The Sun. — London, England, 1855-11-01 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, H A.V MA RKET. Under the Management of Mr. Backatone. THIS EVENING. Will be performed SHE STOOP.; TO CONQUER. Characters by Messrs. Hardcastle, Marlowe, Howe, Tony, Compton, Villiers. and Hastings; Mrs. Hardcastle, Miss Poynter, Ecc. Followed by THE LITTLE TREASURE. To conclude with FISH OCT OF WATER. ROYAL' Pi:Ol(3E34'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Miler the Management of Mr. CHABLIS KEAN. THIS EVENING Will be presented JUDGE NOT BY APPE kRANCE9. After which, KING HENRY VIII. *O6ll Katharine, Mrs. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with A GAME OF HOMPF_A. - 'TREAT RE ROYAL ADFX.PEII Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, :Madame Celeste, THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE WHITE HORSE OF THE PEPPERS. After which, the Farce of THE £lOO NoTE. To condole with A MOVING TALE. ROYAL LYCEUM THEAT'RE. Lessee. Mr. J. IL Anderson, 18, Norfoliz^street, Strand. Increased Attractions, and success in equal ratio I TIII.B, AND EVERY EVENING, at 'Eight o'Clock, Will Me presented, with entirely New and Magaiticent Appoint ment*, MAGIC and MYSTERY, in twelve arts, farts, by Professor And erson. arranged in two After which, the startling illustrations of Spirit-Rapping. HALF- FlOilit tvrrir TUE SPIRIT 4 , being th^• most surprising and Interesting series of experiments ever given Iv [thin the walls of any theatre. 109,030 persons have visited the Lyceum ra ready to see the Great Wiz .1 of the North. Pries of al:nission•—Private Boxes, 11. Ils. 6d. and 11. Is.; Orchestra Stalls, 45.; Dress Boxes, 35.; 'Upper Boxes, 25.; PR, b.; Gallery, GI No Half-price. Box-calce open from II to 5 daily. Grant] Morning Performance on Saturdi y Next at Two o'clock. Doors open at Half-past One. R )TAL OLYMPIC THE &THE. THIS EVENING, Wll he presented, TO OBLIGE BENSON, in which Messrs. Amery, F. Robson, Leslie, Mrs. Stirling, and!Miss Ternan will appear. After which, STILL 'WATERS RUN DEEP. Followed by CATCHING A MERNIAIII. ROYAL STRAND THE.A.TRIL, 'Under the direction of Mr. 'Payne. THIS EVENINiI, Will be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. After which, SAM PATCH. Fo'lowed by N TOCRIS. To conclude With SIMPSON* AND CO. ASTLET3 P.OTA.L A.MPHP rHEATILE. - Lame and Rawer, Mr. W m. Cooke. Coeval with il3 excite-nent Is the proeUgious success of the new Spe:t tole. Deaf:ning acclamations attend Mr. J. H. Cooke's mira culous "Flight of the Bridges." THIS EVESINII, Thz new Spectacle de Guerre, 'fhe FALL of SEBASTOPOL ! Mier which the imaroveci S'IENES In the CIRCLE, with Mr. J. coolte's astounding feat, the Sant du Portz, or Flight of the Bridges. To conclude with an incentive to cacitinnation, in a Humorous FARCE. );,,x...wico °nen from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. W. Equem-1...a Dirleto - r, •;.1. c0,,1e, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TRIB DAT—Mora 14 m in. aft. 6 —Evoning 40 min. aft. 6 T J-AfORROW—Morn.I3 min. aft. 7.—Evenic , g s.ln.iin aft. 7 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Nov. 1. TIIEF.MOIIETER, II THI3 SHADE. 50 highef3ti non yegterday. 40 ---owest this morning and during the night. 44 -this day at IMOD• BAROMETER, 29.73 --rising. —Vari^.ble from N. N.E. to N.N. W.—Light, with cloudy. cold weather and sunshine. The rain ceased in the night, after about three Jaya' continuance. It now looks frosty. -j49 . ,',.,, , rT K. , 'fP - ):',7_ L ,-- ',.- -,__s el f :i s i• ."-;S:,;;;:,' i c> '.----,....'-;,,,:14)Z - iw__,74,..,„„,,,,„. LONDON, TEIURSDAV, NOVEMBER 1, 1855. It is said that the laws of the United Kingdom and of the United States are derived from the same fountain. The works of eminent Egglish jurists are received in the American Courts with atten tion and respect ; and we certainly listen to the opinions of KENT, STORY, and other trans-atlantic legal writers with the deference to which they are justly entitled. The precedents which guide the arguments of the bar and influence the deci sions of the bench in either Country aro virtually the same, or at least of an analogous character. We are therefore warranted in dealing with mat ters relating to the administration of criminal justice in America as if they had taken place in our own country, and under our own inspection. Now we fearlessly assert that never at any time or under any circumstances have the private in structions of an Attorney-General to the acting prosecutors in reference to any pending trial, been given to the world before that trial had taken place. It may be impossible to prevent the Press from alluding and commenting on a matter still sub judiee, and, to a certain extent, pre judicing the judgment of jurymen who can not quite divest themselves of previonslY con ceived. opinions. But a high official has never ventured on such a course or attempted to obtain a verdict by such improper and wholly unjustifiable means. To do so would be at once to show his total unfitness for the office which he occupied. It would be an effort to pollute the stream of justice, deserving the highest possible censure—an effort which would recoil with ter rific force against himself, so that it might hap pen that the engineer might " Hoist with his own petard." We know that there are high-minded and impar tial judges and independent and fearless advocates in America —and we shall feel greatly surprised if the unfair and criminal attempt of Mr. Attorney- General CUSHING, to import a political element into the issue about to be tried in We law courts, be not stringently reprehended from the Bench a nd at the Bar—so that he will have cause deeply to regret the infatuation that induced him so far to overstep the strict line of duty. It is impossible to suppose that Mr. VAN Dyxn, the district prosecutor, could have so far violated all the proprieties of his position as to have sanctioned, or even connived at such a publication as that w hich has attracted so much attention, without the authority, express or im plied, of his official superior. Such a gross out rage would be promptly and most correctly visited, not merely with censure, but dismissal. But if it were possible to entertain a scintilla of doubt on the subject, it would be removed by a consideration of the subject discussed in these so called instructions, which contain intrinsic evidence of the object for which they were framed, and the spirit in which they were conceived. What has the conduct of the British Govern ment to do with the question ? How, or in what manner, -is it pertinent to the issue? The fact that the Cabinet at Washington " has addressed to that of Great Britain demands of public redress and satisfaction " cannot be admissible in evidence, and, therefore, cannot form a topic for discus sion by the Prosecuting Counsel. Nor is the op i n i o n of Judge KANE, as to how far it may 4g by ingenious contrivances have succeeded in (11 el tering its agents from conv i ction as malefac torq," or the significant threats of u l terior mea sures in the event of an acquittal, have any bear ing on the. proceeding s in Court. Th e i ntention must have been, if at all relating to the trial, to prejudice the judgc, , , an d to inflame the passions of the jurors, so as, if p'= ; tibia, to prevent ti impartial decision which it is the boast of the citizens of 'America will be given to every person charged with a grave offence, for which, in the event of an a dversoverdiet, he will be liable to strin gent punishment. For this gross violation of the corn men law and the ordinary rules of administrative justice, Mr. CALEB Cusurxe would be liable to a criminal information, and to stand himself in the dock as an offender Against: the laws of his coun try. Nor would itu any degree justify or even g!lcria.te his guilt that he was actuated by a dif ferent although scarcely more warrantable motive. W e believe that his chief * s ot Iran t o ma k e _ . THE SUN S LONDON, THURSDAY EvENlNtis NOVEMBER 1 1855 I political capital for himself and the party to which I he belongs by pandering to and inflaming the worst passions of the most ignorant portion of the multitude, by offering a very gratuitous, wanton, and wholly unjustifiable insult to the Govern ment of a nation with which his Government was at peace. There might possibly have been a more sordid and despicable reason, for the agents of Russia are active on the other side of the Atlantic, and its gold is profusely lavished for any object that may create a diversion in its favour. In whatever aspect we view the transaction, it is equally repugnant to honourable, straightforward, and manly feeling--(we shall not say gentlemanly, for of that Mr. CALEB CUSHING is clearly incapable of judging and proves that Mr. CALEB CUSHING is totally disqualified for the situation into which he has been foisted, and if his conduct be not re pudiated by the Government, that others are also amenable to censure that may not conduce to their advantage in the forthcoming elections. We would gladly leave these matters to the force of public opinion in the United States, which will, we believe, be correctly formed and honestly expressed. We do not doubt the result of that judgment. But as there has been a gross insult to the British Government, and the Consuls of the United Kingdom in America—as the false, malicious, and scandalous libel has been most unwarrantably and improperly circulated, without any pretext of privilege to excuse its publication —we think it incumbent on our Government to request ex planations, and to require the dismissal of Mr. CALEB CITSHING from the post for which he is so clearly disqualified, and for the retention whereof he has made so reckless a bidding. What might be the conse quence if such a man could be elevated to a high judicial station, to which he might possibly aspire if his gross misconduct should remain unnoticed and uncensured ? The resolution arrived at by the United States, and duly notified to the Danish Government, by that Power, will, it is sincerely to be desired, be the means of putting a stop to the levying of an exorbitant and injurious impost, and that without any hostile collision. Such of cur readers as are acquainted with the nature and history of these dues will not require to be told that they are levied by the Crown of Denmark on the ships and cargoes passing the straits of the Sound, and the Great and Little Belts, and have long been regarded and designated by all writers on the laws of nations as a gross and unwarranted imposition. To give the reader a notion of their extent, we find from the statisti cal tables furnished by the Danish Government, that the annual average receipts of Sound Dues on merchandise amount to 2,103,500 rix dollars, and on ships to 284,089 rix dollars, the dues on ships, including the charge for lighthouses, &c. In consequence of the strong remonstrances ad dressed to the Danish Government on the subject, a revision of the dues was negotiated between Denmark, England, and Sweden at the commence ment of the reign of CHRISTIAN VIII., the prede cessor of the present King ; and that not proving satisfactory, a further revision, which has not been carried into effect, was subsequenVy pro mised. The American Government concluded a friendly convention of commerce and navigation with Den mark on the 26th April, 1826, which it is asserted contains a formal recognition of the right of Dan mark to levy these dues. Experience and consi deration, however, soon led the American Govern ment, with that sense of justice which it has always displayed towards its commerce, to protest against what, instead of a right, it discovered to be an unwarrantable exaction ; and the term of the above Treaty coming to an end on the 14th April, 1856, it has in effect given notice of its intention to pay no more Sound dues after that period. In this emergency, knowing, as the Danish Government does, that the American Government is not to be trifled with, but when in an affair of this sort it says it will adopt a cer tain course of action under given circumstances, it is pretty certain to do so, takes the matter into consideration—the result of its deliberations being that no other eligible course is left to it but to offer to discontinue the exaction of any further dues from any nation on compensation being paid for the contemplated cession ; while to facilitate matters, a scheme of compensation has been drawn up and presented to the various courts by the Danish Government, in connection with its pro posal on the subject. Calculating the average receipts as above, viz., on merchandise at 2,103,500 rix dollars, it proposes to capitalise that amount at 5 per cent. (!), or twenty years' pur chase, which would produce 42,070,000 rix dol lars, or about 6,000,0001. Of this sum Russia is expected to pay 29 per cent., 'or 12,363,000 rix dollars ; Great Britain the same amount, or 1,770,000/. ; Prussia, 12 per cent., or 5,163,000 rix dollars ; France, 3 per cent., or 1,513,000 rix dollars ; Norway, 505,000 rix dollars ; Ham burg and Bremen, 403,000 rix dollars ; Belgium, 383,000 rix dollars ; Holland, 1,500,000 rix .lollars ; Mecklenburg, 302,000 rix dollars, &c. In like manner the average receipts of the Sound Dues on ships amount to 284,089 rix dollars, which, capitalised in the same ratio, would produce the sum of 5,681,780 rix dollais, or 31 2,000/. To this Great Britain would have to contribute 1,409,860 rix dollars, or 200,0001. ; Prussia, 867,780 rix dollars; Norway, 745,640 rix dollars ; Holland, 576,000 rix dollars ; Sweden, 483,820 rix dollars ; Russia, 321,000 rix dollars ; Mecklenburg, 309,680 rix dollars ; France, 101,160 rix dollars ; the United States, 34,530 rix dollars, Sta. To this preposterous proposal it i s by no means likely that the American Government will accede, tud common sense indicates that it would b e nad if it . did. How the proposal may be re ceived elsewhere of c ou r se we are unabl e t o say, knowing what we do of th e fatuity of Eur o p ean Governments in commercial matters. But this we must say : Lord PALaIPRSTON will fail in hi s duty to the commercial interests of the country ii he does not take advantage of the opportunity now offered to liberate our commercial mar i ne from so galling a yoke. The attitude o f the American Government in this case eannot be found fault with, being warranted by justice, and it is to be desired that a commu nity of interests may lead to a good feeling be tween the two Governments, and a community of resolute but peaceful action. We oxe nothing to Denmark, and are too much committed to Free rrado to take up her unrighteous cause. The lut y,in short, lying b fore us is to see that such treaty is ne go ti ate d as will ':: put a stop to the exaction of a ll d ues on merchandise, and to so much of the dues on ships passino. the Sound as is riotrequired the maintenance of lighthouses and other facilities or i for trafde on the shores of th e f Baltic. Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Albert sent ppeei a l messengers yesterday morning to make inquiries with regard t') the health of the Bishop of London. The following bulletin was issued :—" The bishop h al b ad a izood night, and is going on more eatillautorily. Fulluval Palace, Oct, 31, 1855.9- G~: ._ ....... STANFORD'S NEW WAR MAP. Another war map, but just issued from the press, illustrates anew the prompt enteprise of Mr. Stanford, of Charing Cross—one of the most exact and rapid of our publishing geographers. It is engraved upon the ample scale of seven miles to an inch, and pourtrays the various roads, drc., be tween Odessa, Nikolaieff, Perekop, Simferopol, and Sebastopol. Like so many of its predecessors from the same establishment, it has been compiled from Russian maps in the possession of the Royal Geo graphical Society, aided by Admiralty charts and other authentic documents. So that the infor mation conveyed through its medium may be relied upon with considerable, if not implicit confidence. Within the space, which would otherwise have been a mere eyesore, left only a vacuity representing the waters of the Euxine, have been inserted two smaller engraving, one be ing a plan of Odessa, and the other one of Niko laieff. Odessa girdled—inland by its boulevards, —seawards iv the quays, extending from the northern to the southern ports, otherwise known as the Imperial and Quarantine. Nikolaieff is almost insulated by the circumambient waters of the Boug and the Ingul. A glance at this map traverses the 190 miles from Odessa to Sebastopol, or the 230 from the latter place to Nikolaieff—dis tances embracing the limits of the chief among our present warlike operations. be obtained, all who know the Greek character, or want of character, cannot for a moment doubt. While intelligence is hourly looked for from Odessa, Kiubourn, and the waters nearer Nico laieff, while the daily artillery practice across the harbour of Sebastopol " drags its slow length along" while Eupatoria has been so reinforced that Gortschakoff trembles, as his despatches prove, for his flank and rear ; there is little fcr any of us here to criticise but paragraphs in " General Orders," about huts, and warm cloth ing, and stables, and sick leave, and to wonder whether on the Tchernaya Sir Colin Campbell can by hook or by crook manage to catch the Rus sians napping, ere the British cavalry be withdrawn —as they soon will be—to Scutari for the winter. I believe [ have not yet mentioned that on Satur day, the 13th of October inst., an order was given to the Highland Division at Kamara to be ready at a moment's notice to embark for Eupatoria, but during the present week that order has been coun termanded. Even yet, however, the Highlanders may be started off for that place, which would not please them altogether, as they have just been engaged in getting up huts, clearing the ground, and making all snug for the approaching cold weather. All the Highland Hospital in front of Sebastopol has been broken up, and Dr. Linton gone to take charge at the General Hospital at Scutari, and it is rumoured he may succeed Dr. Cuining as Inspector-General. This night week a groat blaze was observed from the heights of Balaklava, as of a town on fire, illuminating the sky towards Bakshi-Serai and Simpheropol, and constant flashings were seen as of explosions ; it is thought one of those places may have been accidentally fired. Some sanguine persons calculate the Muscovites are really about to retreat beyond Perekop. At the time of posting this, we can hear no firing from Sebastopol on the north side. No one, either French or English, can now enter the place with out a written order from head quarter', and there is yet considerable danger in passing along the streets of the " august city." KAZITCH HARBOUR, Oct. 20, Afternoon. P.S.—I send you a mere lino or two to state the news circulated here, and only just before the mail leaves, by some officers of French men of war, arrived an hour ago in port from Eupatoria and " elsewhere." The combined fleet have sent part of their force—drawing little water—into the Boug or Nicolaieff river, and blown up oue fort, the astonished Russians destroying another themselves, and losing about 1,600 prisoners. These officers add that about 700 of the allies are hors de combat, and that Admiral Lyons has put up his helm for another exploit. Early yesterday morning (Friday) cavalry, infantry, and artillery—says a letter this instant received—again moved upon the Tchernaya, where the Russians have certainly received orders to attack imme diately. Another officer tells me, troops are to-day moving rapidly from all points of the allied camp upon the Tchernaya, and I have myself received a note, urging me to " mount in hot haste " and to rendezvous at Kamara,. I a:n therefore off, re turning to Kazatch Bay to join, or not to join, a man-of-war steamer, according to promised intel ligence, which must put me on the right scent either for a military or naval action. NOTICE TO MARINERS.—It would be well for ship owners to direct their masters on visiting Kamiesch to make their numbers by Marryat a mile outside before they enter this crowded port. Once iu, it is difficult to see signals. THE CAPTURE OF KINBURN. PREPARATIONS FOR THE ATTACK. (From, the Times Correspondent.) MONDAY, Oct. 15. Last night the Valorous, Captain Buckle, with Rear- Admiral Sr 11. Stewart on board, and several French and EngHsi', Ereed the passage between Oczakoff and Kinburn Spit, and got into Cherson or Dnieper Bay. I could only sea five gun-boats, three French and two English, this morning, but I was assured the Valorous wa3 in also. The troops were landed without the smallest opposi tion, or even the appearance of an enemy, about four miles below the fort, the 17th Regiment being the first to land, and the French being for a wonder behind us. The mortar and gun-boats bombarded the forts for three hours, but did not produce any apparent impression. The weather was fine, and the troops set to work en trenching themselves on the sandy spit ; only a few Cos sacks were visible towards Chevson. The wind rose and sent a surf on the beach towards evening and suspended operations. TUESDAY Oct. 16. This morning a few French troopers, who were out patroliing in front of our lines on the plain towards Cher son, came upon a Cossack picket, hid in some brush wood charged them at once with great gallantry and killed two and took two prisoners out of the party, which oonsisisted of 8 men, and since the occurrence the Cos sacks are not visible in front. The breeze is still strong on the land. It was too windy to open fire from bombs or gun-boats, and we had scarcely a shot fired on either side till Into in the afternoon, when a steamer, with an Admiral's flag at the mizen, and supposed to be the Valorous, with Sir Edmund Lyons or Sir Houston Stewart on board, seemed to leave the fleet, and to force the passage, amid a good deal of firing, hut we are so far to the southward, and the day was so hazy, that it was impossible to make out what took place. Tice steamer now apparently lies very near the fort, and there is a French steamer of great size close to her. These steamers, aided by two or three of the gun-boat., began a fire at 3 p.m., which continued till 3.35 p.m., at the rate of a couple of guns in the minute, and which was returned by the Russians, but no apparent effect was produced by either side, and the Russian shells, as usual, burst high in the air long ore their flight was completed, green lights in the same direction, as guides for the fleet on passkg through during the night. The vessel at A. (Va!oro.,s) to show lights vertical over the side, screened from N.W. round by E. to S., and seen to the W, only. The four gunboats, Clinker, Cracker, Grinder, and Far cy, accompanied by four French gunboats of shallow draught of water, will proceed, after the former vessele have anchored to the rendezvous, at 8 p.m., near the Valorous anchored at A. The four English gun-boats to he provided with buoys (whit,). The ves sel at No. 2 A to provide two hoats that are to be despatched and anchored upon tie S W. extremity of Oczakoff Bank, in four fathoms, to be a guide by show ing lights for the French gun-boats, to or mmence buoy ing the edge of that bank with black buoys. Toe two bolts on their return to Val , rows to place a white buoy on end of Kinburn Spit, in five fathoms water. The Spitfire, assisted by tie boats of the Dauntless, at B, will mark the edge of the bank—ere landing— west of Kiuburn, with small white flags placsd in five fathoms. N B All white huays are to lie on the south side of the channel, and black buoys mark the north edge of it, and are consequently to be left on the port hand in pass ing to eastward." OPENING OF THE FIRE. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 17, 5 P.M. Kiaburn has fallen after a shoit but most desperate defence on the part of its Governor, and Saranoviteh will no doubt be esteemed by true Muscovites as a worthy successor a n d r i va l o f R ostopc hi n. Th e resitance of the fort was hopeless. I have just seen the garrison march out with some of the honours of war, their church plate, pictures, and religious relics, the officers with their swords, the men with their belts and provisions ; but it is forbidden to enter the precincts of the shattered fortress, which is still covered with a canopy of black smoke, as the Go vern,r land a few desperate men are grimly watching till the troops come into fire the mine and involve all in a common ruin. He has not surrendered, but he has been abandoned by his garrison, who did not desire the honours of such martyrdom as a few hours' further resistance would have certainly insured. Early this morning the Russians perceived that the French had crept up during the night to the ruined village, and were busily engaged in making their first parallel, under corer of the houses, at about 700 or 650 yards from the place, where upon they opened a brisk fire upon them from the guns en barbette on the eastern curtain ; and were answered by two Frenoh field-pieces from the screen of a broken wall: It was a dull gray dawn, with a wind off the shore, and the sea was quite calm. The fleet was perfectly still, but the mortar vessels, float ing batteries, and gun-boats were gett:ng, up steam, and ere nine o'clock they were seen leaving the rest of the a rmada and taking up their position on the south side of the fort ; the three floating batteries being close in with the casemates, and the mortar vessels and gun-boats being further away and more to the east ward, so as to attack the angle of the fort, and fight the guns which were on the curtains en barbette. The float ing-batteries opened with a magnificent crash, at 9.30 a in., and one in particular distinguished itself through out for the regularity, precision, and weight of its fire throughout the day. The enemy replied with alacrity, and the batteries must have been put t i a severe test, for the water was splashed in pillars by shot all over them. At 10.10 the bombs opened fire. At 11 10 a fire broke out in the long barrack, and speedily spread from end to end of the fort, driving the artillerymen from their guns while small explosions of supply aatinuniti.in took place inside. At 11.15 the Russian Jauk was shot away, and was nut replaced ; the firing became tremendous. Admiral Stewart, in the Valorous, and the French Admiral (second in command), in the A.-onodee, fol lowed by eleven steamers, came round the Salt Battery into Cherson Bay, delivering broad-ide and engaging the batteries as they pas. , ed, and they were p rece d e d by the Hannibal, which ripped up Kinhurn with her hue:deities. The fire raged more furiously, fed by con stant bombs and rockets, and at 12.35 a fresh fire burst out in the fort. At the same time the Va'urous, Asrno dee, and steam frigates opened broadsides on the fort, and the nine line-of battle ships come in magnificent style, aid take - ep their position at the seaward face of the f already seriously damaged by the tremendous fire of the floating batteries, gun-beats, and mortar vessels. The stern of shot from thi, great ordnance is appalling. The very earth seems fly ing into dust, and the fiery embers of the fort are thrown into columns of sparks by the shot. Still the Russians stand to the only guns they have left. The broadsides increase in vigour, and atOast a white flag is waved by a single man from the rampart. Boats with flags of truce push off, and they learn that the garrison is willing to surrender. At 2 p.m, the firing ceases, and 1,100 men march into our lines, several of them quite drunk, carrying off food and drink, and the officers hearing their side arms. The garrison consisted of the 29th Regiment, and of TOO Artillerymen. 200 are said to be killed, and 400 or 500 wounded ; but admittance to the town is denied by the French, as it is said the Governor is in the powder ma gazine inflamed to madness, and watching the chance of the victors entering to fire the mine, which is well stored with powder. We shall know more to-morrow. Oczakoff is deserted, but the fort is not destroyed. The gun-boats are well advanced towards the mouth of the Boug, and are now engaged sounding under firs from the shore. There was a reconnaissance this morning, but we saw nothing of the enemy. RUSSIA. A supplement of the .I‘alide Busse, of the 21st of October, publisLes a continuation of the series of telegraphic despatches forwarded from Nicolaieff to St. Petersburg, by order of the Emperor : " Nicolaieff, Oct. 21, 5.5 p.m. "Up to noon to-day the main body of the enemy's forces continued in the same position. The detachment moored at the mouth of the Boug is not so strong as it was yesterday, consisting of 5 steamers, 3 g,un-boats, and 4 mortar-boats. In Oczakow Roads there are 9 steamers, 5 steam-tugs, and 8 transports at anchor. " We had no losses yesterday during the can nonade of yesterday at Volosch-liaia Point. "At half-past one, a steamer, a gun-boat, and three mortar-boats moored at the mouth of the Boug, weighed anchor, and came up the river. On their arrival at the same point as yesterday, at half-past two, they again opened fire on our bat tery. After a short cannonade, on both sides, they returned down the river. _ _ _ " The vessels that entered the mouths of the Dnieper yesterday returned to the mouth of the Bono-, after taking a few soundings ; but two gun boats again entered the former river to-day. " Oat. 21, 5.15 p.m. " In order to know the fate of the garrison of Kinbourn a flag of truce was sent from Ockzakow on the 18th. We have received in reply a report from General Kokhanovitch, the commandant of the place, now a prisoner of war, from which it ap pears that after two days' bombardment, all the guns in the fortress being dismounted, the ram parts destroyed, and the buildings in flames, there was no possibility of continuing the defence, nor of offering a resistance to an assault on the ruined fortifications. " The enemy having approached to within a dis tance of 400 sagenes sagene is seven feet) with all his fleet, sent a flag of truce to demand the ca pitulation of the fortress. The commandant having no means of replying to the enemy's fire, felt him self compelled, with the object of saving his men, to accept the proffered conditions; according to which the garrison surrendered as prisoners with all the honours of war, the officers retaining their swords. " Our loss in men during the bombardment of Kinbourn was not considerable. The exact number of killed is not known, but there are 61 wounded among the prisoners. Yesterday the troops landed by the enemy left their camp, and entered the town of Kinbourn." A telegraphic despatch sent from Nicholaieff to St. Petersburg, at noon on the 22d of October, by order of the Emperor, states that up to 4 p.m. of the 22d there had been no change in the position of the allied squadron. LATEST NEWS. ---- --........----..., TRIESTE, OCT. 30 (EvENING). A packet has just arrived with accounts from Constantinople to the 22d. The Chevalier de Wildenbruck, the Prussian Ambassador at Con stantinople, had arrived in that city. The cholera was increasing in a rather alarming manner. . Nothing positive was known as to the recall of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe. By the last accounts from Asia the situation of Kars remained the same. Accounts from Athens of the 26th state that energetic measures had just been ordered for the repression of brigandage. BERLIN, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Austrian occupation of the Danubian Principalities is becoming a troublesome question. The Emperor of the French is understood to have expressed a decided intimation on the sub ject to Baron Prokesch-Osten on his late visit to Paris. The Porte is said to have positively refused any communication with Count Paar, the Austrian pecial envoy on the point, en the plea that its hands are tied by treaty with the Western Powers. Meanwhile, the report is that the Austrian force in the Principalities is to be augmented by 25,000 men. The ratifications of the telegraphic convention concluded here on the 29th of June last were ex changed to-day between M. de Manteuffel, for • Prussia, and MM. de Nothomb and Malaret, for the Austro-German Union. On the proposition' of Prussia, it has been agreed that this convention shall come into operation on the Ist of November. Russia has adhered to this arrangement. INDIA AND CHINA. TRIESTE, OCT. 31. The steamer Calcutta arrived to-day in 125 hours from Alexandria. The India and China mails left Alexandria on the 25th for Maneilles, with dates from Bombay of Oct. 3 ; Madras, Sept. 27 ; Calcutta, Sept. 23 ; Hong Kong, Sept. 15, and Shanghai, Sept. 7. The Santal insurrection was dying out. Mr. Conolly, Collector in MAlabar, had been murdered by the Moplabs. The monsoon was at an end in 'Bombay, and the fall of rain having been only 48 inches—that is to sty, 25 inches short of the usual quantity-- the crops will be one quarter less than an average. Trade was dull. Exchange on London, 2.1 g. From China we learn that large quantities of grain and tea had arrived at Canton. Exchange at Canton, 4.8 . i, 6.5 k. The ship St. Abbs had been lost on a reef near Madagascar ; 17 of the crew and five passengers were drowned. THE ALLIES IN THE CRIMEA. ( From a Special Correspondent of the Morning Herald.) KAMIESFI, 00T. 20. For the last few days the uninitiated might almost have imagined the war in the Crimea (so far as the mere environs of Sebastopol are con cerned) to be coming to an immediate conclusion. Standing on any eminence near Kamiesh, regi ment after regiment of the allies could be seen making their way to the sea shore in long straggling columns, toiling across the dusty roads, their bayonets glitterog in the sun (even yet, Oct. 20, sultry in its oftWts), and bending beneath hairy knapsacks, so heavy that they might easily be sup posed to contain the collected plunder of the campaign, Balaklava, too, has been surrounded during the same period with " all the pomp and circumstance of glorious war ;" and yet, before the present mail will put to sea, we have but a few short hours left in which to obtain even an instalment of the desired " full true, and particular account" of COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, OCT. 31. His Excellency the French Ambassador and Countess de Persigny, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, and Lord Panmure have arrived on a visit to her Majesty. The Royal dinner party yesterday included the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Prin cess Mary of Cambridge, the Duke of Cambridge, his Excellency the French Ambassador and Countess de Persigny, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Lord Panmure, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Sir George Cooper, Colonel Tyrwbitt and Major Purves. The band of the 2d Life Guards played during the dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards per formed in the ca•tle. The Duchess of Cambridge visited the Duchess o Kent at Frogmore to-day. Despatches from the Governors of the West India Colonies were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. The EMI and Lady Constance Grosvenor have arrived In L-Indon from Paris. The Rev. Robert Seppings Beloe has been instituted to the rectory of Holton, in Suffolk, on the presentation of her Majesty the Queen. The Duke of Rutland is still in a very weak state of health. He returned to town on Tuesday, where be will continue a few dap, and then proceed to Hastings for the improvement of his health. The Eat St. Germans and family have arrived at No. 8, Eastern-terrace, Brighton, for the winter. This elegant mansion has ju:t been vacated by Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister, who has returned to town. The Duchess of Sutherland, accompanied by Lord and Lady Blantyre, r..,tiarns from Paris at the close of the present week. After a brief stay at Stafford House, the Duchess will go to Trentham for the winter. The Right Hon. Sir CLarles Wood !eft his officia! residence at the Admiralty yestcrdiy, accompanied by L.dy Maiy Wood, for Hicklw en-hall, Yorkshire. Lord and Lady Ashburton returned to town la , t week from the noble lord's shooting quarters in the High lands. Lord Raglan arrived in town a few days back from Hanover. The noble lord Lai resigned his appointment, we understand, at the Court of the King of Hanover. Lieut.• General Sir de Lacy Evans, M.P., is staving at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone ; the gallant general's health appears much improved sincehis return from the seat of war. The Earl an 1 Countess Grey have a select party visiting at Howick Hall, near Alnaick. The noble earl an countess putpose remaining, at Howick until the week before the re-assembling of Parliament. Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday morning, from his seat, Broadlands, Hants. Lord Crewe has arrived at the C!arendon,, from Crewe Hall, Cheshire. It is said that the Baran von Koller, at present the Austrian internuncie at Constantinople, is intended to fill the pest of Minister Plenipotentiary at Athens. Very recently the widow and friends of the celebrated Melloni, a man of science, opened a subscription for rai-ing a monument to hint in the Campo Santo. The Neapolitan Government has just prohibited this sub scription. Letters from Milan announce the death of Count Luigi Litta Modignani, a retired diplomatist, and be longing to one of the most illustrious families of Lombardy. MILITARY DEFIENCES AT DUBLIN CASTLE.—Measures have been taken recently to isolate the approaches to the Castle, and make it more defensible in an engineer ing point of view. Mr. Anderson, the " Wizard of the North," has taken the Royal Opera House, Covent-garden, for six weeks from Boxing-night. His magical entertainment and a pantomime will constitute the evening's entertainment. The new Mechanics' Institution at Manchester, which is t) cost 22,0001., will be completed in Midsummer, 1856. Madame Lind Goldschmidt (in reply to an applica tion addressed to her by Mrs. S. C. Hall) has expressed an intention to visit London, for the special purpose of giving a concert in aid of the proposed "Nightingale Fund." We cannot doubt that this noble offer will be gratefully accepted by the committee, and that a very general support will mark the public appreciation of it. —Art Journal. .4,31/ %....... - MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—As a custom-house offi c er, what all these hurried movements really mean. But at Hazebrouck (Nord), was about to leave his house, two something or other important is evidently "i n the days back, to go on duty he examined th e l oc k o f his wind.,, Turkish troops by thousands, not hun carbine previously to starting. Thinking it required a new capsule he was about to put one on, when the • dreds, have this week been despatchlevd.dfromwatkhee, hammer of the lock, by some accident, suddenly fell, and the gun went off. Unfortunately his wife was Cir standing in the direction of the muzzle, and the ball and other vessels, to Soukoum Kaleh, on the Crimea, in the Europa,. Talavera, i e-a. of the Euxine ; others have been passing through her body she died in a few hours after. shipped for the scene of their old exploits, Eupa- FATALcassian shore ACCIDENT.--A large mass of rock which had toria, whither also many thousand French, cavalry become detached from the mountain of La Cachole as well as infantry, have also been forwarded in (Basses Alpes), fell, a few days back, into the road, near steam and in sailing-transports. And, even to the bridge of Riau, and killed a young man who hap- day, Kamiesh is vomiting forth fresh swarms of pened to he p.ssing. DARING ESCAPE FROM PRISON.—A ma n earne d Le- the fiery sons of France, destined to become, per chance on the expiration of another week, but blond, detained in the gaol of Montreuil (Pas•de-Calais) "food for powder to await his trial for robbery, escaped i n th e n i ght of -' and yet, I repeat, so numero us is the force now being withdrawn from before &- Friday by cutting a hole through the wall. The hole opened into a corridor which led to the offi ce o f t h e ex . amining magistrate, and Leblencl enterin g th e o ffi ce hadwar to be justand to regard over, bastopol that it would be no hard task for a stranger to believe the the impudence to take away the papers th a t concerne d way home. But this happy hou r himself, as well as some articles of jew e ll ery , w h ic h he was accused of having stolen, and tso passports. has not yet arrive ships s e o m n iti t t h cs e ir ir es as merrily marching down to th e i r arrived for them. The war is not POOR-LAW BOARD APPOINTMENTS.—We understand over ; and still—however near we may be to in that the Hon. E. P. Bouverie, president of the Poor-law cidents of the most thrilling and exciting nature thard, has appointed Mr. R. B. C ine, one of the clerks —such is the unusual secrecy observed among in the department, to be Poor-law Inspect or , in the the authorities, and such consequently the count room of Mr. Alfred Austin, lately appointed secretary less flying reports, so contradictory of each to the Board of Works. Mr. Thomas Austin has been other, that "news - writer s," a s t hey call them in appointed a senior clerk in Mr. Ca ne ' India, Canes stead, and the are here non-plussed and bewildered and vacancy caused by these promotions has been given to more Mr. R. Cecil Austin, private secretary t o M r. H a ll , puzzled than ever in the harassing exercise of their vocation. Let me record, Poor-law Inspector for the metropolitan district. REPRESENTATION or MEATH.—Mr. Henry Mere m. Somerville, Russians have agein we have just heard that the however, a few of our local f acts, first stating that dyth, of Ranviletown, a cousin of Sir W has issued an address to the electors for Meath. It is in been defeated at Kars. Here, the firing across the the usual phraseology of Whig appeals for the sweet harbour of Sebastopol still continues, but not in voices of Parliamentary electors. Mr. F. Brodigan, of any exciting intensity. The weather is still beau- Piltown, barrister, is reported to be a candidate also in tiful, with occasional strong breezes • the allied the Whig interest, and something m ore , f or h e i s a fleet is not at E upa t or i a (so say our daily arrivals Roman Catholic. RUMOURED LEGAL CHANGES. —There is no truth in thence), but must be long ere this nearer to or be the statements put forward by some of the Dublin jour- though we received Constantinople yond Oessa, at some temporary rendezvous, whence I regret to say, nab., to the effect that the Chief Baron retires, on th ed ue t o us poor ground of ill health, thereby leading to various changes in other high legal quarters. The Chief Baron will pro- fellows at Kamiesh. . Our two floating batteries bably take his seat upon the bench on Friday next, but are announced 0 as Laving at last reached Constan ifletters to-day, four mails are still not, on an early day in the term, ere NEWSPAPERS FOR CANADA.— A. Post-office notice, just it is said, be waitingfor them lie strikes a heavy tinople hut not Kamiesh, and Admiral Lyons may, issued, states that in future the penny chargeable upon blow, for which, as he has been just fourteen days newspapers for Canada sent in the closed mails via the at sea from the anchorage before Sebastopol, United States is to be paid on delivery of the papers, in- he must no doubt be now almost fully pre stead of in advance, as at present. The payment to be pared. During the absence of the fleet Ka made in this country on a newspaper for Canada will, miesh and Kazatch have been, in the opinion therefore, be the same as on th ose f or o th er B r i t i s h co . of many, left much too unguarded ; for, if the lonies, viz., ld., and thus the exceptional rate on news- Russians had chosen during the last fourteen days, papers for Cecilia will be avoided. Newspapers for to send fire rafts, or brulots of any descript ion, Canada, prepaid ld., will b© sent via the U n it e d S tates, sea, there was no English or French force off S e _ unless specially addressed via Halifax. LETTERS TO CANADA.—A. notice has been issued from bastopol harbour to prevent them, and thence th e y the Post-office, stating that the postage of a lett er no t could easily have skulked out under Fort Constar'. exceeding half an ounce in weight, addressed to Canada tine, while Kamiesh Bay has been protected by and forwarded tlarceegh the United States, is Bd. when one or two unwieldly liners at most, and moored conveyed by British packet, and is. 2d. if sent by the within the boom ; and Kazatch Bay, infinitely United States packet. Letters weighing more than half more o p en to attack, has not been defended at all, au ounce will be charged proportionately. Unpaid let ters will he seat by a cheaper route, unless specially ad- counted for much where shot are to be exchanged ; dressed "By United States." Prepaid letters will be forwarded by the route indicated by the postage paid on for her . Majesty's . iron steamer Megrera cannot be and the store-ship Apollo would not be of much j them. To-morrow (Friday) Michaelmas Term commences, when 1 NEW C for a little touching up instanter in the harbour of RANGES IN THE LAW AND EQUITY COURTS.— Malta.service, and, in short, , would not prove the worse It is true, for a few hours, men of war drop several changes in the law and equity c ou rts will take effect The Lord Chancellor enough to be of • will receive the judges, an d gence, but they do not stop long . afterwards proceed to We • in here to land or embark troops, or seek intern will take his seat, for the first t*. in the Court of C deal of business ia the court,. The Westminster, Mr. Juetice Wines service against any well-timed night . attack, for rale, orn mon Pleas. The arrears of the only numbering 57 rules. three courts are trifling, great numbers of rich merchant shipping now as only There is, however, good sembled at Kazatch aed Kamiesh. A brulot new act on Bills of alaklava Exchange and Promissory Note Hill enable bona fide having a is far better defended than Kamiesh, holders of such securities to precesed • might come up even from the Bosphorus. B and ti obtain judgment in a few days n summary way, have become due within the last six ninotnh,billsrriw)ehiacht the lion's mouth" to challenge all comers with more narrow entrance, and even a man-of-war " in is not cempulsory, the expression being ~ ma . y,. " a 1 not c .+ may and shall," proceed under the same. Of course n a ruin half the insurance houses in London and Li creditor cannot complain of expense by a plea if he brings effect. A fire in Karniesh Bay at present would his action in the old form. In the equity courts there these tiers, and in case of accident they could verpool. Hundreds of vessels touch one another in is plenty of bin iness• By an act of the late session some not be moved to sea. And, if a brulot were but to practical improvements will take place. Certain matters be placed alongside any one of our powder ships in relating to trust funds, &e., which hitherto were made to or near Kazatch Bay, you can readily imagine the by petition, can now be heard at chambers v i ew of expediting proceedings i in Chancery Was d one b y destruction that would ensue. Looking to what the Greek brulots when engaged tlie Nittacotuhret additional junior clerks are to ho , eappeiated, and the against the Turks, the most cautious of our sea chief clerks, eight in number, .w already have 1,200/. f. in fullof the mpathies felt by ai. , Jg men,y aware a year, are to have their salaries increased by an order of the Lord Chancellor. th© Greeks for the Russians, call for constant and b esne greater protection at Kamiesh and Kazatc ~ , eeoseel cially the latter, than they do or hare 4 , ~ - Paris, a ruiner, named Jackson, TIIF " AMERICAN" Dou. —A t i u t r tz uned Hippodrome “the Arn o e - f rica n Doe," is at present engaged, who runs a league November is close at. baud, and though Russia has ' and a half (French) in 20 minutes—near upon four miles. lost her own navy, th ere i s not hi ng t o prevent her He cb i allepges any man to run with him for a wager. employing Greek fireehips, and that those might PLAN OF ATTACK. No. 1. The line-of-battle ships to engage the Fort Kiuburn and two sand batteries on the point will anchor in about 30 feet on a line extending northward from fort bearing E., and about 1,200 yards distant from it . No. 2. The four French line-of-battle ships to form the southern division, so that the Montebello will be the fourth ship from the south, and the Royal Albert as the fifth ship will be the southern ship of the English divi sion. No. 3. The line•of-battle ships are to weigh together and form a line abreast, north and south, at a cable apart. The southern line of battle ship is then to steer so as to bring the S end of Kinburn Fort bearing E. by compass, and to shield her from any danger that may not have been discovered, or from approaching too close to the bank to the S., she is to be preceded by two steamers, the -- and the - --, each at a cable apart, and in advance, on her starboard bow, and showing their soundings. When the S. line-of-battle ship brings the S. end of Kinburn to bear E., she is to steer for it. The rest of the ships will then steer the same course, keeping one cable apart, and all anchor together in a line nearly north and south, just without the flag buoys that will be placed during the previous night. No. 4. The nine ships will then be in position for the first five or six to engage Fort Kinburn at from 1,200 to 1,400 yards, and perhaps less, and the other three to take the Sand Batteries in flank and rear at about 1,000 yards. No. 5. The three French floating batteries are to be placed on a line N.N.W. and S.S,E. of each other, to the S.W. of Fort Kinburn, at about 609 yards distant from it. No. G. The mortar vessels are to anchor in a line E. and W., at 2,800 yards distant, with the Fort bearing N.E. from the outer vessel of the line. No. 7. The English mortar boats to be towed by the Odin, on the line E. of the French. No. 8. If the outer mortar vessel bring Oczakoff Te legraph on with the E. end of Fort Kinburn, bearing N. 20 E. (magnetic), and steers for it till the Oczakoff Tele graph and Odzah Point subtend an angle of 70 deg., she will be about the requisite distance of 2,800 yards from Fort Kinburn; the rest can then take their , stations at a cable's distance of her., Na. 9. The Sidon Canton, Tribune, Dauntless, and Terrible to anchor Close off the North Sand Battery on Kinburn Spit, or, when ordered to join the squadron of gun-boats, dm, that have been previously entered within the straits, should any large ships of the enemy from Nicholaieff appear for the relief of Kinburn. No. 10.—Tne disposable paddle steamers can find good positions between the line of battle ships for di recting their fire with steady aim at the embrasures of the casemates or at any po-ition where the enemy maintains his fire, or of the N. and N.W. extremity of the Kinburn Spit, to enfilade too batteries and their approaches. No. 11. The gnn-boati will attend to protect the army during the landing„ and those not ordered to remain to cover their flank to take up position between the other ships as opportunity offerl, and by a careful attention to the plan of attack are not to fire in direction of the other ships. No. 12. The Admiral holds the captains responsible for there being no firing, unless the men can distinctly see the objects they are direetA to fire upon. Triton and Beagle to attend St. Jean d'Acre. Ea , •h ship's boats t) land her own troops. Reserve ammuni tion for the Marines to be landed with them. Spiteful and Furiou.,, 'assisted by Triton, t t land 21 cavalry horses, 7 staff horses, 27 regimentll staff horses from No. 197 ,and GO Sappers, with tools, &c. The captain of each ship is to be responsible for the di , eaJbarkation of his own troops and baggage. Proceedings of the advanced squadron for buoying the dangers.—The ships denoted in the margin, piloted by Spitfire, are to start at 1 p.m., and anchor in the following position, as shown in the chart, No. 2,201, from Odessa to DAeptr B-tV : A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. No. 2. A. Valorous. B. Dauntless. No. 1. C. Gladiator. D. Furious. E. Spiteful. F. French mortar boat. F. French mortar boat. C., D., arid tile side of the Passage, are after sunset to show a red to the west, and those at F., G., and H. are to show THE WAR IN ASIA. According to the latest accounts it would seem that the Russians, after the serious repulse re ceived from General Williams, bad not made any new attack upon Kars, which was, however, very rigorously blockaded, and fodder for the cavalry was very scarce indeed. The Russians are said to be waiting for reinforcements from Gumri. Cholera was making sad havoc among their ranks in the camp along the Kars-cbai. This disease also mani fested itself at Kars on the 26th of September. Omer Paella's army is 8,000 strong, but a rein forcement of 18,000 was looked for from the Crimea, and 24,000 more from Constantinople. Intelligence from Persia only reaches down to the 26th of July, but is void of interest beyond the cessation of cholera. FRANCE. BOURSE, Oct. 31, Half-past Three &Oh:wk.—The following are the last quotations : ... ___ . Ca.sl. fr. e. - ET, of Month 46 per Oontp .'.o —f. c. i por Con's — 64 10 New Loan 65 20 Bank Shares Credit Dlobilinr ll3O A.tritrian Belgian Fives — Spanieh Threes ..... Piedmonteso B4 50 Hom© Debt ......... -- nister caused their leaders to be brought to him, and he told them where work might be obtained. On that, the greater part of the men went in bands of 30 or 40 to the places indicated. Placards were afterwards posted up, informing workmen that they might obtain work in various specified places. A committee of the Cortes on the bill for the establish ment of banks of issue had struck out all the clauses relaive to the Bank of San Fernando, but bad adopted the others which provide for the esta blishment of similar banks in places where they may be needed. The Gazette states that an en gineer of Rio Santo, having remarked that the cho lera never visits manufactories and workshops in which sulphur is employed, has suggested that the smell of it, may be a preservative against the malady. A letter of the 26th, received in advance of the re gular mail, says : "In the Cortex, yesterday, the bill authorising the company for the canalisation of the Ebro to raise a loan was ad , .pted without discus ion and the debate on the bill relative to substitutes for the army was resumed. The attendance of deputies was not numerous. The Cointnittee on the Buog,t ha, accepted the plans of the Minister of Finance. The last return of the sales of nail , nal and ecclesiastical property shows that the number of estates sold was 2,079, and that they rea lise,' .40,680,828 reals, or 19 ,670,772 reals more than the upset price fixed by the government agents. Va rious bills for regulating the liberty of the press have been presented to the Cortes ; and they all propose that offences, except those of libel, shall be tried by a jury. The cholera is sensibly declining. The Nacion, a ministerial journal, referring to an assertion in an op poaitiun paper, declares that the Spanish Government is on the most cordial terms with that of France. The last news from Porto Rico are satisfactory; seven artillerymen who had taken part in the last military in surrection had been shot." RAILW A YB---108 CAFES. !r. c. Orlcarus ..•.. ...... 1105 ....... 76' 50 s ' lnrf 'h" ••••• •-•• 805 • ..... 9 ° 5 yc~aie • . I'lo Nt-w Ditt , ) •—• •••••• 755 Nletiiterrancan ...... 1205 Grtastl Cent ral ...... 580 Lrons Geneva ...... 650 'rest° ............ 698 75 tiette .................. 662 50 A us t r i an Con. • SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 25th have reached U. The Queen had received M. Olozaga. New a'"emblages of workmen had t , ken place, but though - V\dt.t, LJ uLtu3..:.;a:::_ , :s, they atilt t . wLV Li lie peacefully dispersed. A number of men also assem bled at the Mnistry of Public Works, but the Mi. THE BLOWING UP OF OCZAKOFF. The Oesterreichische Correspondenz, of the 28th, has the following : " ODESSA, Oct. 18. "At sunrise two violent explosions were heard ; the svindows shook, the doors of some of the houses flew open. The telegraph subsequently informed us that the Russians had blown up their fortifications in Oczakoff, and bad renounced the idea of defending the Straits of Kinbourn. " It is said that only the lower part of the fortifica tions were destroyed ; the place itself, which lies on considerable elevation, was spared. " It is further stated that the allies had disembarked 40,000 men at Krasnoe and Kalantschak. The last mentioned place is only 37 versts from Perekop. " General Luders is said to have the command of the troops stationed in the neighbourhood, some of whom are grenadiers. "The news that a battlo has been fought on the river Ka!antschak is daily expected here. "Travellers who have recently passed Nicolaieff re late that the greatest energy is displayed in fortifying the Admit alitats-Stadt (Admiralty-city). "The Emperor himself sometimes appears in the trenches and encourages the soldiers. It is also related that be often visits the military hospita's, and speaks words of comfort to the sick. In one of the wards is an officer who received most frightful wounds at Sebas tepol. The face of this poor fellow, which had been ter ribly burned, was coveed as the Mor.arch passed, in order that he night not be seen. The Emperor, how ever, lifted the linen covering, and o n seeing that the eyes were completely destroyed be grasped the sufferer by the hand, and shed tears. The blind man, who heard that the Emperor was weeping, pressed his hand to his lips and ble.sed him. Alexander then took the Order of St. George fro:a his own breast, and, placing it in the hand of the officer, retired." CIRCULAR TV THE RUSSIAN NOBLES. A letter in the Cologne Gazette, from St. Peters burg, explains the late ukase which confirms the privileges enjoyed by the Russian nobility. The Minister Lanskoi, who succeeded to M. Bibikow in the department of the Interior, and who is one of the staunchest supporters of the aristocracy, suggested to the Emperor that in the actual cir cumstances it would be advisable, in order to sti mulate the zeal of the nobility, to guarantee to them, iu the most formal manner, their ancient privileges. The Emperor, in consequence, ordered Lanskoi to acquaint the nobility of the empire that his will is to maintain untouched all the pri vileges of that class. The minister hastened to report this decision in a circular published by the Moscow Gazette, and afterwards the ukase in ques tion was issued The following is a literal transla tion of the circular :-- By virtue of a ukase of his Imperial Majesty, ad dressed to the Directing Senate on the 20th of this pre sent month of August (Sept. 2), I have been named Mi nister of the Interior. Having accepted with a sentiment of profound vene ration fur ()Jr well-beloved Sovereign this nomination of his Majesty, I cannot prevent myself from feeling proud of the fact that to this office of Minister of the Interior is joined a high attribute, that of being near the throne of his Imperial Majesty the representative of the valiant Russian nobility, renowned at all times for its devotion to our imperial house, for its ardent love of our native country, and which at this very time, at a moment of se vere trials, shows itself to be animated with the same sentiments. Our august Sovereign has ordered me to protect in violably the rights freely bestowed on the nobility by his august predecessors. I esteem myself fortunate in being able to transmit this exalted favour of the Emperor, through your media tion, to all the nobility ; and it is peculiarly agreeable to me to be able to assure you that in consequence of an intimate conviction with which my heart is profoundly penetrated, I have always considered the body of the nobles as the faithful ally of the sovereign power and the firm support of the country. In this conviction I expect that you ►ill zealously exe cute all the plans of the Government, and cordially co operate in the arrangements made by the superior autho r►ties of your province. I hope consequently that be tween them and yourself I shall find no rivalry save that which tends to one common end—public utility. You know yourselves of what importance for the service is the choice of individuals in the elections of the corps of nobles—what sacred duties are imposed upon them, and how intimately the execution on their part of these duties is connected with the repose and prosperity of private individuals. It is, therefore, sincerely to be desired that the selections for public employment may fall, not upon individuals who have nothing but the title of noblemen, but upon those who by their intellectual capacity and moral qualities really deserve their high rank as nobles. (Signed) The Minister of the Interior, Actual Privy Councillor, S. LANSKOL TIIE LATE "BOILER EXPLOSION AT WALICER.—Nzw- CASTLE ON-TYNE, Oct. 30. —The adjourned inquest upon the seven suffertrs by this explosion, which should have been held this day, was further adjourned for a fort. night, owing to the illness of one of the jurymen. The rectorship of Aberdeen Grain,nar School is at present vacant. The emoluments will be guaranteed by the council at 3001. 1 INAUGURATION OF THE WORKING MEN'S COLLEGE, AT CAMBRIDGE.—The inauguratory addres to the members of the Working Men's College at Cambridge, and to parties interested in the success of the experiment, was delivered at the Town Hall, Cambridge, on Monday evening, by the Rev. H. Goodwin, of Gonville and Caine College, the principal of the college, and one of the most popular leaders of all popular movements in the right di rection that the University of Cambridge can boast. The room of the Town Hall was filled to overflowing by an audience composed, if truth be spoken, more of those who syrnpa' hire with the effort to confer a benefit upon the working classes than of members of the class upon whom the benefit is sought to be eonferred, the audience consisting principally of members of the University, well known for their sympathy with every philanthropic effort, and gentlemen of the town pursuing a similar purpose. Loud applause greeted Mr. Goodwin through out, and at the conclusion of his address. NEW THOROUGHFARES IN THE CITY.---A copy of cor respondence between the authorities of the Tower of London, the Woods and Forests, the inhabitants of the Tower eistrict, and the Corporation of the City of Lon don, respecting the paving of Tower-bill, Postern-row, and George-street, and the removal of the bars placed therein by the Tower authorities, was published a short time age. The result was a consent on the part of the Lieutenant of the Tower, Lord Cornbermere, to opera Postern-row and George-street, on condition that no tho roughfare should be opened through Postern-row - till the whole of the works necessary for the simultaneous open ing of George -street were fully completed, and that no traffic should be permitted through either till the con stable had inspected and approved the work, and that proper bars should be set up in both thoroughfares, and the keys lodged in the Tower, to enable the Cons table annually to close the passages in reservation of his rights. This arrangement was effected in the middle of last July. The paving work is to be done by the corporation to the satisfaction of the Tower engineer. The state of the road and pavement in George-street, Poster n-row, and Towe bill appears hitherto to have been most disgraceful. WELL.—A coroner' s i nquest wail held on SUFFOCATION Thursday last, at P atcham, relative to th e d ea th. l A of John Winter, a labouring man, oho w as su ff oca t e d. i n a we ll. It appear ed that deceased and some other me n, named Brown and Muzzell, h a d b een employed. to lower a parish well at Patcham, which was 130 or 140 feet deep, and dry. They had worked four daysi and on Tuesday deceased was let down by his coin panion • ato bring up their tools. He sat across a pick axe, and declined to he lashed, but there was a second rope for him to hold by. He carried a candle, which con tinued burning till he was near the bottom. In reply to questions put to him during the descent, he continually called out " All right)" but when at the bottom he said it w.. 121,1 not do t he there much longer. His corn- Esini.in, Brown, Van called out, " Hold tight ; never rind the tools ; 111 pull y ou up. " Deceased made no reply, and on commencing to draw up it was found that he ens not on the rope. In a quarter of an hour John Steer, a labourer, went down (lashed) to endeavoiar to tie a rope round deceased, but he could not succeed, and be was drawn up gasping for breath. Notwithstanding this, John Graimes, wheelwright, descended in a like manner, and fur a like purpose; he s ucceed e d, but on 1 , , up rf. , !,m) 3 ,d clamreter of an ;:th;,,t4; ' lijo jury e•alipliwented Steer and Graimes for their humanity and bravery. Demand has left a wife and two children,—Suova Nvren.