The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-17 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be performed MARRIED FOR MONEY. Characters by Xr. Charles Mathews, Messrs. Robert Roaby and A. Youngs ; Mrs. 7. Matthews, Miss M. Oliver, and Miss Mason will appear. To be followed by NITOCRIS. Characters by Messrs. E. F. Ed fir, Stuart, R. Sullivan, G. Wild, C. Vincent, &c. ; Miss Glyn, Mrs. fielby, Mies Do Vere, Miss Andertou, Miss Cleveland, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. TTIIS EVENING. will be performed THE MAN OF MANY FRIENDS. After which, TILE PRETTY GIPSEY AND THE BULL FLOUTER. Followed by THE LITTLE TREASURE. After which, TIIE SPANISH DANCERS. To conalude with SHOCKING EVENTS. 'THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING, Will be performed RORY O'MORE. Characters by Messrs. Hod eon, P. Bedford, C. Selby, Parselle, J. Bland, Garden, &c. ; Mia, es Mary Keeley, Kate Kelly, Wyndham, &c. Followed by A MOVING TALE. To conclude with OPEN SESAME. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. J. H. Anderson, 18, Norfolk-street, Strand. Increased Attractions, and success in equal ratio THIS, AND EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'Clock, Will be presented, with entirely New and Magnificent Appoint ments, MAGIC and MYSTERY, in twelve acts, arranged in two parts, by Professor Anderson. After which, the startling illustrations of Spirit-Rapping'. HALF AN-HOUR WITII THE SPIRITS, being the most surprising and interesting series of experiments ever given within the walls of any theatre. 84,721 persons have visited the Lyceum already to see the Great Wizard of the North. Prices of admission: —Private Boxes, li. 1 Is. 6d. and 1/. Is.; Orches t r a Stalls, 45.: Dress Boxes, 38.; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. No Half-price. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Grand Morning Performance on Saturday Next at TWO o'Clock. Doors open at Half-past One. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. FLEXMORE'S (le Dansenr Comique) BENEFIT. and Last Appearance at this Theatre ; also of that celebrated Danseuse, AultiOL, will take place on THURSDAY, Nov. Ist, 1855. Drama, Ballet Comique, Concert, Farce, Ballet Ex traordinaire, Melo-drama, &c., &c. Tickets to be had of Mr. Flexmore, (6, Hercules-Buildings, Lam beth, and at the Box Office of the Theatre. Box Office open daily, from 10 until 3 o'clock. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr: Payne. THIS EVENING, Will be performed SIMP3ON AND CO. After which, SAM PATCH. After which, a BALLET. To which will be added ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE. To conclude with KISSING GOES BY FAVOUR. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Complete, unequivocal, and triumphant success ! THIS EVENING, The wondrous and exciting Military Spectacle, The FALL of SEBASTOPOL ! Storming of the Malakhoff —Moonlight View of the Doomed City—Sortie of the Rugslans—Cavalry, Infantry, Can non—English, French, and Sardinians. The stage and the ring in ono vast battle-field ! After which the EQUF.STRIAN EXERCISES in the ARENA, Including Mr. J. 11. Cooke's extraordinary novel Equestrian Feat, the Sant du Pont du Cirque, with other F.ntertalnment.F. Lox-odice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director, 11,. W. Cooke, lun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIR DAT—Morn. 13 min. aft. s—Evening 35 min. aft. 5 To- NI . 0 Ritow—Morn.s7 min. aft. 5 —Evening 26 min. aft. 6 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Oct. 17. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 57—highest since neon yesterday. 52—Lowest this racrning and during the night. 57—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'82. Winn, E.N.E.—Light, with dull rainy weather. After. noon, fine, :(I,r "T 9 „ny §ll3l LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1855. Odessa has again been spared ! At least for the present ! The celebrated performance of the French MONARCH, who " With all his men, Marched up the hill, and down again," has been paralleled by the great exploit of the Allied Fleets, which remained at anchor in sight of the Emporium of the trade of Southern Russia for some days, and then quietly sailed or steamed away, as if terrified by the magnitude of the pre parations made for their reception. It is indeed difficult to understand the nature of the move ment. It would have been far better if the Allied squadrons had not shown their teeth unless resolved to bite. Trifling as it was, something was done on the former visit to Odessa. Admiral DUNDAS, no doubt influenced by secret instruc- ' tions from the then First Lord, permitted a few steamers to try a little ball practice against the fortifications, while the rest of the fleet remained idle spectators of the performance. The avowed object of the bombardment was to inflict punish ment for the infamous violation of the law of nations in firing on a flag of truce. It was not looked on or regarded as an operation of the War, and in that point of view, perhaps, due retribu tion was visited on the offenders for that specific crime ! A speedy illustration was afforded of Musco vite gratitude in the treatment of poor Captain GIFFARD and the crew of the stranded Tiger. The constant supplies of men, provisions, and ammunition —in fact of all the personnel and ma teriel of war—forwarded through Odessa to the Crimea, and Sebastopol itself, afforded au equally powerful illustration of the policy of the course then adopted ! Rad greater determination been displayed on that memorable occasion many valuable French and English li ves m i ght have been spared. The Czan, w ou ld h ave learned that the Western Powers were really in earnest, and that it w as of the utmost importance that he should close with the best terms that could be obtained, and that he should for the time being at least have relinquished the traditional p o li cy of his house. But the culpable weakness of our conduct induced him to harden his heart, and to reject the too lenient terms offered. It rend ere d the Vienna Conference a ridiculous abortion, and irreparably damaged the political reputation of the Aberdeenites and of Lord J. RUSSELL. We had therefore hoped that such folly would not again be displayed ; that the pertinent inter rogatory, " Why spare Odessa ?" need no longer be exhibited. The sailing of the British ,Fleet from before Sebastopol, where it had so long in dulged in inglorious ease, would have been the signal for some real and important service against the enemy, and that Odessa would have expiated the misconduct of its Governor and of its autocratic master. But once more we have been mistaken ; although no less than eighty ves sels of war of all classes were in sight of the har bour, and the inhabitants were momentarily ex pecting a descent, or at least a bombardment, t h e squadron kindly relieved the panic by weigh-- j e , anchor and starting for Kinburn, on ill estuary of the Dniester, where they are now, or at least were at the time of transmitting the i n _ telligenee, quietly anchored. It is difficult to understand the nature or causes of these very eccentric move.. rnents. It is possible that all may yet be ri g h t, and that the object i 3 to strike a heavy blow against Kherson or Ni co l a i e ff, o r both. The po sition taken is equally menacing to either ? And it is by no means improbable that the expediency of disposing of the new Sebastopol, which, ac cording to Russian accounts, is to become the real standing menace against Constantinople, and the I Ottoman dominions may have been demonstrated the controllers and directors of the naval operations. In this case all may yet be right. The punish ment of Odessa may only be postponed, not aban doned. It would, unque s ti onably, be well to dispose of Nicolaieff before the magnitude of the preparatium; said to be going forward h ad greatly enhanced the difficulty of the task, and time enough would still remain for dealing with Odessa. But, if so, why make the abortive de monstration ? Why seem to hesitate, or g ive time to the enemy to make their arrangements ? All these are matters that must hereafter be strictly investigated. They, no doubt, emanate from my Lords in Whitehall ; and, considering who is the responsible person at the head of the department, we must entertain considerable misgivings until we see unequivocal indications of going in earnest against the enemy, and giving full scope to our gallant sailors to deal as they think proper with their opponent. We have no fears of any deficiency on their part. Our apprehensions are limited to the instructions and orders under which they are bound to act. The address of Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT at the " Triennial Commemoration " of the opening of the Wilton Parochial Library and Reading-Room, though of no great political interest, is sufficiently suggestive to warrant some degree of attention. To the presence of the Rev. S. G. OSBORNE and Mrs. BRACEBRIDGE much of its tone must doubt less be attributed. Still, making every allowance for the warmth of feeling induced by the exhibition of personages so well known in connection with the War, it may fairly ba inferred that the Right Honourable Gentleman has not kept pace with the recalcitration of some of his late colleagues, and is not yet to be numbered among the converts of Mr. BRIGHT. Whatever satisfaction this mai , produce—however much or little gratified the public may feel to learn that in Mr. SIDNEY HER BERT'S present opinion "there never was a more justifiable War than the present one," there is some degree of pleasure derivable from the fact that, slow as Wilton would appear to be in the march of improvement, the people have enlightened ideas about the War, and count it a boon to be informed on every particular illustrative of the prowess and devotion of their lion-hearted de fenders in the East. This is so far creditable to them that we are disposed to take up the cudgels in their behalf, and to resent the slight offered them by the Chair man. A population who have not only enlisted their sympathies in the War, but cultivate their understandings uninterruptedly amid its tur moils, to say nothing of their leap in three solar revolutions from the enterprise involved in the purchase of a municipal water-cart, to that involved in the manufacture and distribution of gas and the laying down of drainage, really had a right, if lectured at all, to more perfect infor mation than Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT thought pro per to offer them. •It was all well enough in its way to be told of the Chairman's approval of the War, of his high admiration of that noble band who have ministered to the necessities of our wounded soldiers, and of his disapproval of those " who were disposed to find fault or to depreciate the efforts made by the English army in the late siege." But that was not enough. They had a right to expect something more personal to them selves. It is quite evident they read the news papers, and consequently they must already have been as well acquainted as most people with the unanswerable logic in favour of the War, with the thrilling records of British bravery and endurance from the commencement of the siege to its con clusion, and of that holy zeal that ministered forti tude to physical suffering, consolation to moral an guish, and a tranquil light to the passage to the grave. And equally certain was it that the fine traits in the character of the British soldier re vealed during the War—the "tenderest affection" for the dear ones left behind him, to fight, it may be ere long, in their helplessness, the battle of life alone ; and " the deepest and most earnest piety" so strikingly evinced on the eve of battle, as at its successful termination—must have been perfectly familiar to them. Why, then, did the Right Hon. Chairman repeat the ever-welcome story, and omit to reveal to them a secret they have a right to know l—a secret in respect to which the newspapers have made shrewd guesses, it is true, but have been unable to communicate to the public on authority—. the reason, viz., why Odessa was spared ? Is a mere supplementary bit of history the reason ought to be forthcoming ; and, if all tales be 1 true, the Chairman could tell it as well as any one. The nephew of Prince WORONZOFF might, indeed, be supposed to know better than most people how it came to pass so much forbearance was shown the great depot of provisions for the Rissian armies. The tale was not complete. The narrative lacked an incident whose absence darkens and deepens the profound interest felt in the Crimean War and everything belonging to it. It should not have been a trivial reason that led our rulers to spare a place from which our enemy derived hisfood and an army in support. For see what that involves ! no less, in fact, than the protrac tion of the siege —blows not stricken that might have been elsewhere—thousands needlessly slain —millions of taxation wasted, and an amount of physical suffering it is distressing to contemplate. Did it never occur to the Right Hon. Gentleman, while parading the above modern apostles of huma nity, how far they may be indebted to him for their exhausting labour and martyr-like devotion, and how many of those letters that have touched a people's heart might not have been written but for him, while'the men that dictated them Iv:mid still have existed ? The reason, Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT —the reason why Odessa has 'oeen spared ! If it be a valid one, it can do yo:a no harm, but much good, to tell it ; if not, don't do the senti inoisteuroitalevanenteetelitptee ipneorpelleatioofn 14 to m tal la Wilton. Your War, apart from the sparing of Odessa, should deter you ! THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY. EVE in .1 OCTOBER l7, 1855. THE .RETURN OF HER MAJESTY. EDINBURGH, Tuesday Evening.—The Queen and Court left Balmoral this morning at half-past eight o'clock, posted by Ballater and Aboyne to Banchory, where her Majesty was received by Mr. John Duncan, chairman and patron, Mr. David son, deputy-chairman of the Deedside Railway, and a distinguished party, at the station. The Royal train left Banchory at eight minutes past 12, and arrived at the Ferry-hill station of the Aberdeen Railway at 38 minutes after 12. Lord James Hay, chairman of the Aberdeen Railway, Provost Blackie, and the other magistrates of the city received the Queen. Her Majesty arrived at Stonehaven at 12 minutes after 1, and had lun cheon ; left at 32 minutes after 1, and reached Forfar at 53 minutes after 2, Perth at 58 minutes after 3, and Stirling 57 minutes after 4. At these stations there were large assemblages, military bands, and guards of honour, and at Stirling, where the depot of the 42d were drawn up to re ceive her Majesty, Captain Wilkinson, lately re turned from the Crimea, was recognised and called forward by the Queen. The train left Stirling at 2 minutes past 5, and arrived at Edinburgh at a quarter after 6—so punctual to the time-table that the mean variation was only 1 minute in 176 miles. Her Majesty was received at St. Margaret's sta tion, Edinburgh, by the Duke of Buccleuch, Major- General Viscount Melville, Mr. Sheriff Gordon, the Hon. Colonel Dalziel, The Royal party drove in a succession of closed carriages to Holyrood Palace, amid the cheering of a considerable assemblage. In the vestibule there she was received by the Duke of Hamilton, the Lord Provost, &c. _ _ The park was lined by the 7th Dragoon Guards, the Edinburghshire and 2d Lanarkshire Militia, the 72d and 92d Highland Depots. The Castle guns fired a salute on the Queen's arrival. The weather throughout the day was brilliant, and the whole journey was performed without ac cident. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) BERWICK, 9.10 A.m. The Queen left Edinburgh this morning at 8.30, and has just crossed the border. Weather splendid, and all going on well. THE TELEGRAPH FROM VARNA TO BALAKLAVA. This cable, says the Paris correspondent of the Morning Post in his letter this morning, has never been broken. From the day it was successfully laid, it has remained in perfect working order, and the one or two interrup tions which have taken place in the communication with London and Paris were caused by a portion of the land line across Turkey to the Austrian frontier having be come injured. It is a remarkable fact that the only thing connected with the war which has completely realised the expecta tions of the most sanguine is this telegraphic cable, al though it was quite novel in construction and nearly three times as long as any cable which has been laid any where. THE TELEGRAPH BETWEEN SARDINIA AND ALGERIA. News has been received that the cable which Mr. Brett was laying for the Mediterranean Company, be tween the Island of Sarainia and Algeria has failed. Out of 160 miles, 80 have been left at the bottom of the sea quite worthless, and 80 miles are coming home. This is a loss of over 100,0001. to the company, and justifies the views of many telegraphic engineers, that the heavy class of cable they have adopted is unsuited to deep water. A li g ht sable, light compared to the one just lost, has beau laid with complete success between Varna and Constantinople by Messrs. R. S. Newall and Co., for the English and French Governments ; the same firm laid the Varna and Balaklava cable. They are making arrangements to construct a similar cable for the Eastern Telegraph Company, to be laid between Con stantinople and Alexandria, and this company are now negotiating for the facilities necessary from the East India Company, to complete the line to India. The French Government have granted facilities to a company to make a telegraph from Toulon or Marseilles, which shall join the Eastern Telegraph line at Rhodes, passing by Corsica and Malta, so that when this system is com plete, there will be telegraphic communication with Constantinople touching only upon French, English, and Turkish territory ; and the same to India. THE ALLIES IN SEBASTOPOL. The Journal des Debats has the following, dated " SEBASTOPOL, Sept. 30. "I mentioned to you in my last letter that trains had been laid to blow up the arsenal and a considerable portion of Sebastopol. Everything was ready, and no thing was wanting but the signal to begin, when a telegraphic despatch arrived conveying the order to suspend the work of destruction till such time as the telegraph should transmit the command to that effect. There is quite time enough for the execution of such an order, and for the present the buildings about to be destroyed will be useful to the allied armies. The city still presents an aspect of desolation and solitude that appals the visitor. The firing is not very brisk between the north and south sides of the town. The Russians scarcely fire 120 guns in 24 hours, and do US but little injury. There are in the town only a few artillerymen, necessary to work the guns, and the guard picquets. A melancholy accident has just occurred, which is a little calculated to damp the ardour of tourists. An English soldier happened to walk on an infernal machine, which immediately ex ploded, killing or wounding some 60 men. This acci dent has suggested the propriety of making fresh exami nations, and on all sides are to be seen men busily employed digging, with a view to discover those destruc tive engines of the Russians. Floating batteries and gun-boats are preparing to attack Fort Constantine. I have already referred to the booty found in Sebastopol. I have procured a return of the materiel found by the English in Karabelnaia. This return is official. It in cludes 179 cannon in position at the Great Redan, and 116 in reserve ; 213 in position at Malakboff and the Little Redan, and 139 in reserve ; in the interior bat tery 64 ; and in the arsenal I , 4B l—which form a total of 2,222 guns. More than 330,000 round shot and shells have been reckoned. The number of those not yet counted is thought to amount to about 60,000. The Count and Countess de Stolberg gave a grand dinner at the Star and Garter at Richmond on Monday to their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess d'Auersperg, Lord and Lady Dormer, Count de Kcenig segg, Count De La Feld, Mr. and Lady E. Stuart, Baron Emile de Montherol, Baron Rosen, and Mr. St. John, FlRS.—This morning, shortly before 4 o'clock, the premises in the occupation of Mr. Hallewell, a licensed victualler, in Church-street, Blackfriars, were entirely destroyed by fire ; the houses adjoining were very much damaged, and three persons very seriously injured. The Marquis of San Giuliano Gagliati, Neapolitan Charge d'Affaires to the Holy See, died at Rome on the 9th, of cholera. The Duchess of Genoa has caused the private library of her late consort, consisting principally of military works, to be prepared for the use of the public. It is to be opened on Ist January next. M. Lequien, one of the actors at the Gaite, has just met with a serious accident, caused by his own impru dence. He had a flask full of powder in his hand, when he foolishly threw some grains from it on a lighted cigar which be held in his band. They caught fire, and un fortunately communicated it to the remainder of the powder in the flask, which exploded and injured his hand severely. though, it is hoped, not dangerously, The King of Prussia is causing the castle of Hohen zollern, the cradle of his family, to be magnificently re stored and decorated. The castle is situated at the summit of a high mountain in the district of Hechingen. In addition to a royal residence, it is to serve as a sort of fortress, and accommodation is being provided in it for an entire battalion. RAILWAYS IN SWITZERLAND.—The federal Swiss Go vernment has just prepared a bill the tendency of which is to compel the companies to whom railways in Swit zerland have been conceded to have permanent beards of direction residing in the Helvetic territory, and to have their .. areal seat and all their working material there. 14 Malta Times of the 9th says :—" Tidings have reached this superintendent ofCtarleton, demise, enact sth ult., of William Carleton, Esq., her t island from the coast of Barbary, of the Britann son of Capt. Ed Ca Consulate Agent at Sfax, and eldest gard to Bellemare,v The judicial iu he Quarantine Port of Malta." for many years captain and esttgation which was made with re ;aan who attempted to fire at the Emperor at the Italian t he l is insane. 0 T A trial of the locomoti the undoubted conclu:lionP thatera on the Bth ult., has led to torn, is shortly to take place o e egr h a art of 'the Western aph, on B nell s sys- Railway, between Paris and St, already engaged in fixing the telegraphic bar. Every --- October. It is known The Baron James d e Rothschild arid th Baron Al that the apparatus is being plionse de Rothschild have arrivedon the line between Turin and at the St. James's fully Genoa. Hotel, Jerrnyn-street, from Paris. Al-- thing petitioned the English Governmet THE SPANISH REFUGEES IN LONDON. —The Spaniards The Sultan,_ on the proposition of Marshal Pelissie , who have been expelled from France and are presentat has granted the cross of Commander of the Order o r f in London, have Metidge to M. Tanski, who, for more than a year, has ' • cede with the French Government for the urn to directed the service of military information at the head. of t obtaining for them permission to return to FrPanepeoosne quarters of the French army in the East, account of the difficulty they feel of living with their Ii- The general result of the elections in Prussia is now I mited means in England. The English Government known- The nominations are divided in this way : bad consented to intercede, and demanded' f rom these three-fifths for the Ministry ; one-fifth for th e Catholic refugees a declaration, that on their return to France party, which in a political pointof view cannot be classed they would do nothing against the Government of Queen among the opposition, and one-fifth, for the opposition Isabella. The refugees, however, refused. In such a properly so ca ll e d. The composition of the Second 1 case it is needless to add that the English Government Chamber is not therefore very sensibly =Sited. e, declined to interfere, •' - - - THE BOOTY P IN SEBASTOPOL. --------------.' 77.7.---111 Sebastopol, of th e 2d 0 UN D commission ap po i nted to e e.port on th e b oo t y We road in a letter inTsth. The comm found in Sebastopol, and to det ermin bution ' bas completed its lab ours. The is mod e o f distri by th e C o mmissioner3 on the let inst. re3pB o ort was signed large and small c?..libre, 6 steam-engin es , - I'B ° c annon of 00 or balls, bomb-sells, anchors, chains, rig g i n — ,o 19,000 &c., have been found. The Commission 16 0 b all kinds, that all the booty shall be divided between Frati ne es ' ed Engl-,,nd. But it has been agreed at the saran timend ths,c, after having valued the different articles accord i.ng to their weight, the distribution should take pl ace in proportion to the number of men in each army and that if on this calculation England should have a right to only one-fourth of the whole, she should re store to France the value of the additional amount she may have received, at the rate of 10c. per kilogramme, the price of old iron. There is no mention of the Turks in the report. As to the Sardinians, it is unnecessary to say that, being included in the English army, they have a claim to a portion of the amount assigned to the latter. t The following arrangements have been made with regard within th e town :—That portion of the city comprised the Quarantine, Fort Nicholas, the Military Har bour, and the Flag -staff Batter yshall ' be the exclusive . Property of the French. Th - ' e English shall have fir their part the Karabeln • that the French will be afriae suburbs, at the same time to use Careening Bay, eto erect hospitals there, and ay, the Docks, !LATEST NEWS. MARSEILLES, TUESDAY EVENING. A communication from the Crimea, dated Oct. 6, states that on the evening of that day an ex pedition, consisting of 3,500 English troops and 2,000 seamen, sailed for the mouth of the river Bug. It was believed that the light cavalry, under General Lord George Paget, would embark for Eupatoria. MARSEILLES, OCT. 16. The letters brought by the Cheliff from the Crimea are dated the 6th. By these we learn that Marshal Pelissier was in the Valley of Baidar with 36,000 of the Allied troops. Also that 4,000 workmen were employed in making roads around Sebastopol. ST. PETERSBURG, TUESDAY. An imperial ukase orders the embodiment of the militia in the provinces of Ovenburg and Samare. The organisation is to commence on the 15th of next month, and terminate on the 15th December. The proportion is to be 23 men in every 1,000 souls. BERLIN, TUESDAY. The Prussian Correspondence contradicts the report that Prussia is attempting to mediate be tween Russia and the Allied Powers ; and adds that, on sounding the Allies, Russia found them so disinclined to negotiate at this moment that she made no proposals. TURIN, OcT. 16. The Chambers will assemble on the 12th of November. After that date the King intends to visit Paris. The Himalaya has left Genoa with reinforce ments for the Crimea. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The Emperor and the Duke and Duchess de Brabant yesterday visited the Hotel du Louvre, where they were received by M. E. Pereire and M. Ad. d'Eichthal. The Emperor yesterday gave an audience to M. Jean-Baptiste Alberdi, who presented his letters of credence as Charge d'Affaires of the Argentine Confederation. The question - of the recall of M. de Persigny, Ambassador at London, is said to be under serious consideration. The French Government is reported not to approve of the political line which be has followed at the English Court. It is added that Count Walewski will return to London, and that M. Drouyn de l'Huys will resume the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The decree relative to the suppression of the Cents Gardes has been signed by the Emperor. The fete offered to Prince Napoleon and the members of th, Imperial Commission by the exhi bitors at the Exposition Universelle took place last night in tlie new Hotel du Louvre, and was, without any etception ' one of the most unsucces ful entertainments that we ever witnessed in Paris. The whole entertainment was dreadfully mis managed, the great mistake being the absence of ladies, whose presence would have tended to keep the grosser portion of the company within the bounds of something like good behaviour. The fete was certainly not such as the exhibitors of the Great Paris Exhibition ought to have offered to the Prince wlo presides over the Imperial Com mission. The Constitutionnel having published some re marks relativs to the mission of M. de Prokesch- Osten to Parts, which were contradicted by the Patric, but afterwards persisted iu by the Consti tutionnel, the latter has received the following letter from M. Collet Meygret, part of whose duty it is to watch over the proceedings of the public press : "Monsieur—Conformably to Art. 19 of the organic decree on the press, I call on you to insert at the head of your journal the following as a communicated article: --` The Constitvtionnel, replying to an evening journal, thought proper to maintain the correctness of its infor mation, relative to the diplomatic mission which is said to have been confided to M. de Prokesch-Osten. The Constitutionnel has bee n l e d i n t o an error b y i ts corres pondent. M. ce Prokesch was not charged with any mission to the Court of the Tuileries.'—Accept, &e." The Coast it ttionnel, in obedience to the demand, heads its number of to-day with the above com munication. • The m ov ,itear publishes a decree confirming seven p romo ti on s to the rank of officer, and 37 nomina tions to that grant f ofKnightn military medalsintheLegionof oHonourive hby y ; the and also Marshal the rellsmer. meat for th e rema i n d er o f t h e presen t The Moniteitr contains the decree fixing the price according to the diff erent ca t egor i es , w h ic h have already publi s h e d i n Th e S un . It will be remembered that beef has been divided month, oof bu tc h b ii n c s o ' into three categories, and veal and mutton into two. The prices are now fixed as follows :—Ox beef, Ist category, lfr. 73c. per kilogramme ; 2d, lfr. 28c. ; 3d, 88c. Cow and bull-beef, lfr. 53c., lfr. 13c., and 73c. respectively. Veal, Ist, lfr. 68c. ; 2d, lfr. 26c. Mutton, Ist, lfr. 81c. ; 2d, lfr. 31c. BOURSE, October 15, Half-past Two.—The quo tations of the English Consols having arrived with a fall flof of' the Fren c h S ecur iti es d ec li ne d at the opening the market ; but the pric es o f th e Th ree h a ve been s t ea dy a t f rom 65f. t o 65f. 20c. ent of account of the R a il way Sh ares Theper Cents.settle m passed off quietly. There was a heaviness in prices, but the rate for continuations to the 30th curt. were easy. Alobilier Shares have been in good de mand. Half-past Three.--The market con ti nue d im proving the close. It was ann ounce d that t h e Credit mtoob ilier had sold to the P ar i s and. L yons Railway Company the little railway of Salins. The following are the last quotations : Cash , fr. e. End of Month. 4. per Cents .......•• 90 75 --; f • -- c. 3 per Cent 5............ 65 15 6 5 30 New L0an............ 66 15 ..... _ Bank Shares ......... 3150 Roman Credit Mobilier 1235 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. 95 '— Spanish Threes 37 Piedraontese ......... 85 Home Debt ..... RAILWAYS—POR CASH. fr. e. Orleans .. ll2O Lyons Geneva ..... 662 5) 780 Strasbu rg Western Lyons 1140 New Ditt 0 ..,.....;,,, 772 50 Mediterranean 1232 50 Teste Northern Cette 6BO ---Austrian C0nn....... 74 2 50 POLAND. c r . Jn tedcsitrocumlaatkioenin m to the Poland A letter from Warsaw, of the B th, in the Ham burg News, says— c h a " n A g e l s l kinds h o t f h e rumours r ae in n It is certain that M. de Kotzebue h as brought forward a . plan of reorganisation for the Polish . kingdo m , w hi ch has been approved of by the Minister of the Int er i or, and submitted to the Emperor. The plan suggests a fresh division of the provinces. None of the present govern ments will remain, except those of Lublin and Warsaw ; those of Radom, Plock, and Augustowo will be unit e d and form one government. The king do m will therefore be composed of three governments ; the civil and mili tary administration will remain in the same hand, but a separation will take place in the low er b ranches of it. Prince Paskiewitch is opposed to any change ; he says that this new division would wound the national feelings of Poland, an idea which produces a smile from the Poles, since neither the existing divisions, nor the ne w ones have any res embl ance t o the ancient Polish organisation. The Minister Turekul only seeks to centralise, while Prince Paskiewitch sees a germ of insurrection in the slightest change." THE BALTIC FLEET. REVEL ROADS, OCT. 9.—You must not look for any further news of importance; the season is already past for active operations ; the fogs, so prevalent in these waters, have set in, gales succeed gales, the nights are dark, and the movements of the fleet in consequence confined to a few changes in the posi tion of our blockading force, the occasional arrival of a cruiser to replenish coals, and at times a short reconnoitring expedition. The Commander-in Chief personally left this an chorage in the Duke of Wellington on the 27th ult., and, after having inspected the squadron of observation under Admiral Seymour's orders, he proceeded on to Cronstadt, and made a last recon naissance o f th e f ort ifi ca ti ons an d s hipping, i n order to sati s f y hi mse lf th a t th ey were s till in safe keeping. The following a list of the enemy's fleet visible • in the harbour :—two three-deckers, topmasts struck, and moored ; two liners, with topgallant yards across ; and two frigates, one supposed to be a screw, also topgallant yards across. On the north side of the island lay nine block-ships, lower masts standing ; two large and three small paddle steamers, ready for service, and several steam gun boats. No material additions were apparent on the fortifications, and the admiral's proximity did not occasion any particular movement or excite ment. From Sweaborg we learn that every exertion is made to repair damages done by the bombardment, for which purpose all the masons and artisans in the south of Finland have been pressed for service ; and further, that several thousand horses are daily employed conveying provisions, stores, and muni tions of war along the Wiborg road to Helsingfors. Our cruisers, who at times near the forts almost within range, are able to see large bodies of work men engaged at Drumsio, off Sweaborg, in throw ing up new earthworks, and, judging from the rapid advance these make to completion, the enemy must have upwards of 3,000 men on this island alone. We may, consequently, anticipate a warm reception on our return in the spring. Rumour states that the Eden, transport No. 107, has left for the Aland Islands, in order, it is said, to take in the guns captured last year at Bomarsund, which appear not to have been dis turbed by the Russians during our absence last winter. The Hogue, Captain Ramsay, and the gun-boats, Badger, Biter, Jackdaw, Lark, Magpie, Pelter, Bind, Pincher, Ruby, Skylark, Snap, Snapper, Starling, Stork, Thistle, and Weasel, left yesterday for England —some for Sheerness and the river, others for Portsmouth and Plymouth. It was high time these small craft departed, as the weather is becoming tempestuous and very changeable, which would render a prolonged stay rather dangerous. They have, without any exception, proved them selves most serviceable, and admirably fitted for the purpose, and it is doubted if any improvements could be suggested. The machinery has stood all the rough work they have been put to, and not one has required repair, although sometimes under weigh day and night. If a disinterested Russian could be found, we should learn that they had an noyed the enemy not a little, and inflicted great loss, particularly by the capture and destruction of numerous small coasters. The experience of this year, it is to be hoped, will induce the Admiralty to make preparations for supplying the Baltic fleet for 1856 with a large squadron of the so-called " musquito" class. The Nile, Capt. Mundy, has joined the.flag from Biorko Sound, as has also the Geyser, Captain Dew, with two prizes in tow. The master of the Issie, a schooner used this season as a depot for stores up here, fell overboard last night, whilst in the act of wearing cable, and owing to the heavy sea on, perished, without being able to receive any assistance from the ship. The Belleisle, hospital ship, is under orders f or England ; the Jupiter, steam transport, has ar rived from England with stores and provisions ; and the George Hawkins, No. 22, steam transport, has left for England, taking the Hon. A. Hobart, late first lieutenant of the Duke of Wellington, home, on promotion to his commander's rank. ROME. Pius IX. has conferred on Count Buol, the 4.ustrian Premier, the great Cross in diamonds of the Order of Pius ; on Baron de Bach, the great Cross of the Order of St. George; and on Count de Thun that of the Order of St. Sylvestre. These honours have been conferred, it is said, by his Ho liness, in order to testify his high satisfaction at the conclusion of the recent concordate between Austria and the Holy See. At the publication of this do cument, a meeting of all the bishops of the Empire will take place in Vienna, and great solemnities will be celebrated in the cathedral church of St. Stephen. ,METROPOLITAIV SEWERS COMMISSION, A general court was held yesterday, at the office in Greek-street. Mr. R. Jebb presided. The SECRETARY laid before the court the usual finan cial statement, which showed an available balance of 32,886/. 13s. 9d., from which payments were ordered to be made for works in progress to the amount of 8,6531. 13s. 4d. Mr. WARD took the opportunity of drawing the atten tion of the court to the benefits that had already been derived by the public under the new House Drainage Act—an act, he said, which had been decried by engi neers, but which all were coming round to, as under it they were enabled to abolish cesspools, form water closetq, and lay on the water, and do all that was required, for an average sum of 51. per house. As it was now in successful operation, he considered that Lord Zbrington was entitled to great credit for having brought forward the bill that had received the sanction of Par liament. The CHAIRMAN, without wishing to detract from any merit due to Lord Ebrington, said the present act was almost verbatim with a bill drawn by himself, in con junction with their secretary, and submitted to the Go vernment two years ago. _ _ Mr. WARD, in reply - , alluded to the letter which he had written to Lord Palmerston on the subject of beck combined drainage, which led to the resignation of the late Commission en masse, but that very subject, which had formed the battle ground between the Board of Health and the Commissioners, had been conceded in the present act of Parliament. The subject then dropped. Mr. WILKINS, of Reading, brought under the notice of the Court samples of vegetables produced by him, in which he had largely used sewage manure, and the pro duce was greatly in favour of the application generally of that species of manure. Some uninteresting routine business was disposed of, and the Court adjourned. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Oct. 17.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; light airs and fog. RAMSGATE, Oct. 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Alder man Thompson, from Portsmouth, for Sunderland, with damage. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 16.—Sailecl—Sparrowhawk, for the Crimea ; H.M.S. Rosamond, for the westward. SHIELDS, Oct. 16.—A waterlogged and apparently aban doned vessel, painted black, with only stu m p o f naizen mast, bowsprit, and jib boom standing, was passed, 22d Sept. in 43 N. 41 W. Had a hense, painted yellow, stand ing abaft. supposed to have been ship or barque rigged. MALTA, Oct. 9.—The cargo of coals on board the Ame rican ship Walter Scott, in this harbour, took fire from spontaneous combustion, on the 6th inst., and is still burning ; will probably be sunk. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 16.—Wind S.—Arrived—Willi am from Portsmouth, for Sierra Leone.; Hells, Labrador., Sailed—Terra Nova, for Newfoundland; Creole, St. John's, Newfoundland. PILL, Oct. 16.—Wind W.—Sailed—Try, for New York ; Ajax, Balakla,va. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived.—Poultans and Sportsman, from Snaderland. Sailed.—Brunswick (s.), for Plymouth; Ondine London. LrvEßrooL, Wednesday Morning. Wind E. Sailed—Humber, for Charleston. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 15. Wind N.W. Arrived.—Eolus, from Galatz; Nabrasker, Windsor, N.S. Sailed.—Petrel, Amsterdam ; Mayflower, Matanzas. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 9.56 a.m. Wind S.W. ; tide, four hours' ebb ; weather, fine. Arrived, Oct. 17.—Le Coq, irom Cherbourg; Edith, Dunkirk. Sailed, Oct. 17.—Maniton, for Oden. DEAL, Wednsaday, 9.35 a.m. Wind, S.S.W. ; moderate. Passed.—Schooner AgaiLa, from London, for the west ward ; Hilda, Alexandria, for London ; Amity (s.s. tpt. 177), London, for Constantinople j Jessina, London, for Constantinople. Anchored.—Jane Tindall, from Shields, for Rouen. Sailed.—Sydpalen, for Batavia ; Giacomo, ,NAplei. MEETING OF MEXICAN BONDHOLDERS.—A meeting of Mexican bondholders was held yesterday,Mr. C. M‘Garel presiding, when a short statement relative to the pro ceedings of the committee was adopted. It appears that the endeavours since the last meeting to transfer the management of the claims of the bondholders to Messrs. Baring have been unsuccessful, owing to the disorganised condition of the republic and the flight of Santa Anna. A hope, however, is entertained that arrangements may be effected to promote this result, which, it is thought, will be alike advantageous to the bondholders and the Mexican Government. Meanwhile the com mittee consent to act, but if at the end of six months no conclusion can be arrived at they propose that a new body should be organised to determine the course to be pursued. A suggestion has been thrown out, that the affairs of the bondholders might be better conducted in the hands of one individual at a fixed salary. The com mittee, it is stated, were not prepared for the declaration of the dividend just announced, but they accept it as a satisfactory sign. The subscription of 6d. in the pound on the last dividend having been exhausted, with the exception of a balance of 9401., a new one of similar amount has been sanctioned on the payment about to be made. The sum thus afforded will reach nearly 3,3001., and the principal disbursements are to include the allowance of 1,0001. per annum, with a ha' f per cent. commission on remittances to Mr. Whitehead, the re sident commissioner in Mexico, and the expenditure in London of about 5001. per annum, including the secre tary's salary. Some discussion took place with regard to the large sum of 150,0001. being allowed to remain in the Bank of England in the individual name of Col. Facio, the Mexican Financial Agent; and a resolution was passed, urging the committee to continue their exer tions to obtain the sanction of the Government to its being made a joint account with some person as repre sentative of the bondholders. The exertions of the Commissioner are stated to be constant, and calcu lated to prove especially usoful at the present critical juncture. LAW INTELLIGENCE —(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.) IN RE JAMES EMMINGS. This was an adjourned meeting for certificate. The bankrupt was described as of Portland-square and Not ting-hill, builder. The balance sheet commenced January, 1855, and ended February, 1855, and showed-Debtor to creditors unsecured, 1,5281. 4s. 4d. ; creditor claiming lien on property, 2081. 12s. sd. ; creditors holding security, &c., 13,3201. Bs. 10d. ; liabilities, 60/. ; house bequeathed by his father, 4601. ; profits, 2,3151. Os. 4d. ; capital, 1,7881. 4s. id. Creditor : By good debts, 241. 18s. 7d. ; doubt. fol, 1721. 12s. 3d. ; property, 1541. ; property on which lien was claimed, 2001. ; property held by creditors, 14,8101. ; by depression of house property, 1,1401. ; law charges, 5571. 19s. 23. ; interest, 138/. Bs. 9d. ; ground rents, 1,097/. 173. 6d. ; trade expenses, 2211. ss. Id. ; domestic and personal do., 4151. 18s. ld. ; losses, 6871. 10s. sd. His Honour suspended the certificate for 12 months, The question of protection to stand over. POLICE INTELLIGENCE —(This Day. MANSION-11017SE. BRAWLING, &c., IN A CH URCH. — Charles Hart, of Fish-street-hill, charged on Monday last with being intoxicated and causing a disturbance at the church of the united parishes of St. Mary, Somerset, and St. Mary, Bethlem, surrendered to his recognisance this morning for further examination. The Lord Mayor, addressing the defendant, told him he stood in a very painful position, and informed him that if he treated the case summarily, he must send him to prison for three months, and after that he would be liable to be indicted at quarter sessions. He asked the prisoner if he was fully sensible of the wrong he had done in committing such a breach of decorum as that of brawling in a church during the per formance of Divine service. The defendant said he was now fully aware of his position, but he \vas unconscious at the time of what he was doing. He had since Monday been round to all parties, begged their pardon, and asked forgiveness. He would never again be guilty of similar conduct. The Lord Mayor asked the Rev. J. S. Sergrove if he wished the case to proceed ? The Rev. J. S. Sergrove said yes. He believed the defendant, like Cain, now felt he had committed a great evil, but that he neither feared God nor devil. It was so grave an offence he felt bound to proceed with it. The rev. gentleman then deposed to the occurrence, which bad already been published, and called the two churchwardens to corroborate him. One of the latter, after giving his evidence, asked his lordship to discharge the defendant. He was a poor man, with a wife and family (his wife being near her confinement), and having expressed his sorrow, and asked for forgiveness, he (the churchwarden), feeling for him as a man who had unguardedly committed an act the consequences of which, under an obsolete statute, he and thousands were not aware of, be asked his lordship to discharge him. He felt satisfied the man actually felt his position, and would not offend again in the like manner. The Lord Mayor said he thought that was the most charitable course for the sake of the defendant's wife and family he could take. He bad expressed his sorrow for what be had done, and pleaded guilty to the charge ; and he (the Lord Mayor) hoped this exposure would have the effect of deterring others from the committal of a similar offence. He should attend to the desire of the churchwarden, hoping he would never do the like again. It was at the request of the churchwarden that he dis charged him. The defendant was accordingly discharged. THAMES. ROBBERY ON BOARD A TRANSPORT SHlP.—Erenry Adams, a seaman, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing a silver watch, value five guineas, and three keys, the property of Mr. John Forbes Bur ton, the chief mate of the ship Ocean. It appeared, from the evidence, that the prisoner was engaged a few days as cook of the Ocean, which bad been chartered by Government to convey stores to the Crimea. The Ocean was towed down to Gravesend yesterday (Tuesday) morning. In the afternoon the prisoner disappeared from the ship, and a few minutes afterwards the mate missed his silver watch and three keys from his cabin. The prisoner was immediately suspected, and information of the robbery was tele graphed to London. In the course of the evening, Beech, police-constable 135 K, fell in with the prisoner in company with a woman of the town in a dancing room in Rat cliff highway. The prisoner was dancing a nautical hornpipe, and when ho bad finished his labours, Beech tapped him on the shoulder, and said, " I want you, shipmate." The sailor was astounded, and said, "I know what you have come about, old chap, but I did not take the watch, and never saw it." He was searched, and a pawnbroker's duplicate relating to the watch and the mate's keys were found concealed in his cap. The prisoner then said, " I pawned the watch, and have spent the money in a spree along with a young woman." James Corbridge, assistant to Mr. Tilfer, a pawn broker, of Ratcliff-highway, produced the prosecutor's watch, and said he received it from a woman yesterday evening, to whom he advanced 20s. upon it. Mr. Burton identified his watch. The prisoner, who treated the offence very lightly, said he would pay fur the watch at the end of the voyage. Mr. Yardley—That will not do at all. The prisoner—But I am engaged as cook of the ship. It's all right. Mr. Yardley—lt is all wrong. You won't go out as cook of the Ocean this voyage. I commit you for trial. MARYLEBONE. ASSAULT ON A POLIOEMAN.—WiIIiam Collins, one of the Land Transport service, was charged before Mr. Long with assaulting police-constable Eason, 357 A, while in a state of intoxication. The complainant stated that about ten o'clock last night he was at the station-house in Marylebone-lane, when he was sent for to go to the prisoner, who he wai told was laying at the step of the door of a house in Nlortimer-street, Cavendish•square. He went there and found a crowd in front of the house, and the prisoner was intoxicated. The proprietor of the house stated that the prisoner had been knocking at the door of his house and ringing the bell, and had been using very bad language. Complainant took him into custody, when he became very violent, and continued so all the way to the station-house. Mr. Long—Did he commit any assault upon you ? Complainant—Yes, sir, he kicked me several times, and he swore that he would knock my brains out. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, stated that he was that day going off with some of the Land Transport Force to the Crimea, and that if he was detained he would be taken up as a deserter. Mr. Long—l do not know whether you will be de tained or not, as that will depend on what money you have about you. The prisoner was fined 205., or, in default of payment, 14 days' imprisonment in the House of Correction. A CRUEL ROBBERY.—Mary Kelnal, a young woman, was charged with stealing 4 dresses, 3 shawls, some pet ticoats, a cloth waistcoat, &c., the property of Alice Fitz-Gibbon, and her husband, a labourer living at No. 143, Suffolk-street, Lisson-grove. It appears that the prisoner and the prosecutrix are cousins, and that on last Tuesday week she went into prosecutor's house and took away with her a large bundle. Some of the property had been pawned by the prisoner. The prisoner was remanded. SOUTHWARK. DRUNKENNESS AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—Mary Top. pans, a middle-aged, dissipated-looking female, was brought before Mr. A'Beckett, charged with being drunk and disorderly; also with attempting to commit suicide in the cell at the police station. Police-constable 492 A said that about three o'clock yesterday afternoon he was on duty in tent-street ' when he saw the prisoner lying in the street d run k, and incapable of taking care of herself. He took h e r to the station-house and gave her into custody. She was very unruly, and used disgusting and obscene language. John Day, 187 M, the locker-up at the Police-station at Stones-end, said he placed the prisoner in the cell after she was charged by last witness. Some time afterwards he heard a shuffling noise in the cell, which induced him to go and see what was the matter, when he found the prisoner hanging by the neck from the wicket, she haying fastened her handkerchief tightly round her neck, and found th e other tied to the wicket. She was quite black in the face and insensible. He instantly opened the door, and, with considerable difficulty, cut the handkerchief from her neck, and shortly afterwards she was restored to animation. • Had he not gone to her assistance at the time she must have lost her life. Mr. A'Beckett asked whether anything was known of her ? The constable replied that she had been in custody for drunkenness and riotous conduct. In answer to the charge, the prisoner said she was very sorry for what she had done, but she could no account for attempting her life. She would promise never to do so main. Mr. A'Beckett committed her to prison for seven days for being drunk and riotous, and directed that care should be taken of her at the prison, and recommended that the surgeon should examine her as to her state of mind. A SPICEY THlEF.—Henry Mills, a dirty and lazy looking young fellow, was charged with stealing six pounds of spice beef, the property of some person un known. Dennis Clark, police-constable 108 M, said he was on duty about three o'clock yesterday afternoon, in the Borough-road, when he met the prisoner with a bundle under his arm. He stopped him, and asked him what he had there, when he replied, "only a few old rags." Witness, however, took hold of the bundle, and on open ing it he found a large piece of spice beef, weighing six pounds. He asked the prisoner where he got it, when he replied that he picked it up. Witness knowing him to be an associate of thieves took him into custody, but he had not been able to find out the owner. Mr. A'Beckett remanded him for a week to enable the police to make further inquiries. CI.RCASSI.I. SW:THUM KALEII ABASIA, Sept. 24.—A marvellous change has taken place inahe aspect of this beautifully situated Abasian town since the period of my last visit here a fortnight ago. Then not a solitary vessel lay at anchor in the capacious harbour, and, with the excep tion of a disreputable -looking Turkish guard, not a sol dier was to be seen in its almost deserted streets. Now a dozen ships are busily engaged discharging their mis cellaneous cargoes. Of these three are Turkish line-of battle ships ; the remainder are steamer& and transports. The wharf presents a bustling scene as boat after boat arrives, and their contents convince the astonished Abasians that an invading army is actually being landed upon their coasts. Horses and sheep are crawling up the bank dripping and wretched after their swim ashore ; slouching Turks are squatted in groups in the main street, with their arms piled before them, eating black bread ; Hungarian and Polish refugees, who form the majority of the officers, are exploring the best-looking houses for comfortable quarters ; a regimental band, the best that the Turkish army can boast, is practising in what formerly was the casino, and crowds of natives are listening with eager attention to the march in Norma. Omer Pasha himself is still at Batoum, and Ferhad Pasha (General Stein) is in com mand. At present, however, the number of troops actually landed amounts only to about 4,000, and the duties of the General consist chiefly in preparing for those who are shortly expected from Varna. The Commander-in-Chief will arrive in a few days with the remainder of the troops, which have been encamped in the neighbourhood of Batoum. It is mu^ to be regretted that this expedition was not undertaken earlier in the year. It will be impossible now before the winter to do more than advance on Kutais. Under the most favourable circumstances the army cannot com mence the march before the beginning of November, and at that late season of the year the advance of a large army for more than 100 miles through a difficult and almost unknown country is, to say the least of it, a hazardous undertaking. However, it is not the fault of Omer Pasha that this is so. The Seraskierat in Con. stantinople is not more prompt in its proceedings than the War Department in Whitehall-gardens; and, in spite of the efforts of his Highness to get his army under way sufficiently early to enable him to operate with effect this summer, he has been vexatiously detained until the advance on Teflis has become an impossibility and the success of the undertaking as a diversion in General Williams favour highly problematical. The fate of the garrison at Kars depends rather upon the weather than upon Omer Pasha, and if the snow is late in falling this year it is not likely that Mouravieff will abandon a siege to provide against a danger which is remote. The Russian troops at present quartered in Georgia, Mingrelia, and Imeritia would suffice to hold the pass of Suramin against the Turki s h arm y, an d check their p rogress until the Russian Commander-in- Chief found it expedient to conclude the operations in which he is at present engaged. The pass of Suramin crosses the range of mountains which divides the plains of Irneritia from the highlands of Georgia. It has an altitude of about 3,000 feet above the sea level. The Russian force at present on the plains is estimated at only 4,000 men. The army of Mouravieff numbers 213,000 effective soldiers, and the troops in garrisom throughout the fortresses and frontier posts of theie pro vinces amount to about 30,000 more ; from which it wril appear that the total strength of the Muscovite army in Transcaucasia somewhat exceeds 00,000 men. The country thus garrisoned Omer Pacha is about to in vade with an army of 30,000 men. If Kars falls, unless Omer Pacha be strongly reinforced, his efforts in this direction will be paralysed. The Turkish commander has a serious ground of complaint against the Allied Generals, who refuse to spare more from the Turkish force in the Crimea, which for so many months has been an encumbrance rather than any assistance to our ope rations in that peninsula. It is to be hoped that the im portance of affording the Turkish army a prompt and energetic support will be recognised in England, and that a Christian force will be sent without delay to ope rate with it. Apart from the necessity which exists of adding to the numerical strength of the present army of invasion there are the strongest reasons why the rein forcements should consist rather of Christians than of Mahornedans. The antipathy of the Christian popula tiaa in Aba.,ia to the Turks has already manifested itself. They look with suspicion and distrust upon the soldiers who are now occupying the Russian town, and, so far Irons desiring to facilitate their progress through the country, they have destroyed some of the bridges and otherwise injured the roads upon the line of march. Prince Michael, the Princess Dadian, and other nobles through whose properties the army will pass do not hesitate to confess to Russian sympathies, and if their subjects do not share in au actual predilection for Russia, they do not approve the prospect of the substitution of Ottoman for Muscovite rule—a result which they natu rally expect to follow the invasion of their country by Turkish troops. This distrust would be completely dis pelled by the presence of an English or French contin gent. In Georgia and Mingrelia, where the feelings of the people are more decidedly anti-Russian than in Abasia, they would not hesitate to declare the sentiments, and, instead of a hostile population, the allied troops would find the inhabitants well disposed towards them, if not actually prepared to rise in their behalf. In fact, the character which the campaign will assume must depend entirely upon the nationality of the troops which compose the invading army. If it consists only of Turks, it will have all the features of a march through an enemy's country. The co-operation of the Circassians will pro bably be obtained, who desire nothing more than the wholesale rapine and plunder of the Christian provinces, with the inhabitants of which they have an hereditary feud, and success, if it be gained at all, will be obtained only at the price of the entire alienation of those whom it is our chief interest to conciliate. If, on the other hand, Christian troops form part of the invading army, the assistance of the Circassians (who would be far mors usefully employed upon the northern slopes of the Caa cams) would be dispensed with, and, instead of them, the natives would offer themselves as allies, and their aid would insure a much more satisfactory result to a far smaller army. It would be well if the allied Governments attached a little more importance to the religious element in their operations in the East, and could be reads to understand that a wiser arrangement might be suggested than that of sending Christian troops into a Mahomedan country, and Mahomedan troops into a Christian country. We are unfortunately too apt to judge of other nations by ourselves, and because we see no inconsistency as Christians in fighting for the religion of the Prophet forget that there are others less enlightened, who find a difficulty in reconciling themselves to a policy which is to them somewhat unusual, more particularly in those cases where they have suffered more severely from Ma homedan than from Christian oppression. Her Majesty's ship Cyclops, Lieutenant Ballard, has just steamed out of the harbour for Batoum, where she is to wait for Omer Pasha and his suite, who are to re turn in her to this place. Although Souchum Kaleh is somewhat further from Kutais than Batoum, the roads are so much better as to render it a more desirable basis of operation. The absence of any harbour at Redout Kaleh or the mouth of the Rhion have limited the choice between Batoum and Souchum. Mr. Longwortb, the British Commissioner, is here preparing for an expedi tion into the interior of Circassia, where he will confer with the Naib and some of the more influential chiefs upon matters relating to the present operations. The French Consul, M. Champoiseau, remains at Souchum. P, ince Michael has been sent for to meet Omer Pasha, who will call upon him to declare his sentiments, and, in th e event of his not offering that ass i stance which will be expected from him, he will be compelled to leave the country. There is a good deal of fever still prevalent among the Turkish troops ; but, - although the sick list is in consequence large, the malady here is not often at tended with fatal results. The approach of winter is already driving it away, and a few miles from the coast the country is perfectly healthy. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. We had a very limited quantity of English wheat on sale in to-day's market , and the demand for all ki n d s ruled steady at fully Monday's advance in the quot a ti ons . Fvoeriden request, and the show of which was b ut moderate, at very full pric es . Fl oating cargoes were o Fine samples of barley were scarce and i n f a i r d eman d , moved off . n e , and dearer. freely fully last week's currency. Inferio r qua liti es were very dull. The malt trade was steady at the late advances. Oats, beans, peas, and flour were in moderate supply and fair request at full prices. ARRIVALS THIS WIRE. ' Barley. I Malt. Oats. Flour. • 640 1 920 60 710 _ , 1 3,020 f 0,170 I —mks —brie English .. Irish . • Wheat. 620 Foreign I I 1 7,460 BOROUGH HOP. Our market was very firm, and fine new hops are rather dearer. WIIITEOHAPEL. . -- The supplies o f meat were large, and the trade ruled inactive, as follo ws : —B ee f, f rom 3 s 4d t o 4. 6d ; mu tt on , 3s Ed to 4s 6d; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; pork, 3. 6d to 4 10d per Sib. by the carcase.