The Sun. — London, England, 1855-08-07 00:00:00

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Second week of Mr. G. Wild and Miss Fanny Williams, and glorious career of Mazeppa. • • THIS EVENING. Lord Byron's MAZEPPA ; or, the Wild Horse. for the effects of Which Mr. William Cooke has trained his unique stud of horses. After which the skilful SCENES in the CIRCLE. To conclude with ANGELS and LUCIFERS, in which Mr. G. Wild and Miss Fanny Williams will appear. Rog-ortlce open from Eleven till Four. stage Manager, Mr. W. Wass. Aeung Manager, Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke. lon. UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HER MAJESTY. THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.- - -EX IBA NIGHT, THURSDAY, August 9, for the BENEFIT of the FRENCH_ CEIARITA.BLE ASSOCIATION, founded under the patronage of her Majesty the Empress of the French, and the Fresidency of his Excellency the French Ambassa dor.—The eminent Tragedienne, Madtle. RACHEL, has kindly con sented to appear, for the last time prior to her departure for America, in the second ant most important act of Racine's celebrated Tragedy, ATHALIE. ^ordaining the Vision of Athalie and the Interrogatory of Zocs. Atha's ,Madlle. Rachel. Preceded by Holier ''s favou,rite Comedy. LE DEPIT AMOIIREUX. supported by the members of the French Company, under the direction of M. Raphael Felix. A MUSICAL INTERLUDE, by Miss Bamford, Signor Burdlni, Mr-Ascher, Pianist to her Majesty the Empress of the French, and Mr. Blondelet, of the Adelphl Theatre. In the character of a Zouave ; and to conchide with the first act ct Wallace's Opera, MARITANA' lOs- 6d.; Dress Circle, as.; Second Circle, 2*. 6d.; Pit, 28.; Galleries, is. Private Boxes, Four Guineas and upwards. Doors open at 7; to commence at half-past 7. ROYAL OPERA, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be performed DER FREISCHUTZ. Characto, es by yer and D Messrs. Formes, Lockeiley, H. Braham, and Hodges; M iss Lanza, tr.e. To conclude with THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Macheath, Mr. Iferberte; Polly, Miss Dyer. Prices of admission :—To the two galleries. Gd.; second circle of and pit, Is.; dress circle, 2 s. 6 d.; eta is, 4s. • private boxes to *molt two parsons, 10s. 6d .; four persons , one g:dnea. Box-office open from 10 to 6 daily. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buck Stella. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE BUSY BODY. Marplot, Mr. Back tone ; Miranda, Miss Reynolds. A new Ballet, GALLICIANS AND GIPSIES. To be followed by ONLY A HALFPENNY. To which will be aided A VILLAGE FESTIVAL. To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. ROYAL prascEss'A THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Camas' UAL THIS EVENING, Will be, performed HOW STOUT YOU'RE GETTING. To conclude with KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Ka thaf.ne, Mr:. C. Kean; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor. Mr..B. Webster.—Dlrectregs, idseame Celeste. THIS EVENING, be performed THE WRITING ON THE WA. - ,L. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Wright, C. Aelby, P. Bedford, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss Wyndham, and Miss Woolgar. After which, FRATERNISATION: To conclude with THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS. MOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TgIII DAY —Morning 0 •ogn.after 9 i Eyening3Gmin. aft. 9 Ib-m A L.., !Morning /5 min. afterlo 1 Evening 56 min. aft 10 WRATEIER.—Sun Omni, Aug. 7. TZIMMOICIGTIR, rig Tali BRAD& 73 - kgliest since noon yesterday. 61—Lowest this morning and during the night. 71—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'87—falling. Wm', S.W.—Light, with heavy clouds, portending rain. Some rain fell in the morning early. GREAT REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF "THE S U N," FROM FIVEPENCE-HALFPENNY FOURPENC E. 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 ate forwarded by the News-Agents, The &env whiCh formerly cost Fivepence-half ii:—penny for the. Latest Edition, containing Parliamentary Debates of the same even ing, together with the List of Army and Niwy Promotions in the. London Gazette, with Official Despatches from the Seat of -- IVar the Latest Sporting, and all other Commercial , News, List of Bankrupts, ,A s. C.tf,U)l9l! be had for . Fourpence, • _being., a saving of nearly one-third. Hitherto thii jiriCe of . r the paper was notni „ nally Eivepence, , but all Late Editions posted after six o'clock were• charged a fee of One jialfpeany by the Post-office, which made - the 'price to the Subscriber FivePenee-Halfpenny. This charge must still be made to those in remote places, unless the PoStmaster-General have the magnanimity to forego such a paltry source of revenue. Sun-office, 112, Strand, London, 9th July, 1855. ?It - , -17,2 . TI D t • LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1855. The season is rapidly advancing. We are in the second week of August, but we are still wait ing for decisive events in the Euxine and the Baltic. As we have already intimated, there are indications that something will be attempted in the former of such a character as to,compensate fully for past delays !, But what 'has been at tempted :in the latter ? What promise is there of .greater activity ? It is true that we have kept the Russian fleet skulking under the protec tion of batteries, that we have maintained an efficient blockade, but that is all ! We have taken a few trading and fishing vessels, and greatly damaged a few comparatively undefended towns ! But there has been nothing equivalent to the capture and destruction of Bomarsund last year ! Nor has there been any appearance of despatching an auxiliary land force to co-operate with. our enormous naval power, which so . greatly exceeds that of last year under the command of Sir CHARLES NAPIER, and with 'Which he was, despite the novelty and difficulties ()flit' position, expected to have produced almost miraculous results. .7w4 zkr 4 i Unwilling to believe that this apparent a Pathris' the fault - of the Admiral, - or that a high' character. and unblerniShed reputatiow ahould, unless controlled by positive al ib Ogh ,f ' 94 it'llstructions from " 'My Lords," remain itidiffereUbdio the chances of achieving for himielf a high pOtitiMi among the naval heroes by whom the British name was once rendered so re markable! But that cha raeter must in some degree • suffer-should the frost set in; and -all operations in B,altic be s uperseded, witho u t even a single heavy body idow been aimed at Rusilia. rn the Crimea we ate - merely striking at an extremity. It is 11 440;,ibeedly an important operation, which will eripviefthe aggressive power of the enemy, so far as 'Turkey is concerned. But, from what we now know of the, stubborn pertinacity of Russia, i n following 'up the traditional policy of PETER and °cCATniaTi., it will be of vital consequence to plr9 its - fang s hi another quarter, and to f ree the Scandinavian Powers from the menaces perpetually dipz!cted agair•st them—by Sweaborg and Cron 84dt, and the squadrons sheltered therein. We should hi ive, so far as practicable, secured the co opirati&l Of thb - Danes, and Swedes, and Norwe gians.; and that might long since have been eff`ebted ~ if we proved ourselves really i n earnes t • in the ;North. Had the fall of Boraarsund been duly followed up, the Scandinavian neutrality would no longer exist, and these high-spirited races would have been enabled, long since, to Lave displayed their real feelings towards the rob bers by whom they have been stripped of so many of their possessions. The objects of the War cannot properly be accomplished, nor Russia brought to a due sense of its position, and the necessity of making suit able concessions, until a further and very decided effect has been produced in the immediate vicinity of St. Petersburg. It is possible that such an attempt may at any moment be made, and if so we have no doubt that it will be alike honourable to the Allied Fleets and beneficial to the great cause in which they are engaged. But we fear Sir CHARLES WOOD, and we are not justified in allowing the prorogation of Parliament without calling on some independent member to endeavour to elicit from that model red-tapist the Ministerial intentions respecting the proceedings of the Baltic Squadron. The power of even asking a simple question will soon pass away, and we have already seen the efficacy of such interrogatories and other indications of public opinion on a Government composed of very " squeezable" materials. The destruction of Sweaborg would be something tangible, which would give an earnest of our unbending resolution, and probably induce the Swedish Government to shake off its apathy, and once more brave the hereditary foe and unrelenting spoliator. It would likewise be a suitable act of retribution for the Hango massacre, which the authorities at St. Petersburg have so scandalously adopted, refusing to restore to liberty the officers and men so nefa riously made prisoners. If something be not done in return—if England admits the paltry quibbles by which Prince DOLGOROIIKY attempts not merely to palliate but even to justify that infa mous transaction, we shall iaecome a laughing stock to all nations, and may deeply deplore our departed glory, and the prestige so completely sacrificed. The interrogatories might be framed as to the number of the gun-boats and mortar-vessels, long since promised, but not as yet supplied in any thing like sufficient force to run into shoal water, and get rid of the only obstacle that has hitherto prevented our success ; and also, as to the intention of sending any, and what number of land forces to co-operate with the Fleet. These are matters which may fairly be asked, and to which a reply cannot properly be refused. At all events an effort should be made to prevent the season from closing before the Baltic Fleet has done something worthy of its country, its officers, and its men, and calculated .to maintain the naval honour of Great Britain. The discontinuance of a pitiful anneal grant to the Royal Society for the Promotion of Science is well deserving the attention of Administrative Reformers, both for the principles involved in the act and the display of official untruthfulness in its defence. In the following Report of the pro ceedings in the House of Commons is a short statement of the defence, put in the mouth of Lord PALMERSTON " THE ROYAL SOCIETY. " Mr. HEYWOOD inquired why a grant of 1,0001. to the Royal Society for scientific objects had been recently withdrawn by the Government ? "Lord PALMERSrON replied that a few years ago this grant was asked for by the Royal Society as a tempo rary assistance for a specific purpose. Those who ap plied for it represented that it was wanted for a particu lar year, and that, if 1,0001. were advanced, probably the whole of that amount would not be required, in which case the remainder would be returned. An ad vance of 1,0001. was accordingly made from a fund not strictly applicable for such an object, but intended for a charitable purpose. The grant was, however, given a second time, and in the third year the society applied for another 1,0001. 'as usual.' (A. laugh.) He felt obliged to reply that he did not consider it a proper ap plication of the fund in question, and that he must de- Cline to coutinue it. No doubt, however, a grant of this sort for scientific purposes would be a very fitting one for Parliament to take into its consideration." This statement is felt by the Fellows of the Society, who are acquainted with the facts, to involve unjust imputations of ungentlemanly conduct : first, it charges them with attempting surreptitiously to convert a temporary into a per manent annual grant ; and, next, with knowingly Making this surreptitious abstraction of money from a fund devoted to charitable purposes. Bath these imputations are utterly unfounded. Colonel SABINE, in the absence of Lord WROT TESLEY, has written a letter, which appeared in the Athenaeum of Saturday, stating the fact, that the Royal Society, instead of makiui an original application to the Government, were applied to in 1849 by Lord JouN RUSSELL then Prime Minister, on his own spontaneous suggestion. The Government requested the opinion of the Society, whether a sum of 1,0001. could be advan tageously applied for the promotion of science. Colonel SABINE states that— " In other countries, the members of scientific insti tutions receive, as such, pecuniaty support from the State, and the State has consequently a direct claim on their services. In this country the Fellows of the Royal Society have no such provision ; and the Government has, consequently, no direct claim on them. But, hap pily, they have not shown themselves, on that account, less ready or disposed to aid those plans of the Govern ment which have for their object the •promotion of science and the consequent advancement, it may be, of the material prosperity of the country, but always of the national character. Accordingly, early in Novem ber, 1849, Lord JOHN RUSSELL was informed, [in an swer to his offer] through the Earl of ROSSE, then Pre sident of the Royal Society, that the President and Council were of opinion that the judicious employment of grants in the way proposed by his Lordship might very materially promote the advancement of science, and that they were willing to act as trustees on the part of the public for the suitable application of the proposed, grant. And, further, that, viewing the grant as de signed, not for their own Society in particular, but for science generally in the United Kingdom, they would propose to form a Committee to consist of about forty persons most eminent in different branches of science, and in different parts of the Kingdom, to assist them in the execution of the trust. Lord JOHN RUSSELL expressed, in reply, his entire approval of the mode in which the President and Council proposed to deal with the intended grant, and his approbation of the caution and deliberation which marked their proceedings to course he His Lordship signified tli ° g a a trheouagr d of he eni d in no r degree e bind his successors, it was his own i • ntention so long as he should continue in the office he then held, to recom mend a grant of a similar sum in succeeding years, so long as the Royal Society continued to think such a grant useful and desirable and were willing to administer it. Accordingly 1,0001. Was transmitted to the treasurer of the Royal Society, in June, 1850, and similar sums have been received in succeeding years, under, both Lord Join/ RUSSELL'S and Lord DERBY'S Administrations, until 1854 inclusive, making an aggregate, not of 4,0001., as stated by the Secretary of the Treasury, but of 5,000/. With regard to the particular fund out of which the grant has hitherto been paid, the Council of the Royal Society had no means of knowing, and were in fact igno rant of what that fund was, until they were very re cently informed by the Secretary of the Treasury that it was paid out of a charitable fund. It need scarcely be said that the Council would much prefer, if the grant should be resumed in future years, that they should be voted directly and specifically by Parliament. The Royal Socie • ty has sufficient funds of its own (derived from the contriblitions of its members) to meet its own expenses,—including therein the publication of the Philosophical Transactions,' which are regarded throughout the world as the national records of British science, such as, in other countries, are published at the expense o. f the State. The Council neither require , n or have they solicited or received, aid from Government for the purpose of carrying out any of the objects which it more especially devolves upon them to execute as re presenting the Society." After this statement, which will be verified by the production of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S original letter, Lord PALMERSTON may be called upon to do som • ethmg more than retract the imputations cast upon the Council and Fellows of that Society —the most ancient and efficient scientific body in England, if not in Europe. In the House of Lords the responsibility of the • misrepresentation, as it is now shown to be, Was cast by Lord GRAN VILLE upon the "lesser gods of the Treasury." THE SUN, LOT 4400 N , TUES9AY EVENtNer , AUGUST 7, 1855. su apology, however, is due from that Noble Lord to the Fellows of the Society. But, in respect to the application of the grant in question, it is proper to say that an inspection of the communication to the Treasury will, when it is produced, show others than the gods of that department—others who may be more competent to form opinions on matters of science than Noble Lords and Members of Parliament—that the grant, instead of being withdrawn, ought, for the sake of the attainment of vast public economies, to be a*gmented. One subject to which the vote was applied was the expense of some experi ments by Messrs. FAIRBAIRN and HODGEINSON to determine the strength of materials. To the previous experiments of the same kind, mainly those of Messrs. FAIRBAIRN and HODGKINSON, it is now well known the achievement of wrought iron bridges like the Britannia bridge is due. The forms of bridges originally proposed by ROBERT STEPHENSON are simple cylinders (and afterwards ovals), which, it was proved, would have occasioned as fearful mashes as that which was oc casioned by his own original Dee Bridge. To the success of the principle of construction as applied to the Britannia and other bridges, the applica eons of it to marine constructions and to archi tecture are due ; and the further experiments on the strength of materials would no doubt be available to architecture, to hollow brick con structions, and to large savings of materials and money, even in barracks and other public works. Another subject to which the vote was applied was a set of experiments with a view to determine with greater accuracy than has yet been sought or attained what amount of power is procurable from given quantities of heat or vapour, and to attempt conversions of caloric into power, which experiments promise vast aug mentations of mechanical power like that due to WATT, which, it was declared, had so large * share in bearing us through the last War. Another topic of investigation undertaken by the society is marine meteorology, which has opened up great promise of increased safety as well as speed of transit already. On these topics alone, which affect even the public expenditure by hun dreds of thousands, and mbrcan tile arid commer cial and manufacturing interests by millions in increased efficiency and economy, the withdrawal of the grant is disastrous; whilst, in an administra tive point of view, it is of the largest significance as to the state of information which guides what CARLYLE call's the " spigot of taxation." For the prosecution of these topics of investigation alone a wise economy would positively urge the appli cation of tens of thousands of pounds by the most competent investigators that might be obtained, not gratuitously, but by liberal payment. In respect to marine meteorology, for want of know ledge of the practical elementary science already obtained, or care for the sure warnings yielded by the instrument which science has already placed in the hands of the officers of the Navy—the barometer—our fleet failed to stand out to sea, and sustained disastrous shipwrecks before Sebas topol. From want of knowledge of the new sani tary science, or almost of the common phenomena of respiration, soldiers as well as others have been tragically smothered on board ships, and on land slaughters three and fourfold greater than from the sword have befallen our armies. From the want of practical science military men were ud aware of the fact, or did not heed it, that the common air consists of material particles, and they continued to use projectiles of the worst shapes to divide them ; whilst one military officer in the French service, Colonel MINIE, by ob serving the fact, and by shaping a musket ball to cleave those particles more easily, so accelerated and extended the range of the flight of musket or rifle balls as to lay the foundation of immense changes in the art of war. On the Committee of tho Royal Society for the direction of the vote there would be Professor WHEATSTONE, the practical applications of whose investigations and inventions in electrical science have althost annihilated time, and are now at work in the field of battle, and from thence, three thousand miles to this country, not only bring hourly information, but quicken the opera tions of war. By one practical application of electrical science be has furnished the means of measuring the flight of projectiles, of which the Prussian authorities, and even the Russians, have long availed themselves, and ours are. only now beginning the use. On the Committee at Woolwich for examining the proposed application of new inventions to war, as scientific terms are involved, and possibly some scientific matters, it would be deemed impracticable to do without some science, and the Government took credit for the appoint ment of Professor WHEATSTONE upon it. But whilst men of no science, and no known skill in art, unless it bo Parliamentary art and jobbing influence, receive high pay for their time, Lord PANIIIIRE has actually required two years of _re sponsible service from the Professor absolutely without any pay whatever. The services of Professor MILLER were recently requested for a public department, where the ap plication of those services would in all probability be a means of obtaining important economies, but as he was expected (as a man of science) to give his services gratuitously, and he being unable to do so—for he had to live—the public have been deprived of them. The following are the terms in which the Trea sury refused to continue the grant : " The Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury having had before them your lordship's application on behalf of the Royal Society for the annual grant of 1,0001. -ilaeed at the disposal of the Royal Society for scientific purposes, I am directed to state that, although special grants, amounting in the whole to the sum of 4,000/., have been made from time to time, in the first instance for special and temporary objects, to the Royal Society (a gross misstatement, as Lord John Russell's letter, if produced, will show) out of a fund very limited in its amount, which is more properly applicable, and is other wise applied, to charitable purposes [a cool avowal this, of a perversion of funds destined to charitable purposes, a perversion without the knowledge of Parliament, the possibility of which should be inquired into], my lords are not aware of any understanding for making an an nual grant to the Royal Society for scientific purposes out of the public funds, and at the present moment the more urgent and legitimate demands upon the fund from which the above-mentioned donation has been made to the Royal Society do not permit their lordships to make any grant out of it for scientific purposes. [An insinuation that the council of the Royal Society were thrusting their hands into a charity box.] If, however, the Royal Society, looking 60 the immediate importance of the ob jects for which a grant of public money is applied for, and to the insufficiency of their own funds to enable them to accomplish them, are of opinion that their claims upon the publiefunds are such, as Parliament would undoubtedly considerationer 'eiecotygnmiae my lords will be rep i resenta p t r i e o ped n ar whic t ho takethe t he Royal their aisor. make to them with that object." And so it is expected that a number of men of science, who are to get nothing whatsoever for their pains, are to undertake to make out that to be of immediate importance, which, as it may not be practically applied on the morrow, any trea sury clerk may pronounce not to be immediate, however momentous the eventual, and not very distant, results may be ; that they are to make out the importance of those objects, the under standing of which will, in most instances, imply the knowledge of systems, to the satisfaction of the " lesser gods" of the Treasury, including Sir. GEORGE LEWIS, of whose gross ignorance and in competency to appreciate such objects they have already had experience ; that they are not only to do this, but to subject themselves to the sneers of the SIBTHORPS and the SEYMOURS, and to under- take that the objects shall be such as Parliament " undoubtedly' recognise !" Passing by the untrue assumption of the Society being solicitors, instead of being the parties originally solicited, they justly treat the above answer as a decided refusal ; and on further influential suggestions to them to renew their applications, they properly sent in simply a list of the purposes to which they had applied the previous grants. The 03,30 is one more for the Administrative Reform Association than for the House of Com mons. If ever there was a time when science, instead of being depressed and discarded, should be promoted and specially and strenuously en gaged in aid of the public administration, it is during the present great contest, when all labour saving, and strength-economising appliances, such as science gives, are of the utmost need. But whilst the means for the promotion of practical science are withheld, it is proper to point out as passing instances the sort of expenditure which is maintained, and which Parliament " undoubt edly recognises"—viz., expenditure in mere party and political patronage, such as that of the office of political Postmaster-General, with a salary of 2,5001. per annum, Mr. ROWLAND HILL being the real Postmaster-General, and the only one recognised by the public. Next, the political Secretary for the Poor Law Board, salary 1,0001. per annum, with a seat in the House of Com mons, the political president having a seat there already, and the roll secretariat work being done by three permanent secretaries. The expense of these two impostor political places alone is three times more than the grant withheld, and would, if applied in the same direction, give a propor tionate impetus to real science, instead of sustain , ing sham political science and mere party bribery. Since the above was written, we perceive that by the perseverance of Mr. HEYWOOD the fact has been established before the House of Commons that the grant was made on the spontaneous sug gestion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL (which it was the duty of that Noble Lord to have stated himself) ; and Lord PALMERSTON has so far reversed the decision of Sir G. LEWIS and Mr. WILSON as to propose that the grant shall not be discontinued, but be issued this year out of the Civil Con tingencies ; but his Lordship has made no apology for the imputations cast upon the Council of the Society, and no retractation of the assumption that they were consciously pressing for money out of a charity fund, and has given no explanation of the previous misapplica , tions from that fund. It is proposed next year to " include in the miscellaneous estimates a vote 'of 1,0001. for this particular purpose, which would give the House an opportunity of consi dering the propriety of this grant." Yes, and Administrative Reformers, too, the opportunity of considering the extent of expenditure on no science, as well as the economy of a yet larger expenditure on practical science, and the need of making provision for some knowledge of it as a qualification for the civil service of the country. " The people have now got five hours and a half to buy, their beer, and the Noble Marquis wants eight hours." A question of "grave deliberation" truly, and as the Noble Lord who thus put it fur ther remarked, one which " the House of Lords had as much right to consider fully as the House of Commons." Granted—though it might reasonably have been supposed that the House had by this time fully made up its mind on the subject, and come to the conclusion that the demand of the Noble Marquis should be acceded to. The subject had been sufficiently mooted in the press and debated in the Lower House for their lordships to have become thoroughly acquainted with it, and consi dering that the bill of last session did not affect their comfort in the least, while it notoriously did that of the people to a serious degree, and had been condemned by their representatives, the desire for delay on the part of the Noble Lord and others is suspicious, and can only be accounted for by their having already hardened their hearts to oppose the new bill. It is satisfactory, however, to know that the majority of the House arrived—as we all along believed they would—at the opposite conclusion, and carried the Sale Of Beer Bill through its second reading. The fact is at once creditable to the humanity and the discretion of their Lordships. The evidence adduced before the Committee of the House of Commons led, in the minds of un prejudiced persons, irresistibly to the conclusion that the Act of last session was neither defensible on the ground of morals nor of expediency, hav ing been productive of serious evil without the counterpoise of any appreciable good. The testi mony of the Chief Commissioner of the Metropo litan Police was conclusive as to the great and growing improvement, of late years, in the habits and morals of the industrial classes in the metropolis —an improvement notori ously observable throughout the country also. Yet it was in the teeth of this most desirable ad vance the Act in question was passed, the opera tion of which has confessedly been to deprive every Sunday thousands upon thousands of working men of needful refreshment, and, consequently, to irritate and goad the entire class to the very opposite course it was intended to drive them, at the same time causing them to regard the classes above them as selfish hypocrites and stony-hearted oppres3ors. A bill like this, of which no one can justly say it has diminished drunkenness, could not be abolished too soon, and though there is a class of parsons whom no experience can teach, we indulge the hope that the lesson just taught will have the proper effect, and that hereafter it will pass for a truism that in morals you must lead and not drive if you would suc ceed. The question of hours will then be ap, proached in a different spirit. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli have left Grosvenor-gate for Hughenden Manor, Bucks. THE LONG VAOATION.—The long vacation will com mence on Friday and terminate on the 24th October. THE LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.—About 3,000 men are being enlisted of this newly-formed b3dy. Those chiefly engaged are civilians. The numbers of volunteers into the Line from the Irish Militia had reached 3,457 on the 30th June. The quota required was 4,533. The foreign exchanges have resumed a satisfactory appearance, the quotations from Paris and Hamburg continuing to improve. We are glad to hear that the gallant and highly-re spected surveyor of the navy, Captain Sir B. W. Walker, K.C.8., was enabled to attend to his official duties at Whitehall yesterday for a short time. We have much pleasure in stating that Mr. Bouverie will succeed Mr. Baines as President of the Poor Law Board. Mr. Lowe has been appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade, in the pace of Mr. Bouverie.— Times. The George Marshall has arrived from Port Philip with 77,000 ounces of gold, valued at 308,0001., and the Pacific from New York has brought 180,000/., making a total receipt yesterday of 488,0001. Mn. H. FENWICK, M.P.—We are sorry to learn that our respected member, Mr. H. Fenwick, has been obliged to leave town from ill-health, consequent upon close attention to his Parliamentary duties.—Sunderland Herald. Major-General Sir Frederick Smith, K.H., Command ing Royal Engineer in the south-west district, leaves Portsmouth garrison in a few days for Aldershott, where he will have the post of Resident Commanding Royal Engineer, and, as at Chatham, Instructor-General of Field Fortifications. Orders have been sent to the commanding officers of the Royal Artillery stationed in Canada, Halifax, Ber muda, and the W es t I n di es , t o sen d h o me to Woolwich a certain number of effective gunners and drivers from each company stationed in those places. Tho new work by M. Victor Hugo, Les Contenzpla tions, is announced to appear very shortly. iy e rpool letters announce tiro failure of Messrs. La: W e (Scotsman) are informed that arrangements are ma ki n g for building an iron steam-vessel of 1,000 tons tthieasul ft, ,• r r 7 r 3 0 , t 0 11 0 ,, 0 r in the Buenos Ayres trade, with liabili ties and 150 -tons horse power, to trade between this country and Can 1a West, with Ruthven's improvements in pro pelling an d navigating steam-vessels. MONSTER' MUSHROOM.—On Sunday a mushroom was found in T#, tton Park, Cheshire, of enormous size. It' was afterwards measured, and was upwards of 30 inches in circumference. It was of great thickness, and weighed rather more than 13 ounces. BENLEDI STRUCK WITH LIGHTNING.—During the late thunderstorm the earthen pinnacle, raised on the highest peak of Benledi, was struck with lightning , when bot i • it and the ground at the bottom of it were torn -1.1 Fortunately no tourist happened to be there at the %lineP: —Glasgow Daily Mail. WnE t e h K a s t .— th A e n r u et m u b rn er , poufbvleisshseeldsbwyrtetekSehd in ippinv Gazette, shows the mo n th of July amounted to 70 . In the previous rAmnth of J une R 3 vessels were wrecked ; May, 98 ; 109 ; March, 149 ; Feb., 164 ; and in January, 238. MILITIA EXPENSES.—The amount of expenses in curred in 1853 and 1854, in providing storerooms and places for keeping arms and clothing for the Cheshire Militia, is 2171. 18s. 7d. This includes the cost of fuel for airing the said rooms. AMERICAN LETTERS.—The mail bags of the ParJific have brought from the United States a considerable number of unpaid letters, addressed for the most part to well-to-do people in England, and being neither more nor less than invitations to " send one pound sterling to the above address and you will hear something to your advantage." OPENING OF THE CITY BANC—Yesterday the City Bank, of which Sir Robert Carden, tart., alderman, is the chairman, commenced business at their temporary offices, No. 2, Royal Exchange-buildings, Cornbill. All transactions connected with the bank will be carried on here for some time, as their extensive premises at the corner of Finch-lane, Threadneedle-street, are not yet corn pleted. THE OFFICERS OF THE TlGER,—Stettin, July 31. The 13 British naval officers and midshipmen of the Tiger, who were not so lucky as their first lieutenant to be set at liberty, but were detained prisoners of war, have at length also been set at liberty, and arrived here yesterday evening via Dantaic, on their way to Eng land. They have been exchanged against a similar num ber of Russian officers of equal grades, and were accom panied to the frontiers of Prussia, where they were set tlt liberty, by a picket of Cossacks. M. JULLIEN AT MANCHESTER.—On Saturday evening M. Jullien's celebrated band, assisted by the band of the 2d Life Guards, performed in the open air, at the Belle Vue Gardens, Manchester, before an audience of about 24,000 persons. The popular musician appeared to be much struck at the sight of the immense concourse of people surrounding the orchestra when he entered, and he and his band were much cheered. The people ap peared to be highly gratified. The course of the municipal elections in France dws not uniformly run smooth. At Fecamp, on the coast of Normandy, where there were 27 councillors to be elected, only 7 candidates obtained a sufficient number of ve.'r,es to validate the election ; but of this number only one was chosen from the government list. At St. Benoit cur-Loire all the members of the council wh 0 were dis missed by Imperial decree in 1852 have been elected in opposition to government candidates. At St. Just-en• Chaussee (Oise), a similar event has occurred. DECREASE OF PATJPERISIL—It is a pleasing circum stance that, notwithstanding the high price of provisions, pauperism has to a great extent decreased throughout the whole of South Wales, and that there is a gradual decrease in the amount of crime. The various judicial courts just held were not heavy, and in the various union houses there are scarcely any able-bodied poor. This is partly owing to the demand for labour, arising from the active state of the staple productions of the districts, and new works now opened and about to be opened. ' Were it not for the high rate of provisions the rates would be much lower. THE Inisn MILITIA.—The effectives (rank and file) of the Irish militia regiments amounted, on the Ist, of July, to 16,299, and the regimental and county quota and es tablishment to 31,349. The quota of volunteers into the line required was 4,533 ; and the number of volun teers supplied is 3,457. The corps that ought to have supplied volunteers and have not done so are the Ar magh Artillery, the Donegal Artillery, the North Mayo, the Sligo, the Tyrone Artillery, and the Waterford Ar tillery. TESTIIIONIAL OF ESTICEL—On Thursday, Aug. 2, the servants of the South-Eqttern Railway Company, together with the inhabitants of the town of Ashford, Kent, presented to the Rev. John Pughe, chaplain to the above company, and his wife, a handsome silver tea pot, of the value of 161 , and a purse of 87 sovereigns, as a mark of esteem previous to his leaving the town, to take possession of the Rectory of Newenden, Kent, con ferred on him by his grace the Archbishop of Canter. bury. ADELPHI THEATRE.—Last night Mr. Morton's melo drama, " The Writing on the Wall," was performed for the first time at this theatre.. It is, nevertheless, a re gular Adelphi piece, and was acted by the Adelphi com pany when they were located; some two or three seasons ago, at the Haymarket. It then bad some success; and, now that it is revived " with new scenery, dresses, appointments, and the original startling effects," will probably help, with other things, to draw houses to the Adelphi for some little time to come. THE NEWSPAPER STAMP AND POSTAGE.—A. gentleman of this town forwarded the following letter to the Secre tary of the General Post•office.—f o Sir, -,Would you kindly oblige me with a reply to the following ques tion :—Can an unstamped newspaper or other printed matter, be sent by post, enclosed in a stamped news paper to make up the weight allowed (4 oz), the im pressed stamp of the latter being duly exposed, or, in other words, will the newspaper stamp, under these circumstarkpes, serve a 3 a postage stamp ?" The Post office authorities, in reply, say : —"The newspaper stomp is not available for the prepayment of any mat ter besides the publication upon which it is stamped."— Huddersfield Examiner. THE N . EW CANNON.—A letter from Turin, of the Ist, says : --" Cannons of the invention of Colonel Cavalli, of - the Artillery, of terrible power, have just been sent to the Crimea. The cannon is rifled, and is of an un usually long range. The ball, which is of large calibre, is of conical form, and has a point in steel ; it is, besides, made hollow, in order to be filled with powder, and it is supplied with a percussion cap to light the powder. There are few obstacles which can resist the steel point of this ball, and any object that it meets with causes the percussion cap to go off, and the projectile to burst into fragments." Another Napoleon relic has just been added to the numerous collection now exhibiting at Madame Tus sand's interesting establishment. It consists of a volume of military maps, used for many years by the late Emperor Napoleon. Several plans of battles are also included, all of which were executed by the Empe ror himself. This volume was left at an inn during his hasty retreat from his last fatal battle. The lighting of the exhibition has been greatly improved, and now pro•- duces an extraordinary effect on the figures compared to the plan hitherto adopted. The exhibition has lately been numerously attended. BANKRUPTCY OF MESSRS. STRAHAN, PAUL, AND BATES.—Yesterday the High Astairst Estate, the resi dence and property of Mr. Strahan, the bankrupt, was offered at public auction, at the Auction Mart, by Messrs. Davis and Johnstone, by direction of the assig nees with the concurrence of the mortgagees. The first offer made was 15,0001., and it was knocked down at 27,000/. The lease of the Headley-heath Farm, corn- Orising 171 acres, with the right of shooting over 1,062 acres of land in the manor of Headley, was taken by the purchaser of the above-mentioned property, to which it adjoins, at a price named by the vendors, and no sale therefore took place. Yesterday the household furni ture of Mr. Bates was sold by auction at the residence in Norfolk-street, Strand. THE LATE SUICIDE OF A GIRL IN VICTORIA PARK.— Yesterday Mr. Baker, the coroner, resumed the inquest at the Hosford Arms Tavern, Old Ford-road, Bethnal green, respecting the death f Victoria Bacon, aged 14 years, who committed suicide in the ornamental water of Victoria-park, through the alleged ill-treatment of her mistress, a Mrs. Clewett, of No. 14, Wellington-street, Bethnal-green. The jury, after being locked up for an hour, returned the following verdict :—" That the de ceased, Victoria Bacon, was found dead in the orna mental water of "Victoria-park, but how or by what means she came by her death there is no evidence to show. The jury, however, cannot separate without ex pressing their strong disapprobation at the manner in which the deceased was treated by her mistress (Mrs. Clewett) ; and that the protracted ill-usuage she ex perienced in her service deserves severe censure." ART-UNION EXHIBITION.—The pictures selected by the prizebolders of the current year in the Art-Union of London are now on view at the gallery of the Society of British Artists, Pall-Mall East. These collections have of late years formed very respectable exhibitions, and the present certainly does not fall below the average. The principal prizes have been laid out in the purchase of the following pictures, which have all formed part of the metropolitan exhibitions of the season just termi nated The Fortune-teller," by J. Sant, 2501, ; "Autumn in the Highlands," a good representation of a hilly landscape, with water, by S. Percy, 1501. ; "An Autumnal Morning," by A. W. Williams, 100/. ; " Skaters—a Scene on Duddingston Loch, near Edin burgh," by C. Lees, 1501. ; "Dante begging his Bread," a very fine picture, by F. Y. Hurlstone, 1001. ; " Evening—Lights and Shadows on the Conway," by H. B. Willis, 100/. ; "Relenting," an interesting sub ject, painted in a masterly style by T. Brooks, 2001. ; " Summer Hill," a kind of fete champgtre in the time of Charles 11., by J. D. Wingfield, 100/. ; and a view in Betchworth-park, by W. F. Witherington, R.A., 1001. The following pictures, purchased with inferior prizes, may also be mentioned as displaying commendable qualities Free Sittings," part of the interior of a church, with figures, by F. Underhill, 601. ; " Caddie He-drigg and Jenny Dennison," a well-represented scene from " Old Mortality," by D. W. Deane, 60/. ; " War grave, on the Thames," a very pretty view, brightly, painted by M rs . W. Oliver, 101. ; "The Rendezvous, a figure of a warrior, displaying fine character, by J. D. Wingfield, 20/. ; "A. Family at Sara4inesco," by R. Buckner, 601. ; "The Village Carrier," a carefully painted and well-coloured landscape, with figures, by G. Chester, 351. ; "The Village Musicians," a characteristic scene, by J. H. Haynes, 35/. ; "Showery Weather at Lynmouth, North D evon ," a fine coast view, with a true effect, by E. Willi ams , 351. ; and a lively scene from "The Vic ar o f W a k e field," by J. Absolon, 751. The whole collecti on consists of 187 works. by the Po - A 14 LT ,ST NEWS l'eS B e l • BERLIN, A. 6, Taganrog hay been again bombarded, as well as Berdiansk , and a great quantity of Russian stores .oyed. One despatch says that an English gun-boat had sunk, but that her crew were saved. The German journals allege that reinforcements had arrived at Sebastopol in such force as to bring the garrison up to 175,000 men. dest- PARIS, TUESDAY MORNING. Ths Moniteur announces that from this dwy the interest on the Bons du Tresor is thus fixed : Three-and-a-half per cent. per annum on Bonds of three to five months' date ; four per cent. on those with six or eleven months to run, and four and-a-half per cent. fo r such as are twelve months. MARSEILLES, AUG. 6. The Jourdan has arrived, with intelligence from Constanti:aople to the 30th ult. General Mo , uravieff, with 35,000 men, had ap peared before Kars. On the 13th he attacked the Turkish entrenched camp, and v, - as repulsed by. General Williams. The Rrosians were preparing to renew the attack. Soliamyl had not come, down from the moun tains, as had been reported. Letters from Asia complain of the inactivity of the Circassians. Despatches leive at 8 p.m. Colonels Collingwood, Dickson, and Harding have arrived. A -et() to reinforce the garrison of Kars' the - laden with arms and ammunition, for t he „in/ . of Batoun had also arrived. The Sc hu g Du ___ ,t r n lush steamer, which conveyed the artiflerynle; BOINIBARD1Vr ( I N T OF t,.d on board General Smith and another Bog' . • TAGAY R OG . - ".)fficer, sent on a mission to explore the coastotnathe, Sea. They were to visit in i t ß o lack 1 uy,Redoute Kale, Soakoum Kale and An a ?' succession and then return to Constantinople. THE BALTIC FLEET. OFF CRONSTADT, JULY 24 lo The division of the fleet under the orders of Afe Admiral Baynes, comprising 12 sail of the linel'og", steam-frigate Imperieuse, paddle steamer Buil ile and seven gun-boats, remain at anchor forgo. N.W. of Tolboukin Lighthouse, blockafliog bur g, stad.t and th e s h ores o f the bay of St. Peters .s iu Tb e Russians are daily practising the ro i l, 011 their batteries and earthworks, and engsgeuib e rti s lurther augmenting the defences in the 1 30 , 1 , „ re . shores of the island, to attack which, with I:lDiliutrr of sent means and appliances, with any Pr,° bab) success, is deemed impossible. d Fr ench The earnest attention of the English a n a sotif flag officers is now beingdirected toward s Si e , the the next important position of the enemy elciog Gulf of Finland, with the view of cop al w bith active operations in that quarter. By aletterip th reached me yesterday am informed thav,st orr course of a few days the whole of the shipal;sge sent off Nargen will remove from that LuL i w d to and take up a position near Sweaborgidotiel mortars and heavy guns on one of the small the and open fire on the town of Helsingfore and the batteries which defend it. To share in ig r oa prise is the most earnest desire of every seaman in the ships under the orders of ite. vg miral Baynes. They complain much of bog the ployed in merely blockading Cronstadt, 9 . 10 1 if greater part of them will be much disaPPloroat not permitted to take part in the more I ta kiag services that they believe to be on the eve 0 of place. The blockade of every place in the d s ad Bothnia and Finland is m ost rigidly enfo rce i t ; the the coasting trade is effectually stopped* mio iese e vicinity of Wyborg, the Arrogant and lua,.er four are harassing the enemy to a great exteub., ce to gun-boots were despatched a few days ,g l t s be de' that quarter to assist in the demolition 0 ' , ts 1 01 fences of that place, where important 0 0 ' be expected to occur within a short period. these s, The Locust, paddle-steamer, Lieut. M der .iir arrived with despatches from the Comm,,, n etr ibir Chief. Having communicated with the •Pleftoo tion, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Baynes, she . . the her return voyage to Nargen. At two P.'7 the steam-transport Royal Adelaide came in W eo blee' usual weekly supply of live cattle and veg,, o lose She left the squadron off Nargen the Oaf evening, but brought no news of importatiep s v!! cargo was speedily distributed to the sb i ,P 9 r 'Pr she parted company at 8 p.m., en route 03 0 t ras nore. The Imperieuse, Captain R. W r a t ' s °4 th e ordered to keep in readiness for service dull night. ina pt ° July 25.—At 9 a.m. a general signal vras,Te then. exercise crews aloft. All plain sail was eall' e ; fe e shortened to topsails • topsails and con r , B is the shifted, and sails furled, with two reefs essifee, former. The weather was very hot and Or r to pe r :, At this season it would be more prudents.ther mit these evolutions to be performed .3 : no rief the morning watch or after 5 p.m., at whic,'"'aliT g s the sun's rays are less power. The Priun' o rdev despatch steam-boat, arrived at 4 p.m. I v ' t n NO' from the Commander-in-Chief for the g li t - c ; Pincher, Snapper, Snap, and Starling, ceed to Wyborg, as reinforcements to tu jest isr gant and Magicienne. They left for thetingh r tion at 11 p.m. The steam transport No. 121, anchored near to the fleet at 5 Plior accomplished the voyage from England tn, " be d in a week, remained off that island three toe oa' was then sent on to Cronstadt with st ° ,, - ,e, provisions for Rear-Admiral B a ynes' eg i li s ,t!,; . The news brought by her was to the effect "I j oalf,. Commander-in-Chief was about to make,/j o g movement at Sweaborg, and was only oral - wel l & arrival of the Calcutta to proceed off that to r . hold. A survey of invalids was ordere d sole l • holden to-morrow forenoon, on board th e . ot tie ll . George, where all proper objects for exall i t ot i l were to present themselves at 10 a.m. . 44 ` * - # Ol ll steamer was observed at 9 p.m., standing 1111 000 the fleet under a flag of truce. The ri e . _ .. ci r. was ordered to weigh with all Ive s ' . 0 0 ":', spatch, but her steam not being uP' mander Gordon embarked in the 6101104 v: boat, met the Russian steamer, the officer %or : i f was the bearer of a letter from the Go l itiotl Cronstadt to the English Admiral, the an 1 , 100 5.. which, although not positively known, is Pry;odektv to have reference to the recent inhuman &sill:, practised on the seamen and officers of W on g ifr i . by the enemy's troops at Hango. The Bub,;;oe,' the vessel selected to-night for any service L A P - 1V be required. At 12 p.m. the Thistle gun - i suddenly despatched to the westward. July 26.—The Colossus, 80, Captain while shifting berth, ran into the collier hrif,lo l ; of South Shields, carrying away that vesee, ' ;i ti ote:4 ' masts and jibboom. None of her crew / 13 °, 0 or were injured. The boats in the fleet vrr l i g iai away to render assistance, and tow e d her the Royal George, whose carpenters are nisle"' in repairing the damages caus e d by the ° co t , which was evidently owing to bad managen!. board the Colossus. The Edinburgh Nnioir from her anchorage under the land, an a the main body of the fleet. h io9 IT • July 27.—The crews of the various exercised at general quarters in the foren r .lgi Pylades steam corvette, Captain E. T. t)„,' court, with Lord John Scott's yacht in "" i y l r ea, accompanied by the Jasper gun-boat, ar r. fPr; Cronstadt at 8 p.m., but brought no ne ° o:o ll° .. portance. She left th e fl ee t o ff Nargen Yo:beaL evening. A private l e tt er w hi c h has reit,inatill by that opportunity-, states that it is very ",,,,11, 0 if any bombardment o f S wea b org or take place at present. The Calcutta o ,D'ott , , d ,' arrived, last night, a t N argen . Li eu t. "'LP' the Duke of Wellingt on , i s appo i n t e d to wand of the mortar vessels. ts,,A $. 14 4 The commanding officers of five nu -t ordered, this evening at 9 p.m., to repair-g_in rce the Retribution, flag-ship of Rar-Admir"',,forel/, to receive special instructions, which have r :;0.r 2 , - ,i to their being sent away, to-morrow, on ac . ." - e rsr: 4 ," vice. They are to embark their superut l 7 o ocll. from the respective ships to which they as th e ar • Two of them are to proceed to Wyborg-- - ' nation of the others has not transpired. , is July 28.—The steam transport Cottingit:, o s l t; pointed to sail at 2 p.m. on her homewar," ' e rss2,, She takes to England invalids, supers' a lso returned stores, and the ships' letter bags r eati overland mail, for transmission from -1,:i.00: 0 t Dantzic. The letters which have been did h v o i from Cronstadt for two weeks successivev,,tyity„e reach Nargen until after the steamer for DPi t aV4 been despatched ; consequently our frien c lbeite land will naturally feel great anxiety at n ° rv - t i s l V from us with the accustomed regularity. ' t o P a h , number of officers and seamen serving regularity, t he ;ed off this port feel it a hardship, that duri n DepP,',if sence of the Commander-in-Chief they sr ° of the regular weekly communication t iv.5,1 11 0 0 relatives and connexions at home, and virt,, l viiir D i T e ei out detriment to the service, might e ;',7,o* fat been afforded them, had a small stealcoes placed at the disposal of Rear-Admiral 134.' that purpose. ' Tea 0 1 . NARGEN, u"" thes 1' We have all been on the g ui vive durin!, so,iis week, expecting an attack to be made nr ° } , o - en n i borg, and I believe our hopes have only ,: t ta ' appointed by the non-arrival of the Ca l ' I _ a lso dEolus with the reserve ammunition. i ,„ IP - t he On Wednesday, the 25th, at noon, th e an d i - and Hawke joined the fleet from Bar eli erPtila latter saluted the Admiral before she alle - b ° 0 ,01c.: 4 0 You will remember that a short tint° a s o - ; trolg Arrogant destroyed an unfinished fort pi r v l irib° barracks on the Island of Kotka, near pa 1 since then it was told us that another larr o isll v a was situate on the northern part of ~t 4,013, 0 0 capacious enough to accommodate 4,0t , 0 p a 0°,4 that there was a large fort of 28 g r u o t i ti o r ta t a lo i : more barracks, on the military' Helsingfors and Wyborg, and though„ i h C e tre e ° ll3 B be seen from the ships on account 0 1 ', / , ! _j_cloi n ,or was within the range of their guns', n ot "th s . Cossack, towing the Rocket and “ to - y t iva tbe, tar vessels, and the Magicienn e, o sist De Blazer and Pickle, were sent t° ts she 001 Arrogant and one or two gun" heli 00 g-e 0 with her , in destroying the place orPolid round the island in search of t h e oon th° they discovered the troops leaving lon a ; o il marching over a bridge to the war bridg e de 4 Cossack was then placed to destroy t' e t hen It sad ' prevent the troops returning ; our we ° so ril - 0 , to", and set fire to the buildings , and I ill e mt h Je r e the flames spread to the village, 0 " 1;10 0 9 clio ducod to ashes ; but the church, villie . 0 at, fof pretty one, was not touched, and rele„„ 3l l o olcif i ° o is alone among the ruins around it. '-',.'„ ai r 0 11 7 the fort, they found it situate about ', l " n s. !, bee . land and completely safe from thei r g- he l- ce rj ' All the mortar vessels ad gun-h e ,w 10 9 : 0 0t e painted of a leaden cotour, n to make t eno9 t t i spicuous m ar k s on the water for 004 00 sen so r. at. At 4.30 the Vulture, who bed ben in, P s look for the Calcutta, arrived withoottiop She was met a little to the south of, „ a pero' Slgr brings about a tons of old letter s an d Iv'forlinferose July 26.—During the morning th e A 00 1 lark, Hind, and Princess Alice arrive d FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The Emperor yesterday gave a private audience to M. de Olozaga, the Spanish Minister, who has just arrived from Spain. Prince Napoleon on Saturday paid his third visit of examination to the Universal Exhibition, the department of agriculture, and vegetable and ani mal productions being the part to which his atten tion was especially directed. The Prince was ac companied by M. Le Play, the Commissioner- General, Count de Gasparin, the President of the Classes, and several of the foreign commissioners. His Imperial Highness examined in detail the model of the system of drainage exhibited in the agricultural gallery, and also the productions from the rice fields of the Camargue, the wonderful fer tility of which particularly struck him. The diffe rent agricultural machines, both of France and other countries, were closely examined. The agri cultural produce of Algeria particularly attracted the attention of the Prince, who expressed his admiration at what he saw. The rich collec tion of agricultural productions of the United Kingdom also attracted the marked attention of the Prince, as did also the specimens of corn sent from Austria, particularly those from Bohemia. A fine collection of Bohemian wool in fleeces also called forth his warm admiration. The productions of the character named above of Belgium, Spain, Canada, the United States, and Egypt were also closely examined by the Prince, who expressed his great satisfaction to the Commissioners of the dif ferent countries. A decree in the Moniteur authorises Marshal Vaillant, Minister of War, to accept and wear the Grand Crow of the Belgian Order of Leopold, the Spanish Order of Charles 111., the Portuguese Order of St. Benoit d'Aviz, the Swedish Order of the Sword, and tie insignia of the Turkish Order of the Medjidie, Ist class. Marshal Magnan is authorised to wear the Grand Cross of the Portu guese order of St. Benoit d'Aviz, and M. Galard de Brass= (senator) the insignia of Knight of the Wurtemberg Order of Frederic. The Illoniteur publishes a decree, founded on the report of the Minister of Marine, increasing the pensions of invalids of the navy by 165 fr., in order to assimilate their allowance to that made to the invalids of the land forces. The Moniteur publishes extracts from a report of Rear-Admiral Bonard, Governor of the penal establishments in French Guiana, dated the 18th June. Preparations had been made for the recep tion of 1,200 additional convicts. The number in May was 3,298, and of them 262 were sick, and 23 had died ; in the corresponding month of the pre ceding year, when the number was 2,535, the sick were 242, and the dead 13. Discipline had been well maintained, but seven convicts had escaped. The different works were being continued, but they advanced but slowly owing to the number Of men being insufficient. The yellow fever had broken out on board the hospital barge, the Gardien, and, in consequence, the patients had been removed from it. Small concessions of land had been made to some liberated convicts, and all hands that could be spared from building and other works were occupied in agriculture. Great attention was also being paid to the breeding of cattle. The Governor of Dutch Guiana, M. Von. Schmidt-Auf-Altenstadt, had paid a visit to Cay pnne, and had received all the honours due to his tank. He made a minute examination of the French establishments, and obtained details re specting the system of discipline enforced. The Minister of Public Worship has addressed a circular to the Archbishops and Bishops, directing them to perform the usual religious services on the occasion of the fete of the 15th August, and to offer up prayers for blessings on France and on their Imperial Majesties. The Salut Public of Lyons states that the Medi terranean Railway Company has received orders to hold themselves in readiness to convey a numerous body of troops (1,500 a-day) from Lyons to the coast for embarkation, as well as 100,000 shells and a large quantity of powder. BOURSE, AUG. 6.—CLOSING PEIOES. Cash. fr. e. End of Month . 4} per Cents 94 75 91f. 95e. 3 per Cents 67 50 67 50 Cr6dit Mobilier 1197 50 Roman Credit Fonder 560 —.Austrian Belgian Fives — Spamish Threes Piedmontese — - - Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. -- fr. c. ft. c. Orleans - Lyons . . 1240 Western Bl7 50 Rouen: - Cette - -- Strasburg Mediterranean 1360 -- Havro 682 50 Northern - Marburg - -- TURKEY. A letter from Constantinople, of the 26th ult., says—" We have received no news from Asia. A courier who has been expected the last three days with despatches has not arrived, and as the roads are perfectly good at this season it is feared that he has been intercepted by the enemy." The following is the address delivered by M. Thouvenel in presenting his credentials to the Sultan " Sire—l have the honour of presenting to your Ma jesty the letters of the Emperor of the French, which accredit me to you in quality of Ambassador. I shall respond to the confidence which my august Sovereign has deigned to place in me, if I succeed in drawing still closer the bonds of friendship which unite France to Turkey. The Emperor, Sire, hoped at one time to be able to join in the Crimea that valiant army whose efforts, united to those of the Turkish and English troops, will secure the triumph of the most just of causes. In aban doning that intention, his Majesty made a painful sacri fice to other duties. Neither is it without sincere regret, of which I am expressly charged to be the organ, that the Emperor renounced the cordial welcome which your Ma jesty proposed to give him, and which would have set a personal seal on the sentiments of the two sovereigns. At the moment of commencing my mission, Sire, I ven ture to make an appeal to the kindness, of which your Majesty has deigned to give me marks before I had the honour of being known to you, and which I shall employ every care to preserve." The Presse d' Orient of Constantinople has letters from Kertch of the 22d ult. No news had been received from the Sea of Azoff, bpt five English bomb boats and two advice boats were cruising be fore Genitchi and the spit of Arabat. On the 18th part of the garrison of the Fort St. Paul made an expedition into the interior of the country as far as Kop-Sarai-Nn, six leagues from the town and one league from Sultanocka, where a small Russian corps is encamped. Notwithstanding the presence of the Cossacks, it effected a razzia of 600 oxen, but the value of them was paid to the inhabitants. The fortifications of St. Paul and Yenikale were termi nated and armed. A letter from Trebisond, of the 18th ult., an nounces the arrival there of 500 artillerymen sent W e le it, e n • th it mow tl l , l fitir ya 1,4 fear Al r, Pali % D ee ' 01 4 fkr 4l ehil 0),15 s 4 nch g u n -b ( Th e .41 v G era ; ars;,, f laya t s -rib r , A-utak.' he; 84L back", l ettio - ' 4, v ltt i ll 18 110 1 e 41%68 boa 1 i ales PI ( ke Pt) hope the )t road se ka e • iolL tle d t o ev er rqs ontt 114 1. 4 '8%1 , *u g ree