The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-01 00:00:00

T112A.M13 , 41,437-AL DRURY LAKE. Le , c,ce. Mr. E. T:Suitth. NCTICE.—The 'Nobility, Gentry, and Public, Sal's ribers an Patrons of the , IOvELI )pera, are respect ally informed, th Lt. in con •equeve of the intense neat of the Weather, there will be Nll PER OK +IA NCE THIS EVENING; and the Performances will b suspended until urther Notice. HENRY JARRETT, Director. Theatre Royal, Dray-lane, August 1, 1854. THE A.TIEM ROYAL HAYILARKET. cadet the management of X:. lanekstone. THIS EVENLVG, AnorsT I, Wlll be performed T FIE OLD CHATE XII. Characters by Messrs. Howe. Rogers. H. Marston, and Backstone; Mrs. Fitswilliaaa* and Miss Reynolds. Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS in a GRAND BA IT.PT. The new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATSF.. OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of air. CsAYLsa KZA2I. THIS EVENING. Avourr Will be performed THE liAltaIED UNMARRIED. Characters by. siesare. w. Lacy, Ryder, and Cathcart; and Misses Eleath and Murray. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean and Da,id Fisher ; and Mrs. Winstanley, and Mies C. L -c'ercq. To conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. THEATRE ROYAL A.DELPHI. P r oprietor, Mr. B. Webeter.—Dtreetreas, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Aram I, will be performed the popular Drama of THE DISCARDED EON. Principal characters by Messrs. Selby, Sfurray, Bedford, and Keeley 4 Mrs. Keeley, Miss Woo'gar, and Miss F. Maskell. Followed by TIP: CAMP AT CEIOI3IIAM. To conclude with THE COURIER Co;.' LYOYS. •-• • ROYAL OLYMPIC TREITItIC Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING ACQUST 1. Wit be performed TO ORLI lE RE Vs 0:( 'honored by lfeaar . Emery, Itobson, and Leslie; \lies Mars on, and Miss E urner. To be followed hr TEN FIRS(' Characters by Meer . Wigan, Ler.be, firewood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss I'. Bol ton, and Miss Emily Orin nele. To conc tide with the Farce of THE WA.NDERING MINSTREI Jem Baal, Sir. F. Robson. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee itr." F. W. Aileron. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 1. MI be performed CFI lALF.I3 THE iECON'D. Characters by Messrs Herbert. %tor;an, and Belf,rl; Mimeo H. Gordon, F. Beal morn, and Wharton. FRllowed by FAITiT A' D MARGUERITE. To conclude with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. Malls, 45.; Boxes. 21. 6Q. ; Pit, le.; Gallery, ; Private do xf £1 le. to be had of Mr. Allcroft. u, New Bond-street. ROYAL SL - RRILY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. " This place 11113 up an hiatus which the Crystal Pa!ace leaves wanting. Vocal and instrumental mistc of the first order; and display of fireworks which exceeds " all imagination, are a fitting close to a day at the Crystal Palace. DINSON'S COLOS AL PANORAMA of CHI7SA.N. Splendid and Extensive Menagerie and Marine Aquariam-17nri valled Military Band. VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, In which Miss Poole, Miss Ransford. and Mr. Manvers sine severil National and Patriotic Songs—Ml the Amusing Noveltie. of the Gardens in succession, concluding with the " Feast of Lan terns," and a most msgnidcent display of Fireworks by SouthbY Admission One Shilling. A splendid Pavilion for Dancing has been erected. Fall Quadrille Band, &c. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPRITEIEATREII. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. &mei without a parallel I—Triumphant and brilliant career of the Cossacks 2nd Night of a new Mythological Equestrian Melodramatic Ballet .d'A ctio ri . 2nd appearance of Herr Cliii - ;ti4, — t - h - e first Rope Dancer in the universe. THIS EVENING. The War Spectacle, THE COSSACKS; or, Vive la France. After which, the novel and skilful SCE 'CES In the CIRCLE, by Professors of tae first class, developing in perfection the high school of the art of Equitation. The whole invented and arranged by Mr. William Cooke. HERR CHR[STOFF, the first Rope Dancer in the universe. The wonderful BROTHERS FRANCISCO, In their in,.omore , en- Bible and astonishing pert rmauces. he whole to conclude with, 2nd time, a new Equestrian Melo. drarnatL; Ballet, by Mrs S. G Healey, called Taw. KNIGEI AND THE WA rER LILY ; or, Love am ,ng tne Mermaids. Box-office open trona Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRMOIL T.ri DAT —Morning 18 min.after 6 I Evening 40 min.aft. 6 To•Mottaow—Morning 2 inin.after 7 1 ETening 27 nun.e.ft. 7 N W EATHESEt.—Sus Orrice, An% 1. THICRMOISIZTIta. TAB SHADa. 76 - highest since noon on Saturday. 63 -Lowest this morning and daring the night. 71 -this day, at noon. 3AROURT2I3, down to 2912—n0w up to 21•75. vvtv r), variable, W.S.W. to W.N.W.—Light breeze, with cloudy weather, and sunshine. Heavy rain in the night. gfo4PNPik. 11441 LONDON, 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. ABER DEEN to tickle it into even a momentary state of irritation. In illustration 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 thrown 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 of 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 assumed, so it will be retained—out of the fullness of their magnanimity I And in this manner are the affairs of the country carried on complacently between a constantly-beaten but still dominant Ministry, 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 women tour difficulty, it i s the mere knowledge of the im portance of th e s t ruggle upon which the nation has adventured that keeps its present rulers to gether as a Gover nmen t. The circumstance 0 ; 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 fanner in retaining power in defiance of every successive majority won over the Administration. So long as Ministers thought themselves' strong enough to ca rry their pet bills through the Lord:: and Commons, in spite both of the antagonism o f p ar ty, an d 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 fo rce nostrum after nostrum down the throat even of a willing and obsequious Legislature, than Mini sters suddenly discovered that patriotism ren d it imperatively incumbent upon each and all of them to forego their favourite desions and their most dearly-cherished projects of improvement, in consideratio n of the one paramount necessity cf the hour, that of dedicating to the vigorous col.- duct of the war with Russia the whole of ti.e energies and abilities at the command f Government. Whereupon Lord Jonzr RUSSELL, pith faltering accents, and otherwise evi• len , ly and most unaffectedly agitated with ?motions 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 fur a time, was felt by uim, we believe, no less poignantly than as a bitter 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 their sense of patriotism, 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' Russzrz. The appeal has, in every instance in which it has been employed, been eminently sue zessful. 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 )f these came on last evening ; -one for a second reading, the other for consideration in committee; , ne in the Lords, the other in the Commons ; .ne the Drainage of Lands Bill, the other the Public Health Act Amendment Bill ; the former submitted to the notice of the Legislature by Lord GRANVILLE, the latter championed by Lord PALMERSTON'. Both, we have seen, were thrown out. Upon both a positive defeat ,vas 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 )f 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 Ttx 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. ARBUTHNOT. 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 fur 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 less deserving of exemplary punishment. The plan was deliberately formed, the various arrangements carefully planned. Had it not been for a variety 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 i tently engaged in prayer and thanksgiving, he was hardening his heart to the certain conse quences of his erirne—disregarding everything 'hat 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 friends were among the communicants. Mr. 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 f Tee 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 SMITHWICIC, 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 rec tit u d e , tre bl y arme d in thejustice of the cause in which he was engaged. The concoctor of the notable scheme called on his followers to shoot the unexpected champion L. " Boys, why don't you fire ?" was the exclama tion of the retreating CARDEN, and it 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, CARDEN 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 re:nainder of his miserable existence. But although acquitted of the " abduction," be oes not escape with impunity. Under the salu- ,Lry amendment of the law introduced in 1851, Ind commonly known as Lord CAMPBELL'S Act (14 and 15 Vic., c. 100), the attempt to commit 1, felony is a crime punishable by two years' im :)risontnent and a pecuniary fine. And if any loubt should exist as to the principal offence being consummated, the jury are authorised to find guilty of "the attempt." This j udicious course vas adopted at the sugg,estion of the Learned Judges. Itcouldscarcely besaid that the "a3porta tion" had been completed—that the yolng lady who words bad never been even removed from the car was a t any moment within the power of the prisoner. T he of the statute 9 GEO. IV., c. 31, S. 19 , a re ~ shall take away or detain." It could scarcely be contended that CARDEN did either. And if the • jury had convicted of the principal charge, the point would have been reserved, and the criminal night have escaped with ou t an y punishment The whatsoeve r . course then was wise and judicio us , a lth ough the punishment may be very inadequate. Al though t transportation had been two richly merited, yetyears' imp r i sonmen t with hard lab our , together with the universalcondem nation of the infamous outrage, believe, suffice to deter other will, we hope and attempting " to purvey themselvesgentlemen (!) from wives after the manner of the trib e of BE.NJAMIN'" or emulating th e more recent expl o it s o f BYRNE, or STRANGE, or MACNAGHTEN, or Sir HENRY BROWN as well as if, like the three former, they ll had en dured the extreme penalty o f th e law, or , like the latter, had been banished for 14 years to a penal colony ! The feeling of Ireland, to say nothing of England and Scotland, is now too 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 that some public testimonial may be bestowed on S3fITEIVirICK. However amply he may be rewarded by the parties more immediately interested, there ought to be some token of the approval of the com munity of such gallantry and determination. as that displayed by this pocr Irishman. It would be a useful lesson to the peasantry of the district ro show them that " virtue is not always its own sae 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 in 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. 1 SUN, 1,4 N. /7) 0 TT P, rvrNTNG‘ AratTgrn, 1Q154. : • ONEY it K. E AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO &CLOCK The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 7,000 hales, 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 5-id. to 74d., 1,000 Surat at 2-ad. to 31d., and 20 Sea Island at ls. 3 d. to ls. 11d, per lb. Railway Shares were steady. 4 The Manchester market is stated by Messrs. M'isTair, 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 cf goods generally are heavier than they were a month ago, particu larly as concerns low descriptions of India shirt lugs, which are lid. lower. The prospect of money being cheap as well as provisions is calculated to have an excellent effect. 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 hut thinly attended by the trade. The quantity brought forward amounted to 4,90') 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 Hale prices ruled about id. to id. per lb. above the sales here in June, hut the prin cipal pay the advance, the languid,lling and prices receded from 1. g u ps y e erbrelscban. became eg w second and last day, rather more disposition was manifested to purchase, and 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 sales 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 11d.' ; low to mid 6d. to Bid. ; coan.e 6 s '-d. to 7id., part washed, sd. to sid. ; yellow good to fine lid to 91d. ; low to mid. 4id. to 61d. ; pieces 4id. 6d. ; black and grey ordinary to good 3W. to 61d. ; burry ld. to 3d. ; native black 3d to 31d. grey 21d. ; yellow notch 2id. ; black hair id. ; China white, little heavy, 7d. to lid. ; yellow, part washed, 6 . 61d. 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 for 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 50s. to 60s. per ton, paid here, for goods to Australia. At the same period of last year 71. and 81., and even 9/. 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 RUM 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 odonies, out of the proce,-ds of the revenue ap plicahle for such purposes, made up to the close of 1853." In the accounts from 1331gium this morning, a very favourable report is made upon the import and export trade of the six months to the end of June last, as compared with the like date of 1853 Advices from New Y)rk report no material alteration in stocks.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. Ttie C irnalittee of Mexican 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 o s the pres►dent and met with a most friendly and iatiqfactory reception from his Serene Highness, who appointed the sth izist, to see him again o❑ 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. Palconnet, 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 $32841 05c., and from Vera Cruz $1,134 23c , and to Colonel Facio, also for the dividend fund from Tera Cruz $72,000. The Funds have maintained the firm tone which they assumed towards the close of business yester day, but there is not much business doing at the advanced rates. Consols have been 92i 1 for trans fer, and 92i 1 for account. The New 34- per Cents. have realised 931 to and the 3 per Cents. 92i to Bank Stock has been su,iported at 210 to 2114. Exchequer B:lliliave been at 3s. prem. I n Foreign Stocks there is more activity, and pr i ce s look IV. Mexican have been dealt in at 241, Spanish Threes at 371, and the New Deferred at 181. There have been i - :ar,gains is Russian 4! 2 - per Cents. at 83i. French 4i per Cents. have been at 99, with the exchange at 24.95. Dutch 4 per Cents. are 91i t o 92g . The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 6i ; Mexi can, 24i to 241 ; P eruv i an, 66 to 68 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 50 to 52 ; Portug,uese 4 per Cents., 39 to 41 ; Russian 5 per CentS., 97 to 99 ; Ditto 41 per Cents., 81 to 83 ; 'S pan i sh New Deferre d , 18-. t o 19 ; Ditto 3 per C ents. 37t to 38 ; Ditto Certi ficates, 4 to 4.1 ; Ditto P ass iv e , 3i to 4i. The Railway Share Market is very buoyant, and there seems to be a disposition to put up the quo tations in anticip a ti on of the di v idt n d s , altliou gli the actual purchases by the public have not been i large. The Gr eat N orthern s h ares h ave been n demand, the North-Western have been higher, and the Brighton and Caledonian are firm. Midland are not so good. The foreign railways are merely nominal. Iu the Minin g very The Joint Stuck Banks are firm. market the business done has been Miscellaneous generally at previous rates. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES Prom, the Veinal List. 1 ringinPas done , ank Stock 2lO Ili e•••• ••• .• per Cent. Reduced Annuities 923 i :3 per Cent Consols Annaities 921 i 3i per Cent. Annuities . 93s I 4 Lung Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Consols for Account 17th August Exchequer Bills, 21d. £IOOO 2500 . 1 3 P ..................... ........ 5ma11.... 98i .....• 241 2 5 p ... .... Exchequer Bonds, 1853 • • raz P i ß lia l n C ß E or. O ds F , s Fo pe n r E C I e G nt .N . FUNDS TE1 1 [ 0 :4 0 DAY. Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent • . • •• •---- Ditto 3 per C en t Aexicau 3 per Cent. •tussian Bonds, 1822, 5 por Cent. X St — Ditto 43 per Cent B;,} Ditto Small 'ardinian Bonds 5 per Cent... ..... .... . Spnwsh Bonds, .3 per Cent 371 • Ici Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Passive (Converted) Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 4l 8 r ) iviclen.is on the aneve payable in Loudon French Routes, 4i per Cent. Dutch Exchange, 2,1 per Cent. 12 Gull Ditto 4 per Cont. Certifieates THREE O'CLOCK. Consols . 92if Ditto August Accou , lt THE SERBIAN GOVERNMENT AND THE PORTE.—The Serbian Government has received orders from the Su- Utile Porte to cease from their warlike operations and exercises. It is believed that the Porte whi immedi ately order the complete disarmament of tha - Principa lity• The attention of the Porte has been called to the proceedings in Serbia by the Austrian internuncio, Baron von Bruck, who has exhibited the matter to the Turkish Government in its true light.—Ancluner Gei• tung, July 25, COURT CIRCUL.AR. 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 Odburne, which was performed by the Rev. G. Prothero. Hie Excellency Vely Pacha, 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 1351 was held yester day at the Board of Trade) , -There were present Earl Granville (Chairman), Lord. Overstone, Sir Alexander 3pearrnan, Bart., Sir W. Cubitt. and Mr. Edgar Bow ring (secretary), Captain Owen, R.E., also attended. The Postmaster• General had an interview with the E trl of Aberdeen yesterday, at his official residence in Dowr,ing•street. Lord Meath had an interview with Viscount Palmer ston on Saturday, at the Home Office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone returned to town yesterday, from a visit to the Duchess of Sutherland, at Cleveden, near Maidenhead. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office from the Governors of the West India colonies. EXTENSIVE FIRES IN THE METROPOLIS. Yesterday morning, about seven o'clock, a fire, that caused considerable alarm, broke out in the premises of Mr. Beckworth, a carpenter arid cabinet-maker, carrying on business at No. 1, York-street, Kingsland-road. The flames originated in a long rangeof workshops about 60ft. deep, 50ft. wide, and from 30 to 40ft. high. From the combustible nature of the stock on the premises, the fire travelled with such surprising rapidity, that in less than a quarter of an hour the whole of the property presented one immense sheet of flame, the reflection from which, although daylight, could be seen from a considerable distance. With as little delay as possi ble, the engines .f the parish, London Brigade, and that of the West of England Insurance Office, reached the scene, and a plentiful supply of water having been pro cured, the machines were called into operation ; but in spite of the exertions of the firemen and the powerful streams of water scattered upon the flames, they continued t{) spread so that at last the whole of Mr. Beckworth's manufacturing premises were wrapped in one tremen dous sheet of fire. The firemen, however, kept hard at work ; but notwithstanding, the premises in which the disaster commenced, the valuable- stack in trade and working tools, and a costly stock of veneers, were de stroyed. The total loss is considerable, but we under stand that the sufferer was insured in the Star Fire Office. A fire also happened yesterday morning in the premises of Mr. C. W. Steer, wholesale clothier, situate at No. 105, Whitech ipel-road. The discovery was male by a police-officer of the H division, who, in passing the pre mises, perceived smoke pouring forth from the lower part of the building. He at once gave an alarm, and sent off for tue escapes of the-Royal Society and the en gines. Wood, the conductor, arrived with the White cimpel escape, and was followed by the engines of the parish, the London Brigade, and West England Fortunately the inmates managed to effect a safe retreat, and a plentiful supply of water having been procured from the mains of the East London Company, the firemen went to work in admirable style ; but they were unable to get the flames conquered until the whole of the valuable stock was , nearly destroyed, and the premises considerably damaged by fire, water, &c. The origin of this fire is unknown. The sufferer was insured in the Scottish Union Fire Office. A fire, attended with a considerable loss of property, likewise took place in the premises belonging to Mr. L. Solomon% a chair-maker, and Mr. J. Sharp, a gun maker, No. 7, Little Alie-street, Goodman's-fields. An alarm having been given, the engines of the parish, London Brigade, and West of England attended, and a powerful stream of water was procured from the East London Company's mains, from which the engines were called ito operation, but in spite of which the firemen were unable to get the flames extinguished until the property of Mr. Solomons and also of Mr. Sharp was e:;tirelv destroyed. The principal sufferer was insured in the Phcanix Fire Office, and the building was insured in the Sun. The Marquis and Marchioness of Hertford passed through Arwagli, on Monday last, on their way to Ben• burb, on a visit to the Rev,. John Stephenson, rector of Clonfeacle. The m , rchioness, who is a native of Ar magh, it will be remembered, nobly shared the vicissi tudes of the war in India with her late lainented hus band, General M'Naughten, who perished at Affghan istan. THE FRENCH 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 fit four teen days fur the infant son of Duke George, which sur vived at St. Petersburg three hours. GENERAL HARVEST PROSPECTS. —The relciorts from the various Continental markets, with respect to the grain crops, are unusually satisfactory, and a marked decline is occurring in the quotations. In Belgium the fine weather h ‘cl an 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 24 bushels, and 61. 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 OP PORTLAND.—The will and codicil of the late Duke of Portland ha , just been proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury by Mr. AlTernon Frederick Greville, one of the exec:itors. in which his grace expresses his desire to be buried at Bdsover, 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 fur the estate. The deceased's personal property has been sworn under 900,060/., the stamp ditty payable on which is 12,0001. MORE GOVERNMENT DEIPEATS.—Last night Govern ment again suffered two defeats—one in the Lords, and the other in the Commons. In the Loris, 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 un ier circumstances of a more humiliating character. On the second reading of the Board of Health Bill, moved by Lord Palmerston m 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 h.-- Morning Advertiser. 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 NORTH-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 30,0001. 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 Excellency Shemsi Pacha, Lieutenant-Gene ral Beatson ; Daoud Bey, Colonel Green, Chief of the staff; Naymi Buy, Colonel Steinb icb ; K. ijalo Bey, o donel Creagh ; Yussuf Bey, Major Charles Lane Fox ; Munir Bey, Major Lock. Dr. Sandvvith, 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 51. nor less than 40s. for the first offence, and 101. for the second. A penalty is not to attach where a furnace has been constructed or altered, and the person belonging to it " has carefully attend e d t the sam, and consumed or burned as far as Rts;ible the si ta i i n iae o tsi k o e encr a ies rising from such furnace." Con stahles may be empowered to enter and inspect furnaces and 4i-ism vessels. There are admitted difficulties in t 7 i r a r t ying out the statute, and therefore the provision of Police of Polio o t authority no in information of the Secretary of fl metropolis State tr u eo n po lorehtr. the i e t ocr e o x in : hemep Commissioners yn t e h or the London. .1* E F zi. 3i N THE WAR. RETREAT OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY. The Vienna P resse of last night has the following • news from Bucharest of the 27th :—" The Russian army at Fntteschti is in full rel rent upon Bucharest, pursued by Omer Pacha. Official information is wanting." BELGRADE, JULY 29.—1 t becomes more and more difficult to account for 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. MEETING OF GERMAN MONARCHS AT MUNICH. MUNICH, JULY 28.—The King of Prussia ar rived yesterday evening at the Chateau of Nytn phewbourg. The Kin , of Wurtemburg is expected to return to-day to b Munich, where the King of Saxony and the Regent of Ba are also expected in a few days. This meeting is considered as an attempt on the part of his Prussian 'AlajestY 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, say s : It is not probable that the Vienna Conference will meet to draw up another protocol, as Russia 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. 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 foliowing 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 Persia 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 THE EASr. Lord Raglan has issued the folllowing memo randum : " VARNA, JULY 15.—The Commander-in-Chief has noticed with great regret the very unbecoming manner in which the officers of the army dress them elves. He :loes not now refer to their mole of dressing out of uni form, because that has been entirely forbidden, 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 bc 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 worn 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 Ctircumstancesthe 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 ickets should always be buttoned from the bottom to the top, but he does hope that, having as much regard fur • good appearance in uniform as they would have out of uniform, they w'll bear in mind that the uniform .:irected to be worn ought to be put on with care and attention, no meter in what country the army r nay 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 ooservations to the officers of their divisions and brigades, and he expects from the officers themselves an answer to his remarks in the change which wall be made by them in the style of dress nig.— 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 2G :—The sentiments of the 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 iu 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 expec ed attack of the Turks. I.eneral Budherg has called the Russian general '4-Beers together to con-ult 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 rumo urs are in circulation. THE WHITE SEA. The Invalide iiusse announces, under the head ing of •‘ News from the White Sea," that the tbuloocukthadoinf squad had a n w abandoned hereup ont the he crews rewnsorotfhetrhrei Russian gun-boats removed all the buoys and other signals which the French and English had laid d ow n. On the Gth 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 prince 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 announcing that a battle had been fought on the Frateschti, and that the Russians had been beaten with the loss of 2,000 men. The Vienna Lloyd 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 the day. The Turks continu e wor ki ng at their entrenchments near Giurgevo w ith una b ate d i n d ustr y, a nd have detached on th e roa d l ea di ng t h ence to Dai a a strong corps of observation. Pontoons and other boat materials are still being sent from Bucharest to Frateschti, w h e re they are required f or the offensive operations of the Russians. Bridges have been thrown across the as late Argis at three points, and the men were working at them as the 15th of July. General Ost en S ac k en is making a tour ofinspec tion in Moldavia ; he it is who is to take the chief command of the aimy now stationed there. In the sam e j o urnal we also find —"The news from the theatreof the following : war come down to the 25th. Prince Gortschak fortify himself, and to receive reinforcements is continuing to reinforcements on Troops, the line of the Argis. constantly sent B a nd especially , en gineers and artillery, from, or pass through areuc beingp harest, for that river. It appears that the Princestin a will content himself with i o surrounding the po ordered that the regimentst Giurgevo. He has just and battalions which have combated on the Bth at that place, and which suffered a goo.' deal shall be replaced by oth ers . These troops are on the marchf or Bucharest, and it is this fact which gave rise to the reported retro grade movement of the Russians. Letters worthy of credit, dated Galati the 16th, state that the re serves which were at Bessarabia were advancing by forced marches towards the south, and were pro ceeding to Rani, 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 Bacha est, have also received orders to march on Gala z, and to arrive there by the beginning of August. Th e 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 outlay 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 coming 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, in the first instance merely laughed at, not moving any one from his repose), we eventually gut under way, an i pitched our tents within a mile of Varna for a f )rtnight By we, I mean the Light Division of which we most unfortuaa.tely 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,—nu 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 he to render himself offensive. Pray, excuse this digression. We removed to this place nearly three weeks since, on the prin cipal road to Shumla. We have been twice ordered to move forward, and twice countermanded : Indeed ne later than yesterday at 9 a in.. the divisional order ap peared for starting. At 2 p.m. arrived the counter-order --the latter, owing to the utter ineffisiency of the corn missariat. They had positively not two bullocks per regiment to transport the hospital tents and sick. A practic it soldier like you, who have moved masses, will natural.y 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 indecision and incompetency. From the generals down to the pioneers nor:cheat') to know whether they be standing on their heads or heels. The Bazouks have our fate in their hands. There can be no douht• that we should have been before Silistria had we pus ses.ed the means f transport, but our staff, accustonie 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 ca,relessi. ess 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. Tile day before yesterday the 13th and sth (cavalry), who have been encamped about 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 must 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 fur 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 lav our camping ground. Yet we were detained on board the whole of that day for the purpose of lending 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 he slung on shore. In fact, 900 bipeds were kept on board 24 hours, to their great inconvenience, for the convenience of ten quadru peds ; but then the freight of the transport was 2001. per diem, which would have been lost to the owners. and gained to John Bull bad 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 c onfusion. Mind, I am speaking only of infantry officers' horses—conse quently,_hecharger T the number was but triflin g . were orileted to be embarked three days before the troops, and to be conveyed to the transport, about 100 yards from the land , on a raft specially constructed by the above-mentioned departments. Ten . horses were placed on this miserable raft, the . engineers and quarter tna,ster-generals congratulative each other on their mutual efficiency ; when, lo the raft having proceeded but five yards, the naval superintending officer insisted it should be immediate l y recalled, ec ar,ng that if it prsceeded it must be lost. The horses were therefore dis embarked, o banrked, 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 fa v days previously, with the sane 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 perfeptly 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 present occasion, the two nations seemed to have changed their supposed characteris'ics. 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 the rue de I'hopital, rue de la poste, rue de G6adral, with a very tolerable re-taurant. 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. Fur the ►eater part of the time there, the rupply 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 hours' passage, the sovereign was at a premium of 2s. 6d. 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 well remember your going over the list of officers appointed to high commands 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 in full; and I donotfearthey will, for, thank God, we shall have troops well commanded near us. I trust, too, to the bravery of our men ; their pluck, as in India, will atone for the errors of those above them. I recollect your saying those very words on that bloody field where the generals allowed themselves to be sur prised. Alas t hereafter, as then, honours and pensions will be showered upon those who were saved solely by the bravery of men whose names are never known, and who will fill graves in a distant land, or return to their own to wander as beggars. Now, my dear friend and patron, adieu. I will, as opportunities o'er, transmit true and faithful account @ of our proceedings. Camp Devesna, 17 miles from Varna, July 12. We have been here some ten days, having movel f .rward, as it was believed, to assist at Sili;tria ; but. as I antieipated, the Turks, utterly unaided, have succeeded coinpelling the Russians to raise the siege, and have placid our chiefs in the pleasing position oi 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 ben spared to us. He 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 ! What effi cient men he would have had around him. We canno disguise the fact that Lord R-- is not a soldier for the field. As a Commander-in• Chief in England, he would nave dune 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 du 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 Selina 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 theirstrength 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 Batoum, 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 form-a., 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 Gumri, 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 ►eference 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 the enemy as drawn up in line of battle, and apparently meditating an attack upon the Turkish avant-guard stationed at Soubattan• I n consequence of this movement on the part of th e enemy, Kliourschid Pacha (Guyon) has q uitted Kars with the entire staff, and is at present re connoitring the Russian position. With the re itiferc-m eats which General Guyon took with him , the Turkish forces at Soubattan are some 20,000 strong, with thirty-five pieces of cannon. The re mainder of the army, with the Muchir, Zarif Musta.fa 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 acti,,n are very meagre, and they do not speak of the fate of the artillery. General Bebutoff commands the Russian army- The struggle, which will soon begin, will be dee" perate ' • but, it is to be feared, that the enemy flushed with the success of the attack on Selim .Pacha, 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 de cided. This could have been prevented had Eng land understood her interests in the East. A small division of allies would have sufficed to encourage the Turkish troops, and have com pletely changed the face of matters here. In stead of speculating on the probable result of a defeat, and on the certain influence 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-Indian Officers been sent to the Asiatic army, matters would have 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 check the advance of the enemy, and even to carry the war into his own laud, it will demand a regular campaign to draw him from the Turkish province. Never have military matters been more disgracefully guided than in the present case, 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 an I. the fate of 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 Pilch* 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 op portunities, the M uc hi r h as w i tnessed the de•itrue tiou of the Batoinn army's prospects ; and by allowing the enemy to concentrate his forces at will, he liaaoppo ed his own army to the c hances of a defeat. We trust sincerely that my dark lois givings may prove incorrect. In case if au action the loss of the Turks will be very heavy, from t he defective ambulance arrangements. Several of the most efficient medical men have already quitted Kars, disgusted with the neglect to which till sick and wound e d are d evo t e d. Th e n umber ° doctors and surgeons is pert ectly inadequate to ll lieve the present state o f th e h osp it a l s . What wi it be on the field of battle? Fearful to write there are no beds, no lint, no medicaments ; ) 11 : word, not a single pr e p ara ti on h as b een mad e in the event of a battle. For this transgressi on the common rules of humanity no excuse can offered. THE BALTIC. REPORTED TAKING OF BOMARSTIN I) ' COPENHAGEN, Mond a y, J u ly 31.—Boroarstilla ;4 reported to be taken with great loss on both sid es. Another despatch from Copenhagen also of yes terday's date, says :—Last eve n i ng a ll the Bi-;fish ships of war and hired transports, with the ogees tion of the Vulture, left our waters. To -day ort Bulldog arrived, and also the steam-transP nn Kangaroo from Southampton. The ships Pril l u r ti Fox, Vulture, and Herefordshire, having on boa a part of the 3d and 51st regiments of the ' t a i r passed Copenhagen at noon on Sunday on te ° ,, way to the Baltic. The health and spirits of t' soldiers are excellent. A letter from Dantzic ' of the 27th July, says:,. o f is reported that eight Russian ships came o t l ' ~,s Helsingfors, and chased the thr ee E ng li s h frilvr that were outside. This, whi c h i s a report 1: the I. fleet, must be received n o t as authentic ietela; geuce, but as one of the reports that sometime s into circulation, and that may be, or may ne t ,, f 7l; true. At any rate, Admiral Napier has tboilg,r„,.. "'advisable to send Admiral Martin in that a ir-- tion. Admirals Plumridge and Chads, with se Te c i ral vessels, and all the paddles, and 2,000 Fr. e r,„ c troops, are to attack Bomarsund. fortluT c i tions have not been injured at all by the fire (T el to have been so destructive) of the Hecla ; t on g present a very formidable appearance, moan a 150 guns in three forts, and th ere is promise ° f very sanguinary affair. Lieutenant Crewe Read, who was wonlid ed -,.t t . Eckness, and has since been under the care a Minton, at Stockholm, has now left for Oreg rall ; in company with our consul, Major Pringle, t ° ht join the Hecla. Unfortunately, he lost the Sig of one eye, but he is otherwise quite restored. PREPARATIONS FOR ACTION. 5. H.M.S. —, Baltic Fleet, Leilsund, a m 1 2 —The squadroh left B aro S o und on the lad inst. The French division of the fleet pro eeel ; from the anchorage, followed by the rear division of the squadron, under Admiral Chad The „„ under the orders of Admiral Curry, next swept Vi; while the centre di vision lel by the leviathan Dtlsf of Wellington, brought out the remaining fo rce .° this mighty host of naval armies. The ships present, manned with about 24/Ce.. and some odd hundred men , formed imcnecli 3te ' l i as soon as they had ga i ne d sea ro om, and sa iled I the following order : gear. Van. Centre. Neptune H Du n k g e ue of Wellington Monarch Cumberk n d A cre - G 4OO CE Clesarrdeignab;rgh Prince Regent Blenheim Boyar St. George Princess Royal Nile James Watt Ajax _,„, ci The steam-frigates Arrogant, Amphiont 1;e Dauntless were sent forward in adVitilees On '''