The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-20 00:00:00

AMES MEIKL A.M, Esq., Deceased.— All PerSOIIS having CLAIMS onthe ESTATE ottho late JA: icas MEIKL AM, Esq., are requested to forward the particulars o the same to Mr. Arber, I, Mount-street, Berkeley-square, forthwil In order that the same may be examined, and, if found correct, charged. Oct. 16, 1 8 54. w. THF.ATRIC ROYAL RAYI:ARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Our. 20, Will be performed the comedy endale ,oi PAUL MT. Principal tbs..- ra cters by Mr. Wright, Mr. Chipp Mr_ . Farren, Poynter, and Miss E. Chaplin. Ater which, the First Part of the Ballet of THE STIR. OF DALUSIA. Followed by lIIS LAST LEGS. Principal character by' Ur. Hudson To conclude with the second Part of the Ballet. ROYAL PRINCES3'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CnAaLle THIS EVENING. Ocr. 20, Will be Performed (Eleventh t ime) a comedietta, entitled LIVE r :G TOO FAST. After which, THE COURIER OF LYON. Principal character S by Mr C. Kean. To coneude with THE HA LT OF TUE BALLET. TELEJLTRE ROYAL ,DELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. WeNster.—Dtrectress, Madame Celeste. TIIIS EVENING, Ccr. 20. Will 'e performed an origi ial Drama in Four Actq, called THE SUMMER STORM, with new scenery, dresses, aprointments,f4 Attes which, A -MOVING TALE. To conclude with the screaming Burlesque of NORMA. ROYAL OLYMPIC THE TRE Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. TIIIS EVENING, ()cr. 2 ), Will to performed l MA.TCII Ig 1110. D IRK. Prtncipal ehr r,cters by Messrs A. IV gall. F. Viring, E. Cl.t.on, and Danvers lllts3 "'Araks I, and Mrs A. Wigan Tc >o Icillwed by a Farce, caled A P.LIG7.ITED BEING, in which Mr. Rob3on will appear. To conelt.de with :CO OULIGF. BENSON. STRAND TIIEATRE. S)le Lessee Mr. F. W.lllcroft. ETP.NI NO, Ocr. 20, Wlll be performed 3WF,ETHENIIT.S AND WIVES. !ler T:IE NEW WAGS OF WINDSOR. Y«,!!;:wecl by FAUST Ain MARGUERITE. MepbistoPheirs. Yr. lIallord; Fast, Mlv G. 1.1(xlson ; Margeerite, Miss li. Gordeli. 4.4.; 110,..13, 21. ; ?it. 14.; nallerY, 6‘ 1 .; rrivlto is " .0 ,0 x• 'Mt (;f Mr. AKeroft. n, New Ror.d-street.. 1:4,71. ET'S ROYAL ASTI' FITT HEAT E r.iper,ee snit Manazer, Mr. VFllll:rin gly,rtly wTi proluced, a 0 , 71 STI `.OLITARY SPECTACLE. rwirativ. of ',resew. Prowesa. Folir hundred axil , aiie , a-e and tioth the Sta4e and ;he Ring will , lauillane co isly einployed in the reprtseniation or this Great National podrams. THIS EVILN !NO., TTIF. IV'IOTOSAN'S ITORSF.; or, TIM FALsr. IZNIGIIT. Amer which, a vat ty ut grsph'c anti I.) , SCE XES in ;•0 ennewle with a Gil 'LND EIII;I.7.MA.TICAT, ENTREE of rtv;l4lld aid Fiance, w;t'l a narnbtr cf Lvytlairl Patristic Staqe T :WcAti x. ft,:t eice oven from Ele-en till Four. Stage Maumee, vr. West. Avtlnf.r, Ntanager, Mr. W. IL Cooke. E.ritleAriln Direct r. FII 'll WATER AT LONDON 10,111Gic T 8 ;, AT 1". gvcning s T mu, Yo-ming sG rtin.sftex 1 Ltveniut. 41 mw.at.. 1 TT WEATI3 glt.—Suts Orrics, Oct. 20. TiII7BNIOXICTSR, 13 Tlllll Si ADR. 62 highest since noon yesterday. 48 lowest this morning stud during the night. 54 cI,4P thy at noon. R n att, 2J 4Z—;t sadden fall o:" hal: an inch since y 0 3t snlay , N.W. to W.N.W.—Light, with dirty rainy w eather. THE "COMING" CAPTURE SEBASTOPOL WILL BE PUBLISHED IN AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION "THE SUN" THE MOMENT THE EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE IS ISSUED, TO&7TITER WITH A LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED Orders received by all News Agents, and at " THE SUN" OFFICE, 112, Strand, Landon. . j LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1854, Further news from the Crimea. And this time real "news ;" that is, to say, the information is carried forward five additional days, and we are now in possession of advices to the Bth instant, while those previously received only extended to the 3d. It will thus be seen that Lord RAG- LAN, or the officers at the Crimea, are not respon sible for the delays that have taken place in th transmission of intelligence—that, on the con trary, despatches were sent' in due course on the Bth instant. LDTCI STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE: it wits that, with that profound contempt for public opinion of which ho has recently given so many striking proofs—that love of mystery, which is regarded as an important part of the diplomatic cliaraeer, did not think it worth his while to ar.ail himself of the Electric Telegraph, or to send a Tatar to Bucharest or Belgrade, or any point where the telegraph is in operation. Thus it was that the public anxiety was strained to so great a degree of intensity, that such general excitement prevailed amongst persons of all classes and ranks in society. The Noble diplomatist should learn that such conduct is not merely v exatious, but highly cul pable. fie thereby permits Russia to obtain the pri ority, and to circulate its highly emberlisheci,if not ut terly false, statements throughout Europe for days before any antidote can be received in the shape of authentic tidings. This may be fraught with very serious results. Other nations, misled by erroneous accounts, may take steps hostile to the interests of the Western Powers, which they would afterwards gladly recall. We all recollect how Austria committed itself by the congratula tions forward e d France on the successes in the Crimea, when the false rumours respecting the fall of Sebastopol induced FRANCIS JOSEPH to suppose that the pow er of hi s , brother Emperor in the Euxine had been Permanently crippled. Equally unfounded rumours may have a similar effect on other Sovereigns, who may be induced to commit themselves as greatly in favour of NICHOLAS as FRANCIS JOSEPH did agai • nst him. If any such result should follow, it his mild un questionably be ascribed to the gross negligence and culpable apathy of the English Ambassador at Constantinople. It may be said that there was nothing to re quire the despatch of a special messenger or a communication through the electric telegraph— that the intelligence was not sufficiently important o warrant the outlay. We cannot, how ever, admit the argument. Anything that would have appeased the public curiosity and satisfied the craving for authentic intelli gence would have been well worth the cost, which would not constitute any very formidable addition to the expenses of the war, which we hops and believe the AUTOCRAT will speedily be reuirecl to defray. Even the negative testi mony that would prevent tho circulation of false reports would be o 1 vast importance THE SUN, LON DON. FRIDAY EVENING-, OCTOBER 20, 185 4. topol captured now, means Sweaborg, Helsingfor Creastadt, Revel, and St. Petersburg itself cap tured next spring ; and, we trust, Poland restored to nationality, the same or the following year. The Danes take :In interest in the tidings we are waiting for, hardly inferior to our own. They know that the liberation of the Black Sea is but the precursor of the liberation of the Baltic, and that Turkish freedom is most intimately connected with Danish freedom. Nothing, indeed, is more certain than that the first great successful blow at the chief patron of tyranny will raise a European hurrah which will make the ears of every despot tingle. Could all natons but utter their feelings at the " coming event," it would resemble the shout at the acquittal of the seven bishops, which even Royal ears could not misunderstand. The only wonder is how the infatuated Danish Monarch, with his Ministers, dare attempt to confiscate his subjects' liberties at the very time when England and France were pouring forth their blood and treasure that the nations might be free; and while the fleets engaged in this holy war were floating in Danish waters. The Courts-Martial on the Arctic Navigators have been brought to a conclusion. Captains M'CLERE and KELLETT, Commander RICHARDS, and Sir EDWARD BELCHER, were required to answer, before a naval tribunal, for the abandon ment of the vessels entrusted to their respective charges. The cases respecting the three first mentioned distinguished officers was merely formal. They had acted under the orders of superior officers, and, indeed, had no option whatsoever. The discoverer of the North-West passage, was more critically circumstanced than the others. Only four of his men volunteered 'to remain, while it would have taken at least twenty men to bring the vessel home. The Investigator bad been actually in the ice no less than two years and nine months ; her extri cation vas hopclesT, and Captain 111`atiRs and his brave followers well 'deserved " the highest commendation for their exertions," an addition i which the Court very properly alpendecl to it., I verdict. _ _ ... . In Captain KELLETT's and COMlllawler Ilicu.t - a,Ds case there was comparatively no re- sponsiblity. These gallant officers had the di rect orders of Sir EDWARD BELCHER, who did not think proper to consult them on the matter, That officer acted ex mero moti6 ; on his owl sole authority, without according the slighest weight to the opinions of men who, .although under his command, were just as competent as himself to arrive at a sound conclusion. This rather arrogant sclf-suf- EDITIONS. TO TDB EDITOR OP THE SUN. fi&ency led to the result which might have been different if the advice of his coadjutors had been asked and taken into consideration. The distin guished officers were, of course, fully and honour ably acquitted, and, as in the case of Captain M'CLI;RE, a short complimentary address was made by the President of the Court to each on receiving back the swords they had worn with so much honour to themselves, and satisfaction and advantage to their country. Sir EDWARD BELCHER was also acquitted, but not quite so clearly or satisfactorily. The finding was qualified by a declaration that "he should, if circumstances admitted, have conferred with Captain KELLETT." He was simply "acquitted," without the words "fully" or "honourably" being inserted in the finding, and his sword was returned without a single word of any kind from the President. These were trivial but unequivo cal indications that all was not as it should be, and that, although Sir EDWARD BELCHER had not violated his instructions, or exceeded the discre tion reposed in him, he might have acted more efficiently and judiciously. There was not sufficient to warrant a direct censure, nor was there any thing to call for a compliment on his services. He was on his trial, and ho received the benefit of the doubt. It will be in the recollection of our readers, that we by no means approved of the appointment of Sir EDWARD BELCHER to this command. We pointed out the high qualifications and pre-emi nent claims of Captain PENNY to the situation. He it was who had discovered the first traces of FRANKLIN ; and had there been no jealousy of a person merely in the merchant service, who could not attach the magical initials R.N. to his name, the doubts and fears of the nation might long since have been set at rest. He was decidedly the fittest man for the undertaking ; but, as un fortunately he did not hold a commission from " My Lords," his pro-eminent merits could not be recognised or acknowledged. It was a matter of life and death, but like rival physi cians quarrelling over a sick-bed, everything but " etiquette" was disregarded. Capt. AUSTEN would not receive advice from a merchant cap tain, and FRANKLIN and his brave companions were abandoned to their fate, and such a fate, in these dreary and inhospitable regions. Red-tapism prevailed. PENNY would not be appointed, and again we behold a similar result. Even Captain KELLETT would not be suffered to intrude on the councils of Sir E. BELCHER, and our ships are abandoned, and, what is far worse, the brave CoLLINsoN and his companions left to brave their trials alone. Will men ever profit by experience ? Will the Ad miralty deign to lay aside its crotchets, and for once act, in a matter of such vital importance, in accordance with the dictates of common sense, rather than official precedents, or ridiculous "etiquette." Can "My Lords," or any of their subordinates, emancipate themselves from their "red-tape" fetters, which seem even more binding than " adamantine chains." SIB BULWER LYTTON AND HIS CHEAP SIR,—A libellous statement having been issued by Messrs. S. Low and Son, in their Publishers' Circular of the 16th instant, to the effect that —" It is currently reported that the agreement between Sir Bulwer Lytton and Mr. Routledge has been rescinded," we lose not'a moment in asking you to permit us, through the medium of your widely-circulated columns, to give a most un qualified denial to Messrs. S. Low and Son's unwarrant able assertion. So far from there being the slightest truth in this attack upon our house, we most positively and unequivocally assert, that not only does our agree ment with Sir Bulwer Lytton remain intact, but that we have fulfilled every engagement we entered into with him. We have communicated with Sir Bulwer Lytton, .who is at present absent from town, but immediately that we are in receipt of his answer we shall make it public. We may also be allowed to add that, se far from the issue of Sir Bulwer Lytton's works not answer ing, as Messrs. S. Low and Son have insinuated, the circulation has been quite equal to our expectations.— We are, Sir, your obedient servants, GEO. ROITTLEDGE and CO, 2, Farringdon-street, Oct. 19, 1854. COLLISIONS AT SEA. TO THE'EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The melancholy fate of the Arctic steamer re minds us of an expedient that has been resorted t• by seamen of old, to stop a leak of a magnitude similar to that by which the Arctic foundered. To stop such a leak, a sail should be brought over it ; to do this, the bights of two ropes, weighted, should be passed under the bow and keel and brought to the leak, one rope abaft it and the other before it. The ends of the ropes should then be bent to the clews of the sail ; two ropes should also be bent to the earing cringles. The sail so prepared should be put overboard ; the ropes leading under the keel being hauled upon, will bring the sail into tolerably close contact with the planking around the leak ; in this position of the sail it can, by slinging a man and putting him overboard with some wooden battens of suitable length and substance, Rails and hammer, be secured around the margin of the leak, which may be at, or a hale below the water line. When there are many passengers, as was the case in the Arctic, they should be sent over to the side, with weights that can be transported, opposite the leak, so as to give the vessel a heel, that the leak may be brought further out of the water for the purpose of securing the sail. The Arctic was injured on the starboard bow ; the passengers should have assembled ; on the port quarter. The leak, as described, being to a great extent stopped, the damage can he sufficiently repaired, by planking over all, to enable the vessel to proceed on her voyage. From the increase of shipping a collision is of daily occurrence ; would it not, therefore, be well for passenger ships to be prepared with some convenient means for stopping a leak ready for immediate use, in the event of such an accident as that which has befallen the Arctic October 19th. A NAVAL OFFICT,I4. to the community. We do not, however, propose a private subscription to remedy these lathes. The Government should do its own work ; and there is no reason why the communications may not be materially expedited—first, by more fre quent telegraphic despatches ; and, secondly, by placing a number of steamers, such as the Vivid, I &c., on the line between Constantinople and Mar seilles, so as to have arrivals, during the continu ance of the war, at least twice a week at the latter port, without any delays during the passage. The present advices have been received per the Pharamond, which left Constantinople on the 10th, and reached Marseilles yesterday. We hear from Balaklava to the Bth instant. At that time " the siege works were fully protected by entrenchments against attacks, and that the ma teriel amounted to 400 guns." No offensive movement had been made during the interval by Prince MENSCHIKOFF. It was expected that the firing would shortly commence, and that a breach would be effected within 48 hours. Bl laklava had been completely fortified, and our position was so strong that it could be maintained against any possible attack that could be made, even if the Russian forces were quadrupled. The arrangements are said to be so perfect as o leave no possible doubt of speedy and coal- plete success. The defenders of Sebastopol are said to be completely disheartened since their un expected defeat on the Alma, where, it is said, they have lost between 7,000 and 8,000 men. Should anything be accomplished worthy of a telegraphic communication, in the opinion of Lord STRATFORD, we may have tidings in another day or two. The present intelligence was twelve (lays coming, and experience has shown that it might be received in seven, or at the farthest eight, days. But for the all-absorbing military struggle in which we are now engaged, the political one in amunark would have most deeply interested the English public. And even now, while we await in breathless suspense the next authentic tidings from Sebastopol, we by no means forget the battle of another kind at Copenhag;ni. They ar© indeed pxrts of one great whole. The Danish King and the traitors by whom he has surrounded hirris'M tre but fighting in another form the Russian b tttle. Thr...ir object is to Secure a reversion to :he great Northern BArbarian of the state whicl [s the key almost of the Baltic, and also to sub, vert its liberties all ready to the hand of a Czar, MENSCIIIKOFF in the Crimea and OERSTED in Don. mark are almost equally the tools of Nicno LAS. The • chief difference is that the one s working openly for him, tho other covertly ; one would have secured for him, by violence as well as' by intrigue, the substantial power in Turkey ; the other, with his Monarch, is aiming, by a coup d'etat and the illegal subversion of a constitution, to place ultimately th© . free and brave Danes at the feet of the CZAR of Russia. We trust that the unworthy Monarch and his advisers have overshot the mark in their attempt to subvert the constitution of 1848 ; a constitu tion as moderate as any Tory in this country could desire. Probably all will depend upon the mili tary. The whole civil population axe unanimous against the illegal edict of July, which proposed to do away with the House of Representatives, and to bestow upon a biennial council of notables very limited political powers. Public demon strations of several kinds, some even threatening to the hypocritical King himself, have fully re vealed to the Cabinet that they have not the slightest chance with the population ; that should they dismiss the present Parliament they would have one even more unanimous in determination to eject them from office. It is stated that the military are being concentrated around the seat of deliberations, but there is not the slightest j symptom at present of the representatives being overawed. We trust this arises not only from courageand a sense of duty to their country, but also froth a knowledge that the soldiers share with the people the Danish love of liberty, and that though they might be relied on to protect the person of the SOVEREIGN from popular violence, yet the* may be equally relied on to do no vio lence tlJemselves to the constitutional representa tives of their father-land. The Parliament itself has taken a noble and decided stand. With not one dissenting voice it carried a proposition to appoint a commission to draw up an indictment against the Ministry. The more eminent clergy, many of whom had been elected as members, were unanimous in condem nation of the illegal and demoralising conduct of the Ministry ; the speech of Bishop MoNRAD, a man of great influence, who had been driven from his bishopric for anti-Ministerial conduct last year, was received with loud and even tumultuous cheering. The address to the KING, which was very moderate in tone, for the Danish Commons, like ours in their dealings with CHARLES 1., seem able to combine formal deference to Royalty, with a firm determination to assert their rights, was carried with one dissentient, and he opposed it only as being of too negative a cha racter. But it was on the 14th that the grand struggle took place, and, as our readers will have seen, most 'decisive was the victory of the Danish and constitutional party. The second and final reading of the motion came on, to appoint a council of nine to draw up articles of impeachment against the Ministry for issuing the illegal ordinance of July, and for financial delinquencies, and it was carried by 80 to 6, although, of course, the whole power of the Go yeluic.nt was unscrupulously employed to obtain a different result. If things can only take their legal course, the Ministry must of course be driven ignominiously from office, and, it is to be hoped, driven into banishment also, or confined to a prison. Men who will lend themselves to the subversion of a nation's liberties, and abet the illegal schemes of a Monarch aiming at despotic power ought, for example's sake, to suffer the milder punishment which the advancing civi lisation of the North and West has substituted for the scaffold. The Danes, whose blood England so largely shares, are a race naturally destined for free in stitutions, and all free countries must sympathise with them in the present crisis ; but in additio n to this, the indepe ndence of the little kingdom is a subject of European concern. The Sound dues, about which so much has been said, are, in fact, but a tribute to its weakness. It were probably better that a tax paid as a kind of charity, by Powers who could so easily refuse it, should be done away. It is pauperising to Denmark, and a burden on the Baltic trade. The chief concern Of Europe is that the inlet to the great Scandinavian Sea should belong neither to Sweden, Russia, Germany, nor Denmark, but to all the commercial world, and this is best secured by the thorough independ ence of all the Balti c St ates. If Sweden trem b les before the CZAR, if Pru ss i a em b races hi m) if Denmark bows to him, he will ere long . have power to make the whole of that inland sea one vast Sebastopol. We hope the news is on it s way from this latter place, which will materially affect the position of all the Scandinavian States. Sebas- RLIAMENT. LATEST NEW S. PROROGATION OF PA HOUSE OF LORDS —YESTERDAY. This being the day to which Parliament stood pro rogued, in pursuance of the Order in Council, and by ' virtue of her Majesty's commissio n, the House of Lords met for the purpose of the Lords Commissioners, in the name of the Queen, continuing the prorogation until Thursday, the 16th of November next. .The Lords Commissioners present were the Right Hon. the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, and Earl Granville. As usual on these occasions, a large number of ladies and their friends were present, being admitted as spectators behind the bar ; but the ceremony being of so simple and formal a character, no interest whatever can be created. The Lords Commissioners met at half-past three o'clock, and having taken their seats in front of the throne, The LORD CHANCELLOR rose, and having stated that their lordships had met, by virtue of her Majesty's commission, for the further prorogation of Parliament, commanded Mr. Pulman, the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, to summon the House of Commons to appear at the bar, to hear the commission read. Mr. Putman, having retired for that purpose, shortly afterwards returned, accompanied by Sir Denis Le Mar chant, chief clerk, and other officers of the house, as the representatives of her Majesty's most faithful Commons. Mr. Shaw Lefevre, deputy clerk of the house, then read the commission, proroguing Parliament until Thursday, the IGth of November next. The LORD CHANCELLOR then, in the usual man ner, in the name of her Majesty, declared Parliament prorogued to that day accordingly. Their lordships then rose and retired. SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL, PARIS, FRIDAY MOI The Alreoniteur confirms the intelligenuce of a sortie atheligapted by the garrison of Sebas . topol. It says, the Charge d'Affaires of France: at Con stantinople, writing on the 10th, informs the Minister of Foreign Affairs, that the captains of the steam transports just arrived from the' Crimea state that the besieged had attempted ti, sortie against our Edege works,, and that they bad been vigorously repulsed. The Porte has sent a reinforcement , cff 4,000 men to the Ottoman corps which forms, part of the expedition., PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING, Oar,. 19. The following despatch has been ;received here : " MARSEILLES, TIIIIR,S:DAY. " The Pharamond has arrived here, wit' i Gene ral Thomas on board, convalescent. Sh e brings advises from Constantinople of the 10 C,h, and Balaklava Bth October. " The siege works were covered with ertx:trench ments against attacks from without. " Prince Menschikoff had not made any offen• sive movement. " The siege materiel amounted to 400 guns. " The firing was shortly to commence. It was thought that a breach would be made in forty- eight hours. "Balaklava was perfectly fortified. " The Pprte sends 10,000 men there, the half of which embarked on the 9th. " The Turkish Ambassador, on leaving -Persia, was decorated by the Shah, and escortwd by a company of guards to the frontier. He "Leaves a charge d'affaires there. " 4,500 French had left the Piraeus for the Crimea, on board the squadron of Barhier de Tinan." PARTS, THURTI)A.Y. The Patric says that the private correspondence by the Levant packet-boat which arrived a t Mar seilles this morning, announces that the siege batteries were established before Sebastopol on the 7th, and that the bombardment was to commence on the 9th. It was expected that the town would be carried about the 18th. Russian deserters had stated that Prince Men. schikoff had received no reinforcements. It was said that the besieged had made a sortie, but that it had been vigorously repulsed. It is also said that the Government have re-- ceived a despatch from General Canrobert, in which he says that the Allies occupy an impreg nable position, defended by 80,000 men and 200 guns, and that they could repel the attack of 200,000 Russians. CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 12. Advices from Balaklava, of the Bth inst., bring no intelligence of importance. The bombardment of Sebastopol was to com mence on the 14th. The siege fortifications were advancing. VIENNA, OCT. 19. Advices from Odessa, of the Bth inst., have ;he following : Prince Gortschakoff is here. Prince Menschi koff is at Perekop ; his army is at Sebastopol. The Allies will begin the siege at all points between the 10th and 12th inst. Another despatch, of the same date, is as fo Lows : Advices from Sebastopol of the 16th report .iat nine batteries of the first lines were mounted on the Bth. Large Russian reinforcements were going to the Crimea by forced marches. The bombardment with howitzers commenced on the 11th. The Allies had already received. considerable reinforcements. had left for the Crimea. Constantinople letters of the 12th state that 1,000 men of the foreign legion and 4,000 Turks A Russian corps, estimated at 15,000 men, was posted on the Tchernaya, near Sebastopol. The opening of the great operation was expected daily. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe had obtained a firuaan suppressing the traffic in Circassian and Georgian slaves. _ _ The Presse states that, as a consequence of the correspondence which fell into the hands of the Allies at the battle of the Alma, some very im portant arrests have taken place at Varna. IBRAILA, OCT. 8. A large number of Russians were at Toultscha, Isaktcha, and Matschin. THE CRIMEA. The accounts received by the French Go vernment are of a very satisfactory kind. The opinion of General Canrobert is, that the position of the Allies at Balaklava is impregnable. With the reinforcements that have arrived the force of the allies now amounts to 80,000 men, with 200 pieces of cannon. With a position defended by some heights, and by the sea, and with such a force, it is declared on competent authority that it would require 200,000 Russians to attack them with any chance of success. General Canrobert is said to speak in the most sanguine manner as to the success of the attack projected against Sebas topol, and declares that there is not the slightest cause for anxiety. On the whole, the despatches are described to be most cheering, and certainly hold out the Lope that the question which has so long and so intensely engaged public attention w ill be solved speedily and gloriously. MARSHAL ST. ARNAUD'S SUCCESSOR. We find the following in a letter receive who is from Paris this morning:—" Marshal Vail lant, said to be rather tired of his functions as so W me ar Minister, would gladly exchange them for more active duties. He had entertained the hope of being the successor of Marshal St. Arnaud in the command of the army in the Crimea, and if anything prevented him from pushing on his claim it was the apprehension of arriving too late at Sebastopol. The private feeling of the Emperor was in favour of Canrobert, who, on the first starting of the expedition, had been named as the successor of St. Arnaud, in case of anything occurring to the latter. AloreoYer, the Emperor was unwilling to do anything which would in the slightest degree wear even the ap. pearauco of a slight to the English General. THE RUSSIAN FLEET. The Lloyd of the 15th has the following news of the 7th from the Crimea :--The A 11 1 .6.7 Mena" And liairitS6 tilt) Russians in all directions, in ureter 10 learn their power of defence, and to discover 4, 41 'e I best points of atts,ok. On the 4th the Rwisian COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, OCT. 19. The following bad the honour of dining with her Ma jesty yesterday,—his Serene Highness Prince Victor of Hohenlobe, the Bishop of New Zealand, Sir James Clark, Lieutenant-Colonel Edwards (commanding the ISth Royal Irish), and Mr. Gibbs. The Queen's private band attended after dinner in the Castle, and played the following selection : Overture, " Zanetta" Coro der Dervische and Marseh, "Dio Rudman von Athen" A.uber. Selection Ballet—" La Estrella." The Queen and Prince walked in the grounds adjoin ing the Castle this morning. The Royal children took their accustomed exercise. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and Prince Victor of Holienlohe, rode out on horseback in the forenoon, attended by Colonel F. H. Seymour. Their Royal Highnesses the Dachess and Princess Mary of Cambridge are expected to-day on a visit to her Majesty. The following have been invited, and are also expected this afternoon :—The Prussian Mini: ter and Countess Von Bernstorff, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Lord Burgher h, and Colonel Sir Charles Hamilton (Scots Fusilier Guards). Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge anal the Princess Mary left their residence at Kew yes terday afternoon for Windsor Castle. Mr. John Wood, chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, and Mr. Pro-sly had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer-yesterday at his official re sidence in Dowsing-street. Despatches were sent last evening from the Colonial office fur the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and also for the Governors of Malta and Hong Kong. A Cabinet Council will be bel e Foreign Office, this day, at three o'clock. The Nubia, which leaves Southampton with the India and China mail to-day, will take out a quantity of me- dical stores for the Crimea. The Queen of the South Steamer, belonging to the General Screw Company, will take out troops to the Crimea from Portsmouth. ....... Recruiting for the Guards has been actively going on in the Isle of Wight. The Archbishop of Canterbury ~. as collated the Rev. Charley T. Astley, 8.A., incumbent of Holwell, near Lechlade, to the vicarage of Margate, Kent, rendered vacant by the preferment of the Rev. John Fentinian Lingham, M.A , to the rectory of Lambeth. Sir John Craven Carden, Bart., of the Priory, has, in the most liberal manner, presented the church and parish of Templemore with a costly and beautiful bell. OPENING OF THE NEW TRAINING COLLEGE AT EXETER. —On Wednesday the New Training College erected on the Old B Ith-road, about a quarter of a mile from the city of Exeter, was opened with great ceremony. THE NORTH-WEST PANCRAS PAROCHIAL ASSOCIATION. —Tbe anniversary of the establishment of this associa tion was celebrated on Wednesday evening at the Vic toria Tavern, Mornington-road ; Henry Farrer, Esq., churchwarden, in the Chair. MANCHESTER AND SALFORD SANITARY ASSOCIATION. —The annual meeting of the Manchester and Salford Sanitary Association was held yesterday at the Town hall, Manchester, and was presided over by the Lord Bishop of the diocese. DOCKING AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.—The anni versary meeting of this association was held on Saturday, at Docking. The distribution of prizes, which took pace in the grounds of the Rev. H. J. Hare, was super intended by W. Hogge, Esq., and H. E. Myth, Esq., is the presence of a large party of the gentry and farmers of t'Ae district. Upwards of 701. were presented to about 100 persons ROYAL ASYLUM FOR DECAYED WATEEMEN AND LIGHT ERMEN.—The annual dinner for the benefit of this bene volent society was given yesterday evening, at the Lon don Tavern, when upwards of two hundred gentlemen were present. We understand that the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel has it in contemplation to open a fund for maintaining an additional number of clergymen at the seat of war. EVENING CLASSES FOR YOUNG MEN.—Last evening a lecture was delivered at Crosby-hall, by the Rev. A. C. Smith, upon "The Invention and Early History of the Art of Printing. SERIOUS COLLISION ON THE OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY.—On Wednesday last a col lision took place on this line, near Hartlebury, which providentially was net attended by loss of life, although it appears marvellous that the passengers escaped as they seem to have done. ABATEMENT OF CHOLERA.—Yesterday morning the board of guardians for the parish of St. George in the East, Middlesex, issued orders for the closing of the cholera hospital, No. 3, Bath-terrace, Back-road, Can non-street, in consequence of the total disappearance of the epidemic among the poor inhabitants. The medical officers and nurses have been discharged, and the build ing is at present untenanted. LONGEVITY.—On the 7th of October, Mrs. Susan Ahlett died at Weybread, in the county of Suffolk, aged 104 years. She enjoyed the use of her faculties until the last year of her life. MALTA —According to advices from-Malta. of the 12th, the Persian, which had been in collision with the Ganges in the Sea of Alarmora, had suffered considerable damage, and was forced to return to Constantinople. Lieutenant N. C. Singer, of the Royal Artillery, who was one of the passengers, had been killed. The rectory of Skeyton, with the rectories of Oxnead and Buxton annexed, near Soottow, in the diocese of Norwich, has become vacant by the death of the Rev. Henry Anson, M.A. (instituted 1807). The benefice, which is worth 7001. a year, is in the gift of Sir Samuel Bignold. CHOLERA. IT BRADFORD.—We regret to state that within the past few days nine or ten cases of malignant cholera have occurred, at Bradford, Yorkshire. Active measures are being taken by the local authorities to arrest the spread of the contagion. on Wednesd a y morning at Manchester, during walls were blo wn down, THE STORM IN LA.NCASHIRE.—There was a v iolent e was done, besides severa l p erson s mu a r n aing d others placed in conside ra bl e d ange r. sabtneoaidrnnmgoohot injured,ehf se w tre i r n ,d d and ad Loan or MAILS.—A letter from Messrs. William Carson and Sons, of Dublin, states that a bag of letters from Liverpool to Dublin was lost before reaching Holy head oa Tuesday evening. The Bavarian Government has just published an official return of the oases of cholera which have taken place in that country up to the 30th of September last, from which it appears that 12,753 persons were attacked, and that 6,163 deaths ensued.—Paris paper. The city of Milan has been but little visited by cholera, though the epidemic was raging at no great distance from it. The total number of cholera patients since the 31st of July only amounts to 44 up to the 7th instant, some of whom were strangers. SPANISH FINANCIAL COMMISSION.—This commission has issued a notice stating that the Spanish Government has decided that the sum of 375,000 reals which was as signed for the 34th auction of the foreign redeemable debt, shall be increased to 750,000 reals, owing to the suspension of the auction in July last, through the politi cal events of that period. All the materiel of the submarine telegraph destined to unite Elsinore in Denmark with Helsingborg in Swe den has arrived from England in the latter place, and the laying dawn *1 the cable containing the electric wires has commenced. The distance is about 5i miles. When completed, Stockholm, which is in 59 deg. 20 min. north latitude, will be in direct communication with Milan, and with all the electric lines of Denmark, Gtrmany, Belgium, and France.—Galignani. PLATE ROB/ART.—lnformation has been forwarded to the Metropolitan police stations of a robbery having been perpetrated on Monday last, at the chambers of W. It Turner, Esq., 1, Field-court, Gray's-inn, when three silver tankards were carried off by the thieves. One of them is engraved with a crest, a lion reclining with his fare-paw on a cross, and a T underneath ; an other bearing the inscription, "Ilex Beating Club, pair oar match, J. H. Turner, 17th July, 1854 ;" and the third is inscribed " R oya l Thames National Regatta, 1854." A. reward has been offered, and the police are actively engaged, but no trace has yet been discovered of the property or the depredators. SELF-MUTILATION BE A SOLDIER OF THE GUAEDS.— During the past week notice has been given that a cer tain number of the first battalion of Grenadier Guards was destined for speedy embarkation on active service, and among the number thus required was the 7th com pany of the Ist battalion, stationed at the Wellington Barracks. A private of the company, named Cumming, expressed his disinclination to go abroad, and the day after herl.ring the int•Alivnee he went to a retired part of the barracks, and taking fl.ll.lteln,t, chopped off OP first and second fingers of his lett hand. He was con veyed to the hospital in Rochester-row, and will be tried by a court-martial as soon as he has recovered. fleet left the smaller war harbour, and took a posi tion on the northern shore of the large harbour, between Fort Catherine and Battery No. 9. The Copirte Zeitung's Correspondenz has the re liable intelligence from Galatz that the Russian reinforcements advancing to the Crimea will con centrate at Perekop, and there remain. Prince Menschikoff will retreat to Perekop, in case of Sebastopol being taken. After the landing of the Allies at Eupatoria, Prince Menschikeff received instructions from St. Petersburg to hold the position in the Alma for two months. This would have al lowed time for fresh troops to come up. The battle of Alma having been lost, the attempt to relieve Sebastopol may be given up. According to advices fromVarna, of the 6th inst., a despatch had arrived there from Lord Raglan, ordering that no more Turkish troops should be transported to the Crimea, as the forces already in the Crimea were sufficient for every operation. There wore then about 8,000 Turks at Varna. French and English troops continue to leave Kustendjo and Bourgas for the Crimea. The above authority intimates the number of the Russian cavalry in the Crimea at 20,000 men. With the reserves, the force of the Allies in cavalry cannot now be much under 16,000 men. The following telegraphic despatches have been received. in Paris : " CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 0. —News from the Crimea, of the sth, has been received in this capital. It an nounces simply the immense preparations which the allied troops are making for the bombardment of Se bastopol. The besieged, on their side, aro taking all the measures possible to defend themselves against the attacks of the besieging armies, who were making pro gress in advance. The Bosphorus is continually crowded with large transports, laden with provisions for the army. The transport of troops is also incessant—those of the Piraeus were on their march." MARSEILLES, Oct. 18.—The embarkation of troops for the East continues every day at Marseilles and Tou lon. All the Levant steamers that call be obtained are engaged as transports. Strong detachments of artillery have arrived at Marseilles. The frigate Sand ran aground at Toulon when starting, but was got off again. She is to take 1,000 Zouaves from Algiers. The Levant steamer is overdue." The Aron steamer, which arrived on the 4th at Constantinople from Odessa, brought word that when she entered the latter port with the wounded Russians, under a flag of truce, the commander of the place immediately. made ar rangements for the landing of these men. Soon after, a considerable number of Russian of ficers came on board the steamer, and in Bpi . ° of the witnesses of their defeat, who were on board, they refused to believe that the Allies could have gained the battle of the Alma. They at last only gave way on learning that. the Allies had seized on Bahl:lava, and were beginning to invest Sebastopol. The Avon loft on the morning of the sth for Varna, where she is to take on board 2,000 French troops for the Crimea. TURKEY. THE SICK AND WOUNDED. CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. s.—The British sick and wounded in the hospitals at Scutari now number several thousands. The greater proportion of the wounded are severely so, and the greatest care is requisite to keep up their strength. Numbers have undergone amputation of either leg or arm, and are in critical situations ; whilst the sick are no less heavily afflicted by either cholera, fever, or dysentery. These are sad revelations, but they are no less true. The wounded . French are getting on very well, so are their sick, and though they are somewhat short . ' of hands, it is in much more favourable proportion; beds, coverlids, bandages, lint, &c., had all been prepared beforehand. Their wounded number from 1,400 to 1,500, but their sick are very numerous. There is a convent of French Scours de Charitie here, who render the most valuable services at the French hospitals. You may see these ladies trudg ing along Pera-street, followed by a couple of sol diers carrying baskets with medicine, and as they pass, in their long black robes and clean white caps, the Turks stare open-mouthed and in astonish ment at this new species of Giaour genus ferninino'. They are a great blessing in an hospital, and the wounded man knows how to appreciate a woman's hand to allay his sufferings. A French physician to whom I was speaking the other day, assured me that one of these women was of more use than all the assistants put together who had been iu at tendance at the hospital, and who never knew where to find anything, or when to bring it. THE PRINCIPALITIES. The Presse says that the Turkish Ambassador at the Court of Vienna, Arif Effendi, has officially communicated to the Austrian Cabinet that Omer Pacha will begin offensive operations against Bes sarabia shortly, and will arrive at Bucharest in a few days, in order to arrange there his plan of attack with the Imperial generalissimo. It is said that Lord Raglan has called upon Omer Pacha to hasten his movements. The Moldavian Secretary of State, Alek© Sturdza, and Colonel Aleko Mavrody, are expected to arrive hero from Jassy to-day or to morrow. The object of their journey is to accom pany the Hospodar of Moldavia, Prince Ghika, on his return to the 'principality. Baron von Bach and Dervish Pacha, the Turkish commissioner in the principalities, will, it is understood, receive the Prince at Jassy. The fortifications at Giurgevo are rapidly ap ' proaching completion. They consist of a tete de pont, three rows of walls, and a broad ditch, provided with conduits. A fort is to be built early in the next year. The whole will present a very formi dable appearance. It is announced from Dalmatia that the Governor of Turkish Bosnia, Dervish Pacha, has gone to Drobniak, in order to co-operate with Addi Pacha in the occupation of the Montenegrin frontiers. He has 20,000 men and thirty pieces of cannon at his disposal. RUSSIA. St. Petersburg advices of the 18th state that up to the 12th the enemy (the allies) bad not moved from Bala,klava nor undertaken anything against Sebastopol. The Journal de St. Petersbourg of the 14th con tains a telegraphic despatch from Vienna of the 4th inst., stating that the commissioners of thelVestern Powers and of Austria and Turkey had met at Con stantinople to arrange the question of the protec torate on the basis of the proposal made by the Austrian Cabinet. The National Gazette of Berlin has the following letter from St. Petersburg, dated the 10th :--" is stated that the troops who have withdrawn from the Principalities are to occupy the governments ad joining the Austrian frontiers. They are the 3d, 4th, and sth corps-d'armee, under the command of Prince Gortschakoff. The second division of the guard has been sent to Byalestorck (formerly. Prussian). Gen. Ofrosemon, who commands that division, has also proceeded there. General Schwarz has set out for the western governments, in order to prepare cantonments there for the troops. General Prince Leon Radziwill has gone to Moscow. Gen. Reuberg has left for the station of Okalow ; and Gen. Korsakow, head of the artillery of the garrison of St. Petersburg, for Karwa. The field-laza re tto left styimmediatel after the guards. The EMpSTOT inspected it Gtchina." ST. PETERSBURG, SEPT. 29 (OcT. 11). His Majesty the Emperor has deigned to address, under date of Sept. 26 (Oct. 8), the following letter to the General A.D.C. and Artillery-General Prince Gortschakoff, commanding the troops of the 3d, 4th, and sth corps of infantry “Prince Michael Demitriiivitch, by a ukase addressed to the Directing Senate, and by an order of the day to the army, we have named you commander-in-chief of our army of the south, and we have conferred on you all the privileges of the commander•in-chiefs in time of war, by virtue of the regulation of Dec. 5 (17),1846. At the same time have submitted to your jurisdiction,with the rights of co mmander-in -chief : Lt. The Governments of Podolia, Poltava, Kharkoff, Catherinoslaff, together with the city and suburbs of Taganrog, Kherson, the northern part of the Government of Taurida, as far as the isthmus of Perekop, and the province of Bessarabia ; 2ndly, All the troops stationed in these Governments and this pro vince, excepting the reserve and the depot of cavalry and horse artillery, cantoned in the districts of the mi litary colonies, whioh will remain under the immediate orders of the inspector of the cavalry of reserve. We are assured that you will fully justify the confidence we repose in you. " We remain for ever your well-affected (Signed) " NICHOLAS." —St. Petersburg Journal. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Oct. 17.—The Prussian reply to the last communication of the Cabinet of 'Vienna only contains two or three points worth mentioning. It is declared that the explanations given by Aus tria leave no doubt that the question to know if the Danubian principalities can, notwithstanding the Austrian occupation, become again the theatre of the war, depends entirely upon military mea sures, and that in taking those measures no regard will be given to German interests. It is, therefore, declared impossible to recognise that the ulterior consequences of those measures would fall under the dispositions of Article 2 of the convention of the 20th April. As regards the four points, it is declared that the first two corro,pond to Germ in interests ; it is :a -1 'flitted that the free navigation of the Danube im -I;es a German interest, and that 54 the Russian P's- • protectorate might make place to another ar rangement more compatible with the interests of Germany ;" and consent is given that the Federal Diet shall pronounce itself in this sense in a suit able form. Such are the essential contents of the note. What is very remarkable is, that a change is taking place in the views of the German States. The majority wl4h Prussia couuted upon in the Diet is daily dwindling away and becoming doubt ful ; and if Prussia does not hasten to leave the Bamberg associates in the lurch, the Bamberg associates will leave Prussia in the lurch. It is hoped, however, that these extremes will beavoided, and that the Federal Diet will find some middle course which will be made acceptable equally to Prussia and Austria. GERMANY. A letter from Berlin, of October 13, in Toss's Gazette, says : " The Government of Mexico has just notified to Prussia and Saxony that it intends putting an end to the treaties of commerce and navigation at present existing between them, so that these treaties will be brought to a close in the month of October next. However, the Mexican Government has offered Prussia and Saxony to negotiate new treaties of•the same kind as those which are about to expire, but on new conditions." A letter from Breslau, of October 11, says:— "The daniago caused in Silesia by the late inunda- tiona is estimated at 22,040,000 f., of which 839,800 f. are for corn. The bare repairs of the dykes destroyed will cost 722,000 f. The Provincial Diet of Silesia, which is at present assembled, has decided on applying to the King to authorise the creation of a fund to provide wood and garments for about 10,000 of the persons who have suffered most." The Cologne Gazette contains a letter front Hohenzollern, of the 7th inst., which says : "All the civil and political restrictions to which the ,Tews were subjected in the principality of Hohenzollern have just been abolished. These same restrictions had been already suppressed by an ordonnance of May 16, 1849, issued by the Prince of Hohenzollern ; but some time before the incorporation of this country with Prussia they were re-established." DENMARK. The following address to the King of Denmark was proposed and discussed in the Volksthing on the 16th. It was adopted by a majority of 90 to " Most Gracious King—ln your supreme message to the Diet, your Majesty expressed the hope that the gieat work, regulating the constitutional relations of the monarchy, would be advanced a step by the honest and intelligent co-operation of the present Diet, so that such. work might soon might be terminated in happy union. " The Volksthing will assuredly do its part in this respect, but we consider the first and essential step towards this object to be a public declaration by the Diet to your Majesty, in respect to this affair, so im portant for the future condition of the country—a decla ration that we shall make with all the frankness neces sarily arising from the conviction that we, the legiti mate representatives, are only uttering that which will be universally echoed by the people. "The Volksthing perfectly recognises the necessity that the different countries confided to the sceptre of your Majesty should be brought to a state of union in one firm national constitution, in order that the present complicated state of affairs should be put an end to. We are also convinced that this object can be attained so soon as the work of legislation shall be carried on by a Government that possesses the harmonious confidenoe of both King and people, and that does not overlook the fundamental rights of the Danish nation. "The Danish Diet has unmistakeably shown its readi ness to facilitate the progress and final enactment of one joint constitution, by its having put f ,rth no pretensions to exercise any immediate influence on its contents. But, most gracious King, the Diet, at the same time, has s) acted on the supposition, that the intended joint con stitution, about to include so large a portion of what constitutes the fundamental law of the Danish kingdom, was to be in the main based on representation and the public rights, that it was not to be by its very principle in diametrical opposition to the one which, by a happy agreement between the King and his people, had been given to the latter, and now for some years past has been legally in operation throughout the kingdom of Denmark. "This supposition on the part of the Diet and the people finds ample justification in the contents of your Majesty's proclamation of January 28, 1852. For this reason we never could suppose that the Danish mo narchy, which at your Majesty's accession to the throne received the promise of a representative constitution, together, with Parliamentary co-operation in all finan cial and legislative enactments for the collective affairs of the monarchy, could have been brought back to a po litical condition, that by sad experience has shown itself but little calculated to secure the throne from convul sions. More especially could we not suppose so, since the fundamental law of the Danish kingdom, expressly given as it was to be a defence for the monarchy, has shown its power to preserve the kingdom. " The Danish people, meet gracious King, have vivid and firm conscientiousness of their rights, even in regulation of the affairs of the monar c hy, to talc() their stand upon the constitutional representative basis that supports our present constitution. Hence no Danish Diet can ever renounce its claim that the organ to which the collective affairs of the monarchy have to be entrusted should have full legislative powers, and be at the same time a real representation of the people, thereby guar. anteeing the latter against any undue preponderance of that element that is being introduced into the Assembly by virtue of elections made by the crown. . " With the exception, however, of this claim which no Danish Diet can renounce, your Majesty will find the greatest readiness on the part of the Diet to take any step likely to facilitate the prog,resa of the united constitution. We feel on that account so much the more convinced, that your Majesty will in no respect lend your ear to any counsel, the tendency of which will be to break the bond of union subsisting be tween King and people ; a bond that has given to our constitution its existence and strength. Such counsel would foist upon the reservation contained in the funda mental law a meaning totally at variance with the right signification of that reservation. This was solemnly recognised by the state council of your Majesty, in the declaration that was made in your Majesty's proclama tion of Jan. 28, 1852, at the instigation of the Yolks thing, for the security and satisfaction of the Diet. " Most gracious King, it is during a serious state of things, both at home and abroad, that the Yolks thing addresses itself this time to your Majesty ; but difficult and dangerous times have already tried the King and the people, and they have successfully out lived them in mutual confidence and concord. Hence the Volksthing addresses itself this time also with confi dence to its King, and in the reliance that he will give ear to its words--words that proceed from a lively and sincere care, not only for the welfare of the King and his Crown, but also for the rights of the Danish people, the real bulwark of the entire kingdom in years full of peril to the King and his Crown." FRANCE. The only article of any interest in the Paris journals of this day is one of the Pays (which we give elsewhere) on the siege of Sebastopol. We read in the Moniteur :—" The Marshal Minister of War has received despatches from the General-in-Chief of the army in the East, dated the 3d. No fresh military feat had taken place since the taking possession of Balaklava. The two armies are established in excellent po sitions, the English army drawing its materiel and provisions from Balaklava, and the French from two small bays to the northward of Cape Chersonesus. The position of the two armies has naturally determined their division on the ground before Sebastopol during the siege. The French army will have the left of the attacks from the sea to the South fort ; the English army will have the right from the South fort to the ruins of lukermann. Our army is divided into two corps ; the first, under the command of General Forey and composed of the 3d and 4th divisions, will carry on the siege ; and the second, under General Bosquet and including the Ist and 2d divisions, will form. the corps of observation. The Turkish division is in reserve to act according to circumstances. The English army has made similar dispositions : one part will follow the attacks against the place, while the other, forming a corps of observation, will unite itself with the corps of General bosquet. These arrangements are such as to leave no doubt of the issue of the siege which is about to commence. From the re port of deserters, the morale of the Russian army appears to be much broken down since its disaatar on the Alma, where it is said to have lost from 7,000 to 8,000 men. The Three per Cents, closed to-day at 75f. B'se. for the cncl of the month ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 98f. 40c. ; and the New Loan, at 75f. 70c.; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,207 f. 60c. ; Rouen, 990 f. ; Havre, 562 f. 50c. ; Great North ern, 875 f. ; Strasburg, 840 f.; New Shares, 651 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons. 1,050 f. ; Lyons and the Mediterranean, 855 E; Western of ranee, 675 L ; Bordeaux and Cette, 620 f. ; Great Central of France, 521 f. 25c. ; Lyons and Geneva, 535 f. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 755 f. Estimate of the time required for the conveyance of the mails between Loudon and Constantinople : Day'. Hours. London to Parig 0 10 Stoppage at Paris 0 2 Paris to Lyons ............................. 0 11 Lyons to AVigtiOn . 0 7 Avignon to N.arsoilies Stoppage at Alarseillos .... Marseilles to Constantinople, 1,190 miles, at 14 miles per ho ur Period for transmission of the mail 3 to the MA . ,t , Milo,N elee,trio telagrr,pla 23 Sraciu.—The ahipiuents of specie by the Peninbular and Oriental steamer Nubia amount to 11,700/., of which 10,090/. is gold for Alexandria. b t.