The Press. — London, England, 1855-09-15 00:00:00

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Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publics. tion, but as a guarantee of his good faith. Advertisements sent from the country must be accompanied by a remittance or a reference for payment in town. ( - 4 tt _l-xtvgg. LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPT. 15, 1855. POSTSCRIPT. THE FRENCH LOSSES AT THE CAPTURE OF SEBASTOPOL. The Moniteur of yesterday announces that Marshal Pelissier, in a telegraphic despatch dated September 11th, informs the Minister of War, that about 4,500 wounded, of which number 240 are officers, have gone to the ambulance. As regards the number of dead killed on the field of battle, it has not yet been possible to get an exact return, but it is the opinion of the Commander-in- Chief that it does not exceed the ordinary propor tion, that is to say, about one-third of the number of the wounded. At the celebration of the Te Deum on Thursday the Archbishop, addressing the Emperor, said . " Sire,—The national joy is increased by the thought that Heaven after all these triumphs prepares for you in addition domestic joys, which will be so much more delightful to your heart as they will be also for the public good." The squadron of the Cent Gardes is, it is said, about to be augmented, so as to form almost an or dinary squadron. As, however, it would be too diffi cult at present to recruit all the men amongst non commissioned officers, as the first time, they will be taken from amongst the best cavalry. A telegraphic despatch from Admiral Bruat an nounces that the Milan and the Cato have destroyed in the Sea of Azoff, between de Temriank and Dolga, 43 fishing establishments, 127 boats, many thousand fishing nets, great quantities of salt, and a vast number of casks. Preparations are being made at Compeigne for the reception of the King of Sardinia ; the gardeners are employed in decorating the flower garden, and placing orange tubs along the grass•plots. Work men are also employed in the interior of the palace. The Emperor Alexander will be at Warsaw on the 22nd or 24th inst. The Count Nesselrode accom panies him, and it is supposed that an interview will be arranged with the King of Prussia. A letter from Naples of the 4th inst., says : Within the last few days the police has extended its unlimited power into the very bosom of the army. Not content with having exercised it up to the present hour secretly, by means of the well•known Carol:ague, it has lately obtained permission for the arrest of Cavelier Afflitto, of the Ilorse Body Guard, on the ground of his having worn a hat of the Italian fashion ! A royal order was thereupon communicated to all generals in command, ;hat it was the Sovereign's will that the army should be bound to respect the decisions of the police as much as any simple citizen. THE gross total receipts of the county treasurers in England and Wales for the year ended Michael mas-day, 1854, amounted to 1,549,9311., and the gross total disbursements to 1,396,358/. Of the re ceipts, 883,6561. accrued from county and police rates. Of the expenses, 340,3751. was appropriated to gaols and houses of correction, 185,1071. to the prosecution of prisoners, and 78,6591, to lunatic asylums, besides many other items. The total as sessment for the county rate in England and Wales areounts to 811203,08511 THE PRESS. THE QUEEN'S DESPATCH TO GENERAL SIMPSON. Lord Panmure has addressed the following tele graphic despatch to General Simpson : War Department, Sept. 12 The Queen has received with deep emotion the welcome intelligence of the fall of Sebastopol. Penetrated with profound gratitude to the Almighty, who has vouchsafed this triumph to the allied army, her Majesty has commanded me to express to yourself, and, through you, to the army, the pride with which she regards this fresh instance of their heroism. The Queen congratulates her troops on the triumphant issue of this protracted siege, and thanks them for the cheerfulness and fortitude with which they have encoun tered its toils, and the valour which has led to its termi nation. The Queen deeply laments that this success is not with. out its alloy in the heavy losses which have been sus tained; and, while she rejoices in the victory, her Majesty deeply sympathises with the noble sufferers in their coun try's cause. You will be pleased to congratulate General Pelissier, in her Majesty's name, upon the brilliant result of the assault on the Malakoff, which proves the irresistible force as well as indomitable courage of our brave allies. PAarmuaz. THE RIGHT HON. VISCOUNT DUNGANNON has been chosen as a repreantative peer for Ireland, in the room of the late Earl of Caledon. EARL GIFFORD, son of the Marquis of Tweeddale, has offered himself as a candidate for the represen tation of Totness. He entertains the same political opinions as the late member, Lord Seymour. THE most intense excitement prevailed throughout the metropolis and its suburbs on Tuesday, in consequence of the news of the fall of Sebastopol. The bells of the various churches pealed forth in succession the entire evening, and the National Anthem and " Partant pour la Syrie" were played in all the theatres amid hurricanes of applause, being redemanded with a vigour not to be mis interpreted, and with an eager display of patriotic feeling. The arrival of the tidings was bailed with similar enthusiasm in every town throughout the kingdom and in Ireland. LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR GEORGE BROWN, G.C.8., at present visiting his brother, Mr. Peter Brown, of Linkwood, near Elgin, in Morayshire, was entertained at a public banquet in his native town, Elgin, on Tuesday evening. The provost, or mayor of the burgh, occupied the chair, and was supported by his Serene Highness the Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Duke of Richmond, the Earl of March, Mr. Cumming Bruce, M.P., Sir A. P. Gordon Cumming, of Altyre, Admiral Duff, of Drummuir, &c. The attendance at the dinner was limited to about three hundred gentlemen of' the town and neighbourhood, the extreme number for whom accommodation could be provided. Additional zest was given to the enthusiasm of the meeting by the receipt, a few hours before the hour of dinner, of the intelligence that Sebastopol had fallen. This news was brought from Aberdeen, and was announced from the top of the coach by the passengers, amidst much cheering and general enthusiasm. A LARGE quantity of articles from the Kertch Museum have found their way into Southampton. They consist mainly of ancient coins, pottery ware and glass, and metallic vessels. The pottery and vessels are specimens of vases, lamps, bottles, pitchers, tear vessels or lachrymatories, of Etruscan, Greek, Roman, and other ancient workmanship. THE satisfactory appearance of the vineyards in the provinces of Asti and Alessandria has lately led to a reduction of thirty per cent. in the price of wine, and the grapes themselves are sold at a low price. MR. JAMES C. THOMPSON, an American, has re• ceived an offer to assume the chief-engineership of the Russian navy for three years, at a salary of 6,000 dollars per annum, in consequence of the re signation of Mr. Chambers, a Scotchman, who had held that position for the past eighteen years. Mr. Thompson was for five years first engineer of the steamer Pacific, of the Collins line. The office is a very lucrative one, in addition to the salary. A PROJECT has been submitted by Signor Bonelli, of Turin, to the Governor of Malta, and by him to the British Government, to execute in two months, at the expense of 10,0001., the junction of Malta with Cagliari by one of the telegraph cables of his own construction. Lord Panmure has received the proposal most favorably, and has requested of the governor to be informed, without loss of time, what portion of the estimated amount would be contri buted by the island treasury, in the event of the pro posal being sanctioned by the authorities at home. Signor Bonelli has also proposed a more extended plan of operations by continuing the chain to Candia, and from thence two branch lines—the one to the Dardanelles, the other to Alexandria, in Egypt. This latter course would, it is estimated, require 60,0001., and six months' time. The telegraphic connection between Constanti nople and Paris and London is complete, the line between Shumla and Constantinople having been opened on Oa }oth. SATURDAY, MISHAPS TO THE ROYAL, TRAIN. THE train which conveyed the Queen and Royal Family from London to Edinburgh on the 6th inst. met with a series of mishaps, which not only re sulted in compelling her Majesty to change carriag es before she reached her destination, but unhappily, also, in the loss of life. Notwithstanding the extra ordinary precautions taken to prevent even the slightest casualty, it would seem that shortly after the royal train left the metropolis it was found that some of the axles of the carriages, especially one of the last break-van, were not in a satisfactory state. When the train arrived at Peterborough, one or two of the axle-boxes were washed out. At Grantham matters were found to be worse, and a man wag then stationed on the footboards of the train in order to grease the axles as it was running. At Retford a telegraphic message was sent to Doncaster to have a fresh break got in readiness. At Bawtry the train was delayed five minutes to allow the axles—all of which were overheated more or less—time to cool. On reaching Doncaster the last break of the train was exchanged for a fresh one, and this operation was not unattended with inconvenience, for the people assembled at that station, not having antici pated this stoppage, besieged the state carriage as soon as the train pulled up, and climbing upon engines and tenders which happened to be standing on the sidings on each dank of the train, and within a foot or two of the windows of the royal saloon, indulged their eager curiosity without stint or scruple. After leaving Doncaster and getting rid of the allhut-ignited break, the state of the axles of some of the other carriages was sufficient to excite the liveliest anxiety of the officials in charge of the train and to require the most constant vigilance. On approaching Darlington one of the greasers sta tioned on the footboards of the train unfortunately came in contact with the girder railing of a small culvert bridge; the collision knocked him off the train, and he was so crushed and mutilated in his fall that he died soon afterwards. At Darlington her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal, who occupied the principal state carriage, were under the necessity of abandoning it, and proceeding for the remainder of their journey in one of the blue saloon carriages occupied by some of the younger branches of the family. It was found that the heat of the axles was so great as to endanger the safety of the carriage. The real cause of these untoward incidents is involved in some mystery. The state carriages, which have not been used since last September, appeared to be quite safe, in every respect, on their trial journey from London to the Great Northern Company's repairing depot at Don caster, and back again. It is a very unusual cir cumstance for an axletree to overheat itself in so short a distance as that in which the occurrence was first observed in this case ; and it is a still more rare circumstance for several axletrees of one train to overheat in the course of one journey. The grease used was of the best quality, the same, it is said, as that used during the royal journey to Scotland last year. The end of the axle of the break cast off at Doncaster was nearly worn away; the apertures of the brasses through which the grease should descend were stopped up by the fusion of the metal, after which, of course, none of the grease could get to the axle. The unfortunate man whose life has been sacrificed was a resident of Doncaster, and has left a wife and three children. An accident occurred a few days ago to five men belonging to the artillery corps before Sebastopol, which furnishes an illustration of the carelessness and reckless indifference to danger which soldiers fall into from daily and nightly exposure to peril. Happening to see a ten-inch unhurs.t shell, with the extinguished fuse in it, lying in his path as he was returning from the trenches, an artilleryman carried it up to the camp, and shortly after, aided by a com rade, began to gratify his curiosity as to the compo sition of the contents of the shell, by hammering away at the fuse. Before the poor fellow bad given many blows, the shell exploded, killing him self and his comrade on the spot, and severely woundiqg a couple of men who stood by looking on. It would seem as if war-life tended to make soldiers as much children in point of prudence as sailors have long been; for accidents are stated to be of almost daily occurrence, solely through an utter want of caution and needless self-exposure on the part of those on whom the mischief falls. THE EARL OF DUNRAVEN, brother-in-law of Mr. W. Monsell, has seceded from the Established Church, and become a devoted member of the oppo site faith. The Limerick Reporter states that the event has been long expected, and adds that the noble earl returned from Kerry to Adare-manor on Friday, and on Sunday morning heard service in the chapel of Adare, the place appropriated to the Christian Brothers, with whom he partook of the communion. THE Venice Gazette observes that the Papal See has no nuncios at present in Spain, Sardinia, 50... zerland, Brazil, and New Grenada,