The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-10 00:00:00

- (1,1 E ' TELEAME itOYAL DRURY LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. The Subscribers, Nobility, Gentry, and the Public are reelSeWarv• • I informed that iha PE ORM.k.IiCES will be RESUMED on SATU4DAY NEXT, August 12. Ross'ni's Semiramide (Semira m!de Madame Caradorl) and Handers Ads and Galatea (Polyphe7 taus, Herr Formes) will be among tlr earliest productions. Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, August 10, 1854. THEATRE ROYAL HAYII.4.RICET. Under the management of Mr. EnelEstone. THIS EVENING, Ammer 10, Will be performed THE OLD CHATEAU. Characters by Messrs. dowe, Rogers. H. Marston, and Buckstone ; Mrs. Fltzwilliam, and Miss Reynolds. Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS in a GRAND BALLET. The new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, AIIGIIST 10, Will be performed TO OBLIGE BENSON. Supported led by Emery, Robson, and Leslie ; Miss Marston, and Miss E. Turner. To be followed by THE FIRST NIGHTan. Charac t ers Miss by Mes Horsrs. Alfred Wigan, Leslie, Harw ood H a T. Vincent ; P. ton, and . lfiss Emily Ormonde. To conclude with the Farce of THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Baggs, Mr. Robson. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Aileron. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 10, Pill be performed TILE MILLER'S MAID. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Mephistopheles, Mr. 'Raiford; Faust, Kiss G. Hodson ; Marguerite, Miss 11. Gordon. To conclude with EOMBASTES FURIOSO. Stills, 4e.; boxes, 2 g. Gd.; PH, ls.; Gd.; Private Boxes EI IC . to be had of Mr. Allcroft. 15, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGTCAL GARDENS. " This place fills 'up an hiatis which the Crystal Palace leaves wanting. Vocal and instrumental music of the first order, and a display of fireworins which exceeds all imagination, are a fitting close to a day at the Crystal Palace." DAMON'S COLOSSAL PANORAMA of CHUSAN. Splendid and Extensive Menagerie and Marine Aquarium—Unri valled Military Band. VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, in which Miss Poole, Miss Ransford, and Mr. Manvers sing several National - and Patriotic Songs—All the Amusing Novelties of the Gardens in succession, concluding with the " Feast of Lan tern*" and 8 moat magnificent display of Fireworks by Southby. Admission One Shilling. A splendid Pavilion for Dancing has been erected. Fall quadrille Band, Ste. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William 'Cooke. The popular plecc, the Cossacks, whose career has been most snc coati, will shortly be withdrawn, to admit the production of a Grand Military Spectacle, embracing many of the principal events of the present War between Russia and Turkey I Enthusiastic reception of the, new Equestrian Ballet d'Action, the poetry of motion I THIS EVENING, AUGUST 10, And daring the week, THE COSSACKS ; or, Vive la France. After which, LES PREITVES Dl3 GENIE, or S nes In the Circle, invented and arranged by Mr. William Cooke, who, in the course of the evening, will exhibit (upon his hand) a horse whose height is only 15 inches. HERR CHRISTOFF, the first Rope Dancer in the universe. To conclude with the new Equestrian Ballet d'Action, by Mrs. S. nesley, called THE KNIGHT AND THE WATER LILY; or, Love among the Mermaids. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. W est. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tnis DAY —Morning 59 min.after 2 I Evening 24 min.aft. 3 looloaaow—Morning 45 min.after 3 Evening 7 min.aft. 4 THE WEATHER.—Sus On►ics, Auo. 10. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE 71— highest sine° noon on Saturday. 60—lowest this morning and during tho night. 71—this day, at noon. BLROMETER, 29'9L WIND, W.-Light airs, and fine weather. l ir ,; , _ . (l 3i , iLi 4) i s, t kic7 ‘',Zslall, , I 4 , ,..w ,-- - , ,, , ,-, r --- - - LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1854. The Parliamentary Session now on the eve of its close can only be compared to the twofold military and maritime Campaign now necessarily fast drawing towards a conclusion. They are both—Session and Campaign—distinguished by failure and fruitlessness. The Session is remark able for its abandoned measures. The Campaign for its postponement of warlike operations. In regard to each, there are glaring defalcations. In reference to the Campaign, no attack on Cronstadt and. St. Petersburg, none upon the Crimea and Sebastopol. In reference to the Session, no New Reform Bill, no Oaths Bill, no Education Bill, no diminution, but instead of that an increase, and an enormous increase too, in the gross annual amount of national expenditure. Instead of being unable to continue its economic retrenchments, in deed, the country has been required to be more than ever lavish in disbursing its superfluous cash to the tune every year, while the war lasts, of at least 10,000,0001. additional. Its exchequer is fairly in the rut of extravagance—" spinning - down the groove," not of change, but of perpetually increasing liability, leading down lower and lower into the depths of a thriftless squandering. England would appear, moreover, to have entered upon this path per fas et nefas. Its continuance in it yet awhile is no longer optional, but a need simply compulsory. Nowhere are discoverable tokens of any chance of the popular extrication from this abyss of involvement--except by a yet more un stinted and open-handed expenditure. Otherwise —vestigia nulla retrorsum. The annual increase of taxation to the amount of 10,000,0001. stern ling can only be removed, as a supplementary burthen upon the country, by a generous applies r tion of it to the purposes of the great war upon the promotion of which the empire has adventured —and by a readiness on the part of its citizens to - submit to any sacrifices that may yet further be required for the purpose of foiwarding those in terests and of vindicating those principles of honour which, in every such crisis of a nation, are known to be absolutely identical. At critical junctures like the present, indeed—reason tells us plainly enough that the true economy is alone discoverable in a timely display of munificence. It is not, consequently, because 10,000,000/. • have been added to the annual taxation of the United Kingdom within the past few months, that, therefore, we aro disposed to look with chagrin upon the session of 1854, regarding the record of its proceedings with mingled sentiments of pain and disappointment. Neither is it simply ~ because one of the most unjust taxes every 411 Posed upon a nation—the notorious and unpopu ar - , Income Tax —h as been blunderingly doubled, with out - out any effort being made to bring about the id vantage of its more equitable distribution. Itl is rather because, with the doubled Income Tax and the increase of annual taxation by the sum of no . . less than 10,000,000/. sterling, we have had—in ternally, in Peake, no reforms —externally, in war, no events conducive to the restoration of the ay-Oriels tranquillity. Abandoned measures, ne glected schemes of improvement, postponed plans of change for the better - -such are th e par ticulars furnished this session for the futur e historian of the British Legislat ure . W hile as to the war itself—the war which is the . excuse for all these shortcomings — w h at have we t o record but review s, and balls, and banquets— the courtly incidents inaugurative nowadays of campa i g ns f r ittered away in reconnoitring % and bl oc kades, anti councils leading only to procrasti nation. So that the Droll of the Press of Eng land can say w ith truth, in the August of 1854, that the allied forces have no doubt " taken the field," but that that is all they have taken ! As the session closes in we, must console ourselves as - best we may, for the abandonment of Reform, by • the doubling of the Income Tax, and solace our selves over the unusually wholesale Massacre of the Innocents, by remembering that the Guilty also have fallen in the g e neral butchery. As the cam paign -lengthens out, we may soften our regrets over the waning autumn and the approaching : . winter, by the thought that the harvest in Eng ' land and Fr ance gives promise of unexpected r • :alnindance—forgetting, if we can, the loss of the Tiger, and the disaster at,Sinope, and the exploit of the Russian Vladi m i r. Excepting in reference to the cordiality of glorious alliance between France and England, we : know not where from the events, warlike or legis lative, of 1854, her most gracious MAJESTY can select for her Speech from the Throne any fitting theme of congratulation. Yesterday, MARY ANNE BROUGH was tried at Guildford for the murder of her children, at Esher, on the 9th or 10th June last. One in dictment out of the six on which " true bills" had been returned was only proceeded with ; but the verdict thereon was decisive as to all the other charges, the evidence in each case being identical. The result has been "an acquittal on the ground of insanity"—the effect whereof will be that the miserable woman will be detained in custody, during her MAJESTY'S pleasure, as what is termed " a criminal lunatic." No matter how complete may be the restoration of her faculties, no matter though she maybe to all intents and purposes of sound mind, memory, and understanding, she must still linger out her existence among the insane, with scarcely a hope of future liberation. It is true that the Royal prerogative may be exerted in her favour ; but so might it be had she been con victed of the fearful offence laid to her charge. And the prospect of release, if it can be at all entertained, must be very remote—indeed, so much so as to reduce any hope that can be in dulged in to the very faintest character. We have referred to this to show that, although acquitted of the murders, the wretched offender will not escape with impunity from the conse quences of her fearful crime—that a bitter ex piation still awaits her, than which many persons may consider even an ignominious death on the scaf fold less horrible. The pangs of conscience must perpetually haunt " the modern MEDEA in her melancholy seclusion, where she can find nothing to divert• her mind from the awful reminiscence of her atrocious guilt. The circumstances attracted so much attention at the time, no less from the heart-rending nature of the transaction, than from the important sta tion formerly occupied by the culprit in reference to the heir apparent of the British Crown, that they must be fresh in the recollection of our readers. It is therefore only necessary to make brief allusion thereto in reference to the defence ' set up by her accomplished and able advocate-- the only one possible under the circumstances— viz., that at the time when the awful out rage against the law of nature was com mitted—when the mother with her own hand deprived no less than six of her own children for whom she had previously manifested the most affectionate solicitude of their lives, she was not a responsible being capable of distinguishing right from wrong, or aware that she was perpetrating an act, alike forbidden by the Divine and human law. Nothing less would be sufficient to justify the verdict under the existing law. And it cer tainly seems as if the jury strained a point, in order to avoid the exercise of a very painful duty. It is neither our wish nor our habit to criticise very severely the finding of a jury of twelve re spectable gentlemen ; more espcially when the error, if any, has been on the side of mercy, " in favoreni vitce." We have frequently observed that juries have interposed themselves between the undue severity of the law and persons whose cases exhibited some mitigating circumstances— that their departure from the strict letter of the law has almost invariably been to temper jus tice with mercy, and alleviate the strict rules of the law. It is also such occasional derelictions of strict duty that lead to the revision and modifica tion of the existing code, to the ameliorations in the law, which have been brought about chiefly through such decisions, proving that there is something defective, something that requires alteration, in the law. The state of the law respecting the criminal re sponsibility of persons labouring under insanity at the time of their offence has been very clearly settled by the almost unanimous opinions of the Judges, delivered in answer to queries submitted by the House of Lords in 1843. There was one dissentient only—Mr. Justice MAULS--an im portant exception by the way ; but the large ma jority of his judicial brethren confirmed and approved of it, viz., Lords BROUGHAM, LYNDHURST, CAMPBELL, GOTTESMAN, and WYN FORD, must be deemed conclusive as to the state of the law. We shall only refer to the answer to the second question, where the Judges stated that " the jury ought in all cases to be told that every man should be considered of sane mind unless it was clearly proved in evi dence to the contrary ; that before a plea of in sanity should be allowed, undoubted evidence ought to be adduced that the accused was of diseased mind, and that at the time he committed the act he was not conscious of right or wrong." Now, it can scarcely be said that MARY Arum BRouGH came within this category. She had been detected in a serious offence against morality. She had lost her husband, and was about to lose her children, whom she had every reason to suppose would be taken away from her. She was con templating self-murder to escape from the painful consequences of her own guilt. And she added the murder of her innocent children, in order that her husband, whom she had previously so deeply injured, should not enjoy the blessings of which she was about to be deprived. There was some evidence that her brain was and still is disordered, but certainly not sufficient to show that she was at the time ignorant of " the distinction between right and wrong." If the doctrine, that a party committing a crime under some " uncontrollable influence " is irresponsible, it will be difficult to convict of any murder the motives whereof were not clearly apparent. Indeed, in the present case, there was a motive, an evil mo tive, but too perceptible—a motive distinctly alluded to by the eminent Judge who presided, who said that " if they should be of opinion that owing to the unfortunate relation she stood with her husband at the time she was induced to meditate the commission of some act of violence, either towards herself or others, and that this created an excited condition, which, operating on her brain iu its diseased condition, drove her to a state of temporary insanity, during which she committed the act with which she was charged, he was bound to tell them, that this would not excuse her from the consequences, and it would be their duty to find her guilty of wilful murder! " They did not do so, however. They undoubtedly found in opposition to the law so distinctly explained by the learned Judge ; and it is for legal reformers to say whether there are not sufficient grounds for the ModiflOation of that law, and the establish went of less stringent rules in cases of alleged insanity. The Duke and Duchess of Wellington, after the pro rogation, will leave Belgravo-square on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of. Tweeddale, at Yester house, near Haddington, en route .to the'Highlands. The Marquis of Lansdowne entertained the Cabinet Ministers at dinner last evening at Lansdowne-house. The Earl of Mansfield has left the Dowager Countess at Mansfield's, at Langham-house, for Scone Palace, N.B. • Earl Jermyn has left England for the Continent. Mr. and Mrs. Oliveira have left town for North Wales. MARRIAGE IN thou LlFE.—Yesterday were solem nised the nuptials of Frederick Spencer, fourth Earl of Spencer, and Miss Adelaide Seymour, the only daughter of the late Sir Horace Seymour. The imposing cere mony was performed at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, in the presence of a numerous and brilliant circle of the aristocracy and fashionable world. - UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON. The prizes and cer tificates of honour for the summer term of the faculty of medicine, and the result of the competition for the Williamson prize for chemical research in the Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry were announced yesterday, as follows :—Botany : gold medal, Henry Maudsley ; sil ver, William Pile. Pathological anatomy : gold medal, Frederick G. Clarkson •, silver, John D. Scurrah ; 2d silver, Thomas V. Jackson. Medical jurisprudence : gold medal, J. D. Scurrab. Materia medica : gold medal, Henry Maudsley ; silver (equal), Edwyn Andrew and James Gibbs Blake. Analytical chemistry : Wil liamson prize of 501. for chemical research, Robert Ren ton ; honourable mention, George Kay and Henry Scrugham. Mr. D. Boswell Reid, jun., stood next to the prizemendinthencdlasosbestaoifnePd a fourth atholo certificate Pathological Anatomy and M me ateria ica and honour in botany. years, On d tlast,he chairMr . Ed G : l ' l n ß C lN an G t C on g° , B w s ho ll , fO s r Pi n T l A an rj y .— e o c u t t u o r e p r p o o s n i t A i n n a , t t o o m t y h e a o t ffi t c h e i s h o ospital, o a s s p s i i t s a t l a , n w t - a s s u r e g l e e c c o t n e t d o , t wo } ifietLhiustitution. LATEST NEWS. THE WAR. ORDER OF THE CZAR FOR THE EVACUA- --- - - TION OF THE PRINCIPALITIES. The Moniteur of this (Thursday) morning pub lishes the following : '• The Russian envoy has announced to the Cabi net of Vienna that the Emperor Nicholas has ordered the complete evacuation of Wallachia and Moldavia. Notwithstanding this declaration, Count Buol exchanged - notes on the Bth with Baron de Bourqueney and Lord Westmoreland, from which it results that Austria, like France and England, is of opinion that guarantees must be exacted from Russia to prevent a return of complications which disturb the quiet of Europe ; and engages itself, until the re-establishment of general peace, not to enter into any treaty with the Cabinet of St. Petersburg, unless those guarantees are obtained. The subjoined was received at Vienna on Tues- day : BUCHAREST, Aug. 7.—The Turkish vanguard, under Skender Bey, is just entering the town amidst the rejoicings of the inhabitants. Omer Pacha remains temporarily at Rustchuk. Ismael Pacha is at Salogareni. The Russian head-quarters are removed to Basco. Four Russian regiments are crossing the Pruth. Prince Gortschakoff has officially announced to Austria the retreat of the Russian army of occu pation beyond the Pruth, but declines to say from what motives. The following despatch, dated Vienna, Aug. 9, and published in the Mmniteur this morning, con firms a portion of the above : " The Turkish avant-garde entered Bucharest on the sth. " The retreat of the Russians continues in Wal lachia, and has commenced in Moldavia. " Various regiments have re-crossed the Pruth." " ODESSA TO BE TAKEN" BY THE ALLIED ARMIES. " CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 3.—The Turkish squa dron, with flat-bottomed boats for landing cavalry and artillery, has entered the Black Sea. " Odessa is to be taken ; that port has been chosen to establish quarters. " Twenty allied steamers are reconnoitring the coast of the Crimea. "SmvILNA, Aug. 2.—The cholera is disappear ing. The cruisers have taken. eight pirates at Samos. " All the Anglo-French ships have been ordered ,o Varna. " Four divisions of troops have been shipped there. " The Spitfire and Vesuvius have destroyed the village of Sulina, sparing only the church and lighthouse. " The commanders at Kars are to be tried by court-martial." EXPEDITIONrT THE CRIMEA. We read in a Constantinople letter, of July 30, that Sir George Brown, General Canrobert, and Sir Edmund Lyons returned to Yarna on Thurs day, on board the Agamemnon. It is now gene rally believed that the expedition to the Crimea will leave Varna within the next fortnight. Though the point fixed upon for effecting a landing is naturally not known, it is generally believed that the peninsula of Taman will be chosen for that pur pose. You will already have learnt that the little town of Sulina, at the mouth of the Danube, has been burnt. The inhabitants, who are all Greeks, were continually firing upon the boats of the squadron. When the late Captain Hyde Parker stormed the stockade held by the Russians, these people repeatedly fired upon his men. They have all fled to Tultseha; before doing so, however, they plundered an unfortunate Dutch merchantman, carrying off everything they could lay their hands on. The Inflexible, Captain Heath, has brought in seven prizes from the Black Sea. Mohammed Emin Pacha, lieutenant of Schamyl, arrived here from Circassia, the day before yesterday, on board the Ottoman frigate, Feizi Bahri. He is accom panied by sixty followers. The same ship has also brought forty Russian prisoners, and a good deal of booty. Mohammed Emin Pacha had an inter view yesterday with the Grand Vizir and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He went there in full Circassian dress, together with his countrymen, all armed to the teeth. They have a very pic turesque appearance. The provinces of Thessaly and Epirus are quiet, and the accountsfrom Greece are in general satisfactory. BUYUKDERE (on the Bosphorus), July 29.—The fleet of transports lying here under the com mand of Captain Franklin, R.N., has just received orders to start for Varna, and several of them are weighing anchor ; the remainder will start as soon as the steamers return for them from the Black Sea. The whole of this afternoon the British and French steamers were occupied in towing the Turk ish fleet out of the Bosphorous. It consists of four three-deckers and several frigates, which are all laden with the apparatus that has been constructed in the Constantinople arsenal, and is intended for landing the troops of the expedition for the Crimea. The pontoons are lashed to the sides of the Turkish men-of-war. The inhabitants of Buyukdere are anxiously watching these manoeuvres. Numerous telescopes protrude from .every window, and a great many persons are gathered on the beach, spite of the broiling July sun. Buyukdere is certainly the most lively summer residence on the Bosphorus, and as little like a Turkish village as the most or thodox Greek could desire. Wealthy Armenians and Perottes here have their villas, amongst which the summer residences of the Austrian and Rus sian envoys may be remarked—the former gay, and every evening well illuminated—the latter hid amongst a group of dark trees, with no sign of life. Yesterday evening an excellent German band per formed on the quay, and drew out all the fashion ables and fair of the place—a perfectly European scene of out-of-door parade, hats and bonnets being worn in lieu of the fez and the elegant head-dress of the Greek women. It is very curious to observe how the non-Mussulman population ape European dress and habits, whilst the strangers from the West love to wear the turban, and otherwise to adorn themselves with the dress of the land they have come to visit. In the few public gardens and coffee-houses of the Christian suburbs of Constanti nople, there is an anxious endeavour to get up things a /a Franca, to please European customers, little knowing that the more Turkish the entertain ments, and the more Eastern the look of things, the more pleasing to the eye of the stranger. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST I©, 1854. CONSTANTINOPLE. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 3.—A1l English and French vessels at Constantinople are ordered to Varna. Admiral Boxer commands the transport squadron. On the 29th of July a flotilla of flat bottomed boats was sent from the arsenal to the Black Sea. Cholera, says a Constantinople letter of July 27th, has appeared in a malignant foun in the army and among the seamen in some of the vessels in the Bosphorus. For some weeks cases of diarrhoea have been common, and the more cautious have abstained from fruit, vegetables, and such like un wholesome productions. During this time, and especially for the last fortnight, cases of decided cholera were known to have occurred among the allied troops ; but it was hoped that the malady might rest there, and that the forces might be spared any more serious infliction. However, o n Monday last the disease commenced its ravages on the most frightful scale among the troops, and here also. Although the visitation has not yet been serious, there are signs that it may at any hour take an equally appalling form. For several days almost every stranger has been attacked with a malady, which, if not cholera, yet may evidently soon lapse into that disease, and no small alarm has been occasioned by the severity and wide ex tent of the visitation. Two or three deaths have s t i li d e e taken place in the vessels in port, but as yet no account of a fatal case on shore has tran spired. The vast quantity of melons, unripe plums, and cucumbers, which are exposed ou every s m ee y m ha l v ik e e r ly to invite the disease, and should it make its appearance in a form as malignant as 4 Varna, there can be no doubt that its effects will be severe among the lower classes. The deaths in side, stated that already near y 200 have perished, and considered that the pestilence has only just begun, it becomes of importance to take in- stant means to check the evil. Perhaps no slight part of the disaster is owing to the idle and station ary life of the troops. Indian officers, accustomed to deal with armies in hot climates, have asserted all along that sickness would attack the army if kept for weeks unoccupied within its lines, and that the only way to keep the men healthy was to give them constant employment and something of the excitement of war. By the next post I hope to give a better account of the public health in these parts, but the public should be prepared for great losses, and individuals for their own private bereavements. When the Russian army has lost 40,000 by sickness since the commencement of the war, and the Turks nearly as many, it cannot be expected that our own army should remain unscathed. A well-organized medical ser vice will no doubt diminish the mortality, and strict discipline will prevent the introduction into the camp of unwholesome food. In the latter respect both soldier and sailor require to be looked after. They are tem accustomed to have every thing regulated for them by their superiors that they become like children, and exercise hardly any judgment even in matters relating to their own particular health. The seamen neglect to change their wet clothes unless specially ordered to do so, and the soldiers will eat hard plums and green , apples whenever those articles are to be had from the itinerant sellers. Sir George Brown and staff returned on Thursday last, after a reconnaissance in the Fury, in which they were enabled to count the very guns of Sebastopol. The Fury stood off the port quietly at night, and about 2 o'clock ran in softly, and stopped within 2,000 yards of the batteries. There she remained till 6 o'clock in the morning. As the general was counting the guns an officer observed a suspicious movement in the muzzle of it, and in a moment afterwards a shot roared through the rigging. This was a signal to quit, and the Fury steamed out of harbour as fast as she could ; but the shot came after her still faster. A shell burst close to her, and one shot went through her hull ; fortunately no one was hurt. Sir George Brown is supposed to have advised immediate action, and orders were, in consequence, at onoe despatched, which have occasioned the movement of the transport. Varna is quite full of v are wedged together in hundreds. vessels ; the' The smell of beach is sickening. The cholera has assumed a milder form, and the percentage of death bas decreased. The loss now is estimated at 16 a day'. THE CIRCASSIAN COAST. We extract the following from a letter of the 18th July, from the Circassian Coast :—Some ac count of the Oircassian Coast, the result of ob servations during a month's cruise there, will pro bably not be unacceptable just now. We touched at every place from Chouruksu, near Batoum (the head-quarters of the Turkish force under Selim Pasha), to the neighbourhood of Soujak, which is still held by the Russians. The Russian forts of Circassia are so similar that a description of one or two would apply to nearly all. They are dotted along the whole coast, at intervals of about ten miles, and are usually near the mouths of small mountain rivers, so as to command the valleys through which these streams find their way to the sea. These little rivers are rarely navigable even for small boats. There is generally a bar over which a ship's gig can sometimes be piloted in very fine -weather, but even the pent up water will hardly float her for more than a hundred yards. The intervening country gene rally consists of very rugged hills, matted with dense primeval forests, impenetrable from the sea. The forts are generally admirably constructed of hewn stone, a soft sandstone brought from Kerth. As the Circassians have no cannon, a height un usual in modern forts has judiciously been given to the walls, so as to guard against escalade. They are usually square, loopholed for musketry along the sides, and with towers at the angles, mounted with four or five large traversing brass and iron guns. A mortar or two in the centre completed the armaments. The garrison, from 500 to 1,000 strong, occupied wooden barracks in the interior, where also there was occasionally a small church. On the outside astrong stockade enclosed a few outhouses, arc., and protected a fruit and vegetable gard in adjoining. The natives universally assert that tee Russians were strictly shut up in these military prisons, and that, whenever the wants of a few un fortunate horses or cattle (their fellow-prisoners) obliged them to venture half-a-mile from the fort in search of fodder, they sallied out in battle array, with field guns and fixed bayonets. As the Russians had gun-boats cruising between the forts, of course they dictated to the coasting trade, and held the whole coast in a grasp of iron. Custom houses at Souchum-Kaleh and other principal points levied rapacious duties on all imports. The Trebizond Turks appear to have been the greatest promoters of barter, and its accompanying civilisa tion. All along the coast you find a sprinkling of these Turks, who have adopted the Circassian dress, language, and a native wife. These settlers form the sole shopkeepers and small traders. At pre sent, now that the Custom-house robber has ab sconded, one or two large Trebizond trading boats, with gay red flags, may be seen hauled up out of the reach of the surf, near each of the forts. Na tives, bestriding wild-looking ponies, soon:assemble, and toss on the ground compact goat-skin packages of corn. Their tall sheepskin caps, long becart ridged tunics, slung rifles, kept in shaggy goatskin covers, with one large bright pistol stuck through the 'girdle in the hollow of the back, strikingly contrast with the:gaudy shabby cottons which form the Turkish sailor's scanty dress. The party squats down, the Turk fills and empties a wooden measure of salt, (then hands it over to tie Circassian, who fills the same measure twice with corn. Such is the simple barter, which is much on the increase since the flight of the Russians. Money is almost unknown, and is nearly useless on the coast ; salt and common white calico (universally called Americaine) are its representatives. As to that extraordinary practice, the sale of damsels, it un doubtedly is common, and has been long so. The Russians are accused of conniving at the trade. The lowest price appears to be 1001. ; for a very first rate article you must pay 4001. ow, a purchaser able to pay such high prices must be a man of sub stance and station ; consequently the beauty gains what I am told they do not object to elsewhere, position and luxury. True, the future husband and wife are total strangers to each other ; in civilised life natural hypocrisy before marriage often secures the same result. Adventurous English mammas sometimes send out a batch of daughters to India. The principle is much the same , but the Circassians have these advantages— the girl exchanges barbarism and poverty for com parative civilisation and comfort, and the weeping mamma is consoled for the loss ofherdarling by solid cash. To return to the forts. A few poplar trees, a stray rose bush, or a gaunt cat are the only living things which meet your sight on entering them ; all else is ruin and utter desolation. A few charred stumps mark the site of what was once barracks ; a con fused heap of cut stone, half-buried guns, and iron gun carriage -wheels mark what was once a corner tower. One, perhaps, remains entire. The thou sand pounds, fills the mi n d with amaze. Tons upon Property, amou n ting to hundreds of t w o r n esckof of grape grape-shot, sh e ll s , ac., are strewed abou t in prodigal profusio n ; i n all directions they pa v e the ground and embarrass one's steps. That huge military quack the Czar seems to have but o ne nos trum for all h uman a ff a i rs —grapeshot and shells ! For twenty years he has been trying to make friends with, to subdue, to civilise, to convert these obstinate mountaineers with grapeshot. Want of success never induces him to try some milder on for 50 y ears more with grapeshot, lie will fail. Plan ; n o , g rapeshot for ever ! and if lie g o es Most of the chiefs with whom I have made acquaintance have been wounded. Though these forts are not very s trong towards the sea , it wou l d have c os t the allies much time, life, and money to have taken them. They were of course abandoned from the impossibility of feeding the garrisons now that the sea is not theirs ; but they were scrambled out of them w ith strange precipitation, notwith • standing the account of the complete removal of stores in St. Petersburg o fficial account. At Souchu m -K a l e h, the largest and most important of • , them, n ear l y ever ything was left. It is a charming place at thi s se ason, with very good houses, and a lovely botanic garden. They must have left it with great regret. As for the native chieftains, they are glorious fellows tall, magnificiently dressed, and fine featured ; it is impossible to view them as savages. Among them the Nail) (Enim Bey), Schamyl's lieutenant or representative, is the most powerful and the most thoughtful. His will seems law along the whole coast from Soujak to the Anakria River. Within those limits along the coast all are Maho medans, and during the nine or ten years of his residence among the Western Caucasians (being a native of Schamyl's, or the eastern country, Degas tan), he has built mosques, created schools, and, in short, excited a revival of religion a /a Wesley. " Before he came we were beasts," said a chief to me lately, " and now if he were to order us to march into the sea, we should go without question." Their hostility to Russia is inveterate and intelli gible, but they know well how unfit they are to cope with the Russians out of their own mountains, and the Russians equally well know them. Nevertheless, I hope that they will not be altogether useless. The Naib is dignified and. stately ; he moves with an escort of wild mountaineer horsemen, preceded by a red , and buff banner ; his white Circassian tunic, yellow vest, black cartridge cases, and tall gray sheepskin cap admirably set off his dark, strongly-marked face. In conversation you at once find him a very superior man, clear in his views, thoroughly know ing his own position and that of his countrymen. All the natives of the coast from Soujak to Anakria are bitter against the Russians, with the exception of one or two chieftains, who have received money and honours from them ; but these are isolated cases, and they have had no influence on the people. The principal chief in Abasia, Hamid Bey, was made a general and a prince (Prince Michel) by the Russians. He received a hand some stipend and a share in the Customs' robbery. CONCESSIONS BY RUSSIA TO POLAND. A letter from Warsaw of the Ist, in the Press of Vienna, says :—" The approaching arrival of the Czar at Warsaw will be marked, it is said, by cer tain concessions to the Poles in the point of view of their nationality. It is said that the assembly of notables mentioned in the organic statute of the kingdom of Poland of 1832, is to be convoked. The establishments of public instruction are, it is said, to be reopened, and the employment of the Polish language in official acts, the publication of the an nual expenses and receipts, and the right to con sent to direct taxes ordered. The Polish army is also, the report goes, to be re-establised, but under the command of Russian officers. The 4th recruit ment is finished ; never had the population been placed under contribution to such an extent." MOBILISATION OF THE GERMAN FEDERAL ARMY. The mobilisation of the German Federal army will take place very shortly, if we may believe the following letter from Vienna in the Weser Gazette : " The accession of the Germanic Confederation to the Austro-Prussian treaty of the 20th April will in a few days acquire a practical signification. Austria and Prussia are about to demand that the federal army shall be called out and put on a war footing, and a circular to that effect was sent on the 28th ult. to all the Austrian ambassadors at the different German Courts. It may be remembered that in the treaty in question the case was reserved in which the contracting parties were to deter mine when their military forces should be placed on a war footing as well as the number of them. The representatives of Australia and Prussia are about to propose in common the Diet to establish similar regula tions. This is what is announced by the circular of Austria, according to which that power engages to place on a war footing from 150,000 to 250,000 men, and Prussia from 100,000 to 200,000, and the other German States the half of their federal contingent. The contin gents of the petty states will form two corps d'armee which will be charged to maintain the communications between Austria and Prussia on the points indicated to them. The circular observes that the case of necessity which justifies these military armaments of Germany has really arrived, and seeing the attitude and arma ments of Russia, no fresh proofs are required. Austria, adds the circular, has already placed two of her armies on a war footing, and Prussia has given the necessary orders for doing the same. The entrance of the Austrians into Wallochia gives reAson to fear the probability of a speedy collision with Russia, Germany mut therefore prove that all the forces of the Germanic Conferation are ready to defend the frontiers of Austria against any attack. It is necessary, were it only for the moral effect which will result from it that at the moment when the courts of Vienna and Berlin are about to take a last but decisive step at St. Petersburg, this military measure should be ordered without hesitation by the Confedera tion, and be carried into execution as promptly as possi ble. It is a vital question for the Confederation to manifest an imposing activity, but it is necessary, in order that this activity may be developed without obstacles, that the representatives of the German Go vernments at the Diet should be furnished with the fullest powers, in order that the deliberations may be simplified and facilitated ; or, in other words, that the Diet, which has hitherto been only the organ for enre gistering the resolutions of the Government, should acquire such a degree of activity as to be able to perform he functions of a kind of Central Council of War." THE COMBINED FLEET AT LEDSUND. LEDSUND, August 2.—General Baraguay d'Hil liers returned from Boniarsund last night in the Imperieuse yacht. He was reconnoitering very close to the forts, when the masked battery opened fire upon him, and two shots fell over the ship. The commander soon steamed away without their reach. Preparations are making to-day to land the troops in the paddle-box boats and ships' cutters, etc. Her Majesty's ship Termagant, and three transports, with troops, have just arrived. The celebrated Vlusquito, iron yacht, made her appearance last night with a Norwegian flag flying. The cholera is still rife on board the Majestic and Princess Royal, but is not spreading. There have been 12 cases on board the latter, and 22 in the former. A man, yesterday, fell from the foreyard of the James Watt on the anchor, and was killed. The Lightning (12 noon) in just gone on to Bomarsund with all the scientific and navigation officers in the fleet. At 1 p.m. the whole of the boats attached to the combined squadron were employed in landing troops at a dis tance of about three miles from the fleet. They marched on to some heights, where a signal house is placed, and were then allowed to roam about for three hours to their evident enjoyment, after being cribbed and confined in a man-of-war. From the shore the appearance of the Sound was imposing in the extreme. The severe and belligeren t character of the fleet have been entirely changed, for whereas at Baro it con sisted print ipally of men of war, with their grim broad sides of unbroken lines, now, on the other hand, these men of war are interspersed with every conceivable craft, differing in size, build, rig, and appearance from the handsome Duke of Wellington or the graceful imperial yacht, down to the most ancient specimen of naval architecture, the Goth land trading sloop. The troops returned on board at 6 p.m. in the boats, 140 of which were employed for the purpose. The tent equipage of the men is very portable. Their tent mess is divided in to six men, each of whom carries a sixth part of the cover ing, together with a tent stick and pegs. On pitching it, the canvass parts button over, and are quite impenetrable to wet. The form of the tent is low and gipsy-like. The cooking utensils are also divided among the six men to carry attached to their knapsacks in a similar manner—one carries a tin saucepan, others a kettle, drinking-cups, water-bottles, and every requirement. Their accoutrements seem to be selected of those materials requiring less care and trouble in keeping in order. Thus the knapsack is lined outside with the hide of the ox ; the shoulder and waist belts are of the roughest black leather ; and last, though not least, they wear none of those instruments of torture round their necks so inge niously introduced into our army for the purpose of homoeopathic strangulation. All the troop ships that have arrived are men-of war.—St. Vincent, Royal William, Hannibal, Al giers, e eH r r s ei rf Herefordshire, s d thr i ja a rn t e o : r p , 0 Columbia,r S t s p . hl p n x r J T eu e el r m ao, a c g Er e a dw n w t ) n S t F r .bol Belgravia,i. AUGUST 3. The time for moving the troops up to Bomarsund will either be to-day or to-morrow. A little delay has occurred, but it is from the humane desire of saving life as much as possible. For this purpose, therefore, each ship has been ordered to build two platforms for large lower deck guns. These are to be landed, and are to be used against the forts on the land side, which is deemed very weak and incapable of resistance. A con tinuous siege, directed to a point that has been lately discovered or heard of, will enable us soon to make a breach in the fortification, without being exposed ourselves to the fire of their large guns. The men of war, it is thought, will not moor close to the batteries unless of urgent necessity, but will shell the place while the troops are investing it. It is said the Duke, Acre, Princess Royal, and James Watt draw too much water to risk in the passage. The tide rises and falls about eight inches duly ; indeed it is almost imperceptible, but a strong current might decrease the depth two or three feet, being all that the Duke at present would have to spare between some of the little islands. The yacht Foam came in this morning from England. The Tilsit, French man-of-war is ex pected. THE CONDUCT OF THE GERMAN POWERS. The Times correspondent writes from Vienna, ou August 6th :—There are t j us now very con flicting opinions in well-informed circles relative to the intentions of Prussia. The probability is, that Prussia is now intriguing with Bavaria and Saxony, and the other Bamberg Confe rence Scates ; but the Emperor Francis Joseph is strong in the justice of his cause, and will not flinch from - the performance of what he considers his duty to himself and the nation. German unity always was a fiction, and so it is likely to remain, until by some concatenation of circumstances one State becomes omnipotent. It is in my power to give you some little insight into the present state of the political machinery of Germany. The character of the man who has been called by Providence to reign over the Prussian nation is so well known that it is not necessary to say a word on the subject. The King of Bavaria is a valetudi narian, whose power of volition is about on a level with that of the King of Prussia. The King of Saxony is a good-natured, well-informed mo narch, who is remarkably fond of botany, and per mits himself to be governed by M. de Boust, a philo- Russian of the purest water. However, as Saxony has but little real influence over the affairs of Ger many, we may at once return to Prussia and Bava ria. It is notorious that M. von der Pfordten is the very humble servant of that most liberal distributor of ribands, crosses, and stars, the Emperor of All the Russias ; but his influence would not alone have been sufficient to make the head of the Bavarian House consent to play second fiddle to the King of Prussia. There is at the Court of Munich a certain HerrvonDonniges, a, man of talent, who was formerly a Prussian professor, and this person exercises very great influence over King Max of Bavaria. Madame I Donniges, his wife, is also a favourit e w ith Q ueen Maria, who, as you must be aware, is a Prussian Princess. Not long since the Prussian ex-professor visited Berlin, where he was received with very great distinction, and, naturally, on his return to Bavaria he was more than ever inclined to further the interests of his native country. It is not yet known what plan of operation was resolved on when the two German Monarchs met in the Bava rian capital, but it is considered probable that, as soon as Austria attempts to force Russia to drop her prey, a formidable coalition will be formed against her in the Bund. A slight degree of trepida tion is evident here, but France, England, and Aus tria, firmly united, may laugh the Emperor of Russia and allhis German "toadies" to scorn. The prevalent impression here is that Austria considers the ad vance of the Turkish army into Wallachia a kind of breach of contract ; but if such be the case, this Government is alone to blame. If the Austrians had entered Wallachia on the 3d of last month, as they had announced it to be their intention to do, the Allies would now have been actively employed on the northern and eastern coasts of the Black Sea, instead of losing health, time, and patience in the north-east of Bulgaria. The Turks, notwith standing their proverbial slowness, have taken time by the forelock, and have had the satisfaction of i seeing the backs of the Russians, and of receiving a deputation from the Wallachian capital on the anniversary of the day on which, in 1853, their enemies had entered it. No one is a greater advo cate than myself of an alliance between Ans.' tria and the Western Powers, but the move ments of this Government may render the plans of the Turks and their allies nugatory. Instead of carrying out her convention with the Porte without further delay, Austria appears to be only bent on obtaining one concession after the other from the Porte. The policy of Austria does not appear to be straightforward in this matter, but at all events the interests of England are well under stood and well cared for at Constantinople. The correspondents of the Triest. Zeitung and Augsburg Gazette continue to rail at Lord Redcliffe, and this may be considered a sure sign that the noble lord is considered the great obstacle to the realisation of some plan which Baron Bruck has formed. The British Ambassador, says one of the writers for the last-mentioned paper, is unhappy lest Austria should succeed in introducing'a state of things in the Prin cipalities which may satisfy the inhabitants of those provinces, " and raise a cordon against the plague of revolution around the Austrian frontiers." It is not in my power to say what is exactly meant, but experience has taught me that whenever an en croachment is about to be attempted, phrases similar to that quoted are plentifully served up to the public. PERSIA. A letter from Constantinople of the 27th ult., in the Lloyd of Vienna, says :—" According to the last news from Teheran, the Russian Ambassador, M. Anskoff, had been received at a solemn audience by the Shah. He asked, in the name of his sove reign, whether Persia intended or not to declare war on Turkey. The answer given was that Persia, intended observing a strict neutraliay. The Rus sian Ambassador then broke off the negotiation, and. left Teheran. Last Tuesday the Persian Ambas sador at Constantinople had a short conference with Reschid Pacha. It is hoped that the difference with the Court of Persia will soon be settled." AUSTRIA The following is from Vienna, dated yesterday (Wednesday) evening : " The troops on their way to Gallicia, the Buko vina, and Transylvania, have received orders to halt for the present. " Prince Gortschakoff to-day announced the immediate evacuation of Moldavia as well as Wal- lachia." The Trieste Gazette, in a letter from Constanti nople of the 27th, states that according to a new convention concluded between Austria and the Porte, the Austrian troops may enter the Turkish provinces by Ragusa, the road by Cattaro not being sufficient to oppose the movements of the Monte negrins and prevent their creating new complica. tions. The Hamburg News contains a letter from Vienna, dated the 4th, which says :—" The garrison of Vienna is about to set out for Gallicia, and will be replaced by troops from Italy. Preparations are at present being made at the offices of the Com mander-in-Chief of the army for a new levy of 65,000 men, which will be ordered probably next month." • The Carlsruhe Gazette states that Colonel Kowa lowski, whose departure from the Russian embassy at Vienna for St. Petersburg had been fixed for the 2d, had his destination suddenly changed, havinc , been sent off on the 10 direct to Bucharest with despatches for Prince Gortschakoff. A letter from Vienna, sth, states that accord ing to reports at the Bourse the subscription for the national loan has reached the amount of 500 mil lions, but the official accounts only give the amount already known at 300 millions of florins. A Stettin journal has received an official warn ing for having said that the Austrian Government had given orders to retard the last military mea sures decided on. This warning is regarded as a proof that the Austrian Government is unwilling to have it supposed that any cessation has taken place in its warlike preparations against Russia. GREECE. A letter from Athens of the 27th ultiniu says " M. Mavrocordato is to take the oath this day as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He has changed his portfolio with his brother-in-law, M. Pericles Ar gyropoulo, who takes the Finance department. M. Mavrocordato still remains President of the Coun cil. No doubt is entertained that his administra tion will respond to the confidence which his name inspires, and most happy results are expected for the country." SPAIN. A new Madrid. journal called the Iberia announces that Queen Christina and her family are to go to live in Switzerland, and that Gen. Carrigo is to ac company her to the frontier. The same journal states that M. Olozaga has been nominated Minis ter Pleni potentiary in Paris, and M. Sartor Diaz at Turin. Lord Howden, English ambassador, had returned to Madrid. General Jose do la Concha" was to leave in the course of a week for Cuba. The Junta of Valencia, has, says the Epoca, nominated the Infante Don Henry de Bourbon to the rank of Chief of a naval squadron. Count de la Roncera, who had been exiled to Corunna by the Sartorius Ministry, has been nominated Director of the Ad ministration of War, a post he had previously occu pied. General Ros do Olano, Director-General of Infantry, had passed in review, at Aranjuez, the division of General Blaser—that which was sent in pursuit of him and of O'Donnell. Part of the di vision was to be sent toMadrid. The troops which formed General O'Donnell's division were also to be marched into the capital. Don Alfonso Eica lante has been nominated Civil Governor of Madrid. The Bank of San Fernando has advanced to the Treasury 15,000,000 revels, and the Minister of Finance had been promised all possible facilities by capitalists for the negotiation of Treasury bills. ITALY. The cholera, says a letter from Turin of the sth, is still committing great ravages at Genoa. The King, accompanied by Count Cavour, Prime Mi nister, by General Alfonso Lamarmora, Minister of War, and by General Dabormida, Minister of Foreign Affairs, left Turin early in the morning of the 4th for Genoa, to visit the hospitals. The sanitary condition of Turin continues excel lent; but two or three cases of cholera have occurred amongst the many thousands who have fled from Genoa. One of these victims was the Chevalier Adriane de Revel, well known in London society as the secretary and charge d'affaires of Sardinia for se veralyears. At the period of the diplomatic rupture between Austria and Sardinia, in reference to the Lombard sequestrations question, Chevalier de Revel represented this Government at the Imperial Court of Vienna, and since his withdrawal from thence he resided in a private capacity at Turin. Chevalier de Revel was a perfect gentleman ; he held strong constitutional opinions, and was a man of con siderable talent and of mild and amiable disposi tion ; his untimely demise has caused universal re gret in Turin. He was only 42 years of age. Italian art has just sustained an irreparable loss by the death of Paolo Toschi, the engraver, a native of Parma, who died there the other night, at the age of little more than 60. His best known works are the engravings of " Spasimo di Sicilia," from Raffaello, and of all the admirable frescoes of Correggio. Paolo Toschi was not merely a first rate artist, but was highly gifted in literary and other topics. His conversation, like that of Ros sini, was one uninterrupted flow of wit and fi humour. Thy half -t King came back from Genoa at ,ait-past eight p.m., on the evening of the 4th. A groat many people were waiting at the railway station for his Majesty, who was loudly eheered. It was known that the King had gone to Genoa in spite of a slight indisposition, and a great alarm pre vailed there in consequence. There was more even than the usual loyalty in the cheers by which the King was greeted. His Majesty visited all the hospitals of Genoa, and left behind him a very handsome donation in money for the relief of the cholera patients. A most painful impression was made upon his Ma jesty by the aspect of the town of Genoa. Nearly every shop is closed, and hut a soil is to be seen in the streets. Popular prejudice is strongly excited, and the druggist shops are con stantly guarded by gendarmes, lest they should be laid waste as the laboratories of poison. Phy sicians are threatened as poisoners, while in the performance of their duties ; and the other day one of them was so maltreated that he died of cholera produced by fear. It appears that both the ex treme radical and the clerical party are taking ad vantage of this unfortunate state of things, and, instead of destroying popular prejudices, they are doing their utmost to aggravate and foment these prejudices. These disgraceful and wicked attempts are energetically resisted by the " Intendente-Ge nerale." Signor Buffa, and he is strongly sup ported by the Archbishop Monsignor Charvaz, who is performing his episcopal duties with true Christian charity and zeal. The Austrian Government is levying a fresh vo luntary loan ; but although nominally voluntary, every one is compelled to contribute to this loan. Even the bishops have issued circulars and pastoral letters to recommend their flocks to subscribe to it. The most remarkable of those letters is that ad dressed to his clergy by Monsignor Romill, Arch bishop of Milan. In 1848 the reverend gentleman gave his benediction to the barricades ; half I changed the times are ! FR A.NCE. The Emperor and Empress have been joined at Biarritz by the Countess de Montijo and the Duchess de Alba, her Majesty's mother and sister. Both their Majesties continue to enjoy excellent health ; the Empress in particular appears to have derived great benefit from the climate and from sea bathing. Their Majesties are now able to walk or drive out without being followed by crowds, as on their arrival. The Empress often drives herself in a small carriage by the sea-side, attended only by a lady of honour. The Emperor occupies himself with the plan of his future resi dence. He has made some modifications in it, the principal of which is that the house will be placed fifteen yards further from the sea. The works have already commenced—one hundred men are engaged, and his Majesty has caused a present of sf. to be distributed to each of them. The ball offered by the town of Bayonne to the Emperor has been postponed from the 15th to the 16th. The delay has taken place in compliance with the wishes of the Emperor, who was anxious that on the former day there should be no rejoicings in which all the population could not take part. M. de Persigny, who arrived in Paris from Switzerland, started yesterday for Biarritz, on a visit to the Emperor. There is to be a review of the garrison of Pat on the 14th. Marshal Magian will command the absence of the Emperor. Other letters received from Constantinople of th e 30th, and from Varna of the 29th, all agree in stating that an expedition of the united armies ° ll a very extensive scale was about to leave the latter place, but they are not at all agreed that the objec t of the expedition is the siege of Sebastopol, and th e taking of the Crimea. According to some, the el c : pedition was directed against Odessa —according ' e t others, against Anap a . O ne thi ng cer t a i n is, th the coast of the Cri mea an d th e approac h es t o Sebne topol were carefully inspected by General Brovil. and General Canrob er t ; th a t a ll th e ve ssels small draught, and the boats for the disembark; ; tiou of troops statio ne d a t C ons t an ti nop l e , ha v ,, been ordered to join th e fl ee t s ; an d th a t the Turkt ish fleet is about to join the English and Fra nc 's , squadrons. It more over appears that the whole 01 these orders were issued in consequence of reso le ' tons adopted by a c ounc il o f war held at V -13 ` ri l id on the 18th, and at w hi c h no t on ly th e geners w f commanding the allied armies, but the a dmirals ~°, both fleets were pre sen t. I n quar t ers w hich ougn is ; to bo well inform e d, it i s grea tl y . d ou bted if i t u tto expedition is directed a ga i ns t th e C r i me a ; h a reason for the doubt it i s sa id th a t the Frelle..,, Government is preparing to s en d p ow erful re l „;, forcements to the Black Sea, whi c h would aPPL'i to show that Marshal de St. Arnaud does not 1 7 0 himself sufficiently strong for an enterprise O f 0. much importance. It is said that the a ddition_ _ number of troops to be embarked at Toulon the East will not be less than 50,000 men—an .If.. mense force, if it be considered that fully that an."' ber of French troops are already in Turkey. The 3 per Cents. closed yesterday at 71f. Gu .. t for the end of the mon% ; the 4 per Conti. 98f. 95c. ; and the New Loan at 71f. 50e.; °ilea° Railway Shares, 1,187 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 972 f. 5° 4 Havre, 570 f. • Great Northern, 830 f. ; Strasburg' 777 f. 50c. ; New Shares, 622 f. 50c. ; Paris a-n th Lyons, 948 f. 75c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean' 853 f. 75c. ; Western of France, 647 f. 50c. ; 1 3 ° i_ deaux and Cette, 610 f. ; Great Central of France' 495 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 506 f. 25 c . ; B an k of Credit Mobilier, 693 f. 75c. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 41 15s ; 01 °7: ditto, 31 Os to 5115 s ; and straw, 1116 s to 21 Os rot tr A full average supply, and a steady demand. lover CumBERLAND.--Meadow hay, 21 12s to 4/ 17s; e ,A, ditto, 3/ Os to tzl2s ; and straw, 1/ 163 to 21 Os par Jv"'" Both hay and straw sold steadily at full prices. K lOV et R' WHITEOHAPL.—Meadow hay, 21 10 3 to 4/ Lys ditto, 31 Os to 51 15s ; an d s t raw , 11 16 s t o 210 s per c Supply rather limited, and trade firm. cl°O r ' New meadow hay rea li se d 70 s t o 85 s ; an d n ew 75s to 90s per load. MEAT MARKETS. we: ri o c l • NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—Trade ruled dull. P —Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6(1; Mutton, 3s 6d to 48 4cl Lamb, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 8(1; York, 36 to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Aug. 9.—T o -d ay ' s mar k et was fair/Y' snso plied with each kind of stock, which sold readt to follows :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 38 Z, Sa; 43 ; Lamb, 4s 4d t o 5 s 2d ; V eal, 3s 4 d to Pork, 3s 6d t o 4 s &I per 81bs, to sink th e offals• 0! ROMFORD, Aug. 9.—Thegeneral demand ruled steaa r ' e 0.. prices had an u p war d t en d ency. The quotat i on s it., o 6(1 follows : Be e f, f rom 3 s Gd to 5 s Od ; Mutton,,,;) sa; to 5s Od ; Lamb, 4 s 6d t o 5s 6d.; Veal, 3s Gd to ' P igs, Pork, 3s 8(1 to 4s 8d per Sibs. Quarter old Store 21s to 27s each. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY•) LONDON, Aug. 10.—Wind this day at Noon, T , • ,„ airs and fine, but hazy at ti mes . PLYMOUTH, Aug. 9.—Wind, W. Sailed—J°'' for Quebec ; rinces Royal, do. ;1 A 14 01- `" SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 9.—Wind, S.W. Se for Australia ; Severn (a), Brazils ; David HeadleY' York.ltob°l" FALMOUTH, Aug. 9.—Wi n d, ca l m . Arrived — Lowe, from London, for Melbourne. a fro SWANSEA, Aug. 9.—Wi n d, N.B . A rr i ve d—Vs Batavia. WELLS, Aug. 9.—The Stag, from London, has '`F„ fit ter , to-day with los s o f f ore t opmast, and making a little " having been on shore on the Newcombe Sands. $O OO SUNDERLAND, Aug. 9.—Wind, S.W. Sailed' King, for Ceylon. for SHIELDS, Aug. 9.—Wind, S.E. New York. ft° RHYL, Aug. 9.—Wind, W. A rr i ve d—G er trudet Quebec. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 9.—The Sarah Sands (s a) h as a ge' surveyed, and found to have su s t a i ne d no ser ious u her machinery appears uninjured. Nort e HOLYHEAD, Aug. 9.—The Jane Avery (brig), ,q 0 ber°2 Shields, from Liverpool t o C ons t an ti nop l e , h a s put in after beinc , in collision with a screw steam-boat ( 115.- known), liut is aparently ot much damged. r efo , QUEENSTOWN, p Aug. 8n a .—Wind, S.W. Arrived"' from Pugwash ; Lady Campbell, Quebec. 1 BREMEN, Aug. B.—The Twee Gebroders, from 11 :0 13 :0 1 for Harburg, foundered at sea, August 2 ; crew saY landed here, by the Maria, fro m Ch r i s ti ansan d. 0 11 a „ SusPicrous !—BRISTOL, Au g . 9.—A waterlogg vpi, abandoned brig, timber laden, o f a b out 300 ton s, pie% eutly American built, and p a i n t e d green, str i PPu d thing moveable, and had been fired into, as the de w if # her hull, otherwise good, appeared to have been O s shot from 32 pounders—she had a white house, °n supported by stancheons only, the sides hal' 11 ,, b l fsPid i " washed in—both mas t s gone above board, and " f i l e i' - standing —was boarded in lat. 33 N. 18 W., 01 June, by the Cr one h Brothers, boundto Melbourne. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) , 211 LIVERPOOL, Thursday, Wind, N.N. W. ; fresh, and v e ry fine. tteri Arrived—lmporter, from Callao ; Pelican (a dam ; Ocean Bride, Miramichi ; Premier, NaPi e " Lothian, Singapore. Aff iei6 s ; Sailed—Mary Harrison, for Calcutta ; Sarace n ' N e v" Evangeline, New Orleans ; Dirigo, Adelaidea Hamburgh ; Natalina, Grevoza ; Galatea, St. D om (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGR— 0 , GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10. 20 s " Wind, calm ; tide, low water ; fine. GiP O 4 ; Arrived, 9th—Gloria Deo, from Archangel ; Doc - Regenida; Durango, Belize; E mma , Quebec' o' Winterbottom, .Memel. t' Arrived, 10th—Gustaf Wilhel m from Memel' It ° dore, Guernsey; Solanum, Saltalden ; RainbcW, ( l 7 o o terdam • Baron Osy (s), Ant werp ; Gi ra ff e (s), Soho (s), Havre ; Earl of A uc kl an d , R o tt e rdam- Sailed—Wm. Jolliffe (8), for Calais. ic• DEAL, Thursday, 10. Wind, calm; very fine. Passed last night—The Elizabeth (s s), for M el o jon ~. Transport, No. 120 ( su pp ose d A us t ra li a , froth 3-1 for westward. T, Adoi; ENGLISH LADIES AT THE SEAT OF WAR. -- " -- ,„. 1 3d tion to Lady Erroll, who remains with her hilS"" Co ; Monastie, the following ladies are at - Varna :--- - i n , r8 :10; penter, wife of the Colonel of the 41st Regimen' ' te pail" 'Vrottesley, with her husband, the Rola. lai eti : Wrottesley, R.E. ; Mrs. Galton, wife of CaPta f ,` P ii tai 4 ton, 50th Regiment ; and Mrs. Jubilee, wife of ' 3 l tb ° Jubilee, Mrs. Scott, wife of Colonel Scott, c l vi bel Guards, remains with her family a t Therapiati o so, there is quite a colony of English " grass w i u principally attached to the officers of the nary. ;