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UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HER MAJESTY: THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.- GR %ND ftX MA NIGHT, THURSDAY, August 9, for the BENEFIT of the FRENCH CHARIT.-1.13LE A•4t4OCIATION, founded under the p Aron lge of her Majesty the Empress of the French, and the Presidency of his Excellency the French ambassa dor.—The eminent fraggdienne, 3fadile. RACHEL, ha ekindly con sented to appear. for the last time prior to her departure for America, in the second caki most impo: .% , 4t twt of Racine's ce'ebratcd Tra4edy, - _ "ontaining the Vision of Athalie and the Interrogatory of Zoas. Athalie ,Madlle. Rachel. Preceded by Moliere's favourite Comedy, LE DEPIT AMOTTREUX, sElPPerted by the members of the French Company, under the lirection of M. Raphael Felix. A MUSICAL INTERLUDE. by Miss Ranaford, Signor Bnrdlni, Mr. Ascher, Pianist to her Majesty the Empress of the French, and Mr. Blondelet, of the Adelphi Theatre, in the character of a Zonavo ; and to conclude with the first act of Wallace's Opera, NIARITANA. —Stalls, 10s. 6d. • Dress Circle, ss. ' • Second Circle, 2s. 6d.; Pit, 2 s. ; Galleries, is, Pr i vate Boxes, Four Guineas and upwards. Doors open at 7 ; to commence at half-past 7. Tickets and places to be secured at the Theatre. ROYAL OPERA, DRURY•LINE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. TEIIS EVENING, Will be performed MARITANA. Maritana, Lucy Escott ; Lazarillo, Miss F. Reeves ; Don Jose, Mr. H. Cord ; Charles 11., Mr. H. Brahana ; Don Csesar de 13azan, Mr. Elliot Geier. To conclude with THE. REGGAE'S OPERA. Bfacheath, Mr. Herberte ; Polly, Miss Dyer. Prices of admission :—To the two galleries. 6d.; second circle of poxes andolt, ls.; dress circle, 2s. 6d.: stale, 45.; private boxes to admit two persons, 10s, 6d.; four persons, one guinea. Box-office 'Pen from 10 to 6 daily. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bnekstene, THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE BUSY BODY. Marplot, Mr. Buck tone ; Miranda, Miss Reynolds. After which, THE ABBE EN LOVE, by the Spanish Dancers. To be followed by ONLY A HALFPENNY. To which will be added A VILLAGE FESTIVAL. • To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. ROYAL PRINCESS'A TFIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. tinder the Management of Mr. CSAILZII ILEAL THIS EVENING, Will be performed HOW STOUT YOU'RE GETTING. To conclude with KLNG HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Ba th erie , Mn. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Sean. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webeter.—Directress, KrAlma Celeste. THIS EVENING, WM be performed THE WRITING ON TEIF. W t7.L. Princi pal charalters by Messrs. Wright, C. Selby, P. Bedford, ➢lrs. Leigh Murray, Miss Wyndham, and Miss Woolgar. After which, FRATERNISATION; To conclude with THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Payne. THIS EVENING. Immense success of Senor Marcos Diaz and Senorita Anna Delia Fuente, the renowned Spanish Dancers, From the Haymarket Theatre. THE BULL FIGHTER. THE GALICIAN FETE. With Full Corps de Ballet. ASTLEY'S ROYAL A3IPHITHEATRE. T,essee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Second week of Mr. G. Wild and Miss Fanny Williams, and glorious career of Mazeppa. TIIIS EVENING, Lord Byron's MAZE/TA ; or, the Wild Horse, for the effects of Which Mr. William Cooke has trained his unique stud of horses. After which the skilful RCENFS in the CIRCLE. To conclude with ANGELS' and LUCIFERS, in which Mr. G. Wild and Miss Fanny Williams will appear. nog...office open trom Eleven till Four. Stage l'ilans.ger, Mr. W West. Acting Manager. Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director' Mt. W. Cooke. jun. 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Sun-office, 112, Strand, London, 9th July, 1855. t ?7-ztg ~~;~ ~1 ~~~~~, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8. 1855. This evening the promised meeting to advocate the formation of a Polish Legion is actually to be held. The Earl of HARRINGTON is announced to take the chair. There can this time be no disap pointment ; and we trust the disappointment of last week will only have the effect of assembling a much larger number this week. S:r DE LACY EVANS, though naturally unwilling to make the holding of the meeting dependent on his now broken health, and notwithstanding a little mis understanding respecting the treatment of his letter, will we trust, if his physical powers per mit, give the country on this very important oc- easion the full benefit of his practical counsels. and the money of their country—an offering to the fiendish cunning of Austria. _ We sigh over the precious lives already wasted, and the millions of money already sunk, by this guilty complicity of our Ministers with Austria, or by their guilty infatuation with her despot fascinations. What burning words can adequately express the indignation of our countrymen at the transparent wiliness of Austria, and the eagerness of our willingly-beguiled Ministers to swallow the bait, even though the hook literally glittered in their eyes. If ever the unpardonable folly, or worse, of our solemn-faced servants of the Crown were apparent to all eyes, it is now. What is the upshot of all their fawning upon the, young HAPSBURG despot ? Let the Principalities—let Italy—let the Crimea answer. Fetters for .the Principalities, heavier irons for Italy, another Inkerman for the Crimea—this is the answer. Fellow-countrymen, at St. Martin's Hall to night, above all things, remember this—Austria has liberated two hundred thousand Russian troops from Poland to re-enact a worse Inkerman in the Crimea. Once she sent Russian reinforcements from the Danube. That is not enough ; she now bids vastly greater numbers march by spared Odessa and Kherson and Perekop—bids them unite in a second grand effort to drive the Allies into the sea ! They will not do it. English and French and Sardinian soldiers are not sheep. Still great again will be the slaughter ; and what is the ONLY preventive?. We answer an avowed Polish policy. Announce at once that a Polish Legion shall be formed ; send a Baltic ex pedition to the nearest point to Poland at once ; form a camp for Polish patriots on the shores of the Baltic, and Russia will be paralysed at once. Proclaim everywhere Polish nationality ; let the White Eagle float on every battery, and be carried by the side of every Allied banner, aye, and let it flutter on board each vessel in the two seas, and Russia would soon find other employment for her battalions than leading them against bonnets which they would prefer to her own. Recognise Poland everywhere, and Russia would be shorn of half her strength. If Russia be now permitted to move vast num bers of troops to the Crimea, or if she be permitted only to subtract them from Poland and to place them in readiness, as a reserve, to continue the present stream of reinforcements via Perekop, why, then, we may look for an al moA interminable campaign in the Crimea. It will be a trial how long a well-organised sea transport and land transport can sup ply troops and the munitions of war against each other. Poland is placed in our hands as the grand overpoise of any weight Russia can throw into the scale. It is but to proffer jus tice to Poland, and we should be at once in the certain road to victory. The one grand requisite of the War would be gained at once—that of a moral and political purpose commensurate with the undertaking. Restored Poland would be at once a noble policy, and the only one promising security for the future. Well, all now lies with the country. No Ministers, even if disposed, dare enlist Polish aid to the full, unless the country compels them. The Commas and Aus tria will enslave any Cabinet that can be formed, unless the country forces freedom, by forcing its own views on her MAJESTY'S Ministers. The Poles everywhere are beseeching us to let their cause be united with ours—their blood would save, in part, that of our soldiers. It is, therefore, little short of manslaughter of Englishmen to refuse their request. Lord JOHN RUSSELL is naturally dissatisfied ohlt the pursition which he occupies. Ile finds that the tortuous course, which, unfortunately for his own character as a statesman, he thought proper to pursue, has been unanimously con demned by every right-minded man throughout the length and breadth of the land—that he has forfeited the support and confidence of many staunch friends, who had previously followed him with inflexible fidelity through good report and through evil report, adopting him as their leader " for better or worse " —that his popularity has completely departed, and that in return for these serious losses he has scarcely succeeded, in ac quiring the doubtful aid of the small party within the House " whose opinions find no echo beyond its walls !" • The uncertainty and vacillation of the Noble Lord, who went in direct opposition to his positive instructions for the purpose of patching up a dishonour able peace, and then, when overruled, made a strong War speech, for the purpose of retaining his place in the Government who, subse quently, very unnecessarily, made revelations that would have upset the Government, if the other Members had not saved themselves by deliberately flinging him overboard—notwith standing, a new War speech was not acceptable to the more direct and avowed " Muscovitism" of GJADSTONE and. COBDEN, HERBERT and BRIGHT, GR HAM and MILNER GIBSON. He did not go far enough to conciliate the support of the latter, and he had made too rapid progress iu the down ward course to retain that of the English party. He, therefore, felt acutely the isolated position in which he had placed himself, and resolved on one more effort to place himself right with any party that would accept his services. The attempt was peculiarly infelicitous. The conception was bad. The execution far worse. He elicited no response from the pro- Muscovite section at which his speech was directed as a peace-offering, and he contrived to involve his views and opinions in such profound mystery that no one could understand exactly what be meant or wished. He had to explain himself to Mr. WILKINSON and afterwards to Mr. HENLEY, and was scarcely clear after all. He has certainly not been improved by diplomatic practice. He can not speak openly or above board, and seems parti cularly cautiou about committing himself to any o pi n i on from which he does not leave a loophole for evasion. His spee c h i s a peace speech, so far as any meaning whatever can be picked out of it --- a task of considerable difficulty ; and its object seems to be to prove that we have no prospect of ultimate success in the War, and should therefore be prepared to clutch at peace on any conditions, even contrary . to' the views and feelings of our Imperial and faithful Ally. This is the only rational interpre tation of the first part of his speech, while the remainder relating to Italy was peculiarly inap propriate and inopportune. We have indicated the only rational interpre tation of the first branch of his case. A brief consideration will prove that it i s so. He tells us that we have no reason to doubt the efficiency or gallantry of our navy, but that "it is evident that the enemy does not mean to meet us on that field, and, therefore, we cannot ex:toies , ec r tto end the War by great naval or great blows to be struck by our navy." He points t o th e danger on the As i at i c f ron ti er v of Turkey, and deplores that, through the failure of the Foreign Enlistment Bill, nothing effectual can be done in that quarter. While, in the Crimea, the Allied force__ however large and efficient it may be met by a large Russian army ; that army being now augmented by troops which are sent from Poland and from .tht rfr ntiers of R7 , .i4 b=-rtlr-inrs: on th Austrian Empiie, which are now bet fiLt.. owing to the present policy of Austria !" The querulous croaking above alluded to, followed by the information that the Turkish Am bassador at Vienna--we suppose AARIF EFFENDI is meant—was satisfied with the terms pro posed by A u3tria, seems intended to lead to the deduction which, though couched in diplomatic terms, is yet sufficiently clearly indicated—viz., that we should make peace for ourselves, without the assent of the Emperor of the FRENea, and thus really merit the title of "Perfidious Albion." It is true that he speaks of " the utmost conside ration" being due to the opinion of our illustrious Ally, but it is immediately followed by the hope that the Govenrment will not continue the War when safe and honourable terms have been pro posed, or, in other words, make peace whether the EMPEROR approves or not ! The introduction of the Italian topic, under the circumstances, seems little better than a flinging of a new "apple of discord" to create difficulty with our Ally. On the whole, Lord JOHN RUSSELL has by no means improved his position. Like a man sunk in a quagmire, ho only gets more inextricably involved from each convulsive but ill-directed effort. The ex-Colonial Secretary has, indeed, sunk deeply in the " slough of despond," from which there is but little chance of his ever being liberated. He has performed the unpleasant operation vulgarly known as falling " from the frying-pan into the fire," and, however greatly we may deplore such a termination to his career, he has left no power of assisting a man so obstinately bent on political self-destruction. THE RAGLAN ME3IO.RIAL. MEETING AT THE DUKE OF RICHMOND'S. Tho projected memorial to the name and virtues of the late Field-Marshal and Commander-in-Chief in the Crimea has at length assumed a practical and substantial aspect, which is likely to be speedily realised. Yester• day afternoon the second preliminary meeting of noble men and gentlemen, companions In arms, and other friends of the deceased General, was held at the man sion of his Grace the Duke of Richmond, in Portland place, in order to decide upon the necessary measures to give effect to the resolutions of the previous meeting of the 27th of June, which had been held at the same place. The meeting having assembled shortly after 2 o'clock, his Grace the Duke of Richmond was requested to take the chair. There were also present his Grace the Duke of Bedford, the Earl of Ellesmere, General Lord Downes, K.C.8., General Sir John Burgoyne, Lieut.- General Sir George Brown, Lieut.-Ganeral Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross, Major-General Sir John Pennefather, Major• General Cator, Royal Artillery, Major-General Aichieon, Major• General Broke, Colonel T. Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Mr. T. ..A.-3sheton Smith, &c. . _ His Grace, the Chairman, briefly explained to the meeting the object which had called them together, and which was to give the admirers and friends of the late gallant soldier, who sacrificed his life in the service of his country in the Crimea, an opportunity of testifying in some suitable substantial manner the estimation in which the gallant deceased's memory was held by those who knew him when living and mourned him now dead. It would be a mere waste of time to detail the military services of Lord Raglan throughout a very arduous and exciting, career. Such things had become matters of history, and his name was honourably and inseparably inter woven with the military annals of his country and his age—and that, too, during a period in which the armies of Great Britain, while labouring under al most insuperable difficulties, had nobly succeeded in emblazoning her name in undying characters, high and honourable in position, upon the glorious scroll of the great military victories arising out of the last European war. The deceased soldier, like many of those in that room, had taken an active part in these transac• tions ; and, having been called to the field to take a share in directing the operations against the aggressir of the peace of Europe and the world, he had nobly and patriotically laid down his life in the cause of his coun try and of liberty. The people of England would eagerly respond to any call made upon them with such an ob ject in view ; and it only required the means of doing so to be made public when all the rest would follow as a matter of course. It was to settle the particular details that that meeting had been called together ; and the re sults would be set before the public with the least pos sible delay. The prOceedings then assumed a conversational cha racter, in which the Duke of Bedford, the Earl of Elles mere, Lord Downes, General Sir George Brown, and various noblemen and gentlemen took part. After some time being passed in deliberation, his Grace the Duke of BEDFORD moved, and Lieut.-General Sir GEORGE BROWN seconded, the following resolution, which was carried unanimously : "That it is the opinion of this meeting that a freehold estate pui chased and entailed on the title and descendants of Fie.id-Marshal the late Lord Raglan would be a most desirable memorial of the great public services and pri vate worth of that nobleman, and, the better to carry that object into execution, it is resolved that subscrip tions for that purpose be opened at bankers, army agents, and any other places that may hereafter be de termined on." The Duke of RICHMOND stated that the Memorial Committee intended to purchase for the proposed estate the land adjoining Raglan-castle, which gave to the de ceased lord his title. There was considerable historical interest attaching to the land in the above-named locality, arisiHg from the fact of General Fairfax having - had his head-q•iarters at a farm in the immediate vicinity, while carrying on the siege of Raglan-castle during the Civd War. The subscriptions actually paid into the bankers at present amount to 5,1111., which is exclusive of a 114 not at present in the hands of the committee. The money has been invested in Goverr,ment stock, and the bankers have received instructions to re-invest the in terest accruing from it from time to time. The trustees of the fund are his Grace the Duke of Richmond, EAT.' of Powis, General Lord Downes, and Colonel T. Wood. After some formai business and a vote of thanks to the chairman, the proceedings were adjourned. At the meeting of the General Iron Screw Collier Company yesterday, a dividend at the rate of 61 per cent. was declared for the half-year ending the 30th .Tune, making., with the 31 per cent. dividend paid at Christmas last, an aggregate of 10 per cent. per annum, being the largest thvimion of profits allowed by the deed of sett'enirnt. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gentle men, having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members' of the College at the meeting of the C6nrt of Exvniners on the 6th inst., beinf* the last mseting of the. Court this session : MesSrs. James Whinyates George Allen, Brompton ; James Stuart Hawthorne, Liverpool ; Finlow Alexander, Exeter ; Arthur William nonre, Toronto ; Thomas M.Nicoll, Liverpool ; Robert Lynn Heard, Belfast ; William Tyeth Coster, Witheridge ; and Josiah Dash wood Gillies, Madras. GREAT FIRE NEAR WHITECROSS-STREET PRISON.— Last night, between the hours of nine and ten o'clock, a fire, attended with the.destruction of several thousand pounds' worth of property, broke out in an extensive pile of premises, belonging to Mr. Thompson, fancy box manufacturer, situate in Whitecroas-street, nearly facing the prison. The premises in question were four storeys high, and contained a great amount of stock ; in fact, each floor was well filled. It was nearly midnight before the conflagration could be arrested in its progress. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 7.—The Earl of Clarendon ar rived here to-day, at 11 30 a.m., by special train, and started immediately for Osborne, in her Majesty's steamer Fire Queen, which was here waiting for him. The noble earl was accompanied by the Hon. Francis Howard, our ambassador at Brazil ; the Haytien Ambassador, and one of his suite, also a gentleman of colour ; and two Oriental diplomatists in Turkish fezzes. Captain Macdougal, R.N., the Admiralty superintendent at Southampton, with Lieut. O'Reilly, R.N., his senior lieutenant, and Messrs. Hedger and Levy, dock officials, received Lord Clarendon at the docks. The Fire Queen was at the dock gate, and his lordship and party left the docks at the north steps in the Fire Queen's gig. The Haytien Ambassador and his attendant are men of intelligent countenances. THE VISIT OF THE QUEEN TO THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH.—DOVER, Tuesday Evening.—We do not be lieve that there is any foundation for the rumour that her Majesty will pass through Dover on the occasion of her visit to the Emperor and Empress of the French. We understand that the Mayor of Dover, Mr. W. H. port would Dover, be graciously and s e e c tiePayn, communicated, a few d a ys hack, with the n Horne-office on the su bj ec t, d es i r i ng t o k no w w h e th er her Majesty of gasietd as to h h er on r o o u u r te th th e ancient Paris on the approaching august occasion ; but we be lieve that the reply, although adverse to the rumour in question, was not positive, her Majesty not having yet decided on the point. The Dover people are extremely anxious that her Majesty should pass through this port on her way to Paris, and they a re determined that no exertions or expense shall be spared to give her Majesty a loyal and hearty welcome. At a meeting of the T own Council, which was specially convened by the May or on Saturday last , a res olu t ion to this effect was unani mously voted. No orders respecting the arrangement for her Majesty passing through Dover have been re ceived by the naval or military authorities at present, and the opinion in official quarters is that the Queen will set out from Osborne in the Royal yacht, and will land at Boulogne as previously arranged. We understand that inquiries r eventing the dspth of water in that port on the 17th and 18th of Au:zus` have been made by the Hon. Capt. Denman, the c ommander of the Victoria and i Albert ; there is therefore some ground for bell, and that Boulogne has been seb cte d for the Royal debarca tion, and that her Majesty Osbolne sill sail direct from . Our readers well know the supreme importance we have from th'e commencement of the War atta.ched•to the formation of a Polish Legion, and further to an invasion of Russia through Poland itself. The Foreign Enlistment Bill was more odious to 11' ,- r -tS a mean and dastardly evasion of the great advantage of a Polish Legion than even as an enlistment of mercenary fcreigners. Bad in the latter point of view, it was cowardly, selfish, unrighteous, and unpatriotic in the former. Cowardly, because it was done through fear of offending Austr i a —a pow er w hi ch lay at the mercy of honest Statesmen; selfish, because it was done to please the aristocracy of England, who grasp all administration ; un righteous, because it was a sacrifice of the righteous claims of the most fia grantly oppressed nation in Europe, to the villany of the three Royal Robbers, whose hands are still red with the blood of the murderous partitions ; unpatriotic, because it was throwing away the aid which must have invigorated, and therefore shortened, the War, and thereby saved thousands of our brave men more than any other measure whatever. The Ministers of a petty German Court may smooth it over as they will, but it cannot be doubted that really English Ministers would never have sold their country to the COBIJAGS-that is, in reality, to Austria—and that again was the same thing as selling her to Russia herself. Our unpatriotic Cabinets have thrown away the blood THE SIIN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8 1855. - IT A r4p It T iLiA tr,-ntv pgrePrl to Ip. r . l cf cotiLitigent will not tlll.lO place bdure next :avr: I all IA -/ - ill ". ISO thTe army, the finances, consolidate order, and bring the new constitution into operation." FRANCE, PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The following private telegraphic despatches have been received to-day : " MARSEILLES, 6th.—Accounts from Alexandria of the 28th ult. state that the Viceroy had returned from his expedition against the Bedouins, who had made their submission. Accounts from Tripoli of the 26th ult. state that the remnants of the Turkish troops had re turned there without their arms. The Arab,: remain masters of all the country, except the capital, which has sent to demand the protection of the Allies of the Sultan. The English Consul-General at Tunis is d,-ad. The Persian Government, at the instigation of Russia, has suppressed the Protestant schools. Twenty-five fresh shocks of earthquake have been felt at Broussl. Abd-el- Kader is ill." _ "ST. PETERSBURG, 7th.—Prince Gortseha.koff writes, under date of the evening of the 2d Nothing of im portance going on. The vigour of our fire prevents the works of the enemy from advancing. The fire of the enemy is weaker.' " " MADRID, 6th.—The reorganisation of the national guard at Barcelona has bean effected without disturb ance. The floating debt on the Ist inst. amounted to 605 millions. The cholera is stationary." Prince Napoleon continues his visits to the diffe rent branches of the Exhibition, that of yesterday being devoted to machinery, such as steam-engines, all of which were examined by his Imperial High ness with great attention. One engine for a screw steamer, sent from Sweden, in particular attracted his attention. It is so constructed that it may be worked either in the hold or on deck, and is per haps, of all the machines exhibited, that which shows the most material innovations on previously existing systems. A hydraulic press for proving chain cables was also particularly noticed, and the immense power of the apparatus was tested before the Prince by its breaking in two a piece of wood about a foot square. Several English steam engines and other machinery drew forth terms of the warmest approbation from the Prince. By decision of the Minister of Finance the in terest on treasury bonds is from this (12,y fixed as follows :—At 3! I per cent. per annum for those of from 3 to 5 months date ; 4 per cent., from 6 to 11 months ; and at 41 1 per cent. for those at 12 mouths. I The Minister of War acknowledges in the Atoni ' tenr the receipt of a lettter from M. Kcenigswater, deputy of the Seine, enclosing a sum of 2,500 f., of which he requests that 1,500 f. shall be devoted to the fathilies of the killed in the army of the East, and I,ooof. to the donation fund of the army. The writer expresses his admiration at the decision of the Emperor with regard to the appropriation of the money usually devoted to the fete of the 15th, and adds a hope that his offering will be followed by many other similar acts. The Constitutionnel publishes two letters, one from the Duke de Levis, and the other from M. Chapot, in reference to the curious report to the Count de Montemolin, which it published on Sun day, relative to the endeavours of the Carlists to get up an insurrection in Spain. The Duke's name was inserted in the report as the " Duke de L—s," but M. Chapot's was specifically mentioned, and in terms of praise, as a clear-headed person. The Constitutionnel, in publishing the subjoined letters, makes the following obie2vation only, the part in italics being its own :—" We hasten to in sert the following letters', and, in doing so, we con fine ourselves to observing that the document to which they refer, and of which we gave an exact translation, is from beginning to end in the hand writing of General _Elio, and wss seized with his other papers on June, 1855. The letter of the Duke de Levis runs thus : "Noiiel, AuguFt 5. "Monsieur le Redacteur—l havejust had communicated to me an article in your journal, in which, although my name is not positively mentioned, yet I am so clearly indi cated in it, that I cannot refrain from repelling an insinua tion to which existing circurnst.inces give all the charac ter of a calumny. I do not know, and I have never seen Prince Gortschakoff, and I have never been in relation or in correspondence with him. I rely on your impartiality to insert this letter, and beg you to accept the assurance of my consideration. " DUKE DE LEVIS." The following is the letter from M. Chapot : _ "Paris, August 5. _ _ _ " Monsieur le Midacteur—l have just read in your paper an extract from a correspondence which you say was seized on the person of one of the most faithful Generals of the Count de Montemolin, in which I am made to be present at the account given by the Count d'Esears of his conversation with Prince Gortschakoff on the subject of the affairs of Spain. I formally deny the participation attributed to me in that conference ; the conversation reported by you never took place in my presence. You will certainly regret, Monsieur le Ridaeteur, having founded, on erroneous information, the insulting insinuation which terminates your article, and against which you oblige me to protest. When the flag of Franca is engaged on fields of battle, my wishes and those of my friends can only be with it. B 3 kind enough to insert this letter, and accept, Stc.,_ "F. CEIAPOT." The municipal commission of Lyons, in its last sitting, voted a sum of 10,000 fr. for the soldiers and sailors wounded in the Crimea. The Canada, steam frigate, left Toulon on the sth for Bastia with troops on board, she will there embark a further number and then proceed to the Crimea. The floating battery La Lave, left Lorient yesterday (6th) for the Black Sea, in tow of the ivlagdlan, steam frigate. The Glasgow, steamer, left Marseilles on Saturday even ing for ,the East, having on board 190 artillery men, 250 horses, and a quantity of stores. BOURSE, AUG. 7.—CLOSING PRICES. Cut. fr. e. EM of Alontl2. 4 per Cents Qt. 75 9tf. 953. 3 per Cents 67 40 67 50 Credit Mobilier 1205 Roman Credit Foncier. SGO flustrian Belgian Five 5........ Spanish Throes Pieflusontese B5 - Mine Debt RAILWAYS-FOE CASH. fr. c. fr. o Orleans ... .. • 1237 50 Lyons . .. . 12:10 WeAtern 827 50 ItoneT. Cette Nladiterranea.n — Ilavro ' 6.45 Northern .. 927 53 Gherburg RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 28th ult., states that the Governor of Kursk had announced that the seventeen battalions of militia of his Go-• vernment were completely organised, and ready to march wherever required, and that the Emperor had expressed his gratitude to Generals Bielanzow and Besanon, who had superintended the organisa tion. As, however, lists of officers nominated to the battalions were daily appealing, it was sup posed that the organisation wos not so complete as represented. It was said that the prohibition to tnake exports to the Principalities was about to be rescinded, as it had been kts regards Austria ; this measure would enable the Austrians to obtain their supplies cheaper. The letter adds that the Gover nor of Moscow had sent to St. Petersburg a me lancholy report on the state of commerce in his Government. PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin of the 4th, in the Post rcpt Gazette of Frankfort, says :—" It is posi tively stated that the coronation of the Emperor of Russia will take place at Moscow in the autumn. The King and Queen and the Prince of Prussia will return to their capital at the end of next week. The health of the King has much improved during his residence at Ermannsdorff. General de Reyber, chief of the staff of the army, will leave to-morrow for Jande." Spener•'s Gazette, of Berlin, says :—" The at tention of our merchants is engaged on a piece of news which is of great importance for them. It is said that in consequence of the great injury in flicted on Russia by the blockade, that power is about to do away with its system of Custom-houses on the frontiers of Prussia and Austria, in order to be able to procure by land the productions of which she stands in need. It is probable that treaties on this subject will be concluded for some years, and it is said that the Cabinet of St. Petersburg has already made confidential overtures to that effect to our government." SPAIN. The Madrid gazette, of the 2d, promulgates with the Royal sanction the bill adopted by the Cortes providing that under th e name of the provincial mi litia, and asa, reserve for the army 80 battalions shall be raised. The Nacion declares that the government had received favourable news relative to the loan of 230,000,000 reals (the real is worth five sous, —in Burgos, Alicante, and other places, the voluntary subscriptions were considered certain to amount to the total required ; at Barcelona and Jerez they were already very considerable, and at Madrid exceeded 2,000,000 reals. General Villa longa had resumed the command of the province of Valencia. A letter, of the 3d, in advance of the regular mail, says :—" The Spanish Ministry has decidedly taken a resolution with respect to Spanish intervention iu the Crimea. ; but it is not to be forgotten-Ist, that the affair is not yet definitively arranged since it must be submitted to the appro bation of the Cortes ; 2dly, that the Cortes will not meet before October, though certain news papers have affirmed the contrary ; 3dly, that in case a perfect unlerstanding should be come t: , with England and France, the execution of the PIEDMON T. The Annonia, the clerical organ of Turin, has opened a subscription for the purpose of indemnify ing those curates who should refuse the increase of stipend awarded to them by the law for the sup pression of convents in Piedmont. The bishop of Cline°, on the 30th ult., convoked the curates of his diocese, and enjoined them not to accept the said increase of stipend, promising to indemnify them out of his own private purse ; whereupon they consented to obey his injunctions. The op position, however, is not general; for the Opinione, and other Piedmontese papers, announce that many curates have already received the first half-yearly payment without the slightest difficulty. Baron de Budberg, the Russian Ambassador at Berlin, and Prince Gortschakoff, the Russian Am bassador at Vienna, had an interview at Dresden on the Ist inst. Count Benkendorff, the Russian Military Plenipotentiary at Berlin, was also pre sent. " The Emperor of Russia," says the Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, " has just made a present of two diamond rings of great value, one to M. Lin denberg, the editor of the Westphalia Gazette, and the other to Dr. liesckiel, one of the editors of the New Prussian, Gazette." A letter from Vienna says :—" The young Arch duke Charles Louis, brother of the Emperor of Austria, who has just been nominated to the post of Imperial Lieutenant of the Tyrol, has also been promoted to the rank of Major-General. Count Categan do Bissingen, who has thus been replaced as Governor of the Tyrol, is named to a similar post at Venice." We read in the Constitutionnel :—" A telegra phic despatch received from Hanover informs us that a royal proclamation, dated the 4th, orders the immediate execution of the decrees of the Diet, and prescribes the immediate carrying into effect of the constitutional changes contained in these de crees. The Hanoverian Government has thus wished to avoid the nomination by the Diet of a commission charged to regulate the differences of Hanover. The reforms prescribed by the Diet, and the non-acceptance of which by the Second Chamber has just led to the dissolution of that assembly, will be at once carried into execution, and probably without any serious opposition." The Count de Flandre returned to the Chateau de Laeken from Ostend, on Sunday. The Staats Courant of Amsterdam publishes officially the literary convention concluded on the 29th March last between Holland and France. TEE CONDUCT OP AUSTRIA. The following is the Times Paris correspondent's letter, dated yesterday, 6 p.m. : " A change for the better has taken place in the relations between Austria on the one hand and Eng land and France on the other ; and at the present moment the Allied Governments are or profess to be satisfied with the Cabinet of Vienna,. I do not pre tend to answer for the sincerity of the declarations recently made by that Cabinet, nor can I affirm that these declarations are accepted by the generality of the pubic as bona fide expressions of Austrian policy. All I mean to say is, that this Govern ment dots not hesitate to express its satisfaction at the present position of affairs as relates to Aus tria. Prussia has sunk so completely in public estimation, and so little lnpe is there of her doing anything honourable or spirited, that not a word need be said. I have already contradicted, on good authority, the statement pat forth in several of the German papers that England and France considered themselves disengaged, in con sequence of the tergiversations of the Cabinet of Vienna, from the obligations contracted by the treaty of the 2d of December, or that a cir cular had been issued to that effect by the French Foreign-office to its diplomatic agentsabroad. There was never any foundation for such a statement, but I presume it must have produced a certain effect, inasmuch as the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs thought it necessary some days since to de mand of the Fiench Minister at Vienna whether his Government still considered itself as engaged by the treaty of the 2d of December, or the con trary. The demand was a ccom p an i e d by the most positive declaration that Austria regarded herself as much bound as ever by that instrument ; that she was still the ally of France and England ; that she held, and should hold, the Danubian Princi palities, but only as against Russia, and should resist any attempt on the part of that Power to invade or commit any act of hostility against the Ottoman territory in that quarter. It is true that in the present state of the war, confined as its theatre by land was to the Crimea, there were considerations of a paramount kind, not, how ever, relating to any regard for Russia, which prevented her for the present to commence hos tilities, but that when the proper moment ar rived she should not hesitate to join the Allies, and to fulfil the obligations she had volun tarily contracted, and means faithfully to ful fil. A good deal more passed on the same occa sion, but I believe I have given the substance of the conversation. Iu a word, her explanations were considered as satisfactory to the French Government. Communications immediately took place between _ Vienna and Paris, and between these two capitals and London. The English Go vernment, on being made acquainted with these assurances, given spontaneously, as I am led to be lieve, by the Cabinet at Vienna, not unnaturally hesitated to give them credence. They feared that it was little more than the repetition of the past ; the same vagueness, the same fair professions without meaning, or without the intention of ful filling them. Of the members of the English Cabi net, 1 suspect that Lord Palmerston was the least disposed to take for granted the sincerity of Austria, and the name of an august personage is mentioned as sharing largely the incredulity of his lordship. That this should be the case is not astonishing, but if I am rightly informed, and my information is derived from au excellent source, these scruples gave way, and I believe at the momen t I write both Governments are rather satisfied than otherwise—satisfied that Austria disclaims in a posi tive manner any sympathy with Russia ; that she considers herself still the ally of France and Eng land, and prepared - on some future day to join the policy of action which, up to the present day, th e y tiave followed out alone. The Emperor of the French, who had found it difficult to believe that his young Imperial brother meant to act otherwise than in the most honourable manner towards thetwo Governments, but who subsequently found reasons to change his mind, has again, I believe, returned to his original impression, and has very recently ma nifested his satisfaction at the resumption of the former friendly relations with Austria. Whether these are destined to be again modified I cannot say, no more than I can vouch fel. their actual truth, but it is certain that the Russian clique at Vienna, which had succeeded to a certain extent in influencing the mind of the young Emperor, and was lately so triumphant, has become, within the last six or seven days, completely discouraged and in dignant. It so happened that the change to which I refer took place during the short absence of Prince Gortschakoff at Stuttgard. The Prince left Vienna in the highest spirits, and confident of the triumph of his policy. He returned to his post, and found that all was completely changed ; and he has expressed his disappointment and his indignation in no very measured terms. The Austrians at St. Petersburg, who were so lately the objects of the most delicate atten tions, will again, I presume, be treated with the same contumely as after the treaty of the 2d of December. This state of the relations with Austria has been communicated by the other di plomatic agents at Vienna to the respective Governments, and I know of one whose resi dence for many years at that Court, and an inti mate uninterrupted intercourse with most of: the leading personages of the day, ought to ren der him au authority on such subjects, who thinks himself authorized to communicate his own fa vourable opinion to his Government.. Never theless, there are others, and those also versed in political affairs, who are far from being so san guine, and who persist in doubting, if not the good faith, at all events the possibility of Austria ever drawing her sword against Russia. On a very recent audience which Prince Gortscha • koff had of the Emperor of Austria he did his ut , most io obtain from his Majesty the formal accept ance of an engagement from Russia that she would not attack the Danubian Principalities so lon g as the Austrians continued to occupy them. The Prince at once wrote off to St. Petersburg, to say that the Emperor had accepted the engagement, and sub sequently stated so to M. do Buol. M. de Buol un hesitatingly and bluntly told the Prince that he did not credit the statement, and invited him to repeat it in the presence of the Emperor himself. The Prince did so, when the Emperor, in the most posi tive terms, contradicted the Prince—or himself. Who shall say ? If th e young Emperor spoke the 'nab, as I h o p e h e did, it is rather surprising that any ambas sa d or , an d es p e cially a Russian, should so misunderstand what was said to him.' ItEALTE 02 LOITDO.7 DURING THE EITLEIi% ( From the Rep, the week that F.ndefl on Saturday the deaths of perSbns, viz, 473 Males and 490 females, were re.2,istered in London. In the corresponding week of 1849 the deaths from all causes rose to 1,967, and in that of 1854 to 1,456, cholera having made considerable progress at both those periods. Taking corresponding weeks in the last ten years it will be found that the deaths ranged above 1,000 in all the weeks of the series except three— those of 1845, 1847, and 1850. The deaths returned for iast week, which occurred in an increased population, when compared with the facts now stated, present a very favourable result. ra:” cacral. ) At this season, which the fatal experience of former years invests with more than ordinary interest to the London population, it is gratifying to find that the me tropolitan reports, though they show that the usual sum mer cholera is or. the increase, are still free from indica tions of the more virulent epidemic. The steady increase of diarihcea is seen in the folio wing numbers, which show the deaths from that compl , int in the last five weeks :- 28, 45, 67, 93, and (last week) 110. But the tempera ture is moderate, and the point which the mortality from diarrhoea has yet attained is, comparatively, not high; in the corresponding week of 1846, when the mean tem perature rose to 69.1 deg, diarrbcea was fatal in 186 cases ; in that of 1848 it was fatal in 141 ; in 1849 the number was 179 ; in the following year 136 ; and in the same week of last year 142. Of the 110 deaths of last week, 90 occurred to children less than 2 years old. Cholera is reported as fatal to 7 persons, 4 of whom were in fants ; of the remaining 3, 2 died of diarrhoea, or fever with choleraic symptoms, 1 of cholera, designated Asiatic, after six days' illness from diarrbcea in a con fined and unwholesome dwelling. 20 deaths were caused by smallpox, 37 by scarlatina. Two families lost each two children by the latter malady, and in both cases tae occupiers of the houses complain of abominable smell from garbage or other rubbish, whi c h p rec l u d e them from opening the windows for ventilation. Last week the births of 880 boys and 798 girls, in all 1,678 children, were regii,tered in Landon. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 the average number was 1,378. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29'691 inches. The mean temperature of the week was 62'5 deg., which is 0.3 deg. above the average of the same week in 38 years. The highest temperature in the week was 75'5 deg., and occurred on Sunday, the 29th ; the lowest was 51 deg., and occurred on Wednesday. The mean dew point temperature was 55'4 deg., and the difference be tween this and the mean temperature of the air was 7'l deg. The temperature of the water of the Thames was 65.9 deg. The wind blew almost invariably from the south-west. Rain fell to the amount of 0.38 inches, of which o'3o inches fell on Tuesday. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS, NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, AUG 4. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 3B Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration B3 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations 1 Premature Birth and Debility 3l Atrophy Old Age Sudden 0 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance.., l7 Causes not specified DEATHS PROM ALL CAUSES 963 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. spending week in the Itst 1. of Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals 1,456 Males Females.. 473 490 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females.. Total . 1,678 REPORT OF TILE REGISTRAR-GENERAL FOR 1853. The 16th Annual Report of the Registrar-General of Births,Deaths,and Marriages in England during the year 1853 was presented to the Home Secretary on Mid summer-day, and yesterday issued to the public. The population (in 1851) being 17,927,609, it appears that 164,520 marriages were solemnised or contracted in 1853-viz„ 138,042 according to the rites of the Esta blished Church, 1,375 in Romish chapels, 10,146 in other dissenting chapels, 7,593 in the Superintendent• Regi strar's office, 68 between Quakers, and 238 between Jews. The number of marriages iu the four quarters of the year was, respectively, 35,149, 40,446, 39,899, and 49,026 ; .showing curiously enough that in the summer quarter -viz., from July to September-the number of mar riages was less than in the autumeal and winter quarter, from October to December, by nearly 10,000. Of the 164,520 marriages, 135,023 were contracted between bachelors and spinsters, 7,139 between bachelors and widows, 14,739 between widowers and spinsters, and 7,619 between widowers and widows. The gross total number of widowers and widows married were, respec tively, 22,353 and 14,758, and the number of males and females, not of full wee, respectively, 9,131 and 29.359. 49,983 men and 72,294 women signed the re4ister by making their marks, there being ::1,345 cases in which both signed, and 47,497 in wh ch one signed. The ages at which marriage was contracted in the case of 92,326 couples were as follows :-30 girls at 15 years ; 6 boys and 176 girls at 16 ; 33 boys and 922 girls at 17 ; 371 boys and 3,297 girls at 18 ; 1,754 boys and 6,515 girls at-19 ; 43,151 youths and 45,937 maidens at 20 ; 24,413 men and 18,980 women at 25 ; 9,801 men and 7,415 women at 30 ; 4.124 men and 3,792 women at 35; 3.107 men and 2,523 women at 40 ; 1,864 men and 1,345 women at 45; 1,396 men and 854 women at 50 ; 737 mei, and 293 women at 55 ; 524 men and 176 women at 60 ; 211 men and 50 women at 65 ; 83 men and 16 women at 70 ; 37 men and 3 women at 75; and 14 men and 2 women at 80 years of age. It will be seen that the chalices of the ladies increase up to the age of 20, at which point they culminate, and afterwards decrease in a most alarmingly rapid ratio-viz., from 45,937 to 18,980 between 20 and 25 years of age ; from 18,980 to 7,415 in the succeeding lustruin. Between 30 and 35 the mar riages of women fall off one-half ; but, as will be seen, a chance remains to them even on the verge of the greve. The widowers and widows begin to marry again very early, inasmuch al in 1853, 6 widows re-married between the ages of 17 and 20 ; 329 widows and 408 widowers at 20 ; 1,489 and 1.267 respectively at 25 ; and 2,156 and 1,596 respectively, at 30. Of the 16 octogenarians who married at 80, 14 were widowers and 2 widows. 178 spinsters between 15 and 20 years of age were selected by widowers ; and of widows married to _bachelors, 6 were between 17 and 20 years of age. The number births in 1853 amounted to 612,391, including 313,756 males and 298,635 females. 161,729 were registered in the first quarter, 158,697 in the second, 147,602 in the third, and 144,363 in the fourth qifarter of the year. The total number o" deaths was 421,104, including 214,727 males and 206,377 females. Of these deaths 118,119 were registered in the first quarter, 107,65,4 in the second, 92,201 in the third, and 103,130 in the fourth quarter of the year. GRAND ORDMOBNE PETE. The name of Simpson has justly become famous in the land. The gallaut commander of our Crimean army worthily upholds its glory before the beleaguered for tress of Sebastopol, whilst our peaceful metropolis boasts of a renowned ornament of the name in the spirited manager of the Cremorno Gardens. His inventive genius has evoked' a new feature of paramount in terest, which promises to eclipse the brilliancy of all the Ales that have h;.therto been given at this un equalled arena of variegated entertainments. Mr. Simpson is about to pay his tribute to the general fund of patriotic subscriptions by giving a grand military spectacle and fete, on the evening of Monday, the 13th inst., under immediate Royal patronage. The proceeds are to be devoted to the benefit of the Wellington Col lege, an institution which has peculiar claims upon pub lic support, being founded in honour of the Great Duke's memory for the education and maintenance of _ thesprphan children of officers whose lives have been devoted to the service of their country. Very extensive preparations have been making for some time past to residet the occasion worthy of such peculiar patronage. The adjoining grounds of Ashburnham House are made available for t i ne representation of the great siege which now engrosses the attention of the world. A gigantic pictorial representation of Sebastopol is erected ; mortar and gun batteries, rifle pits, field trains, and all the poissp t and circumstance requisite to afford a vivid mimicry of its terrific bombardment, are all but com pleted, and several companies of the Household troops are to lend animation to the affray. The Prince Consort and several distinguished military men have expressed their admiration of the details which have been submitted to them ; and it is confidently anticipated that so mag nificent a spectacle will be the most striking event of the present London season. This crowning triumph of liberality and enterprise cn the part of Mr. Simpson deserves to be a ppreciated by anticipation, and to form an additional claim on the favour of his p , Arons next Thursday night, which is fixed for his annual benefit. No manager has ever more 4 trenuously exerted himself in the cause of popular ainusement, arid, as such, - he is entitled to a specie; mark of favour on the evening of his yearly " at home.' STATE OF TRADE. IkaNCIT.72TST:, !. 7 —,l!els been rather rf Tr" chat], ea, -.4, sell to to Ur• l3 ts Large offers have been made for shirtings and .ig`n. e .a on the strength of last reek's advices from CalcuttS,.u.'; they g are at to 3d. per piece decline on light 404%0' at f iirtings and at 1&d. per piece decline on jaconets,rrco however are sellers were unwilling to do business. I)rinthi r, are not quite so steady as last Tuesday. 47,4 short-time e system has actually commenced at Bisok u • r though a good deal of doubt existed as to the deter,ol%, ton of the manufacturers there to carry out their'', gagement. Rather more indisposition has been, 0 : 11 ": 1 0 fested, as a consequence, on the part of sellers 0, ",, ee goods to accapt the lower offers above alluded to, °v b . though accom reduction. the heavy rains which have pre'r a ' e bed panied by offers for ‘ large orderslatd trot, some time back in Manchester and its neighb°ll' they are understood to be by no means general, but.lw have, notwithstanding, had a depressing Ititea ence cm the market. The advices from the v.„ O , States also, showing a further decline of cotton sc' tr Orleans, have an adverse effect on Oa market in it",P t hi sent sensitive condition. In longcloths and r. e s of there has been some extra business for Alexia:ol-01 some of the Levant markets nearer the seat of lor , c ii e r, the prices of these goods have been a little ste" The market for yarns has been flat, and bug 'std port purchases on rather snore favourable terms. mole rates, however, are not quotably lower. For,_ ove Tarns, suitable to India, the rates refused last wee i t i l i e s r o e rne cases been accepted, sellers appe aring' to tho" is less prospect of any immediate improveineatair they did at the commencement of last week. The der of mans are buying moderately, chiefly in ore ci:l „;:it4 small orders, and appear little disposed to do t speculatively. For this market business does Dt ut pear to be so discouraging as for some q uaters , 13 ., e a more active than of late. In other descriptions of 7 - the market has been rather in favour of buyers. LEEDS, Aug. 7.—A fair attendance of bu y ers cloth-halls to-day, and the business done has beet, log average character. The trade is firm, the delouli,ffliees about equal to the supply. The winter trade P,„pe4r well, considering the high price of food and the I T rient3 which the war throws in the way of e%e te nisr he report from Huddersfield to-day is ket has been rather quiet ; for, although there %V, lf attendance of buyers, they did 0 erste ow, no .0 P chicf e gg; ;Fancy goods, blacks rid English wools are rather greys, givng 's w '€ a r y e t i fslit, annual wool fair at Doncaster yesterday there as compared with the price obtained a few weeks ' es ,icr that 00,0 6d. per stone. The quantity of wool sold at ".0 - q f this year more than doubles that sold in the se 6 if , tte 1854. In this year, up to the last day of I ,%'sts' i quantity weighed by the officials in the risar'''o4 95,040 stone, against 45,120 stone in the lik e last' year. RUSSIAN NEWS FROM THE WHIMSt no f A supplement to the Invalide Busse, °- contains the following NEWS FROM THE WHITE SO' of tO Admiral Kroustchoff, the military goveralatifet° city of Archangel, sends the following details r if e bite St* the movements of the enemy' s v e s sels in the I ' up to July 18 : , VT 1. At 6 o'clock in the ev e ning of 161 Licblivragf steamer approached the villa ge o f LiatiltSti, " d ated on the sea coast in the district of °nee, amore ' taken up a position 400 sa ge n e s from the 14 ;07 four boats carrying a red and a white flag, s ndc°- a considerable number of men, to the village. The peasants, 34 in number, directed by L l, °_,." pod gl returned from servic e , n ame d T z y r baieff, e ,; s itese boats when they approached with a fire of 'n bob and compelled them to return. The steamer then opened a fire of ball, g r k shells, and rockets against the peasantry and t ". ° , l seP i o li After three hours' firing, two boats were aga. l ,, ct°j the shore with soldiers to land, but the peass n ''," l ab?? not allow them to disembark, and the boats $ ll l7 ll to regain the steamer. Toe latter cannonade`yoge Pr all night, and did not put to sea until biz dc morning. ffr'b; Besides the i n h a bit an t s o f Li amtsa, a citizen :4 angel, named Alexander Lyskoff, who WIPP ee of there at the time, an d Pierre Lyskoff, the Pri e " t $11 0 . 1 14 village, who encouraged the peasants by his O nt. tions. contributed t o repe l the enemy,and tbe r dr named Soverschaieff an d Tzumoffpartictila:// guished themselves. 4 .4 bj Notwithstanding the length of time occ o P w- olf a tf ; bombardment, the peasa n t Tzumoff was t he Zge, fender of Liatntsa who was wounded. The / , - ,co o- v, fered very little, and the inhabitants owe% ber A t slightest possible loss, the greater part of toe% shells, and rockets failing to burst. After tu g 7obird departure the peasants picked up very nearly : 1 001 0 2. In the morning of June 28 an English s " iogiu preached the Island of Solovets, a nd after stoPP until evening took to sea without attemptleg.rs against the monastery ; but the E ng lish sh to - ce; upon the neighbouring island of Zai a tsky, an' 9Ce on board. t be 3. On June 30, two steamers were seen 1 3 Th t tare0 zoff islands, at 30 versts from Kemi, and a ° ,.; " if i j . l) the island of Kollovara, at 20 versts from the cutter's crew, numbering 30 men , landed 00",04 1 and attempted to carry off some reindeer belo:000 the inhabitants of Kemi, and which are eve,7, l . out to pasture. Twe n ty i n h a bi ta nt s Of 1°3o40? with muskets, left for the island, in order to act of brigandage ; but the en e my, h av ing P r°v ,, - to i j the movement, hastened to remove his cutt e ' O ro o tance, and immediately afterwards the stesnlyroPol to sea, in the direction of the town of °pegs. .0 1 :0' traces fiund upon the Island of Kollovara, it; t oo r the enemy only managed to kill and carry on r A , deer. oi 4. On July 14, an English steamer, with t in- f„ 0 71 0 , appeared near the Island of Kti, in the Gol`; 1 0 1 ;0 1 and at 15 versts from that city. A gun-boat two cannon, and two little boats with S cott nearly fifty men, approached a floatieg, of On house, used in connection with the wood traoet;oit and which was anchored near the island, an d ,„ cQ be it different articles of clothin g , an d also st o azil firewood, &e., from an o ld vesse l o f light longing to the Krestnoi Monastery. At this moment there are none of the enemy before the bar of Archangel. CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DA.." - ' ll ' db; ; AIO Admissions on payment, 12,177 ; ditt o by fle — ' 4°l3 0 01 649—Tetal, 12,826. , the 4) OPENING OF FULHAM-BRIDGE —Y e sterokr wa r country traffic lock of this bridge, closed sincotooe" ult. for the erection of th e Chelsea watercv orke t he was re-opened for navigation. t oe - The Calcutta Christian Advocate calls attenZ s als' t icll announcement of a selection from " HuniesZ g e, Robert Hand, E , q., of the Presidency C ° 7 0-e" has been authorised to be used in the Gov er- a g ir l leges, by the Director of Public Instruction . the !', l The East India Company have notified te , Indian Peninsu!ar Railway that 5 per ne ri " g ibi eb o id, allowed on the 100,000 shares of 51. each . °n it ig is paid. The passenger traffic of the continues to exceed expectation. t u t ° s ir A SHIP ABANDONED AT SEA.—QUEENS. - jio —The Brodrene (Norwegian ship), from Ca r h oten yo d stantinople, with coals, was fallen in with, vil e ,ol , sb e out, about 180 miles W. by S. of Cape Clear, de with rudder gone, and her crew were take n )0' Augusta, Nerdrnm, which has put in here. ger 01 On Friday a girl, 17 years of age, ealig u n a 3l4 o o Waddell, farmer, Craig end, having been r e P" father for something she had done amiss, in, ° r oll t ol l of rage rushed across a field and threw ° P oo 0 ° sot a waste coal pit. The wretched creature 000 dreadfully mutilated, but death soon put aP e ft el tO sufferings. t1 114 ,.1,1 Yesterday a return was issued, which 8 1 1 ., ° " e rab e. boa the summer assizes. and before the 16th 174° ' e itO t year, the number of cases triable only at the solin,ii;o; not on hail, committed, was 49 on the 1-1 011 1,1„1 , 1 0 t on the Midland, 21 on the Norfolk, 5 1 o n t l4 10 1 r 78 on the Oxford, 54 on the WeAer l4 so a o of Nol Lb "Falco and Chester, and 26 on th e $0 Circuit. nE NEW ACT ON WEIGHTS AND MEAS ti ,,--- g be ellzp Parliament (18 and 19 Vict. c. 72) basi ns ' ar e fr for legalising and preserving the restored w o f th e weight-, and measures. So much of the 3 ' o f Geo. IV. c. 74, as relates to the restoration tre of, penal standard yard and of the standardioaneleA respectively, in case of loss, destruction , d e to d.; other injury, is now repealed. A restored Orio in the office of the Exchequer is establishe'vras 00' 5 Geo. IV., as relates to weights and 01e:gols o remain in force, and copies of the old stan d 0 ° A .00 tinue to be legal. NEW ACT ON WEST INDIES RELIEF LOA ry-Iloi the acts just printed is one to authorise tl-e co ot, era of the Treasury to make arrargem ent the I siii d °l l certain loans advanced by way of relief te iwe of coo ol , Antigua, Nevis, and Montserrat. Th e t d sa tert merit of the loans to the islands mentioned t ee in cll. of earthquakes, &c., may be extended , 00 0 1 0 bp i' which was 4 per cent., reduced to 31. 5 0 . r"i 0 0 responding advarlages are to be secure d t. 4007 , 0 01 titherowers. In case of default of payment a . , n OO.- t under this act, the rate of interest a n ag ° on agreed upon may be required. 0 / 011 1 0 0 0 ) PROGRESS OF MORMONISM.—Then t3 IO OO3 O I/ "Prophet" Joseph Smith organised the _blob with six members. At the present time the _% op tlegf r if o i Territory contains three presidents, seven_L`r 514 Fri o of "seventies," 715 high priests, 994 elder!!,,, t il „ior: g 471 teachers, 227 deacons, besides the n: et arv oo tP., persons in training for the m'inistry, but: 1 1 ) 11 V iciilt/r; and 489 missionaries abroad. Dur!rg last , 96 , 61 ,0 ending with the beginning o f A pril 8 peroot}36 strr were born in the territory of TJt,h, 27 b, 0010 479 were baptized in the Mormon fait lows e xcommunicated from the church. 13 '5 0 011° nl e a ert 1854, and April, 1855, the number of so tes, Sv n e ( !eft the port of Liv er p o ol for the Unitedo,o 231 o f for the Salt Lak e , was 3.626, of %h ew total °u lish, 401 Scotch, 287 Welsh, &c. bee° . 0 , /ii i° f o the Scandinavian mission is said to ir ;, 1 ,3 s a ro of eisc ro , whom 409 were Danes, 71 Swedes, an a d d y or e t A few days since, says the Essex H er 0101 be e'sf rare birds, the rose-coloured Ouzel, vy,_ ce , _ fe cl cht.rcb, by Mr. George Oxley, o f that b l e e ri p re -e' which is a beautiful specimen, ha la cy. Mr. J. Parslees, of the county consta of tvi iitarg 0 4 The transport Matilda, with ncarg°„,faitap dept left Woolwich yesterday morning for bin 0 9,i, . 5 5 , ; lie The paddlewheel steamer Pluto, ? to. pi. 100 horse power. arrived at Woolwich, ';`g isi A.trica on Saturday. She is to be pio" and placed in ordinary there. 1110 tltib per 41 -it' . 4 11 4 mOib b 042 , Ner, t 1 84 ra i tt Oott, It rt: E 4 1141 4 It% til l qtlf