The Sun. — London, England, 1855-10-06 00:00:00

POSTPONEMENT OF PERFORMANCE. 1 1 HE XTRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. - L Lessee, Mr. E. T. S'Zirrn. Acting Manager, r. Charles athews, Stage Manager, Air, Ro‘ - tert Roxby.-1 he public is re- , rpectfully informed that this ESTABLISHMENT will OPEN for the regular DRAMATIC SEASON, under the Management of Mr. , E T. smith, on MONDAY, October 8, en which occasion Mr Elliot Galer, Lucy Escott, Miss Lanza, and the Company will sing the National Anthem, and when the grand original and historical Egyptian Drama. written by E. Fitzball, Esq., and which has for ' apwards of la months engaged the attention of the scenic, mechani cal, and decorative departments co this theatre, will positively be produced, with the utmost regard to splendour and accuracy of de tail. In accordance with this resolution to secure the services, when- • ever available, of the most talented artistes of the day, the Lessee • has the greatest pleasure in announcing that he has engaged that in'mitable comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, who will appear in a series of new pieces, written expressly for him ; and to strengthen ' the cast of which an engagement has also been made with the prin. cipal members of the Lyceum Company. - I hat distinguished tragic actress, Miss Glyn, and that popular tragedian, Mr. Barry Sullivan, will be likewise found included in the arrangements of the forth coming season, while the scenic department will be under the • immediate superintendence of Mr. William Beverley. The Lessee, In thus inviting attention to the long-promised Egyptian Drama, : which will be produced on Monday, October 1, feels it necessary to state that, so connected as everything relative to Egypt is with mystery and Ingenuity, he felt it incumbent upon him to spare neither trouble nor expenditure in or • er to present a strictly accu rate picture of the regal. and domestic history, habits. manners, and customs of that extraordinary nation, at the Pharaonic period, and to reproduce, as far as possib e in scenic acce sories, those colossal masses of granite and porphyry, and those gigantic statues, whose enormous dimensions, overwhelmed by the shocks of nature or the fu - y of the element., have ben scattered in ages past over regions at present inaccessible, or buried deep beneath those arid and urn ng sands which have been at once their tomb and their protection. I bat nothing may be found wanting to give a completeness to its production, the piece will be sustained by the highest dramatic talent, an I It ustr ted by artistic and mechanical effects of entirely . novel construction. Her odotus, Denon , Wilkinson, the libraries or the British and Imperial Museums at London and Pads, together with oth. r authorities, have been carefully consulted to insure this most rigid correctness in all the details and appointments; and in thus reviving the associations of a people that existed upwards of 4,0(10 years air. , the Lessee hopes to make the stage present a com bination of amusement and instruction hitherto unknown. Rather. bow, ver, than speak himself of what has been done, he leaves the laurels to be distributed by the p bile to those artistes who will be found to have distinguished themselves, and confidently in vites the critic and the antiquary to judge of its merits and attest the fidelity of the most minute details. The ancient and modern authorities consulted by. and the whole of the Egyptian accessories made and modelled under . the entire superintendence of Dykwynkin. The scenery, entirely new painted by Messrs. Nichols, Cuthbert, Richard Cooper, G. Gordon, Aglio, and assistants. The gas :fittings by James Pa'mer and as ii - sistant.. Th striking and novel costumes by Mr. Palmer, Mi. s Bradley, and assistants. The trophies, idols, properties, &c., are All new. Property-Master,' Mr. Needham, and assistants. To give greater effect to which the orchestra (20 feet) will be covered and added to the stage (the largest in the world). The incidental dances arranged by Madame Louise. The overture and mu-ic by H. Laurent, Esq. Director, Mr. .T. H. Tully. Machinist, Mr. Tucker and assistants The following artistes have been already engaged: —Miss Glyn, Miss 4nderton, Miss Cleveland, Miss M. Oliver, Miss Talbot, Mrs. Frank Matthews. Mrs. Selby, Miss Robertson, Miss Wadham, Miss De Vere, Miss Topham, Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mr. ' Stuart, Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. R. Roxby, Mr. E. Stirling, Mr. A. Younge, sir. George Wild, Mr. Edgar, Mr. Swan, Mr. Vincent, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Worrell, Mr. Craven, Mr. Templeton, liar. Laporte. The Ballet edema Louise, Miss Rosina Wright, M Iss Charles, Wile. Therese, Miss Smith, , v:iss Brown, and 24 ladies of the Corps de Balet. The orchestra will be enlarged and complete. A full and efficient chorus from the Royal Opera, and upwards of 300 auxiliaries will be employed in the procession and pageantries of the Egyptian dram., presenting a coup d'reil of surpassing magni ficence and grandeur, occupying the whole of the largest stage in the world, the whole of the orchestra being converted into the stage. In course of preparation a grand historical drama, by W. J. Robson, Esq., author of " Love and Loyalty." The box-office, under the direction of , tr. E. Chatterton, open from 10 to 6. The theatre will be open at half-past 6, and commence at 7. THEATRE ROYAL, HO - MARKET. Under the ..anagement of Mr. Buckstone. THIs EVENINO, Will be performed TUE MAN OF MANY FRIENDS. After which, THE PRETTY GIPSEY AND THE BULL FIGHTER. Followed by COURT FAVOYTR. After which, a BALLET. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. J. H. Anderson, 18, Norfolk-street, Strand. Increased Attractions, and success in equal ratio ! THIS. AND EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'Clock, Will be presented, with entirely New and Magnificent Appoint ments, MAGIC and MYSTERY, in twelve acts, arranged in two parts, by Professor Anderson. After which, the startling illustrations of Spirit-Rapping. DALY AN-HOUR WITH TILE SPIRIT-, being the most surprising 1111 i interesting series of experiments ever given within the walls of any theatre. 84,7.11 persons have visited the Lyceum already to see the Great Wizard of the North. Prices of admission:—Private Boxes, IZ. lie. 6d. and il. }s.; Orchestra Stalls, 45.: Dress Boxes, 33 ; 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 STEAM) THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr. Payne. ...vp.P41... gill be performed THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. Followed by L CHALET. To which will be added THE BUMP OF BENEVOLENCE. To conclude with SALLY SWART ; or, The Clockmaker'a Hat. ASTLETS ROYAL• AMPHITHEATRE. .e.me. and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke . Tremendous excitement! Electric effect and incomparable succes THIS EVENING, A Grand Military Equestrian Spectacle, by J. 11. STocquEtra, Esq., called, The FALL of SEBASTOPOL ! After which the skilful GYRATIONS of EQUESTRIAN ART in the CIRCLE. including the Champion Vaulter and the French Troupe Jf V oltigeurs. The effect produced by the stage and ring being formed into one vast battle-field, with a host of auxiliaries and a superb stud of hor is one beyond all precedent ! The Fall of Sebastopol will be acted every evening. 1: 0 ,,.. 0 11ee ',pen from Eleven till Four. Stage 3Canager, Mr. W. Manazer, Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Directnr, tr w. Cook.. Mn. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn. m in. aft.lo —Rvening 28 min aft. 11 To-Stfoßaow—Morn. 0 min. aft. o—Evening 59 min. aft. 11 THE WEATHER.—StN OFFICE, Oct. 6. THERMOMETER, .131' TAR SHADE. 62 h4;lidst since noon yesterday. 5t owest this morning and during the night. 62 -this day. at noon. BAROMETER, 29'45. WIND, S.W.—Light, with fine weather. ~. ~. , i) d ~G ° ,~, ~y ~~_.~• 1117 v LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1855. Lord PALMERSTON on the capture of Sebasto pol is a truly attractive subject—one that will arrest the attention of men of all ranks and classes throughout the length and breadth of the land. Many .will lo'di curiously for a vindici.- tion of the past policy ; all, for any hint or sion by which an inkling of the Ministerial inten tions as to the future of Russia may be obtained. It could scarcely be supposed that, in answer to an address . from the, inhabitants of Romsey— although that answer was practically framed for tho perusal of the entirecommunity—the PREMIER would distinctly or explicitly refer to prospective Measures, or pledge his Government to any par ticular course. But as.a feather thrown.up indi cates the direction of the wind, so may, some ap .parently superficial observations exhibit the etaracter and disposition of the human thought, and enable us to form a tolerably accurate esti mate of . the objects of the speaker. Regarding the matter in this point of view, we derive considerable encouragement from Lord PALMERSTON'S address—not from any vague generalities as to "the result of the con test, placing the future liberties of Europe, and the main and permanent interests of the countries which are now allied in a sure, a stable, and lasting foundation ;" but from the general tone and temper of the remarks, and more especially from the reasons assigned for the steps already taken. If any value could at any tittle have been attached to pompous platitudes respecting " honourable and permanent peace," &p,,, &c., it would have been cotnpletel;dis,i_ • pated by the conduct of Lard JOHN ROgSEL 4, who, while utteritg the " pravest ords," and in dulging in language worthy of anc i en t P ISTOL hi mse lf, was privately persuading the Government of which he was a member to accept the deceitful propositions of Austria, urging that " the ques• tion was between an imperfect security for Turkey and for Europe, and the continuance of tie War !" Thus, privately disregarding and setting at nought his public professions. We, therefore, infinitely prefer the unintentional expression of a man's real sentiments, and some of these may be gathered from the speech of UK , Premier. Thus, in speaking of the vast importance of the capture of the Russi9.n stronghold, and the wise discretion exercised by the Government in direct ing against it the main power of the Allied armies and navies in the Euxiue, rather than in invading Btssarabia, and in pursuing the retreating Mu-- writes across the wildernesses of Southern Russia, he showed that in the latter case, assuming the mos t complete success, and that we cou ld h ave defeated army after army, we should "at last gain nothing but the possession of vast and extensive plains, from which we should have been compelled ultimately to return, without having in our hands the pledges of future security." There can be no doubt as to the mean ing of this emphatic argument. The inference is plain and unequivocal, namely, that it is the in tention of the Allies to retain a " material gua rantee, and to keep possession of that which they have conquered with so much difficulty, and after so lavish an expenditure of blood and treasure." This is, indeed, a satisfactory assurance, one for which the nation has been anxiously looking, and which, if made in perfect sincerity, will insure its strenuous and unflinching support for the Noble Lord, and such of his colleagues as parti cipate in these manly sentiments. If that be the ruling policy of his Government, he may safely purge his Cabinet from the detrimentals by which it is encumbered, and fearlessly meet any opposition from any quarter. He will, in deed, be the man of the people, whom no in , fluence can seriously affect, and whose position will be perfectly invincible. There was another allusion no less satisfactory, inasmuch as it shows that he is perfectly aware of the tendency of "Germanism," and that he at least cannot be bamboozled by the deceptive profes sions of those who have preferred a contemptible neutrality to a more honourable and straightfer! ward course. He declared that Russia " bad nothing to fear from Austria or from Prussia." So far as they were concerned, " she was at liberty to send down to the Crimea and to defend Sebastopol, and to drive our armies, as she vainly boasted she would do, into the sea.' " She had nothing to prevent her from sending division after division, and army after army— the garrison of Poland (!) and the garrison of St. Petersburg—every man she could feed, at so distant a place. She had nothing of danger upon her frontier to prevent her reinforcing her Cri mean army, and replacing, by fresh recruits, the losses she had sustained in battle." From these indisputable facts he was more than justified in his assertion that it was not a mere " siege," but a great campaign, in which we were fighting against the whole military force of Russia, and that we have conquered that Power, and gained the splendid prize for which we were contending ; but we also are equally warranted in believing that, having shown so just an appreciation of Austrian duplicity and insincerity, he will not again suffer himself to be humbugged, or in any degree influenced by the partisans of Germanism ! It was the manly re sistance which he offered to an unconstitutional principle that led to his great popularity, and elevated him to the position which he now so worthily and efficiently occupies. For a time it exposed him to insult and • deprived him of office, but it gave him a strength and power with the Parliament; and better still, ; with the People of Great Britain, which so long as he justifies their confidence, no intrigues could disturb, no influence shake. Let him, then, continue in that course—let him still maintain the high spirit that prompted the declaration, that. " England had no cousins," and be may rest easy in the assurance of popular support— support so enthusiastic and powerful that every effort of Germanism must be fruitless against its possessor, and must fail to evict from office the man who will thus clearly have shown that he is not the Minister of Russia, the Minister of Aus tria., the Minister of Prussia, or the Minister of Coburg, but truly and emphatically THE MINISTER OF GREAT BRITAIN. KOSSUTH, LEDRU ROLLIN, MAZZINI ! HOW Whigs and Tories, and liccky Corn-law Repealers, and Violators of the Post-office, and the negotia tors of gold rein'ttances from the Bank of Eng land to the treasury of the CZAR—how they an will sneer at the sight of an appeal to Europe signed by three such names. Had each of them been successful they would have proclaimed them first-rate men, and gone their ways to them, one with his loan, another with his merchandise. They might not have liked their success, but n'import!e they would soon have found that it was profitable to praise and to use it. Now they are " penni less exiles," "enthusiastic incapables "—well if it be not added " reckless adventurers." They may, however, calmly smile at the censures and the censors. As Cardinal WoLsEy replied to the Aristocrat of his day who taunted him with being the son of a butcher—if their fathers had been butchers they would have been butchers too. They have not assuredly during the last two years been very " enthusiastic" in the War the people compelled them to undertake ; neither have th-_-y particularly distinguished their class as " capables" in the eyes of Europe; even the Times of yesterday vehemently witnessing that their share in the War, iu contrast with that of our private soldiers, is the derision of Europe. As to the reproach of poverty, they at least administer the patronage of the State iu•obedience to the injunction to "care for their own." If any of them be penniless it is generally because they part with their pence on the ap proved aphorism of " Poor RICHARD"—" light come, light goes." It is not for us now, however, to vindicate the claims of these men to moral or intellectual great ness. The deeds of each are before the world, and whatever their political miscalculations, no im partial man will deny the Italian and Hungarian patriots the credit of having displayed mar vellous ability under most difficult circum stances, and of-failing from the same cause which has. not diminished the fame of NAPOLEON I., — external, and irresistible force. These Whigs and Tories may, however, well blush for very shame at the result of their policy. It is now clear to all, as we were not backward to foretel at the time, that the Anti-Hungarian policy, avowed in disgraceful epithets by Lord JOHN RUSSELL in 1848, has issued in rendering Austria the mere satrap of the CZAR, in annihilating the capacity o f Hungary to become the south-eastern bulwark of freedom and civilisation ; and in thus em boldening the CZAR of Moscow to unchain his pent up ambition, and to aim at Constantinople. Our worthless governors have uniformly den ounce d intervention, unless it were to uphold tyranny,_ when it was to trample a nation under a Haps burg, or a Bomba, or an odious Langrave, they have winked at it. Of course it is easy to criticise the vagueness of this proclamation of War against despots ; as if these patriots, supposing them to have definite plans, would trumpet them to their savage enemies. Except in its length it is not more vague than most declarations of War. Assuming it to be genuine, which of course needs confirma tion, the question of interest is—Why is it pub blishpd ? Why hazard putting all the despots on their guard ? Why induce them to huddle up a peace of any sort rather than employ their troop? in undeifying the god of the despots ? The writers of the proclamation, doubtless, weighed these things well ; they are not men, we believe, to do them justice, more heedless of civil carnage than theirrevilers. They cannot desire premature and individual risings. They know what mobs are against soldiers. One principal reason, doubt less, is to manifest the union of the exile leaders. They lay stiles s , UII unity of aim among their fol owers, and give themselves the example of it. 4orne will think that the willingness of MANILA, avowed in his lately-published letter, to ac .:ept the King of SARDINIA as a. constitutional Monarch of au Italy emancipated from the Aus- trian yoke, is a symptom of moderation which alarms these Ultra-Republicans. That hence they would hazard a hopeless Republican revolution rather than accept a constitutional Government. MAZZINI'S conduct at one time naturally suggests this, and KOSSUTH thinks the King of SARDINIA. has been entangled in a despot War. We can hardly imagine, however, that both would not re joice if Austria were driven from Italian terri tory, and constitutional Government prevailed throughout Lombardy, Venice, and the Roman States: We incline, however, to think that they wish to compel the Allies to wage a peoples' War. They see and proclaim that the War has been one merely to redress the balance of despotism. The German Potentates, feebleness itself as powers, but omnipotent in backstairs' influence, have well contrived this. These, politically speaking, slave holding States of Europe, have " dominated" the policy of the freer kingdoms, as effectually as the " Nigger floggers" of America give law to the Free States of the Union. They have shielded Russia on her really vulnerable side, Poland. They have compelled us to " spare Russian terri tory," and thus forfeit the all - lance and invaluable aid of Sweden and Poland too. These noble pa triots have felt all this of course, even more than the majority of Englishmen. We feel and de nounce the meanness and cruelty of the policy which sacrifices our money and our troops, rather than offend the odious Austria, and the match bunting Prussia, and hazard the liberation of the nations ;—but they belong to these nationalities. Their contempt of the hoax practised on England by her despot-loving aristocracy must naturally ex ceed ours—at least their disappointment, that the people do not merely compel their governments tohumble Russia, but to do their work thoroughly. And they know the traitorous reason for all this —they know that Czars, and KOnigs, and Kaisers, and Hertzoga too, are dearer to Courts and Cabi nets than the nations they oppress. They think that Russia will not .make peace after a defeat, nor the Allies ask it, after a victory ; they hope that the fall of Sebastopol is but the commence ment of the real struggle, and they aim to forts on the recreant, amongst the Allies, a War for a worthy object. We can but remark here their accordance with a statesman, no • revolutionist certainly, M. De PERSIGNY. In his remarkable letter to the Em peror of FRANCE, he showed. that the emancipa tion of Poland is precisely the object needed to elevate the character of the War—that it alone would impart an enthusiasm, a nobleness to it, which would be more than a counterpoise to the superstitious phrenzy of the Russians. KOSSUTH and his companions write in the same strain. Every honest man must. Had Poland been threatened or attacked, either through the Baltic Seaboard, or from Bessarabia and Odessa, we be lieve we should now have been nearer the termi nation of the War. Detractors may sneer as they please, but of this we believe every Englishman is quite satisfied, that had a KOSSUTH had been our Primo Minister whe'n an ABERDEEN was, either we should have had no war at all, or, by this time, Russia would have been trembling, not merely for the Crimea, but for St. Petersburg, and next for Moscow. Very gratifying is it to us to turn from the mouthings of pseudo-patriots and philanthropists to the honest English utterances of such men as Sir EDWARD BIILWER LYTTON and Sir JOSEPH PAXTON. Unlike each other as they are in many respects, both may claim a proud position in the van of those who have illustrated the blessings of peace, and have served to the best of their ability the interests of humanity. And now that the loud clarion of War pierces the ear of Europe, and the waste of conflict calls for renewed exertions and sacrifices—now that the honour and welfare of the country are staked on the successful prosecu tion of hostilities—now that so many families among us are plunged into grief and mourning for the loss of our brave defenders who have fallen before the blood-stained walls of Sebastopol —and individuals dead to the best interests of their country and of humanity, taking advantage of these circumstances, prate of the horrorsof War and the blessings of peace, in order to promote tbe trade in cotton—we have the illustrious pair again at their posts, and, in ringing accents, bid ding their countrymen to be of good cheer, 4norl' fight out the good fight of civilisation against bar barian aggression, with the certainty of a glorious issue, and proving their sincerity not by m audlin sentiment, but by proffering the sacrifice of their time, energies, and party ambition in their coun try's cause. True, in effect, says the Member for Ffereford shire, many of our hearths are now darkened with mourning, " but that mourning is a robe of honour, a title of nobility, and is conferred on the humblest Englishman who can point t o a hero's grave and say, there lies the broti ler or the son whom I lost in his countrfo cause.' " True, there have been sneers directed against our raw recruits, but when raw recruits of seventeen lead on their men with a courage and a resolution the bravest veterans have never ex celled the sneer may be permitted - to pass for what it is worth—it cannot diminish the people's confidence in their lion-hearted defenders. True, Sebastopol has been a rough school, but it is likely to turn out some famous scholars, and so far from mourning that more glory bas notbeenreaped by our soldiers we may well be proud of that match less army which, maintaining discipline against incredible hardships, and earning renown against such formidable odds, " now holds in Sebastopol a material guarantee for the rights of nations and the demands of justice." True, we did not storm the Malakhoff, or have as immediate a share in the taking of Sebastopol as tbe French, but what of that ?" Do you believe there is any French man who would deny us our full share of half the laurel tree which took its root on the hills of Alma, because the last gale in the storm of battle drifted its leaves towards the ranks of the French ? Why, in the next turn of the wind, those leaves might be drifted towards us. " Never," continued this high-sptrited English Statesman, "never for the paltry purpose of damaging a Government to whom I may be opposed —no, I never will con sent to disparage English soldiers"—a manly and encouraging utterance this. Not only, however, has the Honourable Baronet given encouragement to the country and justice to the maligned army to offer; he has also lessons to inculcate, and a 'duty to himself as a Representative of the people t o di sc h arge , a nd does so. He is no t t h e man to cen surelnn to t e ll his imperfect and hasty nobl y evid e a n n c h e e a , bs bute nt h G e e i s n e r t a h l e u Yvan fellow countrymen what he conceives to be faulty, and to suggest a remedy ; and when he speaks of the failure on our part to bring "the entire force of Euglisli intelligence and civilisation to beat: against the enemy that we have assumed the right 40, despise as barbarians," and declares it " our` im- THE. „ 'N, LONDON, SATIJW4AY EVENING, OCTOBER 6 1855 perative duty, as Englishmen and nen of serL , :', to force into - all departments, military and civil, that intelligence which it is our boast to posses, and without which we may beat our enemy, but at the price of the most fearful lo3s, and at the risk of impairing our position as a wise and en lightened people in the eyes of our Allies and the judgment of less friendly nations," he points out a serious error and plays the part of a true patriot. Of the remainder of his speech we shall say little. It should be read. It is magnificently English—noble, honest, wise, and manly; worthy, in short, of Sir EDWARD as a British Statesman. Sir JOSEPH PAXTON'S remarks have the same English tone, and have been dictated by a similar spirit. What efforts and sacrifices the former is prepared to make, and what encouragement and counsel he offers in his sphere, Sir JOSEPH is pre pared to make and offers in his ; and both are for a vigorous prosecution of the War, with every respect to the claims of humanity and justice. LATEST NEWS. CAVALRY ACTION NEAR EUPATOHIA. DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS. The following important telegraphic despatch, dlted October 1, from Marshal Pelissier to the Minister of War, was received in Paris yesterday, and posted at the Bourse. It appeared in a great part of our impression the same day : A brilliant cavalry engagement took place on the 29th of September at Koughill, five leagucl north-east of Eupatoria, in which the Russian cavalry, commanded by General Korf, was dc feated by that of General D'Allonville. Six guns, 12 caissons, and field forges, with ' their carriages, fell into our hands, with 160 prisoners and 250 horses of the Uklans. The enemy left 50 dead upon the field of battle, among whom is Colonel Andreawski. Our loss is small, consisting of 6 killed, and 27 wounded. MARSEILLES, OCT. 6. The Thabor, which left Constantinople on the 27th of Sept., has arrived. She beings advices from the Crimea to the 25th of Sept. Despatches leave at 9 a.m. The steam frigates Canada and Veloce are em barking troops and ammunition for the Crimea. ST. PETERSBURG, OCT. 4. General Gortscbakoff writes under date of the "Eight o'clock yesterday evening the enemy made a movement against our left flank, but 3d- soon afterwards retired. "Our advanced posts are still on the same line. " The allies have not yet undertaken anything against the north side of Sebastopol." KONIGSBERG, OCT. 4. The St. Petersburg journals announce the re. turn from Moscow of the Empress, and of the Grand Duchesses and their children. VIENNA, OCT. 4. A letter from Odessa of the 30th ult. says " The Czar is expected here on the 7th Oct." The semi-official Austrian Correspondence pub lishes news from Constantinople of the 27th ult., to the effect that the Russians before Kars had captured a Turkish convoy of provisions destined for the garrison, together with 1,000 horses and 300 men. The sa me journal also says that at the request of the House of Goprewich, France and England have permitted neutral vessels to carry on the corn trade in the Black Sea, under proper re- serves. Intelligence from Warsaw up to the 2cl instant has been received by telegraph. On that day Government notices were published, under the signature of the Civil Governor, Laszczynski, an nouncing the abolition of the restrictions on the sale of , salt, and notifying that purchasers would be permitted to import any quantity, as might suit their convenience. D ANTZIC, FRIDAY MORNIrIG, OCT. 5. The Vulture has arrived here from Nargen. Admiral Dundas was at Seskar in the flag-ship. The equinoctial gales have set in with great iiolenee in the Baltic. The fleet is healthy. Up to this time there is nothing new ; the flees is lying at Nargen on the look-out for ships, cruis• ing at intervals as far as Cronstadt. On the 2d inst. the barque Preciosa, and five other vessels, arrived at Elsinore, as English prizes. HAMBURGH, OCT. 4 On the 25th hostile visits were made by two frigates to Old Salis, where ten ships were burnt. COPENHAGEN, FRIDAY, The Hereditary Prince Ferdinand has been dis missed from his post of Commander-in-Chief of the military force in Seeland, for refusing to sign the articles of the New Constitution. MADRID, OCT. 4, The Cortes liav approved the project for the establishment of agricultural colonies. The com mittee for the reform of the customs tariffs pro poses the repeal (If the duties on sulphur. The cholera is unabatet 1. 'RANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING The Emperor ye rterday gave a private audience at the Palace of :3 t. Cloud to M. Olozaga, the Spa.lish Minister, 'a rho took leave of his Majesty previously to prowl 3ding to Madrid to take his seat in the Cortes. The Moniteur ha s the following among its foreign correspondence : A letter from St . Petersburg, of the 24th Sept., says :—" The capii cal presents a very dreary aspect, particularly since the departure of the Emperor. The lower classes )f• the population place all their hopes in the pilgri; mage of the Imperial family to the chapel of St. S ergius, who, in their belief, gave the victory to thel tussians in 1812. Persons who are capable of making a distinction between mere military exciteme:e t and the true wants of the country, are deF,ir( us that peace should be made." A letter frotu Re tvel, of the 25th, states that t he loss caused to th e R ussian merchant-marine in t hat part of the Balti c ti us year, is estimated at 40 , 000 If to this' be adds d the destruction made last year by Ad m i ral tmridge's squadron ; the merchant-marine of Finland will be found to have sustained an enormous reduction. The Empress is very far from well. She does not dine habitually at the Imperial table. Reports t hat an official announcement of her grossesse will soon be inserted in the Moniteur continue to be circulated. The 15th of the month is mentioned as the day when, barring accidents, the long-ex pected intimation will appear. There is talk of a treaty having been concluded with Sweden. The Council-General of the Bank of France has raised its rate of discount on commercial bills to 5 per cent. from this day, and has reduced the ex tent of time at which those bills will be admissible for discount to 75 days. A letter from the Crimea states that the English naval brigade, who were landed during the siege of Sebastopol, and the order for whose dissolution has already been made known, have, as well as the French, returned to their ships. Their return to Kasatch and to Balaklava was performed with great ceremony, the procession being headed by flags, &c. A great number of the men were mounted on mules, which they abandoned with great regret on reaching the place of embarkation. The same letter states that several cafes have been opened at Sebastopol. The bands of the sth and 46th French regiments assemble in the prin cipal streets every afternoon and play French and English airs, which are listened to and applauded by hundreds of English soldiers, who come into town by permission and without their muskets. BOURSE, Oct. 4.—The market continues on its downward course, and prices are again rather con siderably lower than ye3terday. The following are the last quotations : Cash. ft. a. End of Month ii per Cents 9O —89 f. 90a. 3 per Cents 63 85 63 75 Credit Mobilier Credit Fonder — Austrian ...... Belgian Fives Piellmontese Spanish Threes 81 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS-10H CASH. c. :Means .. - Roller: Western — Strasburg C'ette — Havre — Rediterranean ll7O elaerbura tiorthein Lyons PRUSSIA. On the 3d inst. the King of Prussia laid the first stone of the colossal bridge which is to be thrown over the Rhine at Cologne. On this occasion the King in his speech made the following allusion to the present state of Europe : " God allows us to place our hand to this work in the midst of peace. Let us beseech Him to allow us to continue the work in the enjoyment of all the benefits of this peace. "May God will it that before the last stone is placed peace may be restored to all Europe." AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON - , FRIDAY EVENING. The United States' mail steam-ship Arago, Cap tain Lines, arrived off Cowes this evening en, route for Havre, with the English and French mails, and 120 passengers, 10 of whom are for England ; 830,000 dols. in specie for Havre, and a cargo con sisting principally of flour. The Arago left New York on the 22d ult. with the American steam-ship Ariel, also bound for Havre, with passengers, &c. During the voyage the Arago spoke on the 22d nit., 1.5 miles east of Sandy Hook, a ship, with an English schooner, showing Maryatt's signals No. 803. On the 30th, in lat. 49.05, long. 35.15., ex changed signals with an English schooner, showing Maryatt's signals No. 1047. The mail steam-ship Baltic arrived out from Li verpool on the night of the 19th ult. There was no abatement in the ravages of yellow fever at Norfolk and Portsmouth. New cases in other cities were very numerous. The disease prevailed on the Mississippi and was rapidly spreading. The steam-ship Black Warrior had arrived at New Orleans from Havannab, with dates to the 17th ult. ; there was no news of importance. Sugars were firm and prices had an upward ten dency. The news brought by the Baltic, together with the great consumption of gunpowder, owing to the Eastern war, had caused a considerable advance in the prices of ? lead and saltpetre. Baltic lead had advanced 6c. to 610. per Ib. with free sales. The stock of saltpetre in the United States has become very small. Crude, which before the war sold at about 7c. to 7tc., was firm at 15c. The New York Courier and Enquirer contains a lengthy article upon the dispute between the United States and Denmark in reference to the Sound dues, the tone of which shows the question to be assuming large proportions. Several persons concerned in the late lamentable accidents on the Camden and Amboy Railroad have commenced actions against the company, which are likely to involve them in law for some time. Au accident, attended with loss of life and serious injury to about 12 persons, has occurred on the New York Central Railroad. The accident was caused by the negligence of a switch tender. A very severe gale occurred at Milwankie, and several vessels have been destroyed. Among ()then the steam-ship Sebastopol was wrecked, and six lives lost. In the New York money-market exchange was very quiet. In sterling there was little or nothing done. First-class bills were quoted at 91 to 9;- per cent. on London ; Paris, sf. 15c. to sf. 1.21 c. Since the arrival of the Baltic the cotton-market has been heavy, with a downward tendency in price. New Orleans was quoted at lOge. The coffee-market was quiet and prices easier. In flour the export demand had increased. Freights had also advanced considerably. The market for wheat was very firm, and had advanced a few cants ; there was a large export demand, but the advance in freights and the diffi culty in procuring sound shipping parcels restricted operations. The sales of the week were heavy. Rye was wanted at improving prices. Peas were lower and dull ; barley scarce and in quired for ; corn, firm and prices better, closing at 87c. to 89c. western mixed ; hides bad declined ic. per lb., and considerable sales had been made. The provision-market was firm ; rice dull, with light sales. The sugar-market was heavy, and prices had fallen off lc. to flc., with little doing. Tallow was in demand, with sales at 12kc. per lb. Wool-market steady. There was more activity in freights, and rates were advancing. • DRURY-LANE THEATRE. On Monday next Mr. E. T. Smith commences his regular dramatic season, on which occasion he will pro duce one of the most magnificant spectacles ever teen on the boards of Old Drury. This, we are perfectly aware, is saying a great deal, bearing in mind the splendour with which The Jewess was some years ago produced at this theatre, but it is nevertheless true. We availed ourselves of the polite invitation of the enterprising lessee, last eveving, to witness a private rehearsal of Nitocris ; and from what we there saw we can premise a rich and rare treat to those who may be fortunate enough to gain admission to Old Drury on Monday evening. THE MOVEMENTS OF THE ALLIES. The Times' Paris correspondent, in his letter dated yesterday, speaking of Marshal . Pelissier's despatch, says : " This is not a bad introduction to future operations. It is confidently expected that, before many days are over, we shall have news of a greater, and doubtless of a still more brilliant affair, and which will settle the ques tion of the Crimea for this year. We know that for some time past movements of troops have been taking place; as the season for operations in the field is rapidly passing away, it is safe to presume that a great blow is about to be struck. The secret of these movements is carefully kept, as is very proper, but this dues not prevent people from making conjectures about them. A movement of the Allies fram three points on Sinapheropol—namely, Eupatoria, Aloushta, and Kaffa—is supposed to enter into the plans of Marshal Pelissier. I doubt, however, whether any one but the Marshal himself, the Emperor, and the Minister of War are really aware of the plan of • campaign." His Royal Highness Prince Frederic William of Prussia, who has been staying at Claridge's Hotel (late Mivart's) since Tue'sdav last, left town last evening for Berlin. His Royal Highness travelled vice the South- Eastern Railway to Dover, and proceeded thence in the mail packet to Ostend. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon have been 'enter taining a large party at the Grove, nea r Watford. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Countess Persigny, his Excellency the Portuguese Minister, and his Exc 1 ency the Sardinian Minister, have been ftmong the guests. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and Mrs. Gladstone, have arrived at Hawarden Castle from a tour in North Wales. At the suggestion of several influent i al creditors of Messrs. Do Lisle, Janvrin, and Co. , a meeting hals been called for Monday, to consider whether it may liot he possible, under proper arrangements, for the firm' to re sume busine-s. ,f Wiltor. and family have The E.lrl and Countess o, arrived at Heaton Park, near Manchester, fiorn 'a tour of visits in Ireland. Ma. F. Lucas, M.P.—The Freeman's Journal ; of yes ; tereay morning states,that this gentleman is in a hope less state of health: THIS DAY 7 S EWS LAW INTELLIGENCE. -0- COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Con wissioner Evans.) IN RE HENRY COX. This was a meeting for last examination. The bank rupt was described as of London-street, Reading, grocer. The bankrupt passed. IN RE SHAW AND LANE. This was a meeting for last examination. The bank rupts were described as of Old Broad-street, London, and of Town Hall Buildings, Manchester, wine mer chants. The bankrupts passed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. THE LATE ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN SMITHFIELD. George Mulley, remanded, charged with attempting to murder Ellen Mahoney, with whom he cohabited, was placed at the bar for further examination. The unfortunate woman, who has recovered from her wounds, attended to give evidence. Police-constable 260, deposed, that under the stair case where the prisoner lodged, in Cock-lane, he found a knife carefully placed under the ridge, it was a spring knife, and was quite wet with blood. Ellen Mahoney deposed that she had cohabited with the prisoner as his wife since Christmas. On the 21st September, the morning in question, she asked the pri soner, who was smoking his pipe, to give her the money he had promised her with which to go to Farringdon Market, but he refused to give it her until after her mother, who was present, was gone ; she left and after that the pri soner went to prosecutrix's box threw out her clothes say ing, " you have been wanting to go for a long time, you had better pick up your things and be off." She pro ceeded to pick up her clothes, and whilst so engaged, be came.behind her and drew a knife across her throat. She screamed murder, and ran to the door, which she found was locked, and that the prisoner had the key in h's pocket. The prisoner stabbed her in the shoulder and other places, and gave her several blows on the head. She dropped on the floor, and the prisoner ran into the cellar. When she had recovered a little, she recol lected she had a key of the door in her pocket, and with it she opened it and ran out into the street, where she saw several persons, who gave her no assistance. She was afterwards met by the police-constable, who took her to the hospital. On the Sunday afternoon previous the prisoner attempted to poison her, by pouring something into her tea during her temporary al.sence from the tea-table ; and, on her charging him with it, he took the tea and threw it into the fire-place. No words took place then between them, but she had on several times previous threatened to leave him. After some further evidence, the prisoner was again remanded. THAMES. A DIVORCE LAW WANTED FOR POOR MEN.—A re spectable-looking mechanic came before Mr. Yardley, this morning, and said he had the misfortune to have a very bad wife, who' had become a prostitute on the streets and had threatened to sue him for a maintenance Mr. Yardley—lf she has proved faithless to you, you are not bound to maintain her. Tile applicant said his wife by a long course of dissi pation and profligacy, had ruined him and her children, and had got in debt in all directions. He asked if he could not marry again for the purpose of obtaining a person to take care of his children. • .•• Mr. Yardley—No ; you cannot marry again until her death. If you do, you will be liable to an indict ment for bigamy. The applicant—Can I not be divorced from her ? Mr. Yardley said there was no law to enable a poor man to obtain a divorce from a faithless wife. It was a long, expensive, and tedious process beyond the reach of a mechanic or labourer. The applicant—Then I can obtain no redress. Mr. Yardley—l am of-aid not ; let her take her own course, but you are not bound to maintain her if she is a prostitute. r _ - LITERATURE. The British Quarterly Review. This number opens with an able article on " Sir Isaac Newton," the memoirs of his life, writings, &c., by Sir David Brewster, forming the ground work. The reviewer takes exception to the lack of subordination of the disquisitions' matter to the main business of the work, and also the spirit of advocacy to which Sir David is said to condescend. The subject of the memoirs would, he is of opinion, take rank, by general consent, not lower than third in the hierarchy of Bi:tish genius. " Edmund Spencer, his Life and Poetry," are the subject matter of an article of considerable merit. " The War in Asa" throws light on important subjects. " Paris in 1855" is an interesting andinstructive paper, suggested, of course, by her Majesty's re cent visit. The latest production of the Poet Laureate is elaborately criticised, and pronounced, in opposition to the opinion of nine-tenths of the critical world, "an extremely beautiful one," in ferior, it may be, to " The Princess," or "In Me moriam." As a perfect composition, it is said to be "an interesting experiment in a new, or all but new, species, being, in fact, a poem, the substance of which is connectedly narrative, the immediate purpose expressly didactic, and yet the form en tirely lyrical. The poet seems to have resolved in this instance to write a work, in which a continuous story, implying a certain moral lesson, should be evolved, not in the usual narrative manner, but in a series of songs or lyrical effusions. This he ha 4 accomplished by the simple, and yet happy, device of concentrating the attention on the principal per sonage of the supposed history, and representing the facts of the history itself through the medium of 26 literary soliloquies, e.ch imagined as being uttered at a critical moment in the progress of the history." The ingenuity, at least, of the reviewer in his uncompromising defence of the poet is indis putable. "Lands of the Slave and the Free" is one of those articles which liberal-minded and in telligent men will perut9 with satisfaction. "The War Policy of Great Britain" contains a powerful vindication of the necessity of Poland being recon stituted to insure the intended results of the war, the writer affirming broadly that "we cannot ensure our safety without protecting Turkey," and that " we cannot effectually protect Turkey with out reconstituting Poland." The article is well worthy of an attentive perusal. The number con cludes with the usual Epilogue on Books." Harry Coverdale's Courtship. Virtue, Hall, and Co. This very popular story has reached its tenth number, in a separate form, and is cleverly illus trated, as usual, by Phiz. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Oct. s.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; light, with fine weather. (PER ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Arrived—Despatch (s.), from ;Jersey ; Brunswick (s.) Plymouth ; Atalanta (s.), Havre. Sailed—Courier (s.), for Jersey; A lliance (s.), Havre Brunswick (s.) Plymouth. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAM) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.42 a.m. Wind S.W. ; tide high water ; we...ther fine. Arrived, sth.—Africa, from Moulmein ; Mohawk, Mon soorcottah ; Foam, Java ; St. Antonia, Malaga. DEAL, Saturday, 927 a.m. Wind S.W. ; light and hazy. Anchored. —Brig Anemone, from the westward, for Newcastle, with loss of maintopmast. Passed.—Ann, from Denis, for London. GENERAL CHANGARNIER.—This exiled General has returned to Malines, from a stay of six w ee k s i n Germany. Captain R. SibthOrp, of the 97th, who was shot in the thigh whilst mounting a scaling ladder in tha assault on toe Redan, is said to be going on favourably. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—The twentY third purchase for distribution amongst the members has just been made in the city of Lincoln near the south t4l gate, and close to the two railway stations, being the well-known historical site of St. Catharine's. This is the second estate bought for the society in the county of Lincoln. The new drama of Janet Pride, produced at our_ theatre on Monday evening, is a drama of intense and painful interest, affording Madame Celeste capital oppor tunities in two characters, of which she availed herself to o arr t o h win e 4 utmost. Janet Pride, in the pr olo g ue, was a performance. Mr. Web ster never acted more fin than in Richard Pride; every phase of a downward career was given in the most finished and artistic manner. Mr. Atkins had a good part, which he played with quiet humour, and Mr. Gardner as M. Bernard was very good. The piece had evidently been carefully rehearsed, and was put upon the stage in a very complete style. A. new scene of the Pont Neuf, and one in the Bush in Australia, were as pretty as any thing we have lately seen. The piece was a great suc cess, and the moral excellent, ab hough Iroin the merri up.int ivlth which parts of it, provocative of very diffe rent feeling, were received, it would appear to have been scarcely apprehended. Janet Pride will be playe each evening of the present week.—Birmingltam. and Mid and Herald. LoieD STBATFO_Ra'DE I?EDOLIF (Front the Tinzes of this day.) Diplomatists have always given great importance to the mysterious power which they claim to exercise byalter nate suppleness and severity, by their intimate knowledge of the august characters of reigning princes, and the foibles which lay open Presidents and Ministeri of the Interior to their subtle attacks. It is, perhaps, 'no . elevatqd e art in which they chine perfection, but the world has hitherto thought it useful, and proficiency hardly to belsteained until the student h as ma d e the tour of EttroteV• during years of diplomatic vagrancy. Then only is the attaché deemed competent to express his surprise at what he has known for months, and to offer to the Minister he is labouring to eject the assurances of his distinguished con sideration. Diplomacy in the East, however, seems to partake of the character of Orientalism. It rules by terror. An Ambassador at the Porte is to his well-bred brethren of Paris and Vienna what an Amurath or Othman might be to Louis XI V. A representative in the West attracts by his cook—in the East he threatens by his dragoman. A fierce little Levantine who can go into a passion when ever it is necessary, and translate the forcible expressions of his superior into any Eastern dialect, is the invalu able assistant in all diplomatic interviews. This sys tem, however, is dying out. All the romance of the East will soon have fled. Even the Sultan does not rule by the sword. Civilisation is pouring in ; railways are to be introduced ; Parisian fashions attract the admi ration even of the harem. A new race of diplomatists is arising whose practice is to the old traditions what trial by jury is to the bowstring. But, as among the tightly clothed Europeanised Pashas an ancient man may some times be seen who fought Kleber in Egypt, or defended the Bosphorus against Duckworth, so among the represen tatives of the new school there is one ambassador who pre serves the manners which prevailed in the times of the ' turban and three tails. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe is still the contemporary of Sebastiani or Strogonoff. • We do not know whether we may rely upon the report that Lord Stratford has been recalled, and we certainly do not wish to place implicit belief in the accounts of the Am bassador's recent conduct in the affair of Mehemet Ali Pasha. It is said that he refuses to recognise the appoint ment, that he sent an attache or dragoman to the Sultan with remonstrances, and then in a personal interview he add-essed the feeble but not spiritless Sovereign with such want of courtesy as to throw him into a nervous fit. These things may be true or they may be exaggerated statements, arising, like other mythical narratives, from the known character of the actor. If correct to the letter, they would only be a repetition of what has often happened before, for it is well known that in the last resort the British Embassy has always relied on the personal terror of its chief's menaces acting upon the weak mind of a Monarch who has few on whom he can rely. Whatever may have been the violence of Lord Stratford, his mistake in a diplomatic pcint of view consists only in not perceiving that the age for such forcible representations has passed, and if the Sultan loses in independence by admission into the European brother hood of kings he also gains by becoming entitled, in the opinion of the world, to that personal deference which is customary in civilised Courts. No one sees more clearly than Lord Stratford that his power is not what it was in days when the attention of nations was but partially given to the East. He has learnt that his long experience and the influence he wielded through the belief of the Turks that his embassy would end only with his life have not saved him from checks the most galling, and he must see that in the Sultan's regard he has never had a place., Only the conviction that his power was dangerously menaced would, in such circumstances, lead him to recur to the bold policy of former years, in the presence of a new and highly distinguished French Ambassador, and at a time when the position of the Western Powers requires great caution and great dignity in their representatives. The occasion of this last struggle for revived importance is, however, wanting in interest to the world and eleVation in itself. It is the enmity and the intrigues of two rival Turkish politicians which have urged the Ambassador of the Queen of England to personal disrespect of an allied monarch, at the moment when common dangers were suc ceeded by a common triumph. The public knows that this Mehemet Ali Pasha is a s trong-minded, but unlettered Turk, who rose from s low origin, was brought up in the late Sultan's palace, and married his master's daughter. This was an honour from which every sensible man who was above absolute want endeavoured to escape in the old times. The daughters of the great reforming Sultan have generally resembled in temper the two queens who sprang from a very similar potentate in England. Achmet Fethi Pasha, who married one of them, hardly dared to express an opinion—he did not even smoke in her presence. Mehemet Ali seems to have gained the best, and by her help he rose through various gradations until lie attained the same post which he now holds. In this position he made large sums by such devices as drawing on the Treasury for the construc tion of large steamers, and then ordering small ones at Blackvvall, substituting 32-pounders for 48-pounders, or building vessels of inferior wood, bought cheaply at half the sum mentioned in the contract. Let it not, however, be thought that these little failings at all lowered him in the eyes of the diplomatic body, or even of Lord Stratford eimiselt ; for long after they were excellent friends. Me hemet Ali received small gratifications from other quar ters, and, though a strict Mussultnan, interested himself warmly in behalf of every Christian who was rich. At last he became a sharer in the transactions which have furnished his subsequent - opponents with a pretext against him. Djezairli, an Armenian, farmed the cus toms of Constantinople. He was extravagant, built a splendid mansion, plundered the State, bribed on all sides, but without skill, and was overthrown by Me hemet Ali, because of his increasing connexion with Red schid. Pasha. When his accounts were examined there was a deficiency. "I gave," said the unfortunate man, ":;0,00)1. to the Sultan's mother and 40,000 L to Mehemet Ali." The insolent Oiaour waft ordered back to prison for his calumny. Then came the Measchikoff mission. Me• hemet Ali behaved very well, and was supported by all the influence of Lord Stratford, to whom the Pasha was pleasingly deferential. But the pi udence of the Porte substitut :d Redschid for Mehemet Ali in the Cabinet, in order not to break entirely with Russia. As war became more imminent, and the authority of the Western Powers was evidently rising to supremacy, Redschid Pasha deter mined to go every lngth in subserviency to at least one of them, and the veteran who had helped to negotiate the peace of Bucharest scorned a more powerful protector than the unworldly and hasty soldier who for the moment re presented France. Redschid therefore became in a most undignified manner the partisan of Lord Stratford. Even the confidence of the Porte was violated that the British representative might have early intelligence of all inter views or official documents. If this power had been'really used to advance the interests of England the attainment of it might have justified the means by which it was ac quirci ; but all acquainted with the East know that personal importance and personal display have always been the chief oisj.cts of him who represents England at Constantinople. Even during the present year this old Ambassador, instead of giving the results of his long ex perience to tire common cause, has been engaged in un seemly disputes, about the most trivial matters, with the French Charge d'Affaires, a young man placed in a most difficult position at little more than 30 years of age. Red schid Pasha being now the most useful instrument, the desire of Mehemet-Ali to return to power was viewed with alarm, for he was not likely to be as friendly as b e f or e. He had of late fallen back en the old Turkish party and become its leader. To his popularity with the Sultan and the people he looked more than to diplomatic support. So far as he was linked with an embassy it was with the French. He was an energetic man who must be combated and crushed. Ths old affair with Djezairli was again opened, and the acceptance of illegal presents by Mehemet Ali was published in all the Turkish journals. His exile was then wrung from the Sultan after a long resistance. It now appears that he was too strong for both Redschid and his protector He has been recalled, and resumed office with, it is said, the concurrence of the French Embassy. Such is a piece of political history in the present day. These are the transactions in which a representative of western civilisation is engaged. Any one curious in past politics may turn to the various blue-books connected with the East. There he will find a number of despatches writ ten somewhat in imitation of the Rambler and Rasselas. The style is not loftier than the morality. They repre sent a man who abstains from political intrigue as froth pollution, who is on terms of mutual goodwill with all around him, and whose only thoughts are for the good of the country he represents and of that to which he has been sent. Let the inquirer then listen to the opinions of men of any nation who know the East and the politician who penned these lofty documents, and he will fully admit that men are not always what they seem, and perhaps be enlightened as to the cause of many failures that were before inexplicable. • (From the Morning Advertiser of this clay.) We can state from the best authority that one of the greatest of Lord Palmerston's present " difficulties" is orr Ambassador at Constantinople. The overbearing manner, and excitable temperament of Lord Stratford, render it almost impossible for either bis own Government, tbe Government of Turkey, or the Ambassadors of other Powe-s, to transact business with our Minister at Con stautinople. And yet Lord Palmers• on does not know how to get rid of him. Tne Premier is afraid to remove him from his office, for reasons at which we hinted yesterday ; and even were he superseded, Lord Palmerston would not have the right to compel him to return to this country. He could, aid it is believed he would, still remain in Constantinople. It is feared the result would prove that, owing to the power he has acquired in the Turkish capital, in diplomatic ci*' Iles, and the unsci upulous way in which, if superseded, he would use that power, he would do quite as much mischief out of office, as he has for years past done in it. Of late his conduct, not only to those members of the Turkish Government, to whom be has taken a strong personal di-- like, but even to the Sultan himself, has been so demi' nerring and insulting, as to have become intolerable. In fact, he virtually plays the part of Sultan himself, —at least, he attempts to do so, by seeking to dictate w ho shall, and who shall not, be Ministers. It is so far satis• factory to be able to add, that Lord Palmerston has, within the last few days, plucked up sufficient courage to disavow his recent conduct in relation to the appointment, by the Sultan, of Mehemet Ali, to the offic! of Prime Minister. It is not, however, expected that this practical vote of censure will have the effect of inducing Lord Stratford to resign. CRIMINAL CHARGE AGAINST THE PROVOST Of LEITII , —A case, disgusting in the extreme, has just, come to light, in which no less a personage than the Provost of Leith is criminally implicated. The charge brought acr,aiust the civic dignitary is criminal assault on two g irls both under the age of pub er t y. H e h as b een e ra' mined before the Sheriff and Procurator Fiscal, and cat Saturday was admitted to bail. There is no doubt that Provost Phillips will figure rather disagreeably before the Criminal Court in November. The provost some time ago gave to the world a lengthy lucubration on the Sabbath, in which he expatiated on . God's claims ..a man's duties. He was about the last man, therefore , who kihould be thought guilty of committing a crime 0° heinous.—Scottish Daily News. PATENT PACKAGES.—A. patent for a novel description of wooden package bound with thin tinned iron, for the enclosure and preservation of edibles, &c., was grants(' in July last to Mr. A. Robertson, of the Hollows/ mills ; aad although so short a period has elapsed the demand fnr it has become exceedingly great. The m'av tard trade, which requires a dry and sweet package, wo e the first to adopt it, and several leading firms are excle-' sively sending forth their mustard in this package. F' cocoa, coffee, arrow root, tea, spices, and drugs, it i ° peculiarly adapted, and as t h e woo d is slightly disin' feciant, that lumpiness and disposition to mould in the -more-farinaceous kind of edibles is not likely to occur when encased in ti n ; w hil e t h e o bj ec ti ona bl e e ffl uv ia 0 the latter are altogether got rid of. The patent packag e ie very light, exceedingly cheap, and while presenting e . very handsome app earance , is capable at th e will of tll trader of being rendered even elegant by decoration. C. t( 13: su 110 Or Val pa: Us sal ahE the faa ecn of bu pr at de dc co P F.