The Sun. — London, England, 1855-09-29 00:00:00

IPPM•1111•••• _ TH EATRE ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Surm. —Acting Manager, Pr. Charles Mathe s , —Stage Manager Mr. Robert Roxby.—The public is re spectfulw ly informed that this ESTABLISHMENT will OPEN for the regular DRAMATIC SEASON, under the Management of Mr. E. T. Smith, on Monday, October 1, on which occasion Mr. Elliot Gisler, Lacy EScott, Miss Lanza, and the Company will sing the National Anthem, and when the grand original and historical Egyptian Drama, written by E. Fitzball, Esq., and which has for upwards of 18 months engaged the attention of the scenic, mechani cal, and decorative departments of this theatre, will positively be produced, with the utmost regard to splendour and accuracy of de tail. In accordance with this resolution to secure the services, when ever available, of the most talented artistes of the day, the Lessee has the greatest p:easure in announcing that he has engaged that Inimitable comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, who will appear in a series of new pieces, written expressly for him ; and to strengthen the cast of which an engagement has also been made with the prin. dpal members of the Lyceum Company. '1 hat distinguished tragic actress, Miss Glyn, and that popular tragedian, Mr. Barry Sullivan, will be likewise found inc'uded in the arrangements of the forth coming season, while the scenic department will be under the immediate superintendence of Mr. William Beverley. In thus inviting attention to the long - pro mised Egyptian Drama, Which will be produced on Monday, October I, feels it necessary to state that, so connected as everything relative to Egypt is with mystery and ingenuity, he felt it incumbent upon him to spare neither trouble nor expenditure in order to present a strictly accu rate picture of the regal and domestic history, habits, manners, and customs of that extraordinary nation, at the Pharaonic period, and to reproduce, as far as possilre in scenic accessories, those colossal anuses of granite and porphyry, and those gigantic statues, whose enormous dimensions, overwhelmed by the shocks of nature or the fury of the elements, have been scattered in ages past over regions at present inaccessible, or buried deep beneath those arid and furli ng sands which have been at once their tomb and their protection. 'I hat nothing may be found wanting to give a completeness to its production, the piece will be sustained by the highest dramatic talent, an_t itittstrited by artistic and mechanical effects of entirely novel constraetion. llerodotus, Denon, Wilkinson, the libraries of Vie British and Imperial Museums at London and Paris, together with other atithorities, have been carefully consulted to insure the Most rigid correctness in all the details and appointments; and in thus reviving the assocfitlons of a people that existed upwards of 4,010 years ago the Lessee hopes to make the stage present a com bination of amusement and instruction hitherto unknown. Rather, however, than speak himself of what has been done, he leaves the 1 tures to be distriouted by the p iblic to those artistes who will be found to have distinguished themselves, and confidently in vites the critic and the antiquary to judge of its merits and attest the fidelity of the most minute details. The ancient mid modern • authorities consulted by, and the whole of the Egyptian accessories made and modelled under the eatire Superintendence of Dykwynkin. The scenery, entirely new, painted by Messrs. Nichols, Cuthbert, Richard Cooper, G. Gordon, Aglio, and assistants. The gas fittings by James Palmer and as ristants• Th (striking and novel costumes by Mr. Palmer, Miss Bradle_ .and assistants. The trophies , idols , properties, ikc., a re all new. leeoperty-Maiter, Mr. Needham, and assistants. To give greater effect to which the orchestra (20 feet) will be covered and added to the stage (the largest in the world). The incidental dances arranged by Madame Louise. The overture and music by H. 'Laurent, Esq. Director , Mr. J. H. Tully. Machinist, Mr. Tucker and assistant, The following artistes have been already engaged: —Miss Glyn, Miss lnderton, Miss Cleveland, Miss M. Oliver, Miss Talbot. Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mrs. Eelby, Miss Robertson, Miss Wedham, Miss Do Vere, Misa Topham, Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mr. Stuart. Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. It. Ronny, Mr. E. Stirling, Mr. A. Younge, r George Wild, Mr. Edgar, Mr. Swan, Mr. Vincent, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Craven, Mr. Templeton, Mr. Laporte. The Ballet :—Madame Louise, Miss Rosina Wright , Miss Charles, Mcllle. Therese, Miss Smith, !lilies Brown, and 24 ladies of the Corps de Billet. The orchestra will be enlarged and complete. A full and efficient chorus from the Royal Opera, and upwards of 300 auxiliaries will be employed in the procession and pageantries of the Egyptian drama, presenting a coup d'oeil of surpassing magni ficence and grandeur, occupying the whole of the largest stage in the world, the whole of the orchestra being converted into the stage. In course of preparation a grand historical drama, by W. J. Robson, Esq., author of " Love and Loyalty." The box-office, under the direction of Jr. Chatterton, open from 10 to 6. Tile theatre will be open at half-past 6, and commence at 7. ROYAL OPERA, DRETRY-LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be performed LUCIA DI LA.MMERMOOR. Characters by Me:srs. Elliot G,iler and 11. Braham, and Miss Lucy Escott. Followed by the National .tnthems of France and England, by the whole strength of the Operatic Company. To conclude with THE DAUGHTER OF THE BEGIMEIsT r. Ch iracters by Messrs. Williams and Raiford, and Misses Forrest and Dyer. - • Prices of admission:--To the two galleries. 6d.; second circle of Boxes and pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; stalls, 45.; private boxes to admit two persons, 10s. 6d.; four persons, one guinea. Box-office 0 pen from 10 to 6 daily. Doors open at Half-past Seven. Commence at Eight. kTRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bnekitone. THIS EVENING, Will be performed TELE MAN OF MANY FRIENDS. After which, TIIE PRETTY GIP3EY AND THE BULL FIGHTER. To be followed by TUE SULTAN. To which will be added ONLY A HALFPENNY Followed by a Spanish Ballet. To conclude with JOHN JONES. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. J. H. Anderson, 18, Norfolk-street, Strand. THIS EVENING, Will IT presented, with entirely New and Magnificent Appoint ments, MAGIC and MYSTERY, in twelve acts, arranged in two parts, by rressor Anderson. Prices of almlssion:—Private Boxes, It. I ls. 6d. and U. Is. ; Orchestra Stalls, 4s. Dress Boxes, 35.; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 61. No Half-price. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Ce'este. THIS EVENING, Wl l l be performed VICTOBINE. Characters by Messrs L Mur ray', C. Selby, P. Bedford, Wright, Parselie, &c. ; Miss Woolgar Mrs. L. Murray, Sr.c. After which, HOW'S YOUR UNCLE ? To conclude with SEEING WRIG LIT. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Talmo. THIS EVENING, Will he performed THE CROWN PRINCE; or, The Buckle of Brilliants. After which, the Spanish raIICCIT. TP be ibitowed by TUE B U.![ OF BENEVOLENCE. To which will be added LES ALLIF.S. Followed by TTIE GALICIAN FETE. To conclude with STAGE STRUCK. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Fir_t Week of a New Military Spectacle. THIS EVENING, The FALL of SEBASTOPOL ! written by J. 11. STOCQUELEB, Esq , Mr realising that glorious event. Mr. William Cookc's matchless stud of horses. The ring and stage in one vast battle-field a hos of auxlllaries ; the Storming the Malakhoff, and every important event carefully represented. After which the SCENES in the CIP.Cr.E, with the Champion Vaulter and the Premiers Voltigeurs du Blonde. Itox...ollte open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, ;un. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIM DAY—Morn. 52 min. aft. 3 —Evening 10 min. aft. 4 To-Moms:cow—Morn .52 min. aft. 3—Evening 10 min. aft. 4 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Sept. 29. TFIERMOMETEH, IN THE SHADE. 68—highest since noon yesterday. 63—lowest this morning and during the night. 68—this day, at noon. BARO3IETER, 29• GO—falling, S, -Light breeze, cloudy and overcast. A good deal of rain fell last night. er ~, , ,,e., 0 (7-ri ti ,-,,.....,,,,,A.., „.i ' ~. , ••••-•,, • 4 , , , ,--- -- :) , ,i , , :•I.4"viiv i rjk - ev_.:;;',,,._,-;:i:;---1" ) , - ;•.s. +._ , LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1855. What will be the next move ? That is the question in every mouth, and the probable solu tions of the important and interesting problem are canvassed with intense anxiety. A profound silence is maintained on the subject from those qualified to return authentic answers. The ma gical wires remain unused, or at least the infor mation obtained therefrom is not suffered to transpire. There are. consequently various ru mour:4in circulation, some of which may, and WE will add ought to be well-founded. But while such profound mystery is maintained at head quarters. it is impossible to speak with any de gree Of certainty respecting these stirring events. One thing appears tolerably cle , r, that any decisive resuly whether for good or for evil, would be forthwith communicated. As we yesterday stated, it , is utterly impossible that any great event. could have occurred without the Govern ment being in possession of the fact. The chief reason for its silence is clearly to prevent the enemy from obtaining any information from the Journals, of which he might take • undue advantage. But if there had been an encounter of any description the reason would cease, and the intelligence woule naturally be forthwith given to the public. Ezje:, I That reinforcements have been despatched to Eupatoria is by no means improbable. It is the Course which we long since suggested, and which Would naturally occur to the mind of any efficient Gencral, who had authority to carry his concep tions. into execution. That the augmented gar rison: ;Jat have made a demonstration by occu pying advanced positions is also likely. But if there had been a sharp contest, whether it wap favourabl° to the Russians, as alleged by some of our contemporaries on alleged Muscovite informa tion, or to the Allies, as asserted by others on similar grounds, the G overnment would have heard of it some way or other, and the people would not be annoyed by canardg calculated only for the family of "Apelia, the Jew," the " Royal Marines," or other.persons of unbounded. credu lity When we take into comideratieu tlke NNW. parently unquestionable intelligence forwarded nearly a year ago respecting the fall of Sebasto pol, and the almost innumerable stories since cir culated, we shall not lend too easy credence to matters derived solely from Vienna, from St. Petersburg, and still less from Berlin, where there would seem to be a patent incuba tor for the hatching of "canards !" We should rather patiently await the official, and therefore authentic, tidings than lead our friends ou a wild-goose chase, by giving, as if trustworthy, that which, although it might be true, was far more probably founded on the excited imaginations of those with whom " the wish was father to the thought 1" The time-honoured apophthegm, " (pod volumus facile credimus," receives daily illustrations; but it is not for those who assume the position of public instructors to Buffer themselves to be too frequently misled, or to become short sighted leaders of the blind. We have deemed it advisable thus to caution the !public from the positive manner in which statements have been put forward, and the slender circumstances seized on by some of our contem poraries as " confirmation strong as proof of aoly Writ" of some of their previous statements. Prince GouTSCHAKOFF might be a credible witness if we could be quite certain, that his , w n words were repeated. But, as there have been divers, and in some degree con dieting, reports of his " sayings and doings," and as the latest attributed to the gallant Mus :ovite do not at all corroborate the assertion that any body of the troops under his command had peen " defeated by the Allies near Eupatoria," we shall still retain our comfortable scepticism until it has been dissipated by unquestionable Testimony. at first sight. It is hardly possible, it may be said, that the Australian settler can be ignorant of the general use of these stimulants to increased production at home, or of the success which has attended it. Successive emigrants must have in formed them, and rendered plain and free from mystery that with which the British agriculturist was at first bewildered. The reason, however, is pretty obvious. The fruitfulness of virgin soil, which is to be had com paratively cheap, obviates, in their opinion, the necessity of incurring any extra expenditure over the old, and they act accordingly. This state of things, however, cannot last. The time will come, and it may not be far distant, when the resources of chemistry will eagerly enough be sought after to insure the various cultivators of the soil a profit. The necessity for resorting to these begins already to be felt and urged in the vicinity of the large towns. The population goes on increasing ; and if the more enlightened agri culturists do their duty that necessity will soon be generally recognised. Competition, it is quite possible, may lend its aid to precept and example, and it may be left to self-interest to do the rest. The incredulity with which the agriculturists )f this country, generally speaking, received the irst intelligence of the wonderful aid derivable from the resources of chemistry must be fresh in .;very one's recollection. The virtues of the pro ducts of the cesspool and the ashpit, they were perfectly familiar with, and held in dutiful admi- ration. Their fathers had done so before them, and their faith in these appliances was none the weaker for coming by hereditary descent. Every simple ton knew that if you did not manure your land as well as turn it up for fallow, and rotate your crops, you mustn't expect it to pay. That as " money makes the mare to go," so manuring made the grass to grow, and wheat, oats, turnips, &c., to spring•up thick, and return a heavy yield. Draining too, that wasn't bad in its way, if the landlord did it, which, as a gentleman, he was bound to do. But what had any of these operations to do with chemistry. The world was a good many thousand years old, and ill that time there were mouths to fill, and tittle but the fruits of the earth to fill them with, and nobody ever heard of "apothecary fellows " lending a helping hand with their chemicals. They (the agriculturists, to 'wit) never, nor their fathers before them, knew a doctor figuring, to speak of, as a successful farmer. Were they to he gulled with tales about chemistry, and the help it could give them now ; and, above all, was it likely they were to spend money over such non sense ? The blankest thing they ever heard of vas the balance-sheet of a fancy farmer. That— !ia ! ha !—didn't say much for paying the rent ! Chemistry might be a good thing in it 9 way, there was no saying, but then farmer folks had to pay the landlord. Their bewilderment during the scientific lectures which they subsequently attended was 1 study. They were not present from curiosity —that of a truth was not a failing of theirs. They came because their landlords Asked them, and it didn't do to offend the -quire. The notions they had to listen to were lewfangled, and would, as usual, turn to no good account, unless it was to make those who spent money over them wiser for the future. Their ime, it was true, might be better employed, but After all there would be a social glass, and a bit of reasonable talk afterwards. Even the knowing ones, however, were taken aback as the lecture proceeded. With clayey bottoms, the forbidden legrees (a man may not marry his grandmother, 'o wit), and the vicissitudes of courtship, they were sufficiently conversant, but bases, affinities, Attraction, and repulsion were heathen Greek to hem. Vitriol, copperas, soil impregnated with ime, flint, and bones, figured in the circle of their acquaintance, but sulphuric acid, sulphate )f iron, calcareous earth, and the tribes of silicates Led phosphates were most unpromising strangers, vhose acquaintance it could not reasonably be ex pected they should cultivate. As for the oxy ;ins, the hydrogius, and the nitrogius, what !ould they suggest but imensifications of " Old Com," brisker than soda water, and more fiery than gunpowder. Well might the lecturer insist on the use of nitrate of sober (soda) when recommending such intoxicat ing varieties of gin. Subcarbonates, carbonates, 4esqui-carbonates, bi-carbonates, oxides, Ar 3., ctrc. —a day's hard ploughing, of the heaviest land, was a joke to it The study of chemistry be of , ervice to practical farmers ! The sorriest drugged beer iu the district could not so bemuddle them. .I.s well ask them to read the Vicar's Greek Tes- !;ament off-hand as to comprehend the admixture of attractions and repulsions, of gin, sulphur phosphates, and ox-hides. It may be said that this is an exaggeration very little indeed of that, if it all, in a thousand instances. At the same time it is perfectly true ,hat their natural leaders in most cases promoted, to the best of their power, the new movement, Lnd availed themselves, ostentatiously even a n d the proffered aid. Had they con ti n uously, of not done so the change effected could not have taken place so speedily as it did, notwithstanding the repeal of the Cora Laws, which undoubtedly had its effect. The most inveterate might retain his incredulity after witnessing one year's extra yield from the use of chemical appliances, but it was difficult to do so after two. Farmer HODGE took to scratching his head and pondering over :;he matter. Names, magic, what were either to lam if they brought him good crops, and left him something iu the stocking after he had paid he rent? The eloquence of heavy yields and large profits prevailed where Dr. FAUSTUS would !lave despaired, and now the least cultivated farmer will ask, in a tone of authority, and with a precision of nomenclature perfectly as tounding for -chemicals whose names a while back might in his opinion serve to conjure the devil with. We have been led to these remarks by the perusal of an Australian newspaper. In that tine colony appeals are being made to the culti vators of the soil to avail themselves of the appli ances of the laboratory—to all appearance, how ever, with but little success. Not only are they urged to resort to the use of the appliances in question in the larger, but also in the more delicate fields of cultivation. The orange tree and the vine, no less than ex hausted corn-fields, they are told, may be fartilisal and rendered profitable by chemical manures. That advice so conducive to their in terests should be neglected may appear surpri3ing THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING,_ SEPTEMBER 29, 1855 the number of persons arrested by the police (im paro della Polizia, as it is called), and retained in custody without trial, and even without examina tion, directly in violation of the penal code, which is as explicit on this subject as the habeas corpus in England. Iu the Civil Courts bribery is so openly recog nised that no advocate would think of undertaking a cause, be it ever so good, without first recom mending his client to make a propitiatory offering to the judge, and he would hardly dare to plead at all if the opposing party was in any way under the protection of the police. Thus the police rule the country in open defiance of the laws, and it is impossible, said my in formant, to organise a Moderate party for the reform of these abuses without the intervention of foreign Powers, because all the best men of that party are either in prison or in exile, and so completely has six years of an espionage Govern ment destroyed all confience thoughout society, that if they could return to-morrow they could not reckon on the support of their former adherents, who have, in all probability, become much more violent in the meantime. Besides, should anything like a moderate movement be discovered by the police they would forthwith let slip some of those societies of Lazzaroni, who under its auspices are allowed to retain arms, and who form a standing menace to all who have anything to lose. Between this organised Jacquerie, patronised by the Crown, and the proprietary class, some arbitrating power must intervene before any rational changes, such as would be likely to last, can be effected, and those who object to that being done, on the score of foreign intervention, seem to forget that the main taining some 12,000 or 15,000 Swiss by an absolute monarch for the purpose of continuing abuses in opposition to the will of the people is in itself a per manent state of foreign intervention. HOLLAND. In the sitting of the 25th of the Second Cham ber of Holland, the President read the following answer from the King to the Address presented by the Chamber in reply to the Speech from the Throne : " Gentlemen,—l am happy to receive from you the assurance that the Second Chamber is desirous to apply, in concert with my Government, its best efforts for the consolidation of the prosperity and happiness of the country, which is under the blessing of God and so dear to our hearts. I request you to express my thanks to the Chamber for its Address." SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 23d contains a Royal decree which retains the Duke de Baylen,. the Dowager Duchess de Berwick y de Alba, and M. de Los Herros in their posts of majordom, camarera mayor, and intendant of the Palace, but with the powers set forth in the new regulations. The same journal announces that the band of Borges, which recently captured a rather large detachment of the Queen's troops, had been attacked by a body of the Queen's troops near Tinrana, and completely routed. The Queen's forces afterwards pursued them for a considerable distance, but, it appears, without success ; a serjeant and three corporals whom they had taken prisoners, how ever, quitted them, and joined the Royal troops. The newspaper editors bad joined in presenting an address to the government, representing that, in their opinion, the recent arrest of the editor of El Leon was, under all the circumstances, illegal. Accounts from Cuba to the 23d ult. state that per fect tranquillity prevailed in the island, and that the sanitary situation was satisfactory. A letter of the 24th says :—" The Queen, in consequence of her miscarriage, has determined on delaying her return to Madrid. The budget of 1856 has been drawn up, but has not yet been examined by the Council of Ministers. It is not true, as stated in some of the foreign newspapers, that a treaty for an alliance between Spain and the Western Powers has been signed." A letter from Berlin, of the 25th, says that the Ambassadors of France, England, Sardinia, and Turkey joined in giving a grand banquet in honour of the taking of Sebastopol, and that the Turkish Minister proposed this toast, which was much re marked—" To the generous Powers, who would not have abandoned us, even if we had not gained the victory !" A letter from Munich, of the 19th, states that out of 50 young German medical students who some months back entered the service of Russia, and the majority of whom went to the Crimea, 10 have died from different maladies, and 30 have been seriously injured in their health by the fatigue and sufferings which they have undergone. THE TELEGRAPH BETWEEN SARDINIA AND AFRICA. The preparations for laying down the submarine tele. graph cable between Sardinia and Africa are progressing most satisfactorily. The last intelligence from is Brett is dated Cagliari, 22d, on board the ship Result, 2,000 tons, with the submarine cable, 162 miles in length on hoard, ready to start, and only waiting the two steamers from England (one of which, the Star, has just arrived) which he had chartered to tow and assist the Result in laying the cable. The French government had kindly sent the Tartare and M . . Delamarche, hydrographic engineer, who had previously assisted in taking the soundings by three distinct lines from Sardinia to the coast of Algeria. Of these three lines that to a creek to the east of La Calle was the shortest and least deep, the utmost being 1,800 metres, while that to Bona direct has depths of from 2,000 to 3,000 metres. The reports from Algeria generally coinciding with M. Delamarche's assurance that the land telegraph line, which is in a very forward state between La Calle and Bona, would be very difficult to protect from the malevolence of the inhabitants on that coast, and the strong recommendations made that the cable should be carried and laid down direct to Bona have induced Mr. Brett to change his original route, notwithstanding the difference in the depths. He has, therefore, determined that the cable shall be laid from Cape Spartivento (Sardinia) to Bona direct. Every precaution has been taken to secure the success of the operation, and with favourable weather there is every prospect of a favourable result. The length of cable is ample for the distance, allowing largely for the sweep and variation of the vessel's course and the profile of the bottom of that part of the Mediterranean, as shown by the soundings previously take. CAGLIARI, SEPT. 26.—The sinking of the cable which is to unite Algeria with Sardinia commenced yesterday. This morning at 6 o'clock the vessel which had the cable on board was 24 miles from the point from which she had started. Everything goes on well. PROMOTIONS IN THE ARMY. GENERAL ORDER. Horse Guards, Sept. 14, 1855. The General Commanding - in - Chief much pleasure in communicating to the army in•the Crimea that the Queen, to mark her appreciation of the distinguished conduct of the troops during the arduous and glorious achievements of the war, has been graciously pleased to command : That in cases where a subaltern officer shall have been present in the field with his regiment for six months, or if he should be compelled to quit the field in consequence of wounds before the expiration of six months, and pro vided he is the senior lieutenant of his regiment, he be considered eligible for promotion to the rank of captain after he has held a commission for a period of 12 months, if certified by the commanding officer of his regiment to be fully qualified for the command of a company. By command. of the Right Hon. General Viscount Hardinge, Commander-in Chief. (Signed) W. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXF F ORD, SEPT. 28. THE REGIUS PROFESSORSHIP OF GREEK. Intelligence reached Oxford this morning that her Ma jesty has been pleased to confer the Regius Professor ship of Greek, vacant by the death of the late Dean of Christ Church, on the Rev. Benjamin Jowett, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Balliol College. The Oxford University Commissioners will hold their last sitting during their present visit to Oxford to-day (Saturday). VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVlCE.—Consulate Department—The office of Consul at Damascus, Syria, is vacant in consequence of the promotion of Mr. Richard Wood ; salary 6001. Post-office—The office of Postmaster of Grantham is va cant by the death of Mr. T. Lawrence, late Postmaster. The Mint—The office of Chief Medallist is vacant by the death of Mr. B. Pistrucci ; salary 3501. Colonial-office —Mr. Julian Pauncefoot has been appointed Private Se cretary to Sir William Molesworth, Secretary of State. Admiralty—Mr. Douglas Dent has been appointed a Clerk in Somerset House, Commander W. C. Forsyth and Commander J. F. C. Mackenzie have been appoint ed Inspecting Commanders of the Coast Guard. The office of Chief Officer of the Coast Guard at Portscatha is vacant by the death of Lieut. Best. Devonport Dock yard—Mr. Samuel Sleeman has been appointed Lead ingman of Storehouses, in the room of Mr. Stevens, su perannuated. Police Department—Mr. W. Gifford, late Inspector of Devonport Market, has been appointed Su perintendent of Police at Bideford. Customs—Mr. F. G. Tulle* Collector at Dea', has been appointed Comp troller at Cowes, vice Baumbach. Mr. W. R. Balfour, 1 Comptroller at Catnpbelton, has been appointed Collec tor at Peterhead, vice Hay ton. Mr. William Pugh Gardner, late Collector at Leith, has been appointed Collector at Dublin. Mr. W. H. Holmes, Comptroller at Newry, has been appointed Collector at Galway. Mr. W. Tickn er , C omptroller at Ipswich, has been appointed ' Comptroller a t N ewry. Mr. Saunders, late Collector at Galway, has been appointed Collector at Shoreham, vice . Mr. 111`4inlay, .isupuhuattd.—Civil fiorvicc a'444S THE MISSION OF M. DE PROKESOH. The Austrian Gazette says :—" The most varied ver sions are published by the journals on the subject of the mission of M. de Prokesch to Paris. Those who con nect it with a decided part to be adopted in the question of peace or war do not take into account that M. de Prokesch left Vienna on the Bth, and that supposing him to be then in possession of instructions, the events which have since taken place would deprive them of any value. It is much more probable that M. de Pro kesch is at Paris with a view to conferences and nego tiations connected with the functions which he is shortly to be called on to fill at Constantinople as internuncio of Austria. The fourth point must in the end be solved, and it is ♦ery natural that a question which so closely interests Turkey should be discussed at Constan tinople. This will explain why M. de Prokesch wishes to have some preliminary conversation on the subject with the French Government, and the more so as the views of France and Austria are nearly the same. As to the journals which pretend that the visit of M. de Prokesch to Paris is merely accidental, it may be replied to them that before leaving Vienna he had a passport for the French capital." THE RUSSIAN LOSSES AT SEB.ASTOPOL, The losses of the enemy at the taking of Sebastopol are much larger than was first calculated. It results from information which has reached official •quarters, that the enemy has no less than 20,000 men hors de com, bat, from the bombardment and final assaults. Twenty general officers were either killed or wounded. The losses of toe allies, including French, English, Pied montese, and Turks, together with the naval forces, is estimated at about 13,000 hors de combat, which is 2,000 less than the original estimate of our casualties. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester will leave the Ranger's Lodge, in Richmond Park, on Tues day next for Brighton, where her Royal Highness will pass the two or three first weeks of the ensuing month. The recent guests at the lodge have comprised his Ex oellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Duchess of Inverness, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ely, the Countess Brownlow, Count and Lady Cecil De La Feld, Lady Cowley and Mr. Greville. It is uncertain whether or not her Royal Highness will return to Richmond Park later in the season. The Earl and Countess of Elgin have left Broom Hall, Fifeshire, on a tour of visits in the north of Scotland. The Earl and Countess of Derby, with their son and laughter, who had been visiting the Marquis and Mar- Jhioness of Breadalbane at Taymouth Castle, passed through Perth on Tuesday last, for Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire. _ _ _ Prince Albert of Prussia arrived at the Hague on the 25th. LOWESTOFT.—Amongst the visitors visiting this fa shionable town this week are—The Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Stradbroke, Sir S. Bignold, M.P., Mayor of Norwich, Major North, Colonel Wingfield and Mrs. C. Wingfield. Sandon Hall, in Staffordshire, the seat of the Earl of Harrowby, which was burned down about seven years ago, has been rebuilt, and is so far completed that the noble earl and his family now occupy it. THE LATE MAJOR-GENERAL TORRENS.—A monument is about to be erected by a number of ladies and gentle men resident in Paris to the memory of the late lamented General Torrens, who, it may be recollected, died in the French capital during the Queen's visit, and was interred by the French with high military honour. He was a native of Londonderry. COLONEL CAMPBELL—A. paragraph has appeared, stating that " LieuteLant-Colonel Campbell, staff officer of pensioners at Perth, died on the 17th inst. ;" but we are happy to be able to contradict the report, the gallant colonel, we are informed, being at the present moment in good health and spirits.—Edinburgh, Courant. The English steam frigate Perseverance arrived yes terday at Havre from Southampton. She is to take on board a number of Russian prisoners, whom she is to carry to a port in the Baltic.—Galignani of yesterday. The western part of the Pyrenees every year furnishes a considerable contingent to emigration, yet it is neither to Australia nor California, but to the fertile banks of La Plata that they direct their steps. There are at this moment four merchant vessels fitting out at Bayonne, which, at an early day, will leave for Monte Video and Buenos Ayres with 1,200 of these emigrants. The season of the Italian Opera will commence on Tuesday next, with the first representation of Mose (II Nuovo), in which Mdme. Fiorentini and MM. Carrion, Angelioi, and Everardi will appear. A grand represen• tation extraordinaire will shortly be given at this theatre for the benefit of the wounded in the army of the Crimea. —Paris Paper. THE 72D DEPOT.—The depot of the 72d Highlanders, from Fermoy, arrived here on Wednesday afternoon about four o'clock by the Caledonian Railway from Glasgow. They are now quartered in the castle with the depot of the 92d Highlanders.—Edinburgh, Courant. THE LATE FEARGIIS O'CONNOR.—A public meeting, says the Nottingham, Review, will shortly he held in this town to take the opinion of the inbabitants of the dis trict as to the expediency of erecting in Nottingham a monument to commemorate the memory of the late Mr. Feargus O'Connor. COMPLIMENTARY.--A placard issued this week by the proprietor of one of the Sunderland singing saloons, invites the public to come and satisfy themselves that the music is such as " to soothe the savage soul."—Sun derland Herald. THE NERBUDDA.—Letters from the Cape of Good Hope up to the 10th of August bring us no farther in telligence of her Majesty's sloop Nerbudda. Vessels had arrived at the Cape from Mauritius and other places, where it was supposed she might have gone ; but it ap pears that no tidings had been received of her since she left Algoa Bay on the 9th of June previous. DEATH OF A CRIMEAN OFFlCER.—Yesterday intelli gence was received by Thomas Attree, Esq., Queen's park, of the death, on the Bth inst., in the trenches be fore Sebastopol, of his nephew, Captain Frederick times Attree, 31st Regiment, and youngest son of the late Dr. William Attree, of \Vest-hill Lodge. Deceased entered the army in 1349, and was doubtless well known to many of our residents and visitors.—Brighton, Gazette. LIEUTENANT PALMER, 62D REGIMENT.—The family at Withcote Hall, near Oakham, have received informa tion from the Crimea of the safety of Lieutenant Hey rick Palmer, of the 62d Regiment, reported as missing. At present nothing further is known than that he is well fmnd unwounded, but in the hands of the Russians. It is surmised that, having penetrated with his men into the Redan, he was una bl e to quit it when the enemy again took possession. His brother, Lieutenant Thomas Palmer, of the 47th, was also at the storming of the Redan, and came off unscathed.—Stamford Mercury. BANK OF FRANCE. —The manner in which some of the recent purchases of gold have been made by the Bank of France is understood to have been simply by their offering such a price for it in Paris as to induce the various exchange dealers and others to draw it from the Bank of England through their several correspondents, the means being raisedby the discount of bills in London. Thus it seems that no special agents have been em. ployed in the matter, each importer of the gold carrying it for sale to the Bank of France on his own account, and receiving notes in payment. When the bills dia. counted in London shall fall due, the acceptors must provide funds from Paris to meet them, a n d th e d emand for the purpose will then have to be met by that estab lishment. THE MONEY MARKET.—It appears that the e total of 7 80 , 0001 . , brought from Australia by the Frances lllrs i Henty and the Northumberland , has , with the exception of 52,500/. in sover e ig ns, been p urchased on accoun of the Bank of France. In the face of these operations, and without any knowledge as to the extent to which they are to be continue;], it is, of course, wholly impos sible to make even a conjecture as to the immediate prospects of the money market. All that can be relied upon is, that the purchases, which are now paid for by the proceeds of discounted bills, must, when these bills mature, be met in specie, and that the disturbance occasioned, however serious it may be for thehe moment, will) therefore , p rove but temporary. object j contemplated remains apparently inexplicable, unless it may ba assumed that a desire exists to create an artificial abundance of money for the moment, in order to stimulate the sending out of sufficient orders for foreign gra in to supply at once the mated deficiency in the harvest. Whatever may be the explanation anxiety will be felt to observe the result when the opposite course has to be adopted. Since March last, while the bullion in the bank of France has fallen 6,000,0001., its note circulation has been increased more than 1,000,000/. This has already been remarked upon as an undesirable feature, and, when it is followed by such measures as those now in progress, it assumes 'a still less satisfactory aspect. The management of the institution, however, has always, upon the whole, been distinguished by great prudence ; and the directors being actively interested in the commercial welfare of the country, it may be inferred that they, havo carefully cal , culated their ulterior course. LATEST NEWS. THE CRIMEA. All th© Paris papers of Saturday publish the ,wo following telegraphic despatches from Prince Gortschakoff : ST. PETERSBURG, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 26. Prince Gortschakoff writes from the Crimea, under date of the 23d of September : After landing 20,000 men at Eupatoria the enemy, who had 30,000 men on our left flank, made daily reconnaissances, but yesterday they withdrew after an encounter with our infantry on the heights of Ourkussa. The second despatch is via Berlin : BERLIN, SEPT. 28. Under date of Sept. 26, in the morning, Prince Gortschakoff writes : Yesterday the enemy landed at Eupatoria to the number of 30,000 men, and occupied dif ferent villages in the neighbourhood, from which they withdrew, towards evening, to bear upon our left flank. Nothing of importance has, however, occurred. Our Cossacks have had an encounter with a French foraging party mar Kertch, and made 25 prisoners. MADRID, SEPT. 26. The health of the Queen goes on improving. The Tribunal of the Rota discontinued its sit tings yesterday. A violent storm broke over Madrid yesterday, which did considerable damage. Reports which had been in circulation of a Minis terial crisis are entirely unfounded. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The Moniteur contains decrees confirming the grant of 316 military medals made by Marshal Polissier. The Credit Mobilier has just issued a notice that, in order to meet the views of the Government, which has resolved to postpone any concessions or authorisations which may lead to the creation of fresh securities, it has decided on deferring the issue of its bonds. The King of the Belgians received at Brussels on Wednesday, Baron d'Antonini, Minister of the Two Sicilies, who is accredited both to France and Belgium. The fall of Sebastopol was known at Tunis on the 14th. The Bey immediately ordered the great event to be celebrated by salvoes from all the forts of Tunis and of the Goulette, as on great Mussul man festivals. His Highness further directed that Colonel Lion chief of the military household, should immediately proceed to Sebastopol, to con gratulate Marshal Pelissier in his name. BOURSE, SEPT. 28.—CLosiNG PRICES. Cash. fr. a. End of Month. 4i per Cents 9O 80 90f. 850. 3 per Cents 65 50 65 40 Credit Mobilier 1230 Roman Credit Foncier — Austrian Belgian Five 5........ Spanish Threes Piedmontese B4 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS-I'oB CA.BII. fr. c. 0• Orleans ... ll5O Rouen Western 767 50 Strasburg Cette 695 Havre - Mediterranean 1195 Cherbure .. Northern Lyons llOO Austrian Com. 745 RUSSIA Letters in the German journals state that a grand ceremony will take place at Nicolaieff in presence of the Emperor Alexander, and with the greatest pomp—the keel of a screw line-of-battle ship of 130 guns is to be laid down. This is intended as an indirect mode of protesting against the idea that Russia will ever renounce the supremacy which she has exercised in the Black Sea. A letter from Posen, of the 24th ult., in the Post Gazette of Frankfort, says that the grand Coun cil of War at Odessa, or Perekop, which the Em peror of Russia intends to hold, is for the purpose of deliberating on the question as to whether the state of the army and the resources of the country are such as to enable the war to be continued with the chance of a favourable result. The most intel ligent and experienced Russian officers had been summoned to attend the Council, and a certain number had left Warsaw for the purpose ; but Prinoe Paskiewitch, on account of the state of his health, had been unable to leave. We have received the St. Petersburg journals of the 21st of September. The Journal de St. Petersbourg announces the departure on the Ist (13th) of September of the Emperor Alexander, the Empress, the Grand Duke Cezarewitch, and the Grand Dukes Alexander Alexanclroritch, Vladimir Alexandrowitch, and Alexis Alexandrowitch, for Moscow, where they arrived at 11 o'clock the same evening. Their Imperial Majesties were accompanied by their Imperial Highnesses the Grand Dukes Con stantine, Nicholas, and Michael, the Grand Duchesses Alexandra, Maria, and Catherine, and also by Prince George of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Prince Peter of Oldenburg. The .rournal de St. Petersbourg adds that the Imperial travellers were received everywhere with acclamations of delight by the people. Moscow was brilliaiatly illuminated. THE WAR IN ASIA. The Invalide Busse publishes the subjoined re port from Prince Mouravieff. The Invalide says : toile Commander-in-Chief of the Caucasus division annoances a successful affair which our troops have bad before Kars on the night between the 22d and 23d of August (3d and 4th of September). Awaiting the full reports of the different Commanders, Aide-de-Camp General Mcuravieff confines himself to a rapid summary of this success. "The English General Williams, who commands at Kars, experiencing daily greater difficulty in feeding the garrison, especially the horses, resolved to send away the greater portion of the cavalry from the fortress. "On the 22d of August (3d of September), at night fall, a column of 1,200 regular horse, without counting the Bashi-Bazouks, with three Pashas and a great quan tity of beasts of burden, left Kars, sad advanced in re gular order from the heights of Tchatmak, towards the village of Djavri. There it was perceived by the ad vanced guard of Colonel Baron Ungerq Sternberg. Lieut.-Colonel Loschakoff, who commands the 3d Regi ment of Mussulman Cavalry, charged from the flank the centre of this column, and rode into its dense masses. The rear of the column turned imme diately towards the right, where it was surrounded and routed. As regards the head of the column it made for the mountains as hard as it could, hut Lieutenant-Colonel Loscbakoff gave hot pursuit. He was reinforced by Colonel Ungern-Sternberg him self, and Lieut.-Colonel Kischinsky soon joined them with two squadrons of the Prince Royal of Wurtemberg Dragoons. The pursuit lasted till daybreak ;at dif ferent times the Turks endeavoured to defend them. selves in houses and in narrow passes. The bead of the column, which had crossed the brow of the hills at a gallop, was met near the village of Akhkom by Colonel de Schultz's militia and a company of Beleff chasseurs, which hastened up in support ; this portion ef the Turkish cavalry was surrounded, and finally surrendered. "The whole affair, which took place during a dark ' night and on hilly ground, was conduoted with admira ble skill an d sagac i ty b y t h e C omman d ers o f th e diff er - 1 ent detachment s . Aid e -d e -C amp G enera l Mouravieff speaks f K most highly of the excellent arrangements nd in of Majo r -G enera l Baklanoff, Colonels Prince D on- G doukoff Korsak o ff, B aron U ngern -S tern b erg , an d do Schult z . T he Turks lost, it is presumed, about 500 men i in hia killeddo a and the wounded pa s s in e s . we the e n t c o o a u k n t t e w r o ; their de a d b o di es l i ned the road as far as the village of superior officers prisoners, 19 subaltern officers, and 185 men - the • , remainder disbanded. More than 400 horses, three banners, trumpets, and a large quantity of arms, remained in our hands. This signal defeat in flicted upon the e nem y cost us very little loss. e hadW one soldier and two militiamen killed one officer, five soldiers, and seven militi amen wounded. " On the following day, 23d of August ( Sept. 4), in the evening, the remainder of th e Turkish °ava a show of attempting to force a passage by thelry made of Kars towards a pass over the Asa plainzee ; but seeing the precautions we had taken, it returned to the for tress." NAPLES. A letter from Naples, of the 20th, gives the fol lowing view of the intolerable state of the various branches of King Bomba's despotism :—Since 1848, up to May, 1854, 839 persons had been condemned todiffereut punishments for political crimes. Of 47 of those condemned to death, 26 were commuted to the Ergastola, and 21 to heavy irons. Among the ion demned were 57 priests, and 34 of the prisoners had died. This list, however, giyo no account of SPORTING NOT ES. THE CESAREWITCH.-UNCONSIDERED TRIFLES. "The boys" were jolly enough at Newmarket, and what with touting and racing they found pleasant em ployment. Every morning they mustered numerously on the Lime Kilns, to "take stock" of the different animals at exercise ; and, if they did not derive much information, they certainly obtained plenty of health from their early rising movement. The breakfasts that were devoured at Newmarket were enormous, and the consumption of sausages went on at a rate which threat ened destruction to the entire porcine race. The pro ceedings each day were not sufficiently long to excite weariness, or uninteresting enough to produce indiffer ence. The performance of King Tom and 'the running of Boer on Tuesday introduced two formidable favourites into the Cesarewitch betting. Notwith standing the former's crushing weight, shrewd and experienced judges entertain sanguine expectations of -his success for the Great Handicap, expectations which are certainly justified by the horse's sound appear ance and long sweeping action. On paper, however, Boer seems to be a veritable " good thing ;" and, should his party try him satisfactorily, he will doubtless be come an immense favourite. John Daley fancies he shall be able to upset all "pots" with his Black Swan, who is a light, wiry mare, and well seasoned in her train ing. Should the ground be hard she will be a formi dable competitor, albeit I scarcely deem her " class enough" for a Cesarewitch contest. The success of the plater, Mrs. Taft, may be paralleled by the triumph of Black Swan. Siding is " bonetted up" in the market unceasingly ; but too much noise and fuss are made about him to induce me to believe that his party are in earnest. They nevertheless "mean mis chief ;" but I fancy they will find their interest more worthily represented by Early Bird. The "demon strations" which caused the retrogression of Robgill and Scythian are somewhat unaccountable. Mr. Parr's horse has, however, returned into favour, and the hos tility which be encountered may, after all, have its origin in a money-getting movement. Still many people believe that Robgill will ultimately give way to Sauce box, and that he will be reserved to do battle for the Cambridgeshire. Time may remove the uncertainty which at present surrounds Scythian. The cause of his sudden unpopularity is beyond my ken. Monarque is said to be as good as Hervine at even weights. Now, were Hervine handicapped at 7st 41b, I should not be inclined to place faith in her pretensions. Monarque ought to be a good three-yrs-old indeed to give lumps of weight to other and older horses in the race. He is now en route to Newmarket. Sultan is backed somewhat freely, but he also appears to be tt• heavily handicapped. Weathercock is not "fancied" by the Newmarket folk ; he certainly seems very "fishy" in the turf market. Does the owner of Mr. Sykes intend to give the ring " Jack up the Orchard ?" If Mr. S 5 kes be really meant, he will unquestionably be among the foremost flight of com petitors. John Scott's horses have been sadly knocked about, and his stable may be without a single represen tative. Mr. ,Morris will doubtless have something in the betting, and Messrs. Barber and Saxon may have "a shy, though they lose their stick." The Rifleman controversy should be closed as soon as possible. It is calculated to destroy all confidence be tween owners and trainers of horses. The charge of "getting at horses" is now repeated whenever a favour- ite is beaten, and nine times out of ten it is unfounded. Although Rifleman was unfit on the St. Leger day, it is yet to be proved whether there was any foul play, or whether his defeat by Saucebox was a mistake. Amongst our usual sporting intelligence will be found a letter from Mr. Osbaldeston on this subject, Had not Flacrow won the Eastern Counties Handicap would not be have been pronounced by general consent a" dead 'un," especially as he receded so rapidly in the betting ? Sept. 29. A FRESH MAN. SALE OF COMMISSIONS. (From the Ayr Advertiser.) In considering the various proposals made from time to time for tho improvement of our military system, it has often appeared to us singular that so little attention has been directed to an anomaly which, for its glaring injustice and its pernicious tendency, is unsurpassed by any grievance in any department under State control. We allude to the simple fact that, after war is declared —even in the face of the enemy—an officer is entitled to sell his Commission, pocket the money, and toast his toes quietly at home : while his brother officer, who answers to the call of duty, goes into action, and falls in defence of his country, not only lose, his life, but loses to his family the price of his Commission ! Take, for instance, a Captain's commission. In the Life Guards it costs 3,5001. ; in the Foot Guards, with rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. 4,8001. ; and in the Line, 1,8001. In many an instance in England, Scot land, and Ireand, these Commissions have been slowly acquired by young men whose parents have impoverished themselves and their families to help one member of that family to honourable distinction ; or in other cases they may be held by married men, with families dependent upon them, whose whole property is the father's Com mission. War is declared. Some men sell out—the cause is immaterial to the point at issue. We need only the fact,—they sell out, and retire with the full value of their Commission in hard cash. How fare the others ? What says the bugle when it sounds such cherges'as at Alma, Inkerman, and Balaklava ? Why, the rob ber on the highway, in mercy, gives an alternative, " Your money or your life." But the British bugle has no note of compassion. It is, " Your money and your life too." And think you, reflective reader, that on the eve of battle, when companies are told off for next morning's assault, brave officers. whose circumstances are such as we have described, would not contem plate the morrow with a lighter heart if they were not aware that with the life they are ready to offer for their Queen and country falls the money of near and dear relatives, or the whole means of subsistence of their wives and families. Foreshadowing dreams of innocence and helpless youth cast destitute on a cold world are not the most likely emotions to nerve even the bravest men in the hour of imminent peril. Is not this a premium to cowardice at the expense of courage ? It may be sug gested that widows of fallen officers receive pensions ; but these are not adequate to the loss. They may stand as an unwelcome solatium for the loss of the life, but the price of the commission is still due by every law of hon our and justice. It does not admit of a question put in this simplest of all forms—" Why should the officer who retires from the field while the country is at war get the full value of his commission, while the family of the officer who fights and falls for his country loses the value of his ?" Those who point out a grievance should suggest a remedy. In default of a better, we would propose that on the approach, or during the continuance of war, those who prefer to retire from the service should leave the value of their Commissions behind them ; and that this fund should, if necessary, be supplemented out of the Exchequer to give to the representatives of officers slain the full value of their Commissions. THE ROEBUCK TESTIMONIAL. The following letter has been received by Mr. F. T. Mappin, the Master Cutler, from Sir E. Bulwer Lytton :—" Snebworth-park, Stevenage, 'leas, Sept. have the honour to enclose you a check for 101. in aid of the Roebuck Testimonial. Permit me to add that, in my slight contribution to this well-merited tribute, I waive altogether the consideration of Mr. Roe buck's especial politics. Ido not even desire by it to mark my approval of the part he took in the appoint. ment and proceedings of the Sebastopol Committee. I do not ask myself where I have agreed with or differed from Mr. Roebuck in the opinions he has expressed or the line of policy he has adopted. I desire only, as a member of the British Parliament, to convey my sense of the dignity conferred upon the national assembly by any man who, whatever be the party he espouses, brings into its debates commanding intellectand unimpeached in tegrity. England, it is true, has many men thus nobly cha racterised, but none in whom more conspicuously than in your representative the regard for her material interests is accompanied by anxiety for her honour and pride in her renown ;—none who, whether he be right or wrong in the eyes of others, would more rigidly abstain from the wrong or more firmly maintain the right, ac cording to the lights of his own judgment and the dic tates of his own conscience. Tributes such as the one now proposed are monuments to living worth more wisely designed than those which we devote to the dead. For I know not wby we should delay our tokens of re spect to those who deserve them until the heart that our sympathy could have gladdened has ceased to beat. As men cannot read the epitaphs inscribed upon the mar ble that covers them, so the tombs we erect to virtue often only prove our repentance that we neglected it when with us. I rejoice that in this case its due appre ciation comes before the sense of its loss. I have the honour to be, sir, your very obedient servant—EDWAßD BULWER LYTTON. F. T. Mappin, Esq., Master Cutler." TETE POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT IN INDIA.—The de partment is to be remodelled as follows :—Three first class inspectors on a salary of Re. 4,000 ; four second class, Rs. 350 ; five third class, Rs, 300. The distribu tion of these inspectors will place seven at the disposal of the Postmaster General N. W. provinces, for employ ment in these provinces, and the Saugor and Nerbuddah territories, one being placed under each :commissioner. One inspector will traverse the Cis and Trans-Sutlej States. Three inspectors the Punjaub and Trans-Indus territories. Postmasters—One first grade, Rs. 400 ; three second, Rs. 300. Deputy Postmasters—First grade, four on Rs. 150 ; second, twelve on Re. 100 ; third, eight on Rs. 75 ; fourth, nineteen on Rs. 50; fifth, twenty-one on Rs. 40 ; sixth, thirteen on Rs. 30; seventh, thirty-three on Re. 25 ; eighth, thirty on Rs. 20 ; ninth, eighty on Re. 15 ; tenth, twenty-two on Re. 2—in all 242 officers, at an expense (including stationery) of am; per raeuseme—Civa Service Gazette. VISIT OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION TO CRELTENHAIIf. Wo briefly announced last week that the council of the British Association, now sitting at Glasgow, had a 5. cepted an invitation to hold its next annual meeting 13 Cheltenham. The fact was telegraphed to this tow n on the Tuesday, th e genera l committee having only come to a decision as to the whereabouts of its next meeting on the morning of that day. We find the following account of the committee's proceedings in a Brighton contempo rary : " The general co mm itt ee o f th e assoc iation, ing its session at Gla sgow , me t o n Tuesday in the Mer chants' Hall ; the Duke o f A rg yll i n the chair. " Deputations appeared f ro m Cheltenham a nd Brighton, and documents were re ad from Mancheste r, Dublin, and Leeds, soliciting the presence of the asso ciation at those places next year. now hold " A lengthened conversation ensued between the members of the Cheltenham and Brighton deputations on their relative claims to the presence of the associa tion. A division of the committee then took plsce , which resulted in the selection of Cheltenham by a narrow majority. " We are informed that the grounds on which Chel tenham was selected in preference to Brighton, iwerep that Cheltenham had made an application many years since, which, during the past two years, bad been vigo' rously renewed, several public meetings having been held to express the strong feelings of the inhabitants both at Cheltenham and Gloucester. It is, however, very probable that Brighton would have been selected, so decided were the opinions of many of the members in favour of that town, if previous arrangements had not been made by those officially connected with thees sociation, with which a majority of the general meeti n g considered that it would be practically inconvenient to interfere. "The Duke of Argyll, the president of the meeting, expressed his earnest hope that the mayor and deputa tion and the inhabitants of Brighton would not consider the association indifferent to their wishes if, among st many conflicting claims, another place was selected f or this year ; and he was strongly of opinion that Bright on would be a most suitable position for a meeting at som e future period, of a somewhat different character fr om those usually held in provincial towns."—Cheltenh am Examiner. A LETTER FROM MISS NIGHTINGALE. We (Boston Guardian) have great pleasure in publish ing the following letter received by the widow of one of our brave soldiers, who, in the execution of his duty, has been stricken down by that fatal scourge which boos laid so many thousands of his brother soldiers in an untimely grave. The act of forwarding the books to the bereaved widow which the husband had perused with pleasure and profit, is an act of thoughtful kindness which speaks volumes in her praise : " Scutari, Barrack Hospital, Aug. 18, 185' ed " Dear Mrs. , I very much regret to be oblig ed to inform you that your husband, --, of the Artillery, was brought in here sick of diarrhces, wi th symptoms of fever, on the 11th of Aug., from the Crimea' He asked me for a religious book, and I gave him the enclosed. He told me afterwards that he liked it very much, and so I send it to you with another which he was already reading, a New Testament, and a letter of yours which was under his pillow, and his purse, containing 1/. ls. He was taken worse on the 13th, and be came delirious. He was most carefully attended by two doctors, by the chaplin, by myself, and by a kind and, skilful nurse. He was very grateful and good, but alas' nothing could save him, and he died at eleven o'clock the same night. How sorry I am to tell you this bad news I cannot say. From the little I saw of your husband, I should say that his was a heart turned to God and accepted by Him. Let us hope that what is your loss is his gain. He often spoke of you. Believe me yours, with t:ue sympathy, " FLORENCE NIGHTINGALIC, CONSTERNATION AT BERLIN. The following is from the Times' Paris corre spondent's letter, dated yesterday, 6 p.m. : A prixate letter from Berlin, of the 27th, ema nating from one of the Court, that is to say, anti national and Russian party, speaks of the general conttarnation produced by the fall of Sebastopol' No terms, however, are sufficiently contemptilen g , whoa the writer alludes to Prince Gortschakoff the other Russian Generals who have hitherto con• ducted the military operations. The Czar himself is not spared. Neither is the person of the King of Prussia treated with the respect that might be expected from a Prussian courtier. Indeed, they who make most free with that unintelligible Sovereign here hardly described him in terms more humiliating. The Queen expressed her condolence and her conso lation to her sister, the Archduchess Sophia, mother of the Emperor of Austria, directly the sad intelli gence reached Berlin. Weeping and wailing, disap pointment and rage, are the orier of the day. How ever the Russian party may put a good face on the matter, it is certain that, in secret their hopes of Russia soon recovering from the stunning blow that has been inflicted on her are not very sanguine. Her most ardent partisans, when they speak frankly among themselves, do not appear to believe that the Russians can do much against the Allies in the Crimea ; and I can assure you that not a few are of opinion that the sooner they evacuate it the better. With all this they do not believe, no more than they wish, that the Emperor Alexander will make propoeitione of peace. The letter I allude to mentions that when the disaster cf Sebastopol was known, the populace of St. Peters: burg became dreadfully excited, and meeting the carri age of the Empres , in the streets, followed it on its way to the Palace with shouts of " Vengeance for Sebas topol Vengeance for Korniloff Vengeance for Nach:moff?" If the Russian people knew how their el mutilated sons and brothers are left by their Imp en " father " to be consumed by fire in the hospitals of Se bastopol, it is doubtful whether their reception of the Imperial family would not assume another form. LLOYD'S SHIPPING , -(THIS DAY•) LONDON, Sept. 29.—Wind this day at noon, D' light airs and dull cloudy weather. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 28.—Wind Eleanor, from Moulmein ; Faith (s. tpt. 131), Constanti• nople, and left for London; H.M.S. Malacca, Lisbon. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 28.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived--r' narkshire, from Quebec ; Roxburgh Castle, London, far Melbourne. FALMOUTH, Sept. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived — Her mes, from Akyab, for Copenhagen ; Maria Louisa, Hanays; Bradore, Labrador. Off the port — Bell a Lamigua, froM Cape Coast Castle. GLOUCESTER, Sept. 28.—Arrived—Science, from St. John's, N.B. BELFAST, Sept. 27.—Wind W.—Sailed— Sar ah, vannah. Eng- SHIELDS, Sept. 28.—Wind S. — Sailed —Young land, for Sierra Leone. for Sa- (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAM.) S OUT H A MPTON, Saturday Morning- Arrived—Courier (s.), from Jersey; Star, Guerniln, Felicity, Portsmouth ; Jolly , Jersey ; Antje Joha Harlingersiel ; Atalanta (s), Havre. Sailed—Brunswick (s), for Plymouth; Alliance (s) , vre ; Despatch (a.), Jersey ; Isabella, Sunderland. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Piforning• Wind S.E. Arrived—Harrowby, from St. John's, N. 8.; Eivg .to ; Adelina, Prince Edward's Island; '4. briel and Mewo Serafino', Hamburg ; ; Delta, Santander. Off.—lsabella, from Monte Video Florist, Derae rtg : • DUBLIN, Sept: Arrive], Nerio, from Jersey ; Anna Catharina and fina, Amsterdam. Sailed—Donna Maria, for Balaklava. 27. QuEENSTOWN, Sept ' _ Win S.W. Arriv d ed.— S. Fanny, from Pictou, N.S. ; La Norifogtle°l6f Bilboa. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGBAPIM Wind S.W.tide Arrived, Sept. 28. Tarsous ; Spartan, J Sailed—Gesina a ' lid A G—lonia.vnEasdEaND,fr,oSmat juarradas.:lo;isOuroe.a.m. ; gawthatse,r f;orweatherbiviregry. , thero , Passed, 28th.—C . Derago, Demerar a a Anchored.—D r ; Wind S. W . , fresh Harrison, o r.w aD : all Queen ,ac . DEAL, SSilliirda:o9:s3CO:lia, Calcutta ;3faileForreendQor.b: Callao ; Mar uke et o s f o ß om ox ( b eC s. u' a r:g e t h i p ,:f . e- r o : ni n. stantino le • kl va• arall Alin ... P , Industry, London, for Bala a , ra , ss la e o_ndon, for Launceston. osiilktohnise,ssenior, d, 29th —H the Crimea • . theri , Governor hi`Lean Airiest,. for LoilL v im ., ne Pemberton, Moulmein, ' L on don ' Deng° , ''' ritius, for London. for , .... corby the demise of Lieut. General D'Oyly, an old Water palisnE(dt 3hr3e DeDnEiunOksOeuTloa• — fr W.oTfrinelceleicrn.ool o o n n e , l s cy o w o n f ) h t h a lf! b e t distinguish %gu vacs ishedt LfrOnmd ° L n o , ni...ooduro nu., Conies; loo T Notices were issued from the General Post•office yes terday, that her Majesty's ship Castor had sailed from Devonport, with a Cape of Good Elope mail, on the 26th inst. ; and that her Majesty's ship Siren bad sailed from the same port on the same day, with mails for Rio de Janeiro. APOTHECARIES' HALL.—Names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates Brixrae on Thurs day, Sept. 27 :—Win. M. Ord, ton-hill • William Joyce, Blackfordby, Leidestersbire , William 'Stanwell, Gainshorough. Lincolnshire ; James Ashburner James Ashborner, Manchester. For an assistant—Wra. ilenri Wonfor, Cambridge. THE NEW SHERIFFS. —Yesterday morning Kennedy and Rose, the of o herifs de e r : a t: l e tl.' Tavern, be sworn city of London and county of Middlesex, an te mMaaksteerrss,,aWndarsdepecs,:cnideraCaverrtas, ocfoAraspsistantstoocrtbn respectively belong, to a breakfast aw-tataoenturhdmiecele administered previous to their proceeding to the Gail i Let n hi oveari hustings, and Mayorassumeus antdheitrhoeffilecaed. in gA Aldermen't b lf• p a st ttlicnTsr when eth nt e e u re s d ua t l h o e s h tsh a ns l d l t b e y n one .bt hilFtehllie.eochufCoerkulthostctunehkaii the Town Clerk to the Sheriffs, Under-Sheriff, aft er which th their seats in the Co urt of e co urt retired, the n eW Sh er iffs being invite d to take Aldermen. 0 trlt'iv ALDERMEN FOR FARRINCI SWEARING IN OF TH Dox-WITHIN.—At the Court of Aldermen held after the ~ don-within, swearing-in of the new Sheriff+, Alderman Eagleton waS introduced by a deputation from the Ward of Farring and, having taken the customary oaths' took his seat at the Cou rt as Alderman of the Ward, in roo m , of the late Alderman lielly, COME 114:0ey:Liaenia%ans-el kth 1,00( !° l l. 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