The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-09 00:00:00

THEATRE ROTA! , DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EV,:NING, 111 be Performed NITOCRIS. Characters by Messrs. E. F. Ed- Ira *, Stuart, B. .4ullivan, G. Wild, 0. Vincent, &c. ; Miss Glyn, Mrs Selby, 11 , E.is De Vere, Miss Anderton, Miss Cleveland, Sr o. THEATRE ROYAL, H .1Y MARKET. Under the M anagement of Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVE LNG. will be performed THE MAN OF MANY FRIENDS. After which. THE PRETTY GIPSEY AND THE BULL FIGHTER. Followed by COURT FAVOUR. After which, THE SPANISH DANCERS. To conclude with JOHN JONES. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed ROBY O'MORE. Characters by Messrs. Hud son, P. Bedford, C. Selby, Parselle, J. Bland, Garden, &c. ; Misses Mary Keeley, Kate Kelly, Wyndham, &c. Followed by A MOVING TALE. To conclude with OPEN SESAME. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. J. 11. Anderson, 18, Norfolk-street, Stra nd ' Increased Attractions, and success in equal ratio 1 THIS, AND EVERT EVENING, at Eight o'Clock, Will be presented, with entirely New and Magnificent Appoint ments, MAGIC and MYSTERY, in twelve acts, arranged in two parts, by Professor Anderson. After which, the startling illustrations of Spirit-Rapping. HALF AN-HOUR WITH TtIE 'SPIRIT., being the most surprising aura Interesting series of experiments ever given within the walls of any theatre. 84,721 persons have visited the Lyceum already to see the Great Wizard of the North. Prices of admission: —Private Boxes, 11. I Is. 6d. and 1/. Is. ; Orchestra Stalls, 43. Dress Boxes, 35. Upper Boxes, l a. , G a llery, 6d. Na Half-price. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Grand Morning Performance oil Saturday Next at Two o'Clock doors open at Half-past One. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Payne. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE HEIR AT LAW. Dr. Pangloss, Mr. W. Shalders. After which, A DAY IN FARIS. To conclude with a new Ballet, introducing the Patriotic Dance, " Lea Allies," with a View of Sebastopol and the Malakhoff Tower ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. • THIS EVENING, The wonderfhlTy successful Equestrian Military Spectacle, by J STOCQUELEZ, Esq., called, The FALL of SEBASTOPOL ! Tt , e Storming of the Malakhoff, &c. A numerous company 40 auxiliaries ! Mr. William Cooke's matchless stud of trained horses, and a battle-field formed by both the ring and the stage! After which the EQUESTRIAN SCENES in the CIRCLE, and other Entertainments. ox-Vilce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Wset. Acting Manager, Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, inn. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIi DAY—Morn. 0 min. aft. I—Evening1—Evening 18 min. aft. TO-Moßßow—Morn.33 min. aft.l—Evening 48 min. aft. 1 THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, Oct. 9. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 64—highest since nooa yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 60—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'58. WIND. W.N.W.—Light, with fine weather. trs Win, z LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1855. The progress of affairs in the Crimea is still involved in mystery. The telegraph is silent, and we are compelled to look to the Russian reports to know how matters are going on, and then to form the best guesses practicable from the crude materials at our disposal. There is an old pro verb, which tells us, "fas est ab hoste doceri ;" but it certainly was not intended to bear this in terpretation. It is right to profit by the tactics of an opponent, but it is scarcely judicious to suffer the people to be dependent for information on rumours coming from the enemy's camp, and licked into shape by the fertile imaginations of our writers. We know that reinforcements have despatched to Eupatoria. and that some skir mishes have taken place, and that a very decided advantage has been obtained in a cavalry combat between the Allies and the Russians. It would also seem that the enemy have been threatened front and rear, and that while one division has been pressing forward from Eupatoria, the gallant PELISSIER has passed through the valley of the Upper Belbek and scoured the plain of Baidar. It is indispensable that peculiar vigilance should be displayed under existing circumstances. Much will depend on the skill of the tactician during the present crisis. It is an object of great importance to Russia to maintain her position while her German satraps are feeling their ground, and striving to obtain terms that will leave her at liberty to pursue her traditional policy, and to carry out, at a more convenient time, her nefarious designs against Turkey ! With judicious management the whole of the Russian army in the Crimea might be compelled not merely to retreat upon Perekop, but to lay down their arms and to surrender themselves prisoners at war. If the supplies are cut off, as we have repeatedly ex plained in these columns, no choice will remain, they must make an unconditional submission, and that will be decisive as to the fate of war, if the Allied Governments be only true to them selves and turn their triumphs and military suc cesses to proper account. In another part of our impression will be found the Second Address of the Committee of the Ad ministrative Reform Association, and also the draft of a bill for regulating the appointment of clerks in the Civil Service, which will, we are told, be introduced next session, the object being to take the whole of the patronage of the officer, from the Treasury, and to bestow the appointments on those who have passed through the ordeal of a public competitive examination. We are rejoiced to find that the sleeper has at length been awakened —that the modern Rip Van Winkle has even at the eleventh hour displayed some symptom of vitality. Better late than never. Let the Com mittee only now vigorously follow up their re sumption of activity. Let them shake off the culpable apathy so long displayed, and prove themselves to be "the right men in the right place," and we shall freely forgive all past short comings, and gladly co-operate for the advance ment of the good cause. In the beginning of their Address they bespeak indulgence, and show that they are themselves not unconscious of their faults. They say that "at this period of the year, and until the close of the harvest, there is invariably a pause in every public movement." They have, however, taken rather a long vacation—so long as to induce the public to suppose that they had aban doned their self-assumed task. Palma n3n sine pulvere is a sound and wholesome rule. N o great results can be accomplished without corres ponding efforts. If they require an example it may easily be discovered. Let them look to the labours of " THE LEAGUE," and profit by the glorious precedent. It was not by indolence or by relinquishing all appearance of work for a pro tracted period that the Free Traders succeeded in emancipating the food of the people from fiscal burdens and artificial restrictions. The men who undertook the task of agitation were indefatigable in their vocation. They never rested—in season or out of sea son . Th ey kept the public attent i on alive to the complicated iniquities of the villanous system. On the rail, in the steam-boat ' e ven in the omnibus, it was mad e t h e common topic of conversation, and truth was invariably elicited by the discussions. But why was this? The leaders THA- SUN, LONDON TUES,DAy EVglq OCTOBER 9, 1856 of the movement were in earnest, and the public were excited by their enthusiasm and zeal. As yet the managers of the Administrative Reform Association have not displayed much vigour or energy. They have certainly had some excellent meetings, in which they had the oppor tunity of explaining their own views, and were fortunate enough to bring forward some brilliant stars. But with the meetings the work was done, and very considerable recrea tion followed the brief exertions. Perhaps this was partially owing to the easiness of the task. They found the greater part of the work already performed. The people were in the fitting sta t e o f mind. Great excitement prevailed throughout the length and breadth of the land, in consequence of official incompetence, stupidity, and arrogance. But in place of striking while the , iron was hot—in place of following up their advantage, they yielded to the soporific tendencies of the warm weather, and exhibited a profound indifference to the business on hand. We do not administer this reproof in any unfriendly disposition. It is given more in sorrow than in anger ; and if, as already stated, they show any disposition to profit by the lesson, they will find no more zealous collabora teurs than ourselves. They must remember that they are in the vanguard—that the post of honour has, at their own solicitation, been conferred on them, and they must prove themselves worthy of the distinction, or surrender the positions for which they are not fully qualified to more worthy volun teers. The most energetic efforts must now be made, if we desire to avert the possibility of any slip before the goblet has been drained to its dregs, and all the obstructions to the fair promotion and legitimate rewards of unpatronised merit be fully and completely received. As the best and most efficient test of their sin cerity and fidelity to the good cause the people must reform themselves. No person entrusted with the elective franchise must make its posses sion the pretext for requiring the patronage of his Representative, or of seeking employ ment in the public service for any friend or relatives, however deserving. If the party for whom he seeks assistance be really meritorious he can get on by his own exertions in a straightfor ward and legitimate manner. He will not require any undue efforts, any " backstairs' influence" on his behalf ; and the application will let in similar demands for less meritorious candidates. " Pa tronage" is " the accursed thing," the mere touch whereof is contamination. The man who seeks a favour in return for his vote is a traitor to the cause the wilful and deliberate violator of the sacred trust reposed in him by his country. Every consistent Administrative Reformer must make sacrifices for the general good. If he eschew " nepotism" in high places, he must not practise it himself in any degree, however trivial. He must practise what he preaches—remove " the mote from his own eye" before he ventures to pluck forth, or even rail at " the beam" which obstructs the aristocratic vision ! Let him do this so far as he is individually concerned, and devote his labours and pecuniary resources to the good cause. Let Lim thus con vince Ministers of the sincerity of his professions, and he will compel them, for very shame sake, to maintain their own. Ministers have promised fairly, but it will depend on the people and the reawakened Administrative Reform Association whether their pledges be fully and faithfully re deemed or scandalously violated. The reformation of criminals is one of those ob jects which will ever attract the attention and enlist the sympathies of the humane and enlight ened ; and it is right that this should be the case, for not only does such reformation involve acts of charity to individuals whose case is pitiable, but also the interests of society, both of a moral and pecuniary nature, it being notorious that the ex ample of hardened vice has the most pernicious effect on the weak and ignorant exposed to its influence, and that society has thus not only to in cur the expenditure necessary to protect itself from confirmed criminals, but also that required for the repression of incipient crime. Praiseworthy, however, though the object be, and deeply interested as society is in the reforma tion of criminals, experience shows that but little good can be effected among adult offenders. Not that they are wholly impervious to compunctious visitings, or that under favourable circumstances even their reformation should be despaired of, but that surrounding circumstances, instead of having a tendency to wean them from their evil courses, actually propel them forward in the career of crime with increased velocity. The ticket-of-leave men, in general, as the public have found to their cost, instead of becoming honest and humble members of society, stalk abroad in the noon of day, as in the darknesss of night, the most brutal, the most villanous, and desperate in the ranks of crime. And the reason in all probability is this—not that their apparent amendment, which brought them liberty, was the fruit of hypocrisy, but that their nascent virtue was unable to stem the current of opinion opposed to them, and that those with whom they had previously come in contact, and who were at all acquainted with their history, were so many evil genii, armed with so many " flaming swords," to repel them from the path of honesty, a path from which habit had but too much influ ence to withdraw them already. With the juvenile offender the case is vastly more hopeful. The force of habit and the influ ence of opinion are not near so great with him, and consequently much less prejudicial ; and, what is more, not only has he fewer impedi ments of the above descriptions in the past, and therefore so much less to contend against, but there is less to uproot in him, and he possesses greater facilities to acquire and to retain good impressions. Hence the philanthropic efforts of those who have directed their attention to the re formation of this class of offenders have, unlike the not less benevolent efforts of those who have endeavoured to promote the reformation of adult criminals, been crowned with considerable success. The youthful criminal, unhardened by crime, though unused to kindness, has listened with curious ears to teachings strange, yet not wholly unknown to him ; and, while melted by the accents of benevolence, has seen but the more clearly through his tears the beauty of honesty and virtue. To these humanising influences, this kindness, instruction, and awakened perception, have been add e d t h e practice as we ll as the inculcation of habits of industry and order. The wild Arab of the streets even has been re claimed from predatory habits, and taught to prefer the restrictions of civilised life, insuring and fencing in the blessings of civilisation, to prowling about the streets, " lord of himself," but with no settled home, no oue to expend his wealth of affection upon, and no one to care for him as a friend. No wonder that, with a more promising task, in fact with the inducement of great and all but assured success, so large a portion, com paratively speaking, of benevolent effort has been directed to the reformation of youthful offenders, and that here, as in France, we have Reformatory Schools in active operation. The wonder is there is not more. In connection with these Reformatories, it is worthy of remark that, so far as we can gather, they are not so successful as their rivals (shall we call them ?) abroad. At the Mettray Institution in France, the celebrated Reformatory for Juve nile Criminals, on which our own are modelled, the percentage of reformed criminals amounts to 90 ; while at Utley, which we take as the average of efficiency here, the percentage is only 75—an inferiority which, great as the success is, we should like to see removed. It is by no means impossible, however, that the impulsiveness of the French character, the greater likelihood of escape from early associ ations, and of earning a new name in provinces little disturbed by internal communication, and consequently little visited, and it may be some thing more charitable in the French character with regard to criminals, will account for it. The fact, for certain, demands more time and consideration than we can at present give it ; we, therefore, leave it with our readers, who, we trust, despite law men and other cavillers, are interested in the prosperity of these schools. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SUNDAY. Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince walked out yesterday in the neighbourhood of Balmoral. The Earl of Aberdeen arrived at Balmoral, and re. mains upon a visit to her Majesty. Sir S. Morton Peto and Mr. Betts had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday at his official resi dence in Downing-street. A deputation from the Working Men's Committee for a monument to the late Joseph Hume had an interview with the right Hon. Sir Benjamin Hall, at the office of Public Works, in Whitehall-place, yesterday. The depu tation consisted of Messrs. Davenport, Cross, and Watt. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yester day, from the Governors of the North American pro vinces, and the Governors of Malta and Heligoland. Despatches were sent to the Governor of Falkland Island. CABINET COUNCIL—A Cabinet Council was held yes terday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lans downe, the Earl of Clarendon, Sir W..Molesworth, Lord Panmure, Sir C. Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, and Viscount Canning. The Council sat three hours. Viscount Palmerston, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, came to town to attend the Council. APPROACHING MARRIAGB IN HIGH LIFE. The gallant Sir Thomas Trowbridge is about to lead to the hymeneal altar Miss Louisa Gurney, daughter of Daniel Gurney, Esq., of Norwich, and sister of the late Hon. Mrs. W. Cowper. Seldom has that proudest meed of homage which beauty loves to pay to valour been conferred on a more worthy recipient. The de scendant of one of England's greatest admirals, and among the bravest of the brave at Alma, the heroic valour of Sir Thos. Trowbridge at Inkerman has become one of the glorious facts of history. Those who record the great achievements of England's soldiers in the present war will erob:azon, in the brightest colours of military story, how, when his skill and courage in di recting the fire of a battery had contributed to turn the tide of battle—and when a fatal cannon shot had carried away both his feet—the wounded hero refused to be conveyed to the rear, demanding of his fellow-sol diers but to carry him to the front, and raise him on a gun-carriage, that, before bleeding to death, be might witness the successful issue of the conflict ; and then, coolly, in that position, continuing to direct the fire of his battery until he shared in the final triumph and shouts of victory. Preserved, by almost a miracle, to life—his services crowned by every applause that a na tion's gratitude could bestow—hie honours hallowed and enhanced by the tear of pity from his Sovereign herself, while placing them upon his shattered frame, the noble soldier now reaps his final and greatest reward in the happy consummation of a long•cherished attach ment with the beautiful and amiable lady who is about to share his titles and honours, while she consoles and repays his sufferings. VISIT OF TBE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE TO LANOAsnitCE. THE ILLUMINATION IN LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.—As illuminations and other demonstrations of joy are now the order of the day, in celebration of the great victory at the capture of Sebas topol, Liverpool has stepped oat from her wonted busi ness and commercial habits, to give an evidence of her loyalty in connection with the popular manifestations of enthusiasm. No one can forget the receptions the va rious gallant bands of troops met with on their depar ture from this town to the Crimea—no one but will re member the beaming countenances of the soldiers as they rent the air with the farewell cheer and the parting glance of old comrades and associates—hopeful that the mission they were about to engage in would be worthy of the noble army who had preceded them in days of yore. Recollecting the glories of the Alma and Inker man, and the final evacuation of Sebastopol, and confi dent of our soldiers that "Their arms are set like clocks, still to strike on, Else ne'er could they hold out as they do—" the worshipful the Mayor, J. A. Tobin, Esq., called upon the inhabitants to give an expression of their feel ings towards the army in the East, and in connection with the demonstration he invited his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge to visit this great mart of corn inerce, in order that his Royal Highness's presence might give additional character to the holiday called for, espe cially as he had participated in the campa'gn. His wor ship's request was most cordially responded to, and judging from the appearance of Liverpool to-day (Mon day), his Royal Highness on his visit tomorrow (Tues day) will not be disappointed in the efforts of the popu lation to give him a hearty and cordial welcome. Al ready the forests of flagstaffs, which, like Jonah's gourd, have so suddenly sprung up, give the beholder at once an idea of the nature of the display to be made. Gas designs of stars, crowns, coronets, and the Imperial crown of France, together with " V.N.," " V.A.," Se bastopol, &c , abound in clusters in all the principal streets. The Custom-house is ornamented with an ex ceedingly large and splendid star. On the other side are the words "Alma, Sebastopol," in letters composed of five rows of gas-pipe. The Town-hall has a length ofgraceful festoons in pipe depending from the tops of the columns, and the dome of the hall has a perfect network of various figures, so that th e Britannia. which rests on the dome will be surrounded with a tremendous glare of brilliant lights. The Exchange and building adjoining will have a large number of flags of all nations floating, and the numerous windows of the building will each be deco rated with national colours. Thousands of poles are pro ininently placed in the streets ; the central lamp-posts are to be the supporters of bunting, calico, and silk ; and the ships in the docks will be dressed out in their peculiar attire. A band is to be placed near the large lamp in Lime-street, opposite the station of the London and North-Western Railway, from 10 a.m.. to 4 p.m. ; hands also at the Mount-gardens, St. James's-road ; New Park, Wavertree ; to perform for a siniilar period. There will be musicians near a great bonfire, between Scotland-road and Vauxhall-road, to play from seven to eleven, p.in. ; a band near the bonfire in North-street, Toxteth Park, to perform during the like hours. These bonfires will be lighted at half-past 6 o'clock, p.m., and fireworks will be discharged in front of the bridewell, Athol-street, and also on the Water works reservoir, but there are to be no other kinds'of demonstration other than those above stated, and which are specified by the mayor. Hia Royal Highness will be presented with an address at the Town Hall, will afterwards dine with the mayor, and attend a grand ball in the evening. On Wednesday he will proceed for a cruise in the Mersey, dine with T. B. Horsfall, Esq., M.P., and attend a grand concert at St. George's Hall. There is not the slightest doubt of the rejoicing being general in the outskirts of Liverpool as well as in it, for the subject has been taken up with a heartiness and warmth of feeling that are characteristic of the energies and perseverance of a great tawn. It is only to be hoped that the weather will be favourable ; and should that be so, the demonstration will be one worthy of record in the annals of Liverpool. MR. KirT7iuN's LETTER.—In order to prevent any mikapprehension, we wish to mention that the Mr. Aytoun, whose admirable letter in The Sun of yesterday has attracted extraordinary attention, is not Professor Win. Edminston Aytoun, the distinguished author of the " Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers." Our corre spondent is a near relative to the Professor, who, from his great experience in Parisian society, is peculiarly competent to form an accurate judgment respecting the rah aarr T dn h huoe e feacsc l u e tpru t er t ree e edd r sy s views of ou r b rave Allies. iwn f r haap o s smr heavy,i caer ß li: ou e b n u t s t thatate t n h o a t i m t p h o e r t m a n a t r k d e s t e l i f n o e r ivad from Sydney with 7,005 oz. o f gold and 20,265 sovereigns, making a total of 43,235/. The gold, d, yesterday,the total a l b t e h i o n u g g l h ll h , ; 00 port American steamer of g o f departure was Boston, h as b rought, as was antici pated, afa ir amount Mr. Edward Oliver, of Liverpool, was made a bank rupt on Saturday, but it still appears that an effort will am and Rotter ep t r r i c a e n s s a c e o t n i t o i n n s u e w d e r t s o o h n e a s pd.u t p air o rsteeale l a n t b e Theused to weekly get reviewsth e ad adjudication ud fromi ca t i t o h n e A Amsterdam s annulled. terd dam produce m arkets mention that, although there was y tl; l ' a u t g e a r r at es. The demand for rice had been ma i nta i ned, but the operations were not extensive.l not much and a c c o t ff iv ee it A petition in favour of the remova ofthe assizes for the West Riding from York to W a kefield was on Mon day signed by the Mayor and several other magistrates of the borough of Pontefract. LATEST NEWS. HAMBURG, OCT. 8. According to the Invalide Busse, the total loss sustained by the garrison of Sebastopol, on the Bth ult., was 362 officers, and 11,328 rank and file. Generals Lyssenko, Bousseau, and Jona Croff were killed. BERLIN, OCT. 7. The Invalide Busse of the 30th ult. publishes a despatch from Gen. Mouravieff, giving an ac count of an engagement that took place on the 11th of September. The Russians defeated 3,000 Turks, and took Hali Pacha prisoner. They also captured four guns and three standards. The Turks lost 400 men. BERLIN, MONDAY. Prince Gortschalcoff announces, under date of he 6th : Great activity is remarked among the enemy's ships. The fleet is in motion in all directions ; the number of gun-boats increases. The Allied encampment between Balaklava and the Tchernaya appears to be diminishing. The enemy to-day descended into the valley of the Belbek, but soon afterwards retired. The following is from the Moniteur of yesterday evening : " TREBIZOND, SErr. 19. " The news of the taking of Sebastopol has pro duced here, as it will produce throughout the world, the liveliest enthusiasm. The Pacha caused five salvoes of twenty-One cannon shots each to be fired off. The Greeks could not conceal the pro• found chagrin they felt at the brilliant feat of arms on the part of the Allies, the consequences of which they easily foresee. " The last courier from Erzeroum has brought news from Kars of the Bth inst. The inhabitants were then ignorant of Omer Pacha's arrival in our district. This circumstance cannot fail to give new vigour to the defence of Kars. "A fact in itself regrettable appears to indi cate that the place is far from being destitute of provisions. It is asserted that Vassif Pacha, in concert with General Williams, sent away from Kars from 1,000 to 1,200 horses, with 500 men as an escort, in order to economise the forage. At some distance from the city the convoy is said to have been attacked by about 3,000 Russians, who made 200 prisoners and captured 300 horses. The other horses, after dispersing over the plain, are said to have in part reached Erzeroum. It is clear that if provisions• had fallen short at Kars, the generals who command the place, instead of send ing these thousand or twelve hundred horses to Erzeroum, would have retained them, for the purpose of securing a supplement of food until the arrival of the announced reinforcements, or the setting in of the snow, should compel the Russians to return to their winter quarters." HOSTILITIES BETWEEN THE TURKS AND ARABS AT TRIPOLI. Yesterday's Moniteur contains the following : TRIPOLI, SLIM 24.—The day before yesterday the Pacha sent out about 1,000 men to attack the Arabs, who were at some distance from Tripoli. The combat lasted for several hours, without any decisive result. The Turks are entrenched in the same position, and the Arabs from time to time make a few skirmishes. In the battle of the day before yesterday the Arabs captured two guns, but these were subsequently retaken by the Turks. Ghouma was not present at this affair—there was only a tribe of the neighbourhood on the ground. THE CRIMEA. The Czas, a Cracow journal, gives the following account of the positions held at present by the Russians in the Crimea :—" The Russians occupy a line fortified by art and nature which forms a half circle round the positions of the Allies, and extends from the Telegraph and the Constantine Fort, which are situated on a point advancing into the sea, along the heights of Inkerman and Mac kenzie, to the impenetrable chain of the Thatir- Dagh mountains. The principal forces are sta tioned behind that line, on the plateau of Belbek; they are in three divisions, and have their front towards the south. The right wing is formed by the large corps which occupies the north side of Sebastopol—namely, the citadel of Sievernaya and the torts of Catherine and Constantine. The left wing occupies the fortified passes of Aitodor and the chain of the Tcherkes-Ker man to the sources of the Belbek, and the mountains of Yalta. The reserves are at Bakshi- Serai and Simpheropol. Special detachments maintain the communications with this principal army, and with three other corps which are sta tioned in the Crimea, one not far from Kertch, with its right wing at Kaffa, and its left at Arabat ; the second observing Eupatoria ; and the tliird, the s trongest (40,000 men), guarding Perekop. The French are gradually raising their old camps, and quitting the positions which they occupied before Sebastopol." FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. " A number of masons," says the Gazette de, Lyon, " have just left this city for Sebastopol, and some dozens of carpenters are to leave in a day or two. They are all to receive sf. a-day and rations. They are engaged for the reconstruction and repairs of the buildings at Sebastopol." We have received the Constantinople journals of the 27th ult. brought by the Thabor, but not our private letters. We find in these journals but little of importance, that has not being already made known by electric telegraph. Bovirtsß, Oct. 8, half-past 3.—The Market gra dually improves in firmness, and prices have again obtained a slight improvement on the closing rates of !Saturday. Railway Shares are also a shade better. The following are the last quotations : Cash. f'r. e. End of Month 4i per Cents B9 90 89f. 75c. 3 per Cents 64 40 61 New Loan 6i 30 65 25 Bank Shares 3 900 Roman Credit Mobilier 1127 50 Austrian Belgian Fives ........ Spanish Threes — Piedmoutese ......... 84 50 Home Debt 32 RAILWAYS-7011 CASH. tr. C. C . Orleans Western 760 Strasburg Cette Ni rco od rt i h te e r; n an.oan ...... 1200 Tests 870 Grand Central Ly0n5,...... ..... ... 1120 Austrian Com.. RUSSIA. A letter from St. Pe tersbur g , o f the 29 th ult. , in the Hamburg News , says :—" The Imperial Court are returning by deg rees to t he capital. The D u Empress Duke Ctn o n Marie,sa her e children, the son of the Grand Constant of the Emperor, d m ost of the Adjutants-G enera l the Ministers, &c., have already arrived. Uneasiness and depression have again gained the upper hand at Moscow, where the pre sence of the Court had for a few days caused the taking of Sebastopol to be forgotten. The Secre tary of State, Offmann, has made known, in the name of the Empress Alexandria Feodorowna, to the Princess Soltikew, President of the Committa• of the Ladies of St. Petersburg, that in consequence of the war, the Committees were authorised to ac cept pecuniary donations for the families of the soldiers employed in the &et/fence of the capital and of the coasts of the Baltic. The reigning Empress, at the request of the Ern press-Dowager, has be come the Patroness of the. Association for granting assistance." SARDINIA. A letter from Turin o:f the sth states that pre parations have alreauly been commenced tor the King's departure for Pal is. The Corriere Illercaot tile of Genoa, of the sth, states that the new cot Itingent for the Crimea, formed from the different regiments cmposing the garrison of that city, b now complete, has been passed in review, and has . received winter clothing. The Minister of War, it : G (ids, has made arrange ments for receiving woun( i ed or sick soldiers from the Crimea in the milita u y hospitals of Genoa, Turin, and Alessandria—aL for sending those who require to recruit their strength to Turin, Pig nerolles, Moucalieri, Monte, and other healthy places. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 3d have arrived. The Epoca says that M. Olozaga has gone to Spain specially to defend in the Cortos a proposition for the accession of Spain to the Western alliance, and that M. Rios Rosa, ' the Marquis del Duero, and General Prim will also support it. The Espana remarks that the Government has not yet made any preparations of a nature to indicate that it in tends to cause a Spanish contingent shortly to take part in the war. The Gazette 'announces from Melilla, under date the 22d ult., that the Moors had made a new attack on the place, but had been repulsed with serious loss. SOUTH AMERICAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY EVENING. The royal Brazilian mail-packet Tay, Captain Sawyer, Admiralty agent, Lieut. Hay, R.N., ar rived this evening with the South American mails. Her dates are—Buenos Ayres, Ist Sept. ; Monte Video, sth ; Rio de Janeiro, 14th ; Bahia, 18th ; Pernambuco, 20th ; St. Vincent, 27th ; Teneriffe, Ist Oct.; Madeira, 2d ; Lisbon, sth. The Tay brings 83 passengers, among whom are the Rev. Mr. Biuney and lady, and eleven invalids from ships of war, &c. The Tay . also brings home the captain and part of the crew of the barque Enterprise, which ship they were forced to abandon in lat. 45 . 35 S. long. 44.30 W. It appears that in a heavy gale the main piece to which the rudder was attached broke, and the water commenced rushing in to the ship so rapidly that neither by pumping nor baling could she be kept afloat. After almost unparalleled suf ferings during fourteen days, in the worst of wea ther, with scarcely any water or provisions, Cap tain Gardner and the remnant of his crew (six having died in the boat) were picked up by the barque Oriente, in lat. 29.30 S., long. 50 W., and ultimately transferred to an American ship bound to Monte Video, at which place they arrived on the 25th August. To add to the misery of bad weather in an open boat, and whilst on the verge of starvation, the captain's wife gave birth to a daughter. Both the lady and the child at the pre sent time are in good health. The movements of her Majesty's ships are—At Rio : Indefatigable, Spy, and Trident ; Bahia : Rifleman, and Express (expected) ; Teneriffe : Bloodhound ; Lisbon : Neptune and St. George. The movements of the West India steam-packets are—Camilla at Rio; Avon left St. Vincent out wards on the 23d Sept. Ships observed or spoken with during the voyage : Union, transport-steamer, No. 166, be tween Lisbon and Cape Finesterre. REVOLUTION IN MONTE VIDEO. Buenos Ayres was again enjoying tranquillity, no bad consequences having been felt from the last at tempted revolution, in which the rebels were un successful, owing to the precautionary measures adopted by the governor. It is therefore premised that a great improvement will be experienced there in trade generally this summer, as the Saladeros (or killing establishments) are expected to work ou a larger scale than has been the case for some time; added to which the wool crop, which is increasing rapidly from one year to another, will be very heavy this smolt. Matters in Monte Tideo, however, bore a very unsatisfactory aspect, a revolution having broken out in that city in consequence of a decree (subse quently revoked) suppressing the liberty of the press. This step was caused by one of the daily papers publishing sundry articles against the go vernment in anticipation of the elections for a new President. General Flores, in view of the general ill feeling towards him on the part of the native population, and having grounds to suspect the Brazilian Minister to be in league with the revolu tionary party, retired to a small distance from the city, where he was joined by many of his friends, and immediately commenced to collect troops from the country. He was supposed to have about 1,500 to 1,800 men, the number increasing daily. In the meantime, the inside party have not been idle, as they had named a provisional government, and also made preparations to resist any attack that might be attempted. General Flores has shown himself de sirous of preventing bloodshed as much as possible. A committee of foreign merchants had on two occa sions endeavoured to reconcile the two contending parties, but had been unsuccessful, though on the evening of the-4th they had another interview with General Flores, to convey the result of which the packet was detained one day after her time. The interview is reported to have been more satisfactory than on the previous occasions, there being only a few points upon which they could not agree. Flores offered, however, to resign his power if the vice-president of the state was named in his place until the term of the present presidency, which hits only to run a few months longer, expired ; but it is believed the inside party refused to accede to this. The following is from a supplement to the British Packet (Buenos Ayres), of Sept. 1: - - Our prognostications as to the situation of the neigh bouring republic has been realised sooner than we ex pected ; and the result, we regret to say, is the prospect, we may almost say the certainty, of a desolating civil war l On the 28th ult., Flores was driven from his post, and the following day hoisted the banner of another legal presidency, ominous words for the orientals in the suburbs of the capital. He is said to be at the bead of 500 or 600 cavalry, a force against which the town of Monte Video can easily defend itself, but a force more than sufficient to form the nucleus of a Montanero war in the country districts. The Brazilians are snugly shut up in the barracks, and apparently care for none of these things. They might have upheld the legal presidency in the capital ; they cannot put down the legal presidency in the camp. They have placed themselves in a false position, and it may require many sacrifices and much blood to retrieve the fatal error. It appears that the President of the Senate declined the Provisional Presi dency, in consequence of which Don Louis Lamas was proclaimed by popular vote, widening the many breaches that have already been made in the unfortunate consti tution, which all parties invoke and trample upon as may suit their convenience. It is said that some of the departments have declared for Flores, and others for Oribe. Either can invoke a legal presidency, and will doubtless find ready allies in the Argentine emigrants, on c3ndition of lending them a helping hand when their time comes. BR A_ZIL. RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 13.—The cholera has invaded us at last. The number of deaths averages about 40 per day. White people are attacked slightly, and with proper care recover. The prin cipal mortality is amongst the blacks. Every pre caution has been taken by the authorities to pre ♦ent the spread of the disease, and we trust that its presence amongst us will not be so disastrous as was anticipated. Ten years ago we should not have been so well prepared to receive this unwel come visitor, but Rio de Janeiro nowadays is as clean a city as any in Europe. An enormous business has been done in coffee since the last packet. From the 14th August to present date we note sales to the extent of 313,000 bags, of 5 arrobas, or a total of 45,080,00011)s. Of this enormous quantity about 170,000 bags are for shipment to America, leaving a balance of 143,000 for European markets. Prices have in general ruled high, too high, we fancy, for any advantageous result, looking to the magnitude of the supply. Purchasers, however, are undaunted, and we expect that the extent of purchases up to the end of the month will be very large. Our stock at market is about 80,000 bags, and supplies are coming forward very freely. It is calculated that more than one-third of the old crop has still to be brought to market ; thus no de ficiency will be felt on account of the short crop, even if it be a short one, which is more than doubtful. The exchange market has also been very active, and has ruled high, 27', 3 , to 27Z being extreme rates. We estimate the amount passed on London at 630,0001., principally at 27k. On France about 1,220,0001., at 350 to 355; and on Hamburg 700,000 marks, 655 to 665. _ In discounts there is no alteration. In shares nothing of importance has been effected. Exchange on London, 274 to 274 ; ditto, Paris, 355 to 365 ; ditto, Hamburg, 655, very firm. Coffee—superior, 4,600 to 4,800 ; good Ist, 4,3C0 to to 4,450 ; Ist ordinary, 4,100 to 4,200. Sales since Ist instant, 110,000 bags ; stock, 80,000 bags. Sugar-Ist quality, 2,600 t o 2,800 ; 2d quality, 2,200 to 2,500 ; 3d quality, 1,900 to 2,000. Freights—Canal, 559. to 60s. ; United States, 85c. to 100 c.; London, 455. to 50s. ; Mediterranean, 555. to 70s. NUISANCES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—A few months back I addressed you on the sub ject of existing nuisances, and stated my conviction that many local authorities would not perform their public duty by causing the abominations to be removed ; and that the time will come when the Government would have to appoint independent officers in order to carry out the valuable sanitary laws effectually. Let me now illustrate my opinion. The Corporation of Leicester have what are called "The Town Slaughter houses," which, it turns out, have been kept in such a scandalous state as to be most intolerable, and the life of a respectable individual, who resided near them, has been sacrificed, as appears by the testimony of medical men. This, too, in a town having a Board of Health ! I sincerely hope the Government will immediately in- stitute inquiry into this sad affair.—Yours, obediently, Oct. 8, 1855. OBSERVER. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. (From the Daily News of this day.) At length it seems clear, both from the reports of Prince Gortschakoff and from the accounts which have reached us from the allied armies, that neither is the Russian army retiring, nor all the allied commanders content with the fall of the town of Sebastopol as the crowning exploit of the campaign of 1855. As yet, therefore, neither the gratuitous advice of the peremptory and prophetic Times, nor the difficulty of provisioning the Russian army in the Crimea, has had the effect of driving the Rus sians to Perekop. Neither has Prince Gortschakoff shown any signs of retiring —nor, indeed, do we believe that he will show any signs of retiring until, by the operations of the Allies, he is compelled to take that course. The truth is, as we pointed out some time ago, the Russians have everything to gain by delay. If they can only maintain their present position for two months they will be in a much better situation for the purpose of conducting negotiations than if they were now to evacuate the peninsula. Exasperated as the Russian army and the Russian people must be by the fall of Sebai topol—and that such exasperation is dreaded the Emperor's manifesto and Prince Gortschakoff's order of the day are proofs too significant to be disregarded—it is obvious enough that the effect of a voluntary retreat might be such as seriously to endanger the life or even the dynasty of the present Emperor. Assuredly it is for no slight cause that an absolute monarch condescends to de fend himself before his subjects in a public mani festo. But whilst the perils of Russia are great, and the necessity of putting on a bold front is of vital im portance to the empire, the necessity under which the Allied Governments are placed of pushing on the war with relentless vigour becomes every day, if possible, more imperative. And, indeed, it ap pears, if we may judge from the information which has reached us, that energetic measures have al ready been taken to carry this policy into effect. Although at first some doubt seems to have arisen as to whether the military movements communi cated by telegraph were correctly represented, and although some of the public journals seem at a loss to understand their purport, still we think the gene ral scheme of operation is sufficiently obvious— founded as it certainly is upon well-known strate gical principles. The Russian army, amounting to probably not less than 150,000 men, occupies the forts on the northern side of Sebastopol, and a line to the eastward of some twenty-five miles in length, extending along the precipitous heights of Mac kenzie to Aitodor, and thence north-eastward to Albat, on the Upper Belbek. Along this enor mously strong ridge, strengthened by field works and a numerous artillery, the Russian main army is posted ; but in front the Russian commander has thrown forward strong outposts towards the Tcher naya and the Valley of Baidar, to give timely warning of the movements of the enemy. Besides this main army, and a division in the neighbour hood of Kertch of some 14,000 men, there is another division watching the Allies, towards Eupatoria, of probably 20,000 men. On the other hand, the Allies have determined upon a plan which they are now endeavouring to carry into effect, namely, to threaten the Russian communications with Perekop and the Tchongar road. These roads, which fall into the great road to Simpheropol, are, it is well known, the only roads by which the Russians are supplied with provisions, or by which, in case of necessity, the army can retreat. In furtherance of their object, the Allies have already transported some 30,000 men to Eupatoria, who will be rein forced from time to time until a corps d'armee is collected there sufficiently strong to take the field. Indeed, according to the latest accounts, a cavalry affair has already taken place between the French under General D'Allonville, and the Russians, under General Korff, in which the former appear to have been victorious. The object in thus taking the field must of course be to intercept the reinforce ments, to cut off the convoys of provisions, and iu short to starve the main Russian army. In this way the Allied Generals hope, no doubt, to compel the Russian Commander to assume the initiative, and in fact to put him under the necessity of at tacking the Allied army in the position which its Commander may select as most advantageous. But whilst the Allies are concentrating their forces about Eupatoria, in order to occupy the attention of the Russian Commander, it was requisite that their army on the Tchernaya should advance its outposts so as to threaten the Russians occupying the Mackenzie plateau and the Upper Belbek. So long as the main body of the Russian troops occu pies this line it is by no means probable that any attempt will be made to force it, for whether we estimate its strength from private letters, from the best maps, or from the. : photographic repre sentations of Mr. Fenton, it Seems a position little less than impregnable. Unless, therefore, the Russian line is greatly weakened, the Allies will probably content themselves by merely threaten ing it by the display of such an imposing force as will demand the presence of the Russian army in their strong position along those heights. Ac cordingly, we learn from St. Petersburg that the Allies have pushed forward a detachment of some 30,000 men as close as possible to the Rus sian outposts, that they are making daily recon naissances, and indeed that they have already had a successful affair with the enemy at Urkusta ; and it is even said that the pass through the mointains has been forced. It thus appears that the' Allied armies are engaged in a double movement, one on the north and the other on the south of 'Prince Gortschakoff, each dependent on the other; and the grounds upon which the schemes of operations proceeds are obvious. It is of course necessary for the Russian general to keep his line of battle along the heights unbroken —for once pierced, the Russian army is lost. At the same time it is es ential for him to keep his communications open with Perekop, and therefore it is impossible he can endure a corps d'armee in his rear. His position, therefore, is obviously full of peril ; though at the same time that of the Allies is not without peril also. The peril to the Allies is, lest the Prince, detaching 80,000 or 100 , 000 men, should suddenly fall on the Allied corps at Eupa toria, and annihilate it. In this way the Prince may, from time to time, attack the divisions of the Allied army separately, and thus succeed in repeat ing the exploit which has immortalised the grat Na poleon, when, abandoning the siege ofMantua, he de stroyed the Austrian divisions in succession. To carry such a scheme into effect requires certainly a con summate general, of a genius to strike a blow with an almost marvellous celerity and with overpower- ing vigour ; nevertheless, as it seems to us, some such scheme as this must be adopted if the Russian army is to be saved. For since Eupatoria is dis tant from the great road but 25 miles, it is utterly impossible that any rational commander should al low an army of 40,000 or 50,000 men to establish itself in his rear, and in the line of his communica tions, without making some effort to dislodge or destroy it. At the same time it may cost Prince Gort'chakoff dear should the allies learn that his line along the heights had been materially weak ened ; for then, of course, the army from Baidar would at once push on, seize the plateau, and so fall on the rear of theßussians. If, therefore, we have rightly interpreted the plans of the allies, it seems that the contest is now one of pure generalship ; and a few weeks must determine whether or not the Crimea is destined to be in the hands of the allies before the close of the present season. METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT. THE WARDS. In working out final results from the returns and cal culations presented at upwards of 60 meetings held by the assessors appointed under the Metropolis Local Management Act to divide into wards parishes contain ing more than 2,000 rated householders, and to appor tion among them the number of vestrymen to be elected, it was found with respect to Paddington that some doubt yet remained as to whether the number of vestry men would be 72 or 84. On inquiry at the vestry-hall it appeared that Mr. Wood, the assessor, had not made his final award, but that returns bad been forwarded to him which it was thought would entitle Paddington to 84 vestrymen. The difficulty arose from a want of agreement between the figures taken from the rate-book and the returns made by the collectors. By the former, it appeared that the number of persons rated to the reli e f o f th e poor was 6,201, which would give to Paddington 84 vestry men ; but the returns of the collectors presented the number of rated householders at below 6,000, and these returns, it adopted as correct, would reduce the number of vestrymen to 72. The assessor, therefore, required to be furnished with returns showing not only the num ber of persons actually rated, but also the number of occupiers in the parish. Mr. Aveling, the vestry-clerk, forwarded such re turns; and since the publi ca ti on o f t h e t a bles, Mr. Avel ing has received from M r . W oo d hi s fi n al award, which gves to Ward 1 .. 12 vestrymen. .18 PP .18 ~ 24 2, T0ta1............ 72 To Paddington, therefore, 72 vestrymen have been as. Signed ; and this result will make a slight difference in the figures given in the tables, which represent the total number of vestrymen apportioned among the 28 divided parishes. There the total appears to be 1,980 (Padding ton appearing to have 84). The total, according to the amended result for Paddington, will now be 1,968 ves trymen for all the parishes divided into wards under the Metropolis Local Management Act. In St. Margaret's parish, Westminster, an alteration has been made, not in the number of vestrymen to be apportioned (which remains at. 36), but in the Aumber of f/ wards set out. There would have been four wards if the returns presented to Mr. G. B. Allen, the assessor,' at the meeting held on the 18th ult. had proved true to the Ist of October; but, the result being otherwise, the number of wards will be only three. From the returns presented by the parish authorities, it appeared that Ward 1, or Hamlet Ward, sticsuld con tain 621 rated householders, and 622 persons fated to the relief of the poor, the total amount of rateable value on all assessments being 43,9261. Ward 2, . ; or Buck ingham Ward, would contain 516 rated householders, and 516 persons rated to . the relief of the poor, ; the total rateable value being 19,1341. Ward 3, or Middle Ward, would have 542 rated householders, and 542 persons rated to the poor, and the total rateable value would be 26,476/. Ward 4, or Parliament-street Ward, would contain 540 rated householders, 540 persons rated to the poor, and give a rateable value of 54,421/. Proceeding upon these data Mr. Allen said the divi sion would be into four wards ; but the numbers in Buckingham Ward being so very close upon the limit allowed by the act—" no ward to contain less than 500 rated householders,"—the assessor made it a proviso that, in the event of it appearing on the Ist of October that the numbers presented had been reduced by re - movals- or otherwise to below 500 in Buckingham Ward, the wards must be modified, or a less number given. Since the publication of the tables on Friday, Mr. Rogers, the vestry clerk, has furnished a statement of Mr. Allen's final award, just received, from , which it appears that, instead of 'four, there will be but three wards for St. Margaret's, Westminster. The number of vestrymen remains the same as formerly given-36 but, of course, with a varied apportionment—thus ; to Ward 1 l2 vestrymen. Ward 2 9 ' t. Ward 3 • 15 ,„ Total s6 The Hamlet remains one of the three wards. ROYAL EAST BERKS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. . The annual meeting of this association was held on Thursday last. The exhibition of "cattle, though not quite so extensive as in some years, comprised 'a larger number of fine animals than has been previously seen connection with this society. The Devon ox sent by Prince Albert was of a superior kind, and commanded general admiration. The short-horn heifer, the yearling heifer, and yearling bull, shown by C. P. Grenfell, Esq., of Taplow-court, and each of which carried off a prize, were exceedingly handsome animals ; there was a good class of mares and foals, and of the latter there was one worth 50 guineas. The members and their friends, to the number of 70, dined together in the evening, under the presidency of Mr. C. P. Grenfell, of Taplow-court. Mr. PASCOE GRENFELL, in proposing the toast of the " Army and Navy," said he recollected the time when this toast was drunk as a matter of course, and when the speeches made by the colonels or captains in reply were of a stereotyped character, that whenever the army or navy were called out, they would be sure to do their duty. (Hear.) He would appeal to that meeting whether the time had not come in which they had beet' called f rth, and whether they had not nobly done their duty'. (Cheers.) As a commercial man he would ask Olen:), as agriculturists, what was it that gave them seeerity to pursue their peaceful avocations but the army and navy; alai what was it enabled them to check the ambitious and grasping designs of the greatest military power oa earth but the army and navy ? (Hear, and applause.) The names of the Alma, and Balaklava, and the Tcher na.ya were becoming almost as familiar in their • mouths now as he recollected 40 years ago they used to talk of what the army did at Salamanca and Talavera, and the navy in the Nile and at Trafalgar. In these encounters they had seen what the army could do • and as regards the navy, he was far from being dissatisfied with what it had done in the present struggle. (Cries of hear.) That ser vice had not had the great opportunities Nelson had, when the opposing fleets came out and fought like men. ( Applause.) But he believed that when puch op" portunities should be permitted to our navy, it would be seen that the British tars possessed the same'spirit of determination which distinguished the navy 46 and 5 0 years ago. (Loud applause.) He could not help think' ing, if he read aright the tone which had pervaded son: 0 portion of the public press (and here he must say he re' vered the press generally, and regarded it as the great bulwark of liberty in our land), that it bad been a little too harsh. (Cries of "Heir, hear.") There had been what undoubtedly might be called a slight reverse, but not to justify such severe censure and criticism as had Proceeded from some papers. They had been so used to the names of Nelson and Wellington, that they ; f an cied men of equal forethought and ability were to be found for any emergency. There were some present who could recollect the revolutionary wars ; and they Would hear him out in saying that Wellington was not theproduot of a moment, nor was Nelson the man of a day. It wall years and years before they attained a degree of erei' nence. (Hear, hear.) He believed that, both in tb° army any navy, now the same spirit actuated the men and officers. They had shown it in the recent battles+ and would do so again. (Applause.) Mr. .Grenfel l spoke of the advantages which had already accrued i° the present war from ,an alliance of the English .0 French ; and expressed a hope that the same kindli, feeling which existed between the two na ti ons m igh t long continue, by which they might hope effectually to promote liberty and civilisation, and arrest the progress of absolute power. He concluded by proposing " Tbe ,Health of Colonel Vansittart" with the toast (drunk with three times three.) Colonel VANSITTART, in reply, adverted to . the brit: liant services of our army at Alma, Inkerman and Balaklava, saying that in each of these both the officer° and men had shown indomitable courage and great de' termination, and in every way they had proved thevy selves worthy of the respect and admiration 'of their_ fellnw-countrymen. After enduring great "privatioa! in the prosecution of the war, and having fougb,' several successive battles (9bseived, the gallant coloootl the great prize had been won, and theflagnf the armies waved in, triumph over Sebastopol.., , (Cheers ii He believed that but one feeling of adruiration pervade° the people of England at the indomitable courage dir p'ayed by the army.: They had nobly done their duty' and the Engiish.people'veere proud•of possesiing such al l army—(applause)—and, as 'art old soldier, he must Pi t that bethought the press h a d b een more se vere than e in their criticisms on the . con du c t o f the artily. o e thought it very,hard (Ten the officers who had shed thei r Lest blood for their country's cause that those papa ° should have allowed anonymous letters to be inserted their columns, stabbing the character of those noble men' (Hear.) They had , not given the army fair English ON, or common justice. He thought that the nam es of tb° writers ought, to be appended to the .letters, md they would know who it was that attacked them, an t bow to deal with them.. It must be rememhired thaw those men fought not for mercenary motive not f of dirty lucre, and their characters were more precious the° o anything else to them. He must say that there was nj wonder that a great portion of the people of:Engirt', should cry out'' Shame, shame upon the tyranny o f tb press." (Loud cheers.) He spoke as an' old soldie r ; and therefore must be excused the warmth of his PO; ings ; but when last year he saw all those names vibi e d he had been brought up to'revere±when he saw L°l . o Raglan, Sir Richard Ungland, Mg lathers, who had tabs, part in this bloody war, bad been assailed, : his hea r ; turned back with disgust at it , andle could hirdly 1 30 , believed that the Times would have acted so dastar d l and cowardly. (Protracted cheering.) He had spoke f strongly on the subject, because he felt that many their noble officers had been unfairly treated. • Several other toasts' followed of a local and comp" / mentary character. NECESSARY REFORMS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—When mismanagement s are so p reva l en t in ° ti War Department, and gun-boats found to he necessarit just a year after they ought to have been in Cronstadt Sweaborg, it becomes a matter of interest an d necessity to inquire who are the men that manage, or rather ra iii ; manage, these things, and what are their qualificatig e to be placed where they are ? Why should 'we, t i) overtaxed producers, he so victimised ? In these days of "the right men in the right plec e li t; when we see reforms beking place on all sides, it is b right that something of the sort should begin in that Del' of corruption, the Board of Admiralty, more particulef ie in that part which the public are least able to g raph d with, the Steam Department. What we would ask Has the head of that department ever had a prattle' acquaintance in the handling of machinery, or is 10 0 mere theorist, relying upon the skill of those by v/ 11 ,, ° 11 the engines are contr a cted f or t o ge t hi m ou t of "' difficulties ? When the much- a b use d O r d nance , an d even the S i ti e r ; veyor's Departm en t o f t h e Ad m i ra lty, g i ve or d e rs 1 ., the constructio n o f mortars or vesse ls by private CO tract, we believe they give plans and say what t 1 want. Is there no man in'this steam-engine-produ , l country capable of saying to the manufacturers, is the Admiralty pattern ; I want engines of this scription As it is, we have first one pattern of John Penn 5 ,, e Sons, then another of Maudslays and Field, then allot% of G. and J. Rennie , then another of Miller, Ravenbillii and Co., till the Admiralty engineer has to puzzle ,4.4 brains, when transferred from one ship to another/ to what form of construction he may come to next. 0 13 The present plian seems to be something like the Vernon, Pique, and Co. experiments, or the iron s.ji management, till they are found useless, and laid as lumber, or patched up at a great expense into s°''' thing tolerable. „V As for the head of the Steam Department he nro l -7, A , good man, and may have b e e n a c l ever man , b u t t e o worn out, We want new men, and till we get nest' we must not hope for reform. We have got a new Storekeeper-General and a ",10 Board of Admiralty. Let us now cl ear ou t th e AUK st,.ble of steam corruption, and then we may hoP ° better things. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, A REFORMO Chelsea, Bth October, 1855. Only one vessel has left the port of London for h io tralia during the week, it s d est i na ti on . being Port-Pi and its capacity 656 t ons . Th e ra t es o f f re i g ht Ai' lubit much depression. 01 1 THE MAILS. —Th e P en in su l ar an d O r i en t a l Corollt0; steam-ship, Madrid, Capt, Cook, left Soutbamptoo terday with the usual Peninsular mail, a full cargof c i l 67 passengers, amongst whom were Col. Cobbe, Os t Lawson, &c. The :Madrid takes out specie t ° / 0" amount of 54,8501., viz., 4,1501. for Lisbon, and 5 0 ) for Cadiz. , • 1