The Sun. — London, England, 1854-09-28 00:00:00

NEW GRANADIA.N LAND AND TRUST ASSOCIATION. The Shareholders of this Association are requested to meet on the 12th day of Octnher, 18.54, at Twelve o'clock, at the Office of the Company, 5, Wharnford-court, for the purpose of modifying the The Gerarit SAINT ROSE. statutes. London, Sept. 28, 1854 THEATR E ROYAL, DRURY -LANE.- ' Mr. E. T. SMITH res p ectfully informs his friends and the Public admirers of Mr. G. Y. BROOKE that he has engaged epar- that eminent artiste to perform for Seve n Ni g hts only, prior to his d tare for Australia. Mr. G. V. BROOKE will appear on Mondte oar 2d, in VIRGINIE S. Tuesday, 3d, in THE STRANGER. Wednesday, 4th, in RICHARD THE THIRD. Thursday, sth, in THE LADY OF LYONS. Friday, 6th, in OTHELLO. Saturday, 7th, in HAMLET, And Monday, 9th, in 3LACBETH; being positively his last appearance. Mr. SMITH has also engaged Mr. E. WRIGHT. the public favourite and celebrated Comedian, to appear in his original Farces every Evening after Mr. G. V. Brooke's performance. The Box-office is open for booking places daily, from Ten to Five. In consequence of numerous inquiries, early application is solicited. LAST THREE NIGHTS. LYCEUM THEATRE.—HENRY RUSSELL, THIS EVENING (the 28th time), September 28th, and every Evening. Many friends having expressed a wish that Mr. Russell should appear again previous to finally withdrawing his Entertainment, he has, in compliance with their request, made arrangements to appear every evening. II r. RUSSELL will present THE FAR WEST; or, THE PROGRESS of the EMIGRANT from the OLD WORLD to the NEW. air. Russell will relate his anecdotes, and sing several new songs, " Cheer, Boys, cheer," " Far, far upon the Sea," " Sunshine after Rain," " Land Land I Land I" " The Falls of Niagara," " Long have we been parted," Afloat," " Many changes have I seen," " The Icebergs" (descriptive song), " Newfoundland Dog," " The Gambler's Wife," &c. The Second Part of the Entertainment will consist of a Series o f Sketches, entitled NEGRO LIFE in Freedom and Slavery. Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Upp er Boxes, ls. 6d. ; Fit, is.; Gallery, 6d. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the ms.nagement of Mr. Backstone. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 28, Will be performed THE IRISH AMBASSADOR. Characters by Messrs. Hodson, Chippendale, Howe, Rogers, aad Cullentord ; Reynolds and Mrs. Buckingham. followed by the SPANISH DANCERS in a NEW BALLET. To be followed by THE IRISH LION. Principal character by Mr. Hudson. To conclude with A FISH OUT OF WATER. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Dtrectress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Szrr. 28, Will be performed the popular Drama of THE DISCARDED SON. Principal characters by Messrs. Selby, Murray, Bedford, and Keeley; Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Woolgar. ARK which, MONSIEUR JACQUES. To conclude with NORMA. Principal character by Mr. Paul Bedford. STRAND THEATRE. Pole Lessee Hr. F. W. Alleroft. THIS EVENING, SM. 2i, WM be performed HARD TIMES. To be followed by TIIE NEW WAGS OF WINDSOR. To conclude with THE MARBLE LOVER. Stalls, 43.; Boxes, 23. Gd.; Pit, le.; Gallery, Gel.; Private Boxes £1 Is , o be had of blr. Alicroft. 15. Sew Bond-street. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITUEATKE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. THIS DIY, Sept. 23th, and during the week, will be presented the highly successful Eque•trian Spectacle entitled. THE WOOD MAN'S HORSE; or, TILE FALSE KNIGHI', abounding in novel and startling effects. tii.E WEATHER.—Sum Orrice, SEPT. 28, THEM:IOIIEIER, IN THE SHADZ. 60—highest since noon yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and during the night. 65—this day at noon. BAROMETZII, 3013. WIND, S.E. Fine clear weather. Succeeded by an unrivalled phalanx of talent, and Mr. William Cooke's SCENES in th, CIRCLE, including the graceful equitation of Miss Emily Cooke, the wonder of she World; the surprising Act of M. Palmer on a single Horse, w,thout saddle or bridle; the in credible feats of the Brothers Francisco, &c. Box-ofilco open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, .fr. s ' • . West. Acting Manager, Mr. W H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, 31r. Wm. Cooke, jun. FIGS WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tats Der —Morning 17 min.after 5 Evening 40 min.aft. 5 To MORROW—Morning 3 min.after 6 Evening 30 min.aft. 6 %t rt I'3 , ~-~ ~~'~~~,. LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1854. The latest telegraph from Vienna, transmitted yesterday evening, announces that " the Russian Embassy had received a despatch of the 22d from the Crimea, of which all that was known was that it contained news unfavourable to the Russians!" As we stated yesterday, this intelligence must be taken quantum valeat. It may be true that more recent accounts had been received by the Russian party than could be obtained by either the French or English, or even Austrian authorities ; but we cannot conceive that it should be fire days later from the same point. The Allied Powers would certainly seem to have greater facilities for the transmission of authentic messages. They have rapid steamers, and an organised system of posts, so far as the " Tatars" or " couriers," who ride for a continuance at the rate of some nine I miles an hour, can be considered as such ; and yet it has invariably taken eight or nine days before we have received the official accounts sent with all these advan tages. Indeed, the latest from the French or English generals to the Ambassadors of their re spective countries is twelve days old, being only to the 16th instant ; that to the 17th being a de spatch to OMEn PACIII, which wont directly to Bucharest. Now, considering that communica tion by sea is totally suspended for the Russians, and that any despatch from the Crimea should be transmitted round by Perekop and Odessa, we scarcely think it probable that authentic news could be received within such a time. It is, how ever, possible ; and, therefore, although we may not yield implicit confidence, we should not alto gether despise the intimations thus received. But even supposing that for argument sake we admitted the receipt of such intelligence, wo know nothing of the purport thereof. It is said to be unfavourable to the Russians ; and that may easily be guessed at, for wore it otherwise there would be no concealment, no holding back of the glad tidings. They would instantly be circulated with emendations and additions, so as to influence to the greatest degree practicable the German waverers and time servers. The "silence," then, augurs well for the good cause ; that is to say, unless the reason fur it be something analogous to that put forward by the needy knife-grinder, when asked to relate his melancholy tale— " Story—God bless you, I have none to tell." This, we fancy, will be something like the true state of the case. But we may fairly look forward to very inte resting accounts speedily arriving. Another de- 1 spatch from the Crimea, up to the 19th or 20th, may be expected every hour, while we may rea sonably anticipate the full details of the landing, and all that had occurred up to the 16th, coming per the Thabor steamer, Which loft Constantinople on the 20th instant, and was expected to arrive at Marseilles ere this. The full particulars of this arduous and importan t o peration — one perfectly unparalleled i n ancient or mod ern times will be anxiously looked for. Never before was s() numerous an army, so completely pro vided with all the materiel of War, landed on a hostile coast without loss or damage, brou g h t under notice. Never did nearly 60,000 men, amply provided with artillery, disembark, in a country garrisoned by more than 50,000 men, without some attempt being made to impede or embarrass the proceeding. We can easily ima gine how perfect must have been the arrangements that led to such felicitous results ; but we shall not on that account be the less eager fur the exact details of the brilliant exploit. If it be, indeed, true that MENseiiixoFF has concentrated his forces at Benliuk, or any other point on the Alma, we may receive about the ' same time intelligence of the first pitched battle in which the Allies have been engaged—the "fleshing of their maiden swords," so far, at least, as the present war is concerned. We know that the troops expected to march on the 17th or 18th, and a single day would bring them to the scene of contest, which is but little more than thirteen miles from the point of dis- THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1854 embarkation, at Old Fort. Then would come " the tug of war." But we do not suppose that tl ►e Russians would hazard a general or decisive battle in the open field. Their aim would rather 'be to harass or delay the invading army, and not to risk a serious encounter until they could do so behind stone-walls, protected by the redoubts and batteries erected during the period of inaction, while full information was given of our ultimate intentions. It is more than probable that the Fabian policy pursued with so much success by I BARCLAY, ToLLY, and BAGRATION, in 1812, will be adopted. The circumstances are, however, , er y different. The system of retiring day after d a y, leaving nothing but devastation in its train, though it might have answered in the heart of Russia, in 1812, would be of but little benefit on the shores of the Crimea, where abundant stores could be supplied by the numerous steamers engaged for the Allies. We believe, then, that though there may be seve ral skirmishes, there will be no serious encounter until the Allied Forces approach the entrenched heights above Sebastopol. The formidable strug gle will take place there ; and when they are stormed, the fate of Sebastopol cannot be long deferred. Humanly speaking, we may anticipate the complete destruction of the Russian fleet and arsenal long within the period allowed for our operations. We need only add, that the reserve force was to embark on the 18th, so that they would pro bably rejoin their comrades by the 21st or 22d at the latest. Our domestic political quarrels one after an other become matter of history, yet they do not appear to lessen the materials for Constitutional struggles. Hardly is one ended when it is found that another was ripening behind the last, and, perhaps, only hindered by it from forcing itself into prominence. Probably our " Venerable Con stitution," like our frail personal constitutions, needs the constant reaction of opposed organisms for the continuance of sound health. Such a belief is, at least, both common and very consolatory, for those who must share in the interminable strifes which will arise when men are really free. Even in America they contrive to keep up Whig and Democratic parties, the Whigs of that Paradise of white-skinned liberty being gentlemen whom the RUSSELLS, GREYS, and LANSDOWNES Of this country would denounce as superlatively extreme Radicals. Republics, as well as Autocracies, must have their " ins" and " outs," their pull back and push-forward parties, and the only difference seems to be that under the latter, Siberia or the bowstring is too commonly the fate of the unsuccessful, while under a republic the mortification of being in a minority is the worst result. It is happy, too, for the stability of our in stitutions, that while a few in all the great quarrels retain their prejudices with their lives, the vast majority of our hold-back party frankly accommodate themselves to the settlement effected by the majority, and often manfully avow that it works better than they had feared. We are much gratified to . find Mr. HEN LEY amongst those nobler specimens of Eng lish Csmservatism ; we are almost as proud of the English good sense and temper, which adopt cordially a system which had been long resisted, as of the ability and energy which planned and carried some great reform. It is the want of this quality in which most of our Continental neighbours are so deficient, which makes Con stitutional Government so difficult to work among them. Mr. HENLEY, at the Agricultural Meet ing at Chipping Norton, instead of repeating to the farmers before him any of the usual and dolorous old forebodings, frankly expressed his conviction that English wheat would always command English prices, that the continental prices would be raised more than ours seriously depressed, and that, grow as much as we would, we should still pay for it what the richest nation in the world could afford to give. He sees that our consumption must increase at least as fast as the productive power of our agriculturists, and that the lowering effect of foreign supplies must always be checked by the rise in the ports of purchase, and the cost of freight. With such, now, verified facts before him, Mr. HEN LEY counsels the farmers to imitate their best customer.:, the manufacturers, and endeavour to increase their production indefi nitely. He expresses his confidence in theirskill and. 1 energy, and has no fear of the result. He even turns the tables on the manufacturers, by suggesting that if they could no more increase the number of their mills than the farmer can of his acres, they might not, perhaps, have doubled their pro duce. We must say, however, for our manufac turing friends, that they have by improvements in machinery certainly made each mill do at least the work of two, more probably of three or four, of the old ones. Such a speech as Mr. HENLEY'S is proof enough that not merely is a Protectionist policy abandoned for ever, but that the old Protectionist feeling is dying out. As we observed, however, some quarrel must soon spring up to supply its place. The War will not last for ever, we trust not for long, though we can see causes at work which may pro tract it till the suppressed nationalities of Europe get their own. At home, however, there is obviously one question which is forcing itself more and more upon public attention, and which we venture to surmise will be the next grand subject of political struggle. We do not advert to Reform, not even to the only real reform of the Ballot, the electors understand that subject, and mean, without much further discussion, to have something better than the still-born babe, over whose interment its stoical parent softened into some" natu ral tears." The struggle, which we regard as begin ning to become a great one, is that on the rela tions between Church and State. It meets us now at every turn, in the colonies as well as at home, and the position of the combatants is totally changed from that which they took some thirty years ago. Then Catholics were struggling for emancipation from frightful penal laws, as well as from political disabilities. Protestant Dissenters were humbly petitioning for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, and hardly dared to think of opposing a Church Rate, much less on the ground of the equal claims of all sects. Ireland was crushed, and Scotland was quiet—we mean ecclesiastically. On the other hand the Church assumed that its priority of privilege was unquestionable and unquestioned ; and even the Scottish Establishment, with its assembly of Doctors of Divinity and Elders, felt herself as secure as she could wish. How changed now is all this ! Toleration is scouted as igno minious, as a mere ticket-of-leave freedom, and religious equality is now the demand of all the unprivileged. A member of the House of Commons, destined, if his life be spared, as we trust it will be, to be a distin guished member of the House of Peers, even publishes to his fellow-members that equality of religious privileges is the obvious tendency of the age- For this he is taunted by one who should be the leader on questions of religious liberty, Looking Church Rates. with usin g arguments which would subvert much more than Nor is the charge de nied.ari:teunsd., we see Anti-State- Churchm en r i sing into great influence, and not despicable in p o i nt of numbers in the House of we see, mo reover, Roman Catholics Ctakingonommts ; their own independent course, and the Free Church in Scotland far more powerful both than th e o ld C hurch. , while th e R el i g i ous I I n umerically and politically Then Church - rate battles are uni versa l , and are d the m i n d of the fought s o h n as t h a e l b m r o o s a t d e r s e t v g o i r u o t u i n o d n s e Legislature itself. The friends of Church Endow men is are become the apologists, and their oppo nents speak as if theory and fact were both on their side. Churchmen themselves are demonstrating the power of Voluntaryism, who are vastly increas ing Chu rc h accommodation on every side ; and the Voluntaries, now an acknowledged party, are triumphantly pleading the Churchmalfe own THE LATE MRS. WARNER. rality in disproof of his need of State endowments, ; To all this must be added the great schism in the \ Church itself. Only within the last few days I It was our painful duty to record yesterday the demise of this celebrated actress, which took place on Sunday it has resulted in the resignation of the I last. She had been suffering during many months under brother of the Bishop of OXFORD, on the a disease for the most part incurable, cancer in the avowed ground of his rejection of that cor- b f o r r e a t s h t , e an h I d e la h h e c r h o friends e n ‘ t V ere, therefore, hd sed her fully living preparedner stone of the English Church, the I under such circum y stances, caused considerable astonish- QUEEN'S supremacy ! The nation sees with /pent to her medical attendants. Mrs. Warner must astonishment bishops and clergymen denouncing have been nearly 50 years of age. She was a native of the authority by which they are what they are, I u r e o l a n n ( t l l , l e a n p d u , bli ns Miss in g e ttud H d a e r r t career rendered in L h o e rnsdeol fnfaismotouos and denouncing each other, too, as leading the jell known to require any lengthened notice. Who souls of their flocks to perdition. It seems as if I can ever forget her magnificent embodiment of the part nothing could pacify the belligerents who fight of Joan of Arc, in thedra o l f ria n o e f j that name— h of b ßac is hel of i over the Articles they both have signed, and the D r g u o r gorgeous o us She spectacl e also performed s e e w ve es r s ;important 101 d the char more on that common prudence demands quiet, or at „tors in the plays of Shakspere with great success, at t least union, the more they widen the division our principal theatres, and was generally respected for which must prove fatal to both. What with her artistic abilities, no circumstanceless than for t h h e moral worth. at the exposures of Episcopal rapacity and the It is rather curious shortly after her benefit at Sadler's should have followed so bitter contempt shown by the two great Wells. The same incident occurred in the cases of Mrs. Church parties for each other, the Church has Glover and poor Kenny. destroyed herself the traditional veneration which was her strongest support.. Who can tell, looking at general facts like these, whether Mr. GLADSTONE may not become to the Church what Sir R. PEEL was to commerce, and his elementary notions on ecclesiastical independ ence have a like result with PEEL'S early announce ment of the rights of buyer and seller; and whether, we may add, some ecclesiastical HENLEY may not be heard, not many years hence, bidding bishops and clergymen to rely no longer on Protection, but on their own religious faithfulness and energy. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 25, Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen of the suite, attended divine service yesterday at the parish church of Crathie. The Rev. Dr. Grant, moderator of the General A.ssembly, performed the service. In the afternoon her Majesty walked out with the Prince. SEPT. 26. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and Princess Helena, and attended by the Duchess of Wellington and Major-General the Hon. C. Grey, drove to Invercauld, the seat of James Farquharson, Esq., where her Majesty honoured Mrs. Farquharson with a visit. Prince Albert enjoyed the sport of deer stalking. The Duke of Buccleuch arrived on Saturday at Dal keith Palace from Bowhill, Roxburghshire. His grace proceeds immediately, we believe, to Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfriesshire. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland are entertaining a select circle at Dunrobin Castle. The Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford are among the recent arrivals ; and the Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor are ex pected to stay some days with the noble duke and duchess on their return to the south. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll and Lord and Lady Blantyre are also expected on a visit at the castle. The duke and duchess remain at Dunrobin Castle until the last week in Oc tober. The Marquis of Stafford, who has been entertaining a succession of visitors at Tarbert House, Inverness-shire, has embarked on a cruise in his yacht, the Oodine, off the Scottish coast. Lurd Lichfield, who has been enjoy ing the sports of the field with the marquis, has left for the south. The Earl and Countess of Wemyss are receiving a select circle at Gosford House, near Haddingtou. The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, the Earl and Countess of Warwick, the Countess of Lucan and Ladies Bingham, and Lord and Lady Eicho, were amongst the visitants at the close of last week. The Countess of Desart, one of the ladies in waiting upon her Majesty, arrived on Monday evening at Douglas's Hotel, Edinburgh, on her way to Balmoral, to relieve the Duchess of Wellington. Her Majesty Queen Maria Amelia, Countess de Neuilly (ex-Queen of the French), the Duke and Duchess de Nemours, and their royal highnesses' children, the Count d'Eu, the Duke d'Alencon, and the Princess Margaret and suite, will visit Plymouth to-day, apart ments having been secured for them at Elliott's Royal Hotel. Among the suite are the Countess Mellion, Mdlles. Bernard and Muser, the Count Chabonnes, M. l'Abbe Guelle, and M. le Doeteur de Mussy. The distin guished party have been on a tour in the north of Devon. Mr. Disraeli is at present staying in Plymouth ; he has been the guest of Mr. S. Priscott, Sir John Yards Buller, and Mr. Bastard, of Kitley. . . We understand that Sir William Molesworth will be presented with the freedom of the eity of Edinburgh on Saturday forenoon at 11 o'clock. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have not left Broadlands for Brocket Hall, county of Derby, as stated. The noble viscount has leased the latter seat to the Mar quis of Abercorn. Viscount and Viscountess Goderich have arrived in Carlton-gardens, from Nocton-hall. His lordship is on the eve of making a continental tour. Lady Beresferd has left Boulogne fc , r the Hotel de la Terrasse, Paris, for the winter. Captain Townsend, R.N., M.P. for Tamwerth, who recently succeeded to the Townsend estates on the death of his cousin, Lord Charles Townsend, has been honoured with the appointment of naval aide-de-camp to her Ma jesty, vacant by Commander Eden's obtaining his flag. _ MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.-It is stated that a mar riage is on the tapis, and is expected to be solemnised o❑ the 28th inst., between the Hon. and Rev. William Lyt telton (brother to Lord Lyttelton and nephew of Lord Spencer) and Miss Pepys, daughter of the Bishop of Worcester, and cousin to Lord Cottenhara.— Wolver hampton Chronicle. _ _ SUDDEN DEATH OF THE MARQUIS OF ORMONDE.— We regret to announce the sudden death, from an attack of apoplexy, of the Marquis of Ormonde, which. occurred on Tuesday, at Loftus Hall, in the county of Wexford, whither he had gone a short time since, accompanied by the Marchioness and family, to enjoy the benefit of sea bathing. ANECDOTE OF LORD RAGLAN.—The Banshee, which sailed from Constantinople on the 12th with the English mail, to join the fleet, received orders to repair to the neighbourhood of Serpent's Island, where a vessel would be in waiting to direct the captain as to where the ex pedition was to be found. An anecdote is told of one of Lord Raglan's aides-decamp, which, if not true, might well be so. The young gentleman wished to take his lordship gunawares, and elicit the destination of the army. " When are we likely to get to the Crimea ?" he asked. " Are you going there ?" was his lordship's quiet reply. The American clipper ship Romance of the Seas, Dumaresq, of Boston, from Canton, is discharging her cargo of teas at the western quay of the London Dock. She is the longest ship that ever entered the London Dock. Lieutenants Ward and Morris, R.N., are appointed Admiralty agents on the Southampton station. Baron Andre Marie Hue, ex-premier valet de chambre of Louis XVIII. and Charles X., died on the 16th near Bray (Seine et Marno), at the age of 68. Baron Andre Hue was the only son of M. Hue, who shared part of the captivity of Louis XVI., and was mentioned by that monarch in his Paris Paper. _ OMER PACHA'S NEPHEWS.—The German Journal of Frankfort states that Omer Pacha has three nephews, all of them in the Austrian army. One of them, Pierre Lattas, has just been, promoted to the rank of major ; another, Etienne Lattas, is captain in one of the frontier regiments ; and the third, Theodore Lattas, is lieutenant in the regiment of infantry of the Archduke Leopold. Omer Pacha lately sent to each of his three nephews a superb horse. He formerly served in the same frontier regiment in which his nephew is. IMPROVEMENTS AT THE LONDON TAVERN.— During the last few weeks this great establishment has been com pletely re-decorated at considerable cost. The spacious banqueting rooms have been tastefully fitted up, and the most liberal arrangements made to give additional faci lities in the cuisine department. The suite of rooms will he opened throughout for the first time since the im provements on Saturday next, when the inauguration of the sheriffs elect, Alderman Muggeridge and Mr. C. D. Crosely, will be celebrated by a grand entertainment, Mr. Bathe, the spirited proprietor, having no limit as signed him as to price, so that the whole of the vast re sources will be opened to the numerous friends of the sheriffs elect. VOLUNTEERS FOB THE AUSTRALIAN POLlCE.—Yester terday a notice was issued from the Colonial Office, by order of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, to the effect that Government, intending to augment the police force in Australia, would accept volunteers to the extent of 160 from the City, Metropolitan, and Dublin police. The privates will receive 58., sergeants Bs., and inspec tors 12s. a da. , 7. The men must be under 35 years of age, single, or married men, provided they have not more than two children. There is no fixed time for service, but they will be superannuated in the ordinary way. ROBERRT OF AN HOSPITAL POOR-Bos.--A few nights ago some thieves broke open the poor-box of Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital, New-road, and decamped with the contents. The institution will be put to some pecuniary inconvenience, as the contributions dropped into the box from time to time amounted to a consider able sum. WINDING UP OF THE STAR FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. —Yesterday a final dividend of 3s. per share of the capi tal of this company was declared, making a total divi dend of 11. 3s. per share to be paid to the shareholders on the winding up of its affairs. The company has been in operation about nine years, with a nominal capital of 500,0001., the sum of 11. 10s. per share being paid up, and a considerable portion of the capital having become absorbed in losses, it was lately determined by the share holders to wind up the affairs of the company. The divi dend would have been much smaller had it not been for the transfer of the business of the company to the Man chester office, for a valuable consideration. BATHING IN THE SERPENTINE.—Since the COMITI6TICe ment of the bathing season in the Serpentine River, Hyde Park, no fewer than nearly 200,000 persons have availed themselves of this healthful recreation. The Humane Society have three boats employed on the river, for the protection of the numerous bathers, morning and evening, and 19 persons who otherwise must have in evitably perished were saved by the exertions of the boatmen, and but one fatal accident, out. of the above immense number, has occurred. His Grace the Duke of Wellington has forwarded to the oommibtee 50/. in aid of ith funds, RUSSIA. A letter from Kalisch of the 21st, in the Austrian Lloyd, says :—" The second division of the guard, under the command of Lieutenant-General Ofrosi moff, has left St. Petersburg, and it is confidently stated is proceeding towards the kingdom of Poland. If this news be confirmed, Russia evidently intends to undertake with the troops of Poland a winter campaign." We read in the Milan Official Gazette of the 221 :—" Russia has returned within her limits ; the statu quo ante bellum is materially re-ectab lished ; but that statu quo was a precarious state for the peace of Europe in consequence of the nature of the relations which then existed between Turkey and Russia. To modify these relations conformably to the conditions of a sure peace is thp question in which France, England, and Austria and Germany with her, are interested, and pledge themselves to solve. Such will be the object of the negotiations when the moment for them shall arrive. But, be fore negotiating, it is necessary to establish a legal basis on which all the powers interested shall agree. This basis has been laid down by the Western Powers in the four preliminary points which Austria has admitted and supported, but which Russia has rejected. Austria has admitted and supported them because she considers them as indispensable to secure the peace of Europe, and as being at the same time specially favourable to the interests of Germany. Russia has rejected them, and it is for that reason that the Western Powers engaged against her push their warlike operations to ex tremities. We shall see in what they will end, but under no circumstances can it be believed that they will draw back or deviate." PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Sept. 25.—The National contains' an analysis of the circular addressed on the 14th or 15th by the Austrian Cabinet to its envoys at all German Governments, except the two Mecklen burgs, who, it will be remembered, declined to be come parties to the April treaty, and are thence excluded from all participation in the question. A telegraphic despatch reached Baron von Man teuffel this morning, from St. Petersburg, stating that intelligence of the successful landing of the allies had reached the Emperor, and that Prince Menschikoff announces that he was advancing with all his disposable force to take up a position upon the Alma river, which intersects the high road from Bakshi Serai to Simpheropol, and discharges itself into the sea a little north of Cape Loukoul. It is there, be adds, that he shall dispute the advance of the allies, and it is thence we must trust, with God's aid, to hear of our first great success. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Sept. 24.--TelegraPhic intelligence from the Crimea must reach here to-morrow or the next day. To-day the news is so scanty and so unim portant that it is hardly worth sending. The in telligence of the successful landing of the expedi tion at Eupatoria on the 14th was received at Varna on the following day, and caused much surprise and rejoicing. There was a rumour yesterday on 'Change that the Russians bad suffered a defeat fr3rn the landing troops, but there is no truth in it ; on the con trary, it is certain that the Russians retreated from the coast by forced marches on Simpheropol. It is confidently reported that they will maintain a posi tion on the heights from St. Crimea to Sebastopol, the left wing between St. Crimea and Karrasu Bazar. The Fremden Bladtt says that, according to au thentic intelligence, Prince Menschikoff was in formed that the intended lauding would take place at Eupatoria, and that on the 13th more than a hundred vessels of the armada were sig nalled on the heights of Eupatoria. Hence it would appear that it formed a part of the plan of operations of the Ru ss i a n s n o t to oppose the land ing, but to await the attack in a favourable position. FR AN CE. A letter from Boulogne gives the following ac count of the reception of the Empress at Boulogne : —" The Sub-Prefect, the Mayor, and the other chief functionaries of the place were waiting at the terminus to pay their respects to her Majesty ; and a little before five, the Emperor arrived on horseback, accompanied by General Rolin and Colonel Fleury, and followed by a detachment of the Ceut Gardes. In a few minutes after, a salvo of artillery announced the approach of the train. The Empress, on alighting from the railway carriage, WAS received by his Majesty, who conducted her to a carriage in waiting, and then mounting ilia Ilme THE GOVERNOR OF BOMARSUND'S OPINION OF SEBASTOPOL. The Satul Public of Lyons contains the following : —" In a trip which I recently made to Havre, a friend had the kindness to present me to the Rus sian General Bodisco. I led the conversation to Russia and Bomarsund. Amongst other things the general said : I wish that Prince Paskiewitch had been confined with me in the fortress of Bo marsund. lam certain that, like me, he would not have thought of prolonging a useless resist ance. You know the courage of the Russian sol dier, but in this case courage went for nothing. It was impossible to stand against the excellent firing of the English, and especially of the Chasseurs- de- Vincennes. As soon as we showed ourselves at an embrasure, balls arrived with such precision, and in such profusion, that it was impossible for us to take aim.' One of the persons having referred to the disembarkation, I asked General I3odisco if he did not believe the force of Sebastopol exaggerated by the newspapers. No,' he replied ; 'Sebastopol is, towards the sea, truly formidable ; but if the fleets can approach it as they did Bomarsund, and if by land the Chasseurs-de-Vincennes can get the walls of Sebastopol within reach of their rifles, resistance will be no more possible to its garrison than to that of Bomarsand. CONSTRUCTION OF BATTERIES NEAR EUPATORIA. CONSTANTINOPLE. Our latest letters received from Constantinople bear date the 14th. News from the Crimea looked for with the greatest anxiety. The Turkish army is now idle, and likely to re main so, unless a campaign on the Lower Danube form part of the operations of the allies. The forces of Omer Pasha are in excellent condition, and, should they I e kept inactive during the present sea son, they might be used with good effect in the at tack on Ismail and the surrounding country, which will be necessary for the deliverance of the Danube from the enemy. There is a chain of works from Ismail to the sea, which is exceedingly strong, and will no doubt be held with great pertinacity, as the chief defence of Bessarabia, and as assuring the possession of the river. Should the allied armies return vic torious from Sebastopol, they could not be better employed than in the reduction of these fortresses, an operation which might commence with the early spring, and end successfully before the returning heats rendered the countryunhealthy and the march of Russian enforcements an easy task. With the fall of Ismail and Akerman the military possession of Bessarabia might be easily secured. The people are said to be unfriendly to the Russian power, and though statements of this kind are not always to be relied upon, since the wish of the asserters is generally father to the thought, still it is probable that the allies would meet no determined resist ance after the evacuation of the province by the Russian armies. The Romanic popula tion cannot have been long enough under the Muscovite yoke to have forgotten their sympathies with their Moldo-Wallachian brethren. Indeed, the latter always assert that those of their race who fell under the power of Russia by the peace of Bucharest are anxious to be re-annexed to the principal stock, and their plans for a future unity always embrace these as well as the kindred in habitants of Transylvania and the Bukowina. The strong positions which this province affords will give an easily' defended base for the future operations, and the liberation of the Danube will allow the Austrians to unite their forces to the allies without the necessity of painful marches through a territory where the soil is deep and muddy, and where the roads, often merely a track worn by the passage of horses, serve rather to in dicate the direction than to ease the journey. THE PRINCIPALITIES. THE RETREAT OF THE RUSSIANS. JASSY, SEPT. 16.—The Vienna Lloyd says - the retreating Russians are breaking down behind them all the bridges they throw across the Pruth, and have fortified all the points on the other side of that river where they think an attack from their enemies is not impossible. These bridges built by themselves have been, therefore, so built for their own retreat ; and we have, therefore, not had to erect golden bridges for effecting the same end. Our poor country has suffered much from them. The utterly impoverished districts of Vilenie, Epureni, Luncesti, Bolen, Fultsty, Paschkane, Lassa, Lipovetz, Vintec, Golochei, Korni, Do maska, Tomoscheni, Brasute, and many more, are mournful witnesses of the Muscovite occupation. These districts, which I have just named to you, were among the wealthiest, especially in their live stock, of our principality, and now, through the incessant requisitions and robberies of the Cossacks they have been literally reduced to beggary. Later reports of the 18th from Jassy supply us with some details respecting the departure, already announced, of Prince Gortsohakoff. Every ceremony connected with leave of absence wasforbidden. The Prince crossed the frontier in his carriage at eight iu the morning. In spite of the order to the contrary, some boyards did assemble through politeness in his apartments and accompanied him to his carriage. As soon as the Prince had taken his seat in it a young boyard, in very ambiguous language, re minded the Prince that he had, in Krajova and in Bucharest, promised the speedy return of the Rus sians, but had not given the same promise in Jassy, probably through forgetfulness. The Prince did not vouchsafe a word in reply, and started in towering wrath without any parting salutation. At Bender there was not a single Russian soldier on the 18th inst. The Moldavian militia is being reorganised. Cape Baba, near Eupatoria, is chosen for the an chorage ground of the fleet, and the construction of batteries commanding the road was commenced on the day of the landing. The disembarkation of the reserves, amounting to 20,000 men, according to the plan of the expedition, was to begin on the 24th. The crews of the fleets, 25,000 men in all, will only be landed in case the reserves should be required to reinforce the main army. The Lloyd of Vienna, of the 23d, in a letter from Bucharest says :—lmmediately on the news having spread of the landing of the troops, it was reported that the Russians had been beaten by the allies. But it is certain that the Russians are retiring by forced marches from the coast into the fortresses. It is believed that they will take up a position at the foot of the mountains, and that their left wing will extend from St. Krym to Karassu-Bazar. The body of auxiliary Tunisian troops is to leave at once for the Crimea without stopping at Varna. Sevsral small steamers have been despatched to the Sea of .A.zoff, to cruise and give chase to the four Russian steamers that are constantly carrying over troops and, ammunition to the,' 061310 a. MON steamers must already have reached the Sea of Azoff, rode by its side to the Hotel Brighton. Other for they, left the Island of Serpents on the 19th. The carriage.; followed with the ladies of honour of frigates Fury, Vengeance, and Retribution have her Majesty, and other members of 'the Impe- - been cruisingsincethe 10th off Sebastopol. A Tartar real household, A deputation of the wives and has broughtdespatches to Belgrade, with news from daughters of the fishermen of Boulogne in their the seat of war up to the 15th. The allies occupy holiday attire came to the hotel a few minutes the road leading from Cape B Lba to Simpheropol, after her Majesty's arrival to present bouquets. where the Russians are concentrating themselves ; The Empress also received a deputation of the but it appears that they have no large force at fishermen of the port. Both deputations were their command. Advice s from Odessa, of the 16th, most graciously received, awl retired amidst cheers - say that the rumour of the landing in the Crimea of " Vive l'E,npereur l' " Vivo l'lmperatrice t" was spread there, but that it was severely forbidden On the following day their Majesties visited the to speak of it. Letters from Constantinople an- camp at Honvault, and returned to Boulogne at nounco that four small Anglo-French steamers were five o'clock." off Jemikale, and that it was presumed they had The Moniteur publishes the official return of the orders to force the entrance of the Sea of Azoff. Customs duties fur last mouth. They amounted to 13,287,281 fr., being an increase of 918,344 fr. over the corresponding month of 1853, and of 1,360,889 fr. as compared with that of 1852. The total receipts for the first eight months of the present year amount to 93,773,039 fr., being 3,159,460 fr. mo re than in the corresponding period (of 1853, and 1,864,265 fr. as compared with that of 1852. Comparing the receipts of the present year with those of 1853, the principal items which show an increase are French colonial and foreign sugars, the receipts for the former having advanced from. 16,938,140 fr. to 20,761,929 fr., and for the latter from 11,310,732 fr. to 15,154,577 fr. ; the duties received on raw wool have increased from 5,497,275 fr. to 6,014,589 fr. ; on iron in bars and rails from 326,133 fr. to .560,855 fr., and on rough castings from 2,410,041 fr. to 2,868,9751 r. Under the head of decrease the principal falling off is in the amount received on sundry articles, which has declined from 15,228,627 fr. to 11849,190 fr. ; linen and hempen cloths from Belgium, and elsewhere, have decreased from 1,131,998 fr. to 591,974 fr. ; coal front 4,064,392 fr. to 3,703,760 fr., and raw cotton from 12,101,730 fr. to 10,609,645 fr. ' • olive oil from. 1,966,176 f. to 1 ,6 64 , 625 fr. The Minister of War, in a circular to the civil and military authorities, dated the 20th, makes known the manner in which . . the 60,000 young soldiers belonging to the con tengent of the class of 1853 have been divided amongst different corps, and the departments to which they belong. these 60,000 men 54,000 have, it appears, been allotted to the infantry, 4,000 to the artillery, and 1,300 to the baggage train, &c. The young men. are to leave for their destination between the sth and the 10th October. The Pays speaks as follows of the new police da tree :—" The imperial decree on the new organisation of the police of Paris has above all for of jest to provide the capital of France, where the Emperor . resides, where all the moving forces of the admi nistration are concentrated, and where so many foreigners each day arrive, the admirable order and . security which distinguish the capital of England. The powerful organisation of the police of London, everywhere respected under the costume of the po liceman,. deserved, in fact, to attract the attention of our statesmen. But since this important ques tion has been brought forward, and since the inters tion to introduce the English system into France, it ought not to be forgotten that it is not merely its material organisation, but likewise the respect with which the English police are treated that consti tutes their strength. Every one must wish to see these English Customs, which double the authority of the agents of the law, taking deep root among st us. ThTuglish policeman has no need of arms to protect himself ; by night and by day his presence is sufficient to restore order and put down dis turbance. He is respected like the law, of which h e is the representative ; and every citizen, cora preheuding that his own safety is intimately de pendent on the efficacy of the police, is always ready to fond assistance and concur with an energetic devotedness in the work which they are engaged in. Such are the English customs which our population would do well to follow." The Constitutionnel says " We congratulate ourselves on seeing ado p ted a system of municipal police, which we have often demanded. It belonged to the Government of the Emperor, in a service of this importance as In many others, to realise ameliorations which pre ceding Governments did not dare to touch." THE FRENCH FLEET IN THE WHITE SEA. The Minister of the Marine has received de spatches, dated the. 3 d inst. , from C a p tain Guilbert of the French frigate Psyche, which forms part of the allied squadron fn the White Sea. The despatch states that the nation al fete of the 15th ult. was celebrated off Archangel by the salutes from all the vessels, the officers of wilNich afterwards assembled at a grand banquet given au board the Psyche. The crews were in excellent health. Captain Guilbert s tates that the sound of their guns when firing the salutes must have reached far beyond Archangel, and expresses his regret that. the draft of water of the vessels would not, allow t.hem to come within gun shot of that place. A Paris letter in a foreign journal, after having mentioned that Prince Poniatowski, the Tuscan Minister at Paris, had lately resigned his post, adds :—" The Prince is about to obtain letters of grand naturalisation, and will be appointed to high functions about the Emperor, who, it is well known, feels great interest in his welfare." The Bordeaux journals announce the death of General Tempoure, in his sixty-fifth year. The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at 75f. 20c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and -a- Half per Cents. A t 99f. Oc.; and the New Loa n, at 75f. ; Orleans h & j; way Shares, 1,240 f. ; Rouen , 977 f. 50c.; Havre, 5921:- 50c.; Great Northern , 8 0f. 63. 75c.; Strasburg, 823 f. 7 5 c. ; New Shares, 65f Paris and Lyons, 995 f. Oc. ; Lyons and Mediter ranean, 856 f. 25c. ; West:ffn of France, 665 f. Bordeaux and Cette, 616 f. `2sc. ; Great Central of France, 520 f. Oc.; Lyons and Geneva, 535 f.; Ban' of Credit Mobilier, 745 f. HOLLAND. We have received the following private tele• graphic despatches : THE HAGUE, Sept. 26.—"1n the Second Maul' ber not a single member had inscribed his name I° _ take part in the discussion of the address in absvfl to the royal speech. It is thought the address be carried unanimously." SPAIN. A . lll l MADRID, Sept. 24. The Gazette C te several ordonnances concerning lighthouses and 7 0. dissolution of the Langer() Railway in the Ast or General Prim has arrived at Madrid." THE PRUSSIAN LEGATION.—The new Prussian ulster has withdrawn the Royal arms of Prussia from tae front of the mansion of the legation on Carlton finuSe. terrace. AGE ASSURANCE COMPANY.—The third annual 'nee! in ing of this corporation was held yesterday at the society.' offices, in Chancey lane ; the Rev. George Roberts the chair. The report, which, together with the balance' sheet, was carried unanimously, stated that within the year 837 proposals had been received for assara,nces, the amount of 144,9531., 590 of which were co The amount therefore actually assured in the year so ° 110,247/. ; and the annual premiums are 4,059/. 21.4m1:ti11! the yearly premiums on all the ezietiDg ea income 0 1,1401. ippieteu. li '.' MISCELLANEOUS. The Soldaten Freund, which tells us that there is no point of defence between Eupatoria aridt",„ - d pheropol, adds :—" But near this last-men t 'a e ti place is a Russian cavalry corps, and on the lign 6 i - r f towards Bashi Serai and Sebastopol three ini llll divisions." The Czar has discovered a new way of ehteit i li fe. money from his Hebrew subjects. All he °- „ - o re the Hebrew language must have a " c i e ll b - ee t stamp," for which 1i copeck for the print.s'a is to be paid. t- at The Wanderer of Vienna of the 23d sta te g at Prince Stirbey, the Hospodar of Wallachia', the leave Vienna for Bucharest on the 28th ;iii %Th-ve Austrian Consul-General for Wallachia t hat on the same day. A Vienna letter states .00 Prince Stirbey, on his recent return to Vienna 1.03, Baden, alighted at the Hotel of the Rowan, ;fl oe peror ; but hearing a few hours after that Pr e. Gortschakoff had also apartments there be irll diately left for another hotel. the A despatch from Bucharest informs us °- „, a t. arrival of Baron Hess there on the 21st The Imperial Commissioner, Baron Edouard m g - ts - ; was expected on the following day. After 14 ,„" s ie of a few days at Bucharest, Baron Hess will to Vienna. The sth of October is the dal ap pointed for his arrival here. It appears from the Milanese 'papers that the c e p phus fever is raging at Milan with great viruleeits: and threatens to extend to the province o f Br t he The.inhabitants of Auapa have been sin ce f beginning of the month in daily expectation o f ue bombardment. It was know at Batoom ° II o f 11th that Anapa was blockaded by a eqdrltle -8 ships of war -3-viz., 3 frigates, 3 line-of-ba,oor ships, and 2 brigs. Admiral Lyons , wh° or -dors wands this squadron, was only awaiting from Admiral Hamelin to bomard the town. the A correspondent of the Fremden Blad tt sayo 16e, one of the heads of the Russian commissariat, 000 neral Zuroff, defrauded the army ch est of 761 At ducats at Oltenitza and in the Dobrudscha. the Ibraila he, took possession of the receipts of tl3 , taxes and customs, on pretence of apPlYing dis• money to the use of the army. The fraud wa s covered after the raising of the siege of Silistr in and General Zuroff was arrested at Salaraseh Wallachia.) SIR CHARLES NAPIER. THE TIMES OF AUG. 1. THE TIMES OF SEPT. 21. " In the Baltic our aqua- "Sir Charles Napier seems drons already blockade all to have had as little notion the ports of the enemy, me- of systematic operations as nace his capital, and coin- the First Lord of the Ad 'nand the waters of the Gulfs miralty. In particular no up to the very mouths of his serious attempt was made to guns. Looking broadly at bring the Russian fortresses the question, however, we in the Baltic to the test of a must needs confess our belief severe cannonade. At S wea that the most influential borg, we believe, the bat strokes of the war must be terries are principally hewn delivered elsewhere. Russia in the solid rock, and aro has no vital part in trie north. therefore Unassailable in Even the capture o! St. Pe- front ; but at Cronstadt or tersburg would hardly terrify Hango the experiment should a Government which survived have been tried. The attack a capture of Moscow; where- on Copenhagen succeeded as whatever deEtruetion because Nelson refused to might be accomplished there see the signal of his superior would be accomplished for officer ordering him to re no purposes but those of treat, and it is in that daunt terror. There is no object less spirit that tho trophies of the war to be answered of the British navy have been by the mere demolition of won. At Sebastopol we may St. Petersburg itself. No- destroy the influence of Bus body is damaged by the ex- sits over the East; but un isteuce of the Russian capi- less that blow should reduce tal on that spot, or even by the Emperor Nicholas to ask the fortifications which de- for terms, it is only by open fend the approaches to it, ing the road toSt.Petersburg nor is it in the least degree that we can reckon on dictat likely that the terms of a ing a sure and honourable peace would forbid the re- peace. Cronstadt once taken construction of the Cron- and destroyed, the capital of each batteries, supposing the northern empire is for them to have lateen de- the future without defence stroyed." against the maritime powers, and the fear of such a catas trophe is more likely than any other means to secure our triumph." TEE REGISTRATIONS. LATEST NEWS. THE WAR. DESPATCH FROM THE CRIMEA. VIENNA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Russian Embassy has received a despatch of the 22d from the Crimea. All that is known is, that it contains news un favourable to the Russians. HERMANNSTADT, WEDNESDAY. The Turks are advancing to the Pruth. Lord Raglan has called for a diversion in Bessarabia. The advance guard is already on the march. Omer Pacha sets out to-morrow. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Spanish Government has removed the French refugees into the interior of the country, beyond the Ebro. They will not be allowed to reside in Arragon, Catalonia, the Basque Pro vinces, or in Madrid. KIEL, SEPT. 24; The French imperial steam yacht La Reine Hortense arrived here yesterday to coal. The French war steamer Cocyte is also lying at the jetty, taking in coals. The depot of this fuel belonging to the French Government is by no means exhausted yet, and will in all probability be replenished in time to be made use of in the next year's naval campaign in the Baltic. THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA The Debats has a long article on the last ac counts received of the expedition in the Crimea We extract as follows :—" What the army appears to have intended was to go and occupy, as near Sebastopol as possible, a position, cape, or tongue of laud, favourable for the establishment of an entrenched place d'armes, in which will be placed the hospitals, stores, provisions, and ammunition, where the heavy siege artillery will be landed, and from which place com munications may be daily kept up with the fleet for a continued supply of food for the army. This is indispensable ; and, in addition, the posi tion must he so situated as to serve as a base for the operations of the siege, which will naturally be necessary against the forts situated on the northern side of the harbour, and in front of which extend ' the town and port of Sebastopol on the opposite side. The country which the army has to pass through in skirting the coast is a dry and stony soil, intersected here and there by sandy patches and rising grounds of no great elevation. There are several roads parallel to the sea, which the Tartars pass over every day with carts drawn by two dromedaries, which are the camels of the country, as they are in Algeria, where, however, it is not the custom to harness them. During the dry season in the Crimea vehicles can follow every kind of path, or even go across the fields. It is known that field artillery passes everywhere, and that if auy obstacles present themselves, the pick axe and the shovel soon make a practicable pas sage. The army will find on its road _four small rivers, the Bulganak, having the village of Zamrido where it disembogues itself; the Alma, on which Prince Menschikoff is said to have concentrated his troops ; the .Kalcha, where it was first intended to effect the landing, and the Belbek or Kabarta, a league and a-half from Sebastopol. The valleys of these rivers are wooded, and furnished with some Tartar villages. Perhaps but little water will be found there iu the present season. As to the re ception of the Tartars, it is seen that it was fa vourable on the first day, and that the inhabitants were anxious to favour as much as possible the march of the allied troops, where the presence of the Turks could not fail to excite their sympathy. In fine, this great and perilous operation of land ing 60,000 men in an enemy's country has been accomplished with wonderful rapidity and ability —an operation unequalled in military annals, and which the strategists of our last great continental wars, Jemini at their head, looked on as almost impossible on such vast proportions. In fact, the enterprise was as difficult as it was stupendous ; and who could foresee that not one of the Russian masses of troops, of which so much was said, would be found on the shore to dispute our landing, or to make us pay dearly for taking possession of the beach ? Great was the anxiety felt here for some days, and the news of the happy landing has pro duced on every mind the effect of a victory." The Allgemeine Zeitung says :—" Will Sebastopol fall ? will it hold out ?" So much is certain, that our calmest and most clear-sighted military men predict its fall. According to the communications made by competent judges, who have lately seen the fortress, it does not seem to be remarkably strong. By sea it is almost impregnable. Sebastopol, by its singular site, is not very accessible from the land side. Russia herself always sends troops, provisions, and ammunition to it by sea. It is au isolated post, which, should it once fall into the enemy's hands, Russia herself cannot menace further, save with vain demonstrations. Moreover, it appears that the corps now stationed in the fortress consists of mere recruits, in whom no great confidence is felt. Under these circumstances the chief speculation of political persons is for its fall. The Vienna Lloyd asks :—" Why have the troops of the allies encountered no resistance at their landing on the Crimea?" The Soldaten Freund thinks it can answer the question in the fol lowing manner :—"This lies in the system of the defence. Excepting Sebastopol, not one single Russian object situated on the Taurie coast could seriously oppose a landing covered by float ing batteries consisting of 3,000 guns. The ad miral and adjutant-general, Prince Menschikoff, offers no impediment therefore to the allied troops on any point of the coast whatever. Then there aro neither artificial nor natural objects of defence on the uniform plan, from Eupatoria to Simphero pol, the seat of the governor-general of the Crimea. But not far from Siinpheropol the Russian cavalry corps is encamped, while three divisions of infantry occupy the heights towards Bashi-Serai and Se bastopol. Among these heights, by-the-bye, there are three water-ridges. This tract is a regular theatre for war ; it may be compared with that of Castiglione dells stiviere, where in every war hitherto waged the contest has been fought out in Upper Italy. .Above Bashi Sera]: the Russians have erected fortifications on detached eminences, and these will have to be stormed by the allies. MIDDLESEX. The Green Man Tavern, Bethnal-green, was yesterday selected by the Revising Barrister as the scene of the re vision of the lists of voters deriving their qualification from property situate in Christ Church, Hackney, Shore ditch, Bethnal•green, Norton Fo!gate, and Old Artil lery-ground. FR/EHOLD HOUSE SOCIETY. Henry Ashford appeared, and claimed to be placed upon the register, in right of one twentieth share of eight freehold houses, situate in different parts of, the parish of Bethnal-green. Mr. Jones opposed the claim, on the ground that the qualification was insufficient. The Revising Barrister.—The claim is very similar to that put forward yesterday by the " Long-shoremen" of the Isle of Doge. There can be no doubt that the claimant is seised of property of the value for which he claims, but the property is so split up and divided, that he clearly has not a right to the franchise from it. It is not sufficient that a man makes up a 40s. interest deri vable from several parcels of property situate in various places, as in this case ; he must derive his freehold in terest from distinct property. The name must be ex punged. The name and Bose of two other parties preferring similar claims were expunged. CITY OF LONDON. The revision of ~he list of voters for the city of Lon• don was continued yesterday by Mr. T. Y. M‘Christie, iu the Court of Queen's Bench, Guildhall. OMISSION OP OVERSEERS. In the parish of St. Olave, Silver-street, there were three objections which had been duly served on Mr. Brass, one of the overseers of the parish, on the 25th of August. It appeared, however, that Mr. Brass, having been served with these objections, quietly locked them up in his desk, and forgot all about them. Being, how ever, communicated with about a week ago, in conse quence of the non-publication of those objections, he commenced ransacking his desk and found the missing documents, which he handed over to his colleague and the vestry clerk, but, as a matter of course, too late for publication in tering o* the Act of Parliament. Mr. Lane, the vestry clerk, and 'he other overseer Mr. Brass's colleague, appeared in curt, and justifie. i a themselves by imputing ail the blame to Brass. The Revising Barrister, however, said he could make make no distinction between them, and that he had a good mind to fine all the three in the sum of 151., which would be Si. to each of them for so gross a neglect of duty. The objections were then gone into and allowed ; one of the parties being dead, another in the police, and another removed. On Mr. Lane, the vestry clerk, presenting his bill of costs connected with the registration, which amounted to 3 guineas, The Revising Barrister said after the irregularity of which the overseers bad been guilty in not publishing the list of those objections he could allow them no costs. WEST SURREY. Archer Ryland, Esq , the revising barrister, held his first court, at the Spread Eagle Hotel, Epsom, on Tuesday last. Mr. G. Edgar Dennis, and Mr. John Wells, solicitors of London, attended for the Reformers, and Messrs. Hart, of Dorking, for the Tories. The Reformers made 41 objections—the Tories did not make any. The following is the result of the revision : —For the parish of Banstead, the Reformers made 7 objections, which were all sustained. Thames Ditton, three objections by Reformers, all sustained. Effingham, two objections by Reformers, sustained. Epsom, 11 objections by Reformers, 9 sustained, 1 withdrawn, and 1 failed. Ewell, 15 Reform objections, 13 sustained, 2 failed. In the whole district there were 32 new claims. Reform majority on the day's revision, 34. IMPROVEMENTS IN WHITECHAPEL.—In consequence of the great increase of population in the east of the metro polis, the Improvement Corninissioners of the parish of Whitechapel have been compelled to lay out a large sum of money in effecting several local improvements in dif ferent parts of the parish. One of the most important is now being carried out in High-street, by the widening of the foot-pavement, which will be one of a depth greater than any flag-stone pavement in the metropolis. The portion of High-street being laid down with flag stones is on the north side, extending from Osborne street towards the turnpike at the end of Cambridge heath-road. Some parts of this length will be from 15 to 20 feet in width. The thoroughfare was lung com plained of as being too narrow, more particularly ou Saturday night, when the road side of the pavement is lined with hucksters selling various commodities, on which occasion thousands attend from all parts of that neighbourhood. CHURCHWARDEN MINISTER.—A curious incident took place at High Halden on Sunday week. The Rev. R. Shute, rector of Halden, and a minor canon of St. Paul's, London, having been absent from his clerical duties four Sabbaths out of the last five, during which time the church-going people have had to return to their homes without their usual spiritual admonitions, the congrega tion assembled on the 17th inst. and proceeded to make the best arrangement in their power for public worship. The parish churchwarden and the churchwarden of the absent rector, with common consent, gave out the Old Hundredth Psalm, after which the parish churchwarden read a portion of Scripture, selected from Jeremiah, o. 23 ; ;an anthem followed, sung by an excellent sacred choir. The assembly not being quite satisfied with so small a portion of Sacred Writ, the churchwarden read another portion of Scripture selected from St. John, c. 3, succeeded by another anthem from the choir, and in conclusion sixteen verses were read from the 10th chap ter of St. John.—South Eastern Gazette. ARCTIC WHALE FISHING.—The gallant Capt. Penny set sail again on Friday from our port, in his trim little brig, for the Arctic regions, to prosecute the whale fishing. We believe he had every expectation of meeting his other vessel, the Sophia, on her way home with a full cargo.—Aberdeen Herald. ARRIVAL OF THE EAGLE.—The Eagle has arrived from Melbourne, whence she sailed on the 30th of June, with 80,000 ounces of gold and 35,000 sovereigns, making a, total of 355,000/. In the present state of the conti nental exchanges, which, according to the present ac counts, maintain a firm appearance at most places, the major portion of these receipts is likely to be taken to the Bank of England. HOPS.—Hereford New Hop Market, Sept. 27. Number of pockets pitched, 540 ; number of pockets passed - the scales, 355. The samples are very good. Price 171. to 201. LINARES LEAD COMPINT.—At a meeting of the Li n"res Load Company yesterday afternoon it was resolved to defer the deelaration of a dividend, and to appropriate the balance of profits to the working of the mines. The production of ore continues, but the outlay upon new shafts, &c., has been considerable. Operations in some branches have been impeded by sickness, and great dif ficulty has been experienced in procuring freight for lead from Spain. The balance to the present date is 6,8371. SHIELDS HARROD R.—The harbour of Shields (says the Newcastle Chronicle) has presented a noble appearance during the past week, being literally "a fore ,t of masts." Never since the fine old river first took its souree in the bills of Cumberland and Northumberland, have so many majestic vessels floated at one time on its waters as during . the present week, and notwithstanding the country is .at -war with one' of the greatest powers in Europe, the flags of nearly every maritime nation - in the world floated from the mast-heads of vessels in Shields harbour on Sunday„ ,~