The Sun. — London, England, 1855-08-17 00:00:00

ROYAL OPERA, DRURY.' ANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING. 'ill be performed DER FREISCIIUTZ. Character; by Messrs. orme g, A. Lockesley, H. Braham, and Hodges; Misses Dyer and tanz a, &C. To conclude with MIDAS. prices of admission :—To the two galleries. 6d.; second circle of poxes and pit, is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; 4s. • private boxes to admit two , persons, 10s, 6d.; four persons, one gllinea. Box-office open from 10 to 6 daily. THEATILF ROYAL HAYMARKET. 'Under the management of Mr. Buck Mona: THIS EVENING► Will be performed MARRIED LIFE. After Which, THE ABBE IN LOVE, by the Spanish Dancers. After which, COURT FAVOUR• To be followed by ONLY A HALFPENNY. To conclude with THE SP.A_NISII DANCERS. ItOYAL PRIIsTCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cuestas KEAN. THIS EVENING, Will be performed HOW STOUT YOU'RE GETTING. To conclude with KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Ka tharine, Mrs. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. THEATRE ROYAL AD FELL Proprietor, Mr. 13. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE WRITING ON THE WAIL. Princi ral characters by Messrs. Wright, C. Selby, P. Bedford, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss Wyndham. and Miss Woolgar. After which, FRATERNISATION: To conclude with THE SCHOO L FOR TIGERS. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr: Payne. THIS EVENING, Immense success of Senor Marcos Diaz and Senorita Anna Della Fuente, the renovrned Spanish Dancers , From the Haymarket Theatre. Will be performed BROKEN TOYS. After which EL TOREADOR: Followed by a new Farce, TILE LATCH KEY, THE GALICIAN FETE. To conclude with GANIM. .s.STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Progressive attraction of Mazeppa. Mr. George Wild and Miss Fanny Williams every night. • THIS EVENING, Lord Byron's MAZEPP4 and the WILD HORSE, with all the original thrilling effects, and for which Mr. William Cooke has trained his unrivalled stud of horses. After which the first Fquestrians of the day will appear in the EVOLUTIONS of the CIRCLE. Also, a variety of Entertaiments. To conclude with a Laughable Farce entitled, MY UNCLE'S CARD, in which Mr. G. Wild and Miss Fanny Williams will appear. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West.. Acting Manager, Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T DAT —Vorn!ng32 min. after 4 Evening 45 min. a ft . 4 'u:caPnvr Morning 3 min. after 5 I Evening 17min. aft. 5 tfilß WEATHER.—Sun Onus, Aug. 17, THEEMOMETEB, IN THE SHAD& 75 hlghest since noon yesterday. 60—lowest this morning and during the night. 75 —this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30 . 38. WIND, S.E.—Light, with sultry weather. A ((t) LY c~~~~o LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1855. What are our people about that they suffer their enemies to make a mock of them, and to doubt their very existence ? We can fancy the veteran METTERNICH exclaiming, with a sneer, " Either they are talking, or pursuing, or in a journey, or, peradventure, they sleepeth, and must be awakened." Never had they so favour able an opportunity for asserting their principles and manifesting their power, and never in our recollection were they so apathetic. Since this War began they seem to have lost .that zeal for liberty which formerly distinguished them. They have ceased to think and act for themselves, and have, with a blind credulity, to which we know no parallel, resigned themselves to the direction of the Government of the day. We are satisfied that this apathy is but appa rent ; but to those who labour iu their interest it is discouraging. The popular cause is never safe apart from open, frequent, and decisive expres sions of public opinion. The people are false to themselves when they are silent on such great questions as are laid before them. It is for them to have a policy of their own, and to insist on its adoption. What have they not lost iu times past by their neglect ! They have been powerless, because they believed themselves powerless, and have been made by turns the toys and tools of despotic power, because they would never rise to a sense of their own importance and a percep tion of their true interests. At the present day we expected, and we had a right to expect, something better. In this country their will is irresistible—there is no force that can stand against it—and for this very reason states men are weak and Governments are vacillating when the popular voice is silent, or when it is expressed with uncertainty. Ministers, of their own motion, will do no more than they can help. They fear change—they hate disturbance of any kind. They must be impelled forward by pres sure from without, or they will stand still. It is vain to hope for large views or generous senti ments from them. They are ready to catch them up when they pervade large masses of the peopl6, and when it is tolerably certain that they must ultimately triumph in some way or other, b ut t h ey w i ll never of themselves originate a line of policy widely departing from the beaten track, and calculated to effect a revo lution in the world, though the revolution may be essential to safety, and certain to produce the most beneficial results. Therefore, we say, the question w e b r i ng for ward is eminently a people's question. If they refuse to entertain it, drop it must. Professed politicians—men who push their, way by small arts of jobbery and intrigue—who in a humble station have caught some smiles of Ministerial favour, and picked up some crumbs of Ministerial patronage, and in a higher rank have dipped their hands deeply in the public purse and basked in the sunshine of Courts—these men will no more take up the question of their own will than the persecutors of GALILEO would admire his theory of the earth's revolution. Principles of policy are important to them only as they indicate a win ning or a losing game. Let any principle be once taken up by the people iu a manner which shows they are determined to carry it through, and they will not want the support of both the creatures and the leaders of party. _ The simple question for the people is whether they wish the War to be directed to the liberation of Europe, or to the rivetting of its fetters. if the tyranny of Austria is left untouched the War against Russia will avail nothing. Our victories will be bootless triumphs. The despotic principle w ill esc ape from the contest unscathed, if it does i ,,,L in the end rally, and by some daring con ,pitaey plot the destruction of European freedom. w e implore our people to regard the facts. Austria is next door neighbour to Russia. Austria feel that her very existence as an empire depends her rule. i The p o p u l a ti on upon the d es p o tism of of Austria P ro per is set down n the official re ports at two millions three hundred thousand. The population of her Italian provinces is upw ar d, of five Millions, of Hungary upwards of tel l millions, of Austrian Poland live millions more, while Slovenian and German provinces make up the remainder of the thirty-five millions she boasts. Thus Hungary, Italy, and Poland eon .,,titute more than half of her entire population.. How is she to rule these races, who hate her with the just hatred inspired by her crimes ? might, at 'one time, by popular institutions and just l aw s have conciliated their affection ; but the diky for that is Sho chose to have slaves, Her reign is now reign of of fiubje 046• THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVEN 1N G,_ AUGUST 17 1855. terror. Between her and the races she tempo rarily keeps down by her bloody despotism an un dying animosity has been engendered. This feel ing is increasing in intensity, and Austria is so conscious of it that her vigilance grows with the danger, and her rule becomes continually more arbitrary. Is this an empire to oppose an effec tual barrier to Russian aggression ? Is it not evi dent that as respects principles of goveriment her interests and those of Russia are the same ? Freedom in every shape must be equally hateful to both. They are allies by nature ; and while Austria guards the Russian frontier, the CZAR, safe from 'attack on the most vulnerable side of his empire—the side of Poland—will always be able to put forth enormous strength at the extre mities of his dominions. How different would be the position were Italy, Hungary, and Poland free, and Germany liberated from the dead weight of Austrian despotism. We do not speak now of the invigorating influ ences that would shoot through Europe, when the vivid genius of the Italian, and the chivalric nature of the Pole, and the highly ingenious and enterptising disposition of the Magyar, were onee more animated by freedom, and were encouraged by its holy and exhilarating breath, to fertilise countries which would then be their own, to spread their language—to enhance their prosperity —to multiply their numbers—to vivify those arts and pursuits for which they have peculiar apti tude, bui which are now crushed by that prostra tion of spirit consequent on a degrading sense of brutal domination. We do not speak now of the bounding and elastic life which so great a change from bondage to liberty would diffuse through Europe—of the jealousies and restrictions it would extinguish for ever—of the new sources of trade and intercourse it would open to art 7 —.of the fellowship between States united by one great bond of free government it would produce. We do not speak of these things now (though never was there a time more favourable to the libera tion of oppressed races, and to their erection into independent States, from the solid establishment of principles of unrestricted commerce as most conducive to national prosperity), but we want to view the question in a political light alone. Is it more for the security of Europe that the Austrian empire, constituted as it is, and perfidious as it has ever proved itself, should continue to exist, or that the order of nature should be restored, and that races should be called to the inestimable blessing of national independence, whose policy must be antagonistic to despotism, as fatal to their life, and favourable to the closest union with the free Governments of the West, as essen tial to their safety and welfare ? This is the question for our people. Do you prefer that that immense tract of country—fertile in the richest productions of nature—now known as the Austrian empire, should be under the rule of a despotism and in alliance with Russia, or that it should be under free and national Governments, and closely connected by bonds of interest and sentiment with the Western league ? We will not believe that our people can be indifferent on so inomentous a matter, nor shall our pen cease its appeals to them till they return us some direct response. The great NAPOLEON, when pining in St. He lena, and standing on that threshold of Loth worlds, whence, according to the poet, an intel lectual view is most wide and piercing, foresaw the danger which menaced Europe, and predicted the shape it would assume, and the time when it would occur, with wonderful exactitude. In O'MEAR4's " Voice from St. Helena," , we find that he said in 1817 : " In about thirty-five years the Russians will either invade India or enter Europe with a hundred thousand Cossacks, and two hundred thousand Russians. Russia must either fall or aggrandise herself." The numbers are, perhaps, very nearly those which Russia has at present in the field against the Allies. What follows is yet more memo rable : "In the natural course of things, in a few years Tur key must fall to Russia. The Powers it would injure, and who would oppose it, are England, France, Prussia, and Austria. Now as to Austria, it will be very easy for Russia to engage her assistance by giving her Servia. and other provinces bordering upon the Austrian do minions, reaching nerr to Constantinople. " The only hypothesis that England and France may ever be allied in sincerity will bein order to prevent this." Is not the man who could thus far foresee so ex actly the course of events entitled to some cre dence for predictions not yet fulfilled ? The sentence following that above is the most impor tant of all : " But even this alliance would not avail. France, England, and Prussia united cannot prevent it. RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA. CAN AT ANY TIME EFFECT IT." This is the conjuncture we . have to dread. Events are fast hastening to the consummation NAPOLEON foresaw. Austria and Russia are drawing together. They calculate on the effect which a War void of decisive results, and waged on no principle, except it be to support the old status quo, and to maintain despotism unimpaired —must have in wearying the popular spirit of France and England. When this has been ac complished, then will be the time to strike the world with terror by an Austrian and Russian alliance for the partition of Turkey. The first step has been taken by Austria's military' occu pation of the Principalities. Who, looking fairly at the facts, can doubt the imminence of the danger ? How is the full com pletion of NAPOLEON'S prophecy to be averted ? We answer unhesitatingly by the immediate pre sence of the'Allied flags in the harbours of Venice and Trieste, and by Austria receiving a peremp tory summons to evacuate the territories she has too long usurped. The complete - an d spee d y demol i t i on of " the Gibraltar o f the Nort h," as Sweabore, hag been arrogantly desig na t ed by Muscovite and pro Muscovite Muscovite writers—the overthrow impregnable fortifications , without its qu asi impregnable loss o u f a s a i t single life or a single - Vessel to the assailants, must prove how completely the ma strongholds in the Gulf of Finland and the B • altic are at the mercy of the Allied squadrons. Our Government has only to will it, and the " standing menaces" to the Scandinavian nations, the sources of Rus sian influence with the Northern Powers, w ill be numbered with the past. Let the orders be given, and the proper means supplied, and Relsingfors and Hango, Revel, and even Cronstadt itself, w ill share the fate of Sweaborg ; and the Great Northern Bear will learn that with kingdoms as with individuals, " honesty is ever the best policy." It is now, in the language of the P. It. " Lombard-street to a China orange," on wood versus granite ; and although much valuable time has been wasted, sufficient still remains to enable us to profit largely from the results of the tardy but decisive ex periment. There are still six weeks during which the ope rations of the Baltic Fleet may be continued, and. as Sweaborg cost only two days, we may easily calculate how much' may be accomplished during that period if the parties are really in earnest, and " work with a will " in the good cause. Let them only go at it earnestly a nd zealously, while the enthusiasm of the men is excited to the highest pitch by the brilliant results o f their ars:- great triumph of the season, and the enemy are depressed and panic stricken by their easy conquest, and more will be achieved than even the most sanguine can venture to anticipate. But there must be no delay nor procrastination. The time for nego tiation has gone by, that for action—incessant, indefatigable action—has arrived. The success must be not only steadily but rapidly followed up ; and the Governments of England and France must show their unflinching determina tion to spare no efforts to support the operations of the Fleet, and to render their achievements com pletely decisive as to the War. It may not be pleasing to Prussia that we should do so. Austria may be astonished at our proceeding so rapidly while she is willing to mediate. But it is the course that will induce them really to strive to bring about a permanent and honourable settle ment of the disputed questions, however distaste ful to Russia, and diametrically opposed by the traditional policy inaugurated by PETER, and fol lowed by CATHERINE, and ALEXANDER, and NICHOLAS ! From the situation of Sweaborg it was manifest that it could only be attacked from the sea—that no land forces could possibly co-operate in the on slaught. It consisted of a number of small rocky islands, strongly fortified, and communicating by bridges or galleries the one with the other. The Russian Fleet lay in the heart of this series of forts protected on every side. That fleet was, however, transferred to Cronstadt, where it re mains as a portion, of the prize for the additional work of the fleet. Sweaborg was also the defence of Helsingfors. The only channel by which the capital of Finland, the emporium of the trade of Northern Russia, could be approached, lay directly within the range of its 800 guns of heavy calibre. So that, in fact, until Sweaborg was dis mantled, and its fire silenced, nothing could be even attempted against Helsingfors. The protec tion, however, is withdrawn. It now lies at the mercy of our Fleet. It is for the Admiral to de cide whether to strike or to spare, and we cannot for a moment doubt his determination. The policy that spared Odessa to be the scourge of our troops in the Crimea, to endanger their existence and the whole objects of the War, cannot be so perversely pursued, as to act as a protection to Helsingfors, now that Sweaborg has been demo lished. The course adopted towards Helsingfors will probably decide the policy of the Scandi navian Powers, and render the Swedes, Norwe gians, and Danes either firm friends and faithful allies, or worse than doubtful neutrals. It is an important element in the calculation that must decide our course of action in the Gulf of Finland. It is more than probable that Helgingfors has al ready been bombarded ; and if so, that it has been demolished. Day by day we may look for this cheering and satisfactory intelligence, which will prove the earnestness of our Government. But when that has been accomplished—what next ? There is still more to be done. The Russian fleet still skulks securely under Cronstadt. It must be destroyed in its fancied shelter. And it can be so. Sweaborg and Helsingfors will then no longer exist to threaten the Allied Fleets, in the event of any unanticipated reverse. They will be completely our own, to act as places for refit ting any casualties—a source of strength instead of weakness, a cause for confidence instead of terror. The mortar-vessels and gun-boats may, as we have already said, run down the coast of Finland, and take Cronstadt in the rear. That is the vulnerable point—the heel of the Northern ACHILLES. Thence can the fleet be destroyed, while the men-of-war watch in front to deal with any sortie on which they may venture. Nor need the bombardment be restricted to a single point. The iron shower may be hurled from every side and on every position, perplexing and terrifying the panic-stricken foe. it is there that the co operation of land troops would be peculiarly valu able. They could land in the rear, at the "vul nerable spot," where an onslaught has never been thought of. We have seen the vast importance of such aid at Bomarsund, but it would lead to even more astonishing results at Cronstadt—the proper point of attack being selected. A land force, with every facility for transit from place to place, would be of immense value. Twenty or thirty thousand men, who could be landed at any point, would create work for five times their number of Russians, who could not tell where the impend ing blow might fall. The men could easily be found. If England could not spare them they could be obtained from France. Our faithful ally would rejoice to participate in that which would, indeed, be a " heavy blow and great discouragement to Russia." A single word to the Emperor NAPOLEON, and any num ber of trained soldiers will be forthcoming. Let that word be spoken. A golden opportunity is at hand. Our dearly-beloved SOVEREIGN will soon be accepting his hospitalities ; she will be at tended by many of her Ministers ; and the deci sion may be arrived at within a few hours which will crush the aggressive propensities of Russia, and produce a glorious and permanent peace, which it will be beyond the power of the auto cratic brigand to disturb or endanger. Whatever may be thought of the leadership of such individuals as Messrs. COLLETT, HART, GEORGE THOMPSON, late of Tower Hamlets, DAVID URQUHART, PA SSMORE EDWARDS, WASHINGTON WILES, and others, most of whose names are un known beyond the precincts of the Peace Society's committee room, their tactics are worthy of atten tion. In one point they are agreed—" Down with Lord PALMERSTON ;" in another the men who chiefly pull the wires are also agreed, to put a wet blanket over the War, and to extinguish it as soon as they can. The truth, which gives plausibility to their language, is that which Mr. PUNCH has pictured for us this week ; and if these gentlemen want a flag to hang from their committee-room window, the best device will be the "Ministerial White bait Dinner," and the best motto that which appears beneath it, " I shay, ole Fellah— what a jolly lot of humbugs we are." We have ourselves never concealed our belief that Lord PALRMESTON is too much of an aristocrat himself, and too much at the mercy of secret, but overbearing German influence, to carry ea the War with real vigour. We have never failed to demand definition in the place of that wearisome cant phrase ; but catch Lord PALMER STON in a definition ! He sold Poland, to our pre sent cost, twenty years ago; he quietly acquiesced in the Russian conquest t o e f ase H d u A ng u a s r t y ri , a o a nl l y itt t l h e e , other day, after having without meaning the least harm to the sacred cause of despotism ; to both of which delinquencies we owe the burdens and losses of this War. This inconvenient truth is now brought to the surface. It was whispered when PALMERSTON first came in, but popular hopes made it useless to attempt working it then. Now, however, after time has shown that his Lordship can talk of vigour, and yet continue the old course of sparing R uss ia, can declaim about a safe and honourable peace, and yet accept as its basis the Four Points which even Ministerial papers now laugh at—the time is come, some think, covertly to attack the War through the sides of PALMERSTON. It is diftioult indeed, even for us, to impugn the premises of the resolutions which were carried by meetings of seven or eight thousand persons at Birmingham, and by no despicable numbers in St. Martin's-hall. Thousands of hearty friends of the oppressed nationalities were there ; the sen timents most enthusiastically applauded are proof of that ; in one meeting at Kennington, both the resolution and the amendment were heartily car ried. The peace men are in this way making use of the War men practically in favour of Russia, just as the Squires used the Chartists against the Anti-Corn-Law League. The trick is a clever one. How are we to escape the dilemma they put us in ? You wish Poland to be restored, they say, and you want a Polish Legion to be raised, hoping it will be tho inauguration of the desired deed of justice ; but, they ask, do you believe Lord PALMERSTON and Prince ALBERT will ever allow the restoration of Poland ? While a German Prince must be the virtual Prime Mi nister of the day, can the constitutional Prime Minister consent that Poland shall be free ? In other words, can he consent to the release of German potentates from the Russian Protecto rate! and to beloved " Preussen and Oesterreich" losing their little mouthsful of Poland ? We are compelled to shake our heads. Hence they wind up Would you then raise an unhappy Polish Legion merely to shed its blood in fighting for those liberties for others of which they are never to taste them selves ? The questioners seem to have no flaw in their arguments, yet we are satisfied they are practically wrong. The error is precisely that against which they inveigh. Do not, they exclaim, put the Polish Legion into hands which will use it for their own purposes only ! We reply, do not, you friends of Poland, put yourselves into the hands of the friends of Russia ! The Peace-at-any-price party, and the pro-Russian party are using you for their unworthy objects. No benefit to the Poles can re sult from the course into which the peace men would dupe you. That is certain. They do not wish it should. What care they about Poland ? She grows no cotton for Manchester, and her slavery is a great " honour" to the honourable nation, for whose undiminished honour the ABER DEENITES and RUSSELLITES are SO sensitive. Coin cidence with such men ought to make friends of Poland suspect themselves in the wrong. We hold, therefore, to thorough-going honesty. Demand distinctly all that is right for the junc ture. It is right, and acknowledged by those who have lately met, that Poland should be free ; right that it should be the bulwark of Europe against the vaunted but odious barbarism of Rus sia ; right that Poles of all men on earth should enlist under every banner unfurled against Russia or Austria ; the brave BEM and scores of noble Poles have verified this. Even if they recovered not their fatherland it would be right for them to join in every attempt to humble its wicked oppres sor ; it is right that Russia should lose the ser vices of the 200,000 Poles whom she has forced into her armies, and that the cause of European independence should have their aid. All this is unquestionably right ; but a second thing is also right, that this patriot aid, and the whole con duct of the War, should be in thoroughly trust worthy hands. Then demand this also. Separate not what in this contest GOD has joined together. Poland abroad, and men at home who care for nationalities, not for crowns, are the two things wanted. Let every meeting insist on both. If Lord PALMERSTON can't be trusted, then, in the name of justice, turn him out. We, at least, shall not weep. We believe he could do all we require —if he would. That he will, or that he will be allowed, if he would, we much more than doubt. What, then, ie the one thing wanted ? W e reply, for the nation to awake and do its duty. ABERDEEN and his coterie have faiIed—PALMER STON and his Whigs have failed—Lord JOHN and the visitors at Chesham-place have failed—Lord DERBY, in opposition, has failed—the House of Commons has failed. Are we then helpless be yond the little charmed circle ? Are there none among us who in office would " screw up their courage to the sticking-place, and would not fail?" All England knows the contrary. The country denounces routine. Why, it is the country's own tolerance of routine in selecting a Cabinet which is the immediate cause of all that has gone wrong. Base foreign policy, and shamefully wasteful administration are both due to this one cause. We would warn Lord PALMERSTON, meantime, that his delicacy to Austria and to Russia may be continued too long. Although cunning men are prompting the people to close the War because PALMERSTON will neither turn out nor do the people's work, that silly trick cannot mis lead honest Englishmen long. They will never consent to a shabby winding-up. They will think it infinitely more reasonable to reject any Minister than to reject a Polish Legion. Were England polled to-morrow for Poland or PALMER STON, the result of the ballot would shake the throne of every European despot—PALMERSTON himself would vanish for ever. The Marchioness of Ormonde, the young Carquis, Lady Mary, and Lord James Butler, returned to Kil kenny Castle from Garryricken on Monday. The Earl and Countess of Besborough will join the party about to assemble at Gordon Castle about the end of the month, to partake of the hospitality of the Duke and Duchess of Richmond. Lord Paget arrived at Malta, on the 7th inst., on his way home from the Crimea, invalided. The lady and family of Lieut. Colonel Harrison, Royal Artillery, have left Kilkenny, for London. The Hon. Mr. Wandesforde, Lady Carrick, family, and suite, have left Mount Juliet for Coolum Lodge, Dunmore East, county Waterford, for the bathing season. By the death of the Duke of Somerset, Lord Palmer ston will, for the first time, have to advise her Majesty as to the bestowal of a blue ribbon. It is reported (says the PorJamouth, Guardian) that Sir Francis Baring is about to accept office under the present Government, and will consequently be obliged to appear again before his constituents. His Excellency the Bavarian Minister has taken a house at Brighton for the season. Lord and Lady Brougham are receiving company at Brougham Hall. Sir William and Lady Molesworth have left town for their seat, Pencarrow, Cornwall. The Right Hon. Bart. returns to London in a few days, to resume his official duties. Lady Molesworth will remain at Pencarrow till the end of September, to receive a succession of visitors. Among the recent visitors at the Royal Victoria Hotel, St. Leonards-on-the-Sea, have been the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn and Lady Louisa Hamil ton, Baroness James Rothschild, Lord and Lady Foley and the Hon. Miss Foley, Lord Dufferin, Sir A. and Lady Agnew, Sir Edward and Lady Buxton, &c. Mr. H. Bell, one of the candidates selected for the Civil Service of the East India Company, is not, as has been stated, a member of Exeter College, Oxford, but a graduate of Clare Hall, Cambridge. The Marchioness of Ely, who will be the Lady-in- Waiting in attendance upon her Majesty during the ap proaching Royal visit to the French Court, is supposed to have been appointed for this high duty in consequence of her personal friendship with the Empress of the French. KEW GARDENS.—A statement has appeared in the public papers to the effect that Kew Gardens are open the whole of Sunday. Such is not the case. They were formerly closed all that day. Sir W. Molesworth opened them to the public from two o'clock till six ; they are now kept open till seven, and will continue so during the few remaining Sundays before the shorter days commence. GENERAL O'DONNELL, of the United States army, arrived in Limerick this week from America, on a visit to cousin ; Major-General Sir Charles O'Donnell, to Ha visiti a I nh t di i a s A3nuBeßatyrt relativesiinii : h e ; c a l ali b : o .eo v i t e t. cvet Colonelera n Henryw a was on A a . D gu o i n a n h e e l d l, ifaamthiliys there h O a f pp th en is a to nci b e e nt no a w nd fdoiusr °tin' Celtic general officers in the service of America, Great Britain, LATEST IN WS. THE BALTIC FLEET. DANTZIC, AUGUST 16, 8 P.M. The Vulture has arrived with the mails. The Allied squadrons returned to Nargen from Sweaborg on the 13th. The success at Sweaborg is fully confirmed. No ships have been seriously injured. The casualties on the English side are—killed, none ; two officers and about _3O men wounded. The French loss is equally trifling. PARIS, FRIDAY. The most important item in the news from Turkey is that a strong Russian division is march ing on Erzeroum, and that 'all the disposable Turkish forces in Anatolia are hastening towards the same place. General Canrobert has arrived. THE INDIA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The screw steam-transport Alster arrived at this port this morning from the . Black Sea, bringing with . her the heavy portion of the India mails, for some days overdue, by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Sultan. The delay of the , Sultan is caused by having broken a crank pin when nearing Gibraltar, and as it required some little time to repair, the mails were forwarded by this conveyance. The Sultan was expected to leave Gibraltar for Southampton to-day, and has on board 67 passengers, and an average amount of cargo. Advices from Konigsberg state. that when the attack on Sweaborg began the Grand Duke Con stantine, immediately informed by telegraph of the event, demanded leave to go out and attack the reduced fleet before Cronstadt. The Empe ror refused. VIENNA, AUG. 15. Accounts from Constantinople of the 9th state that the insurrectional movement at Tripoli causes uneasiness to the Porte. Two regiments have been embarked to put it down. THE MEDITERRANEAN. MARSEILLES, Aug. 14.--The mail steamer Indus, which sailed from Constantinople the 6th instant, arrived at 10 this morning. She brought Generals Canrobert and Saucier, and 200 invalids from the Crimea. Some of them were badly wounded, and were conveyed to the military hospital on stretchers. General Canrobert remained in his private cabin until the few persons who assembled to see the pas sengers land had - dispersed. He then stepped ashore, the Indus having been moored to the quay. Having declined all military honours, he drove to the Hotel des Empereurs, where he breakfasted in the public: coffee-room. He appeared cheerful, and in much better health than one might expect from his long stay in the Crimea and his severe winter campaign. He sailed from Marseilles for Constan tinople in March, 1854. An awkward accident occurred on Sunday after noon to the steamer Hammonia, nominally British, but manned almost exclusively by Germans. .She was going out of port, heavily laden with shot, shell, and cavalry horses. She was to have towed the British transport Northfleet, having numerous de tachments of infantry, cavalry, and artillery on board. -By some accident one of the Hammonia's mooring chains got twisted round her screw and she found it impossible to move either backward or forward. She has thus remained fixed for 48 hours, all the attempts made to remove the chain from her screw haVing failed. It will ap pear incredible in England, where every facility exists to repair, accidents, when it is' known that in a port like Marseilles, two vessels laden with valuable reinforcements for the army in the Crimea are prevented from sailing by so trifling a cause. Preparations are at length being nr , de to land with rafts the horses in the Hammonia, and the Argo is getting up her steam to tow the North fleet. One advantage has resulted to the troops from the accident. It was found that the soldiers were too clonely packed in the Northfleet, and a number of them have been removed to the frigate Vulcan. Numerous detachments of troops continue to arrive daily ; among them 300 of the 3d Regiment of engineers, and 150 of the 2d of the same arm— two detachments of the 35th, 53d, and 61st in fantry. The detachment of the 53d, 400 strong, arrived from Auxerre, in Burgundy. They are to be incorporated with the 19th, in the Crimea. They are very young soldiers, having joined only four months since. They are, however, hardy, healthy-looking youths, and appear to be animated with the best spirit. They saw the sea for the first time with great admiration. THE CRIMEA. The Odessa correspondent of the Military GazEtte of Vienna thus writes on the 30th ult.; touching the situation of Sebastopol : " By our most intelligent military men it is univer sally admitted that if the allies push forward as energeti cally as they have hitherto done, the south side of Sebas topol must in the end inevitably fall. The garrison's heroic self-sacrifice and contempt of death delay, but cannot avert the steady progress of the besiegers, who day by day gain ground upon them. All the various reports of the French and English journals about inter rupted communication between the north and south side, terrible epidemics which rage among the besieged, 15,000 sick in Sebastopol, want of provisions and am munition, and so on, are nothing but idle inventions. Letters from the interior of Sebastopol assure us that the connection between north and south is unimpaired, that food and ammunition are abundant, the magazines on the north side alone containing supplies sufficient to serve 300,000 men for a year. The hospitals, in the days of greatest slaughter, have never contained more than 9,000 men. For sanitary reasons, however, Prince Gorts chakoff had just given orders to remove all the sick from the hospitals in the northern forts and to take them into the interior of the Crimea. There are only about 1,200 sick and wounded who are too ill for removal. The cholera, which is making such ravages among the allies, has nt.ver appeared among us in an epidemic form. At the same time it is seen that the position of the garrison on the left line of defence, from Bastion 1 to Bastion 5 (from the west of Careening Bay to the Flag-staff inclusive), will not long be tenable, But more than one sanguinary struggle will probably pre cede its abandonment. The defenders have resolutely devoted themselves to death, and trusting in God wait with calm expectation till their time comes. Hence the indifference, one might almost say the joviality, with which they play at cards and dice on the bastion while shot and seell are falling around, so that as soon as one is struck down he is quietly removed, and the game without more ado goes on as before. Thus, after the last unsuccessfully attempted storming, Prince Gort schakoff visited the bastions, asking— How goes it, children ?" As God wills,' answered the soldiers. The garrison of Sebastopol numbers at this moment from 60,000 to 65,000 men. In addition, there are two battalions of Black Sea Infantry, four battalions of Rifles, and two sotnias of Cossacks. The artillery and seamen are not included in this statement." FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The Emperor yesterday, after the official re ceptions, was pleased to allow a number of foreigners of distinction to be presented to him by the Papal Nuncio, the English Am bassador, the Belgian, Neapolitan, Prussian, Austrian, Saxon, Portuguese, Sardinian, Ame rican, Dutch, and Spanish Ministers, and by the Charges d'Affaires of Tuscany and Greece. The Emperor afterwards received Mr. W. Filmore, ex-President of the United States, and also Baron de Gratty, and also Major Chevalier Bowens de Bauwens, Commissioner and Deputy-Commissioner at the Exhibition for the Argentine Confederation. An Imperial decree appears in the Moniteur, by which the Emperor names the following as mem bers of the Municipal Council of Paris :—MM. Count d'Argout, Governor of the Bank of France ; Bayvet, auditor of the same establishment; F. Barrot, Billaud, Boulatignier, Count de Breteuil, Chaix d'Ast,Ange, Delangle, E. Delacroix, De niere, Devhick, Ambroise, Firmin Didot, Bubarle, Dumas,, Dutilleul, Eck, Fouche, Lepelletier, Foucher, F remen , H erman , Lamy, Lo Dagre, Le gendre, Moreau, Marquis de Pastoret, Pecourt, Polouze, Perier, Rouland, De Royer, Segalas, Thayer, Thibaut, Thierry, Tronchon, and Tarin. The Moniteur contains decrees making further promotions and nominations in the Legion of Honour, on the occasion of the Fete Napoleon. Among the former we' find as Commanders—M. Boolean, senator ; M. Chevreau, prefect of the Loire Inferieure, and M. de Mentqne, prefect of the Gironde ; and as officers the Count de S egur d'Aguesseau, M. tie Bourgoing, prefect of the Seine -et-Marne • Baron Mercier, member of the Council-General of the Orne, and M. Verdi, the composer of the " Vepres Siciliennes," &c. The number of Knights nominated amounts to 74. The Dioniteur says :—" The Emperor, in his so licitude for all that concerns the interests of the army, has desired to ameliorate the position of the widows and orphans of those who die in combat ing ; and, in consequence, by order of his Majesty, a bill has been presented to the Council of State for doubling the amount of the pensions to widows and orphans of soldiers of all grades killed by the enemy, or who die in the war. The bill in ques tion will be presented to th e L eg i s l a ti ve B o d y a t its next session, but the Minister of War has been authorised to augment provisionally such pensions with the funds of which he disposes, and which some from nati ona l subscriptions. ' " The Prefect of the Police has published an or donnance relative to the measures of order to be observed on the entry of the Qtieen of England. From three o'clock no carriages will be allowed to pass along any of the streets through which the cortege will pass from the Strasburg terminus to St. Cloud ' - the different d e p u t a ti ons b e l ong i ng to the city of Paris who have demanded permission to join the cortege will have places assigned them ;. the deputations from the communes of the ban lieue are to assemble, headed by' their banneri l / 2 in the grand avenue of the Champs Elysees, where places will be reserveal for them. The ordonnance concludes with the usual interdiztion against erect ing scaffoldings, climbing on trees or lampposts, &c. At the end of the grand banquet given on Tues day at the Hotel de Ville, in honour of the Em-- peror's fete, when the dessert was p l ace d on t h e table, M. Haussmann, the Prefect of th e S e i ne , proposed the health of the Emperor in the follow ing terms : Gentletnen,- 7 ln the name of the Municipal Body of Paris, I have the honour of proposing the health of the Emperor Napoleon 111. Every year that passes over seems to add to the bonds of confidence and devotedness which so closely unite the country t 3 the Emperor. (Loud marks of assent.) As for us, gentlemen in pro portion as we adv ance i n th e accomp li s h ment of vast designs conceived by his Majesty, in order to make Paris a capital worthy of France, we are more and more deeply penetrated with gratitude for the august initiative, the happy effects of which excite at once the pride of our tellow-citizens and the astonishment of foreigners. (Loud applause.) Vive l'Empereur. After a unanimous burst of acclamation the Pre fect continued : "Gentlemen,—We unite to the Emperor in our senti ments, and we never separate from him in the expression of our wishes, her Majesty the Empress, his august and gracious companion, Vive rlmperatrice." This toast, which was delivered in an emphatic manner, was followed by unanimous cries of Vise l'Empereur ! Vise l'lmperatrice ! " For some dais paid," says the Courrier de la Drome, from 1,500 to 2,000 soldiers have been daily conveyed from Lyons to Marseilles. These troops form part of the contingent of from 20,000 to 30,000 men who are before the end of the month to embark at the Southern ports for the East. It is said that these troops are in tendedjfor the camps of Maslak and of Varna, but every thing of course will be subordinate to the grand military action which is every day expected at Sebastopol." " The sawing-mills of the Doubs and Jura," says the Salut Public of Lyons, " are at present busily employed in preparing a large quantity of planks for the army of the East, probably in anticipation of a further supply of wooden huts for the winter. One of the Rhone steamer, carried to Marseilles on Tuesday a full cargo of planks ready arranged to be carried out to the East. The same day, 1,200 barrels of gunpowder were forwarded from Lyons to Marseilles by railway, and as much bad been sent there two days before. As to bombs and other projectiles the quantities lately.despatched from Lyons have been immense." BOURSE, AUG. 16.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. e. End of Month. q per Cents 95 —95 f. —c. 3 per Cents 67 25 67 55 Credit Mobilier 1200 Roman — Credit Fonder 550 Austrian Belgian Fives. ..... ~ 95 Spanish Threes — f!iedmontese - - Home Debt — RAILWA YE—FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. 0 Orleans 1230 --• Lyons 1225 Western B3O Rouen Cotte Mediterranean 1320 Havre 7Ol 25 Northern GREECE. The Trieste Gazette of the 9th says :—" The reason why the Greek Minister Kalergi has fallen into disgrace and received the order not again to appear at Court is, that in a letter from him, pub lished in a newspaper, lie expressed himself in such terms that a sovereign could not accept them from a subject. After the publication of this letter the Ambassadors of Austria, Prussia, and Bavaria went in a body to the President of the Council, and gave him to understand that if M. Kalergi re mained in the Ministry they would be obliged to interrupt their official relations with the Greek Government. M. Mavrocordato, it is said, shrugged up his shoulders, and observed that M. Kalergi's behaviour was unseemly. The Ambas sador of Austria interrupted him, saying that he used too mild a term, and that the proper word was impudent. The Bavarian Ambassador declared that if Kalergi were not removed from the Ministry he would feel it his duty, as the representative of the House of Witteisbach, to demand, satisfaction for an offence to a mem ber of that house. A steamer was immediately despatched to Stylida for the Ambassador of France, who was in the province cf Phthyotis. The King sent word to M. Mavrocordato that M. Kalergi would not in future be allowed to cross the threshold of the palace, and that the porters had received orders to that effect." SPAIN. The Madrid journals, of the 11th, have arrived in due course. The Epoca speaks in high terms of the clergy for having in the localities invaded by the cholera remained at their posts and done all they could to assist the sufferers, though most of the authorities, and in several places even the medical men took to flight. The _Parlament° as serts that M. Olozaga officially informed the Em-' peror of the French in a recent audience, granted by his Majeity, that the Spanish Government has adopted the resolution to take part in the war against Russia, and of sending an army to the Ellst. The Bank of Barcelona has subscribed 3,000,000 reals to the loan which is being raised by the Government. (The real is worth five sous.) The last accounts from Catalonia represented every thing to be tranquil. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN Aug. 12.—The Danish Chambers assembled yesterday at noon, in the Palace of Christiansborg, according to the Royal summons. They are called together in an extraordinary ses sion for a special purpose, to consent to the pro posal of the Crown to modify the Fundamental Law or Constitution of the Monarchy of the sth of June, 1849, and to decide whether such modifica tions shall come into legal operation at the same time as the Ministerial plan of a form of Govern ment for the "whole kingdom." There was a full attendance of members, and the portion of the hall allotted to the public was crowded. The proceedings, however, were merely formal. At 1 - o'clock the Ministers entered the hall in full State uniform, and, having taken their places in front of the Throne, the Premier, M. Bang, read the - Royal rescript by which the Legis lature was summoned. It was a brief document, stating the purpose for which the extraordinary session is held as above given, and authorising the Minister to open it in the Royal name. Nine hearty cheers were then . given by the members for the King, and three more for the " Constitution." The Second Chamber then proceeded to the preli minary business of choosing a president, vice-pre sidents, secretary, &c., and examining the validity of the several elections, dividing itself into four bureaux for that purpose. M. Rotwitt was elected president for a month, and M. Monrad (by whom the present constitution was drawn up) and M. Broberg, -vice-presidents. In this last election 82 votes were given, of which M. Monrad received 73, M. Broberg 42, "M Scluivelin 32, and M. Tscherning 10. A letter from Vienna, in the Post Ampt Gazette, says :—" In consequence of the acts of brigandage which have been renewed on the frontier of Monte negro' the Austrian Government has ch arge d Ge neral Mamula to signify to Prince Danilo that the very first time that similar acts are repeated, Aus tria will seriously interfere. The general was to make known to the Prince that Austria was desir ous for the prosperity of Montenegro, but that she could not see with indifference the incessant re newal of those scenes of misconduct." A letter from Rassowa states thgt the English were displaying great activity in the construction of a military road from that place to Kustendje. It was thought that the establishment of this road foreboded a campaign of the allies on the Danube. The German Journal of Frankfort contains a lefter from Berlin, which states that, according to the latest arrangements, the King and Queen of Prussia w ere t o re t urn t o P o t s d am on the 18th, and were t o p rocee d t o K on i gs b erg On the 25th with a Auraerous mitt. LITE.RATVR E. Woman's Devotion. A. Novel. Hurst and Blackett. • this An unusual degree of talent is displayed in to work, and genuine freshness of feeling pervades te s. spirit of its design. Its heroine is a charming e re c , tion—one, indeed, that is not often found to r es f the pages of fiction, and, it is to be feared, s'gue l do .. seldom seen to gladden and glorify the path ce•_,, mestic life, and irradiate by its influence theclft and dreary in the world of home. Not that po t 3 vols. is an unnatural character ; her perfections ar .... made out as superhuman, nor are her virtues ,FZ, transcendently manifested to be possible to ran; but the softened splendour of her bright exis i t e . ,, ll l is so pure and holy that at times one raight . Tby she approached the semblance of those, image d the poet as wanting " But the adornment of bright wins, , To look like he aven ' s i n habitants. ' W ell The peculiar circumstances of her position are her devised, as those most calculated to draw ent ber hidden strength of mind, and show forthiskeu gentleness of disposition at once. She w as from her dearly loved solitude to a whirling Ire of gaiety and bustle. No wonder that afte_r„ tio sublimity of her mountain life, the harsh rea'..., e l of Gomer should seem strange, nor that thehco';id taunt and bitter sneer of envy and malice 6 T ice jar painfully on her ears, where " oceans ` 0 of majesty seemed still to sound." l b ell fated wi t th r Lone ady so Janune, selfish and kind after havi been with one so unselfish aüd kind as her _ ...os t friend, was a heavy trial. She per formed 8 tie difficult task admirably. It is easy for the ,g d e eir nature to yield, and it is natural for the hal coe position to be brave. One shrinks frog the the genial struggle, while the other glories w ill the welcome warfare ; but to unite and come-use vet firm and the friendly, to be consistent anucisj, soothing iu demeanour, is an effort and an °rated. the magnitude of which can scarcely be over ) it of Had Nest, for the sake of peace, in the °P score charity, given up her own claim, and, on th e t as. of her youth, deferred to the mature hoe rience of her mother-in-law, she wou ld htel fallen into a snare. On the control re el she listened to the plea of justice, and : b a s e° on the fulfilment of her rights, she "7"1":-• the made enmity and angry feelings permanent' ':., o e. family. A fitting lesson is given further onlasPot ever, of the evil efects of bad passions. It vi eee eci• likely that a young maiden, however good (•'' p e gs ous her own heart might be,. could at once ted is or change the evil, and deadly sin imPla u h i g eer another heart. It must have been a ant agency and a more terrible impression than.,4 that her young daughter could affect t e aror that could have transformed and ameliorete;llf Jane. She was exhorted by her friends, eeriier by the admirable young Duke of Nairne e l le , r hs ser man ; she was implored by her son in au i' d with hemence of youth's most urgent lanuage and she all the force of a passionate nature , ; above f ly was adjured by the stranger entered into her'i.,,, egf to forego the evil ef her ways. Neither vonjer entreaty, nor example could move her. e w as wish was to make Nest unhappy, and , s log' allowed to succeed. One event rea li sed Tel e ers of ings of the evil spirit, and answered the Pr i l tt ions the trusting heart. The young and ina,P' o flife, Lord Gomer was struck down in the pr ide a wf o and the flower of existence. It was 3 , 11 " t Ob j e warnielr to the wicked woman to see ''"'"e an d had beckoned an intruder on her son's Pe s , c ,;ying, her summons had been answered by the desv r be rels, angel, not the messenger of peace, but the,, em s of destruction. He came not with the sti e d elf t voice to call forth his hallowed mission,. 013 is an d away the early dead unbroken by earth' s til a .. the unbent by life's cares. He descended l'etlii' storm and the whirlwind to crush and t 0 a",siest late. The spirit of Nest, that had borne up st; o gth so many hardships, showed its intrinsic str t pe r by bending to the blow. In one of the o ° l o lo plexing of human assaults she had 'been fv- ne tlie f and unflinching. When trouble came in , 5 0 , 5 - iel d form, she was strong in her humility and , e",peet,e tion. She acknowledged that she ha°. *" : ele l'i and attempted too much, and far from 01* , 0 e OA pining or wildly complaining at the comp , lir . , ferings that befell her, she persisted in seel gla d in darkness, and good in ill. She was at itti,oP to see the end so near, for the unfortunti,wother,' Gomer had exchanged one state of misery for e :d lis t; " The unselfish nature of her character fe'„ ol' ° ' the lonely and desolate feelings that cau l . ; d ad', her, and made her think that God, inhls e - v , 0s" took that immortal soul, so ripe for ever y ba t from its shattered frame. She checked ev e 'c i t N I ,. mur; she kept herself free from every thoug h o Deb heaven and him." It was then that Nes t b ad t h e e reward. In the tears which she shed (3 'o 0 ", grave a the husband of her youth there w ad be e thing bitter or agonising. Her heart, that h ha t b: torn and riven while he was with her, t ' e strtl undergone with him the martyrdom e ll ., i ce seemed to revive as und er the lull s- el n above. She knew and f e lt that he was, " o str°l„ keeping, at last he could no more be l e " l e er " by his perilous position, or be turned from ~, VS his designing mother. It was her devotion t o 01 that had induced her to bear so much, aill o dn ° 4 had failed she felt that her purest progres s fe eli o been lost, nor her earliest, freshest, fairest 6 004 wasted. She had not perverted them in r e s eefra ings at the couch of sickness and death; heu e Ls 013 , e they had not been buried with worldly _ P'T e et ll ; purposes, but lifted up and exalted. h e f erg beloved Frank as an offering on the altar ° i e II In her trial she had been so unspotted :4 a es' nature, and so zealous of good, that she rs;,,,'„t Ic a l turally her mind to the consideratiOn of b ", - ie i l. dom where the pure in heart shall see tr e e/Q . O and where perfection is immortal. In the cr y 1...., ing of the events many distinctive charg e a D t ni presented. The ardent and straightforv/305446,51) of Nairn is a good instance of what an „ e co, e ; and decided mind may accomplish. The e ell u t 'e e and unpolished, but genuine Stewart, vii"" to ' O . yours to hide his enthusiastic devotiell a pon, Duke under the mask of dissatisfaction ' ll O en :e tiliousness, are both good delineations cdd e r etier e f getic and vigorous life. The "poor little o tor ol i who hailed in the young Nest the regeu. e i t e4,' f a the fallen fortunes of the Gomers, is a r li e d P:,, 4 t. sketch. Her second Frank, as she ct, ii ter°44 Gomer, was the centre of her cares an' ' is of w r , She was watching him all through the er's oj ov e b ij happiness, but when the trouble came s l .? . vi d bi te come, she was crushed at his 1311, she w e ss ion s s , death-bed. Minnie is a warm-hearted, P tt trO to girl, whose career is interesting te v ejec t o Lady Jane is a remarkable and painful a nd P ea t contemplate. The author has set her fo_= a. Orrol minently in the light and shade of her Il i i i telleell powers of intelLct and depth of feeling t o o 0 To to mislead her. Her position wagg er Ole' for her, and she would not learn. whic h o pen yet were shown by her after sufferings, Inn e e m o pell . :i0 late to stem the torrent she had brouguu t ate' 10 home. The real and the true are song i ng oPi° this glimpse of life. There are the re s ing te i of humanity, love, and ambition conteu u ne et Of ther. In suffering and sin the warfare t h e Wier but the lesson of life was taught a e ea to of death, where the dreams of one were Pr °v o otio ll t io vanity, and the daring of the other /. .tnee° A O spirit. It is a touching spectacle to "The feese warning to human pride and passion. • ba ppi°, o e to come are not our own to make or ras r . asP ir o . ° At the tomb of their common love 111 aeo o :iri and enthusiast were alike defeated. 0 , oe °r in devotion was not over at the threshold °l oc i nr to land ; it could follow no more, but it I ° ° t a spir e ito trust to the place where ambition 1:0 9/ 0 for its purest prize, and where love must W harvest-scene. , ......e.--_---- e, oof 3 ' liVis l3 g OO% THE STEAMER COTTTNGHAN ON SHOO.' WO- b iC , LAND, Aug. 9.—The Cottingham (s.s.), fr °l3l „ d erth:ir st " for England, with 111 invalids {lnd 22 passe tiro 8 0 " be' got on the Farlood Reef on the night ef t. likely to (o r • like.' t ' (as previously reported in The Son), Is en 0 e artEn , se. 6 come a wreck. Her water-tight euree ele y(l o o o l. ward is stove, and is full of water- ," J OI l' A iblt has sent information to the commander Or f f if pOl - 130: the Baltic, asking for assistance to get berf i n til e 6 fee' The three lighthouses on the Casket-reee,goat 9 o si tish Channel have been raised in beight au ,ottof ea-h. Owing to this increase in height, tbe ii ' l ,„e ; t he, be discerned six or seven miles farther tl? ers fre,, ee l possible. The Casket Lights warn vierri o laeu - a n d dangerous rocks which beset the Channel I,oo cl o _ l l, are of great - nee to vessels trading between Low pie/ France. The person who has charge cf, th „ e , vibL%-ste i li a family on the small but rugged r°°' - well 'lOl O ' stand. Nthen the sea is smooth e nough , .v, ii t he 10 .00 the case, he effects a communieation vi"oeighbfeepet th . e tbou se),, . • Alderney. The Caskets are fertile, like islands ofJerseyand Guernsey, and the ne w isle° pig has won prizes at floricultural shows Lrn ,h ose 01.°00 p i, COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SOUTIL " A ;CO A v Oram Un 10" P O 0 • a 4.. LAND.—The long-suspended steam c f Ire b ostjf tween the south of Wales and the wateeinru e oceu - e ler Milford Haven and the town of ind 0 I 0' 0 be replaced. The great pier at NeY•s date o .B e s sic i ii to be constructed in order to acconieoo-- o ge w - e kete b . to be engaged in the transit, and the vfe e o f pst. oo t b ready for active service. When the iin sir ,ies - 11 o hic, running in connexion with the South till r o ot o f pi Government will forward the mails b7:_ua ,eve r °ow, ii will also again open to the metropolis T he s i s t boi he ot land a far more expeditious route Or ."_,,. l e ss t „oil' SOU A, 0 i 4.,,,,..,, the sea voyage from Milford Haven C o t he r 1 , O r . the distance between Bristol and Co s vie e o points of intercourse. f the Ol t TV Among the medical gredustes 0 4 t he _( University who obtained their diploot,e:,,,tionto.,tti°, mination were a Chinese and to . ur strbe tos gh 0 ' d at * Chinese graduate, the Celestials who has ever graluate Yereity! Won Fun, is believed f3rei.