The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, ""- - IF-Para OCTOBER liBBs world, that must inevitably follow any breach be- I txveen those whose interests are one and indivisi ble. There are Russian agents ang Russian sympathisers in the States, but thd people aenerally, who are opposed to their 4inister de signs, should not permit themselves to be impli cated therein, or to play the game of an Autocrat under a flag of freedom. The vacancy in the Colonial-office, occasioned by the lamented decease of Sir W. MOLESWORTII, has, as a matter of course, given rise to a variety of rumours as to who is to be, or has been, called upon to fill it. Among these is one advanced with some degree of confidence by a morning contem porary, who professes to have received it as a piece of intelligence " from a reliable source," to the effect that Lord ELGIN has had the office tendered to him, but has declined in favour of Lord J. RUSSELL ! So far as the offer goes there is nothing to excite scepticism, but we certainly are reluctant to believe that the Nobleman in question could so far forget what was due both to himself and the country as to be guilty of the folly so good-naturedly imputed to him. A better man, judging him by his antecedents, to fill the vacant office could not be found, the Noble Earl having, and more especially as Governor of Canada, given unmistakeable proof of a high capacity for colonial administration. The more unlikely, therefore, is it that one who in every emergency, and throughout his entire career, has acted with so much wisdom and discretion should play a part iu so miserable a farce. The noble earl could not but be aware that the recent conduct of Lord JOHN RUSSELL has not only lost him the confidence of the political world, but has rendered him obnoxious to the mingled resentment and pity of the country, and, knowing this, we may dismiss from our minds the notion that Lord ELGIN has acted as alleged. The Noble Earl is not the man to withhold his services in a sphere where they may be valuable, save on adequate grounds ; and among these no one will be disposed to count that of placing in the Cabinet at the present time, when success is attending our arms, an individual whose vacil lation and incapacity nearly cost us, awhile back, a dangerous and inglorious peace. Not only, however, do we repudiate the latter portion of the rumour, but we are strongly inclined to be lieve not merely that Lord ELGIN has not declined the office, but that, when offered, it will be ac cepted, if that is not the case already. LATEST NEWS. ...L....4020h "••••••••••• NEW RUFAL.IN LEVY. UtitTAX, TUESDAY MORNING. Advice, -s from St. Petersburg state that the Emperorpublish a manifesto ordering a levy of o men in every thousand, throughout o , xception of some few pro the Empire, with t he i l sa. 1 1°131 to harkation. This is the reason why she is reinforcing the small garrisons with militia." The Preindenblatt states that, after the capitula. tion and occupation of Kiubourn by the allies, the offer was made to General Knorring, the com mandant of Otchakoff; to withdraw with his troops, with the honours of war. The general refused, hut, seeing the impossi6ility of holding out, blew up the fortifications of the place. A letter from Sebastopol to the Ost-Deutsche Post says that the new French floating batteries are entirely built of iron, and covered with a shell of the same metal, under which the chimney is lowered and concealed during an action. Trials have been made against this shell with 64-pound ers, but they only produced a slight dent, the pro jectiles themselves re-bounding fai away. When shut, the batteries look like a tortoise, broader in front than behind. Th e f ront battery is•armed with 30 guns of the heaviest calibre. The port holes are in their turn closed by lids that open of themselves at the moment the gun is fired, and then shut instantly. A small orifice in the lid enables the gunner to take aim. A letter from Varna, of the iSth, in the Ger man Journal of Frankfort, says :—" It is probable that the Allies will also attack the Russians by the side of Bessarabia. The Allied Generals know from positive information that when Russia shall have lost the Crimea, she will no longer be able to march another army of regular troops into Bessa rabia, but will be obliged to have recourse to the militia of the Empire. The coasts of the Black Sea from Odessa to Nicolaieff are already lined with 40,000 of those militia, and others are arri ving every day. Turkish troops are constantly leaving this place for Eupatoria. Some of the Bashi-Bazouks of the corps of General Vivian, and a detachment of the Anglo-German Legion have arrived here." FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The Emperor yesterday gave an audience, at the Palace of St. Cloud, to the Baron de Wendland, the Bavarian Minister, who delivered to his Ma jesty a private letter from his Sovereign. The Emperor also received Baron Von der Pfordten, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bavaria, presented by the Bavarian Minister ; Baron de Buest, Saxon Minister of Foreign Affairs, presented by the Saxon Minister ; General Willisen, Aide-de-camp to the King of Prussia, who has come to Paris to study the improvements made in gunnery, presented by the Count de Hatzfeld, the Prussian Minister ; and Count d'Appony, son of the ex-Austrian Am bassador at Paris, presented by Baron de Hubner, the Austrian Minister. The Monitenr contains the following :—" The welcome given by the Emperor and Empress to the Duke and Duchess of Brabant, and the marks of confidence and sympathy exchanged between their Majesties and their Royal Highnesses during the sojourn of the latter in France, have been the faith ful expression of the sentiments which animate the two countries. France and Belgium are sisters by origin, habits, language, and interests. The two nations now comprehend that fact as well as the sovereigns. But nothing can more contribute to strengthen the union of the two peoples, and to facilitate their friendly intercourse than the cordial relations between the reigning families." Gen. Canrobert, Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor, has left Paris for Stockholm. Cardinal Wiseman had the honour of being re ceived yesterday by the Emperor at Saint Cloud. The Emperor, taking into consideration the la mentable manner in which several communes near the Soane were injured by a heavy hail-storm in July last, has allowed a sum of 2,000 francs from his privy-purse towards the aid of the sufferers. BOURSE, Oct. 29, Two o'clock.—This morning the Three per Cents. obtained an advance in the Coulise to 64fr. 50c., as there were some reports of a renewal of negotiations for peace. But fresh lots of stock were thrown on the market, and they again receded to 46fr. 40c. and 64fr. 30c. A tele graphic despatch announced that General Gortscha koff had received full powers to maintain his ground in the Crimea or to begin his retreat. There was a new fall on the Mobilier to 1165 fr., and on the Austrian shares to 705 fr. in consequence of the foundation of a Credit Mobilier at Vienna, under the auspices of MM. Rothschild. Half-past Three. —All the Securities were offered at the end of the market. The Threes were done at Mr. 25c. ; Mobilier went down to 1,150 fr., but rallied afterwards to 1,160 fr. ; Aus trian Shares declined to 695 fr., and their closing price was 702 fr. 5 Gc. buyers. rench Shares were rather steady, but without much business. The following are the last quotations : V Cash. fr. e. End of Month. 4i per Cents 9O 25 —f. —O. 3 per Cents 64 30 61 30 New Loan 65 20 131,nk Shares 3200 Roman Credit Mobilier 1155 Austrian Belgian Fives 9sk— Spanish Threes — Piedmontese B5 Home Debt -- termed. The tempter turns on those who have yielded to his blandishments, and men of un questionable solvency are unable to meet engage ments contracted under very different circum- Atances. All this misery and loss is occasioned because, by the provisions of the Act, the cur rency contracts when it ought to expand, and ex pands when it ought to be contracted. The perturbations which ensue are its neces sary consequences. The cycle of distress, difficulty, and panic must be completed at my cost. The most fearful sacrifices follow before matters are restored to their former con dition—and there is again fair remuneration for the working classes, the fitting encouragement for the creators and producers of national wealth. Now, the great problem to be solved is, how to remedy this crying evil !—how to effect what PBEL's Act professed to do, but totally failed to accomplish. There are many ways that may be suggested, but the great foundation must be a purely national note of small denomination—issued directly by, or on behalf of the Government, and based on the national taxation. This would be perfect for all domestic purposes. It would liberate the forty or fifty millions of sovereigns that are now only useful as tokens—and render them really beneficial in our foreign trade, while, by judicious management, the value of the national note might always be preserved at nearly the same amount, and easily exchangeable for gold by those who required it. The increase or diminu tion in the nominal charge would afford sufficient indications of the state of our foreign trade —and serve as a far better corrective of any undue speculation than the present system, and without injuring internal trade or manufac ture, or compelling the industrious classes to en dure bitter plivations, arising from causes wholly beyond their control, and for which they cannot be considered in any degree responsible. rill:X/ I .E 'LOYAL ADELPHI, Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Dlrectrese, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed RORY 0' '(ORE. Characters by Messrs. Hud son, P. liedfwd, '. Selby, Porsche. J. Bland, Garden, &c. ; Misses Mary Keeley. Kate Kelly, Wyndham, &c. Followed by IiETSY BAKER. To conclude with OPEN SESAME. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. J. H. Anderson, 18, Norfolk-street, Strand. Increased Attractions, and success in equal ratio THU:, AND EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'Clock, Will be presented, with entirely New and Magnificent Appoint 'tents, MAGIC and MYSTERY, in twelve acts, arranged in two parts, by Professor Anderson. After which, the startling illustrations of Spirit-Rapping. HALF -4.N-lIOUR. WI NI Tt[E sPIRIT.I, being th 3 most surprising and Interesting series of experiments ever given within the walls of any theatre. 100,000 persons have visited the Lyceum already to see the Great Wizard of the North. There is a dark and ominous cloud in the Far West that threatens a very serious storm in the political horizon—a storm far worse than that which spread desolation over Russia, and occa sioned the sacrifice of thousands of hecatombs of. human victims at the shrine of the insatiable Moloch of ambition and cupidity. It is worse, because the danger comes from men of our own lineage, who speak the same language and spring from the same parent stock as ourselves—still more, from men who boast of free institutions, and are earnest sticklers for liberty for all whose veins are untainted by African blood. For many, very many reasons, we should deplore " difficulty" with our Transatlantic brethren. But we must preserve the national honour intact, and not submit to insolent bullying from any man or set of men. It signifies little whether the object of President PIERCE, and his pugnacious Attorney- General, Mr. CALEB CUSHING, be the paltry one of helping themselves in the approaching elections, or of effecting a political coup by the annexation of Cuba, or of obtaining some other public or private advantage, by scarcely justifiable means. The mischief will be the same from whatever source it may arise. Great events have arisen from trifling causes ; and the universal condem nation of Mr. CALEB CUSHING will be a very in adequate satisfaction to every right-minded Eng lishman and American, if the two great represen tatives of the Anglo-Saxon race should be in volved in an internecine war on totally inadequate and unjustifiable grounds. The present complication has arisen out of the impolitic and very infelicitous Foreigners' En- The present value of Consols is, in round terms, listment Bill, which was hurried through both 88, showing that the rate of interest on unexcep- Houses of Parliament, at the beginning of last tionable security is about 31. 7s. 6d. per cent. session, with reckless and indecent haste. At the Auy material fall forthwith attracts purchasers. time we pointed out some of the manifold objec- The market is thus sustained against the patriotic tions to its provisions—that even if it could be efforts of the Bears, who play the game of their great northern brother, the Ursa Major of St. carried into practical operation, without embroil ing us with other states, it would be a gratuitous Petersburg, to the utmost extent practicabl©, and unwarrantable insult to our own countrymen From this it is evident that there is no lack of and the martial spirit of England ; and also that capital in the country, and that 3 per cent. is it would be a needless humiliation, for we could an ample price for its use ! How comes it then scarcely hope to obtain the required recruits with that the minim/n, rate of discount charged by the out involving ourselves with the neutral nations Bank on bills having more than 60 days to run is in which they might be enlisted. There is no seven per cent., more than double what can be country in which the unauthorised enlistment of obtained by persons seeking an investment in the its subjects, to carry on war against a nation at public funds ? The answer is obvious. The cur peace with itself, is not a very serious offence. rency is deficient. There is not en adequate supply of the circulating medium—the very life- We also explained the difficulty, if not impo3- blood of industry. We have the capital, but its sibility, of procuring the necessary authorisation, measure and representative is wanting ; cense- and the impropriety of seducing citizens from their allegiance to their lawful Sovereigns, add -1 uently trade and commerce, which in other re spects was never in a sounder state, is embarrassed ing—" Now, considering the just indignation and languishes, production is arrested, and the already expressed against all sympathisers, pri vateers-men, and others not absolutely concerned working-classes—tire bees in the national hive are starving, whil e all the honey is handed over in the quarrel—recollecting, too, the tone adopted to the drones ! in the first instance, and the rose-water manner Is this a suitabl e s t a t e o f a ff a i rs ? I s thi s what in which it was proposed to wage the war, the the bullioniets themselves will acknowledge that sentimentality that spared Odessa and the foreign they desire. The most flippant repeater of the trade of Russia, it seems strange that we should parrot cry, " What is a pound," must confess at once plunge into the most obnoxious principle that it is not so —must acknowledge that there is ever promulgated—the employment of merce a serious difficulty, although he may be unable to naries, who may be regarded as mere pirates, and acquiesce in the nature of the proposed remedy. not allowed the ordinary honours of war !" it is therefore indispensable that . something Our remonstrances were, however, useless. A should be done. The Times declares that " a sinister and scarcely constitutional influence pre re-discussion of the whole question in Parliament vailed. Germanism triumphed, and the Act re cannot be arranged too soon !" On this point ceived the Royal assent ; and it is for the pro we fully agree with the organ of the bullionists. ceedings under that most unwise enactment that The matter is of such vital importance, that it the Government of Great Britain have been called not merely warrants, but imperatively requires to account by that of the United States. the assembling of the Legislature before Christ- Now, perhaps, the members of the Cabinet mas. It is therefore right that the public atten- of Washington are the last who could put y for war d very hi g h c l a i ms t o i mpecca bility i n tion should be excited, and kept prominently directed towards the great topic of the day. In this matter. We have heard too much of sym comparison wherewith all others are of secondary pathisers and fillibustering expeditions fitted importance. up, if not with the avowed sanction, with The av owe d o bj ec t o f the Act of 1844 —that the tacit connivance of those in power. When which its putative parent, or at least its Parlia- the object of attack was injurious to Great Britain mentary Sponsor—claimed for it was, "that, under or any of its Allies there were very trifling efforts its provisions, the currency should at all times, made to vindicate the majesty of the law, about and under all circumstances, maintain the same which Mr. CALEB CUSHING is now so virtuously in intrinsic value." This is the statement of the i dignant. There was 'scarcely a show :of activity, Times itself, and therefore cannot be objected to, and just grounds of complaint were afforded to our by th ose • • wno have selected that journal as their Government. advocate and. mouth-piece. Can it for a moment The most trifling occasion was, however, seized be asserted that such has been the case ? Have on to demand explanations from the British Ca there not been greater fluctuations in prices and binet. They were given in a frank and in the value of property —greater derangement in straightforward a well trade than at any for m er mann er, such as to period, when there was constituted mind would lAve furnished an ample no limitation or respon s ibilit y a transgression. Lord in the i ssue o f B an k excuse f o r so trivial notes ? At what period has there been wilder CLARENDON declared that he gave stringent speculations succeeded by all but a total collapse ? instructions not to violate the municipal We see money, or rather currency, at one time a ' law, expressing deep regret if any such vio mere drug in the market, easily Obtainable at 2 lation had taken place, and, f u rther, putting a per cent. per annum, or e ve n a lower rate. At !t o t a l an d immediate stop to the practice corn another time it cannot be had on just as un qu „_ tionable security at 7or oven 8 p er cent . plained of. This between nations w as a complete The satisfaction as it would be between gentlemen. former arises from the undue expansion of theißtit CALEB Ceesierera has but little of the gentle currency. The Bank must pay for all the gold ten- i manly element in his composition. Whether in dered at a fixed price ! It does not want any ad- stigated by others or actuated only by his own ditional supply, but it cannot refuse what is narrow, pettifogging spirit, he insults the British offered. To prot ec t it se lf, an d to b e ena bled to Minister and a body of high-minded, honourable Pay a handsome dividend on its stock, it must gentlemen--_the British Consuls in such a man afford extraordinary facilities to every customer— ner as would warrant the application of must press its notes into circulation. Undue a cow-hide, soundly administered, to his speculation is thereby fostered. There is not ade- shoulders, were he a private individual, quate employment at home, and foreign invest- ' and unive rsal con d e mnation in his official capa men ts are sought an d loans granted on very city. We can only hope that the good sense of doubtful securities. Then comes the retrograde the high - minded people of America will prevent movement. The gold flows f rom our ports. The the serious consequences to both nations, and to Bank puts on the screw, as it is technically the cause of liberty and civilisation all over the Prices of aqinisslon:—Private Boxes, il. Ils. 64. and 11. Is. ; Orchestra Stalls, 45.: Dress Boxes, 35.; Lipner Boxes, 2s. ; Pit. Is. ; Gallery, 6d. No Half-price. Box-otlice open from II to 5 daily. Grand 3forning Performance ou Saturday Nest at Two o'Clock. Doors open at Half-past One. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Coeval with its excitement is the prodigious success of the new spactacle. Deafening acclamations attend Mr. J. H. Cooke's mira culous " Flight of the Bridges." THIS EVENING, The new Spectacle de Guerre, The FALL of SEBASTOPOL After which the imnroved SCENES in the CIRCLE, with Mr. J. H. Cooke's astounding feat, the Saut du Pont, or Flight of the Bridges. To conclude with an incentive to cachinnation, in a Humorous FARCE. liox-eflce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, gr. W. Cooke, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This; DAY—Morn 41 min.aft. 4—Evening 4 min. aft. 5 T.)-AoßßOW—Xlern.2 6 min.aft. 5 —Evening 48 min. aft. 5 THE WEATHEII.—SuN OFFICE, Oct. 30. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 53—highest since noon yesterday. 52—lowest this morning and during the night. 54 —Oila day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'18—fallen 3 degrees since yesterday. Nita), N.—Light, with heavy rp,in. v.„ •,.,~;,. §Alit LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1855. DRUBY-LANE THEATRE. Last evening a comic interlude, entitled Twenty Minutes with a Tiger, was produced here with the most complete success. A certain "commercial," one Charles Beeswing, a traveller in wines, undertakes to " effect a sale" with a crusty, retired old nabob, who has hitherto withstood the efforts of a whole host of that enterprising community ; or, failing in the attempt, as he terms it, to forfeit a couple of cases of champagne. Accordingly "King Charley" accosts Mr. Chili Chutnee in his den, and then ensues a scene whicn we shall not attempt to describe. Our readers can best imagine the acting cf Mr. C. Mathews, who introduces himself to old Chutnee as " a roadster, whose relations are scattered over the world like dandelions over a corn field, who 'would not lend him a cold key to put down his back to stop his nose bleeding." For about half-an-hour the house was in one continued roar of laughter, and the climax of the piece was reached before the good temper of the audience was exhausted. Mr. Beeswing wins his wager and a wife at the same time, as the daughter of the old man turna out to be "the object of his young heart's affection." Mr. Mathews was capitally supported by Mr. A. Younge, who acted the dry, husky old nabob to the life. At the fall of the curtain Mr. C. Mathews was called for,' and the piece was announced for repetition every evening, amidst the most enthusiastic applause. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, OCT. 29. The Queen walked in the grounds adjoining the Castle this morning. The Prince went out shooting. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred rode on horse back. The Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge, and the Duke of Cambridge, are expected this afternoon on a visit to her Majesty. Lord George Lennox has been invited, and is also expected. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir George Cooper, arrived in London from Frogmore yesterday morning, and paid a visit to the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House, Park-lane. Her Royal Highness left town by the Great Western Railway in the afternoon ou her return to Frogmore. The Portuguese Minister left town on Sunday on a visit to Viscount Palmerston, at his seat, Broadlands, Hants. THE EMBASSY TO VIENNA.—We have reason to be lieve that Sir Hamilton Seymour is appointed to the embassy at Vienna. Lord John Russell has consented to deliver a lecture at Exeter-hall, on the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 13, on the subject of " The obstacles which have retarded moral and intellectual progress." The vacant Coxumissionership of Charities has been conferred upon Mr. Headlam, M.P. for Newcastle. At Paris a new medal has been struck. On the face is a profile of the Emperor's bust, with the legend— Napoleon 111., Emperor. Oa the reverse is the follow. ing inscription :—" Capture of Kinburn by the allied fleets of France and England, on the 27th of Oct." Meyerbeer is expected at Vienra on the 10th of next month ; he is to direct in person the rehearsals of the " Etoile du Nord," which will be performed fur the first time at Vienna on the feto•day of her Majesty the Ern- press. The aged Prince Metternich will arrive at Vienna on Saturday, intending, as is his wont, to spend the winter in the capital. The Earl of Pomfret has left his shooting quarters in the Highlands, and is making a series of visits on his way south to his seat in Northamptonshire. The Earl and Countess of Bessborough, who are en tertaining company at their seat 'in Ireland, are not ex pected in London before December. The Earl of Harrowby is expected to arrive in town to-day, from Sandon Hall, Staffordshire. Viscount Palmerston returns to town, this morning, from Broadlauds. The Lord Chancellor arrived at he mansion, in Upper Brook-street, yesterday, from his seat near Bexley, in Kent. Lord Cavendish has joined the Chatsworth Rifles, in Derbyshire, from visiting the Duke of Devonshire, at Lishioro Castle, and his Excellency the Earl of Carlisle, in Dublin. The Earl and Countess Howe and the Ladies Adelaide and Emily Curzon closed their visit to the Earl and Countess of Derby, yesterday, at Knowsley, and pro ceeded to Gopsall Hall, Leicestershire. Lord and Lady Courtenay are staying in town, having returned from Powdorham Castle, Devon. Countess Fortescue is laid up with a very severe illness at Castle Hill, near Southmolton, Devon. Her ladyship is, however, gradually recovering, and it is hoped that she will shortly be well enough to return to London. The Germanic Diet sat for the first time since the vacation on the 25th of October, but nothing important came under discussion. The new Russian Envoy to the Diet, Baron Brunnow, has presented his letters of credence to the Austrian Envoy, Baroa de Prokesch Osten, who is president of the Diet. The family of Baron Brunnow will continue to reside at Darmstadt. Travellers by the Hollando-Belgian Railway still com plain of the vexatious severity on the part of the police on the two frontiers with respect to passports. A letter from Constantinople, in the Moniteur, states that orders have been sent from that city to Smyrna, for the immediate execution of the two Greeks who short time since assassinated a sailor belonging to the French brig Olivier. A letter from Bucharest of the 17th, in the Indepen dance of Brussels, says :—" A duel with pistols, took place a few days ago, between M. Charles Cretzoulesco, ex-Colonel of the Wallachian Militia, and M. Edouard Saillard, an Attache at the French Consulate. Both parties returned uninjured from the combat," EXPULSION OP THIRTY•FOUR REFUGEES PROM JIB- M.—SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Night. —The Channel Islands mail-packet has arrived. She brings intelligence that the whole of the thirty-four refugees who signed the declaration which appeared last week in The Sun have been ordered to leave Jersey this week, by order of the British Government. Amongst the ex pelled are Victor Hugo and his sons, PAUL, STRAIIAN, AND BATES. —It is understood that these unhappy criminals will remain in Newgate, or the n e r n e a m l o s v e e n d ts t c o ce G . Lbr Af al o t r a n r i f n o g r Millba n P s k RI a r i d s e o , n , and u n ti b l a a l a c n o e m e - p s l h e e t i s e t investigati on e s b t a i g n a k t r i n o n p t o e f y fi t 11 e e ( i i r f the remaining aaffndaitrbsait a fterwards peri th odo e f y Advertiser. t w he il i i r b p e Aberdeen, from Tonning to thi s por t, has Boa,den, of be ing short beng G REA T Loss OF CATT LE.—The Ro yal Victoria (F.), to 100 cattle dead, or throw n , encountered very heavy weather.— overboard, having Lowestoft, Oct. 28 been aosfsfiusteeldainndtowihthar9boour by t wo steam vinces. VIENNA, OCT. 28. General Prince Gortschakoff has received, through General Stackelberg, full powers from the Emperor to defend or abandon the Crimea, according to circumstances, without incurring any responsibility for the determination to which he may come. FRANCE AND THE TWO SICILIES. PARIS, TUESDAY MORNING. The subjoined announcement appears in the Moniteur : "On the 15th of August last the French ship of war La Gorgone, at anchor in the Fort of Mes sina, celebrated there the fete of the Emperor. The Military Commandant of the place, although apprised of the celebration by the Vice-Consul of France and by the Civil Intendant of Messina, did not comply with the usage customary between friendly nations, and did not hoist the Neapolitan flag. " The Government of the Emperor having complained of this want of courtesy, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies has, by order of his Sovereign, forwarded to the Minister Plenipotentiary of his Imperial MAjesty at Naples a note, which happily con cludes this disagreeable incident. "The Neapolitan Government expresses its regret that the Military Commandant of Messina should not have complied with the intimation given him by the Civil Intendant ; and it gives the assurance that formal instructions will prevent in future in all the ports of the Two Sicilies the omission that has occasioned the just complaints of the Government of the Emperor." WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship La Plata, Captain Weller, has arrived here, with the West India, Mexican, and Pacific mails. ( Prom the Supplement of the Invalide Busse.) Prince Gortselaakoff transmits the following de tails, under the date of Oct. 19, 5.30 p.m. The movement of the enemy's ships towards Eupatoria continues, as well as the landing of troops at that place. We can perceive also that the camp below Eupatoria has been greatly ex tended. On other points of the peninsula nothing of importance has occurred. The following telegraphic despatches have been sent from Nicolaieff to St. Petersburg by order of the Emperor NICOLAIEFF, OCT. 18, 9.30 P. M. The Nicholas Battery, situate on the right bank of the embouchure of the Dnieper, on the low point of a promontory, and rseparebtod from the fortress of Oczakoff, which is on higher ground, was uselessly exposed to inevitable destruction if bombarded by the enemy ; we therefore blew it up this morning at 6 o'clock, after having with drawn the garrison. At 8 o'clock a steam frigate and a gunboat of the enemy's fleet quitted the limas. Ten steamers and six gunboats have moved to a position higher up the river. At two o'clock in the afternoon two screw ships of the line, of 80 and 90 guns respectively, sepa rated from the fleet, and steamed in the direction of Oczakoff. The rest of the enemy's ships re main anchored in the same position they held yesterday. NICOLAIEFF, OCT. 19, 7 35 P.m. Since the despatch of yesterday left to the pre sent time the enemy has attempted nothing of im portance. The fleet, which is lying in the open sea at some distance from the mouth of the liman, has not changed its position. The same number of vessels remain at the mouth of the river. One of the gun-boats, while taking soundings, ap proached the entrance of the Boug. This morning, the vessels moored in the road of Oczakoff, were reinforced by 2 mortar-boats, 11 gun-boats, and 2 steamers, detached from the fleet. We can count 8 vessels of different kinds. The enemy have increased the number of their tents pitched on the Spit of Kinbourn ; there is no movement in this direction. BERLIN, MONDAY EVENING. The rumour of considerable religious discontent existing in Russia is confirmed by a Government circular just issued to the Russian clergy :—" He who doubts the Czar to be the sole protector of the Orthodox Church is declared to be an apos tate." The negotiations between Austria and France, now actively proceeding, are said to relate prin cipally to the affairs of the Danubian Principali ties, which the Emperor Napoleon 111. desires to have immediately arranged. General Canrobert's mission to Sweden is re ported to have the same object as the visit of Admiral Dundas—to obtain permission for a por tion of the Allied fleets to winter in Swedish porta. •••••111 ...p... THE CRIMEA. cc our C o nstantinopl:: correspondent, w r iti ng on the 18th, inform s us, says the Constitutionnel, "that the allied troops who had advanced beyond the Belbek, where they were, it was said, t o t a k e up a position, hav e received orders to return to their former encampments on the Tchernaya, and in the valley of Baidar. He adds that th e b a d state of the roads, which will soon becom e per fectly impracticable , especially . for an army w ith artillery and a large materiel, is the sole cause of the adjournment of the plan which was said to have been resolved upon—to pursue the Russian army, and force it to accept a decisive battl e . It is believed, then, that nothing more will b e done during the winter than to attack vigo rously the forts on the northern side of Sebas topol, so as to destroy them and expel the Rus sians. Preparations for that purpose are accord ingly being made, and the enemy is endeavouring to prevent them by increasing his fire more and more every day against the town. This news is not calculated to satisfy th e ho p e that had been en tertained of an early affa ir ; but we must tak e into account the diffi cu lties of the ground, and if there has been wet weather in th e Crimea, as in Fr ance , a modification of the plans of the cam p ai g n may have been necessary. After all, the General-in-Chief confided to no one what he projected, and so wh a t is said now may be merely conjecture. What can be affirmed, is that our base of operations is a good one, and that the Allied generals have the advan tage over their adversaries of having no need to fear either for their communications or for their supplies." In a letter from the Polish frontier, dated Oct. 19, to the Augsburg Gazette, we read :-- c cThere are now at Nicolaiefl 14 battalions of infantry, chiefly composed of the resexves of the 10th Divi sion of Infantry, and 6 battalions of the Second Division of Artillery with 72 guns and more than 2,000 artillerymen. Kherson is not so well de fended by far, for it contains only a few battalions of infantry with some artillery and Cossacks. But at Perekop there are 21 battalions of the grenadier corps. It is distressing for Russia to be compelled to scatter her forces over all the points of disem- RAILWAYS-FOB CASH. fr. c. •e. Orleans Northern Lyons ....... 1122 50 New Ditto 752 50 Mediterranean 1217 50 Grand Central sBi If ons Geneva 660 Teste Cott° 660 Austrian Com. 705 TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 18.—The entire of the Turkish Contingent, which was encamped near Buyukdere, has at length, with the exception of a portion of the cavalry, sailed for Kertch. The contingent is ultimately to number 30,000. Two batteries of British artillery, two thousand French, and two thousand English regular soldiers, toge ther with three thousand men of a Polish cavalry corps, are to be incorporated with the contingent. The artillery, the Anglo-French 4,000 men, and the 3,000 Poles are intended to enforce order, in case of necessity amongst the Mussulman troops. It is now finally determined that General Shirley, with the whole of the cavalry under his orders, shall proceed with the rest of the contingent to the Straits of Yenikale. The town of Yenikale will be the head-quarters of the force under Gen. Vivian. Sir John Stewart, Bart., aide-de-camp to General Vivian, is detained at Pera by illness. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, in the Cologne Gazette, The question of the refugees has led to s c a o y E s tm :— unications between England and several of the continental Governments. The French Go vernment entertains the same views on the subject as Austria, and it is certain that M. de Persigny has received orders to support the representations of Count Colleredo at, the Court of St. James. It is thought that England will on this occasion be disposed to satisfy the wishes of the continental Powers. The latter, it is said, demand that the Alien Bill of 1848 shall be brought into effect, and that a clause shall be added to it enabling the Go vernment to expel as a measure of police any sus pected foreigners who may give rise to well-founded complaints on the part of the Governments which are on friendly terms with England." PRUSSIA. The Stock Exchange Gazette of Berlin maintains that negotiations have been going on between the Western Powers and Austria, but that they are relative not to the four points but to the regulation of the Principalities, France desiring that the organisation of these countries shall be proceeded to before the end of the war. "We are assured," says that journal, " that Count Walewski in a note communicated to Count Buol, says that the Em peror of, the French desires that such measures shall be taken as to cause the organisation of the Provinces to be a fait accompli on the conclusion of peace." The journal adds that negotiations are also being carried on between Austria and the Western Powers with respect to the Greek ques tion and the difference between Piedmont and Tuscany. RUSSIA. A letter from Berlin, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" The greatest dissatisfaction is manifested by the higher classes of St. Petersburg. The situa tion bequeathed by the preceding government is borne with impatience, and little thanks are offered to the German Powers for the purely non-inter ventional and diplomatic attitude which prolongs the war. Still no concessions are dreamt of. A letter from Posen, in the Post Anyt Gazette, says :—" According to the last letters from 'War saw preparations have been recommenced there for the reception of the Emperor Alexander, and they are on such an extensive scale as to .. lead to the conclusion that his Majesty w ill spend part of the winter in the Polish capit al. The p recise period of his arrival is not yet known, but it is expected that he will remain in the proximity of the scene of war until the close of the present campaign ; and it is now again said that, if peace is not concluded in the course of the winter, he will head the army in the spring." The twelfth volume of "L'Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire," by M. Thiers, has just appeared. Its readers wi!l find at its commencement a preface, in which the author discusses the causes which produced the fall of the monarchy of Napoleon I. M. Thiers does not hesi tate to attribute them in principle to the a . )st,lutistn of the Imperial form. Led by his subject to compare the disadvantages attendant on this absolutism with those on Jreedotn, M. Thiers concludes that the latter, al though great, are yet lees to be dreaded. 1 A SSOCIATION for the RECONSIDERATION of the BANK CHARTER ACT of 1844. TO THE BANKERS, 3fANUFACTURERS, AND MERCHANTS OF THE UNITZD KINGDOM. The present critical qt....t0 of the monied world has again roused the attention of the public to the monetary system upon whitth Ligland has based her financial ep erations. The opinions which have been formed by some of the ablest writers upon the subject such as Fullerton. Tooke, VIII. and others, of the iinpracticibi thy Cl maintaining the principles of this ,set in times of national difficulty, are in rapid process t,f fulfilment ; and the naton is now doomed. amidst the conflict of a formidable war, increased taxation, and high PriCeS. to see its vast and illimitable sources of wealth completely Paralysed, and reduced to their narrowest limits by an artificial re striction of legal tender. This restriction has now become so strin gent as to spread I , s baneful influence ever the entire trade and commerce of the kingdom, and if not removed, must end in an almost total suspension of labour and business in the great manufacturing and commercial districts of tbe.country. The object of this Associa tion is to unite the various ,ipterests engaged in banking, trade, and c o mmerce, irrespettive opperty feeling, that a subject of such vital importance may tfe thorotighly investigated, and repre•ented in Par liament in the coining Session. A Committee will be formed in Lon don for the purpose of acting in concert with local Committees and the Chambers of Commerce throughout the United Kingdom, atvi for the purpose offhircniating all necessary information upon the subject; audit Is earnestly desired that the great industrial interests of the country will give their united support to a movement which has for its objects thielireservation of our national industry, and the maintenance of ouso - fiationai greatness All communications to be addressed to 11. Antes, Honorary Secretary, No. 10, Lombard-street, London. THEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMARRET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE BEGINNING and THE END. Cha racters by Messrs Rogers, Chippendale, and Howe ; Bites Cushman, nd Miss Swanborongh. Followed by THE LITTLE TREASURE. To conclude with FISH OUT OF WATER. ROYAL PRINCESS'S T GEA.TRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CstAaLze THIS EVENING Will be presented 311DGE NOT BY APPEARANCES. After which, KING HENRY VIII. Queen Katharine, Mn.i C, Kean; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with A. GAME OF ROMPS. AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, Aug. 9.—Waiting with quiet, dull anxiety the receipt of the new Constitution, and the assembling of the council necessarily for the last time, we have literally no politics. The council, it is understood, is not to be called together till No vember. This at all events shows that, notwith standing the "dirt" thrown by the members of the Executive on our financial condition, the embar rassment of the Government in consequence of the resolution of the council " not to vote more taxes" has not been very great. In fact, it is a relief to the Government that they have been compelled to retrench, and as the revenue is getting better the Executive can afford a little delay. And for this there is very good reason ; but, as usual in such cases, the reason nut prominently forward is not the strongest, or, to Victorian eyes and understandings, the most urgent. It is said that Sir Charles Ho tham's reason for not assembling the Council until November is that the enfranchisement of the dig gers cannot take effect until that month ; but there is supposed to be another reason behind, namely, that, although Sir Charles does not relish certain provisions of the Constitutional Acts, he has the sagacity to perceive that it is necessary in order to placate the public mind. And, indeed, the dilatory habits of the Colonial-office have already produced much discontent, which it is desirable should not be pushed higher by further delays. It is also to be hoped that, in the amend ments which the Secretary of State proposes, the principle of leaving our local concerns to ourselves should not be broken in upon. If that be done there will assuredly be a " row," and the proba bility is that the Legislative Council will insist upon a bill preserving the principle of local self government, which bill the Governor will find it inexpedient to disallow. It will, in short, be a repetition of the conduct of the popular party in relation to the Convicts Prevention Bill, with far more reason and justification. I believe the Tasmanians have got their bill. They avoided those clauses in the bills of the other colonies which were supposed to invade Imperial rights. Mr. Rogers, the new Solicitor-General of Tasmania, arrived a short time since, and it was stated that he was the bearer of a despatch to Sir Henry Young, conveying the Queen's allowance of the act in question. If so, the last colony of the Australian group which received a partially repre sentative Council will be the first to receive a sub stantial measure of self-government, with a respon sible Ministry. A very beautiful bronze medal has been struck to commemorate the cessation of transportation. It is three inches in diameter. On the obverse is an excellent medallion portrait of the Queen, with the words " Victoria, Queen" above the head, and the date, " MDCCCLIII." below. On the reverse are the armorial bearings of Tasmania (Van Diemen's Laud no longer), with the words " Cessation of Transportation, 1853," above, and " Tasmania, founded 1803," below the arms. In my last letter I mentioned the proposed for mation of another bank on the Scotch principle. You are aware that most of the banks in operation here were formed in London or in New South Wales, the only one of local growth being the Bank of Victoria. Although that bank has not been quite three years in operation, and although it has met with some disasters—one of its branches hav ing been "stuck up" about nine months ago— yet it is in a very satisfactory condition. I en close the financial statements laid before the share holders by the directors on the 30th of June at the half-yearly meeting. Their gross profits on the half-year amount to 52,0111. They declare a divi dend of 10 per cent., 12,3781., and they add 16,8781. to the reserved fund of 80,1211., making that fund 97,0001. This, of cours e , g i ves the pub lic great confidence in the institution. There has been a very considerable failure here lately. The firm of Watts and M'Kechnie have had several meetings of their creditors, three of whom have been appointed to examine their af fairs. These gentlemen have reported. The docu ment is said to belong, and to enter very fully into the dealings and position of the firm. The parti culars have not been allowed to transpire, but it is understood that the intervention of the Insolvent Court cannot be avoided. Messrs. Louis Loewe and Co. have just esta blished at Richmond (a suburb of Melbourne, and the seat of several factories) a manufactory of stearine candles. At present the works are capable of turning out about three tons of candles per week, and those who have seen them say that, in quality and appearance, they are equal to the best im ported. The manager of the works is a Mr. Mor gan, who learnt his business and acquired his ex perience in Sir Charles Price and Co.'s establish ment at Vauxhall. We have plenty of tallow here, and it is said, " Why send tallow home to have it brought back in the shape of stearine, or Belmont wax, or composition candles I" I hope the enter prising proprietors will not have to answer, " be cause the two freights and double charges do not equal the difference in the cost of manufacture." I am told that the proprietors are sanguine that they can undersell the average price, and, there fore, that they want no more protection than the freight and charges to London and back afford. AUG. 15.—We have news from England by drib blets. Yesterday morning the papers contained English news up to the 18th of May, and in the afternoon a vessel called the White Eagle came in, having touched at the Cape of Good Hope, where she picked up English news to the 11th of June. She brought no newspaper of any kind, but the captain told a short story to the effect that the Allies were in possession of a very considerable portion of the outworks on the south side of Sebas topol. Every one hopes this news may be true. Watts and M‘Kechnie's liabilities are stated at 68,0001., of which 28,0001. is owing to English creditors. They show assets which it is said will realise Bs. in the 11. _ _ _ The following are the gold returns of the last two weeks : • WEEK ENDING AUGUST 4. The escorts have brought from oz. Mount Alexander and Bendigo 15,852 Banal-At, including Geelong 12,470 The Ovens Maryborongh Daisy Hill )11`Ivor 5,447 1,233 r,86 -- oz. Amount this week 42,297 and year 1,141,144 Gold shipped in 1855 Per City of Hobart, for Hobart Town Wonga Wonga, for Sydney Vigilant, for Hong Kong Rowena, for Calcutta l,OOB 1,389,652 Or 57 tons 18 cwt. 0 qrs. 4 lb. 4 oz., at SW 1x5,558,608 WEEK ENDING AUGUST 11. The escorts have brought from— oz. Mount Alexander and Bondigo 17,803 Ballarat, including Geelong ... 18,265 Mary borough Daisy Hill 1,153 Avoca 398 oz. Amount this week 1,389,652 Gold shipped in 1855 Per the Nile for Hong Kong 1,000 Per the Telegraph for Sydney 1,396,106 Or 58 tons 3cwt. lqr. 171 b. 20z., at 80s £5,584,424 The price remains at 31. 16s. 6d. per ounce— draughts against gold at par. Freight 41 per ounce. Insurance 2i per cent. I am happy to say the price of flour is declining. Fine is 441. to 451. per ton of 2,0001 b. ; seconds, 401. to 431. ; wheat is bought at the mills at 16s. to 17s. per bushel. There have been some heavy arrivals of Chili= and other flours, acid the price cannot be maintained, but the chief stocks are in wealthy hands, and they resist the inevitable de cline as long as possible. Tillage has been no doubt considerably extended in the colony. The quantity of land in cultivation is variously estimated at from 100,000 to 200,000 acres. It would require the cultivation of about 700,000 acres, or two acres a-head of population, to meet all our wants. Of wheat alone we should require about 175,000 acres to supply us fully with bread, and as no one—not even the most sanguine—believes that we have above half the latter quantity in wheats, I do not anticipate that the price will fall below a remune rating rate to the importer, though it may to the grower. Hay is cheaper than it has been since the dis covery of gold. It is quoted at 81., 91.,105., 91. and 101. according to quality, and some has been sold at 71. 10s. ; the last was probably not well packed or trussed. The very best hay still commands 10/. There have been several meetings of the unem ployed lately, and they have had an interview with the Governor. Their o bj ec t was to i n d uce th e Go vernor to alter the land regu l a ti ons , so that such of the industrious classes as can command a little money could go upon land for the purpose of cul tivating it. The Governor alleged the stringency of the Land Sales. Still it would be very desirable to allow the occupation of land on beneficial terms —not that the majority of the unemployed could avail them se l ves o f any suc h relaxed regulation; but some would, especially new . arrivals with a little money, and that would relieve the labour market of an excess which is but temporary, and is in a great measure owing to the suspension of public works. One very dangerous proposition has been put forward by the working men, in the snap() of a re solution, to the effec t that the Government is bound to find employment for every man wanting work. It is very p robable that the resolution goes further than.the proposers of the . meeting in- I tended. They did not mean that, if journeymen tailors or operative saddlers were in exoese and out of work, the Government should turn tailor and saddler, but that the rule should merely apply to common labourers, who should be found work on public works. But even confined to this, it would be impracticable and very unwise, even if possible. Government can only possess capital to employ, by taking it from others in the shape of taxes, and then there is no doabt it is less efficiently employed, and therefore does not go so far as if left in private hands. I believe the high price of food in terferes with employment much more than the working classes are disposed to admit. It checks accumu lation to a very great extent, and so tends to dimi nish the fund destined for the employment of la bour. I enclose a report of the labour market, which may be relied on as correct : " SATURDAY, Aug. 11. " There has been little or no change for the better during the week. Labour in the market is still sadly in excess of the demand, but there being many farmers taking advantage of the present low wages good agri cultural men and women have been freely engaged. Many of those lately hanging back for higher rates of wages are now engrwing at a considerable reduction ; but there is an evident reluctance on their part to bind themselves for more than a month or two, expecting, no doubt, that better times and wages are close at hand. " There has been some talk lately of draeghting off the many unemployed single women to depots about the various diggings, where their services are ceibs my more required than about Melbourne ; but it is a strange fact that very many of them will not go even 20 miles out of town, although their wages would be better and conveyance there found them. "We frequently find a deal of trouble in supplying our country orders with suitable female servants. Out of 50 or 60 female servants in the labour market, the generalit? of them want town employment, and at the present time will accept nothing else. "We have been unable to supply the demand for married couples. The following are the current rates With rations—Married couples, without families, from 601. to 90/.1 er annum ; ditto, with families, from 50/. to 701. ditto ; gardeners, 50/. to 601. ditto ; grooms, 50/. to 601. ditto ; general farm servants, 20s. to 30s. per week ; hut-keepers, 25/. to 35/. per annum ; stock keepers, 45/. to 60/. ditto ; ploughmen, 265. to 30s. per week ; bullock-drivers, 255. to 30s. ditto ; ditto, on the roads, 355. to 455. ditto. Weekly rations consist of 101 b. of flour, 101 b. of beef or mutton, 21b. of sugar, and of tea. "Without rations—Compositors, ls. 6d. and is. Bd. per thousand ; ditto, by the week, 4/, 4s. ; pressmen, 51. ; carpenters, 12s. to 18s. per day ; masons, 16s. to 18 , 2. ditto ; plasterers, 16s. to 183. ditto ; bricklayers, 16s. to 18s. ditto ; woodsplitter3 and fencers, 63. to Bs. per ton ; blacksmiths, 12s. to 15s. per day ; quarrymen, 123. to 14s. ; labourers on the roads, 93. to 10s. ditto, wand, water, and tents found. " kale cooks, 451. to 601. per annum ; female cooks, 301. to 401. ditto ; thorough servants, 251. to 307. ditto ; housemaids, 171. to 22/.ditto ; laundress° , 301. to 35/. ; nursemaids, 12/. to 18/. ditto. u JOHN WHITEOAK. "Australian Labour-market, 92, Bourk-street-east." The ball for the relief of the wounded French soldiers takes place to-morrow night. It owes its origin to M. le Comte de Chabrillon, the French Consul, and will be conducted with the taste of that nation. Our English colonists err rather on the side of splendour and redundancy. It is stated. that 1,500 tickets have been taken, and I antici pate the net fund will not be short of 1,0001. The English ball for the benefit of the Patriotic Fund yielded 6901. net, rather more than I stated in a former letter. The Arabian has arrived with dates to May 21. THE ALLIED SQUADRONS IN THE CHINA SEAS. SAN FRANCISCO, SEPT. 19. Her Maje Tty's line-of-battle ship Monarch arrived with Admiral Bruce on board at this port on the 12th inst., from a cruise in the north, and sails to-morrow for Val paraiso, the Admiral accompanying. The President sailed yesterday for Vancouver. The Amphitrite remains here till relieved by the Trincomalee from Vancouver. In my last letter of the sth inst., I stated that the news brought by the Amphitrite, Captain Fredericks (which arrived here on the 21st of August), from the North Pacific, led to the belief that the allied squadrons (from China and India) were cruising in the Bay of Tar tary at or about the period the Amphitrite was on her way to the Amoor. Intelligence of the movements of these squadrons has just reached us. You will probably be already, or before this letter reaches. you, in possession of the information from China. But, in case you should not, I will relate the story as we have it. The American schooner Caro line E. Foote, which arrived at San Francisco the day before yesterday from Japan, brings the news. This is the vessel which took the captain and craw of the Rus sian frigate Diana, which was lost in the earthquake, in December last, at Simoda (Japan), from that port to Petropaulovski. She carried Captain Dasoffiki, nine officers, and 150 of the crew to Petropaulovski, who finding the place abandoned, took passage in the Ame rican brig William Penn for parts unknown to the people of the Caroline E. Foote. This latter vessel reports that when the inhabitants of Petrapaulovski left the place, on the 16th of April, they had to saw a channel through the ice in the harbour to enable the frigate Aurora, the armed transport Dwina, a corvette, a bark, and a brig to put to sea. It is said that this squadron was discovered by one of the vessels of the allies lying in the Bay of Castre (or Castries), a place on the mainland in the Gulf of Tartary. lying between the islands of Jesso and Nyphon. The English steamer ti ea ran down to Hakodadi (coast ofJa7an), to communicate with the rest of the fleet, leaving two frigates to blot kale the port until reinforced by the allies. In the meantime, however, the Russians succeeded in evading the two frigates and got clear off, so that when the fleet arrived it found the harbour empty. For several reasons, not necessary to occupy space with the detail of, the officers of the English squadron here doubted the correctness of the story, but yesterday an other vessel, the sloop Kamchadell, arrived at San Fran cisco direct from the Gulf of Tartary, which confirms the news. As I have no time to see any of the people of the vessel, I give ber account as published to-day in one of the San Francisco papers : "The sloop Kamaa tell, Capt. Carleton, arrived here yesterday, from the Gulf of Tartary. Capt. Carleton and the crew of the Kamcbadell were formerly - of the brig William Penn, well known to this coast. About six months ago the Penn sailed from San Francisco to Pe tropaulovski, with a general cargo. She was there when the schooner Caroline E. Foote arrived with a large number of the officers and crew of the Russian frigate Diana, which was wrecked at Simoda last winter, in con sequence of an earthquake taking place in the harbour. The Penn was chartered by the Russians to convey the Diana's crew from Petropaulovski to the river Amoor, and accordingly she received on board the passengers of the Foote. She immediately proceeded to her destination. Near the end of May, when within 10 miles of the Rus sian fleet, then lying in the Bay of Castre, the Penn, while rounding to, struck on a coral reef near the en trance of the bay. Castre or Castrie Bay does not lie on the east side of the Gulf of Tartary, on the island of Jesso, as was stated yesterday, but on the mainland of Mantehooria, on the west side of the gulf, somewhere about lat. 48 deg. It being night when the Penn struck, no assistance could be obtained ; but in the morning boats from the Russian ships came to Is-r assistance, and took off the crew and passengers. These numbered 180 persons. The brig was a total loss. " Captain Carleton confirms the neva as to the Russian and English fleets brought by the Foote, but with some differences which we are not yet authorised to publish. The Russian fleet consisted of the frigate Aurora, the corvette Ohetus, and the transports Dv►ina, Bycaul, and Artesia. "After Capt. Carleton and his crew reached the shore in safety, the Russian Admiral Zataika treated them with much kindness and respect. He presented Capt. Carleton with the sloop Kamchadell to convey himself and officers back to San Francisco. This vessel is only 35 tons burden—but a small craft in which to cross the North Pacific. Captain Carleton speaks in the highest terms of the generous treatment which he received from the officers of the Russian fleet at Castro. It appears that other Americans who have landed or been wrecked in the Gulf of Tartary have always received th e lik e kind reception from the Russians with whom they have happened to meet in that quarter." The Kamchadell brings also an account of the loss of 14 whale-ships in the North Pacific. To return to the Caroline E. Foote. She reports that on the 27th of June, being the day she sailed from Ha kodadi, the British steamers Encounter, from Petropau lovski, and the Styx, with the Tartar in tow, had arrived at that port, all short of ceal, of which they were ex- Noting supplies from Hong Kong. She brings, in addl• thin, the following intelligence : The French steam-frigate Colbert was lost in the har bour of Nangasaki on the Ist of June. She struck upon a reef, which so badly injured her that she immediately filled and settled upon the reef, where she was aban• dor el. p a ssengers of the Ca ro li ne B. Foote h as published so me observations upon th e h ar b our o f S imo d a , Oneof th e the result of a three month s residence a t th e pl ace , w hi c h as we are about entering into commercial relations with J apan , may be worth quoting for the information of seafaring men. The writer, Mr. Doty, says : "The entrance to this bay is from the southward, the shores of which, on either side, are very bold, and is about one-fourth of a mile in width, which, on enter ing, expands to about half a mile in b rea dth, an d is about one mile in depth. The anchorage, though fair, is far from being safe during the strong north-east gales which sometimes prevail here in the winter months. From a very careful sounding of this bay, made by a Russian officer who was attached to the late frigate Diana, it was ascertained that the bottom of the bay, around the principal an c h orage , i s s h e l v i ng . H ence the necessity of the United States' steamer Powhattan rais ing steam, with all her anchors down, which she dragged,' to p revent going ashore during one of these blows in January last. Another instance which came under my notice may tend to corroborate the above. In March I saw a vessel at anchor in this bay which will ride out an ordinary gale with one anchor when the holiTing ground is good, but on this occasion she dragged two large anchors, when they were obliged to let go a heavy kedge to prevent going ashore on C e ntre Island, which is situated in the bay. When the wind is from the south a heavy, disagreeable swell is Eipe' rienced, which extends itself all over the bay, and is a serious obstacle in the way of mooring ships, as at Honolulu and other ports." . ~