The Sun. — London, England, 1855-09-29 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. - Le.see, Mr. E. T. SMITH. —Acting Manager, or. Charles Mathews,—Stage Manager, Mr. Robert Roxby. fhe public is re spectfully informed that this ESTABLISHMENT will OPEN for the regular DR.a.MATIC aEASON, under the Management of Mr. E. T. Smith, on viondav, October 1, on which occasion Mr. Elliot Galer, Lucy Escott, Miss Lanza, and the Company will sing the National Anthem, and when the grand original and historical Egg ptiau Drama, written by E. Fitzball, Esq., and which has for xmcv .rds of IS months engaged the attention of the scenic, mechani cal, and decorative departments of this theatre, will positively he Produced, with the utmost regard to splendour and accuracy of de tail. In accordance with this resolution to secure the services, when ever available, of the most talented artistes of the day, the Lessee has the greatest pleasure in announcing that he has engaged that inimitable comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, who will appear in a series of new pieces, written expressly for him ; and to strengthen the cast of which an engagement has also been made with the prin cipal members of the Lyceum Company. That distinguished tragic actress, Miss Glyn, and that popular tragedian, Mr. Barry Sullivan, Will be likewise found included in the arrangements of the forth- Coming season, while the scenic department will be under the Immediate superintendence of Mr. William Beverley. The Lessee, In thus inviting attention to the long-promised Egyptian Drama, which will be produced on Monday, October 1, feels it necessary to state that, so connected as everything relative to Egypt is with Mystery and ingenuity, he felt it incumbent upon him to spare neither trouble nor expenditure in order to present a strictly accu rate picture of the regal and domestic history, habits, manners, and customs of that extraordinary nation, at the Pharaonic period, and to reproduce, as far as possib'e in scenic accessories, those colossal masses of granite and porphyry, and those gigantic statues, whose enormous d mensions, overwhelmed by the shocks of nature or the fury of the elements, have been scattered in ages past over regions at present inaccessible, or buried deep beneath those arid and nrn ng sands which have been at once their tomb and their protection. That nothina may be found wanting to give a completeness to its production, the piece will be sustained by the highest dramatic talent, ani illustr , ted by artistic and mechanical effects of e ntirel y novel construction. Herodotus, Denon, Wilkinson, the libraries of the Bfitish and Imperial Museums at London and Paris, together with Wu r authorities, have been carefully consulted to insure the most rigid correctness in all the details and appointments; and in thus reviving the associations of a people that upwardsexistecia of 4,000 years ago the Lessee hopes to make the stage present com bination of amusement and instruction hitherto unknown. Rather, however, than speak himself of what has been done, he leaves the laurels to be distributed by the public to those artistes who will be found to have distinguished themselves, and confidently in to Judge of its me r it s an d 'rites the critic and the antiquary attest the fidelity of the most minute details. The ancient an i ,modern authorities consulted by. and the whole of the Egyptian accessories made and modelled under the entire superintendence of Dykwynkin. The scenery, entirely new, painted by Messrs. Nichols, Cuthbert, Richard Cooper, G. Go r d on , Aglio, and assistants. The gas fittings by James Palmer and as sistants. Th :striking and novel costumes by Mr. Palmer, Miss Break .: and assistants. The trophies, idols, properties, &c., a r e a ll new. - Y ee perty-Master, Mr. Needham, and assistants. To give greater effect to which the orchestra (20 feet) will be covered and added to the stage (the largest in the world). The incidental dances arranged by Madame Louise. The overture and music by 11. Laurent, Esq. Director, Mr. J. H. Tully. Machinist, Mr. Tucker and assistants. The following artistes have been already engaged: —Miss Glyn, Miss Anderton, Miss Cleveland, Miss M. Oliver, Miss Talbot, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mrs. Selby, Miss Robertson, Miss Wadham, . Miss De Vere, Miss Topharn, Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mr. Stuart, Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. R. Roxby, Mr. E. Stirling, Mr. A. Younge, tl r George Wild, Mr. Edgar, Mr. Swan, Mr. Vincent, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Craven, Mr. Templeton, Mr. Laporte. The Ballet :—Madame bouise, Miss Rosina Wright, Miss Charles, Mdile. Therese, Miss Smith, NI iss Brown, and 24 ladies of the Corps de Baaet. The orchestra will be enlarged and complete. A full and efficient chorus from the Royal Opera, and upwards of 310 auxiliaries will be employed in the procession and pageantries of the Egyptian drama, presenting a coup d'ceil of surpassing magni ficence and grandeur, occupying the whole of the largest stage in the world, the whole of the orchestra being converted into the stage. In course of preparation a grand historical drama, by W. J. Robson, Esq., author of " Love and Loyalty." The box-office, under the direction of Mr. E. Chatterton, open from 10 to 6. The theatre will be open at half-past 6, and commence at 7. ROYAL OPERA, DRURY-LANE, Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be performed LUCIA DI L4MMERMOOR. Characters by Messrs. Elliot Ogler and H. Brabam, and Miss Lucy Escott. Followed by the National Anthems of France and England, by the whobt strength of the Operatic Company. To conclude with THE DAUGIITER OF THE REGIMENT. Characters by Messrs. Williams and Haltord, and Misses Forrest and Dyer. Prices of admission :—To the two galleries. 6d.; second circle of Boxes and pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d.; stalls, 45.; private boxes to admit two persons, 10s. 6d.; four persons, one guinea. Box-office pen from 10 to 6 daily. Doors open at Half-past Seven. Commence at Eight. ATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE MAN OF MANY FRIENDS. After which, THE PRETTY GIPSEY AND TIIE BULL. FIGHTER. To be followed by THE SULTAN. To which will be added ONLY A HALFPENNY Followed by a Spanish Ballet. To conclude with JOHN JONES. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. J. 11. Anderson, 18, Norfolk-street, Strand. THIS EVENING, Will presented, with entirely New and Magnificent Appoint ments, NIAGIC and MYSTERY, in twelve acts, arranged in two parts, by Professor Anderson. Prices of admission:—Private Boxes, I/. lls. 6d. and 11. Is. ; Orchestra stalls, 4s. Dress Boxes, 35.; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, Gi. No Half-price. Box-odlze open from 11 to 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Ce'este. THIS EVENING, Will be perforand VCCTORINE. Characters by Messrs L Mur ray,, C. Seiby. P. Belford, Wright, Psrselle, &c.; Miss Woolgar Mrs. L. Murray, &c. Atter which, HOW'S YOUR UNCLE ? To conclude with SEEING WRIGIIT. rOY kL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Payne. THIS EVENING, • Will ho performeit THE CROWN PRINCE; or, The Buckle of Brilliants. After which, the Spanish Dancers. 'To be followed by TUE BIIIIP OF BENEVOLENCE. To which will be added LES ALLIKS. Followed by TUE GALICIAN FETE. To conclude with STAGE STRUCK. k 4 TLErS ROYA.T, AMPHITHEATRE. %ewe and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. First Week of a New Military Spectacle. THIS EVENING, The P ALL of SEBASTOPOL ! written by J STOCQIIELEB, Esq , flu lv realising that glorious event. Mr. William Cooke's matchless stua of horses. The ring and stage in one vast battle-field ; a host of auxillaric , s . the Storming the Malakhoff, and every important event carefully represented. After which the SCENES in the CIRC '.E, with the Champion aulter and the Premiers Vol tlgeurs du Monde. tOT. from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. W.it.. acting , rtnager. Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director, Air. W. Cooke, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TEriii DAY—Morn. F rain. aft. 3 —Evening 10 rain. aft. 4 To-Nfoanow —Moru.s2 min. aft. 3—Evening 10 min. aft. 4 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Sept. 29. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. CB h zhest since noon yesterday. this morning and during the night. C3—this dal, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'60—falling. -YD, S.—Light breeze, cloudy and overcast. A good de'al of rain fell last night. t l elf" ;Fa 4- 0 ' 5a1,11, LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1855. What will be the next move? That is the question in every mouth, and the probable solu tions of the important and interesting problem are canvassed with intense anxiety. A profound silence is maintained on the subject from those qualified to return authentic answers. The ma gical wires remain unused, or at least the infor mation obtained therefrom is not suffered to transpire. There are consequently various ru mours in circulation, some of which may, and we will add ought to be well-founded. But while such profound mystery is maintained at head quarters it is impossible to speak with any de gree of certainty respecting these stirring events. One thing appears tolerably cle .r, that any decisive result, whether for good or for evil, would be forthwith communicated. • As we yesterday Stated, it is utterly impossible that any great event could have occurred without the Govern ment being in possession of the fact. The chief reason for its silence is clearly to prevent the enemy from obtaining any information from the' English Journals, of which he might take undue advantage. But if there had been an encounter of any description the reason would cease, and the intelligence would naturally be forthwith given to the public. •‘ That reinforceMents have been despatched to ripatoria is by no means improbable. It is the c " ) ''l'se which we long since suggested, and which quid naturally occur to the mind of any efficient Oeneral, who had authority to carry his concep tions into execution. That the augmented gar rtion /night have made a demonstration by occu pying advanced positions is also likely. But if there had been a sharp contest, whether it was favourable to the Russians, as alleged by some of our c‘mteniporaries on alleged Muscovite informa tion, • or to the Allies, as asserted by others on pimilar gro u nds, the Gover nment would have heard of it some way or other, and the people Would no t be anno y e d by canards calculated on l y tor — th e fam.'lY. of "Apella , the Jew, " the " Roy a l Marines," or • other persons of unbounded credu lity 1 When we take,into consideration the ap- parently unquestionable intelligence forwarded nearly a year ago re pecting the fall of Sebasto pol, and the almost innumerable stories since cir culated, we shall not lend too easy credence to matters derived solely from Vienna, from St. Paersburg, and still less from Berlin, where there would seem to be a patent incuba tor for the hatching of "canards !" We should rather patiently await the official, and therefore authentic, tidings than lead our friends on a wild-goose chase, by giving, as if trustworthy, that which, although it might be true, was far more probably founded on the excited imaginations of those with whom " the wish was father to the thought I" The time-honoured apophthegm, Quod volumes facile credimus," receives daily illustrations; but it is not for those who assume the position of public instructors to suffer themselves to be too frequently misled, or to become short sighted leaders of the blind. We have deemed it advisable thus to caution the public from the positive manner in which statements have been put forward, and the slender circumstances seized on by some of our contem poraries as " confirmation strong as proof of Holy Writ" of some of their previous statements. Prince GORTSCHAKOF might be a credible witness if we could be quite certain that his own words were repeated. But, as there have been divers, and in some degree con flicting, reports of his " sayings and doings," and as the latest attributed to the gallant Mus covite do not at all corroborate the assertion that any body of the troops under his command had been " defeated by the Allies near Eapatoria," we shall still retain our comfortable scepticism until it has been dissipated by unquestionable testimony. The incredulity with which the agriculturists of this country, generally speaking, received the first intelligence of the wonderful aid derivable from the resources of chemistry must be fresh in every one's recollection. The virtues of the pro ducts of the cesspool and the ashpit, they were perfectly familiar with, and held in dutiful admi ration. Their fathers had done so before them, and their faith in these appliances was none the weaker for coming by hereditary descent. Every simple ton knew that if you did not manure your land as well as turn it up for fallow, and rotate your crops, you mustn't expect it to pay. That as " money makes the mare to go," so manuring made the grass to grow, and wheat, oats, turnips, &c., to spring up thick, and return a heavy yield. Draining too, that wasn't bad in its way, if the landlord did it, which, as a gentleman, he was bound to do. But what had any of these operations to do with chemistry. The world was a good many thousand years old, and all that time there were mouths to fill, and little but the fruits of the earth to fill them with, and nobody ever heard of " apothecary fellows " lending a helping hand with their chemicals. They (the agriculturist; to wit) never, nor their fathers before them, knew a doctor figuring, to speak of, as a successful farmer. Wore they to be gulled with tales about chemistry, and the help it could give them now ; and, above all, was it likely they were to spend money over such non sense ? The blankest thing they ever heard of was the balance-sheet of a fancy farmer. That-- ha ! ha !—didn't say much for paying the rent ! Chemistry might be a good thing in its way, there was no saying, but then farmer folks had to pay the landlord. Their bewilderment during the scientific lectures which they subsequently attended was a study. They were not present from curiosity --,---that of a truth was not a failing of theirs. They came because their landlords asked them, and it didn't do to offend the squire. The notions they had to listen to were newfangled, and would, as usual, turn to no good account, unless it was to make those who spent money over them wiser for the future. Their time, it was true, might be better employed, but afber all there would be a social glass, and a bit of reasonable talk afterwards. Even the knowing ones, however, were taken aback as the lecture proceeded. With clayey bottoms, the forbidden degrees (a man may not marry his grandmother, to wit), and the vicissitudes of courtship, they were sufficiently conversant, but bases, affinities, attraction, and repulsion were heathen Greek to them. Vitriol, copperas, soil impregnated with lime, flint, and bones, figured in the circle of their acquaintance, but sulphuric acid, sulphate of iron, calcareous earth, and the tribes of silicates and phosphates were most unpromising strangers, whose acquaintance it could not reasonably be ex pected they should cultivate. As for the oxy gins, the hydrogins, and the nitrogius, what could they suggest but intensifications of " Old Tom," brisker than soda water, and more fiery than gunpowder. Well' might the lecturer insist on the use of nitrate of sober (soda) when recpmmending such intoxicat ing varieties of gin. Sahcarbonates, carbonates, sesqui-carbonates, bi-carbonates, oxides, &e., &c. —a day's hard ploughing, of the heaviest land, was a joke to it. The study of chemistry be of service to practical farmers 1 The sorriest drugged beer in the district could not so bemuddle them. As well ask them to read the Vicar's Greek Tes tament off-hand as to comprehend the admixture of attractions and repulsions, of gin, sulphur phosphates, and ox-hides. It may be said that this is an exaggeration— very little indeed of that, if it all, in a thousand instances. At the same time it is perfectly true that their natural leaders in most cases promoted, to the best of their power, the new movement, and availed themselves, ostentatiously even and continuously, of the proffered aid. Had they not done so the change effected could not have taken place so speedily as it did, notwithstanding the repeal of the Corn Laws, which undoubtedly had its effect. The most inveterate might retain his incredulity after witnessing one year's extra yield from the use of chemical appliances, but it was.difficult to do so after two. Farmer HODGE took to scratching his head and pondering over tie matter. Names, magic, what were either to him if they brought him good crops, and left him something in the stocking after he bad paid the rent ? The eloquence of heavy yields and large profits prevailed where Dr. FAUSTUS would have despaired, and now the least cultivated b,rnier will ask, in a tone of authority, and with a precision of nomenclature perfectly as tounding for chemicals whose names a while back might in his opinion serve to conjure the devil at first sight. It is hardly possible, it may be said, that the Australian settler can be ignorant of the general use of these stimulants to increased production at home, or of the success which has attended it. Successive emigrants must have in foz:ned them, and rendered plain and free from mystery that with which the British agriculturist was at first bewildered. LATEST NEWS. The reason, however, is pretty obvious. The fruitfulness of virgin soil, which is to be had com paratively cheap, obviates, in their opinion, the necessity of incurring any extra expenditure over the old, and they act accordingly. This state of things, however, cannot last. The time will come, and it may not be far distant, when the resources of chemistry will eagerly enough be sought after to insure the various cultivators of the soil a profit. The necessity for resorting to these begins already to be felt and urged in the vicinity of the large towns. The population goes on increasing ; and if the more enlightened agri culturists do their duty that necessity will Boom be generally recognised. Competition, it is quite possible, may lend its aid to precept and example, and it may be left to self-interest to do the rest. We lave been led to these remarks by the perusal of an Australian newspaper. In that fine colony ar)peals are being made to the culti vators of the soil to avail themselves of the appli ances of the laboratory —to all appearance, how ever, with but little success. Not only are they urged to resort to the use of the appliances in question in the larger, but also in the more delicate fields of cultivation. The orange tree and the vine, no less than ex listed corn-fields, they are told, may be fel tilised and rendered profitable by chemical manures. That advice so conducive to their in terests should be neglected may appear surprising THE SON. LONDON SATURDAY EVENINO, µ SEPTEMBER 29, 1855, the number of persons arrested by the police (int par° della Pol Lid, as it is called), and retained in custody without trial, and even without examina tion, directly in violation of the penal code, which is as explicit on this subject as the habeas corpus in England. Iu Civil Courts bribery is so openly recog nised that no advocate would think of undertaking a cause, be it ever so good, without first recom mending his client to make a propitiatory offering to the judge, and he would hardly dare to plead at all if the opposing party was in any way under the protection of the police. Thus the police rule the country in open defiance of the laws, and it is impossible, said my in formant, to organise a Moderate party for the reform of these abuses without the intervention of foreign Powers, because all the best men of that party are either in prison or in exile, and so completely has six years of an espionage Govern ment destroyed all confience thoughout society, that if they could return to-morrow they could not reckon on the support of their former adherents, who have, in all probability, become much more violent in the meantime. Besides, should anything like a moderate movement be discovered by the police they would forthwith let slip some of those societies of Lazzaroni, who under its auspices are allowed to retain arms, and who form a standing menace to all who have anything to lose. Between this organised Jacquerie, patronised by the Crown, and the proprietary class, some arbitrating power must intervene before any rational changes, such as would be likely to last, can be effected, and those who object to that being done, on the score of foreign intervention, seem to forget that the main taining some 12,000 or 15,000 Swiss by an absolute monarch for the purpose of continuing abuses in opposition to the will of the people is in itself a per manent state of foreign intervention. THE MISSION OF M. DE PROKESCH. The Austrian Gazette says :—" The most varied ver sions are published by the journals on the subject of the mission of M. de Prokesch to Paris. Those who cone nect it with a decided part to be adopted in the question of peace or war do not take into account that M. de Prokesch left Vienna on the Bth, and that supposing him to be then in possession of instructions, the events which have since taken place would deprive them of any value. It is much more probable that M. de Pro kesch is at Paris with a view to conferences and nego tiations connected with the functions which he is shortly to be called on to fill at Constantinople as internuncio of Austria. The fourth point must in the end be solved, and it is very natural that a question which so closely I aterests Turkey should be discussed at Constan tinople. This will explain why M. de Prokesch wishes to have some preliminary conversation on the subject with the French Government, and the more so as the views of France and Austria are nearly the same. As to the journals which pretend that the visit of M. de Prokesch to Paris is merely accidental, it may be replied to them that before leaving Vienna he had a passport for the French capital." THE RUSSIAN LOSSES AT SEBASTOPOL, The losses of the enemy at the taking of Sebastopol are much larger than was first calculated. It results from information which has reached official quarters, that the enemy has no less than 20,000 men hors de com, bat, from the bombardment and final assaults. Twenty general officers were either killed or wounded. The losses of tne allies, including French, English, Pied montese, and Turks, together with the naval forces, is oetimated at about 13,000 hors de combat, which is 2,000 less than the original estimate of our casualties. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester will leave the Ranger's Lodge, in Richmond Park, on Tues day next for Brighton, where her Royal Highness will pass the two or three first weeks of the ensuing month. The recent guests at the lodge have comprised his Ex cellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Duchess of Inverness, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ely, the Countess Brownlow, Count and Lady Cecil De La Feld, Lady Cowley and Mr. Greville. It is uncertain whether or not her Royal Highness will return to Richmond Park later in the season. The Earl and Countess of Elgin have left Broom Hall, Fifeshire, cn a tour of visits in the north of Scotland. The Earl and Countess of Derby, with their son and laughter, who had been visiting the Marquis and Mar- J hione ss of Breadalbane at Taymouth Castle, passed through Perth on Tuesday last, for Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire. Prince Albert of Prussia arrived at the Hague on the 25th. lowEsTom—Amongst the visitors visiting this fa shionable town this week are—The Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Stradbroke, Sir S. Bignold, M.P., Mayor of Norwich, Major North, Colonel Wingfield and Mrs. C. Wingfield. Sandon Hall, in Staffordshire, the seat of the Earl of Harrowby, which was burned down about seven years ago, has been rebuilt, and is so far completed that the noble earl and his family now occupy it. TEE LATE MAJOR-GENERAE TORRENS.—A. monument is about to be erected by a number of ladies and gentle. men resident in Paris to the memory of the late lamented General Torrens, who, it may be recollected, died in the French capital during the Queen's visit, and was interred by the French with high military honour. He was a native of Londonderry. COLONEL CAMPBELL—A paragraph has appeared, stating that "Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell, staff officer if pensioners at Perth, died on the 17th inst. ;" but we are happy to be able to contradict the report, the gallant colonel, we are informed, being at the present moment in good health and spirits.—Edininirgh. Courant. The English steam frigate Perseverance arrived yes terday at Havre from Southampton. She is to take on board a number of Russian prisoners, whom she is to carry to a port in the Baltic.—Galignani of yesterday. The western part of the Pyrenees every year furnishes a considerable contingent to emigration, yet it is neither to Australia nor California, but to the fertile banks of Ll Plata that they direct their steps. There are at this moment four merchant vessels fitting out at Bayonne, which, at an early day, will leave for Monte Video and Buenos Ayres with 1,200 of these emigrants. The season of the Italian Opera will commence on Tuesday next, with the first representation of MOM (It Nuovo), in which Mdine. Fiorentini and MM. Carrion, Angeliui, and Everardi will appear. A grand represen tation extraordinaire will shortly be given at this theatre for the benefit of the wounded in the army of the Crimea. —Paris Paper. THE 72D DEPOT.—The depot of the 72d Highlanders, from Permoy, arrived here on Wednesday afternoon about four o'clock by the Caledonian Railway from Glasgow. They are now quartered in the castle with the depot of the 92d Highlanders. —Edinburgh Courant. THE LATE FEARGIIS O'CONNOR.—A public meeting, says the Nottingham, Review, will shortly be held in this town to take the opinion of the inhabitants of the dis trict al to the expediency of erecting in Nottingham a monument to commemorate the memory of the late Mr. Feargus O'Connor. COIPLIMENTAIIY.-A placard issued this week by the proprietor of one of the Sunderland singing saloons, invites the public to come and satisfy themselves that the music is such as " to soothe the savage soul."—Sun derland Herald. , , ,n CRIMEAN the nthsme TeBoh°nntfoehl:mp, Tim I • ThßßUDDA,—Letters from the Cape of Good Hope up to the 10th of August bring us no further in telligence of her Majesty's sloop Nerbudda. Vessels bad arrived at the Cape from Mauritius and other places, where it was supposed she might have gone ; but it lef D t AzAlgTona OF BayA ap pears that no tidings had been received of her since she p s a i t intelli gencenrke,ssowAef Sebastopol, sr e te r oe e p c n3 e l death, i i v s e te d ßf on ebhgtyhii P hi a Junell inecnss nephew, R . : previous. . Attree,y—ion uY Captainn the e g s eE t s e s youngest se. a y Esq., n Qa Frederick hLl e e efa Queen's park, nt be foreh's- late Dr. William Attree, of West-hill Lodge. Deceased entered the army in 1849, and was doubtless well known to many of our residents and visitors.—Brighton Gazette. LIEUTENANT PALMER, 62D e REGIMENT. — The —family at Withcote Hall, near Oakh hm, ve received inform - tion fr om th e Crimea of the aa of Lieutenant a safety Hey rick Palmer, of the 62d Regiment, report e d as m i ss i ng . At present not hi ng further is known than that he is we ll and unwounded, b ut i n the hands of the Russians. It is surmised that, having the Redan he was enal penetrated with hi s men into again took' possession. H L to i quit , it when th e enemy Palmer, of th e 47th, was al so at the storming of the Redan, and came off unscathed.—.. Stamford Mercury. BANK OF FRANCE.—The manner in which some of the recent purchases of gold have been made of France is u n d erstood to have been • by the Bank offering such a p r i ce f or i t in Paris simply by th e i r as to induce the various exchange dealers and others to draw it f Bank of England through their several correspondents,roi the the means being raised by the discount of bills ilo d Thus it seems that no special agents have been a em ployed in the matter, each importer of the gold carrying it for sale to the Bank of France on his own account, and receiving notes in payment. When the bills dis. counted in London shall fall due, the accepto rs must provide funds from Paris to meet hem, and the demand for the purpose will then have to be met by•that estab lishment. THE MONEY MARKET.—It appears that the entire total of 700,0001., brought from Australia by the Frances Ilenty and the Northumberland, has, with the exception of 52,5001. in sovereigns, been purchased on account of the Bank of France. In the face of these operations, and without any knowledge as to the extent to which s they are to be continued , it is, r of a c e ou t r e se, th w e h olimreimediate y p e sible to make even a ceniectent. o All that can be relied prospects of the money mark are now paid for by upon is, that the purchases, which the proceeds of discountedbills, must, when these bills m ature, be met in specie , and that the disturbance oc casioned, however serious it may be for the moment , will, therefore, prove b ut temporary. The object contemplated remains apparently inexplicable, unless it may be assumed that a desire exists to create may be the an artificial abundance of money for the moment, in order to stimulate the sending out of sufficient - orders for foreign grain to s u pp l y at once the esti mated deficiency in the harvest. Whatever explanation anxiety will be felt to o b s erve b s erve the result when the opposite course has to be adopted. Since March last, while the bullion in the bank of France has fallen 6,000,0001., its note circulation has been increased more than 1,000,000 1 . This has already been remarked followed upon as an undesirable feature, and, when it is by such measures as those now in progress, it assumes a still less satisfactory aspect. The management of the institution, however, has always, upon the whole, been distinguished by great prudence ; and the directors b ein g actively interested in the commercial welfare of the country, it may be inferred that they have carefully cal- i culated their ulterior course. THE CRIMEA. All the Paris papers of Saturday publish the two following telegraphic despatches from Prince Gortsohakoff : ST. PETERSBURG, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 26. Prince Gortschakoff writes from the Crimea, under date of the 23d of September : After landing 20,000 men at Eupatoria the enemy, who had 30,000 men on our left flank, made daily reconnaissances, but yesterday they withdrew after an encounter with our infantry on the heights of Ourkussa. The second despatch is via Berlin : BERLIN, SEPT. 28. Under date of Sept. 26, in the morning, Prince Gortschakoff writes : Yesterday the enemy landed at Eupatoria to the number of 30,000 men, and occupied dif ferent villages in the neighbourhood, from which they withdrew, towards evening, to bear upon our left flank. Nothing of importance has, however, occurred. Our Cossacks have had an encounter with a French foraging party near Kertch, and made 25 prisoners. MADRID, SEPT. 26. The health of the Queen goes on improving. The Tribunal of the Rota discontinued its sit tings yesterday. A violent storm broke over Madrid yesterday, which did considerable damage. Reports which had been in circulation of a Minis terial crisis are entirely unfounded. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The Moniteur contains decrees confirming the grant of 316 military medals made by Marshal Pelissier. The Credit Mobilier has just issued a notice that, in order to meet the views of the Government, which has resolved to postpone any concessions or authorisations which may lead to the creation of fresh securities, it has decided on deferring the issue of its bonds. The King of the Belgians received at Brussels on Wednesday, Baron d'Antonini, Minister of the Two Sicilies, who is accredited both to France and Belgium. The fall of Sebastopol was known at Tunis on the 14th. The Bey immediately ordered the great event to be celebrated by salvoes from all the forts of Tunis and of the Goulette, as on great Mussul man festivals. His Highness further directed that Colonel Lion, chief of the military household, should immediately proceed to Sebastopol, to con gratulate Marshal Pelissier in his name. BOURSE, SEPT. 28.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. ft. e. End of Month. 4. per Cents 9O 80 90f. 85c. 3 per Ceuta 65 50 65 40 Credit litobilier 1230 Roman Credit Foncier — Austrian Belgian Fives. ..... .. Spanish Threes — Piedmoutese B4 50 HOMe Debt ... . . .... 32 RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. fr. . 0. Orleans ll5O c Rouen Western 767 50 Strasburg Cette 695 Havre — Mediterranean 1195 Cherbure ... — Northern .. B7O Grand Central Lyons.. ....,...1100 Austrian Com 745 RUSSIA Letters in the Berman journals state that a grand ceremony will take place at Nicolaieff in presence of the Emperor Alexander, and with the greatest pomp—the keel of a screw line-of-battle ship of 130 guns is to be laid down. This is intended as an indirect mode of protesting against the idea that Russia will ever renounce the supremacy which she has exercised in the Black Sea. A letter from Posen, of the 24th ult., in the Post _Gazette of Frankfort, says that the grand Coun cil of VVia at Odessa, or Perekop, which the Em peror of Russia intends to hold, is for the purpose of deliberating on the question as to whether the state of the army and the resources of the country are such as to enable the war to be continued with the chance of a favourable result. The most intel ligent and experienced Russian officers had been summoned to attend the Council, and a certain number had left Warsaw for the purpose ; but Prince Paskiewitch, on account of the state of his health, bad been unable to leave. We have received the St. Petersburg journals of the 21st of September. The JournaG de St. Petersbour 7 announces the departure on the Ist (13th) of September of the Emperor Alexander, the Empress, the Grand Duke Cezarewitch, and the Grand Dukes Alexander Alexandrowitch, Vladimir Alexandrowitch, and Alexis Alexandrowitch, for Moscow, where they arrived at 11 o'clock the same evening. Their Imperial Majesties were accompanied by their Imperial Highnesses the Grand Dukes Con stantine, Nicholas, and Michael, the Grand Duchesses Alexandra, Maria, and Catherine, and also by Prince George of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Prince Peter of Oldenburg. _ The Journal de St. Perersbourg adds that th• Imperial travellers were received everywhere with acclamations of delight by the people. Moscow was brilliantly illuminated. THE WAR IN ASIA. - The Invalide _Busse publishes the subjoined re port from Prince Mouravieff. The Invalide says : _"The Commandep-in-Chief of the Caucasus division announces a successful affair which our troops have had before Kars on the night betwee l the 22d and 23d of August (3d and 4th of September). Awaiting the full reports of the different Commanders, Aide-de-Camp General Mcuravisff confines himself to a rapid summary of this success. "The English General Williams. who commands at Kars, experiencing daily greater difficulty in feeding the garrison, especially the horses, resolved to send away y from the f or t ress . - lOr horie, without countingf September), at n i g ht f t a h l g oa r n e o a ot t lh e ue r m p 2o2 o r cf i o o lf n , 2 0 0 of Augustthregularthe the Bashi-Bazouks, with three Pashas and a great quan tity of beasts of burden, left Kars, and advanced in re gular order from the heights of Tchakmak, towards the village of Djavri. There it was peceived by the ad vanced guard of Colonel Baron . Ungern Sternberg. Lieut.-Colonel Loschakoff, who commands the 3d Regi ment of Mussulman Cavalry, charged from the flank the centre of this column, and rode into its dense masses. The rear of the column turned imme diately towards the right, where it was surrounded and routed. As regards the head of the column it made for the mountains as hard as it could, hut Lieutenant-Colonel Loschakoff gave hot pursuit. He was reinforced by Colonel Ungern-Sternberg him self, and Lieut.-Colonel Kiscbinsky soon joined them with two squadrons of the Prince Royal of Wurtemberg Dragoons. The pursuit lasted till daybreak ;at dif ferent times the Turks endeavoured to defend them selves in houses and is narrow passes. The head of the column, which had crossed the brow 'of the hills at a gallop, was met near the village of Akhkom by Colonel de Schultz's militia and a company of Beleff chasseurs, which hastened up in support ; this portion of the Turkish cavalry was surrounded, and finally surrendered. " The whale affair, which took place during a dark night and on hilly ground, was conduoted with admira ble-skill and sagacity by the Commanders of the differ entsdpoeuakkosff most io r a h k i g o h ff l , y detachments. Aide-de-Camp General Mouravieff of a r o t n h e excellent unger n.s t e a r n r arrangements e a n n t d s or Major-General Baklanoff, Colonels Prince Don n i Schultz. bodies T h lined TurkT urk Turks lost, St, road it asis presumed,fara as the t villageb out 500 men in killed and wounded in the encounter ; dead d th e ei S r ch of Kizil-Ghi a d ou k and in the passes subaltern l a t e l r a n ; r g o fficers, e q,, an quantity and we took two 185 men ; the remainder disbanded. M ore than 400 horses,superior n P e r t n r e u r m s pe t 8 19 , arms, remained in our hands. This signal defeat in flicted upon the enemy cost us very little loss. We had one soldier and two militiamen killed ; one offioer, five soldiers, and seven militiamen wounded. " On the following day, 233 of August (Sept. 4), in the evening, the remainder of the Turkish cavalry made a show of attempting to force a passage by the plain of Karts towards a pass over the Araxes ; but seeing the precautions we had taken, it returned to the for tress." NAPLES. A letter from Naples, of the 20th, gives the fol lowing view of the intolerable state of the various branches of King Bomba's despotism :—Since 1848, up to May, 1854, 839 persons had been condemned to different punishments for political crimes. Of 47 of those condemned to death, 26 were commuted to the Ergastala, and 21 to heavy. irons. Among the con demned were 57 priests, and 34 of the prisoners had died. This list, however, gives no account of HOLLAND. In the sitting of the 25th of the Second Cham ber of Holland, the President read the following answer from the King to the Address presented by the Chamber in reply to the Speech from the Throne : " Gentlemen,—T am happy to receive from you the assurance that the Second Chamber is desirous to apply, in concert with my Government, its best efforts for the consolidation of the prosperity and happiness of the country, which is under the blessing of God and so dear to our hearts. I request you to express my thanks to the Chamber for its Address." SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 23d contains a Royal decree which retains the Duke de Baylen, the Dowager Duchess de Berwick y de Alba, and M. de Los Herros in their posts of majordom, camarera mayor, and intendant of the Palace, but with the powers set forth in the new regulations. The same journal announces that the band of Borges, which recently captured a rather large detachment of the Queen's troops, had been attacked by a body of the Queen's troops near Tinrana, and completely routed. The Queen's forces afterwards pursued them for a considerable distance, but, it appears, without success ; a serjeant and three corporals whom they bad taken prisoners, how ever, quitted them, and joined the Royal troops. The newspaper editors had joined in presenting an address to the government, representing that, in their opinion, the recent arrest of the editor of El Leon was, under all the circumstances, illegal. Accounts from Cuba to the 23d ult. state that per fect tranquillity prevailed in the island, and that the sanitary situation was satisfactory. A letter of the 24th says :—" The Queen, in consequence of her miscarriage, has determined on delaying her return to Madrid. The budget of 1856 has been drawn up, but has not yet been examined by the Council of Ministers. It is not true, as stated in some of the foreign newspapers that a treaty for an alliance between Spain and the Western Powers has been signed." A letter from Berlin, of the 25th, says that the Ambassadors of France, England, Sardinia, and Turkey joined in giving a grand banquet in honour of the taking of Sebastopol, and that the Turkish Minister proposed this toast, which was much re• marked—" To the generous Powers, who would not have abandoned us, even if we had not gained the victory ! " A letter from Munich, of the 19th, states that out of 50 young German medical students who some months back entered the service of Russia, and the majority of whom went to the Crimea, 10 have died from different maladies, and 30 have been seriously injured in their health by the fatigue and sufferings which they have undergone. THE TELEGRAPH BETWEEN SARDINIA AND AFRICA. The preparations for laying down the submarine tele. graph cable between Sardinia and Africa are progressing most satisfactorily. The last intelligence from Mr. Brett is dated Cagliari, 22d, on board the ship Result, 2,000 tons, with the subm ar i ne ca bl e, 162 m i les i n length on board, ready to start, and only waiting the two steamers from England (one of which, the Star, has just arrived) which he had chartered to tow and assist the Result in laying the cable. - The French government had kindly sent the Tartare and M. Delamarche, hydrographic engineer, who had previously assisted in taking the soundings by three distinct lines from Sardinia to the coast of Algeria. Of these three lines that to a creek to the east of La Calle was the shortest and least deep, the utmost being 1,800 metres, while that to Bona direct has depths of from 2,000 to 3,000 metres. The reports from Algeria generally coinciding with M. Delawarche's assurance that the land teleuraph line, which is in a very forward state between La Calle and Bona, would be very difficult to protect from the malevolence of the inhabitants on that coast, and the strong recommendations made that the cable should be carried and laid down direct to Bona have induced Mr. Brett to change his original route, notwithstanding the difference in the depths. He has, therefore, determined that the cable shall be laid from Cape Spartiveoto (Sardinia) to Bona direct. Every precaution has been taken to secure the success of the operation, and with favourable weather there is every prospect of a favourable result. The length of cable is ample for the distance, allowing largely fur the sweep and variation of the vessel's course and the profile of the bottom of that part of the Mediterranean, as shown by the soundings previously taken. CAGLIARI, SEPT. 26.—The sinking of the cable which is to unite Algeria with Sardinia commenced yesterday. This morning at 6 o'clock the vessel which had the cable on board was 24 miles from the point from which she had started. Everything goes on well. PROMOTIONS IN THE ARMY. GENERAL ORDER. Horse Guards, Sept. 14, 1855. The General Commanding•in-Chief has much pleasure in communicating to the army in the Crimea that the Queen, to mark her appreciation of the distinguished conduct of the troops during the arduous and glorious achievements of the war, has been graciously pleased to command That in cases where a subaltern officer shall have been present in the field with his regiment for six months, or if he should be compelled to quit the field in consequence of wounds before the expiration of six months, and pro vided he is the senior lieutenant of his regiment, he be considered eligible for promotion to the rank of captain after he has held a commission for a period of 12 months, if certified by the commanding officer of his regiment to be fully qualified for the command of a company. By command of the Right Hon. General Viscount Hardinge, Commander•in Chief. (Signed) W. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, SEPT. 28. THE REGIUS PROFESSORSHIP OF GREEK. Intelligence reached Oxford this morning that her Ma jesty has been pleased to confer the Regius Professor ship of Greek, vacant by the death of the late Dean of Christ Church, on the Rev. Benjamin Jo wett, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Balliol College. The Oxford University Commissioners will hold the last sitting during their present visit to Oxford to-day (Saturday). VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.--Consulate Department—The office of Consul at Damascus, Syria, is vacant in consequence of the promotion of Mr. Richard Wood ; salary 6001. Post-office—The office of Postmaster of Grantham is va cant by the death of Mr. T. Lawrence, late Postmaster. The Mint—The office of Chief Medallist is vacant by the death of Mr. B. Pistrucci ; salary 3501. Colonial-cffice —Mr. Julian Pauncefoot has been appointed Private Se cretary to Sir William Molesworth, Secretary of State. Admiralty—Mr. Douglas Dent has been appointed a Clerk in Somerset House. Commander W. C. Forsyth and Commander J. F. C. Mackenzie have been appoint ed Inspecting Commanders of the Coast Guard. The office of Chief Officer of the Coast Guard at Portecatha is vacant by the death of Lieut. Best. Devonport Dock , yard—Mr. Samuel Sleeman has been appointed Lead, ingman of Storehouses, in the room of Mr. Stevens, su perannuated. Police Department—Mr. W. Gifford, late Inspector of Devonport Market, has been appointed Sur perintendent of Police at Bideford. Customs—Mr. Fl G. Tulloch, Collector at Deal, has been appointed Comp troller at Cowes, vice Baumbach. Mr. W. R. Balfou4, Comptroller at Cauipbelton, has been appointed Collet tor at Peterhead, vice Hayton. Mr. William Pugh Gardner, late Collector at Leith, has been appointed Collector at D u bl in. Mr. W. H. Holmes, Comptrolleir at Newry, has b een appointed Collector at Galway. Al*. W. Tickner, Comptroller at Ipswich, has been appointed Comptroller at Newry. Mr. Saunders, late Collector at Galway, has been appointed Collector at Shoreham, vice Mr. M'Kinlay, superannuated._Civil Service Gazette. SPORTING NOT ES. THE CESAREWITCEL-UNCONSIDERED TRIFLES. "The boys" were jolly enough at Newmarket, and what with touting and racing they found pleasant em ployment. Every morning they mustered numerously en the Lime Kilns, to "take stock" of the different animals at exercise; and, if they did not derive much information, they certainly obtained plenty of health from their early rising movement. The breakfasts that were devoured at Newmarket were enormous, and the consumption of sausages went on at a rate which threat ened destruction to the entire porcine race. The pro ceedings each day were not sufficiently long to excite weariness, or uninteresting enough to produce indiffer ence. The performance of King Tom and the running of Boer on Tuesday introduced two formidable favourites into the Cesarewitch betting. Notwith standing the former's crushing weight, shrewd and experienced judges entertain sanguine expectations of his success for the Great Handicap, expectations which are certainly justified by the horse's sound appear ance and long sweeping action. On paper, however, Boer seems to be a veritable " good thing ;" and, should his party try him satisfactorily, he will doubtless be come an immense favourite. John Daley fancies he shall be able to upset all " pots" with his Black Swan, who is a light, wiry mare, and well seasoned in her train ing. Should the ground be hard she will be a formi dable competitor, albeit I scarcely deem her " class enough" for a Cesarewitch contest. The success of the plater, Mrs. Taft, may be paralleled by the triumph of Black Swan. Siding is " bonetted up" in the market unceasingly ; but too much noise and fuss are made abciut him to induce me to believe that his party are in earnest. They nevertheless "mean mis chief ;" but I fancy they will find their interest more wort'iily represented by Early Bird. The " demon strations" which caused the retrogression of Robgill and Scythian are somewhat unaccountable. Mr. Parr's horse has, however, returned into favour, and the hos tility which he encountered may, after all, have its origin in a money-getting movement. Still many people believe that Robgill will ultimately give way to Sauce box, and that he will be reserved to do battle for the Cambridgeshire. Time may remove the uncertainty which at present surrounds Scythian. The cause of his sudden unpopularity is beyond my ken. Monarque ie said to be as good as Hervine at even weights. Now, were Hervine handicapped at 7st 41b, I should not be inclined to place faith in her pretensions. Monarque ought to be a good three-yrs-old indeed to give lumps of weight to other and older horses in the race. He now en route to Newmarket. Sultan is backed somewhat freely, but he also appears to be t( • heavily handicapped. Weathercock is not "fancied" by the Newmarket folk ; he certainly seems very "fishy" in the turf market. Does the owner of Mr. Sykes intend to give the ring " Jack up the Orchard ?" If Mr. Sykes be really meant, he will unquestionably be among the foremost flight of com petitors. John Scott's horses have been sadly knocked about, and his stable may be without a single represen tative. Mr. Morris will doubtless have something in the betting, and Messrs. Barber and Saxon may have "a shy, though they lose their stick." The Rifleman controversy should be closed as soon as possible. It is calculated to destroy all confidence be tween owners and trainers of horses. The charge of "getting at horses" is now repeated whenever a favour ite is beaten, and nine times out of ten it is unfounded. Although Rifleman was unfit on the St. Leger day, it is yet to be proved whether there was any foul play, or whether his defeat by Saucebox was a mistake. Amongst our usual sporting intelligence will be found a letter from Mr. Osbaldeston on this subject. Had not Flacrow wen the Eastern Counties Handicap would not he have been pronounced by general consent a " dead 'un," especially as he receded so rapidly in the betting ? Sept. 29. A FRESH MAN. SALE OF COMMISSIONS. ( Prom the Ayr Advertiser.) In considering the various proposals made from time to time for tho improvement of our military system, it has often appeared to us singular that so little attention has been directed to an anomaly which, for its glaring injustice and its pernicious tendency, is unsurpassed by any grievance in any department under State control. We allude to the simple fact that, after war is declared —even in the face of the enemy—an officer is entitled to sell his Commission, pocket the money, and toast his toes quietly at home : while his brother officer, who answers to the call of duty, goes tato action, and falls in defence of his country, not only loses his life, but loses to his family the price of his Commission ! Take, for instance, a Captain's commission. In the Life Guards it costs 3,5001. ; in the Foot Guards, With rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. 4,800/. ; and in the . Line, 1,8001. In many an instance in England, Scot land, and Ireland, these Commissions have been slowly acquired by young men whose parents have impoverished themselves and their families to help one member of that family to honourable distinction; or in other cases they may be held by married men, with families dependent upon them, whose whole property is the father's Com mission. War is declared. Some men sell out—the cause is immaterial to the point at issue. We need only the fact,—they sell out, and retire with the full value of their Commission in hard cash. How fare the others ? What says the bugle when it mounds such charges as at Alma, Inkerman, and Balaklava ? Why, the rob ber on the highway, in mercy, gives an alternative, " Your money or your life." But the British bugle has no note of compassion. It is, " Your money and your life too." And think you, refective reader, that on the eve of battle, when companies are told off for next morning's assault, brave officers. whose circumstances are such as we have described, would not contem plate the, morrow with a lighter heart if they were pot aware that with the life they are ready to offer for their Queen and country falls the money of near and dear relatives, or the whole means of subsistence of their wives and families. Foreshadowing dreams of innocence and helpless youth cast destitute on a cold world are not the most likely emotions to nerve even the bravest men 'in the hour of imminent peril. Is not this a premium to cowardice at the expense of mirage ? It may be sug gested that widows of fallen officers receive pensions ; but these are not adequate to the loss. They may stand as an unwelcome solatium for the loss of the life, but the price of the commission is stdt due by every law of hon our and justice. It does not admit of a question put in this simplest of allforms—" Why should the officer who retires from the field while the country is at war get the full value of his commission, while the family of the officer who fights and falls for his country loses the value of his ?" Those who point out a grievance should suggest a remedy. In default of a better, we would propose that on the approach, or during the continuance of war, those who prefer to retire from the service should leave the value of their Commissions behind them ; and that this fund should, if necessary, be supplemented out of the Exchequer to give to the representatives of officers slain the full value of their Commissions. THE ROEBUCK TESTIMONIAL. The following letter has been received by Mr. F. T. Mappin, the Master Cutler, from Sir E. Bulwer Lytton :—" Knebworth-park, Stevenage, Herta, Sept. have the honour to enclose you a check for 10/, in aid of the Roebuck Testimonial. Permit me to add that, in my slight contribution to this well-merited tribute, I waive altogether the consideration of Mr. Roe buck's especial politics. Ido not even desire by it to mark my approval of the part he took in the appoint. ment and proceedings of the Sebastopol Committee. I do not ask myself where I have agreed with or differed from Mr. Roebuck in the opinions he has expressed or the line of policy he has adopted. I desire only, as a member of the British Parliament, to convey my sense of the dignity conferred upon the national assembly by any man who, whatever be the party he espouses, brings into its debates commanding intellectand unimpeached in tegrity. England, it is true, has many menthas nobly cho racterised, but none in whom more conspicuously than in your representative the regard for her material interests is accompanied by anxiety for her honour and pride in her renown ;—none who, whether he be right or wrong in the eyes of others, would more rigidly abstain from the wrong or more firmly maintain the right, ac cording to the lights of his own judgment and the die totes of his own conscience. Tributes such as the one now proposed are monuments to living worth more wisely designed than those which we devote to the dead. For I know not why we should delay our tokens of re spect to those who deserve them until the heart that our sympathy could have gladdened has ceased to beat. As men cannot read the epitaphs inscribed upon the mar ble that covers them, so the tombs we erect to virtue often only prove our repentance that we neg l ecte d i t when with us. I rejoice that in this case its due appre ciation comes before the sense of its loss. I have the honour to be, sir, your very obedient servant—EDWAßD BULWER LITTON. F. T. Mappin, Esq., Master Cutler." THE POST-OPPIOE DEPARTMENT IN INDIA.—The de partment is to be remodelled as follows :—Three first c l as s inspectors on a salary of Rs. 4,000 ; four second class, Rs. 350 ; five third class, Rs, 300. The distribu tion of these inspectors will place seven at the disposal of the Postmaster General N. W. provinces, for employ. ment in these provinces, and the Saugor and Nerbuddah territories, one being placed under each commissioner. One inspector will traverse the Cis and Trans-Sutlej States. Three inspectors the Punjaub and Trans-Indus territories. Postmasters—One first grade, Rs. 400 ; three second, Re. 300. Deputy Postmasters—First grade, four on Rs. 150 ; second, twelve on Rs. 100 ; thirll, eight on Rs. 75 ; fourth, nineteen on Rs. 50; fifth, twenty-one on Rs. 40 ; sixth, thirteen on Rs. 30; seventh, thirty-three on Rs. 25 ; eighth, thirty on Rs. 20 ; ninth, eighty on Re. 15 ; tenth, twenty-two on Rs: 2—in all 242 officers, at an expense (including stationery) of i lls. 8,883 per mensem.—Civil Service Gazette. VISIT OF THE BRITISH - ASSGCIATION TO CIIELTENIIA3I. We briefly announced last week that the council of the 7•.._ British Association, now sitting at Glasgow, had an- , • cepted an invitation to hold its next annual meeting is Cheltenham. The fact was telegraphed to this tow n on the Tuesday, th e genera l committee having only come to a decision as to the whereabouts of its next meeting on the morning of that day. We find the following account .; of the committee's proceedings in a Brighton contempo rary " The general committee of the association, now hold inc, its session at Glasgow, met on Tuesday in the Mer chants' Hall ; the Duke of A rg yll i n th e chair. " Deputations appeared f rom Cheltenham an d Brighton, and documents w ere rea d f rom Mancheste r, Dublin, and Leeds, soliciti ng th e presence of the assn' ciation at those places next ye ar . " A lengthened conversatio n ensue d between th e members of the Cheltenham and Brighton deputations on their relative c l a i ms t o th e p resence o f the associa tion. A division o f th e comm itt ee th en took place , which resulted in th e se l ec ti on o f Ch e lt en h am by a narrow majority. " We are i n f orme d th a t th e groun d s on w hich Chel tenham was selected in p re f erence t o Brighton, . were, that Cheltenham bad m a d e an app l icat i on man y y ears since, which, du r i ng th e p as t t wo years, h a d been vig° been'' rously renewed, seve ra l p u bli c mee ti ngs having held to express the strong feelings of the inhabitants both at Cheltenham and Gloucester. It is, h o wever, very probable that B r i g ht on wou ld h ave b ee n selected , so decided were the opi n i ons o f many o f the members in favour of that to wn , if prev i ous arrange ments had not been made by those o ffi cia lly connec t e d with the as sociation, with which a majority of the general meeting considered that it would be practically inconvenient to interfere. " The Duke of Argyll, the president of the meeting, expressed his earnest hope that the mayor and deputa tion and the inhabitants of Brighton would not consider the association indifferent to their wishes if, amongst many conflicting claims, another place was selected for this year ; and he was strongly of opinion that Brighton would be a most suitable position for a meeting at some future period, of a somewhat different character from those usually held in provincial towns."—Cheltenha m Examiner. A LETTER FROM MISS NIGHTINGAa We (Boston Guardian) have great pleasure in publish ing the following letter received by the widow of one of our brave soldiers, who, in the execution of his duty, bag been stricken down by that fatal scourge which has laid so many thousands of his brother soldiers in an untimely grave. The act of forwarding the books to the bereaved widow which the husband had perused with pleasure and profit, is an act of thoughtful kindness which speaks volumes in her praise : " Scutari, Barrack Hospital, Aug 18, 1.8 5 - 1 " Dear Mrs. , I very much regret to be oblig e d to inform you that your husband, of the Artillery, was brought in h ere s i c k o f di arr bcea, with symptoms of fever, on the 11th o f A u from the Crim es- He asked me for a re li g i ous book, and I gave him the enclosed. He told m e a ft erwar d s th at h e lik e d it very much, and so I send it t o y ou w ith anot h er w hi c h he was , already reading, a New T es t amen t , an d a l e tt er of yours which was under his pill ow , an d hi s purse , con taining 1/. ls. He was taken worse on the 13th, and be came delirious. He was moat carefully attended by tw o doctors, by the chaplin, by myself, and by a kind and skilful nurse. He was very grateful and good, but alas. nothing could save him, and he died at eleven o'clock the same night. How sorry I am to tell you this bad news I cannot say. From the little I saw of your husband, I should say that his was a heart turned to God and accepted by Him. Let us hope that what is your lees is his gain. He often spoke of you. Believe me yours, with true sympathy, "FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE." CONSTERNATION AT BERLIN. The following is from the Times' Paris corre spondent's letter, dated yesterday, 6 p.m. : A prixate letter from Berlin, of the 27th, viva" Rating from one of the Court, that is to say, anti - :;4,..': 4 1 national and Russian party, speaks of the general consternation produced by the fall of Seb3stopel• • .4 ; ;;01 No terms, however are sufficiently contemptuous ..044ke when the writer alludes to Prince Gortschakoff and 0 the other Russian Generals who have hitherto con- ; ' ducted the military operations. The Czar himself is not • spared. Neither is the person of the King of Prussia treated with the respect that might be expected from • a Prussian courtier. Indeed, they who make most free with that unintelligible Sovereign have hardly described him in terms more humiliating. • The Queen expressed her condolence and her conso lation to her sister, the Archduchess Sophia, mother of the Emperor f Austria, directly the sad intelli gence reached Berlin. Weeping and wailing, dipap pointment and rage, are the or ier of the day. How ever the Russian party may put a good face on the matter, it is certain that, in secret their hopes of Ru.sia, soon recovering from the stunning blow that has been inflicted on her are not very mangula.- ll.r - most ardent partisans, when they speak frankly among • themselves, do not appear to believe that the Russians can do much against the Allies in the Crimea ' • and I can assure you that not a few are of opinion that the sooner they evacuate it the better. With all this they do not believe, no more than they wish, that the Emperor Alexander will make propositions of peace. The letter I allude to mentions that when the disaster of Sebastopol was known, the populace of St. Patera burg became dreadfully excited, and meeting the carri age of the Empress in the streets, followed it on its way 00' to the Palace with shouts of " Vengeance for Sebas topol Vengeance for Korniloff Vengeance for Nachenoff?" If the Russian people knew how their mutilated sons and brothers are left by their Imperial "father " to be consumed by fire in the hospitals of Se bastopol, it is doubtful whether their reception of the Imperial family would not assume another form. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Sept. 29.—Wind this day at noon, S. light airs and dull cloudy weather. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 28.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived," Eleanor, from Moulmein; Faith (s. tpt. 131), Constants' nople, and left for London; FIX S. Malacca, Lisbon. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 28.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived — L a : narkshire, from Quebec ; Roxburgh Castle, London , I° ' Melbourne. FALMOUTH, Sept. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Herm es, from Akyab, for Copenhagen ; Maria Louisa, Hanava Bradore, Labrador. Off the port—Tella Lamigua, from Cape Coast Castle. GLOUCESTER, Sept. 28.—Arrived—Science, from St. John's, N.B. BELFAST, Sept. 27.—Wind W.—Sailed—Sarah, for Sa vannah. SHIELDS, Sept. 28.—Wind S.—Sailed —Young Eng. land, for Sierra Leone. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Arrived—Courier (s.), from Jersey; Star, Guernsey; Felicity, Portsmouth ; Jolly, Jersey ; Antje Johann* , Harlingersiel ; Atalanta (s), Havre. Sailed—Brunswick (s), for Plymouth ; Alliance (s), vre ; Despatch (s.), Jersey ; Isabella, Sunderland. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning• Wind S.E. Arrived—Harrowby, from St. John's, N. 8.; King4ton, Richibu •to • Adelina, Prince Edward's Island; G s* briel and dew° Serafina, Hamburg ; Delta, Santander. Off.—lsabella, from Monte Video; Florist, Demessro• DUBLIN, Sept. 28..„ Arrived, Norio, from Jersey; Anna Catharina and Es. fina, Amsterdam. Sailed—Donna Maria, for Balaklava. QUXENSTOWN, Sept. 2 7 . - - Wind S.S. W. ~ Arrived.—Fanny, from Pictou, N.S. ; La Norrreg ue°l* . Bilboa. (BY ST/MARINE AND BRITISH TRLEGRAPTI.) f on in 50 ' ' GRAVESEND Saturday, ... Wind S.W. ; tide, low water; weather very fi -0 n ..,, e ' t heroe, Arrived, Sept. 28.—Canada, from Jama ica ;-L A - Tarsous ; Spartan, Jamaica. Sailed—Gesina and Agatha, for ffemburg. 03 aim DEAL, Sallird.l' Passed, 28th.—Coral Queen, from Wind S.W., fresh. a or nelia, LOStreRO, Qu be Callao ; Mary Harrison, Calcutta • Derago, Demerara •W ll • all for London. a ace, Belize-- ondon, for Con- Anchored.—Dallof e Roxburgh, from L. , . Sarah stantinople ; Industry,London,for Balaiusva, Ann, London, for iJaun ceston. for Passed, 29th.—Hersoom (s.s. tpt. 17). from London,,,a. the Crimea ; Governor Nl`Lean Africa fr London L r u s _. goulmein; e 0 ; therine Pemberton, Moulmein;for London; Derigo, X u ritius, for London. l o o T aHnEd3r3DenFinosouTla.:oTffihcee:iloneicy o f this distingu ished corps (the Duke of Wellington's own) has become vacant by the demise of Lieut. G e neral D'Oyly, an old Water- Notices were issued from the General Post-office yes terday, that her Majesty's ship Castor had sailed e 2 fro th m Devonport, with a Cape of Good Hop e mail, on th 6 inst. ; and that her Majesty's ship Siren had sail for ed from the same port on the same day, with mails Rio de Janeiro. APOTHECARIES' HALL.—Names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise on Thur day, Sept. 27 :—Wm. M. ord, Brixton-hill; William Joyce, Blackfordby, Leicestershire ; William Stanwell, Gwaonnisfboro;_ocuagnah,brLidingco.lnshire ; James Ashburner Jam es Ashburner, Manchester. For an assistant—Wra. iienry dermen THE NEW SHERIFFS. —Yesterday morn r vii tt i e .c C h l th oc er k. Kennedy and Rose, the newly-elected shinegreirffAtas l i o f for the ' the , city of London and county of Middlesex, Masters, Wardens, and Courts of Assista.eristeentoto makers' and Spectaclemakers' Couipani , . hail previous to their proceeding to the _t o be sworn respectively belong, to a breakfast Guild the Albion Tavern, in and assume their o ffi ce. At halfpast one o'clock the Lord Mayor and the leading Aldermen, with the usual civic fu n ctionaries, entered the hall and took his seat on the hustings, when the usual oaths were administered by the T own Clerk to the Sheriff's, the new Under-Sheriff, and to Mr. Stone court retired, senior, Under-Sheri ff , after which the ke their seats in the Court of Sheriffs being invited to to Aldermen. SWEARING IN OF TOE NEW ALDERMEN FOR FARRING. DON-WITHIN.—At the Court of Aldermen held after tha swearing-in of the new Sheriff , , Alderman Eagleton was introduced by a deputation from the Ward of Farring don-within, and, having taken the customary oaths, took his seat at the Court as Alderman of the Ward , in room of the late Alderman Kelly, 1i The ] afeady, Which 1 aad Orl iarket I ° l l the la In tii the folic c onditiol "The ',Taber. ksics tall Ntte to E 40 1 :11 St. , tasks mor f rame est qaantity .but e xPortati, ladi ng w i ;he five , 4 1 0 ,000 c; article !actionthle , seaso try this ttesia." 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