The Sun. — London, England, 1855-11-06 00:00:00

DECLARATION OF PROFITS. NDISPUTABL E LIFE POLICY COM . PANY.—Cha mnan, Lord Viscount TORRINOTON.—The trzxt Divi,ioa of Profits wi!l be made in June, 1856, and those assur2l on or before the 31st of ll , eember, 1853, will participate one yea:earlit'r than those assured after that date. A reduction of 25 p?.r e2nt. has heo.n ala:le on the premiums of all Policies of 5 years' staitding. ALEXANDER: ROBERTSO', Manager. .2 2, Loalhard-streA, London. BURGLA.RY.-2200 REWARD. —On the Night of Friday, the •26th of October inst., 1 4 55, Oakland Itonso, Cricklewood, Kilburn, near London, was robbed,• among other thing 3, of 21. ss. Ed. in money, some silver Teaspoons, Threaded She:l Pattern, engraved with a Lion's Head, and the Initial "3," and the Motto, " Prudentia et Animis," oftie Works of a Drawing-room Clock, purchased of Silver, of Hatton-Garden, and of 3 Coats, ono black twil . ed Waterproof, another black cloth, with velvet collar, and the other a dark brown driving coat of thick fine cloth. Whoever will give such information as shall lead to the conviction of the Thief or Thieves, shall receive the above Reward, on applica tion to Mr. Steele, Solicitor, No. I, Lincoln's-inn-fields, where, or at the premises!, or to the police, all information is to be rendered. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. ITnder the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVE NIN ;. Will be performed THE POOR GENTLEMAN. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, E. Villiers, W. Farren, llowe, and Compton; Mrs. Poynter, and tliss Swanboreugh. Followed by THE LITTLE TREASURE. To conclude with LODGINGS FOR SINGLE GENTLEMEN. tiOrAt. VIKITRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Manazernont of Mr. Cumrs BEAN. THIS EVENING IVITI be presented ,TE*DOE NOT BY ,PPE ULLNCES. . A fter wh'eb, THE WONDERFUL WOMAN. Characters by llfes.tri F. 3latthews, D. Fisher, Cathcart, Everett, and Miss heath. To conclude with THE CRI TIC. f FIZA.TR.E ROYAL ♦DELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Dtreetress. Madame Ce:este. THIS EVENING, be performs 1 TqE Will CC Ti )RRE OF THE PEPPERR. Gerald Pepp r, 11r. Hudson; supported by Mews. Moreland, P. Bedford. Phelirn, Miss Kate K.elly ; Magdelens, Miss Laidlaw; Agatha, Miss lAT3ndham. After which, the Farce of THE £lOO N')TE. lollowed by RE rsy BAKER. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. J. 11. Anderson, 13, Norfolk-street, Strand. Increased Attractions, and success In equal ratio THIS. AND EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'Clock, Will `,O presented, with entirely Nov and Niagnitleent Appoint m3nts, NINCIEC and MYSTERY, in twelve acts, arranged in two p ►rts, by Professor Anderson. After which, the startling illustrations of Spirit-Rapping. HALF- A N - -EIOUR, Nlrir TIIE , ;PIRIT 4 , being the most surprising and intoresting series of experiments ever given withia the walls of any theatre. Revival, in an improved form, of the astonndinc novelty which startled London 10 years ago, the GREAT GUN TRICK ! Prices of allnksion:—Private 11)xes, 11. Ili. 61. and It. Is. ; Orche3tra Stalls, 43. ; Drc33 Bales, 33 ; Uro.sr Boxes. 24.; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 61. No lialf-price. nox-oake open from 11 to 5 d lily. Grand Morning Performance on Satarday Next at Two o'Clock, Doan open at ILdf-past One. R )YAL OLY qPIC THEATRE. TIII3 EVENING, Will be presented PLOT AND P kSiIONT. Characters by Messrs. F. Robson, Emery, a. Vining, Lesre, J. 11. White, 11. Cooper, and Franks ; and Mrs. Stirlin4 and Mks Bromley. Followed by CATCHING A MERMAID. To conclude with A BLIGIITED BEING. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. _ Under the direction of Mr. Payne. TUTS EVENING, Will be perforrnel TILE RAGPICKER OF FIRM Followed by N I fOCRIS. To conclude with TIIE LADIES' CLUB. ASTLErS ROYAL AMPHITIIHATIZE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooke. THIS EVENING, The vivid and tremendously real Spectacle, The FALL of SEBAS TOPOL ! After which the JEUX EQUESTRES DE L'ARENE, or Acts !n the eirel-, with that miraculous feat, Mr. J. if. Cooke's Saut du Pont, or Filglit of the Bridges. To conclude with a B kI".T.ET D'ACTION, with a variety of Prin cipal and other Dances, by artistes of celebrity. m , x..ottice open from Eleven till Four. Stao Manager, Mr. W. Wesdt. Equestrian Direc,or, w. Cooke. Jun. lIIGFI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. DAY—Morn. 0 min. aft. o—Evening 1 min aft. 12 Ta-Moßßow—Morn.2o min.aft. 12 —Evening3B ruin. aft. 12 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Nov. 6. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 43- highest since noon yosterZsy. 43 —lowest this morning and during the night. —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'15. WIND, S.W.—Light, with fine November weather. frifi 4. ~ n. LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1855, Recent intelligence from the United States goes far to prove that the very discreditable, nay more, the highly criminal, electioneering trick of Mr. Attorney-General CALEB Cusmero has by no means answered the expectations of the parties to the scandalous manoeuvre. Office at any price, or on any conditions, seems to have been the sole end and object of the step. For that lie would have been willing to inflict permanent and serious damage on the best interests of his country—to have embroiled it in war with its best customers —men springing from the same stock, and speak ing the same language as its own citizens. It is needless to speculate on the results of such a war, for any war undertaken without adequate cause is unjustifiable, and must prove highly prejudicial to the welfare and prosperity of all parties con- It is quite possible to be carried along so fast cerned. and easily as to lead you to fancy the rate you We can scarcely suppose that Mr. Attorney- aro travelling at is actually slow. In such a case, General CUSHING coetemplated. "going the whole i of course, the error into which you have fallen is beg," and proceeding really to extremities with corrected by reflection on your arrival at a point England. Although we have no very exalted which you had deemed far distant. Some such opinion. of his political morality, we cannot, delusion we are inclined to think is a little too in common charity, believe him capable of prevalent as to the progress of railway con such atrocious guilt. No ; we believe that munication in this country. Justice, we are of his wish was merely to create an excitement opinion, is hardly done to the great body of rail by means whereof he might secure a few' ad- way proprietors throughout the kingdom in rela ditional votes, sufficient to turn the scale to their magnificent achievements. Barely a in favour of the party with which he was working, quarter of a century has elapsed since railway and with which his own political existence was operations were commenced, and if we wish to identified. He might possibly have thought that form a tolerably accurate notion as to how they his blustering and bullying would have succeeded, Lave been carried on, we have only to pause for a and that concessions would be made flattering to moment and look around us. And what is the the vanity of some short-sighted electors. He result ? Why, from one end of the country to might also have imagined that, with the aid of the other, we find a perfect network of railway those by wheat he was supported and stimulated communication, the loops of which are yearly in the rec kle s s and culpable course on which he being drawn closer. In achieving so desirable had. entered, the difficulty could have been re- a result, it may be asked what ha.ve railway proprietors no t h a d t o con t en d aga i nst ? Moun moved at any time he and they thought proper, when the o bj ec t f or w hi c h it wa s undertaken had tains have had to be tunnelled, hills to be cut, been accomp li s h e d. But h o oug ht to know the valleys to be arched or elevated, rivers to be danger of tampering with so perilous an element spanned, and thousands of miles of rails laid evenly as - Popular pas s i on , an d cons idered that it has too down, to say no thi ng of the factious or interested frequently been the fate of those who "sowed the opposition which has been surmounted. And now storm t o reap the whirlwind." He could instead of bein g b orne slowly along by driblets not answer for the result of the very and at unfrequently recurring intervals in stage doubtful experiment on which he ventured, coaches, waggons, or canal-boats, the population are and even under the most favourable circumstances whirled daily along the rail by myriads in every the consequences must be very mischievous. There quarter of the kingdom, so that a youth of 30 can, therefore, be no possible excuse for his mis- has seen more and knows more of the aspect and conduct, and the least punishment which it can customs of the country than his great grandfather, receive will be the failure of the contemplated his grandfather, and even his father, at thrice his gain, and the substitution of a man of sounder age. How grandpapa would have stared had h e sense, highe r attainments, and unblemished poli- been told that a system of communication, which tical honesty, in the elev a t e d pos i t i on for which could be carried on at the ra t e o f a m il e a m i nute, he is so clearly di ei na lin ad. would be so far in vogue in 1854 as to be per- But, thanks to the good sense of the high- sonally made use of by 111,000,000 people! And minded people of America, there are already un- yet the prophecy would have been verified by the equivocal indications of the complete failure of event. the nefarious scheme. Our transatlantic brethren A system which has attained to such magni well know that no insult was contemplated that tude in so brief a period could hardly fail to be there was no thing which could justly arouse their encumbered in its progress with some de treest sensitive feelings. If there had been an fects. When, however, the difficulties which error, it was promptly and handsomely atoned ra i lway directors have had to encounter for. At the very first intimation not only Was in the discharge of their onerous duties there an immediate apology, such as an honourable are taken • t o consideration, surprise will man might offer, and another equally honourable rather be legitimatethat causes of cons receive, but the objectionable practice was at plaint have been so few. It was not the develop } discontinued. L )rd CLARENDON declicred ment of an existing system they were entrusted that he had given to his agents the most stringent with ; it was the creation of a new, the merits instructions not to • violate any municipal paw, and demerits of which could only be ascertained and that if there had been any violation he by trial. On the and hand shareholders were deeply regretted it. This should have been eager for high dividends, and on the other the aniticient for the most c • aPtious and querrultotts, public clamoured for comfort and safety with cheap particularly when accompanied by the cessation ra t e s. In this dilemma whom h a d th ey to look of the matter compl a i ned of. But Mr. CA'',EB to for support but the officials in their employ CusirrNe could only see in the instruction "not to 'And these officials, from the highest to the lowest, violate any municipal law " a deeper • • injury, ai t were necessarily new to their work. Every pro more inexpiable offence. Ia that opinion he will j fession, trade and_ species of labour almost contri buted to the staff. As a matter of course there were accidents, some unavoidable, and others arising from carelessness, sometimes on the part of the passengers who suffered by them, oftener on that of the minor officials. The public, natu rally enough, demanded that every possible pre caution should be taken to ensure their personal safety ; and, not quite so justly, attributing a large portion of the accidents to the smallness of the force employed, that the number of minor officials should be increased. Yet in 1852 there were nine or ten officials on the average on every mile of railway open, a number increased to twelve in 1854. The fact, as we now know, was, two-thirds of all the accidents of importance arose not so much from the quantity as the quality of the individuals employed. In vain might the directors pay the closest attention to the safety of their carriages and the solidity of their rails, if the human machines to whom the carrying out of their arrangements was confided failed in their duty, whether from carelessness or lack of intelli gence. The want all along has been a larger number, or rather an entire body, of conscientious and intelligent officials. And now that the railway system has invested in it no less an amount than 300,000,0001., yields an annual revenue of 20,000,0001., and employs a force of 90,000 men, the necessity for the moral and mental culture of the entire body of officials being stimulated to the utmost becomes too manifest to be insisted on. Under these circumstances, the public will be gratified to learn that an important step in this direction has recently been taken. An association, entitled the " Railway Club," has been formed in Man chester, the object of which is to facilitate com munication between the higher classes, as we suppose, of railway officials throughout the kingdom--to enable them, in other words, to ex change in kindly intercourse with one another the results of their daily experience, so as to arrive at the requireddata for the perfect development of the great railway system. A development which can only be secured by the aid of an intelligent body of officials, and which will involve not only due consideration for the interests of the shareholders, but also, what our readers will care most about, for the physical and commercial interests of the public. An association of this sort, with such oljects in view, we cannot but wish success, while we congratulate it on the brightness of its prospects. 1 1 ii1..1 Sp N, LON pQ N t TURN DA Y ..Ir, V.ON IN ri i N' 0 - v gm J l . 6,6, 1865. not receive the sanction or support of any right minded or honourable man—no matter whether he be arrayed under the same standard with the " Hards" or " Softs," Whigs or Democrats, Temperance or Anti-Liquor-Law men, or Know fNothings. The proceedings of Mr. CUSHING xnust be equally objectionable to the true-hearted men of all sides, and wo may well leave him to the retributive justice that must await him at the hands of his own countrymen. The Chamber of Commerce at Liverpool has spoken clearly and intelligibly in reference to the all-important question of the Currency. Its mem bers, sound practical men of business, have seen the serious injury inflicted on their own interests, in oommon with that of the entire community, by the very impolitic and inequitable restrictions imposed by the Act of 1844 ; and as the time when its provisions must again be considered by the Legislature is rapidly approaching, they have very judiciously "ventilated" the question, so that it may be fairly and correctly brought under public notice. The Council of the Chamber, in answer to the numerously signed requisition presented to them, pointed out one very important failure in the act. They show clearly and distinctly that al though the convertibility of the note be main tained, the reserve of notes may be completely exhausted, and that the claims of the depositors are totally disregarded ; that the issue department may still retain a large stock of bullion, while the Bank itself was wholly unable to satisfy the claims of those having legitimate demands on its assets. They truly state that "in the event of such an assumed contingency the Bank of England, under the provisions of the Act of 1844, is powerless to afford any facilities to the commer cial world, and that (although the originating causes be not precisely parallel) the same calami tous crisis as that of 1847 may again be wit nessed !" They might have gone much further. They might have stated that in such an event, and should the Government interference be desired, the convertibility of the notes should inevitably fail. For let us suppose that the Bank, through the insufficiency of the reserve of notes, was com pelled to dishonour the cheques of its customers ! That such an event was possible is established by the testimony of Mr. JONES LLOYD (now Lord OVERSTONZ) himself, who stated before the Corn mittee on the commercial crisis of 1847, " that the Bank was only saved from suspension by the Government letter of the 25th October." Such an emergency may again arrive, and then, we repeat, what would become of the much-vaunted converti bility of the bank note ? There would, of course, on the first stoppage of payment, be a regular closing of the concern. Notes would no longer be payable at the Bank premises, although they might be forced as " legal tenders" throughout the country. Supposing that there were at the time of stoppage eight millions of bullion in the bank coffers. But under the act there would be twenty-two millions of notes in circulation, towards which there would be 4-11ths, or about 7s. 3d. in the pound. But would not the depositors have an irresistible claim to par ticipate in the assets ? Most unquestionably they would so, and the dividend might thus be dimin t. fished to something less than ss. in the pound on all its liabilities. The natural conclusion is, that inasmuch as the security of the deposits may be greatly en dangered by a rigid adherence to the provisions of the act, and as the notes must share the same fate as the deposits, the convertibility of the notes is really greatly hazarded by the very en actments intended to secure it against any and every risk ! This is a strictly logical con clusion ; and we defy any bullionist to impeach the accuracy of the premises. It is, in fact, a repetition of the old myth, of which varieties are to be found in every land, almost in every district, that the dreaded evil is produced by the very means adopted to counter act it. We leave the bullionists "to crack this nut," requesting an answer to the simple and in telligible interrogatory, What would be the effect on the currency of the inability of the Bank of Eugland to satisfy the demands of depositors ? COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 5. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting this moi fling. Lnrd Raglan had an audience of the Queen to deliver the Insignia of the Grand Cross of the Bath worn by his father. The Earl of Westmoreland, Vi..!eount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lord Raglan, General Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner, and Capt. W. Peel, RN., left the Castle to day. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston returned to town yesterday from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith arrived in London yesterday for the purpose of attending the Cabinet Council. The Duke of Cambridge had an interview with Vis count Palmerston yesterday at his official residence in Downing -street. General Sir R. Gardiner arrived in London yesterday from a visit to the Queen, at Windsor Castle. Despatches from the Governors of the North Ameri can Colonies were received yesterday at the Colonial office. Despatches were also received from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. A. Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Claren don, Lord Panmure, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Viscount Canning, and the Earl of liarrowby. The Council sat three hours. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Married for Money last night again attracted us to Drury-lane Theatre. Without exception, we think that this three-act comedy is one of the most complete things that we ever saw. In the way of plot it is perfect ; and with respect to the acting, what can be compared to the Mr. Mopus of Charles Mathews ? Great as was his delineation of Sir Charles Coldstream in his clever drama of Used Up, it is entirely thrown into the shade when compared with that of Mr. Mopus. We adviQe all true lovers of good acting to avail themselves of the opportunity of witnessing one of the greatest things yet done by this incomparable artiste. The grand Egyptian spectacle, Nitocris, we are glad to see, still continues highly attractive. The house was crowded. BAYMA.RKET TfIEAT.RE. Last night Miss Cushman appeared as Meg Merri lees, in the favourite musical drama of Guy Mannerly, and elicited the usual enthusiastic applauci that in evitably attends her representation of the witch of Darncleugh. The performance of this lady in Guy Mannering is so well known and appreciated, that to say one single word on the subject would be a work of supererogation. After Mr. Harris's clever comedy of The Little Treasure, we last night had a re vival of one of the old Haymarket eonieditta , i, entitled lock i ings for Single Gentlemen. The part of Colonel Stanmore was excellently sustained by Mr. W. Farren, and Mr. E. Villars made a capital Postlethwaite. Miss E. Chaplin and Miss A. Vining as Prattle and Mrs. Greville acted in their usual clever style, and elicited loud and frequent applause. The house was both fully and fashionably attended. LYCEUM THEATRE. Notwithstanding Mr. Anderson, or the Wizard of the North, as he styles himself, has been nightly displaying his powers of magic at this theatre for u p war d s o f 1 0 weeks, his powers of attraction appear to be rather upon the increase than on the decrease, and last night the house was as densely crowded as on the first night of commencing his entertainments. The great novelty of the evening was the gun-trick, in which Mr. Anderson allows a volunteer from the audience —on this occasion a soldier in the hussar uniform—to load a rifle and fire at his hand. The trick was very neatly performed, and elicited most enthusiastic applause, Mr. Anderson not appearing in any way to tamper with the ball, which is in the first instance passed round the theatre for the exa mination of the audience. The other performances also went off with their usual eclat—the exposure of table rapping meeting with the deepest attention. We do not pretend to say whether the means adopted for produc ing answers from tables, bells, 'etc., are the same as those of the professional rappers or spiritualists, but they are certainly very ingenious, and should be seen by every person who feels the slightest curiosity upon the sub ject.—Morning Post. SURREY THEATRE. A new drama, in three ants, was produced here last night under the title of Love and Honour; or Soldiers at Borne—flews Abroad. It is from the pen of Mr. J. E. Carpenter; and although somewhat late in the field, ap pears to be intended as a kind of place d'occasion, the in cidents being largely mixed up with the recent stirring events of the war. The part of George St. Clair, was ably sustained by Mr. Creswick, and Miss Saun ders made a very interesting Jessy Gray. Of course there is an underplot, Mr. H. IViddicomb (the popular low comedian of this establish ment) is the main support thereof. This gentleman, as a waiter driven to enlist as a drummer by the indifference of a coquettish chambermaid, possesses much comic humour, and made the utmost of his part. The piece was completely successful, and the multitudinous pa- triotic and valorous sentiments with which the dialogue is plentifu:ly interlarded found responsive echoes in the enthusiasm of a Surrey audience. PRICE OF SILVER.—Th e bar silver brought by the last e West India steamer has b een sold at 60,1 d, per ounce, being a further decline of id. Th e dollars have disposed of at the previous price of 59id. per ounce. NEW GRANADA BONDS.—At a meeting of New Gra nada Bondholders, held yesterday, M r . J . D. powies presiding, the report of the Spanish American Committee in relation to the position of the debt and the Peruvian Bonds lately remitted in part liquidation of arrears (an abstract of which appeared in The Sun of Saturday) was unanimously adopted. SOUTHWARK.—We learn from an address of Mr. Scr,vell's that that gentleman has retired from the con test. A meeting of his friends is announced to take place at Deptford. Whether Mr. Scovell intends to be present at the meeting, to explain the circumstances and reasons of his resignation, we have no means of learni ng . FRANCE. SIGNIFICANT BEQUEST.—It is stated in the Law R e . l PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. view f or t h e present mont h t h a t M r . J oy , a " v i ct i m of 5 7he Emperor left Paris this morning for Fon- Chancery," has bequeathed 3001. to the society for the tair, leau, on a shooting excursion. Amongst the "amendment of the law." 1 pen. '.07 sages invited to accompany his Majesty are the Ambassador of England, the Minister of State, Count do Morny, and Baron de Rothschild. The Emperor yesterday gave an audience at St. Cloud 'to the Chevalier Paleocapa, Minister of Public Works at Turin, who came to Paris to be present at the deliberations of the International Scientific Commission on the subject of cutting through the isthmus of Suez. The Minister was presented to his Majesty by the Marquis de Villa Marina, the Sardinian Minister. We read in the Moniteur :—" Gen. Canrobort embarked on the let inst., at Lubeck, on board the steamer Gothiod, for Stockholm. In every part of Germany through which ho has passed, and particularly at Hauau and at Hamburg, the populations of the towns gave him a bona fide ova tion. At Lubeck the most enthusiastic cheers hailed his arrival and accompanied him to the place of embarkation." A Paris letter, in the Inclepenclance of Brussels, says that, on the occasion of the visit of the Duke and Duchess de Brabant to Paris, Count de Wa lewski, Minister of Foreign Affairs ; M. Marine, Minister of Finance ; M. Troplong, President of the Senate ; and Marshal Magnan, Commander in-Chief of the Army of the East of France, re ceived the Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold. BOURSE, Nov. s.—The following are the latest quotations : Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 43 per Cents (:0 20 —l. --c. 3 per Cents 64 80 64 70 _ _ Nov Loan Bank Shares... LATEST NEWS. __♦ ~ MARSEILLES, I‘IONDAY EVENING. The Eupbrato has arrived ; she left the Crimea on the 27th of October, and Constantinople on the 29th. Iler despatches will be forwarded at 8 p.m. MARSEILLES, NOVEMBER 5. The Sinai, which was expected on Saturday, but had been compelled to put into one of the Sardinian ports, arrived to-day. She brings accounts from Constantinople to the 25th ult. An English Steamer had advanced high enough up the Boug to reconnoitre NicJlaieff. She states that there were numerous vessels in the port, and that it was strongly fortified. Odessa is still blockaded by tbe allied steamer' The bad weather interrupts important opera. tions in the Crimea. Fort Constantine continues to fire on any groups of curious persons in the southern part of Sebastopol. The fire of the Russians nearly set fire to the French line-of-battle ship Ulm, but she received timely assistance from the admiral's ship. The Allies are increasing the vigour of their fire in order to silence Fort Constantine. Comet Pacha, from the last accounts received, was still at Soukoum Kale ; he was preparing to march on Kutai. His operations have been impeded by the sickness which had broken out among the Tunisian troops which form part o: his army. Kars is still closely hemmed in, but was ex pecting to be soon revictualled. General Wil liams has made every preparation for an obstinate defence. The price of wheat has nearly doubled at Trebizond. Provisions and fuel are very dear at Constantinople. By a despatch from Prince Gortschakoff of the Id inst. we learn that General d'Allonville, after his return to Eupatoria on the 29th with the mixed corps d'armee of the Allies, remained there two days ; and on the Ist inst. again left Eupa toria. The Prince says that the enemy halted for the night at Karagurt and Saki, from which it would appear that General d'Allouville is ad vancing by another road than that which lately took him to the Russian entrenched position at Tchobatar. Karagurt lies about nine miles to the north of that place. In a telegraphic despatch from St. Petersburg the return of the _Allied corps d'armee to Eupa toria on the 29th ult. is ,ascribed to the appre• hension of its generals that it would be attacked on its flank. The bead-quarters of General Luders, com mander-in-chief of the army of the south, are re moved from Odessa to Nicolaieff. If the .Augsburg Gazette be as well informed on Russian subjects, as it is well disposed to Russian interests, the Czar has not been able to provide for the defence of Nicolaieff and Khersou without withdrawing a portion of his army from the Crimea. The Gazette states that the Ist brigade of the 14th division of reserve, a corps which took part in the defence of Sebastopol, has marched to Nicolaieff, and artil lery had also been detached from Prince Gurtscha- koff's army, with the same destination. The Danube of Vienna states that the corps of Grenadiers, which for a considerable time was stationed at Perekop, has marched to Simpheropol in a strength of eight regiments. It has not hitherto taken any part iu the present war. If on this account it be admitted that the regiments are of their normal strength, the corps should present an effective force of about 28,000 men. It is commanded," says the Danube, the sole authority for the statement of it s a d vance, ~ by Generals Plautin, Scherkoff, and Kryloff. The Grenadiers are accompanied by their division of artillery under General Kerniloff. The position of the 7 th division of cavalry, which left Poland simultaneously with the Grenadiers, is unknown." Accordirg to Le Nord, Admiral Bruat has ad dressed a letter to the military authorities of Odessa, in which ho compliments them very highly upon the heroic resistance made by th e i r countrymen at Kinbourn. For thr ee d ays th e firing against the three forts on the spit was heard at Odessa, Kinbourn being distant from that city only forty miles as. the crow ties. VIENNA, Nov. 5. The Minister of Finance to-day sent a notice of the ratification by tko Emperor of the con cession of' the Commercial and Industrial Bank granted to M. Rothschild, to the Princes Furten berg, Scharzenberg, and Anesperg, and Count Chotck, and Louis de Haber. The capital of the Bank is 100 millions of florins. HAMBURG, Nov. 5. An order has been received at Kiel for all English line of battle ships in the Baltic fleet to ret•arn to England. Four have already quitted Ki el. THE PRINCIPALITIES. A letter from Vienna, in the Gaulle de la Bourse, says :—" The news that the Austrian Go vairnment had decided on sending General Letang to Constantinople to take part in the negotiations re lating to the Principalities, appears well founded. The organisation which it is intended to bestow on those provinces is to have but a temporary charac ter, and the Western Powers reserve to themselves the right of revising it after the war. But there is no doubt that the measures now adopted will art :atly influence the organisation of the country." The Journal de Franefort states that it is con sici 'ered at Vienna that military events have taken a t urn which must soon place in a stronger light tha n ever the necessity for the Germanio Confede rat ion to act with energy as a collective power in the Eastern question. The Boersenzeitung says tb z t the Austrian troops occupying the Princi dities are to take up new positions before the co mmencemeut of winter. The army corps of oc en; nation will be considerably reinforced. The Military Gazette of Vienna pretends to have reset ' ived from Trebizonde the news that, in his re pori of September 30, the Turkish commander of Kar. 3 r Vassif Paella, declared that he could not hold c 'tit more than three weeks unless ho received reinfof rcements and supplies. Upon this Omer i Paella , immediately gave orders to send to Kars 12,00 0 horses, with provisions. It remains to be Beerr.l vhether this re-victualling corps succeeded in reach ng Kars. According to the same corre sponti, snce, Prince Pebutoff had arrived before the pla,co • with 14,000 horse, and a fresh assault was thord lit imminent. THE TVHITE SEA. • (From, the lllontieur of Nov. 4.) The Minister of Marine has received a despatch from Captain Guilbert, of the frigate La Cleopatre, commander of the French blockading squadron of the ports of the White Sea, dated the 29th October. It states that the French and English commanders had made it a rule to stop and destroy all Russian coasting vessels, but to allow boats that appeared merely to belong to the different localities to pass freely. Having afterwards learnt that these boats had been employed to transport 2,000 muskets to different points on the coast, almost under the eyes of the ships of war, it was resolved to forbid the navigation of the sea to every kind of vessel, how ever small—a determination that was afterwards rigorously carried out. Tile commanders of the allied force had resolved to attack the important villages of Soumet, Kerret, and Kema ; but, understanding that all the Go vernment stores and vessels had been removed since last year, the plan was abandoned. The other villages, though they had been supplied with arms from Archangel, did not appear much disposed to use them ; they were, besides, utterly defenceless, and quite at the mercy of the allied squadron. The inhabitants were at first willing to sell fresh provi sions to the ships ;* but, on the appearance of an order from the Government threatening with the punishment of death, or exile to Siberia, all who held any intercourse with the vessels of the allies, the people displayed a decided hostility. Besides these measures of terror the Russian Govern ment excited the religious fanaticism of the igno rant population against the allies, describing them as a savage and impious race 3 • medals were also distributed among the peopl e , which they were told would preserve them from the bullets of the French and Engrsh ; and they were promised a ' liberal indemnity for al losses they might sustain from the Allies, provided they fired on them from amhus3ades, or wherever they could surprise them. No neutral vessel has attempted to enter the White Sea since the arrival of the blockading ships; 1 but several Russian boats, taking advantage of the thick fogs and the dark nights of autumn, have attempted to roach the Norwegian coast. Nearly all of them were stopped ; 60 vessels have been captured. The commerce of the White Sea has been entirely destroyed ; an export and import trade that em ployed in the aggregate 148,000 tons of shipping has been suspended. The cold had continued to increase in intensity from the beginning of October, the land at the date of the despatch was covered with snow, and masses of ice were floating in the rivers, As the naviga tion of the White Sea would soon bo suspended, the commanders resolved to quit it. The two squadrons, between which the best understanding has existed throughout the blockade, left on the same day. THE UNITED STATES. NEW YORK, Oct. 23.—The Herald of this morn ing closes a characteristic article on the elections in the following language : "A•• for the election, there is plenty of time yet to speculate upon its probabilities, the results of which, in any event, will require a regular and definite reconstruc tion of parties in 1856. We have never had so many parties and factions and mixed principles and politicians at work, and never a smaller promise of any great achievement, than in this forthcoming election. Let u 3 console ourselves as with a quack panacea—that if it does not cure the patient it won't kill him." This picture is just. There has probably never been an election where so many divers interests were jumbled together. First, there are the Hards, or National Democrats, disowned by the Adminis tration altogether, but in favour with the South, with whom they harmonise on the question of slavery. Then there are the Softs, or Administra tive section of the Democracy, whose views iu regard to slavery meet with less favour in the South. The Old Whigs also have come to life again, and are to thy to nominate their candidates. The Republicans to whom the Whigs surrendered only a month since, have selected their candidates from both Whigs and Democrats, and have planted themselves only on the issue of the extension or non-extension of slavery. The Temperance party and the Anti Liquor party had each its list of candidates ; and, last of all, the formidable. Know-Nothings —so that, in the midst of the confusion, it is very diffi cult to forsee the result. Whatever it may be, it will have a great influence upon the national Presi dential nominations next year. The elections in Kanzas have resulted as was pre dicted. The pro-slavery ballot on the 2d returned General Whitfield to represent the territory in Washington ; and the anti-slavery election of the 9th has chosen Governor Reeder to represent the same constituency in the same place. Consequently, Congress will now be called upon to settle this question. The latter party have also elected dele gates for the purpose of forming a State Constitu tion which will probably bo completed, with a clause prohibiting slavery, before Governor Reeder leaves for Washington. This is a bombshell that promises to blow most of the other business of the session quite out of sight. The Mormons also still give some trouble. Brigham Young, their chief and head, husband of 70 wives, and whose concubines are scattered throughout the settlement, has given out that no soldier shall be quartered among them. With many lamentations over the fall of faithful sisters, he . has declared his purpose that th e t empter shall enter their Paradise no more. The newspapers say, with how much truth I cannot say, that the President wishes Colonel Steptoe to return to Utah as Governor, and that he refuses to do so unless supported by a sufficient number of Government troops. The payment of the last 3,000,000 drawn for by Santa Anna's Government under the Gadsden treaty has been made a question of in Washington. Each party naturally wishes the money. I am not aware whether the question is yet decided. Gene ral Alvarez has been chosen President of the Re public by a decided majority, and it is said that his entrance into the capital will he resisted by force. A rumour was prevalent in Mexico that the revo lutionary Generals intended to claim the protecto rate of the U n it e d St a t es . The American Minister had issued the following denial : " Legation, United States, Mexico, Sept. 22. "The rumour which has disturbed the sympathies of the two opposing political elements of Mexico, now in fearful strife for the sovereignty of the republic, and which seems to have received embodiment in a secret treaty of alliance and protectorate, published and repub lished in several of the journals of the capita!, demands some notice from the undersigned. Though its first an nutciaticn, and through a foreign periodical, was ma. elect to have created distrust, endorsed as it was with a repudiation from a liberal prase, yet it was not until its febAcation was detected, and the source and design weenc.i it emanated were exposed, that the character which the report merited was given to it bYthe opposing jeernais. This devolves tee stronger obligation on this legation, whose duty—and which has been most sec; oily observed —was to preserve a nel.Vrality between the two contending Posse's for the legitimate supremacy., to deny most unequivocally that any propositions for an alliance and a protectorate between the two republics have ever been entertained, or even meditated, by. the Government of the United States. " The diplomatic relations between the United States and the Government which has so recently abdicated were suspended b e f ore th a t event, an d there has been no opportunity for legalizing their renewal, as is well known and understood by this community. With the chiefs of the different departments and States pronouncing for the plan of Ayutla, and which seems now to have achieved a triumph, there has been no communication, by either messenger or in writing, as to what intimate relations that revolution, in its consummation, desired to maintain with the United States, as it was well known to each and to all that the American Minister accredited at Mexico could only hold an intercourse and treat with the legitimate sovereignty in a government de facto. It is due, however, to these chiefs, and to many respected and distinguished members of the party they now re present, and with whom I have been in the enjoyment of social, but not frequent, intercourse during my brief residence at this capital, that there never was an inti mation that even a close alliance, involving a protec torate or annexation, could either be sought or was in any degree desired. On the contrary, one and all manifested great sensibility on the denationality of their country ; and the opinion was common on both aides that even the possible necessity of such a result to the present revolution must be regarded with distrust by both Republics. This legation cannot, however, testify as much for some who profess loyalty to the Cot servative power, and who have made suggestions favour able to an American protectorate ; but always with the melancholy and distressing conviction that Mexico, after 30 years of internal convulsions], presented the struggles of a people incapable of self-government ; and that to rescue Mexico from anarchy there was now a necessity to seek protection under the wings of a neigh bouring Republic, that had so signally demonstrated its capacity to consummate its 'Declaration of Independence' in tranquillity and advancement. "As the diplomacy of the American country, whose high trusts are in the keeping of this Legation, is truth, neither veiled nor disguised, it has felt the imperative obligation to speak it through a free and public press, that the United States shall not be mistaken or misre presented on an occasion when the responsibility of maintaining her integrity and honour abroad devolves on the undersigned. "JAMES GADSDEN." There was a large fall in the stock-market yes terday. Erie declined la, New York Central 24, and other stocks in proportion. The recent news from Europe, and the great and continued ship ment of gold to France, have disturbed the mar ket and left it for the moment in the hands of speculators. The shipment of specie continues, made principally either as remittances by parties haying draughts to mature, or on speculation for a suspension in France. Well-informed busiliess men also assure me that other and secret influences outside of the currents of trade have been felt for some time in the American financial world draw ing the specie towards Europe. The official weekly bank statement of to-day exhibits an im proved condition on the returns of last week. The specie reserve has increased 1,321,945 dole., and the deposits 1,236,745 dols. This would probably restore confidence, were it not for tlae canses which I have indicated above. This great shipment of specie ($900,000 by the Union and $700,000 already known by to-morrows steamer), and when the rates of foreign exchange admits no profit en the operation, check the return of confidence. The export of breadstuffs is for the time being light. During the week just closed the exports from this port alone amounted to over $2,000,000 (403,0001.) There are plenty of orders yet unfilled, but the market has advanced beyond their limits. There is, however, a great abundance of breadstuffs in the interior and on the way to New York. The total exports of breadstuffs and provi sions up to June 30 were returned at $36,696,131, being $29,205,109 less than in the year before. Since then our new crop has come in, and, under the influence of the short crop in France, our mer chants look for an advance over last year. Mademoiselle Rachel closed her performances in New York last week. Pecuniarily it is represented as very successful to all concerned. The Italian Opera troupe of this season comprises no performers of European celebrity, except Madame La Grange. Miss Louisa Pyne and the Loudon Harrison troupe are singing in English opera at Niblo's, to full houses. Among the novelties is an American opera, founded on Washington Irving's story of Rip van, Winkle, the libretto by Mr. Howard Wainwright, which has met with great success. Trix KING OF PRUSSIA AND THE THIRD GUARANTEE. A letter from Vienna, of the Ist, in the Consti tutionnel, says : " When after the fall of Sebastopol, the greater por lion of the press of Europe declared the question of the third guarantee to be virtually decided, I took care to state that such was not the opinion of the French and English Cabinets, both of which, as well before as after that groat achievement, were determined that the prin ciple of limiting the Russian naval forces in the Euxine should obtain the firm support of all Europe, and should constitute one of the principal conditions of peace. I have reason to believe that a recent note of the French Government was couched in that sense ; and I therefore consider it a useful act to show that the determinatiou of the 'Western powers relative to the third guarantee is perfectly in conformity with the principles and practice of the rights of nations, and can be justified by precedents borrowed from the diplomatio annals of Russia he: self. A singular saying is attributed to the King of Prussia relative to that guarantee, when General Wedel returned to Berlin to lay before his so vereign the progress of the neo ' stiations entered into l as t winter with the C our t o f th e Tuileries. The object in view then was to conclude between Prussia and the We-tern Powers arrangements analogous to those of the treaty of Dec. 2, in order to allow the Court of Prussia to take part in the conferences of Vienna. M. Drouyn de l'Huys insisted, above all, that Prussia should sub scribe to the interpretation of the four guarantees, as sot down in the memorandum of Dec. 23. General Wedel, not venturing to take on himself to adhere to that de mand, returned to Berlin, to lay the matter before his sovereign. King Frederick William merely said in re ply:—' They want me to strike a deadly blow with my own hand at royalty, in asking me to impose on the Em peror of Russia, in the application of the third guarantee, conditions altogether incompatible with the dignity of his crown and with the plenitude of his sovereignty.' Afterwar le, Prussia somewhat modified that declaration, bat the partisans of Russia do not cease to maintain that every limitation of the naval force of that power would be an interference with the rights of BOTOC•ignty of the Czar. It was the same argument which the Russian plenipotentiaries brought forward at the conference of Vienna in the memorable sitting of April 17, and which was rejected in the most absolute mani er by M. Drouyn de 'Tiny& If my information is correct, tLe f Alt:ming was the language employed on that occasion by the French statesman in answer to Prince Go tsclo k :ff : According to your account, Monsieur is Princ!, we are only seated round tl.is table to le srn on chat conditions Russia will be glad to sign pia e with us. Ido riot accept either the part which son would thus reserve to your own Goveinme it or that which Sou would attribute to the Western Powers. Do we ask any of you ? Not at all. It is you who, seeing your flag driven from the Black S ea , o f w hi c h we are the absolute masters, come to ask our permission to re turn there, for we only require f ur French vessels of war and an equal number of English and Turkish ones, to keep the Black Sea in a permanent state of blockade and to exclude you even from it. And because we will only consent to admit your flag there under guarantees demanded for the general interest of Europe, you ex claim and say that we wish to attack the dignity of your Government. Of two things one—either assert your dignity by boldly opposing your flag to ours in the Black Sea, or frankly accept the legal consequences of defeat.' It was impossible to better replace the ques tion on its true ground, than M. Drouyn de l'Huys by making it to turn solely and exclusively on the prin cipleof the ri g ht t o w hi c h accor d ing to the ax i om qui sue j ure utitur, sienniiai facit injuriam, the question of dignity, admitting it to be involved, always remains subore dinate in international relations. Ido not think that there could be imposed on a sovereign and independent state a condition of peace more degss ding or more dan gerous than that which was insisted on by Russia by means of the treaty of Adrianople, by stipulating in Ler own favour the power of m irchirg an army at any tittle across any part of the Turkish territ ry with out the authorisation of the Porte. When formerly the Congress of Vienna determined to throw open all the navigable rivers which separate or traverse various states, Holland for the Rhine, and the Italian states for the Po, did all they could to evade the enactments of Art. 109 of the final act of the Congress of Vienna, which referred to the matter. But the other European states, Russia included, held firm, and insisted on the stipulations in question being carried strictly out, as such a line of conduct was evidently for the public good. There is a striking analogy between what the Allies of the 2d of December, in the interest of the political balance of power, now demand from Russia as the third guarantee, and what the Congress of Vienna realised for the interest of general commerce as regards the navigation of the rivers. It is that principle on which the Allies now act, and which they hope to have confirmed as the public law of Europe." CLEnicaL M ORTALITY.—During the past week the Rev. Gerard M ann, R ector of Mawgan, in Cornwall, 11as d ied, and a strange fatality appears to attach to this living. Th ere h ave been three rectors wishin the space of eight years, all cut off by premature and sudden death The father of the late incumbent was thrown from his carriage in the year 1847, and killed on the spot. His successor, the Rev. Mr. Crockford, a fine healty looking young man, died very suddenly, in 1851, at the ago of 36. Tile late incumbent, who died a few days ago after a vary short illness, was only in his 24th year. G 5 80 3190 --: Rowan Credit Mobil ier • 1170 Austrian 81. Belgian Five 5........ 93 xd Spanish Threes Piednaontese B4 75 Homo Debt 33i RAILWAYS-FOB CASH. tr. C. C. Orlqans Northern Lyons Mediterranean 1220 Grand Central SS7 50 Lyons Geneva — Tt.ste Cette 667 50 Austrian Coin. 703 75 THE BALTIC. KIEL, Nov. 2.—The arrival of the ships of war from the Gulf of Finland continue. Yesterday, the Royal George; 120, Captain Codrington, and the Cressy, 80, Capt. Warren, anchored in this harbour, and they have been joined this morning by the Edinburgh, 60, Captain Hewlett, and the Nile, 90, Captain Mundy. Myst of the Russian cannon have now been re moved from Bomarsund, and shipped by transports to England. Before shipping them an experiment was made for testing the strength of some of them. They were charged with 161bs. of gunpowder and two shot, earth was then rammed into them up to the muzzle, and when d:scbarged they showed no symptoms of being in any way injured. They have been cast from Swedish iron, which is exceedingly tough, and it is well known that the greater part of the heavy ordnance of Prussia and other nations is made from that material. As they will prove ser viceable either in their present condition, or still more so if cast into mortars for the campaign of next season, it is well that they have now been secured. Another letter from Kiel says :—" According to accounts from the neutral ports of the Baltic, nothing has yet been decided as to a naval division of the Allies wintering in these parts, in order to be ready to arrive more rapidly in the spring be fore the Russian ports in the Gulfs of Bothnia and Finland. Neither has any measure yet been adopted by the Western Governments calculated to indicate that they intend to leave a number more or less considerable of their vessels of war in the neutral ports of the Baltic during the win ter. In the meantime, the season is advancing, and every day the navigation is becoming more dangerous ; so we shall soon learn the decision which will be taken on the subject." In the evening of the 26th the Blenheim, Capf. Hall, arrived at Nargen. The Blenheim has been very busy at Mango, and has had frequent en counters with the Cossaks who hover about the place. She discovered and brought away with her 17 very beautifully cast iron guns, about 27 cwt. each, and two mortars ; they had been hidden in some shallow water evidently with a view of being recovered. She also found an immense quantity of grape and canister shot buried in the soil, and a bombproof magazine built telow the surface of the ground ; it was a little knocked about at the top, on purpose to lead to the suppo sition that it was destroyed with the forts, but to prevent any such mistake Captain Hall blew it up. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Nov. 2.—There is neither political nor local news of the least importance. The rumour that an attack has been made on Nicolaieff still prevails, and Greek mercantile houses profess to have learned from Odessa that the Emperor Alexander left Nicolaieff just six hours before the bombardment commenced. That no guarantee cau be given for the correctness of such intelligence need hardily bo said. It is expected that Sir Hamilton Seymour will soon come to Vienna. DENIVILRK AND THE UNITED STATES. HAMBURG, Nov. 3.—There is some reason to be lieve that, after all, Russia has accepted the office of mediator between Denmark and the United States, and proposed, as an adjustment of the diffi culties, that Denmark shall cede her island of St. Thomas to the United States for the sum of five millions of dollars, and total exemption of Ameri can ships and cargo from the future payment of the Sound dues. Although the colony is of no value to Denmark in a pecuniary point of view, rather causing an expense than bringing in a surplus, yet Denmark is said to have declined the proposal out of consideration to the Western Powers, to whom such an acquisition of territory on the part of the Americans, so close to their own West Indian pos sessions, cannot be desirable. A letter from Berlin of the 2d, in the German, Journal of Frankfort, says :—" Different journals have spoken of offers said to have been made by Russia at Vienna, through the Pru,sian Cabinet, with a view to the resumption of negotiations. All these reports are without foundation. We can positively affirm that, far from making offers of peace, Russia is decided on continuing the war with all possible energy. According to the orders of the King of Prussia, Prince Frederick Wiliam, son of the Prince of Prussia, is henceforth to take part in the sittings of the Council of State, and also in the business at the different ministries, in order to become initiated in public affairs. A letter from Berlin, of the 2d says :—" The members of the old nobility of Prussia still refuse to take their seats in the First Chamber on the opening of the approaching session, unless the Go vernment shall consent to restore the privileges (exemption.from taxation and military service, etc.), of which they were deprived in 1848. Negotiations were recently undertaken between them and the Government on the subject, but they led to no result ; the King, however, has ordered that they shall be resumed." UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Nov. 5.—A card has been vent round to common roo.'ne stating that Mr. C. Gainer, M.A., of St. Mary Hai 1. now of the University of Paris, and late of the 'Univers ities of Pisa and Vienna, is a candid,:• for the Aldric.hian Profes.sorship of Chemistry in the University. Tb e only other candidate in the field is Mr. Brodie, 8.A., c f Balliol College. In a Convocation to be holden on Thursday, the Bth inst., at 2 o'clock', the form of statute on the subject of the dress of servit urs, which was promulgated in con gregation on Tuesit'ay, October 23, and accepted by con gregation on Thur lay, the Ist inst., will be submitted to the Hou-e. In a congregaticm to be held immediately afterwards the statute defioing, the duties of the Professor of Rural Economy, which waa g promulgated in congregation on the Ist inst., will be sub witted to the vote of congregation. CAN 'BRIDGE, Nov. 5 The Rev. Dr. W.newell, Master of Trinity College, was this day elected. Vice-Chancellor for the year ensu jog. The sermon at the University elinrch was preached by the Rev. F. Gell, Fellow of Christ', College, and the Latin speech in the Senate-house was delivered by the Rev. A. G. Day, Fellow of Caius Culiege. THE CLAIMS OF THE GOD-CHILDREN ITISLI WORTHIES. The followi,lg leti;er, signed " Common Sense," ap pears in a cont eruporary : "Nineteen o! the most distinguished literary charac ters of the pregieut d.ty have appended their names to a petition to the Brif.ish public on behalf of Johnson's god daughter and her sister—aged and distressed women. They beg for an annuity of 401. a year for them. The poor sufferers Iv .e septuagenarians, who cannot in the course of oath' -e live many years. Almost all the sub- scribers to the. petition are wealthy men, or, at least, men in easy elm amstances—bishops, deans, members of Parliament, su, :lessful authors, and the like. Two guineas a year f.r , om.each of them will render Johnson's god-daughter an d her sister comfort xble during the poor remnant of life which remains to them, and, if these benevolent intercessors will condescend to take my ad vice, I strongly T 4 leommend them to pay that sum and say no more :1,713cp it the matter. The occasion is not worthy of the a lachinery thus put in motion. There is a risk of making charity ridiculous by the step now taken. A. line must be drawn somewhere in recognising such public cle ,ims, and it surely is but reasonable that it should be d rawn where blood relationship ends and god relationinii ) begins." THE CAPTURE OF KINBOURN. (Prom yederclays ) The Minister of Marine has received from Ad miral Bruat the following report, dated the 18th of October, which completes the details of the capture of the fortress of Kinbourn previously sent by telegraph : "Ii liave already had the honour of transmitting to your Excellency a first summary of the opera tions of the allied squadrons on the 17th October. " All the information I have collected since that date, in order to obtain an exact knowledge of the part taken in these operations by each vessel under my command, has only confirmed the first impres sions under which I drew up the telegraphic des patch forwarded on the evening of the 17th to Varna. " The floating batteries, effectively supported by the mortar-vessels and gun-boats, after an engage ment of three hours, completely silenced the fire of the fortress of Kinbourn, which mounted 50 cannon and mortars. " This fort having been reduced, the two other works the Russians had constructed further to the north, and armed, the first with 10, the second with 31 canucn, could only uselessly prolong the resist ance. Prom their construction, however, being more modern and better planned, they could have sustained the fire of the other vessels of the squad ron for a considerable time ; but, taken in reverse by the frigates and gun-boats which had passed the Strait of Oczakoff, they were also compelled to yield to the fire of the numerous artillery that was crushing them. _ _ " In short, I attribute the speedy success we ob tained, in the first place, to the complete invest ment of the place by land and sea ; in the second to the fire of the floating batteries, which had already made several practicable breaches in the ramparts, and the aim of which, directed with ad mirable precision, had sufficed to shatter the most solid walls. Everything may be expected from these formidable engines of war, when they are led into fire by officers so distinguished as those to whom the Emperor had intrusted the command of La Devastation, La Lave, and La Tonnante. " The navigation from Odessa to Kinbourn pre sented some difficulties to ships drawing such a depth of water as the Montebello, the Wagram, the Ulm, and the Jean Bart. The course of these vessels was carefully buoyed by the frigates, cor vettes, and steam advice-boats of the squadron. " But, whatever were the obstacles I had anti cipated from a season already far advanced, I had full reliance on the intelligent zeal of the captains and officers, and no less iu the spirit of the crews. " The generous emulation of the two allied squadrons, the mutual confidence of their chiefs, and the co-operation of the brave troops with whom we are united by the memory of so many toils borne in common, I also regarded as infallible pledges of success. " BRUA T."