cases, but numerously and notoriously? It was publicly stated the other day in court, during the trial of the delin quents above adverted to, that a very considerable proportion of the East Norfolk regiment were known to be Norwich thieves, with whom the police of that city were but too familiar; and, when referred to on the subject, the civil authorities felt bound to confirm the truth of the allegation. We do not mean to assert that the officers of the regiment were cognisant before head of the fact; but it is clear that no sort of adequate care or circumspection was used in the en rolment of the regiment, or it could have em- I braced so disreputable and detrimental a contingent. The instance, we have reason to believe, is nowise peculiar. Soldiering at home, with lax discipline and no sort of hardship or danger, is just the sort of lazy swaggering life that a vagabond who finds his old haunts getting too hot for him will take to for a while, and consider rather a relaxation from the active and hazardoua warfare he has been carrying on against his neighbours. But is it endurable that ecoundrelism of this description should be permitted to strut in a red coat, and to terrorise the peaceful in habitants of it. own or the neighbouring town, merely because nobody will take the trouble to make proper inquiries es to whence it comes? This evil, however, would possibly have long passed unobserved, were it not for the system of billetting in public-houses which has been hitherto pursued., Under this system all the original sins of the consti-, tution of the force have been forced into shameful maturity. It has served, like a cover of glass, to foster their growth, and at the same time to reveal them. Billetting of soldiers when on their march is sometimes a necessity, though vantage. But the permanent quartering of half•drilled militiamen for months together is a perfect specific for the diffusion of idleness and intemperance, and for the mutual demoralisation of the involuntary hosts and their unruly guests. What would any good disciplinarian in the line say if he were compelled to let his men disperse from the moment they left parade until the roll-call next morning, to spend the interval how and where they pleased, and in whatever company their individual tendencies or old associations might lead them to select, in a town where they had many gossips and familiars? Or what sort of effect must such a daily and nightly dispersion have upon the population of a town ? If there be any likelihood of the militia being ever called on to act for the country's defence is the field, it is absolutely indispensable that they should be accustomed to act in masses, an? to execute com- 1 plicated movements with precision. For this the assemblage of several regiments in one place for several months at a time is confessedly essential; and in the want of barracks on a large scale the natural and easy alternative is the formation of large encamp ments. The latter are in point of fact infinitely pre ferable in every way to stone barracks in the neigh bourhood of great towns. It is not as pastime or pleasure that men should be accustomed to shoulder arms. Let the soldier's health and comfort, his recomposes in Wive service and hie pension when dimbled, be liberally provided for ; but let me the noble profession of arms be degraded to the lounging level of the scamps and deems of the village, or suffered to sink still lower into the domestic shelter of the breaded belly or the discharged knave. The soldier boo much to learn, and ought to be kept to his work ei a duty which he cannot neglect with impunity. lie is worthy of his hire—aye, and of all honour to beet i n when his work is done; but las is fi t oar no • bat to be disbanded when he puts on the natioi livery only as a cloak for idleness , or as a.mask profli gacy and debauchery. In the main, we believe our militia form the elements of a splendid national force; but hitherto they have not had fair play. Of real military discipline they can know little or nothing, for tbey have been brought anticr its influence. It is high time that the schoolboy buta nes/ of playing at soldiers should be brought to an end; and that if we are relying upon a vast nominal home army, we should have an army worthy of being respected and relied upon. A word as to the summary powers of justices of the pesos to deal with affrays and collisions, more than ever apt to arise out of the billetting system. In the case already referred to, we are informed that the drunken cowards who used their belts—very for midable weapons in a row—to maim and injure women as well as men, escaped the salutary punish ment of hard labour during the term of imprisonment assigned them because the persons injured did not happen to be members of the police. Had the arm of a constable with a figure on his collar received a braise or a scar, his assailants might have been suit ably punished; but by the law as it now stands it is • less offence to break the arm of a magistrate who risks his person in the discharge of his duty. the Court. OSBORNE, Auden 30. The Queen and Pri■a drove oat yesterday after soon. Priam Albert's birthday was kept at Osborne yesterday. The bead of the Royal Mann= played on the Terrace the following music: Overture... Die Naeht!ager in Granada" Introdnetios and I be Red Crum Knight " I Grand Siltation. "itTremor." Otte. " Die Deutsch= Vaterland" Nee/lard. wale,'• Madan" Mares, " The limes of Coboarg." Overture. "Camp" Lindpaintner. Polka, " Lee Vedette Astarte°. •• Dar Prereebuts" Allegretto Acheraetdo, Bartheyeale 9th Symphony. HER MAJESTY'S JOURNEY TO BAILMORAL.—Her Majesty, with the Prince Consort, family, and suite, will leave King'a.crosa station, London, on Thursday morning the 6:h September, at 8 a.m., travelling by the Great North ern Railway. The Royal party will lunch at York, and will arrive in Edinburgh about 8.4.5 p.m. Staying at Holy rood for the night, the journey will be resumed on Friday morning at 9 o'clock, the route being the Edinburgh acid Glasgow and Scottish Central Railways to Perth, the Scot tish Midland and Aberdeen lines to Aberdeen (Ferryhill Junction), and the Daniels Railway to Banehnry. This last station will be reached at 2.50, and luncheon will be served in the station buildings. The remainder of the journey will be performed by posting. Sir George (hey will probably be the Minister who will accompany her Ma jesty. _ IHE QUEEN OF ENGLAND, on Saturday last, sent for the directors of the Compagais Lyonnais. to some to the Palace of St. Cloud, and selected from a number of articles exhibited to her Majesty in one of the salons of the Palace, the most remarkable among the manufactures of Lyons.— Galignona. THE EXPRESS. FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1855. -I' the melning, tie troops and the gendarmes, directed by lb.' Prefect sad by General d'Angell, in eonsenand of the mili tary division, bail arrived at the sztmalty of the Faubourg Becalm; and there the General gave elders to the troops to charge the crowd and disperse it. This was done with such resolution tbst a number of the rioters were made prisoners, sad the rest lied in every direction. The two ringleaders, Chauvin and Guerin, were amongst the number of the persons taken into custody. A out filled with am munition, guns, and swords, was seized and taken to the Maids. Boma shots were interchanged in Ibis affair, and M. Daboden, substitute to the Precursor-060E1%1, 1161 fired at with a pistol by one of the rioters, almost at arm's length, bat missed. The prisoners were immediately taken to a place of surety, and the attempt was thus brought come plate', to a close. It is impossible to conceive what madness could prompt any number of men to hazard their lives in an 'Mir like this in a town where there are plenty of troops, and where the population only wants to be allowed to live industriously and quietly. Nothing was publicly known in Paris of the emeute at Angers till the Irsdependonce Beige arrived this morning. The Paris papers were instructed last night not to allude to the affair. I have not heard that the Moine-at-Loire was seised at the post-office, but the circulation in Paris of most of the provincial journals is so small, that state secrets are practically safe in their keeping in nine cues out of ten. In the cafés which receive them they for the most part lay on the table unopened. This accounts for the ex traordinary fact that an insurrection sufficiently serious to require a charge of cavalry to put it down should have taken place three days ago (it was in the night of the 26th and 27th) in a large town but eight hours' distance by railway from the metropolis, without the matter having become, till this morning, a topic of conversation in Paris. It is stated by the Inclegpoulatice that the number of insurrectionists in carcerated in the Castle of Angers was 110, and that more arrests had been made subsequntly. General Canrobert has left Paris, to take part in the business of the Council-General of the Lot-et- Garonne, of which he is a member. We read in the Augsburg Gazette, that on the 18th Julie, M. Russ, Bishop of Strasbourg, preached in the Cathedral of Hems. In the peroration of hie discourse he invited ail good Catholics to pray for the prompt conversion of the English to the true faith, and of submission to the See of St. Peter, " as the English," he said, "now drunk from a spring from which life eternal does not flow." Afterwsrds, apos trophising the Queen of England in person, the preacher called on her to restore to the proper owner, that is to say, to the Pope of Rome, the tiara which she unduly wears on her head (die tiara, welche mit unrecld auf Arens haupt situ). " Such an outburst is certainly," remarks the Sluts, in quoting the above, " wanting in propriety on the part of a French bishop." The late Mr. Hopes splendid mansion in the Rut St. Dominique, on which he is said to have expended, from first to list, no lees than six millions of francs, was sold yesterday to llsron Seellieres, for the com paratively trifling sum of 1,392,050 fr. GERMANY. A letter from Berlin, of the 27th, says :—" Count de Nesselrode, the Russian Chancellor of State, has just addressed a fresh despatch to all the Russian embassies. In this document the Count repeats the willingness of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg to accept honourable propositions for peaoe, and recommends that no opportunity shall be neglected of reminding the Cabinets to which the ambassadors are accredited of the pacific intentions of the Russian government.' DEATH OP MAJOR•GENERAL SIR ROBERT JVICKLB. News has arrived of the death of Major-General Sir Albert Nickle, Commander of the Forces at Melbourne. This officer entered the army in December, 1798, as ensign in the 813sli Regiment. Oa July 7, 1807, he volunteered and led the forlorn hope at Buenos Ayres, on which occa sion he was very severely wounded. Two years afterwards he embarked with the 88th for the Peninsula, and remained throughout the whole of the Peninsular campaign, from 1809 to 1814, with the exception only of a few months' ab sence reedited necessary to recover from his wounds. At the final battle of Toulouse he was dangerouiy wounded. He served afterwards in the American war, and here, too, he was wounded leading the advance acrose the &mime river. When the insurrection broke out in Canada, is 1837, Sir R,bert Nickle offered his services, which were accepted. le 1833 Bir Robert was sproieted Commander of the Forces in Australia. Riots broke out at the gold diggings in December, 1854, end Sir Robert Nickle proceeded to Ballarat with a mili tary fore* to quell them. However, though the force at his disposal was large, be rode without escort among the diggers, exhorting them to peace, and inch was the effect of vigorous measures, along with conciliatory manners, that tranquillity was restored. It was Midsummer In the Anti podes, and the hottest summer which had been known for years. Exposed to the glare of an Australian sun, Sir Ho best, while ably and humanely performing his duty, was struck with illness, which ended fatally in the mont► of May following. He was under 70 when he died, but was not 21 when he first led a forlorn hope. His military career was arduous, intending itself over many parts of the world, and was, moreover, distinguished by repeated proofs both of calm judgment and impetuous bravery. The Duchess of Sutherland, accompanied by the Youthful Lord Albert Gower and suits, arrived in Efinbargh on Wednesday, on the route to Duorobia Castle. On Tuesday last the floe old Elizabethan hall at Woraborough, is Yorkshire, presented a scone of animation, the like of which has not occurred within its walls for more than a century, when the marriage of the Hon. nisei. Stout Wortley, second ma of Lord Wbarncliffe, of Wortley ' Hall, to Miss Maria Elisabeth Marti., eldest daugter of the lam William Bennet Martin, Esq., was celebrated. The Earl of Chesterfield, the Earl of Wilton, and Baron Bothschild, have accepted the stewardship of t►e Nottingham July meeting, which will be hereafter held on the Tuesday and Wirdneadey after that at Liverpool. _ _ _ _ - We (Sheffield Iris) regret to hewn that the Right Hon. Lord Wbarsidiffs is in a state of swill's indisposition. The Rev. William Vaughan, " Bishop ilect of Plymouth," is to be eoaaeorated at Clifton, oa Sunday, 16th Sept. He il is hie 4lm year, and is nephew to the late Car dinal Weld. Mr. and Mrs. Disraeli returned to town yesterday inn Torquay. At • recent sale of the Marquis of Exeter's stud lewd Loodseborough purchased Stockwell, the winner or the Bt. Leger, for 3,100 *guineas; at the same sale Nutwith was sa.d for 1,600 guineas, sod Ambrose for 790 goineu. The Earl of Westmoreland, the Ambassador at Vienna from the Court of Bt. James's', visited Burghley House on Saturday leek The noble Bul has since left his mat, Apethorpo House, near Wandsford, for a tour of visits is the north of England. CONVOCATION OF TILE PROVINCE OF CANTER RORY.—Yestartlay being the period to which the convoes lion of the clergy of the province of Canterbury stood pro rogued, at 12 o'clock his Grace the Archbishop of Canter bury, atmaded by bie secretary, prcceedsd to the Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster, where, the usual formalities having homages* through, his grace further prorogued both homes emit the 23rd of October next. The entire prooeediop lasted but a few minutes. WORKS or THE FRENCH ARTISTS IN GLASGOW. —We hear that the collection of pictures by living Fronek artists, now exhibiting I. Pal-mall, including lidlie. Bea haul's famine weak, " The Hone Fair," la about to be taansforred to Glasgow, where it will be opened oa the 12th September. It is gratifying to loam tbat the majority of the leadiag British artiste who have expressed their Inagua lifted adminstiest of Rom Boahear's very attractive week, have praetieally illustrated their feeling up= the subject, by eabseribiag kr the twelve guinea (121. 12a.) impression of the empaving of the picture, which Mr. C. Laadeeeris mew ancetlag. Owe of tie minor curiosities of Paris is the soar mess wise whisk erassesta the mart els beast la the Rao dee Musts 6t. Ginnie. It is said to hare bees ideated by Racine, sad notarise that be did it is the kit yew of life, the rise mist be sew sot lees ties 166 fan iel sp, se that celebrated writer died is 1699. It is this year Is as aassually doe:Whig soadities, sad severed wit► !as fruit. LATEST FROM ABROAD. r TKB CRIMEA. • BERLIN, Ace. 30. Piince Gor'rehakoff reports from Sebastopol, uoder date of Aug. 28,11 at night, that the fire of the Allies was tha same as on the preceding days, and that in all other respects there was nothing new. ASIATIC TURKEY. The Journal de St. Petersburg, of the 23rd inst., contains an extract of a despatch from Aide-de-Camp General Mouravieff, dated the 30th of July, in which he says that the Russian troops, continuing from July 21 to 30 in their position near the villsge of 'Mine, surrounded Kan on all sides by means of flying detachments. On the 21st of July Colonel Loris-Meltkoff, after a forced march, arrived, with a portion of his detachment, in the valley of the Arexes, whither he was ordered by the General, for the pur pose of organising the sandjak of Kaghj amen. The inhabitants of this town, which contains 800 families, as well as the elders of the Kurdish tribe of lionnouki, surrendered unconditionally. Immediately after the occupation, Col. Loris- Melikt.ff set about organising this sandjak, as well as that of Ohetchevan, which also made its submission on the morning of the 22nd of July. Akhmet Aga, commander of the second Kurdish regiment, and a descendant of one of the most distinguished Kurdiak families, was appointed chief over the two sitodjaks, his principal residence being at Kaghyzman. One of the objects of this movement was to open a more direct communication with the Russian Erivan de- tachment, which the high mountain chain of the Agri Dagh separated from the main body of the troops. News was received from the Erivan detachment up to the 26th of July, at which date Major-Geoeral Sonia had advanced beyond Toprukh-kale, towards the village of Z 'delta. A report bad been rcceived that a Turkish convoy, consisting of 400 belie, of burden, and escorted by three battalions of Turkish, infantry, was at Olta, with the intention of getting into Kars, by making a detour by Dadaschio, the capital of the sandjsk of Ohel and °Mat Kilian. A Russian detachment was sent to intercept the convoy, but did not fall in with it. (roam oox owx COPENHAGEN. AUGUST 29. The Xiag has sanctioned the alterations in the fundamental law, and to-day the Premier has pre sented the collective constitution to the Landsthing, accompanying it with a two hours' speech. He stated that, if the measure were rejected, the whole ministry would resign. ARRIVAL OF THE ARCHDUKE MAXIMI LIAN AT TOULON. MARSEILLES. Act). 29. The Archduke Maximilian of Austria arrived at Toulon yesterday on board the Radetski frigate. This morning his Imperial Highness received the authorities, headed by the Prefect of Marine. He afterwards visited the Arsenal. This evening the town of Toulon will be illuminated. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (ram( ova owx PARIS, THURSDAY EVERIECO. A belief that Russia has been reduced to the last extremities by the course of the war is strongly im pressed upon this government. Russia is aux abois (at bay), is the expression used in • communication made to me of a piece of information which I know to be official, although it does not follow that it may not be mistaken. lam told that a despatch just re ceived from the French Minister at Vienna states th..t Count Nessehods has made such a pressing application to Austria for assistance, that the Emp.ror Francis Joseph cannot temporise any longer, and must declare himself on one side or the other. He is, it is said, very angry at , being pressed home by Russia in this way, and the French diplomatie!' think themselves justified in an nouncing that he will pronounce for the Allies. But curiously enough, the communication which I have reason to believe has been made from the Vienna embassy on this subject does not contemplate that Austria will take arms to help us, but gives it to be understood that she is very valiantly inclined and means—to dictate pesos to Russia. Of course, this is spoken°, in government circles as very good news. But it must be admitted that the French Government has so often shown itself over sanguine with regard to Austrian professions, that its views of any new move of the Cabinet of Vienna cannot be adopted with confidence, nor even be thought of without appre hension. All experience must lead us to suspect that any apparently new phase in the attitude of Austria can be but a new intrigue, in which her bad faith towards the Western Powers may be disguised with more refined hypocrisy than ever. If Russia be really" at bay," we who have borne the brunt of the war will be able to dictate peace to her ourselves. Austria must not be permitted to be made the mouth piece of our vanquished adversary, to dictate terms of peace to us. At the Bourse the Bente, after opening et yester day's:price with rather a doll market, rose to 66fr. 90c., closing with an improvement of 200. Credit Mo. biller, in which an enormous business was done, rose, after several oscillations, 35c. The treaty of fusion of the assurance companies wu signed to-day. In railways there was little variation. An attempt at disturbance of a grave character wu made on Sunday at Angers by a considerable number of men, having two ex-political prisoners of Belle-Isle, named Chauvin and Guerin, not long since pardoned by the Emperor, at their head. The Journal de Maine•et-Loire (the protectoral journal of the town) gives the following account of this strange affair : The habitual calm of this town (Angers) ►as just bean disturbed by a wild attempt, which, however, owing to the prudent measures of repetition adopted, was realised to only one spatter of the town. Oa Sunday afternoon the polies had been iatormed that • manifestation would take place i• the evening ; and in ceseequesee • strict watch was kept up everywhere. Up to midnight nothing took place to indicate that the information was thereat; but at that hoar them polies agents is ankles their rounds, learned that cone men were assembling on the Mall. The agents proceeded quietly to the spot, and found that about 40 persons were then collected. The agents, crying out loudly for assistance, at once rushed on the collected crowd, and being aided by several other agents who happened to be seer, the emesiblage was put to light, and seven of these takth primers. At about the same time, two attacks had bees made • little way out of, Angers, Cite on two gendarmes who cempiell the post of Triltse, and the other at • place called Lee Plebes, between Angers and the ethaseunti 01 Ardoieithres. In the lest met, one of the gendarme was takes pliesser by the rioters, the other contriving to escape. Is the second sem, not lees than a thousand on ►ad as soublad, armed with muskets, piker, axes, or sticks. These pause advaseed, shouting and singing insurrectionary songs, and forged the passable inhabitants to quit their louses and proceed wit► them. When they had arrived at the Madeleine, t►ey paused to Nubia* their mode of attack, but the authorities ►ad already adopted mama to bass• their designs. About two fa OMER PACHA'S NEW ARMY. A letter from Ronstchouk, of the 10th, says : " For some days past, bodies of Turkish troops have been directed from the Danube on Baltchick and Varas, where they will embark for Asia. Osman Pacha Las left this place with five battalions; Mahmoud Pacba and Derwisch Pacha have quitted Silistria with elevtn battalions. These sixteen battalions amount in num ber to from 8,000 to 9,000 men. It is expected that others will follow, and that they will be replaced by French troops." THE NEW BOMB VESSELS. A private telegraphic despatch dated Kiel, 30th, says:—" The Austerlitz, French line-of-battle ship, hu just 4totered the port. Three more English bomb vessels, in addition to the five already mentioned, I have arrived at Helsiogbord, defects in their construc tion rendering it necessary to send them back to England." PIEDMONT. The Piedmontese Go:ette announces that the King of Naples has concluded a new contract for 30 years with the Swiss regiments. In case the regiments be disbanded before the expiration of that period, it I. stipulated that the men shall receive pensions. The Piemonte, ministerial paper, published at Turin, prints the following : " The Italian question is one which forces itself upon Europe: it must find its place when the recorn position of Europe is discussed: it will do so, and no human power can prevent it. Without indulging in illusions, we have the confidence that the grand move ment of men and things which we behold to-day will neither be sterile for Europe nor for Italy. But until events have spoken it will be premature to enter upon particular discussion, and to discourse as if the congress which is to fix the destinies of Europe had already met." A SKIRMISH NEAR RIGA. The Invalids Russe publishes a report from Gen. Sievers, of the cavalry, relative to an engagement that took place on August 5, between Riga and Windan : ;'iletseral Sievers, of the cavalry, commanding the Baltic corps, announces, under date of August 11 in the evening, that on the bth two of the enemy's screw steamers cast anchor near Domesness (between Riga and Windau). ' The following day, at seven in the morning, the enemy opened fire notelet an unrigged lotka, which was being caulked on the coast, and having hoisted out his boats, sounded in setting this vessel on fire, u also the house of the coast guard not far from that place. After that his boats, which kept at half a vent from the shore, landed 200 men armed with rises. One part of this band wu left u a reserve on the shore while the remainder proceeded to the farm. NAt this moment, the horse reserve of that part of the coast troops of the line arrived from Dondangen, under the command of Colonel Von Stackelberg, of the regiment of lancers, of A. D. C. General Prince Tcheroyscheff, who concealed his detachment behind a mound, and awaited the approach of the enemy. The English, on reaching the three edifices nearest the coast, began to set them on fire. At this sight, our Cossacks and our Baschkirs dashed at the mound and rushed like a torrent at the enemy. His advanced chain, thrown into disorder by this attack, no lees bold than unexpected, took to flight in all haste towards his reserve, who, after firing a volley, did not wait for the attack, but re• embarked hurriedly into his boats, which began firing grape. Then Colonel Von Stackelberg, causing one part of his detachment to dismount, placed it in ambuscade behind some hedges, and ordered it to fire on the boats. This compelled them to make for their steamers. These latter then approached the coast, and cannonaded it sharply for four boars. " It is difficult to estimate the loos of the enemy, bat it must have been considerable, judging by the disorder with which the glen regained their boats. These passed afterwards at 60 Sig00(11 front the hedge behind which .*ere planted our dismounted Cossacks. Thanks to the good arrangements of Colonel von fitufteaberf, and to the rapidity of our attack, all our lilts coateeted of one Cossack wounded." ADMIRAL BRUAT ON AFFAIRS IN THE CRIMEA. (Frog the Moniteur ) ON BOARD THE MONTEBELLO, Aro. 18. M. le Ministre,—Yesterday morning I visited the headquarters of the army, from which the cora masder-in- chief was good enough to conduct me to I the battle-field of the Tchernaya. The number of the enemy's losers was not then exactly known, but it was ascertained by the time that we returned to headquarters that 1,700 wounded Russians had been found and taken care of, and that 400 prisoners had fallen into our power. To relieve our ambulances, the general requested me to have transferred to the Bosphorus all the Russian wounded who might with safety be removed to Kamiesch. Besides the Montezuma, which carried 250 of our own wounded, I am this day sending to Constanti nople the ships Wagram, Charlemagne, and the fri gate Labrador, which will carry 1,200 wounded, 900 prisoners, and 600 gendarmes of the guard. On the return voyage three vessels will bring to Kamiesch the Sol brigade, composed of about 3,200 men. I can to-day give your Excellency some informa tion respecting the general impression which the victory OR the Tchernaya appears to have produced in our army. No engagement has hitherto exhibited in a manner so striking the superiority and moral ascendancy of our troops over the enemy. The arrangements made by the Russians indicate a well conceived and well-studied plan. No error was this time committed like that of General Soimonoff at the battle of Inkermann. The Russian divisions attacked our positions at the appointed hour, and with a per fect knowledge of the ground ; they carried the bridge of Traktir, and forced the Sardinian advanced posts to fall back. When Failly's brigade resumed the offensive, 1,500 or 2,000 Frenchmen hurled 8,000 I Russians across the Tchernaya. An hour later, 45,000 Russians retreated before 10,000 or 12,000 of the allied troops. The engsgement of August 10 was less a battle than an immense sortie, repelled with incredible vigour. The enemy did not advance out of range of his batteries of position : he withdrew under the protection of the works which crown the Mackenzie plateau as soon as he saw that our troops were not intimidated by the considerable masses which be had deployed in the plain. Perhaps he bad hoped to draw us under the fire of his batteries of position, and engage us between the heights, where his artil lery might have crushed us. The general-in-chief would not allow himself to be drawn into this impru dent pursuit. By sending forward his cavalry he might have seized a few fugitives, but he would have had to march his squadrons over the Traktir bridge, commanded by the projectiles of the enemy ; be must have sent them into the plain under a cross fire of artillery and musketry. Thanks to the wisdom of the general, our success remains intact and complete; the enemy has returned to his lines and the army of relief remains paralysed ; the siege can be pursued in full security. Its diffi culties, doubtless, are diminished very little by our victory ; it is still a work demanding perseverance and system ; but its issue call no longer be doubted. Russia will have no cause to rejoice over the pro longed resistance of Sebastopol. Her armies and her finances will be exhausted in the attempt to sustain, at theextremity of theempire,astrnggle all theconditions of which are in our favour. If Sebastopol had fallen after the battle of the Alma, it might have been said that it was but a surprise ; Russia would have lost a fleet and a naval arsenal, but the prestige of her power would not have been seriously weakened. To-day, on the contrary, her forces are consumed in long and futile efforts ; her veterans have disap peared from the battle-field: she sends forth more recruits than tried men ; the wounded we collect, the prisoners we bring in, seem to be borne down with fatigue and insufficient nourishment. The Russian government, deprived of its sup plies from the Sea of Azoff, is unable to replenish its magazines; bread, salt, and water now constitute the entire diet of its soldiery; spirits are only dis tributed on days of battle, and meat hardly ever. When the autumn rains shall have broken up the roads, Ido not see how the enemy can victual his numerous army. To me his situation appears most critical ' • and in the attack of August 16, so languidly pursued, I see a symptom of discouragement rather than of audacity. A glance at the future taught the Russians the necessity of a vigorous effort; to us, on the contrary, it counselled prudence. Yesterday morning the Commander-in-Chief gave orders to open the fire of our siege batteries. Should we succeed in extinguishing the fire of the enemy, our approaches will be pushed forward with activity; if we have to await the arrival of mortars to obtain this result, the delay will be less inconvenient to us than at any former time. We know by the admis sion of the Russian generals themselves what losses our fire inflicts upaa them; their losses cannot but augment, while their means of re pairing them diminish every day. During this time oar army receives reinforcements and lives in great plenty. Notwithstanding the daily sacrifices it is called to make, its heroism is sustained, and the facility with which the new loan has just been covered, suffices to show it that France will never cease to stand by it. The victory of the Tchernaya appears to me, then, an event fitted to reassure the least confident; it is a great and fine work, the first effect of which will be to restore con fidence to those whom the check on the 18th of June may have unsettled. I receive excellent news from the Sea of Azoff. The allied flotillas continue to range the coast, and spread alarm and terror everywhere. The Descartes left yesterday for the straits of Kertch, whither she takes 400 marines. The English are sending 800 men there. At fax reqeest the General Commending-in-Chief has directed Calonel Osmont to concert with Com mander Belief, of the Pomona, to occupy Taman and Fanegoria, daring the time requisite for the com plete destruction of the edifices which the Russians have kept in those two establishments. The materials will be made use of in constructing barracks on Cape St. Paul. By taking timely precaution the garrisons of the Straits of Kertch will be able to pass the winter there without suffering. I am, &c., BRUAT, Vice-Admiral Commanding-in-Chief. ADMIRAL PENAUD'S REPORT. _.1.-- The Minister of Marine and Colonies has received a report from Rear-Admiral Penand, commander of the French division in the Baltic, but it adds little to the information already given. THE WHITE SEA. The following is a report, dared Aug. 8, from Admiral Khroustcheff, military governor of Arch angel: "At the time the attack was made on the village of Msgr., six peasants received the assailant on the shore with a volley of musketry, and for four hours prevented his landing and seizing some small vessels moored in the vicinity. The enemy at lut penetrated into the village, where he set on fire three houses, two bathing houses, two sheds, and also several ships and barques at anchor hard by ; then re• turning to his steamer, he shattered the windows of the houses that had escaped the fire, and carried off all ha could. "On the morning of August 3 an English steamer with two masts came to anchor at 200 sagenea from the village of Suzma, and after firing nine cannon shots at it, sent against it three boats full of armed men. Profiting by the superiority of numbers, the enemy occupied the village, broke with violence into the church, where he seized the holy gospels, several images, and smashed the holy doors of the altar. From the houses of the peasants he carried off some effects, as likewise the whole of their smaller live stock and poultry. In the house of the communal administration two images were carried off and cut to pieces. "On the 4th of August, when the morning mist had oleared up, signal was made from the Mondug light house of there being a French three-masted steamer near the Nikotekaia spit, to the north of the iron gates. This steamer having cast anchor sent a boat to the spit, the object being, by what appeared after wards, to get water from the wells that are there. On the first alarm the men of the military detachment cantoned in the neighbourhood under the command of Sub-Lieutenant Kovetsky, of the 2nd battalion of the city of Arcban.;el, assembled, and when the enemy approached the iron gates by Oa Nikotskaia spit, our chain compelled him by a few shots to regain his steamer in all haste. Then he despatched four boats, but when these saw that tier chain was receiving a reinforcement, directed by the Naval Commander Ogilvie, they withdrew. Aft er that the steamer fired shot and shell for two hour; but without doing us any harm. " At eight in the evening a boat of the enemy approached the Nikotskaia spit ; the men who were in it landed and set fire to the remains of the Nikolaky wooden tower and to three fishermen's huts. T h , next day, about noon, the steamer made for the offing*" PORTUGAL. LISBON, Arover 24. The King and Royal Family have until lately resided at Cintra, where the &its of the capital are assembled. His Majesty usually spent the poet. prandial hours in the fashionable promenade of Siting', and bis courteous and affable bearing we re the theme of universal admiration. The Roy a l Family, with the exception of the King H erd , who remains at Cintra, are now staying at the Paler, of Matra, where there is a flue park, and every appli, ance for the sports of the chase. The recent statement in the Times appears gree n & less, and the cholera is still ravaging the Aime e; where it has made great havoc, particulialy in Tom and the neighbouring townships. The prospects of the coming vintage are very di e . couraging. In consequence of the past failures earn has been sown in many places where vines formerl flourished, and this, coupled with the disease, wi ll render the field of wine very small. Moreover Marge quantity of last year's vintage has proved little bet* than vinegar, and the stock at present held in the city, owing to continued drains, is becoming lets every day. Letters recently received from the Cape de Verde Archipelago state that the Islands of Fogo and Brava are almost decimated by the scourges of famine and cholera, the disease having been communicated by Sardinian emigrant ship. The steamer Bretagne has left for Nantes. The French war a eamer Anacreon has put in to ooal and repair from the African coast and Madeira, and will shortly leave for ltouen. The French war steamer Phcenix has gone home for repairs, and Le Newton has sailed for Cadiz, to render assistance to the stranded steamer Isabella. The Peninsular steamer I b eria arrived from South- ampton on the evening of 22nd inst., and left next morning for the south. The Portuguese steamer Cysne, which went ashore in a fog north of Oporto Bar, is said, according to the latest accounts, to have become a total wreck. The ship was insured in Lisbon, and it is little more than • year since she was built in England. AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY, Jurs 16. We have very little to note since our last publics. tion, and our market has experienced very little change; ace can we look for much alteration until we receive adviess from England as to the prospects of a continued cessation of shipments. During the last two months there has bees a considerable improvement in the value of our stocks, Drupe about by a perceptible diminution of importations, and also in anticipation of an alteration in our tariff, which, it Vse rumoured, would be raised, in con* quence of a large de. ficiency of the revenue and the continued lavish expendi ture of the government. The Legislative Council metes the sth instant, when the Governor•Genersl delivered a long and most interesting speech, but there was no min. tion of any change in the duties, and numbers of speculators have been disappointed is consequence. The subject of steam communication seems to haute ceived much attention from his Excellency, and we have no doubt will be early taken up by the council. The Legislet live Council of Adelaide has come:forward with an offer of 13,0001. towards the general expenses of any company taking up a contract with her Majesty's government. Bread stuffs are realising extreme prices, and people are looking with much anxiety for importations, as famine rates as* anticipated. Wheat has reached the enormous price of 21., per bushel, flour 501. per too, and bread Ild. the 21b. loaf. The liquid market is very quiet. The tobacco market* in a mat extraordinary state, there being less in bond than has been knows for some years put, and being about half a million of pounds less than at this time last year. This be. unquestionably been occasioned by the anticipatioes of an increased tariff. Large quentlties of goods are brought forward at daily auction sales, and good prices are reported, but little reliance ears be placed on them, as they are frequently fictiti ous, and only made to try the market. The exchanges remain as in oar last. Some of the banks ask 3 per cent. and some 4 pet cent. premium. Confidence has been greatly restored, and will receive increased stability by the passing of an act, now before the Council, to p fraudulent bills of sale; and we look forward to a continued good batistes, at remunerative prices to imp . THE INSURRECTION AT SABBAGEE. The following private letter, dated Gambia, August Sth, gives some additional particulars of the late fatal dis turbances in that colony : " On the 16th of last month Governor O'Connor issued, or directed to be limited, • warrant for the apprehension of' Mandingoe belonging to the town of Sabbegee, for having sold as a slave ono of the British 'objects (a back) belong log to Gambia, and entrusted the execution of the warrant to Mr. Fenton, Queen's Advocate at that settlement. Ac cordingly that gentleman, accompanied by 12 men of the 2nd West In iia Regiment, under command of Lieutenant Davis, of that corps, proceeded to Sabbagte, a town which helixes under British rule only within the last four years, and is about seven miles t om Bathurst, the seat of government, and secured the person against whom the warrant had been ireued. Upon this the inhabitants armed themselves end turned out, insisting upon the release of the prisoner, Seeing such a formidable mob, Mr. Fenton deemed it expe dient to give up the prisoner and retrace his steps. After marching a quarter of a mile his petty was fired on. Lien tenant Davis then retreated a short distance further, when he suddenly wheeled round, and kept the enemy in check until he reached the outpost of Cape St. Mary's. Re loft two men, and was himself slightly wounded. " Lieutenant Armstrong, 3rd West India Regiment, who accompanied Mr. Fenton, was shot in the arm and four times in the body. The arm (right) has since been ampu tated, and Mr. Armstrong is going on well. " Governor O'Connor, having been apprised of these pro ceedings, immediately (the same day) collected the dispo sable tome under his command—vim.: 130 soldiers of the let, tad, and 3rd West India Regiments, and about the same number of militia, with one brass 12-pound mortar and some rockets, and marched towards Sabbegee. " Within about four miles of the ?lace there is a dense jungle, with • road running through the centre. When Colonel O'Connor reached this past he ordered • halt, and, suspecting that the rebel, might be concealed, directed • few rockets to be thrown in. As he anticipated, they opened a heavy fire in return. Seeing • very powerful body opposed to him, Colonel O'Connor, chewed it expe dient to retire. " The troops were ordered to retreat, which they did, keeping up • smart fire until they reached Cape St. Mary'', the out station already mentioned. The loss on this occa sion was 23 'tilled end 63 wounded, of all rank'. Governor O'Connor,feeling the insufficiency of his forces,sect • request to the Governor of 03ree, begging the assistance of some French troops. With their accustomed alacrity our allies immediately embarked on board the French brig-of-war Entreprenant, 14 guns, Villeneuve commander, aid within 12 hours were at the mouth of the River Gambia. On the 3rd init. 100 French soldier,. with a proportion of officers, were disembarked at Cape St. Marla, and having been joined by the remainder of Col. O'Connor's force, with 260 native auxiliaries, he marched again towards Sabbagee, so companied by three field pieces and rile 24. pounder how itzer. The rebels met this force about halt way, and were driven back into their town. Colonel O'Connor ordered the stockade to be carried by assault. Accordingly the F stockade rench stt formedthe point the ri o g f h t t h a e tts ba c y k o i ng t, soldiers of the West India Regiments. The town was razed to the ground, and Sabnegee net longer emits. The lore of the retitle is computed at 1500 killed; party, t a n n o d hedserre by d th the ei our loss is 26 killed and 70 wounded. The names of the officers wounded (none were killed belonging to the regular more) are Colonel O'Connor, severely. twice in the arm; Lieutenant Armstrong, severely; Staff Surgeon Handley, slightly ; Colonel Finders, Royal Gambia Militia, slightly. Killed : Captain de Grigny, Royal Gambia Militia. "The French brig Entreprenant left this morning, having first saluted with 21 guise, which was returned by her Majesty's steam vessel Myrmidon, just arrived from England. She is to remain here for some time, until, at least, we hear from home. The total expenditure of amma nition (artillery) on the 4th inetaut was 69 shells, 141 rotted shot, and 73 121 h. rockets, with a few rounds of grape and canister. The low to the French in killed if only one. • sergeant, who was buried with military honours. " Staff-Surgeon Maechant died at Sierra Leone on the 26th ult. from the effects of • severe fall. The coast is healthy."