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THEAT2E ROYAL DRURY LANE; Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. NOTICE.—The Nobility, Gentry, and . Public, Subscribers and Patrons of the Royal Opera, are respectfully informed, that, in con •equence of the Intense Heat of the Weather, there will be NO PF.RFOttieLLNCE THIS EVENING; and the Performances will be suspended until author Notice. HENRY JARRETT, Director. Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, August I, 1854. THE &TRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Backstone. THIS EVENDM. Atroun 1, Will be performed T FIE OLD MATE itf."Charaoters by Messrs. Howe. Rogers. H. Marston, and Bankston; Mrs. Fitzwiillam, and Miss Reynolds. Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS in a GRAND BALLET. The new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREE r. Under the Management of Mr. Cnasias Klux. THIS EVENING. AIIGCST 1. Will be performed THE MARRIED UNMARRIED. Characters by Messrs. W. Lacy, Ryder, and Cathcart; and Misses Heath and Murray. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean and David Fisher ; and Mrs. WinstanleY. and Miss C. lec.ercq. To conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor. Mr. B. Webster.—Directress. Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Avner I, Will be performed the popular Drama of THE DISCARDED SON. Principal characters by Messrs. Selby, Mur av, Belford, and K ee ley ; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and MLss If. 31aAtIl. Foßowel by TII-1 CAMP AT CEJOBEIAM. To cone:ale with THE COURIER or' LYONS. ROYAL OLYMPIC THE ITRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENLVG, AUGUST 1. - - will be performed TO OBLME BRYSON. Sapported by Moser— Emorj. Robson, .ind Leslie; Miss Marston, ani Miss E Inner. To be folintyed by THE FIRS r NIGHT. Characters by Me.ssrs. 10. ret i vngsn, Leslie, Harwood Cooper, ani Vincent ; Miss P. Hor ton, and Miss Emily Orm .7,1 cone a to with the Farce of THE WANDERING MINSTREL. j e rh Mc. F. Robson. STRAND THEATRE. r 4. T,cee Mr. F. W..4.llcrort. TRIG EVENING, .11 - ..orsT 1, Mr ba perfonmt4 THE SECON - o. Charteters by Me3Sr3. Frerb , ,rt. :lorzan, and Belfird; Misses LI. Gordon, F. Beau mont, and Wharton. FnUovrc;l by FAUST A \ - D MARGIIEINTE, To conclude with liIGII LIFE BELOW :;T%IRq. .tAils, 4i.; Boxes, iid.; Pit, 1.. ; gallery. (id.; Private :toxcis Z 1 1. : to be 'had of 3lr.lcrotL, 15, Sew Bond-strect. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL. GARDENS. "This place fills up an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leave, wantinT. Vocal ail instrumental in.ls!c of the first order, and a dlsiday firework.; which exceeds all imagination, are a fitting close to a d.ay at the Crystal Palace," DANSON'S COLOSiAL PANORAMA of CHUSA.N. Sp!,nrlbt and Extensive Menagerie and Marine Aquarium—Unri valled Military Band. VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, in which Miss Poo!e, !Cu, Ransford. and Mr. \farmers sing sever 4 Natiotial and Patriotic Songs—All the %musimr Noyeltte,, of the Gardens in succession, concluding with the " Feast of Lan terns," and a met magnificent display of Fireworks by Aouthby Admission Orle Shilling. A splendid. Pavillon for Dancing has been erected. Full Qiadrille Band, &c. ARTLErB ROYAL h.ATPrIITFIEATRF. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Scenes without a parallel !—Trinnillhant and brilliant career of the Cossacks I 2nd Night of a new Mltholngical Equestrian Melodramatic Ballet d'Action. 2,1,1 appearance or Herr Chris s t - 4, -. iite first Rope Dancer in the univerae. THIS It.VFNING, The War gwet.y.;le, TTIE COgSACKA; or, 'Five la France. After which, the novel and skilful `SCENES in the MOLE, by Professors of Vie first class, developing in perfection the high school of the art of Equitation. The whole invented and arranged by Mr. William Cooke. CHRISTOFF, the first Rope Dancer in the universe. The wonderful BROTHERS FRANCISCO, in their incomprehen sible and astonlshthg pert rmances. The whole to conclude with, 2nd time, a new Equestrian Melo dramatic Ballet, by Mrs S. G Healey, callel TaK KNIGHT AND THE WA TER LILY ; or, Love ativing the Mermaids. no.'.-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager. 31r. W. West. T-1 lOU WATTCR AT LONDON BRIDOE. DAY —Morniatz 13 nain.aftar 6 awning 40 nain.af.:- 6 TJ-ftra.•iva—.lloraing 2 :aiL.4itur 7 I Evettit4: 271/air-CI. 7 WSAIIIBR.—Suat tirr:aa, AUG. 1. TiVE3MORIMTEEL,Eurjg. 76 - highest since noon on Saturday. 63 7 iowest thka morning and during the night. 71 —this day, at noon. 3Ap,olurrr.n., down to 29'72—now up to 29'78. variable, W.S.W. to W.N.W.—Light breeze, with cloudy weather, and sunshine. Heavy rain in tho night. 4.3 . , -- ~%~ C -- n. `-*,llll, , Lr" 77. _%.1)0N, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1854. The Kilkenny cats of famous memory do not appear to have held on more tenaciously to exist ence than the present Government. Each seems to have the power of surviving every imaginable defeat and discomfiture, so long as it has a "tail" remaining. The capacity of the present Ministry to be beaten has long ago been proved " many a time and oft," to the wonder of the country and apparently also to the admiration of Parliament. What must inevitably, months since, have de stroyed another Cabinet, scarcely appears in the instance of that presided over by my Lord Aims: DEEN to tickle it into even a momentary state of irritation. In illustratio4 of all this, as it were for the ninety-ninth time, there were the pro ceedings of last night in both Houses of the Im perial Legislature. In both Houses Ministerial measures were throv;n out. In the Lords by a majority of ten upon the subject of the " Drain age of Lands Bill," moved for committal by Earl GRANVILLE. In the Commons by a majority of nine upon the subject of the " Public Health Act Amendment Bill," introduced for a second reading by Viscount PALMERSTON. It matters nothing, however, that these two defeats take place almost simultaneously. Ministers are accustomed to be beaten. They are case-hardened. Defeated or not, they will still consent to retain office—for Was not office assumed by them out of the fullness of their magnanimity ? As it was "mined, so it will be retained—out of the fullness of their magnanimity ! And in this manner are the affairs of the Country carried on complacently between a constantly-beaten but still dominant and a frequently restive, though "at a pinch,:' an ever compliant and complacent Parlia ment, The secret strength of the Cabinet is the fact of our being at war with Russia. It is the all absorbing sense of the magnitude of that momen tous difficulty, it is the mere knowledge of the im portance of the struggle upon la* I, w th e nati on. has adventured that keeps its present rulers to gether as a Government. The circumstanc e o f the war disarms the Opposition. It does more than this : it gives a specious excuse to Ministers for the abandonment or postponement of measure after measure, and justifies them in some manner *in retaining power in defiance of every successive majority won over the Administration. So long as Ministers thought themselves strong enough to carry their pet bills through the Lord s and Commons, in spite both of the antagonism of party, and of the apathy of the population-.... they protested that war should not be allowed to interrupt the development of the reforms pro mised by them individually or collectively, on the occasion of their first assuming the reins of Government. But no sooner was it made per fectly obvious that the Cabinet could not possibly force nostrum after nostrum down the throat even_ of a willin g an d o b sequ i ou s Legislature, than Ministers suddenly discovered that patriotism ren dered it Pefatively i ncum b en t upon e ach and all of th tb e goAncirJavourite designs and their rao eA i7 iy : -.6h eti t4 c4r cofaitratfO'n - ejects of improvement, in of -- • r: mount necessity of dedio a fii, duWot the ‘l‘ir with gto the vigorous con ,bcl4gis the whole of the onergi4 k‘hiii4ei at th e Govern Men " Whereiipon Lord J c"linand of e.. m, RUSSELL, , with Ealte_tin__g accents, and othe rwule • eyi. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, KUGUST I7 -1, 18b that displayed by this poor Irishman. It would be a useful lesson to the peasantry of the district to show them that " virtue is not always its own sole reward." We direct public attention to a letter from a military officer in Turkey. It•more than con firms all that has been already said of the strange " doings in the East." Verily, the Minister at War and the Prime Minister "at peace" are worthy of each other. How long must the nation be made to pay, and her brave soldiers to bleed iu most inglorious ease, for the private benefit of such incompetent advisers ? Prussia and the German Bund seem now to rule the roast with a vengeance ! They parley for delay in favour of Russia, and while England and France listen or hesitate—delay is death. MONEY MARKET AND COMMEBOLA L INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 7,000 bales, including 2,000 American taken for export and on speculation. The market was tame but steady, and closed without change in prices. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 600 Egyptian at 54d. to 7id., 1,000 Surat at aad. to 32d., and 20 Sea Island at Is. 3id. to ls. 11d. per lb. Railway Shares were steady. The Manchester market is stated by Messrs. M‘Nair, Greenhow, and Irving to have been rather unsettled during the past month. There was con siderable dullness at first, but there has been a de cided improvement since, arising from the finer weather, and the aggregate transactions have been large. The state of the Indian trade is not alto gether satisfactory. The stocks of goods generally are heavier than they were a mouth ago, particu larly as concerns low descriptions of India shirt ings, which are 11d. lower. The prospect of money being cheap as well as provisions is calculated to have an excellent effect. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS THE WAR. RETREAT OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY. The Vienna Presse of last night has the following news from Bucharest of the 27th :—" The Russian army at Frateschti is in full retreat upon Bucharest, pursued by Omer Paella. Official information is wanting." BELGRADE, JULY 29.—1 t becomes more and more difficult to account fur the strategy of the Russian army, or to comprehend the contra dictory and confused movements of the Russian Generals. Yesterday it was announced from Bu charest that Prince Gortschakoff had received orders to eject the Turks from the other side of the Danube, cost what it might. To-day a despatch emanating from the same quarter announces that the aide-de-camp of the Emperor Nicholas, Count Adlerberg, had just arrived, and was supposed to be the bearer of the order that the Russians should again fall back upon the Pruth. From Liverpool we have the following report upon the public wool sales there, by Messrs. Browne, Hunter, and Co. : " The public sal,,s of wool, which commenced on the 26th inst., and terminated yesterday, were but thinly attended by the trade. The quantity brought forward amounted to 4,909 bales E. I. and 40 bales China, the whole of which sold at the prices noted at foot. In the early part of the first day's sale prices ruled about Id. to Ad. per lb. above the sales here in June, but the prin cipal buyers not being willing to pay the advance, the biddings became languid, and prices receded from to ld. per lb. On the second and last day, rather more disposition was manifested to purchase, arid higher prices were realized, but upon the whole the sales went off most irregularly. Good and fine whites brought, in many cases, previous rates. Coarse whites, id. per lb. higher, but good and fine yellows, as well as greys and blacks, which in June sa l es went higher in proportion than other sorts, have sold at a decline of id. to ld. per lb. The following are the particulars, viz.:—Good to middling fine white 9d. to lid. ; low to mid 61 , 1. to 81d. ; coarse 64d. to 71d., part washed, sd. to sid. ; yellow good to fine 7-1 d to 94d. ; low to mid. 4id. to ; pieces 4d. Gd. ; black and grey ordinary to good M. to 64d. ; burry ld. to 3d. ; native black 3d to 34d. grey 24d. ; yellow cutch 21d. ; black hair id. ; China white, little heavy, 7d. to 7id. ; yellow, part washed, 6d. MEETING OF GERMAN MONARCHS AT According to the list made up by Mr. Miller, of the Jerusalem Coffee-house, there are now loading in the port of London 11 ships for Van Dieman's Land, 24 for New South Wales, 34 for Port Philip, 10 for South Australia, 2 for Swan River, 6 for New Zealand, 7 for Madras, 15 for Bengal, 6 for Bombay, 5 fur the Cape and Ceylon, 3 for the Mauritius, 7 for Hong Kong and Singapore, 2 for St. Helena, and 7 for the Cape and Algoa Bay. This represents a large amount of tonnage, and more than is likely to obtain ready freights. According to the Weekly Shipping List there is a slight improvement, compared with last week, in the demand for vessels, and the rates have some what improved, being 508. to 60s. per ton, paid here, for goods to Australia. At the same period of last year 71. and 81., and even 91. to 101. per ton were paid, and last week as little as 40s. was accepted in special cases. This ,extreme fluctuation must necessarily affect the mercantile community and interfere very much with their calculations. At the same time, the number of vessels which the Government is taking up, both for emigrants and for the conveyance of troops and stores to the seat of the war, affords a means of making satisfactory profits. The steam companies especially have benefitted by this ; the Peninsular and Oriental, the Royal Mail, and the General Screw having netted large sums. "It appears from the advices just received from Mel bourne, that in addition to the 100,0001. in the hands of her Majesty's Commissioners of Emigration, there was a further sum accruing for the year 1853 of 771,0141., making a total of 871,0141. applicable to emigration purposes for the colony of Victoria. At the average rate of 6,0001., as the cost of each vessel for every 400 passengers, it is thus shown that about 140 vessels can be chartered, and about 56.000 emigrants sent out to the colonies, out of the proceeds of the revenue ap plicable for such purposes, made up to the close of 1853." In the accounts from BAgitun this inoruing, a very favourable report is made upon the import and export trade of the six months to tile end of June lrst, as compared with the like date - of 1853. Advices from New York report no material alteration in stock which were depressed. The money market remained as before. Breadstuffs were generally firm at the latest date and cotton was active. The last bank's return showed an increase in discounts, deposits, and specie, but a falling off in circulation. The Committee of Alexican Bondholders have re ceived advices from Mexico dated 3d inst. Mr. Rickards arrived there on the night of the Ist inst., and on the following day waited oil the president and met with a most friendly and satisfactory reception from his Serene Highness, who appointed the sth inst. to see him again on the affairs of his mission. Of the money to be re ceived under the Gadsden treaty nothing final was as then yet known in Mexico. Mr. Rickards had also had an interview with Mr. Falcounet, who promised to give him every assistance and information. Mr. Olazagarre had succeeded Mr. Parres as Minister of Finance. He is a man of talent and has received an English education. The steamer brings for the dividend fund to the com mittee from Tampico $32,841 05c., and from Vera Cruz $1,134 23e., and to Colonel Facio, also for the dividend fund from Vera Cruz 02,000. MUNICH. MUNICH, JULY 28.—The King of Prussia ar rived yesterday evening at the Chateau of Nym phewbourg. The King of Wurtemburg is expected to return to-day to Munich, where the King of Saxony and the Regent o f %len are also expected in a few days. The Funds have maintained the firm tone which they assumed towards the close of business yester day, , na but oed ra s is notco much business d o i ng a t th e d C onsols have be en 92-s I for trans fer,and 92i for accou n t. Th e New 3,} per Cents. a there te have and the 3 p er C en t s . 92i t Bank Stock ha s b een supported at 210 to 2111. Exchequer Bills ha ve b een a t 3 s. prem. to 'g. realised 931 to I , In Foreign Stocks there is more activity, and prices lobk up. Mexican have been dealt in at, 241, Spanish Threes at 371, and the New Deferred at 181. There have been i - .arg,ains in Russian 4i per Cents. at, 84 French 41 per Cents. have been at 99, with the exchange at 24.95. Dutch 4 per Cents. are 91i to 92g. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Defer re d B on d s, 6 to 6 i ; Mexi can, 2 , q to 24; ; Peruvian, 66 to 68 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 50 to 52 ; Portuguese 4 per Cants., 39 to 41 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 97 to 99 ; Ditto 4/ per Cents., 81 to 83 ; Sp an i s h New Deferre d , 18 to 19 ; Ditto 3 per Cent s . , 3 7i to 3 8 ; Di t t o Certi ficates, 4 to 41 ; Ditto P ass i ve , 3l r to 4k. i The Railway Share Market is very buoyant, and there seems to be a disposition to put up the quo tations in anticipation of the dividend:., although the actual purchases by the public have not been large. The Great Northern shares have been in demand, the North-Western have been higher, and the Brighton and C aledon i an are fi rm . Midlan d are not so good. T he foreign railways are merely nominal. This meeting is considered as an attempt on the part of his Prussian Majesty to place himself at the head of a league of the States whiah some weeks ago formed the Conference at Banberg. A despatch, dated Vienna last night, says : It is not probable that the Vienna Conference will meet to draw up another protocol, a s R uss i a is said to have still 15 or 20 days to resolve on quitting or retaining possession of the Principalities. It is supposed that the King and Queen of Prussia have to-day reached Ischl, where the Em peror of Austria now is. In the Mining market the business done has been very small. Th e Joint S toc k B an ks a re fi rm . Miscellaneous generally at previous rates. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (Prom the Olicial List.) Business done. la.nk Stock . . 210 11i ..... ....... ......................... per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92i 3 per Cent, C onso l s Annuities 92 3 per Cent. Annuities 93 Lung Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 4$ 9-16 Consols for A ccount 17th Augus t 92i Exchequer Bills, 2i d. A:1000 X 50 0.......................................... 1 3 P Small Exchequer Bonds, 1853 • 11-)exßilcaCnE3 perOF C F e O n It t. EIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. razilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. lOO 24 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. z.c . , St — Ditto 4i per Cent Ditto Small Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 37 x d spanialt New Deferred, \ :3 per Cent. lBl x d Ditto Passive (Converted) `nvio,:iids on the :above payable in London. French Routes, 4A per Cent. ;Jutcb Exchange, 2t per Cent. 12 Ditto 4 por sent. Certifieates HALF-PAST TIVO. Consols Ditto August Account 92g THE SERBIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE PORTE.---The Serbian Government has received orders from the Su blime Porte to cease from their warlike operations and exercises. It is believed that the Porte will immedi ately order the complete dis , rinaruent of thy'. Principa lity. The attention of the Porte has been called to the procee.;it o in Serbia by the Austrian internuncio, Baron von Bruck, who has exhibited the matter to the Turkish Government in its true light,—Aachoter Zei euVa44..Y 25. dently and most unaffectedly agitated with emotions of regret, withdrew that New Reform Bill, to the introduction of which in the present Session he stood solemnly pledged to the community, and the abandonment of which favourite scheme, even for a time, was felt by him, we believe, no less poignantly than as a hitter personal sacrifice. Since then, one after another, lesser but still important Ministerial measures, have been either withdrawn altogether or temporarily postponed. The argument em ployed with the subordinate members of the Cabinet has been, that surely Bills like so-and-so, or so-and-so, could be abandoned by them, in obedience to the calls of the country, or, in other words, in submission to the demands made by the war upon th e i r sense o f pa t r i o ti sm, if a mea sure so important as the New Reform Bill could be abandoned at the same behest by a statesman as important as my Lord JOHN RUSSELL. The appeal has, in every instance in which it has been employed, been eminently suc cessful. There have been some Ministerial mea sures, however, which it would, under any cir cumstances almost, have been impracticable to have quietly shelved so very conveniently.. Two of these came on last evening ; one fur a second reading, the other for consideration in committee ; one in the Lords, the other in the Commons ; one the Drainage of Lands Bill, the other the Public Health Act Amendment Bill ; the former submitted to the notice of the Legislature by L )rd. GRA NVILLE, the latter championed by Lord Palm ERSTON. Both, we have seen, were thrown out. Upon both a positive defeat was experienced by the Government. It is a Government manifestly, from all these glaring signs and unmistakeable tokens, existing entirely upon sufferance—and this solely because of the war between Russia and England. Ultimately of course, sooner or later, the time will arrive when the country may be in a position to settle long accumulating scores with the Administration. Then, be sure, the doubled Income Tlx will not be forgotten, and Reformers will begin to think anew of the " wet sponge" recommended once upon a time by COBBETT Mr. JOHN CARDEN, of Barnane, has been duly acquitted of the abduction of Miss ELEANOR LOUISA. ARBUTIINOT. It was, indeed, fortunate for the misguided man that the determined resist ance of his intended victim and her friends com pletely defeated the atrocious object for which he had assembled his reckless gang. The Sister King dom has thus been spared the deep disgrace of the perpetration of an outrage once so common, that there was no security for any young female possessed of beauty or fortune. But, although it proved a total failure, although the daring gallantry of an humble man succeeded in rescuing the injured lady, the moral guilt of the parties concerned in the atrocious transaction was no less flagrant, no lesa deserving of exemplary punishment. The plan was deliberately formed, the various arrangements carefully planned. Had it not been for a variety of fortuitous circumstances, an innocent lady might . have had the happiness of her life destroyed. The result possibly turned on the position in which Miss ARBUTHNOT was seated in the vehicle returning from the church in which, on the Sab bath-day, she had been worshipping her CREATOR, and returning thanks for the manifold blessings bestowed on her through the Divine mercy. The person who had formed such a diabolical scheme had also been present. But the sacred influences of the house of GOD had no effect in inducing him to abandon his nefarious scheme. While appa rently engaged in prayer and thanksgiving, he was hardening his heart to the certain conga coeuces of his crime--disregarding everything that might have led to hesitation or contri tion. It was not even an ordinary service. The Sacrament of the LORD'S Supper was administered, and the Young lady and her I friends were among the communicants. Mr. i CARDEN . did not add that to his other crimes. He left the church before the party from Rathronan —probably to marshal his myrmidons—let us hope with some slight desire to avoid the addi tional . profanation of these sacred rites. _____ The party had gone to church on an outside jaunting car. Had they returned by the same conveyance, there is little doubt that he could at the moment have succeeded in carrying off the lady. It fortunately rained, and the coachman exchanged the vehicle for an inside one, in which Miss ARBUTHNOT was fortunately seated farthest from the door, so that the others must be re moved before she could be taken. They all be haved with great courage. Miss LYNDON struck the aggressor with so much flrce that the blood flowed from his nose. Mrs. GOUGH, Miss LYN DON, and Miss LAURA. ARBUTHNOT were in turn taken from the car, but the object of the heartless outrage still clung to what was, under the circumstances, a place of refuge and security. Her feeble strength could not, however, have long maintained the unequal struggle, but for the daring courage of SMITHWICK, the shepherd, who, heedless of the odds against him, rushed forward boldly to the encounter, actually flogging the aggressor with his own whip ! Guilt is ever timorous. Six armed men quailed before a single one, strong in conscious rectitude, trebly armed in the justice of the cause in which he was engaged. The concoctor of the notable scheme called on his followers to shoot the unexpected champion ! " Boys, why don't you fire ?" was the exclama tion of the retreating CARDEN, and if the "boys" had obeyed the injunction, the reck less offender might have had to expiate the crime by an ignominious death ! They did not do so, and thanks to SMITHWICK'S gallantry, CA.RDEN was preserved from completing that which would have subjected him to perpetual banishment from his native land, to a condition far worse 'than that of a slave in a penal settlement, for the remainder of his miserable existence. Bat although acquitted of the " abduction," he does not escape with impunity. Under the salu tary amendment of the law introduced in 1851, And commonly known as Lord CAMPBELL'S Act (14 and 15 Vic., c. 100), the attempt to commit a felony is a crime punishable by two years' im prisonment and a pecuniary fine. And if any doubt should exist as to the principal offence being consummated, the jury are authorised to find guilty of "the attempt." This judicious course was adopted at the suggestion of the Learned Judges. It couldscarcely be said that the "asporta tion" had been completed—that the young lady who bad never been even removed from the car was at any moment within the power of the prisoner. The words of the statute 9 GEo. IV., c. 31, s. 19, are " shall t a k e away or detain. " It could scarce l y be contended th a t C ARDEN did e ith er . A n d if the in r y had conv i cte d of the pr i nc i pa l charge, th e point would h ave been reserved, an d the criminal might have escaped rh the course then was wise and inadequate. Although transportation had been hard l a b our, together wuthtroute' any punishment whatsoever. The r judicious, althoupunishment m a y b e ve ry richly mer i ted, yetltw With o iyt the uni versa l condein ears' imprisonm en t w ith ab n te a tl t ei i em o v n pe,t o i f sng wiv es after theMIN ufatheeeinfamouswoi to deter other ag gentle men (!) from will, " to purvey themselveswe hope and manner of the t r ib e of BENJA ," or emu l at i ng the more rec en t exp l o i ts of BYRNE,. or STRANGE, or a 1% 3 A w C e N l A l G a n s T i n f, N, li o k r e S t ir he H t E l "N r n ee Y f ß ormer, they had ROWN HAYES, just en dured the extreme p ena lt y of the law, or, lik e the latter, had been banished for 14 years to - a p enal colony ! The feeling of Ireland, to say nothinc, of England and Scotland, is now t oo clearly per'. ceptible to allow any person, however reckless, to speculate on sympathy or support in such a nefarious transaction. We cannot conclude without expressing a hope tl'at some public testinioni!A may be bestowed on Howover amply he may bo rewarded by the parties more itnuiudiately interested, there ought to be some token of the approval of the cona siuDity, of ;RAI gallantry and determination as CONSTANTINOPLE. According to a Constantinople letter of 21st July, the occupation by the allies of the Crimea is decided upon. General Carbuccia, of the Foreign Legion, died of cholera at Gallipoli. Dervish Paella has been named Imperial Com missioner to the Austrian army. Seven prizes had been brought down to Constan tinople. SECRET CONVENTION BETWEEN PERSIA AND THE CZAR. According to a communication from Constanti nople, of July 21, the Persian Prime Minister has just sent a special envoy to Georgia to propose the conclusion of a secret convention between the Shah and the Czar, on the following terms : " 1. That Russia should restore to Persia the province of Erivan as far as Lake Gocha, the whole of Karabagh, and the portion of the territory of Taulish usurped by the Autocrat. " 2. That Russia should annul the Persian debt. "3. That Russia should, if necessary, assist Pers;a to recover the districts of Kutur Dambet and other encroachments made by Turkey in the province of Agerbijan. " 4. That Russia shall grant a monstrous bribe of two millions of ducats for the benefit of the Prime Minister and his family." DRESS OF OFFICERS IN THE ENGLISH ARMY IN TUE EASE. Lord Raglan has issued the folllowing memo• rand tuu " VARNA, JULY 15.—The Commander-in-Chief has noticed with great regret the very uribecoming manner i❑ which the officers of the army dress themselves. He does not now refer to their mode of dressing out of uni form, because that has been entirely forfsidden, and he has no reason to suppose that his orders in that respect are disobeyed ; but he now desires to draw attention to the style of dressing when in uniform. The sword may be worn, the jacket may be the regimental jacket, and the cap may be the uniform forage cap, but such want of care is shown in wearing the uniform in a becoming manner, that it is difficult to recognise the officers in some cases as officers at all. Toe shell jacket is allowed to fly open, showing underneath a red flannel shirt, with nothing round the neck, not even a white shirt collar. Often a turban is wor❑ over the forage cap, the chin unshaven, and there is such an absence of what is befitting the appearance of an officer in the whole person, that no one could be otherwise than struck with the general disregard of what is proper. " Under these circumstances the Commander of the Forces calls upon the officers of the army themselves to correct this evil. He does not desire to insist that their j,ckets should always be buttoned from the bottom to the top, but he does hope that, having as much regard for good appearance in uniform as they would have out of uniform, they will bear in mind that the uniform directed to be worn ought to be put on with care and attention ; no, matter in what country the army may be serving, nor what the service may be in which the army happens to be engaged. "The Commander of the Forces requests general offi cers to make known these observations to the officers of their divisions and brigades, and he expects from the officers themselves an answer to his remarks in the change which will be made by them in the style of dress ing.—By order. "J. B. B. ESTCOURT, D.A.G." FEELING IN GERMANY WITH REGARD TO THE WAR. -- We receive the following in a letter from Ko nigsberg, of July 26 :—The sen ti men t s o f t h e citizens and the leading merchants become daily more hostile to Russia, and upon every occasion manifest themselves in the most open manner. In the maritime provinces of Prussia as much interest is felt for the success of the allied fleets and army as at Paris and in London. The humiliation of Russia is a source of satisfaction which is truly na tional, and great joy is felt at the approach of the time when Germany will have a share in the claims which France and England possess upon the grati tude of Europe. COUNCIL OF RUSSIAN GENERALS. A communication from Bucharest, of the 26th July, says :—General Liprandi has protested against any diminution of his corps, which is barely able to meet the expected attack of the Turks. ..4eneral Budberg has called the Russian general officers together to consult respecting the best course to be taken, and it is believed that a second retreat will take place. The greatest uncertainty prevails, and all sorts of rumours are in circulation. THE WHITE SEA. The Invalide Busse announces, under the head ing of •` News from the White Sea," that the blockading squadron had abandoned the northern mouth of the Dwina ; whereupon the crews of the Russian gun-boats removed all the buoys and other signals which the French and English had laid down. On the 6th instant two bombs were thrown at the town of Suzma, one of which set fire to a cottage. MONTENEGRO. The Austrian Correspondence of Vienna of the 27th says :—" Tranquillity is completely re-estab lished in Montenegro. The houses of the fugitive insurgents of Nielopovlievich have been burned down ; their property also has been confiscated, and part of it has been distributed among the Mon tenegrins. The revolt it is now certain was prin cipally caused by the dismissal of the Pope Bosco vich, and that of a Senator, and by the unbecoming conduct of the prinei at the Whitsun Feast. It is not believed that the discontent has been com pletely appeased, and it may produce serious con sequences. The refugees who have arrived on the Turkish territory are about 30 in number; they have been well received. THE DANUBE. The Austrian Correspondence contradicts, on the faith of private information which it has received, the despatches announ c i ng th at a battle had been fought on the Frateschti, and that the Russians had been beaten with the loss of 2 ,000 men. The Vienna Ll o yd of Thursday last says : According to telegraphic reports received this day from Hermannstadt, the two armies took up their old positions near Giurgevo en the 23d. Marches, counter orders, and skirmishes between small re connoitring_ columns are the order of th e day. The Turks continue working at their entrenchments near Giurgevo with unabated industry, and have detached on the road leading thence to Daia a strong corps of observation. Pontoons and other boat materials are still being sent from Bucharest to Frateschti, where they are required for the offensive operations of the Russians. Bridges have been thrown across the Argis at three points, and the men were working at them as late as the 15th of July. General Osten Sacken is making a tour of inspec tion in Moldavia ; he it is who is to take, the chief command of the army now stationed there. In the same journal we also find the following : —"The news from the theatre of war come down to the 25th. Prince Gortschakoff is continuing to fortify himself, and to receive reinforcements on the line of the Argis. Troops, and especially en gineers and artillery, are being constantly sent from, or pass through Bucharest, for that river. It appears that the Prince will content himself with surrounding the position at Giurgevo. He has just ordered that the regiments and battalions which have combated on the Bth at that place, and which 41113 N 4 g" , ) J l deal shall be replaced by others. These troops are on the march for Bucharest, and it is this fact which gave rise to the reported retro grade movement of the Russians. Letters worthy of credit, dated Galatz the 16th, state that the re serves which were at Bessarabia were advancing by forced marches towards the south, and were pro ceeding to Reni, Ismail, Kiliac, and Tutschkow. The Russians fear that the auxiliary troops will attack them in the rear, by taking the mouths of the Danube for the basis of their operations. The troops posted at Molesveni, near Bucharest, have also received orders to march on Galatz, and to arrive there by the beginning of August. The fortifications of Galatz, Fockshan, and Tekutsch, are being continued. The Bulgarian emigrants arrived on the 16th at Galatz in transports ; they are 1,500 in number. Every man has been pro vided with a pickaxe and a spade, and every woman with a wheelbarrow ; and the whole are to be conveyed by the Sereth to Lungotsch, on the Moldavian frontiers, to be employed in making entrenchments. Such is the brilliant lot which is prepared for them." DOINGS IN THE EAST ! LETTER FROM A MILITARY OFFICER. Camp Aleyden, June 24th, 10 miles from Varna. The dull monotony of a camp life has alone been the cause of my long silence ; but as there is now some probability of our being released from inglorious in activity, and I may not have a good opportunity again for some time, I will at once furnish you with' a faithful account of our proceedings. After a charming passage, we disembarked at Scutari, immediately opposite Constantinople. We remained a fortnight there, chiefly for the purpose of procuring horses for the conveyance of our baggage, which was accomplished at much expense and with great difficulty, the average outlaw for them and their trappings being about 301 All this ought to have been prepared beforehand by the proper authorities, and not left to the exertions of in dividuals—but there seemed no one to watch over the interests of the unfortunate officers ; all were left to scramble on as they best could. The necessity too of corning down at once with so large a sum as 301. entailed much misery and distress on those already hampered by previous preparations. It is true that we receive a field allowance, which in the majority of cases will reimburse us in the course of the year when the sufferers may be sleeping the sleep of death. After orders and counter orders innumerable (an order in this army is looked upon as a burlesque, and in the first instance merely laughed at, not moving any one from his repose), we eventually got under way, and pitched our tents within a mile of Varna for a fortnight. By we, I mean the Light Division of which we most unfortuaately form a part, the General being a speci men of that class of commanders which abounded at the commencement of the great war with France—violent, harsh, uncourteous,—no respect for the feelings of those under him, no sympathy for the sufferings of those who have not the means, like himself, of procuring compa rative comforts—mistakes tyranny for discipline, and brutality for manhood. All his study, in truth, seems to be to render himself offensive. Pray, excuse this digression. We removed to this .place nearly three weeks since, on the prin cipal road to Shutnla. We have been twice ordered to move forward, and twice 'countermanded. Indeed no later than yesterday at 9 a.m., the divisional order ap peared for starting. At 2 p.ol. arrived the counter-order --the latter, owing to the utter inefficiency of the com missariat. They had positively not two bullocks per regiment to transport the hospital tents and sick. A practical soldier like you, who have moved masses, will naturally say that as this shameful inefficiency was known at the time, why was the order to move issued, as nothing could follow but confusion? In truth, there is no system—all is indecisionand incompetency. From the generals down to the pioneers noneseem to know whether they be standing on their heads or heels. The Bazouks have our fate in their hands. There can he no doubt that we should have been before Silistria had we pos sessed the means ~ f transport, but our staff, accustome I merely to philandering in London or Dublin, have not had the energy or ingenuity to keep together some 300 waggons placed by this Government at their disposal, the drivers having for the most part been permitted to abscond, taking away their teams in many instances. Could you have conceived such scandalous carelessness on service? Out of evil, however, springs some good, and in this case to the Turks, for be assured they will have the glory of driving the Russians from before Silistria unaided by a single British bayonet. The day before yesterday the 13th and sth (cavalry), who have been encamped abotit ten miles from hence, passed through our camp about ten o'clock, but in the evening, about six, I met streams of stragglers, all having been delayed and kept back for want of transport for tents, &c. When they reached their destination •it mnst have been as' a mob. While on the subject of transport, I must mention one case from hundreds, which will speak fully for our , deficiency, 'Two days ago about four p.m., a soldier had his leg broken in a fearful way. It was only at 6 that we contrived to get a litter for his conveyance by a fatigue party to Varna, and as the road is difficult and rugged, it was long after night had fallen that the unfortunate man arrived. If no other means of conveyance could be found for a wounded man before the horrors of war commence, what a pro spect for the wounded when they do ! Now, let me take you back to Scutari, for T do not sit down to give you a connected narrative, but to chat as events occur to my memory. We arrived at Scutari at 11 in the forenoon, within a stone's throw of the wharf where disembarka tions are effected, and within a mile from thence lay our campino , ground. Yet we were detained on board the whole of that day for the purpose of landing TEN horses. Instead of disembarking the soldiers, the ship dropped down the Bosphorus two miles, in order to lie alongside a wharf where the horses could be slung on shore. In fact, 900 bipeds were kept on board 24 hours, to their great inconvenience, for the convenience of ten quadru i pods ; but then the freight of the transport was 2001. per diem, which would have been lost to the owners, and gained to John Bull had the troops been landed at once. When we quitted Scutari, thanks to the ignor ance and imbecility of the engineer and quartermaster general's departments, the transport of the horses was once more the scene of indescribable confusion. Mind, I am speaking only of infantry officers' h es—conse- quently, the number was but trifling. The ors chargers were ordered to be embarked three days before the troops, and to be conveyed to the trans p ort, about 100 yards from the land, on a raft specially Tenhorses constructed were by the above-mentioned departments. placed on this miserable raft, the engineers and quarter master-generals congratulating each otheron their mutual efficiency ; when, lo the raft havingproceeded but five yards, the naval superintending officer insisted it should be immediately recalle d, declaring that if it proceeded all on it must be lost. The horses were therefore dis embarked, and no further attempt on their lives was made for twenty-four hours. The most absurd part of the matter was, that they might have been slung into the ship from the same wharf on which they were dis embarked a few days previously, with the same facility and safety, and in a few minutes. When, after all this, we succeeded in reaching Varna, we found that no ar rangements whatever had been made for our disem barkation, the staff officers there appearing perfectly bewildered. They galloped about, shouted, gesticulated, and—did nothing. The French, however, came for ward, furnished boats in abundance, and landed us in gallant style. On the y present occasion, the two nations seemed to have changed their supposed characteristics. While our authorities were as I have mentioned, the French were calm, collected, and efficient. Here let me con firm what you may have seen in the papers, that in true proper arrangements, civil as well as military, the French beat us hollow in this part of the world at least. We are not fit, to use a slang expression, to hold a candle to them. In truth, the French and civilisation march hand in hand. While our part of the town looked a scene of desolation and misery, no one know ing where to look for any department or place he wanted, the French already had tho rue de l'hopital, rue de la poste, rae de Gen6ral, with a very tolerable restaurant. There are not two opinions in this army as to the superior management of the French authorities. they have done for their troops everything which cir cumstances admit of. God grant we may eventually take a few pages from their book. Among other vitally essential things they have established batteries. We have none. They have also established a post-office at Varna, while we are dependent on the good nature of naval officers to forward our letters to Constantinople, or on the caprice of some Jachanapes on the staff ; while for the despatch of our letters we are dependent on the courtesy of the French post-office. But I will again turn to details of our goings on at Varna. For the greater part of the time there, the supply of tea, sugar, &c., to the soldiers was irregular in the extreme ; of course there would not have been a murmur had any necessity for this existed, but none did—while the soldiers were suffering, the commissariat stores were overflowing. Where, too, was all that ale and porter of which so much had been heard ? We got some for the last two days we were at Varna, but not a barrel has made its appearance here, though it is whispered that it flows through the tents of the Guards. Indeed, I may as well say boldly at once, that the general feeling is, that although this much talked of malt may have been nominally sent out for the army at large, it is dedicated practically to the Duke's division. The men could have supplied themselves with many necessaries, indeed comforts, at the shops in Varna, but they must have submitted to a loss of 4s. 6d. in the pound. Every sovereign issued to the troops was changed at that loss, although at Constantinople, within 18 liners' passage, the sovereign was at a premium of 2s. &l. The greatest discontent naturally resulted from such scandalous and cruel disregard of the soldier's in terest. Fortunes, and of magnitude, are being realised in some quarters. I wel remember your going over the list of officers appointed to high cJininauds here, and remarking upon the number who had not done a day's duty as soldiers for years—exemplifying Lord —, whose occupation during that time had been unroofing cottages in Ireland, and Lord --, who might be daily seen creeping out of the United Service Club, swaddled in flannels. Each day do I see your prophecies realised. I pray they may not be infull ; and I donotfeafthey will, for, thank God, we shall have troops well commanded near us. I trust, i too, to the bravery o f our men ; th e ir pluck, as in India, will atone fo r th e errors of those above them. recollect your sayin g th ose very wcrds on that bloody field where the ge nera l s a ll owe d themselves to besur prised. Alas ! her ea ft Er, as then, honours and pensions will be showered up on t h ose w ho were saved solely by the bravery of men whcse names are ne ver known, and who will fill grave s i n a di stan t land, or return to their own to wander as beggars. Now, my dear f r i en d an d patron, adieu, I will, as COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, JULY 31. The queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, attended Divine service yesterday morning at Osborne, which was performed by the Rev. G. Prothero. His Excellency Vely Paella, Ottoman Ambassador in Paris, arrived in London on Saturday last, on a short visit. A meeting of the Finance Committee of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 was held yester day at the Board of Trade. There were present Earl Granville (Chairman), Lord Overstone, Sir Alexander c3pe.arman, Bart., Sir W. Cubitt, and Mr. Edgar Bow ring (secretary), Captain Owen, R.E., also attended. The Postinaster-General had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. Lord Meath had an interview with Viscount Palmer ston on Saturday, at the Home Office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone r.pturned to town yesterday, from a visit to the Duchess of Sutherland, at Cleveden, near Maidenhead. Desp,tches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office from the Governors of the West India colonies. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF CO2,IMONS-(THIS DAY). The SPEAKER took his seat at the table a few minutes before twelve o'clock, but he dial not take the chair until 25 minutes to one, there not having been a suffi cient number of members present to make " a house." PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the North Metropolitan Bill, and the British Guarantee Association (No. 2) Bill, were considered and agreed to. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. HADFIELD, from a place in Yorkshire, against the opening of public-houses on Sundays ; and by. Mr. HORaFALL, from the South African Association of Liverpool, praying for the better performance of the African Mail Service. COMMON LAW PROCEDURE BILL. The committee on this ,bill was then resumed, com mencing with clause 37. The i:emaining clauses were agreed to, and the house resumed. BILLS OF EXCHANGE (No. 2) BILL. On the motion for, going into committee on this bill, Mr. (BEACH said this bill involved a very important principe ; it purpoaed to assimulate the law of England with regard to bills of exchange with that of Scotland, and if it passed, a party registering a bill of exe:ianze would be enabled to obtain an immediate judgment against the acc-ptor in the event of the bill being dishonoured. The trailing system of Scotland was so widely different to what it was in England, that the two laws could not be assimilated with safety ; fur instance, in Scotland, it was the in variable rule to make bills of exchange payable at local bankers, who retained possession of them with out putting them in circulation ; but in Eogland the practice was different, because it was the rule and not the exception to make bills payable at some banking house in London, whose hands it did not reach until it bad been in extensive circulation. Little difficulty was experienced in Scotland in renewing bills of exchange, but without the breathing time which the existing English system allowed, but which this bill would abolis. i traders having dishonoured bills of exchange running might be sullenly driven into bankruptcy, al though with aslight indulgence their estate might be made to yield 30a. in the pound. Under this bill, a man who ci mid not. take up a dishonoured accceptance within 6 days after the dishonour, would be liable to have judgment taken against them, and since it would largely increase the creditor interest where it was not wanted, he must move that the bill be committed this day three months, with a view to an inquiry being had before so great a change was made in time law. (LErT SITTING.) The Marquis of Downshire left Belfast, on Tuesday, fir Liverpool, by the Blenheim steamer, ea route to the Continent. The Marquis and illarchioness of Hertford passed through Annagh, on Monday last, on their way to Ben burb, on a visit to the Rev. John Stephenson, rector of Clonfeacle. The marchioness, who is a native of Ar magh, it will be remembered, nobly shared the vicissi tudes of the war In India with her late lainelited hus band, General M`Naughten, who perished at Affghan istan. Tkin FnuNcu COURT.—The Emperor and Empress, after leaving Biaritz, are to take up their residence for some days in the Chateau of Pau, so celebrated as the residence of Henry IV. M. Bineau, the Minister of Finance, and some of the officers of the Imperial house hold, have been at Pau to make the necessary prepa rations. SHORT LIFE AND LONG MOURNING.—The Court of Mecklenburg-Strelitz has gone into mourning for four teen days for the infant sou of Duke Geurge, which sur vived. at St. Petersburg three hours. GENERAL HARVEST PROSPECTS. —The reports from the various Continental markets, with respect t, the grain crops, are unusually satisfactory, and a marked decline is occurring in the quotations. In Belgium the fine weather h au irresistible influence upon prices, especially in Flanders, where the reduction was very rapid. In some markets, wheat, as compared with a fortnight since, has dropped sf. to 7f. per 2 bushels, and U. to 9f. The markets of the great towns had not been so immediately affected as the others. From France, Germany, and the north of Europe generally, the advices are equally good._ WILL OF THE LATE DUKE OF PORTLAND.—The will and codicil of the late Duke of Portland has just been proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury by Mr. Algernon Frederick Greville, one of the executors, in which his grace expresses his desire to be buried at Msover, if he should die at Welbeck, and that the cost of his funeral should not exceed 1001. He bequeaths 5,0001. to be divided amongst his servants, as he may direct in writing. No such directions have been found, so that this sum will be divided as the executors think fit. Mr. Oldershaw, of Doctors' Commons, is proctor for the estate. The deceased's personal property has been sworn under 900,0001., the stamp duty payable on which is 12,000/. MORE GOVERNMENT DEFEATS.—Last night Govern ment again suffered two defeats—one in the Lords, and the other in the Commons. In the Lords, on the ques tion of going into committee on the Drainage of Lands Bill, Ministers were defeated by a majority of 23 to 13. In the Commons, the defeat they sustained was on a more important question, and under circumstances of a more humiliating character. On the second reading of the Board of Health Bill, moved by Lord Palmerston in a speech of some length and of great earnestness, Minis ters were defeated by a majority of 74 to 65. Ministe rial defeats appear to be now the order of the day. Every sitting seems to bring its own disaster with it.-- Meriting A dvertiser. COLOGNE MINING COMPANY. - Yesterday was the day fixed by advertisement for holding the first annual ge neral meeting of the shareholders in this company, at which it was expected the operations of the year would have been reported on, and a statement of accounts sub mitted. Our reporter was refused admission. LONDON AND NORTS-WESTERN RAILWAY.-It is expected that this company will, at the ensuing general meeting, pay its usual dividend after the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, carrying forward, in aid of the next and best halt-year, about 30,000/. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—The inquest was resumed yes terday morning, at Birmingham, when further evidence was heard. The jury returned a verdict of man slaughter against William James Walker, the points man, who was committed to take his trial for the offence at the ensuing Warwickshire Assizes. ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH•WESTERN RAILWAY.—On Sunday evening, as a man named Richard King, of Charles-street, Fulham-road, was sitting at the edge of the platform, at Kingston-station, he was caught by a passing locomotive, and had one of his feet so severely injured that amputation has been deemed necessary. Very faint hopes are entertained of his recovery. TURKISH TITLES.—The following are the Turkish titles given by the Sultan to General Beatson and his staff :—His Excellency Shemsi Pacha, Lieutenant-Gene ral Beatson ; Daoud Bey, Colonel Green, Chief of the Staff; Naymi Bey, Colonel Steinb3ch ; Kojalo Bey, C)lenel Creagh ; Yussuf Bey, Major Charles Lane Fox ; Munir Bey, Major Lock. Dr. Sandwith, staff surgeon and principal interpreter, and the Hon. F. Walpole have not yet received titles. THE NEW ACT FOR THE ABATEMENT OF SMOKE,— To.day (Tuesday) the new act to abate the nuisance arising from the smoke of furnaces in the metropolis, and from steam-vessels above London-Bridge, comes into operation. There are eight clauses in the Act. Furnaces in the metropolis are to consume their own smoke, as also steam-vessels on the Thames above London Bridge. The penalty on a summary convic tion is to be not more than 5/ , nor less than 40s. for rry the first offence, and 101. for the second. A penalty is not to attach where a furnace has been constructed or stables may the person belonging to it " has carefully possible the smoke arisino , from such furnace." Con e, and consumed or burned as far as s authority of thetpat no ah oens Secretary e w ,rst ehitator:oer, be oea t fa o lnardie. eon: admitted t uh e ieee , d ri te inspect etdxi: cop)utfruloitrvi;ni the hji e tne s i L of on P cl o o l p ic . e of Ponce of the metropolis or the City of State or the Commissioners opportunities offer, transmit true and faithful acootate of our proceedings. Camp Devesna, 17 miles from Varna, July 12. We have been here some ten days, having moved forward, as it was believed, to assist at Silistria ; but, as I anticipated, the Turks, utterly unaided, have succeeded in compelling the Russians to raise the siege, and have placed our chiefs in the pleasing position of not knowing what to do or where to go. It is now believed that we shall not fire a shot this year. Oh ! that Napier had. been spared to us. Re would have been the man for us at this crisis. Firm, vigilant, with an enthusiastic genius —a mighty compound of Suwarroff and Napoleon.. What confidence he would have inspired I What effi-. cleat men he would have had around hire. We canno disguise the fact that Lord R-- is not a soldier for the field. As a Commander-in-Chief in England, he would. have done wonders for our efficiency. We should not have witnessed the indecision and incompetency which have been so patent ; but he has never commanded a body of men. The largest force he ever had under his command were nine orderlies, and that 39 years ago. The cabinet and the desk are his forte, not the active da ties of a commander of an army in the field ! Cardigan has just returned from a little excursion,' the details of which would make you smile ; but I must re serve that for my next. V. N. THE WAR IN ASIA. KARS, July 9.—Nine regiments have been de spatched to Ardahan, in consequence of the threat ening position taken up by the Russians. Cannon and troops continue to pour in. We have learnt only a few days ago the defeat sustained by Selim Pacha and his division before Urzughetti. You will have been acquainted long since with the details of this unfortunate event. The senseless and dangerous line of operations adopted. by the Turks in Asia, who, instead of concentrating their strong th on a small line of attack or defence, have divided their forces over a vast line, and in two , isolated armies, under independent leaders, has already been commented upon. The Muchir Zarif Pacha is partly responsible for the disaster which has befallen the army of Batonm, for had he but properly organised the espionage system, as he has often been advised to do, he would have been ac quainted with the movements of the enemy, and a. feint advance on his part would have frustrated the intentions of the former, and avoided the cala mity. The Russian account of the engagement naturally teems with exaggerations. One thing„- however, is certain—Selim. Pacha has sustained a. defeat ; the Russians again occupy Urzughetti, and; will probably concentrate their victorious forces, and, in conjunction with the garrison of Gunn,. fall upon the army of Kars. The necessity has been repeatedly shown of having an experienced European general placed at the head of this army,. supplied with unlimited powers, so that another reference to that subject would be de trop, and is, perhaps too late. The Russians have concentrated their forces this side of the Arpatschai, on the Turkish territory. The last reconnaissance reports them to be above 20,000 strong, and describes th c t enemy as drawn up in line of battle, f l3l apparently meditating an attack upon the Turkish avant-guard stationed at Soubattan. Iu consequenee of this movement on the part of the enemy, Khourschid Pacha (Guyon) has quitt ed Kars with the entire staff, and is at present re connoittring the Russian position. With the re inforcements which General Guyon took with him, the Turkish forces at Soubattan are some 20,9 00 strong, with thirty-five pieces of cannon. •The re mainder of the army, with the Muchir, Zar if Mustafa Pacha, is still encamped at Kars, but is prepared to march at a moment's notice. An en gagement is inevitable. The details we have received respecting the, action are very meagre, and they do not speak al the fate of the artillery. Gegeral Bebutoff commands the Ru ssian army The struggle, which will soon begin, will be deft perate ; but, it is to be feared, that the enemy flushed with the success of the attack on Selilo Paella, and reinforced by the division of Kutais, will prove an overmatch for the badly officered Turkish army. In case of a defeat the consequences will be terrible, and the fate of the campaign do cided. This could have been prevented had Eng land understood her interests in the East. small division of allies would have sufficed to. encourage the Turkish troops, and have con I. n tletely changed the face of matters_ be l re. stead of speculating on the probable resul of a defeat, and on t he certain nfluencez Russia will reconquer in Persia, and which will push to the banks of the Indus, I should now have to record the commencement of the conquest of Georgia, and the downfall of Russian ascendancy in the East. Had even British or Anglo-IndiSn Officers been sent to the Asiatic army, matters would Ihave improved. Should the Russians obtain possession of Armenia and the province of 'Anatolia, it will be found a difficult task to expel them ; and whilst a few thousand English and French troops would have sufficed to. chuck the advance of the enemy, and even to carry the war into his own laud, it will demand & regular campaign to- draw him from the Turkish province. Never have military matters been more disgracefully 'guided than in the present ease, and that never has an army been so sacrificed by the imbecility of his officers. The Seraskier at Con stantinople is responsible for any mishap that may arise from his choice of the present Muchir. The latter is totally ignorant of military matters, having been all his life a Government writer ; and now, through his influence with the Seraskier, the des tiny of an army of 50,000 men and the fate of which provinces are in his hands. ..Had the Muchir followed the advice of General Guyon, and have' advanced into Georgia whilst the enemy's forces were weak and divided, the defeat of Selim Pacha would have been avoided, and the success of the Turkish arms far more probable. But in refusing to be guided, and in losing many favourable opi portunities, the Muchir has witnessed the destruc - tion of the Batoum army's prospects ; and b:f allowing the enemy to concentrate his forces et will, he has opposed his own army to the cha,nceg4 of a'defeat. We trust sincerely that my dark alio' givings may prove incorrect. In case cf an action. the loss of the Turks will be very heavy, from the defective ambulanCe arrangements. Several the most efficient medical men have already quitted Kars, disgusted with th e neg l ec t t o w hich the„. sick and wounded are d evo t e d. Th e number or doctors and surgeons is perfectly inadequate to re lieve the present state of the hospitals. What vni;l it be on the field of battle ? Fearful to write there are no beds, no lint, no medicaments .;; 11 ;„_ 11 word, not a single prep ara ti on h as been rou e j a .i the event of a battl e . F or thi s t ransg ression :' the common rules of humanity no excuse can offered. THE BALTIC. REPORTED TAKING OF BOMARSIIND' COPENHAGEN, Monday, July 31.—Bomarsu nd reported to be taken with great loss on both sid es- Another despatch from Copenhagen also of ,Yes terday's dat e , sa y s : —L as t even i ng all the 1 3665 ships of war and hired transports, with the evert; tion of the Vulture, left our waters. To - daY I Bulldog arrived, and also the steam - tra ns p ort: Kangaroo from Southampton. The ships Prince, Fox, Vulture, and Herefordshire, having on bo a rd a part of the 3d and 51st regiments of the passed Copenhagen at noon on Sunday on tu e ,_ way to the Baltic. The health and spirits of WI soldiers are excellent. A letter from Dantzic, of the 27th July, saYs:, is reported that eight Russian ships came "' J . - Helsingfors, and chased the three English frigsf - that were outside. This, which is a report in t r i .;', fleet, must be received not as authentic int e l - i gence, but as one of the reports that sometimes g i , e into circulation, and that may be, or may u° t true. At any rate, Admiral Napier has thought I . - advisable to send Ad m i ra l M ar ti n in that direo tion. Admirals Plumridge and Chads with sey( r ral vessels, and a ll th e paddles, and 2,00 0 Fr enelL troops, are to attack Bomarsund. The fortifie.s: tions have not been injured at all by the fire (ssacl• to have been so destructive) of the Hecla ; they present a very formidable appearance, mounting 150 guns in three forts, and there is promise of a very sanguinary affair. Eckness, and has since been u w c o a u re nd o e f d D a r f !.. Lieutenant Crewe Read, willidoleerwfttaisfl o e r Ore rund,,, Minton, at Stockholm, has now . Pringle, g the toei sighs of company with ourco quite restored. of one eye, but he is otherwise juin the Hecla. Unfortunately,nsMajohre lost PREPARATIONS FOR ACTION. H.M. s . Baltic Fleet, Ledsund, J u ly 25. —The allied squadron left Baro Sound on the 18th inst. The French division of the fleet proceeded from the a nchorage, foll Owed by the rear division of the squadron, under Admiral Chads. The yaps under the orders of Admiral Corry, next swept by, while the centre division led by the leviathan Duk°, o f Wellington, brought out the remainin g force of this mighty host of naval armies. The ships present, manned w ith 'about 2 4 , 0° and some odd hundred men, formed immediately, as soon as they had gained sea room, and sailed Jn the following order : Van. Rear. Centre. Neptune Duke of Wellington Edinburgh Monarch 11 ,, gue Cressy Cu raberbnd Acre Cessar Prince R egen t Bl en h e i m Royal Georga St. George Princess Royal Nile James Watt Ajax a nd The steam-frigates Arrogant, Ampliion, tie Dauntless were sent forward in adva nce, on ~'~'