The Sun. — London, England, 1855-11-02 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, II VMARKF.T. rimier She Management of Mr. Buckstone. 1' MVP, N'TNi), Wka he per)rmsl R.) ‘tEr) .\VI) ,PJLIET. Rouen, Cash a t ; s up,)ortel.,y •.ests, FIow:. gib. eac:ea, an.dilouaptoo.; and rs. sal Miss sva 4) )rot 411. rollowel by cHE LIT I'LE TKE&SURIC. To eoncia fe with JOl.lll %01 - A . r. e fl.l -; , ; ~, 7 ' ,' •-, ')Xf , oti.li-.,r RE I.:T. trn,ler try, management of Mr. Citica.ze IOUs: THIS EVENING Win he presented JUDGE NOT BY APPEtRANCEi. After which, KIN 4 HENRY VIII. Queen Katharine, Mrs. C. an ; Cardinal Wolsey, fir C. Kean. To conzhtle with A GAME OF ROMPS. r EAT tt, ROYAL ADRLPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directra3, Madame Ceeste. THIS EVENING, Will be perforate' THE WHIM ED33E OF THE PEPPERS, Go ral.l Pepp r, Ur. Hudson; supported by Messrs. Moreland, P. Belford. Phelim, Kate Kelly; Magaelent, Miss Laidlstr tha, NIIS3 Wyndham. After which, the Farce of TgE £lO3 NOTE. To conduits with A MOVING TALE. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr, J, TI. Anderson, 13, Norfolk-street, Strand. Inereasel Attractions, and 5000353 in equal ratio Tars. AND EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'Clock, ')e presented, with entirely New ant Mallitleent Appoint 'Vents, NIAGECI and NIYA l'EltY, In twelve acts, arranged In two Parts, bY Professor Anierson. After whin, the startlin4 illustrations of Spirit-napping. riA.Lv- AN-LICIIIK WIN{ TAE iPlitUr 4 , being the most surprising ant ere tang series of experiments over given within the walls of any as - re. 16 ' 4,000 persons have visited the Lyceum. already to see the Great Wit4ard of the North. Prices of altnisslon•—Private I3,xes, 11. Ils. 61. ana 11. Is.; 'Orchestra Stalls. : Dre 33 Boxes, 35.; Uppsr Boxes, 23.; Pit, is • ; (lallery, 61. No If-price. Box-offize open from 11 to 5 ally. Oran,' INiorninsc Performance on Saturday Next at Two o'Clock Doory opCn at !flit-past One. R JYAL OLYMPIC THEA.TRE. 1"113 EVENING, W.ll he nresentel, TO OB B 4 ;NSON, in which Messrs. Etacry, F . Rotacn, Leine, Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Terns= will appear. After which, SPILL WATER RUN DEEP. Followed CATCHING A MERNIAID. P:OY TUEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Payne. THIS EVENING, Will be performed TIT ;•3D.tY AFTER THE WEDDING. After which, SAIL PATCH. Pellowed by N [ rOC R IR. To conclude ;vitk SIMP.•ON AND CO. .A.Tf,F.Y'S ROYAL AMPEIITILEATRZ. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cebke. Coeval with its excitement is the prodiglous success of the new Pactaele. Doa.f-ning ite'zlimatims attend gr. J. EL Cooke'e mira lotts " Flight of Lie Bridges." THIS EVENING, The naw Spectacle de Guerre, The FILL of SEBASTOPOL ! After which the irrnroved S` !EYES in the CIRCLE, with Mr. J. H. llooke's astounding feat, the Saul du Pont, or Flight of the Bridges. To c:include with an incentiveto cachinnation, in a Humorous ARCS. 'toa•,,r9ce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. Yr Want. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, sun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rue DAY—Morn 13 min. aft. 7 —Ev , -ning 54 min. aft. 7 0-4lonnow—Morn.3B min.r.ft. 8 —Eveni,,g 21min. aft. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Nov. 2. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. - h , 74lest since noon yesterday. 39 —iowest this morning and during the night. 44 —ads day at noon. BAROURTER, 23'83—still rising. ` 7 /TNT—N. to N.N.E.—Light, with dull, cloudy, cold weather. ./.?-, 4::§-;:i.4/‘ *--) '' ' ''''i' .. ‘IZ-Villn 0 (C.,.: ; Z c74.-:0 ;_i-i' _::,-` ' 3 i, _ 41,-- v2, - ,-7:t` - :_ - ,'" -- - ..c, S - LONDON. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1855. Elsewhere we publish in our impression of this evening the record of a rather significant incident which transpired only yesterday, upon the occa sion of an educational meeting held at the little market town. of Fakenham clown in Norfolkshire. It will be observed that this incident was nothing less than the reading by the Chairman (the hon ourable representative for the borough of Tam worth) of a very mysterious communication ddressed to Sir W. JONES, Bart., by the Noble Lord the member for Lynn Regis. The cireurestanze out of whi©h the epistle itself may be said to have emerged can no doubt be readily enough explained and appreciated—namely, the disippointrnent of L)rd STANLEY in consequence of his unavoidable absence from an assemblage, to the' originators of which, ii; appears, be had pre viously prozni•ied whatever advantages might ac crue from his personal attendance. That, to be sure, is a matter, so to speak, of every day recurrence. Every one is liable, at all times, to these kind of unforeseen and wholly fortuitous disappointinents. It is scarcely, therefore, in the simple announce ment, rude by Lord STANLEY, of his incapacity to fulfil his engagement to the promoters of the cause of education in Fakenham and its neigh bourhood, that we can find reason for conjecture, or subject for bewilderment. It is rather in the enigmatic manner in which the Noble Lord con veys to the meeting, through its Chairman, his scrupulous anxiety to evade, if possible, the ne cessity of anything like particularity in the wordin g of his explanation. So solicitous is the Noble Member for Lynn Regis that the cause of his absence last evening from Fakenham should be overlooked, that the mystery of his " letter" results only in the awaking of the very liveliest curiosity, not in Fakenham alone, but throughout the length and breadth of the United Kingdom. Young though he is, his remarkable abilities have already rendered him so truly a man of mark among his contemporaries that the heir to the House of Derby mug needs already pay the penalty of p ersona l d i stinction and political eusinencs. It h because of the largeness of the promise afforded by the career of Lord STANLEY during the seven years which have elapsed since the date of his entrance into the House of Commons in the December of 1848— that the glimmering prospect discernable through this problematic epistle of his possible assumption of the responsibilities of office under the Premier ship of Lord PALMERSTON, becomes at once, on tke first whisper of it, a matter of very consider able interest to the great mass of his fellow-coun trymen. During the lapse of these seven momen tous years the Noble Lord may be regarded as laving more than creditably served the full term of his political apprenticeship. Anticipations might not unreasonably be formed, consequently, as to the chance of his ulterior advancement to higher posts than that modest one occupied by him during the brief but memorable nine months in 1852, when his father grasped the helm of the State, and carried the good ship Britannia from 1851 to 1853—from the culmination of the star of the 40 years' peace in the glories of the Great International Exhibition, almost to the earliest apparition of that cloud (at first no bigger than a man's hand) on the extreme verge of the eastern horizon, that cloud destined so soon to ex pand into a tempest of war, overshadowing the world with its gloom, and shaking Europe with its sudden concussion. Since the period when Lord STANLEY honour ably acquitted himself of the duties devolvi ng u P °II as Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs while the Earl of MAL3IESBITRY continued at the head of that important department, the former has occupied no obscure position among the more liberal members of her MAJESTY'S Opposition. Already when ranked in the DERB Y -D ISRAELI Ad the official phalanx of ministration he was recog nised as anything rattler than a mere partisan, although himself th e h eir of the Noble E ar l th en Prime Minister of England. lle was known, for instance, to ho earnestly favourable to the admis sion of Jews into Parliament. Ho was known to be an energetic supporter of the principle upon which there is voted an annual grant to the Col- i lege of Maynooth. He was known to be a reso lute advocate of the exemption of Dissenters from Church Rates. This was no mere party man, no mere narrow-minded champion, through thick and thin, of Conservatism and nothing but Conserva ism. Lord STANLBV was known to entertain liberal opinions such as those we have here enu merated, even at the very time of his occupying the position of Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the ranks of the Earl of DERBY'S Government. Since then the Noble Lord the member for Lynn Regis has allowed his views to expand and ripen upon many subjects of great public import in the comparatively calm and sunny leisure of Opposi tion. He occupies, for example, though still very young, a foremost post among the more eminent labourers in the great cause of National Educa tion. And it is in regard to Lord STANLEY as a promoter of the interests of popular improvement, as an avowed enemy of religious disabilities, as an earnest friend of religious toleration, as an open foe to the levying of Church Rates upon Nonconformists —in other words, as a Liberal Conservative or a Conservative Liberal, —designate politicians O f -this particular genus as you please—that rumours are now rife as to the chances of his accession to power under the Pre miership of Viscount PALMERSTON. In the mysterious missive to which we have already more than once referred, the Member for Lynn Regis observes, in reference to his compul sory absence last evening from the meeting held at Fakenham—" The reason of that absence I cannot at this moment fully explain"—adding, I will do so when permitted, and in the mea❑ time I must beg you to believe in my assurance that it is of a nature to leave me no option whatever as to coming or staying." And further —" I go down to Knowsley to-night" [Oat. 31] —remarking to his correspondent in conclusion, " I telegraphed to you within half an hour of being made acquainted with the circumstances which changed my plans." All which, we take it, is sufficiently significant. So significant, indeed, that the Chairman of the Fakenham gathering, Captain TOW:`.7SnEND, M.P. for the borough of Tamworth, ventured to suspect, after reading the letter aloud to the meeting, that there was some " State occasion" for the Noble Lord's non appearance. The Times itself becoming so explicit in parenthesis, when announcing the incident to its readers this morning, as to de dare in so many words—" [We believe it is not impossible that Lord STANLEY may become a member of the present Government] "—a declara tion of some import as coming from a sort of demi-semi-official organ of the present Cabinet, one that acknowledged only the - Other day that it de rives some few secrets, every now and then, from a "little bird" straying at odd moments, with a garrulous beak and an erratic wing into the urban seclusion of Printing-house -square. It is an im pression not by any means restricted to that one locality—this impression that the Noble Lord the member for Lynn Regis " may" "not im possibly " " become a member of the present. Government." Remembering his ability, the liberality of very many of his prin ciples, his undoubted popularity, and his youthful but already extended reputation, we hope and believe that these rumours have beneath them something like a stable foundation. The lamented death of Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH has left a grievous vacancy in the Colonial De partment. Besides which there is, virtually, another hiatus of some magnitude in that occu pied by the Postmaster-General, a position held now for some time past merely pro tempore by Viscount CANNING—a statesman nominated, as we all know, long since by the Leadenhall-street:magni ficos, as thesuccessor of the Marquis of DALHOUSIE, as the ruler of the British Empirein Hindos tan. The Cabinet has from the first sadly wanted an infusion of fresh blood—that want is now more than ever imperative. The PALMERSTON Administration has been oppressed from the outset, by the not easily ponderable weight of its uniform and stolid medi ocrities. Now that Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTII has passed from amongst us in the very fullness of his powers, now that Viscount CANNING sug gests another vacancy by the approach of the time of his departure for Calcutta—the necessity for important changes in the Ministry becomes more urgently than ever thrust upon the patriot ism and sagacity of Lord PALM EASTON. LA us cherish a hope that the residue of the Whigs may, at length, be cast aside, that the tail of the Family Party may at last fol low its head to the limbo of the back benches, that the political monster - born of Incapacity an I Nepotism may thus in the end be ignominiously extruded from the labyrinths of Administrative Government—and its place occupied by true Libe rality and genuine Statesmanship impartially se lected, no matter whence. The realisation, in short, of the day-dream of every right-minded patriot—not through a nefarious Coalition like that of old between the Shelburnites and the Rockinghamites, or later on between the Aber deenites and the Russellites, but rather through the nomination of the right men to the riglit places under the influence of a fusion of parties effected by no unprincipled compact, but by a natural and patriotic amalgamation. The full particulars of the capture of Kinbourn are now before us, and they not merely confirm the first vivid impression of that brilliant per formance, but place in a more striking light the extraordinary skill and judgment displayed in all the arrangements for the important operation, and the great efficiency and zeal with which the orders of the Commanders were carried into prac tical execution by officers and men. England may well exclaim that "evernd the r esu lt was not A y the less acceptable because it was achieved with comparatively trivial loss on the part of the Allies. A good commander is always chary of the lives of those for whose welfare and safety he It is a sacred trust whi c h should is responsible. not be lightly tampered with. He will know when there is a necessity for extraordinary risks, and will not hesitate to face dangers in whi c h officers and men alike participate. But true courage is very different from a reckless indif ference to the destruction of human life. The most unflinching bravery is invariably associated with the utmost humanity. All the arrangements were perfect, and we freely and willingly render to all engaged/ from the Admiral and General to the humblest sailor or soldier, the thanks and gratitude which they have so well deserved. But we will also confess that the glad tidings have only whetted our appe tites for other exploits of a similar character. The capture of Kinbourn, the evacuation, and voluntary destruction of the Forts at Otchakofi; are chiefly valuable as a means to what should be the great end and object of the expedition, the seizure of Nioo]aieff and Kherson, and the vast stores and materials accumulated in these most important t own s. It would complete the humiliation of Russia, and give the AUTOCRAT additional reason to deplore the ambitious and grasping infatuation which created the difficulty, and the ridiculous crrogance witich induced him to reject the too lenient terms tendered for his acceptance at Vienna. The !.cork so well begun should be fairly followed - up. The legitimate fruits should be fully realised. The occupation of Kinbourn may be a great feather in our caps. But we want a more substantial acquisition—something that will bring solid rewards, as well as laurels and decorations. If nothing more be achieved it will be but "a left-handed " triumph, that might just as well have been left alone, inasmuch as its chief effect will be to open the eyes of the Russians to the nature and extent of the impending danger, and direct their attention to the necessity of making adequate preparations for the inevitable struggle. " The blot" so dis tinctly pointed out, if not at once covered, will be rendered far more difficult to hit. We have seen, by the protracted siege of Sebastopol, the mischief of giving time to an enemy so energetic to repair their previous errors, and we may rest assured that if breathing time be given to TODLE BEN he will prepare " a nut by no means easy to crack,'' even with all our forces. Besides, the sources of supply for the Crimea will still remain intact. The channels of commu nication being open may possibly enable the enemy to retain possession of a portion of the Crimea, and to maintaii, some remnant of their quondam prestige. It is certainly late in the season for such im. portant operations ; but even in the time much may still be accomplished. Ia place of months we have only weeks in which to work. But we know what even a few hours, pro•. perly disposed of, may effect, and we may, therefore, reasonably hope that there will be no further procrastination, that the curse of being "too late," which has so long attended all our operations by land or by water, may no longer impair our most brilliant perform ances, and that the portals of Nicolaieff and Kherson being thrown open, the en• trance in our own hands, the road may be followed up to the extent of our most sanguine anticipations—so that henceforward there may be as little to fear from Nicolaieff as there now is from Sebastopol—once " the standing menace of Constantinople and of Europe." If the War should not end in the emancipation of Poland, it has begun the emancipation of our peasants. We learn from Mr. PACKE that the labourers of Devonshire are showing rather an noying symptoms of independence. "If a master says a word to a man he demands his wages and forthwith seeks a new place, leaving the master in a disagreeable position." The disagreeable po sition being that the master finds the serf-market changed into a free-labour market, through the competition of the recruiting serjeant. The change is indeed a great one ; two years ago, in the same part of England, the case was just reversed—if the man said a word to the master he was dis missed, and well if his wages went with him, to find himself in the "disagreeable position " of re jection for impertinence by all the farmers of the village ; and with no alternative but the work house, until he was supposed to be sufficiently subdued. "The young active man, however, who would have become a labourer or a mechanic, is now hurried off (ho should have said, he hurries off) to the Seat of War." Hence the lament that " the farmer has lost the control over the men which he formerly had." The remedy seems not to have occurred to Mr. PACKS, and the hundred gentlemen and farmers who sat down to the " substantial dinner at the Globe Hotel, Newton." In some cases no doubt the roving or excitable temperament of youth may have been the reason why the serjeant's bounty and drill were preferred to the farmer's "control" and wages ; the grand reason, however, in most cases, might have been suggested by the "substantial dinner "on which the speaker and the audience had previously feasted. The lads well knew that from the day they commenced as 1 soldiers they too would have substantial dinners, and songs, if not speeches, after them. We should like to know the rations obtained by proper demeanour under farmers' control. How often in the week did the Devonshire lads feed on any thing beyond bread and cheese ? How often did the smallest slice of bacon flavour the huge family dish of potatoes ? How much, after the substan tials of bread and potatoes, was left for condi ments—such, say, as the Duke of NORFOLK'S curry powder! How much more to pay for rent or lodging, four in a bed and eight in a room[? How much for fire, c4ndle and soap, shoes and clothing? The- answers to these questions, we fancy, explain the majority of cases in which the stalwart half-fed lad of twenty exchanged the blessings of Arcadian control for those of military duty. The truth is that farni wages have been de plorably low. The screw has been turned from above till the unhappy labourer has been com pletely squeezed ; and so long has this been done that it was supposed all independence had been squeezed out of him for a generation or more. The vitality of independence in human nature seems quite to have surprised the magistrates and yeomen. They gaze on it with the wonder of the philosopher, when, at the presence of mois ture, he sees the dried up anirnalcula resume a vigorous life. What hopes does the faeb suggest of what the result might be were the nations now crushed by Russian, Austrian, and other despots enabled to develope the undying principle of our nature ? To return, however, to our peasants. The multiplicity of farmers' sons bidding for farms, with the consolidation of small farms into large ones, enabled the landlords to screw the farmers. These, in turn, screwed the labourers. The additional profit thus gained, or rather ex torted, served the landlord's purpose again to give the screw another twist ; the farmers, of necessity, did their part again ; till what between superabundance of farmers, and still greater superabundance of labourers, the latter have been gradually squeezed till animal existence was compressible no further. We have our selves heard a farmer in a large mark 4 town telling another farmer that his labourers wanted eleven shillings a week I—it was with pre sent prices, —and denying with oaths that they should ever get it of him. Our town readers may shhaorrdtlytcimree agditito, b m u u t e Devonshire lower evonsh than irew that, ages and w werebut a e doubt whether they reach it even now. ters l t h i a s v p e l t a h in e , then, reme (y 1 hatt in these their o c o w m n m ser handsat e . d ma-- remedy of England raises the rate of interest when it a r would keapst gold from going abroad ; the m the rat e of wages if he would fermust, ura is its e keep at home those who fill his coffers. Control also will return easily enough to those who pay their labourers what would nake it worth while to bear control. As a general rule, men do not lightly throw up situations when they cannot better themselves ; and the farmer, who, deter mined to have men worth paying well, would not long be in want of thorn. The farmers, after two such harvests, and such prices, both for I flour and meat, will not easily grumble us into the belief that they cannot afford to better the condition of their labourers. Bafore the War emigration was in some places mulcting the sub-, THE Stibe l IaWk;DON, FRIDAY EVENING, NorEmnEß 2, 185 5. bolds of the soil of their long-enjoyed control, and removing before their eyes the very best of their labourers ; yet it never seemed to occur to them that these elite of their subjects might pay for wages which they would prefer to emigration. Hence arose the complaint that Canada and the States deprived them of all but the old and the worthless. Strong as the rustic's love of _home is, it is plaia where the fault lies, when he lees across the broad Atlantic. Mr. PAcxE is an educationist. He praises the old system of agricultural apprenticeship, and asks for some general plan to educate the children of agricultural labourers. We have heard in days gone by too much of the evils of rural apprentice ship, when the apprentice, male or female, was little better than a slave, and the master or mis tress than a tyrant, to wish for a renew al of the system. With the humane and judicious it would often work well. But more than parental autho• rity, unmitigated by parental tenderness, is too strong a temptation to many cruel abuses. Mr. PACKS laments that the early age at which agri cultural children are required to work inter feres with their education to an extent, which almost sentences them to perpetual ignorance. This is surely the fault of the landlords. They are omnipotent in Parliament in respect to rural legislation. Let the barbarous game laws, the income tax, and the probate duties, and twenty things beside, witness to that. Why not then generalise the law which they forced on manufac turers ? Why not compel the farmers to lot the children go to school till thirteen ? Mr. PAcKu ,himself seems now strongly to feel that the agri culturists need a more enlightened peasantry. He is right ; but if he be, let him put agricultural children on a legal level with those of manufac turing districts. We have often wondered that, when the landlords were passing the laws for re,- stricting the hours of manufacturing labour, and compelling attendance at school, the manufac turers did not consent on the condition that the principle of the law was made universal. It could not have been pretended that the most ignorant portion of the population did not need measures of compulsory education. LORD STANLEY, M.P. At a meeting held at Fakenham yesterday even ing, for the promotion of education in the district, the chairman, Captain Townshend, M.P., read the following letter from Lord Stauley, M.P. " St. James•:quare, Oct. 31. "My dear Sir,—l write to express my deep regret and annoyance at the inconvenien3e which my absence may cause to you and to your friends. " The reason of that absence I cannot at this moment fully explain ; I wi:l do so when permitted, and in the meantime I must beg you to believe in my assurance that it is of a nature to leave me no option whatever as to coming or staying. Igo down to Knowsley to-night. " Believe me very faithfully yours, " STANLEY. " I telegraphed to you within half-an-hour of being made acquainted with the circumstances which chaiged my plauß. This is all I can say at present. " Sir W. Jones, Bart." Having read the letter, the chairman remarked that he suspected there was some " state occasion" for the noble lord's absence. VAIIXHALL-BRIDGE COMPANY. Yesterday the ordinary half-yearly meeting of the pro prietors of this company was held at the London Tavern ; Michael Prendergast, Esq., Q.C., in the chair. From the report it appears that the bridge expenses were about 1,3001., which was 300/. less than last year. An examination of the bed of the river, near the bridge, had recently been made, and the piers were found to be in a perfectly sound and satisfactory condition. Twenty-six shares of the company had been bought in for the proprietors, and capitalised since the last meeting, according to the company's Act. The next dividend would therefore be upon £,600 shares only. There were now in the bankers' hands Exchequer Bills for 2,0001. unpaid dividends 9501. 7s ; the reserved fund in the 3 per Cent. Consols was 2,3341. 18s. id. ; the six months' tolls amounted to 5,908/. 3s. 4d. ; in the corresponding period of last year the stun received had been 6,e13/. 17s. 6.1., being a decrease on the half-year of 405/. 14s. 6d. The closing of Vauxhall-gardens during the greater part of last seas-on would account in part for the decrease. In conclusion, the committee recommended a dividend of 14s. per share on 5,600 shares, less income tax, which was agreed to, payable on the let of December. Some discussion ensued, in which a proprietor recom mended giving up the roads by a Liel the bridge was approached to the new Counnissioner.e. The CIIAIRILkN thought they had better not let the control of these roads pass cut of their hands, lest, with a view of serving the public, alterations should be made which would reader them less valuable as approaches to the bridge. In reply to a proprietor, The CHSIRMIN said, with respect to Wright's bonds, that the committee lied . no plower t o app l y t h e reserve fund without the sanction of the general meeting, and the committee had never yet thon4ht proper to make any recommendation on the sulject to the meeting. Tney hail not at present any means of discharging Wright'sb ends, nor would they till they were in a pesition to pay the whole of theta if. They coal.: not compel the par ties to receive the money, and have there paid off until the expiration of a certain fixed period, which was some fifty or sixty years to come. It, howeeer, any of those bends were in the market, as they sometimes were, they coif(' buy them up and capitalise them, as they did the shares of the company. . _ Resolutions were then pissed adopting the report, sanctioning the declaration of the dividend, and the Ca pitaileation of the repurchmed shares; and a vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings, We hear from very good authority that Sir Hamilton Seymour's appointment to Vienna is by no means ac ceptable to the Austrian Cabinet. NEW TEAS.—The Chrysolite arrived yesterday from the new and rising port of Foochow with the first of the I,ew season's teas, which are reported to be of unusually fine quality. THE EXCHANGE AT AUSTERDAIL—The accounts from Amsterdam yesterday mention a considerable fall in the owing to the recent operati ons o f t h e Bank of exchange,l'rance. _ . CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day. --Thursday, Nov. I.—Admissions 3n payment, 2,193 ; ditto by sea son tickets, 448 ; total visitors, 2,641 ; corresponding day last year, 2,356. CHINA.—The telegraphic accounts from China yester day are to the 15th of September. The exchange had advanced both at Canton and Shanghai, but not to an extent to create danger, under existing circumstances, of a renewal of specie shipments front this country. At Canton the quotation was 43. 94d., showing a rise of id., and at Shanghai it was 65. 5.0., showing a rise of lid. The exports of tea to the 15th of September were 18,771,8001 b., against 21,000,000!b. on the 20th of Sep tember, 1854. Of side there were 5,887 bales against 6,907. At Canton three chops of new C ongou h a d ar rived, and large quantities of oil Hyson tea. At Shang hai there was a scarcity of fine tea, and operations were restricted in consequence of high prices. Silk also was high, but the settlements were large. Politically there was nothing new. THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. -- At the monthly general meeting held yeeter ay at the society's house, in Hanover-square—Admiral Bowles, , sice president, in the chair—Mrs. Seeger and Mr. J. A. ‘Vright were eleeted fellows of the society ; and Messrs. P. M. Milnes, M.P.. and G. Norbury were proposed as candidates fer the fellowship. The report announced that his Majesty the King of Portugal had presented a beautiful ocelot, from Brazil, to the society ; and the general list of donations included, among other very in terestieg additions, several reptiles front Jamaica and St. Domingo, presented by Dr. Bowerbank and Mr. Tweedy. The report further stated that the visitors to the gardens up to the present time had amounted to 302,171. The public of Lyons have been delighted at the re appearance of one whose name revives such. pleasing reminiscences—Madle. Clementine Soullier. A.ta absence of three years has not erased from our me stories the daring deeds of this charming equestrienne, so young and beautiful, the wonder of her art. Her talent. is of the highest order, totally eclipsing anything hitherto seen in the arena. After executing on her fiery steed hen. splen did impersonation of the models of the fine art a, she sur mounts every obstacle placed before her wi tli incom parable ease and rapidity ; the spectator is bi•ezethlessly anxious for a few moments, only to be reassured of her safety by the brilliant completion of each sue ceeding feat. We regret the troupe of the Alcazar cann at per manently retain the services of this gifted lady. liavie.g been called to Constantinople to perform in the eques trian marquee of the Sultan, Made. Soullier ca n give but few more of her delightful expositions.—.7ouTnal de Lyons.—The above lady will appear at Aetley's theatre on the 12th instant. • THE USEFULNESS OF TIGHT-LACINO.—A learc, td doc tor has given his opinion that tight lacing is a ,90.ilic benefit, it:a:much as it kills off all the foolish girls,. and leaves the wise only to grow into women. CATTLE MARKET AT ST. PETERSBURG.—During the month of August last there were sold in this market 16,301 oxen, 321 milch cows, 5,764 calves, 1,757 sheet', and 1,331 pigs ; in all, 25,474 bead of cattle, fetching as a whole the sum of 654466 silver roubles. The aver no price of butchers' meat was per lb : Of the first quality, 7 silver copecks ; second ditto, 6 silver copecks ; ditto, 4i silver copecks. LATEST NEWS. THE BALTIC. DANTZIC, THURSDAY EVENING. The Lightning has arrived, and is to remain here till further orders. The Vulture, with the mail from the fleet, is expected to-morrow. The fleet is still at Nargen. The weather °wahines stormy. HAMBURG, Nov. 1. The Ajax and Hogue have arrived at Kiel. Other ships are expected from the Baltic. BERLIN, THURSDAY EVENING. We have rumours of enforced changes in the higher ranks of the Russian officials. Count KI-einmichel, the Minister of Roads and Public Works, is to be replaced by General Tehert kine, from the Department of Mines. The disasters of the war have produced in quiries, which are likely to lead to further changes of a remarkable character. The presence of the Allied Fleets in the liman of the Dnieper has produced great consternation. Their having troops and engineers on board is thought to prove an intention of making a per manent lodgment there. RUSSIAN DESPATCHES. In its impression of Oct. 23, the Journal de Saint-Petersbourg publishes the following : "NICOLAIEFF, OCT. 22, AT A QUARTER TO 1. "No change has taken • place in the enemy's position. The main body of the fleet remains at anchor near the Kinbourn Spit, and its detach ment of light vessels in the roadstead of 0 tchakoff, and at the mouth of the Baug ; the total of these forces amounts to 93 vessels. " To-day, in the forenoon, a few ships of these detachments re-ascended the Boug and the Dnie per, but only a short way, and soon returned to their moorings. The vessels that re-ascended the Boug did not even come so high up as the spot where they exchanged, yesterday, some cannon shots with our artillery. " The enemy's land troops are stationed between the suburb and f ,rtress of Kinbourn." NICOLAIEFF, OCT. 23, 8 P.m. The position of the enemy's squadron off Kin bourn has not been changed. Their steamers and floating batteries are in the Oczakoff roads, in the embouchure of the Bong, opposite the village of Parutino, and iu the embouchure of the Dnieper, between Stanislav and Rybaltchiz. At the mouth of the Dnieper the enemy is actively engaged in taking soundings along the southern bank of the river. The number of troops landed on the Spit of Kinbourn has not been increased. According to the statement of three English sailor; who, having ventured on shore, were made prisoners by the Cossacks of one of our de tachments, a part of the invading army of the enemy is still on board the vessels of the fleet ; it amounts, including the troops disembarked, to about 15,000 men. A.D. C. General Prince Gortschakoff announces under date of Oct. 20, that the enemy had again come down from the mountains that separate the valley of Baidar from that of the Belbek, and that he had halted. He has reinforced himself evidently at Eupa toria, but has not yet undertaken anything from that point. A letter from St. Petersburg, of Oct. 21, pub. lished in the National Gazette of Berlin, contains the following intelligence : The Emperor has, in consequence of a very detailed and circumstantial report sent to him by Prince Gortschakoff, at his own special com mand, and on which the continuation of the Ein- parer's journey into the Crimea was made depend ent, decided that it shall, in consideration of the existing circumstances, be left entirely to the Prince, without his incurring thereby any respon sibility, to give up the Crimea or to defend it as long as possible, as he finds it expedient. The army, however, is to be spared as much as possi ble under the circumstances mentioned in the re port. Together with these special powers the Emperor sends him two of his Generals, who are to learn from the Prince what his definitive re solution is, and who are to give him their assist ance. The Emperor 'Confers his approbation in advance on every measure to be taken by the Prince, and will cause his movements to be sup ported by the co-operation of the army of the south under General Luders, who would for this purpose remain in Nicolaieff. A copy of the Emperor's instructions, &c., it was understood had been forwarded to the Minister of War, Dol gorouki ; and the Imperial family was also made acquainted with this decision. ADMIRAL BRUAT'S ADDRESS TO THE FLEET. A supplement of the Journal de Constantinople, of the 22d ult., publishes the following order of the day, addressed by Admiral Bruat to the squadron on the subject of the expedition to Kiubourn. It is dated the 19th, and is as fol- lows :-- " The Admiral Commanding-in-Chief congratu lates the squadron or the fresh success which it has just obtained at Kinbourn as at Kertch. " The activity displayed by all, the zeal shown in the execution of the orders received, and the desire manifested to second the ideas of the chief, have led to a, prompt and decisive result, which opens a vast field to ulterior operations. "The cordial union of the two allied squad rons, the rapidity with which the navy and the army have learned to combine their efforts, and the habit they have acquired during the last year of co-operating for a common object, have seemed the happy issue of all the expeditions which they have undertaken. " The taking of Kinbourn is another bond of union between the two fleets and the valiant troops who seconded them. The day of the 17th October will be henceforth consecrated in the French and English navies by a double souvenir. " A year ago the alliJd fleets braved for six hours the fire of the formidable seaward batteries of Sebastopol ; yesterday, the fort of Kinbouru and the works raised to defend the pass of Otcha koff, reduced by the thunder of the artiLery, ac cepted the capitulations off red by the admirals. Being invested by sea and land, the forts of Kit.- bourn could not escape us. " The overwhelming fire of the floating-batteries and bomb-vessels so precipitated the completion of the action, that the other vessels of the squadron could not take that part in the glorious combat which they had hoped to do, but by the precision of their manoeuvres, their eagerness to get into fire, the gun-boats, the line-of-battle ships, the corvettes, and the smaller steamers, all showed what the admiral might have expected from them if the contest had been prolonged. " BM:TAT." RUSSIA. BERLIN, Oct. 31.—The following is the text of the last ukase of the Emperor of Russia, ordering a general levy of recruits throughout the Empire:— " We, by God's Grace Alexandt-r 11., Emperor and Autocrat of all the Rus , ias, King of Poland, &c. "In consequence of the losses which our troops have suffered in the campaign of this year, we look upon it as indispensable thoroughly to complete our armies, for the purpose of repelling the enterprises of the enemy ; and order,— _ "1. Toroughout the whole Empire, with the excep tion of the Governments of Paskoff, Pultowa, Tcherni goff, Kharkoff, Ekaterino.slaff, Cherson, and Tauris, there shall be a general levy at the rate of 10 from every 1,000 souls, in virtue of a special ukase issued simul taneously with these presents to the Executive Senate. "2. The Jews who are liable to mili'ary service are also on occasion of this general levy, the same as all other sorts and conditions of men, to furnish 10 from every 1,000 souls. "~3. The levy is to commence on November 15 (27), and to close on December 15 (27), 1855. "Given in the town of N,c(loliieff, OA. 3 (15), in the 1855th year since the birth of Christ, and in the first of our reign. "ALEXANDER," _ The - ukase addressed to the Executive Senate runs as follows : "In accordance with a manifesto of this day's date, a general levy has been ordered throlighout the Empire, with the exception of the Governments mentioned in the manifesto, aid we order— " 1. The levy shall begin on the 15th (27th) of Novem ber, and end on the 15th (27th) of December, 1855. " 2. The parties who have to furnish recruits a• e to pay towards their equipment, with the exception of the half-fur-skins (poluschubki), a sum of money equal in amount to what the commissariat must Tend for it without the half-fur-skins, viz , 7 silver roubles and 80 cipecs. The necessary orders with reference to the military portion we have left to our Minister of War. The speedy execution and conclusion of this levy within the appointed time we commit to the care of our Executive senate. "ALEXANDER. " Nicolaieff, Oct. 3 (15)." When we bear in mind that, from the time when the Emperor Nicholas, for recruiting purposes, di vided the empire into two halves (the western and the eastern), which were to supply recruits alter nately, no general levy has taken place, and that very lately the Imperial militia has been formed at least 200,000 strong, we may readily believe what the preamble of the ukase says, that it is in conse quence of the great lossts the Russian troops have sustained in this campaign. The last levy for the active army amounted to 13 in the thousand, the last for the militia to 30 odd in the thousand. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. Being All Saints'-day the Bourse is closed. Ths Emperor and the Empress paid another visit yesterday to the Exhibition Palace. By a decree in the Moniteur the Emperor con firms the promotion of 57 persons belonging to the army of the East to the rank of officer ; and th e nomination of 572 to that of Knight in the Legion of Honour and the grants of 1,284 military medals made by Marshal Pelissier. Yesterday morning a train on the Strasbourg Railway ran off the line near Epernay. Several persons were hurt, but no one was killed. No other details of the accident have transpired. Lord Brougham, after remaining a few days in Paris, has taken his departure for his seat at Cannes, where he intends residing until the meet ing of Parliament. Cardinal Wiseman left Paris this morning for London. The following private telegraphic despatch has been received here :—" 31.--The last ac counts received from Constantinople announce that Turkey is forming a reserve camp of 30,000 men. Omer Pacha is said to have left Batoum to advance l i into the interior and threaten the line of retreat of the Russians. His advance guard will march on Darab. The Russians, according to the last advises from Erzeroum continued to invest Kars, but had made no further movement. Letters from Damascus of the 11th state that the fete which took place in that city, on the occasion of the taking of Sebastopol, led to serious collisions be tween the Greeks and the Roman Catholics. The exciters of these disturbances were arrested, but ware afterwards set at liberty on the intercession of the French Consul." ADELPIII THEATRE. Last night Peak's oncer Highly popular farce entitled The 1001. Note was revived here with considerable sue COB 9. Mr. Keeley played his original ehara-ter of Billy Black, the cPnundrarn-making " boots," Mr. IludSon Oat of O'Shaughnessy (originally perforived by the 14e Mr. Power.), whilst the pats o Montmorency and- Kate Arlirgton (torinerly sustained by the late celebrated Richard Jones and Madame Veetris) were entrusted to Mr. Shore, a debutant from the Manchester theatre, and Miss Mary K,eley. Mr. Keeley was inimitable as ever, and the performa:ce of Mr. Hudson in no way inferior to that of his fanu.,us predecessor. Miss Mary Keeley, too, did ample justice to her part, and, whether as bal lad,,ingtr or actress, appeared to great advantage. The farce was preceded by the popu , ar drama of the White Horse of the Peppers. in which Mr. Hudson exhi bited his usual amusing ability. SURREY" TEEATEE. "Le Danseur Comique," the prince of buffos in the Terpsichorean art, had last night a bumper house for his benefit at this commodious theatre. Her Majesty's transpontene lieges showed that they were capaele of a e preciating, and determined ti reward, distinguished merit. The exertions of Mr. Flexmore for their gratifi cation, for some time pest, had deeerved their gratitude, and they were determined to besto w the most substantial tokens thereof —to prove beyond the possibility of doubt that they would fully discharge the reciprocal duty of an audience to a highly meritorious and painstaking per former—and well did they carry out this resolution. Every portion of the house was crammed to suffocation. Not only was every seat in the box, pit, and gal lery occupied, but even standing room was eagerly sought fur. Flexmore showed himself an excellent caterer for the public entertainment. There was some thing to suit every taste, and to insure the satisfaction of the audience, so as to induce them to bear with un abated good humour the close packing to which they had to submit. The exciting naelen?ranaa of The Flower Girl and the Convict Marquis was first presented, in which the inspiring influences of a " bumper house" nn the actors was clearly perceptible. Tken came The Dancing Scotehman—a Flexmnorean creation—which no dancer of the day but one could venture to delineate. Every muscle of the renowned Professor was in action. It was literally something sup rhuman—a kind of mas culine "Gazelle," that would speedily have wearied to death any person whose nerves and sinews were made of a material less flexible and enduring than wrought steel. how Flexmore could have gone through the work, and afterwards excelled the Spanish dan cers in their own peculiar school, was really astound ing ; but he did so, and to the latest pas there was not the slightest diminution of his indefatigable efforts. He wag most ably seconded by Madlle. Auriol and the corps de ballet. Well and energetically did she sus tain the distinguished position which she has achieved, and which her performance of last evening was calculated materially to enhance. We cannot conclude without noticing the admirable performances of two youthful debutantes, Madlle. Loue and "LaPetite Leon." The former, by the exceeding grace and ease with which she went thi ough the difficult teak which she had undertaken, gave high promise of ver dant laurels hereafter to be gathered. The latter—a mere baby of three years old—went through the pas Mac gregor, or Highland Fling, as in our ignorance we should term it, with a degree of steadiness, activity, and grace that might have put many carefully trained adults to the blush. There was nothing but the infantine ap pearance to denote that a highly-fiuislied coryphee was not before the audience. Theme were loud demands for a repetition of the exciting performance. 'We must once more congratulate Flexmera on the substantial results of his extraordinary and brilliant efforts to gratify his patrons and friends. CITY OF LOND'IN THeAT ,E. This well-conducted establishment is progressing fa vourably, with one of the best stock companies in London. The new piece of The Mountain Mo narch, from the p en o f th e late John Wilkins, has made a 'nest positive hit. To keep up the attraction Messrs. John 80n and Nelson Lee have entere.l into an engagement with Mr. M`l 7 l6.er, the celebrated American comedian. His Yankee drolleries in Sant Patch have never been equalled in this country—it is vile continued roar from rise to fall of curtain. Ile appears on Monday next, and wi I no doubt prove a great card for the inanag inept. We hear other n ovelties are in active prepara tion, of a powerful nature. Tne bard says—" It's not in mortals to command success ;" the lessee of this theatre endeavours to deserve it. SCRAPS FROM - THE SEAT OF WAR. no following. extracts are from letters written ou board ship off Odessa : OPERATIONS AGAINST ODESSA. The expedition hiss never been intended to operate a2ainst Odessa, but is to cccupy the forts of the mouth •)f the Dnieper, with a view to carrying out in future plans againA the enemy which it is not now necessary to indicate more precisely. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN NICOLAIEFF AND KINBOUBN. The distance between Nicolaieff and Kinbourn, across the entrance to Kherson or Dnieper Bay, does not ex ceed 11 mile, and the passage up the Dnieper to Nicc iaieff n inds close to Kinbourn, and is not more than wile from the fort. THE FLEET OFF ODESSA. The fleet must have presented a spectacle full of gran deur and menace to the Odessans. It extended for the space of five miles in front of their town. A dense array of hull and mast, yards and rigging, which seen from shore look no doubt as if it was one unbroken net work of ships resting on the water. The nine line-of battle-ships tower aloft in the centre, and the heavy steamer., gun-boats, bomb-vessels, and transports, to the number of 60, filled up the intervals and extended along the flanks of the flotilla. The esplanade in front of a magnificent pile of public buildings wag covered with a crowd of people, amid whom were many officers and soldiers and well-dressed women, and the gunners could be seen already for action inside the parapets of the long low batteries which guard this Queen of the Euxine. These glimpses of the city were, however, in frequent, and were soon denied to us altogether, for down came the Black Sea fog and wrapped us all in his clammy, unctuous, and chill embrace so closely that we could not see much beyond the limits of our own ship. CASTING ANCHOR. As the first ship of the English squadron cast anchor a long line of dust was observed rising over the hilly coast to the north of Ode,sa and by the beach, which is lined with trees and a thick hedge of bushes, and we soon made out bayonets glistening in the -.en, and a strong body of Russian infantry, with field pieces and baggage, consisting of some 5,000 or 6,000 men, marching in all haste towards the city. Two small camps could be seen on the hill-side towards the nat.* and a part of this column halted and encamped outside the city. A number of meunted officers ste• eompanied the men, and some of them rode out through the gaps of the hedge on the beach and reconnoitred the fleet, which was drawing up towards the harbour. The eternal Cosacks were standing by their horses in groups f two or three, as videttes, beside the numerous signal and telegraph stations, which line the coast at intervals, and are in connection with a semaphore in Odessa,which was tossing about its arms like Niobe gone mad ; others were galloping over the fertile steppe, appearing and disappearing over the low lines of hills, and numerous herds of cattle all over the country afforded proof that ee have exaggerated the general exhaustion of the enemy's resources, if any were needed in addition to the prosperous appearance of all the white farmhouses and hamlets, with their enormous stacks of hay and corn around their homesteads. Some of the inhabitants -.eerned to be moving away from the place by the north read, and many waggons and carts were visible going to and fro by the road to the northward. ODESSA FROM THE SEA. These barbarous Russians have a rare knack of build ing graceful, light, cheerful, and clean-looking cities, which even the "Stones of Venice" might not utterly despise, and if it be distance which lends enchantment to the view they have at least the sa,tisfacticn denied to wore civilised people of saying there is one point of view fro in which their cities win the senses. As we slowly drew up to our inevitable "five miles S. by E. o 1 Odessa," we passed a wonderful creation, which, com pared to the slaw effirts of our ancient builders, seemed almost the work of enchantment. There stood an ex tensive city, built on the curve of a high sea shore, with descending terraces and broad flights of steps to the beach, which was enclosed by bro:td quays and Vie wads of ports and casewated batteries, all shining brightly in the morning sun. Broad esplanades or boulevards lined with trees towards the sea-front ran along the top of tne bank, with a beckground of stately mansions worthy of the best "rows" near the Regent's-park, and we could see a i;unierous and gaily-dressed crowd of men and women all along the promenade, gazing on the dark clouds of smoke which were slowly drifting in on them from the di,tance. Behind and in coiitinuation of this esplanade are splendid residences, with pillared porticoes and orna mented peristyles, magnificent public institutions—the temples erected by De-potism to 'Civilisation in hope of making peace with her, barracks, palaces, governor's house, prisons, rising in front of a confused but graceful mass of domes, column., steeples, and spires. One huge dome is of an ultra-marine blue, and is topped by a gilt cupola ; another is of bright green, surmounted by a golden star; here is a Greek temple, there a Tartaresque looking mosque; there an unmistakeable "little Bethel," het e a Byzantine church ; again an Eastern minaret-like spire; further on, an indubitable Sir Christopher Wren steeple ; and next to it a grand dome and cupola, which at once reminded you of St. Peter's or St. Paul's. THE RUSSIAN nat. The fog at Odessa is worthy of the beat ef forts of the London atmosphere in November. It is not so rich in colour, so yellow, or so choky, but it is equally thick and clammy. It is white in colour, and soinetinies the sun stamps a moonlike imitation of his orb upon it, and one can see a faint indication of his existence above in favourable moments. Now and then you catch a dark outline of a vessel looming through the mist ; you strain your eyes to make out your neigh bour, but you might as well try to pick out the details of Turner's blubber boilers or of his phantom ships, and as you look the vision disappeared. The water flows by with a heavy oily roll, and the only noise to be heard is the plash of the lazy waves against the paddle-wheels, the bumping of the rudder, and the creek of the odd timber as he rubs against his fellows. The following are extracts from a letter dated Sebas topol, Oct. 20 :—* FILLING UP THE TRENCHES. Outside the town the French are hard at work level ling their eiegeworks, filling up trenches, &c., though why they sle gild take that trouble it is hard to say, un less they contemplate the probability of Sebastopol being garrisoned by the allies, and they, in their turn, be sieged by the Russian-. RUSSIANS FIRING AT THE MALAIEHOPP, The Russ:ails continue firing at the town, with little reply from the French. They fire principally at Sebas. topol proper, but now and then drop a shot or shell into the Karabelnaia, and sometimes take the flag-staff on the Malakhoff for their mark. It is difficult to say why we spare them so much, unless it be that we ex pect them soon to walk away, and leave us their north side forts in good order and condition, which would be expecting rather too much. RUSSIAN MOTIVE FOR MAINTAINING THEIR POSITION. Their chief motive for striving to retain their present position would be that, if they anticipate negotiations for peace this winter, these would be carried on more favourably to them whilst they still have a footing in the Crimea than if they had moved out of it, leaving us to garrison Sebastopol and Simpberopol, and, if we choose, to transpot t our army to the Danube and to Asia. THE RUSSIAN ARMY AND ITS PROVISIONS. On Wednesday the telegraph brought fresh informa• tion, originating in Vienna, to our head-quarters, to the effect that the Russians were about to abandon the north side. At present there are no visible signs of such ap• proaching evacuation, nor there is any probable reason to assign for it, excepting one, which is, that the Rus sians find it impossible to supply their army during the winter. On this point opinions differ much. Some think that there wil. be no difficulty in bringing enough supplies by the road from Perekop ; others doubt that road being sufficient, and think also that the Russian means of transport will run short. It is pretty certain that no large depot of provisions exists near at hand, and also that none has ever existed, even at the com mencement of the siege, for last winter the Russians— who doubtless never contemplated a siege of anything like such duration, nor probably an attack at all by land, and had made sure of speedily beating off any naval force brought agains - zt their great fortress—had a constant stream of supplies pouting into the town. A CURIOUS SPECTACLE. A more curious spectacle is assuredly nowhere to be found than in the space comprised between the lines where our batteries were and the harbour of Sebastopol. The ground in parts is literally paved with shot sunk in the earth, above which their upper surface scarcely rises ; there are ditches and trenches in which they lie as thick as apples in a basket ; in some places numbers of them have been buried. You see them of every size, from the huge 68-pounder down to the diminutive grape jolly little fellows, of a pleasant vinous appellation, but very nasty to run against as they are passing through the air. As to th e f ragmen t s of shell, you might macada mise roads with th e m —jagged, rusty bits of iron, i n fi nitely various in size and form ; one thinks ) as one lo o k s at them, bow many a stout and gallant fellow re ceived his quietus from some of them before they fell to the ground after their diverging upward flight. Then you come upon ill-treated cannon, trunnionless some, others with muzzles knocked off, som e b urst i nto two or three pieces, and others bearing indentations as from the hammer of a Cye,ops. You wall if up into the Re dan—into the MalakhofF, the French sentries object not—and you marvel at the huge dimensions of those famous works, and feel more surprised at their having ever become ours than at their h a vi ng so l ong res i ste d the utmost efforts of Eng l ish and French—such a medley of enormous earthworks, huge lumps of stone, heaps upon heaps f snot and broken shell and damaged guns, every thieg rugged and battered—a work of iants reduced to chaos. And then the gloomy, fetid bony proofs, where, for so long a time, the stubborn Ru-Mans l urked —wretched Wes, worse than most dungeons. A minutely accurate drawing of as much of the Malakhoff or Redan as an artist could em brace at a view would give a better idea of the nature of the difficulties to be surmounted than any attempted sketch of the fight. The state of the town itself is the best proof of the .enormous loss the Russians must have suffered during this long and eventful siege, and especially towards the close, when Lo part of th e south side seems to have escaped Our ni ojeetiles. The place is literally riddled with shot. You come upon all kinds of fantastical shat tering—houses that stand when, according to all one's previous notions of support and balance, they ought to fall to the ground ; walls with huge holes through them, roofs m rags, and everywhere, within and without the place, the ground is ploughed up into great holes by the bursting of shells.