The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-23 00:00:00

TA Et ATM:: ROYAL, DRUB Y .LAIsTE. :Lessee. Mr. E. T. Sm,tb. THIS EVENING, Will be performed MARRIED FOR ItI^NEY. Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Messrs. r obert Roxby and A. Younge ; Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Ni. Oliver, and Miss Mason will appear. To be followed by NITOCRIS. Characters by Messrs. R. F. Ed gar, Stuart, B. Sullivan, G. Wild, C. Vincent, &c.; Miss Glyn, Mrs. :11iLs De Yore, Miss Anderton, Miss Cleveland, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, H k.vMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. BuckstOne. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE MAN OF MANY FRIENDS. After which. THE PRETTY GIPSEY AND THE BULL FIGHTER. Followed by TIIE LITTLE TREASURE. After which, THE SP) NISR DANCERS. To conaude with SHOCKING EVENTS. ROYAL PRLNCESS'sI THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. tinder the Management of Mr. Ciwa.ze KERN. THIS EVENING Will be presented sTEDGE NOT BY APPEARANCES. After which. KING HENRY VIII. Queen Katharine, Mrs. C. Kean; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with A GAME OF ROMPS. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPRL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celesta THIS EVENING, Will be performed RORY (rISORE. Characters by Messrs. rind son, P. iiedbrd. '. Selby, Parselle. J. Bland. Garden. &c. ; bits:" ataxy Keeley, Kate Kelly, Wyndham, &c. Followed by RETSY B AKER. To conclude with OPEN SESAME. DYIL OLY APIC THEATRE. THIS EIVNKING, Will be presented PLOT AND P kBAION'. Characters by Messrs. F. Robson, Emery, G. Vining. Leslie, J. H. White, H. Cooper, and Franks; and Mrs. Stirling and Miss Bromley. Followed by CATCHING A MERM AID. To conclude with A BLIGHTED BEING. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. J. IL Anderion, IS, Norfolk-street, Strand. Increased littractions, and success in equal ratio THIS. AND EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'Clock, Will Ile presented, with entirely New and Magnificent ippoint ments, MAGIC and MYSTERY, in twelve acts, arranged in two parts, by Professor Anderson. After which, the startling illustrations of Spirit-Ttapping. HALF AN-Roca wira TFIE SPIRITA, being the most surprising and interesting series of experiments ever given within the walls of any theatre. 81,721 persons have visited the Lyceum already to see the Great Wizard of the worth. Prices of admission:—Private Boxes, IL 113. 6d. and IL IL ; Orchestra Stalls, 45.: Dress Boxes, 34.; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Is.; Gallery, 61 No Half-price. Box-office open from 11 to 5 Grand lforninsr Performance on Saturday Nest at Two &Clock. Doors open at Half-past One. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr: Payne. THIS EVENING, Will be performed SIMPSON AND CO. After which, SAM PATCH. To conclude with NITOCRIS. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manner, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Vivid delineation of the daring deeds of the Allies. THIS EVENING, The triumphantly successful Military spectacle, The FALL of SF.IIASToPOT,! Capture of the 3falakhoff -Cavalry, Infantry, Artillery, with magnificent materiel et war—Stud of Trained Horses —4OO Auxiliaries. Stage and ring combined! After which the WONDERS OF THE CIRCLE, with Mr. J. H. Cooke's " Sant du Pont.' To conclude with the farce of JONATHAN. Box-office onen from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. w. Waist. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, sun, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TUN DAY—Morn. 54 min. aft.ll — . Evening 19 min. aft. 11 To-MORROW—Morn 43 min. aft. 12—Evening 5 min. aft. 1 THE WEATHER.—SUN Ornoz, Oct. 23. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHAD/1. 65 highest since neon yesterday. 58 --Aowest this morning and during the night. 62 —thi. 'lay at noon. BAROMETER, 23 . 99—falling rapidly. WTN - n, S.W.—Light, with dull, warm weather. It was very sultry yesterday. er '~,~,~~ ..Hr ~'J ~i lfa LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1855. The Russians have, it appears, deserted " the second pillar" of the gate of Nicolaieff and to Kherson. Clearly perceiving that they could not maintain their position against the English fleet, they blew up, on Thursday morning, the 18th instant, their fortifications at Otchakoff Point, mounting 23 guns, which were assailable by our mortar vessels. We have thus obtained the full command of the estuary of the Boug and the Dnieper, and can operate either by land or water, on any side, against the Russian towns. The vast importance of combined operations, where troops and vessels can mutually support each other, is now thoroughly understood and appre ciated. We cannot doubt that these first suc cesses at Kinburn and Otchakoff will be duly followed up, and that it will be our pleasing duty to record other valuable acquisitions. There are numerous small batteries erected at various points along both roads that cannot possibly hold out if properly and vigorously. assailed. We shall probably find that, the Rus sians will anticipate the impending and inevitable blows, and spare us the trouble of assailing these detached and isolated batteries, by blowing them up themselves. Our troops are within two days' march of either town, and they can be accom panied by a number of gun-boats and mortar vessels---all ships, in fact, not drawing more than eighteen feet water. The admirable chart just published by Mr. WYLD shows how feasible is the project above referred to. If we do not capture or destroy these important towns it will not be the ability, but the will, that is wanting. We do not fear that there shall b e any deficiency on the part of Sir E. LYONS, unless he be fettered aid re stricted by instructions from Whitehall. If the people speak out firmly and resolutely the necessary authority will be given, and Sir CHAS. WOOD prevented from marring our most brilliant opportunities. On the proceedings of the next few weeks the eventualities of the War may xnainly depend. We must see that they are be fitting the honour and dignity of the British na tion, and not deteriorated by the incapacity or peace predilecions of the First Lord. Austria is at her dirty work again ! She is striving to get up a cause of complaint against Sardinia, hoping that a diversion in favour of Russia may thereby be accomplished, or that she may have some excuse for setting aside her pre tended neutrality ! She may possibly think that the spirit of Germanism, so long prevalent in British councils, will still induce our Ministers to truckle to her most unreasonable behests, and to receive her ukases " With bated breath and deep humility." She may, however, find that she is " reckoning without her lio,t"—that the intense and resolute feeling of the British People, which constitutes a very important element in tho account, has been totally omitted in her' calculntion ! No Belgian or Coburg influence can neutralise er effectually oppose the current which has set in so steadily and strongly in the right direction ; nor could any Administration hold its grow Ad that should attempt to substitute back-stairs ir Ltrigues or unconstitu tional influence for a 'l3O submission to the Popular will. Any Cabin et must be contented to float with the stream ; the attempt to stem the torrent would lead. to speedy and decisive changes in official circles.. The wanton and unj ustifiable demonstrations against Sardinia, and th a threats uttered may be attributed partly t o d and straightforward the j ealottv felt at the manly r con, duct. di s pl a y e d in refer ence to the War, which I 3 .3 v lade the contemptible duplicity and insincerity c f Austria appear in the strongest possible and partly because the constitutional freedow I Allowed to Sardinian subjects leads to• other e omparisons by no means favour a b/ 0 to thp Gerry lan despot, to Wh om any appearance of liberty iu Italy is peculiarly dis pleasing. Nothing could be more gratifying to the Red EMPEROR than the opportunity of picking a quarrel with what he considers, perhaps erroneously, his less powerful neighbour ; and when a party has determined on a course it is easy to find a plausible cause. The precedent established by the wolf in his celebrated dispute with the lamb has never been lost sight of by those anxious to discover a pretext for aggression. Never has there been a more futile or uncoil scientious one than on the present occasion. It is one directed as much against Tuscany as Sar dinia, for it completely ignores the most trivial portion of independence in the Florentine Court, and treats the GRAND DUKE as the mere vassal of the EMPEROR. A wanton insult was offered at the dictation of the Austrian Minister—an insult not merely uncalled for, but in direct opposition to the previous acts of the Tuscan Court ; and it is avowed that it has been occasioned by instruc tions sent by the Imperial Government, and that the EMPEROR considers it a matter personal to himself, and that if the question be not settled within a specified time he will take measures accordingly ! This is an insolent threat against our faithful ally, whom we have pledged ourselves to defend ; and it is consequently one against the Western Powers, and must be received and acted on as such. Our measures should be prompt and ener getic. Nor should there be the slightest hesi tation in taking up the gauntlet which Austria has so arrogantly flung down. If we linger or negotiate the golden opportunity will be lost, and Austria will still continue her insidious and treacherous policy, and the name of England and France will be disgraced throughout Italy and Europe. Where can we hope to find an Ally, if we permit one who has merited the highest praise to be bullied and humiliated, because he has continued faithful to his engagements, and acted as became a high-minded, consistent, and independent Sovereign ? We have heard with deep regret that the re presentative of Great Britain, at the Tuscan Court, has not behaved with the decision and vigour imperatively required under the peculiar circumstances of the case. The Marquis of NOR MANBY has been long closely connected with the Tuscan Court. During his father's lifetime he was for many years Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Florence, and was on terms of great intimacy with the reigning Grand Duke. Subsequently he passed through more elevated positions, was Governor-General of Ja maica, Lord Privy Seal, Lord-Lieutenant of Ire land, and Secretary of State for the Home and Colonial Departments. Then he was made Am bassador to France, and, we believe. that, in con sequence of certain difficulties with the Emperor NAPOLEON, was removed from that position, and sent back to his first' love, the minor Court of Tuscany. There he is enjoying the " deice far niente" and recruiting his health, which had been somewhat impaired by too keen a relish for Court attractions. It is possible that a desire to avenge himself on the Ran znoft may have in some degree influenced his proceedings. But whatever be the motive whether personal displeasure to the French EMPEROR, 'friendship to the Grand Duke, or infirm health and failing energies—he cannot be permitted to sacrifice the interests or the honour of his country, or to act in a manner inconsistent with the position he occupies. Should Lord NORMARBY disregard the positive instructions he has received it will be incumbent on the Govern ment to recall him from the situation for which he is not qualified, and to replace him by a more vigorous diplomatist, whose opinions are more in accordance with the feelings and wishes of his countrymen of all classes and grades in society. The public have not wholly forgotten, though most willing to forget, the frightful revelations made awhile back in connection with the metro politan graveyards—revelations which not only stirred the gorge of humanity in revolt, but awakened apprehensions for personal safety. That exorbitant greed that, for its unrighteous in dulgence, outraged every finer feeling of our nature, and converted the precincts of the temples of religion, and the hallowed resting-places of the dead, into nurseries of pestilence and seething pots of corruption, where torn and mangled mortality reeked horribly in the light of day, is at least occasionally remembered with mingled indignation and regret ; and for our part we wish the record of these things could be suffered to fall into oblivion. Unfortunately, however, it has not yet served its turn. The public are still in danger— not, perhaps, from a recurrence of the grosser scenes which have been presented in connection with the burial of the dead, but from inhumation where inhumation there should be none, and from overcrowding, where, to say the least, the propriety of burials taking place at all is question able. The ghoulish greed that would profit by the dead, even at the expense of the living, is not, by all accounts, yet extinct in the race of church wardens. Though the unanimous voice of society has pronounced the most signal reprobation of the unrighteous traffic, individuals are still to be found to whom more than a suspicion attaches of a hankering after it. Though science has demon strated the pestilential effects of overcrowding— and it is known that the practice cannot be pur sued without imminent risk to the lives of thou sands, it may be, in a neighbourhood—church yards, at all events churchwardens are to be found yawning for forbidden prey, and something more than the letter of the Burial Act is required for the safety of society. Deplorable as this is, it must be deemed still more so when it is taken into consideration that the Home-office is not guiltless in the matter, but, by its vacillation, has aided in undoing what the public had effected, and re-opened sources of danger while they slept. The salutary awe which p u bli c indignation had inspired has has by no means been i ncreased, but the cn by the repeated permissi ons for the re opening o f gra veyards r which the p u bli c were led to believe we re closed for ever. And unl ess th e bl remembering what evils they h a d escaped m stir vigorously in the matter, they may f p r u o sir orousy find themselves in almost as bad a state as they were at first. It is true there are penalties, as well as enlightened opinion n owadays, to deter churchwardens from so unholy a traffic, but with out constant watching opinion has but little effect, and penalties may be evaded. The burial ground of St. Mary, rfagg erston, would according to i n f ormat i on we h ave received, seem to furni s h a case i n po i n t . Prior to its closure under the Burial Act as many as from 40 to 50 burials t oo k place in this groun d eve ry Sunday, tile Churchw ar d ens , w ith di sgus ting avidity, to king advantage o f ti me b e f ore t h e man date issued to turn an honest (?) penny. Such keen trade rs were they, that we are informed, as a positive fact, no fewer than 42 bodies were huddled T into seven graves 1 the only precautions taken to prevent danger from these fermenting masses of putridity being the sprinkling of three or four in ches of charcoal between each coffin. Nay, witt L a long-headedness that, in a righteous them credit, they prac traffic, w o uld have done tically- abrogated an old rule exacting double fees I on the burial of every corpse not belonging to the narish. Parochial or extra-parochial, the officials of St. Mary asked no questions, and bodies were brought from all parts of London to St. Mary's graveyard for interment. Be sure of it the mandate did not arrive a moment too soon. The yard was closed, and the outraged and endan s gered parish ioners congratulated themselves on being freed from so dangerous and revolting a nuisance for ever. Mistaken mortals, they relied on the immutability Jf the Home-office. A month, however, has hardly elapsed since they were rudely awakened from their pleasing dream. The shovel was again at work. For some inexplicable reason the Home office has withdrawn its mandate, and given per mission for the re-opening of the yard for a cer tain time and under certain penalties—viz., 10/. if more than one body be interred in the same grave, and what has been the result ? On the 21st inst., twenty-six funerals took place, the bodies being brought from all parts ; thus, as our correspondent remarks, "making the neigh bourhood a perfect charnel-house." It is true there is a penalty incurred if more than one body be placed in one grave, but where so many funerals take place how easily may this be evaded. The beaten down surface will soon cease to tell its tale, and the yard being filled one deep, there is but little to prevent the officials, if left to them ielves, beginning afresh. The finding of the committee of the inhabitants in the parish of St. Matthew, Brixton, in which the charges preferred against the officials of violating the provisions of the Burial Act, exacting double fees, and falsify ing the entries, are substantiated, warrants apprehension. Nothing, in short, that we can see will save the inhabitants from their re newed peril but publicity, including a strong and united remonstrance to the Home-office ; and that failing, a close watch and an inexorable enforce ment of the penalty whenever it is incurred. They must confide in nothing but their own efforts and the righteousness of their cause, and the more vigorous those efforts are the sooner will success attend them. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, 0cT,22. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Royal, walked in the grounds adjoining the Castle this morn ing. Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Seymour, left Windsor at 10 o'clock tbis forenoon for Aldershott, for the purpose of inspecting a draft of the Grenadier Guards ordered for immediate embarkation for the Crimea. Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Hardinge, and Lord Panmure took their departure by an early train for London. The Earl of Clarendon and the Right Hon. Sir Richard Pakenhara have been invited, and are expected this afternoon. The Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith arrived in town yesterday afternoon from Northampton, for the purpose of attending the Cabinet Council. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in London yesterday from Harpton-court, Kington, Hereford. Viscount Palmerston and Lord Paumura arrived in town yesterday from Windsor Castle. Viecount liardinge returned to London yesterday from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were—Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans downe, Earl GranvillQ, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, the Earl of Harrowby, and Viscount Canning. The Council eat two hours and a half. Lieutenant• General Sir W. J. Codrington is to com mand the army in the Crimea.—Morning Paper. Lieutenant-General the Hon. G. Amon is to be com ■nander-in-chief in India, giving up Madras. The Earl of Erroll has rejoined his regiment, the 3d battalion Rifle Brigade, now encamped at Aldershott. Lord and Lady SaHowl, with the Hon. Miss Fraser, Captain Fraser, and party, have arrived at Philorth House from a visit to Arndilly. Mr. E. A. Scott and Mr. R. 11. Droop, of Mad borough College, have each been elected to al fellowship at Trinity College, Cambridge. Sir Michael and Lady Octavio. Shaw Stewart are on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland. Lord Clinton (brother of the Duke of Newcastle), Lady Clinton, and family, have arrived at Kilmun. Viscount Canning's successor to the head of the Post office department must be appointed this week. The Earl of Lincoln, the Hon. William Henry John North (son of Colonel and the Baroness North), Lord Howard (son of the Earl of Effingham), and Viscount Vaughan (son of the Earl of Lisburne) are pursuing their studies at Christ Church, Oxf,rd. Mr. Brodie, R.A., of Edinburgh, is about to execute a bust of the Poet Laureate. At Forfar a monument to the late Joseph Hume is in progress. Alderman Humphery is reported to be dangerously ill. His death would not now cause a vacancy in Par liament, since he gave up his seat - for Southwark in 1852 to Mr. Apsley Pellittt. DEATH OF LORD DE VESCI.—This venerable nobleman died on Friday, the 19th, at Pottaferry. He was the second Viscount De Vesci, of Abbeyleix, Baron of Knapton, Queen's county, one of the representative peers of Ireland, a baronet, and lieutenant and custos rotulo rum. He was born Feb. 16, 1771. He is succeeded in his title and estates by the Hon. Thomas Vesey, now Viscount De Vesci. DEATH OF LORD WHARNCLIFFE. —We regret to an• nounce the death of Lord Wharneliffe, which event took place yesterday morning at Wortley Hall, the family seat in Yorkshire. The deceased peer had for some inimths suffered from severe indisposition, so that the event was not altogether unexpected. The Right Hon. Jamas Stuart Wortley, M.P. (the Recorder), and other near relatives have been congregated at Wortley Hall in anticipation of the approaching death. . REPRESENTATION OF SLIGO. --A local Conservative journal states that Mr. John Sadleir will not seek the suffrages of the immaculate electors of Sligo borough at the next dissolution of Parliament. Yesterday, at a wardmote of Farringdon Within, Mr. Geo. Dollond, of St. Paul's church-yard, was elected common councilman for the ward, in the room of E. Eagleton, Esq., lately elected alderman of the ward. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT HOXTON.—Yesterday morn ing, shortly before two o'clock, a fire broke out on the premises of J. Hill, bread and biscuit baker, Haber dashers'-walk, Pitfield-street, Hoxton. Considerable damage was done, the shop, parlour, and stock being destroyed. The loss will fall on the Sun Fire-office. The cause unknown. THE CRYSTAL PALACE AND THE PARIS EXHIBITION.— The Crystal Palace Company are about to invite the exhibitors at Paris to transfer their goods to Sydenham at the close of the Exposition, giving them space for their display free of charge. Glasgow has taken the initiative in this step. LUTON, DUNSTABLE, AND WELWYN JUNCTION RAIL. WAY.—The first sod of this proposed line of railway is to be turned on Thursday next, the 25th inst. After the ceremony, a banquet will be given in the Town Hall, under the presidency of the Right Hon. Wm. Cowper, Ili. P. THE BRITISH SWISS LEGION.—The men of this legion gave a theatrical entertainment on Saturday evening last, at the Dover Theatre, under the patronage of their gallant chief, Colonel Dickson, Lieutenant• Colonel Sulz berger, &c. NEWSPAPER POSTAGE.—The Port of Spain Gazette (Trinidad) states that the new Newspaper Postage Act has proved a fatal blow to the colonial press, and has effectually prevented the colonial papers from circulating from one colony to another. RAILROAD EXTENSION IN CANADA.—A telegraphic despatch in the New York Courier, dated Toronto, Oct. 4, says :—" Trains were run to•day for the first time over that portion of the Grand Trunk Railway west of Toronto, as far as the village of Brampton." CHATHAM, Oct. 21.—Yesterday morning J. Crawley, 08th Regiment, in Fort Pitt, au insane man, after breaking open a door and window and removing sonic bars, let himself down into the yard, by forming a rope composed of his sheet out in pieces. He then tied a piece of chalk to one end, and throwing it over a high l ! i nc w e h ,_ o n m ian h a a g s e y d et t b o ee r n ai f s o e u h n i d m . self up, and thus escaped. A ae r i a v l e a d t eorn theho •ulavnenoitu,g another man made his escape ; neither e Too LATE It is a remarkable circumstance that the Crown's orde r to release Alexander Leith on hail, which d h ' e t r y e s b in y dbueei course, nt to of Kt e k s c u u i d e b i' r le ig , y me-piece'',Kirkcudbright. sndaedtaiitned arrivedtwo Cooke, n o Ao lN ks l eT o : n E d oy a n Monday being mix -sent the man would have been liberated his or in tA l v . rn — est f r o ol ien P 0 1 :6::: o e e n Journal. F Friday ida y last, A l ltrnrrituaTaß. Mr. William To : r n ew a The i aatarer testimonial ilcas t. pre sented to Mr. W. :et:titled to so stage-manager, a magnifi ' Quatorze. This token the ug design ebnye r gi‘yi purely rio of esteem for his valuable ser vices ao c tfi e n il, ushy t seit a wnop n aaf d agshreii costl y aEes gratefullyit:l favour. h p i l b o t yil Exhibition, acknowledg e d c n m k : know of no man whose talent st r i k\further proofNtVhee work w o as f• on the play of /Vito ria burlesquethe nit. played . night. It was as scruicSscres:sa:fsNuPpl ral;sdflECOAeTadßuaEttlior could have wished. The audience was in the best of all possible humours, an d applauded nce the smallest approximation to wit with an energy which rueettywecrloeseolyie, clover, and showed that they were willing to be pleased. There was t s h o e me pa ‘ r ‘ t e o x f ce N lle i n to t c f r e is o . ling T ' l ' le b y ac t t h io e n g e e n i tl t e h m e a p n ie w ee ho followed the t e b it a a t a o ti f eh t a he tr p a la n y sla a t t ed Dr i u n r t y o thoroughly appreciated by the audience. rbjaunrleespq THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY riTENINer, OCTOBER 23 1855 LATEST NEWS. BLOWING UP OF OTCHAKOFF. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 23. The following telegraphic despatch has this day been received at this office from Rear-Admiral Sir E. Lyons : " Off the Mouth of the Dnieper, Oct. 18. " This morning the enemy blew up his fortifi cations on Otchakoff Point, mounting 23 guns, which were assailable by our mortar-vessels." CRIMEA, OCT. 16. General Bosquet's corps occupies the passage of Diana. The Allies are also near the same point, and are not molested by the enemy. Marshal Pelissier's quarters are at Skelia. The enemy continues to augment the defences of North Sebastopol. BERLIN, MONDAY EVENING. The latest letters from Varna report that in telligence has arrived there from Batoum, that Schamyl has at last resolved on taking an active part in the war. The Cabinet of Vienna has made it officially known to most of the German States, that "if a reform in the Federal Constitution is proposed Austria will be ready to support it, as the present vexatious position of Germany arises, in great part, from the Federal Constitution at present in force." Difficulties have arisen about the Austrian Concordat with the Pope. Even the Austrian Bishops complain of the powers conceded to the Holy See. COPENHAGEN, OCT. 21. The Ministry is recomposed. X Bang is Minister of the Interior and Presi• dent of the Council. TURKEY, SCUTARI, Oct. 10.—Miss Nightingale left this place on Monday for Sebastopol, where preparations had been made for her reception. Brigadier-General Storks has recently made an inspection of the islands in the Sea of Marmora to examine how far they are capable of accommodat ing Russian prisoners. Preparations are being made for the reception of 4,000 cavalry from the Crimea. They are to winter here. General Vivian returned on Monday from the Crimea, and has gone to the Dardanelles to arrange about the future disposition of the Irregulars late under the command of Major-General Beatson. The Artillery of this force is now camped near the Great Cemetery of Scutari, under the command of Colonel Crofton, R.A., there being no hut or bar rack accommodation for the Osmanli Horse Artil lery as yet. ODESSA►. The Austrian Gazette, after describing the emo tion caused at Odessa by the arrival of the allied fleets, announces that the consular body had ad dressed the following note to the admirals of the combined fleets : " The presence of the allied fleet in the roadstead of Odessa gives rise to the apprehension of a bom bardment. Consequently, the , undersigned, con suls-general and consuls, consider it a duty to direct the attention of their excellencies the admirals to the dangers to which a bombardment would expose the lives and property of their respective fellow countrymen: The undersigned take the liberty of reminding their excellencies that the town of Odessa gives shelter to a crowd of foreign families, subjects of their sovereigns, and that the greatest part of the moveable and immoveable property belongs to them. They venture, therefore, to hope that their excellencies will exempt the town from the disas trous effects of a bombardment." RUSSIA. The following is an extract from Prince Gort schakoff's journal of military operations in the Crimea from September 22 to October 1. It ap pears in the Journal de St. Petersbourg : " From the 22d of September to the Ist of October the enemy has continued to fire shells against the north side of Sebastopol ; the fire does us scarcely any damage. "The allies have constructed works on the port near the Nicholas Barracks, on the place of the Karabelnaia suburb, and at the Battery No. 8. They have, besides, carried away the gabions of the old Kamtskatcha Lu nette, and filled up their trenches near the Malakhoff hill and the No. 4 Bastion. They are raising new forti fications on the Feduikhine heights. " Our artillery fires with effect on those buildings in the south part of Sebastopol which had not been injured, and which afford a cover to the enemy. On the 27th of September, at 2 30 p.m., the fire from our batteries on the north side caused an explosion and conflagration in the Martinoff slip ; on the same day there was an other heavy explosion in the ravine between the Bas tions Nos. 4 and 5. During the whole of this time the loss among the troops which defend the north side has not exceeded seven men killed and 15 wounded. _„. "The enemy has continued his reconnaissances against our left wing in the direction of Aitodor and Kokkoulouz, skirmishing with our Cossacks and infantry. The pur: pose of all these movements is in all probability to cover the parties felling wood and to mask the construction of redoubts, which are being raised in the pass of the heights near Kokkoulouz, as well as the formation of a road in the direction of the heights of Ezenbaschik. Ac. cording to the intelligence we have received, the enemy has from 8,000 tollo,ooo infantry in the Valley of Bai dar, with 30 pieces of artillery. 10 guns are posted on the extreme ridge of the heights. Several considerable camps are established between the roads that lead from Ourkusta to Kourene, at Kokkoulouz and at Ezenbas chik. " It is announced from our position on the Yalla, that the troops which on the south side. have returned to the Valley of the Baider have pillaged the estates of M. Demidoff and M. Schal Hoff. " Lieut.-General yen Wrangel, commanding the troops in the south of the Crimea, reports that Major-General Soukohtine, who commanded the advance guard of his detachment, i the enemy's cavalry h a d l e ft K e rtch and oc cupied villages of St. Elie and S ara i m i ne , d es p a t c h e d iee etthheat gn having, on the 20th S e pt., receive d intel towards those places two patrols, each supported by two troops of the combined regiments of Cossacks of the Black Sea and the 65th Regiment of Cossacks of the Don, under the orders of Major Kourganski and Major Schaposchnikoff. " The first of these patrols, led by Ensign Koulbe a. feigned retreat , in drawing them towards dine, finding the Eng li s h Hussars near St. Eli e , Buo no) two troops of Cossacks of the Black c o e u e r d r e e d s , er b v y e. Sea, under Major Kourganski, which formed the patrol, attacked the English with impetuosity, and put them to flight, taking 17 prisoners, with their horses and arms, and three bat horses. "The routed enemy retreated towards Saraimine, in the hope of joining the French stationed there ; but on their way they were met by the troops of Cossacks of the Don, under Major Schaposchnikoff, which had commenced a skirmish with the French Chasseurs d'Afrique.. Our Cossacks pursued the English to Sarai mine, whence they also drove the French, taking eight of them a'so prisoners. In this affair we had one Cossack killed and. three wounded. The enemy lost about 15 men killed, in addition to the 25 prisoners." (Front the Invalide Russe.) " NICIIOLAIEFF, Ocr. 11, 2 A. 31. " By observations made on the 10th of October it is ascertained that the enemy's fleet anchored off Odessa consists of 8 . 6 vessels. "No part ienlar movements have been re marked. " On the s.v.me day three of the enem y 's st e am ers were engaged in taking soundings off the fortress of Kinhurn ; they also pla , :nid two stakes on the island of Berezane, probably for lan idmarks.' ................. II••=.• ..CHE BALTIC FLEET. DANTZIC, Oct. 19.—The Vulture, 6, Captain Glasse, left Nargen at the usual hour last Tuesday evening, but: in consequence of the very bad weather experienced during the passage did not arrive here until 10 o'clo ck this morning. Exactly on e year has elapsed to-day since the Baltic fleet, under the command of Admiral Sir Chas. Napier, bade adieu to the Gulf of Finland and set sail I 'or Kiel. It appears, however, to be the intention L of Admiral Dunda3 to maintain his position in the Baltic this year as long as possible, although, to judge from the latest accounts, it is not likely that he will be able to hold out more than a fortnight, or, at the most, three weeks longer. There is, this week, no news whatever to com municate, still it may, perhaps, be interesting to those of yo ur readers who have friends in the fleet to learn, a.s nearly as possible, the present position and occupation of each vessel LOW remaining in the Baltic. The Commander-il,-Chief is just now at Led sund, in his flag-ship, the Duke of Wellington ; she is attended by the Dragon and Merlin. At Nargen (to which place, by the way, Admiral Dundas is to return on the 21st) are stationed Rear-Admiral Penaud, in the Tourville ; Captain Codrington, senior officer, in the Royal George, with the Nile, Cressy, and Edinburgh. The Seskar division, under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.8., con sisting of the following vessels :—Exmouth (flag ship), James Watt, Cesar, Colossus, Orion, Ma jestic, Imperieuse, Euryalus, and steamers Centaur ' and Geyser. It is expected that the whole of this division will join the Commander-in-Chief at Nargen early in the ensuing week, the anchorage at Seskar being somewhat unsafe at this advanced period of the season. Rear-Admiral Baynes is at the Aland Islands in his flagship the Retribution. The squadron which has been cruising under his• command during the last) six weeks in the Gulf of Bothnia will shortly assemble in that place. Our hospital ship, the Belleisle, was to sail on the 15th from Faro for England. The Arrogant and Magicienne are cruising on the north-east side of the Gulf of Finland. The Cossack is stationed at Wormso, not far from Dago Ort. The French liner Duquesne has left Nargen for Faro. The Ajax is occupied in embarking the heavy ordnance captured at Bomarsund last year. During the last three weeks a report has been circulating in the fleet that Admiral Dundas pur poses taking a trip in the Dragon to Stockholm, to pay a personal visit to the King of Sweden. Should this rumour prove to be correct it will serve in a great measure to strengthen the proba bility of a supposition which was put forward by one of your correspondents not long ago, to the effect that some portion of tile fleet would probably pass the winter at a neutral port on the coast of Sweden. The motives which may induce the Com mander-in-Chief of the Baltic fleet to proceed to Stockholm will certainly be other than the mere wish or intention on his part to pay a complimen tary visit of ceremony to the King of Sweden. STOCKHOLM', Oct. 16.—Although the public feel ing in Sweden with respect to the war has been so unequivocally shown by the illuminations, ban quets, rejoicings, and other demonstrations of au unmistakeable nature in every town and almost every village of this kingdom, it is astonishing with what tenacity the government —or rather the King, for in spite of the free constitution the ministersare but the working puppets of the King's' will—seek to bolster up the unnatural state of neutrality in which we are ingloriously here killing time whilst we ought to be more actively engaged in taking a glorious part in the contest of civilisation against barbarism, which, however, every one sees cannot be main tained much longer, and that at all events next year we must also let loose the dogs of war. It was considered by France and England highly desirable that a part of the allied squadrons should winter in some Scandinavian port, in order to be near the field of action early in the spring, and the island of Gothland was fixed on for the purpose. Permission was asked of the King of Sweden to put this plan in execution, but he has negatived it in the most unqualified manner, even at the risk of disturbing the good understanding existing between him and the Western Powers. During the late mission of Count Knud. Bond 6 to Paris the nego tiations were again opened on the subject, but led to no result, owing to the obstinacy with which the King has set his mind upon maintaining his neu trality. In the meantime we learn from the Finland papers and letters that, late as the season is, the blockading squadron are uninterruptedly engaged in fulfilling the objects of their mission. Thus every day the poor Findlanders, thinking the enemy have with drawn their ships, rig and bring forth from their secure hiding-places their merchant vessels, as they did last year, to make a voyage or two across the Gulf to a Swedish port before the winter sets in, and invariably run into the arms of their' enemy. In this manner upwards of 20 vessels have been captured in three days. On the same authority we learn the particulars of a rather serious affair that took place at Bjorko, which received a hostile visit from a frigate and a couple of gun-boats (names and dates not given). After bombarding the town for a whole day, says the Russian account, and knocking everything to pieces, dispersing in all directions the Finland sharp shooters and driving away the Kron-Vogts or crown authorities, the frigate and a gun-boat came into the harbour, where they cut out all the shipping, carrying off as prizes twelve of the largest and best vessels, and destroying the rest. According to the Finland Ailmanna Tidning, Sweaborg is now the scene of great activity, for the damage received by the late bombardment is being everywhere repaired, and new works are being con structed in those'parts which experience has proved were most weakly defended. It is generally ex pected that next year the Baltic will bo the prin cipal scene of operations on the part of the Allies, and everywhere steps are being taken to give them a warm reception. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The Duke and Duchess de Brabant left Paris for Fontainebleau, at 2 o'clock yesterday morning, by the Lyons Railway, accompanied by all the persons of their suite. On reaching the Palace, at about 10 o'clock, their Royal Highnesses heard mass in the chapel, and afterwards went over the different parts of the Imperial residence. The Duke and Duchess then took a long drive in the forest, after which they set off on their return to St. Cloud, where they arrived a little before 6 o'clock. The Emperor is to assist to-night, with the Duke and Duchess of Brabant, at the representation of the Vepres siciliennes at the Grand Opera. The departure of the Duke and Duchess of Bra bant is fixed for Wednesday. A most dreadful accident occurred yesterday morning at 4 o'clock, on the Lyons J. ailway, be tween Thomery and Moret. The express train, which. left Lyons the evening before at 7 o'clock, overtook a cattle train that preceded it. The col lision was terrible : the three last carriages of the cattle train, one of which (the second last) con tained the drivers to the number of 26, were com pletely smashed • 16 persons were killed ; 3 dan gerously wounded ; and three others received contusions. On learning this sad event the d- rectors of the company, as well as the local authorities, hastened to the scene of the accident. Among them were the Chief Engineer and the Prefect of Seine and Marne. The circulation was speedily re-established. A judicial inquiry was immediately instituted into the cause of this de plorable accident. It was generally rumoured yesterday that Gen. Canrobert would very shortly be appointed to a command. It was also rumoured that a grand army was to be apportioned, which was to remain in France ready for any eventuality. The Universal Exhibition will, it is said, be re opened next May. The subscription opened at Turin in favour of the Piedmontese army in the Crimea has already reached 60,000 francs. The King of Sardinia is expected to arrive at Paris on the 20th of November. We read in the AToniteur de l'Armje,— " The capture of the fortress of Kinburn is very im portant in a military point of view. Henceforward the liinan of the Dnieper and the entrance of the Bug are open to the allied fleets. There is now nothing to hinder them from operating with their flotilla against Kherson in the Dnieper. It will be in their power to sail up that river the distance of 15 miles which sepa rate that place from the mouth of the river. There is no serious obstacle to prevent a si:nilar operation being directed against Nicolaieff, which is situated 20 miles from the halal]. Nicolaieff is the great naval and mili tary arsenal of Russia ; Kherson is the chief depot whence provisions can be forwarded through Perekop to the different positions at present occupied by her army in the Crimea. The naval expeditions simultane ously and so successfully carried en against Kinburn, at the extremity of the Black Sea, and Taman, on the Straits of Kertch, are likely, therefore, to exorcise the most favourab'e influence on the operations of our army in the Crimea." THE BOURSE-oer. 22. Cash- tl. e. End of Month. 4i per Cents —00 f. —c. 3 per Cents 64 20 New Loan — G 5 30 Bank Shares — Roman Credit AlobiHer llBO Austrian Belgian Five 5........ Spanish Threes Picdmontese St Home Debt RAILWA YEI-ITOR CASH. tr. C. __ ___ ____ O. Orleans Northern Lyons ...... 1120 New Ditto 765 Mediterranean 1207 50 Grand Central 587 50 Lvons Geneva 6 ,59 Teste (Jetta REPRESENTATION OF HEREFORD.—We deem it right to state, in consequence of its having been announced in several of the London papers that the bankruptcy of Sir Robert Price creates an immediate vacancy in the representation of this city, that the seat will not become void until twelve months have elapsed, and that if the bankruptcy is superseded within that period there will be no vacancy at all.—(See the statute of 52 Geo. 111., c. 144, sec. 1). The war transport Orinoco, which was recently fitted up at a great expense to take out cavalry to the seat of war, is having all her cavalry fittings taken away at much trouble and expense, for the purpose of taking out infantry. As soon as she has taken out the infantry she will very probably be fitted up again to take out cavalry. LITERATURE. Guide to the French Language. By J. Le Brethon. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. The fact of this being the eleventh edition of the work before us sufficiently testifies to its merits. It is revised and corrected by M. Sandier, profes sor of languages, and member of the Historical In stitute of France. During his long experience of teaching be has found that, in the simplicity of its arrangement and various other advantages, it was superior to all other Grammars in general use. He has, therefore, prepared this edition, which is ex pressly recommended for the assistance of those who are attempting the study of French without a teacher ; and also for those who, being tolerably acquainted with the idioms, phrases, &c., are yet perplexed by the construction of the language, and the rules to be observed in composition. The great merit of this grammar undoubtedly is its great clearness and simplicity of arrangement. Instead of perplexing the reader by a multitude of unclassified rules, a regular method is adopted, which, while it affords ample directions on each particular topic, prevents the confusion which arises when several departments are brought under consideration together. There is also a great im provement in this work. In the exorcises figures are placed at every difficult passage referring to the rule which guides it, thus assisting the solitary stu ' dent in translating the sentence correctly, and im pressing the rules upon his mi n d. A la r ge supply of exercises is appended, to which those who require it can procure a key by the same author. To all those desirous of obtaining a thorough knowledge of the French language with the greatest ease and rapidity compatible with its difficulties, and to all who wish to dispense with the assistance of a mas ter, we can cordially _recommend this useful and excellent grammar. THE AUSTRIAN CONCORDAT. We published from a Roman letter addressed to the Venice Gazette an analysis of the Concordat, in Its prin cipal arrangements, concluded between the Holy See and the Austrian government. We now find another analysis in the Univers, where each article is likewise given ; and we must admit that this version—the per fect accuracy of which is guaranteed by the Univers, stating that it gives on certain points of great import ance information more exact than the Venetian journal did—is calculated to modify greatly the judgment brought to bear upon this convention. On reading this new analysis, we comprehend very well that the Holy See, as stated by the Univers, is greatly delighted at the signing of the Concordat, and evinces great gratitude for the rights just conceded to it, and of which the church (adds the ultramontane journal) " had been so unjustly and fatally despoiled in Austria by one of the predecessors of the present Emperor." These rights are, in fact, so extensive, that, short of pretending that the church ought to be everything and the civil power absolutely nothing in the State, the Holy See could hardly require. Besides the abolition of the imperial placet, the maintenance of tithes, the institution of ecclesiastical tribunals, the absolute right of possessing and acquiring property, the guarantee of all the rights and prerogatives the church ought to enjoy, the first article of the Concordat says, "according to the order established by God and the canonical con stitutions," &c., the Concordat delivers up education almost entirely to the clergy throughout, the whole ex tent of the empire. It confers on the bishops the right of prohibiting whatever kooks they shall deem contrary to religion and good morals, and the Government wig 1 be bound to support them by the armed power in pre venting the publication of such writings. This, it is plain, is an absolute right of censorship conferred on the bishops over every work of human intelligence. We repeat it, such vast prerogatives did not appear to be contained in the version published by the Venice Gazette. If, as is very probable, it is the analysis of the Univers which is the correct one, it is extremely difficult not to see that the Austrian Government has allowed itself to go very great lengths in the way of concession. —lndependence Beige. PRINCE ALBERT'S PRIZRS FOR MODERN LANGUAGES. ETON COLLEGE, Oct. 22.—The examinations for the Italian prizes given annually to the school by his Royal Highness Prince Albert commenced on Friday last, and terminated this morning, and the result, as follows, was given out at 10 o'clock school. by the head master, the Rev. Charles Old Goodford, D.D. Thomas, 1. Arranged in order of merit 1. Scott. 3. Gladstone. 2. Willis, K.S. 4. Mr. Stanley. The number of pupils this year under the Italian mas ter being smaller than usual, a first-class prize was not awarded, consequently, the second-class prize was given to Thomas. Examiner, Signor Fusco, who has recently succeeded Signor Sinibaldi as the Italian master at Eton, The Echo is reported from the Pacific with 160,0001. in silver. The departures from the port of London for the Aus tralian colonies during the past week have comprised eight vessels—three to Port Philip, three to Adelaide, one to 'Moreton Bay, and one to New Zealand—with an aggregate capacity of 4,899 tons. The rates of freight exhibit scarcely any alteration. The weekly reviews from the Amsterdam and Rotter dam produce markets state that business had presented little alteration. Quotations generally were well sup ported, considering the cessation of speculative excite ment. the accounts from Rouen mention that the mar ket for manufactures was inactive. According to the advices by the Marco Polo the Bal. larat was to leave Melbourne for London on the 15th of August with about 100,000 ounces of gold, valued at 400,0001. The Acheron and Allendale ha sailed from Sydney, but are not believed to have any large sums. It appears that the amount of gold brought down by escort from the Victoria mines during the first six months of the present year had been 3,730,0001., against 3,718,0001. in the corresponding period of 1854. Owing to the greater security of the roads, the quantities brought by private hands would, if they could be ascer tained, probably show a larger increase. The total shipped in the first half of this year had reaohed 1,530,0001., against 4,310,0001. in the same period of 1854 The apprehension has been realised that the greater part of the 900,0001. in gold which arrived from Aus tralia on Saturday would be purchased by the Bank of France. An impression is entertained, however, in some quarters that about 200,0001. will be retained on this side. The withdrawal of this amount when, if busi ness had been left to its natural course, it would have gone into the Bank of England, has creat:d considerable disappo:ntmerit ; but, as it was evident that no cessation of the drain can be expected until the Bank of France shall be sufficiently fortified to discontinue their excep tional proceedings, the fact of their having beenjsupplied to this extent proportionately ameliorates our future prospects. It is still thought that about 2,000,0001. was the additional quantity they hal arranged to obtain. The Frenulen 131att, fitithful to Russia even in her ad versity, thus shakes its puny fist at the Turks :—" The first assault on Kars, like the first attack on the Mala khoff, was repulsed ; but we learn that the Russians, instead of raising the siege, are preparing for a second attack." RECRUITING AT COLOGNE.---Curtis, Engels, and Egener are found "not guilty" of having enlisted recruits themselves for the English Foreign Legion, but " guilty" of having aided and abetted others. The Consul Curtis and the other two are condemned to pay each a fine of 50 dollars, and are sentenced each to three months' im prisonment. LOST SHIPS.—ELsnaoRE, OCT. 17.—The Sylph, Pen nock, from Liverpool for Memel, cargo salt, foundered in the North Sea, Oct. 13, 130 miles west of the Naze of Norway ; crew saved, and arrived here ; and the tjalk Catharine Wilhelmine, Peterson, of and bound for Thi stA, from Efartlepool, with a cargo of goals, has been abandoned on the Doggersbank ; crew saved, and ar rived here by the South Esk, Reid. Liverpool, Oct. 22. —The Albion, of and for Hartlepool, from Quebec was abandoned waterlogged, in lat. 43 N., long. 51 W. ; crew saved. It is rumoured that Mr. Thompson, the newly-elected provost of Queen's College, Oxford, does not intend to resign the rectory of All Souls, Marylebone. This will be a strange specimen of " University Reform," to have a gentleman at one and the same time master of an im portant college in Oxford, and rector of a parish of 15,000 souls in London Surely this will not be per mitted. Indeed we trust that Mr. Thompson's inten tions have been mistaken or misrepresented.—Morning Herald. THE LIVERPOOL CUSTOMS.—The Board of Commis sioners of her Majesty's Customs have lately had under their notice a revision of the classification of clerks fur general business at the port of Liverpool. The great increase of business attached to the department has rendered a corresponding addition to the number of employes a matter of necessity, arid a more liberal scale of remuneration will, it is anticipated, be adopted.— Civil Service Gazette. __- THE BRITISH GERMAN LEGION,--Brigadier•General Wooldridge left Dover on Saturday last, by the Impe rial packet Queen, en route direct to the seat of war in the Crimea. Previously to the gallant officer leaving the camp at Shornecliffe, the whole of the British Ger man Legion was paraded, when the brigadier received from them a simultaneous and enthusiastic parting cheer. EXPECTED MEETING AT MANCHESTER.—A rumour ie current at Manchester that before the re-assembling of Parliament Mr. Bright intends to meet his constituents ata great meeting, to be held in the Free-Trade Hall. The new building will be far from complete, but it is believed that the large room in it can be temporarily, covered over and converted into a p lace s u ffi ciently com fortable for suc h an assem bl age ENGLAND AND AMERICA.—We have been favoured with the perusal of a special telegraphi c des p atch from New York to Halifax, and brought by the steamer America, which intimated that it was stated at Wash inf4ton that the American Government has demarded of the British the recall of their Minister at Washington, in consequence of his connection with the recent move ment in the United States for the enlistment of men for the service of the British army in the Crimea, and which was brought out in a recent Judicial inquiry at Phila delphia.—Liverpooi Daily Tinted. —[This report is not credited in Liverpool.] THE FOOD QUESTION. (From yesterday's Moniteur.) The Minister of the Interior has allressed the following circular to the prefects : " Monsieur le Prdfet,—ln placing this day at your disposal a part in the credit of ten millions opened by the Imperial decree of September 22, I at the same time musk remind you of the thought which should guide you in the employment of it. "As soon as the small yield of the harvest became known, the Emperor instantly ordained ail the measures which might alleviate the calamity. By his orders the prohibition on the export of corn, buck-wheat, maize, potatoes, and chestnuts was renewed, and not one of thee() products of our soil can at this moment, even in the smallest quantity, be withdrawn from French con sumption. The distillation of grains has been prohibited. The cereals of our Algeria are exclusively reserved for us ; the most complete security has been guaranteed to commerce, which demands of the foreign markets their corn and flour for distribution amongst ours. Every possible favour has been granted to these impo'ta tions, and to the navigation which realises them. The railway tariffs for the conveyance of corn to the interior have been reduced. Severe measures are prescribed against any stock jobbers attempting to create a fraudu lent rise in the rural districts. In a word, whatever was possible has been done, and the complement necessary for our consumption of a year will assuredly be found in the corn arriving every day from abroad, and also in the abundance of our accessory crops of potatoes,buckswheat, maize, &c. " ut while thus engaged in securing the general pro visioning of the country, the Emperor has specially re membered that numerous parts of the population which only lives on the toil of each day ; he has wished to mul tiply the works in their behalf, and where the wages were not in proportion to the temporary dearness of the necessaries of life, to elicit the beneficent organisation of a helping fund. It is with this twofold object that the credit of ten millions has been opened, the distri bution of which forma the subject of this circular. In order to obtain a fruitful employment of the portion accru ing to your department, Monsieur le Piglet, all your zeal will be requisite, all your influence, all your acti vity. You will not fix in an absolute manner the con tingent of each commune in proportion to the sacrifices that it might itself be able to make ; that would be to deprive of succour the poor or exhausted communes, that is to say, those who stand most in need of it ; yet you will actively rouse the municipal councils, and you will keep an account of their efforts. You will also make an urgent appeal to private charity ; it forms in France an inexhaustible treasure. You will visit in person the communes ; you will place yourself in com munication with every person whose devotion may be willing to second your own ; you will give an impulse to every work capable of being usefully organised; you will aid and give rise to, in case of need, every combination (bread doles, cards of differences, economical ovens, so cieties for the distribution of food, &c.) which can lighten for the labouring classes the transitory dearness of pro visions. In seeing you thus employed, and with you all worthy men the people at large will perceive how actively and efficaciously the Emperor is occupied with their wants. They will comprehend that if the abun dance of the harvests depend solely on God, those who suffer from their inadequacy are at least sustained and assisted by a government animated by a really paternal anxiety in their behalf. If, notwithstanding your efforts, a few agitators should endeavour, for the sake of their own passions or folly, to work on the sufferings of the people, repeat to the working classes that agitation and disorder would not add one single grain of corn to the harvest, but would strike a quick and serious blow at confidence labour, and merely aggravate their misery ; then while lavishing on them both help and good advice make them understand that they have an evident interest in repelling the fomenters of disorder, and strike these last-named with immediate and severe repression. They must not forget that the Emperor, who is doing fer France so many great and glorious things, will know well at the same time how to maintain that calm and tranquillity which his energetic will restored to us. " In the performance of the various duties which the situation imposes on you, I ask of you, Monsieur le Prefet, sustained zeal, resolution, and a vigorous initia tive. Give me frequently an account of your efforts, of their results, and point out to my no ti ce th e i n di v id ua l s who shall have best seconded you. " Receive, Monsieur le Prefet, the assurance of my most distinguished consideration. " The Minister of the Interior, ' ' i BILLAULT." FORMATION OF AN ADJUTANT'S Dg- TACHMENT TO THE FIELD BAT TERIES AT WOOLWICH. The Government having decided on a more systematic mode of instruction for non-commissioned officers and men for the field batteries belonging to the Royal Artil lery, so as always to have on hand a supply of well drilled men to fill up any vacancy that might ocour, have resolved on forming an adjutant's detachment for this purpose. The greater part of the horses of the reserve battery having been withdrawn from the public works in the Royal Arsenal, and as the remainder will be given up by the civil depsitments as soon as circumstances will admit, the reserve battery is to be broken up, and the following arrangements made for the formation of a de tachment to be called the Adjutant's Detachment of the Field Batteries, for the instruction of non-commissioned officers and men in stable duties, riding, and driv ing. The detachment is to consist of the sergeant major, quartermaster-sergeant, the drill-master of the field batteries, three rough-riders, twenty non-commissioned officers, and one hundred gun ners and drivers, six trumpeters, and one hundred horses, with harness, sadlery, &c., for a nine-pounder field battery of six guns, also the artificers who do not belong to field batteries at Woolwich, and all men under instruction for artificers. The trumpet•major is to be considered attached to this detachment, for the purpose of giving the trumpeters of the field batteries and this detachment occasional prac tice in the sounds of the bugle and trumpet. The officer commanding the field batteries (Colonel W. Anderson) is to furnish to the Adjutant-General's office a list of all the non-commissioned officers and men belonging to the reserve, distinguishing those whom he wishes to retain orders, and the remainder are to join their respective battalions. Officers commanding battalions are to send in to the Adjutant-General's offico lists of the Dames, age, service, arid character of one non-commissioned officer from each battalion who are recommended to be placed under in struction in this detachment. The individuals to be selected for this course must be smart and intelligent, not over ten years' service. The non-commissioned officers and men who join this detachment are not to take with them any arms or ac coutrements, and, when they have once joined for duty with the field battery, they are not, under any circum stances, to be withdrawn, except by authority from the Adjutant-General's office. GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION, REGENT- STREET. The new pictures of the Capture of the Malakhoff. the Attack on the Redan, and the Burning of Sebastopol, which Messrs. Grieve and Telbin have just added to their exhibition of the " Events of the War," are, it may naturally be supposed, among the most attractive of the whole series. Like all the rest of these diorainio views they are not drawn from the imagination, but are bona fide representations of tie different scenes ; and for the opportunity of presenting them to the public the artists have been indebted to the sketches made en the spot by Major Tupper, of the Royal Horse Artillery. They bear every appearance of scrupulous accuracy, and form two of the most exciting scenes which it is possible to ima• gine. They were exhibited for the first time yesterday, and were received by the company assembled with (or thusiastic applause. It is perhaps almost superfluous to say that these new and most interesting pictures are painted with the same talent that distinguishes all the views of the "Events of the War" which compose the present exhibition. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Mr. Pepper, the zealous lessee of this vast establish • ment, has wisely determined to re-open the institute, on Saturday evenings; and he has been induced to do sois with a view, as he states, to meet the requirements of the great moral and social movement of the Early-Closing Association ; for, as the half-holiday on Saturdays is in many instances a great fact, and as the early closing on Saturdays is a fact almost " accomplished," Mr. Pepper is aiding in the good work of holding out induce• merits to young persons enga;ed in business to avail themselves of rational and intellectual enjoyments at the small cost of " one shilling." If we may predicate suc cess to the undertaking from the fact that nearly 400 persons visited the Polytechnic on Saturday evening last, the "opening night" of the Saturday evening exhi bitions—we confidently trust that Mr. Pepper's zealous efforts will be rewarded with liberal support. In addition l t a o s t the th e o r e rd w i n a a s r y a lecture a nd e ntertainments new ogn Say e e e a n t u t e r r da ta y i n m e v e e n ni n tb g y Mr. George Buckland, a . s i s ßn i c s i t eu e k d dleadi b l y dw, M aenb is bd s ,BA C im l r a . r a i gAni F oi r an s et s ee e ni Mr n r Smith. The You T . heog, programmeMr.il quintet, " When winds breathe soft," which was sung in a manner highly creditable to the singers ; Wallace' "Whyballad, do I weep for thee," sung b y Mi s s whose Fraser, only failing is the rare one of excessive timidity; Blewitt's pretty ballad, "The Hazel Bower," sung by Mr. Thomas Young, with exquisite taste a xd deservedly encored ; Webb'a glee, "Discord dire Sis' ter I" Stevenson's solo and chorus, "The Convent Bell Shild's scene, " The Wolf," sung by Mr. H. Buckland Flatton's ballad, " Good-bye, Sweetheart, " sung by Mr. Montem Smith ; Hatton's four-part song, "I know a maiden fair to see ;"' and during the entertainment Mr. George Buckland sang three of his comic songPs which are really unique in their character, and which, are always given in a styl e w id e l y di fferent from that of so-called comic singers. The exhibition of the dissolving views by Clari, illustrating the fashion of ladie's head dresses front the time of the Conquest to the present period, excited much laughter. Mr. Wylde, Mr. Pepper s able coadjutor, i n the absence of Mr. Pepper, an . pounced that Mr. Buckland had accepted a re-engage: went for the Saturday evening concerts—a fact which was received with much applause. DIINFERM LINE.—Government have, within the pa st few days, b ecome the purchasers of B a ld r id g e \\Torpor Golfdrutn, Dunfer m li ne , for the purpose of converting them into bar rac k s f or so ldi ers . The sum paid for 9: l * budding is, we believe, 4,000/.—Glavow Dully Nall' i