The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-30 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY.LANE. Luse.), Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS. EVENING, Will be performed MARRIED FOR MONEY. Characters by lir. Charles Mathews, Messrs. Robert Roxby and A. Youngs ; Mrs. 7. itatthews, Miss M. Oliver, and Miss Mason wal appear. After which, TWENTY MINUTES WITH A TIGER. To bo followed by NITOCRIS. Characters by Messrs. Z. F. Ed gar, Stuart, B. Sullivan, G. Wild , C. Vincent, St 4.; Miss Glyn, Mrs. gelby, Miss De Vere, Miss Anderton, Miss Cleveland, Ecc. • THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. llnder the Management of Mr. BUCILItOttO. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE BEGINNaIeING an d THE Miss Clu Ch bman, a racters by Messrs. Ro gers, Chippend, and owe ; nd Miss Swanberough. Followed by THE LITTLE TREASURE. To conclude with FISH OUT OF WATER. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cairns KUL THIS EVENING Wilt be presented JUDGE NOT BY APPEARANCES. After which, KING HENRY VIII. Queen Katharine, Mrs. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Kr. C. Kean. To conclude with A GAME OF ROMPS. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. proprietor, Mr. E. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed RORY O'MORE. Characters by Messrs. Hud son, P. Bedford. Selby, Parselle, J. Bland, Garden, &c. ; Misses man' Keeley, Kate Kelly, Wyndham, &c. Pollowed by BETSY BAKER. • To conclude with OPEN SESAME. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be presented PLOT AND PA.SSION-. Characters by MeStfts. F. Robson, Emery, G. Vining, Leslie, J. 11. White, EL Cooper, and Franks ; and Mrs. Stirling and Miss Bromley. Followed by CATCHING A MERMAID. To conclude with A BLIGHTED BEING. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. J. 11. Anderson, 18, Norfolk-street, Strand. I ncre ased Attractions, and success in equal ratio THIS, AND EVERY EVENING, at Eliht o'Clock, Will be presented, with entirely New and Magnificent Appoint ments, MAGIC and MYSTERY, in twelve acts, arranged in two p arts, by Professor Anderson. After which, the startling illustrations of Spirit-Rapping. HALF -4,N-11OUR wrrii THE SPIRITS, being the most surprising and Interesting series of experiments ever given within the walls of any theatre. . 100,000 persons have visited the Lyceum already to see the Great Wizard of the North. Prices of admission:—Private Boxes, 11. I Is. 6d. and 11. Is. ; Orchestra Stalls, 45.: Dress Boxes, 35.; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. No Half-price. Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Grand Morning Performance on Saturday Next at Two o'Clock. Doors open at Half-past One. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr: Payne. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. After which, SAM PATCH. Followed by NITOCRIS. To conclude with SIMPSON AND CO. AITTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. Win. Cooke. Coeval with its excitement is the prodigious success of the new Speqacic. Deafening acciamationi attend Mr. J. H. Cooke's mira culous " Flight of the Bridges." THIS EVENING, The new Spectacle de .Guerre, The FALL of SEBASTOPOL I After which the improved SCENES in the CIRCLE, with Mr. J. H. Cooke's astounding feat, the Sant du Pont, or Flight of the Bridges. To conclude with an incentive to cachinnation, in a Humorous FARCE. Box-ollee open from Eleven till Your. Stage Manager, Mr. W. W. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke. Jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY—Morn 44 min.aft. 4—Evening 4 min. aft. 5 T )-Nioliaow—Aona.26 min.aft. 5 —Evening 48 min. aft. 5 THE WEATHER.-SIIN OFFICE, Oct. 30. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 51—highest since noon yesterday. h2—Lowest this morning and during the night. 51—this day at noon. rAIIO3IETER, 29*18—fallen 3 degrees since yesterday. ...11vD, N.—Light, with heavy rain. K, \\ fl, ~~~ LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1855. The present value of Consols is, in round terms, 88, showing that the rate of interest on unexcep tionable security is , about 31. 7s. 6d. per cent. Any material fall forthwith attracts purchasers. The market is thus sustained against the patriotic efforts of the Bears, who play the game of their great northern brother, the Ursa Major of St. Petersburg, to the utmost extent practicable. From this it is evident that there is no lack of capital in the country, and that 3i per cent. is an ample price for its use ! How comes it then that the minimum rate of discount charged by the Bank on bills having more than 60 days to run is seven per cent., more than double what can be obtained by persons seeking an investment in the public funds ? The answer is obvious. The cur rency is deficient. There is not an adequate supply of the circulating medium—the very life blood of industry. We have the capital, but its measure and representative is wanting ; conse quently trade and commerce, which in other re sp-cts was never in A sounder state, is embarrassed and languishes, production is arrested, and the working-classes--the bees in the national hive— are starving, while all the honey is handed over to the drones ! Is this a suitable state of affairs ? Is this what the bullionists themselves will acknowledge that they desire. The most flippant repeater of the parrot cry, " What is a pound," must confess that it is not se —must acknowledge that there is a serious difficulty, although he may be unable to acquiesce in the nature of the proposed remedy. It is therefore indispensable that something should be done. The Times declares that " a re-discussion of the whole question in Parliament cannot be arranged too soon !" On this point we fay agree with the organ of the bullionists. The matter is of such vital importance, that it not merely warrants, but imperatively requires the assembling of the Legislature before Christ mas. It is therefore right that the public atten tion should be excited, and kept prominently directed towards the great topic of the clay. In comparison wherewith all others aro of secondary importance. The avowed object of the Act of 1844—that which its putative parent, or at least its Parlia mentary Sponsor—claimed for it was, "that, under its provisions, the currency should at all times, and under all circumstances, maintain the same intrinsic value." This is the statement of the Times itself, and therefore cannot be objected to, by those who have selected that journal as their advocate and mouth-piece. Can it for a moment be asserted that such has been the case ? Have there not been. greater fluctuations in prices and in the value of property—greater derangement in trade than at any former period, when there was no limitation or responsibility in the issue of Bank notes ? At what period has there been wilder spec ulatiQll3 accceded by all b u t a total collapse? we see' money, or rather currency, at one time a mere drug in the market, easily obtainable at 2 per cent. per annual, or even a lower rat e . At another time it cannot be h ad on just as unques tionable security at 7or even 8 per cent. Th e former arises from the undue expansion of the currency. The Bank must pay for all the gold ten tiered k a fixed price ! It does not want any ad ditioni) supply; but it cannot refuse what is offered. To protect itself, and to be enabled to Pay a "-Landsoine dividend on its stock, it must afford etstraordinary facilities to every customer — must press its notes into circulation. Undue speculation is thereby fostered. There is not ado quat'A employment at home, and foreign invest- 1 ments are sought and loans granted on very doubtful: securities: Then comes the retrograde movement. The gold flows from our ports. The 8 an 7,7, puts on the screw, as it is technically • termed. The tempter turns on those who have yielded to his blandishments, and men of un questionable solvency are unable to meet engage ments contracted under very different circum stances. All this misery and loss is occasioned because, by the provisions of the Act, the cur rency contracts when it ought to expand, and ex pands when it ought to be contracted. The perturbations which ensue are its neces sary consequences. The cycle of distress, difficulty, and panic must be completed at any cost. The most fearful sacrifices follow before matters are restored to their former con dition—and there is again fair remuneration for the working classes, the fitting encouragement for the creators and producers of national wealth. Now, the great problem to be solved is, how to remedy this crying evil !—how to effect what PEEL'S Act professed to do, but totally failed to. accomplish. There are many ways that may be suggested, but the great foundation must be a purely national note of small denomination—issued directly by, or on behalf of the Government, and based on the national taxation. This would be perfect for all domestic purposes. It would liberate the forty or fifty millions of sovereigns that are now only useful as tokens—and render them really beneficial in our foreign trade, while, by judicious management, the value of the national note might always be preserved at nearly the same amount, and easily exchangeable for gold by those who required it. The increase or diminu tion in the nominal charge would afford sufficient indications of the state of our foreign trade —and serve as a far better corrective of any undue speculation than the present system, and without injuring internal trade or manufac ture, or compelling the industrious classes to en dure bitter pzivations, arising from causes wholly beyond their control, and for which they cannot be considered in any degree responsible. There is a dark and ominous cloud in the Far West that threatens a very serious storm in the political horizon—a storm far worse than that which spread desolation over Russia, and occa sioned the sacrifice of thousands of hecatombs of human victims at the shrine of the insatiable Vloloch of ambition and cupidity. It is worse, because the danger comes from men of our own lineage, who speak the same language and spring from the same parent stock as ourselves—still more, from men who boast of free institutions, and are earnest sticklers for liberty for all whose veins are untainted by African blood. For many, very many reasons, we should deplore " a difficulty" with our Transatlantic brethren. But we must preserve the national honour intact, and not submit to insolent bullying from any man or set of men. It signifies little whether the object of President PIERCE, and his pugnacious Attorney- General, Mr. CALEB CUSHING, be the paltry one of helping themselves in the approaching elections, or of effecting a political coup by the annexation of Cuba, or of obtaining some other public or private advantage, by scarcely justifiable means. The mischief will be the same from whatever ~ource it may arise. Great events have arisen from trifling causes ; and the universal condem nation of Mr. CALEB CUSHING will be a very in adequate satisfaction to every right-minded Eng lishman and American, if the two great represen tatives of the Anglo-Saxon race should be in volved in an internecine war on totally inadequate and unjustifiable grounds. The present complication has arisen out of the impolitic and very infelicitous Foreigners' En listment Bill, which was hurried through both Houses of Parliament, at the beginning of last session, with reckless and indecent haste. At the time we pointed out some of the manifold objec tions to its provisions—that even if it could be carried into practical operation, without embroil ing us with other states, it would be a gratuitous and unwarrantable insult to our own countrymen and the martial spirit of England ; and also that it would be a needless humiliation, for we could scarcely hope to obtain the required recruits with out involving ourselves with the neutral nations in which they might be enlisted. There is no country in which the unauthorised enlistment of its subjects, to carry on war against a nation at peace with itself, is not a very serious offence. We also explained the difficulty, if not impo3- sibility, of procuring the necessary authorisation, and the impropriety of seducing citizens from their allegiance to their lawful Sovereigns, add ' iug—" Now, considering the just indignation already expressed against all sympathisers, pri vateers-men, and others not absolutely concerned in the quarrel—recollecting, too, the tone adopted in the first instance, and the rose-water manner in which it was proposed to wage the war, the sentimentality that spared Odessa and the foreign trade of Russia, it seems strange that we should at once plunge into the most obnoxious principle ever promulgated—the employment of merce naries, who may be regarded as mere pirates, and not allowed the ordinary honours of war !" Our remonstrances were, however, useless. A sinister and scarcely constitutional influence pre vailed. Germanism triumphed, and the Act re ceived the Royal assent ; and it is for the pro ceedings under that most unwise enactment that the Government of Great Britain have been called to account by that of the United States. Now, perhaps, the members of the Cabinet of Washington are the last who could put forward very high claims to impeccability in this matter. We have heard too much of sym pathisers and fillibustering expeditions fitted up, if not with the avowed sanction, with the tacit connivance of those in power. When the object of attack was injurious to Great Britain or any of its Allies there were very trifling efforts made to vindicate the majesty of the law, about w hi c h Mr. CALEB CUSHING is now so virtuously in dignant. There was scarcely a show !of activity, and just grounds of complaint were afforded to our Government. The most trifling occasion was, however, s e i ze d on to demand explanations from the British Ca binet. They were given in a frank an d straightforward manner, such as to a well constituted mind would have furnished an ample excuse for so trivial a transgression. Lord CLARENDON declared that ho gave stringent instructions not to violate the municipal law, expressing deep regret if any such vio lation had taken place, and, further, putting a total and immediate stop to the practice com plained of. This between nations was a complete satisfaction, as it would be between gentlemen. `But C ALEB CUSHING has but little of the gentle manly element in his composition. Whether in stigated by others or, actuated only by his own narrow, pettifogging spirit, he insults the British Minister and a body of high-minded, honourable gentlemen —the British Consuls in such a man ner as would warrant the application of a cow-hide, soundly administered, to his shoulders, were he a private individual, an d universal condemnation in his official capa city. We can only hope that the good sense of the high-minded people of America will prevent the serious consequences to both nations, and . -to the cmise of liberty and civilisati3n all over th' world, that must inevitably follow any breach be tween those whose interests are one and indivisi ble. There are Russian agents and Russian sympathisers in the States, but the people generally, who are opposed to their sinister de signs, should not permit themselves to be impli cated therein, or to play the game of an Autocrat under a flag of freedom. The vacancy in the Colonial-office, occasioned by the lamented decease of Sir W. MOLESWORTH, has, as a matter of course, given rise to a variety of rumours as to who is to be, or has been, called upon to fill it. Among these is one advanced with some degree of confidence by a morning contem porary, who professes to have received it as a piece of intelligence " from a reliable source," to the effect that Lord ELGIN has had the office tendered to him, but has declined in favour of Lord J. RUSSELL 1 So far as the offer goes there is nothing to excite scepticism, but we certainly are reluctant to believe that the Nobleman in question could so far forget what was due both to himself and the country as to be guilty of the folly so good-naturedly imputed to him. A better man, judging him by his antecedents, to fill the vacant office could not be found, the Noble Earl having, and more especially as Governor of Canada, given unmistakeable proof of a high capacity for colonial administration. The more unlikely, therefore, is it that one who in every emergency, and throughout his entire career, has acted with so much wisdom and discretion should play a part in so miserable a farce. The noble earl could not but be aware that the recent conduct of Lord JOHN RUSSELL has not only lost him the confidence of the political world, but has rendered him obnoxious to the mingled resentment and pity of the country, and, knowing this, we may dismiss from our minds the notion that Lord ELGIN has acted as alleged. The Noble Earl is not the man to withhold his services in a sphere where they may be valuable, save on adequate grounds ; and among these no one will be disposed to count that of placing in the Cabinet at the present time, when success is attending our arms, an individual whose vacil lation and incapacity nearly cost us, awhile back, a dangerous and inglorious peace. Not only, however, do we repudiate the latter portion of the rumour, but we are strongly inclined to be lieve not merely that Lord ELGIN has not declined the office, but that, when offered, it will be ac cepted, if that is not the case already. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Last evening a comic interlude, entitled Twenty Minutes with a Tiger, was produced here with the most complete success. A certain "commercial," one Charles Beeswing; a traveller in wines, undertakes to " effect a sale" with a crusty, retired old nabob, who has hitherto withstood the efforts of a whole host of that enterprising community ; or, failing in the attempt, as he terms it, to forfeit a couple of cases of champagne. Accordingly " King Charley" accosts Mr. Chili Chutnee in his den, and then ensues a scene whicn we shall not attempt to describe. Our readers can best imagine the acting cf Mr. C. Mathews, who introduces himself to old Chutnee as "a roadster, whose relations are scattered over the world like dandelions over a corn field, who ,would not lend him a cold key to put down his back to stop his nose bleeding." For about half-an-hour the house was in one continued roar of laughter, and the climax of the piece was reached before the good temper of the audience was exhausted. Mr. Beeswing wine his wager and a wife at the same time, as the daughter of the old man turns out to be " the object of his young heart's affection." Mr. Mathews was capitally supported by Mr. A. Younge, who acted the dry, husky old nabob to the life. At the fall of the curtain Mr. C. Mathews was called for, and the piece was announced for repetition every evening, amidst the most enthusiastic applause. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, OCT. 29. The Queen walked in the grounds adjoining the Castle this morning. The Prince went out shooting. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred rode on horse back. The Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge, and the Duke of Cambridge, are expected this afternoon on a visit to her Majesty. Lord George Lennox has been invited, and is also expected. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce and Sir George Couper, arrived in London from Frogmore yesterday morning, and paid a visit to the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House, Park-lane. Her Royal Highness left town by the Great Western Railway in the afternoon on her return to Frogmore. The Portuguese Micister left town on Sunday on a visit to Viscount Palmerston, at his seat, Broadlands, Hants. THE EMBASSY TO VIENNA.—WO have reason to be lieve that Sir Hamilton Seymour is appointed to the emLassy at Vienna. Lord John Russell has consented to deliver a lecture at Exeter-hall, on the evening of Tuesday, Nor. 13, on the subject of " The obstacles which have retarded moral and intellectual progress." The vacant Commissionership of Charities has been conferred upon Mr. Headlam, M.P. for Newcastle. At Paris a new medal has been struck. On the face is a profile of the Emperor's bust, with the legend— Napoleon 111., Emperor. On the reverse is the follow ing inscription :—" Capture of Kinburn by the allied fleets of France and England, on the 27th of Oct." Meyerbeer is expected at Vienra on the 10th of next mouth ; he is to direct in person the rehearsals of the " Etoile du Nord," which will be performed for the first time at Vienna on the fete-day of her Majesty the Em press. The aged Prince Metternich will arrive at Vienna on Saturday, intending, as is his wont, to spend the winter in the capital. The Earl of Pomfret has left his shooting quarters in the Highlands, and is making a series of visits on his way south to his seat in Northamptonshire. The Earl and Countess of Bessborough, who are en tertaining company at their seat in Ireland, are not ex pected in London before December. The Earl of Harrowby is expected to arrive in town to-day, from Sandon Hall, Staffordshire. Viscount Palmerston returns to town, this morning, from Broadlands. The Lord Chancellor arrived at his mansion, in Upper Brook-street, yesterday, from his seat near Bexley, in Kent. Lord Cavendish has joined the Chatsworth Rifles, in Derbyshire, from visiting the Duke of Devonshire, at Lisntore Castle, and his Excellency the Earl of Carlisle, in Dublin. The Earl and Countess Howe and the Ladies Adelaide and Emily Curzon closed their visit to the Earl and Countess of Derby, yesterday, at Knowsley, and pro ceeded to Gopsall Hall, Leicestershire. Lord and Lady Courtenay are staying in town, having returned from Powderham Castle, Devon. Countess Fortescue is laid up with a very severe illness at Castle Hill, near Southmolton, Devon. Her ladyship is, however, gradually recovering, and it is hopes that she will shortly be well enough to return to London. The Germanic Diet sat for the first time since the vacation on the 25th of October, but nothing important came under discussion. The new Russian Envoy to the Did, Baron Brunnow, has presented his letters of °cadence to the Austrian Envoy, Baron de Prokesch Osten, who ie president of the Diet. The family of Baron Brunnow will continue to reside at Darmstadt. ..... --- Travellers by the Hollando-Belgian Railway still com plain of the vexatious severity on the part of the police on the two frontiers with respect to passports. A letter from Constantinople, in the Moniteur, states that orders have been sent from that city to Smyrna, for the immediate execution of the two Greeks who a short time since assassinated a sailor belonging to the French brig Olivier. A letter from Bucharest of the 17th, in the /ndepen dplctazeweeaoffeßw druasysels, s a y s :—" A. duel with pistols, took the ago, wai llt h w i eaenn Militia, itCharlesa and C lo r r e . t z E o d u o le u s a c r o d , ex-Colonel of Saillard, au Attache at the French Consulate. Both parties returned uninjured from the combat." EXPULSION OF THIRTY-FOUR REFUGEES FRODI JER SEY.--SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Night.—The Channel Islands mail-packet has arrived. She brings intelligence that the whole of the thirty-:our refugees who signed the declaration which appeared last week in The Sun have been ordered to leave Jersey this week, by order of the British Government. Amongst the ex pelled are Victor Hugo and his sons; PAUL, STRAHAN, AND BATES.—It is understood that these unhappy criminals will remain in Newgate, or the Millbank Prison, until a complete investigation of their d th o e f y the will ir b penal e r n e a m l o a v e e n i t i e t .I_br37lorta:l7cr i k 7 affairs is made, a nd balance-sheet in b ankruptcy filed, dead,t uogrs, thrown Victoria (r.), Ad n d d vr t ere h mt a i t 3aeri afterwards GREAT Loss OF CATTLE. —The Ro y al Boaden, of Aberdeen, from Twinin g to this port, h as Bbshatasofsfiusteei,dainudtowihthar,o t Barbour by overboard, having encountered very heavy weather. — Lowestoft, Oct, 26. b l 7 0 O t w cattle steam LATEST NEWS. .....—...•.,... , 11, j0r........... NEW RUSSIAN LEVY. BERLIN, TUESDAY MORNING. Advices from St. Petersburg state that the Emperor is about to, publish a manifesto ordering a levy of 10 men In every thousand, throughout the Empire, with the exception of some few pro- vinces. VIENNA, OCT. 28. General Prince Gortschakoff has received, through General Stackolberg, full powers from the Emperor to defend or abandon the Crimea, according to circumstances, without incurring any responsibility for the determination to — which he may come. FRANCE AND THE TWO SICILIES. PARIS, TUESDAY MORNING. The subjoined announcement appears in the Moniteur : "On the 15th of August last the French ship of war La Gorgone, at anchor in the Fort of Mes sina, celebrated there the fete of the Emperor. The Military Commandant of the place, although apprised of the celebration by the Vice-Consul of France and by the Civil Intendant of Messina, did not comply with the usage customary between friendly nations, and did not hoist the Neapolitan flag. " The Government of the Emperor having complained of this want of courtesy, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies has, by order of his Sovereign, forwarded to the Minister Plenipotentiary of his Imperial Majesty at Naples a note, which happily con cludes this disagreeable incident. " The Neapolitan Government expresses its regret that the Military Commandant of Messina should not have complied with the intimation given him by the Civil Intendant ; and it gives the assurance that formal instructions will prevent in future in all the ports of the Two Sicilies the omission that has occasioned the just complaints of the Government of the Emperor." WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship La Plata, Captain Weller, has arrived here, with the West India, Mexican, and Pacific mails. (Prom the Supplement of the Invalide Russe.) Prince Gortsckakoff transmits the following de tails, under the date of Oct. 19, 5.30 p.m. The movement of the enemy's ships towards Eupatoria continues, as well as the landing of troops at that place. We can perceive also that the camp below Eupatoria has been greatly ex tended. On other points of the peninsula nothing of importance has occurred. The following telegraphic despatches have been sent from Nicolaieff to St. Petersburg by order of the Emperor : NICOLAIEFF, Om. 18, 9.30 P.M. The Nicholas Battery, situate on the right bank of the embouchure of the Dnieper, on the low point of a promontory, and separated from the fortress of Oczakoff, which is on higher ground, was uselessly exposed to inevitable destruction if bombarded by the enemy ; we therefore blew it up this morning at 6 o'clock, after baring with drawn the garrison. At 8 o'clock a steam frigate and a gunboat of the enemy's fleet quitted the liman. Ten steamers and six gunboats have moved to a position higher up the river. At two o'clock in the afternoon two screw ships of the line, of 80 and 90 guns respectively, sepa rated from the fleet, and steamed in the direction of Oczakoff. The rest of the enemy's ships re main anchored in the same position they held yesterday. NICOLAIEFF, OCT. 19, fi 35 P.M. Since the despatch of yesterday left to the pre sent time the enemy has attempted nothing of im portance. The fleet, which is lying in the open sea at some distance from the mouth of the liman, has not changed its position. The same number of vessels remain at the mouth of the river. One of the gun-boats, while taking soundings, ap proached the entrance of the Boug. This morning, the vessels moored in the road of Oczakoff, were reinforced by 2 mortar-boats, 11 gun-boats, and 2 steamers, detached from the fleet. We can count 8 vessels of different kinds. The enemy have increased the number of their tents pitched on the Spit of Kinbourn ; there is no movement in this direction. BERLIN, MONDAY EVENING. The rumour of considerable religious discontent existing in Russia is confirmed by a Government circular just issued to the Russian clergy :—" He who doubts the Czar to be the sole protector of the Orthodox Church is declared to be an apos tate." The negotiations between Austria and France, now actively proceeding,'are said to relate prin cipally to the affairs of the Danubian Principali ties, which the Emperor Napoleon 111. desires to have immediately arranged. General Canrobert's mission to Sweden is re ported to have the same object as the visit of Admiral Dundas—to obtain permission for a por tion of the Allied fleets to winter in Swedish porta. THE CRIMEA. " Our Constantinople correspondent, writing on , the 18th, informs us," sa ge t he Constitutionnel "that the allied troops who had advanced beyond the Belbek, where they were, it was said, to take up a position, have received orders to return to their former encampments on the Tchernaya, and in the valley of Baidar. He adds that the bad state of the roads, which will soon become per fectly impracticable, especially for an army with artillery and a large materiel, is the sole cause of the adjournment the plan which was said to have been resolved upon—to pursue the Russian army, and force it to accept a decisive battle. It is believed, then, that nothing more will be done during the winter than to attack vigo rously the forts on the northern side of Sebas topol, so as to destroy them and expel the Rus sians. Preparations for that purpose are accord ingly being made, and the enemy is endeavouring to prevent thorn by increasing his fire more and more every day against the town. This news •is not calculated to satisfy the hope that had been en tertained of an early affair ; but we must take into account the difficulties of the ground, and if there has boon wet weather in the Crimea, as in France, a modification of the plans of the campaign may have been necessary. After all, the General-in-Chief confided to no one what he projected, and so what is said now may be merely conjecture. - What can be affirmed, is that our base of operations is a good one, and that the Allied generals have the advan tage over their adversaries of having no need to fear either for their communications or for their supplies." In a letter from the Polish frontier, dated Oct. 19, to the Augsburg Gazette, we read :—" There are now at Nicolaieff 14 battalions of infantry, chiefly composed of the reserves of the 10th Divi sion of Infantry, and 0 battalions of the Second Division of Artillery with 72 guns and more than 2,000 artillerymen. Kherson is not so well de fended by far, for it contains only a few battalions of infantry with some artillery and Cossacks. But at Perekop there are 21 battalions of the grenadier corps. It is distressing for Russia to be compelled to scatter her forces over all the point 4 a disem, ER 80, 1855. ' barkation. This is the reason why she is reinforcing the small garrisons with militia." The Bremdenblatt states that, after the capitula tion and occupation of Kinbourn by the allies, the offer was made to General Knorring, the com mandant of Otchakoff, to withdraw with his troops, with the honours of war. The general refused, but, seeing the impossibility of holding out, blew up the fortifications of the place. A letter from Sebastopol to the Ost-Deutsche Post says that the new French floating batteries are entirely built of iron, and covered with a shell of the same metal, under which the chimney is lowered and concealed during an action. Trials have been made against this shell with 64-pound ers, but they only produced a slight dent, the pro jectiles themselves re-bounding far away. When shut, the batteries look like a tortoise, broader in front than behind. The front battery is armed with 30 guns of the heaviest calibre. The port holes are in their turn closed by lids that open of themselves at the moment the gun is fired, and then shut instantly. A small orifice in the lid enables the gunner to take aim. A letter from Varna, of the 18th, in the Ger man Journal of Frankfort, says :—" It is probable that the Allies will also attack the Russians by the side of Bessarabia. The Allied Generals know from positive information that when Russia shall have lost the Crimea, she will no longer be able to march another army of regular troops into Bessa rabia, but will be obliged to have recourse to the militia of the Empire. The coasts of the Black Sea from Odessa to Nicolaieff are already lined with 40,000 of those militia, and others are arri ving every day. Turkish troops are constantly leaving this place for Eupatoria. Some of the Bashi-Bazouks of the corps of General Vivian, and a detachment of the Auglo-German Legion have arrived here." FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The Emperor yesterday gave an audience, at the Palace of St. Cloud, to the Baron de Wendland, the Bavarian Minister, who delivered to his Ma jesty a private letter from his Sovereign. The Emperor also received Baron Von der Pfordten, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bavaria, presented by the Bavarian Minister ; Baron de Buest; Saxon Minister of Foreign Affairs, presented by the Saxon Minister ; General Willisen, Aide-de-camp to the King of Prussia, who has come to Paris to study the improvements made in gunnery, presented by the Count de Hatzfeld, the Prussian Minister ; and Count d'Appony, son of the ex-Austrian Am bassador at Paris, presented by Baron de Hubner, the Austrian Minister. The Moniteur contains the following :—" The welcome given by the Emperor and Empress to the Duke and Duchess of Brabant, and the marks of confidence and sympathy exchanged between their Majesties and their Royal Highnesses during the sojourn of the latter in France, have been the faith ful expression of the sentiments which animate the two countries. France and Belgium are sisters by origin, habits, language, and interests. The two nations now comprehend that fact as well as the sovereigns. But nothing can more contribute to strengthen the union of the two peoples, and to facilitate their friendly intercourse than the cordial relations between the reigning families." Gen. Canrobert, Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor, has left Paris for Stockholm. Cardinal Wiseman had the honour of being re ceived yesterday by the Emperor at Saint Cloud. The Emperor, taking into consideration the la mentable manner in which several communes near the Soane were injured by a heavy hail-storm in July last, has allowed a sum of 2,000 francs from his privy-purse towards the aid of the sufferers. BOURSE, Oct. 29, Two o'Clock.—This morning the Three per Cents. obtained an advance in the Coulisse to 64fr. 50c., as there were some reports of a renewal of negotiations for peace. But fresh lots of stock were thrown on the market, and they again receded to 46fr. 40c. and 64fr. 30c. A tele graphic despatch announced that General Gortscha koff bad received full powers to maintain ground in the Crimea or to begin his retreat. There was a new fall on the Mobilier to 1165 fr., and on the Austrian shares to 705 fr. in consequence of the foundation of a Credit Mobilier at Vienna, under the auspices of MM. Rothschild. Half-past Three. All the Securities were offered at the end of the market. The Threes were done at 64fr. 25c. ; Mobilier went down to 1,150 fr., but rallied afterwards to 1,160 fr. ; Aus trian Shares declined to 695 fr., and their closing price was 702 fr. 5Gc. buyers. rench Shares were rather steady, but without much business. The following are the last quotations : Cash. fr. e. End of Month. 4i per Cents 9O 25 —f. —c. S per Cents 64 30 61 30 New Loan 65 20 Bank Shares 3200 Roman Credit Mobilier 1155 Austrian Belgian Five 5........ 95 Spanish Threes Piedmontese B5 Home Debt ......... nen, wA 11S—ron Ono x. fr. c. C. Orleans Northern Lyons- ~.,...1122 50 New Ditto 752 50 Mediterranean 1217 50 Grand Central 585 Lions Genova 660 Test() Cott° 660 Austrian Com. 705 TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 18.—The entire of the Turkish Contingent, which was encamped near Buyukdere, has at length, with the exception of a portion of the cavalry, sailed for Kertch. The contingent is ultimately to number 30,000. Two batteries of. British artillery, two thousand French, and two thousand English regular soldiers, toge ther with three thousand men of a Polish cavalry corps, are to be incorporated with the contingent. The artillery, the Anglo-French 4,000 men, and the 3,000 Poles are intended ) enforce order, in case of necessity amongst the Mussulman troops. It is now finally determined that General Shirley, with the whole of the cavalry under his orders, shall proceed with the rest of the contingent to the Straits of Yenikale. The town of Yenikale will be the head-quarters of the force under Gen. Vivian. Sir John Stewart, Bart., aide-do-camp to General Vivian, is detained at Pera by illness. AUSTRIA, A letter from Vienna, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" The question of the refugees has led to communications between England and several of the continental Governments. The French Go vernment entertains the same views on the subject as Austria, and it is certain that M. de Persigny has received orders to support the representations of Count Colleredo at the Court of St. James. It is thought that England will on this occasion be disposed to satisfy the wishes of the continental Powers. The latter, it is said, demand that the Alien Bill of 1848 shall be brought into effect, and that a clause shall be added to it enabling the Go vernment to expel as a measure of police any sus pected foreigners who may give rise to well-founded complaints on the part of the Governments which are on friendly terms with England." PRUSSIA. The Stock Exchange Gazette of Berlin maintains that negotiations have been going on between the Western Powers and Austria, but that they are relative not to the four points but to the regulation of the Principalities, France desiring that the organisation of these countries shall be proceeded to before the end of the war. "We are assured," qa.yg that journal, " that Count Walewski in a note communicated to ooto:Lk Duel, cso.y3 thrst the Em peror of the French desires that such measures shall be taken as to cause the organisation of the Provinces to be a fait accompli on the conclusion of peace." The journal adds that negotiations are also being carried on between Austria and the Western Powers with respect to the Greek ques tion and the difference between Piedmont and Tuscany. RUSSIA. A letter from Berlin, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" The greatest dissatisfaction is manifested by the higher classes of St. Petersburg. The situa tion tion bequeathed by the preceding government is borne with impatience, and little thanks are offered to the German Powers for the purely non-inter ventional and diplomatic attitude which prolongs the war. Still no concessions are dreamt of. A letter from Posen, in the Post .Ampt Gazette, says :—" According to the last letters from War saw preparations have been recommenced there for the reception of the Emperor Alexander, and they are on such an extensive scale as to lead to the conclusion that his Majesty will spend part of the winter in the Polish capital. The pre cise period of his arrival is not yet known, but it is expected that be will remain in the proximity of the scene of war until the close of the present campaign ; and it is now again said that, if peace is not concluded in the course of the winter, he will head the army in the spring." The twelfth volume of "L'llistoire du Consulat et do l'Ernpire," by M. Tbiers, has just appeared. Its readers will find at its commencement a preface, in which the author discusses the causes which produced the fall of the monarchy of Napoleon I. M. Thies does not hesi tate to attribute them in principle to the absolutism of the Imperial form. Led by his subject to compare the disadvantages attendant on this absolutism with those on freedom, M. Thiers concludes that the latter, al though great, are yet leas to be dreaded. AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, Aug. 9.—Waiting with quiet, dull anxiety the receipt of the new Constitution, and the assembling of the council necessarily for the last time, we have literally no politics. The council, it is understood, is not to be called together till No vember. This at all events shows that, notwith standing the " dirt" thrown by the members of the Executive on our financial condition, the embar rassment of the Government in consequence of the resolution of the council "not to vote more taxes" has not been very great. In fact, it is a relief to the Government that they have been compelled to retrench, and as the revenue is getting better the Executive can afford a little delay. And for this there is very good reason ; but, as usual in such cases, the reason put prominently forward is not the strongest, or, to Victorian eyes and understandings, the most urgent. It is said that Sir Charles Ilo tham's reason for not assembling the Council until November is• that the enfranchisement of the dig gers cannot take effect until that month ; but there is supposed to be another reason behind, namely, that, although Sir Charles does not relish certain provisions of the Constitutional Acts, he has the sagacity to perceive that it is necessary in order to placate the public mind. And, indeed, the dilatory habits of the Colonial-office have already produced much discontent, which it is desirable should not be pushed higher by further delays. It is also to be hoped that, in the amend ments which the Secretary of State proposes, the principle of leaving our local concerns to ourselves should not be broken in upon. If that be done there will assuredly be a row," and the proba bility is that the Legislative Council will insist upon a bill preserving the principle of local self government, which bill the Governor will find it inexpedient to disallow. It will, in short, be a repetition of the conduct of the popular party in relation to the Convicts Prevention Bill, with far more reason and justification. I believe the Tasmanians have got their bill. They aveilded those clauses in the bills of the other colonies which were supposed to invade Imperial rights. Mr. Rogers, the new Solicitor-General of Tasmania, arrived a short time since, and it was stated that he was the bearer of a despatch to Sir Henry Young, conveying the Queen's allowance of the act in question. If so, the last colony of the Australian group which received a partially repre sentative Council will be the first to receive a sub stantial measure of self-government, with a respon sible Ministry. A very beautiful bronze medal has been struck to commemorate the cessation of transportation. It is three inches in diameter. On the obverse is an excellent medallion portrait of the Queen, with the words " Victoria, Queen" above the head, and the date, " MDOCCLIII." below. On the reverse are the armorial bearings of Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land no longer), with the words " Cessation of Transportation, 1853," above, and " Tasmania, founded 1803," below the arms. In my last letter I mentioned the proposed for mation of another bank on the Scotch principle. You are aware that most of the banks in operation here were formed in London or in New South Wales, the only one of local growth being the Bank of Victoria. Although that bank has not been quite three years in operation, and although it has met with some disasters—one of its branches hav ing been "stuck up" about nine months ago— yet it is in a very satisfactory condition. I en close the financial statements laid before the share holders by the directors on the 30th of June at the half-yearly meeting. Their gross profits on the half-year amount to 52,0111. They declare a divi dend of 10 per cent., 12,3781., and they add 16,8781. to the reserved fund of 80,1211., making that fund 97,000/. This, of course, gives the pub lic great confidence in the institution. There has been a very considerable failure here lately. The firm of Watts and M'Kechnie have had several meetings of their creditors, three of whom have been appointed to examine their af fairs. These gentlemen have reported. The docu ment is said to belong, and to enter very fully into the dealings and position of the firm. The parti culars have not been allowed to transpire, but it is understood that the intervention of the Insolvent Court cannot be avoided. Messrs. Louis Loewe and Co. have just esta blished at Richmond (a suburb of Melbourne, and the seat of several factories) a manufactory of stearine candles. At present the works are capable of turning out about three tons of candles per week, and those who have seen them say that, in quality and appearance, they are equal to the best im ported. The manager of the works is a Mr. Mor gan, who learnt his business and acquired his ex perience in Sir Charles Price and Co.'s establish ment at Vauxhall. We have plenty of tallow here, and it is said, " Why send tallow home to have it brought back in the shape of stearine, or Belmont wax, or composition candles V' I hope the enter prising proprietors will not have to answer, " be cause the two freights and double charges do not equal the difference in the cost of manufacture." I tau told that thu proprietors are emnguino that they can undersell the average price, and, there fore, that they want no mere protection than the freight and charges to London and back afford. AIM. 15.—We have news from England I;ydrib blets. Yesterday morning the papers contained English news up to the 18th of May, and in the afternoon a vessel called the White Eagle came in, having touched at the Cape of Good }lope, where she picked up English news to the 11th of June. She brought no newspaper of any kind, but the captain told a short story to the effect that the Allies were in possession of a very considerable portion of the outworks on the south side of Sebas topol. Every ono hopes this news may be true. Watts and M‘Kechnie's liabilities are stated at 68,0001., of which 28,0001. is owing to English creditors. They show assets which it is said will realise Bs. in the 1/. The following are the gold returns of the last two weeks : WEEK ENDING AUGUST 4. The escorts have brought from oz. Mount Alexander and Bendigo 15,852 Ballarat, including Geelong 12,470 The Ovens Maryborough Daisy Hill lit`lyor 5,447 1,233 586 Amount this week 42,297 and year 1,141,144 Gold shipped in 1855 Per City of Hobart, for Hobart Town Wonga Wonga, for Sydney 135 Vigilant, for Hong Kong , 5,133 Rowena, for Calcutta l,OOB 1,389,652 Or 57 tons 18 cw'c,. 0 qrs. 4 lb. 4 oz., at 80s ....... 25,558,608 WEEK ENDING AUGUST 11. The escorts have brought from— oz. Mount Alexander and Bendigo 17,803 Ballarat, including Geelong 13,265 Maryborough Daisy Hill 1,153 Avoca 398 oz. Amount this week Gold shipped in 1855 1,389,652 Per the Nile for Hong Kong Per the Telegraph for Sydney l,OOO 1,396,106 Or 58 tons 3cwt. lqr. 171 b. 20z., at 80s 25,584,424 The price remains at 3/. 16s. 6d. per ounce— draughts against gold at par. Freight 41 per ounce. Insurance 21 per cent. I am happy to say the price of flour is declining. Fine is 441. to 451. per ton of 2,0001 b. ; seconds, 401. to 43/. ; wheat is bought at the mills at 16s. to 17s. per bushel. There have been some heavy arrivals of Chilian and other flours, and the price cannot be maintained, but the chief stocks are in wealthy hands, and they resist the inevitoA. do cline as long as possible. Tillage has-been no doubt. considerably extended in the colony. The quantity of laud in cultivation is variously estimated at from 100,000 to 200,000 acres. It would require the cultivation of about 700,000 acres, or two. acres a-head of population, to meet all our wants. Of wheat alone we should require about 175,000 acres to supply us fully with bread, and as no one—not even the most sanguine—believes that we have above half the latter quantity in wheats, I do not anticipate that the price will fall below a remune rating rate to the importer, though it may to the grower. Hay is cheaper than it has been since the dis covery of gold. It is quoted at 81., 91., 91. 10s., and 101. according to quality, and some has been sold at 7/. 10s. ; the last was probably not well packed or trussed. The very best hay still commands 10/. There have been several meetings of the unem ployed lately, and they have had an interview with the Governor. Their object was to induce the Go vernor to alter the land regulations, so that such of the industrious classes as can command a little money could go upon land for the purpose of cul tivating it. Tho Governor alleged the stringency of the Laud Sales. Still it would be very desirable to allow the occupation of laud on beneficial terms —not that the majority of the unemployed could avail themselves of any such relaxed regulation; but some would, especially new arrivals with a little money, and that would relieve the labour market of an excess which is but temporary, and is in a great measure owing to the suspension of puhlic works. Qne very dangerous proposition has been put forward by the working men, in the shape of a re solution, to the effect that the Government is bound to find employment for every man wanting work. It is very probable that t he resolution go*,ftir tilqr fthAikthe pi:Avers, of the ra,e t ePP4r tended. They dick not mean that, qf journeyllien tailors or operative saddlers were in excess and out of work, the Government should turn tailor and saddler, but that the rule should merely apply to common labourers, who should be found work on public works. But even confined to this, it would be impracticable and very unwise, even if possible. Government can only possess capital to employ, by taking it from others in the shape of taxes, and then there is no doubt it is less efficiently employed, and therefore does not go so far as if left in private hands. I believe the high price of food interferes with employment much more than the working classes are disposed to admit. It checks accumu lation to a very great extent, and so tends to dimi nish the fund destined for the employment of la bour. I enclose a report of the labour market, which may be relied on as correct : " SATURDAY, Aug. 11. " There has been little or no change for the better during the week. Labour in the market is still sadly in excess of the demand, but there being many farmers taking advantage of the present low wages good agri cultural men and women have been freely engaged. Many of those lately hanging back for higher rates of wages are now engaging at a considerable reduction ; but there is an evident reluctance on their part to bind. themselves for more than a month or two, expecting, no doubt, that better times and wages are close at hand. " There has been some talk lately of draighting off the many unemployed single women to depots about the various diggings, where their services are certainly more required than about Melbourne ; but it is a strange fact that very many of them will not go even 20 miles out of town, although their wages would be better and. conveyance there found them. "We frequently find a deal of trouble in supplying our country orders with suitable female servants. Out of 50 or 60 female servants in the labour market, the generality of them want town employment, and at the present time will accept nothing else. "We have been unable to supply the demand for married couples. The following are the current rates : " With, rations—Married couples, without families, from 601. to 901.10: annum ; ditto, with families, from 501. to 701. ditto ; gardeners, 501. to 601. ditto ; grooms, 501. to 601. ditto ; general farm servants, 20s. to 30s. per week ; hut-keepers, 251. to 351. per annum P • stock keepers, 451. to 601. ditt o ; pl oug h men , 26 5 . t o 80s. per week ; bullock-drivers, 255. to 30s. ditto ; ditto, on the roads, 355. to 455. ditto. Weekly rations consist of 101 b. of flour, 101 b, of beef or mutton, 21b, of sugar, and Vb. of tea. "Without rations—Compositors, Is. 6d. and is. Bd. per thousand ; ditto, by the week, 4f. 4s. ; pressmen, 51. ; carpenters, 12s. to 18s. per day ; masons, 16s. to 18e. ditto ; plasterers, 16s. to 183. ditto ; bricklayers, 16s. to 18s. ditto ; woodsplitters and fencers, 6s. to Bs. per ton ; blacksmiths, 12s. to 15s. per day ; quarrymen, 128. to 14s. ; labourers on the roads, 9s. to 10s. ditto, wood, water, and tents found. " Male cooks, 451. to 601. per annum • female cooks, 301. to 401. ditto ; thorough servants, 251. to 301. ditto ; housemaids, 171. to 22/.ditto ; laundresse , 301. to 351. ; nursemaids, 121. to 181. ditto. 66 JOHN WHITSOAK; " Australian Labour-market, 92, Bourk-street-east." The ball for the relief of the wounded French soldiers takes place to-morrow night. It owes its origin to M. le Comte de Chabrillon, the French Consul, and will be conducted with the taste of that nation. Our English colonists err rather on the side of splendou'r and redundancy. It is stated. that 1,500 tickets have been taken, and I antici pate the net fund will not be short of 1,0001. The English ball for the benefit of the Patriotic Fund yielded 6901. net, rather more than I stated in a former letter. The Arabian has arrived with dates to May 21. THE ALLIED SQUADRONS IN THE CHINA SEAS. SAN FRANCISCO, Sul'. 19. Her Maje3ty's line-of-battle ship Monarch arrived with Admiral Bruce on board at this port on the 12th inst., from a cruise in the north, and sails to-morrow for Val paraiso, the Admiral accompanying. The' President sailed yesterday for Vancouver. The Amphitrite remains here till relieved by the Trincomalee from Vancouver. In my last letter of the sth inst., I stated that the news brought by the Amphitrite, Captain Fredericks (which arrived here on the 21st of August), from the North Pacific, led to the belief that the allied squadrons (from China and India) were cruising in the Bay of Tar tary at or about the period the Amphitrite was on her way to the Amoor. Intelligence of the movements of these squadrons has just reached us. You will probably be already, or before this letter reaches you, in possession of the information from China. But, in case you should not, I will relate the story as we have it. The American schooner Caro line E. Foote, which arrived at San Francisco the day before yesterday from Japan, brings the news. This is the vessel which took the captain and craw of the Rus sian frigate Diana, which was lost in the earthquake, in December last, at Simoda (Japan), from that port to Petropaulovski. She carried Captain Dasoffiki, nine officers, and 150 of the crew to Petropaulovski, wh• finding the place abandoned,.took passage in the Ame rican brig William Penn for parts unknown to the people of the Caroline E. Foote. This latter vessel reports that when the inhabitants of Petropaulovski left the place, on the 16th of April, they had to saw a channel through the ice in the harbour to enahie the frigate Aurora, the armed transport Dwina, a corvette, a bark, and a brig to put to sea. It is said that this squadron was discovered by one of the vessels of the allies lying in the Bay of Castles (or Castries), a place on the mainland in the Gulf of Tartary, lying between the islands of Jesso and Nyphon. The English steamer den ran down to Hakodadi (coast of Japan), to communicate with the rest of thefleet, leaving two frigates to bloc kale the port until reinforced by the allies. In the meantime, however, the Russians succeeded in evading the two frigates and got clear off, so that when the fleet arrived it found the harbour empty. Far several reasons, not necessary to occupy space with the detail of, the officers of the English squadron here doubted the correctness of the story, but yesterday an. other vessel, the sloop Kamcbadell, arrived at San Fran cisco direct from the Gulf of Tartary, which confirms the news. As I have no time to see any of the people of the vessel, I give her account as published to-day in one of the San Francisco papers : " The sloop Kamclaa len, Capt. Carleton, arrived here yesterday, from the Gulf of Tartary. Capt. Carleton and the crew of the Kamchadell were formerly of the brig William Penn, well known to this coast. About six months ago the Penn sailed from San Francisco to Pe tropaulovski, with a general cargo. She was there when the schooner Caroline E. Foote arrived with a large number of the officers and crew of the Russian frigate Diana, which was wrecked at Simoda last winter, in con sequence of an earthquake taking place in the harbour. The Penn was chartered by the Russians to convey the Diana's crew from Petropaulovski to the river Amoor, and accordingly she received on board the passengers of the Foote. She immediately proceeded to her destination. Near the end of May, when within 10 miles of the Rus sian fleet, then lying in the Bay of Castre, the Penn, while rounding to, struck on a coral reef near the en trance of the bay. Castre or Castrie Bay does not lie on the east side of the Gulf of Tartary, on the island of Jesso, as was stated yesterday, but on the mainland of . Mantehooria, on the west side of the gulf, somewhere about lat. 48 deg. It being night when the Penn struck, no assistance• could be obtained ; but in the morning boats from the Russian ships came to her assistance, and took off the crew and passengers. These numbered 180 persons. The brig was a total loss. " Captain Carleton confirms the news as to the Russian and English fleets brought by the Foote, but with some differences which we are not yet authorised to publish. The Russian fleet consisted of the frigate Aurora, the corvette Ohetus, and the transports Divine, Bycaul, and Artes!a. "After Capt. Carleton and his crew reached the shore in safety, the Russian Admiral Zataika treated them with much kindness and respect. He presented Capt. Carleton with the sloop Kamchadell to convey himself and officers back to San Francisco. This vessel is only 35 tons burden—but a small craft in which to cross the North Pacific. Captain Carleton speaks in the highest terms of the generous treatment which he received from the officers of the Russian fleet at Castro. It appears that other Americans who have landed or been wrecked in the Gulf of Tartary have always received the like kind reception from the Russians with whom they have happened to meet in that quarter." The Rameliadell brings also an account of the loss of 14 whale-ships in the North Pacific. To return to the Caroline E. Foote. She reports that on the 27th of June, being the day she sailed from Ha• kodadi, the British steamers Encounter, from Petropan lovski, and the Sty; with the Tartar in tow, had arrived at that port, all short of coal, of which they were ex pecting supplies from Hong Kong. She brings, in addle tion, the following intelligence : The French steam-frigate Colbert was lost in the her• hour of Nangasaki on the Ist of June. She struck upon a reef, which so badly injured her that she immediately filled and settled upon the reef, where she was aban. done 1. One of the passengers of the Caroline E. Foote bas published some observations upon the harbour of Simoda, the result of a three months' residence at the place, which as we are about entering into commercial relations with Japan, may be worth quoting for the information of seafaring men. The writer, Mr. Doty, says : " The entrance to this bay is from the southward, either mile nwidth, wid, which, on side,enter are very bold, and i t s h the sabout hor e n s n o e f . fe w u h r i t c h b , on of f n t o about half a mil e i n b rea d th, and i s ing, expands about one mile in depth. The anchorage, though fair, is far from being safe during the strong north-east gales which sometimes prevail here in the winter months. From a very careful sounding of this bay, made by a Russian officer who was attached to the late frigate Diana, it was ascertained that the bottom of the bay, around the principal anchorage, is shelving, Hence the necessity of the United States' steamer Po whattan rais ing steam, ' with all her anchors down, which she dragged,' to prevent goi ng ashore during one of these blows in January last. Another instance which came under nay notice may tend to corroborate the above. In March I saw a Vessel at anchor in this bay which will ride out an ordinary gale with one anchor when the holding ground is good, but on this occasion she dragged two large anchors, when they were obliged to let go a heavy kedge to prevent going ashore on Centre Island, which is situated in the bay. When the wind is from the south a heavy, disagreeable swell is expe rienced, which extends itself all over the bay, and is a serious., obstacle in the w ay o f mooring ships as at lionolulu and other ports," -r n( fa fo the the om nia Me Cei Ha anc 31 *1 No Lc , In,