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barrack, and received for their support—the English 20 copecks (about Bd.) a day, and the Turks half that sum. In the case of our own officers the allowance was 7;. - i copecks daily. On this sum all were able to live comfortably, every article of food being cheap—bread lcl. per lb., meat the same, and'other items of dietary in a similar low propor tion. Many of the men, indeed, assure me that 10 copecks a day geneially sufficed to feed them, and that the remain der enabled them to indulge in a fair allowance of agree able extras - besides. In addition , however, to this ample provision of the Government, the liberality of private in dividuals procured them many supplementary comforts, and and more than one Vor onetz " Miss Nightingale" minis tered, with all woman' s assiduit y and discriminating ten. derness, to those of them who in any way needed more than common care. At Rezan, a town about 200 miles enorth of Voronetz, where some of them had previously L ee n located, several resident English ladies had been especially liberal and attentive in this respect, supply ing them with very many additional comforts in the wa y of underclothing, tea, and other adoucissernents of a winter's captivity in Russia, beyond what the Govern ment allowance would have permitted. About a month, however, before their departure from Veronetz for Odessa a party of about 50 English deserters arrived at the former town, and at once commenced a course of annoyance to their countrymen, which led to the withdrawal from the latter of the liberty they had previously enjoyed of free movement about the town and neighbourhood. These de iserters were, of course, universally " cut" by the prisoners —nor did they receive any of the kindnesses so liberally bestowed upon the latter by the townspeople ; and to re- Bent this the scoundrels availed themselves of every oppor tunity to abuse and otherwise annoy the captives. There was, however, amongst them one remarkable exception, whose case excited the merited pity of the prisoners, and which deserves mention in print. The poor fellow had been a colo"ur-sergeant in the 70th Regiment, and had been led to commit the rash act of desertion by having lost the regiment's money during a fit of drunkenness at Balaklava, whither he had been sent by his colonel to receive it from the commi sariat. Dreading the consequences of his mis conduct, and fearing that he would ba charged with hav ing stolen the lost cash, and punished accordingly, the poor man deserted under cover of the darkness to Sebastopol, -whence, after a short stay, he was sent on into the interior. His wife and children are in London, and the unfortanato fellow waspining away in broken-heartedness for the rash act which he had committed, separating him for ever from them as it did, and consigning him to deeply-felt disgrace and wretchedness. In pity for the unhappy man's contri tion and misery, the prisoners invited him to share in their games and other amusements ; hut no effort could induce him to mix with any of them, or abate his self-approaches. Shortly before the prisoners left Vcrouetz, the Russian authorities offered to the whole of the deserters liberty to return, if they choose, but all--with one exception, who declared he would rather go and be shot by his country men than remain as he was—dechned availing them selves of the permission. The poor sergeant was strongly urged by the prisoners to accompany them, encou raging him to hope that his case would be mercifully con sidered; but the wretched man's sense of the deep dis grace ho had brought upon himself would not lot him yield to their urgent advice. On the arrival of the whole party in Odessa, they were lodged in barracks in the rear of the town, and treated with kindness and liberality similar to what had already been shown to them in the interior. Amongst the lady philanthropists who here again came to add to their com forts was a resident Irish lady, who was unceasing in her attentions, and from her own private roseurces and those of charitable friends supplied them with many a creature comfort. She was not, however, permitted to converse with any of them iri English, and as Russian was beyond their linguistic abiliti.s, she was therefore compelled to give expression to her kindly sympathies in acts alone. In . the name of every prisoner amongst them I say, " All honour to her Irish heart !" and I only regret that the men's ignorance of their benefactrees's name puts it out of my power to make it known over the length and breadth of Britain. I have only to add that new military great coats, similar to those worn in the Russian army, were served out at Odessa to all the men ; and other assistance having been given to the non-commissioned and petty officers to.replace their worn-out uniforms, the whole came on board the Colombo in a state of physical and sartorial " condition" that was in every way creditable to their captors. At Kinbourn, nothing has occurred during my absence with Admiral Stewart is the bay. The Union Jack and Tricolor continue to float together on the ramparts of the captured fort, which is hell and sentinelled exclusively by our allies. Since the despatch of my letter on the 19th I have collected a batch of Gallic anecdotes connected with the taking of the place which are both amusing and in structive, but I have not now time to put them into readable .shape before the departure 'of the mail. I may add, however, that the French troops are to occupy the place during the winter, our quota of the garrison being limited to a small party of sappers under an engineer officer. The French are already busy in repairing the in juries done to the ramparts by the bombardment, and in a few days will have made it much stronger than before its fall. RANK AND NAMES OF THE ENGLISH PRISONERS OF WAR EXCHANGED AT ODESSA ON THE 21ST OF OCTOBER, Lieut. James, Royal Engineers ; Mr. Ochevaine (mate), Royal Navy; Sergeant-Major Francis O'Neill, 44th Regi ment ; Privates Joseph Chapman and Dennis Driscoll, 4th Dragoon Guards ; Trumpet Major Hugh Crawford, Cor poral Joseph Armstrong, Privates Jas. Bagshaw, Jas. Bolton, ttobt. Farquharson, Chas. Fredericks, Thos. King, Thos. Lucas, Mich. O'Brien, and Samuel Parkes, 4th Light Dragoons ; John Bevan, Wm. Bird, Patrick Horan, and Richd. Palfryman, Bth Hussars ; John Dryden, Natkn Henry, Henry Parker, and Wm. Pilkington, 11th Hussars; Troop Sergeant-Majors John Linkon and Geo. Smith, Sergeant H. Alderson, Privates Geo. Cooper, Ed ward Hanlan, Amos Harris, John M`Cann, and Charles Warren, 13th Light Dragoons ; Jas. M'Allister, Thomas Marshall, and Jas. Wightman, 17th Lancers; Alex. Wil ley, Royal artillery; Edward Whitfield, Grenadier Guards; Jas. Kirby, Coldstream Gnarls; Corporal Thos. Edwards, Privates Robt. Hogue, Thos. Belson, Terrence Lynch, Atkinson Nettleton, and Jas. Walsh, 7th Foot; Patrick Murray, 20th Foot ; Sergeant G. Newman, Corporal W. Hill, Privates Richd. Clarke, Geo. Cumbers, Jno. Crook, Jno. Gettings, Wm. Lancaster, Edward Mandeville, W. Macdonald, Jas. Wilkinson, Charles Williams, and John Birch, 231 Fcot ; Sergeant Thomas Shaw, 30th Foot; Privates W. Paradise, and Sam. Smith, 331 Foot ; John M'Carthy and Michael Phillips, 41st Foot; Alexander M`Kenzie, 42d Foot; John Maypole, 46th Foot ; Dennis M'Donald and George Smith, 47th Foot ; Sergeant John S'irrno, 49th Foot.; Corportl John Courtney, Privates John Call Than, Thomas Corcoran, Elward Haitigan, Jas. Howetb, and Patrick Thorno=ou, 50,1 Foot ; Martin G?.l - Michael Mahoney, ThC)s. Osborne, Jeremiah Reddy, and Wrn. Sullivan, 55th Font ; Sergeant Jas. Connolly and Private H ug h King, 57th Foot ; Sergeant Wm. Cooper, P, ivates Win. Adams, Jas. Bywater t _John Clarke, John .L aur,,uson, St-Then Playas, and Jas. .11-anaoh,lsBtlFcol-; Christopher Border an d J as. Maguire, nth*Font • PatriCk Delaney, John Drury, G eorge Littlefield Tho; Packer and Thos. Ponton, 97th F oot ; Thos. O'Brien, BSli Foot • Colour Sergeant George Noseley, Rifle Brigade • B t s wit in of U.M.S. gun-boat Wrangler; Sailors John Cam Zell and J o h n Thireon, Royal Navy ; Boatswain. JohnSailorsFrederick Appleton, \Vm Barrett, Wm. B e th, Auguntus Dellart, Henry for e , W ei , Fi nch, Jame, Flowers, Arthur Franks, Joseph Harris, 'rhos. ri andeock. .1. John H o uselopp, John Sinnifer, John 11‘C anqua, John J as . Page, George Phillips, John Richardson, Chas. Rivers, JOSepg Sharper, Daniel Sheehan, Henry Shi ppy, John Stephens, Thos. Sugden, Jas. Wey' Edward W e l: s , Chas. Watkins, Augustu s Sellma, A. Coope r , y er ,„ Manuel, John Seciema, S ifferinzia, J. Pamietta, and Manuel Pclegrina, Transport Service. SIR - WILLIAM CODRINGTON VERSUS SIR COLIN CAMPBELL. • —,----- The following letter has b een . - Sir—Efavlrig been for addressed Teeny to tcie ed tor of the Morning Ilerald : , . years a constant reader of the N o; lung Herald, and ob served h ow j ustly i t always censures t h e a ine)mpe.tent persons to imp or tant posts, Ill ointment of would choice, beg to ff o r through y our columns a few words on t he said to have been made of a new commander for ou s r . army in the East. Th e person chosen hav i ng pas s e d more than 30 years of his military life without any ser vice beyond mounting guard at St. James's Palace, aria attending an occasional review in Hyde park, went out to Turkey about a year since. Having had the interest. of th e l a t e L or d R ag l an h e was appointed to the command of a brigade, subsequently to that of a divi sion; and now be is said to have been chosen to corn mel(' the entire army, after just one year's forein ser vice. This /omele t , i, S:r Wi ll i am Codrington. g wa The penrson rlected hi s acqu i re d exper i ence in active warfare i almost every part of the globe, from the time that he gained his company by leading a forlorn hope till he comma nded a division i n our last great battles in Ind i o. H e went with our army, and has never left it he enjoys good health, hag ine)) its arrival in Turkey ; o s o un d constitution, is waive, poFoe?sing great Erinnees proverbially cairn and collected in (:1 cbara,Aer, and is the tnidst of the greatest danger. Thi s parson is Sir e hCampbell.The brilliant deed Colin , s of Sir Cohn and his-llioblauders in the Crimea must be fr es h in the tri-- ivory of most people. lAt the Alma, wh en he made thatc beautiful, advance on t h e enemy's position, w hi ch elicited the admiration of the army ; at Balaklava, whe n h e ra pulsed the Russian caairy with his line of i n f antry ; the perilous march which Y 'he made up to the enemy' s Pillion during a terrific snow storm, for which h e re . celved the special commendation of her Majesty ;—these a lone would be sufficient proofs of talent and determined resolution. They could be vastly multiplied by his deeds in other lands. Considering that Sir Colin Campbell is a much senior officer i n th e array to Sir William Codrington, and that m ilufmg a long and di s ti ng uished service he has always et with th e approbation of his Sovereign, it appea rs ai;nost, incredible that he should be passed over by a jenier °racer ),f only one year's military experience, and that acquired when cooped up before Sebastopol, where th e various duties and al/Oil in the Movements of an a-7 13 V in the fold could not have been learnt. but without aviiioh koowle , ige in its* chief the hencur and safety of an army roe-t ever be in the greatest peril. ass s , _. ~, . —I. lava the Lemur Wow, Sir,- ir,or most ohelient servant, AN OLD SOLDIER. Nov. 6, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENIN NOVEMBER 7, 1855. custody of justice. We really can see no difference between the two cases except the difference between a splendid court and plebian attire. Mr. COBDEN, who denounces all the pomp and circumstance of his own QUEEN'S Court as " barbaric splendour," cannot of course be carried away by such vulgar differences. But, if not, we are at a loss to con ceive what he can mean by aggression. In the Black Sea, we are simply aroused to recover the spoliations of late years for their lawful owners, and to deprive the thief of the power of repeating his depredations. All England understands this thoroughly, and no sophistry of the peace orators can bewilder its clear judgment here. As to surrendering what has been acquired, we should like Mr. COBDEN to go to an election in Yorkshire, or at his first love, Stockport, or even at Midlaurst, with the cry of " Peace with Russia by giving up the Crimea." We do not believe he could find a constituency to return him as the delegate for such a proposition to the House of Commons. He is fond of appealing against mys tification to common sense ; he would certainly find common sense against him in this. No Go vernment whatever, not even if supported by all the influence of all the Caburgs, could offer to the nation a peace based on such a piece of treachery. The country will never be befooled into a peace which must issue ere long in another and more costly war ; and whether Lord PALMERSTON or Lord DERBY be at the head, the Government which ventures on the step would be overthrown by the next vote of the House of Commons. We heartily wish the Premier would test the opinion of the country this Christmas. The attention of this country should not be withdrawn from the misused Principalities. We are in danger of giving but too much scope to the taunts of Mr. COBDEN and his coadjutors if we suffer the very territories, for invading which war was declared with Russia, to endure the triple evils of Russian corruption, Austrian brutality and despotism, and domestic misrule. The pro- Russian, and pro-Austrian Prince &MBE; the ame damn& of Austria, is still Hospodar, and he and Austria seem to be making every effort for his retention in office, although loathed by his sub jects, after his term expires next spring. No wonder ; he is the very tool needed ; and the Porte seemslikely to be bullied by its hated neigh bour into compliance. We can but regret, in this point of view as well as in reference to the gene ral objects of the War, that Austria should appear to have now cajoled France, as she has always done our Court. The evident deference of both Governments to Austria, their tolerance of all her proceedings in the Principalities, the strengthen ing of Austrian military positions there, and, worse still, the increase of her troops in the pro vinces, while she could not afford to maintain them in Poland where they made Russia uneasy—these are all subjects of anxious observation at Bucha rest, and well they may be. At one and the same moment Austria is intriguing with the Porte for a professedly temporary, but in reality perma nently mischievous, constitution for the provinces, and acting, in a military sense, as if she meant to add them to the other countries which she garri sons with her bullies, and then calls them parts of Austria. It is such conduct, and such conduct only, which will ever make Englishmen tired of the War. If they see that the most odious of despots West of Moscow is to be the only gainer by it ; a gainer without sacrifice or trouble too ; a gainer through, as it will certainly be thought, a corrupt influence on our Court,—then, indeed, unless we have a revolution, we may throw up the War through sheer disgust with treachery in high places. We were, we confess, perplexed not long ago by the intelligence that the Government in the provinces had prohibited the export of grain. We could not reconcile it with the known fact of two abundant harvests there, and with the country being in the military possession of our professed ally. The truth has now turned up, and is, as indeed might have been suspected, only another illustration of the meanness and perfidy of Austria. Her object has been to appropriate those harvests to her own use, and to deprive the Allies of them. The scheme was an ingenious one. She under took to secure the free navigation of the Danube, and the Allies, instead of clearing their own way with their gun-boats, confidingly left the matter to their faithful friend. She purp ose ly f a il e d i n fulfilling her engagement for a ver y l ong ti me . Meanwhile, the inhabitants, havi ng no one e l se t o see i n g their corn r o tti ng or d estroye d sbeyl vermin,to, an parted with it at any price to Austria, who has been driving an active trade in it, on h er own terms, by boats up the D anu b e . N ow , however, that she has carried off the greater part of the surplus corn, and sees that the Allies will soon free &ho navigation of the Danube without her help, she incites her tool STIRBEY to prohibit its exportation ! Even the Times has long ago strongly urged the duty and the political importance of giving the Principalities self-government again, and requesting Austria to keep her troop s a t h ome . The Times now is silent. Austrian misdeeds find no recorder there—the Duke of BRA.BANT and his Austrian bride are feted at Paris, and Lord PALMERSTON is as quiet as a good courtier should be, let the German EMPEROR do what he will. Whether he cram the provinces with troops, or prohibit our getting their corn, or plot for a des potic constitution —the final purpose of all being obvious, no remonstrance is heard from " the Minister, not of Austria, nor of Russia, but of England." BURGLARY. -2200 REWARD.—On the Night of Friday, the 26th of October inst., 1855, Oakland House, Cricklewood, Kilburn, near London, was robbed, among other things, of 21.55. Cd. in money, some Silver Teaspoons, Threaded Shell Pattern, engraved with a Lion's Head, and the Initial "S," and the Motto, " Pruderttia et Animis," of the Works of a Drawing-room CLck, purchased of Silver, of Hatton-Garden, and of 3 Coats, one black twiPed Waterproof, another black cloth, with velvet collar, and the other a dark brown driving coat of thick fine cloth. Whoever will give such information as shall lead to the conviction of the Thief or Thieves, shall receive the above Reward, on applica tion to Mr. Steele, Solicitor, No. 1, Lincoln's-inn-fields, where, or at the premises, or to the police, all information is to be rendered. THEATRE ROYAL, HIYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING. Will be performed GUY MANNERINTG. Characters by Messrs. Villiers, Compton, and Howe; and Miss Swanborough and Miss Cushman. Followed by THE LITTLE TREASIIIZ.E. To conclude with LODGINGS FOR SINGLE GENTLEMEN. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Casual, THIS EVENING Will be presented DON'T JSDGE BY APPE IRANCES. After which, THE WONDERFUL WOMAN. Characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, D. Fisher, Cathcart, Everett, and Miss Heath. To conclude with THE CRI THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Dlreetross, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performe 1 THE WHIM HORSE OF THE PEPPERS. Gerald Popp r, Mr. Hudson; supported by Messrs. Moreland, P. Bedford. Phellm, Miss Kate Kelly; Magdelenl, Miss Laidlaw; Agatha, Miss Wyndham. Followed by VALENTINE AND ORSON. After which, the Farce of THE £lOO NOTE. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. J. H. Anderson, 18, Norfolk-street, Strand. Increased Attractions, and success in equal ratio I THIS, AND EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'Clock, Will 1)c presented, with entirely New and Magnificent Appoint m nits, MAGEC and MYSTERY, in twelve acts, arranged in two p trts, by Professor Anderson. After which, the startling illustrations of Spirit-Rapping. HALF /07-HOUR wirit TILE SPIRIT 4, being the most surprising and intaresting series of experiments ever given within the walls of any theatre. Revival, in an improved form, of the astouniling novelty which startled Loudon 10 years ago, the GREAT GUN TRICK Prices of almission:—Private B )xes, 11. Ils. Gl. and 11. Is. ; areheatra Stalls, 45.; Dress Boxes, 3i.; Upper Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, GI. No Half-price. Box-oflaze open from 11 to 5 Grand Mornlnz Performance on Saturday Next at Two o'Cloek. Doors open at Half-past One. )YAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will ba presented PLOT AND P AS;10 N. Characters by Messrs. ,bson, Emery, G. Vining, Lesl!e, J. IL White, 11. Cooper, and Franks; ant Mrs. Stirlin; and Mi‘s Bromley. Followed by CATCHING A MER KAID. To conclude with A BLIGa FED BEING. ROY tr. STRAND TLIMATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Payne. THIS EVENING. Will be perf)rmel TIIE RAGPICKER. OF PARIS, Followed by NITOCRIS. To conclude with TIIE LADIES' CLUB. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, The vivid aad tremendously real Spectacle, The FALL of SEBAS TOPOL ! kfter wh!ch the JEUX EQUESTRES DE VARENE, or Acts 'n the CI -, with that miraculous feat, Mr. J. LI. Cooke's Saut du Pont, or Flight of the Bridges. To conclude with a B kLLET D'ACTIO , T, with a variety of Prin. and other Dances, by artistes of celebrity. upon from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Vss - . Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, Jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T tlg DAY—Mom. 20 min. aft. 12—Evening 38 min. aft. 12 T )-Moßßow—Morn.sl min.aft. 12 —Eveningll min. aft. 1 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, NOV. 7. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 57 h"ghest since noon yesterday. 52 —Lowest this morning and during the night. 55 —this 4ay at nnnn. BAROMETER, 29'85—falling rapidly. WIND, S.S.W.—Light, with mild weather. cr IN j F ' LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1955. We are by no means advocates for the appoint ment of aged Generals—men who, having already fairly earned the otium cunt dignitate, have lest the strength and activity for which they were Once remarkable, awl are better suited for the attentions of a careful nurse than for conducting affairs of vital importance, requiring the utmost vigour of mind and body. We have seen many brilliant examples of comparatively youthful com manders ; but it still must be admitted that there is nothing to disqualify a veteran who in a green old age still maintains all his energies in un diminished force, and whose great experience in every land is unalloyed by any intellectual or physical infirmity. We readily concede that past services should not be the only test adopted in the selection of a Commander-in-Chief. Many qualities must combine in the choice of the flvoured individual. Unflinching courage in the hour of trial must be largely tempered with dis cretion. He must have the moral courage to sustain unmerited vituperation, when the notions of the amateurs and " own correspondents" hanging about the camp do not agree with the arrangements which he has deemed it expedient to make, and which in his soul and con science he believes to be most advantageous to the national interests. He must also have the mind to conceive and the hand to execute judicious operations in the field or camp—looking carefully also to the health and comfort of his soldiers, in many respects supposed to be beneath the notice of a Commander-in-Chief. When, however, all those qualities are united in ono individual ; when on every trial he has passed nobly through the ordeal, and when he is still apparently in pos session of all his mental and bodily powers, we feel that due weight should be accorded to pre vious exploits, and that it is a grievous injustice to such a person, and to the community at large, to promote a junior over his head, simply because he had basked in the sunshine of Court favour, living at home at ease, while his senior was sustaining the honour of the national standard in every clime, and through the most formidable trials. • It is not necessary to undervalue the exertions or capabilities of Sir W. CODRINGTON, to feel sur prised and grieved at the slight to Sir CoLIN CAMPBELL, who may certainly ch:llenge comparison with the more favoured protegee of the Horse Guards in any military quality. While the new Commander-in-Chief was mounting guard at the Palace, and only smelling powder i n Hyde-p ar k, olng i l i Sir COLIN' CAMPBELL was nalouily f o ll w • the reputation he had acquir e d as a subaltern, various British de p endencies, until he might "what region is not fu'l o f m y ?". labours,g iin g justly l h y h e a a s c s r k n i , o m t beeneaitself he h b distinguished eee b e ymy e exploits engaged from th e very first moment, and never failed in any under taking, however arduous or perilous. At the Almn, his deeds, at the head of the gallant High land Brigade, elicited enthusiastic commendations from every side. Friend and foe combined to exalt the unflinching valour of the " bonnie Highland laddies" and their dashing Commander, on the fatal 25th October, when the " thin red line" withstood the most desperate onslaughts of the Russian cavalry without flinching or wavering for a single moment. To that extra ordinary firmness, and the absolute impossibility of making any impression on that devoted band, may, in a great degree, be attributed the safety of ttehremaileliaeten of allied army, siege ; ,hand:he ansubsequentfelicitouswere occa sions prominently called into action, it was simply be cause they had been selected for a duty requiring the utmost steadiness and resolution, and that the security of all might justly be confided to theft hands. Apiiat Sir WITZIAbf CODEINGTON I as we have stated, it is not our wish to utter a single dero gatory expression, for we do not consider it to be so to assert positively that his claims not only do not exceed, but are by no means equal to those of Sir COLIN CAMPBELL. He obtained his commission in the Guards, and served with his regiment at borne until the last year. He has had one year of active service to count against perhaps forty times the period by the neglected General. His name, too, is one ominous to those on whose behalf we have been compelled to draw the sword ; for it cannot be forgotten that it was owing to the brilliant but most impolitic and ill advised destruction of the Turkish fleet at Nava rino that Russia was enabled to develope her real intentions, and to proceed to such lengths as to compel the Allies eventually to proclaim war. It was not, however, to the exploits of Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON, but to his official station about the Court, that the favour which has led to the pre sent promotion is owing—that occasioned " the pulling of the wires" that acted on the nominal head of the Horse Guards. In a matter of such importance as the nomination of a Commander -in - Chief, we think, and we believe, the community at large participate in the opinion, that such in fluences should not be exercised, that " patron age," so loudly complained of, should, if at all exercised, be restricted to minor appointments but that the chief place should be given to the most worthy candidate. Sir COLIN CAMPBELL has just cause of complaint, but the public are even more deeply interested in putting an end to the objectionable system that has produced such fruits at such a time. Mr. COBDEN seems destined, like all special pleaders, to see b;s arguments recoil successively upon himself. He and others of his party, the disappointed speculator in Austrian Railways especially, have endeavoured to persuade us that we are ignorant of Continental views on the War, while they, by their superior acquaintance with " respectable merchants and traders on the Con tinent," can enlighten our darkness. They would persuade us that the people of the German States 1 share the views of their governors, and are in different to the diminution of Russian power. Fettered as the press is throughout all Germany, we can obtain only cooked and doctored informa- tion from its newspapers. But facts, which reveal the widely-concealed truth, every now and then come to light. We would not estimate them at more than their worth, but they are worth a great deal when we remember the universal sys tem of repression which prevails—the alertness of the police—and the extent to which innumerable individuals and families are implicated in the course taken by their Governments, as depen dents more or less directly on the pay of the State. A very large proportion of the families of Germany would endanger the salary of some re lative in office, it may be the office of a spy, should they venture openly to show their detes tation of Russia, their disapproval of the policy of their own mien, or their sympathy with the cause of the Allies. An incident of the kind we allude to is the popularity of General CANROBERT with the Ger mans. The French, especially since the great struggle for Vaterland, have not been, nationally, favourites with the Germans; yet they embrace the occasion of the General's mission to Sweden to testify by their enthusiastic huzzas the sentiments which they have no other means of expressing. We beg Mr. COBDEN to allow himself to see but one—one not solitary fact—in contrariety with his own selected or garbled facts ; it might enable him to suspect that even those be had selected are capable of a very different inter pretation. How does he account for the well authenticated statement, " that in every part of Germany through which General CANROBERT passed, and particularly at Hanau and at Ham burg, the populations of the towns gave him a bona fide ovation. At Lubeck the most enthusiastic cheers hailed his arrival and accompanied him to the place of embarkation." Now, General CAN l i - ROBERT has not been one of those unique and suc cessful heroes whom all populations will turn out to cheer and admire. He acted a noble part, it is true ; but it was the nobleness of renouncing personal ambition, and willingly taking subordi nate command in favour of one whom ho judged better ab:e to serve that cause, to which the Germans, Mr. COBDEN being witness, are so pro. fouudly indifferent. Had it been BOSQUET, the hero of the Malakhoff, the enthusiasm might have been attributed to the last splendid achievement civilised courage and skill. In the cise of General CANROBERT there could be but two grounds for the applauses of the German citizens —that they had before them one of the leaders in . great warfare, which was felt by them deeply to concern their own liberties, or that the man before them had made the noblest sacrifice in the service of that War which a military man could possibly make. There is, indeed, another alternative, and we willingly give Mr. COBDEN the benefit of it. General CANROBEBT was on a mission to Sweden. All lovers of national freedom hope that its object is not merely to secure a winter port for our vessels ; indeed, all the ports of Sweden and Norway, but one or two, are already open to English, French, or Russian ships indifferently ; —the belief is that he and our DIINDAS have a secret mission of a far more popular character ; that the object is to enlist the freemen of the North in this War of freedom. The Swedish people are well known to long for emancipation from the fear of Russia ; Norway already trembles for Varanger Bay ; and even lest some day the Russian flag should wave over her western pores, and her hardy and independent seamen become slaves of despotism. Did the Germans hope that the General had it in charge to urge the Court of Stockholm to give effect to the zeal of its sub• jects, and allow them to fight the battle of free dom now, rather than to live in constant dread of Russian fleets and despotism, and of final ab sorption by barbarism? Next to Poland, Sweden is the most valuable ally we could have, and we are quite willing Mr. COBDEN shnild regard the enthusiasm of the good Germans for General CANROBERT as indicative of their hopes for the cause of freedom iu the North. For ourselves we cannot doubt that it was the devoted antagonist of Russia and the hopeful envoy to Sweden who caused all the excitement amon g st the misrepre sented Germans. We may just advert before concluding to an otherwagin waving dictum u aulggorfessi‘"iver. ~., OBDEN'S-that we are now War, and that the evacwr tion of all Russian t erritory by the Allies is the first e is requisite amere t o shuate peace ! Th e fi rst half of the sen nwith words---a trick we t rs e could wish Mr. COBDEN, with his confessci ability, would not descend to ; the second is a practical assertion that peace will never be made. Per haps Mr. COBDEN will describe it -- as an ag gression when a housekeeper, enlistini , a policeman or two as his Allies, pursues the burglar after he has frightened hi m from his house and grounds into his haunt, wrests from him the instruments of futurebur bur glaries, and makes every effort to place him in the CAPTAIN PEN, AGAIN ! Another portrait of the Times' Correspondent Lithographed (as the other was) in the establish ment of M. and N. Hanhart—by the skilled pencil of T. H. Maguire : the drawing being t a k en f ro m an original picture now in Mrs. Russell's possession. The Messrs. Graves, of Pall-Mall, are the pub lishers of this same likeness, which, it will be re marked, appears almosl; simultaneously with the life-like transcript upon stone from Mr. Fenton's inimitable photograph. There is every prospect that, thanks to these two ingenious engravings, the manly features of Mr. Russell will become as familiarised to the multitude at large as bis mas culine eloquence has long been, first, piecemeal, through the columns of the great organ of Printing house Square, and they, collectively, through Messrs. Routledge and Company's separate repub lication. The portraiture published by the Messrs. Graves is of the sic stabat, as that issued from the press by the Messrs. Agnew was of the sic scdebat character. Each will be to the numerous friends, and the still irore numerous admirers of William Howard Russell, eminently acceptable. The ad mirable sketch, taken from Mr. Fenton's photo graph, of " Our Special Correspondent," repre senting that eminent publicist as the observer— the present one, copied from the portrait belonging to Mrs. Russell, displaying him rather, we should say, as the observed. The latter, indeed, is somewhat formal and, in a manner, too for midable of its kind—the Times' correspondent appearing before us in this instance in a much sterner mood than that betrayed recently upon the comely face of Captain Pen, seated ou his camp stool, in the sunny glimpse of him caught in one magical moment through the lens of Mr. Fenton's photographic apparatus. However, coming before the public in any mood, severe or well-natured, Mr. Russell's effigy can hardly fail to prove an ob ject of interest to the generality, as that of the brilliant and energetic historian of iho war in his responsible capacity as the special correspondent of the Times newspaper. Welcome then to him in any guise—booted and spurred or in his frogged sud tout—capped a la militaire, or leaning his hand (as he does here) upon a pile of books d la literaire. As the soldier present's arms to the decorated, so to the gallant Captain Pen do we here accord the mented honours of the goosequill. LATEST NEWS. --- OPEC ATIONS ON THE DNIEPER. The In valide Russe publishes a continuation of the telegraphic despatches sent from Nicolaieff to St Petersburg, by order of the Emperor : " :NICOLAIEFF, OCT. 26, 10.45 P.M. "'During - the last 24 hours there has been no change in tht' position of the enemy, though the *umber of their steamers, gun-boats, and floating batteries, in the road of Oczakoff, has slightly in creased. The movements observed yesterday be tween the three points of their anchorage have continued to-day. " The enemy has burned the hamlets on the Spit of Kiabourn, which, however, were already deserted, the inhabitants having abandoned them, taking with, them all their cattle and carrying off all their property. The enemy have made no movement nor attempted any other operation on land. "Lieutenant-General Zadousky yesterday made a reconnaissance beyond the village of Vassilievka, and advanced as far as the enemy's outposts." " OCT. 27, 9.30 P.M. " In the night from the 26th to the 27th the vessels of the enemy which were in the embou chure of the Dnieper quitted it, and joined the squadron moored in the Bay of Oczakoff. " Excepting this movement, there has been no change in the enemy's position, nor have they attempted any operation. "The patrols sent from the advance-guard of General Zadousky to a distance of 20 versts be- yond the village of Bouzovaia, on the Spit of Kinbourn, did not meet the enemy anywhere. "From Oczakoff it is observed that the disem barked troops are fortifying their position at Kin- bourn. " All goes well at Nicolaieff." " OCT. 28, 9.45 P.M. " Yesterday, during the evening, the enemy embarked near Kinbourn their field artillery and horses on board some of their transport ships ; this morning, at daybreak, these ships wore still in the road. They appeared to be preparing to put to sea, but a dense fog, which lasted from 8 o'clock this morning till the evening, prevented any observations during the day. Before this fog came on, it was remarked that the number of steamers, gun-boats, tiTc., at anchor in the em bouchure of the Boug had considerably decreased. Only five steamers and four gun-boats remained at the mouth of the river. The fleet now numbers in all 64 vessels." The invalide also publishes the following tele graphic despatch from Prince Gortschakoff : " OCTOBER 28, 8 P.M. " Yesterday the enemy again made a strong demonstration from the side of Eupatoria. With 30 squadrons of cavalry and six battalions of infan try they advanced from Saki upon Tchebotar, but there they were stopped by our advanced guard, with which they exchanged some cannon shots. They then fell back on Saki, where they remained during the night. " This morning the enemy renewed their attempt, a part of their force advancing upon Temesch ; but when our division of Lancers, supported by a reserve of Dragoons, began to threaten their left flank, they at noon again retired upon Saki. " For the rest, all goes well on every point." MARSEILLES, GTE. The Euphrate has arrived with accounts from Constantinople to the 29th. The Constantinople papers announce that the Imperial Guard will embark on the sth Nov. to return to France, and that on the 10th Admiral Bruat is expected at Constantinople on his return to France. Admiral Pellion is to keep up the blockade of Kherson and the Dnieper. Admirals Pellion and Stewart have gone up the Bong, and have ascer tained that the river is navigable for heavy vessels. Sclim Pacha is to establish himself at Erzeroum with the Turkish Imperial Guard, whence he will threaten the rear of the army of General Moura vieff, and be thus able to revictual and relieve Kars. Emir Pacha, Governor of Circassia, has brought to Omar Pacha several Circassian chiefs, who have offered hint their co-operation. Omar Pacha marched, on the 20th, on Kutai, at the head of 22 battalions. The Presse d'Orient estimates the loss of the Russians in the affair of Kars at 15,000 men, of whom 5,600 were killed, and that of the Turks at 1,300 killed and wounded. General Bazaine, after having destroyed all the villages on the peninsula of Kinbourn, was prepar ing to return to Kamiesh. General Levaillant has been named Governor of Sebastopol. Accounts from Persia state that a Persian Am bassador had left for St. Petersburg. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 6. Admiral Berch, Governor of Nicolaieff and Ad miral-in-Chief of the Black Sea Fleet and Ports, is dismissed. Tice-Admiral Mettin is appointed in his stead, with the additional command of the flotilla in the Danube. WARSAW ) Nov. 5. A new conscription is ordered for Poland, in dependently of that for the whole empire ap pointed in the recent manifesto. The conscription will cammence in December. BERLIN, Nov. 5. The Prussian Government continues exceed. ingly anxious to discredit the rumour of its being employed to offer propositions of peace from Russia. A high personage is reported to have said of the Emperor of Russia—" He might as welt sign his abdication as talk of peace." The Russian populace are fanatic and desperate for the continuance of the war. Baron Rothschild has passed through here on his way to Vienna. STOCKHOLM, Nov. 5. General Canrobert has arrived. He was receivel with the utmost enthusiasm by the entire population. The Euphree l whose arrival at Marseilles w e announced yesterday, brought the following in telligence : General Lavaillant, Governor of Sebastopol, announces the Guards will embark on the sth, the anniversary of Inkerman, for France. Admiral Bruat was expected hourly on his return. Rear-Admirals Pcllion and Stewart maintained the blockade of the Dnieper. Selim Pacha, with his Turkish irregulars, is established at Erzoroum, and is thence threatening the force investing Kars. It is thought this movement may force Mouravieff to raise the block ade—for it is hardly a siege. Omar Pacha will operate with the Circassians in the rear of Mouravieff's army. Emir, the Governor of Circassia, accompanied by several mountain chieftains, has visited Omar Pacha, promising the Sirdar the support of the Tchfarkesses. MARSEILLES, MONDAY. M. Lesseps has arrived here. The commission, charged to examine the plan for piercing the Isthmus of Suez, will leave for Egypt on Thurssday. THE CRIMEA. (Front a Special Correspondent of the Morning Herald. ) BALAKLAVA, Oct. 22.—1 write these lines from Balaklava, where, to-day, Monday, October 22, 1,000 more Sardinians arrived in the Himalaya steamer. It is expected 3,00 more will speedily follow. Those already here are in fine spirits, and are now singing Italian songs ; the y harbour re sounds with their patriotic choruses. Three days ago the Sardinian general despatched home all his men who were suffering from low fever, or who seemed unable to stand the rapidly-approaching winter. They sailed direct to Genoa, and hope to return in the spring. The Sardinian force still remaining are very anxious to measure arms with the Muscovites, and express themselves as perfectly weary of their present inactive life. The new wharves within the harbour of Balaklava are nearly finished, and will much expedite the discharge of cargoes, and save for the future thel i enormous amount of money hitherto wantonly wasted before such arrangements were attempted. Enormous stocks of firewood and of certain winter stores are this week discoverable on every available inch of ground. Six steamers are immediately expected with railway materials alone, including several locomotives. The branch railroad between Kadi-Keny and Kamara, chiefly for the use of the Highland division and the Sardinians, is very ra pidly progressing ; and the winter huts for the Highlanders, beyond Kamara, are nearly com pleted. Your "special correspondent," who now for the first time has the pleasure to address you in perfect health, is " fixed ' for the winter in this interesting locality. The harbour of Balaklava is unpr3cedentedly full, but vessels, I am glad to say, can now be dis charged here much more quickly than was the case not long ago. Forty vessels are still in the roads. I pity them if the expected breeze blow home. The glass is falling. Miss Nightingale is still in Balaklava, where the Sisters of Mercy are now fully officiating as nurses. I must recur to this specially in my next or follow ing despatch. - Among our local improvements at 13alaklava we have started an iron foundry opposite the police station and post office, called the " Poplar Foun dry," simply so termed because it has been con structed at the foot of a poplar-tree. Here castings will be made for anything required in the Crimea. The floating factory " Chasseur" is connected with this new and useful establishment. Another im provement is that the Turkish burial-ground at the head of the harbour is now being overlaid with earth. Formerly much malaria arose from this cemetery. The next point to be set to rights should be that of the slaughter-grounds in camp, the stench from which is not only overpowering but very injur:ous. It is as bad as that at Kamiesch and Kazatch Bays. I am sorry to announce that the cholera has broken out again, though not violently. Several deaths have occurred on the very same ground where the 79th suffered so fearfully this spring ; and which they prudently left to go into tents. I am sorry to notice that there is a good deal of flogging here at Balaklava Police-office, chiefly among the men of the Land Transport Corps. Were I to address officers I should simply say : " The dell's arsang ye taking notes, And, faith, he'll print 'em." FRANCE. PARIS, TTESDAY. Last night a rumour was very generally diffused to the effect that the Emperor had again been shot at. The Little Bourse fell in consequence. The following very extraordinary story is circulated by persons connected with Government :—Tbe Empe ror's coachman, it is said, always has a pair of loaded pistols in holsters attached to his coach-Lox. Last evening, at about 6 o'clock, as his Majesty, on re turning from his hunting excursion to Fontaine bleau, was proceeding in his carriage along the Rue St. Antoine, one of the coachman's pistols accidentally fell out of the holster, went off, and wounded a person in the street. Several news paper offices were kept open last night to an un usually late hour, iu the expectation that some authentic communique would be made, stating what had happened. The Moniteur contains no explanation. Orders were sent last night to the Telegraph -office not to transmit any despatch on the subject. " If our information be correct.," says the Patrie, "the departure for France of the squadron com manded by Admiral Bruat is fixed for the 12th inst. Two line-of-battle ships only will remain at the Crimea, under the orders of Rear-Admiral Odet-Pellion. The Napoleon, which now carries the rear-admiral's flag, will be one of the vessels remaining. On its return to Toulon, the Mediter ranean squadron will be reconstituted. It will be composed of nine sail of the line, all screws, and a proportionate number of lighter vessels, the whole, as already announced, being placed under the command of Vice-Admiral Trehouart." The Moniteur corrects an error in its impression of Monday. It says, "It was through Hanover, and not through Hanau, that General Canrobert passed en route for Stockholm, and was received with the most lively proofs of the enthusiasm of the people." Englishmen will be glad to hear this. The Moniteur publishes a decree confirming the grants made of the military medal by the Com mander-in-Chief of the Army of the East, and an other conferring the same distinction on a number of additional "braves." BOURSE, Nov. 6, Two o'Clook.—Tho market opened flat. The first bargains were done with a slight fall in yesterday's quotations, but there was afterwards a rally ; a report was in circulation of new measures of the Bank of France. Threes were done at 61fr. 5c., but rallied to 64fr. 70c. Half-past Three.—Rente steady in price, as well as Railway Shares. It was announced that the situation of the Bank of France, which will be pub lished on Friday next, is more satisfactory. The following are the latest quotations : Cash. fr. e. End of Month. 4i per Cents CO 25 —f. —O. 3 per Cents 64 55 Cl 70 Now Loan 65 80 Bank Shares 13200 Roman Credit Mobilier 1157 50 Austrian Belgian Fives. 93 xd Spanish Throes 3B Piedmontese B4 75 Home Debt 33i RAILWAYS-808 CASH. fr. c. c. Orl4ana ... ............ 1105 Western W9 50 Northern Lyons- ....... ........ 1116 25 New Ditto xd 749 Niediterranean 1212 50 Grand Contral ...... 582 50 Lyons Geneva 651 75 Testo ... -•••• •• 580 Cette 662 50 Austrian Coin. 702 50 AUSTRIA, VIENNA, Nov. 3.—lt was fully expected that the statutes of the new Credit Institution would have appeared in the Wiener Zeitung of this morning, but the official organ acts on the principle of "Fair and softly go . far in a day," and conse quently it has been distance. d by th e P resse, w hi c h has made public the subjoined principal stipula tions of the convention just concluded between the State and the Austrian Credit Mobilier " FIRST SECTION. " Paragraph I. An Imperial Royal Patented Credit Institution for Commerce and Trade has been formed, which is placed under the protectio❑ and superintend ence of the State. "Par. 2. The Company, which is resident at Vienna can, ' with the consent of Government,' form branch estlblishments in all pai Li of the Empire. " Par. 3. The Company has a patent for 90 years. " SECOND SECTION. "Par. 4. The Company has to keep its accounts in the lawful currency of tin country. " Par. 5. The Company is privileged :—a. To ad• vance money on all Austrian stock, shares, and bonds, and on wares and produce. b. To subscribe to Austrian loans, to take shares in industriel enterprises, and to buy all kinds of public or private stork. c. To found companies for the construction of railways, for mining, for building docks, and for the establishment of al, - 41.••••••••• institutions which c an con d uce to the public w 1•••0 eal to change common companies into joint-stock companies, and to emit the shares and bonds of the same. d. To bargain for and share in, to take and again dis pose of, Austrian loans, to undertake credit operations in the provinces, to farm state monopolies and taxes. 4. To sell, mortgage, or exchange against other articles of value all the above-mentiorled objects. f. To buy up interest-coupons, dividends, and to do all such like business. g. To advance money on stock and all paper of value. h. To do all kinds of discount and bank ing business. i. The company is entitled to emit bonds, bearing interest, for an amount which shall not surpass the sums expended in the subscriptions, purchases, and establishments which are mentioned in paragraphs a, and c. " The bonds or shares emitted are never to exoeed the value of the stock, effects, and bonds of which the company may be in possession, an4l under no circum stances are they to amount to more than five times the capital actually paid up. The bonds cannot be emitted for a shorter period than one year. "Par. 6. The privilege of the company does not ex tend to any business not mentioned in Par. 5. All time business, as also business done for a premium or bonus, is expressly prohibited. " Par. 7. The company can neither purchase the shares which it has emitted for the formation of its own capital, nor can it exchange them for other paper of value. " THIRD SECTION. " Par. 8. The capital of the company to be 100,000,000f1. in Austrian metallic currency. " Par 9. This capital will be represented by 600,000 shares of 200 fl., with coupons. At present only 300,000 of these shares will be emitted. The other 200,000 to be issued when and as circumstances may render their emission advisible. When they are to be emitted the founders of the Institution will have the right to claim one-third of them, and the shareholders the other two thirds. No share to be emitted under the full nominal value. " Par. 14. Shares only to be emitted after full pay ment of their nominal value. After payment of 30 per cent., that is 60 fl., the prices of the interim receipts may be quoted on 'Change. "Par. 15. Subscribers will have to deposit 10 per cent. (20 fl.) within a month from the day of the signa tare of the Imperial patent ; a second 10 per cent. a month after the first was paid, and a third 10 per cent. a month. after the second was due. The ether 70 per cent. to be paid in instalments, which the Administra tive Council will arrange in such a way that the whola sum must be paid up by the end of the year 1856. " Par. 16. Payments to be made in Austrian metallic currency, or in foreign coins at the value which will from time to time be fixed by the Administrative Council. _ " FOURTH SECTION. " Par. 21. The business of the Company will be car ried on by a General Assembly, which will meet at cer tain fixed periods, by an Administrative Council, and a Direction. "Par. 22. The General Assembly to be composed of all persons hi possession of 20 shares. " Par. 23. The holder of 20 shares to have one vote ; of 50, two ; of 100, three ; of 200, four ; and of 400, five votes. Each 200 shares more will entitle the bolder to another vote, but no plenipotentiary acting for one or more persons can have more than 10 votes. " Par. 24. A General Assembly Kill beheld regularly ►n the months of March or April of each year. Aa ex traordinary assembly can, however, be convened if two thirds of the Administrative Council wish it, or if 60 shareholders who are entitled to vote, send in a writhn application to that effect to the Administrative Council. "Par. 27. The General Assembly can only form a re .solution having validity when 60 shareholders are pre sent, who shall together Lave at least 100 votes. "Par. 34. The Administrative Council to be composed of 21 members, who are to be elected by shareholders who are entitled to vote, but no election is valid unless confirmed by the State. " Par. 35: The Administrative Council can be com posed of Austrians or foreigners, but at least twc-thirds of its members must reside in Vienna. Within a week after his appointment each member of the Council has to deposit 100 shares, which will remain in the kande, of the company as long as he is in office. " Par. 36. The members of the Council are to be elected for seven years, but during the first five years the Administrative Council will be composed of 10 per sons (probably the founders of the institution), who may if they please, nominate 11 others. "Par. 46. The direction to be composed of several persons, who will be appointed by the Administrative Council. The directors may be foreigners, but their ap pointment must be sanctioned by Government. " Par. 50. The profits of the institution to consist of the proceeds after all expenses have been deducted. The first payment will be 5 per cent. on the capital ad vanced. At least 5 per cent. and at most 20 per cent. will be allotted to the Reserve Fund. The other profits will be disposed of as follows : —l. Ten per cent. to the Ad ministrative Council which, on the motion of the presi- Oent and with the approval of the majority, shall be divided among the members. 2. Five per cent, will be divided between the direction and the most useful and ust worthy employes of the company. 3. The remain profits will be divided between the shareholders on the Ist of the month of July in each year." The four paragraphs which relate to the sui vin tendenee of the State are as follow : "Par. 69. The State will continually be on the wlech to see that the Crc - lit Institution remains strictly within the limits of the Statutes. "Par. 70. The Imperial commissaries bare a right to examine into the business, books, and documents belong ing to the institution ; to be present at all meetings should they consider it necessary. The Imperial com missaries are bound to be present at all general as• " Par. 71. Every Imperial commissary has a right to protest against a re , olution takt n by the Administra tive Council or the General Assembly, if he considers tbs.:, the interests of the State or of the public have been encroached on or the statutes transgressed against. The matter must, however, be immediately referred to the Minister of Finance. " Par. 72. In all matters in which the co-operation of the Imperial Government or the consent of the Emperor is necessary, the Credit Institution has to apply to the Ministry of Finance." THE BRAZILS. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. By the arrival at Queenstown on Sunday, after a passage of 38 d ays , o f th e Ch ero k ee, C aptain Henderson, advices from Rio Janeiro to the 22d of September have been received, being nine days later than those previously to hand. The Cherokee had on board a cargo of guano, consigned to Messrs. Anthony Gibbs and Co., of London. She sailed front Rio Janeiro on the 22d of Sep tember, in company with the Snowdon, for Per nambuco. She left in port the barque Ellore, of Port Glasgow, about to sail for Moulmein, and the barque Criterion, for New York. There were also in the port a large number of British vessels without any destination. Several had discharged their cargoes, principally coals, and proceeded in ballast to the Mauritius. Only four British vessels had hen chartered for the two months previous to the Cherok-3's de partur3. The Witch of the Wave arrived at Rio Janeiro oa the 22d of September from Liverpool. The cholera was making great ravages at Rio Janeiro, and was on the increase. Upwards of 200 deaths were repprted daily. Business at Rio was very flat, and :7reights nominal. Exchange on England, 2'71,- to 27/ for 90 days. The Cherokee, Oct. 8, lat. 10 N, long. 27 W, passed the schooner Sappho, for Liverpool, front Monte Video, all well, 38 days out. The Cherokee encountered severe northerly gales, and was off Cape Clear on the 30th ult. THE COLONIAL SECRETARYSHIP.-It was whispered about in Downing-street yesterday that a telegraphic despatch has been sent to the Duke of Newcastle, who is in the Crimea, offering him the vacant Colonial See retaiyship. His Grace was Colonial Secretary under the Aberdeen administration. THE LORD MAYOR ELECT.—In order to celebrate the important triumph of civil and religious liberty, as • achieved in the election of Alderman David Salomons as Lord Mayor of the City of London for the year en suing, a party of gentlemen intend having a public dinner on Monday next, the 12th inst., at Joseph's Tavern, St. James's-place, Aldgate. Samuel Yates, Esq , will preside as chairman, and will be supported by several well-known friends of liberal opinions on the occasion. _ --- One of the largest news rooms and reading establish ments in the world is that of Mr. Wylde's, Leicester square, London. It contains 394 journal=, viz., 276 English, Irish, and Scotch, 45 French, 16 Belgian, 1 Turkish, 1 Russian 39 German, 7 American, 1 Austra Han ; besides the latest telegraphic news from all parts briefly stated and posted in ,the place.—Cologne Gazette, Nov. 4th. THE SULTAN'S LIBERALITY.- 7 111 a leter' s from Varna, lately received in this town, an interesting circumstance is mentioned, creditable to the feelings of all concerned : —" A youth, named Nash, had arrived here on his way to Adrianople, to erect a tablet to th e memory o f h i s uncle, Cornet De Lacy Pierse, who died in the Russian service in the former wars of 1 828-9 betw een R uss i a and . Turkey. He had succeeded the unusual mission of obtaining Sultanic authorisation for his object." NEW LUNACY COMMISSIONER.—The Lord Chancellor has appointed Dr. James Wilkes, of the Staffordshire a Lunaticant by to the Commission ers hi p i n Lunacy, v ignation of D r . Turner. c A s t y li l e u r eu e , s p lum: , op GOLD. — Thy quotation of gold at Paris is about 5 per raille premium (according to the l as t t ar iff), „hid ] , at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. pe r ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.291 ; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 . 35, it follows that gold i s a b out 0.22 per cent, dearer in London than in fads. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4261 per mark, which, at the Eng lish Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d, per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.58 ; and, the exchange at Hamburg on London at short being 13.51, it follows that gold is 0.06 per cent. dearer in London than in Ham. burg. The cour se o f exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 109/ per cent. ; and, the par of exchange between England and America beirg 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0 . 33 per cent. against England ; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, tivi present rate leaves no profit on the transmission of gold either way between the two oeuntriee. L