The Sun. — London, England, 1855-09-06 00:00:00

ROYAL OPERA, DRITRY-T ANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING. Will be performed MASANTELLO. Charact^rs by Messrs Far. emhars Herberte, H. Braham, Williams, and Elliot Galer ; Mdlle. J u lia and Miss Lanza. To conclude with the 2d and 3d acts of DETI FREISCHUTZ. Characters by Messrs. Heberte and H. Braham, &c. 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 guinea. Box-office span from 10 to 6 daily. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Backatene. • THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE MAN OF MANY FRIENDS. After which, LE GEGARRERA DE SEVILLE. Pera Nena. Followed by COURT FAVOUR. After which, THE SPANISH DANCERS. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARIaII KEAN. THIS EVENING, Will be performed HOW STOUT YOU'RE GETTING. After which, KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Kat"' rine, Mrs. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolaey, Mr. C. Kean. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIIL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Dtrectreas. ?WM* Ce7este. THIS EVENING, Will be performed VICTORINE. Cbaracters by Messrs L. Slur. ray, C. Selby, P. Bedford, Wright, Parselle, &c.; Miss Woolgar Mrs. L. Murray, &c. After which, HOW'S YOUR UNCLE ? To conclude with SEEING WRIGHT. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr; Payne. THIS EVENING. Will be performed VICTORINE. Chsracters by Mes srs . loch, Ashley, Shelters, &c. ; Mesdames Summers and Bulmer. Followed by EL TONADOR. After which, FOUNDED ON FACTS. To which will be added UNA NOCHE DE FIESTA EN SEVILIA. To conclude with the WATER WITCHES. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Lord Boron's MAZEPPA and the WILD HORSE, with all its original effects and splendid spectacle arrangements. After which, the Equestrian EXERCISES in the ARENA, in , vented by Mr. William Cooke. To conclude with a favourite Afterpiece. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIM DAY—Morn. 47 min. aft. 9.—Evening 31 min. aft. 10 To-Mortnow—Morn .16 min. aft. 11—Evening 0 min. aft. 0 13IE WEATHER.—Sum Orrial, Sept. 6, TRESNOMNTNE, IN TUN SHAD& 68 - highest since noon yesterday. 64 —lowest this morning and during the night. 62—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.30—rising. WTND, N.E.—Sharp breeze and cloudy weather. iz A tr 43, :fl, LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1855, We recently protested against the desecration of the term " Peelite." We felt that it was a grievous wrong to the memory of the departed Statesman to permit his name to be associated with the proceedings of the petty clique who had for merly been numbered amongst his followers, but who certainly have not imbibed the spirit of their quondam, leader, and do not seem to understand the motives by which he was actuated. They have adopted views in direct opposition to that of the community. In place of following public opinion they have ventured to set it at defiance, . and are striving by every means in their power to patch up a precarious and disreputable truce on any conditions which the AUTOCRAT may think fit to impose. Though numerically weak, they are strong in Parliamentary influence, and in cunning. They are thoroughly versed in " red tapist" slang, and, from the intermediate position that they formerly occupied between the leading parties of the State, they are enabled to coquette with both sides, and to enhance their value by the possibility, should their claims be rejected, of casting their weight into the opposite scale, and turning the beam on some critical emergency. Thus it was that on the resignation of the DERBY Ministry they were enabled to secure for them selves at least a moiety of the leading offices, athough they were scareely one to five of the Whigs, with whom they had •eoa!esced While, however, they played their game be tween the contending parties, we did not object to the prizes secured by skilful strategy, and making the most of the peculiar circum stances of the struggle for place and power so fiercely carried on between the Derbyites and Russellites, or Whigs and Conservatives. It was not until they had clearly displayed their pro- Muscovite tendencies, that they pursued an un- English policy, and showed themselves willing to sacrifice the honour and interests of their native s land, in their undue truckling to Germanism and Coburgism, that they became positively dangerous, the more so from their adroitness and skill in legislative tactics. They were not satisfied with divided power. They contrived to secure for themselves all the places connected with the War. rt is needless to expatiate on the serious faults of omission and commission of which they were gu ilty in that position. The senile twaddle of heir nominal head—the pains which he took to nform the adversary that nothing would induce him to fight, brought on the War—which the financial policy of his Chancellor of the Ex chequer "starved." By " waiting for Austria and Prussia," and suffering England to be made the laughing-stock of treacherous Courts —we do not include the peoples in this condemnation —they protracted the War, and rendered it a struggle for ex istence—a conflict between the principles of liberty and civilisation on the one side, and barbarian despotism on the other. They were detected, and, happily for England and for Europe, were ejected from office. Since then they have openly professed the peace-at-any-price principle, and, in conjunction with the BRIGHT and COBDEN school, are striving for office—the leading point being submission to Austrian dictation, and the patching up of peace on terms that will permit Russia still to pursue her traditional policy, and to absorb the neighbouring states whenever cir cumstances permit such acts of aggression. Now, this was not the policy of Sir ROBERT PEEL; and we cannot, in justice to his memory, suffer so gross an imputation on his name, or permit a petty clique to make political character for theme selves at the expense of a reputation that has become public property. Sir JAMES GRAHAM has had a cleverly-got-up scene in the North, in which he has been carica turing the proceedin gs o f hi s departed friend and leader under very different circumstances. That the Right Hon. Baronet should have consented to act a conspicuous part in the inauguration of an undertaking in which many of his constituents were interested was very natural, and although there was an undue imitation of the conduct of Sir ROBERT PEEL in turning the.first sod of the Trent Palley Railway, we shall not greatly com plain of what was merely a piece of bad taste. But we must energetically protest against the mode in which Sir R, P EEL ' S name was brought i n ; and it was insinuctted, rather than directly stated, that he would, if, happily, living, have op• posed the War, and taken the course which his nominal followers are now Pursuing. He did not p re tend to say what Sir. R. p m; if alive, would but be laid peculiar stress on the fact that he vraJ to agiubizez Peuo." Thin was all Li: sidj.ous and an unfair way of raising the issue. It was a mere begging of the question. Sir R. PEEL was the lover of peace, like every true-hearted Eng lishman, while it could be maintained safely and honourably. He was well aware of the evils of war, but he also knew that there were others of a still more formidable character. We should not engage in hostilities for the sake of the phan tom glory, or for any sordid motive. But there was a sacred mission which England should never disregard. Her duty as the protector of the feeble and the oppressed —as the champion of right against might, and the determined foe of palpable injustice whenever or wherever it should be attempted. A pirate or bandit should not be permitted to follow his nefarious pursuits merely because he had not yet attacked the goods of those who could venture no resistance ; _and brigandage should not be sanctioned because it was pursued in a right Royal manner, under shelter of an Im perial Crown. As " the defender and champion of commerce" Sir ROBERT PEEL would have resisted those by whom the principles of justice and equity, with out which commerce cannot exist, were disre garded. Nor would he have waited to the last and sanctioned by connivance the earlier aggres sions. He would have felt that the crossing of the Pruth was a casus belli, and by acting promptly on that conviction have satisfied the CZAR that he could not carry out his infamous project with impunity, or without the decided opposition of the United Kingdom. By so doing he would have been truly " the maintainer of peace," the champion and defender of commerce —the guardian of the manufacturing interests of the country. A noble Roman showed his confidence in the ultimate triumph of his country by purchasing an estate on which the conqueror almost at the gates of her capital lay encamped ; a Hebrew prophet by Divine command had long before performed the same deed under similar circumstances. The CZAR is reported to have just evinced in the same way his confidence in the triumph of Holy Russia. While not a lugger nor a man-of-war belonging to Russia has dared for this year and more to appear on the Euxine, orders are transmitted from St. Petersburg " to increase the Black Sea fleet, and to lay down new 131 gun-ships at Nicolaieff." There seems no reason to doubt that the orders have been transmitted... The first NAPOLEON'S well-known remark will in that case be illustrated ; and the issue of the war and, of diplomacy will prove in due time whether building three-deckers, ac., be a sublime or a ridiculous order. It must be owned that our Government have given too much encouragement to such Russian gasconading. There stand the dockyards of Nice laieff; not an attempt has been made upon them. It is perfectly certain that moderate-sized vessels might have supported gun-boats and mortar-boats, which might, in Sweaborg style, have demolished the entire naval stores of the place. The channel of the river has been considerably deepened, and though the talked-of three-deckers would have to be floated down by the aid of camels, and their armament have to be completed at Sebastopol, yet lighter vessels and mortar-boats could ascend with perfect ease. The CZA.E sees that they have not done it. They have preferred, such of them as were not wanted in the Sea of Azoff, io cruise at leisure, facing no enemy but the summer wind and weather. There may be, however, something more than braggadocio in the CZAR'S orders. They may in dicate not only the measure of his hopes, and of the official bluster which tells in Russia, but also the demands which he means to insist on in the event of peace, and the measure which he has taken of our easily-cajoled Plenipotentiaries. He is reported to have been prompting Austria again on the subject of peace, and the accounts from all quarters of the excessive pressure put by the War on the resources of the country render this very probable. To counteract any expectation that he means to limit, Jaauch.lcss, to give up keep ing, a pirate fleet in the Black Sea, suggestions for peace and orders to augment the Black Sea fleet are sent forth together. As much as to say, that if all the Russian navy be sunk or destroyed at Sebastopol, as soon as ever articles of peace are signed a fleet, larger than the destroyed one, and powerful enough to batter Constantinople, is to be ready to descend the Bug. If this be the meaning of the orders, we can only say, would that we had men capable of giving parallel orders. Why cannot Lord PALMERSTON send to Vienna sug gestions as to the desirablenesa of sparing further bloodshed; but, at the same time officially announce to Europe that the reconstruction of Poland had become an indispensable security for the future, and that the Crimea, which had been the standing menace to Turkey, could never be allowed to re main in Russian hands. A hint might be added that it would be well to content Italy in a general settlement, and for Germane to keep to Germany. No doubt, however, Prince GORTSCHAKOFF— him of Vienna we mean—has, together with NESSELRODE, and NESSELRODIeS masters, taken, pretty accurately the gauge of our Coburgised Cabinet. They quite understand that boldness, with continental despots, need not be feared while the Prince Consort of England is bone of their bone, and flesh of their flesh. Here lies their strength. German despots may not be plainly dealt with, and they again will not allow the Russian despot to be humbled ; and hence the whole . War has been an insincere thing. Nor is that all ; we believe that PALirEitsiox, PANMURE, WOOD, and GREY, the latter three especially, are men of Lord JOHN Ituresitzeisawn quality, they belong to the same effete family clique, which is as opposed to a noble and generous foreign p o licy as the worst of the Tories. NESSELRODE knows the men with whom he is matched, and the influences under which they will, one day, wage diplomatic war with him. He is sure of finding them willing to yield anything they dare to the CZAR. He knows that if he can but take their Plenipotentiary arm in arm again, he can easily get him to terms which he dare not men tion in Parliament, should it happen to he sitting. The three-deckers, if already built, no one of the Russ.ELL school would think it consistent with Russian honour to turn into a bonfire for the peace ; they must be left to break it again. It should not be lost sight of that, after all, we engage Russia with one very great advantage. It is infinitely easier for us than for her to recruit and supply our respective armies. Ship transport is facility itself, compared with land transport in Russia. Louis NAPOLEON is reported to have told an American, that when his uncle attacked Russia in 1813, French troops had to traverse her arid wastes and snows, but that this time he would compel the Russian troops to do it. That all the troops who now come to Sebastopol have just suffered as much as the French did in the march to Moscow, and the retreat from it ; the loss to the Russians having, according to a report presented to NICHOLAS himself last December, amounted to not less than 270,000 men ! Such had been the fatal results of disease, over-march. zz ; b 34 god; and alt o*impracticablel44 Gm' munications. The loss of the Allies at that time had not been a tenth part of the number. That the elite of the Russian forces were almost extir pated, that Russian recruits were not made into soldiers under three years, while ours became staunch troops very quickly—that, in truth, Sebastopol was a running sore in the side of Rus sia, from which her strength was fast draining out. Whether these views were actually expressed by the EMPEROR or not, there is evident truth in them. - His late written remarks read to the army, from information " on which he could rely, as to the impossibility of the Russians getting through the winter in the Crimea," are in keeping with the above statements from the New York Times. The famishing condition of the reinforcements marched to destruction on the 16th corroborates the general opinion. Were Russia in Europe with its present population, one-fourth its present size, it would be far more formidable to attack. To maintain troops at once in the North, in Po i land, and the Crimea, and to move them without railways, and generally without roads, greater distances than the length of England or of France, and for the most part over wildernesses, is a task which must in no long time wear out all her re sources both of men, and conveyance, and of money too, THE SUN ; LO. .DON, THURSDAY EVE ri I t-T CT SEPTEMBER 6, 1855, COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Prin cesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, arrived at Buckingham Pa ace yesterday afternoon from Osborne. The Queen, the Prince, and Royal Family left Osborne at 10 minutes to 11 o'clock, and crossed in the Fairy to Gosport, where a special train on the South-Western Railway was in readiness to convey her Majesty to the private station at Vauxhall, from whence the Royal party was conveyed in five of the Queen's carriages, es corted by a detachment of light cavalry, to Buckingham Palace, where her Majesty arrived at a quarter to 3 o'clock. Her Majesty and the Prince were received, on alight ing from their carriage, by Lieut.-General Sir Edward Bowater. The royal suite consisted of Lady Churchill, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Major-General the Hon. Charles Grey, Captain Du Plat, the Master of the Household, and Mr. Gibbs. Her Majesty, soon after her arrival, gave an audience to the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier, to which their Royal Highnesses were introduced by the Earl of Clarendon, LG., her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Queen gave an audience to a New Zealand chief, who was presented to her Majesty by Sir William Molesworth, Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs. The Brazilian .Minister had an audience, of her Majesty. The Queen also gave audiences to the Earl of Claren don and Lord Pant-nine. The Duke of Ca.tubridge dined with her Majesty last evening. M. Desarais had the honour of exhibiting on Tuesday at Osborne before the Queen and Prince, and the whole of the Royal children, his Parisian troupe of histrionic dogs and monkeys ; and Mr. George Hodson had the honour of perfcrming selections from his musical enter tainment and imitations. The dinner party at Osborne on Tuesday included the Hon. Colonel and Mr .l. Phipp3, Captain the Hon. J. Denman, and Lady C. Barrington. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. s.—Her Majesty, his Royal High ness Prince Albert, with the Royal family, left Osborne this morning at 10.50, en route to this port and London; the Royal standard being hoisted on board the Fairy steam yacht, a royal salute was fired from the Cowes Battery. As the Royal yacht came up to Spithead, the salute was continued by the Neptune, 120, and St. George, 120, at Spithead ; subsequently by th e garr i son from the Saluting Battery, and afterwards by the Vic tory, flag-ship, and the Illustrious, 42, in harbour. The ships were dressed in colours, manned yards, &c. The yacht arrived at Clarence-yard at 12 o'clock, and on her Majesty landing she was received by the Commander-in- Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir T. J. Cochrane; Major-General Brereton, Lieut.-Governor Admiral Superintendent Mar tin ; Captain Superintendent of Clarence-yard,. Sidney nacres ; the flag and staff officers of the port and garri son ; Messrs. Pinhorn and Davies, of Clarence-yard ; and a guard of honour from the Royal Marines. The Royal train conveying her Majesty left for London at a quarter past 12. AMUSEMENT AT OSBORNE BY ROYAL COMMAND.—M. Desarais, with his highly-trained troupe of dogs and monkeys, who, it may he remembered, appeared in Lon don some time past, had the honour of appearing before her Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and all the Royal family, with his celebrated troupe, on Tuesday, Sept. 4. The Royal party were greatly pleased with the enter tainments, and expiessed their gratification. Mr. George Hodson also amused the Royal family with sketches from his Irish Portfolio, which caused great laughter, the Prince enjoying the Hibernian sayings and doings greatly. At the conclusion of the entertainment the Queen freely conversed with M. Desarais as to the mode of training the animals ; and on being assured by M. Desarais that they were kindly treated, her Majesty re plied, " I am very happy to hear it ; they are beautiful creatures." The Prince of Wales, Colonel Phipps, Colonel Grey, and several of the gentlemen remained some time after the performance, greatly enjoying the pranks of the dogs. The Queen, on retiring, expressed her satisfaction and approbation. The musical arrange ments were under the diection of Mr. William Lewis, who presided at the pianoforte. The prospectus has been issued of the proposed Lon don Joint Stock Warehousemen's Company under the Limited Liability Act. The capital is to i.e 200,0001., in 201. shares paid up, with power of increase to 500,0001. The promoters lay stress upon the well-known profits of the wholesale drapery trade, and contend that, as the success of the business depends in a pecaliar degree upon the posses,ion of an ample capital, it is one well adapted for a joint stock association. RUSSIA.—The mercantile advices — from St. Petersburg continue to afford scarcely a particle of news. The rate of exchange exhibits a :lrooping tendency, calculated to accelerate the smuggling of gold out of the country, but it was still over 36d. The heaviness is attributed to the large amount of paper issued to meet the expenses of the war, the redemption of which, however, is by many persons, with too much reason, relied upon to take place out of a loan to be raised in London when the war is over. The Nishni fair for manufactures and imports is alleged to be going off favourably, good prices being ob tained and debts being ftirly paid. That the articles presented for sale would find buyers was to be assumed from the fact of the limited supply obtainable owing to the difficulties in the way of importation and the stop page of home manufactories. According to information lately obtained regarding the Isle of Man Bank (Messrs. Holmes and Co.), which failed for 190 ; 000/. in November. 1853, the prospects of the creditors are very poor. The bank had an estab lishment at Liverpool, and, like that of Mr. Oliver, it was reported at the time to be in possession of a large surplus. Much suffering has since been caused, and the complications connected with the estate sre such that, although its affairs are said to bare been several times before the Privy Council, nothing is known as to the probable date of a final arrangement. In the Isle of Mai the local regulations are understood to provide that no notes can be issued without security bein g given in re a l property for the protection of th e publi c , but the autho rities, most of whom in the present instance are among the creditors, were lax in their duties, and the bank at the time of its stoppage had 25,0001. in circulation, or about three times the amount to which it was entitled. The question as to the relative claims of the holders of this circulation is the one that has interposed the chief difficulties in the progress towards a settlement. MIDDLESEX ARCHXOLOGICAL SOClETY.—Hitherto, so far as we remember, Middlesex, the metropolitan county —and certainly as rich in subjects of antiquarian and historical interest as any other county in Great Britain —has had no special body of archaeologists devoted to the care and preservation of its monuments. A fact so curious is, perhaps, explained by the assumption that the metropolitan county must necessarily claim the chief care of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, and its subsidiary bodies, the Archaeological Institute and the Archaeological Association, Such, however, is not the case. These societies display a certain —or, we may more truly say, an uncertain—activity in the investigation of historical antiquities generally; but we are not aware that they charge themselves specially with any care of metropolitan monuments. For example—there is the Tower. Of all the monuments of past times in Eegland the Tower of London is first in interest. Indeed it has no competitor. Its story is the history of England—a history of its court and of its people, of its best men and most beautiful women—of its wars, its pageants, its in surrections, its conquests, its reverses—of its manners, its arts, its arms, its laws, its religion, almost of its literature. Every room in the Tower is a record, every stone is monumental. Yet in our own day parts of this precious edifice have been dug up, thrown down; carted away, and rebuilt —walls have been scraped and inscrip lions removed by ignorant men, without a'svord of prote4, solar as we know, from these learoed bodies. Care of the Tower would alone justify the establishment of a Middlesex Archmlogical Society. Then, there are—Brentford, a world in itself for the antiquary—Crosby Hall—the old prisons—West minster A bbey—Old London Bridge—Old prisons—Old St. Paul's—St. John's Gate—the Charter house—and a hundred others equally curious and im portant, most of which are still open to a good deal of documentary and other illustration. Such a work de mands earnest workers ; and we are glad to announce a thatTEproposal to establish a society for s etuhmge‘hiebddhlapurposeebsset r o eeds o O accepted : h r provi sional assisting; to investigate and preserv , et iwo he our past life. Lord Lona es office osfecprerteasridye.—nt,Aaihnend wMumr.. NEW ACT ON COUNTY PALATINEGr. B. V OF LANCASTER palatine of Lan casterto assimilate the practice in the county the trial TRIALS.—Ao act was ps,ssed in the late session further of issues from the superior courts h r . • the judges may now issue commissions, alit o ising to that of other counties witahtrwresepsettitnoster. Her judges to take the assizes, juries, and oyaer . coittet .. Bin the mho aleamer ,ia ether oolaties. - CAPT. THE HON, R. DRIIMIIOND.—By a telegraphic message received last evening we are informed that the above hon. gentleman is onfy slightly wounded, awl is progressing favourably, and not dead, as reported yes terday. CHRISTIANA, AUG. 31.—The resignation of the Stadt holder Loewenskaeld is accepted, but he holds office until spring, when the Crown Prince becomes Viceroy of the kingdom of Norway. THE BTH ROYAL IRISH Hussars.—The complement of this distinguished cavalry corps having been made up, it is expected that the recruiting parties will be called in for the present. It is now upwards of 600 strong. THE ORNAMENTAL WATER, ST. JAMES'S-PARK.—Yes terday men were actively engaged in making prepara tion for cleansing the ornamental water facing Bucking ham-palace, in SL James's-park, by order of her Ma jesty's Commissioners of the Woods and Forests. NEW ACT ON UNION CHARGES.—By act, of the late session the provisions which would expire at the end of the present month, as to the burial of poor persons and the maintenance of lunatic paupers, are continued as union charges for another year. NEW ACT ON " WEDDING-RINGS."—Among the acts •f the late session was one to except gold wedding-rings from the operation of the former acs relating to the stan dard of gold and silver wares, and from the exemptions contained in the acts relating to gold wares. Wedding ' rings are now required to be assayed and marked. Another week of fine weather has increased the assur ance of an abundant and well-gathered harvest. The re ports from nearly alt parts of the country are of the most gratifying kind, and the gathering is represented as making satisfactory progress. The Rev. Christopher Smyth, one of the curates of St. Nicholas, Yarmouth, has lately ascended 'to the highest point of Monte Rosa, hitherto deemed inaccessible ; and has since succeeded in reaching the summit of the mo narch of mountains, Mont Blanc, by a new route, and without the aid of guides. Captain Hammett, commander of the Albion, who was killed in the trenches on the 17th ult., was the brother-in-law of Sir E. ii. K. Lacon, Bart., the mem ber for Yarmouth. He served as mate of the Bellero phon at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre in 1840, and was employed on the North American and West India stations previously to his being sent to the Black Sea. MR. COSTA.—We have great satisfaction in announc ing that Mr. Costa, with the high-minded and liberal spirit which is and always has been his chief characteris tic throughout a long and honourable professional career, has declined to receive of the Musical Festival Commit tee any remuneration for his oratorio, although the Ccim mitteee proposed to him the terms received by Mendels sihn for Elijah. lie has desired that the such may be presented, in his name, as a donation to the funds of the General Hospital. PUBLIC FUNERAL OF MR. •FEARGUS O'CONNOR.—The mortal remains of Mr. Feargus O'Connor will be interred in Kensal-green Cemetery, on Monday next. The fune ral will he public, and the expenses attending upon it defrayed by subscription. The friends and admirers of the deceased in his early political movements for amelio rating the condition of the working classes. an extension of universal suffra g e, an d the six points of the Charter, will muster in strong force at the Prince Albert, Notting hill, at one o'clock on Monday, and follow the corpse two abreast to the cemetery, when an oration will be delivered over the deceased by a working man. The subscription for a testimonial to the deceased is progress. ing favourably. SUICIDE AT THE JUNIOR UNITED SERVICE CLUB.— Yesterday it was discovered that the butler, Mr. Chas. Stone, bad committed suicide, by hanging himself in the cellar or vault in front of the house. The deceased had for the last twenty years been connected with the club, and had gradually risen to the position he held at the time of his death. During Tuesday he had complained of pains in the head and a general depression of spirits, but nothing indicatng a predisposition to suicide was observed by his fellow-servasts. At half-past two o'clock he left them to go to bed, instead of which be must have gone down to the cellar and at once hanged himself. Pecuniary embarrassment has, it is supposed, been the cause of the rash act. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT HUDDERSFIELD.—On Monday night, about twenty minutes past ten o'clock, a fire broke out in the extensive premises in Queen-street, Huddersfield, known as the wholesale drapery establish ment of John Dyson and Sons, at present carried on by Mr. George Dyson. In the space of ten minutes the windows fell out, the roof sunk, and the whole of the valuable stock of goods was entirely consumed. Under the same roof was the largest corn warehouse in the town, that of Mr. Frederick Brierly, the stock of which was completely destroyed. The streets were as light as day, and were filled by thousands of persons. The hills round the town were also crowded by witnesses 'of the spectacle.—Mandiester Guardian. AMALGAMATION OF BIRKENHEAD WITH LIVERPOOL.— On Tuesday evening, at a meeting of the Birkenhead Commissioners, Mr. Laird, in a long address, moved the adoption of a resolution recommending the amalgama tion of the municipality of Birkenhead with that of Liverpool, as eminently qualified to be beneficial to both communities. The resolution was favourably received and it was agreed to communicate this fact to the Town Council of Liverpool, at its ordinary monthly meeting held yesterday (Wednesday •) This was accordingly done, and the proposal again met with a favourable re ception, and was by the Town Council remitted to a committee to consider and report. CRIMEAN Cuarosrry.—We are informed thit Mr. Warburton of the Exchange News-room, who is is said to possess a collection of Crimean relics, has recently come into possession of a hat worn by a Captain Camp bell, of the 421, in the trenches before Sebastopol, which on one occasion a as riddled with shot, but, strange to say, the wearer was unhurt: Probably the captain had been standing with his hat elevated above the embankment. Our informant states that it has been a subject of much curiosity in the rooms ; but he adds that, no doubt, the present owner will show this relic to any one who may de,ire to see it.—Liverpool Courier. FRAUD EY A CONFIDENTIAL SERVANT.—Mr. Jahez Herbert, one of the managers in tl,e extensive warehouse of Messrs. Hine, Mundella, and Co., hosiers and lace manufacturers, Nottingham, was on Tuesday last com mitted by the borough magistrates to take his trial at the sessions, on a charge of fraudulently obtaining 4,000 dozens of thread laces in the name of his employers. It appeared that in July last Herbert went to the ware house of Messrs. River and Snn, of Nottingham, and purchased the laces in the name of his employers, re questing that they might be sent to an agent in London, by whom they were sold at 1001. less than their value, and the money remitted to Herbert. The suspicions of his employers were aroused a few days ago, and on an :nvestigation taking place the fraud was discovered. The prisoner was apprehended on Thursday, and was re manded until Tuesday. Herbert made an application for hail, but the magistrates said they would consider its amount, and he was committed to take his trial on the charge. INQUEST ON A GUNNER IN THE ROYAL HORSE ARTIL LERY.—On Tuesday an inquest was held at Canterbury on the body of John Lynch, aged 21, whose death was alleged to have resulted from a push given him by the sergeant of his troop, Carnelius Reeves. On the 23,1 ult. there had been a quarrel in one of the barrack rooms. Reeves came in, and Lynch, who had not been taking part in the disturbance, immediately got up from his bed, and was walking out. Reeves pushed him down, and in falling his head struck against the iron trestle.. The young man did not at first pay any a,tten tins to the wound be thus received, but some days after. wards he obtained surgical advice. For some time he appeared to be doing well, but the wound ultimately took an unfavourable turn, and he died on the 31st ult. He was buried on Saturday last, but in consequence of the rumours to which the affair had given rise, an order was obtained for the exhumation of the body, and the Present inquiry was held. The investigation was ad journed. BANKRUPTCY OF MESSRS. ST'EAHAN, PAUL, AND CO. —Yesterday was the time appointed for the sale, at clarraway's•Coffee-house, Changfaalley, under the hands of Messrs. Farebrother, Clarke, and Lye, by direction of the assignees of Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Ca., with the concurrence of the mortgagees, of the fallowing im portant property belonging to the bankrupts :—A house and shop, 136, Regent-street, let on lease at a rent of 3821. 6s. per annum ; 166, Regent-street, let on lease at the rent of 2601. per annum ; 2, Park-square-west, Re eent's-park, let on lease at the yearly rent of 236 t. ss. ; 6, Montagne-street, Russell-square, let on lease at a rent of 1201. per annum ; producing an income of nearly 1,0001. per annum. Mr. Alderman Farebrother stated that the sale of the property was unavoidably postponed, and apologised for the 'ehortriesS of the notice to that effect. It appeared that there were two mortgages of the property, and it was requisite that one of the mortgagees should sign a deed, which severe illness at e i was hoped the that sale this s e e n b t s t a prevented d i e m e d b oi n e time. would take place in about six weeks from the present ogverbcuomt THE ROYAL SOCIETY.— An account has been published, by order of the House of Commons of the appropriation of grants, amounting altogether to 5,0001., placed, by order of the Treasury, at the disposal of the Royal So ciety between 1850 and 1854, together with a copy of a letter from Lord Wrottesley to the Secretary of the Treasury, dated 28th July last. In this letter the noble lord acknowledges the receipt of a Treasury note of the 28th of June, announcing that the Government were not prepared this year to place 1,0001. at the disposal of the Royal Society, for reasons assigned. Lori Wr ttesley states, that the letter of the Secretary . of the Treasury seems to have been written under a misapprehension of the relation of the Royal Society to the Government with respect to the grant in question. The Royal Society, he says, has ample funds of ito own, and the council neither require, nor have they solicited or received aid front the Government for the purpose of carrying out airy of the objects which it more especially devolves upon them to execute as representatives of the Society. The council considered the Government grant as a national contribution towards the general pro motion of science in the United Kingdom, regarding themselves as trustees of the grant, and, as such, accountable to the public. A committee of 40 gen tlemen was appointed to receive applications and to ad vise the council in the appropriation of the money. Lord Wrottesley further explains that the money devoted to the various researches specified in this paper has been ex pended solely on instruments, materials, or other ap-- liances required in performing the experiments and in vestigations which are severally described, mad that by the aid of this contribution the Government bas, in fact, obtained for the advancement of science and the national character the personal and gratuitout services of men of first-rate eminence, which, without this comparatively small assistan ce , wou ld not have been f.pplied. The total amount appropriated from 1850 to 1854, both in clusive, was 5,1721. The appropriations exceed the sums placed at the society's disposal by 711. 108, Bd., whibh it was the society's intention to have provided ; for 91 ,0- 9 ftlie capects4 grant of 119001 , is NO! ' j LATEST • N EWS. .MOST IMPORTANT FROM SEBASTOPOL. (From a Third Edition of the Morning Post.) HAMBURG, SEPTEMBER 5. Prince Gortschakoff writes from Sebastopol that the fortifications have been greatly damaged, and that the garrison has suffered heavy losses. TRIESTE, SEPT. 5. The following satisfactory despatches have just been received from the East : KARS, ATM 17. Though the Russians still intercept commuui oations with Erzeroum, and have burnt the vil lages round abcut, they have no means of attack ing either Kars or Erzerourn. 4 .-:"73t CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 2'7. Omer Pasha sets out to-morrow for the Crimea preparatory to his departure for Asia. Ferhad Pasha (Baron Stein) will command the engineer corps of his army. Mehemet Ali Pasha is expected to succeed Halil-Pasha in the Marine department, and Vely Pasha (late Ambassador at Paris) &Ailed Pasha. STOCKHOLM, SEPT. 4. The Prince Royal is named Viceroy of Norway, FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The constitutionnd quotes a letter from St. Petersburg of the 27th ult., in which are remarked the following passages : "Prince Gortschakoff's despatch of the 24th has caused great uneasiness here, on account of the words `Our fortifications suffer.' For those who know with what reserve Russian bulletins and despatches are drawn up, these three words have an immense signi fication. Hitherto, none of either Menschikoff's or GortAchakoff's despatches had announced any thing similar Vice-Admiral Stankowvitsh has left the capital for Sebastopol. The Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaiewna, the widow of the Prince of Leuchtenberg, has gone to Moscow with her daughter, Maria Maximilianowna. You may remember that the Emperor, some time ago, ordered the formation of six regiments of Cos.ack cavalry in the Governments of pia towa and Tschernigoff. A letter from Pultowa announces that the formation of theSe bodies of troops is being completed; they are composed of Zaporoges, formerly an independent tribe, but now reduced to submission, and forming part of the Cossacks of the Line. The wheat as well As the hay crops have been very scarce in the Government of Techernigoff and Pultowa. Large quan tities of wool have been sold to German merchants at the fairs of Kharkhoff and Pultowa. The exportation of wools this year is valued at 8,000,000 of silver roubles." (The silver rouble is somewhat over 4f.) • Lord Cowley has addressed the following letter to the Mayor of Amiens : . . . . " PAnis, - Aug. 23.—Monsieur,—I am instructed by the Queen, my august Sovereign, to express to you, as well as to the Municipal Body of Acpien4, .the lively satis faction she experienced on receiving the address which you presented to her Majesty on her arrival at Amiens. Her Majesty sees, in the noble sentiments contained in that address, and in the warm reception given to her in company with her august ally, a fresh proif of the cor diality of that close alliance which it has been her object to cement between the two countries. " COWLEY." BOI7RSE, SEPT. S.—CLO4INT4 PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4} per Cents 95 —f. —c. 3 per Cents 66 60 Credit Mobilier 1415 Roman Credit Foncier 540 Austrian Belgian Five 5........ Spanish Threes Piedmentese ...... 85 Home Debt — RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. C. Orleans ... 1215 Rouen Western 827 50 Strasburg Cette - Mediterranean 1315 ilherbur., -- Northern Lyons-. 705 Austrian Com. AUSTRIA. (Front the Timcs' Correspondent.) VIENNA, Sept. 2.—ln his letter of the 20th August, which appeared in the second edition of the Times of the 28th, your Turin correspondent makes mention of certain articles that have re. cently appeared in the Lombard and Venetian official papers, in which the policy of France has been eulogised and that of England condemned. It is understood that the articles in question are written at the instigation of the military autho rities in Italy, and they would hardly deserve atten tion were it not that it has for seine time past been the fashion here, and that in high non-military cir cles, to sneer at England, her institutions, and Government. Up to the time that the propositions of the Imperial Cabinet were rejected by the Western Powers, the Austrian and British Go vernments managed to get on pretty well together; but such can hardly be said to be the case at pre sent. Until peace is concluded Austria cannot hope to see any real improvement in her finance, and you will, therefore, readily suppose that the Imperial Cabinet was somewhat wroth when it learned that its hopes of peace had suffered shipwreck on the " obstinacy of the British Go vernment. In order that you may fully under stand what is meant, it is necessary to state, that the Austrian propositions would have been accepted by the allied Governments, had it not been for the firmness of a part of the British Cabinet. To use the wi.rds of a representative of one of the first rate Powers, "M. Drouyn de l'Huys was sacrificed to the English alliance by his master." Since the negotiations for peace have been interrupted, Endand has been almost as much " besmirched" by a part, of the Austrian press as she was two or three years ago, and Lord Palmerston natw ally comes in for his share of the abuse. Prudence forbids my saying much about the Anglo-Italian Legion and the state of things in Italy ; but you may be sure that the second leader in the Times of the 23th of Aucieist will be wormwood and gall to people here. The language employed by some of the French Governmental papers in respect to Italy has created a disagreeable' feeling here, but it is the policy of Austria to remain on a friendly footing with the Emperor Napoleon, and therefore little is said on the subject. Louis Napoleon has recently publicly shown that he is not ignorant of his real position. Be well knows that he is still considered a mere adventurer by the so-called " Legitimate Governments," and that the British is the only Court on whose sincerity he can safely depend. It is suspected and feared that the Allies harbour some evil intentions against Naples, and therefore the strength of the Neapolitan army has been made public. It is said to consist of 88 battalions, 36 squadrons, and 17 batteries. The authorities continue to .recruit for the Swiss regi ments. Marvellously little importance is attached by the Austrian public to the new Russian circular, and the Wanderer is inclined to think that NI. de Nesselrode's " piece of paper" has produced much less effect than the letter which the Emperor Napoleon recently addressed to General Pelissier. M. de Nesselrode's circular is, as we are told, ex tremely pacific, but experience has shown that the words and deeds of Russia do not always harmo nise. Twenty years ago M. de Nesselrode had a memorial drawn up, in which it was shown to be necessary that Central Asia should always •he " a neutral territory" between Russia and British India. When speaking of the present policy of Russia in Central Asia,the Wanderer dryly observes that the last overland mail is well calculated to move the bile of the British Cabinet, and oven if its members were gifted with " two-fold Aberdeen patience." The paper in question is of opinion that if the war should lie prolonged: the position of the Russian advanced guard in Europe will become excessively disagreeable. It need hardly be said that by the Russian " advanced guard Prussia' and Naples are meant. The Paris correspondent of the Ost. Deutsche Post is generally extremely well informed, and therefore it may, be well to extract a few sentences from his letter ()Ulm 30th of August : "The Eastern question led to many conferences while Queen Victoria was in Paris. The 'result of these confe rences is said to be a new treaty between France and England, in which all (?) contingencies to which the war in the East can lead are provided for. The treaty will probably be kept secret, as its sole object is to give a firm basis to the alliance between the two countries. I can give you the positive assurance that the Courts of Lon don and Paris are fully resolved to strain every nerve in order to break the power of Russia, and to reject every proposal for the renewal of negotiations for peace until the object which they have proposed to themselves is attained." It is necessary to be extremely cautious in taking news from the columns of the Austrian papers, as a great part of their so-called "original corres pondence" is concocted here, but confidence can perhaps be plead is theauthouticity of the hatelli. genes contained in the following letter, .which has been received by the Ost. Deutsche Post : "ODESSA, Aug. 25. —The arrival of the Emperor of All• the Russias has probably been postponed on account of the occurrences on the Baltic, for the preparations making in the apartments in' the Boulevard, which he was to have occupied, have been suspended. Next week there will be grand manoeuvres here under the personal direction of Adjutant-General Luders. 40 battalions, 32 squadrons, and 18 batteries will take the field. Odessa will be attacked and defended, and the line of attack will extend from the village of Lutsdorf to Mount Shawachoff. Yesterday a part of Gen. Grothenjelm's light cavalry division passed through the city on its way to the camp, which is on the east side of it ; and soon after several reserve battalions. of the 31th Life try Di vision followed. Officers belonging to the Imperial Guard are seen lounging about the streets, and their presence is a proof that the Guard Corps is not far di-- tent. A part of it is said to be already in Bessarabia. Yesterday a report circulated here that the Allies bad been totally defeated before Sebastopol, and the Victoria Battery and the works an Mount Sapoun taken. The police has arrested the person who spread the false news. "For some time pasta notice from the Post Depart ment has been lying on the tables of the clubs, recom mending military men to read the Austrian Military, Gazette, and civilians •to direct their attention to 'the Prussian correspondence,' The Sebastopol letters of the Vienna Militlir- Zeitung have never found their way into my corre spondence, and its news from the seat of war has always been received with extreme reserve. The Morgen Post has taken the trouble to quote some of the " grossest improbabilities" contained in the recent Russian bulletins from the White Sea, but they appear irrefutable truths when compared to the St. Petersburg accountsof the effects Of the bom bardment of Sweaborg. It is whispered in Russian circles that the real loss to the State may amount to about 20,000,0001 The Auhalt Gazette has private advioes from the Gerthan colony at Ascania Nova, near Perekop, that the effects of the war are more and more felt. Great numbers of troops pass, and conflicts sometimes occur between them about the water, which in that neighbourhood can only be drawn in small quantities from the wells. Not long since the colonists who were between the ages of 16 and 30 were obliged to enter the army. To-morrow the Emperor Francis Joseph will leave the Castle of Laxenburg, and travel, by way of Styria, to Ischl. Our last direct advices from Constantinople are of the 23d. Two Turkish divisions, under Osman and Sefer Pasha, remain at Balaklava, and preparations are being made for supplying the men with winter tents and fur cloaks. On the 21st the new French and British gun-boats entered the Bosphorus. The latter are armed with mortars. Abdi Pasha, who was with Guyon in Anatolia, is now the Commis sioner of the Porte at Varna, and is superintend ing the embarkation of the urkish troops. THE BALTIC. The Independence Belge publishes the following letter, dated Hamburg, Ist inst. : "We have ascertained the motive of the unexpected arrival at Kiel, of the French liner Austerlitz, of 101 guns. That fine vessel, which already experienced diffe rent accidents during the first campaign in the Baltic, was recently twice driven on sandbanks, and her keel has suffered such serious injury that it was round necessary to send her back to. France to undergo repairs. The English bomb vessels, ordered to England by Admiral Dundas, are still lying- at Elsinore, awaiting further in structions from the Government. They cannot be em ployed again this year in any operation, being completely unserviceable. Theirconstruction as ships of war is deficient in solidity, and professional men who have inspected them cannot conceive bow the Admiralty could send such slight vessels to so dangerous a sea as the Baltic. The French transport Marne had arrived at Nargen, with the war materiel destined for the squadron of Rear- Admiral Penaud. The two French gun-boats Argue. buse and St. Barbe are still at. Kiel waiting the orders of their Governments. The ' , umber of days favourable to naval operations in the Gulf of Finland is rapidly diminishing, and the Allied fleets will soon be com pelled to retire by the equinoctial gales. The rector of the University of Helsingfors, in Finland, has announced that,, in consequence of the continua tion of the war, all the lectures, which were to com mence on the Ist inst., would be suspended till the cessation of hostilities. The English ship of the line Sanspareil, lately arrived at Kiel, with an enormous cargo of projectiles for the English fleet, weighed anchor yesterday to return to England, with her entire cargo, on receipt of a telegraphic despatch to that effect. Admiral Dundas will not consequently receive those munitions of war which he had so earnestly applied for. It may be infer rerl fr im this fact that no other operation is contemplated in the Baltic before next spring. The crew of the transport Cottingbam, wrecked in the be ginning of August, on the coast of the island of Goth land, passed yesterday through Hamburg, on their way to England. The sick and wounded on board were for tunately saved, and no life was lost." SPAIN. We learn by a despatch from the Captain-General of Catalonia to the Minister of War , dated the 27th ult., that the Carlist chief Borgeshadcollected fifty or 0 men, and surprised a detachment of the in fantry regiment of Victoria, commanded by Capt. Gabriel Ruhiales, who, after a stout resistance, being wounded, with five of his men, the remainder took to flight, leaving some prisoners in the hands of the Carlists who had two men killed and f our wounded. The same band entered the city of Biosca, attacked the house of the Commandant, whose horse and arms they carried off, but were quickly purituedby the National Guard, who wounded several of the band and dispersed the remainder. This Clearly proves that the Carlists have not abandoned their plans of a civil war. • THE WEST INDIA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY MORNING. The Royal . Mail Company's steam sliip Atrato, Capt. Woolley, arrived this mornimr, with the West India and Pacific rnAils, 58 passengers, $496,738 in specie, $34,877 value in plate ping, $4OO pearls and jewellery, and a full general cargo. Her dates are—Jamaica, Aug. 11 ; Demerara, 10 ; Trinidad, 12 ; Barbadoes, 15 ; St. Thomas', 22. The Eagle, with the mails from the Windward route, broke down, and was obliged to return to Grenada, and the mails from Demerara, and Trini dad were sent to St. Thomas's in a hired vessel. The mails from Barba.does were also sent on to St. Thomas's in a hired ship. The Atrato brings no mails from St. Vincent, St. - Lucia, Dominica, Antima, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, Havannah, or Mex►co. The yellow fever was declining at St. Thomas, and smallpox had shown itself in many places. ,At Barbadoes yellow fever was in existence among the troops. At Jamaica the weather had been intensely hot. The island was in a tranquil state. Fever was very prevalent. The market was dull, and bare of provisions. Exchange on London was quoted, at 90 days, 1 'per cent. prem. ; 60 days, 1 per cent. prem. THE MEDITERRANEAN. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 5. By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Indus, Captain Soy, with the India, China, and Mediterranean mails, in, charge of Lieutenant Kemp, R.N., Admiralty agent, we have dates from Alexandria, August 21, Malta, 25, and Gib raltar, 30. The Indus brings 46 passengers, among whom are Lieutenant James, Captain Wright, Lieutenant Davies ' Dr. Davies, th e H on . M r . an d Mrs. Scott, Dr. White,' Captain Porter, dr,c., and a cargo consisting of 3 cases of pickles, 2 cases of tortoiseshell, 412 bales and 192 cases of silk, 48 bales of wool, 61 cases of shawls, 1 box of precious stones, 5 packages of jewellery, 3 casks of wine, and 145 packages of general merchandise. The Indus spoke on the 26th ult. the French war steamer Albatross, with the floating battery Devastation in tow. September 2 spoke the brig Prince Albert, of London. On the 26th ult, passed and spoke the brig Magnet, of Liverpool, in tow of the schooner Catherine, of Glocester, off Tarfa, ' having been in collision with the bark Claremont, bound from Cardiff for Constantinople. The Mag net had only her foremast standing, and the w h o l e of her starboard bulwarks had been carried away. The bark lost her foretopgallantmast, mainroys.l - and jibboom. Neither vessel required as sistance, as they were not leaky. Our Gibraltar dates are to the 30th ult. A tre mendous thunderstorm occurred on the evening of the 27th ult., ac companied by v er y v i v id fl ashes of lightning and strong gusts of w in d. Th e s t orm abated at midnight. The Samuel Laing, steam transport, having taken in mortars, mules, left Gibraltar for the Crimea on the 19th ult. The steam -transport Chester arrived at Gibraltar from Dublin la,den with shot. and shell for the Crimea on the 27th ult. The 92d Highlanders and a de tachment of Sappers and Miners embarked on board the Orinoco for conveyance to the East on the 29th of August. The sailing transport Can terbury, from' Corfu, had arrived at Gibraltar with 68 invalids, 49 women and children, all of whom she will convey to Portsmouth. The steam-trans port Amity, from the East, bound to Spithead, put into Gibraltar on the 25th. She landed some ser vants, five chargers, and household furniture be longing to the new Governor. The Amity sailed for Spithead on the morning of the 28th ult. Ves sels were expected at Gibraltar to convey the 54th and 66th Regiments to the Crimea. Her Majesty's steam sloop Prometheus arrived on the 26th ult. from the East. On her way down she touched on the Riff coast near Melilla, and ran 4011 thilauci to abreast of pre ! Pill Ware • she hauled close in and hove to to make out some articles and boats that were observed lying on the beach ; and when close in the Ruffians hoisted it flag of truce, which was answered by the ship. As the ship was canting off Shore; which she did sl owly on account of her heel touching a bank, the Ruffin_ _ opened a heavy fire of musketry upon her, killi n g the boatswain on the forecastle by a shot through the heart. The Prometheus then steamed off a eh l t d distance, hauled down the flag of truce, and open, _ fire with shot, shell, and musketry upon to' Ruffians, and continued firing upon those who were, collecting aro un d, an d, no doubt, killing nnu wounding many of them, besides destroying two large boats. Finding the Ruffians had all disaf r. neared, at 5.30 p.m. she ceased firing, an d rail down the coast to Alhucemas Bay, where she chored for the night. The. American steamer Star of the South, spa or her Majesty's steam-fri g ate Terrible, Capt. 11 , verty, left Gibraltar with warlike stores for tliti East on the 25th ult. The steam-transport gall. garoo, with 150 horses and mules, in charge of , 11 , 1 ; overseer and 49 muleteers, left for Balakla va same day. The steam-transport Alps arrivedt . Deptford with stores for the Crimea on the -4 °': The British brig Thomas and John, of Gibraltaser, has been engaged by 'Government for the PurV rt of conveying a cargo of ammunition from tha t P ° to Malta. His Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir for Fergusson, K.C.8., the newly appointed Goveritibe of Gibraltar, arrived at that port on hor (1 , Peninsular and Oriental Company'ssteamer from Malta, during the night of the 27th ult. ra' Excellancy landed under a, salute of 19 gills fr° , o the uarrison, and was received by a guard °thou? furnished by the 54th Regiment. After renei vi l the military and civil officers, and the Pria c t inhabitants of the city, the prescribed b a tils 0 ; 0 administered. Vast crowds assembled to vit a his arrival. ere Her Majesty's steamer Prometheus, the Fra - Dre steamer Neision, and screw-transport Indian , I f ' at Gibraltar when the . Ripon left. d a te Exchanges at Gibraltar for bills at 90 days, 5f were quoted on London at 51i to 51i ; rarw' 36c. ; Marseilles, sf. 39c. Spanish pillared ch )llar- ' 71 per cent. premium. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY M0n5 15 %. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's s te3 wo ship Iberia, Captain Christian, has arrived., dii have dates from Gibraltar to August 26th ; 27th ; Lisbon, 29th ; Oporto, 30th ; and T lO 31st. The Iberia brings 46 passengers, among wb are Sir Robert Gardiner, late Governor of Ghuh a n tar, and Lady, 4,0001. value in sp e cie, and A 5113 cargo of lemons, tomatoes, &c. • Oa From Lisbon we learn that the cholera conto l t bs virulent in the Algarves. exchange for 3 01° ,, Ii ith were quoted for bills on London at 54 scarcity of takers, and bills over Paris 530. A ne A t At Oporto exchange for the pack e t was 0- , • e li 54k for Brazil paper of a short date, little of wi1 .. , 1 39 offered. Local paper on London, at 90 days , r d , quoted at 54g and 541. The vine disease had 1113 rapid progress. Oporto was more healthy. TILE EARLY CLOSING ASSOCIATI° III. Last night a public meeting was held in Exeter 0111 e f in aid of the objects of this associatio n . Mr. media, Tiptree-hall, presided ; and there wa s a l a rge atte o. 7„ • of members and others who sympathi se with the 01 " meat. Or The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business, said tb l s it ciety had now- been in existence thirteen years, b e d was not to be denied that the most beneficial results it i s followed its establishment. The q ues ti on it dol l was a very nice one, depending in a great degreeem private opinion. It was clear to him that Ogden,* as a class, did not, under the existin g h ours o f bn °ll/ tli is make the most of their em pl o ye s , an d that a ar o 116ted number of hours a day, well employed, I° ,o moderate amount of relaxation, would be much profitable than when those hour of business we r° 4ol fused over a larger interval o f ti me . Wh a t be Pr e* s his he practised. Whe n h e was a y oung man , pod ha" be fortune to push, he worked very hard ; but wi l t° came to employ others he fund, as a matter of pr° himself, that there was a proper limit to he put f ine hours of labour. It w a s, ho wever , difficult to co p 10 the public that it was desirabl e t o d o ,;heir shoPln P *o the middle of the day ; and it was only by public ijs ditiens i n t, and other kindred mean., and not by act of Parli arae that they could teach people to buy b e fore sundown' or considered the early closing movement had gone en ;is tr currently with railroads, steam-boats, and literati: of tutions ' • or rather perhaps it was the conseque °7 ,l them. He was glad to find the funds of the t)/ were in a satisfactory condition, and he hoped would give a substant'al support to it, until its 014. were cr,mpletely achieved. ~t , of Mr. LILWALL, the secretary, then read the reel - 4 the association for the last year, which, after adve r jo to the number of meetings held during the past " 1 ,.(1 months in the metropolis and the provinces in its " a l ; stated that the feeling among employers for closing lir 'lto r in summer was every day becomit4 very general' ne e receipts of the society for the year, - including a bn l9 : e i of 95/. 14s. 5-I. at the beginning of th e year, arenu-ittt• to 6651. 9g. 3d. ; and th e expe n d i t ure , i n sa l ar i e s, Pr: icg, rent of offices, &c., was 6281. 18a. ; 'serif* balance in hand of 361. lls. 3d. The report was unanimously adopted. olcv Several gentlemen addressed the meeting, and reg s tions were propos e d an d agree d t o i n a id o f the pan e * of the association ; and the meeting separated w", 4 , 0. vote' of thanks to the chairman, carried by scclaisli" st ip sdsf' CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, W-- --e seir Sept. s.—Adritissions en payment, 9.136 ,• ditto hi dio g sou tickets, 616—total visitors, 9,752. Correspal day last year, 8,496. _SOO; RISE IN THE PRICE OF BREAD A N D noun. - - ; cc 0. day thrsugbout the metropolis a rise in the P r 'rr bread took place of Id. on th e 41b. l oa f, and a co spondieg increase in the price of flour. ~r e s il l On Tuesday morning, at the E x h i biti o n of Pi , r — A rtil connection with the Norfolk and N orw ich F'",. n ee Associatkm, five prizes, amounting in value to 3 6t., - drawn for. ~A s le / NEW FLOATING FIRE-ENGINE.—A larfo • ..: ' Or tended to be fitted up with a very power ul stettL o pli. engine, has been built at Mr. Mare's yard, B i tlue Il i When completed it will repl ace th e fl o ating-ses . g be present moored near S o uthw ar k-b r id ge , which W I , • removed to Rotherhithe. ras ec ' The underwriters ;,f Gla , gow have paid theirinalti tbe i on the ship Packet of Glasgow, which sailed foie 0 1 • p ace for Australia more than twelve months se' e to has never been heard of sinc e s h e p u t i n to the `M refit. , the At the annual licensin meeting of Nortvicu'iritOr magistrates renewed 583 licenses Mr the sale of I v o and granted 16 cut of 26 fresh appli ca tions. Fe ur , or old licenses were cancelled en account o f Jisord e q w ere duct having been permitt e d i n th e h ouses , and eig s be es declared to have lapsed, the premises not W i llis. I used as public-houses during the past twelve WI? . g i l l& The Golden Ag-, a splendid clippsr.ship, Whieuber of from Liverposl for Australia, with a large ns,e 3 lis pot pa,sengers and a full cargo in December last, ,u_ rec i te been heard of sinc,s and 50 per Cent. has been 011 `, 0s ible the underwriters here to insure her. It i' l , l)-- tre° that she may have been dismasted, or driver, l'i w b e e ne., of weather, into some out-of-the-way place trontxoo. communication is rare and ~ iffioult.—Nerth. Bri l T, O h As General Crossds of the Belgian army, v i L: r pose,' the other superior officers, going on Monday o f t h e 13e_ if e at the camp of Beverloo , to receive the Ring 0.1 i t be7 i , glans and the Count de Fiandres, he suddenly 1 11 A a . on his horse, and then fell lifeless to the gr° lln Tbe dr of apoplexy had produced instantaneous death. ceased was in his 58th year: n bite re : Tile Bury Post states that Lit:am:lnt Bear va litl•i j ° I . turned to Stetchworth Hall from the CrioneovA 3 o toPt Forn the heavy duties in the tr enc h e s before ° e . co in fri He will be entitled to two medals, one fur ee rvi folds ° trenches, where a bullet passed through his great coat ; and the Kertch medal, having ~ 0 eels s tbiet een pro' sent at the taking of that place. ' *We are har. n P" t reels that health seems likely to return to the O h " - man. of the ice r Extract from a letter written by an o'-w e Wo 1 Turkish Contingent :—" Yenikale, Aug. l'' h i eh 013 .,, working hard to enable us to obey the order /%03edias denly came five days since to prepare embarkation ; our destination is to be e re toria. Tsis has given a fillip to ourspirt, wuesessaril previously very far from concert pitch , being!' out toll scs loo , -, f l P O low-toned at the not over bright prospect hel" If of having our winter quarter = here. We n- „ny 11° ward to having a look at ' Ruski ' before 0 3 i iit • have brought us nearer to our graves." eo• .., nr oreol s to 1 Ens TRADE.—The expected period O. lace buss has not yet occurred at the r other week at which we write, which is, hot fotarsiin: early to predict a disappointment. The g o : dv oce ° , O fur iT.. vpit: incident, therefore, to report is the rap'', th i s yee r , 4 • silks, arising from the report on the state 01 f i n e L_. China crop, viz., that China preduce, althol u Tbie bs; quality, will be 10,000 bales short of the a ve c nlg a nton 1 11 r ti alrea.ly caused a rise to 19e. or 19s . 6d. t ..... 2 o tate i „ r silks, which have been selling here at 18 4 . __ o ak Tu 4 things which were it insured-to hold ontlontg:u tw itter ; the voyage would render the re-shipmen.,ransactiort profit. Hosiery keeps up a fair modicum f L 0 o hold Matt!" sufficient, without any marked demand, t .., fut ure 1 ,., moving in the meantime ; and prospects viL pc i s llll a:timation continue to be wet! sustained es cotton has had a tendency t ` e ar an l h s e . i a n p d fl e v u r l x c l a b : . f ) f and from buyers nextAmerica m' -F Ttunately for _ se . both thrown and spun matefals. -- 4 -' f the frtim:„. harves work-knitters, and they are nearly all 0 bee n ployment the dull season is the holiday o avg . Nottinghamshire Guardian. month . The give r ties eia. ° to r: i t :P e i ill pi , It has • olf THE GLENCOE MASSACEIC WARRANT.— ~.n ow inp question whether or not King ' the massacre of tne de gave the barbarous (viler for t has been Irnit, t4i ir donalds of Glencoe, and an a t . t: t m p the Earl of.,''. to . William ever A . SA; throw the odium on his sign manual of King William, 7 : but sonlell °- in the archives of the Eglintonfamily, _ ..„. w.s This week, we understand": i tt r e n i r- i i 'y c a h l hadfor warrantsin formerly e him , ~ ___ rduc i cts or ,• f ,, and has been by f w sioner for the earl, .f 11 the * p s t u r t a c intoted uthlaenhyaynedasrsofacg .o, D. Edinburgh. We are not in possession o a i Ad .__ GbaeieridinrercovEesrgec.f: co-1%131 tlitrinfOrMatii9ll4.7•:Xo/ _ regarding this warrant,. but rm we eG hiazitb4e4n progOlllo6.4'r lic o n tll.. '" l t 'k Di :„'t4i4ed ery 4 Guy Th °V , k g t • 44(18; Chet 1 1 .4 e tot Le a 'l4Wel Ms: t$