The Sun. — London, England, 1855-07-31 00:00:00

ROYAL OPERA, DRITRY.LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be performed DER FREISCIIIITZ. Characters by Messt.s. a. Lockesley, H. Braham, and Hoges ; Mi - ses Dyer and Lanza, To be followed by a Ballet. Prices of admission :—To the two galleries, 6d.; second circle of soxes and pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; stads,Private boxes to admit two peraons, 105. 6d.; four persons, one guinea. Box-office open from 10 to 6 daily. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckatene; THIS EVENDIG, Will be performed MARRIED LIFE. A fter which, a Ballet by the Spanish Dancers. To be followed by A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS.' After which, the Spanish Dancers. To conclude with A FISH OUT OF WATER. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Casavas KEAN. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the original adAptation of Casimir Davigne's historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. principal haracter by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude" with THE JEALOUS WIFE. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPUL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Direetroes, Blltdsme Ueda. THIS EVENING, Will be performed PAUL PRY. Characters by Messrs. C. Sel b y, Garden, Parselle, and Wrigh t, Misses "Wyndham, Laidlaw, WroolgA, and Mrs. L. Murray. After which, FRATERNISATION; To conclude with MY BETSY. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan: THIS EVENING, Will be performed PERFECT CONFI Marston and Miss Bromley. Characters by ;Messrs. F. R obson and G. Vining; Miss . Followed by PLOT AND PASSION. Characters by Mr. F. Itobson, and Mr. A. Wigan; Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Bromley. To conclude with TIIE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Bags , Mr* lr ' Robson. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr: Payne. THIS EVENING, will be performed BROKEN TOYS. Followed by TEE BUMP OF BENEVOLENCE. After which, THE SPANISH DANCERS. To conclude with TITE FLITCH OF BACON. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooke. The Mazeppa Horse, one of the wonders of the age, THIS EVENING, Lord Byron's MAZEPPA ; or, the Wild Horse. revived by Mr. William Coke, introducing his highly-trained Mazepa horses. This thrilling spectacle o is of intense and all -absorbing int p erest. To conclude with the EQUESTRIAN FEATS in the CIRQUE DU MANEGE, by talented Artistes, with alternately Miss Kate and Miss Emily Cooke. Concluding with the Dramatic Dialogue entitled, VERY SUSI PIC lOUS, in which Mr. George Wild and Miss Fanny Williams, of he Theatre Royal Drury Lane, will appear. Box-office open from Eleven till tag Four. Se Manager, Mr. W West. Acting Manager. Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tani D —Yarning 12 min. after 3 I Evening 36 min. aft. 3 r o .vroanzar -.Morning 58 evn.after 3 I Evening 21min. aft. 4 TUE WEATHER.—Sui Orrin, July 31. THERMOMETER, IN THE SnADB. 74—highest since noon yesterday. 62 —lowest this morning and during the night. 71—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'87. WIND, S.W.—Light, with dull, rainy weather. GREAT REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF "TETE SUN," FROM FIVERENCE-HALFPENNY T FOURPENC F. FoR THE THIRD OR LATEST EDITION. In consequence of the abolition of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers the public in all large cities and towns to which parcels are forwarded by the News-Agents, The Sun, which formerly cost Fivepence-half penny for the Latest Edition, containing Parliamentary Debates of the same even ing, together with the List of Army and Navy Promotions in the London Gazette, with Official Despatches from the Seat of War, the Latest Sporting, and all other Commercial News, List of Bankrupts, &c., &c., can now be had for Fourpence, being a saving of nearly one-third. Hitherto the price of the paper was nomi nally Fivepence, but all Late Editions posted after six o'clock were charged a fee of One Halfpenny by the Post-office, which made the price to the Subscriber Fivepence-Halfpenny. This charge must still be made to those in remote places, unless the Postmaster-General have the , magnanimity to forego such a paltry source of revenue. Sun-office, 112, Strand, London, 9th July, 1855. 4. 9:74', - "' , 2 §ls LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1855. The Black Sea fleet has not, as yet, attempted any very brilliant achievements worthy its estab lished reputation and high efficiency. It certainly accomplished important results at Yenikale and in the Sea of Azoff, but they were realised at a very trifling cost, and without any extraordinary amount of labour or peril. There were many cases of individual daring and distinguished ser vices. Wherever and whenever either officers or men were put to the trial, they passed nobly through the ordeal, and effected all that the most sanguine could have anticipated. But, unfortu nately, their energies or gallantry were but sel dom tasked. There were manifestly concealed influences at work that prevented them from hav ing the chances of gaining distinction a n d honour, fcr which they were anxiously pi n i ng. It was not their fault, from the highest to the lowest, that they had not their work to do. They were bound to take their in structionl from Whitehall, and could only attempt matters that had previously been sanctioned by "My Lords," or rather by the " First Lord." When the prohibition is removed, we are satisfied that they will " work with a will," going at it in right earnest, and that their dashing exploits will amply compensate for their compulsory in action. It seems quite certain that there is something im the tapis that the extraordinary preparations easily perceptible are not made for nothing. The objects are yet involved in mystery, and there are so ni4ny tempting operations that, until the complete solution of the problem, it is impossible to predictwitl any degree of confidencethe nature or locality of the contemplated proceedings. We earnestly hope . that a. home blow may be intended, and that what we long since indicated as a per fectly measure n n ay .feasible beat/my/ed. A trial is all that is req uired, for if th a t b e made we have not the slightest doubt as to its complete and unequivocal success. Hitherto the larger vessels have been little better than spectators of passing events. The Russians were too well aware of the stuff of W hi ch our jolly tars were made to risk an encounter on anything like equal terms. In any act of brutality --in crushing an unresisting foe, and butchering those who had previously struck their colours—. they were—as the massacre at Sinopo proved, ,perfectly au - fait. But the qualities there dis played were. not of the character that wins a sharply-contested fight against an equal foe. At Sebmiopol they destroyed a moiety of their fleet, for the purpose of blocking up the entrance to the harbour, and affording an inglori ous protection to the remainder. Our men of-war could not get at the skulking dastards, nor even fairly measure their strength against the granite walls of the several forts. On the first day of the siege they had a little go, in which the gallant LYONS greatly distinguished himself ; but the " great go " is still to come off, when a combined effort is made by sea and land to bring the siege to a decisive and summary con clusion. That will indeed be a glorious exploit, one which a NELSON might have longed for, but which it is reserved for the British "Lyons " to achieve. There is not a single sailor in the fleet who would not surrender " a fin" to be per mitted to participate in the glorious work. But if Sir CHARLES WOOD should still prove an impediment there are other channels where they can be beneficially employed. Odessa was once unaccountably spared. We have bitterly ex piated the fault. The sparing of Odessa has hitherto been the saving of Sebastopol, the cause of the sanguinary battles of Balaklava and Inkerman, and of the supplies so lavishly poured in to the beleaguered fortress, which enabled it to resist all the efforts of its assailants. Odessa has since been greatly strengthened. Its destruction will now be a far more difficult task than it would have been last year—but still it is feasible. We can do it if we like, and con vince the Austrians that we are really in earnest, that the hostilities are bona fide. There is also Nicolaieff and Kherson to the west of Perekop, and the Putrid Sea to the east, where there are abundant opportunities for winning fame and aiming at the alternative so dear to Jack's heart, " the gold chain or the wooden leg." These latter acts may not be very perilous, but they would be very advantageous to the cause in which the Allies are engaged, and go fax to cripple the power and reduce the arrogance of Russia, and to compel the AUTOCRAT to abanw don the policy of PETER and of CATHERINE, which he professed himself to be determined to pursue. The landlords in their time were heartily laughed at for assuming the guise of "Farmers' friends ;" and Mr. BROWN, and other wealthy and honourable Free-trade M.P.'s, were among the loudest laughers. The farmers' friends had at least one justification for themselves, namely, that the farmers believed them their friends. That, how ever, was not sufficient to save the lords of the soil from the jokes and sarcasms of the lords of the spinning jenny. Friends of high rents, friends of monopoly prices, friends of aristocratic settlements, were the epithets by which they were most freely designated. And so it has been with each class of monopolists as they have fallen be neath the scythe of free trade. Shipbuilders and owners were refused the claim to be considered friends of the British marine when they resisted the repeal of the Navigation laws. Colonial proprietors would not pass for negroes' friends, or disinterested protectors of the colonists ; and even we of the Press, when asking to keep our postal stamp, were denied the right to be considered friends of the Exchequer, or of the public either. One and all, justly or un justly, we were ridiculed as concealing gross sel fishness under the guise of patriotism or public spirit. Bat no set of monopolists have made themselves more utterly ridiculous than the monopolists of money. Their turn is come at last—it ought to have come first and see the virtue and patriotism of the men ! The money monopolists wish to pass for creditors• friends and poor man's friends. They demand protection for creditors and protection for the poor man against the frauds of bubble companies. They are afraid that one will sell his goods to them, and the other take his small shares in them, and that both will lose their money. Kind pro tectors they of the workman and of the trades man ! So kind that they defend with the most griping tenacity a law which, like the corn laws, has the peculiarity of putting the money into the pOckets of its defenders, of which it has first robbed those whoi they profess to protect. No one doubts that our partnership laws are made for the wealthy. Ab, no ! the monopolists exclaim quite accidentally, we do get rich under them. That is a trifle ; we defend them to protect you trades men and workmen against being hoaxed by bubble companies. The little break in the argu ment is, that tradesmen and workmen think they can protect themselves. If they could not, we should still say, the sooner they are taught to do it the better. Sugar growers, farmers, ship builders, newspaper proprietors have all been taught to do it, and have taken no harm from it. Let monied men learn to walk alone, and trades. men and workmen will do it easily enough. And now for 'Ghia money-monopolists' bubble of bubble companies. We will suppose that they may spring up like mushrooms, or be plentiful as blackberries, to use the elegant stereo typed figures of the Stock Exchange. What of that ? The same faculties which teach the pupil of Mrs. GLASSE to distinguish the true from the spurious mushroom, and which enabled us When boys to distinguish the ripe from the half-ripe blackberry, will enable us, if they be permitted full play, to distinguish the bubble from the sub stantial company. Of course there may be com panies of rogues, as well as individual rogues,, and there may be unsuspecting confiders in them, as there was in the banking firm now before the magistrates. Confidence will certainly be mis placed and abused while Captain RooK and Mr. PIGEON are a part of the human family. We deny, however,'that it is the part of a Govern- merit to supply Mr. PIGEON with the faculties not bestowed upon him by nature. The latter will learn to keep out of the way of his circum ventor, if he be but left to find out what he is liable to in the company of a cer tain class. Th e mass of poor men also are not such fools and s i mpletons, in their own line, as the benevolent capitalists would persuade us. Their errors in strikes are but after the model of "their betters," and as we permit th em to refuse or sell their labour at the bidding of bubble N EW TONS and organisations, so we are bound t o allow them to invest their money mi s t a k enly if they will. Their mistakes like those of Messrs. BROWN, MINTZ, HASTIE, and the o th ers of that class, will quickly correct themselves. But the luckless tradesman who trusts a bubble company, have you no mercy on him? None at all. He sees a grand announcement in the Times ; "Capital one million, ten per cent, paid up Tenders wanted for this or that." He sends his ten der to a splendid edifice, and all within betokens ample means. Why should he hesitate ? We say, too, why should he hesitate—to ask for his money ? If the company is so wealthy, why should it refuse him the money on delivery of his goods, or on account of work in progress ? He can afford to do it somewhat cheaper for ready money, and refusing ready can a rea lly substantial company ready money, and therefore paying high er for their work ? If, however, Mr. A. , Will not ser vo toe ye the company on credit, Mr. B. and Mr. C., and, all ifte alp • - habetwill be but too glad to do it. If they will indeed do it, and if it be found for a few years together that the alphabet does not become changed from capitals to small letters by so doing, why then it will be because the companies generally do not prove bubbles. If otherwise nothing will induce prudent tradesmen to deal with them. Mr. A. will leave to Mr. B. with pleasure his chance of a small gain, with the chance of a greater loss. The truth is, the present bill is only an absurd modification (like the fixed duty on corn) of a great principle, adapting it to the fears of some honest but timid men who have jogged on in the old ruts so long that they shudder at the sight of a railway train. Or still more is Government intimidated by the great and obviously selfish wealthy capitalists. The simple principle is, leave the creditor to find out to whom he may safely be come a creditor. Let him protect himself. He has two remedies ; one to refuse credit where he has reason to doubt, the other to charge so much more when credit is doubtful as to reimburse himself on the average of such cases. On the other hand, let every person advance his money to another on whatever conditions he pleases. Let him be avowed partner, and, therefore, responsible to the extent of his means—partner to the extent of a certain amount of capital, sharing the accompanying proportions of profits, and liable to the avowed amount of his capital. Or let him agree with a number of other persons to employ each a certain avowed amount of capi tal, and each be answerable to the amount em ployed. Every creditor, even if there were no public registration, could ask the amount of capital belonging to the concern, and the names of the persons, with the amounts for which they were severally liable. Such inquiries, if partnership and money-lending were as free as it ought to be, would be every* day occurrences, and insulting to no one. We should not object to the most severe penalties for false prospectuses or false answers to such ques tions. They would be fraud worthy, in a emai -1 mercial community, of condign punishment. But there we would stop. We are confident that, in the money trade, as in every other, every man is his own best protector. All the outcries against the present bill, or against a perfect bill, are but the cunning of monopolists, and the nervous ness of those whom protection has taught to forego he use of their own limbs. In another column will be found a copy of the New Sale of Beer Bill, brought forward by Mr. H. BERKELEY, which passed a second reading last night. The preamble, as may be seen, declares that the existing laws against the sale of fermented and distilled liquors have been found to be attended with inconvenience to the public ; and by the first clause these laws are repealed. The second clause prohibits licensed victuallers from selling beer, wine, or spirits, or any fermented or dis tilled liquors between the hours of three and five p.m., or after eleven p.m. on Sunday, Good Fri day, Christmas Day, and any public fast or thanks giving day, and before four a.m. of the following day, except to a traveller or lodger. The third clause prohibits the opening of any house or place of public resort between after or before the above hours, except to travellers. The remainder of the bill authorises constables to enter public-houses, ctc., at any time, imposes a penalty of 5/. on summary conviction for every violation of its provisions—each sale to be consi dered a separate offence—and admits of an appeal to the Quarter Sessions. The result will be, should the bill pass in its present state, the public will gain two and a-half hours on Sundays, &c., the present acts closing public-houses from half-past two till six p.m., and after ten p.m., and the words bona fide, in con nection with traveller, being omitted, all the difficulties and vexatious consequences which have arisen from the conflicting interpretations of those words will cease. The bill may, there fore, be regarded as a welcome boon, though, after all, but an imperfect act of justice ; for, as we intimated yesterday, we can see no sufficient reason why public-houses should be closed between the hours of three and five p.m. on Sundays, much less on other days, which large numbers of the population conscientiously refuse to observe. Opportunity, however, will be afforded Honour able Members in Committee to move amendments which will remove this restriction, and we trust it will be embraced. THE SUN, LONDON TUESDAY EVENINGS JULY 31, 1855. STRAND THEATRE. Novelty and variety would seem to be the leading characteristics in the management of the "little theati* in the Strand," and the same tactics which proved so successful under the late direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs —namely, of presenting to the public, from time to time a continuous freshness in the points d'attraction, have been followed up with equal earnestness, and no doubt advantage, by her spirited successor Mr. T. Payne. As illustrations of what we mean we would instance the manner in which the furore so recently occasioned by the revival of the ancient custom of " The Dunmow Flitch of Bacon " has been turned to account by the production of a comedietta bearing that title, which has been written expressly for these boards, and which is so full of frolicsome humour as to occasion shouts of laugh ter on each night of its performance. Again we have a clever burlesque upon the terpshicorean accomplishments of the famous " Spanish dancers," executed by an ex. ceedingly clever troupe of pretty ballet girls, the principal of whom almost outrivals the pas of the celebrated rerea Nena herself, whilst, last night, in addition to these features no less than two new pieces were placed upon the stage. The first et . these, Broken Toys, from the talented pen of Mr. John Daly, though we believe played for two or three nights at the Marylebone Theatre some time ago, is justly en titled to be termed a novelty ; and its reproduction not only reflects deserved credit upon the judicious taste of Mr. Payne, but enables us also to speak in unqualified commendation of the exertions of the company to do it justice. The plot is simple, yet it is touchingly and in some parts poetically wrought out ; and the drama, although confined to two acts, is so complete in itself as to leave nothing to be desired. It is not wanting, either, in that kind of variety which consists in the introduction of characters of a lighter and provocative cast ; so that the action, as it progresses, gives rise alternately to the softest and most genuine emotions of the heart and to irresistible laughter. Indeed, we should imagine few pieces could be better adapted to display the talents of the different members of the Strand corps, which, we may observe, has lately been considerably strengthened by several additions. Not the least attractive of these is Miss Cleveland, a young lady who possesses all the requirements of a graceful and finished actress combined with a most pleasing simplicity and naturalness of man ner. Her impersonation of the heroine, last evening, was one of the most charming morceaux we have ever seen. Mr. Barrett, as old Abel Winter, drew down well-merited applause ; and similar marks of approba tion were accorded to Mr. Bender (now stage manager) and Mr. Charles Vincent—two other new appearances on these boards—in their respective parts as Mr. Ben jamin Proper and Jasper Homestead. Mr. Kinlocb, always a most vivacious, yet careful actor, was well suited in the character of a thoughtless, yet well dis ipc!.swinooeuhmnsbaienocaduhrwidabm,ember of the medical profession, who has im ported oidi ( inra t onedalrl:eheo statesiftpssi at a c harb o tetc s edtato)rhnfatedhm dramatis hands,e follies of his student life into the Mo were Corks, W. persona might vrieogr hy S t h i a hm ttlhadmeve have fallen. r creditably bs taf ac suffice background d ea enr sustained. u m u n e ttoado d ns intottae h h yd e e: At the conclusion of the drama the whole of the per formers were loudly called for, and it was announced for repetition th roug h out the week, amidst rounds of applause,- which unmistakeably indicated that it was a decided " hit." HAYMARKET.—A new Spanish ballet was produced ere last night as here E a s L t p t m w r i . th svri complete ghtr e a s p u p c e c a e r s e s d . h Paul Pry. He was warmly welcomed. PRINCESS'S.—Mr. and Mrs. Kean I took their] benefit last night. The house was crowded. ST. JAMES'S.—Rachel last night attracted a brilliant audience here by her performance of Camilla au Les Horaces. She gives three other performances pfeviiirtis to her departure for America. LATEST NEWS. BERLIN, MONDAY, JULY 30. According to advices from St. Petersburg, ge neral orders from Prince Gortschakoff announce the arrival in the Crimea of the 7th and 15th Infantry Divisions, and at the same time express his thanks to the inhabitants of Bessarabia. MARSEILLES, MONDAY, JULY 30. The Gange, which left Constantinople on the 23d of July, has arrived. The advices from the Crimea are to the 21st. The Gange brings General Lafont de 'Villiers, wounded, and 200 wounded soldiers. Despatches leave at 1 p.m. The steamer Calcutta arrived at Trieste yester day, at 6i a.m., in 1221 hours from Alexandria. The India and China mails left Alexandria, on the 24th July, with advices from Calcutta, July 18 ; Bombay, June 27 ; Shanghai, June 4 ; Can ton, June 8 ; Hong Kong, June 10. Exchange at Shanghai, 6s. 6d. ; Canton, 4s. 101 According to the latest accounts received from Odessa, a report was current that the health of General Osten-Sacken had become so much - • impaired that he had applied for permission to resign. COPENHAGEN, SUNDAY. A Royal decree convokes the Diet for the 11th of August. ELSINORE, SIINDA.Y. The screw corvette Cruizer has arrived from England. The French war-steamer Twiner% from the Baltic, has proceeded north. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The Emperor and Empress arrived here last night. The Moniteur publishes despatches from General Pelissier, of the 17th, relating to the sortie of the 14th, and from the Military General-Commandant, at Constantinople, respecting the recent fire. The subscriptions for the National Loan closed yesterday. The results known are as follows :—Th• amount subscribed will be about 3,600,000,000. The subscriptions_ of 50f. rente and below, declared not reducable,figure in this sum at from 230,000,000 to 235,000,000. The subscriptions of 60f. and above, submitted to a proportional reduction, will be about 3,360,000,000 f. The departments will have provided nearly 230,000 subscribers, and subscribed more than 1,000,000,000 f. of capital. The subscriptions from abroad, in Europe, from England, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Switzer land, &c., exceed 600,000,000 f. BOURSE, JULY 30.—CLosma Pram. Cash. fr. a. End of Month. 4i per Cents 93 25 93f. 25c. 3 per Cents 66 80 66 80 • Credit Mobilier lO4O Roman . 821 Credit Foncier 527 50 Austrian Belgian Fives. ..... .. Spanish Threes — Piedmontese B5 Home Debt 3O RAILWAYS-FOB CASH. fr. c. fr. C. Orleans 1250 LO Lyons., 1207 ISO Western 765 Rouen 892 50 Cate 647 50 Strasburg Mediterranean 1287 50 Havre - 652 50 Northern THE BALTIC FLEET. DANTZIC, July 27.—The Lightning (despatch boat, Lieutenant Campbell commanding) anchored in the roads at 11 o'clock a.m., bringing the weekly mails and despatches. She left Nargen. (where Admirals Dundas, Seymour, and Penaud still re main, with. a portion of the fleet) last Tuesday afternoon, and encountered some very heavy gales during her passage to Dantzic. The chief, and, in fact, the only incident of im portance to be recorded this week is the successful attack on a Russian fort at Frederickshamm, a fortress situate on the western coast of the Gulf of Finland, midway between Wiborg and Helsingfors. This expedition was commanded by Capt. Yelver ton, of the Arrogant, an officer who has gained for himself a well merited reputation, on account of his intrepidity and cool daring, added to the dexterity with which he conducts his ships scatheless through the most intricate and difficult passages. The particulars of the affair are as follows :—The Arro gant, Magicienne, Cossack, and gunboat Ruby, having joined company at Hogland, proceeded on the 20th to Frederickshamm, off which place they anchored the same evening. Captain Vansittart then proceeded in the Magicienne's cutter to sound, and approached to within 1,600 yards of a six-gun fort, which opened fire upon him with a couple of well-directed guns, without, however, doing any harm. The next morning, the Magicienne lead ing, with the Arrogant, Cossack, and 110aby, got into position at about 1,900 yards distance, and commenced the attack upon the fort. The enemy returned the fire of our ships with briskness for the space of one hour and a half, but were at length compelled to abandon the position, all the guns being disabled, and the fort itself terribly knocked about. No landing was attempted, Captain Yel verton not thinking it judicious to do so, as a great number of troops were plainly to be seen, drawn up behind embankments. Both the Arro gant and Magicienne were struck several times, and the rigging of the latter vessel was much da maged. On our side no one was killed. The Ruby had two men severely wounded, and one man be longing to the Arrogant was slightly injured. The town of Frederickshamm could have been destroyed with the greatest facility, but strict orders were given to fire at the fort only. THE WAR IN ABTA. R*ouT KALE (Coast of Circassia), July 3. On leaving the Crimea we received an order to push on towards Batoum, in order to see the state of affairs among the troops composing the division commanded by Mustapha Pacha. On the route I found myself once more in this place, which I had the misfortune to see so frequently when I arrived on this coast on board the Wasp, under the com mand of Lord John Hay, its gallant captain. We landed to take a view of the fortifications, planned by an English lieutenant of en g ineers, and executed under his orders. I found them in a better condition than I expected from the care of the Turks or that of their gallant colonel, whose countenance was always more florid in the evening than in the morning. I was not long in compre hending this phenomenon. The enemy was in his front, and all retreat cut off. I have collected at Redout Kale some facts re lating to the Russian army and the interior of the country, and I communicate them to you, suppos ing that they will prove interesting to your readers. The Russian division of the army of Colchis is composed of 24 battalions, and of 1,000 Cossacks. Its extreme right is at Rouhy, on the River In gour. That position completely bars the direct route from Soukum Kale to Kutais ; but as this might be turned on the left by the road which leads from Anakria into the interior, the Russians have posted some battalions at Sugdidi Hata and the monastery of Khopi. The main body of their forces is placed on the route from Redout Kale to Tiflis, and forms the centre of the Russian line. The head-quarters are at Sanakhi, two days' march from Redout Kale. Five battalions are posted at Tchekhotaoursk, in the Gauriel, on the left bank of the Rion. This point of junction of the different routes of Imeritio and Mingrelia is situated at the foot of the chain of mountains of Akhateyk. It is by Tchekhotaoursk also that the Russian division of Kulais can commu nicate by Akhateyk with Gumri and Russian Ar menia. The two mountain roads, without being praCticable for carriages, are still very good for infantry and for baggage horses. The detachment of Tchekhotaoursk forms the left of the Russian forces, and can observe at a con venient distance the movement of the division of Kuruk-sou. The native militia watch over the approaches to the Russian cantonments, and the Cossacks are de tached along the line. The son of the late Levan Dadiane, Prince of Mingrelia, being still a minor, the gover n ment of the kingdom has been confided to his mother, an Imeritian princess, of the family of Schiotchevadre; her usual residence was at Sugdidi, four hours' dis tance from Redout Kale; but the Ittmiane, find- 1 ing this place to be too much exposed, have caused Ler removal to Sanakhi, the head-quarters. Since the departure of the English steam boat the silence of death reigns in the environs. All connection between the garrison and the Min grelians is broken off. Nothing is seen but dismal fires, that are visible all round at night to a dis tance of 10 leagues. The Turks and the natives set fire to the forests and underwood, which makes the whole country assume the appearance of a burning river. The Russians have in the waters of the Rion a dozen vessels armed with cannon. This formidable squadron is of use in transporting the Cossacks who appear from time to time in the Black Sea, and seize the Turkish calque:d . which pass from Tre bisond and Batoum to7fards Redout Kale and the coasts of Circassia. The Ottoman authorities, not being able to reach these skimmers of the sea, are waiting for the English to do the work for them. The toast between Redout Kale and Chekfetit belongs to the Turks, and as far into the interior as they can carry their cannon and their ships, and as long as they can maintain their possession. Far ther in they dare not enter, for though the Russians may be at a distance, the inhabitants know very well how to protect themselves. These are the Gourielis, the handsomest and bravest among the natives of the Caucasus. I shall not quit Chekfetit without giving you an account of its c=.lpture. It will differ much from the accounts which you have had in the journals ; but it will be the only real one--curious because it shows how the Russian Government is served by its agents. As to the veracity of this recital it cannot be doubted, because it was detailed to me by Aali Aga, and you will see what an important part this worthy man played in this history. Chekfetit had a custom-house. It is by that are entered in Gouriel all merchandises drawn from 1 Europe. The contraband trade, which always marches side by side with that of the custom-house, has here free play, and of course the employes were always the first to encourage it. Aali Aga, a Turk ish merchant, was one of the best practitioners. Some days before the declaration of war he caused to come to the frontier a large quantity of mer chandise in order to send it into Russia. The rup ture of relations between the two countries was imminent. Aali Aga, dreading to have his mer chancl.lse left on his hands, desired to get it passed as soon as possible but the employe, his friend, was inflexible-3,000 roubles, and not a para less, must be paid. He knew that Aali Aga was pressed, and he resolved to profit by it. Aali Aga was forced to pay double the ordinary price ; he paid, but he swore vengeance. The firman of war had been read at Batoum, but hostilities had not commenced on the spot. The Russian consul was still there. Aali Aga conceited with Selim Pasha, and the plan to be acted on was as follows :—The Turkish merchant came again to Chekfetit, and communicated to the faithful em ploye, who did not expect that war would break out so soon, that his correspondents would send for ward a vast quantity of goods, and he urged him to manage the affair. The employe accepted the charge of the business, but as soon as the peace was over sentries were sent to watch in the night. A com pany of soldiers came to Chekfetit, and it was requisite, in consequence, to arrange with the captain. The officer merely replied that it was necessary to forestal the arrival of two companies, who were expected next day. Everybody was hur ried. The bargain was concluded, and the execu tion fixed for the same night. " The Giaours ran to their post as if Satan pursued them," said Aali Aga to me in a melancholy tone, while thinking of his friend the official. It was at the close of October, and the night was gloomy, and the wind and rain descended violently, when 400 Gourielis Mussulmans, under Hassan Bev, came in silence to the banks of the river. Aali Aga was with them. They had but one Tessel to convey over all the body. About 20 Bashi-Bazouks passed first. A sentry heard them land, and went to acquaint the commandant, who told him to take no notice of it. Five minutes after the captain was informed that many men were passing the river. The captain went with the official, and asked where Aali Aga was. Aali Aga hearing him, said lie was there. The captain withdrew upon that assurance. When the half of the Bashi-Bazouks had passed the river, they marched directly on the entrenchment ; the rest followed quickly. Hassan Bey, as a true hero, caused himself to be carried by his men, as his leg was paralysed. The captain, seeing how matters went, saved himself in the woods. The soldiers, surprised, and deserted by their chief, still fought bravely, and died like heroes. Sixty Turks fell, but Chekfetit fell also. With the exception of about 20 men and a Russian priest, few prisoners were made. The wife of the priest, she being still young, found pity, but her husband's throat was ordered to be cut by Selim Pacha's command. " Let them cut his throat" said this brave marshal, when the priest refused to abandon his religion. The report of Selim Pacha modestly recounts how the mighty fortress of Chekfetit fell into his hands, and that 3,000 Russians had bitten the dust. Fifty pachas and officers were advanced and deco rated for their valour proved in this battle, of which they did not even hear the sound. Selim Pacha, recompensed beyond measure, becomes one of the heroes of the empire. Hassan Bey received the gift of a copper watch ! " As to the official of the custom-house," said Aali Aga to me, " I caught the rascal in his own chamber ; but while I was searching for the 3,000 roubles, he made his escape, stealing from me my gun !" THE TURKISH LOAN. Exhibitions of weakness and inconsistency in the many, and criminal and selfish combination in the few, like that which recently occurred on the Turkish Loan, tend, no doubt, not only to shake the public confidence in individual statesmen, but in representative government itself. Foreign news papers devoted to the cause of absolutism and re pression are not slow to catch up this cry, and our own press, the child and natural champion of free discussion, has not hesitated in many cases to echo it. Those who do not go to the extent of in culpating representation as a means of government, are not less fain to admit a great diminution of their confidence in public men, and gradually in creasing distrust in names that once would have commanded the most cordial support. We our selves are free to confess that, if our present House of Commons and present statesmen were to be re garded as the best possible fruit of the representa tive system, we should regard the future with seri ous apprehension, and doubt, if not despair, of the permanency of our consitution. But a more careful examination of the subject leads us to conclude that, whatever be the faults of our present ruling class, they are in themselves remediable. If, in deed, we found that the people uniformly sympa thised with the follies and perversities of its rulers, —that every factious, pusillanimous, or treacherous movement in the House of Commons had its cor responding development in the national mind, and lad its corresponding expression in the voice of public meetings, of society, and of the press,—we should be disposed to believe that representative Government was hopeless, because the more faith ' fully our Legislature represented such a nation the less fit would it be for the management of great affairs and firm and consistent perseverance in a settled line of policy ; but when we find that it is precisely in its vagaries and eccentricities, in its vacillations and tremors, that the House of Com mons does not represent the country, and that the mean and truckling sentiments which find such free utterance there have no echo beyond the walls within which they are uttered, we begin to see that the disease is functional, not organic, and that if the House of Commons fall into error it is not because it does, but because it does not, pre sent a faithful image of the public mind. If the great mass of the people were unsound we should feel at once how vain it is to look for good fruit from a corrupt tree ; but until this be the case we see no reason to doubt that, whatever be the de fects of our system, they are within reach of amend ment. Now, if we examine into our history since the beginning of the present war we shall find that nothing can be worse than the conduct of a large portion of our rulers—nothing better than the de meanour of the whole body of the persons ruled. Only consider for a moment the series of blunders and miscarriages, beginning with Lord Johu Rus sell's pusillanimous letter in February, 1852, and ending with Mr. Gladstone's last quibbling speech on the Turkish Loan, which have held up several sections of our governing class to the scorn of Eng land and of Europe, as first evincing a great want of wisdom and foresight, then grievously misma naging their negotiations, and wasting the time which ought to have been spent in preparations for war, then planning a bold and hardy enter prise, then retracting their assent to that enter prise, coming round to the side of peace, and seeking, by means the most factious and un fair, to embarrass the very Government to which they had belonged. Then look at the Peace Party, more Russian than the Czar, more Cossack than the Hetman, quibbling away the jus tice of our cause, adopting and overstraining the arguments of our antagonist, magnifying our re verses, attenuating our successes, ever seeking to weaken our alliance 'with France, ever misrepre senting the objects of the wor, sometimes as having relation only to the Holy Places, sometimes as a crusade in favour of Islamism against Christianity —sometimes in one light, sometimes in another, but never as really defensive in its nature, and, waged for the protection of our own liberties and the independence of Europe. Then there are regular Opposition—caring, apparently, little or nothing for the vote which they give, but shaping it solely With the view of placing Government in the minority ; now peaceful, now warlike, voting at one time for vigour, at another for vacillation, condemning the ambiguous language of the Go vernment with greater ambiguity, and its uncer tain conduct with greater uncertainty, true neither to their country nor their party, but only to the wavering caprice and unsound tactics of their leaders, nut, while these things have been going on in the Senate, how different has been the conduct of the people They have been deserted by leaders who first led them into the war and then denounced it, but they have never deserted themselves. They have been the object of unceasing calumny. Mr. Bright and Mr. Cobden have stigmatised them as pot house politicians, rushing wildly into the war, of which they knew nothing, of which they had not counted the cost, and from which they would only be too happy to escape. Mr. Gladstone, in the plenitude of his own depth and consistency, speaks with contempt of the present superficial current of opinion, and talks of the day of reckon ing that is to come when all these things shall be accounted for. Long before this the national spirit was to have been quelled and the desire for peace to have become universal. We need hardly say that no conquered people were ever more foully calumniated by the partial historians of the victo rious race than have the people of England been by a considerable section of those who aspire to rule and profess to represent them. From first to last the demeanour of the people has been calm, consistent, and resolute, free alike from rashness and cowardice, from undue exultation at success and unmanly depression at failure. They did not enter into the war until they had satisfied them selves, on the fullest and fairest investi g ation, that the quarrel was just and the contest necessary. Once involved in war, they have patiently acqui esced in the imposition upon them of heavy bur dens. That portion of them employed in active service has displayed the most unflinching gallantry by sea and land. The disasters of the winter excited indignation, but neither daunted the national spirit nor humbled the national pride. In their re solution to bring the war to a successful conclusion there has been no change or shadow of turning. They stand now as ever, patient, forbearing, long-suffering, ready with their treasure if we want treasure, ready with their blood if we require blood, anxious to endure anything except the ignominy of a disgraceful peace, and to submit to any sacrifice except that of national honour, the preservation of which is in them a feeling and passion. Such a people are worthy to be represented by men more closely re sembling themselves—possessing the same high souled courage, the same unflinching endurance ; the same resolve to follow out to the utmost, and with the most perfect fidelity, the terms of the alliance with France and the ultimate aims of the war. With a people so minded there is no fear of a representative government, but only that the government may not be sufficiently representative, and that the popular will may find an unworthy exponent in its leaders. Whatever be the faults of the Parliament, the heart of the country is sound, and will find a sufficient utterance, if not through its present organs, at any rate through some chan nel or other. We are no flatterers of the people, but it were indeed well for us did our statesmen see as clearly and as singly what is needed for us as those for whom they assume to act. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Times Malta letter of the 25th inst. mentions the following naval and military movements at that port : " The screw steam-transport Bacchante arrived on the 19th from London with medical stores for the British military hospital at Kenikoi (within the Dardanelles), for which place she took her departure on the same day, conveying Surgeons Bader, Dix, Fawens, Fox, Hall, and Playne, Lady Matvens, Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Newman, Miss Frodsham, Miss Grisdale, Miss Parkes, Miss Raynes, 21 female nurses, and 9 female attendants. " The Cambria steam•transport arrived on the 21st from Plymouth, and at the same time the Candle, steam transport from Southampton, the latter having on board, besides 175 horses, Captain Dixon, 39th ; Captain Henning, Lieutenants Blythe, Scott, and Waring, of the 88th; and Ensigns Buckle, Watson, and Walker, of the same regiment, for the Malta reserve ; Surgeons Ander son, Baxter, Pennington, Reed, Smith, and Stewart ; • Assistant-Surgeons Bird, Bonstead, Davison, Dewar, Graham, Lindsay, Philips, Meredith, and Smitb, for the Dardanelles ; Lieutenant-Colonel Graham, of the Ist Royals ; Captains Cureton and Durant, of the 12th Lancers ; Lieutenant Bolt and Cornet Wight, of the Oth Dragoons ; Captain Clayton, of the 13th Light Dra goons ; the Hon. Lieutenant Herbert, of the 16th ; Assistant-Surgeon Hind, and 179 non-commissioned officers and privates. The Camoria, brought for Malta Lieutenant Boyle, of the 4th ; Lieutenants Alderson and Armstrong, Fitzgerald and Morgan, and Ensign Hill ; and for the Crimea Captain Forster, Lieutenant Petrie, Cornet Curtis, of the Carabineers ; Ensign Leeson, 34th ; Lieutenant Stoel, 12th Lancers ; Lieutenant Brown, Scots Fusilier Guards ; Lieutenant Wynne, Grenadier Guards ; Surgeon Hunter, and 60 non-com missioned officers and privates, besides 89 horses. Both vessels left for the Crimea on the 23d, the Candia hav ing embarked, in addition, at Malta, the Rev. Mr. Beever, military chaplain, Major Coll, and Capt. Ward, of the 18th. "The Empress Eugenie screw steam-transport arrived from London, Gibraltar, and Cagliari on the 22d, bring ing Paymaster Howitt, 17th Regiment ; Lieut. Roper, 39th ; Assistant-Surgeon Johnstone, 60th ; Major Ber nard, Lieutenants Archer, Moore, Pye, and Stuart, 63d ; Ensigns Griffith and Ramsbottom, 63d ; Major Mercer, Dr. Irwine, Lieutenants Miall and Tryon, R.N., De puty-Assistant-Commissary-General Addams and 24 commissariat clerks, Mr, Bogg, Mr. Varley, 11 telegraph clerks, 1 letter sorter, 1 groom, and three servants. She left on the evening of the 23d for the Crimea. " The screw steam-transport Lady Alice arrived on the 24th from Dublin with Government stores for the Crimea, and on the same day the screw steam-transport Victory, from Gravesend, bringing 27 officers (and a lady) and 27 privates of the Polish Legion, 65 labourers, 13 muieteers, 14 horses, and mules for the Land Trans port service. " Surgeon Tweeddale arrived from Marseilles on the 21st in the Siaai, French postal steamer for Malta and for Constantinople, Captain Calott, 26th, Major Munro and Captain La Touche of the 98th. They went on in the same steamer immediately after she coaled. " ThelHydaspes, French postal steamer, which arrived from Marseilles at the same time, brought Capt. Lilley for Malta ' and for Alexandria, for which port she left on the same day, Colonel Ibrahim Effendi, M.D. " The Genevra schooner yacht arrived from Cowes on the 22d, having on board Sir E. Colebrooke and Mr. Twopenny. " The Oscar and Yarrow screw steam-transports left for England on the 17th, the former conveying Ensign Walker, 3d (Buffs) ; Captain Molyneux, 4th Light Dra goons ; Quartermaster Watson, 89th ; Captain Burton, 97th ; and Dr. Turner, 4th Dragoons. "The Robert Small sailing-transport leftfor Gibraltar on the 19th. "The Bremen transport Germania arrived from Bala klava on the 21st, and left for Spithead on the 23d, conveying Captain Sullivan, R.M. ; Lieutenant and Mrs. Douglas, 9th ; Lieutenant Irby, 47th ; Lieutenant Handford, 12th Lancets ; Captain Douglas, 78th. Messrs. Hunter and Peacock; Captain Conyers, of the 89th ; and Messrs. Wenketer, Dickens, Phillips, and 6 Maltese carters landed at Malta. _ _ _ " Her Majesty's steam-sloop Medina arrived from Smyrna and Syra on the 19th, and on the 20th her Majesty's steam-corvette Rosamond from Constantinople ; the latter left for England on the 21st. " The Tonning screw steam-transport arrived from Balaklava on the 20th, bringing for Malta Purveyor Stewart, Captain Mercer, 89th, Dr. Woolaston, and nine Maltese diivers ; and for England Captain Godley, 28th, Ensign M'Kesey, 30th, Lieutenant Wliesey, 97th, Surgeon Day, of the (3d Buffs), Surgeon Withers, R.A., Lieutenant Pedfield, 20th, Lieutenant Gougb, Rifle Brigade, Messrs. Camridge, Arkman, Bennett, M'lntosh ; and 31 invalided soldiers and navvies. She left for Spithead on the same afternoon, when the Cos mopolitan screw steam-transport came in from Constan tinople, bringing 28 Spanish seamen, and left on the same day for Gibraltar. _ _ "The Sultana sailing transport, from Balaklava, and the Magnet sailing transport, from Constantinople, ar rived on the 23d, and on the 24th the former sailed for England. " The screw steam transport Black Boy arrived from Kosloff on the 24th. The Rajah screw steam transport arrived from Bala klava on the 24th, bringing only one passenger, Captain Eager. " The Great Britain screw steam-transport arrived from Kainiesch and Constantinople on the 24th, having on board for Malta Captain Foster, Lieutenants Bed ford and Hobson, and Mr. Collett ; for Spithead, for which destination she left on the 25th, Major Anderson, Captains Barnard, Gardner, Peel, and Sullivan;• Majors Mills, Jordon, Grinstone, and Watts ; Lieut. Spright, Lieut. Harman, Captain Elliot, Mr. Rust, Deputy-As sistant Commissary-General Fosbrey, Lieut.-Colonel Douglass, 148 non-commissioned officers and privates. " The Sinai, French postal steamer, arrived from Mar seilles on the 21st, bringing, among other passengersfor Constantinople, nine French officers and 462 non-com missioned officers and privates, and proceeded on to Smyrna and Constantinople the same afternoon. "The Sardinian screw-steamer Vittorio Ernmanuele, in the French service, arrived on the22d. from Marseilles, having on board 125 horses and 27 officers and 91 non commissioned officers and privates of the French army, towing the Sardinian bark San Paolo, likewise from Marseilles, ammunition laden. Both these vessels left on the 23d for Constantinople. " The Wagram French screw-steam line of battle ship arrived on the morning of the 25th from Brest, with 3 French officers and 147 marines. " The Provence French steamer, from Marseilles, has just arrived with 50 officers and 406 troops " The screw -steamer Sea Nymph, in the French trans port service, left for the Crimea on the 18th, conveying 12 horses and 14 officers and soldiers, having in tow the American ship Ticonderoga, in the same service, con veying other 179 horses and mules and 139 officers, non• commissioned officers, and privates. LI - 0 .-- l'iw Edinburgiv . Bevietv life and WO .—The dir of Dryden are revieWeci in an able and ~ criminating; article. " Villemai n 's IteeT„ tions of History and Literature" s , .°V es the lively paper. "The Laud of Silence ' is hich affected title of an interesting article, ill v ,, ve • what has been done for the intellectual iniPtu,is, menu of the deaf and dumb is, on the w hole, sa o '„, , factory. The general absenc..,•, at industrial lir; however, is very properly repr Amtei. Ti l d e Lo pi of the late Henry St. George L n e:-:7 111 iit f o r Metcalfe, " Statesmen of Tudia," a:' , ;I•ja:),:oicil imitation to such as are about to enier I ' l ' e jir service in India or elsewhere. Among ' r '..; ing articles, those on " Modern For.l and " The Life and Character of Sydney '..i'",, , m , ay be noticed, and more especially the 1 1 P,A ' We should be guilty of an unpardonsblenegr4 of duty," says the reviewer, " were We to v o u vg Sydney Smith to be permanently Place d atu the the illustrious band of English worthies il. vi . $ temple of fame, at the risk of seeing, too i° the pedestal assigned to him, without urging °l3 _, of attention of contemporaries and the instructne, posterity his claims to rank as a great pUblie 7 . 0 factor second only of his class to Lord Bt se. The political article touches on the report of the, 0 bastopol Committee and the Vienna Conferenc' much the usual Edinburgh way. ......* °tie ° The Quarterly Review.—A eulogisticcr 13,5e00 of the life and career of the late Arc 4 Hare opens the number. The conduct of '', llo elicits 11130 dinia in its quarrel with Rome decided approval of the reviewer, who , desc i;e ll " it as having been enlightened without be in g'' th e gious. In " The Romans at ColchesCer old archaeologist will find one of thos e elaborate 0 0 ingenious papers in which he delights. 1*,,111010 of Sydney Smith" may be regarded on the as an honourable tribute by a rival to the ol'Aisr of the deceased divine. A paper on " eltia ments" is perhaps the most generally in'Ah",,,,cier contribution in the number. The writ yours to show, by a continuous line of au ° ,:f thi s ments extracted from the newspaper presentv toe, country since its establishment to the p res u % it e how distinctly the manners and habits of t'; i iii fi cl are illustrated. The paper is both avag s f il3 f 101, instructive. An article on "The Supply °f P' forcibly urges the necessity for new member coil; order to keep up the supply. The nota:flii" eludes, ,, as usual, with a political pa per, .: if 0e The Objects of the War" are teraPellilsti 10 ; viewed. The writer intimates, however, v - , iy ,50 1 . : paralleled advantages have been thrown 07:a r a great cause sacrificed to incompetent nicll-13 unworthy policy. CAPTAIN DISNEY'S WAR PROd Te x e est Yesterday Captain Disney performed sol3ld Vi ments illustrative of his war projectile, in the ti o go e gi i lagh grounds of Chelsea Hospital. There is 0 0 ','„" 0 11, h in the projectile itself ; the invention consist, r„,07, —well named by the inventor " infernal dol or I which any hollow projectile may be whellY,, ° ,;o l %, filled. The nature of the fluid is such that svi', F ors seconds of being "exposed to the air it i n flatal f ; r #,P neously, and sets fire to any inflammable 1097eilor which it comes in contact. Captain Disney 1 3°13 ,: a ch c / on canvas, carpet, the grass, and stone, and iirtooo ignition speedily followed. The fumes resulti t' combustion are, according to Captain Disney, IgAsiPtco —they are certainly very disagreeable and sil . 0 10 x, and have a strong odour of phosphorus. r r be t eon! has also another fluid which ignites sposos.oAt and the fumes of which permanently destroy th e ; I r a , all persons whom they reach. Capt. Disney st :ooe these fluids are cheap, and that they can be d r- 11 1 tured, packed, carried, .and used without dsf eist°V way in which he proposes to employ his flui" c lioa l 0 glass hand-grenades with it, or to pour it into d 0 ,0 1 0 1 in an ordinary shell, the chamber being sea be air-tight, and the shell loaded with '-e ' t os o , substances in a distinct cylindrical chamber, `P t slftly, combustible matter is surrounded by, but sePa r t bI A - 1 1 the fluid. The hand-grenade may be throW".„ . o 4 hand, and the shell may be made to explod e . l o ' 7( O the ordinary ways, by percussion, coneuss i l° ;l lol. lightsd fuse. Whichever projectile is useu,.,, , I pe bursts, and the fluid is scattered and exposed,' P liquid fire and poisonous gases are generateu,,h, not explained whether the fluid would corrod e Lii o A chambers in which it might be contained,Z e fl9 very little explanation at all was given. - I ' - o ciooe certainly not cacodyl (or liquor of Cadet), StiP: o o; ‘ ,4 be the old Greek fire, though it resembles it spects, except that the combustion of cacodY`bir.) a far more destructive vapour, which has an tof"; odour of arsenic--cacodyl being, in fact, Ena' parts of acetate of copper and white arsenio., d otor periments were, as far as they went, perfeoW o lrgi ful. There were present on the grounds 1) e 0, 41 lagh, Mr. French, and several other gentle d even ladies. Captain Disney has been to S c ,: e rei the Crimea, and has shown his experiments t'd el even succeeded in getting a committee to i l3 l 19 his invention ; but though they have repot te w Ay not been able to see their report. He has bee, n li , unable to get any notice taken of it by the bc/". ritiei'. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS HAY MARKETS. 1 ()/ smrreariErin.—Old meadow hay, 4/ 5s to 61 ,, ditto, 41 Os to 5155; old clove., 41 Ss to 61 150 :,A 4/ Os to 5110 s ; and straw, 1/ 4s Od to 11108 v" 10 ,/ Trade steady. CIIMBERLADTD.—OId meadow hay, 4148 t° g ,; ditto 410 s to 5/ 5s ; old clove), 4/ 108 to 6/ lili; pr ditto, 41 Os to 5/ 5s ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 11 lv 0 ,1 1 0 , A moderate supply and a fair demand. 61 1 WHITECEIAPEL.—OId meadow hay, 41 5 3 /49 6 i 1 9 1 ditto, 41 Os to Si 5s ; old clove , 4/ 8s to ~00 1 781 ditto, 41 Os to 51 53; and straw, 1 , 1 5s to 1 1 Trade rather dull. COLONIAL. dr/ TEA.—There is very little doing. :14 SUGAR.—Colonial and foreign have been fir ral purchasls have been made for shipmenttfea. I at full rates. The auctions declared are lienfollid, finds ready buyers for the home trade, an 1 ,0 aro held for 475. There were landed last /11 9 171,16 and West India Docks 643 hhds, 80 tierces, 2 ' 3 0 were taken for home use 1,937 hhds, 101 tee , j, f l / the stock is 9,176 hhds, 934 tcs, 1,870 brls. COFFEE.—Native Ceylon has been supper'por a small quantity on often Good ord is o° , o , 495. Plantation has a free sale, at fuller P r ''' . RlCE.—This article has been rather easier- s borAbi Altum.—There were landed last week at the of docks 397 puns, 65 hhds. There were takerl,llll, 129 puns, 16 hhds, and exported 394 puns, or,o stock is 9,959 puns, 665 hhds. tb fe, fo o l CINNAMON.—The auctions have gone off ',h. the quantity offered being small, and pearl,' 7,04 /* buyers at very full rates to id and 2d advt' lle sorts. SALTPETRE.—The sales are 700 to 800 ,0 0° , at 30%, and 8 at 31s 6d, being scarcely so flr,, t lev COTTON.—The sales are limited, at former TEA.—Tere is very little doing. TALLow. h —P.Y.C. is 3d to 6d per cwt I ° ll° gt. woek. ,01`i v• e ri The Emperor of Russia has conferred tlie4 (l , icl p Alexander upon Prince Gortschakoff a nd 'tb fr. / The Grand Duke Nicholas, brother to yrr of Russia, will shortly be married to the Oldenburg. The Debats announces the death of Priace Ghika, formerly Hospodar of Wallachia . Ots' , ' ft The King of Denmark, by decree of t he the session of the Council of the kingder a ' lob a The Backside rowing match was won hi 00 1.) and the match at Blackwall by J. Spenee r 'seotiti,li Lord John Russell goes very shortly t 0 0 0 1 ;K , Sir Benjamin and Lady Hall gave an ,"; of O a last night to the Grand Duke and Dn ehe- Strelitz. to The harvest in the United States provaise° bur abundant. t S• D 0 9 Lord and Lady Lyndhurst left town ie tour. A po The murderer Meadows, who shot gall O r '// will be executed to-morrow at Worcester. , 00 toolif Sir Charles Napier declined the iovititti in fA 1 .01 1 , the meeting held yesterday in Edinburg ' or t e, 4 1, the plans of Lord Dundonaki, 0. 4 •00'„K, Yesterday there was a grand assenoble ti odi e 'ilo O r masons, for the purpose of laying the i ' a rree f o o of " the Sussex Wing" of the Roy ° y Gray's-inn-road, to be erected in me"" Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. di oo The marriage of Lord Muncaster Grosvenor will be solemnised in a daY e r A pt Mr. Selwyn, the eminent lawyer, di e- py Wells a few days ago, aged 81. le ft 41 3 MEYERBEER.—This composer bas.a•rfolto - Spa, where he will remain until the - 1 - 1 0 , 1 beesi e t e l tiva,l, at which he will be present, hav i , f r oie invited by the committee of manogen ie-' te e io• s° • departure Meyerbeer sent a donation d the Royal Society of Musicians. z e itt l lre - THE FRENCH ARMY.—The .gr'eu z 4 . fear a 0 5 1' figures to show that Prussia needs ne" t ie i f 0 tnonstration on the Rhine. floer s 'OO de ki 0 SWITZERLAND. —The two contra.. t blies of the Swiss Confederation laseprolale solved to put in force the laws again st tiO tle A on behalf of foreign powers. oon o t ti o, THE WESTERN FISHERIES.--MaCkaoitlef d ee, o f ',I scarce. 'During the past week the i,l oo °gee 401 have brought in 1,400, 2,000 and ner htl o eri ce' e, t/J which have been sold at 12?. 6 ". coreb b 8 et score. At Looe the pilchard season ha t 1,0 0 r the catches have not been large. Abusedll oS. taken by two boats, and they reas6o, for eV score. The War Cloud, transport, lef t or the botb o td on the 18th, an d a t the same timalieg tine, the Eu r opa steam-transport, h %0 0 040 manders Maillop and Risk, latelY p ro po op ;6, gallantry in the Sea of Azoff, C a p is to:l tenants Grylls, Slade, and Warren , _ rio ter' Oo tter r o j • sideh e alas l o o RM,.aNrc.,hsanurt,geCoonmumaanTelyer, cHapurt:tinan_t;totoor:'4oo Jolly, Lieutenant Dixon, Lieutenau..,losl+ ; Durind, Harris, Paynter, and twenty ! army. ~7 A --- - 1 ,_ ~~1 Til t ~QU~ ,_ ... -- i - ~..."..'