The Sun. — London, England, 1855-08-09 00:00:00

EXT OF KIN,---If the relations or next of . kin ,of Margaret Mtlgrave, late of the parish of Lymm, in the county of Chester, spinster, who Med on or about the 26th daY of Treasury, 1555, will apply to the Solicitor for the Affairs of her lidajest ,'s Treasury, Whitehall, London, they may hear of something to the tr advantage. THEATRE -ROYAL DRURY-LANE.- Under the PATRONAGE of HER M AJESTY. —For the BENEFIT of the FRENCH CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION. THIS EVENING will be presented Moliere's Comedy, LE DENT AIIIOUBEITX. After which, the Second Act of ATHALIE ; Athalle, Madlle. Rachel. Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert, by Miss B.ansford, M. Ascher (Pianist to her Majesty the Empress of the. French), Signor Burch/11, and M. Blondelet, in the character of a French Zouave. To conclude with the Second Act of Wallace's Opera, MARITANA. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. The Drury-lane•Jtoyal, Opera Company will appear here for One Night Only, In consequence of the Theatre Royal ornry-lane, hav log been selectetilar the farewell performance of Mdlle. Rachel. THIS EVENING, WM be erformed THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Characters by Messrs. H. p Brahim, .1. Belford, H. Cord, and Elliot Geier ; and Lacy Elliot. , To conclude with THE BEGGAR'S OPERA.. Macheath,.Mr. Berberte ; Polly, Miss Dyer. • Gallery, 6d.;'rtt, Is.; Boxes, 2s. 6d.; Stalls, 45.; Priva te Boxes One Guinea. TR - RATER ROYAL HATBOX -WET. Under the management of Mr. Buchstene. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE BUSY BODY. Marplot, Mr. Back tone ; Miranda, Miss Reynolds. After which, THE ALI RE IN LOVE, LA by the Spanish Dancers., To be followed by ONLY A HAL FPE NNT. AL. To which will be added A. VILGE FESTIV To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Menagement of Mr. Cluzzas BEAN. THIS EVENING, Will be performed HOW STOUT YOU'RE GETTING. To eonclnde with Kum HENRY THE EIGHTH. Qu e en Ka. th Itene , Mr'. C . Cardinal Wo]sey, Mr. C. Kean. iCean THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. • proprlAtor, Mr. R. Webster.—Directress, Mit.dame OSIOSte. THIS EVENING. Nviii be performed THE WRITING ON THE WALL. Princi pal characters- by Messrs. Wright, C. Selby, P. Bedford, Mrs. Leigh Murray, .Miss vy'yndham, and Miss Woolgar. After which, ,FRATERNISATION; To conclude with THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Payne. THIS EVENING, Immense success of Senor Marcos Diaa and Senorita Anna Della Fuente, the renowned Spanish Dancers, From the Haymarket Theatre. Will be performed BROKEN TOYS. THE SPANISH BULL FIGHTER. Fol'owed by CITE BUMP OF BENEVOLENCE. THE GALICIAN FETE. To conclude with TUE FLITCH OF BACON. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Second week of Mr. G. Wild and Miss Fanny Williams, and glorious career of ,I"azeppa. THIS EVENING, Lord Byron's MAZEPPA or, the Wild Horse, for the effects of which Mr. William Cooke has trained his unique stud of horses. After which the skilful SCENES in the CIRCLE. To conclude with ANGELS and LUCIFERS, in which Mr. G. Wild and Miss Fanny Williams will appear. n c ,...ylice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W wait. Acting Niana;er, Mr. Nelson Lce. Equestrian Director Mr. W. Cooke, Jun. HIGH WATER AT LONT)ON BRIDGE. T P&T —7 , fornin; 35 1 , 1 , .n.ft0 , 11. I Evening 0 min. aft. 0 T 114Nrnim 12 min. afterl2, 1 Evening 39 min. aft. 12 I{l WitA.THER.—Sme 017los, Aug. 0. TZERMOMETE.II, rY T3IO BRAD& 71- h'zhest since noon yostere;ay, 60 —•owcdt this morning and during the night. 66 —this day. at noon. BAROYET ES, 29'98—rising. NV:MD, N.W. to W.N.W.—Fresh, with cloudy weather. GREAT REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF "THE SUN," FROM FIVEPE NCE-HALFPEN NY FOURPENCE. FOR THE THIRD OR LATEST EDITION. In consequence of the abolition of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers the public in all large cities and towns to which parcels are forwarded by the News-Agents, The Sun, which formerly cost Fivepence-half penny for the Latest Edition, containing Parliamentary Debates of the same even ing, together with the List of Army and Navy Promotions in the London Gazette, with Official Despatches from the Seat of War, the Latest Sporting, and all other Commercial News, list of Bankrupts, &c., can now bt; had for Fowrpence, being a saving of nearly one-third. Hitherto the price of the paper was nomi nally Fivepence, but all Late Edition° posted after six o'clock were charged a fee of One Halfpenny by the Post-office, which made the price to the Subscriber Fivepence-Halfpenny. This charge must still be made to those in remote placai unless the Postmaster-General have the nagnanimity to forego such a paltry source of revenue. Sun-office, 112, Strand, London, 9th July, 1855. , , b.) • LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9,185 F. Lord JOHN • RUSSELL was until within the last few weeks an influential member of the Cabinet It may, therefore, be presumed that he was tho roughly cognisant of the Ministerial views and in tentions respecting the progress of the War. One of his henchmen, wile is generally supposed to de rive his inspiration from the Noble ex-Secretary, is at the head of the Admiralty, and, a s Si r CHARLES WOOD could scarcely have any secrets from his recognised leader, the Noble Lord must have been peculiarly conversant with everything relating to the management and contemplated proceedings nf the Fleet ! He was, therefore, an unexceptionable witness on such matters. Whether then he argues inferentially or categorically—from facts known to' the community at large, or makes direct and positive assertion s—we may be certain that he avails himself of recent official information, wad may consequently be regarded as speaking ex tjat,hicircs on such points. --. Now, the Noble Lord, in the very injudicious aiid . 110 1! , Pert r tineitieeelr- delivered on Monday, has d ia 'OletdY t:; , 44 with regard to tho NaVy, that "it is evident that the enemy does not mean to Fl eet teld,therefere we cannot eg vectito end th , e War by upu t naval vie6ories or great 1 0 ° T s to 14(14 ° . *, :by our Navy • " This is an , 6rn i no -ug announceme n t.. - One that will be re eived with g 1. 4 .6- „ di*lll3 raeti-9U by the people; '_and a, P6ssibili t y if there be of explanation, I hotild not m permitted to 're • • ain. single day ,uncentradicted. It - was well known that the Rnasia n Fl . we., now .skulking indent lkggri,n of Crenstadt, W o uld .no meet- a 'British or French squadron on' anythi ng „like equal terins. But, l as t year, a much inf erior - force to that now cruising in the Gulf of Finland • ~and the' Baltic - was, sufficient to maintain the blockade, and to prevent the blood-stained standard Russia from 'daring to Show itself in theSe waters. Half theyower new employed would b( .- . :perfectly . ad'equate'tb the; duty, and to keep "I' petty annoyance that has hitherto been_prac Why, then, waste thfi:gxtra strength where it is not and cannot bo required, if " - no great na val blow is to be struck by ourjmyyr,_ The seasor haS--Jri?.ady•bgto-mia loss- favoikribk. to Op &rations. The int-le cruisinf.! about 'l3- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1855, siderable peril. Our gallant fleet may be dis persed by the tempest or impaled on the hidden rocks of those comparatively unknown waters. If they are not to attack one of the strongholds of Russia there is no use in wasting their time, and they would be far better at some convenient ren dezvous, lea-ring a few light frigates merely as sen tinels, the at as they now are, exposed to very needless clanger and useless labour. There. have been rumours circulated touching the intention to bombard Sweaborg ; while others positively affirm that .Revel will be the !Cast port of any strength to receive the " co? npliments of the season " from the British squr Ldron. In either case there would be some thing to accomplish worthy of British seamen. Vile former would certainly be the more glorious, and, we believe, the more valuable achievement,, inasmuch as it would strike greater terror ,into the hearts of the Russians, and be less ea' A lly re stored to its original position.. Sweaborg boasts the much -vaunted granite - fortresses, similar to those which were so easily disposed of at Bomar sund. Revel, on the other hand, has the unpre tending earth or rather mud batteries, which a few hours can fully repair, however serious the damage previously inflicted. Unless we had a land force to follow up the blow rapidly it would be of but little - practical utility, and certainly not worth the trou..ble it would occasion. At Swea borg, however., there would, in the event of suc cess, be sorn•ething to show for our money. The demolitioo of its frowning batteries would be a tangible. step which would strike terror into the enemy, and which could not be repaired, not merely within a few days or hours, but even. before the next spring, when our ships c.orild be enabled again to come about their ears. Sweaborg, too, is a war station, an ad vanced post, where there is protection for the Russian fleet. Its capture would add to our prestige, while . Revel, although strongly fortified, is only regarded as a commercial port, the bom bardment whereof would not greatly enhance our reputation, however successful, and where any failure would be of a very humiliating character. We confess that we should like to see all the Russian fortifications made to feel the weight of our metal and power of our shipping. But if there is to be but one attempt to gain laurels for our fleet, let it be worthy of the occasion, and Sweaborg, not Revel, the peint selected. There are, however, ample grounds for interrogating Minis ters respecting the Baltic Fleet, were it only to remove the sinister impression created by Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S speech ; and we trust that the opportunity for that purpose, rapidly slipping away, may not be wasted or misapplied. Brother JONATHAN seems to be in extacies. The CZAR smiles upon him. The Lord of Siberia compliments the President of American Slave States ; and the New York Herald joyfully re cords the flatteries. The new hereditary CZAR writes an autograph letter to a President who now awaits the kick republican to terminate his short and inglorious reign ; and simple JONATHAN hears his own praises, from such a source, with maiden simplicity and zest, though certainly not with maiden modesty. We ill-natured matrons among the nations might resent such laudations, especially from such a source. We might deem them liberties. We should tell the smooth-tongued flatterer that we trusted our position was too well understood, and had been settled much too long to make it worth his while to trouble himself to tell us it. And we should certainly half suspect some meditated attempt on our national virtue. Not so our " brother JONATHAN ;"—lucky, in deed, that he was not misnamed JOSEPH, for he evinces no disposition to flee from the political POTIPHAR'S wife. He is just emerging from his teens, and why should he not plume himself on the pretty things said of him by NIGHOLAS of blessed memory, and ALEXANDER his great SOD ? First, Mr. PRESIDENT congratulated the Head of the Greek Church and the EMPEROR of all the Russias, and of a good many countries too with which Russia has about as much business as Ame rica with Mexico or Cuba—on his accession to the Crown. Quite proper for the stool to make its bow to the throne. We are, indeed, toe illi terate in such matters to know whether NICHOLAS congratulated Mr. PoLK when the Democrats put him in, causa mediocritatis ; and whether, then, the throne bowed to the stool. Be that as it nay, the precious autograph—destined for all tges of America, monumentum cere perennius— informs Mr. PoLx, and all the people of the sovereign States, "in highly complimentary terms of their increasing greatness ;" and also informs them that the late EMPEROR, in his dying admo nitory advice, enjoined his children to study the letters in his escritoire from the eminent men of the United States--JacssoN, CLAY, WEBSTER, tnd others. It is wonderful he did not add that the dying ALEXANDER, when his turn came, would admonish his successor to study the letters of the great Mr. PoLx, or the POLE the Great, as an Emperor, of course, would write. ALEXANDER, it seems, has been very dutiful. Ile is not so busy with the War (perhaps CON. STANTINE and MENSCHIKOFF take care of that) as not to have found time to commence the en joined studies, for he " proceeds to acknowledge the value of those letters." Doubtless they must have been very instructive in the art and science of slavery and serfdom—the great domestic and characteristic institutions of the two countries, as distinguished from the rest of the civilised world. The postscript, however, as with the ladies, contains the point of the letter. It expresses "his Majesty's sense of obligation at the strong interest national manifested by the American people i t of the War upon which his great father had ente red ," and it concludes by "professing the most lastin g • friendship between Russia and. the United States." ' To be serious—ait is to be deeply regretted if slavery, and pique against the mother country, have really made such congratulations and senti ler ments, as the evecially, acceptable io 1 Americans. We have had too many ' • incidents betraying' the existence, in the more vulgar minds, of a malignant antipathy to the o ld country ; and, .that, 0 0 , when not an iylividual can be found here who does not condemn, and . . heartily, the 'tyranny of GEORGE nr. and, hi s. Ministers. If ,they are honest RepublieXna ; ' honest lovers of liberty—if slavery in their midst has not corrupted their sympathies with freedom, then surely all this leaning to Russia, this want - of interest _in the triumph of free nations, in cludingl'France, their own ally in the War of . ,i stnexpl . Independence,is moicable. America, by such a line of conduct, will forfeit the respect of enlightened patriotism everywhere. While she is consistent in her republicanism—while, that is, she Wishes all possible extension to other nations of the i 11 d. epend.enee and freedom she fought for— , e b ve t n . 7 onarebs a nd aristocrats will respect her ; 1 sons in- the oppreSseri ' L becomenausu 'ti t *, . 08 - g f; . .te retain, millions of her own Ytizutt shwa more sympathy with e del:ivererg of nations, she ePt, of well-merited diseust. The necessity for =tin e g ni tabi~ adjilstmerlt of lhelirkcee*-T stix titee columns, " ..• ;11 1 16115- we are happy to state that steps are being taken in Birmingham to prncur_g the required change. An association, calling itself the " Income Tax Reform Association," has there • been formed, under the presidency of Mr. MIINTZ, M.P., and Mr. SCHOLEFIELD, M.P., and its first address now lies before us. The association disclaims any desire to embarrass the Government, or to escape a fair and honest amount of taxation, and feels assured that "an equitable adjustment of the Income and Property Tax will materially assist the Government by facilitating the collection of revenue, and removing the injustice and oppres sion which are goading the tax-paying classes into a state of discontent and disaffection." The lobjection against the tax, as now applied, is, in ' its opinion, so great that "no Government can long maintain it," and, in the prospect of a pos sible increase and a certain continuance of the tax, with' a general election imminent, the asso ciation diScovers increased motives for action. The principles of the association are, "that there should be an equitable adjustment of the Income and Property Tax, and especially that Income Tax paid:from businesses and professions ought not to exceed an equitable proportion of that paid from realised property. That, on appeal, a state ment of income, supported by the oath or decla ration of the tax-payer, as to his belief of his income, shall be final. That every member of the society shall use his influence to induce all candidates for the representation of the people in Parliament to support the above principles." Some of the more prominent objections to the tax are enumerated ; among these is the severity and injustice with which it presses upon property accumulating as compared with property accumu. Aated, and the following is given by way of Mu" tration "Take the ease of a man who is accumulating a com petency for himself and his family—we will suppose the desired sum to be 10,0001.—0 f course the illustration will apply equally to any larger or smaller sum. Upon every farthing of this money, as it is earned and saved, he pays the Income Tax—we will call it 7 per cent. It is, thus, on the property itself, in the course of invest ment, not on the income of it, that the 7 per cent, is paid. The man who already possesses 10,0001., in a landed estate, pays the tax on the income only—that is to say, assuming the rental to be 3501. per annum, and the tax 7 per cent., he pays 241. 108. per annum tax; while the man whose 10,0001. is in course of investment, pays, first the tax of 7 per cent. on the gross amount, or 7001. out of capital, and afterwards, in addition, he pays the tax on the income of the investment, whatever it may be. The one property is saved and invested, the other has to be earned. Why is the money earned by labour and talent to pay 7001. out of capital, when that which has not to be worked for does not so pay one farthing ? Common sense, and common justice, if any difference be made, would just reverse the pressure." The distinction between the two sources of in come and the effect of taxing the possessors alike are thus put :—" In the one case, tax the income as you will, the source which produces it remains, and will produce it still ; in the other case, the vitality of the producing power is sapped, and the source of income may terminate in a moment. . . . To tax the creative power of wealth is indeed costly to our national resources." Another objection arising from the above is that the tax is a violation of the principles of free trade, and it is shown how prejudicially it operates on pro duction—being " equivalent to so much addition to the cost of the raw material." The objection that it is an irresponsible pouter, to be secretly eixercised, is forcibly urged, and it is definitely pro posed, Ist, to capitalise all incomes, and tax them at their value as property—to do which, it is said, will occasion no difficulty; 2d, as to industrial incomes, to permit every man to make his return, which shall be final, under the sanction of an oath or solemn declaration. These propositions of the Committee would not, it is well observed, " mete out exact justice in all cases, for that is impos sible ; but they would be a near, probably the nearest, possible approximation, and they would destroy the gross and palpable injustice of the present system, and be the means of preserving direct taxation." To this imperfect outline it is not necessary for us at present to add more than the expression of a desire that the movement, hopefully inaugurated, may be carried on with an energy proportioned to the importance of the re form sought for. Unbiassed common sense has long pronounced 'against the unequal distribution and inquisitorial collection of the tax, and no theory, however sophistically and eloquently de fended, can stand against that. Perseverance and energy have only to be exhibited to insure success ; and we confidently trust the Association will not prove wanting in these. Parliament cannot possibly be prorogued this week, as had confidently been anticipated, and as the Ministerial whitebait dinner seemed to indi cate. There is still business which cannot be concluded before the beginning of next week. It is, therefore, probable that Tuesday will be the day of prorogation, although there is still a pos sibility that all may be accomplished so as to allow the anxiously-looked-for " breaking up" on Monday. consequences of the alliance will be the despatch of an army of 25,000 men to the Crimea, and the engagement on the part of th e W estern Powers to support the Sparush Government in every way against the enemies who may attempt to overthrow it. As the question of the alliance comprises others of subsidies and levies of men, it will be submitted to the Cortes." The EpoCa contains an announcement precisely similar to the above and in equally confident terms; but It expresses the opinion that the Ministerial nroject will encounter great opposition in the tortes. The Novadades says that the Emperor of the French has assured M. Olozaga, the Spanish Ambassador, that not only will he cause the French frontiers to be hermetically closed against any in vasion of the Carlists, but that he will aid the Spanish government, as often as it may require, in re-establishing order in the Peninsula, by what ever party it may be disturbed. The cholera bad broken out at Malaga, and was making 70 or 100 victims a-day. A Vienna letter, in the Cologne Gazette, states that the re-establishment of the provincial con gregations in the Italian States of Austria is soon to be followed by the representative institutions in the other countries of the Crown, under the form of private councils attached to the administrative authorities. Trade, schools, public charity, A.Tc., will be under their superintendence. One of the first questions to be laid before them by the Impe rial Government will be the re-organisation of the communes. These councils are to be composed of the representatives of the landed interest, town ships, the clergy, ,and the university. They are only to give their opinion upon matters laid before them by the Government, but the initiative is to be granted to certain committees to be presided over by the governors of provinces. The Cologne Gazette states from Berlin, sth, that M. de Manteuffel has been sent for to Erd mansdorff by tho King of Prussia. The members of the old•nobility had hitherto refused to sit in the Ist Chamber, on the ground that they would then lose certain privileges conferred upon them by the federal act of 1815. A circular has now been addressed to them, requesting each to prove his privileges separately, they not being the same for all. • MADLLE. RACHEL'S DEPARTURE FOR AMERICA. We are enabled to announce that this gifted trage dienne, whose inimitable powers have created such a sensation among the fashionable audiences that have crowded St. James's Theatre during the week, will take her departure for America to-morrow morning, her route being as follows, viz. :—She will leave Euston square station at 10 a.m., arrive at Liverpool 4.50, pro ceed to the "Waterloo Hotel for the evening, and em bark on Saturday morning on board the Pacific for the United States, accompanied by her sisters, M. Raphael Felix (Directeur pour Mademoiselle Rachel's congdi) and a. complete troupe, comprising 30 artistes. Madlle. Rachel will take with her the good wishes of a host of admirers, who confidently anticipate that those remarkable talents that have fascinated the elite of the capitals of Europe will in the new world be equally appreciated, and rewarded with a commen surate pecuniary success. The public here, we must not neglect to add, are greatly indebted to Mr. Mitchell, the enterprising lessee of the St: James's Theatre, for the opportunity just afforded them to witness some of this celebrated trage dienne's most admired impersonations. THE FRENCH PLAYS.—Maddle. Rachel's brief engage ment with Mr. Mitchell terminated last night, when she appeared for the second time, by general desire, as Adrienne Lecouvreur, and acted with all that extraordi• nary and unrivalled genius to which we have, on former occasions, striven to do justice. Madlle. Rachel's deli- neation of Adrienne Lecouvreur has been too recently criticised in this journal to 'need further comment. It is one of her greatest efforts in the modern drama, and never perhaps was this fact more powerfully exemplified than it was last night, when her performance elicited throughout applause of the most enthusiastic kind, from an audience which filled every corner of the house. The Duchess of Cleveland, and Lady Augusta Paulet leave town for Brighton this morning. The Marquis of Ely has left town for Brighton. The Earl and Countess of Durham left town yester day morning. , ,, for Lambton Castle, Durham. Viscounts Palmerston has left town for St. Leopards- on:Sea. A. RITSSIAN OPINION.—Mr. Gladstone is a man of sagacity and judgment, and a true politician.—Le Nord, The New York Daily Times states that an account of the various steam-boat disasters in the western waters of the United States is about to be published in Cincin nati, and that it will be shown that 100,000 lives have been lost in them. We have to announce that her Majesty has been gra ciously pleased to approve of the appointment by the Court of Directors of the East India Company of Henry Valentine Cor.olly, Esq., to be Provisional Member of Council at Fort St. George. THE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH.-It is now positively stated that tl4e Empress of the French is enceinte. This has been already reported many times, and as often turned out untrue. It has now, however, been commu nicated officially to their respective Governments by more than one diplomatist. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond, and Lady Cecilia Gordon Lennox, are expected to leave town im mediately for Gordon Castle, N.B. The Brighton Gazette says that, during his grace's absence, the com mand of the Royal Sussex Light Infantry Militia, of which the duke is colonel, will devolve on his brother, Lord Arthur Lennox. STAR CUM.—The members of this club gave their annual dejeuner and soirée dansante, yester - lay, in the mansion and grounds of St. Margaret's, near R:chmond. The company began to assemble at three o'clock, and although the unsettled weather doubtless deterred many from risking the results of an al fresco fete, the guests were both numerous and distinguished. The band of the Hon. Artillery Company was in attendance. REPRESENTATION OF THE COUNTY OF MEATH.-Mr. Lucas denies that he has any intention of retiring from the representation of this county. The hon. gentleman says :—" I thank God that my indisposition, though troublesome for the moment, has nothing very serious about it ; and, unless my constituents wish me to retire, I have not the slightest intention of applying for the Chiltern llnndreds." On Tuesday last Major Boys specially swore in 200 men of the rejected of the Medical Staff Corps, who upon volunteering into the Land Transport Service received the bounty of 51. for a limited period of ten years. On Wednesday the whole proceeded to Bristol, the depot for such service. HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE SKIN,--The anniver sary of this excellent charity was celebrated on Tuesday last by a dejeuner at the Crystal Palace ; the Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P,, in the chair. The company assembled in the hall of the South Transept, where about seventy or eighty ladies and gentlemen partook of an elegant and substantial repast provided by the Messrs. Staples in their best manner. SUICIDE.--A man named Robins, for many years a carrier between Dalston and the West End, and much respected by his neighbours for his honesty and indus try, committed suicide yesterday by hanging himself in his stables at Ossulton. It is stated that a man in de ceased's employbecarne intoxicated on Tuesday, and was confined in the police-station, leaving undelivered a load of goods which bad been committed to his care, and this circumstance is supposed to have preyed upon the mind of the deceased. ABOLITION' OP MONEY PREPAYMENT ON INLAND LEPTBRS.—General Post-office, August, 1855.—0 n and from the 14th inst. the regulation which prohibits money prepayment on inland letters will be extended to the chief-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, with the following exception—viz., when the postage on the letters sent to be posted at the chief office by one individual or firm shall collectively amount to 1/. and upwards, provided the letters are posted between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. With this exception, all inland letters must either be prepaid by stamps or be sent unpaid. These regulations do not affect letters addressed to places abroad, which may still be prepaid by money or stamps, at the option of the sender. _Tule Ceara IN_SureeEx.e=Some few pieces of Talavera wheat have already been cut, as also some winter oats ; but reaping - will .net be general for ten days or a fort night. 's'ir'e have carefully examined a large breadth of wheat. ig some instances it is blighted to a considerable extent ;- tbere iss - also some mischief done by the midge ; and in some places there is a good deal of red gum. Taking all things into consideration, we are of opinion thitt,tto Wheat crop will not exceed an average. We now want some forcing weather to ripen the crops.— Brighteei _gazette, THE CROPS ABOUT SHREWSBURY AND THE PLAINS OF SALOP.—The grope have in many places been laid pros trate by elie:rain and wind. Of course the heaviest and most promising crops have suffered most. On the thin ner and-lighter ones many stand unaffected, and are now fast opening the`yellow hues of harvest. •To seri ous apprehensions are at present entertained, should the weatkirecintinue fine. Barley, oats, and peas, where the first is not seriously laid, are looking well.—Shrews. bury Journal. THE LATE EARL OF SEFTON.—LIVERPOOL, Aug. 8.-- At the adjoilined quarterly meeting of the Liverpool Town Council this afternoon, Mr. Robertson Gladstone, in a lengthy and eloquent address, in which he spoke in terms of eulogy of ' the late lamented Earl of Sefton, referred to the loss which the town of Liverpool and the working and uneducated classes of the countrygenerally had sustained in - his removal, and proposed that the Mayor be respectfully requested to communicate to the Countess of Sefton, and to her Ladyship's family, the deep and 'unfeigned regret which they feel at the heavy bereavement which they have sustained. The proposi tion was unanimously adopted. ROBBERY OF STAMPS AT MANCHESTER. —We learn that the Manchester Stamp-office was robbed early yes terday morning. A:largo quantity of postage, receipt, and bill stamps was taken away, the 'value of which is estimated at nearly- 2,000/. It is supposed that the thieves managed- -to conceal themselves upon the pre mises before the offic4 'was ,Aosed on Tuesday.. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, AUG. 8. His Majesty the Ring' of Portugal and his Royal Highness the Duke of Oporto landed from the Royal yacht yesterday afternoon with his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and were met by her Majesty on the beach. The Royal party took a drive in an open carriage and four. Prince Albert went again on board the Royal yacht about 8 o'clock to dine with the King. Owing to the unsettled weather the Queen was prevented dining on board. Earl Spencer, K.G., Lord Steward of the Household, arrived from London, and had an audience o f the Queen to present an address from the House of Lords. the Earl of Clarendon arrived from London yesterday and had an audience of the Queen. After the audience the following were presented to her Majesty by Lord Clarendon :—his Highness Ismail Pacha, the Minister from Hayti, and Mr. H. Howard, her Majesty's Mi nister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Brazil, on return ing home on leave. RETURN OF THE KING OF PORTUGAL FROM OSBORNE. SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 8. His Majesty the King of Portugal and the Duke of Oporto arrived at tbee docks to-day on their return from their visit to her Majesty at Osborne, on board the Royal yacht Fairy, Captain Crispin. He was accom panied by Prince Albert and suite. As soon as the King had disembarked from the Fairy he proceeded on board the Mindelho, war steamer, where he was re ceived by Count de Lavradio, the Portuguese Minister in London, Viscount de Carrieira, Baron Sarmento, and Chevalier de Mello. The Mindelho, with the tender Donna Louisa, leaves to-morrow morning for Lisbon. The King of Portugal, in consequence of the existence of scar:atina at Osborne, was accommodated on board the new Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, where he re mained during -his visit; His Majesty during the after noon tookia, walk through the prinoipal - streets of the town, and having returned on board will remain for the night. His. Royal Highness Prince Albert took leave of th e King , On board th e Fairy and inarriediatel re turned to Osbor ne . Y A Cabinet' Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing -street. The Ministers pre sentanthe Lord Chancellor, were Viscount Palmerston, the Duke of A Ea r r g l y G il, ra s n ir vi G lle . , G th re e y lk , la t r oeuE i saor f l of csdao.wne, ancellor of the Molesworth, Lord Panmure, Exchequer, Sir C. Wood, the Smith, Viscount Canning, and the Earl Hon. B. Vernon of Harrowby. The Council sat two hours. MINISTERIAL WHITEBAIT DrigNER.---Yesterd yi whitebait dinner was given by Ministers to their a 'l73 u h : porters at the Trafalgar-hotel, Greenwich. The Wi'd: gebn, steam-packet, came alongside the Hungerford Pier about 4 o'clock to embark the company, which con sisted of Lord Palmerston, Sir Wm. Molesworth; the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and all the principal mem- Rtihgehtlerhendo„ Sir Win. mem bers of 'the Cabinet, and about 40 members of the House of Commons, and started for Greenwich shortly before 5 eolook. ' Mr. and Lady Mary ChriAtopher have adopted the !-nanie and=arms of Eauidton Nisbet„ou!het sFcessipx, : stothe'Btlhaven and DorletOn ettiiti.4.' . - • LATEST N E WS. PARIS, THURSDAY, AUG. 9, 8 A.M. The Moniteur says that the last telegraphic de spatch from General Pelissier to the Minister of War is dated the 7th of August, 11 p.m. It is as follows : "I have nothing of interest to communicate to you. " The enemy has not undertaken anything against our trenches. " Some cases of cholera have re-appeared." THE REVIEW OF THE FOREIGN LEGION. DOVER, THURSDAY, 10.25 A.M. The Swiss Legion has left by special train for the camp. Her Majesty is expected at Folkestone about noon. The weather is very fine. THE KING OF PORTUGAL. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The Portuguese war steamer Mindelho, with the King of Portugal, his brother, and suite, ac companied by the steam-ship Donna Louise, left Southampton for Lisbon at 8 o'clock this morn, ing. - net King will call at Osborne en route to take his farewell of her Majesty and Prince Albert. PORTUGAL. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. The Vasco de Gama has arrived, with adyices from Lisbon to the 2d inst. There was no political news to report. The cholera was making progress in the ports of Algarve, but was more benignant in the north. It was not reported at Lisbon. The French steamers Newton and Ph6nix were the only foreign ships of war in the port. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNZSDAY EVENING. to the Constituti onne l, let V te i r s , co d u a n te t d D p e a s ri C s, a A rs u h g a . s 72 addressed the foll ow i ng on the subject of the document which it has lately published relative to the proposed attempt at in surrection in Spain:— . "Monsieur le Redacteur,—lt was only on my arri val to-day in Paris that I heard of a letter which you had published on the subject of a conversation which' I was said to have bad with Prince Go•rtschakoff at Vienna. It is perfectly true that on going from Naples to Vienna, whither I was called on business connected with the interests of Mine. des Cars, Count de Montemolino did me the honour to charge, me with a letter to deliver to Prince Gortschakoff. That was the only object of my visit to the Prince, The Count de Chambord and the Duke de Levis were completely strangers to the affair, and whatever may have been the purely non-official part which I took in the matter, I formally repel the inten tions which have been attributed to me, and energe tically protest against the insinuations expressed in the concluding part of your article, as being as far from my heart as from the truth. I hope, sir, that you will give this letter insertion, and beg you to accept, etc. _ "J. blots CARS." It may be as well to state, in explanation of the part of the above letter, relating to the interests of Mme. Des Cars, that that lady was Mlle. de Lebzeltern, whose father was Anibassador of Aus• trim at Naples for many years, dating from 1830. The Jupiter ship of the line left Marseilles on the Gth for the East, with 997 men on board. The Alexandre steam-packet took her departure the tame day for Constantinople, with 460 men, be longing to the engineers, on board. The Valmy line-of-battle ship and the Uranie frigate left Toulon the day after with troops, provisions, and ammunition for the Crimea. The Constantinople coriespondent of the Sema phore of Marseilles, in speaking of the new Turkish ambassador to Paris, says :—" I think that Me hemet Bey will please Parisian society. He is a well. made man of about 80, and of pleasing physi ognomy, speaks French well, and unites to a Eu ropean education the tact of an Oriental diplo matist." The following are the names of the gen tlemen connected with the new Turkish embassy : —Riza Bey, first councillor of embassy ; Agop, second ditto ; Server Effendi and Blacque, secre taries ; Omer Effendi, second secretary ; Sefels, Naum, and Paul Mangs, attaches ; and Chauvin, chancellor. A letter from Kamiesh of the 110th ult., in the Moniteur de la Flotte, says : " Malakoff commands all the lower part of Sebastopol, and dominates the passage of the Bay of lakermann, by which the town obtains its supplies from the north side. When this tower falls into our hands, we shall be able to sweep the Bay, burn the Russian fleet, bombard the lower town, and almost immediately after instal ourselves in the latter, for it can there no longer be held by the Russians. From the Malakoff tower, besides, we can silence the Fort Constantine, destroy the stock ade, and open the port to our vessels. The Russians know that well—as well as we do ; add hence the terrible energy which is displayed on both sides in forming ap proaches, and in the partial combats which are renewed almost every night. Our newly-constructed batteries are really most formidable—especially those of Quarantine Bay, and of what we call the Bay des Calfats, which are armed with guns of the largest calibre, and which are destined to force the Russian fleet to seek a refuge be hind Fort Catherine, the sole place where they will be unable to injure us. The Russians multiply their sorties; sometimes it is the English, but more frequently our selves, who have the honour of receiving them, and ac companying them on their return. One fact worthy of remark, which proves how much the siege of Sebastopol has already cost Russia in men, is that the prisoners whom we make almost always wear new uniforms. This circumstance causes us to believe that all the army of the Crimea must have been employed in the defence of the place." BOURSE, 446 B.—Crioenst4 Pawls. Cash. fY. e. End of Month. 41 per Cents 94 75 91f. 750. 3 per Cents 67 15 67 20 Credit Mobilier ll9O Roman Credit Foncier 560 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmontege - - Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. M. Orleans Western 81.6 25 Rouen Oette - Mediterranean — Havre — Northern RUSSIA. The Cabinet of St. Petersburg has addressed to its diplomatic agents in foreign countries a circular, dated July 24, remarking on and criticising the terms of the notification given by the English Go vernment for the blockade of the Russian ports in the Gulf of Finland. _ _ A letter from Odessa of the 23d ult., in the Wan derer of Vienna, says :—" The cholera, which has caused immense ravages among the troops in the Crimea, is declining here. The latest news from Sebastopol is of the 20th. All the hospitals on the southern side have been evacuated. The division - of Gen. Bellegarde has re urned , and joined the reserve of the 4th corpfk of infantry, commanded by General Wiscniefski. General Gortschakoff has announced to his troops, in an order of the day, the death of Admiral Nachimoff, and spoken of him in the highest terms of praise. It appears that after the battle of the Alma the Admiral wanted to go out of, the harbour with the fleet, and on Prince Men schikoff's refusal had applied to the Emperor and to the Grand Duke Constantine, upon which. he was told that the first virtue of the soldier was obedience. Since then, there had constantly existed a feeling of between the Admiral and the Prince. Nachimoff saw with the greatest concern his vessels sunk one after another, and itis believed that he exposed his life intentionally, so great was his grief at the loss of his fine fleet." SPAIN. . The Madrid journals of the 3d have reached us. The Espana says :—.. We suppose that the reader will be surprised to ofPran'es - 4nd learn that the Government has taken a decisive step. in the grave question of the East. The day before yester day the Council of Ministers held an extraordinary sit ting, and atter 4 loi.ig deliberation decided that Spain should adhere-tattle offensive and defensive alliance be municate(l officially . _ tswoleuetli-Franee , , Enviand, end Turkey. YePterdy this re to the representa tivesd' tel trans mitted it be - ne 'Duke de Victoria • t telegraph to. their respective courts, - and some time - couriers 'with details. T ' ~ after sent off extraordinary England, and they Immo la y _ Foreign .A.l" • • or nba f Jairs'left Madrid at an early:hour yesterday g .or the Escurial ' - ••' te the,Ministerial decision ' .to communica ., ._ to her Majesty. It is said that one of the first and the Minister of RUSSIAN CIRCULAR. The following circular note has been issued by the Russian Government to its diplomatic agents abroad. It is dated the 12th (24th) July : "The circular of the 28th of April (May 10) informed the Imperial missions and consulates in what terms the blockade of the Russian ports in the Gulf of Finland had been notified at Port Baltic. Its object was to warn the traders of friendly States of the change which, ac cording to the declaration of the English Parliament, appeared to have taken place in the resolutions of the British Government relative to enemy's property on board neutral vessels. The English thought fit on the occasion to address on the 6th of June a circular to its agents abroad. It does not confine itself to rectifying an interpretation which we would have been the first to acknowledge if there had been a misapprehension ; but it attaches suppositions thereto little worthy of a Go vernment, especially in time of war. " The circular of the 6th of June was published in the public journals. We should have passed it over in silence, like many other official and semi-official declara tions directed against Russia with intentions more or less hostile ; but the British agents received instructions to communicate it officially to the Governments to which they are accredited, and this makes it obligatory upon us to explain ourselves towards friendly Governments who do not refuse to grant some confidence to our words, and to the intentions of the Imperial Cabinet. " The English Government dwells upon two points in our circular of the 28th of April. We therein said : " Ist. An English envoy with a flag of truce has notified at Port Baltic that foreign vessels—that is to say, neutral vessels—which were there might leave the port, but only in ballast or with cargoes not Russian property. " 2d. Being asked whether the vessels which might leave on the faith of that notification would be allowed to depart freely without the risk of being stopped by cruisers they might meet at sea, the English Envoy de clared that he could not answer for it, as it might be very possible that the English Admiral should make other arrangements later.' "In replying to the first point the English Ministry changes, perhaps inadvertently, the word Russian pro perty into Russian produce, and it quotes a passage from the report made by Captain Watson to his superior. It Ss therein said " ' Neutral vessels being in port laden with Russian produce (rye and gin.) have received permission to leave for their respective destinations, which they have done.' Now, a superficial knowledge of jurisprudence relative to the rights of neutrality is sufficient to discern the es sential difference presented by the-e two versions. That of the English officer does not exclude the supposition that Russian property on board neutral vessels will not be respected. It does not contradict the declaration re ceived by the local authorities from the mouth of that officer—namely, that neutral vessels might leave the port, but only with cargoes not Russian property. It must, however, be observed that Captain Watson has not re-produced in his report the terms of his notifica tion to the authorities of Port Baltic, in like manner as the British Government has not thought fit to make public the order in virtue of which that officer fulfilled his mission. " We have no reason to grant less confidence to the veracity of our authorities than the British Government grants to that of the officers of the English navy. The prohibition declared for neutral vessels to export mer chandise, Russian property, was understood by the foreign captains at Port Baltic, as well as by the local authorities. Moreover, we had no reason to be sur prised at it. The declaration published by the London Gazette, on the 28th of March of last year, says, among things : "To preserve the trade of neutrals from any useless impediment. her Majesty is disposed, for the present, to relinquish a portion of the rights of war conferred by the law of nations. . . Her Majesty renounces the right of seizing enemy's merchandise on board neu tral vessels, unless it be contraband of war.' " The French declaration of the 29th of March, con certed with the British Government, is no less explicit. It say s " 2 His Majesty the Emperor of the French consents for the present to relinquish a portion of the rights, &c. The vessels of his Majesty will not seize enemy's pro perty on board a neutral vessel, unless,' &c., &c. "These dispositions adopted for the present were there fore only temporary, the British Government reserving to itself the right of having again recourse whenever it might think fit to the exercise of what it considered a right emanating from public law. It was allowable, therefore, to infer from the notification of Captain Wat son, such as it was made, that the British Government had the intention of returning to the doctrine that ' the flag does not cover the cargo.' And, as we were the first to receive that information, it was our duty to inform thereof the Governments who are on terms of peace and amity with Russia. This we did by our circular of the 28th of April (10th May) simply, without bitterness, without comment. " If there was an error or a misapprehension, it would have been worthy of the British Government to disavow simply and without any gratuitous suppositions, the in tention attributed to it. The neutral States and we our selves would have taken note of such disavowal. "As regards the Second Point, that which concerns the ulterior pourparlers with the English Envoy (parle• mentaire) at Port Baltic refers also to the text of Cap tain Watson. That officer explains himself as follows to his commanding officer : " 'The governor asked me,' he says, whether I could promise that they (the neutral vessels which had re ceived permission to leave with Russian produce) would not be molested or stopped. I replied that the procla mation of her Majesty was clear and precise, that he must be guided by it, and that, in case of their being captured, the affair would be decided by the Admiralty Court." "Captain Watson adds : " The Governor asked me to allow four 'fishing smacks, undecked, to proceed to Riga ; and, having in formed you of that request, as well as of the names of the neutral, vessels at anchor in the port and of their re spective cargoes, I communicated to him your permis sion for them to sail, informing him at the same time that you had no intention of molesting the town or any fishing-smack, but that you could not guarantee that those boats would not be molested, as the Commander-in-Chief teas expected, and he might issue other orders.' "This report serves in some measure to complete and confirms in every point what we say in our circular of the 28th of April. We have not therein made any allusion to the fishing•smacks, as that did not concern the trade of neutrals. But Captain Watson bears out what we annonnced,—namely, that be was not able to reply in a positive manner to the question put to him. As regards the fishing-smacks, he wao obliged to refer to other orders which the Commander-in-Chief might have occasion to issue ; and, as regards neutral vessels which might have sailed on the faith of his notification, be mints out to them without disguise the possibility of their being captured despite of it, and of their being brought before the English Admiralty Court. " We abstain from any ulterior reflection, trusting to the impartial judgment of friendly Governments ; and, as the circular of the British Government has been offi cially communicated to them, the Imperial missions are authorised to do the same with this present." THE MURDER OF A POLICE INSPECTOR AND RIOTS AT HASLEMER,E. ADJOURNED INQUEST, AND APPREHENSION OF ANOTHER MAN. HASLEMERE, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. This morning Mr. C. J. Woods, the coroner for West Surrey, resumed, at the White Horse Inn, in this town, the adjourned inquest respecting the death of Mr. Wm. Donaldson, the unfortunate inspector of the Surrey con stabulary who was brutally murdered during the riot that took place on Saturday week. The greatest excitement still prevails in the town, ' and no event that has taken place for many years in this part of the county has caused such a painful sensation amongst all classes here. The Learned Coroner, upon resuming the proceedings, remarked upon the fact that the magistrates had refused to allow the men who had been taken into custody on suspicion of causing the death of' the poor fellow Donald son to be brought before the jury. He knew of no court except his own where such obstacles existed. His opin ion was that the gentlemen of the jury could not be act ing in conformity with the oath they had taken, by returning a verdict of wilful murder, or even of man slaughter, against persons with whom, perhaps they had never seen, only having heard of them by name. He had made up his_ mind that he would not be stultified him self by the prisoners being kept away, and he hoped the jury would not. If his officer was not to be respected when he applied for the prisoners to be brought before his court, the sooner the office was at an end the better. He bad, however, two courses open—viz., to apply to the Secretary of State, or to the Court of Queen's Bench for a mandamus to show cause why the pri soners should not be produced in court to hear the evidence against them. As the parties implicated were not in attendance,, he proposed to take the evi dence of Freestone, the injured police-officer, and he would then adjourn the case pine die. The jury perfectly concurred in the remarks of the coroner ; and they proceeded to the residence of the un fortunate police-officer, who is not yet considered out of danger. The evidence of the man having been taken (which is only a repetition of what has previously been given this paper), the jury returned to the inquest room, arid the witnesses signed the depositions taken on the previous occasion, with the exception of Mr. Biss hopp, whose head was severely injured from:the effects of the blows he had veceived. The Jury said that they could not separate without expressing their - thanks to Mr. Bisshopp for the manner he had'aeted on the occasion, and the great risk he ran of losingliis own life whilst assisting the deceased. The Inquest was then adjourned sine die. Another man named Smith, sworn to by some of the witnesses, has been apprehended at Andover by some of the Hampshire police, in consequence of the description given of him in the Police Gazette, and he was brought to Guildford this morning. He will be examined before I the magistrates on Saturday next. THE FRENCH EMBASSY.—His Excellency the Ambas sador of France and the Countess Persigny entertained a select party at dinner on Tuesday evening, at the re sidence of the French Embassy, Albert.gate House. Two DETERMINED SUICIDES IN THE .SERPENTINE. Yesterday morning Mr. Lanp;ham, the deputy coroner, held t wo i nquests at the nose an d Crown Tavern, Knightsbridge, on the bodies of David Quinla t and ,William Pudge, wh o comm itted self-destruction by ""uin4 themselves in the Serpentine River, Hyde park. The bodies were recovered in each case by the Royal Humato Society' 4 men. Verdict of " Temporary insanity." THE TURKISH ARMY IN THE C.RIAI2O. - TURKISH CAMP ABOVE KAMARA, JULY 'D. The French camp on the Tchernaya, as welly g the Turkish and Piedmontese contingent s, bas r the last few d a y s b e en kept on the alert , owing or _ news brought by a Russian deserter. According 11 his account the Russians intended to attack in gre!, force the Tchern a y a line, and had prepared .ov, brigades of infant r y an d 4of artillery. Their chi!: object, he pretended, was to break through to Turkish line. The consequence of this nen which came from Fren c h head-quarters, w as t r s both the Piedmontese and Turkish troops passe , sleepless night. But the night of Weduesdaft e s t " well as the following ones, was passed with bringing the Russians. There was no more seen u'' them than usual, except yesterday, when a f°Il o g; , ing party of theirs came down from the Whitk i „. Mackenzie, ridge to the plain towards the britB; of Traktir, where the French have construnte, tgte-de-punt. But they contented themselves le!tr. aga i n to the collecting the hay, and returned heights. They were protected in thif foraging e fi, pedition by the guns of the Russian batteries rt e i the heights. When this Russian foraging 1 33 fx s returned the French cattle and sheep went wil w - g. usual to browse, and were again, as usual, wet' is corned by some shells from the batteries. Tenp,he all that has been seen of the Russians during ~. last few days. The Sardinians occupy Tcorgesis as usual • the French and English coa l1 111d; lately a Turkish detachment, the valley of 0 , ; 00 and nowhere have any traces of the energ y ke pt discovered. Either the Russians have be,letwith e 1 r oe back by the heavy rains which we have ha° i ° t he last three days, or else, as is more probah threatened attack was only one of those stories_„ v s which deserters try to ingratiate them eO O. their arrival. Every one of them i s suet t h ere ' is with some valuable information, and yet no army where the common run of deserters :. have so little information as in the Russian t ar s 7 es . Even officers know very little beyond what place in their regiment.. rate The Russians would have found it at ail lipe. , rather tough work to force the Tchernala_oist Lower down towards Inkerman, where 001;0 is broad, the infantry could not hav e , ° the the river, for, in consequence of the late rat of Tchernaya is considerably swollen ; the , brl , l by a Traktir, the only ready passage, is guaru e '' ,der strong tete-de-pont, and to construct bridges wh ich the fire of the enemy is one of those things 00 are sometimes talked of, but not often c l° o Higher up, near Tchorgoun, the difficulties aredow less. The Sardinians have constructed bea u ;t i o o f ! finished intrenchments on every ava ilable 1 3 ,; in' and they assume daily the a ppearance °1,.. s ide trenched camp. Besides, the gro und on Woo is too much broken to form on it, and the be• would have exposed themselves to be alone fore they could have formed. etail, It was very likely in consequence of the eirobie; attack of the Russians that the Generals-in:deg of the French and English armies went yea" - over the Sardinian lines on the Tchernaya,; Asa' Omer Pasha has not yet returned from 03 1 ,1 - 0, tinople, and for some time the opinion wast r isies , ground that he would not return to the 01 Yesterday, however, the order came to sepu;„setao; horses for him to Kamiesh, so he must be e'r s io 0 1 to-day. His arrival will put an end to the aciorist• suspense which the Turkish con tingent ise, ll lo aa l l_. The Turks are already dreaming of Ana4udrear Bulgaria. lam onlyafraid that thesesviael' will scarcely be realised. i 4 1 00 In the front the last few days have passet",4ol l. incidents, but not without use. The 0be1i... -. 0 0P, enced by the allied armies on the 18th of last 'OOO instead of discouraging, seems to have giv ell ,„ lit ° ,_ new strength and fr e sh energy. They s ee r "" ni ' tr Antmus, rising with increased power Ir °— o f she po ground. In spite of the furious firing r 4 Russians, the works ex t en d th e ir grasping 0 ' in every direction--slowly but irresistibly yeloPe creep up the sides of the Malakhoff and ttiteri el the Redan more and more. The French Ile: directed against the Bastion du Mat have ` s ijell"' found their voice which has been so lon&gbse and for the last few days a good deal of 11P- been going on there. • °be d Expectation, as you may imagine, is P it rti c ' a high degree. Battery after battery is conategoili and trench after trench, so everybody is t . per waiting for the decisive moment ; but nelegojef haps, was public rumour more at a loss for D , 006 tures than in the present instance. Seare e , s osv, body ventures to give an opinion. There,u-orkiee vague ideas about another assault, about:' o f sl our way by saps under an overpowering 13f'ivbi'l* tillery, and other such general a ssertio o o l cannot even be honoured by the name of ``e". i MARKET NEWS.-(THIS D.Pv" CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISO 00 01 0 i 4 p For the week ended Aug. 9, 1855, made up from the I tvP e a Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in End per Imperial Quarter. ' WHEAT. 1 BARLEY. OATS, RYE. I BEA . vie 78s 21 35s 01 28s lid , 46s lid) 463 11 3 THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. RYE. BLit '? I 76s 81 34s 7d 28s 8d 1 45s 01 46 1 QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST 1 701 Wheat, 99,758; Barley, 7,288 ; Oats, 11.866 ; 2,241; Peas, 375 quarters. MEAT MARICETS. it t104,,,‘ Ar t NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The - as follows :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Mue to s 0 4s 10 , 1; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 8d ; Veal, 3s Du Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 81bs, by the carcase. e re 96, = SOUTHALL, August B.—The supplies of stock W 1 ... b, rate, and the trade ruled inactive, at our quotatio4 ; D 8 :0 from 3s Rd to 4s 10d ; Mutton, 35 8d to h 8 :5,1 to' 4s 6(1 to 5s 8d ; Veal, 4s Od to 4 s 8d ; Pork, 3 8 0 8 per Blbs, to sink the offals. O f t ROMFORD, August B.—Beasts moved off toC- i al• decline of 2(1 per 81bs. In the value of other 8 0 a ; Fod little change took place. Beef, from 3s 8d to . 5 ,4,1, t o ld ton, 3s 8d to 5s 2d ; Lamb, 4 s 8d t o 6s Od ; na arte to 4s 10d ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 4d per 81bs. Store Pigs, 22s to 27s each. - - 4 HAY MARKETS. 6 00 0 ', 0 61 SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, 41 50 1 ° oolf toe' ditto, 510 s to 5110 s; old dove', 41 10s to 61 1.611; p ot 5' Os to 6 , Os ; and straw, 11 5s Od to 11 103 paA Trade dull. 6/ O i a 0 14 CTISWERLAND.—OId meadow hay, 41 10 3 Y, ; aeloOP ditto 4115 s to 5115 s ; old clove], 4/ 10s to 6/ 1- ,,„" - pet Otto. 5/ Os to 61 Os; and straw. 1/ 60 to 1 / I Q° 01 , A. full average supply and a steady demand. 6 , 104: WHITECHA.PEL.—OId meadow hay, 4 , 5 e t ° 1,5 0 ; ditto, 41 15s to 51 lOs; old 41 lOs to 6 ‘ " p er ' ditto, 41 lOs to 61 Os; and straw, 1/ 5s to 11 l''' A slow trade. 14 ) LLOYD'S SHIPPING-41 1 .13 1 S • LONDON, Aug. 9.—Wind this day b t o ar light breeze and dull cloudy weather. 6; PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 8. Wind,• ivy- Great Britain (s. tpt. No. 187), from Scutari iodoefoor tpt. No. 181), Constantinople ; Ocean Gem , be co e il.P o t! the Cape of Good Hope, with damage, hev i° 64o/ %A le , tact to-day off Portland with a large ship, ° 0 11 1 3" Or d ' DOVER, Aug. B.—The Fanny has put ba c "' off Or jib-boom, cutwater, stem, &c., from collision 0; ton, last night, with the French gun-boat Le n , c oe of the latter have landed here from the Fa n t s jelhlie y vessel is reported to have been towed int ° to h' , loss of foremast and very considerable damage 6 1:1; e r (PEE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPgI day , SOUTHAMPTON, Thurso'o4 0 Arrived.—Nancy, from Sunderland; C °ll/1 Jersey; Alliance, steamer, Havre. P Sailed. Despatch, steamer, for Jersey' steamer, Havre ; Argyll, steamer, Carentau• gore Wind, N.W. Se lP l 6 Arrived.—Hannah Sarkel E d7f7o L m ' Akyab ; Golconda, Valparaiso • Hey'reltq'bole 2° '• New Brunswick ; Dieostsee, D'antsic • r'lF.,,beril a , tender ; Mat King, Requijada ; Betsy, I'h tense, Ostend ; Wellington Pernambuco ; ar ia tO , John's, New Brunswick ; Wellington, Ale-t s° C'hOP" • 4 , Malaga ; Vasco de Gama, Lisbon; MezePP l' ' ' ' Off.—Garland and Iris. DO' it 4 Sailed—Oregon, for Quebec ; Edwin F ly - ' D. Sewell, Calcutta ; Mindanao, Lima- 0 A llt QuE ENsTO Ste t :; Wind, N.N.W. T C h a ur len;; ; st. flee rt2 o l. ll 4 Arrived.—Agile, from Constantinople ; toe Topsey, Genoa Doris, Rabat ; Meg ° oo - e, ti'w - le; Orizonte, Trieste ; James, Venice; See' " Oro° no e.Rio mailed —John Walker and Elizabeth , for Dundonald, Callao ;Eliza,Tharbadoe s. Wind ( , BY W BU S; , ---- %a 54 or ti.) • fr • El A si rr_iv d SUBM A RINE AID BRITISH Tlgri 10, ,00 GRAVESEND, ThursclaY, iregjo, 0,00 tide, nearly high wa ter ;, Orie l to e q, Shanghe ' Aug. --e• B.—Countess of Seafield tow u, lito J a n i ei ; Arrived, Berbice • Maid of Orleans, New 31° A. 1 01 6, _ roM;agcgireo,wAnigocaoßchaiyn -; It:sotb.ertoeDieurroerxoo... . iii ps Callao; Borneo, Quebec- Celestial Empire' Co d Christiana aild—Waterloo, for Sydney • 01°3°11 and C° Maria, Thisted. wealth, CalcuttaAberf 1 '1 n .ie Ofr - ci Ill ° THE VICECHAIRMANSHIP OF TO ---2„a t o -,_. bOP REFORM ASSOCIATION.—Mr. Tite has re.-- te s tFI• t wig office of Vice-Chairman, member for Bath gave upon recent impor t jt.P were considered to be utterly inconsieten pH principles of administrative reform. _ . sbe to to Inasmuch as the laps tit 0 COLLISION AT SEA.—RAMSGATE, Aug' 8 ' sl e° °- Bannerman (schooner), of Swansea, from IsTen bobtloora Plymouth, was in collision with a French 0 ;1 . 0 b a is supposed to have sunk. The creW ee a/P 0 " , nig 00 the French gun-boat. e ..--Lag,b„i a l fp ENCROACHMENT ON VICTORIA TAB.. - .„,,as bald - ii % meeting of the citizens of East lionden,h-nol-gre;•oavin. Birk beck Schools, Cambridge. road, Bew"-sed 0_,,,, ,'' the purpose of protesting against the Poe . 1 338 9 P.. ." ment on Victoria-park, and of adoptieCab tbelol resist that unwise and illiberal interference T he retV a t loges of the people. Henry Childs, %el . ,' is t 1 14 .4 le officer for the Tower Hamlets district, r;fidbjr: :: and various resolutions bearing upon -"" • • :. -- unanimously adopted. hi.