The Sun. — London, England, 1855-08-15 00:00:00

ROYAL OPERA, DRURY-LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING. r , Will be performed bfARITANI. (.• Maritima, Lucy Escott ; Lazarillo, Miss F. Reeves Don Jose, Mr. Farquharson ; Charles IL, Mr. 11. Braham ; Don Cmsar de Bazau, Mr. Elliot Geier. To conclude with MIDAS. Prices , of admission :—To the two galleries. 6d.; second circle of boxes and pit, is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; stalls, 4s. • private boxes to admit two persons, 10s, 6d.; four persons, one g uinea. Box-office open front 10 to 6 daily. TRgATRN ROYAL HAYMAItILET. • Under the management of Mr. Bucksteno. THIS EVENING. Will be presented THE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters by Mr. Buckstone and Miss E. Chaplin. After which, THE ABBE IN LOVE, by the Spanish Dancers. ,Etter w hich, COURT FAVOUR. To be followed by ONLY A HALFPENNY. To conclude with THE SPANISH DANCERS. if,OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD -STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CaAJ KEAN. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE WEDDING DAY. To eonclude With KING HENRY THEEHTH. Queen Ka harine, Mn.s C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, r. C. Kean. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directroos, Maxine Celeste. THIS EYE G, Will be peribrmed THE Vol-BITING ON THE WA'LL. pal characters by Messrs. Wright, C. Selby, P. Bedford, Mrs. Leigh - Murray, Miss Wyndham, and Miss Woolgor. After which, FRATEENISATION. To conclude with THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS. ASTLRY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. ',Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. progressive attraction of Mazeppa. Mr. George Wild and Miss Felony Williams every night. : THIS EVENING, L or d Byron's MAZEPPA and the WILD HORSE, with all the original thrilltng e ffects, and for which Mr. William Cooke has trained his unrivalled stud of horses. After which the first Equestrians of the day will appear in the EVOLUTIONS of the CIRCLE. Also, a va r i e ty o f E n t erta i ments. To conclude with a Laughable Farce entitled. MY UNCLE'S CARD, in which Mr. G. 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Suyipoilice, 112, Strand, London, 9th July, 1855. , ” v „. ?0, - ~~ nn, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1855 - At length we Lave news, glorious, soul-stirring news, from the Baltic ! A heavy body blow has been inflicted on Russia. Sweaborg, the invin cible (!) Sweaborg, has fallen. Her frowning it pregnable fortresses are demolished. They have been swept clown like grass before the mower by the fire of the British fleet ! The granite forts of Russia have again yielded to " the wooden walls of Old England," combined with the fleet of our gallant Allies ! And the national exultation for this brilliant triumph will be the greater, from the fact that it has been achieved almost without in jury on our side. We learn that while " the enenayihas sustained a terrible blow, and suffered enormous losses, ours has been insignificant in men, and nothing whatever in material." The victory• is therefore unalloyed by the regrets that must inevitably accompany a sanguinary triumph. The tears of the widow and orphan will not dim its lustre or tarnish its brilliancy by individual mourning ! We felt convinced from the beginning that al, that was required was to give full scope to our navy, to let our jolly tars at the enemy, to show them the work they bad to do, to ensure its ac complishnent ! We have not been disapp o i n t e d ! The victory has been even more complete and more bloOdless, and the damage to the enemy greater; than we could have anticipated. Although we have 'no tas yet received the full details, it is ascertained on indisputable authority that "the town itself is burnt to the ground, scarcely a single rouse left Standing"—that "the dockyards are completely destroyed," an immense conflagration, which lasted 45 hours, having consumed the store housesatid magazines of the arsenal, which is a com plete ruin; No less than six magazines and stores of projectiles blew up. All may be summed up in the emphatic words, "Sweaborg no longer exists, ' The second strongest naval station of Russia Jae north , has been demolished in a few - daysiif not without difficulty, certainly with comparatively trivial loss to its assailants, and we earnestly , 4p e , th at t h e experiment wh i ch h as proved sUcCeSsfa in that quarter may be re peated with equal success, and with no greater damage 0 -iglu/salves, at Cronstadt, which will comPletl ' the d i 3 ecraflture of Russia in that quarter, and possibly induce Austria to regret the duplicity and ins incerity of which s h e h as been guilty,' and which has proved anything but serviceable to her friend the. AUTOCItAT As wehave stated, we have not yet obtained the full details of this brilliant action. We know that th e i n t e n t i on was that the 'mortar -vessels an dgull,-boats. were to "open the ball" at a on n . siderable distance,' so that the enemy's works would. I:* to a . .great extent dismantled before the men-of-war chimed in and lent their hand to complete 'the' was probably work- This course carried out,_ and we have no doubt that it will very shortly he 9' PlePaing duty to congratulate the nation. on the efficiency and power of the class of vessels 'Which' we haVe earnestly demanded since the despatch. of the first expedition last year, and from which, after this ta s t e o f their quality, w 4 may expect even more brillia n t exploits against Cronstadt, the Ruisian fleet, and possibly the Russian".CiiPital (!) itse lf. It is-quite clear that those who have done 60 much will not rest satisfied without doing more, and that they will be anxious, by their present energy and activity, to atone for their previous apathy and inaction. The defence of Helsingfors being overthrown, it is more than probable, in deed we may consider it certain, that Helsingfors itself will follow, and that its demolition will be as complete as that of Sweaborg ! The work of destruction is, perhaps, going on at this moment, if it has not already been accomplished, and the massacre of Hango—the brutal, and dastardly, and treacherous murder of unarmed men, pro tected by a flag of truce which would have been respected by any but uncivilised barbarians— fearfully avenged. But there is more to be done—Russia does not appreciate generosity or leniency. She is incapable of understanding such qualities, and can only be dealt with by good hard knocks. The Russian fleet must be destroyed. The strong hold that protects the entrance to the Neva and' the Muscovite Capital must be completely de molished, so that not one stone shall stand on another of its once vaunted fortresses. The mortar-vessels and gun-boats having finished their works at Helsingfors, and left nothing very for midable behind them, may run down along the coast of Finland and take Cronstadt in the rear, destroying the Russian fleet from that unexpected quarter, while the liners are occupying the batte ries on the• St. Petersburg side, and ready to receive the fleet, if those who have so long skulked behind stone walls, and under quasi im pregnable batteries, should dare to come out and fight like men rather than be destroyed like noxious vermin in their dens. We do not underrate the difficulty of the task. It will unquestionably be a glorious achievement, equal to anything ever recorded of the British Navy, and we cannot utter a higher eulogium ! But it can be done. We have faith in our ships, in our officers, and in our men, and we would wish that the Peerage and pension which will probably be the meed of the gallant and successful Admiral should be fully earned, so that there should not be a single dissentient voice to his well-merited rewards. We shall not at present go farther than the destruction of the Russian fleet and of Cronstadt, although we would fain hope that sufficient time may remain before the setting in of the frost to strike a blow at St. Petersburg itself, to beard the bear in his very Capital, and teach him that even Imperial robbers will not be tolerated by the indignant world, and that justice will be enforced against leviathan as well as against petty criminals. It would have been a splendid winding up to the Session had the intelligence arrived before the delivery of the Royal Speech. It was mani festly anticipated and waited for. The proroga tion was delayed at least an hour waiting for the glad tidings. But they waited in vain. The Premier had not the gratification of an nouncing the triumph of our fleet—the heavy blow and great discouragement to the enemy. The joyous news speedily followed the departure of the wearied legislators ; and The Sun which conveyed her MAJESTY'S Speech to the provinces, although it could not announce the complete destruction of Sweaborg, told that the bombardment had actually commenced, and that, with such men as ours, was almost tanta mount to the declaration of a felicitous result, the work having been half accomplished in its good beginning. There are Rnbicons to the life of every nation. Events will not always wait the tardy movements of politicians, nor principles submit to the emas culating guidance of time-servers. There are periods when, from the pressing necessity of cir cumstances, a country has to decide between opposite courses of action ; and it is in the choice then made that the destiny of the State, and, perhaps, in no small degree, the destinies of man kind depend. Such a time it was when the great ADOLPHITS laid before the Diet of Sweden his plan for taking part with the Protestant ; cause in Germany, and for fighting the battle of freedom against the Imperialists. But for the enthusiasm with which his proposal was received, the Reformation would probably have been ex tinguished in Germany by the numbers and fury of its opponents. It was such a time when the first Congress of America declared their fixed resolve to work out their independence, having "counted the cost of the contest," and being willing to stake their lives on the issue. History is full of like instances. The resolves of a people in those conjunctures, when great principles are at stake, are the turning-points of their existence. W hen they prefer convenience to honour, and under shelter of the name of prudence endeavour to embarrass the points at issue, and to find excuses for turning back when they should advance— when they prefer ease to duty, and submission to greatness—they sink, as they deserve to sink. While, on the other hand, when they take a magnanimous decision—staking their existence on the success of their policy, relying on the jus tice of their cause, and en the ultimate triumph of free, humane, generous, and beneficent prin ciples—victory has gathered round their colours, and ultimate triumph rewarded their efforts. Can it be doubted that a turning-point has now: occurred, at least equal in importance to any recorded in history. The great question for us to consider is, what character this war shall assume. Shall it be a war to maintain the old status quo, Austria, a with just enough of variation to a ggran di se nd extend and perpetuate her iniquitous rule ; or shall it be a war for civilisation, for liberty, for the fall and complete security of Europe. thj.a . ‘i3 really the question. the-people' have to decide. A slight check to Russia, on the principle laid down by Lord JOHN RUSSELL of preserving her honour unimpaired impression created by extend her power as the would really , the display of her enormous t s rength would re main, and it would be impossible, With the Go vernments of Germany constituted as they are at present, hem f • to, prevent t from falling completely under her influence. Their aims and hers would be the same—to rule despotically, and to check every germ of freedom in thought and action ; and in' any contest with their people they Would be as ready to solicit her aid, and barter such in dependence as they possessed for her protection, as Austria was in 1848. If our people, with a full knowledge of wba Austria is, permit our Government to play her game, this war, whatever must be its fQrtunes, must have an inglorious end. Substantially, the interests of Austria and Russia are the same. Their governments are equally despotic—they equally fear and hate liberty—,They have the same mistrust of the liberal ideas of the West. The diplomacy of the .Court of Vienna has been oxen cised solely to attain a position in which she may be able to cry balves when Russia executes her long-meditated d es i gn o f di spos i ng of the sick man ' s kingdOm b y seizing holds on Constanti no pl e . A us t r i a militarY Possession o f th e P r i nc i pa li t i es. But is Austria less al . thless than Russia ? We appeal to history, What all perfidious, powers ever k ep t? treaty has this m os t to think o f h er faith, after the nego perfidious of What are we tiations of the last two years? W e talk of barr ing the way of Russia , to Constantinople by limit- - ing the number of her armed ships, and at the' THE SIIN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST l5, 1855 same time we actually summon an Austrian army I to the Turkish frontier. To place Turkey under the guardianship of Austria is to give the lamb into •ustody of the wolf. Is the partition of Poland to be forgotten Or is it to be supposed that the character of Austrian policy has changed ? It has changed, only as perfidy deepens in dye through long practice—only as every species of criminal atrocity, rapine, lust, cruelty, murder, grow with unrestrained exercise, and run riot with impunity. The young Empe rors are of the same standing ; they have been reared in the same school. Their snarl over the scent of the distant prey was but mo mentary. They are making up their dispute and learning to hunt in couples. Their sole point of difference can be as to the division of the spoil, and the stray instincts of mutual rapacity will soon accommodate that difference. We have barred the front door against the notorious bur glar, and left the back entrance open to the mid nidnight thief. From our knowledge of what Austria has been in past time, and from our ob servation of her utter faithlessness within our own experience, we venture to predict that she waits only a favourable opportunity to surpass all her former treachery by some act of monstrous con spiracy against the rights and liberties of Europe. Are we to wait patiently while the plot is, hatch ing ? If we consent to act so dastardly a part, to forfeit the sympathies which bind us to our fel low-men, and to regard their oppression with indifference—the spirit of pure and genuine freedom no longer animates our breasts, and we deserve to be subjugated in turn—to have a Russian army to ravage our plains and a HAYNAU besiege our cities. To be indifferent when the dearest interests cf our fellow-men are at Stake is as impolitic as it is criminal. Why is Russia so powerful at Sebastopol and in the Baltic, but because her continental fron tier, through the connivance of Austria, is secure? Apart from the effective aid afforded her by the deadening despotism of the Austrian Government, she would be comparatively powerless, as the free and active genius of the inhabi tants of those countries now crushed by vindictive Austria would roll back the barbarism of the northern hordes, and confine them within their proper limits. It is Austria which encou; rages the oppressive and vexatious rule of the petty Princes of Germany, which keeps that noble country in a state of perpetual distraction, and which thus far encourages the growth of Russian influence. It is Austria which supports the Italian tyrants, or rather which overshadows them with her still darker domination, treating the removal of abuse as a crime, and applauding every act which deepens the sufferings of the people and sinks them into lower bondage. It is Austria which, by keeping the wide and fertile provinces watered by the Danube in a state of political slavery or profitless barbarism, smooths the path for Russian progress in the south, and prevents the formation of a State which would be an in superable obstacle to her advance in that direction. We know that there are a set of piping politicians ready to denounce this language as revolutionary. They cannot comprehend that Europe needs a revolution—such a revolution as the earth sus tains when the harsh rigour of Winter gives place to the genial influences of Spring. The political world will not stand still. The contest between despotism and liberty is in progress. It is such a contest as in a more poetical age angels would be represented as stooping from Heaven to witness. May our people rouse themselves to a perception of its immeasurable importance, and with generous decision adopt, as their own the cause of the nations who look anxiously to her for aid, and are eager to bear their part in fighting her battle. The wisdom of Prince ALBERT'S Trinity-house speech will, we may hope, now be proved. Lord PALMERSTON is liberated from that grand evil of a Constitutional Government—a Parliament which can question the Sovereign's Ministers. He now enjoys most of the blessings described by the Prince as the characteristics of despotism ; the press, it is true, will use its Argus eyes, and will reveal what it sees through its own correspon dents from Paris to Sebastopol, but no member of the press can ask the Premier a question, call for a single paper, or in any way interfere with his free action. In the conduct of the War, or in listening to suggestions for peace, Lord PAL MERSTON is now as much an autocrat as ALEX ANDER. He has but the check which even a Russian despot dreads—public opinion in his own country. Much as we are naturally disposed to resent Prince ALBERT'S laudations of despotism, we shall still not regret finding that Ministerial autocracy, till the reassembling of Parliament, exemplifies all the merits attributed by his Royal Highness to unchecked rule. All the money wanted is put, without stint, into the hands of Government, an advantage for which the coun cillors at St. Petersburg would part with many of the privileges of despotism. A nation stands at their back ready to applaud them for cashier ' ing to any extent the incompetent at the camp or in Downing-street, and putting the right meu into the right places. Nothing need hinder them, from ohoosing the most efficient civil and military servants which the nation can furnish. The best materials and best men are all at their command; they want now, in order to beat Russia, but the same subordination of everything to one object which marks the whole conduct of that power. How will Lord PALSIERSTON use the months of uichallenged rule ? Will he escort, her MAJESTY from place to place, or will all his compeers but the War Minister again take to grouse and par tridges ? Will there again be no Cabinet meet ings till the opening of Parlianaent looms in sight? Will the most important advisers of the Crown bury themselves fifty 'fathoms deep in the coun try, and be twelve or twenty-four hours behind the two millions of London in their knowledge of the latest news, or will they venture any distance from the telegraphic communication with the Cw theriil il s euasuggest g Much more anxious qu es ti ons w ill, h owever , s ti r breastsestPetoorhmapasnyre queries s tio li n k s e of the near past s, of the thoughtful. In the Parlia mentary sauce n Lord P ALMERSTON "di es an d makesn o z. , EVANS yest er d ay to the the re Q fe u rr e e e d n's S s i p r eee D b : w L h A i c ch 3r was to shew the stout-hearted resolves of her MAJESTY'S advisers. But no—the QUEEN'S speech is delivered, and not a word beyond the old tantalising cant about carrying on the war with vigour, and a firm and lasti ng peace, w as put into the Royal mouth. What her MA JESTY'S Ministers deem vigour, and what would be the lowest condition of a firm and lasting peace, this speech, like 'all Ministerial spe ec h es hitherto, saith not. The "stout-hearted speech," so humbly requested by our great contemporary as the soother of our anxieties, fears, suspicions, p apprehensions, seechw a s w n h o i while hs afed. e vouchsafed. ue Parliament such What would the country take for signs of vigour ? They would naturally first think of an unsparing use of our military and naval zneaw in the Blaok Sea. It may be all right, but in 4 the eyes of civilians it is an unaccountable sort of vigour tha•.t we have only this morning beard of any feat parallel with the destruction of Bomar- Sund, although the fleet is double the strength of that intrusted to Admiral IT APIER. In the Black Sea also we cannot account for the tardy successes in the Sea of Azoff not being followed up elsewhere, and the mouths of the Danube not even being opened for the harvests of the provinces. It may again be right, but we non-professional folk do not think it any sign of vigour that the Russian posi tions on the right bank of the Tohernaya are not molested, or even turned, and the communica tions with Sebastopol interrupted ; or the same thing not attempted from the sea to the north of the town. If, however, we must be set down as ignorant of the art of war, and we have no desire to im pugn the skill, much less the gallantry, of our Generals and Admirals, we cannot imagine our selves more ignorant of the political phases of the whole question than the Premier himself ; diplo matists may know more of their fellow diplomatists than we who have never been in their company, and never wish to be, but we can see probably better than those engaged in the work its real character. Every tolerably intelligent Englishman who reads the papers knows the mind of Austria, Prussia, and Russia, as well as our Cabinet Ministers. We know what would be vigour in this department. We have demanded it again and again. A Polish Legion at once --Polish emancipation, as the only basis of a lasting European peace, and Austria bid to march from the Principalities and mind her own business, would be real vigour, and be hailed as such by the nation. Lord JOHN is gone, and another sign of vigour would be to renounce, explicitly, his fatal declara tion that we did not want to deprive Russia of any of her territories. That mischievous speech alone, we believe, to have affected most disastrously to our soldiers the whole character of the war. How renovating would the declaration be, we mean to conquer the Crimea, and we mean to keep it, and we mean to turn it, as far as may be desirable, into a reward for the soldiers who have conquered it. Many of the Allied brothers in arms might prefer a farm there to one in Canada. The idea of a vigorous war, and a secure peace, which should leave Russia all the territories she has nefariously appropriated, and all the fortresses she has built on them or strengthened, to consolidate and ex tend her brutal domination, is surely but a vision of aristocratic treachery. The miserable Vienna Conferences have revealed the ignominious terms to which the author of that idea would have pledged his country. We observe that Lord PALMERSTON makes his Sovereign "sincerey regret" the failure of those conferences. We need something more reassuring than any regret at all for escaping the original four points. LATEST NEWS. TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS. DESTRUCTION . OF SWEABORG. ADMIRALTY, AUGUST 15, 1855. Sir Charles Wood presents his compliments to the Editor of The Sun, and encloses a copy of a telegraphic message from Admiral Dundas, received at the Admiralty late last night : OFF SWEABORG, AUG. 11. Sweaborg was attack,ed by the mortar and gun boats of the Allied squadron on the morning of the 9th inst. The firing ceased early this morning. Heavy explosions and very destructive fires were produced in a few hours. Nearly all .the principal buildings on Vargoe, and many more on Svartoe, including those of the dockyard and arsenal, are burnt. Few casualties have occurred, and no lives lost in the Allied fleet. DANTZIC, TUESDAY, AUG. 14, 11 A.M. The bombardment of Sweaborg commenced at 6 o'clock last Thursday morning, and continued until daylight on Saturday. The town itself is burnt to the ground—not one house left. The dockyards are completely destroyed. All the earthworks and batteries are knocked to pieces. • Six magazines blew up. In fact, Sweaborg exists no more. On our side there are very few casualties. This news was brought by the French steamer Pelican. The following telegraphic despatch has been received from Paris : PARIS, AUG. 14. The following despatch was posted up at the Bourse to-day : ADMIRAL PENAUD TO THE MINISTER OF MARINE. On Board the Tourville, Aug. 11. The bombardment of Sweaborg by the allied squadrons has been attended With complete suo- cess. An immense conflagration, which lasted for 45 hours, has destroyed nearly all the storehouses and magazines of the Arsenal, which is a complete ruin. Various powder magazines and stores of projee- tiles blew up. The enemy has received a terrible blow, and suffers an enormous loss. Our loss is insignificant in men, and nothing whatever in, material. The crews'are in a state of enthusiasm. MARSEILLES, AUG. 14. The Philippe Auguste has come in. She brings intelligence from Constantinople to the 4th. A battle was expected near Erzeroum. Generals Fitzgerald and E vans had quitted the Turkish service in conseqUence of ill-health. Captain • Peel, R.N , had arrived, wounded, at Malta. He goes to Switzerland. The last acco u nts which have reached Vienna a ~.. from Constantinople state that it is not probable that Omer Pacha will take the command of the army of Asia. MARSEILLES, AUG. 14 (Evening.) General Canrobert has arrived in the Indus. • General Espinasse takes his command. The Russians continue to cannonade the ad vanced works, especially the batteries command. ing the shipping in the harbour. No one was allowed to approach the masked batteries of the Allies. General Pelissier constantly inspected the works at Kamiesch. Capt. (now Admiral) Lushington, and Generals Fraser and Sherly, have arrived here. TRIESTE, AUG. 14. Accounts from Cairo, of the sth, state that the Bedouins continued to resist, after having de feated the Egyptians. The King of Abyssinia was said to be marching on Ghellebert, with a view to take it. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The Moniteur contains decrees authorising 106 persons to accept and wear different foreign orders. Among them are the following :—The Duke Tle Grammont, French minister at Turin, the grand cross of the Sardinian order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus ; General Forey, Turkish order of the Medjidie, first-class • General B aron d e L e t ang, grand offic er o f the Neapolitan order of St. Georges de la Reunion, and General Barbeyrac, commander of the same order ; Prince de Latour-d'Auvergne- Lauraguas, French Minister at Weimar, Count de Sartiges, French Minister at Washington, and General Sauvan, grand crosses of the Roman order of St. Gregory the Great ; General Marey- Monge, grand cross of the or d er o f t h e Oak Crown of the Netherlands, &c., &c. The retur n o f General Canrobert to France is said to be at the express desire of the Emperor. What the real cause is of withdrawing an officer from a place where he had so much distinguished himself, and where there is yet ample room for further distinction, it is hard to say. The rumour has been very prevalent for some days that Gene ral Canrobert will be raised to the dignity of a Marshal of France, and that, though no very great teat of arms as yet justifies the conferring such an honour, yet that General Pelissier will also receive it. It'would be difficult to name Canrobert and pass by Pelissier without giving offence, and so the latter will have to thank the former for his baton. Imperial decrees, in the Bulletin des Lois of yes terday, open extraordinary credits of 97,075,000 fr. and 4,789,000 fr. to the Minister of Marine for the year 1855, and annual credits previously granted to the amount of 1 ,625,000 fr. The larger sum is stated to be required by the necessity of maintain ing a greater number of vessels afloat, of complet ing the transformation of sailing ships into screw vessels, and of keeping up the necessary amount of supplies in the ports. The Annales de la Colonisation Algerienne says : —" For the last twelve months not a single expe dition has taken place, nor a single gun been fired, in Algeria. This is the first time since 1830 that such a remark could be made, and there is every reason to hope that this cessation of hostilities will continue, because it does not result from transient causes, but from a state of things which cannot but go on improving." BOURSE, AUG. 1 2.—CLOSING PRICES. 4 per Cents Cash. 91 75 End of Month. i 94f. 3 per Cents 67 5 67 75c. 45 Credit Mobili e r ll9O Roman Credit Fonder 550 Amstrian Belgian Fives ..... ... Spanish Threes Piedmontese ..... - Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOII CASH. fr. c. fr. c. Orleans Western .......... 825 Rouen Oette .............. Strasburg Mediterranean 1320 Havre 7CO Northern THE CRIMEA. A letter from Lemberg, in Gallicia, of the Bth, in the Cologne gazette, says :—" According to ac counts from southern Russia, the Commissariat Department has declared that it is impossible to feed a greater number of men than are now in the Crimea, estimated at 250,000, and that it has con sequently been resolved to send no more reinforce ments there. Great efforts are, however, being made to stock the storehouses with provisions and ammunition, sufficient to last through the winter. And in order to keep up the armies in the Crimea at their present strength, troops have been sta tioned in the Governments of Bessarabia and Cherson in such a manner as to be able to proceed rapidly to the Crimea, or if required to effect a concentration." THE BALTIC FLEET. OFF SWEABORG, Aug. 6.—Aug. I.—Her Ma jesty's steamer Cruiser has arrived from England. Aug 2.—The Admiral proceeded over to Swea borg in the Merlin, to reconnoitre and lay down buoys. Aug. 4.—The fleet prepared to weigh, with mor tar-vessels and gunboats, with the intention of proceeding to Sweab,z)rg, but the weather promising unfavourable, wlth a sea rising, the order was countermanded, and very fortunately so, as that and the foll ow i ng day proved very squally, with heavy rr and a rough sea. s.—Her Majesty's steamer Gorgon has arrived from England. Aug. 6.—The fleet weighed from Nargen at 10 a.m., and with the mortar vessels and gun-boats anchored among the small islands off Sweaborg, about 7,000 yards distant. The gun-boats will anchor the mortar vessels in position at 2,500 yards distance from the forts, and then together will open fire on the batteries, Government builC.- ings, &c., at daylight to-morrow. Some boats have been sent in to-night (11-12 p.m.) to sweep for infernal machines, and under very favourable circumstances, the weather being misty and over cast. The French propose erecting a mortar battery on a small island here, to play on the town, and they have p rov id e d t h bmselves with sandbags, fascines, &c., from Nargen ; but it is feared that their position on the island will be untenable. The mortar vessels are to be supplied with extra marine artillerymen as reliefs when required, and it is supilosed the bombardment, when commenced, will continue all night and several successive days, though as yet the plan of operations is a mere stir liaise. The rocket-boats are all prepared for service to-night. FLEET BEFORE SWEABORG Aug 6.—English—D u k e of Wellington, Exmouth, Edinburgh, Pembroke, Corn wallis, Hastings; - Euryalus, Arrogant, Magicienne, Cos sack, Vulture, Cruiser, M er li n , Geyser, Dragon, Light ning, Locust, Belleisle (h os pit a l ship), Bolus (ammuni tion-ship), a merchant collier filled with spare shells for supplying mortar vessels, 15 gunboats, 16 mortar vessels. French—Tourville (flagship) and tender, Austerlitz, six gunboats, five mortar vessels. The French mortar vessels are schooner•rigged, and armed with two 10. inch mortars. SOUTH. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, AUGUST 13. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Avon, Captain R. Revett, with the usual mails, in charge of Lieutenant Morris, arrived this day at 12 p.m. During the voyage homewards the Avon experi enced fresh head winds and fine weather. The Avon brings mails from the following places, with their respective dates affixed : Buenos Ayres July 2 Monte Video ,) 5 Rio de Janeiro Bahia Pernambuco „ 22 St. Vincent July 30 Teneriffe Aug. 4 Maderia, Lisbon The total number of passengers brought by the Avon was 103. The Avon brings specie to the amount of 1,8451. 4s. 2d. from the following places—viz. Buenos Ayres, 1,370/. ' • Pernambuco, 5741. 4s. 2d., and diamonds to the amount of 16,3921. 10s. ; and on freight gold dust to the value of 4501. from Rio Janeiro ; also 500 barrels of tapioca ; from Bahia 232 bags of cocoa, besides sundries 197 bales, cochineal, 31 cases ; oranges, 124 parcels. Ships spoken with:—The Constance, of Liver pool ; a steamer supposed to be the Arabia, and screw transport No. 77, off Cape Espicial, on the morning of the 9th of August ; the Douro, screw, left Lisbon on the 9th, at mid-day, the Tagus at 9 a.m. Passed a great many vessels, many of them neglected to show their number, therefore are un able to report them. Her Majesty's Ships at Rio Janeiro.—The Inde fatigable (flag of Admiral Hope Johnston), Mada gascar, Virago, Vixen, Sharpshooter, Rifleman, Trident, Express, Spy, Tyne. The Spy had suf fered from yellow fever,. having loSt" 10 men and 1 officer. The commaudeT Was i4valiclid• She waa being thoroughly cleaned. No fresh cases had occurred when the packet left. RIVER PLATE.—Reports reached Monte Video before the packet left that a rebellion had broken out in Buenos Ayres, and that General Flores had attempted with 300 men to change the government. BRAZILS (RIO DE JANEIRO AND PERNAMBUCO). Rio de Janeiro continued very healthy, the weather cool and pleasant. The railway was pro gressing under the superintendence of Mr. Mar chant, the engineer for the contractors. PERNAMBUCO.—The yellow fever still continued, although much abated in virulence. Fair crops were expected. Cholera prevailed at Para to a great extent ; 25 to 30 persons died a day. CAPE DE VERDE ISLANDS, CANARIES, MADEIRA, &c.—Yellow fever prevailed at the Island of Jago, Cape de Verds, which had depopulated the island ; the few persons that remained alive had fled to the mountains. The town was quite abandoned. Lis bon was healthy. MARKETS. - BUENOS A:MS.—Exchange on London, 64A to 65. Freights were nominal. American provisions were in great demand. Produce was high. Hides, in particu lar, were very high. Rio DE JANElRO. — Exchange on London, 27d. per mil. Freights were nominal —say 21. 10s. to the Chan nel for orders. The stock of coffee was large and no thing doog, owing to the high prices demanded; import business very dull and collections bad. The capital of the place was swallowed up in railway and other specu lations. BAHlA.—Exchange on London, 27/d. per mil., nomi nal. Freights to the Channel, 50s. to 555., nominal ; one vessel taken up at 625. Markets dull. PERNAMBUCO.—Exchange, 27 2 " per mil. Freights, 20s; for sugar for ballast, Bd, to /d. per lb. for cotton. Busi ness firm. WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY, 11 A.M. By the Royal Mail Company's steam-ship La Plata, Captain Weller, with the West India and Pacific mails, we have dates from Jamaica, July. 27th ; Demerara, 25th ; Trinidad, 24th ; Barba does, 28th ; St. Thomas, August Ist. The Plata brings 108 passengers, $729,000 in specie, and the usual cargo. At Jamaica business still continued dull. Ex change on London, 60 days, 1 per cent. pre mium. THE OVERLAND MAIL. We (Times) have received our private correspon dence and file of papers from Calcutta of the 4th of July, and:Bombay, the 11th of July. Our galentta correspondent writes as follows : " CALCUTTA, July 4. " I am happy to be able to state that Lord Dal housie, who has never written satisfactorily regard. ing his health since he went to Ootacamund, at length informs his friends in Calcutta that it is de cidedly improved, and that he is better than he has been for the last ten months. He has no intention to modify the arrangements which he made when he left us, and still determines to return to Cal cutta by the last week of November, and embark for England as soon as he has made over charge of the Government to his successor. " The Five per Cent. Loan is closed. Some trifling subscriptions may remain to be received at Madras and in the north-west, but the loan is vir tually closed, and amid universal regrets. There is a strong disposition in human nature to do everything at the eleventh hour ; and of this the progress of the Five per Cent. Loan affords a very apt illustration. When it was first announced the public appeared to receive it with repugnance, owing to the depressions of the Four (17 per cent.), and for many weeks we heard nothing but abuse of the Five per Cents. The money came in very slowly and in small driblets. At length there appeared some prospect, or there was some rumour, at Bombay, that the much-abused loan was filling rapidly, and it is said that 350,0001. were deposited in four days, and the doors of the Treasury were suddenly closed, although it is affirmed that people were waiting without with another million on their shoulders. It was now that the advantage of the electric telegraph became apparent. The wire flashed the news to Calcutta that the Bombay loan was filled. It flew through the town, and every one hastened with his surplus cash to the Treasury. One insurance office sent in 100,0001. The loan was filled up in two days, and on the third applicants were sent away in dis gust, and the new stock rose to a premium of two per cent. "Every preparation has been made to give eclat to the mission which Major Phayre is about to un dertake to Ava, to return the compliment which, the King paid to us in sending an embassy to Cal cutta last winter. It i s sa id that the presents which are to be laid at the golden feet are of the most superb description, and that the cost of them will fall little short of 30,000/. Major Phayre pro ceeds as our Envoy, with Captain Yule, a very eminent engineer officer, as his Secretary. Captain Rennie, of the Indian navy, who accompanies the mission, with Lieut. Heathcote as his assistant, will survey the Irrawaddy and report on its na vigation. Major Allen, of the Madras service, will report on military matters. Dr. Forsyth will make observations and furnish a report on the physical geography of the country. Pro fessor Oldham, who has been directed to juin the mission, will report on the geological features, military resources, and coal mines of that region, and Mr. Grant, an eminent artist, will take sketches of the most interesting objects and locali ties. The mission will be, in every respect, com plete, and we shall probably have a more c o rrec t knowledge of the coun try on the Upper Irrawaddy than we have of many provinces which have been half a century in our own possession. It is exactly in keeping with Lord Dalhousie's character thus to take advantage of the occasion of this complimen tary mission to make the most extensive surveys and researches in a country with which, even against our will, we shall probably have so much to do in future. " The last despatch received from the East India Railway Company in London has thrown a wet blanket over our expectations. We were indulging the hope of having the entire line from Calcutta to Delhi open in three years from the present time. The great obstacles in the way were the bridges, some eight or ten in number, but there was every reason to hope that, by dint of extraordinary energy, they would be completed within that time, and we felt certain that the intermediate lines of rail would be ready, at the same time. But without rails and carriages we could not of course move an inch. The directors of that company have now written out officially to say that they shall not be able to supply the neces sary quantity of rails and rolling stock for seven years to come. The quantity of dead weight which it will be necessary to ship in order to complete the line to Delhi will fall little short of 250,000 tons,' and the quantity of freight now available does not exceed 35,000 tons a year. Cal culating from the middle of the present year, the whole of the amount of tonnage could not be despatched from England before the year 1862. Our hopes of opening the line from Calcutta to Delhi are thus postponed for a long period, unless indeed there is a disposition to encourage in the most cordial and energetic manner the development of our own mineral resources and the manufacture of rails in this country. " The most important . event which the present mail announces is the commercial treaty which has just been concluded by Sir John Bowring with Siam. It will not be forgotten that Sir James Brooke some years ago proceeded to Bankok, under orders from Downing-street, to open negotiations with the King, but was repulsed with Asiatic in solence. Sir John Bowring, however, met with the most distinguished reception, and in the course of three weeks succeeded in concluding a treaty, which throws open the whole of that rich country to European enterprise. The old system of monopoly has been abolished, and a duty of only 3 per cent. is to be collec - ted on all articles. The heavy tonnage duty has been abrogated, and British shipping will enjoy the same advantages as the most favoured nation. British subjects are to be allowed to settle in the country, to erect dwellings, to cultivate the soil, and to buy and sell without restriction or limi tation. Thus, one by one, the nations to the east ward of Hindostan—China, Japan, Pegu, and Siam—are brought within the pale of civilized in tercourse, and thrown open to commercial enter prises, which will be beneficial alike to them and to the European family. " The report of the Madras Torture Commission has not only been sent to England, but given to the editors of the public journals at that Presidency. It is said to establish the fact, which was at first, and not unreasonably, doubted, that torture has been employed in the collection of re venue, whether with or without the cognizance of the European officers cannot be determined but by a reference to the evidence published with the report. lam sorry to say that I was prema ture in announcing to you that the Salt Report which Sir John Pakington called for the other day has been, completed and sent home. It is not com plete. The Government of India feels excessively annoyed that so lone and unnecessary a period has so elapsed without the report, which Sight ought to have been ready in two month s. be• " We have n ow two niagnificent steainers_d longing to other parties than the Peninsular L' o f Oriental Company, engaged in the converrlo opium from Calcutta to China, and a third is u t i o ' s expected from England. That companY f its been deprived of the most lucrative brand' °no trade i and, what is worse, it sees large stew 0 . ntroduced into the Eastern seas, whichtnal i l of tually interfere with its monopoly. Th e „,7, l fou opium in conseq uence o f a defect in the ra'-boot ture in the last season , is said to be equal too 2,500 chests, or 150,0 001. Dosea "It is reported th a t a n officer who was ellPiniore to have been killed in the Cabul earaPe i g n ßled than 13 years ago, whose place has long been „ A A up in the Army List, whose wife has consrcond second marriage, and given birth to second second family, has suddenly turned up. Ile ba. prisoner during this long period in Kokall•ID name is no secret, and his brother has in the time become a general officer." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE BOMBAY MARKETS. Ina FROM THE 27TH JUNE TO THE 10111 dui," The overland mail of the 11th of June arrived aloe bay, per Peninsula and Oriental CoropanY 's 6 Norna, on the 6th inst. boas Our money market during the fortnight h a s io con' easier, and although rates of interest at the ba ll .. c yst tinue the same, we are of opinion present, rat" give way soon. . your ! Transactions took place to some extent to and Cent. paper at 94, but this rate has given wa i t vife paper may now be quoted 92 3 T to 93, and the Cent. Loan 24 per cent. premium. he COO d The prospects of the import market during t- here season seem much more encouraging than t " 0 ,00 1 reason to expect would have been the case t sg° foe,. months ago. The falling off in the importation: ow' piece goods to Bombay from Great Britain Will doe present heavy stocks lees felt, and there is e i „, e ' he 'rel o , l6 „, tion on the part of holders to remain firim na improved demand fur gray shirtin g T cloths/ 00 mestics, as well as been lg; i ; re b i til there has likewise some inquiry at s. " B vanced prices. A r a tes Freights have still furthe r d e clined, a l3 - i t ost now be quoted for Li ver p oo l a nd Lond on 12s. 6d. to 3/. 15s. To Chin n othing is d °l , l l f ittal d ' Exchange on England forghe fortnight 111',.,e; at the following quotatio ns : -2 s . 1.9-16 d. to t!" China and first-class credit, and 2s. 111-16d.rey for documents. On Calcutta we quote 'LT 1 1 PT, sight, and par at 60 d a y s ' eight. On ga" l- 40 411jv at 30 days' sight ; and on China 224r5. at 60 dap CALCUTTA MARKETS. (FROM THE CALCUTTA STAR, JUDI — July 00 mOOO , ~„„ of tk, The absence of letters with d e tails of the ne Lt W 5. May has made busines s fl a tiduring the P a — e t 0 They have been received too late for their known. 'tea Business in produce has been 'much li o3l o ut r to general scantiness of supplies, but which, 0 n hoe season is now fairly setting in, we may °°° see remedied SAILING OF HER MAJE S ESCORT SQUADRON' iang rot h ' PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY I Z - 4 , Gen Her Majesty's ship Neptune, 120 ; . 0 " 3 010 11 6 - i 120 ; Sanspariel, 71 ; Malacca, 17 0 , 1 steam-sloop, 6; Sealark, 6; Rolla, ' ;2 e lst,' 0 Fire Queen and Sprightly, steam - Ilni under the command of Vice-Admiral 7 4 ,1 by Cochrane, K.C.8., whose flag is ' Neptune, left Spithead for Boulogne tb''' - at five o'clock. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—( TH lS ifj ji r id A respectably attired wom a n, with a c h :, ns arms, named Cook, was placed at the bar th' charged with stealing a p a i r o f s h oe s and otberio 401 From the evidence it appeared that the obt ' *l bo e: tion were lost from the do or o f a pawn b r oker very shortly after were found pledged at an Ab k broker's shop, in close vicinity to the one frcj- 4 1" . r the shoes were missed. A d ssai The prisoner denied stealing the shoes, an' f purchased them at the shop from which theidri alleged to have been stolen, and her reason WI tbo l '" them at the place where they were found WP-," shawl and other property belonging to her 1015 d there which she wished to redeem. o r if ,' The husband, a highly respectable perS °l3 . l 7tbet prisoner the hi g h es t c h arac t er, an d sa id it 11- 6 ho o , 'for time she was ever accuse d o f a di s h one st 14- betri did not believe sh e cou ld b e gu ilt y o f the t °- which she was indicted. r The jury returned a verdict of guilty. ""'".. sentenced her to three months' imprisonment' BO W-STREET-(THIS DAY „ Ts O. dake THE CASE OF STRAHAN, PAUL, A..— c R Sir T. D. Paul, William trahan; an d h ;t : ote Bates were placed at the bar thi s morning Jardine, agreeably to the remand, c harged niously disposing of a large number of foreig° d bef ° ', Mr. Humphries said the last time this cat:l%l - rop o the court, one of the bonds spoken to 11 I r. be r it corn, numbered 3,348, had not been traced, a l3 " a t y d . was remanded to allow time for that purP ° 7o o ,4 . lsr bond in question had been discovered at ge fler.° lo be ( and Co's bank, in the Strand. The only tha t. , cloy posed to do this morning was to call one of 0 ” of Messrs. Coutts to prove the fact. ,t o f Augustus Samuel Wildey, a clerk in CeliW to , tb e y produced two Dutch Bonds, 21 per cent, f° r : g - sand guilders each, numbered respectively 3 ); s - 's,; o 4 They were received on the 12th Septernbe r ' `, 5 01 41 , 1 ,0 Capel and Co., of Throgmorton-street, virb ° V A , l ti them by my direction for a customer of the ' of 19 were at present held by the bank to the cow' to t person. Mr. Humphries—Was it deposited seP eraL did it form a portion of a quantity ? of fe" Witness—lt formed a portion of a parc el eight thousand Dutch guilders deposited there' A 10 1 ;6 Mr. Humphries said that was all the evidel];-• tended to offer to-day ; and, as he did n et should be able to carry the case much further a 111 ,0 Wednesday, 0 he should suggest that the reen n be , Pe be one of merely a formal nature, and tDaw t bearing should take place on Wednesday , S e P u . ls;f Mr. Jardine—Very well ; then let that l' io llo/ 4 understood. If anything of importance 811 0111 % joe course you will let the solicitors for the Pr ison °"" Mr. Humphries—Certainly, te bee„ r e Mr. H. F. Holt, the solicito r for Mr. Be te* t r o°, plied for the admission of his c lient to b,, o d ,' posed sureties we re J ames A n derton, %%1; 0 , 7 .;, Bridge•street, Blackfriars, and William merchant, Liverpool, and No. 1, Canlb riag- IP" London. , j3ew' The sureties having been approved of, M r ' - admitted to bail. AI; )EATS OF THE DUKE OF We are sorry to announce the demise e " - 01 - able and distinguished nobleman. His° lce 0' this morning at a quarter-past eight o'clock. T oes , By this event Lord Seymour, M.P. for called to the House of Peers. General M‘Malion who has been norainiteu-Ctifr ublch o seBa e m iiss:O m a—s. r—su a rTepi n Apvd d eGe. onEd o snt f ayTaL:gheel Generallabels 'Canro b e r t ' s division i n v` At . .4 sti sixmpeontintry;rEdNoT: M Tsß: a iL r lmls s i e .n—i i g l s l ,s e G s dEmo t ic. o E e ß m AL ba p rk os fo;: r b v e l c . 7, o l :l l o V et t io f a bo b ell e los ls w; oinfgthaerevatluhee odifaolbo.oclisf-o:utrielly„o..Ases,no; twopenny, ~ . ra eif e aa lou much pleasure, that it isouMedEpt.o—hiNroneouPr-th:beliir;tll; of the authoress of "Our Village," s and wa l ls.% site ° ing graceful works, Mary Russell Mitford, ,'")., liTii i e a plain monument over her grave. Few Taccie'ie of ti o have contributed more to the innocent Piens° set public by works of a pure and healthy 0 0 1 posne trust, therefore, it will not be left to a distn,, ll ,,botnage to show that honour to her when dead whi n ' it is at paid by those who loved her while living- i proposed, if the funds raised be sufficien' toletllif °V school at Eversley, to be dedicated by on lite cl Ol mory. 0 0 Ve le THE U NI TED SERVICE INSTITIITION.--- ber o O ee dif last Mr. Friedrich exhibited to a few rfl , e lloft 2 3 40 1 institution his very admirable breech-ica ba ew - co ot: rifle. Mr. Friedrich's rifle is free from p t s b r e t : t.l ijor theed o i the Prussian arm ; it is so simple in its 1 or reps mon armourer could with ease rep ace ,iiog au° and the facilities it affords for rapid in n- r , Pt orir great. Mr. Friedrich will exhibit his rifle n , 0 1 0 6/‘ N next, at the Victoria Rifle Ground, at three 0 O' cisely. T / 3sll°l THE FIRE AND Loss OF FOUR LIVSS • A ss.'"' I : c fr pqr 10 , rf . EIm—CORONER'S INQUEST ON THE ''" sViteo "Li e • night Mr. William Carter, the coroner for Geor ge s - liob held a lengthened inquiry at the RoYa l rh ° fac t Great Gleorge-street, Bermondsey, resP ec ' ro nif v esl e6 t i n g . A _ of Mr. W. Wood, aged 45, Robert Fordli a A ', 0 1 :1 .Airi years, Alfred Fordharn, aged 14, and Marinoiet?;o(o aged 14, the four unfortunate persons w"','`lastz_Atert r oorni n t' s onlitl p a, the fire which took place on Monday premises belonging to Mrs. Fordhacc, tord061:.„001n: carrying on business in George-row el an lied y o itsi ~ jury returned a verdict of accidental death,opplieu:Ok mended that each fire-engine should bt e 01115 I P keys, and the firemen instructed where 0 , o ifos• so that they could turn on the water if they fire before the turacocks. _ ------ ~ 1, r, th e .