The Sun. — London, England, 1855-07-24 00:00:00

POSTAGE STAMPS OF FOURPENCE. INLAND RIVE CE, 24Tfl JCLY, 1855. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Commissioners of Inland Revenue have provided a stamp for denoting the duty cf Fouraen'e for postage, and that such stamps will be issued to the public on and after the 31st of this month, at the oMce of the Distri butor of Postage Stamps in this departincnt. ant of the Distributor of Sea Policy Stamps, New Bank Buildings, City. Further notice will be given of the period when such stamps may be procured at the Offices of the Distributors throughout the country. THOMAS KEOGH, Secretary. DEER STALKING and GROUSE SHOOTING.—TO THE SPORTING WORLD.—The under signed (who in the Great Exhibition of all Nations received a Prize 31edal), has a choice assortment of all the necessary Clothing for Deer-Stalking, Gr , use-Shooting, Salmon Fishing, &c. Plaids, Tar tans, Socks, Stockings, Bonnets, Wrappers, Capes, Cloaks. Zetland Goods, Sze. Very fine Plaids and Tartans for Ladies. The High land Dress correctly made np, D. MACDOUGALL, 12, High-street, Inverness. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN.—THIS DAY, July 24, will be performed (for the Third Time) Meyerbeer's New Grand Opera, L'ETOILE DU NORD. EXTRA. NIGHT. On TFEURSD A.Y next, July 26, will be performed (for the Fourth Time) Meyerbeer's New Grand Opera, L'ETOILE DU NORD. LAST APPEARANCE OF MADAME GRISI. LAST APPEARANCE OF SIGNOR MARIO. LAST NIGHT OF " LES HUGUENOTS. " The Director° have the honour to announce that the engagements of Madame GRISI and Signor MARIO will terminate on SATURDAY NEX r, July 28, on wnich occasion will be performed (for the Last 'time this Season) Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS. Valentine ............. . •• • • Madame GRIST. Raoul ....... MARIO. (Being most positively their Last Appearance this Season.) ROYAL OPERA, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. will be performed THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Characters by Messrs. 11. Braham, J. llalford, H. Corr!, and Elliot Galer ; and Lucy Elliot. To be followed by a Ballet. Prices of admission :—To the two galleries, 6d.; second circle of boxes and pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; sta Is, 45.; private boxes to admit two persons, its. 6d.; four persons, one guinea. Box-office open from 10 to 6 daily. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the manazonaent of Mr. Buckstexie; THIS EVENING, Will be presented THE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters by Mr. Buckstone and Miss E. Chaplin. After which, the Ballet of the TWO PRETTY WOMEN. To be followed by ONLY A HALFPENNY. After which, THE GALICI AN FETE. To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. ROYAL PitINCESS'S TEIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cuesix.a THIS EVENING, Wlll te performed HOW STOUT 'YOU'RE GETTING. To conclude with KING HENRY TIIE EIGHTH. Queen Ka th urine, Mrs. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPEI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, 352:_3me Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed ITELPING HANDS. Characters by Messrs P. Webster, Keeley, L. Murray, C. Selby, &c. ; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, &c. After which, FRATERNISATION; To conclude with OPEN SES A.ME ; or, A Night with the Forty Thieves. Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford and Keeley; Misses Woolgar, Cuthbert, Wyndham, U. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Le.saee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan• THIS EVENING. Will be performed PERFECT CONFIDENCE,. Characters by 3lt.srs. F. Robson and G. Vining ; Miss Ntarston and Miss Bromley. Followed by PLOT AND PASSION. Characters by Mr. F. Robson, and Mr. A. Wigan ; Yrs. Stirling, and Miss Brom ey. To conclude with TfIE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jam Bags, Mr. I". Robson. ROY TRAND TITFIA.TRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaac*. T:I IS EVENING, Wlll be performed THE MAID OF CROISSEY; or, Theresa's Vow. Followed by THE FLITCH OF BACON. After wh , ch, THE SPANTS'i DANCERS To conclude with MARRIED DAUGHTERS AND YOUNG HUSBANDS. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Levee and Manner, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Tremenloll3 and unexampled lilt ! THIS EVENING, T.oril Tivron's MAZFITA ; or, the Wild Horse, now first acted Toiler Mr. William Cooke's managemen., and with his superb lifazeppa highly-trained horses, whose docility and tractability have created a perfect furore in this munificent spectacle. To conclude witfi EQUESTRIAN FE ..TS in the ARENA of ARTS, by Artistes of first-class celebrity. ;tox-orifice upon trout Icleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. W.3st. ActinC Manager. Ms. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director. Mr. W. Cooke. Inn. ith;ll WATER AN LONDON 1 7 .41g11GR. Tins llir - - tkor&n. 31 min.after 8 Evcnina 9min. et. 9 -varow—Mornirr,. 4.2 ratn.afttr 9 Evoninglsmin.aft.lo Tti'm INTIATHER.—.3In4 Onin, July 24. TarRIVYHETEII, IN TAR SRAM 74 —%igliest since noon yeaterclay. 63 —7owest this morning and during the night. 70 —this flay, at noon. T 1 A ROMRTETI. 29.78. '. 77 1711). S. W.—Light, with mild, dull weather. We have had,a heavy storm of lightning, thunder and rain yesterday evening. GREAT REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF "THE SUN," FROM FIVEPENCE-H,ILFPENNY FOURPENCE. TOR THE THIRD OR LATEST EDITION. Sign-ofce, 112, Strand, London, 9th July, 1855. In consequence of the abolition of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers the public in all large cities and towns to which parcels are forwarded by the News-Agents, The Sun, which formerly cost Fivepence-half renny for the Latest Edition, containing Parliamentary Debates of the same even ing, together with the List of Army and Navy Promotions in the London Gazette, with Official Despatches from the Seat of War, the Latest Sporting, and all other Commercial News, List of Bankrupts, aTc., ttc., can now be had for Fourpence, being a saving of nearly one-third. Hitherto the price of the paper was nomi nally Fivepence, but all Late Edition? posted after six o'clock were charged a fee of One Halfpenny by the Post-office, which made the price to the Subscriber Fivepence-Halfpenny. This charge must still be made to those in remote places, unless the Postmaster-General have the magnanimity to forego such a paltry source of revenue. , . .•:•=z34,11, 0 L°l4l3ol i, TUESDAY, JULY 2 4, 1855. The Report of the Committee on the Turkis h Loan wa s last night gbrought up and received, if not without opposition at least without a division, and a bill founded thereon was ordered to be brought in. The opponents of the resolution were, with few exceptions, apparently thoroughly ashamed of the factious and highly impolitic course adopted. They had accordingly the grace to abstain from any attempt t o repeat the dis craditable proceeding. An apologetic tone was, generally speaking, adopted by the absentees, and there was a general feeling that if there had been the slightest notion of the formidable consequ ences that might have followed the repudiation of the convention, -here would have been a very deci sive and overwhelming majority in favour of the Government proposition. There was, -however, one exception' BRIGHT, the broad-brimmed friend of peace at any p rice or on any conditions, exhibited his usual pug nacious propensities, hitting right and left .in every direction with as much reckless indifference as to the quarter on which his blows might fall as an inebriated Irish tailor at a faction fight. And the " sweet lamb," while pitching into everybody with the most perfect impartiality, complained that he had been " brow-beaten" by the Press ! BRIGHT bullied l Bisiun, teaeatis antiei ? The notion is too rich. He asked, with an air of in jured innocence, "Do those people out of doors who in the public press write lectures to us think that we are mean, sneaking cowards ?" We shall answer the interrogatory which he has emphati cally addressed to public journalists, although possibly without expecting a response. We do not consider Mr. BRIGHT " a mean, sneaking coward." His conduct in reference to the War might induce many persons to think so, and we have no doubt that the term may be applicable to many of his supporters. But it is not so to the man of whom his most intimate friend and coadjutor declared, that "if ho had not been a Quaker, he would have been a prize fighter." We have no doubt that he is perfectly conscientious in his opposition to the War, and that he conceives himself justified in adopting any course in order to bring it to a close, which in 'a person holding different religious tenets would be " unwise, unstatesman-like, and unpatriotic." But Mr. BRIGHT is almost a mo nomaniac on the point ; and, therefore, we make due allowances for the man, although we feel bound earnestly to protest against opinions in which scarcely one in a hundred of the population of the country participates, and which we believe to be alike injurious to the honour and the interests of the British Nation ! But the Honourable Gen tleman, who feels himself one of an insignificant minority, would now fain muzzle the Press. There was a time when he thought very differently, when he was, or professed to be, truly grateful for the exertions of the Fourth Estate, in advo cating the great principle of Free Trade, and scarcely less so when they handed about the begging-box for himself and his colleagues. Then, " an unfettered Press "—a true and accu rate exponent of public opinion—was the great Palladium of national liberty, and the most un restricted liberty of commenting on the sayings and doings of public men was its unquestionable privilege. But now all this is changed. In place of being petted and caressed, his views sustained, and himself applauded, he finds that his absurdities are ridiculed, and his fallacies unsparingly exposed, and therefore the Press is to be silenced, and he is not to be " browbeaten." We tell Mr. BRIGHT that he cannot thus silence those who have as much right to speak as himself, and whose opinions are as conscientiously entertained, and will, there fore, be as freely expressed as his own. We have made great allowance for the peculiar tenets of the sect of which he is a member, but we cannot on that account " abdicate our functions," or disregard the duties of our position as easily as some Honourable and Right Honourable Gentlemen seem disposed *to do. Mr. GLADSTONE also defended his vote, although with less vehemence and less offensive personality than his new colleague. The sharp hits of Mr. LAYAxD, however, told powerfully, and the ex posure of the inconsistency of the Right Hon. Gentleman while actually a member of the Go vernment which professed to be friendly to the Ottoman Empire, and to be even willing to take up arms in its defence, making a damaging speech for the purpose of preventing it from ob taining the pecuniary assistance it so greatly re quired, excited him in no ordinary degree. With theseexceptions the tone of the minority was apolo getic, and. we trust that there is no great proha-. bility of a repetition of Friday's attempt. Due vigi lance must, however, be exercised, and now that the full importance of the result is appreciated there must be no possible chance afforded to the Peace Party of inflicting so serious a blow on the country as a refusal to sanction the Treaty en tered into with our faithful Ally would necessarily be. On this point there can be "no mistake" for the future. Imagine an individual of a frank, fearless, and ,onnit nature thwarted in his aspirations, frus- ,rated in his best endeavours, and victimised generally by domestic treachery, in vague uneasy consciousness of this, casting vainly about for ade quate proof in order to put a stop to what em bitters his existence, and you have a picture no high-minded man but must contemplate with com passionate interest. Imagine a great nation in similar circumstances; fancy its confidence systematically betrayed, its mighty expeditions failures, its liberality of blood and treasure fruitless, its aspirations baulked, its will set practically at nought, and its uneasy sus piciousness of treachery still unsatisfied by abso lute proof, and you have a spectacle over which gods and mon might weep. Imagine, further, a picture such as the history ~f the War presents, and you have one over which if you do not weep, you will at least have no reason to rejoice. There are no traitors in the 19th century, they are all Russians and catspaws of Germany, or we might hint at the probability of treason. But of this we feel perfectly assured that a secret, subtle, un-English, and uncon stitutional influence, whose traces are to be met with everywhere, has been exercised with the most injurious effects to the honour and in terests of this country, and that so long as that influence remains unexposed and unresisted, we may look in vain for statesmen in whom we can confide, and for the prosperous conclusion of the War with Russia. The nation was never more in ' earnest, or more able to prosecute a war with vigour than the present ; and only to the baneful influence to which we allude—call it Ger manism or what you will, provided it be foreign— ire we willing to ascribe the shameful manner in which it has been carried on, and the circum stances connected with it which must inevitably leave an ineffaceable stain on British statesman ship and public spirit. To what, indeed, but this malign influence can we ascribe the unsur passed Ministerial treachery and vacillation from which the country has so severely suffered ? Treachery and vacillation are more foreign than English vices ; and the inspiration for them, in this instance, may fairly be said to have come from abroad. Fatal, however, as this influence has proved, it exists in as much force as eve has fallen under it, and PALMERST ON . s unable RUSSELL withstand it. It permeates in every direction, Ind can only he counteracted by the vigilance Lnd stayed by the murmurs and resolute attitude )f the people. Already the plot for the interval between the cauclusion of the session and the !meting of Parliament may be sketched ; and while We congratulate ourselves on a Belgian exit, "Ahe meshes of a lus3o-German web may be gather- ing around us. Ender such circumstances, the q uestion to be put by Major R 1 SED to Lord PALMERSTON' is ex ceedingly apr ol )a,s. The Gallant Major is to ask wheth er , i n U le event of circumstances arising -luring th e ree ass calculated to put an eud to hos tilities, the r :oble L or d would consider it his duty to call t o )gether Parliament before ratifying terms of peg Lee. The remarks of the Morning Advertiser on L the subject are so appropriate that we qu i>te them in full :—" The ques tion," says our spirited contemporary, "is one of thi , greatest importance, and the Mr, THE SUN, LONDON. TUESDAY EVENING-, JULY 24 1855 country must feel deeply indebted to the Hon. and Gallant Member for Abingdon for putting it. There exists, at this moment, the greatest dis quietude in the public mind at the bare possibility of Parliament being prorogued without an assur ance being given of the nature implied in Major REED'S question. When we reflect on the narrow escape which the country has had of being sold bodily to Russia, through the agency of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, it is no wonder that the nation should be tremblingly alive to the danger of an unsafe and dishonourable peace being concluded during the recess. Major REED, therefore, will only give expression to the universal feeling, when he this evening puts his ques- tion to Lord PALMERSTON. If the Noble Lord at the head of the Government be, as he affirms he is, determined not to accept any terms of peace which will not be compatible with the honour of the country, and secure the independ ence of Turkey and the peace of Europe, he will, it is to be presumed, feel obliged to the Hon. and Gallant Member for Abingdon for affording him an opportunity of giving an assurance which will tranquillise the public mind on a question of the most momentous kind. If the answer of the Noble Lord should be evasive or unsatisfactory, we trust that Major REED will not be diverted from his purpose, but that he will adopt what ever other course may seem to him most advis able, with the view of extorting from the Premier an assurance which he had refused to give of his own accord." To the existence or_ this disquietude in the public mind we can confidently speak ; and we trust that especial care will be taken by Major REED and other Hon. Members that an unmis takeable answer be given to the inquiry. In our conscience we believe such assurance to be neces- sary. ARRIVAL OF THE REMAINS OF LORD RAGLAN. BRISTOL, TUESDAY MORNING. The Caradoc arrived in King's-road at 10 a.m. The funeral procession through Bristol takes place to-morrow at 12 o'clock. LATEST NEWS. MARSEILLES, TUESDAY, JULY 24. The Euphrate, which left Constantinople on she 16th of July, has arrived. The advices from the Crimea are of the 14th. The steamers Indus and Athenian, and the clipper Golden Gate, have left with troops. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The following private telegraphic despatches have been received to-day : MARSEILLES, 23d.—A French steamer, the Dain, arrived at Malta on the 17th, with a request for some troops to be sent to Tripoli to the assistance of the Bey. VIENNA, 22d, Evening.—The semi-official organ, the.Austriam Correspondence, contradicts a state ment made by some of the German journals that M. de Hubner, the Austrian ambassador at Paris, and M. de Bourqueney, the French ambassador at Vienna, were to quit their posts. Prince de Saxe-Weimar arrived by the last packet at Marseilles from the Crimea, on his way to England. The Moniteur de la Flotte publishes a letter from Kamiesh, which gives the following order of the day, published by Admiral Bruat on the occa sion of Lord Raglan's death " The English army has lost the intrepid chief who commanded it in the days of the Alma and of Inker man 1 Field-Marshal Lord Raglan died in the night of the 28th June. The English fleet has also had cause for mourning, in which we have all shared from the bot toni of our heart.. The blows which fall on our Allies reach us, and we share with them the double trial, which in a few days has taken an illustrious veteran from the affection of his army, and a young and brave captain (the son of Admiral 1,3 one, captain of the Miranda), from the glorious future which his brethren in arms promised The same letter contains the following intelli gence : " Vice-Admiral Charner, second in command of the French fleet, before his departure for France, was visited by the Admirals of the fleets, and by the superior offi cers of the French, English, Sardinian, and Turki-h vessels anchored in the roadstead. Rear-Admiral Eaudin is acting as second in command of the fleet until Rear-Admiral Pellion, who has been nominated to suc ceed Admiral Charner, shall arrive. The Abbe de Dimas, chaplain of the army, attached to the ambulance of Kamiesh, has just left for France, gravely ill ; and in the opinion of his medical advisers h can return no more to the Crimea. A rumour prevails here that General Simpson will not retain his command, being anxious to give it up to Gen. England. I cannot say how far this is true." BOURSE, JULY 23.—CLO3ING PRICES. Cash. fr. e. End of Monta. 4i per Cents 92 75 93f. 10c. 3 per Cents 66 40 66 65 Credit Mobilier 1025 Roman Credit Foncier 530 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmontese B4 85 Homo Debt RAILWAYS-70a CASH. fr. c. Ir. C Orleans l2lO Lyons Western 767 50 Roueu Cede 647 50 Strasburg Mediterranean 1250 Havre 652 50 Northern ...... ...... 892 50 Cherburg AUSTRIA. According to a letter from Vienna of the 17th, in the _Rhine Gazette, a treaty hes recently been concluded between Austria and the Porte for the continuation of the occupation of the Danubian Principalities by the former. This treaty, it is said, is not so much a renewal of the existing one as a new convention based on an old treaty con cluded in 1775, in the reign of Joseph 11., relative to the incorporation of Bukowina in the Austrian monarchy, At that epoch the Russians occupied the Principalities, but were removed from them by the influence of Austria, which influence was based on the treaty in question. We find nothing said of this matter in any other journal, and it appears to us very improbable. A letter from Vienna of the 16th, in the Inde pendence of Brussels, referring to the doubts ex pressed by Lord John Russell in one of his recent speeches, to the effect that though Austria was is idy to send an 'ultimatum to Russia, she was not disposed to follow up the rejection of it by an im mediate declaration of war, asserts that those doubts were quite unfounded, inasmuch as when Count Bitol. submitted to the plenipotentiaries of the four powers the propositions on which the ulti matum was based, he positively declared that if they received the sanction of those powers he would make the rejection of them by Russia a cam belli, and ho repeated the declaration several times in the most formal terms. It isadded, moreover, that ust before M. Drouyn de l'Huys left Vienna the s tme declaration was renewed to him, not only by Count Buol, but by the Emperor in person. RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 13th, in the atioi,al Gazette of Berlin, says—" The blockade of the coasts causes an immerse injury to Russia. Several manufactories of Moscow have already suspended their operations. Since the accession of Alexander Ist a part of the nobility of the pro vinces of the interior lead dtvoted funds to the establishment of manufactories, and turned their serfs into workmen. These manufactories can no longer procure raw materials such as cotton, raw sugar, &c., and notwithstanding the proprietors are obliged to feed their workmen. It is not there fore extraordinary that these nobles should wil lingly give their men for the militia of the empire, but it may be also readily understood that they are discontented at the war, as is proved by the reports of the various governors. They are frequently heard to say, ' We will not support this blockade one year more.' The gas manufactory of St. Petersburg Is at a stand for want cf coal, the Go vernment having seized on all their stock for mili tary purposes. From the same cause, the large foundry and building establishment of M. Behr has stopped, and the Government, in allowing these parties to work gratuitously the coal mines of the crown, m ty, wituout any prejudice to itself, of appar en t liberality, for these illake a persons are ip u l nable to avail themselves of the per mission accorded." GERMANY. According to the German journals, Bavaria, Saxony, Wurtemberg, and Hanover are carrying on active negotiations for the purpose of coming to some understanding on a programme relative to the Eastern question, which may be suitable to the secondary states of Germany. It is for this pur pose, it is said, thatM. de Kuetstein, the Austrian ambassador at Dresden, has lately gone to Vienna. The Court of Saxony persists, in concert with se veral others of the secondary States of Germany, in wishing to prevent the Confederation from meddling with the complications of the war, and thinks it may attain this object by taking. with Bavaria and other States, a position as independ ent as possible of the influence of the two great German Powers, although its policy is more in har mony with that of Prussia than with that of Aus tria. In a word, the secondary States seam to wish to renew the useless work of the Conference of Bamberg. Prince Gortschakoff has proceeded to Frankfort, thinking, doubtless, that at the mo ment when the Confederation is about to come to a decision of the propositions of Austria, his pre sence there might be useful to the interests of the Czar. The Piedmontese Gazette announces that a de spatch of the 19th has been received from General Alphonso La Mormora, stating that the cholera has disappeared, but has been succeeded by fevers, few of which, however, have ended fatally. The express train in which M. Von der Hey dt, the Prussian Minister of Commerce, left Berlin a few days ago, ran into another train which was accidentally left on the same line of rails between Geilenkirshen and Herzogenrath, but the Minister escaped without injury. The Duchess de Berry, mother of the Duchess Regent of Parma, left that city on the 16th for Brunsoe, and was accompanied as far as Colorno by her august daughter. A letter from Erdmanndorf states that the King of Prussia bad another attack of fever on the 18th, which lasted the whole day. lie passed, however, a tolerably good night. The King of Portugal and the Duke of Oporto left Turin on the 20th for Arona. WIFE MIIRDEP.S.—Two atrocious wife murlers have been perpetrated in the county of Donegal within the last few days. In both cases the brutal husbands were under the influence of drink. A NICE Fix.—A young lote-struck lieutenant in the South Durham Militia was wandering in a wood near Barnard Castle the other day, looking out for his inamo rata, when the Duke of Cleveland, his commanding officer, chanced to take a stroll in the same direction . The sub. scrambled up a tree to get out of his grace's sight; but, as ill luck wot.ld have it, the duke sat down on a seat at the bottom of the tree, and, taking out a newspaper from his pocket, read away for a whole hour, *.ksa vac thinking that the poorlizateuan; was being roasted )E; by a hat sun, andi, izh 31 y saunterers who 1) 1 ) ia:red his predicament. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, JCLY 23. The King of the Belgians, accompanied by the Count of Flanders and the Princess Charlotte of Belgium, left Osborne this morning, to return to the continent. The Comtess d'Yve de Bavay, the Baronne de Bov4e, Colonel de Moerkerke, Captain Burnell, and Sir Robert Carswell, were in attendance on the King and Royal family. Her Majesty and Prince Albert embarked in the Fairy with the King, and accompanied his Majesty to Ports mouth, where a special train was in waiting to convey his Majesty, by the Brighton and South Coast line, to Dover. Lord Dufferin, Lord in Waiting to the QuEen, at tended the King to Dover. The }lon, Beatrice Byng has succeeded the Hon. Flora Macdonald as Maid of Honour in Waiting. Sir William Molesworth attended at his office in Downing-street yesterday, and transacted business as Secretary of State for the Colonies. Despatches from the Governor of Canada and also from the Governor of the West India Islands were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday. An appeal from New South Wales was com menced—" Doe dem. Devine v. WilsOn and others." The lords present were the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, Sir J. Patteson, and Sir E. Ryan. ' DEPARTURE OF THE KING OF THE BELGIANS.—DOVER, Monday Evening, July 23.- -Hig Majesty King Leo pold, accompan'ed by the Princess Charlotte of Belgium, the Count de Flanders, and a numerous retinue, arrived at Dover this afternoon at 2.35, and was received by hiS Excellency M. Van de Weyer, accompanied by his se cretary, M. Delfosse (who had preceded his Majesty to Dover). S. L. Latham, Esq., Belgian Consul at this port ; W. H. Payne, Esq., Mayor ; the Commandant and Colonel Kinlock, with the officers forming the staff of the British Foreign Legion, were in attendance. A guard of honour of the Sa i , s Foreign Legion, under the command of Color.e.. C. A. Dickson, was formed from the platform of the railway station to the Lord Warden Hotel, where his Majesty proceeded direct. The illus trious visitor left Dover in the Belgian royal mail packet boat Topaz, at 3.15, on his return to Ostend. Yesterday morning, between the hours of 5 and 6 o'clock, a fire broke broke out on the premises of Mr. John Pearson, saw and planing mills, Nine Elms, whereby property to a large amount was destroyed. The Himalaya steam-ship arrived on Sunday morn ing in Kingstown harbour. She is to convey the 56th Regiment to the Crimea. Several detached sections of other regiments will proceed to the East by the same conveyance. The Himalaya is expected in a day or two at Liverpool, where she will take on board 204 men, 12 officers, and 154 horses, belonging to the let Dragoon Guards, and 40 horses and 15 men belonging to the 2d Dragoons. STRAHAN AND CO.'S BANKRUPTCY.—Yesterday Messrs. Rushworth and Jarvis offered for auction, by direction of the assignees, and with consent of the mortgagees, the banking premises of Messrs. Straban, Paul, and Bates ; the property consists of two freehold houses, Nos. 217 and 218, Strand ; the lower part having been for nearly two centuries occupied as banking premises, and the upper part lately the town residence of Sir ohn Dean Paul. The purchasers were the London and Westmin ster Bank, at the sum of 20,0001. The sale of the furni ture and effects was then commenced, and will last for some days. The Cork Examiner announcer, on the authority of Mr. Maguire, M.P., that a leading member of the Irish independent party is about to retire from the Saxon Senate and emigrate to Australia. The Freeman's Journal broadly states that the person alluded to is no other than Mr. Gavan Duffy, the representative for New Ross, and the founder of the once formidable Nation newspaper. The report has been long current in Dublin, and its truth was but half denied by the friends of Mr. Duffy. STATE OF THE THAMES.—Last night an adjourned meeting of the inhabitants of St. P'a . ul's district of the parish of St. Mary, Newington, was held in the Lecture Hall of the Wal worth Literary and Scientific Institu tion, Lorrimoro-road, Walwerth, for the purpose of re ceiving the report (which was noticed in this paper ye:4- terday), of the deputation appointed at a meeting held on Monday evening last, to wait up,n Sir. Benjamin Hall, and represent to him the foetid and impure state of the water supplied to the inhabitants by the Vauxhall and Southwark Water Company, and to - induce him, as Mi nister of Health, to suggest some measures to remedy the evil. The Rev. Mr. Mitchell, the incumbent of St. Paul's, was in the chair, and several resolutionss thanking the chairman and the committee for their exer tions were unanimously adopted. SHOCKING MITRDER AT ROCHDALE.—On Sunday morning, about half-past six o'clock, a stranger, who had slept with his wife at the house of Mr. Stephen Asquith, Half Moon, Blackwater-street, Rochdale, went out, pro mising to return in half an hour, and some hours after his departure it was discovered that his wife was lying on the bed with her throat cut, and quite dead. They had taken lodgings at the house on Saturday night, and some angry words had passed between them before retiring to rest, but they bad taken no drink. The woman was between 40 and 45 years of age, and her throat appears to have been cut with a razor, the windpipe having been severed. In her right band was a razor, with the edge from her, and the blade clean. A good deal of blood was found on the floor, and also on the bed. The murderer did not return, and has not been heard of since. He was a thin man of the middle height, and wore a black , dress coat and dark cotton trousers. This is the only description given of him by the people at the public-house. THE REPRESENTATION OF SOUTHWARK.—A numerous and influential meeting of the electors of Southwark was held last evening at the Queen's Head Inn, High. street, for the purpose of securing the re-election of the Right Hon. Sir W. Molesworth, who had vacated his seat by accepting the office of her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies. Dr. Challis was called to the chair, and read a communication from the Administra tive Reform Association, expressing satisfaction at the appointment of the right hon. baronet, which they re garded as an acknowledgment of the principle repre sented by the society. Sir William Molesworth then addressed the meeting, passing in review his votes upon various important political questions during the ten years he had represented the borough ; and having them, if they ex pressed his confidence in the courage and energy of the usemn a e t n i to t and hne iils. fixed xx i s ee dr tappointment,exertions sr rtiodasyesecure re-electrtneootohne_. righto assailants of Sebastopol, he concluded by calling upon approved of Lord Palmerston's Govern ohpihmpo opposition i t s ibotahnreoii baronet's s r ea r tn e , si re presentative. A resolution, pledging those present to re-election, was then unanimously adopted. The nomi ticipated. During the last few days a party of in the newest style of Parisian f as hi on, have' been ob served at the Universal Exhibition, the Jardin d'Hiver balls, and other public places. These ebon gentlemen are functionaries at the court of his Imperial Majesty, FaUstin 1., better known as Soulouque. Among them Generrll Count Eloa, senator, Grand Ch ance l lor of are 6 Haiti • Viscount Eloa, his so • the Empire —O. , p n , Baron tor • and the Count de Val, senator. The Simon, senator , above personages , with a numerous suite, lodged at th e little " hotel" in the garden of the " Cercle de l'Expost tion." They are admitted to dine at the club dinner , and may be seen almo st an y evening smoking cigars anl . takine , coffee on the flower-bespangled terrace in front )! the &role. .11AYMAPKET THEATRE. Last night a new five-act play, from the pen of Mr. Heraud, entitled Wife or No Wife, was performed for the first time. The plot of the play is founded on a letter in Addison's Spectator, in which is recounted the marriage of actavia with a gentleman far her superior in point of fortune, who afterwards deserts her, and she then too late discovers that she has been the victim of a sham marriage. Mr. Heraud has, however, improved the story. He treats the subject thus :—Ormond, the son of the Earl of Norcliffe, has secretly married Olym pia directly in opposition to the wishes of his father, who is intent upon an aristocratic alliance for his son. Ormond conveys his wife into the country, and there places her under the care of Pierpoint, a country squire, one of the witnesses to his marriage. Pierpoint turns out a traitor, and instead of assisting Ormond to pacify his father, communicates to the Earl that Ormond is living with a mistress. Ormond's father arrives at the cottage, and at his bidding Ormond leaves his bride to the care of Pierpoint. His friend not only tries to seduce the wife, but, failing in that, informs Ormond that she has fled with a paramour. The husband on receiving the intelligence falls into a condition little short of insanity, and the proposed marriage with him and the daughter of the Earl of Brooklin is postponed. In the meantime, Olympia, who has been informed by Pierpoint that her marriage was a sham one, determines to see Ormond at any risk, and in attempting to gain an interview with the son she encounters the father, who will believe nothing until the certificate of marriage is produced, which of course Pierpoint has stolen. Driven to despe ration she encounters the lady to whom Ormond is about to be married, and she, on bearing Olympia's tale, in forms her that she loves another, and therefore a mar- tiage with Ormond is impossible. On this understanding taking place the ladies become fast friends, and Olympia having been instrumental in recalling Ormond to reason, is acknowledged by the earl as his daughter. The great fault, however, of the play is its extreme length, and in our opinion the story could have been much better told in three than in five acts. On com pression, we have no doubt but that it will become a very attractive piece. Miss Edith Heraud made her first appearance as Olympia, and, from the display of talent :ast night, we expect at no distant period to see her take a position amongst the best actresses of the day. The lady's suc cess was in a great degree marred by the up-hill part she had to play ; and such was the fatigue that, at the fall of the curtain, she was quite exhausted. Mr. B. Sullivan sustained the part of Ormond with great ability. At the conclusion of the piece there was a special cail for Miss Heraud, and she was led, half fainting, across the stage by Mr. Chippendale. The play was put upon the stage with the accustomed liberalit j of Mr. Buckstone—in a word, the dresses and scenery were splendid. The house was both fully and fashionably attended. ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE. The revival of the magnificent spectacle of Mazeppa has proved a perfect triumph. We well remember the enthusiasm occasioned by its first production, now some years ago, but, judging from the furore created by the revival, its second success will totally eclipse the first. The scenes in the arena are also highly attractive, and Ole performances of the different talented artistes receive the most rapturous applause. The house is nightly crowded to the ceiling. TILE SULTAN'S LETTER TO GENERAL PELISSIER. The following is a translation of the autograph ' letter sent by the Sultan to General Pelissier. That to the late Lord Raglan we published yes terday : " Monsieur le Commandant-General,—l desire to offer to you and to the brave army placed under your orders, and which the Emperor, my august and firm ally, has or dered for the defence of my cause, a public mark of my high satisfaction and my sincere congratulations for the new feats of arms which you have just added to the many previous striking acts that have covered with glory the allied troops fighting in so just a cause, and braving with such intrepidity the rigours of a severe climate. The blood shed on fields of battle for the defence of that cause which is now become the pledge of the maintenance of legality in Europe, will certainly have for its future precious result to unite nations who are capable of appreciating that legality, to cement their alliance by indissoluble bonds, for the all-powerful sympathy of nations is the most natural and legitimate of alliances. Be persuaded that the admiration which I feel for the warlike and moral bravery of the heroic sol diers of the Crimea, now extends itself to all the popula tions which God boa confided to me, and henceforth we cannot make any distinction between any of the soldiers who fight for the common cause. The whole world have their eyes on the soldiers of those great allied nations who fight side by side for the glory of their country. I doubt not that the same troops who distin guished themselves so much under the brave General Oanrobert, and who continue to fight so brilliantly , under your command, will soon obtain with your breth ren in arms, by a definitive victory, those laurels which they so well merit for their incomparable courage in surmounting so many dangers and undergoing so many sufferings. lam proud to see my soldiers take part i❑ this pure and sacred contest. I charge my aide-de-camp, Etbetn Paella, to deliver this letter to you, and to convey to your army the expression of . my gratitude. The sen timent of affection which T feel in my heart for them is the stronger that the nation to which these brave soldiers belong is the oldest ally of my empire. I pray God to grant you the most glorious success, and to have you in His holy keeping. ABD-lIL-MEDJID " Given at the Palace of Tcheragan, 12th Schewal, 1271." ADMINIST RAT _E 7 E REFORM ASSO. C I ATION Yesterday a meeting of the committee of this associa tion was held at the office,, King William-stree'., City, Mr. S. Morley in the chair, when the following reso lution was adopted : " That in the opinion of this committee the appoint ment of the Right Hon. Sir William Molesworth, Bart., M.P., to the office of her Majesty's ,Secretary of State for the Colonies is an acknowledgment of the principle of Administrative Reform, which seeks to have the right men in the right places in the Cabinet, as well as in every office of the Government ; and that the com mittee trust Sir William Molesworth will, in office, not fail to carry out those measures of colonial reform, by the able advocacy of which as an independent member of Parliament he established in public opinion his fitness for the high office to which he has been nominated." LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY. LONDON, July 24.—Wind this day ht noon, W. ; light airs, and cloudy. There has been much rain this morning. C RAT HAM , July 23.—Arrived-- Renfrewshire, from Quebec. SOUTHAMPTON, July 23.—Wind, S. Sailed—Orinoco, for the Crimea. _ _ _ _ . PLYMOUTH, July 23.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Sovereign (transport 68), from Gibraltar, and left for Woolwich. st. Hermes, for the West Indies. SHIELDS, July 22.—Wind, S.E. Sailed—Corse (French war-steamer), for the Fishery; Cabara, New York; St. Lawrence, Picton. SWANSEA, July 22.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Stately, for Cuba. HOLYHEAD, July 23.—The Sarah Ann (schooner), of Bangor, a derelict, with 4 feet of water in her hold, was brought in here by the Cornucopia. PARIS, July 2 i.—The Montreal, from New York, which went on shore near La Rochelle, on the 15th, has been taken into a place of safety, with some damage. PATRAS, July 12.—The barque which was seen in the Gulf of Lepanto proves to be a Turkish vessel ; the crew consisted of eight Greeks and nine Turks, five of the latter were murdered—the remainder have been taken up by the Greek authorities in the Gulf of Lepanto; the vessel is a I total wreck. (nu ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday, 11 a.m. Arrived—Atalanta. (s.), from Havre ; Brunswick (s.), Plynmth ; Laura, Sunderland, Sailed—Alliance (s.), for Havre ; Courier (s.), Jersey ; Sydney, London. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind, N.W. Arrived—John Dunlop, from St. Stephen's; Carolus Magnus, St. John's, N.B. ; Nuevo Rosaria, Bilboa ; Oceana, Santander; Lille Asa, Copenhagen. Sailed—lsabella Hamilton, for Halifax ; Experience, Gibraltar ; Maru Melanie, Bordeaux ; Maid of Athens and Ocean Wave, Beirout ; Laurel, Charente ; Sophia, New foundland ; Otter (s.), Havre ; Ursula, Valparaiso. QIJEENSTOWN, July 22. Wind, S. Arrived— Humility, and Earl of Carlisle, from Constan tinople. WATERFORD, July 22. The Milliant, of Liverpool, from the Clyde to Oporto, with iron, was abandonad in a sinkinz, state on the 19th insc., off Minehead, bearing N.W. by W., about 20 miles. Crew saved. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND. Tuesday, 0.52 Wind, S.W. ; tide, 1 hour's ebb ; weather, raining. Arrived—Posthumous, and Ringhorn, from Suudowall ; Corymbus, Kioge ; Harmonic, Rostock ; Friends, Dun kirk ' • Thor, Ystad ; Mathilde, Stockholm ; Fairy , San ' soe ; Gefion, NykObing ; Margretha, Mariensiel. Sailed—Auror a , f or - Siorra _ _ DEAL, Tuesday, 9.43 a.m. Wind, S.S.W. ; light, foggy. Anchored—Ff. W. Beytield, from Llanolly, for Mellon. Sailed—Emma Goodwin, for Elsinore ; her Majesty's steamer Gorgon, with the Prussian brig Mentor in tow, Sheerness. The Orwell, from London, for Marseilles, put back, hav ing been in coliisiou with the Aloerican ship Medomak Fairleigh, bearing N.E. 10 miles, cn the 22d inst. ; carried away bowsprit, sc., and sustained other damage ; will proceed to Ilainsgate for repairs. SPIRIT OF li_ _ if he had failed where so many , . well versed nr_e official routine, lia(1 laboured in va in , nor were official routine, had ]abourecl vain , to there wanting prophets of evil and o raclesof prognosticate a break down. Even h is friends M t . have seen that the probabilities were against hang' success, because there seemed to be a fatality ha, ing over the Board of Health, which randersei of the impersonation of official incompetency ,s, forts without fruit, of costliness and uselessueott Where it could act it could not desig n ; where could design, it could not act. Sir This was its state when, in Augu st last, of Benjamin Hall became its President, destitute official experience, and utterly innocent of red It But no sooner had he entered on his career than ' bi.o became evident that red tap , i e is a very hu re s affair when compared with a clear head n'ihe strong will. He immediately grappled with lation to giant evil of our sanitary conditiois in seversT the scourge which we had already felt so but whose recurrence we had done so little to P e r ry ' vent. He found time to communicate with, ec „ e s, local body in the kingdom, and to give widow" long, patient, and searching, to innumerable dbePolo tations. He displayed a courage which wax all praise—and thereby set an example to otber tbo by personally visiting the localities in el red terrible disease raged with the most fearful a . , ot fatal force. Meantime, his Metropolis Bill was.' oo neglected. Upon this, too, he received deputt&tiod _ of the most troublesome character ; for es,e li m be some end of its own to serve, and they ha u fairly, without evasion, with candotl r ' i t j r with firmness. Through all these difficultieswfor, out the walls of Parliament, and others Were dil9 midatle within, the right hon. baronet steeess. persevered in conducting his measure $o a se„..ebeout ful termination in the House of Commons vii;tvitlr a single principle having been altered, ne""incl, standing the efforts of some able opponents. true to his character of a Liberal Member ofLith, liament, he has, in this important measure, faith' fully maintained the principle of self-govern,elictll The interference of the Executive has been s h ",; bill guarded against, and the carrying out of t' confided wholly to the local authorities. ; 13 The office of Works to which Sir Berkla?„„" c lea now transferred his services must not be cool-° ste with the office of Woods and Forests. Thep ots, wholly distinct, and have separate establishereers; The latter is managed by two commissielibeld while the former is an office of State, alwal e c oo' by a Privy Councillor, who is necessarily ifliajoi stant communication with the Sovereign in r e , A i n g , to the Parks, the Palaces, and all public but: The metropolitan improvements are also 10 1 ",, e ; s 111 supervision ; and his appointment is e s13 ;;08 41 fortunate, now that the Metropolis Bill has 0 6 as the Board of Works under the Crown/ all,. the Metropolitan Board of Works created unue'eoll new bill, must be constantly in relation to other. It is by such appointments as this tha t la n , Palmerston will restore the confidence of the "id ree try and make smooth his own path. Wit,h, 11 0 , to Sir Benjamin Hall, ho has deserved wel l 1 . ) - t constituents and the country ; and we deu,i' or ylr he will meet his reward. A new writ for J i t t he bone was moved for last night, and thong uet cannot be a doubt of Sir Benjamin's return/ Y o sie trust that the electors of Marylebone will &lot to send their member back to Parliament ill s er itsf way as to signalise their high sense of Parliament 11 ; w or and of the justice of the principle on iivhieh . ,: tb° portunity has been given him of bene.gtvgriir public service. After representing them in t hem ment for eighteen years, he comes now b e fore 0 0 for the sixth time with stronger claims ter3o on their confidence and gratitude. Th e f o ur t Honourable Baronet's address, which will be t in our advertising columns, refers with liVe.soi 1/0 modest candour to the results of an ow el o f which has not yet lasted for the brief tort e a nd year, but which has been fruitful in t r „ o e i . l l/ , li ft and sucoessful exertion in an inverse Pr e r i on t° to its duration. He expresses an 1 1 ° 11° P ; ambition to be permitted to be still of u se t tliS fellow-subjects, and to assist in carryin g 011 ,; 6 1 0 P; improvements of the metropolis which are ov e; plated by the bill he has introduced. . Be ," 6 a- 't1 11 : verting to the subject of the war, he deeliLr",,, he would not place himself nor remain in tion with any Government which would net pi" on the war with that vigour and untirilig.,po: verance which the honour of the country ih-ock; tively demands. Such an assurance froui b 9 tb quarter will, at the present time, be hailed country with a hearty welcome. of 111 ,1.: We cannot doubt, from what we kne w Pi . a , electors of Marylebone, that Sir Benjare.,;navlstia re-election will take place amidst such a 'Vogl) popular enthusiasm as will render it Bernet" a great general ovation. m ee• Naval and Military Intelligv" 6 14 The Repulse, 90, now buildin at Pembroke) ill II I? pushed forward for completion. g Caulkers le. s fj ; sent round from Plymouth to be engaged upon '„ r - i r' lt - i f in consequence of the ironwork having beer' v `b e -- 6 1 ,;i0 ward, the principal portion of the smiths hnc e u ; ployed early and late in advancing her 0113 ` 1° dd that respect. - oir i Ld! The Cruiser, 17 guns, screw steam-sloop, ° tj the Hon. George H. Douglas, has taken ° II , g ioaf quantity of running gear for various ships ser,„l3 ter Baltic fleet, and left Sheerness at 10.50 a.ra* go r direct for the Baltic. the y The Horatio, 8, screw steam-frigate, CaptiOl a gfrol Arthur A. Cochrane, C. 8., arrived at Sheertwoloo day at 9 . 45 a.m from Jersey and Alderney'. . fi r . .; brought from the latter place the Hon. Maj ° ,` l ,ol 4 o l o verton's Ist company of the 9th battalion 01 ..v . ".ve A O. Artillery, of the following strength :—Major,d'" Captain W. Hardy, Lieutenants F. C. Grinljieli) A. H. Nicoll, 4 sergeants, 4 corporals, 4 heno l lO A l tY trumpeter, 105 gunners and drivers ; total, ifrori 13 women and 25 children. They diseinbart'bor r i Horatio into the steam-vessel Myrtle, and v.Y vi tS landed at the Artillery Garrison, t.await nr cie ' bark for the Crimea. ber A v igt The Admiralty yacht Black Eagle came t ° yner, ings off the dockyard, Woolwich, ye:-terditiae l ti o having conveyed Sir Robert Peel and A.drain dr A to the Downs, it is said, for the purpose 0 ' " P A r the four French un-boats at anchor there. ,ifet6f; The Thunder g floating-battery, which fi 1 1 . o r If to Sheerness on Saturday, was taken into th e, day, and placed in No. 1 dry dock, in ord er 0 the cause of her leaking. The Dee returned to Woolwich yesterday, fv d in the basin, taking in boilers and mac hine" western yards. A CS < PORTABLE SHOT-HEATING FT.T , --" . 00;? On Saturday an experimental trial, under - 0 11 tion of ieutenant Colonel Eardley Wilmot be .6 ,, tenant-Colonel F. A. Yorke, was made ill i t , i rer,,r4 at Woolwich of two portable shot -heating h"-nitilr nearly equal dimensions. One of them is It : flf g ,,; ment on Captain Adderson's inventive, 1:010•1074, tains an extra rack, or second tier, and "i deli so that 15 32 and 18 24-pounders were on., 1 )I:S time. The fire was laid at three o'elr' c ' b i elr i d and well kept up for 20 minutes, after Or ) furnace was filled. Thirty minutes wel h a c ire°,:t , heat the shot. The first was then vrib" ;c ii ' l 'd 0' thrown on a heap of deal shavings, ty',,s e,'„ft c o o ignited ; and ten minutes later a second ' 1 ; 0 0;0, it red-hot, and laid on a log of wood, which b tl ' o p 4 , 0 '0 0 1 dar. A constant supply can then be ken be more than one minute's intermission. • 1. tlie j r7 the production of Lieutenant &aliment) of %Opt Engineers. This furnace combines sirenli c " J or ment with facility of working. The p ra p V ittei) tli e r aol oy inclined, instead of horizontal, and in o At the end of the upper tier furthest folio., 9: 0 1 two openings, to allow the shot when 80, e ,! t ree: t el0 to drop to the lower tier and roll to the 0` 0 0) - ,„of shot has thus to pass twice over the fire be lt P„lirdo which has been longest in the furnace 1 0 :„ por t ,. the first taken out. By simply turning t"„;les / n t, one shot falls on the bearer put ready to revia place is left on the upper tier for another o° Ar10 0 :1 yt THE TRANSPORT SER ,t The paddle-wheel steamer Arabia erillwi - cf rer pool yesterday the troops and horses notwectiooo, She will take her departure direct for W o od / morning. The troops were all remarkabli 0 0 1 , the horses were in first-rate condition., ..igot i lie,q The General Screw-steam Shipping l'a b ' — 8 0- Y pany's screw transport Hydasper egnapt°!,A7/ Portsmouth yesterday afternoon f o r'Sout o u " t e .(o . ' f°' to refit. The Military Medical Staff 0 f °r af t°. rison eulogise t'cleanliness• k cl u the of the sic 00.4 invaiids on board, and their general tre oo ri 111 0 99 The remaining portion of the 1 )°,,, ,r6ef :1 ordered to be conveyed by the Royal o ' 6 oo w Pi/ steam-ship Orinoco, Capt. Wilson trAlOrbip'"V hat 9 po and the non-arrival of which detained bat 0 14 , , ampton river since Saturday, arrived at b t oor d ifel terday afternoon, and were shipped 0 0 . 030 .: jb j " port. The Orinoco left for the Cl.lOlOllOO 1,4 The Government having dispensed, o,.ny'd.4ooso( with the see . ices of the Royal Mail CoroPisicic..-jea th° 0 cl6 Ol O t, Tamar, which has been employed in conveyance of troops, the compaq bnodier pie' 4 despatching her with the outward Nv Pgpe / 0 0 ; and Pacific mails of the 2d proximo 1 e cti 4 ,,,,, 6 00:1 lying at Southampton, and rapidly or t he - , j et,v repairs. This vessel is wi-11 adapted L ° " t he 6° ,1 1 of troops, and awaits fresh orders iron , o ° o o The Aubtralian Royal Mail Companyleb t ° 0 03 , 4 1/ 11 Sydney leaves Southampton for WOOl-screfintbr siege train this morning. The G0 3 °, 1 % si s ° ;el: ol ,o l .l 4 steam-ship Jason is in the graving o ° e , t e or/ and will be ready for sea at the end 01 ed 0 0 .ig r i large guns of 85 cwt. each will be sbillnr Fore! Jason for the Crimea. Po,itive order s jbeeti v# ol , tion of her troops and horses have 13° ,,,,,'0 °.,01 8 1 The Peninsular and Oriental CoiclA-,re isTubia tbe tic° ports Ripon, Colornto and repairs, the tallier at 'Cowes ali d Southampton. , et' Lieutenant J. C EP P° lll l N un T tg i 13 A in ° f in:111:1:1 mander the Rapid ; Cornin-a°nderr 187 . 4,:f 0' CO ° the Rattler; Commander George 1313°e' to to the Grecian ; Commander It, vice Blane. _--~ i „ (1 t JOURNALS. ( ow, the Times of this clay. ) The opponents of the war have taken the oppor tunity of auother Aage in the question of the Turkish Loan, not to resist it—for that seems to have been hopeless—but to remove some of the obloquy which naturally attaches to their conduct. With two whole days to prepare they have said a good deal. Mr. Gladstone has told us a good deal about himself in reply to the charge of surprise, and about the right of Parliament to interfere with the carrying out of conventions and treaties. Mr. Bright, after working in all its forms the possible difficulty of the Turkish security and the allied guarantee, returns by an easy transition to his old enemy the press which he accuses of brow beatinghim, and which he is evidently resolved shall have nothing to boast of in the encounter. But, in all that these gentlemen and several others have said, we cannot help noticing a grave omis sion, and we note it all the more, because we really did look for the topic which is not to be found. We did think it possible, not to say proper, that these gentlemen would have told us in what form they would themselves have assited Turkey to fight her battle, or whether they would have done it all. We have indeed to beg Mr. Bright's pardon, per haps Mr. Gladstone's also, for an exceedingly harsh supposition—viz., that they are ready to co-ope rate and advise for the prosecution of the war. On this supposition, how will they deal with the Turk? Will they leave him quite alone, to perish, as he did by wholesale at Balaklava, from want of all things ? Do they insist that we shall fight the cause of the Turk, but independent of the Turk ; so that, while the Western Powers are suffering for want of men, a nation of soldiers on the very spot, that nation our allies, and the very people in whose behalf the war has been undertaken, shall be ren dered incapable, for want of provisions and all kinds of stores ? They know very well the Turk ish Government is comparatively penniless, and that it is idle mockery to tell her to collect troops, to feed, to clothe, to arm, to convey them, and supply them all the other appliances of war, from her own means. There are various methods of dealing with a poyerty-stricken ally, some of which we employ, as, for example, in the formation of the Turkish Contingent. But, assum'rkg that there are many such methods, that there is a good deal to be said for, and also a good deal against each of them ; assuming, also, that Messrs. Gladstone and Bright have no fundamental objection to the whole of them, simply because they are what they profess to be methods of co-operating with Turkey for the prosecution of the war, we thereupon ask these gentlemen severally what particular method do they select and recommend in place of the particular form of Turkish Loan now before the Commons ? No doubt the war is a very disagreeable thing ; and a loan of 5,000,0001. is a very disagreeable thing, and the fact of its being advanced to a State with such a barbarous finance as that of Turkey is still more disagreeable ; the security, too, is ques tionable ; and the joint guarantee of allies has too often been belied on a slight provocation to allow one to be quite easy on that point. But we sub mit that, whatever objection there may be to this particular form of loan, they come with an ill grace, or no grace at all, from gentlemen who are against the war altogether—all assistance to Turkey altogether, that is iu the present stage of the affair, ' when, in Mr. Gladstone's view of the negotiations, we are protracting the war without sufficient rea son. It is impossible, indeed, not to feel a con viction that both Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright object quite as much to every other possible form of loan, and every other possible arrangement for communicating to Turkey the benefit of our credit, and deriving from her the benefit of her men. If, indeed, Mr. Gladstone, who has delivered many speeches on finance, and who has experimented in finance with great ingenuity and considerable audacity, would only have the goodness to tell us what arrangement would be better, in his opinion, than the one adopted by Government, then, at all events, lie would put down his stake and would discuss the question on fair and equal terms. But, as he very knowingly does no such thing, and has forborne to back up his objections with a single proposition, it becomes really unnecessary to meet them at all, simply because we know that he has a fundamental objection to the whole affair, which very naturally shows itself in criticising every possible way of conducting it. We might, indeed, very safely admit the force of all Mr. Gladstone's criticisms ; we might admit that a pecuniary engagement with Turkey was likely enough to be an occasion for sin on both sides—that is, dishonesty on her side, and insolence on ours ; that common liabilities have very often been thrown upon ourselves, with a very ill feeling towards the partner in the contract ; that a large communication of good credit to a rower without credit is likely enough to encourage that extrava gance which created the necessity for such an ope ration. We might admit a great deal more ; but what if we are in a condition that we can listen to no objections, and must consequently swallow them? We may have the greatest objection to a sea voyage, but if we are going to France there is no help for it. We may think 50,000,0001. spent in the improvement of land, or the construction of factories, a better investment than in powder and shot, but if we are at war there is no help for it. If we are travelling in a strange country, we may have the best reasons for thinking our host a thief, our guide a robber, our food unwholesome, our beds infested with vermin, our carriage unsafe, our horses unbroken, our postilions drunk, and the road a wrong one ; but, once in for it, there is no help. We must run the gauntlet of all these perils, and not pour out complaints or forebodings which make our companions unhappy, and can do them no manner of good. No doubt, the history of our subsidies and loans in the late war is very tragic, indeed, and amply justifies all the warnings which Mr. Fox and the Whigs were continually making. Some of our debtors and proteges, though the favoured objects of our subsidies and loans, af er taking the money and spending it, repudiated the contract, renounced the obligation, gave up our alliance, and even turned against us ;so that we had often to fight men whom we had ourselves armed and accoutred for battle. We shall not mention names, for such cases are notorious ; but, after all, this monstrous ingratitude, as it may seem, was from first to last a matter of necessity, quite as much as it may be to spend a million of money on strengthening a fortress, and in the course of a few years to spend ten millions more to get into and knock it to pieces. The hon. member who told us a year or so since that people who went to war were like young ladies at a ball—they knew their first part ner, but not their last—anticipates, possibly, that in the course of revolving years we may find our selves fighting by the side of the Russians against the French and the Turks. Of course he must mean such interchange of parts. But, even, if it were so, it might still bo unavoidable, and there fore no matter for vain regret. We believe that the present war is necessary, and therefore, as a matter of necessity, we as-ist the Turks, and give them the aid of our credit to arm themselves and fight their own battle. We do this precisely as we spend money in constructing a position on the pe ninsula of Cherson, in a railway, in harbours, in qua), s, and a good deal more, which we may even- Wally find in the hands of our enemy, and have to destroy if we can. In war we must do that which is necessary for the present emergency—to use Mr. Gladstone's words, we must do that which answers our purpose to-day and to-morrow, but which the day after may be useless, or even turned against us. Sometimes, indeed, we may indulge in more prospective considerations, but it won't do to neglect our ally because he may be ungrateful, or to distrust him because he may be untrue. If we do that we shall have to do without alliances altogether, which we cannot afford to do. (Front, the Morning Advertiser of this day.) The translation of Sir William Molesworth from the Board of Works to the Colonial-office has been followed by another appointment, not less important in point of principle, nor, as far as the metropolis is concerned, in point of fact. It was one of the charges brought both against Lord Aberdeen and Lord Palmerston that they had placed Sir William Molesworth in a post for which he had no special aptitude, when they might have appointed him to one for which he had. It was hardly to be expected, that when at last the pre sent Premier placed him at the head of the Colo nial•office, he would so fully carry out the prin ciple of Administrative Reform on which he so far acted, by a ppointing to the office thus vacated a su ccessor in all respects as qualified for its duties as s'ir William is for those of his new office. But Lord Palmerston has agreeably disappointed us. R av i n g supported Sir Benjamin Hall in car rying through the House of Commons the two °Teat measures, whose good sense and comprehen siveness have upheld his popularity at a time when the Cabinet was labouring under disgrace, he now p l ace s him, with all the experience he has gained as President of the Board of Health, and with the strong capacity he has displayed for plastering variety and intricacy of details, in an office in which he will render an incalculable service to the public. 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