The Sun. — London, England, 1855-11-13 00:00:00

~.....----__ CONTIUCT FOB CLOTHING FOR PRISOXERS OF WAR. i ; Ofticb of the Directors of Transport Service and Prisoners of I War, Admiralty, Somerset-house, 13th Nov., 125. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on FRIDAY. th , 23d instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such pe lilt) rsons as may be willing to contract for supplying an d delivering her Majesty's Transport Stores at Deptford, the undermentioned articles, 1,000 No. (Grey Cloth Grey Coats .. .. .. .. : .. .. 1,000 No. E: I Do. Jackets ....... . •.:. .... ..... LOCO Pairs a Do. Trousers .•• • • - ........ 2,000 No. F., 'Calico Shirts.. ••••••• • • • • • • • 2,000 PairS 7.4 i Grey worsted Stockings .... 1,000 No. 04 ' an I NecktS dkere hiefs . • • • • • • • • . ::::: • .... 1,000 No. 5 1 Caps .................... 1,000 Pairs 44 I—Blucher Bots ••, Bins Cloth Great Coats ..... ... 6 Do. Uniform Frock Coats 5O No. 4 • - fi Do. do. Trousers Do. Caps .. Half to be delivered in three weeks. and the remainder in three weeks afterwards, or earlier, If preferred by the party tendering. And a'so for supplying and delivering into the said stores all such quantities of the above Articles of Clothing a , may from time to t me be demanded, under a contract for 12 months certain, and after wards until the expiration of three months' warning. Patterns of the articles and the conditions of the revised contract may be seen at the said office. No tender will be received after one o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said office. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear In the left-hand corner the words "Tender for Clothing," and must also be delivered at Somerset-House. FURNISHED HOUSE.—To be LET, situated In one of the best streets, close to Warwick -square, Belgrave roil, containing, drawing-rooms, dining and breakfast rooms; six bedrooms, including servants' room, excellent kitchen and cellar accommolation, wit'i convenient pantries. The furniture is good, having been only a short time in use. The hmse will be let for three months at the rate of 3001. a-year, or for six months at the rate-of 2501. a-year, or for nine months at the rate of 2001. a-year, and will be found likely to suit any family requiring a moderate town residence for either of those periods. Applications in writing may be addressed to No. 20, Parliament street, Westmiikster. London, Nov., 1855. MJ lILLIEN'S CONCERTS. - ROYAL • ITALLCN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. —Eighth ap pearance of Madame Gassier. Third appearance of flerr Kcenig.— The Programme for TLIIS EVENING ( laesday,i ov. 13) will in clude :—Beethoven's Overture, Eament ; Quadrille from Semira rnide ; the Larghetto from Beethoven's Symphony in D ; 0 Luce di quest' Anima and Venz3nt's Valse, sung by Madame Gassler ; the Andante from Roth. Albert's Swiss symphony ; M. Jullien's New Valsc, La Belle da Village ; Solo, Flute, by Herr Reichart , the British Army •Quadtille (last time), assisted by the Military Bands; Grand Operatic Selection from Les Huguenots ; Solo, Corne: a Pistons, Solitude, by Herr Koenig; the Minuet from Bristow's Symphony in E flat; Solo, Oboe, M. Lavigne; Ga.lop, the Zouavc Pas de Course ; God Save the Queen ; Partant pour la Syrie, &c. Prices of admission:—Promenade, upper boxes, amphitheatre stallu aid amphitheatre, Is. ; dress cirere, 2s. 6d, ; private boxes, 12s , 11. Is., and 11. 1 is. 61 Places and private hosts to be had at the box-office of the theatre, and of the principal mustesellers and librarians. To-morrow Evening (Wednesday), M. Jullien's New D3Acriptive Military Quadrille, entitled the Fall of Sebastopol, will he performed for the first time. N.B.—The theatre being let at Christ mas for dramatic performances, the Concerts (after the present week) can continue for three weeks only. TIIEATRE ROYAL, DRLTRY.LAN.E. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be performed MARRIED FOR MONEY. Characters by Yr. Charles Mathews, Messrs. r ohert Roxby and A. Younge ; Mrs. Matthews, Miss M. Oliver, and 51Iss liaiOn will appear. After which, TWENTY MINUTE; WITH A TIGER. To be followed by NITOCRIS. Characters by Stuart,Messrs.Gly E. F. M Ed- rs gar, B. Sullivan. G. Wild, C. Vincent, .; Miss n, SelV, Miss De Vere, Miss Anderton, M 153 Cleve &c land, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Will be performed TIIE POOR GENTLEJEAN. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, E. Villiers, W. Farren, Howe, and Compton; Mrs. Poynter, and Mss Swanborou4th. Followed by THE LITTLE TREASURE. To conclude with A gIiS IN TEIE DIRK. .a.OYAL raugcF,A. r(VIA.T3O, OXFORE)-srazET. Under the Iklanaement of Mr. CIII.IILES KEAN. THIS' EVENING Will ba p2rformod HOT STOUT YOU'RE GE FUNGI: After which, TAR HEIR AT LAW. Characteis by Messrs. W. Lacy. tiar'ey, Meadows, F. Matthews, and Cathcart ; Mrs. Dn'y, Misses C. Leclercq and Desborough. To conclude with VIE NILTLE LEER OF TOLEDO. TiISATWe: ROYAL ADELPIII, Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Ce'este. THIS EVF;NING, Will be performed MARIE DUCASGE ; or, The Jeriey Girl Followed by VALENTINE AND ORSON. After which, thz. Farce of THE £lO9 NITE. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. J. Fl.Jer;on, 13, N3rfolk-itreet, Straal Increased Attraction, and 37104333 in equal ratio THIS, AND EVERT EVENING, at Eight o'Clock, Will be presented, with entirely New and A7point mlnts, NIASITC 115";TEItY, in twelve ants, arran3ed In two p trts, by Professor Anderson. After which, the startlinz ilinstratiens o , Spirit-It tepin , 7,. LF AN"-(IOUR WILL T JP. SPIRIT 4, bliag the most surprising ant interesting series o: experiments ever given within the walls o: any theatre. Revival, in an improved form, of the astounding novelty which startled London 10 years ago, the GREAT GUS TRICE Prices of aArnissioa:—Privats B)xes, 11. its. 61. 8..11 11. ii.; Orchestra Sitalls, Dra 4 3 [lmes, 35 : it37CO4, 2i.; Is. ; , lallery, 63. No Ralf-price. B)x-oll:e open from I t to 5 dilly. _ . Granl Morning Performance on Satz: tap Sort at Two o'CloA Doors open at Half-past One. R)YAL OLYAPIC I/MITRE. TRI3 FVENINO. Will be presented PLOT AND P kS;10 Y. Characters by 31e,sri F. Robson, Emery, G. riling, Le+Pe, .1. IL White, IL. Cooper, and Franks ; and Mrs. Stirling' and Mi-s Bromley. Followed by CATCHING A MERMAID. To con-lade with A BLIGHTED BEING. ROYAL STEAND THEATER. Under the direction of Mr. Payne. THIS EVENING, Will be parforme 1 VIE RAGPIOICEII OF PARIS. Followed by NITOCHIS. To conclude with THE LADIES' CLIJR• ASYLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. L 93860 and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooke. Appearance of the World'A Prodigy, Mile. CLEMENTINE SOULLIER. Mr. William Cooke acquaints his kind patrons that daring his re cent visit to the French capital he formed an eiwa:eme et, for a Dm! te4 number of nights, and upon exorbitant terms, with the first equestrienne in the world, Mile. Clementine Soallier, who will appear ------- ♦iz., TIIIS EVENING. There will be acted the Military Spectacle, The FALL of 'SEBAS TOPOL 1 Wit? tll3 WOND'Uti OF THE CIRCLE ; Mr. J. 11. Cooke's FLIGHT OF 'rue BRIDGES, and other enttrta'ements. ()non :torn Etevm Val Foar. Maaagar a .Mr. W Equsstriam Director. '1?. W. Cooke. sun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T 114 DAY—Morn. 41 min.. aft. 3—Evening 4 min. aft. 0 T.)-AORROW—Itorn. 19 min.aft. 4 —Ev.miagil min, aft. 4 TAE WEATHER.—SUN Or FILE, Nov. 13. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 52 --highest since noon yesterday. 47—iyx3st this morning and during the night. 48 —thig day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'01, WIND, N.E.—Fresh, with dull cold. weather. Pt' rr l r-----4'( - Tei 31,111, LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1855. The unjust and unwarrantable attack on Sir CoLnr CAMPBELL, contained in the Times of Friday last, and which called forth the severe and well merited censure of "An Er-Cavalry Officer," was by no means the first onslaught of the Leviathan against the well-earned reputation of a gallant veteran whom it now admits —the injury having been already perpetrated—to be' " one of the most distinguished and deserving officers in her MAJETY's army." Ho had l ong b efore been selected as an object for the virulent calumnies in which our contemporary too frequently in dulges, with what object it is difficult to conceive. It is, however, passing strange that it should simultaneously have been writing against General SIMPSON, with the view of obtaining his voluntary ~ resignation or compulsory dismissal, aryl sneer i n at the officer whom the general opinion at horn° and . abroad, - of military men and civilians, pointed out as his legitimate successor. The unblushing charges of incapacity against the English Commander-in-Chief, for conduct which elicited the highest eulogfiums from do EMPEROR, the Army, and the People of France,, as well as from every Englishman who did not derive his in spiration directly from Printing-house-square, and the depreciation of his probable successor assumes A very significant aspect, wh total alteration i n i ts view en we consider the resignation s, perceptible after the of General SatesoN, and the pro motion of another officer over the head of Sir C OL IN CAMPBELL. It can no, affJrd to chance its opinions on the subject of the failure against the Redan, while praising Sir WILLIAM CODRING ICN, who was entrusted with the reanageinent of the entire affair, and was therefore Chiefly, if not altogether responsible therefor—and it can also, now that he has been virtually superseded, render Ardy justice to " the good services and well-won claims of one of the mcst distinguished and de serving officers in her MAJESTY'S service 1" The confession of wrong cannot, however, * repair the serious injury inflicted, or place Sir CoLIN CAMPBELL in the position which he might have occupied with honour to himself, and advantage to the country, but for the defamatory statements of the Times. We would earnestly commend to the attentive consideration of our readers the letter of Lieut.- Colonel STERLING, Assistant Adjutant-General of the Highland Division, which will las found in another part of this day's impression, and which has compelled the Times to withdraw the vile in sinuations put forward in the early part of last month—and also its assumption that the return of Sir CoLIN from the Crimea was solely ascrib able to his indignation at the appointment of a junior officer over his head. The statement of the ex-cavalry officer on this point has been so fully confirmed by Lieutenant-Colonel STERLING that the Times has been compelled formally to eat its own words, and to confess that the return of the gallant general was " in no way connected with the promotion of Sir WILLIAM CODRINGTON." Colonel STERLNG disposes in a masterly manner of the charges that have been so deliberately put forward against his heroic leader. It is true that they have been insinuated rather than distinctly preferred. But the Times is skilful in the ma nagement of such weapons, and. well knows the• pernicious effects of " The whispered hint, the shrug, the hum or ha, The petty brands that calumny doth use." In order that the matter may be thoroughly understood, we reprint the obnoxious paragraph of which Colonel STERLING so justly complains, and in which it will be seen that, as in another re markable instance, it was not satisfied with calum niating the General, without also pouring forth its venom on the brave fellows under his com mand. It is as follows : " A single year of warfare has disposed of the whole of those veterans, with the exception of Sir Colin Campbell, who has been laid up in laven der all the winter with his Highlanders, and whose military talents, if we may judge of them by his exploits in the Punjaub, do not entitle him to aspire to a great command. We have seen the result of sending a young army into the field almost entirely led by old chiefs, who owed their rank to seniority and brevet promotion ; the best of them have either fallen in battle or sunk under disease, and those who remain are mere obstruc tions to the real strength of the army." The Colonel now clearly points out the nature of " the lavender" in which officers and men of the Highland division have been laid up dur ing the winter. We had already explained how, after the unwavering resistance of " the thin red line," on the fiercely-contested field of Balaklava, the Highlanders had been retained in a position requiring the utmost vigilance and steadiness, where, in fact, the honour and security of the entire Allied Armies ware confided to their charge. " The lavender" of the General was the unceasing watchfulness which induced him not to lay aside his clothes for eight months, and to be "always on parade with his men and officers, in rain and mud, before daylight, undergoing fatigues that would have killed half a dozen Carpet Knights, who had merely mounted guard at home, and whose courtly services were confined to London or 'Windsor." Nor does the reproach to the soldiers rest on a better founda tion. The sketch of the toils they had freely undertaken and completed have for ever silenced the voice of calumny. It is unnecessary to speak on the other points respecting the services in the Punjaub, so clearly detailed by Colonel STERLING, or the vigour, activity, and physical qualifications of the in sulted General. The narrative has caused the Times to recant its libels ; but that tardy confes sion will not repair the injustice inflicted on the distinguished officer, or avert the serious conse quences to the country arising from the loss of his invaluable services. Have the great errors of the campaign been unavoidable or not ? The question is no captious one. The duty of the nation depends upon it. If there had been but a reasonable amount of mis calculation we might bear with what all mortals are liable to. If there was error through incom petency we should still have to consider whether it was teachable or hopeless incompetency. In the latter case it would be essential to demand the dismissal of the unteachable ; in the former we might expect that experience, though bought by a PANMIIRE or a Wool), at a nation's cost, would insure a different result next year. But if the nation has reason to fear that members of the Cabinet, or any one more influential secretly than half the Cabi net, had marred the policy of the campaign, then it had better listen to Mr. COBDEN and sue for peace, or demand to be appealed to, that it might tell Courts, and Cabinets, and cotton lords, and factions what that august party in the affair, the nation itself, thinks on the question of the con duct and objects of the War. A dissolution would silence, we suspect, some plausible, nay eloquent, but time-wasting and mischievous tongues, and would forward the War by one whole campaign at least. A House of Commons which would properly back Lord PALMERSTON, in timidate Austria and the Coburgs, and en courage Sweden and Poland, would possibly bring the CZAR to his knees this winter, and would certainly make the campaign of next sum mer totally different to any preceding one. We must own that the past vouches but poorly quite for the sagaci t y or the heartines s of theo rea lly b e contro lli n g powers. The difficulty is, to sure who those powers are. Early last spring we ventured, civilians as we are, to state our views of what the plan of the campaign should be. w, argued that if Sir CHARLES WOOD could not ra m _ ter sufficient gun - boa ts and war vessels of light draught to make sure of a successful attack on the Baltic fortresses it would be better merely to blockade in that sea, and to throw our whole naval as well as military strength into completely clearing the coasts of the Euxine of the least har bour for a Russian soldier. For honest or dis honest reasons su c h a plan was not o ri g inated, or the ad v i ce w h olly un h ee d e d ; we now only peat t t h h a e ts see the consequences. In the Baltic the mischief done is more s w am hi e ch op w er il a l ti m on a s ke n i e t xt than was wanted,mor tar-boats,tioe as well as difficult to re peat have a much almost a y r e g a e r; wasted naval th Our ei r force in the North. But suppose every vessel that was not necessary to keep th e R uss i an ships skulk i ng had been sent straight to the Black Sea in the spring, our fleet would then have swept everything. Now each operation is but half concluded. With our mortar-boats we might have ruined the dock yards and arsenals of Nicolaieff, instead of leav ing TODLEBEN to make it impregnable next spring. We might have destroyed Kherson as well, we might have cleared the mouth of the Danube, and brought to France and England the corn which Austria bought for a song in the Principalities ; ► and our spare vessels might have destroyed or taken Odessa. The whole north and west seaboard of Russia in the Euxine might thus have been de prived of its power to support Russian reserves, and to forward troops and provisions to the Crimea ; indeed it seems hardly possible that GORTSCHAKOFF could have ventured to remain in the Crimea at all after the fall of Sebastopol. If we had directed our attention to active operations in the East alone we might also have forced the Strait of Genitchi, and destroyed the Tchongar Bridge, the grand road, as it would now seem, for the Russian communications. We must confess the half-finished operations everywhere, and, not least ofall, the infatuated relin quishment of our right to form Polish legions, or Wallachian legions, or any legions whatever, of natural and brave enemies of Russia compel us to fear that it was not wished to make the campaign a more complete one. It does not appear to us that our Ministers could have overlooked the im mense advantage of throwing irresistible strength into the Eastern attack, and settling that part of the business. Had no one suggested it, the plain eat dictates of common sense point too obviously to such a policy to make it possible it could have been unthought of. It is hard to believe that it was wished to make clean work in the East in one campaign, or we might have done it, and have given a very different account of the Baltic next campaign to what we shall now do. Even there, however, the insufficient number of mortar-boats, although Government had been warned by Sir C. NAPIER on that point, together with the sparing of *Bel singfors, necessitate the belief that it was in tended to achieve but little—enough only, in short, to just pass muster with the nation. • It may be difficult, or rather undesirable, to say whom we think chiefly to blame for all this. We do not think Lord PALMERSTON is ; nor do we think, if supported by those by whom he ought to be, he would not have done his part. We think, however, the inference from the gene ral conduct of the War, of the naval department especially, and of the military too particularly when promotion is concerned, point to the con clusion that his Lordship needs a new Parliament if he is successfully to carry out the policy desired by the great body of the nation. He is threat ened with fetters, if indeed his hands are not al ready tied by Court and Aristocracy. The people alone—the BRIAREUS of the occasion—can pro tect him. Let him invoke their aid and the con spirators will tremble and leave him alone ; a new Parliament is the most important preparation for the next campaign. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING,_NOVEMBER 13, 1856 COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 12. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Royal, walked in the Home Park this morning. The Prince went out shooting. The Princess Alice rode on horseback. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived at his official residence, in Downing-street, on Saturday evening, from Harpton Court, Hereford. Despatches from the Governors of the West Coast of Africa were received yesterday at the Colonial office. APPROACHING VISIT OF THE KING OF SARDINIA. Preparations on a large scale are now being made at Windsor Castle for the reception of Victor Emanuel, King of Sardinia, who, accompanied by Count Cavour and a numerous suite, is expected to arrive there in the early part of December. The state apartments, 'which by a notification from the Lord Chamberlain are closed from the public until further orders, will be re-furnished in the same magni ficent manner as on the visit of the Emperor and Em press of the French, in April last. With the exception of the presence and audience chambers (which will be fitted up for purposes connected with the performance of the usual theatrical entertainments), the apartments placed at his Majesty's disposal will be precisely the same as occupied by the imperial visitors ; viz , theißubens, or King's Drawing-room, the King's Closet, the King' , Council Chamber, and the Zuccarelli and Vandyck rooms. THE THEATRES. ADELPHI. Madame Celeste, who appeared last evening for the first time this season, performed one of her most favourite characters—Marie Ducange, in Mr. Bayle Bernard's highly popular melodrama of that name. The announce ment of her appearance drew a very crowded house, and she was welcomed with the enthusiasm which she never fails to excite at this theatre. Madame Celeste has long maintained, and does so still, her pre-eminence as the star of the melodrama, and the character of Marie Du cange is one in which her peculiar powers are displayed to the greatest advantage. In the incidents of the piece, the romantic, as usual, in this department of the stage, is carried to extravagance, and the heroine is hurried through a series of the strongest passions, passing from joy and rapture to the extremity of despair and madness. Madame Celeste's acting partakes of the exaggeration which belongs to this species of drama, and is indeed necessary to give it due effect—but she has powers worthy of the most classic stage, and her bursts of tragic passion sometimes emulate those of Rachel herself. In this piece the whole interest centres in Celeste alone, The other characters are mere commonplaces, which give the actors no means of distinguishing themselves. The piece, however, was carefully put upon the stage, and the performance on the whole was satisfactory. ASTLEY'S. Last evening the celebrated Parisian equestrienne, Mad lie. Clementine Souther, made a most successful MO at this theatre. Her entry into the arena was rendered most imposing, all the Messrs. Cooke and the assistant riding•masters stationing themselves at each side of the gate as a sort of guard of honour. H er deli cate features and her truly feminine demeanour seemed scarcely to belong to a proficient in gymnastic art, and she looked more like an elegant lady about to float through a waltz than an Amazon venturing on a break-neck pastime. But when once her feats began it was the immensity of her courage that most commanded admiration. In her endeavours to leap over ropes and through hoops (both of roses) she occasionally made a hitch, and on one occasion nearly fell to the ground, but these mischances were rather beneficial than otherwise, for every one was amazed at the perfect coolness with which she disen tangled her foot from some intrusive garland, and flung back, almost disdainfully, the hoop that had dared to settle on her shoulders. Her attitudes, which are of a novel kind, are as much marked by grace as by auda city, and she certainly introduces a poetry of motion into her horsemanship which few equestrians have at tained. At the end of her performauce she was twice called, amid acclamations of applause. The Duke of Cambridge goes to Paris to-day, on a ♦isit to the Emperor Napoleon, accompanied by Colonels Macdonald and Tyrwhitt. On the 6th the Emperor and Empress of Austria at tended the representation of a spectacle, entitled, " A Story for Big and Little Children," at the theatre of Vienna. Upwards of 150 children, of ages varying from six to fifteen years, appeared in this piece. On the 17th the Prussian Court will be transferred to Charlottenburg. LORD PALMERSTON FOR THE CITY.—A movement, it is said, is on foot amongst a large number of influential citizens for making arrangements to return Lord Pal merston for the City of London at the next general election. HEALTH OF THE BISHOP OF LONDON. —We are happy to be enabl e d to state that the health of the bishop of the dioces e cont i nues to amend. His lordship is pro gressing, th oug h s l owly, towards recovery. Lady Cranworth has been appointed to succeed La , ly Canning as the directress-in-chief of the establishment for supplying the army in the East with nurses. Sir Benjamin Hall has left London for Paris. The right hon. baronet will remain absent for about ten days or a fortnight. Company declared a dividend t of October at the rate The African Steam m BART,--We re tax. u f o f r7t hpere halfc ent, - y e p a e r r endingannum freethPe of income . Laronet died, at greDtEtAoTreamOF thatS t J h o u s a i b A n s v H e v . eSneTrnaAbre afternoon la last his residence, at Bognor, a few days since, after a short Gloucester FATAL AIiiCIDENT.—On Wednesday Cillanpets.s.Hopton, senior captain in the Northh i Alilitia, was driving' two horses in a dogcartEßathurst's park , havin g with him Mrs. Ho p t on and his groom. The horses became restive, and the groom alighted, but befo re he could reach the horses' heads the captain and his lady were thrown from the vehicle with great violence, and severely injured. Assistance was procured, and the sufferers conveyed to their residence, when it was found that captain Hopton had received a concussion of the brain, and his lady was also much hurt. Dr. Evans, of Gloucester, and Messrs. Warner and Crippe, of Cirencester, were called upon to attend the captain and his lady, the latter of whom is somewhat better, but the former, we regret to state, died on Thursday eveuiug,—CMlton4ont journa. _ (Signed) H. W. BARI , TARD, Chief of the Staff. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. General Bosquet on arriving at Pau received a magnificent ovation. A great number of persons on foot, on horseback, and in carriages went out to meet him, and amongst them were most of the English residents. In passing through the town to the Hotel Saintaraille, where apartments were prepared for him, loud cries of " Vive le General Bosquet 1" were raised. The garden of the hotel was filled with persons who received the general with acclamations. The general presented himself on the balcony, accompanied by his mother,' and he embraced her, as if to indicate that he gave to her the homage presented to him. The Philhar monic Society afterwards gave a serenade to the general, and in the evening many houses, espe cially in the street occupied by his family, were illuminated. The town of Pau intends to present him with a sword of honour. A telegraph despatch from Havre states that the steamer Union, which left New York on the 20th ult., put back to that port on the 25th ult. with a disabled engine. The whole of her cargo was trans ferred to the steamer St. Louis, which arrived in Havre this morning. We have received Constantinople journals of the Ist brought by the Jourdain, but they contain nothing of inteiest, beyond what has been stated ' in telegraphic despatches. The Gazette des Postes contains the following : " Varna, Nov. 4.—The fire of the batteries on the south side of Sebastopol against the northern forts redoubled on the closing days of last month. Since the 30th, the floating batteries, armed with cannons of the strongest calibre, have been ready at Karni , esch, and are to take part in the fire against Fort Constantine. The fleet at Kinbourn has received orders to send the mortars and large gun-boats at the mouth of the Dnieper to Kamiesch. It is positively stated that after the arrival of these boats a fire from land and sea will be simul taneously opened against the forts on the north." BOURSE, Nov. 12, Two o'clock.—There has been great firmness in the Threes and Railway Shares, but business has been dull and the quotations are about the same as on Saturday. Mobilier were offered from 1,160 f. to 1,153 f. Half-past Throsee—The end of the Bourse was buoyant, and all the securities obtained an ad vance. The following are the last quotations : End of MontiL -f. --a. 65 -• Cash. fr. e. per Cents PO 75 3 per Cents 6l 95 New Loan 65 85 Bank Shares 3190 Roman Credit Mobilier ll7l 25 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Thre as Piedmontese B5 Home Debt RAILWAYB-FOB CASH- fr. c. c Origans Northern Lyons Medit9rranwn 1 2 15 Grand Central 5BO Lyons Geneva 660 Test© .• — Cette LATEST NEWS. Late official despatches received in Paris from the Crimea contain a supposition that the Rus sians will be compelled to attack the allies ere long. Marshal Pelissier has so disposed of his forces that the greatest confidence is felt as to the result. The English army is not likely to be engaged in this affair should it came off. VIENNA, MONDAY. To-morrow, it is expected, the Emperor will return from Trieste. Baron Prokesch-Osten has arrived here from Frankfort. The Concordat is promulgated. On the sth the Czar left Odessa. for Nicolaieff. BERLIN, Not 11. The New Prussian , Gazette announces that im mense beds of sulphur have been discovered on both sides of the Volga, near Ssamara. The Russian Government has given orders for the in stant working of the beds, which are said to be " more valuable to Russia than a discovery of gold at this juncture." A despatch received here from Warsaw states that, on his return from the south, the Czar will visit the fortress of Michaelgrad, and the military establishments at Kieft: The lorsenhalle of this place says that, not withstanding all denials, things are taking a turn favourable to peace, and that negotiations will soon be resumed. Count Tolstoi, the Czar's Adjutant-General, has arrived here with an autograph letter to the King from his master. The Danish Ministry are said to have de manded that Prince William Frederick be ex chided from the succession to the Throne, for refusing to sign the new Constitution. Denmark is not unlikely to give up her neutrality, in order to engage the Western Powers to confirm this change in the line of succession. TRIESTE, Nov. 14. The state of the Archduke Ferdinand is very satisfactory to-day, and he only requires to be kept quiet. HAMBURG, Nov. 11. The Exmouth ship of the line, bearing Ad miral Seymour's flag, and the Colossus and the James Watt, liners, have entered the port of Kiel from the Baltic. MADRID, Nor. 10. The Government has announced to the Cortes that the Carlist leaders, captured in Catalonia, including Marsal, are to be shot. OPERATIONS IN THE DNTEPER. The Invalide Busse of Nov. 3 contains the fol. lowing : NICOLAIEFF, Nov. 1, 10.5 r. M. All the vessels of the line of the enemy's fleet near Kinbourn have set sail. The light vessels remain at their old anchorage, near Otchakoff and Kinbourn. RUSSIAN DESPATCHES FROM KARS. General Mouravieff reports from near Kars, under date of Oct. 13, that in consequence of the very severe blockade at Kars desertions from the garrison have recommenced. The Lazes (he states) desert with their chiefs in considerable numbers. More than 100 of them, together with some standards, have been taken. The inhabitants of Kars experience a great dearth of provisions. The Turkish troops are on half rations of bread and meat, and the cholera is acquiring great in. tensity in the city. In terminating his report the Russian General adds that convalescents from the 6,500 Russians acknowledged to have been placed horse de combat are daily returning to the ranks, so that the effective of the regiments is gradually increasing. Amongst the most dangerously wounded, Lieut.- General Prince Gagarine, M ijor-General Bro nevsyky, and Colonel Serebriakoff (Commander of M i ngre li an Chasseurs) give good hopes of re- covery. OPENING OF THE PIEDMONTESE CHAMBERS. TURIN, Nov. 12, The King of Sardinia this day delivered a speech to the Piedmontese Chambers. His Ma jesty sa id :—" The year now about to close h as been a period of severe trials to my heart. But when I turned my eyes towards the E as t I did not hesitate to unite my arms to those of the Powers who are fighting for the cause of justice, of civilisation, and of the independence of nations. "In fulfilling their noble mission our soldiers and marine, united to the valiant armies o f Prance, England, and Turkey took part in their dangers and their glory, and thus raised the an cient renown of our warlike country." THE OVERLAND MAIL. TRIESTE, MONDAY, Nov. 12. The steamer Bombay arrived to-day at noon. She left Alexandria on the 6th, and made the passage in 130 hours. ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 6. The Indian mails leave this port to-day, with intelligence from Bombay of the 17th, and Cal cutta the Bth of October. The Sonthal insurrection has revived ; Beerb hoom is almost entirely in their hands. Disorders connected with religion are increasing in Oude. In the Calcutta market 14 per cent. is given for money. Exchange, 2.2 k. Trade in India is depressed, and freights aro very low. MARSEILLES, MONDAY. The India Mail arrived here at 10 o'clock this morning. THE ALLIES IN THE CRIMEA. CAMP, SEBA.STOPOL, OCT. 29. As far as regards the camps near Sebastopol, the last few days have passed without the occurrence of an event worthy of record. Every one seems to be fully occupied in making preparations for the comin g winter, the officers and men being either engaged in duty on the public works, or in attend ing to the arrangements for their own private shel ter and protection. The weather has continued most favourable for th ese o perations. No rain has fallen, and the temperature, so long as the sun re mained above the horizon, has been mild and agreeable. A. rapid ch ange takes place as BC" " the sun's influence ceases to be diffused ; mists gather, dews fall, the atmosphere becomes cold and chilling, and the damp penetrates all ordinary clothing. These changes of temperature are so strongly marked that it will be strange if cases of cholera do not occur, or an increase of sickness take place, among those who are unwary or imprudent enough to neglect proper precautions against their influence. It is expected that all the principal roads will be completed in a week or ten days from the present date should the weather continue fine. Some few of the men's huts have arrived, but as yet the company of sappers attached to each divi sion for the purpose of assisting in their erection find but little employment. No change has been observed in the disposition of the Russian troops on the North heights. The fire of the forts and batteries against the South side has continued. It is chiefly directed against the parts of the town occupied by the French. The preparations for the demolition of the mag nificent stone docks of the Karabelnaia are pro gressing rapidly. The engineering operations for their destruction are undertaken by us conjointly with the French. The English engineers are sinking shafts at cer tain intervals outside the walls of the several docks ; the French engineers are excavating gal leries beneath the foundations of those which are in their hands. The French method will probably be the most complete, but as they have to work in the rock beneath the paved stone of the dock it is by far the more laborious. By the English plan the shaft is sunk through a gravelly soil of recent formation, and has to be supported by wooden linings. The force of the charge will be directed against the side walls, and the masonry will be projected into the bottom of the dock. By the French plan the foundation as well as the walls will be raised and broken up, and the whole will fall in a head of ruin, such as we now behold the remains of Fort Paul, the most successful effort of Russian mining. Looking down on the docks of the Karabelnaia, from the high ground near the entrance, there ap pears such a perfect unity in their design, the scale on which they are built is so magnificent, the execution of the work so perfect, that it is im possible to watch the operations of the miners for their destruction without a feeling of regret that so vast an expenditure of wealth and labour, such toil of mind and ingenuity of thought, should have been employed and exercised to so little good re sult ; and further, that it should not now be con sistent with international policy that, instead of demolition, their capacity should b 9 converted into more profitable uses for the future. It is presumed that although all the preparations are to be com pleted, the actual explosion of the mines will not take place until future operations shall induce the necessity of the troops quitting this position. In addition to the preparations just described there are other indications which lead to the belief that the intention is abandoned of occupying the port and town of Sebastopol. In contemplation of such an occupation orders were given that certain buildings were to be preserved intact. These are no longer in force, having been annulled by the following general order on the 28th inst. : " The order restricting each division to a certain part of the Karabelnaia suburb, from whence building mate rials, firewood, &c., might be taken, is reacin led ; and the troops may, upon their proper days, take what they require from any part of the Karabelnaia suburb, ander the direction of the town majors." To prevent confusion, as well as to obviate large bodies of the troops being exposed to the notice and fire of the enemy on the north side, a day has been appointed for each division in turn to bring up the wood or other articles which they may be desirous of having from the ruins of the Karabelnaia and its public buildings. The names of the following officers have appeared in general orders during the present month with permission to leave for England on urgent private affairs : Licut.-Gen. Sir H. J. Bentinck, K.C.8., commanding the Guards Division, accompanied by Capt. Viscount Balgonie, Grenadier Guards, and Brevet Major Greville, Scots Fusilier Guards ; Brigadier General Shirley, C. 8.; Lieut.-Col. Brownrigg, C. 8., Grenadier Guards, Assistant Adjutant-General, Light Division ; Lieut.- Col. Airey, C. 8., Coldstream Guards, Assistant Quar termaster General Light Division ; Lieut-Col. Carleton, Coldstream Guards ; Col. Norcott, C.B. ; Lieut.-Col. the Hon. F. Colborne, A ssistant Quartermaster-General, and Major S. Wortley, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, 3d Division ; Lieut.-Col. E. Somerset, R.B. ; Lieut.-Col. Hume, C. 8., 95Lh Regt. ; Lieut.-Col. Fitz mayer, R.A.; Brevet Mfjor Armytage, Coldstream Grds; Brevet Major Bart'ey, 46h Regt. ; Brevet Major Elli son, Grenadier Guards, Major of Brigade, Guards Divi sion; Brevet Major E. Stanton, Royal Engineers ; Lieut.-Col. Chapman, Royal Engineers ; MajorHamley, Royal Artillery ; Major Pipon, 'Royal Artillery ; Capt. Sir C. Russell, B Art., Grenadier Guards, Deputy-As sistant Quartermaster-General ' Ist Division ; Captain Hope, 71st Regiment ; Capt. Viscount Kirkwall, 71st Regiment ; Brevet Major J. Hackett, Deputy-Assist ant Quartermaster-General; Capt. Penn, R.A.-; Capt. Owen, R.A. ; Capt. T. Sheppard, 4th Regiment ; Lieut. H. De Vere, R.E. ; Lieut. Do vaglaise. 20th Regiment; and Quartermaster Carney, 18th Regiment. The following general order,has been published in consequence of the number of of f icers seeking per mission to return for limited periods to England:— Head-Quarters Sebastopol, Oct. 27. No. 1. The Commander of the Forces has. been much surprised at the numerous applications, for leave of ab sence which have lately reached him from officers of all ranks in this army. He has to remind them that they are still in the presence of a powerful enemy ; more over, that they have duties to perform in camp not less important than those in the field ; and that the instruc tion, discipline, and well-being of the troops are subjects which require the earnest attention of all good soldiers. No. 2. The regimental promotions and appointments, published by authority, in the London Gazettes, of the 9th and 12th Oct., 1855, will take effect in this army from their several dates. _ _ _ No. 3. The Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief has been pleased to grant leave of absence to Lieutenant- Colonel Saunders, 19th Regiment, to 15th Nov., 1855. Lieutenant-Colonel Ainslie, 93:1, to 3d Dec. Lieutenant and Adjutant Sidebottom, 33, to 3d Dec. Quarter master Knuntze, 11th Huzzars, to 31st Dec. Surgeon Dowse, 30th Regiment, to 14th Nov. Assistant-Sur geon Haward, 34th, to 20th Nov. Assistant-Surgeo❑ Raymond, 23d, to 15th Nov.. No. 4. The following appointments of medical officers are made :—Assistant-Suro.eon (2d class) W. Simpson, KB., to be Surgeon to the 71st Foot, vice Dodds, ap pointed to the Staff, dated Oct. 9, 1855. Dr. Simpson will join his regiment. Acting Assistant-Surgeon A. W. P. Pinkerton, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, dated Nov. 10, 1854. Surgeon Briscoe, Royal Artillery, having arrived, will do duty with the compa nies of his corps stationed on the Balaklava Heights. No. 5. Lieutenant W. Dunbar, 34th Regiment, is permitted to draw field allowance and forage as a pay. master, while performing' the duties of that appoint ment. No. 6. Leave of absence is granted at the Recommen dation of a medical board to Assistant-Surgeon Milroy, 30th Regiment, to proceed to England ; on arrival he will report himself to the Adjutint-General. Also on urgent privata affairs, to Brevet Major Estanton, Royal Engineers, to 29th Feb., 1856. Brevet-Major T. Hack ett, D.A.Q.M.G., to 31st Jan. Also, until his retire ment from the service, to Lieut.-Colonel J. W. Gais ford, 72d Regt. No. 7. Medical boards will assemble to inquire into the state of health of Captain R. Champion, Royal Ar tillery ; Captain P. L'Estrange, Royal Artillery. The principal medical officer will be pleased to give the ne cesssary directions.—By order. ITALY. A letter from Rome of the 3d, in the Moniteur, says :—" The most friendly relations were at once established between the French troops here and the Swiss troops, who have just arrived. The sub-offi cers have feted each other, and the Swiss officers have shown the greatest eagerness to make ac quaintance with their colleagues of the corps of occupation. The Pontifical Government, by means of measures for which it merits the gratitude of the public, has secured a supply of food notwitstauding the partial failure of the harvest, and has main tained the price of bread at a comparatively mode rate rate. It has, however, found it impossible to provide in the same manner for the great deficiency in the quantity of wine. It has just opened all its frontiers for the introduction of foreign wines, in the hope of thus supplying the failure of the home production." SPAIN. We have received the Madrid journals of the sth, but most of the facts contained in them have been already given by the telegraph. The proceedings in the Cortes on that day presented nothing of striking interest. The majority of the committee charged to examine the project for establishing a general Credit Bank have declared themselves in favour of the measure. The Cortes has authorised the reading of a proposition for the erection of a monument at Bergere, in honour of the convention entered into by Marshal Espartero at that place. The accounts from the provinces mention the de feat end dispersion of several Carlist bands. LATER FROM . THE BRAZILS. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. By the arrival this morning of the bri e Walter Baine, Captain Cleary, after a passage of 35 days, we have advices from Pernambuco to Oct. 7, being 17 days later than previously to hand. The Royal Mail steamer Avon, with the English mails, arrived at Pernambuco on the Ist of Octo ber, and sailed next day southward. During the first nine months of 1855, 668 vessels arrived at Pernambuco, comprising 61 American, 1 Argentine, 1 Austrian, 1 Belgian, 247 Brazilian, 2 Bremen, 3 Chilian, 17 Danish, 3 Dutch, 186 English, 49 French, 1 Hanoverian, 12 Hambur guese, 5 Norwegian, 2 Peruvian, 36 Portuguese, 7 Sardinian, 31 Spanish, and 9 Swedish, in addition to 63 mail steamers. The arrivals, though scanty, were gradually im proving, and bought almost as soon as placed on the market ; but good supplies are shortly expected. Prices on the increase, and Muscovadoes were quoted at 1 dol. 800 rs. to 2 dols. per arroba. No shipments had taken place since the last accounts. No improvement can be noticed in the supplies of cotton. Hides have sold, on French account, at 189 rs. per lb., and the market closed firm at 190 rs. to 191 rs. The quantities shipped were incon siderable. • Several transactions have been reported in rum at 70 dols. per pipe, And there were still buyers coming forward. Freights.—The following were the quotations : —To the United Kingdom, 70s. 6d. to 755. per ton, and 5 per cent. (nominal) ; to Havre, dm, 755. to 80s. (nominal); Gibraltar, 80s. (nominal) ; Liverpool, 60s. (effected) for sugar ; and id. per lb. for cotton (effected). Exchange on England firm at 28d. ; Paris, 60 days, 345 (nominal) ; and Lisbon 98 to 100 per cent. The Bank rate continues at 8 per cent. per annum for bills of six months' date ; and in private hands 9 to 12 per cent. were offering, according to time and paper. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH TO INDIA. The electric telegraph from England to India, which was a dream, bids fair to become a reality. The inventor of the submarine telegraph has completed his line across the Mediterranean, and is desirous to extend it to the Indian Penineu'a. As far as Suez he will be supported by the British Government, and his success is certain. From that point, however, he must trust to the East India Company for official aid, without which it is im possible to raise the required capital. The projector, we believe, is convinced that a aingle copper wire, covered with gutta percha, and secured by galvanised iron wire, could be la:d down for about 1001. a mile. He asks, we believe, a guarantee of 5 per cent. on a capital, say, as an extreme estimate, of 1,000,0001. sterling. Ii return. the Government will possess an exclusive rigl t to the line for a certain number of hours a-day, and, we presume, a general control over the undertaking. With the immense batteries recently prepared for the Atlantic line, it is understood that direct communication wish England may be easily maintained. The project needs but one comment. It is certain that the projector is no dreaming enthusiast ov dishonest speculator, but a quiet man of science who has already carried out undertakings almost equally vast. It is certain that the line once com plete would place India within one day's journey o f England. Lastly, it is certain that these advantage., the very mention of which might take away the breath of the most daring, may be secured for a possible risk of some 50,0001. a-year. We are unable to state whether this propo•ilion is as yet before the Government of India. It has, however, been favourably considered by the Court, and must shortly be before the Governor- General. Lord Dalhousie has inaugurated railways, telegraphs, and the penny post. It may be reserved for him, also, to render his reign immortal by the establish ment of instantaneous communication between India and England.—Friend of India. THE HYDE-PARK DISTURBANCE. Several persons were examined yesterday at Marl borough-street police office on charges connected with the foolish and riotous proceedings in Hyde-park on Sunday. William Kimbura was charged with obstruct ing the police in the execution of their duty. It was proved that the prisoner formed part of a mob who hooted at the police when they had taken a man into cutody, and that be incited the mob to rescue the man. Mr. Bingham committed the prisoner for a month. John York, who was proved to ha ve assau l ted two constables, was committed for a month for each offence. Richard Hickson, a lad of 15, was sentenced to 14 days' impri sonment for disorderly conduct, and for inciting the mob to interfere with the police in the execution of their duty. The next case was that of John Bradley, who was charged with distributing bills tending to excite to a breach of the peace. Mr. Parry, who attended for the prisoner, asked under what act of Parliament the prisoner was charged! Inspector Bickerston said the 2d and 3d of Victoria, sec. 63 and 64. Mr. Bingham, who strongly condemned those assemblages, and gave his opinion that they were both illegal and mischievous, and that this particular case came within the act of Par liament in question, condemned the defendant to pay a fine of 3/. At the request of Mr. Parry, however, the fine was increased to 31. ls., in order that the defendant might be enabled to appeal against the decision. THE NEW MAYORS. The following is a further list of Mayors elected on Friday last : A s hton-under-Lyne—Abel Buckley, Egg • B e dford—George Hurst, Esq. Bolton—James Knowles, Esq. Bristol— Vining, Esq. Cardiff—Charles Vacheli, Esq. Chesterfield— Hewitt, Esq. Gravesend—Walter Hills, Esq. Hastings—Alderman Ticehurst. Ipswich—George Christopherson, Esq. Lichfield—Thomas Adie, Esq. Maidenhead—H. H. Durrant, Esq. N e wport (Isle of Wight) —J. 11. Hearn, Esq. Newcastle-under-Lyne—T. Mason, Esq. Oldham--John Platt, Esq. Romsey—F. Taylor, Esq. (a re election). Rochester.— Furrell, Esq. Stafford—J. H. Webb, Esq. Stockport—Joseph Orcne, Esq. Stockton—Joshua Byers, Esq. Sudbury—W, R. Bevan, Esq. Tamveorth—Francis Hunter, Esq. Winchester —C. Wright, Esq. Walsall—F. B. Oerton, Esq. Wycombe—T. Wheeler, Esq. _ The wetkly revi ews f rom the Amster d am an d Rotter dam produce-markets state that business had been active at a further improvement in prices. The operations in coffee bad been on a more extended scale, and the supe rior qualities had brought higher quo tations. Large purchas es o f sugar h a d been made tor export, pnil no descriptions could be obtained except at enhanced rates. For tea and other articles there was greater firmness, holders exhibiting little disposition to press sales. The excitement in the sugar-market prevalent through out the whole of last week seems to-day to have commu nicated itself to the tea-market, large purchases having been entered into at a great advance. Common congou, which left off on Friday at Bd. to Bid., is now quoted 9 1d- to 103. Coffee also has advanced, the native Cey lon kinds having realised 565. per cwt. Rice was dearer cn account of the fresh movement in corn. In the tal low market likewise great animation has continued to prevail. THE KING OF PRUSSIA AND THE LA TB ELECTIONS. The King of Prussia has made the following reply to the address presented to him on his birthday by the Municipality of Berlin : "I thank the Municipal Council of the capital and Royal residence for the good wishes which they have addressed to me on the occasion of my birthday. " Whatever pleasure my paternal heart may feel at receiving an assurance of the unalterable devotion and fidelity of the men who are placed at the head of the capital, and who enjoy well•merited consideration, I cannot conceal from you the painful impression which the recent elections at Berlin for the Chamber of Depu ties have made upon me. "The loyal and devoted sentiments which you have conveyed to your King proves to me that you share in my regrets, especially at such a period as this, when the country knows the necessity of fortifying the Govern ment. " GUILLAUME FREDERICK. • " Sans Souci, Oct. 31, 1855." NEW STEAM-FRIGATE. The New York Tribune describes a new steam frigate, named the Wabash, which had been launched at the Philadelphia navy yard : " The Wabash is intended as a sailing or steam vessel, as occasion requires. She is fitted with four boilers, placed at the very bottom of the ship, each 11 fe.A in height, 15 feet long, and 13i feet wide, and each having five furnaces and seven-feet grates. The power is to be applied to a propeller, which has been so arranged that it can be hoisted completely out of the water when not in use. She hrs two engines, with horizontal cylinders 72 inches in dia meter, 3 feet stroke, working immediately on the shaft of the propeller so as to effect 50 revolutions per minut a. The propeller itself is of brass, about 17 feet in diameter, and weighs 200 tons. Dimensions of the Wabash _ _ _ Feet. Inches. Length between the perpendiculars 262 7 Length of tread of keel Leng'6ll from knight-head to taffrail 284 4 Length over all 3Ol • Beam extreme 5l 4 Depth of hold Although the Wabash is rated as a frigate, her dimensions are equal to those of a ship of the line. The keel of the Wabash was laid on the 13th of October, 1854. Five other steam-frigates are in course of construcLion." HANGO DEEP-SEA PBIZES. ( From a Correspondent of the Press.) NARGEN, Nov. I.—We have had very heavy gales since I last wrote, so that the admiral has thought it advisable to send a large part of his fleet to Kiel (Nile, Cressy, Royal George, Edinburgh, Blenheim, Caesar, Arrogant, under orders of Captain Codrington), and will, in all probability, follow with the remainder (ex cepting, of course, the flying or blockading squadron, who are to be under the orders of Admiral Baynes) in about ten days time. The squadron from Seskar, under Admiral Seymour, have left that place. They encountered a very heavy gale on the way from there to this anchorage, only two of them being able to stem the gale. These were the Orion and Euryalus ; the others took shelter under the island of Hogland. The Cossack has arrived here from Wormsoe : her officer' have been most hospitably entertained by Baron and Baroness Stackleberg, the owners of that island. Pro visions are to be got there in great abundance, and at very low prices, which is an important fact when it is taken into consideration that this place is to be the head-quarters of our blockading ships. They can pro cure, it appears, bullocks at 41. a piece, thereby over coming the great difficulty of obtaining bullocks from Elsinore, which at this season of the year becomes so very serious and precarious an undertaking. Geese, turkeys, and fowls are only one shilling each, so that our poor fellows, who have the arduous work of cruising during the heavy snow storms and long dark nights, will, at all events, be well off in the food line. The Blenheim put back here, having found it impossible to make headway against the south-western gales she en countered. During her stay at Hango she had found eighteen long 421 b. guns, which bad been thrown into the sea when the Russians destroyed their fortifications there last year. She first hit upon them when sounding, and persevering she fished up the aforesaid eighteen guns and two splendid mortars, all of which she is taking home. A GALLANT ATTEMPT TO RESCUE A SHIP WRECKED BOY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—During the late terrific gale on the Suffolk coast, an excellent man, named Thomas Cable, jun., of Ald borough, lost his life whilst attempting to save the life of a shipwrecked boy. The youth was a Swede, and belonged to the Swedish brig Vesta, which was totally wrecked on the Low Light beach on the 3d instant, during the fearful gale of that day. Nine of her crew were saved ; but the lad in question having been left behind, Cable made a noble effort to save his life, by tying a rope around his body, and dashing through the surf to the youth's rescue. He had succeeded in reaching the lad, but the rope breaking he was carried under the ship's bottom, and no doubt was instantly crushed to death. Cable was a good boatman and was much respected in his neighbourhood. His bravery bad on several occa sions been brought before the Royal National Life-boat Institution. He was always conspicuous in his readiness to man the Aldborough life-boat, or any shore boat, when their services were required to save life from ship. wreck. He has left a widow and five little children, who were entirely dependent on his exertions, totally destitute. An appeal on behalf of the dependeudents of the gal lant dead has never been made in vain in The Sun, and, should you kindly give publicity to the above facts, the aid of the benevolent may probably be enlisted in favour of poor Cable's widow, and possibly obtain a sheiter for some of his orphans in some of our large me tropolitan public schools. Any farther information relative to this case may be obtained from R. V. Gorham, Esq., surgeon, of Ald borough, Suffolk, and Secretary to the Aldborough Life-boat branch of the above Institution ; and any con tributions intended for poor Cable's widow will be thankfully received by him, as well as, sir, your obedient and obliged servant, RIC HARD LEWIS, Secretary to the Royal National Life-boat Institution. 14, John-street, Adelpbi, Nov. 12, 1855. THE DUKE or NEWCASTLE —A private (French lettter from Sebastopol, of Oct. 30th, states as follows: " The Duke of Newcastle, who was for some time with us, and who was present at the la , t events of the siege, embarked some days ago on board the Hi g hflyer. After having touched at Kertch and visited the eastern coast of the Crimea, he again embarked for Burden, whence he will return to the bead-quarters of Omar Pasha. It is said that the ex-War Minister of her Britannic Ma jesty will be at Constantinople about the Ist of De cember. THE EELLOT TESTIMONIAL—The subscription entered into two years ago for the purpose of honouring the memory of the intrepid, skilful, and much-beloved French officer Bellot has been closed, and amounts to upwards of 2,2001., of which sum nearly 5001. has been expended in erecting a monument of granite ; the re mainder, according to the wish of the subscribers, being in the course of division among the five young sisters of the deceased. The fact of the recent erection of the monument was announced yesterday evening on the opening of the first meeting of the season of the Royal Geographical Society by Sir Roderick Murchison, who, having acted as the chairman of the meeting of the friends of Bellot, explained that the site which bad been obtained for the monument, through the goodwill of the Lords of the Admiralty and the Commissioners and Go vernor of Greenwich Hospital, was the quay of that great naval establishment, than which no position could have been selected more worthy of the occasion or more honourable to the memory of the gallant young French volunteer, who had twice risked his life in the search after Franklin. The monument is an obelisk, about 35ft. high, of red granite, designed by Mr. Philip Hard wick, 8.A., and executed by Messrs. M`Donald, of Aberdeen, which bears on its base in large letters the word "Bellot," both on the side facing the Thames and on that which is presented to the western quadrangle of the Royal hospital. His Excellency the French Ambas sador, the Comte de Persigny, honoured the meeting with his company, to mark the sense entertained by his Sovereign and his countrymen of this spontaneous effort of Englishmen to record their admiration of the devoted services of the young French seaman. CURIOUS CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.—On Satur day last, before the High Court of Justiciary, Edin burgh, Alex. Watt, a young man, clerk to a solicitor, was placed at the bar charged with forgery of a cheque for 351. upon the Edinburgh Commercial Bank, and with uttering it and receiving payment from the Clydesdale Bank there. His employer, Mr. John Murray, whose name was endorsed on the cheqiie as the payee, declared his signature a forgery, and the name of the granter, William Robh, appeared to be a fictitious one, the Com mercial Bank having no account with any person of that name. The cheque-clerk and the teller at the Clydes dale Bank spoke positively to Watt having presented the forged cheque about 1 o'clockonthel4thofSept., and received payment. Witnesses for the defense, how. ever, testified to Watt being in engaged in bustionuoenksdsetrion. another part of the to wn at that time, and t wo gentle men who knew Watt intimately deposed Watt erroneously sedtoh was aving s een in u the h w e streethom they while sabteopoherciismot.on be e as them in s etn gaol, but One of these gentlemen, Mr. Clark, a member of the Scottish bar, had employed Watt as hi s clerk for a year, and bad a high opinion of him. One day early in October he saw two individuals talking in St. An drew-square, one of whom he took to be his former clerk, and went forward to speak to him. On approaching him the resemblance increased, and he felt certain it was Watt ; but, 119 he was about to address him, the person turned round slightly, nod he saw he was quite mistaken. Witness was very much struck with the resemblance in figure as well as in dress. The character of the prisoner was borne high testimony to as steady and trustworthy, as well as temperate and industrious. On the evidence being concluded, the Lord-Advocate said there could be no doubt that this was a case of mistaken identity of a very remarkable character, and he regretted that in investigating the forgery which had undoubtedly been committed Mr. Watt should have, from an unfortunate coincidence of circunistarxes, been placed in this pain fill' situation. Being convinced that the charge pro ceeded from error, the jury would acquit the prisoner. Under direction of the Court the jury found Watt "Not guilty," and be was liberated amid the , applause of a crowded alefalblage,