The Sun. — London, England, 1855-07-24 00:00:00

POSTAGE STAMPS OF FOURPENCE. INLAND REVENGE, COMERSET HOUSE 24TH JULY, 1555 NOTTCE IS nr.REBy GIVEN, That the Commissioners of Inland Revenue Lave provided a stamp for denoting the duty of Fourpence for postage, and that such stamps will be issued to the public on and after the 31st or this month, at the Officeof the Distri butor of Postage Stamps in this department, ant of the Distributor of Sea Policy Stamps, New Bank Buildings, City. Further notice wilt be given of the period when such stamps may be procured at the Offices of the Distributors throughout the country. THOMAS KEOGH, Secretary. DEER STALKING and GROUSE SIIOOTING.—TO THE SPORTING WORLD.—The under signed (who in the Great Exhibition of all Nations received a Prize Medal), has a choice assortment of all the necessary Clothing for Deer-Stalking, Grouse-Shooting, Salmon Fishing, &c. Plaids, Tar tans, Socks, Stockings, Bonnets, Wrappers, Capes, Cloaks, Zetland Goods, &c. Very fine Plaids and Tartans for Ladies. The High land Dress correctly made up. D. AIACDOITGALL, 12, High-street, Inverness. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN.—THIS DAY, July 24, will be performed (for the Third Time) Meyerbeer's New Grand Opera, L'ETOILE DU NORD. EXTRA NIGHT. On TIGITRQDAX next, July 26, will be performed (for the Fourth Time) Meyerbeer's New Grand Opera, L'ETOILE DU NORD. LAST APPEARANCE OF MADAME GRISI. LAST APPEARANCE OF SIGNOR MARIO. LAST NIGHT OF " LES HUGUENOTS. " The Directors have the honour to announce that the engazemente of Madame Gaist and Signor Madam will terminate on SATURDAY NEXT, July 28, on wrdch occasion «ill be performed (for the Last 'Time this Season) Meycrbeer's Grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS. Va'entine . Madame GRIST. . • ....Signor MARIO. (Being most positively their Last Appearance this Season.) ROYAL OPERA, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Will be performed THE 110IIEMIAN GIRL. Characters by Messrs. 11. Braham, J. Ilalford, 11. Corri, and Elliot Graler ; and Lucy Elliot. To be followed by a Ballet. Prices of a dmission:—To the two galleries, 6d.; second cir c l e o f boxes arid pit, is dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; sta'ls, 45.; private boxes to admit two per-on , :, 10s. 6d.; four persons, one guinea. Box-office *pen from 10 to 6 daily. TEE TZE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under tiw management of Mr. Buckstealla; THIS EVENDTG, will be presented TFIF. SECRET AGENT. Principal characters by Mr. Buckstene and Miss E. Chaplin. After which, the Ballet of the TWO PRETTY WOMEN. To be followed by ONLY A lIALYPENNy. After which, THE GALICIA FETE. To conclude with A DALTGIITER TO MARRY. ROYAL PRENCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVENING, 'Rill be performed HOW STOUT YOU'RE GETTING. To conclude with KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Ka tharine, Mr:. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. 78.E.A TRY', ROYAL ADELPHI. Propietor. :ikr. B. Webster.—Directress, Ilkdame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be perform ed HELPING. HANDS. Characters by Messrs. 11. Webster, Keel ey, L. Murray, C. Senn &c. ; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, &c. After which, FRATERNISATION; To conchtle with OPEN snsturE ; or, A Night with the Forty Thieves. Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford and Keeley; Misses Woolgar, Cuthbert, Wyndham, M. Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. tes.lee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan; THIS EVENING, Will be performed PERFECT CONFIDENCE. Characters by Messrs. F. Robs•_n and G. Vining; Miss Marston and Miss Bromley. Followed by PLOT AND PASSION. Characters by Mr. F. Robson, and Mr. A. Wigan ; Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Bromley. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Bags, Mr. F. Robson. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, Will be Pee Med THE MAID OF CROISSET ; or, The.esa'g Vow. Followed by THE FLITCH OF BACON. After which, THE SPANISH DANCERS To conclude with MARBLED DAUGHTERS AlcD YOUNG HUSBANDS. .A . :4ThErg ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Tremendous and unexampled lilt I THIS EVENING, Lord P.yron's MAZE:EPA or, the Wild Horse, now first acted under Mr. William Cooke's management, and with his superb 3fazeppa highly-trained horses, whose docility and tractability have created a perfect furore in this magnificent spectacle. To conclu-le with EQf ; lAN FE ATS in the ARENA of ARTS, by Artistes of first-class celebrity. Box-s); - 1 - ice ri :rum ; . ::;.evP.n till - Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Act!re.; 4ana4er, Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. t;,-)oke, II fill P. AT LONDON BRIM,: Tine * F. - ) •-..-' 4 Ornin , , 35 8 Evening 9tnin. aft. 9 42 9 j EveniGg 15 tnin. aft. 10 W%A.17.1.1R11.—5u1l Orvlez, July 24. TI-I.I:.'7IISOMMIeft, IN TUB SHAWL 74 — l :s.:E,at ginco noon yosteritay. 63 ____l t -,west i1."19 morning and during th© night. 70 —9liR day, at f100r... Et A.llol4l l ,lTrit. 29.78. Wly'n. S.W.—Light, with mild, dull weather. We have had a heavy storm of lightning, thunder and rain yesterday evening. UREAT REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF "THE SUN," PROM Fl VE PE "TCE-HALFPENNY FOURPENCE. FOR THE THIRD OR LATEST EDITION. In consequence of the abolition of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers the public in all large cities and towns to which parcels are forwarded by the News-Agents, The Sun, which formerly cost Fivepence-half penny for the Latest Edition, containing Parliamentary Debates of the same even ing, together with the List of Army and Navy Promotions in the London Gazette, with Official Despatches from the Seat of War, the Latest Sporting, and all other Commercial News, List of Bankrupts, &c., can now be had for Foul-pence, being a saving of nearly one-third. Hitherto the price of the paper was nomi nally Fivepence, but all Late Editions posted after six o'clock were charged a fee of One Halfpenny by the Post-office, which -made the price to the Subscriber Fivepence-Halfpenny. This charge must still be made to those in remote places, unles3 the Postmaster-General have the magnanimity to forego such a paltry source of revenue. Sun-ojice, 112, Strand, London, 9th July, 1855. 4244 : A 'ZI ofA cf.*4 AN LONDe Lti, TuEs DAy, JULY 24, 1855. The Report of the Committee on the Turkish Loan was last night brought up and received, if not without oppositdon at least without a and a bill fot.nded thereon was ordered to be brought in. The opponents of the resolution were, with few exceptions, apparently thoroughly ashamed of the , factious and highly impolitic course adopted. They had accordingly the grace to abstain from any attempt to repeat the dis creditable proce Oili ng . An apologetic tone was, genera lly speakhkg, adopted by the absentees, and there was a gent n al feeling that if there had been the slightest not: o n of the formidable consequences that might have :followed the repudiation of the convention, flier e. would have b een a very deci majority in fav our of the sive and ov er w h 3 1 ming Government pro p Dsition. There Was, Lowever, one exception. Mr. BRIGHT, the brotsi:-brimmed friend of peace at any' p rice or on any e( inditions, exhibited his usual pug nacious propensit ie s, hitting right and left in every direction with as. :much reckless indifference as to the quarter on - wt ich his blows might fall as an inebriated Irish 1 a.: lor at a faction fight. And the " sweet lamb,,'" while pitching into everybo d y with the most perfect impartiality, complained that he bad been " brow-beaten" by the Press ! BRIGHT bullied ! teneafis antici ? The notion is too rich. He asked, with an air of in jured innocence, " Do those people out of doors who in the public press write lectures to us think that we are mean, sneaking cowards ?" We shall answer the interrogatory which he has emphati cally addressed to public journalists, although possibly without expecting a response. We do not consider Mr. BRIGHT " a mean, sneaking coward." His conduct in reference to the War might induce many persons to think so, and we have no doubt that the term may be applicable to many of his supporters. But it is not so to the man of whom his most intimate friend and coadjutor declared, that "if he had not been a Quaker, he would have been a prize fighter." We have no doubt that he is perfectly conscientious in his opposition to the War, and that he conceives himself justified in adopting any course in order to bring it to a close, which in a person holding different religious tenets would be " unwise, unstatesman-like, and unpatriotic." But Mr. BRIGHT is almost a mo nomaniac on the point ; and, therefore, we make due allowances for the man, although we feel bound earnestly to protest against opinions in which scarcely one in a hundred of the population of the country participates, and which we believe t 9 be alike injurious to the honour and the interests of the British Nation ! But the Honourable Gen tleman, who feels himself one of an insignificant minority, would now fain muzzle the Press. There was a time when he thought very differently, when he was, or professed to be, truly grateful for the exertions of the Fourth Estate, in advo cating the great principle of Free Trade, and scarcely less so when they handed about the begging-box for himself and his colleagues. Then, " an unfettered Press "—a true and accu rate exponent of public opinion—was the great Palladium of national liberty, and the most un restricted liberty of commenting on the sayings and doings of public men was its unquestionable privilege. But now all this is changed. In place of being petted and caressed, his - Views sustained, and himself applauded, he finds that his absurdities are ridiculed, and his fallacies unsparingly exposed, and therefore the Press is to be silenced, and he is not to be " browbeaten." We tell Mr. BRIGHT that he cannot thus silence those who have as much right to speak as himself, and whose opinions aro as conscientiously entertained, and will, there fore, be as freely expressed as his own. We have made great allowance for the peculiar tenets of the sect of which he is a member, but we cannot on that account " abdicate our functions," or disregard the duties of our position as easily as some Honourable and Right Honourable Gentlemen seem disposed to do. Mr. GLADSTONE also defended his vote, although with less vehemence and less offensive personality than his new colleague. The sharp hits of Mr. LAYARD, however, told powerfully, and the ex pr,sure of the inconsistency of the Right Hon. Gentleman while actually a member of the Go vernment which professed to be friendly to the Ottoman Empire, and to be even willing to take up arms in its defence, making a damaging speech for the purpose of preventing it from ob taining the pecuniary assistance it so greatly re quired, excited him in no ordinary degree. With these exceptions the tone of the minority was apolo getic, and we trust that there is no great proba bility of a repetition of Friday's attempt. Due vigi lance must, however, be exercised, and now that the full importance of the result is appreciated there must be no possible chance afforded to the Peace Party of inflicting so serious a blow on the country as a refusal to sanction the Treaty en tered into with our faithful Ally would necessarily be. On this point there can be "no mistake" for the future. Imagine an individual of a frank, fearless, and h , ,nest nature thwarted in his aspirations, frus- trated in his best endeavours, and victimised generally by domestic treachery, in vague uneasy consciousness of this, casting vainly about for ade quate proof in order to put a stop to what em bitters his existence, and you have a picture no high-minded man but must contemplate with corn pissionate interest. Imagine a great nation in similar circumstances; _ _ fancy its confidence systematically betrayed, its mighty expeditions failures, its liberality of blood and treasure fruitless, its aspirations baulked, its will set practically at nought, and its uneasy sus piciousness of treachery still unsatisfied by abso lute proof, and you have a spectacle over which gods and men might weep. Imagine, further, a picture sub ars the history of the War presents, and you have one over which if you do not weep, you will at least have no reason to rejoice. There are no traitors in the 19th century, they are all Russians and catspaws of Germany, or we might hint at the probability of treason. But of this we feel perfectly assured that a secret, subtle, un-English, and uncon stitutional influence, whose traces are to be met with everywhere, has been exercised with the most injurious effects to the honour and in erests of this country, and that so long as that influence remains unexposed and ina.resisted, we may look in vain for statesmen in Vaom we can confide, and for the prosperous conclusion of the War with Russia. The nation was "Lover more in earnest, or more able to prosecute, a war with vigour than the present ; and only to the baneful influence to which we alludo- —call it Ger minima or what you will, provided it; be foreign— tre we willing to ascribe the shamefu 1 manner in which it has been carried on, and the circum stances connected with it which. mus t inevitably leave an ineffaceable stain ou Britis h statesman ship and malignandPilblic spirit. To what, indeed, but influence can we ascribe the unsur passed Ministerial treachery and vacillation from which the country has so severely suffered ? Treachery and vacillation are more foreign than English vices ; and the inspiration: for them, in `his instance, may fairly be said to have come from abroad. Fatal, however, as this influence has proved, it exists in as much force a s o,7 er. RUSSELL has fallen under it, and PAlntE ltsvoN is unable to withstand it. It permeates in every direction, and can only be counteracted by -the vigilance and stayed by the murmurs and resolute attitude of the people. Already the plot for the interval between the conclusion of the sessi on and the meeting of Parliament may be ski)tched ; an d while we congratulate ourselves on a 'Belgian exit, the meshes of a Russo-German web may be gather- ing around us. 3fE Under such circumstances, the g o estion to be put by Major REED to RSTON is Lord PAL ex ceedingly apropos. The Gallant Majo r is to ask wheth er , i n th e even t o f circumstances arising 'luring the recess calculated to put an end to hos tilities, th e N o bl e L or d wou ld con sider it his duty to call together Parliament before ratifying term s of peace. The remarks of the Morning Advertiser on the subject are so appropriate that we quote them in full The ques tion," says our spirited coni;einporary, " is one of the greatest imporiiance, and the! country must feel deeply indebted to the Hon. and Gallant Member for Abingdon for putting it. There exists, at this moment, the greatest dis quietude in the public mind at the bare possibility of Parliament being prorogued without an assur ance being given of the nature implied in Major REED'S question. When we reflect on the narrow escape which the country has had of being sold bodily , to Russia, through the agency of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, it is no wonder that the nation should be tremblingly alive to the danger of an unsafe and dishonourable peace being concluded during the recess. Major REED, therefore, will only give expression to the universal feeling, when he this evening puts his ques tion to Lord PALMERSTON. If the Noble Lord at the head of the Government be, as he affirms he is, determined not to accept any terms of peace which will not be compatible with the honour of the country, and secure the independ ence of Turkey and the peace of Europe, he will, it is to be presumed, feel obliged to the Hon. and Gallant Member for Abingdon for affording him an opportunity of giving an assurance which will tranquillise the public mind on a question of the most momentous kind. If the answer of the Noble Lord should be evasive or unsatisfactory, we trust that Major REED will not be diverted from his purpose, but that he will adopt what ever other course may seem to him most advis able, with the view of extorting from the Premier an assurance which he had refused to give of his own accord." To the existence of this disquietude in the public mind we can confidently speak ; and we trust that especial care will be taken by Major REED and other Hon. Members that an unmis takeable answer be given to the inquiry. In our conscience we believe such assurance to be neces sary. ARRIVAL OF THE REMAINS OF LORD RAGLAN. BRISTOL, TUESDAY MORNING. The Caradoc arrived in King's-road at 10 a.m. The funeral procession through Bristol takes place to-morrow at 12 o'clock. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, JULY 23. The King of the Belgians, accompanied by the Count of Flanders and the Princess Charlotte of Belgium, left Osborne this morning, to return to the continent. The Comtess d'Yve de Bavay, the Baronne de Bov6e, Colonel de Moerkerke, Captain Burnell, and Sir Robert Carswell, were in attendance on the King and Royal family. Her Majesty and Prince Albert embarked in the Fairy with the King, and accompanied his Majesty to Ports mouth, where a special train was in waiting to convey his Majesty, by the Brighton and South Coast line, to Dover. Lord Dufferin, Lord in Waiting to the Queen, at• tended the King to Dover. The Hon, Beatrice Byng has succeeded the Hon. Flora Macdonald, as Maid of Honour in Waiting. Sir William Molesworth attended at his office in Downing-street yesterday, and transacted business as Secretary of State for the Colonies. Despatches from the Governor of Canada and also from the Governor of the West India Islands were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday. An appeal from New South Wales was cwm menced—" Doe dem. Devine v. Wilson and others." The lords present were the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, Sir J. Patteson, and Sir E. Ryan. DEPARTURE OP THE KING OF THE BELGIANS.—DOVER, Monday Evening, July 23.- -Lbs Majesty King Leo -1101,1, accouipan , e(i by the Princess Charlotte of Belgium, the Count de P.anders, and a numerous retinue, arrived at Dover this afternoon at 2.35, and was received by his Excellency M. Van de Weyer, accompanied by his se cretary, M. Delfosse (who had preceded his Majesty to Dover). S. L. Latham, Esq., Belgian Consul at this port ; W. H. Payne, Esq., Mayor ; the Commandant and Colonel Kinlock, with the officers forming the staff of the British Foreign Legion, were in attendance. A guard of honour of the Swiis Foreign Legion, under the command of Colonel C. A. Dickson, was formed from the platform of the railway station to the Lord Warden Hotel, where his Majesty proceeded direct. The illus trious visitor left Dover in the Belgian royal mail packet boat Topaz, at 3.15, on his return to Ostend. Yesterday morning, between the hours of 5 and 6 o'clock, a fire broke broke out on the premises of Mr. John Pearson, saw and planing mills, Nine Elms, whereby property to a, large amount was destroyed. The Himalaya steam-ship arrived on Sunday morn ing in Kingstown harbour. She is to convey the 56th Regiment to the Crimea. Several detached sectio.qa of other regiments will proceed to the East by the same conveyance. The Tlirnalaya is expected in a day or two at Liverpool, where she will take on board 204 men, 12 officers, and 154 horses, belonging to the let Dragoon Guards, and 40 horses and 15 men belonging to the 2d Dragoons. STRAHAN AND CO.'S B ANKRUPTCY. — Yesterday Messrs. Rushworth and Jarvis offered for auction, by direction of the assignees, and with consent of the mortgagees, the banking premises of Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Bates ; the property consists of two freehold houses, Nos. 217 and 218, Strand ; the lower part having been for nearly two centuries occupied as banking premises, and the upper part lately the town res id ence o f Sir John Dean Paul. The purchasers were the London and 'Westmin ster Bank, at the sum of 20,0001. The sale of the furni ture and effects was then commenced, and will last for some days. The Cork Examiner announces, on the authority of Mr. Maguire, M.P., that a leading member of the Irish independent party is about to retire from the Saxon Senate and emigrate to Australia. The Freeman's Journal broadly states that the person alluded to is no other than Mr. Gavan Duffy, the representative for New Ross, and the founder of the once formidable Nation, newspaper. The report has been long current in Dublin, and its truth was but half denied by the friends of Mr. Duffy. STATE OF THE THAMES.—Last night an adjourned meeting of the inhabitants of St. Paul's district of the parish of St. Mary, Newington, was held in the Lecture Hall of the Walworth Literary and Scientific Institu tion, Lorrimore-road, Walworth, for the purpose of re ceiving the report (which was noticed in this paper yes terday), of the deputation appointed at a meeting held on Monday evening last, to wait upon Sir Benjamin Hall, and represent to him the foetid and impure state of the water supplied to the inhabitants by the Vauxhall and Southwark Water Company, and to induce him, as Mi nister of Health, to suggest some measures to remedy the evil. The Rev. Mr. Mitchell, the incumbent of Paul's, was in the chair, and several resolutionss thanking the chairman and the committee for their exer thins were unanimously adopted. SHOCKING MURDER AT ROCHDALE.—On Sunday morning, about half-past six o'clock, a stranger, who had slept with his wife at the house of Mr. Stephen Asquith, Half Moon, Blackwater-street, Rochdale, went out, pro mising to return in half an hour, and some hours after his departure it was discovered that his wife was lying nn the bed with her throat cut, and quits. dead. They had taken lodgings at the house on Saturday night, and some angry words had passed between them before retiring to rest, but they had taken no drink. The woman was between 40 and 45 years of age, and her throat appears to have been cut with a razor, the windpipe having been severed. In her right hand was a razor, with the edge from her, and the blade clean. A good deal of blood was found on the floor, and also on the bed. The murderer did not return, and has not been heard of since. He was a thin man of the middle height, and wore a black dress coat and dark cotton trousers. This is the only description given of him by the people at the public-house. THE REPRESENTATION OF SOUTHWARK.—A numerous and influential meeting of the electors of Southwark was held last evening at the Queen's Head Inn, High street, for the purpose of securing the re-election of the Eight Hon. Sir W. Molesworth, who had vacated his seat by accepting the office of her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies. Dr. Challis was called to the chair, and read a communication from the Administra tive Reform Association, expressing satisfaction at the appointment of the right hon. baronet, which they re garded as an acknowledgment of the principle repre sented by the society. Sir William Molesworth then addressed the meeting, passing in review his votes upon various important political questions during the ten years he had represented the borough ; and having ex pressed his confidence' in the courage and energy of the assailants of Sebastopol, he concluded by calling upon them, if they approved of Lord Palmerston's Govern ment and his appointment, to re-elect him as their re presentative. A. resolution, pledging those present to use their exertions to secure the right hon. baronet's re-election, was then unanimously adopted. The tic. Dipuarteindg p nomi nation is fi xed for Friday at noon. No opposition is an the la s t f ew days a tof dressed in the n ewest style of Parisianay neg r fashionhTe s' been ob served at the 'Universal Exhibition, Jardin d'Hiver balls, and other public places ? the These ebon gentlemen are functionaries at the court of his Imperial Majesty, Faustin 1., better known as Sou lou are General Count Elea, senator, (d r u a e. Among th em Chancellor of the Empire—of Haiti; Vie count Simon, senator ; and th e C ount de :Val, esensoatilo;r BaTrohne above personages, with a numerous Suite, ledgedat the little "hotel in the garden of th e " Cercle l'Exposi tion." They are admitted to dine a t th e club dinner, and may be almost any evening smoking cigars and taking coffee on the flower-bespangled terrace in front of I the Cercle, L Lk.TE(37' TS MARSEILLES, TUESDAY, JULY 24. The Euphrate, which left Constantinople on the 16th of July, has arrived. The advices from the Crimea are of the 14th. The steamers Indus and Athenian, and the clipper Golden Gate, have left with troops. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The following private telegraphic despatches have been received to-day : MARSEILLES, 23c1.—A French steamer, the Dain, arrived at Malta on the 17th, with a request for some troops to be sent to Tripoli to the assistance of the Bey. VIENNA, 22d, Evening.—The semi-official organ, the Austrian, Correspondence, contradicts a state ment made by some of the German journals that M. de Hubner, the Austrian ambassador at Paris, and M. de Bourqueney, the French ambassador at Vienna, were to quit their posts. Prince de Saxe-Weimar arrived by the last packet at Marseilles from the Crimea, on his way to England. The Moniteur de la Flotte publishes a letter from Kamiesh, which gives the following order of the day, published by Admiral Bruat on the occa sion of Lord Raglan's death : " The English army has lost the intrepid chief who comman!ed it in the days of the Alma and of hiker man ! Field-Marshal Lord Raglan died in the nigl4e of the 28th June. The English fleet has also had cause for mourning, in which we have all shared from the bot tom of our heart , . The blows which fall on our Allies reach us, and we share with them the double trial, which in a few days has taken an illust r i ous ve t eran f rom th e affection of his army, and a young and brave captain (the son of Admiral 14.1, en 3, captain of the Miranda), from the glorious future which his brethren in arms promised him." The same letter contains the following intelli gence : " Vice-Admiral Charner, second in command of the French fleet, before his departure for France, was visited by the Admirals of the fleets, and by the superior offi cers of the French, English, Sardinian, and Turki-h vessels anchored in the roadstead. Rear-Admiral Raudiat is acting as second in command of the fleet until Rear-Admiral Pellion, who has been nominated to suc ceed Admiral Charner, shall arrive. The Abbe de Dames, chaplain of the army, attached to the ambulance of Kamiesh, has just left for France, gravely ill ; and in the opinion of his medical advisers he can return no more to the Crimea. A rumour prevails here that General Simpson will not retain his command, being anxious to give it up to Gen. England. I cannot say how far this is true." BOURSE, JULY 23.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. e. End of Month. 4i per Cents 92 75 93f. 10e. 3 per Cents 66 40 66 65 Orodit Mobilier 1025 Roman Credit Fonder 530 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes — riedmontese B4 85 Horne Debt 3li RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. fr. c. Tr. C . Orleans Western 767 50 Rouen Cette Mediterranean 1250 Havre 652 50 Northern AUSTRIA. According to a letter from Vienna of th© 17th, in the Rhine G'azette, a treaty hes recently been concluded between Austria and the Porte for the continuation of the occupation of the Danubian Principalities by the former. This treaty, it is said, is not so much a renewal of the existing one as a new convention based on an old treaty con cluded in 1775, in the reign of Joseph 11., relati ve to the incorporation of Bukowina in the Austrian monarchy. At that epoch the Russians occupied the Principalities, but were removed from them by the influence of Austria, which influence was based on the treaty in question. We find nothing said of this matter in any other journal, and it appears to us very improbable. A letter from Vienna of the 16th, in the Inde pendence of Brussels, referring to the doubts ex pressed by Lord John Russell in one of his recent speeches, to the effect that though Austria was re.idy to send an ultimatum to Russia, she was not disposed to follow up the rejection of it by an im mediate declaration of war, asserts that those doubts were quite unfounded, inasmuch as when Count Buol submitted to the plenipotentiaries of the four powers the propositions on which the ulti matum was based, he positively declared that if they received the sanction of those powers he would make the rejection of them by Russia a casus belli, and he repeated the declaration several times in the most formal terms. It is added, moreover, that j ust before M. Drouyn de l'Huys left Vienna the wane declaration was renewed to him, not only by Count Buol, but by the Emperor in person. RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 13th, in the ational Gazette of Berlin, says—" The blockade of the coasts causes an immense injury to Russia. Several manufactories of Moscow have already suspended their operations. Since the accession. of Alexander Ist a part of the nobility of the pro vinces of the interior had devoted funds to the establishment of manufactories, and turned their serfs into workmen. These manufactories can no longer procure raw materials such as cotton, raw and not w ith s t an di ng th e propr i etors are sugar, ob to feed th e i r wor k men . I t i s no t there fore extraordinary that these nobles should wil lingly give their men for the militia of the empire, but it may be also readily understood that they are discontented at the war, as is proved by the reports of the various governors. They are frequently heard to say, We will not s u p por t thi s bl oc k a d e one year more.' The gas manufactory of St. Petersburg is at a stand for want of coal, the Go vernment having seized on all their stock for mili tary purposes. From the same cause, the large foundry and building establishment of M. Behr has stopped, and the Government, in allowing these parties to work gratuitously th e coa l m i nes of the crown, miy, without any prejudice to itself, make a display of apparent liberality, for these persons are unable to avail th emse l ves o f th e per mission accorded. ' GERMANY. According to the German journals, Bavaria, Saxony, Wurtemberg, and Hanover are carrying on active negotiations for the purpose of coming to some understanding on a programme relative to the Eastern question, which may be suitable to the secondary states of Germany. It is for this pur pose, it is said, thatM. de Kuetstein., the Austrian ambassador at Dresden, has lately gone to Vienna. The Court of Saxony persists, in concert with 63- veral others of the secondary States of Germany, in wishing to prevent the Confederation from meddling with the complications of the war, and thinks it may attain this object by taking, with Bavaria and other States, a position as independ ent as possible of the influence of the two groat German Powers, although its policy - is more in har mony with that of Prussia than with that of Aus tria. In a word, the secondary States seem to wish to renew the useless work of the Conference of Bamberg. Prince Gortschakoff has proceeded to Frankfort, thinking, doubtless, that at the mo ment when the Confederation is about to come to a decision off. the propositions of Austria, his pre sence there might be u se ful to th e interests of the Czar. The Piedmontese Gazette announces that a de spatch of the 19th has been received from General Alphonso La Mormora, stating that the cholera has disappeared, but has been succeeded by fevers, few of which, however, have ended fatally. The express train in which M. Von der Hey dt, the Prussian Minister of Commerce, left Berlin a few days ago, ran into another train whi c h was accidentally eft on the same line of rails between Geilenkirshen and Herzogenrath, but the Minister escaped without injury. The Duchess de Berry, mother of the Duchess Regent of P arma , l e ft th a t city on th e 16 t h for Brunsee, and was accompanied as far as C o l orno by her august daughter. A letter from Erdmanndorf states that the King of Prussia had another attack of fever on the 18th, which lasted the whole day. He passed, however, a tolerably good night. The King of Portugal and the Duke of Oporto [eft Turin on the 20th for Arona. WIFE MIIRDERS.—Two atrocious wife murders have been perpetrated in the county of Donegal within the last few days. In both cases the brutal husbands were under the influence of drink. A NICE Fix.—A young love-struck lieutenant in the South Durham Militia was wandering in a wood near Barnard Castle the other day, looking out for his'inamo rata, when the Duke of Cleveland, his commanding officer, chanced to take a stroll in the same direction. The sub. scrambled up a tree to get out of his grace's sight ; but, as ill-luck world have it, the duke sat down on a seat at the bottom of the tree, and, taking out a newspaper from his pocket, read away for a whole hour, never thinking that the poorlila , ;unaul.. was being roasted aloft by a hot sun, and t y saunterers who o bserred his predicament. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Last night a new five-act play, from the pen of Mr. Heraud, entitled Wife or No Wife, was performed for the first time. The plot of the play is founded on a letter in Addison's Spectator, in which is recounted the marriage of Octavia, with a gentleman far her superior in point of fortune, who afterwards deserts her, and she then too late discovers that she has been the victim of a sham marriage. Mr. Heraud has, however, improved the story. He treats the subject thus :—Ormond, the son of the Earl of Noraliffe, has secretly married Olym pia directly in opposition to the wishes of his father, who is intent upon an aristocratic alliance for his son. Ormond conveys his wife into the country, and there places her under the care of Pierpoint, a country squire, one of the witnesses to his marriage. Pierpoint turns out a traitor, and instead of assisting Ormond to pacify his father, communicates to the Earl that Ormond is living with a mistress. Ormond's father arrives at the cottage, and at his bidding Ormond leaves his bride to the care of Pierpoint. His friend not only tries to seduce the wife, but, failing in that, informs Ormond that she has fled with a paramour. The husband on receiving the intelligence falls into a condition little short of insanity, and the proposed marriage with him and the daughter of the Earl of Brooklin is postponed. In the meantime, Olympia, who has been informed by Pierpoint that her marriage was a sham one, determines to see Ormond at any risk, and in attempting to gain an interview with the son she encounters the father, who will believe nothing until the certificate of marriage is produced, which of course Pierpoint has stolen. Driven to despe ration she encounters the lady to whom Ormond is about to be married, and she, on hearing Olympia's tale, in forms her that she loves another, and therefore a mar riage with Ormond is impossible. On this understanding taking place the ladies become fast friends, and Olympia having been instrumental in recalling Ormond to reason, is acknowledged by the earl as his daughter. The great fault, however, of the play is its extreme length, and in our opinion the story could have been much better told in three than in five acts. On com pression, we have no doubt but that it will become a very attractive piece. Miss Edith •Heraud made her first appearance as Olympia, and, from the display of talent last night, we expect at no distant period to see her take a position amongst the best actresses of the day. The lady's suc cess was in a great degree, marred by the up-hill part she had to play ; and such was the fatigue that, at the fall of the curtain, she was quite exhausted. Mr. B. Sullivan sustained the part of Ormond with great ability. At the conclusion of the piece there was a special call for Miss Heraud, and she was led, half fainting, across the stage by Mr. Chippendale. The play was put upon the stage with the accustomed liberality of Mr. Buckstone—in a word, the dresses and scenery were splendid. The house was both fully and fashionably attended. ASTLEY 1 2 AMPHITHEATRE. The revival of the magnificent spectacle of Mazeppa has proved a perfect triumph. We well remember the enthusiasm occasioned by its first production, now some years ago, but, judging from the furore created by the revival, its second success will totally eclipse the first. The scenes in the arena are also highly attractive, and the performances of the different talented artistes receive the most rapturous applause. The house is nightly crowded to the ceiling. THE SULThJV'S LETTER TO GENERAL PELISSIER. The following is a translation of the autograph letter sent by the Sultan to General Pelissier. That to the late Lord Raglan we published yes terday : " Monsieur le Commandant-General,—I desire to offer to you and to the brave army placed under your orders, and which the Emperor, my august and firm ally, has or dered for the defence of my cause, a public raark of tny high satisfaction and my sincere congratulations for the new feats of arms which you have just added to the man-v previous striking acts that have covered with glory the allied troops fighting in so just a cause, and braving with such intrepidity the rigours of a severe climate. The blood shed on fields of battle for the defence of that cause which is now become the pledge of the maintenance of legality in Europe, will certainly have for its future precious result to unite nations who are capable of appreciating that legality, to cement their alliance by indissoluble bonds, for the all-powerful ' sympathy of nations is the most natural and legitimate of alliances. Be persuaded that the admiration which I feel for the warlike and moral bravery of the heroic sol diers of the Crimea, now extends itself to all the popula tions which God has confided to me, and henceforth we oannot make any distinction between any of the soldiers who fight for the common cause. The whole world have their eyes on the soldiers of those great allied nations who fight aide by side for the glory of their country. I doubt not that the same troops who distin guished themselves so much under the brave General Canrobert, and who continue to fight so brilliantly under your command, will soon obtain with your breth ren in arms, by a definitive victory, those laurels which they so well merit for their incomparable courage in surmounting so massy dangers and undergoing so many sufferings. lam proud to see my soldiers take part in this pure and sacred contest. I charge my aide-de-camp, Etham Pacha, to deliver this letter to you, and to convey to your army the expression of my gratitude. The sen timent of affection wthich I feel in my heart for them is the stronger that the nation to which these brave soldiers belong is th,e oldest ally of my empire. I pray God to grant you th,e most glorious success, and to have you in His holy ket ip ing. _ _ _ ABD-17L-MEDJI D. " Given at the Rtlace of Tcheragan, 12th Sehe Wal, 1271." ADMINIST,RATIvE REFORM ASSO CIATION. Yesterday a meeting of the committee of this associa tion was held at tile office., King William-stree'o, City, Mr. S. Morley in. the chair, when the following reso lution was adopted. : _ "That in the of ,inion of this committee the appoint ment of the Right 'Lion. Sir William Molesworth, Bart., M.P., to the office of her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies is an acknowledgment of the principle of AdministrativE Reform, which seeks to have the right men in the r ight places in the Cabinet, as well as in every office o f the Government ; and that the com mittee trust Sir - V Villiam Molesworth will, in office, not fail to carry out those measures of colonial reform, by the able advocae of which as an independent member of Parliament he established in public opinion his fitness for the high of6c e to which he has been nominated." LLOYD'S-' SHIPPING-THIS DAY.) LONDON, Jully • 24.—Wind this day at noon, W, ; light airs, and cloudy. There has been much rain this morning. CHATHAM, aly 23.—Arrived— Renfrewshire, from Quebec. SOUTHAMPTOiIi, July 23.—Wind, S. Sailed—Orinoco, for the Crimea.. PLYMOUTH, • Tuly 23.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Sovereign (transport 68),. from Gibraltar, and left for Woolwich. Sailed—H.M. s at. Hermes, for the West Indies. SHIELDS, Jt S.E. Sailed—Corse (French war-steamer), :for the Fishery; Cabara, New York; St. Lawrence, Pic :ton. SWANSEA, J ruli 22.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Stately, for Cuba. HOLYHEAD, July 23.—The Sarah Ann (schooner), of Bangor, a der, Lid, with 4 feet of water in her hold, was brought in hei n by the Cornucopia. PARIS, Jul 3 !2 :.—The Montreal, from New York, which went on shot., near La Rochelle, on the 15th, has been taken into a p) lace of safety, with some damage. PATRAS, July 12.—The barque which was seen in the Gulf of Lepai it o proves to be a Turkish vessel ; the crew consisted of ei. eht, Greeks and nine Turks, five of the latter were murderer t—the remainder have been taken up by the Greek anthori ties in the Gulf of Lepanto; the vessel is a total wreck. EPEE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday, 11 a.m. Arrived—AA; danta (s.), from Havre ; Brunswick (s.), Plymouth ; L aura, Sunderland. Sailed—Alli nce (s.), for Havre ; Courier (s.), Jersey ; Sydney, London. Wind, N.W. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. • Arrived—Jolin Dunlop, from St. Stephen's; Carolns Magnus, St. John's, N.B. ; Nuevo Rosaria, Bilboa ; Oceana, Santa a der ' • Lille Asa, Copenhagen. Sailed—lsabella Hamilton, for Halifax ; Experience, Gibraltar ; Ma r a Melanie, Bordeaux ; Maid of Athens and Ocean Wave, eirout ; Laurel, Charente ; Sophia, New foundland ; Ot t ar (a.), Havre ; Ursula, Valparaiso. QUEENSTOWN, July 22. Wind, S. Arrived— Iliz mility, and Earl of Carlisle, from Constan tinople. WATERFORD, July 22. 'Phe Brilliam, of Liverpool, from the Clyde to Oporto, with iron, wa.s abandonad in a sinking state on the 19th inst., off Mine head, bearing N.W. by W., about 20 miles. Crew saved. (BY SID is IIARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.52 a.m. Wind, S.W. :; tide, 1 hour's ebb ; weather, raining. Arrived—Pc as thumous, and Ringhorn, from Sundowall ; Corymbus, Ki cge ; Flarmonie, ' Rostock • Friends, Dun kirk • Thor, tad • Mathilde, Stockholm ; Fairy, Sam soe ; Gefion, N kiobing ; Margretha, Mariensiel. Sailed—Aurolm, for Sierra Leone. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.43 a.m. Wind, S.S.T7 . • light, foggy. Anchored—a .W. Beyfield, from Llanelly, for Maldon. Sailed—Eint t Goodwin, for Elsinore ; her Majesty's steamer Gorgo tip with the Prussian brig Mentor in tow, Sheerness. The Orwell, ft om London, for Marseilles, put back, hay ing been in c ol)ision with the American ship Medomak Fairleigh, bear ing N.E. 10 miles on the 22d inst. ; ca rried away bowspri , &c., and sustained other damage ; prooewcl to Ran ludo for ropairs. will SPIRIT OF THE PUBUTO JOURNALS, ,-.....4t,...---- (Frain ojtltis clay. ) The opponents of the war have taken the oppor tunity of another stage in the question of the Turkish Loan, not to resist it—for that seems to have been hopeless—but to remove some of the obloquy which naturally attaches to their conduct. With two whole days to prepare they have said a good deal. Mr. Gladstone has told us a good deal about himself in reply to the charge of surprise, and about the right of Parliament to interfere with the carrying out of conventions and treaties. Mr. Bright, after working in all its forms the possible difficulty of the Turkish security and the allied guarantee, returns by an easy transition to his old enemy the press, which he accuses of brow beating him, and which he is evidently resolved shall have nothing to boast of in the encounter. But, in all that these gentlemen and several others have said, we cannot help noticing a grave omis sion, and we note it all the more, because we really did look for the topic which is not to be found. We did think it possible, not to say proper, that these gentlemen would have told us in what form they would themselves have assited Turkey to fight her battle, or whether they would have done it all. We have indeed to beg Mr. Bright's pardon, per haps Mr. Gladstone's also, for an exceedingly harsh supposition—viz., that they are ready to co-ope rate and advise for the prosecution of the war. On this supposition, how will they deal with the Turk? Will they leave him quite alone, to perish, as he did by wholesale at Balaklava, from want of all things ? Do they insist that we shall fight the cause of the Turk, but independent of the Turk ; so that, while the Western Powers are suffering for want of men, a nation of soldiers on the very spo!, that nation our allies, and the very people in whose behalf the war has been undertaken, shall be ren dered incapable, for want of provisions and all kinds of stores ? They know very well the Turk ish Government is comparatively penniless, and that it is idle mockery to tell her to collect troops, to feed, to clothe, to arm, to convey them, and supply them all the other appliances of war, from her own means. There are various methods of dealing with a poverty-stricken ally, some of which we employ, as, for example, in the formation of the Turkish Contingent. But, assuming that there are many such methods, that there is a good deal to be said for, and also a good deal against each of them ; assuming, also, that Messrs. Gladstone and Bright have no fundamental objection to the whole of them, simply because they are what they profess to be methods of co-operating with Turkey for the prosecution of the war, we thereupon ask these gentlemen severally what particular method do they select and recommend in place of the particular form of Turkish Loan now before the Commons ? No doubt the war is a very disagreeable thing ; and a loan of 5,000,0001. is a very disagreeable thing, and the fact of its being advanced to a State with such a barbarous finance as that of Turkey is still more disagreeable ; the security, - too, is ques tionable ; and the joint guarantee of allies has too often been belied ou a slight provocation to allow one to be quite easy on that point: But we sub mit that, whatever objection there may be to this particular form of loan, they come with an ill grace, or no grace at all, from gentlemen who are against the war altogether—all assistance to Turkey altogether, that is iu the present stage of the affair, when, in Mr. Gladstone's view of the negotiations, we are protracting the war without sufficient rea son. It is impossible, indeed, not to feel a con viction that both Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright object quite as much to every other possible form of loan, and every other possible arrangement for communicating to Turkey the benefit of our credit, and deriving from her the benefit of her men. If, indeed, Mr. Gladstone, who has delivered many speeches on finance, and who has experimented in finance with great ingenuity and considerable audacity, would only have the goodness to tell us what arrangement would be better, in his opinion, than the one adopted by Government, then, at all events, he would put down his stake and would discuss the question on fair and equal terms. But, as he very knowingly does no such thing, and has forborne to back up his objections with a single proposition, it becomes really unnecessary to meet them at all, simply because we know that he has a fundamental objection to the whole affair, which very naturally shows itself in criticising every possible way of conducting it. We might, indeed, very safely admit the force of all Mr. Gladstone's criticisms ; we might admit that a pecuniary engagement with Turkey was likely enough to be an occasion for sin on both sides—that is, dishonesty on her side, and insolence on ours ; that common liabilities have very often been thrown upon ourselves, with a very ill feeling - towards the partner in the contract ; that a large communication of good credit to a Power without credit is likely enough to encourage that extrava gance which created the necessity for such an ope ration. We might admit a great deal more • but -what if we are in a condition that we can listen to no objections, and must consequently swallow them? We may have the greatest objection to a sea voyage, but if we are going to France there is no help fel. it. We may think 50,000,0001. spent in the improvement of land, •or the construction of factories, a better investment than in powder and shot, but if we are at war there is no help for it. If we are travelling in a strange country, we may have the best reasons for thinking our host a thief, our guide a robber, our food unwholesome, our beds infested with vermin, our carriage unsafe, our horses unbroken, our postilions drunk, and the road a wrong one ; but, once in for it, there is no help. We must run the gauntlet of all these perils, and not pour out complaints or forebodings which make our companions unhappy, and can do them no manner of good. No doubt, the history of our subsidies and loans in the late war is very tragic, indeed; and amply justifies all the warnings which Mr. Fox and the Whigs were continually making. Some of our debtors and proteges, though the favoured objects of our subsidies and loans, after taking the money and spending it, repudiated the contract,,renounced the obligation, gave up our alliance, and even turned against us ;so that we had often to fight men whom we had ourselves armed and accoutred for battle. We shall not mention names, for such cases are notorious ; but, after all, this monstrous ingratitude, as it may seem, was from first to last a matter of necessity, quite as much as it may be to spend a million of money on strengthening a fortress, and in the course of a few years to spend ten millions more to get into and knock it to pieces. The hon. member who told us a year or so since that people who went to war were like young ladies at a ball—they knew their first part ner, but not their last—anticipates, possibly, that in the course of revolving years we may find our selves fighting by the side of the Russians against the French and the Turks. Of course he must mean such interchange of parts. But, even, if it were so, it might still be unavoidable, and there fore no matter for vain regret. We believe that the present war is necessary, and therefore, as a matter of necessity, we assist the Turks, and give them the aid of our credit to arm themselves and fight their own battle. We do this precisely as we spend money in constructing a position on the pe ninsula of Cherson, in a railway, in harbours, in quays, and a good deal more, which we may even tually find in the hands of our enemy, and have to desstroY if we can. In war we mus t d o th a t w hi c h i s necessary for the present emergency—to use M r . Gladstone's words, we must do that which answers our purpose to-day and to-morrow, but which the day after may be useless, or even turned against us. Sometimes, indeed, we may indulge in more prospective considerations, but it won't do to neglect our ally because he may be ungrateful, or to distrast him because he may be untrue. If we do that we shall have to do without alliances altogether, which we cannot afford to do. (From the _Morning Advertiser of this day. ) The translation of Sir William Molesworth from the Board of Works to the Colonial-office has been followed by another appointment, not less important in point of principle, nor, as far as the metropolis is concerned, in point of fact. It was one of the charges brought both against Lord Aberdeen and Lord Palmerston that they had placed Sir William Molesworth in a post. for which he had no special aptitude, when they might have appointed him to one for which he had. It was hardly to be expected, that when at last the pre sent Premier placed him at the head of the Colo nial, office, he would so fully carry out the prin ciple of Administrative Reform on which he so far acted, by appointing to the office thus vacated a successor in all respects as qualified for its duties as Sir William is for those of his new office. But Lord Palmerston has agreeably disappointed us. Having supported Sir Benjamin Hall in car rying through the Rouse of Commons the two great measures, whose good sense and comprehen siveness have upheld his popularity at a time when the Cabinet was labouring under disgrace, he now places him, with all the experience he has gained as President of theßoard displayedot . Hea forlth,a masteringndwit with the intricacy he has icacy of details, i n an o ffi ce i n variety strong capacity c i n which lie will render an incalculable service to the public. There is not another fact in connection with the history of the late and the present Administration on which we can dwell with so much satisfaction as the appointment of Sir Benjamin Hall to the labo rious office he hai just resigned, nor canwe imagine a more powerful argument in favour of Adminis- trative Reform than the result of that experiment. Without official experience, untried in anything of the kind before, it would not have been surprising 11 ' if ho had failed where we ll verse -re . caeial routine, bad laboured in va in ; nor there wanting prophets of evil and or acles of 10 prognosticate a break down. Even his friendstis; have seen that the probabilities were g . n s vo . h success, because there seemed to be a fatalitinny Pt eh in over the Board of Health w hich renc le the impersonation of official incompetenreci; forts without fruit, of costliness and useless;e"is Where it could act it could not design ; where could design, it could not act. t This was its state when, in Angus. - 3 . ! , ,:t 0 of Benjamin Hall became its President, destitute official experience, and utterly innocen t of redt3.,i'it But no sooner had he entered on his career 0079 became evident that red tape is a affair when compared with a clear beaksiiPtio strong will. He immediately grappled IvI I • ou to giant evil of our sanitary condition m relatl re v, the scourge which we had already felt so sev e , e . but whose recurrence we had done so little to; r i vent. He found time to communicate with local local body in the kingdom, and to give ali e very 11 11 . d 0 boo long, patient, and searching, to innumerable tations. He displayed a courage which was.,, a ers , all praise —and thereby set an example to ow l , the by personally visiting the localities la whi c ; terrible disease raged with the most fearful n o t fatal force. Meantime, his Metropolis B ill w a tion s neglected. Upon this, too, he received &Pi l l; b a d of the most troublesome character ; for ea d c' t , bo some.end of its own to serve, and they ha 9,1 3 met fairly, without evasion, with candeer'iridy with firmness. Through all these d iffi c ulties fo r• out the walls of Parliament, and others In (: f e s dilf midable withilb the right hon. baronet Wooer persevered in conducting his measure to 3 T I ;th011 t fill termination in the House of Common s "id' a single principle having been altered, n° go d, standing the efforts of some able o pponents' f fir true to his character of a Liberal Memb er oitlr liament, he has, in this important measure' many fully maintained the principle of selfgeve ra tr ictl.,/ The interference of the Executive has be en a tm bill guarded against, and the carrying out d • confided wholly to the local authorities. irf The office of Works to which Sir BeP: O AP now transferred his services must not be 0 0 ,en., with the office of Woods and Forests. li"estio wholly distinct, and have separate establisheloo; The latter is managed by two cornini esi f bal d while the former is an office of State, shi r t O r by a Privy Councillor, who is necessarilY :a s " tio ll stant communication with the Sovereign in to the Parks, the Palaces, and all public " a ir D" The metropolitan improvements are also llea."-islll supervision ; and his appointment is ea r,, i sse ° ' fortunate, now that the Metropolis Bill has n ra as the Board of Works under the Crown, der Metropolitan Board of Works created n hu i : etio new bill, must be constantly in relation to , other. Lor li It is by such appointments as this tm at air Palmerston will restore the confidence of the e e ,pect try and make smooth his own path. Wi t , ll l r o ' to Sir Benjamin Hall, he has dserved vre h-tf Dot constituents and the country ; and we d° ll .,i,ryle" he will meet his reward. A new writ for " 3 r t bef° bone was moved for last night, and thouPiietso cannot be a doubt of Sir Benj am i n 's reture , 00 1 trust that the electors of M ar yl e b o ne will to lochs to send their member back to Parliament i n ' er iti way as to signalise their high sense of Ilis k al so or and of the Justice of the principle on vi'lli c ;, d d l portunity has been given him of benest.T;firlir public service. After representing them fc tbeo ment for eighteen years, he comes now be: s r „, e , er for the sixth time with stronger claims on their confidence and gratitude. 1 -1,10 0 ; Honourable Baronet's address, which will u; s tb a in our advertising columns, refers with kr:'lli'" modest candour to the results of an ew c ,, - of ° which has not yet lasted for the brief terwflootO year, but which has been fruitful in str e o rti°, toaud successful exertion in an inverse Prlio its duration. He expresses an 11 ° 11 ' to ambition to be permitted to be still of use, t he / fellow-subjects, and to assist in carrying 0 11 " fi ter, improvements of the metropolis which are 6° ,1 0; plated by the bill he has introduced. A -I° ,,;o°' verting to the subject of the war, he deela r „ - 0 e !, he . would not place himself nor remain le " 4 . -°l P' ton with any Government which would r o " e ‘ ' r 3( on the war with that vigour and untirie'p e e o : verance which the honour of the countr;;;cl;' tively demands. Such an assurance frog' 5 1 , - / tD ° quarter will, at the present tim e , b e hailed ' country with a hearty welcome. o { tU 7 We cannot doubt, from what we knoll f electors of Marylebone, that Sir Benjaranf, o lsi re-election will take place amidst s u ch a ciAg lih o popular enthusiasm as will render it sonlet'' a great general ovation. Naval and lffilitary Intelligen c e bQ ;pB The Repulse, 90, now building at Pembroke) bi j, pushed forward for completion. Caulkers it, 1 1 .; sent round from Plymouth to be engaged upon P, - . 1 bo; in consequence of the ironwork having bee" /e 1"; ward, the principal portion of the smiths " 1 ":•01 1 " ployed early and late in advancing her con 3 P` -ti that respect. The Cruiser, 17 guns, screw steam-sloop, se Coni - o ro, the Hon. George H. D oug l as , h as t a k en on". 00 1; quantity of runni ng gear f or various ships Ti ring j ef dll Baltic fleet, and left Sheerness at 10 . 50 Y e " direct for the Baltic. gnD The Horatio, 8, screw steam-f r i ga t e , C a ptain th f ei-,, e o f Arthur A. Cochrane, C. 8., arrived at Sheerne ss ,lo l ;l, day at 9.45 a.m. from Jersey and Alderney ; brought from the latter place the Hon. Majo r verton's Ist company of th e 9th b a tt a li o n of 0 1 ° 0 01 . Artillery, of the followi ng s t reng th :--Major ; Captain - W. Hardy, Lieutenants F. C. Griffii 4 d ieo, h A. H. Nicoll, 4 sergeants, 4 corporals, 4 boinfo o r o i o trumpeter, 105 gunners and d rivers ; total, !`;,•o'01t 13 women and 25 childre n . They b - disembarkeu e r W: s Horatio into the steam-vessel Myrtle, and by to e: landed at the Artillery Garrison, to await orde r ' bark for the Crimea. d o The Admiralty yacht Black Eagle came to b ef or ol ings off the dockyard, Woolwich, yesterdAY V er ic ; ',.; having conveyed Sir Robert Peel and Admiral, ' d ee' to the Downs, it is said,' for the purpose of the four French gun-boats at anchorihere. ; e, e r The Tnunder floating-battery, which nr r "Yei', - ,1 Sheerness on Saturday, was taken into the bagi ll a ",co' day, and placed in No. 1 dry dock, in order to pal the 'cause of her leaking. a ig pie The Dr NO _iee returned to - Woolwich yesterday, nor in the basin, taking in boilers and machinery western yards. insoirtr PORTABLE SHOT-HEATING ~zO,O On Saturday an ex p er i men t a l trial, u n der the dPi tion of Lieutenant Colonel Eardley Wilmot ft n Ars e o l tenant-Colonel F. A. Yorke, was made in t he n oo a e at Woolwich of two port a bl e shot-heating fer7,rAprl)" nearly equal dimensions. O ne o f th em is litt it : re ' ment on Captain Adderson's i nven ti on , al hied; tains an extra rack, or seco n d ti er , an d de ti t he so that 15 32 and 18 24-pou n d ers were o n at " re ci s "oo time. The fire was laid a t th ree o ' c l o ck P hic t to and well kept up for 20 minutes, after wr io oe'd furnace was filled. Thirty minutes were 3. ,0 heat the shot. The first was then withdr e ;: il s ' tv„,eil thrown on a heap of deal shavings, which ; s o l ';io' ignited ; and ten minutes later a second vote 0 1 '0 0 red-hot, and laid on a log o f woo d, w hi c h burn t 0 13 c i der. A constant supply can then be kept el/ eel) more than one minute's inte rm i ss i on . The 01 the production of Lieutenant Beaumont, of t `i ti ril",re Engineers. This furnace combines simplicity e 'tiet l g o , ment with facility of working. The racks ° A r a. ec tl- or e inclined, instead of horizontal, and in opposite " - door t d At the end of the upper tier furthest from th e lie l 'ob two openings, to allow the shot whop sufficien tv ,. P io t to drop to the lower tie r an d ro ll t o t h e exit -trap D 1 shot has thus to pass t w i ce over t h e fi re beloly•01: ( 11 0 which has been longest in the furnace mus t „ 9 „rbSd ° the first taken out. By simply turning the one shot falls on the bearer ut ready to recen iA t• place is left on the upper tier p for another colt` 15 THE TRANSPORT SERVIC,,' A t - ",joi' The paddle-wheel steamer Arabia embarke,` - ' s ta t tol pool yesterday the troops and h orses no tified 9, , She will take her departure di rec t f or the u r ' o eol morning. The troops were all remarkably fle e •0 1 the horses were in first-rat e c on diti on . tion 640 The General Screw-steam Shipping Ntityirv o lce p r ' o cit ! parry's screw transport Hydasp e s, Capt. t oe Portsmouth yesterday afternoon f or SouthacW - 0 0thvtli. to refit. The Military Medical Staff of Ports t t e ro for rison eulogise the cleanliness of th e s ick Ve t t e . i er o invalids ou board, and their g enera l treatnice 11 0 i° The remaining portion of the horses w oot allh ordered to be conveyed by the Royal Mail rt 1 41: Lot!' steam-ship Orinoco, Capt. Wilson, transP e ,: t „ iD and the non-arrival of which detained that suir yet i !, ampton river since Saturday, arrived at the t a t he t terday afternoon, and were shipped on boar di ,teli t ' it oet port. The Orinoco left for the Crimea ircc le f o r s 4 14 The Govern men t h av i ng di spense d, a t lea p t ste ara, o with the serv i ces o f t h e R oyal Ma i l C om pany e l , $0 l ii p o e Tamar, which has been employed in the 1 313 , C ,ided Conveyance of troops, the company have ,u. e- 04 0 despatching her with the outward West Illcil a a ' c jAl o 6o o7 and Picific mails of the 2d proximo. The .V il ece oc s lying at Southampton, and rapidly effe eti %ostlee repairs. This vessel is well adapted for the, oo rti of troops, and awaits fresh orders from the vr o , s tes!_f f g: sere t 0 0A3 7 . 4 • The Australian Royal Mail Company's Sydney leaves Southampton for Woolwich °Ori n ote t siege train this morning. The General Scre: o shae l yoti e steam-ship Jason is in the graving dock at scee ic. tb and will be ready for sea at the end of the boot ,V large guns of 85 cwt. each will be shippe d elo b ro 4ll Jason for the Crimea. Positive orders forte 0 0,1 t st em' tion of her troops and horses have no , 40 o f The Peninsular and Oriental Company onc e- t af ports Ripon, Colombo and Nubia ar e lst repairs, the farmer at ' Cowes and the t w° Southampton. Co o ' APPOINTMENTS. oint ed 00 t° Lieutenant J. E. Montgomerie, aPP ve lloj oo 'oh mander to the Rapid ; Commander W. 11 ",:f the , 0 0:1 116 the Rattler ; Commander George Blanc, v to the Grecian • Commander R. Jenitieo vice Blanc,. . 1 3 luat Art t l'i Ore 4 re kte: