The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-22 00:00:00

• THEATRE ROYAL, DRITRY•LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be performed MARRIED FOR MONEY. Change aracters bs. y Mr. Charles Mathews, Messrs. Robert Ro xb y and A. o ;Mr F. Matthews. Mi s s M. Oliver, and Miss at aeon will appear. To be followed by NITOCRIS. Characters by Messrs. E. Mrs. F. Ed gar, Stuart, B. Sullivan, G. Wild , C. Vincent, Scc. ; Miss Glyn, Selby, Miss De Vere, Miss Anderton, Miss Cleveland, Rim THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE MAN OF MANY FRIENDS. After which, THE PRETTY (UPSET AND THE BULL FIGHTER. Followed by THE LITTLE TREASURE. After which, THE SPA_NIgli DANCERS. • To con-dude with SHOCKING EVENTS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. 'Under the Management of Mr. CHAIM KEEL. THIS EVENING Wilt be presented JIIDGE NOT BY APPEARANCES. After which, KING HENRY VII. Queen Katharine, Mrs. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with A GAME OF ROMPS. THEATRE ROYAL .ADELPRL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Direetrees, Madame Celeste. • THIS EVENING, WRI be performed RORY CrMORE. Characters by Messrs. Hud son, P. Bedford, C. Selby, Parselle, J. eland. Garden 4"3 . 8 "- ; 31 Mary Keeley, Kate Kelly, Wyndham, &C. Followed by A MOVING TALE. To conclude with OPEN SESAME. RIYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING. Will be presented PLOT A.ND PASSION. Characters by Messrs. F. Robson, Emerf, G. Vining, Leslle..l. 11. White, H. Cooper, and Franks; and Mrs. Stirling and Miss Bromley. Followed by CATCHING A MERMAID. To conclude with A BLIGHTED BEING. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr, J. H. Anderson, IS, Norfolk-street, Strand. Increased Attractions, and success in equal ratio THIS. AND EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'Clock, _ . win 'se presented, with entirely New and Magnificent Appoint ments, MAGIC and MYSTERY, in twelve acts, arranged in two parts. by Professor Anderson. After which, the startling illustrations of Spirit-Rapping. HALT AN-HOUR WITII THE SPIRITS, being the most surprising and interesting series of experiments ever given within the walls of any theatre. 84,721 persons have visited the Lyceum already to see the Great Wizard of the North. Prices of admission:—Private Boxes, 11. I Is. 6d. and 11. Is. ; Orchestra Stalls, 45.: Dress Boxes, 35.; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. No Half-price. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Grand Morning Performance on Saturday Next at Two .'Clod[. Doors open at Half-past One. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. FLEXMORE'S (le Danseur Combine) BENEFIT. and Last Appearance at this Theatre ; also of that celebrated Dansense, Mdlle. AITRIOL, will take place on THURSDAY, Nov. Ist, 1855. Drama, Ballet Comique, Concert, Farce, Ballet Extraordtualre Melo-drama, &c., &c. _ _ Tickets to be had of Mr. Flexmore, 66, Hercules -Buildings, Lam beth, and at the Box Office of the Theatre. Box Office open daily, from 10 until 3 o'clock. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of 11r; Payne. THIS EVENING, Will he performed RIAIPSON AND CO. After which, SAII PATCH. To conclude with NITOCRIS. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Vivid delineation of the daring deeds of the Allies. THIS EVENING, The triumphantly successful Military Spectacle. The FALL of SEBASTOPOL ! Capture of the Malakhoff —Cavalry, Infantry, Artillery, with magnificent materiel of war—Stud of Trained Horses —4OO Auxiliaries. Stage and ring combined ! After which the WONDERS OF THE CIRCLE, with Mr. J. H. Cooke's " Saut du Pont." To conclude with the farce of JONATHAN. Ltox-offlce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Ws t. Equestrian Director, Mr. Cooke, tun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This Day—Morn. 25 min. aft. 11—Evening 0 min. aft. 0 TO-MORROW—lliern.s4 min. aft.ll —Evening 19 min. aft. 12 THE WEATHER.-SIIN OFFICE, Oct. 21. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 63—highest since neon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 62—this day st noon. BAROMETER, 30'19. Wpm Westerly.—Fresh, with heavy clouds and sprink ling of rain in the evening. OCTOBER 22. 62 —highest since noon yesterday. 55 —lowest this morning and during the night. 62 —this day at noon. Bsitordirrica, 30/8. WIND, S.W.—Light. In the morning it was N.E., with slight rain. Now very fine. 3"~~ ~lic SIMI, " Tr. .. . . .'a , : LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1855. DEATH OF SIR WM. MOLESWORTH. It is with deep regret that we have to an nounce the melancholy intelligence of the death of the Right Hon. Sir WILLIAM MoLzswortan, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonial Department. A very formidable attack of peritonitis was, we believe, the immediate cause of this deplorable event. There is, however, but too much reason to fear that the devoted and indefatigable attention which he bestowed on the duties of his office greatly accelerated, if it did not occasion, the melancholy event. The attack set in with such terrible force that from the first moment of advice being taken, but little hope remained of the recovery of the distinguished patient. It would be a sad catastrophe at any time, but it is peculiarly so at the present time, when the assistance of every true-hearted Englishman was required. The Colonies will also have abundant reason to lament the premature death of a Statesman who had studied their condition closely, and wa s thoroughly earnest in his desire to ren der complete justice to our dependencies in every quarter of the globe, and to do all in his power to develop° their resources. Men of all c l ass es and conditions will feel the mag nitude of the calamity, and sympathise with w his bereaved family, who have su s t a i ne d a loss in every respect so irreparable. In our impression of Saturday we briefly ipression alluded to the important achievement, of which official intelligence had just been received—which placed one of the pillars of the strongly-guarded gate to Nicolaieff and to ICherson, the chief ar senal and granary of Southern Russia, in our hands. The brilliant and important exploit was most judiciously managed, so that our triumph was unalloyed by any serious loss. Three forts, 1,500 prisoners, and 70 guns are the immediate results of the operation. But far greater rewards await us if we only follow up our successes fairly, and seek to obtain the legitimate fruits of the good seed so carefully sown. We now command the estuary of the Bong and Dnieper, completely cut off the sea entrance to the greatest stations still remaining to Russia, from which she has hitherto b een enabled to provide the army of the Crimea with men, provisions, and the munitions of war. But this is only an infinitesimal portion of the substantial advantages of the trans action. It is the valuable position which we occupy, and which enables us to turn agai ns t Russia the formidable weapon she has so fre quently resorted to and with such strikin g e ff ects. Kinbourn may now be regarded as a s t an di ng mena ce to Nicolaieff and to Kherson, while the maritime commerce of the entire districts watered by the Bong, the ancient boundary of Russia, and the Dnieper, is hermetically sealed up. These magnificent "silent highways" are now compara tively useless to Russia, and all its produce must be transported by laud carriage. It is unneces sary to expatiate on the enormous difficulties and embarrassment which must necessarily be occa sioned by this serious • • privation, which must bl co ntinued so long as Kinbour n i s occupied by the Allied troops, and protected by an Allred Fleet 1 The manner in which this brilliant exploit was acco mplished must materially enhance the gratifi will be received= cation With which th e gl a d tidings It was not merely that the Allied squadrons suc ceeded in rendering a strong fortification on which great expense and labour was lavishly employed, untenable—that they could do if enabled to come within reasonable distance—but the enemy had manifestly placed considerable reliance on the shallowness of the water, which, as they vainly supposed, would prevent the larger class of vessels from interfering in the contest. They were, how ever, bitterly disappointed. Sir E. LYONS ex tended NELSON'S axiom, " that where there was water for an enemy's ship to swing at anchor, there was also room for an English vessel of equal size to float beside her." He made his calculations so nicely that the steam line-of-battle ships anal frigates were enabled to participate in the bombardment, although, in some instances, there were but two feet of water under their keels l This is a remark able feature in the transaction, deserving of pe culiar notice, and which has perhaps never been paralleled in the annals of naval warfare. The line has frequently been drawn very close, but never within our recollection so exceedingly fine as on the present occasion, and it is to that judi cious and well-calculated bravery that we are in debted for the completeness of our comparatively bloodless triumph. There is nothing, literally nothing, to prevent the occasion from being fully improved. Our only fear is with respect to the instructions from "My Lords." If Sir EDMUND LYONS and his coadjutors be left to themselves, and permitted to act in accordance with their own judgment and enterprise, Nicolaieff will be completely destroyed, the Portsmouth of Southern Russia will be ren dered incapable of producing substitutes for the fleet now blocking up the bay of Sebastopol ; and Kherson, the storehouse of the Crimea, can no longer supply the wants of its starving army. The important co-operation of the land troops can also be obtained. There is an admirable military road betwen the towns, which would admit of any movements of troops that may seem desirable, and the possession whereof would completely cut off the communication between them. While so much has been accomplished in the Euxine, we look with greater regret—a stronger term may possibly be applicable—to what sports men would term the " blank season" in the Baltic. There the most powerful fleet that evor sailed from a British port has enjoyed inglorious ease. It certainly made the Rus sian ships stay at home, and prevented them from enjoying many excursions during the summer, but a much smaller force would have done the same thing, and could, perhaps, have given a better account of Sweaborg than is within the power of Admiral DIINDAS to render. We cannot record our complete approbation of half measures, and although willing to make ample allowance for the deplorable deficiency of gun-boats and mortar-vessels, we cannot see but that the work well begun might have been properly finished. Besides there were many other points inviting attack, even if Cronstadt was " too strong," or that Helsingfors, like Odessa, should be spared. We will not, however, blame Admiral DIINDAS. We believe that the party really responsible is much nearer home, and that Sir CHAREES WOOD is the person who will have to account for and explain the inactivity of the Baltic Fleet. It is due to Admiral DUNDAS that the matter should be fully investigated, so that he should not be unnecessarily or improperly made the scapegoat on whose devoted head the sins of the clique at Whitehall should be visited, or be sacrificed to shield the scanty remnant of the unenviable reputation of the political " Jack of all trades "—who has in turn tried his hand at financial, Indian, and naval affairs, and proved himself the veriest botch in each and all. Our great contemporary, who seems deeply affronted whenever its own correspondent is not admitted to the secrets of a Council of War in the Crimea, or when a Cabinet Minister at home does not appoint and recal Commanders-in-chief at its bidding, is now busy in denouncing the Ministe rial autocracy of the recess, and in stringing to gether a breviary of prayers for information, which can be granted only by a Minister in his place in Parliament. But for the physical necessities of our jaded legislators we could not, at the end of summer, as our readers may remember, reconcile ourselves to a recess at all. We could have wished for short adjournments only, and for frequent opportunities for Ministerial explanations and com munications. Usage, however, and the plea of members' health, with the necessity of attending to field sports, and other agreeable duties, carried the day, as a matter of course. Lords and Com mons were emancipated ; Lord PALMERSTOX left to himself and the CODURGS ; Sir C. WOOD to make a splendid ruin of the combustible part of Sweaborg, that it might by next spring become an incombustible and indestructible fortress ; and Lord PANMITRE to adjust as he best could the Horse-Guards' demand for routine and promotion for birth or money, and the public demand for promotion by merit. It seems little likely now that a winter session will be vouchsafed ; but what would the country say to a winterelection instead? The present Parlia ment was chosen to settle the Free-Trade and Pro tection question; it is naturally, therefore, about the most unfit conceivable to superintend questions of War and foreign policy. It is no expression of the national mind on those subjects. We do not mean that it may not represent roughly the views of its constituents, but it does not do it authoritatively. surelyittaiospininin e time that the nati on it se lf a h ou ld utter the constitutional way. Individual speakers, among the numbers who on all kinds of occasions seem constrained to adverb to the War, seem pretty fairly, by the cheers they elicit to un veil the mind of th e ' people • the Pres i s n a h ls a o rm m on ay y na turally enough be judged to be newspaper read with the sentiments of t w h h e e v n as i t ing t is not s o , " M r. mai°ilsitsYu.re o f an amp l e supply of antagonistic such a character f or a b ility and l E e d tt i e t r o s r' f ' rom " Constant Readers" a n d roefspectable Editor even w i shes to l n i l o a n n e y s t y o f as n these o exclude. Yet letters on the arleVabru, thofsewtileintodetehde. g s e t i n l e l ra t h l e t r e e n e a r o e f t on h e e or two Pres s, great speakers wh o revile the Press as not really representing the mind of the nation which supports it. Is it not time, then, that the country should express itself twoitself unequivocally ? We have now had almost years' experience of the War ; we all by this time know more or less of the general bearings of th© whole ques ti on. We are competent as a co untry to send the right men, or such as we think so, to the right place. The Czen, the King of PRUSSIA, and the oppressor of Lombardy and Hungary, would know for certain the temper of the English nation, and the position which its Ministry must take. The Peace Party would have full opportunity to plead their cause with their constituencies, and the Peelites would understand how far their desertion was approved by the public. There is one domestic question, t oo , w hi ch , ought not to be shuffled with or evaded longer. We mean the Bank Charter. It ought to be oticeior afl, -whether The iiseat‘ of Free Trade shall apply to money or not. Whether a giant monopoly shall still be at the head of the Money Market, or all banks stand upon the same footing. Whether we shall be condemned or not to carry sovereigns in our purses, although, like our neighbours across the Tweed, we may prefer one-pound notes. Whether, if there is to be buf, one sort of paper enjoying the privilege of being legal tender it shall be Government paper, the nation reaping the benefit of the transaction, or that of a clique of interested proprietors ? Whether Government shall not conduct its banking account on the same simple and well-defined principles as any commercial house ; or whether, indeed, Government shall not be its own banker ? It will be a deep disgrace to a commercial nation like ours if these great questions be not now fully discussed, their bearings made evident to all, and the right course honestly settled for ever. To us the main point appears to be as simple as the principle of Free Trade itself. But not to dogmatise, or even to argue now, it is time to decide the monetary ° principles which shall guide us, and with this before us all, the leading men on this subject however diverse their opinions, should have a place in the Legislature. The War is, of course, more in most men's thoughts than the currency ; and how supremely important are the questions now opening to the public view. Ere long the winter must stop all important operations ; we earnestly hope not till Kherson, Nicolaieff, and Odessa are deprived of their power to barrack and feed a Russian• army ; and with winter will come, in all probability, Prussian, Austrian, and Coburg intriguings for a despots' peace. Well, if the nation has pronounced beforehand, by its elections, what kind of a peace it will tolerate. Most probably, perhaps, the CZAR will neither wish, nor be able to ask for peace, while Warsaw and Cronstalt are untouched. We hope he will not ; but then we do need an election which will compel Ministers to give up the detested Hapsburgs and Hohenzollerns ; which will bid them prefer Scandinavia and Poland, as allies, to the neutral hostility of the despotic Ger man Courts, and convert the War into one for driving Russia out of all her much-abused and nefarious conquests, and restoring the nationalities to their long-trampled-on rights. Premiers, ex or in, may, and do, deride the cause of the people abroad as a missionary crusade ; but an election might tell them that this nation sympathises not with courts, but with nations ; that it cares not a straw for " Russian honour," and for what is miscalled Russian territory ; but that it does care for the honour of European civilisation and liberty, in its conflict with Asiatic barbarism and despotism ; and cares very much that territory, which the wicked Congress of Vienna gave to Russia, or left in her hands, should return to its rightful owners. We believe the verdict of the election would be, " emancipate Sweden, Ger many, and Denmark, as well as Turkey ; the Baltic as well as the Black Sea, and then we may reasonably hope for growing popular liberty, and for permanent peace." It has come at last ! The turn, we mean, of nir. DRUMMOND. Better late than never. An autumnal political curriculum without a lecture of his would, as everybody knows, be somewhat " flat and stale," however profitable. The jingle of the cap and bells, the play of impudent grimace, and the flow of " pestilent" buffoonery —welcome all of them 2 Welcome nonsense— welcome " half-and-half "—welcome censure, flat tery, and slander, pure or adulterated—welcome the latest instalment of the best thousand and one manifestation of morbid vanity and apostolic in. fallibility extant. Welcome, thrice welcome, Mr. DRUMMOND ! After the heady wines of his pre decessors, his brisk bottled pop can do us no harm, but may relieve us of the headache. We have fairly earned a little relaxation ; let us enjoy it. We are, or suppose ourselves to be, which is perhaps quite as good, at the annual dinner of the Chertsey Agricultural Association for the en couragement of deserving farm servants and agri cultural labourers. The cloth is removed, and we have time to gaze on our agricultural friends in Chertsey, and to rejoice in their well-to-do appearance and looks of cheery good-fellowship. Barely, for the " watch of his wit " being already wound up, off goes our versatile friend as the " apostle of the LORD " on the claimS of " the LORD'S anointed." Presto ! and with a fine sense of the appropriate, and a relevancy really surpris ing, apart from the mode of treatment, he dis courseth on matrimony ! The gentlemen of the agricultural interest look amazed—after such a proem, to be told that " the Royal Family was nothing more nor less than like the family of any farmer now hearing him." They are propitiated a little, however, and have begun to think him " a funny fellow," when their attention is arrested by a perplexing question. " Ile should like to know what any oue in the room would say if an impertinent neighbour (Mrs. GRUNDY to wit), on learning that a young man had fallen in love with his (the farmer's) daughter, were to turn round and remark that it was a very improper mar riage." The cautious parents of bouncing young ladies look down at this and murmur indistinctly, " Why, that would depend upon circumstances," as the likeness of some fine sprout . of ruddy hu manity in their service passes before them. But no time is allowed them for deliberation, for an other question, and a leading one, is propounded. " Would he not instantly tell such a meddler to hold his tongue and mind his own business ?" " Parients" still in a state of dubiety. Some sort of an answer is, however, expected, so one if not two of the least reflecting " hear, hears," and an agricultural young waiter, incontinently laughs. The speaker is encouraged, and, with imposing dignity, remarks—" He asked simply that the same degree of forbearance should be evinced to wards the domestic affairs of the Royal Family as a man in the position of a farmer had a right to claim." The farmers, who are loyal to a man, and stick by their rights, fancying this should be a clincher, look grave. He (Mr. Dnuarmortn) looked upon any interference with the matrimonial affairs of the Royal Family as " a most abominable act--(a gentleman in black shaketh his head, and the waiter looks virtuous indignation) and" inexorable logic ! "if they (tho meet= ing) would not suffer such meddling by ' strangers with th e i r a ff a i rs, upon t h e same prin ciple they ought not t o a ll ow it i n th e affairs of others," down sits the versatile speaker t( ) prepare for ano th er change, with a "Hear, hear," from the parson, and •• • a Jingling of glasses as his reward. W ea e ns are wonde r at his disappointment, grieved by it. It was not assent t it—much, the sort of nonsense suited for his audience. It ho-wWevee by y m n u o c mach involved dangerous matter, and they could not . . 0 , indeed; in one point of view, see their way to laugh at, or to the credit of their plain blunt good sense. They wer e not to bo made merry with what they did not like, .. an d if he was serious they were not to be hoaxed. They had some glimmering that there was a serious differen ce between the two cases—that the Royal Family, was kept by the taxes of the nation, for the ad. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER, 22, 1855 vantage of the nation, while the farmer and his family kept themselves ; and that, while the mar riage of a farmer's daughter was pretty much her own and her family's concern, the marriage of a Royal Princess might, after all, be an affair in which the nation was concerned. The newspapers might be right in their " abominable" interference. Marriages of farmers' daughters extended family interests, which were not always identical with parish or national interests, as they well knew. Why should Royal marriages not be expected to extend Royal interests which before now had not been identical with the interests of the people ? If far mer HonoE's daughter married the parish overseer wouldn't farmer HODGE be disposed to help the youth with his accounts and get him out of scrapes, and if a Prince in a free country had his daughter married to a Prince in a despotic one wouldn't he be inclined to help his son-in-law in his scrapes with his subjects, and to lend him what counte nance he could ? And if he did, was it not likely to be at the people of the free country's expense, if that was possible ? And was it not ? Could he not find tools to aid him, and means to put them into a position to do so ? Men who would bamboozle the nation while they betrayed it, and while affecting to be humane and patriotic would be sedulously turning the tide of good fortune into "our son-in-law's" way, to the impoverish ment of the population at home, and the decima tion, possibly, of an army abroad. Unquestion ably he might. And hadn't the papers been com plaining of something of the kind lately. Such, we may suppose, were the reflections that caused the disappointment that set Mr. DRUMMOND so bitterly, and with so many contortions, on another tack ; and if they were, they did our agricultural friends credit. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ( From a Supplement to Friday's Gazette.) At the Court at Windsor, the 19th day of October, 1855, present, the Queen's Most Excelleit Majesty in Council. It is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council that the Parliament, which stands prorogued to Tuesday the twenty-third day of October instant, be further pro rogued to Tuesday the eleventh day of December next. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, OCT. 20. The dinner party yesterdayincluded her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, Viscount Palmerston Lord Panmure, Lady Frances Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Major-General the Hon. C. and Mrs. Grey, and Mr. Gibbs. The band of the 2d Life Guards played during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards performed. The Queen and Prince, with the Princess Royal, rode on horseback in the Home Park this morning. The Princess Helena, Princess Louisa, and Prince Arthur took a c arr i age drive. Viscount Hardinge arrived this afternoon. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert drove out in an open carriage in the afternoon, attended by the Equerries in Waiting, on horseback. The Duchess of Wellington, the Hon. Caroline Caven- dish, Lord Palmerston, and Lord Panmure, followed in a second carriage. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred rode out on horseback this day. The, dinner party in the evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Hardinge, Lady Frances Bruce, Baroness de Spetb, Lord Panmure, and Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps. The band of the 2d Life Guards played during din ner. The Queen's private band afterwards performed in the Castle. SUNDAY. The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and Prince Alfred, the Ladies and Gen tlemen of the Court, and the Domestic Household, at tended Divine Service this morning, in the private chapel of the Castle. Viscount Palmerston and Lord Panama were p.lso at the service. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor offi• elated. Sir William Molesworth is dangerously ill. The answer given yesterday afternoon at the residence of the right hon. baronet in Eaton-place to inquiries was, "Sir William is gradually sinking." Despatches from the Governors of Victoria and South Australia were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTO. The summonses which were issued on Wednesday for a Cabinet Council to-morrow were countermanded, and fresh ones issued for a Cabinet Council to be holden this afternoon at the Foreign-office, in Downing -street, Viscount Palmerston returns to town this morning from visiting the Queen at Windsor Castle. The noble viscount will return to Broadlands, near Romsey, to morrow afternoon, to meet Viscountess Palmerston. Lord Panmure also returns to town early this morn ing from Windsor Castle, where the noble lord has been on a visit to her Majesty. The Earl of Clarendon was detained up to a late hour on Saturday evening at the Foreign-office with business of importance in his department. Captain Webster, the Queen's Foreign office messenger, left by the mail on Saturday night for Constantinople via Marseilles, being the bearer of despatches from the Earl of Clarendon for Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, from the Minister of War for General Simpson, and from the Admiralty for Sir Edmund Lyons. The Might Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood entertained the Right Hon. G. Grey, Captain Washing ton, R.N., Mr. Phinn, Mr. and Mrs. Baring, Mr. Spence, Mr. Bendel!, and a select party at dinner on Saturday evening at the Admiralty. The Marquis of Lansdowne is entertaining a succes sion of visitors at Bowood Park, Wilts. The Earl and Countess of Shelburne have arrived there frum Paris. The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., and Mrs. Her bert have joined the circle from Wilton House, near' Salisbury. The Duke of Argyll, accompanied by the duchess, has arrived at Inverary Castle, Argyleshira, from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland at Dunrobin Castle. The noble duke and duchess will go to Rose neath early in the ensuing month, according to present arrangements. The Lord Chancellor will come to town to-day, from his seat in Kent, in order to assist at the Cabinet Council. _ _ Earl Granville has arrived in town, and the Right Hon. Sir George Grey and Viscount Canning are also in town. The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer is expected in town early in the week, from Harpton Court, Kington, Herefordshire. The Earl of liarrowby was expected in town this morn ing from Sandon Hall, and the Earl of Clarendon will also be in town early, from the Grove, near Watford. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary will leave Heaton Hall—where their Royal Highnesses have been staying on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Wilton since Monday last— to-day, to honour the Earl and Countess of Derby by a visit, at Knowsley, where a distinguished party is assem bled to meet the royal guests. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and Baron Knesebeck enjoyed some excellent sport on Sa turday, shooting in Richmond-park. The Duchess of Sutherland, accompanied by the Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor and Lord and Lady Blantyre, arrived at Stafford House early in the past week, from Dunrobin Castle, N. 8., and on Thursday the Duchess and party left town for Paris, with the in tention of making a brief stay in the French capital. The Duchess of Roxburgh, accompanied by the Ladies Innes Kerr and the Marquis of Bowmont, have arrived at the Clarendon from Floors Castle, near Kelso, N.B. The Duke of Devonshire arrived at Devonshire House on Saturday, from Lismere Castle, his Grace's seat in the county Waterford. The noble duke travelled by easy stages ' and made a short visit t o his Excellency the Earl of Carlisle at Dublin, on his way to London. The Earl and Countess of Bective have arrived at her ladyship's seat in Westmoreland, from visiting the Earl of Eglinton, at Eglinton Castle. The Count and Countess Henckel de Donneremark have left the Clarendon for Pesth, via Paris. Lord and Lady Brougham have arrived in Grafton street, from Brougham Hall. The Duke of Rutland, we are happy to learn, con tinues gradually to improve in heath, and is now able to take carriage airings daily. Lord John Manners is stay ing with the noble duke. MR. LUCAS, M.P.—Prayers were .offered up, yester day, in all the Roman Catholic churches in the metro polis on behalf of Mr. Frederick Lucas, whose case, it was stated, is now past all hope of recovery. THE AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN MAIM—LIVER POOL, Saturday.—The United States Mail steam-ship Baltic, Captain Comstock, sailed this afternoon at three o'clock for New York with the usual mails for the Ame rican continent, a full complement of passengers, and a large cargo of merchandise on board. The Royal Mail steam-ship Sultana, Captain Taylor, of the White Star line of Australian packets, will sail to-morrow afternoon for Melbourne, with the Australian mails, about 250 passengers, and a large cargo. The Marco Polo, Capt. Vlarke, landed the Australian mails to-day, after a pas sage of 85 days from Melbourne. THE NATIONAL OPERA. —WO are informed that this new undertaking is proceeding prosperously, and that the shares are not only nearly all placed, but that the directors expect to open the Lyceum Theatre at. Chris t LATEST NEWS. VIENNA, SUNDAY EVENING. The Oesterreichische Correspondent asserts, on the authority of a telegraphic communication from Odessa of the 17th, that at the same time that the allied fleets attacked Kinburn 30,000 men were landed on the Peninsula of Tendra. Nothing certain was known of the destination of these troops. Tendra is a long spit of land a little west of Perekop. The Emperor Francis Joseph has returned from Ischzl. MARSEILLES, SATURDAY. The Cairo, with dates from Constantinople to the 11th and the Crimea to the 9th, has arrived. She brings 270 invalids. Her despatches will leave by the 1 p.m. train. The Lady Jocelyn, with the White Falcon in tow, has left for the Crimea. COPENHAGEN, OM 19. Denmark, in a memorandum, after having de clared that it has no iitention to prejudge the decisions of the Governments interested in the question, points out that it would be possible to take as the basis of the eventual purchase of the Sound dues the quantity of merchandise which passes the Sound and the Belts, combined with the nationality of the vessels. ATHENS, OCT. 13. The Allied Ambassadors have refused to recog nised the new Ministry. THE CRIMEA. Accounts from the Crimea to the 11th reached Vienna on the 16th, via Varna. According to these despatches it was thought that a grand en counter between the two armies would take place about the 20th (this day), for it appeared quite im possible that the Russians were able to prevent the French from advancing against Bakshi-Serai. Gen. Gortschakoff had therefore only the alternative of either accepting a battle, or making a retrograde movement behind the Belbek, to endeavour to reaehiSimpheropol. The journals trace out also numerous plans of campaign, all probably as pro blematical as the news of a great battle on a fixed day. They also speak of an account said to have been received, in a letter from Bucharest of the 9th, of the appearance of a number of gun-boats belonging to the combined fleet, off Ismail. The bombardment of that strongly-fortified place of Bessarabia is said by that account to have com menced. The journals, however, add that this news has nothing of an official character in it, and we can ourselves say that letters have reached Paris from Bucharest of the 9th, which are silent on this subject. We read in the Post-_4mpt Gazette :—" Accounts have been received from Odessa to the 14th. Up to the 12th gun-boats and transports full of troops were daily joining the fleet. Great uncertainty still prevails ai to the object of the expedition ; and no one can help feeling that in consequence of the most recent movements made by Marshal Pelis sier, it has become impossible for the Russian troops to move from their central positions of Odessa, Nicolaieff, Kherson, Perekop, and the points which they occupy in the interior of the Crimea. For this reason the perions near the Emperor have approved of the measure recently adopted by General Gortschakoff of removing part of the troops which had been posted near Mackenzie's farm into the valley of Bakshi-Serai. This movement was the more necessary as Marshal Pelissier had succeeded, although with great diffi culty, in getting up 120 pieces of artillery on the heights of Tchuliu, in order to support his opera tions in the Valley of the Baidar. It is probable that Marshal Pelissier, when master of his position, may send considerable reinforcements to Eupatoria, so as to bring up the force at that place to 60,000 men." SURRENDER OF KINBURN. FRENCH OFFICIAL DESPATCHES. Yesterday's 31oniteur contains the following de spatches, in which Admiral Bruat narrates the facts attending the surrender of Kinburn to the Allied fleets : The Minister of Marine has received from Ad miral Bruat the following despatches : " KINBURN, OCT. 17. - _ _ " The fort of Kinburn and the new works erected on this peninsula are in our power. Our loss is un important. " KINBI7RN, OCT. 17. _ _ "On the morning of the 14th of October the squadron left the roadstead of Odessa as soon as the heavy easterly winds, which had checked their operations since the Bth of Oct., had ceased. In the evening of the same day they anchored off Kinburn. "In the night four French gun-boats—the Ti railleuse, Stridente, Meurtriere, and Mutine—sent by Rear-Admiral Pellion, under the orders of Lieu tenant Allemand, of the Cacique sailed, with five English gun-boats, through the pass of Otscha kow, and entered the Dneiper. " The next day, Oct. 15, at daybreak, the troops were landed at about 4,500 metres from the place to the south of it. In the afternoon the bomb ketches opened their fire ; but they were obliged to suspend it when night fell, on account of the swell, which rendered the aim uncertain. " The entire day of the 16th was nearly lost for us, as the winds had veered round to the south west. The troops were occupied in entrenching themselves and making reconnaissances towards the south. The gun-boats in the Dnieper were alone able to annoy the place. " The wind having shifted to the north during the night, we were engaged early in the morning, Admiral Lyons and myself, in causing to be put into execution the plan of attack arranged on the previous evening, agreeably to the soundings taken by Captain Sprat, of the Spitfire, and Lieutenant Cloue, of the Brandon, assisted by Messrs. Ploix and Manen, hydrographic engineers. At twenty minutes past nine the three floating batteries, the Devastation, Lave, and Tonnante, opened their fire. " The success they obtained on this day has an swered all the hopes of the Emperor. The ram part they battered presented very speedily and on several points practicable breaches. " The French and English mortar vessels opened their fire at 45 minutes past nine. Their aim, rectified by the signals of the paddle steamers, was most admirably directed. I attribute to them in a great measure the quick surrender of the place. " The five French gun-boats, the Grenada, Fleche, Mitraille, Flamme, and Alarme, sustained by six English gun-boats, took up their positions nearly at the same time as the mortar vessels. Their aim ricochetted very advantageously the open batteries (a barbette), which were contending against the floating batteries. As soon as the tiring of the place had slackened, our gun-boats advanced, at the signal given by the Captain of the Grenada, M. Jaureguiberry, to the line formed by the floating batteries. They were accompanied in this movement by the English gun boats. " Precisely at noon, the ships, followed by the frigates, corvettes, and paddle-steamers, got up steam. The ships formed on a front line ; they cast anchor and lay with their broadsides to the forts at a distance of 1,600 metres in 264 feet of water. At the same moment, six English frigates commanded by Rear-Admiral Stewart, and three French frigates under the orders of Rear-Admiral Pellion, the Asmodee, Cacique, and Sane, made for the pass of Otschakow in order to take the forts of Kinburn in the rear. The English ship, the Hannibal, advanced to the middle of this pass. Generals Bazaine and Spencer brought up their riflemen anti field pieces to about 400 metres from the place. " These bold manoeuvres and the imposing front presented by the nine French and English ships, broadsides on and bowsprit to stern, thundering with all their guns, had a decisive effect. At thirty-five minutes past on e , o b se rving that the fort of Kinburn fired no longer, although the northern works continu e d s till t o ma k e use of their mortars, Admiral Ly ons an d myse lf thought it right to respect the courage of the brave fellows we were fighting against ; consequently we made the signal to cease firing, and hoisted the flag of truce, sending a Fr enc h b oa t an d an English one on shore. " The forts accepted the capitulatiox offered. The garrison left the place with the honours of war and gave themselves up as prisoners. Our troops occupy all the Russian works. "The capitulation, ta - tipulated that the place should be given up to us in the state it was then in. We take possession, therefore, of the enemy's stores and munitions. Admiral Lyons and myself are sending the surg•eons of the two squadrons to tend the Russian, wounded, numbering about eighty. " The number of prisoners is from twelve to fifteen hundred. We are going to occupy our selves with forming here a solid establishment." DESCRIPTION OF KINBURN. Yesterday's Moniteur contains the following :-- " The waters of the Bug and the Dnieper de bouch into the sea by a single branch. After forming a lake, where they blend, the two rivers flow together, between Otschakow on the north, and Kinburn on the south, through a narrow channel of variable depth (15 feet the minimum), much nearer Kinburn than Otschakow. " Otschakow, on the right shore, is built on the top of a cliff of middling height, advancing in an acute angle st ra i g ht t o th e sout h , and throwing out a low flat on which rises a fort of Genoese origin, in a very dilapidated state. A battery of nine guns of large calibre, recently erected on the cliff out side the channel, taking it in enfilade, but at a long range, completes the defence of this side, without presenting any serious obstacles. " It is on the left shore, on the tongue of sand formed by the alluvial deposits of the two rivers, that the citadel of Kinburn is built, commanding the passage much nearer, as its guns act both out side and inside, constituting in a word the sole de fence of the mouth of the Dnieper. " The citadel of Kinburn is a hornwork of masonry, with earthen parapet s , surroun d e d b y a moat wherever it is not washed by the sea, con taining barracks and other buildings, the roofs and chimneys of which are visible above the rampart. It is armed in all its faces, having one tier of guns covered and casemated, which tier is crowned by a battery a barbette, the whole possibly p resen ti ng some sixty guns, half of which sweep the sea out side, from the south-east to north-north-west. " Kinburn has the war-flag always flying, the sign of armament, and contains a garrison of two thousand men, not including the military colonists settled outside, in a village regularly built, to the south, and within range of the fort guns. Two fresh batteries were lately erected to the north west of the fortress." -../1. - .;' THE ALLIED ARMIES. (Prom, the Times' Correspondent.) CAMP OF THE ALLIED ARMIES ON THE TCHER NAYA, Oct. 7.—Favoured by the most beautiful weather, the expedition to the north sailed this morning from Kamiesh, which had been chosen as the general rendezvous for starting. The embar kation took place partly in Balaklava, partly in Kazatch Bay. The time of starting was kept as secret as every thing else connected with this expedition. The order was for everybody to be on board on Satur day, at 2 o'clock p.m. The rumours circulated by the German papers, which seem to have originated in Europe the idea that the Russians were preparing to leave the Crimea, seem rather suspicious, considering the sources from whence they come, principally as they are not confirmed by the actual movements of the enemy. Large camps are still seen on the plateaux opposite to us, and the country up to the head of the Belbek is still occupied by them. In connection with the expedition to Oczakoff, another is talked of from Kertch towards Genitchi and the head of the Tchongar road recently con structed by the Russians. This road leads from Perekop over the old road going round the northern shore of the Sea of Azoff down to Kunnillo ; here it branches off to the Genitchi road, passing the villages of Kiutshu, Buraki, Oclii, Kashkishken, and Taroshik. At the neck of the peninsula of Tchongar the new road begins ; it crosses the peninsula in its whole length, and leaves it again where its southernmost point makes a bend to the east. By a bridge of 171 Russian fathoms in length it goes over to the peninsula opposite, and runs by Kirk, Bakush, Osmak, Kitoi, Turkan-Surrak, Kirleut, Chokrali,Ax, Schambalde, and Kadaga, to Kopchak. At Sheik-ell it enters the road from Perekop to Karsa-su-Bazaar, but leaves it again at Konrat, and then goes by Tashli-Dair, Baran, Itak, Akesh, K. Kabash, Bulatch, Bailar, Kermashi, Biaten, down to Ispat, where it crosses the Salghir, following from Bulatch the old Perekop road, passes Tshounk, and there unites at Karakiat with the great Perekop road . The distances are froth Perekop to the Tchongar bridge 18 hours, the Tartar travelling hour being about the same as the Turkish one, that is three English miles ; from Kashkishken to the bridge there are three hours, from the bridge to Simphero pol 20 hours, from the bridge to Kara-su-Bazaar the same. At Genitchi there are two ferry boats, each able to contain 24 arabas, which keep up the communication between the spit and the main land. The Turkish Contingent is said to be destined for Kertch, and is supposed that it has arrived. TUESDAY, OCt. 9. On the Sebastopol side of our line (for now there is no more front and rear as when the siege was going on) everything remains in, statu quo. The Russians are still busy throwing up entrench ments oh every available spot of the north side of the harbour. The siege guns have nearly all been removed from both our and the French lines, as well as the platforms, gabions, and fascines. The French have even begun to throw down again their old trenches. Roadmaking is progressing favourably. On the Tchernaya line drilling is the order of the day, and target shooting. It seems the Highlanders will winter on the spot where they are. The material for their huts has arrived, and they have set to work. The Turkish artillery, which hitherto has occupied the spot where these huts are to be erected, have been re moved a little further, and the digging has now be gun. The two battalions of the Ist Royals, who are destined to form part of the second brigade of the Highland division, have come up likewise, and are encamped a little below Damara. The Sardinians are likewise still busy with hutting. Another Turkish regiment has left in the Great Britain for Asia. Part of the English medical staff went likewise in her to Souchum Kaleh, whence they must find their way to Sinope. I went the other day over the French position beyond Baidar. Theroad leading up from Ourkuska is nearly finished. You can overlook from the heights the banks of the Upper Belbek. The Rus sians have abandoned a kind of intrenched camp, which they had constructed on this side of it, but they send occasionally cavalry over, and while I was there I could see plainly about four squadrons in a field near the river side, and some suspicious-look ing objects which seemed very much like guns, although it was impossible to make them out clearly with my glass. The French nearly every day make reconnaissances in the direction of Aito dor, and towards the river, but without meeting with any considerable force of the enemy. The Light Cavalry Brigade, although under or ders for embarkation, have not yet done so, but a battery of horse artillery, Capt. Thomas's, went on board yesterday at Balaklava. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. No news has reached to-day from the Crimea. Private letters, written by officers of the French army, state that the Russians will avoid as much as pclsible giving battle in or out of their entrenched positions. Some of those officers are even of opinion that Prince Gortschakoff, seeing no possibility of keeping his communications open and regularly re ceiving supplies, was actually preparing to evacuate the Crimea. A confidential letter, addressed by the Russian General-in-Chief to Prince Paskewitch, at Warsaw, is said to mention such a movement as probable, if not unavoidable. Important news is expected here before many days are over from the Crimea. Despatches which have reached the French Government announce that Marshal Pelissier and General Simpson have commenced great operations. The two important decrees which timberhaveich andjusth tape peared in the Aloniteur, allowing other matters generally employed in shipbuilding to be imported into France and Algeria on the pay ment of a duty of 10 per cent., calls forth the fol lowing remarks from the Courrier du Havre Thi s i s such a decision as was to be expected from the Government of the Emperor, for no Government ever understood better the wants of the country. It knows that the navy is destined to become one of the most considerable forces of France, and that, conse quently, it has need of all the development that can be given it. These two decrees satisfy all the demands, and all the hopes that commercial men in France have entertained for many years back. This great measure will, above all, prove profitable to Havre, so admirably situated for receiving cargoes of the kind spoken of. But all the ports of France, and consequently all the com merce of the empire, will be benefitted by the measure in a very decided degree. This measureofttrhaedeGovedrnis mentis an im mense s t e p in the path to free an other proof of the great attention which the a nEmperfotrh'se Government pays, not only to the g eneral interest o country, but to the glory of th e nation ,with respect to the other countries of the world." Count de Morny, President of the Legislative, Body, has just received from the Sultan, through:" the hands of the Turkish ambassador, the insignia of the Imperial Order of the Medjidie of the firs class. BOURSE, OCT. 20, Two o'Clock.:—A telegraphic despatch, confirming the news of the fall of Kin burn, produced a favourable feeling at the opening of the market. The Three per Cents. obtained a slight rise to 64f. 40c. The Mobilier advanced to 1200 f., and there was a general improvement of 10f and 15f. on Railway Shares ; but as the monetary crisis continues to excite uneasiness, prices soon receded, and the Threes are now quoted at from 04f. 25c. to 64f. 30c. Half-past Three.—The prices of the Rentes looked up at the end of the market. There was a report that Marshal Pelissier had begun active operations in the Crimea. Many purchases were effected for Money in the Shares of the principal French Railway Companies. The following are the last quotations : Cash.. fr. e. End of Month. 4i per Cents 9O 25 90f. 25e. 3 per Cents 64 35 64 45 New Loan 65 40 -- . -. __ Bank Shares 3200 Roman Credit Mobilier 1195 Austrian Belgian Fives.. 954 Spanish Threes 3B Piedmontese Bl 50 Home Debt 32 RAILWAYS-NM CASH. fr. e. ______ C. Orleans Northern • 865 Strasburg Lyons lll7 50 New Ditto 762 50 Mediterranean 1209 Grand Central 590 Lyons Geneva 650 Teste Oette 665 Austrian Com. ...... 732 50 RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 11th, says : —" It would appear that the Emperor has not proceeded to the Crimea as had been announced, for letters from Nicolaieff, of the 2d, state that his Majesty on that day reviewed some troops in that place. The appearance of the allied fleet off Odessa evidently determined the Emperor to remain longer at Nicolaieff than he at first intended." A letter from Berlin, of the 17th, in the Con stitutionnel, says :—" The Emperor Alexander, on leaving for the south, gave the most pressing and imperative orders for the completion of the fortifications of Kiew. This fact would ap pear like a proof that fears were again entertained in Russia, of Austria taking part in the war. With respect to affairs appertaining to Prussia the army of that country has just offered to the King, for the 50th anniversary of his entrance into its ranks, a magnificent sabre, the hilt of which is of solid gold. It was presented to his Majesty by a number of general officers, at the head of whom was the Prince of Prussia. The Queen ewes present at the ceremony, as chief of a regiment of cuirassiers, and wore the colours of her corps. Negotiations have been for some time pending between the Prussian. Government and that of the United States of Ame rica, for the purpose of fixing, by a treaty similar to that which the United States entered into with Russia, the principles of maritime law applicable to neutral states." The Vienna Gazette announces that all the Rus sian Ministers at the German Courts have been directed to hold themselves in readiness to set out for Warsaw about the end of this month, when directed to do so by Count Nesselrode. The Em peror Alexander, it was thought, would arrive there about the 25th. A letter from Vienna of the 16th says :—" It is said that when Count Colloredo took leave of the Emperor on the occasion of his intended return to London, the Emperor expressed to him the strong est desire to see the Western Powers disposed to listen to propositions of peace. But here nobody believes in peace." Toss's Gazette of Berlin quotes a letter from Vienna, which says :—" The Cabinet of Turin has applied to that of Paris to request its mediation in the new dispute which has arisen between Sardinia and Austria, in consequence of the resolution taken by the latter to lay the property of the religious corporations, secularised by the recent law, under sequestration. The French Government has, however, declined meddling in the matter. The negotiation between Austria and France, re specting a campaign project e d f or nex t spr i ng , have had a satisfactory result, Austria having waived her objections to a campaign on the Lower Danube." ITALY. On the 14th' the Himalaya sailed from Genoa for the Crimea, having on board the contingents of the regiments of the garrison of that city, that is, the grenadiers of the 9th and 10th regiment of the Guards and the Rifles. A banquet was offered to the officers previous to their departure. All their comrades and an immense concourse of the popu lation accompanied them to the place of embarka tion. X. - letter from Varna, of the Ist inst., in the Piemonte of the 16th, says : "It is evidently the intention of the Allies to estab lish themselves strongly at Yenikale, where a large force is being concentrated. The attack against the Russian centre will proceed from Skelia, on the Tchernaya, Eu patoria, and Kertch. The army on the Belbek is divid ed into three corps. The weakest is composed of the army of reserve, the marines, the dismounted Cossacks, and the Greek volunteers, who constitute the garrison of the extensive works of fortification on the north of Sebastopol. The second corps, under the orders of General Osten-Sacken, is stationed behind Mackenzie, and the third, under those of General Liprandi, is near Kerman. The restrvea at Duvankoi are under the immediate command of Prince Gortschakoff, whose position enables him to afford immediate assist ance to those three corps. It is probable that tha 16 battalions detached to Yenikale will attempt a coup de main on Arabat, Marshal Peiissier having heard that the . Russians were se n di ng off their provisions to Genitchi' by the spit of Arabat. General Wrangel had been ob liged to leave his camp, near Kertch, on account of the scarcity of water, and had transferred his head-quarters ten hours' march into the interior to Arghini or Argin. The force under the Command of that General is divided between Arabat and Caffa, and consists of about 12,000 infantry, with the regiment of dragoons of the Prince of Hesse, and the hussars of Saxe Weimar, at Arghini. Eight detachments of Cossacks had arrived at Genitchi. The corps of army of the allies at Kertch is to be in creased to 30,000 men." THE BALTIC. The Independance Beige contains the following intelligence from the Baltic : " HAMBIIIIII 2 Oct. 16.—Independently of the division of nine English gun-boats, numbers 2,3, 4,5, 15, 16, 17, 23, and 26, coming from the Baltic, which had al ready reached Elsinore on their way home, 2 steam-tran sports, the one marked 22, and the other having served as a magazine for the military clothing of the fleet, ar rived on the 14th in that harbour. The frigate Perse verance, which conveyed to Libau 410 Russian prisoners, sailed on this last day from Elsinore, for England. If to the above 12 vessels we add those which have already left the Baltic to return to the Western ports, no less than 68 ships of war of all sizes, belonging to the allied fleets, have either returned or are now on their way back to England and France. The Commissariat neverthe less continues to forward twice a week, from Elsinore to the Gulfs of Finland and Bothnia, large quantities of provisions for the English fleet, on board of which, according to the last returns, there are still 10,150 marines and sailors. The French squadron, under Rear- Admiral Penaud, regularly receives fresh provisions from Sweden, contractors from that country having agreed to forward supplies to all the stations of that squadron in the Baltic. The latest commercial letters from Conrland mention that the entire Baltic coast of that province, from Polangen to Windau, bad been evacuated by the Russian troops on the approach of the had season. This circumstance proves that the Russian commanders are without apprehension of any attack in that quarter for the present. Pickets of Cossacks and Baslikirs ' how ever, are to be seen here and there on the coast. On the 6th there were still three English ships of war in observation near the isles of Aland, whose principal mission appeared to be to intercept all communication between Sweden and Finland. During the bad weather, and in the night small vessels of this last coun try occasionally eluded the vigilance of the English cruizers and landed in the port of Abo cargoes of salt and colonial articles, of which Finland has been in total want since the month of June. The organisation and arma ment of the 20 battalions of riflemen levied in Finland, by order of the Emperor Nicholas, are spoken of in high terms of praise. Those troops are said to have rendered limportant services along the coast during the campaign. Part of them will be shortly sent home for the winter. Most of the employes in the civil administrations hold c )mmissions in those battalions. The Civil Governor of Uleaborg, M. Lavonius, and the Governor of Wasa, M. Rechenberg, whose districts were particularly ill-treated by the English cruisers, have been ennobled by the Em peror as a recompence for their loyalty and activity. Their names have been inscribed by the Marshal in tlict Book of the Finnish Nobility." EGYPT. A supplement to the second number of the Egyp tian Spectator, a new journal just issued at Cairo, contains the following : CAIRO, Oct 8. Extract from the circular communicated by the local government to the consular authorities : " Messieuzs les Consuls,—As the Ni!e has not reached, this year, the level of its usual rise, and as a part of the lands have not been flooded, there 'is reason to appre hend that the next harvest will not be sufficient for the food of the inhabitants. Foreseeing this, the govern ment of his Highness the Viceroy, whose first duty is to secure subsistence to the inhabitants of Egypt, has be lieved it indispensably requisite to prevent a scarcity by prohibiting the exportation of corn. As, on the other band, his highness does not wish to injure commercial operations already commenced, be has deigned in this sense to grant a delay of three months from the date of this present, on the expiration of which term the . rexpotation of cor n w ill b e interdicted, and no s hi p W ill be allowed to load with corn, unless it be previous to that period freighted with one-fourth of the cargo, . I , ll _ which case alo ne w ill i t b e perm i t t e d t o com pl e te 1 r cargo. t . me " as H ur a e v , in ta g k r e e n ce i i n v e th d e o g r e d n e e r r s a l t o i a t acquaint th y e ou inha Wi b tt iu t o n v l of the country, have Meenieuro lea Conde, to 1 -?, Peg I ~.