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ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Air. Cassias KLAN. THIS EVENING, Will be performed lIOW STOUT YOU'RE GETTING. To conclude with KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Ka thsyne , Mr.. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. TITE.A.TP. ROYAL ADELPIIT. Propeetor, Nrr. B. Webaten—ntrectrets, Mc.!..--me Celesta. THIS EVENING, Mill be performed TTII WI ETING ON TIIE W.I.L. Princi pal chara-ters t y Me4Frs. Wright, C. izelhy, P. Bedford, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss Wyndham, and Miss Woolgar. After which, FRATERNISATION. To conclude with THE SC 001; FOE TIGERS. ASTLErS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manner, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Second week of Mr. G. Wild and Miss Fauny Williams, and glorious career of Mazeppa. THIS EVENING, Lord Boron's MAZEPPA ; or, the Wild Horse, for the effects of /which Mr. William Cooke has trained his unique stud of horses. After which the skilful SCENES in the CIRCLE. To conclude with ANGELS and LUCIFERS, in which Mr. G. Wild and Miss Fanny Williams will appear. Ros..otliee open from Eleven till ['our. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Aoctinz Manager. Mr. Nelson Lee. EqueFtlan Director, Xt. W. Cooke, jun. MOE( WATKR, AT LONDON BRIDOS. T tlf —Mornino 0 9 Evining36min. aft. 9 to-hi spiloar - Mo - air; 15 min. af'cerlo Eveniag 53 mitt. aft.lo THIS WEAYHER,.—Srat Onms, Ang. 7. TEICB,101:11TV.1, IN TIIE SL&DE. 73 li'Llfiest since noon yostertlay. 61 —.owest this morning and during the night. 71—this day, at noon. BAROMICTER, 29'87—falling. Tern. S.W.—Light, with heavy clouds, portending rain. Some rain fell in the morning early. GREAT REDUCTION IN THE UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HER MAJESTY. THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.- OR XliD EXTRA NIGHT, THURSDAY, August 9, for the BENEFIT of the FRENCH CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION, founded under the patronage of her Majesty the Empress cf the French, and the Presidency of his Excellency the French Ambassa dor.—The eminent Tragedienne, Madlle. RACHEL, has kindly con sented to appear, for the last time prior to her departure for America, in the second and most important act of Racine's celebrated Tragedy, ATHALIE, eontainlng the Vision of Athalie and the Interrogatory of Zoas. Athalle, Madlle. Rachel. Preceded by Moliere's favourite Comedy, LE DEPIT AMOUREUX. _ _ . _ supported by the members of the French Company, under the direction of 3f. Raphael Felix. A MUSICAL INTERLUDE, by Miss Ransford, Signor Burdini, Yr. Ascher, Pianist to her Majesty the Empress of the French, and Mr. Blondelet, of the Adelphi Theatre, in the character of a Zouave ; and to conclude with the first act of Wallace's Opera, MARITANA. —Stalls. 10s. 6d.; Dress Circle, 55.; Second Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 28.; Galleries, Is. Private Boxes, Four Guineas and upwards. Doors open at 7 ; to commence at half-past 7. ROYAL OPERA, DRITRY.LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be performed DER FREISCHUTZ. Character 3 by Messrs. Formes, A. Lockesley, H. Braham, and Hodges ; Misses Dyer and Lanza, &c. To conclude with TFIE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Macheath, Mr. *gerberte; Polly, Miss Dyer. Prices of admission :—To the two galleries. 6d.; second circle of Domes and pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; sta Is, 45.; private boxes to limit two persons, 10s. 6d.; four persons, one guinea. Box-office 'Pen from 10 to 6 daily. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstotle. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE BUSY BODY. Marplot, Mr. Buck tone; Miranda. Miss Reynolds. A new Ballet, GALLICIANS AND GIPSIES. To be followed by ONLY A HALFPENNY. To which will be added A VILLAGE FESTIVAL. To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. PRICE OF "THE SUN," FROM FIVEPE NCE-H .A.LFPEN N Y FOURPENC E. 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 Fivoptance-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, ttc., (h., 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. r ~.~~` Al3l, ~~ 1 1 1 ../ !r LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1855. The season is rapidly advancing. We are in the second week of August, but we are still wait ing for decisive events in the Euxine and the Baltic. As we have already intimated, there are indications, that something will be attempted in the former of such a character as to compensate fully for past delays ! But what has been at tempted in the latter ? What promise is there of ,greater activity ? It is true that we have kept the Russian fleet skulking under the protec tion of batteries, that we have maintained an efficient blockade, but that is all ! We h ave taken a few trading and fishing vessels, and greatly damaged a few compatatively undefended towns ! But there has been nothing equivalent to the capture and destruction of Bomarsund last year I Nor has there been any appearance of despatching an auxiliary land force to co-operate with our enormous naval power, which so greatly exceeds that of last year under the command of Sir CHARLES NAPIER, and with which he was, despite the novelty and difficulties of. his position, expected to have produced almost iraculous results. :We are unwilling to believe that this apparent aPtolly is the fault of the Admiral, or that a British officer of high character and unble mished feln.ita4lon should, unless controlled by positive alihongh seciet instructions from ". My Lords," remain indifferent to the chances of achieving for himself a high position among the naval heroes by whom the British name was once rendered so re . markable! But that character must in some degree suffdr should the frost set in, and all operations in the Bal tic be superseded, without even a single heavy body blow been aimed at Russia. In the Crimea w, are merely s triking at an ex t rem i ty. I t i s undoubtedly an important ope ra ti on, which w i ll cripple the aggressive power of the enemy, so far as Tnikey is concerned. But, from what we now know of the stubborn pertinacity of Russia, in following up the traditional policy of PETER and Of CATHERINE, it will be of vital consequenc e to pare. its fangs iu another quarter, and to free the gt;andinavian Powers from the menaces perpetually directed against them—by Sweaborg and Cron fault, and the squadrons sheltered therein. We grimed have, so far as practicable, secured the co operation of the Danes, and Swedes, and Norwe gians ; and thaw might long since have been effected, if we proved ourselves really in earnest in the North. Had the fall of Bomarsund been duly followed up, the Scandinavian neutrality would no longer exist, and these high-spirited races would have been enabled, long since, to have displayed their real feelings towards the rob bers by whom they have been stripped of so many of their possessions. The objects of the War cannot properly be accomplished, nor Russia brought to a due sense of its position, and the necessity of making suit able concessions, until a further and very decided effect has been produced in the immediate vicinity of St. Petersburg. It is possible that such an attempt may at any moment be made, and if so we have no doubt that it will be alike honourable to the Allied Fleets and beneficial to the great cause in which they are engaged. But we fear Sir CHARLES WOOD, and we are not justified in allowing the prorogation of Parliament without calling on some independent member to endeavour to elicit from that model red-tapist the Ministerial intentions respecting the proceedings of the Baltic Squadron. The power of even asking a simple question will soon pass away, and we have already seen the efficacy of such interrogatories and other indications of public ()pinion on a Government composed of very :‘ squeezable" materials. The destruction of Sweaborg would be something tangible, which would give an earnest of our unbending resolution,- and probably induce the Swedish Government to shake off its apathyi and once more bravo the hereditary foe and unrelenting spoliator. It would likewise be a suitable act of retribution for the Hang° massacre, which the authorities at St. Petersburg have so scandalously adopted, refusing to restore to liberty the officers and men so nefa riously made prisoners. If something be not done in return—if England admits the paltry quibbles by which Prince DOLGOROIIKY attempts not merely to palliate but even to justify that infa mous transaction, we shall become a laughing 3tock to all nations, and may deeply deplore our , leparted glory, and the prestige so completely sacrificed. The interrogatories might be framed as to the number of the gun-boats and mortar-vessels, long since promised, but not as yet supplied in any thing like sufficient force to .run into shoal water, 9.nd get rid of the only obstacle that has hitherto prevented our success ; and also, as to the intention of sending any, and what number of land forces to co-operate with the Fleet. These are matters which may fairly be asked, and to which a reply cannot properly be refused. At all events an effort should be made to prevent the season from closing before the Baltic Fleet has done something worthy of its country, its officers, and its men, Ind calculated. to maintain the naval honour of Great Britain. The discontinuance of a pitiful annual grant to the Royal Society for the Promotion of Science is well deserving the attention of Administrative Reformers, both for the principles involved in the act and the display of official untruthfulness in its defence. In the following Report of the pro ceedings in the House of Commons is a short statement of the defence, put in the mouth of Lord PALMERSTON : " THE ROYAL SOCIETY. "Mr. - HEYWOOD inquired why a grant of 1,0001. to the Royal Society for scientific objects had been recently withdrawn by the Government " Lord PALMERSTON replied that a few years ago this grant was asked for by tho Royal Society as a tempo rary assistance for a specific purpose. Those who ap plied for it represented that it was wanted for a particu lar year, and that, if 1,0001. were advanced, probably the whole of that amount would not be required, in which case the remainder would be returned. An ad wanes., of 1,0001. was accordingly made from a fund not • strictly applicable for 'inch an object, but intended for a charitable purpose.. The grant was, however, given a second time, and in the third year the society applied for another 1,0001. 'as usual.' (A. laugh.) He felt obliged to reply that he did not consider it a proper ap plication of the fund in question, and that he must de cline to continue it. No doubt, however, a grant of this sort for scientific purposes would be a very fitting one for Parliament to take into its consideration." This statement is felt by the Fellows of the Society, who are acquainted with the facts, to involve unjust imputations of ungentlemanly conduct : first, it charges them with attempting surreptitiously to convert a temporary into a per manent annual grant ; and, next, with knowingly making this surreptitious abstraction of money from a fund devoted to charitable purposes. Both these imputations aro utterly unfounded. Colonel SABINE, in the absence of Lord WROT TESLEY, has written a letter, which appeared in the Athenceum of Saturday, stating the fact, that the Royal Society, instead of making an original application to the Government, were applied to in 1849 by Lord JOHN RUSSELL then Prime Minister, on his own spontaneous suggestion. The Government requested the opinion of the Society, whether a sum of 1,000/. could be advan tageously applied for the promotion of science. Colonel SABINE states that— "In other countries, the members of scientific insti tutions receive, as such, pecuniary support from the State, and the State has consequently a direct claim on their services. In this country the Fellows of the Royal Society have no such provision ; and the Government has, consequently, no direct claim on them. But, hap pily, they have not shown themselves, on that account, less ready or disposed to aid those plans of the Govern ment which have for their object the promotion of science and the consequent advancement, it may be, of the material prosperity of the country, but always of the national character. Accordingly, early in Novem ber, 1349, Lord JOHN RUSSELL was informed, [in an swer to his offer] through the Earl of Roses, then Pre sident of the Royal Society, that the President and Council were of opinion that the judicious employment of grants in the way proposed by his Lordship might very materially promote the advancement of science, and that they were willing to act as trustees on the part of the public for the suitable application of the proposed grant. And, further, that, viewing the grant as de signed, not for their own Society in particular, but for science generally in the United Kingdom, they would propose to form a Committee to consist of about forty persons most eminent in different branches of science, and in different parts of the Kingdom, to assist them in the execution of the trust. Lord JOHN RUSSELL expressed, in reply, his entire approval of the mode in which the President and Council proposed to deal with the intended grant, and his approbation or the caution and deliberation which marked their proceedings in regard to it. His Lordship further he n d d his ashouldg r successors,ancontinue to f a insimilar h signified that a lth ough of course he could i n no degree t w it ass his own intention so long as ffi e sume e be in th succeeding held,t; ,ea re r c s o , m m i ee n s long as the Royal Society continued to think such a grant useful and desirable and were willing to administer it. Accordingly 1,0001. was transmitted to the treasurer of the Royal Society, in June, 1850, and similar sums have been received in succeeding years, under both Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S and Lord DERBY'S Administrations, until 1854 inclusive, snaking an aggregate, not of 4.0001., as stated by the Secretary of the Treasury, but of 5,000/. With regard to the particular fund out of which the grant has hitherto been paid, the Council of the Royal S iciety bad no means of knowing, and were in fact igno rant of what that fund was, until they were very re cently informed by the Secretary of the Treasury that it ie.as paid out of a charitable fund. It need. scarcely be said that the Council would much prefer, if the grant should be resumed in future years, that they should be voted directly and specifically by Parliament. The R Seeiety has sufficient funds of itso meet t own eiles ownrivecl from the contribution s of its memo t regarded throughout n throughout the world a s the nationalel xppberielsoesso,p—hiionociludTisriagosatb,teiroetilz, thme,hipoltisbliacarte!on countries, are published at the expense of the State. The Council science, such as. in other records of British have they solicited or received, aid lne fr it o i m ier G re o q v i e s r ir o o m , e n n o t r it more especially devolves upon them fir the purpose of carrying out any of tthoe execute w as hi r c e ! .. l presenting the Society." After this statement, which will be verified by the production of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S original letter, Lord PALMERSTON may be called upon to j do somethi ng m o re th an retract the imputations cast upon the Council and Fellows of that Society I—the1 —the most ancient and efficient scientific bAy in ! England, if Lordsnot in Europe. In the House of it the responsibilit y o f t h e m i srepresen t a ti on , . as is now shown to be, was cast by Lord GRAN vuu upon the " l ease •gOds of the Treasury." In apology, however, is due from that Noble Lord to tha Fellows of the Society. But, in respect to the application of the grant in question, it is proper to say that an inspection of the communication to the Treasury will, when it is produced, show others than the gods of that department—others who may be more competent to form opinions on matters of science than Noble Lords and Members of Parliament—that the grant, instead of being withdrawn, ought, for the sake of the attainment of vast public economies, to be atcmented. One subject to which the vote was applied was the expense of some experi ments by Messrs. FAIRBAIRN and HODGKINSON to determine the strength of materials. To the previous experiments of the same kind, mainly those of Messrs. FAIRBAIRN 4 / a lld HODOKINSON, it is now well known the achievement of wrought iron bridges like the Britannia bridge is due. The forms of bridges originally proposed by ROBERT STEPHENSON are simple cylinders (and afterwards ovals), which, it was proved, would have occasioned as fearful mashes as that which was oc casioned by his own original Dee Bridge. To the success of the principle of construction as applied to the Britannia and other bridges, the applica tions of it to marine constructions and to archi tecture are due ; and the further experiments on the strength of materials would no doubt be available to architecture, to hollow brick con structions, and to large savings of materials and money, even in barracks and other public works. Another subject to which the vote was applied was a set of experiments with a view to determine with greater accuracy than has yet been sought or attained what amount of power is procurable from given quantities of boat or vapour, and to attempt conversions of caloric into power, which experiments promise vast aug mentations of mechanical power like that du e to WATT, which, it was declared, had so largo a share in bearing us e through the last War. Another topic of investigation undertaken 'by the society is marine meteorology, which has opened up great promise of increased safety as well as speed of transit already. On these topics alone, which affect even the public expenditure by hun dreds of thousands, and mercantile and commer cial and manufacturing interests by millions in increased efficiency and economy, the withdrawal of the grant is disastrous; whilst, in an administra tive point of view, it is of the largest significance as to the state of information which guides what CARLYLE calls the " spigot of taxation." For the prosecution of these topics of investigation alone a wise economy would positively urge the appli cation of tens of thousands of pounds by the most competent investigators that might be obtained, not gratuitously, but by liberal payment. In respect to marine meteorology, for want of know ledge of the practical elementary science already obtained, or care for the sure warnings yielded by the instrument which science has already placed in the hands of the officers of the Navy—the barometer—our fleet failed to stand out to sea, and sustained disastrous shipwrecks before Sebas topol. From want of knowledge of the new sani tary science, or almost of the common phenomena of respiration, soldiers as well as others have been tragically smothered on board ships, and on land slaughters three and fourfold greater than from the sword have befallen oar armies. From the want of practical science military men were un aware of the fact, or did not heed it, that the common air consists of material particles, and they continued to use projectiles of the worst shapes to divide them ; whilst one military officer in the French service, Colonel MINI; by ob serving the fact, and by shaping a musket ball to cleave those particles more easily, so accelerated and extended the range of the flight of musket or rifle balls as to lay the foundation of immense changes in the art of war. On the Committee of the Royal Society for the direction of the vote there would be Professor WHEATSTONE, the practical applications of whose investigations and inventions in electrical science have almost annihilated time, and are now at work in the field of battle, and from thence, three thousand miles to this country, not only bring hourly information, but quicken the opera tions of war. By one practical application of electrical science he has furnished the means of measuring the flight of projectiles, of which the Prussian authorities, and even the Russians, have long availed themselves, and ours are only now beginning the use. Oa the Committee . at Woolwich for examining the proposed application of new inventions to war, as scientific terms are involved, and possibly some scientific matters, it would be deemed impracticable to do without some science, and the Government took credit for the appoint ment of Professor WHEATSTONE upon it. But whilst men of no science, and no known skill in art, unless it be Parliamentary art and jobbing influence, receive high pay for their time, Lord PANISURE has actually required two years of re sponsible service from the Professor absolutely without any pay whatever. The services of Professor MILLER were recently requested for a public department, where the ap plication of those services would in all probability be a means of obtaining important economies, but as he was expected (as a man of science) to give his services gratuitously, and he being unable to do so—for he had to live—the public have been deprived of them. The following are the terms in which the Trea sury refused to continue the grant : " The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having had before them your lordship's application on behalf of the Royal Society for the annual grant of 1,0001. placed at the disposal of the Royal Society for scientific purposes, I am directed to state that, although special grants, amounting in the whole to the sum of 4,0001., have been made from time to time, in the first instance for special and temporary objects. to the Royal Society (a gross misstatement, as Lord John Russell's letter, if produced, will show) out of a fund very limited in its amount, which is more properly applicable, and is other wise applied, to charitable purposes [a cool avowal this, of a perversion of funds destined to charitable purposes, a perversion without the knowledge of Parliament, the possibility of which should be inquired into], my lords are not aware of any understanding for making an an nual grant to the Royal Society for scientific purposes out of the public funds, and at the present moment the more urgent and legitimate demands upon the fund from which the above-mentioned donation has been made to the Royal Society do not permit their lordships to make any grant out of it for scientific purposes. [An insinuation that the council of the Royal Society were thrusting their hands into a charity box.] If, however, the Royal Society, looking to the immediate importance of the ob jects for which a grant of public money is applied for, and to the insufficiency of their own funds to enable them to accompli6h, them, are of opinion that their claims upon th.public funds are such as Parliament would undoubtedly recognise, my lords will be prepared to take into their consideration any representation which the Royal So ciety may make to them with that object." And so it is expected that a number of men of science, who aro to get nothing whatsoever for their pains, are to undertake te make out that to be of immediate importance, which, as it may not be practically applied on the morrow, any trea sury clerk may pronounce not to be immediate, however momentous the eventual, and not very distant, results may be ; thattl b jieeyets, the under-- are to make out the importance of those objects, standing of which will, in most instances, imply the knowledge of systems, to the satisfaction of the " lesser gods" of the Treasury, includino , Sir. GEORGE LEWIS, of whose gross ignorance and in competency to appreciate such objects they have already had experience ; that they are not only to do this, but to subject themselves to the sneers of the SIBTRous and the Sulam, and to under- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVEN I NG, AUGUST 7. 1855 take that the objects shall be such as Parliament will " undoubtedly recognise !" Passing by the untrue assumption of the Society being solicitors, instead of being the parties originally solicited, they justly treat the above answer as a decided refusal ; and on further influential suggestions to them to renew their applications, they properly sent in simply a list of the purposes to which they had applied the previous grants. The caso is one more for the Administrative Reform Association than for the House of Com mons. If ever there was a. time when science, instead of being depressed riaad discarded, should be promoted and specially and strenuously en gaged in aid of the public administration, it is during the present great contest, when all labour saving, and strength-econotrusing appliances, such as science gives, are of the utmost need. But whilst the means for the promotion of practical science are withheld, it is proper to point out as passing instances the sort of expenditure which is maintained, and which Parliament " undoubt edly recognises"—viz., expenditure in mere party and political patronage, suck as that of the office of political Postmaster-General, with a salary of 2,5001. per annum, Mr. ItovnAern HILL being the real Postmaster-General s and the on'y ono recognised by the public. Next, the political Secretary for the Poor Law Board, salary 1,0001. per annum, with a seat in the House of Com mons, the political president- having a seat there already, and the real secretariat work being done by three permanent secretaries. The expense of these two impostor political places alone is three times more than the grant withheld, and would, if applied in the same direction, give a propor tionate impetus to real science, instead of sustain ing sham political science and mere party bribery. Since the above was wri tten, we perceive that by the perseverance of Mr. HEYWOOD the fact has been established before then House of Commons that the grant was made on. the spontaneous sug gestion of Lord JOHN Russ ELL (which it was the duty of that Noble Lord to have stated himself) and Lord PAL7wIERSTON has so far reversed the decision of Sir G. LEWIS aad. Mr. WILSON as to propose that the grant shall. not be discontinued, but be issued this year out of the Civil Con tingencies ; but his Lordship has made no apology for the imputa'ions cast upon the Council of the Society, and no Jetractation of the assumption that they were consciously pressing for money out of a. charity fund, and has given no explanation of the previous misapplica tions from that fund. It i..5t proposed next year to " include in the miscellai Leona estimates a vote of 1,000/. for this partic u l .ar purpose, which would give the House an .iipportunity of consi dering the propriety of this grant." Yes, and lAdministrative Reformers, too, the opportunity of considering the extent off expenditure on no science, as well as the econ.omy of a yet larger expenditure on practical sci.cence, and the need of making provision for some . :knowledge of it as a qualification for the civil sear vice of the country. " The people have now god five hours and a half to buy their beer, and the '.Noble Marquis wants eight hours." A question o 1 "grave deliberation" truly, and as the Noble Lord who thus put it fur ther remarked, one which " the House of Lords had as much right to consi filer fully as the House of Commons." Granted—though it might reasonably have been supposed that the Holist) had by this time fully made up its mind on the subject, and•come to the o6nclusion that the demand of the Noble Marquis should bo acceded to. The subject had beensufficiently mooted in the press and debated in the Lower House for th;oir lordships to have become thoroughly acquainited with it, ,and consi dering that the bill of las session did not affect their comfort in the least, Ilrhile it notoriously did that of the people to a seivious degree, and had been condemned by theilr representatives, the desire for delay on the parfi of the Noble Lord and others is suspicious, and. can only be accounted for by their having already hardened their hearts to oppose the new bill. The new work by M. Victor Hugo, Les Contenaplca tio2is, is announced to appear very shortly. Liverpool letters announce the failure of Messrs. La tham, Brothers, in the Buenos Ayres trade, with liabili ties for 78,0001. We (Scotsman) are informed that arrangements are making for building an iron steam-vessel of 1,000 tons and 150• tons horse power, to trada between this country and Canada West, with Ruthven's improvements in pro pelling and navigating steam-vessels. It- is satisfactory, however, to know that the majority of the House arrived—as we all along believed they would—at th. 43 opposite conclusion, and carried the Sale of Beer Bill through its second reading. The fact is at once creditable to the humanity and the discretion of their Lordships. The evidence adduced before the Committee of 'the House of Commons led, tin the minds of un prejudiced persons, irresistibly to the conclusion that the Act of last session i -was neither defensible on the ground of morals nor of expediency, hav ing been productive of serious evil without the counterpoise of any appreciable good. The testi mony of the Chief CommissLner of the Metropo litan Police was conclusive I as to the great and growing improvement, of late years, in the habits and morals of the industrial classes in the metropolis —an improvement notori ously observable throughout the country also. Yet it was in the teeth of this most desirable ad vance the Act in question was passed, the opera tion of which has confessedly been to deprive every Sunday thousands upon thousands of working men of needful refreshment, and, consequently, to irritate and goad the entire class to the very opposite course it was intended to drive them, at the same time causing them to regard the classes above them as selfish hypocrites and stony-hearted oppressors. A bill like this, of which no one can justly say it has diminished drunkenness, could not be abolished too soon, and though there is a class of persons whom no experience can teach, we indulge the hope that the lesson just taught will have the proper effect, and that hereafter it will pass for a truism that in morals you must lead and not drive if you would suc ceed. The question of hours will then be app proached in a different spirit. MONSTER MTISHROOIL—On Sunday a mushroom was found in Tattoo Park, Cheshire, of enormous size. It was afterwards measured, and was upwards of 20 inches in circumference. It was of great thickness, and weighed rather more than 13 ounces. BENLEDI STRUCK WITH LIGHTNING.—During the late thunderstorm the earthen pinnacle, raised on the highest peak of Benledi, was struck with lightning, when both it and the ground at the bottom of it were torn up. Fortunately no tourist happened to be there at the time. —Glasgow Daily Mail. WRECKS.—A return, published by the Shippiag Gazette, shows that the number of vessels wrecked in the month of July amounted to 70. In the previous month of June R 3 vessels were wrecked ; May, 93 ; April, 109 ; March, 149 ; Feb., 164 ; and in January, 233. MILITIA EXPENSES.—The amount of expenses in curred in 1853 and 1854, in providing storerooms and places for keeping arms and clothing for the Cheshire Militia, is 2171. 18s. 7d. This includes the cost of fuel for airing the said rooms. AMERICAN LETTERS.—The mail bags of the Pacific have brought from the United States a considerable number of unpaid letters, addressed for the most part to well-to-do people in England, and being neither more nor less than invitations to " send ono pound sterling to the above address and you will hear something to your advantage." OPENING OF THE CITY BANK.—Yesterday the City Bank, of which Sir Robert Carden, Bart., alderman, is the chairman, commenced business at their temporary offices, No. 2, Royal Exchange-buildings, Cornhiil. All transactions connected with the bank will be carried on here for some time, as their extensive premises at the corner of Finch-lane, Tareadneerlle-street, are nut yet cum pleted. THE OFFICERS OF THE TlGER.—Stettin, July 31. The 13 British naval officers and midshipmen of the Tiger, who were not so lucky as their first lieutenant to be set at liberty, but were detained prisoners of war, have at length also been set at liberty, and arrived' hero yesterday evening vice Dantzic, on their way to Eng land. They have been exchanged against. a similar num ber of Russian officers of equal grades, and were accom panied to the frontiers of Prussia, where they were set at liberty, by a picket of Cossacks. • JULLIEN AT MANCHESTER.—On Saturday evening M. Jti!lien's celebrated band, assisted by the band of the 2d Life Guards, performed in the open air, at the Belle Vue Gardens, Manchester, before an audience of about 24,000 persons. The popular musician appeared to be much struck at the sight of the immense concour , o of ir people surrounding the orchestra when he entered, and he and his baud were much cheered. The people ap peared to be highly gratified. The course of the municipal elections in France does not uniformly run smooth. At Fecamp, on the coast of Normandy, where there were 27 councillors to be elected, only 7 candidates obtained a sufficient number of votes to validate the election ; but of this number only one was chosen from the government list. At St. Benoit sur-Loire all the members of the council who were dis mi3sed.by Imperial decree in 1852 have been elected en opposition to government candidates. At St. Just-en• Chaussee (Oise), a similar event has occurred. DECREASE OF PAUPER'S:A.—It is a pleasing circum stance that, notwithstanding the high price of provisions, pauperism has to a great extent decreased throughout • the whole of South NVales, and that there is a gradual decrease in the amount of crime. The various judicial courts just held were not heavy, and in the various union houses there are scarcely any able-bodied poor. This is partly owing to the dernarid for iabour, arising from the active state of the staple productions of the districts, and new works now opened and about to be opened. Were it not for the high rate of provisions the rates would be much lower. THE IRISH MILITIA.---The effectives (rank and file) of the Irish militia regiments amounted, on the Ist of July, to 16,299, and the regimental and county quota and es tablishment to 31,349. The quota of volunteers into the line required was 4,533 ; and the number of volun teers supplied is 3,457. The corps that ought to have supplied volunteers and have not done so are the Ar magh Artillery, the Donegal Artillery, the North Mayo, the Sligo, the Tyrone Artillery, and the Waterford Ar tillery. TESTIMONIAL OF ESTEEM.—On Thursday, Aug. 2, the servants of the South-Eastern Railway Company, together with the inhabitants of the town of Ashford, Kent, presented to the Rev. John Pughe, chaplain. to the above company, and his wife, a handsome silver tea pot, of the value of 16/ , and a purse of 87 sovereigns, as a mark of esteem previous to his leaving the town, to take possession of the Rectory of Newenden, Kent, con ferred on him by his grace the Archbishop of Canter bury. ADELPFII THEATRE.—Last night Mr. Morton's melo drama, " The Writing on the Wall," was performed for the first time at this theatre. It is, nevertheless, a re gular Adelphi piece, and was acted by the Adelphi com pany when they were located, some two or three seasons ago, at the Haymarket. It then had some success ; and, now that it is revived " with new scenery, dresses, appointments, and the original startling effects," will probably help, with other things, to draw houses to the Adelphi for some little time to come. THE NEWSPAPER STAMP AND POSTAGE.—A. gentleman of this town forwarded the following letter to the Secre tary of the General Post-office.--" Sir, —Would you kindly oblige me with a reply to the following ques tion :—Can an unstamped newspaper or other printed matter, be sent by post, enclosed in a Stamped news paper to make up the weight allowed (4 oz), the im pressed stamp of the latter being duly exposed, or, in other words, will the newspaper stamp, under these circumstances, serve as a postage stamp ?" The Post office authorities, in reply, say : —"The newspaper stamp is not available for the prepayment of any mat ter besides the publication upon which it is stamped."-I-- Huddersfield Examiner, THE NEW CANNON.—A letter from Turin, of the Ist, says :—" Cannons of the invention of Colonel Cavalli, of the Artillery, of terrible power, have just been sent to the Crimea. The cannon is rifled, and is of an un usually long range. The ball, which is of large calibre, is of conical form, and has a point in steel ; it is, besides, made hollow, in order to be filled with powder, and it is supplied with a percussion cap to light the powder. There are few obstacles which can resist the steel point of this ball, and any object that it meets with causes the percussion cap to go off, and the projectile to burst into fragments." Another Napoleon relic has just been added to the numerous collection now exhibiting at Madame Tus sand's interesting establishment. It consists of a volume of military maps, used for many years by the late Emperor Napoleon. Several plans of battles are also included, all of which were executed by the Empe ror himself. This volumg was left at an inn during his hasty retreat from his last fatal battle. The lighting of the exhibition has-been greatly improved, and now pro duces an extraordinary effect on the figures compared to the plan hitherto adopted. The exhibition has lately been numerously attended. BANKRUPTCY OF MESSRS. STRAFIAN, PAUL, AND BATES.—Yesterday the High As':urst Estate, the resi7 dente and property of Mr. Strahan, the bankrupt, was offered at public auction, at the Auction Mart, by Messrs. Davis and Johnstone, by direction of the assig nees with the concurrence of the mortgagees. The first offer made was 15,0001., and it was knocked down at 27,0001. The lease of the Headley-heath Farm, com prising 171 acres, with the right of shooting over i,062 acres of land in the manor of Headley, was taken by the purchaser of the above-mentioned property, to which it adjoins, at a price named by the vendors, and no sale therefore took place. Yesterday the household furni ture of Mr. Bates was sold by auction at the residence in Norfolk-street, Strand. THE LATE SUICIDE OP A GIRL DT VICTORIA PARK.— Yesterday Mr. Baker, the coroner, resumed the inquest at the Hosford Arms Tavern, Old Ford-road, Bethnal green, respecting the death of Victoria Bacon, aged 14 years, who committed suicide in the ornamental water of Victoria-park, through the alleged ill-treatment of her mistress, a Mrs. Clewett, of No. 14, Wellington-street, Bethnal-green. The jury, after being locked up for an hour, returned the following verdict :—" That the de ceased, Victoria Bacon, was found dead in the orna mental water of Victoria-park, but how or by what means she came by her death there is no evidence to show. The jury, however, cannot separate without ex pressing their strong disapprobation at the manner in which the deceased was treated by her mistress (Mrs. Clewett) ; and that the' protracted ill-usuage she ex perienced in her service deserves severe censure." The Riglit.Hon. B. Disraeli .and Mrs. Disraeli have left Grosvenor-gate for Htighenden Manor, Bucks. THE LONG VACATION.—The long vacation will com mence on Friday and terminate on the 24th October. THE LAND TRANSPORT Conrs.—About 3,000 men are being enlisted of this newly-formed bady. Those chiefly engaged are civilians. The numbers cf volunteers into the Line from the Irish Militia had reached 3,457 on the 30th June. The quota required was 4,533. The foreign exchanges have reurned a satisfactory appearance, the quotations from Paris and Hamburg continuing to improve. We are glad to hear that the gallant and hitrhly-re snected surveyor of the navy, Captain Sir B. W. Walker, K.C.8., was enabled to attend to his official duties at Whitehall yesterday for a short time. We have much pleasure in stating that Mr. Bouverie will succeed Mr. Baines as President of the Poor Law Board. Mr. Lowe has been appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade, in the place of Mr. Bonverie.— Timm The George Marshall has arrived from Port Philip with 77,000 ounces of gold, valued at 303,0001., and the Pacific from Neat York has brought 130,000/., making a total receipt yesterday of 488,0001. MR. H. FENWICIK, M.P.—We are sorry to learn that our respected member, Mr. H. Fenwick, has been obliged to leave town from ill-healtb, consequent upon close attention to his Parliamentary duties.—Sunderland Herald. Major-General Sir Frederick Smith, K.H., Command ing Royal Engineer in the south-west district, leaves Portsmouth garrison in a few days for A ldershott, where he will have the poet of Resident Commanding Royal Engineer, and, as at Chatharo, Instructor-General of Field Fortifications. Orders have been sent to the commanding officers of the Royal Artillery stationed in Canada, lialhas, Ber muda, and the West Indies, to send home to Wcolwich a certain number of effective gunners and drivers from each company stationed in those places. ART-UNION EXHIBITION.—The pictures selected' by the prizeholders of the current year in the Art-Union of London are now on view at the gallery of the Society of British Artists, Pall-Mall East. These collections have of late years formed very respectable exhibitions, and the present certainly does.not fall below the average. The principal prizes have Leen laid out in the purchase of the following pictures, which have all formed part of the metropolitan exhibitions of the season just termi nated :—" The Fortune-teller," by J. Sant, 2501. ; " Autumn in the Highlands," a good representation of a hilly landscape, with water, by S. Percy, 1501. ; "An Autumnal Morning," by A.. W. Williams, 100/. ; " Skaters—a Scene on Duddingston Loch, near Edin burgh," by C. Lees, 1501. ; " Dante begging his Bread," a very fine picture, by F. Y. Hurlstono, 1001. ; " Evening—Lights and Shadows on the Conway," by H. B. Willis, 100/. ; "Relenting," an interesting sub ject, painted in a masterly style by T. Brooks, 2001. ; " Summer Hill," a kind of fete clianipe , tre in the time of Charles 11., by J. D. Wingfield, 100/. ; and a view in Betchworth-park, by W. F. Witherington, R.A., 1001. The following pictures, purchased with inferior prizes, may also be mentionel as displaying commendable qualities :—" Free Sittings," part of the interior of a church, with figures, by F. Underhill, 60/. ; " Cuddie He-Ndrigg and Jenny Dennison," a well-represented scene from " Old Mortality," by D. W. Deane, 60/. ; " War grave, on the Thames," a very pretty view, brightly painted by M rs . W. Oliver, 1 0/. ; " The Rendezvous." a figure of a warrior, displaying fine character, by J. D. Wingfield, 20/. ; "A Family at Sara;inesco," by R. Buckner, GO/. ; "The Village Carr;.er " a carefully painted and we ll- co l oure d l an d scape , with figures, by G. Chester, 351. ; "The Village Musicians," a characteristic ~ at scene. by J. H. 'Haynes, 351.; " W att•er Lymnouth, North Ddvon," a fine coast view, witii true effect, by E. Williams, 35/. ; and a lively scene from "The Vicar of Wakefield," by J. Absoleu, 751. The whole collection consists of 187_works. LATEST \ ETTS. BOMBARDMEN T OF TAGANROG. BERLIN, Auo. 6. Taganrog has been again bombarded, as well as Berdiansk, and a great quantity of Russian stores destroyed. One despatch says that an English gun-boat had sunk, but that her crew were saved. The German journals allege that reinforcements bad arrived at Sebastopol in such force as to bring the garrison up to 175,000 men. PARIS, TUESDAY MORNING. The 111(ntiteur announces that from this day the interest on the Bons du, Tri, s sor is thus fixed : Three-and-a-half per cent. per annum on Bonds of three to five months' date ; four per cent. on those with six or eleven months to run, and four and-a-half per cent. for such as aro twelve months. MARSEILLES, AUG. 6. The Jourdan has arrived, with intelligence from Constantinople to the 30th ult. General Mouravieff, with 35,000 men, badrip peared before Kars. I e On the 13th he attacked the Turkish entrenched camp, and was repulsed. by General Williams. The Russians were preparing to renew the attack. Schamyl had not come down from the moun tains, as had been reported. Letters from Asia complain of the inactivity of the Circassians. Despatches le we at 8 p.m. Colonels Collingwood, Dickson, and Harding have arrived. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The Emperor yesterday gave a private audience to M. de Olozaga, the Spanish Minister, who has just arrived from Spain. Prince Napoleon on Saturday paid his third visit of examination to the Universal Exhibition, the department of agriculture, and vegetable and ani mal productions being the part to which his atten tion was especially directed. The Prince was ac companied by M. Le Play, the Commissioner- General, Count de Gasparin, the President of the Classes, and several of the foreign commissioners. His Imperial Highness examined in detail the model of the system of drainage exhibited in the agricultural gallery, and also the productions from the rico fields of the Camargue, the wonderful fer tility of which particularly struck him. The diffe rent agricultural machines, both of France and other countries, were closely examined. The agri cultural produce of Algeria particularly attracted the attention of the Prince, who expressed his admiration at what he saw. The rich collec tion of agricultural productions of the United Kingdom also attracted the marked attention of the Prince, as did also the specimens of corn sent from Austria, particularly those from Bohemia. A fine collection of Bohemian wool in fleeces also called forth his warm admiration. The productions of the character named above of Belgium, Spain, Canada, the United States, and Egypt were also closely examined by the Prince, who expressed his great satisfaction to the Commissioners of the dif ferent countries. A decree in the lifoniteur authorises Marshal Vaillant, Minister of War, to accept and wear the Grand Cross of the Belgian Order of Leopold, the Spanish Order of Charles 111., the Portuguese Order of St. Benoit d'Aviz, the Swedish Order of the Sword, and the insignia of the Turkish Order of the Medjidie, Ist class. Marshal Magnan is authorised to wear the Grand Cross of the Portu guese order of St. Benoit d'Aviz, and M. Galard de Brassac (senator) the insignia of Knight of the Wurtemberg Order of Frederic. The .Moiliteur publishes a decree, founded on the report of the Minister of Mirine, increasing the pensions of invalids of the navy by 165 fr., in order to assimilate their allowance to that made to the invalids of the land forces. The Moniteur publishes extracts from a report of Rear-Admiral Bonard, Governor of the penal establishments in French Guiana, dated the 18th June. Preparations had been made for the recep tion of 1,200 additional convicts. The number in May was 3,298, and of them 262 were sick, and 23 had died ; in the corresponding month of the pre ceding year, when the number was 2,535, the sick were 242, and the dead 13. Discipline had been well maintained, hut seven convicts had escaped. The different works were being continued, but they advanced but slowly owing to the number of men being insufficient. The yellow fever had broken out on board the hospital barge, the Gardien, and, in consequence, the patients had been removed from it. Small concessions of land had been made to some liberated convicts, and all hands that could be spared from building and other works were occupied in agriculture. Great attention was also being paid to the breeding of cattle. The Governor of Dutch Guiana, M. You Schmidt-Auf-Altenstadt, had paid a visit to Cay enne, and had received all the honours due to his rank. He made a minute examination of the French establishments, and obtained details re specting the system of discipline enforced. The Minister of Public Worship has addressed a circular to the Archbishops and Bishops, di rec ti ng them to perform the usual religious services on the occasion of the fete of the 15th August, and to offer up prayers for blessings on Franc e an d on their Imperial Majesties. The Salta Public of Lyons states that the Medi terranean Railway Company has received orders to hold themselves in readiness to convey a numerous body of troops (1,500 a-day) from Lyons to the coast for embarkation, as well as 100,000 shells and a large quantity of powder. BOURSE, AUG. 6.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. e. End of Month. 4i per Cents 94 75 91f. 95.'i. 3 per Cents 67 50 67 50 Credit Mobilier 1197 50 Roman Credit Fonder 560 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piodmontese — - Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOE CASH. fr. c. fr. C. Orleans Western Bl7 50 Rouen Cette — Strasburg Mediterranean 1360 Havre 682 50 Northern TURKEY. A letter from Constantinople, of the 26th ult., says—" We have received no news from Asia. A courier who has been expected the last three days with despatches has not arrived, and as the roads aro perfectly good at this season it is feared that he has been intercepted by the enemy." The following is the address delivered by M. Thouvenel in presenting his credentials to the Sultan : " Sire—l have the honour of presenting to your Ma jesty the letters of the Emperor of the French, which accredit me to you in quality of Ambassador. I shall respond to the confidence which my august Sovereign has deigned to place in me, if I succeed in drawing; still closer the bonds of friendship which unite France to Turkey. The Emperor, Sire, hoped at ono time to be able to join in the Crimea that valiant army whose efforts, united to those of the Turkish and English troops, will secure the triumph of the most just of causes. In aban doning that intention, his Majesty made a painful sacri fice to other duties. Neither is it without sincere regret, of which I am expressly charged to be the organ, that the Emperor renounced the cordial welcome which your Ma jesty proposed to give him, and which would have set a personal seal on the sentiments of the two sovereigns. At the moment of commencing my mission, Sire, I ven ture to make an appeal to the kindness, of which your Majesty has deipled to give me marks before I had the honour of being known to you, and which I shall employ every care to preserve." The Pres - se d'Orient of Constantinople has letters from Kertch of the 22d ult. No news had been received from the Sea of Azoff, but five English bomb boats and two advice boats were cruising be fore Genitchi and the spit of Arabat. On the 18th part of the garrison of the Fort St. Paul made an expedition into the interior of the country as far as Kop-Sarai-Mfn, six leagues from the town and one league from Suit anocka, where a small Russian corps is encamped. Notwithstanding the presence of the Cossacks, it effected a razzia of GOO oxen, kit the value of them was paid to tl.e inhrtiaants. The for!ificati,4p-It'S Pi.ll and i - cnikale were termi nated and armed. A letter from - Trebisond, of the 18th ult., an nounces the arrival there of 500 artillerymen gent 'by the Porte to reinforce the garrison 0 for ; vessel laden with arms and tiMinunitiesnet4l4 a t h n e o tbe t r e ! g f) tru l y of Batoun had also arrived. Th e •i le eft 4 Turkish steamer, which conveyed had on board General Smith and officer, sent on a mission to explore the c°:• oo f+' In succe; A l O and th ß en e' B to l t z i l i e l le , Sea. They were to visit p ltle, o ne 74. r o c t .t i u tte r le, n K t a o o o S u o s u t a k n o t u i in ao EE T. ' THE BALTIC FL , i , OFF ORONSTADT, Jurl' l 2419 fr ,,,; The division of the fleet under the orders eno, Admiral B steam-frigate Imperieuse, paddle steam" ane bor,l n ,oll and seven gun-boats, remain at aynes, comprising 12 sail of tie .. 1 j 1 3 ,11J1. : N.W. of Tolboukin Lighthouse, block el e . p e ters - $ s_tad t and the shores of the bay of St' te enr„; In'e Russians are daily practising to „or 3,. their batteries and earthworks, and eno 'porl'',' w hich, l'i l ba bi4;! : further augmenting the defences ; 11 te . e t etbe,r, shores of the island, to attack sent means and appliances, with anY p ro ~4 of''' . success, is deemed impossible. -„, -•h a 0 eft The earnest attention of the vigils seeP' flag officers is now beingdirected toerardstaliol; the next important position of the el l o e rat e o e Gielf of Finland, with the view of c iet ter o l ; active operations in that quarter. BY at li e 'reached me yesterday I am informal eie otr course of a few days the whole of the 8 ,"; 0 011 sent off INfargen will remove from tin' Ole and take up a position near Syrea b°* -11i 5 ".•. , mortars and heavy guns on one of the s , n f i : cs an d and open fire on the town of Ilelsi n o this er e/ batteries which defend it. To share I n pr y prise is the most earnest desire of evellf sit' seaman in the ships under the orders o f beillve miral Baynes. They complain much ° at Illl t c li plce - ed in merely blockading Crouslre ', Q in • •‘ . ater part of them will be much istliirmern: n it? permitted to take part in the rag% gay services that they believe to be on the es place. the G e d tilis The blockade of every place ' ll. derv' tY Bothnia and Finland is most rigidly c o d. Po the coasting trade is effectually- stoPl i jo t glo e po 4 vicinity of Wyborg,, the Arrogant an NO o are harassing the e nemy Co a great ex 0 s isa l j, gun-boats were despatched a few cl 3 l of t hs ot that quarter to assist in the demolitionreso fences of that place, where important je l, Le e be expected to occur within a short P? W e e The Locust, paddle-steamer, Li,e u leadre arrived with despatches from the ‘-',l o lte tt e fet Chief. Having communicated wit h ' be t ii tion, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Barr e g o ' fettb her return voyage to Nargen. At 'it ci'y steam-transport Royal Adelaide call eege w eei' usual weekly supply of live c attle an the pte 0 ( She left the squadron off Nargen r eeoy evening, but brought no news of in l P ° o 5 100 0 cargo was speedily distributed to th ,i,er ti she parted company at 8 p.m., e1.," ° 1 170, 1 V fore. The Imperieuse, Captain 11 1,, e , Ow ordered to keep in readiness for s' je! ay night. o4 w - ti f July 25. 135 O At 9 a.m. a general signal o le, r exercise crews aloft. All plain sail wa g oe rses. o ti shortened to topsails • topsails an d c re ef 3 / 6 0 shifted, and sails furled, with tw°clo,ol, former. The weather was very hot nil deo, elf ! At this season it would be more Pied eit_iyi mit these evolutions to be perfor e eichrp', the morning watch or after 5 p.na-, a t .„;,.',.08 0 0 ii 1 the sun's rays are less power. The ' t fithi, despatch steam-boat, arrived at 4 po,", go y ' ( from the Commander-in-Chief for t 7 ,1 r e p , Pincher, Snapper, Snap, and Sta r tlil l e s, ceed. to Wyborg, as reinforcemen ts - tel e gent and Magicienne. They left for co ttillo tion at 11 p.m. The steam transport, 5 ,, , ,,,,, No. 121, anchored near to the fleet std SO Pa el accomplished the voyage from Eng la e ll fe e d i. F , in a week, remained off that island to - i , ste% was then sent on to Cronstadt W it s. .. , 0 1 54 provisions for Rear-Admiral BaY ne- 0 4 here The news brought by her was to the e sti o .d e e Commander-in-Chief was about to , 133 ,ei1 1 Y ' movement at Swoaborg, and was onV t e6; arrival of the Calcutta to proceed ',Jet 7 hold. A survey of i nva lid s was ~.,4 / holden to-morrow foren oon , on b°`" s I George, where all proper o bjects for eA$ll:l7 were to present themselves at 10 0- 91 ;04 ;4 steamer was observed at 9 p.m., sta ll ei -l ee •ee e , " the fleet under a flag of truce., - e ggli" tr was ordered to weigh with all , O h • spatch, but her steam not hei v ''' oil i mender Gordon embarked in the S ocii boat, met the Russian steamer, the 0 ae o l was the bearer of a letter from the l .h Cronstadt to the English Admiral, " -e is i ii • which, although not positively knot e e' ea Of to have reference to the recent itILL - ftbs e ili practised on the seamen and officers n- J39 4 0 by the enemy's troops at Hango. 111 ,. ° e 0 0 1 01' the vessel selected to-night for any se` goal be required. At 12 p. m . th e Thistle g tA, suddenly despatched to the westeirar " ee ci 96 July 26.—The Colossus, 80, CaPr ( 1: 2 ;1 4 !" while shifting berth, ran into the coll iei. -:, '") of South Shields, carrying awa y that ~,• fo F masts and jibboom. None of her cr e „ e t i l l were i injured. The boats in the ; e ' e r away to render assistance, and toweu - d ee' . 0 the Royal George, whose carpenters lee A O) in repairing the damages caused blensrer le i which was evidently owing t o had 1 0 " -- e board the Colossus. Th Edinbarr i na j from her anchorage under the land' - 0041 accompaniedcpe court, yu J e irra u etd l : y sees 2 d 7 s a. witht — et aLgTmbeo general the main body of the fleet. edectroh, crewsja re l vo li g e jtn u at a ess r , O c t f ec e or r ta t s tp h ,gs i t e n ua iiiy 11 0 :1 1 :::: ° , ri . 6 : j e e r, 64 ::. i i fl efo l c l i Cronstadt at 8 p.m., but ' brought 11- II t ili She left the fleet off N a e r ei ge KllA fil l i portage". evening. A private letter which il"; 0 1" j el f tl by that opportunity, states that it i 8 . i . r i A 1 if any bombardment of Sweaborg f" feed' take place at. present. The Ca.•10 0 , t ",, PeY arrived, last night, at Nar en 1 -l e - a ' to .- , the Duke of Wellington, is g ap.poin. y i Bland of the mortar vessels. , A O , ter, )1 The commanding officers of five P I- air/30 ordered, this evening at 9 p.m., to r e reelh the Retribution, flag-ship of Rear-A l r e es v. ' 801 1 to receive special instructions, which ''' 00 doe to their being sent away, to-mor i ro lf ',,, ° o A li / • vice. They are to embark their s i ne, - file e , o o from the respective ships to which at% ~" , r Two of them are to proceed to WYII, i, l i f nation of the others has not transP it , t wet t r July 28.—The steam transport Ce" w eV 0 1 008 ,0 pointed to sail at 2 p.m. on her 1 10113e e en .1 1 # 0 She takes to England in v alids, sur t o - C o e" returned stores, and the ships' lett e ef l e i',,(11,1 overland mail, for transmission ir e e ,; el aity Dantzic. The letters which have 1 ", -e iaelVfoi d from Cronstadt for-two weeks eno ee i n t 9% 1 / reachNargen until after the steame r ~.;e O Y e e been despatched ; consequently our P . ' t 0 1 10 9 land will naturally feel great anxietl ; t :e eer i from us with the accustomed regula r ; "iia e l l V number of officers and seamen ser l ,7eriW off this port feel it a hardship, that ere 3111 sence of the Commander-in-Chief the i J 0 1 0 61 ore ' of the regular weekly commull ica ll'i l/i e - ine • relatives and connexions at home, i?et ei r A F out detriment to the service, 131 , 1 g - s te4e been afforded them, had a sraalL e - ii3 l; •' g e, placed at the disposal of Rear-A -chili' 0' 'lf that purpose. G IN , I 01 0 , AR i ri l4 o .4 P ili f i We have all been on the qui 'v ive t ie ar 1r week, expecting expecting an a tt ac k t o be ma n ell e tt , berg, and I beli e v e our hopes ha ve - celo" el' appointed by the non-arrival of th e „ Vie lEolus with the reserve aninouitinli,' ilii:l o i Ou Wednesday, the 25th, at nt:ecio", ;O s and Hawke joined the fleet frol il e ; On/ latter saluted the Admiral before s'Th t ee ii cl ' You will remember thatshort t 11 V a , for 1 Arrogant destroyed an unfinish ed , c af .e k e • e l l barracks on the Island of NOtk h a cjait, rso since then it was told us that anow e 'd O ell,, was situate on the northern po t 4 # O O l if capacious enough to accommodate l ' o e eili 3 p o ,: that there was a large fort of 28 g eos a a oll i A 4 l , more barracks, on the military eh it - ter O• Helsingfors and Wyborg, and thol i6 4 th e osiii be seen from the ships on ac count s u , T e nt r O f was within the range .of their 0. 1 rre e o l ,feg 01 Cossack, towing the Rocket O d e tc it ' o ts 1) 0 . tar vessels, and the Magiej el f i lo ~ si/ e fo Blazer and Pickle, were s ° ,.,', bo e '''OV e l Arrogant and one or two g, — , l- e s. vi with her, in destroying the p 3 4. the, b eei„: o l , l l round the island in search c i ii ' ii ,g li t etaj ... I they discovered the troops l en „303 v 0r,,,,, marching over a bridge to tu A e e the kee er t ee" Cossack was then placed to desi r ien v - ,ffiee . e prevent the troops returning ; olif i are e iell: t''':i and set fire to the buildings, a ll '.ol l3° Pfaa's 3 9 the flames spread to the vill ' ao'e , eb ich o tk duced to ashes ; but the church, meteeinSoeillge, pretty one, was not touched, and rv oe le r 0 11 0 alone among the ruins around it,: o e 0 5 , lie e ,,, the fort, they found it situate af eir o tl el e ,c e land and completely safe from t i ne beats, ,e S tO P I7 All the mortar vessels and gn il k - , thePi e l I painted of a leaden cotour, to lo a the ev e n Be l/ tol; spicuous marks on the water fo r t be e : r il , 11 ' at. At 4.30 the Vulture, wh° ' v eer 11 `e,,e"" look for the C-Iceet:e. arriv; e ' o eal-' 1 " rs' P ,1 13 P e th 1 She was iii.• a .:;.,., 1, ) ti, el l ' .l an d r 9 ' o o- - v • brings about a tons of old letters tile et a ; July 2G.—During the merei v g rr ived le lark, Hind, and Princess Alio )741 h ol arr of ] tt le Tl it excel lab C „ n 0.11 e a t Zil eklle 13 1 .1 I krged e R t t o r tri at es, . tt emi as Ely ; 4 F. th e ilo) Se •Z ti ; 4 t( ht lit§ltey, et e al a id e a %,er, c