The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-14 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Czazz.za lExAI4. THI4•EVENING, OCT. 14. Will be performed (Sixth time) a eomedietta, entitled LIVING TOO FAST. _ . After which, A HE. BT OF GOLD. Principa' characters by Messrs. Meadows, Addison, Ryder, D. Fisher, Cathcart, and baker ; Misses Heath and Murray, and Mrs. Daly. To conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. linekstone. THIS EVENLSTG, OcT. 14, N% ill be performed THE WHITE HORSE OF THE PEPPERS. Characters by Mes.m Hudson, Villiers, Rogers, Cullenfurd, Braid, and Russell; Misses 6chott, A. Yining, an 1 Lavine. After which, SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Piincipal cha racter by Mr. Wright. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. TIiEATBE 110TAL ,DELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, OcT. 14, d Will be performed the popular Drama of THE DISC,f SON. Principal characters by Messrs. Selby, Murray, ‘r, Keeley; airs. Keeley, and Miss Woolgar. After which, the Farce of CAPERS AND CORONETg. To conclude with the Farce of TH5'. STATION HOVSE. .1 • • ROYAL OLYMPIC TEMA TRZ. '‘i Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, OCT. 14, Will be performed A MATCH IN THE DARK. Principal cha racters by Mr. A. Wigan, and less Fitzpatrick. To be followed by the Comic Drama calle t HUSH MONEY. Characters by Messrs. F. Robson and Emery ; and Mrs. A. Wigan. To conclude with PERFECT CONFIDENCE. STRAND THEATRE. Bole Lessee Mrs F. W. Allen:4. THIS EVENING, Oar. 14, Wlll be performed 'TWAS I. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Mephistopheles, Ir. Raiford; Faust, Miss G. Hodson; Marguerite, Miss H. Gordon. After which, TIIE NEW WAGS OF WINDSOR. To conclude with THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER. 45.; Boxes, 2s. 6d.; Pit, ls.; Gallery, Gd.; Private Boxes II Is., to be had of Mr. Allcroft. 15, New Bond-street. ASTLETS ROYAL AMPRITIMATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke.- THE FALL OF SEBASTOPOL t Mr. William Coolie having despatched an agent to Paris to witness a Gravid Spectacle at the `Cirque Imperial," embracing the principal events of the Eastern War, prerared, on his return, an Equestrian Drama, reserving the denouement, in anticipation et .he late glorious event—an event which has now furnished the author with the most thrilling and powerful incidents. It will shortly be r;oduced on a scale of magni tude never before attempted is England—will introduce 400 Auxi liaries, and combine in its action both the Stage and the Ring. N.B.—The announced piece, the " Siege of Silistria," is withdrawn for the introduction of the recent grand achievement of the Allied Forces. - THIS EVENING, The very interesting Equestrian Spectacle called, THE WOOD MAN'S HORSE; or, THE FALSE KNIGHT. After which. a series of those brilliant and unique SCENES in the CIRCLE, the invention and arrangement of Mr. William Cooke. The whole to conclude with a GRAND ENTREE AMICALE of England and France, Tableaux en the Stage, and :National Dances by Madlles. Christine and Agnes. HIM WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Ting DKr —Morning 38 min.a!ter 6 Evening 9 znin.skft. 7 o vi`ORILOW - Morning 48 ni'n.afted 1 Evening 33 min./M. 8 tHE WEATHER.--Strx Orrtox, Ocr. 14. t vEZILUOMETEB, IN THE SHADE. 55—highest since noon yesterday. 50 —lowest this morning and during the night. 56 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30•37—still falling. qn.—W. to N.W.—Light, with dull cloudy weather and some rain. THE "COMING" CAPTURE SEBA.STOPOL WILL BE PUBLISHED IN AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION "THE SUN" THE MOMENT THE EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE IS ISSUED, TOOETHRR WITH A LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED Orders received by all News Agents, and at " THE SUN" OFFICE, 112, Strand, London. ~~~ fe V; 44, ..J LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1854 In the intervals between the receipt of au thentic intelligence from the seat of war various rumours have been circulated through the doubt ful medium of the Vienna telegraph, or still more suspicious despatches from St. Petersburg. Some of these have been what the old romance writers were accustomed to designate as " founded on facts;" that is to say, a small modicum of truth combined with an immense body of exaggeration, the embellishments being added with the most profuse liberality. Others, however, may be considered pure and unmitigated fiction, without anything to relieve the utter mendacity of the unblushing falsehoods. The non-official commu nications from Vienna may be regarded as speci mens of the former class—those from St. Peters burg, via Berlin, of the latter. The former may be partially true, coloured to suit the wishes of the parties who give it temporary circulation. The latter is almost invariably untrue in every respect, ab initio, being merely based on the stories concocted for the purpose of deluding the vulgar Muscovites into the notion that thetroops of the CZAR are carrying all before them, and defeating in-,every quarter the French and English barbarians who have had the hardi hood to dispute the will of their Imperial Master. The former, then, should be strictly scrutinised before any degree of credence whatsoever be yielded thereto. The latter should be imme diately rejected as unworthy of the smallest par ticle of belief. Two statements have just been circulated, strongly illustrative, and to which, with the autho rity on which tift y e rested, we gave insertion in our itnpre ssto l'of yesterday. One from -Vienna stated that "the bombardment of Sebastopol had commenced on the sth, and that two breaches were made in the Quarantine Fort on the Gth." The other, from St. Petersb urg' was to the effect that " nothi ng f resh had occurred before Sebas topol up to the 6th, and that Prince MENSCHI KOFF still retained his old position on the north side." One or the other of these statements must be decidedly false. They are, in fact, com pletely, contradictory, and irre eonc i leable with each other. We have no difficulty, tow " ever, in rejecting that from the R uss i an capital, inasmuch as, independent of the evil reputation which it has already acquired for a total disregard of all the obligations of veracity, its acdount is in total opposition to others received on unquestionable testimony. We know that on the 3d instant " the English were close to Sebas topol, which was invested on the south, and that batteries of heavy guns had been constructed." We know that the Allies were fully prepared to open the attack, which it was generally believed would be commenced on the following morning. Either of the accounts from Vienna respecting the bombardment on the 4th or sth may be true. We should consider the former the most probable. But the latter is not very much out of the way ;j THE SUN,. LONDON, SATURDAY EV P,NING, OCTOBER 14, and the circumstantial addition respecting the breaches effected on the 6th in the Quarantine Fort doss not in any degree abate its verisimili- 1 Jude. It is just what might be expected to have taken place—what a keen observer might easily guess, and thus obtain a reputation for early in formation, when his declarations were really founded on judgment rather than knowledge. But that from St. Petersburg is palpably inconsistent with what was previously established beyond the possibility of doubt. The advance of the trenches to within 1,500 yards of Sebastopol, the construction of batteries of heavy guns, all " conjointly bent" on the defences of the devoted city—was surely something " new," and worthy of notice—even had the troops remained inactive •for the three following days, a matter that would squire some higher authority than a telegraphic ,atch from St. Petersburg, before it could be siv allowed even by the most credulous Marine. We are therefore induced to recommend, that the accounts from Vienna should be carefully ex amined, and only credited so far as they coincide with all the reasonable chances of the case, while those bearing the impress of the CZAR'S wishes should be totally disbelieved. As to the position of Prince MENSCHIKOFF, must remember that a large body of Russian troops were cut off from Sebastopol after the sanguinary conflict of the Alma, end that when the British troops were emerging from the forest, near "MA.CKEN72LE'S Farm," during their brilliant movement on Balaklava, they came on the flank and rear of a Russian division, proceeding towards Bakshi-Serai. They retreated, or rather fled, with the utmost expedition, and left "a vast quantity of ammunition, and much valuable baggage to our soldiers." A body of 6,000 Russians also at tempted to cut off the small party under Captain LUSHINGTON, when engaged in affording help to their wounded comrades. It is, therefore, by no means improbable that MENSCHIKOFF may be in the Interior, and possibly not very far from his old position on the Alma, which he would be de sirous of occupying for many reasons, particu larly as it would enable him to slur over his for , mer defeat, and even to claim great successes, which might serve to mystify the Muscovite serfs, if it could not deceive the infuriated AUTOCRAT. He would be enabled also, in such a position, to receive any reinforcements that might arrive in the Crimea. We do not, however, place much reliance on the arrival of such reinforcements in sufficient numbers to impede the operations of the besieging forces. Our own reserve has long since arrived. We may, therefore, rest patiently for the authentic accounts that will doubtless convey the glad tidings of the fall of Sebastopol, and the total destruction of the Russian Fleet in the Euxine. Too late, too late. Austrian meanness and cowardice have overshot the mark. " Austria con gratulates the Emperor of the FRENCH on the vic tory of the Alma." Valuable congratulations those, from the young legitimist to the elected. of his own people ; from the Court which intrigued him out of a royal wife, and liked better Vienna confe rences than French victories, to the Emperor who could gain a fascinating Empress and a splendid victory without it. Anything more tasteless even in the insipid interchanges of diplomacy, or more shameless even in the REYNARD annals of HAPSBURG than these same congratulations, we have never known. All Europe grins with pleasure at the sight of Austrian humilia tion. T o be comppllorl, not through military disasters, to beg for mercy—that were some ground for sympathy ; but to smile, and fawn, and pretend to be pleased, and that to cover con fusing recollections of past misbehaviour, and coward fears for the future ! Never was a would be great power made to look so silly. While Europe is amused, or filled with unutterable con tempt, what must be the feeling of the French EMPEROR himself ? He will laugh or loathe, ac cording as the comic or revolting side of the affair turns uppermost. The marvel is how the old diplomatists who surround the scion of HAPSBURG did not know what a fool they were making of their master in the eyes of all the world. To have kept him so deferential to Russia ever since the MENSCHIKOPP Mission, and at the ame time so cautiously polite to the Western Powers—and then, as soon as one side gains a decisive victory over the other, to bid him be praise and wish well to the conqueror ! Even Prussia has done nothing so superlatively silly, so little, so lowering as this. If a victory over the barbarian was worthy of congratulation when gained, it was worthy of co operation to gain it. If Russia needed to be driven from Sebastopol, much more from the provinces. If the great Russian fortress ought to be destroyed, Silistria surely had a claim to relief ; yet Austria could be close at hand, while the pro vinces were overrun by Russian serfs, while OMER PACHA. had more than his hands full on the Danube, and while Silistria, in its prolonged de fence, was consigning to triviality any military glories of Austria. No congratulations were sent to the SULTAN on that splendid triumph. It was not yet sufficiently plain whether the CZAR would be seriously struck by the Allies ; not quite certain whether he would quit Moldavia l and Wallachia because the remnant of his troops had to run away from Silistria. Even after the armies of Austria had walked into the pro vinces as fast as OMER. PACHA cleared the ground for them, it still was doubtful whether the occu pation was to be totally for herself, or to be repre sented, in the final adjustment, as a covert kind ness to Russia or a real service to the Allies. This thoroughly selfish and cunning Power cleverly adapted her position to any possible result, and— we regret to believe it—English diplomacy forced the SULTAN to sanction the transparently selfish knavery of his worst enemy. Well, our diplo macy has got its reward-,--Austrian congratulations over Russian disasters, via the French Consul, and all Europe in a titter at the fun. The apologists for Austria have fluctuated in their defence, and well they might. The neces sities of her position—that is, the necessity of an oppressor's keeping sufficiently heavy fetters on his own subjects—was, of course, the grand ex cuse. Her obligations to a confederate oppressor another. Noble apologies certainly in their way ; yet these excuses would not always serve. At one time even the journal which outraged all English feeling to aid in trampling Hungary under HAYNAU and FRANCI S E com pelled to rate its pet soundly °fsormunwdasi sguis ed selfishness and meanness ; and another, one of our ablest weekly contemporaries, in tho roughly commercial style, broadly illustrated the almost avowed selfishness of her policy from first to last, and was fain to repre sent it as a merit that it was such open selfishness —that there had been no pretence of any care whatever about right, justice, national law, or any such phantoms of metaphysicians and senti mentalists. Then, again, when emboldened by the success of the Allies, Austria writes a little more boldly to Germany and Prussia, forthwith she is lauded to the skies as beginning to act a dignified part, and to hold firm language ! We, for our part, are unable to see in the whole conduct of Austria a single deed not fully W orthy of a HAPSBURG and a trembling des pot ; now in dread of Russia, now of France and England, now an d c hi e fly of his own sub jects, y e t b ent at the same time on becom i ng, if possible, of great pointed out consequence at last, by availing himself of the fruits of others' victories. As we at first, and as those who sneered then at " certain journalscon fess, her sole policy are now compelled to in entering the provinces was to constitute herself stakeholder in settling the terms of a peace, if not to secure the chief influ ence there for herself. A generous or loyal action is an impossibility for Austria. A paltry arch duchy in herself, not so populous as Holland, but swelling out her dimensions by territories chiefly gained as a mercenary dowry, and all retained by cruelty and cunning, —of what noble and national action can she be capable ? Surely, however, Lord ABERDEEN himself can never be such a craven lover of peace as to per mit a worse than sleeping partner to have a voice in that question. With Hapsburg cun ning Austria would not agree to evacuate the Turkish territories on the simple demand of the Porte, but "by a separate convention." There was deep villany and roguery in that arrange ment. It resembles the celebrated clause by which a. former Hapsburg plunged Germany into the thirty years' war. If, however, the Allies are but faithful to their work, if Russia do not cower too soon, and if they reduce her to her proper Mus covite dimensions, then no doubt Austria will be as well behaved as possible, and walk out of the provinces with as little trouble as she walked in. If not, the " separate convention" will be a pre text for keeping for years the territory she occu pied, without the expending a dollar, or losing a soldier. Nothing is too cowardly or too cunning I for this selfish power. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —I have the honour to inform you that the members of the staff of the Crystal Palace Company have subscribed a day's pay towards the fund for the relief of the sick and wounded of the army of the East, and that the amount will be paid into the hands of the bankers to the fund as soon as you announce their names. —I am, sir, your obedient servant, G. GROVE. Secretary to the Crystal Palace Company. Crystal Palace, Sydenham, Oct. 13. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.—Oct. 13. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.—ArrivaIs. —Oct. 4. Pandora yawl, Captain R. H. Smith Barry, from Ireland. 6. Sultana, yawl, Lord Colville, Cher baurg and other ports ; Zara, schooner, Commodore Earl of Wilton, west of Scotland, and came into harbour to lay up ; Dream, yawl, G. Bentinck, Esq., M.P., west of Scotland ; Sapphire, schooner, Right Hon. T. M. Gib son, M.P., Mediterranean. 12. Titania, schooner, Robt. Stephenson, Big., M.P., Sunderland. Sailings.—Oct. 2. Virginia, yawl, J. Gee, Esq., for Ramble River, to lay up. 9. Shark, schooner, Wm. Curling, Esq., for Gravesend. 10. Nymph, cutter, Sir John Bayley, Bart., for Dover. Yachts at and about the station.—Zara, Dream, Sapphire, Sultana, Aurora, Pandora. To-mor row the signalman will strike his flag, and from that day till the let of flowery May the comings and goings of the yachts of the squadron will remain unreported. Sir Bellingham Graham, J. Mazes, Esq., and several other members, real yachtsmen, are still at the Squadron House—men of the good old days of Yarborough and Belfast, whose flags were hoisted in May and not struck till November, not as we now have, mere landsmen, who cannot get afloat till August, and who hardly keep under weigh for that little month in the whole year. Unless a new life is thrown into yachting it will soon be below par. The Royal Family leave the Isle of Wight for the sea. son to-morrow. LATEST NEWS. THE CRIMEA. PARIS, FRIDAY. A private telegraphic despatch from Vienna of the 13th announces that, according to a despatch from Lord Raglan of the Gth, the siege works of the allies were sufficiently advanced to admit of opening their fire in a few days. DANZTIC, FRIDAY. The Basilisk has arrived. She left the fleet at Nargen on the 10th. It was to sail next day for Kiel. Nothing new. There is very bad weather in the Baltic. MADRID, OCT. 10. A telegraphic despatch states that the elections were proceeding quietly, and with advantage to the Progresistas. The Three per Cents. closed to-day at 76f. 30c. for the end of the month, and the Four-and-a- Half per Cents. 98f. 80c. The Wanderer of Vienna of the 9th, says : "The news given by the journals that Prince Menschikoff had received a reinforcement of 15,000 men from Perekop is devoid of foundation. Ac cording to authentic despatches of the 2d from the Crimea, the Prince had not received any reinforce ments up to that day. The troops which had left Odessa for the Crimea had not reached the Dnieper on the 2d." From a private despatch received from the Crimea, of the 4th, via Warsaw, we learn that Prince Menschikoff has established a communica tion with the forts to the north of Sebastopol. The allied forces under Lord Raglan leant on the coast of Cape Chersou and Balaklava. Both the Rus sians and the allies were awaiting considerable re inforcements, which were expected to arrive simul taneously on the 12th inst. We need only remind our readers that this account is from St. Peters burg. The Copirte Zeitung says that so early as the 27th ult. 6,000 men were landed at Cape Cherson, and that by the Ist these troops had reached the road running from Sebastopol to Balaklava, and joined the main body of the allied army. Mean while the fleets advanced to the quarantine harbour. The Russians had no less than four entrenched camps on the low ground at Cape Cherson, which they evacuated after the landing had been effected to the north of Sebastopol. The heights behind the lazaretto, to the south of the church of St. Vladimir, were occupied on the 2d inst. A tele graphic despatch from Constantinople, of the 30th, transmitted to you, among other items of intelli gence, contained one to the effect that Anapa had been blownup by the Russians, in order that the gar rison might be sent to reinforce Menschikoff. The journal mentioned above is informed that this was not the case, but that Anapa was bombarded for several hours by a division of the allied fleet ; and that the garrison, 6,000 strong, did not go to the Crimea, but retired to the fort of Noffarrossik, after setting fire to the town. The blockading squadron then went to Balaklava. This latter ac count looks like truth. THE RUSSIAN COMMANDER AT ALMA. A correspondent of the Lloyd says :—At Alma theßussians were commanded by Prince Menschi koff in person, but on the Belbeck by Generals Chomutoff and Tchetschanoff. Prince Menschikoff himself left the army to return with reinforcements from Sebastopol, and proposed to outflank the allies on the Belbeck with 15,000 men ; but mean while the Russians were totally defeated, and Menschikoff arrived too late. It is a general opinion among military men that Menschi koff committed a great error in maintaining the position of the Alma, instead of at once falling back on the Katcha. . Finding himself too weak, he was compelled to reinforce his army with 15,000 men, stationed at Balaklava (as is reported), and was, notwithstanding, beaten, suffering an immense loss in men and materiel ; and by the withdrawal of his reserves from the south of Sebastopol, put it out of his power to prevent the march of the allied troops over the Belbeck to Retschka-Chernaya, and the junction with the forces at Balaklava. All troops, munitions, and provisions are now landed at this point. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, Ocr. 12 Lord Burghersh had yesterday an audience of her Majesty the Queen. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince, and Princess Alice, drove out yesterday afternoon. The Countess of Desart was in attendance upon her Majesty. Lord Burghersh had the honour of joining the Royal dinner party. LORD STANLEY.—The Limerick Chronicle says . "Monday night Lord Stanley left Ballykisteen, near Tipperary, for Knowsley-park. His lordship expressed himself much pleased with the Ballykisteen estate, and also with the happy condition of the tenantry of his noble father, the Right Hon. the Earl of Derby. His lordship's affability towards all with whom he had any intercourse during his short stay, has gained for him very many admirers, especially among the humbler classes, with whom he is quite a favourite." DEATH OF WALTER PIGOT, ESQ.—lntelligence has been received of the death of Mr. Walter Pigot, third son of the Lord Chief Baron, which took place at the island of Joanna, on the 30th of July last. Deceased was a young man of great promise, and much esteemed for his many excellent qualities. He was in. his 30th "year. Yesterday the authorities of Greenwich Hospital ap pointed M. Define French master to the Greenwich Hospital schools. ANOTHER GOLD SHIP FROM AUSTRALIA.—The Black Ball ship Saldanha, Captain Finlay, arrived off Liver pool yesterday, from Melbourne, after a very good run. She had on board 32,072 ounces of gold, valued at 128,2881., in addition to 1,4001. in sovereigns, a general cargo of wool, flour, &c., and a considerable number of passengers. She sailed from this port for Melbourne on the afternoon of the 18th of March last, and arrived at Melbourne on the 16th of June, in 88 days from Liver pool ; and after landing her passengers and cargo, and reloading, which occupied nearly a month, she took her departure from Melbourne for Liverpool on the 12th of July. Her outward and homeward passages, including detention abroad, have thus been made in 6 months and 26 days. ENTHRONISATION OF THE LORD BISHOP OP KM. MORE.—Last Sunday the Lord Bishop of Kilmore was duly enthroned in Cavan Church, pursuant to a com mission from the Lord Primate, directed to the Rev. J. C. Martin, D.D., rector of Killeshandra, who preached on the occasion from the text, Hebrews v. 4—" And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron." RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT ABERDEEN.—The driver, Adam Brown, has been committed for trial for culpable and reckless driving. The injured parties are recovering. THE ORATORIANS.—SeveraI of the fathers from the Oratory in Brompton, including Father Faber, have for some time past migrated to the hop-picking parts of Kent, where they have been performing Divine service according to the forms of the Roman Catholic Church, in large tents, for the benefit of the large numbers of Irish, and other poor Catholic labourers employed in the hop districts. THE CHOLERA.—The Freeman's Journal states that for some days cholera has been making steady advances in Dublin, and adds—" Creeping through the lanes and alleys, it has advanced into the streets, and the hospital returns show such a rapid increase during the past few days as forbids us to hope for a subsidence of the disease before the wonted course shall have been more or less completely run." ENGLAND AND AMERICA.—The Washington correspon dent of the New York Courier and Inquirer says—" The entente cordiale between Great Britain and the United States was never so complete as now. Antipathy to England has become a sentiment so faint and intangible, that it no longer affords a fulcrum for the cunning of demagogues. The contempt which the Greytown out rage excites among our people was not at all mitigated by the assurance of the official organ that it was an act perpetrated with the view of expressing contempt and defiance towards Great Britain." NEWS OF THE VICTORY OF THE ALMA AT HAMBURG. The sensation created upon the Stock Exchange at Hamburg, on the receipt of the intelligence announcing the victory of the allies over the Russians on the heights of the Alma, was very great. It amounted to perfect • enthusiasm. Every person, indeed, rejoiced at the re sult, and it was at once determined to raise a subsorip e tion for the assistance of the widows and orphans of the gallant soldiers who had fallen, and for relief of the wounded. The proceeds of this subscription, which will be liberal, are to be forwarded to this country. THE FIRE AT MEMEL.—According to the Ost- Zeitung, not only the insurance companies at Gotha and Trieste, but also several at London, are concerned in the losses sustained by the fire at Memel. The pro portionate amount is not yet exactly known that each of these will have to pay, after deducting the sums which these houses had themselves reinsured with others. Thus, in the National Insurance Company, they have paid premium on 180,000 rix dollars ; the Aix-la-Chapelle and Munich is down for 56,000, the Magdeburg for 104,000, the Silesia for 1,000,000, the Colonia for 83,000, the Berlin for 70,000, the Elberfeld for 200,000, the Borussia for 15,000, and the Leipsic fire-office for 20,000 rix dollars.—Prussian Gazette. SHOCKING CASE OF CHILD MURDER.—Yesterday morning one of those unfortunately too frequent cases of child murder was discovered in the neighbourhood of the Borough, being accompanied by circumstances of unusual horror, the body being fearfully mutilated by vermin. About half-past five o'clock police constable Patrick Kelly, 70 M, while on duty in Ewer-street, observed something lying in a corner of a court, leading out of Ewer-street. Upon going to the spot the con stable found what at first appeared to him a bundle of clothes, but on examination he discovered itto he the body of a child, wrapped in a sheet. The body was conveyed to Christ Church workhouse, and it presented a most sickening appearance, the whole of the bowels being evidently eaten away by rats or other vermin. The place in which the body was found is of a most frightful description ; about six months since another infant was discovered murdered in precisely the same spot, and under similar circumstances. Information has been for warded to W. Carter, Esq., the coroner for East Surrey, and Mr. Doubled a y, th e surge on of Christ Church work house, will mak e a post-mortem examination of the body. Two HOUSES SWEPT AWAY.—In the village of Bishopmill, Morayshire, two houses adjoining a mill lade, having been undermined by the stream, were en tirely swept away at an early hour on Tuesday morning, the younger inmates, especially one or two infants, hav ing a narrow escape. EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.--Yesterday the conclusion of the Missionary Conference t erm i na t e d the sessions of the Evangelical Alliance. AMERICAN SLAVERY. —Last night the Rev. L. R. Ward, a coloured clergyman, from the United States, delive-ed an able and interesting lecture "On American Slavery and England's duty in respect to it," at Spa fields Chapel. The audience was remarkably numerous, and the chair was occupied by the Rev. T. E. Thoresby, the respected pastor of the church assembling in that place. THE ALAND ISLANDS. A private letter from the Gulf of Bothnia, dated the 5 th, gives the following particulars " Some days after the departure of the Ajax, which vessel bad remained at Bomarsund to try some experi ments with her guns at long range, and before her return to England, where she has since arrived, a Russian colo nel of gendarmerie, by the Emperor's orders, arrived in the Aland Islands with an escort of 50 men. His mis sion was to examine closely the state of affairs, and send a report to St. Petersburg. He landed at the extre mity of the great island, and advanced as far as Finby, here the French were encamped. Having arrested the Finnish merchants, suspected of having supplied the allied troops with provisions, the inhabitants of the district, at all times so mild 'and peaceable, collected in force to the number of 400 or 500, and making an attack on the soldiers liberated the prisoners. The re port of this transaction having been circulated in the ad joining districts, the inhabitants at once took up arms to expel the Russians, whom they look on as the cause of all their misfortunes ; but the Colonel made off the following night to Vie woods with his soldiers, and contrived to embark in the vessel from which he had landed. This f:►ct proves that the Alanders are resolved not to bear any longer the odious tyranny of the Russians, who cannot at this moment dispose of a Eli ffi cient force for the military occupation of the Aland Islands. We are assured that the inhabi tants are regularly organised, and that the grand son of the celebrated Eric Aren, who, with Pastor Gummerus, was in 1809 the William Tell of that country, is about to be appointed Chief Administrator of the Aland Islands. This person, who resides at Kum lingo, where he lives in the most retired manner, is greatly esteemed. A deputation of inhabitants from the principal districts is gone, it is said, to make arrangements with him for that purpose." PRUSSIA. Our letters from Berlin, received this morning, are to the 9th. We extract the following from one of them :—" The Austrian note of the 30th ult. marks the commencement of a new phase in the position of the German States as regards the ques tion of the war. This note must naturally put an end to the hesitations of our Cabinet, and bring about a definitive resolution. The violent internal discussions of which our Cabinet has since been the scene now form the prin cipal subject of political conversations. The following is what has transpired on the subject :—The Austrian note forced the Prussian Government to declare itself decidedly on the question, as to whether it wished to maintain for the future its treaty of alliance offensive and defen sive with Austria at the risk of seeing itself con strained by the hostile position of Austria towards Russia to turn also against the latter power. The propositions of the President of the Council, the object of which was to maintain a good under standing between Prussia and Austria under all circumstances, not having been favourably re ceived, M. de Manteuffel tendered his resigna tion on Friday, and left the same day for Lusace, where he would remain until the King had come to a decision. Yesterday evening he was sent for, and returned. The King arrived this morning at half-past eight at the Chateau de Bellevue, from Potsdam, in order to preside at a Council of Ministers, at which a decision was to be come to on the pending question. All that we can yet say as to the result of the deliberation is that the President of the Council has withdrawn his resig nation ; that conciliatory declarations are to be addressed to the Cabinet of Vienna, and that the policy of Prussia is to be completely in accord with that of Austria. It is also said, but this is only a rumour, that after the meeting of the Council of Ministers to-day the Prince of Prussia was sum moned to Berlin by telegraph, in order to proceed to Vienna on a private mission. The Prince of Prus sia being the most dekded advocate of a close union with the Western Powers the choice of that Prince for such a mission would sufficiently indicate the tendency of it, and would be a sure guarantee for the maintenance of a good understanding with Aus tria and with the Western Powers. It is positively stated that at the same time that the Austrian note of the 30th ult. arrived here an identical despatch from Paris and London was also received, urging the Prussian Cabinet to put an end to the hesita tion of its policy. We understand that the Austrian despatch of the 30th ult. which was first published by the Vienna journals, contained some very strong passages, which it was thought ad visable to omit when it was made public. The animation which prevails in the transmission of de spatches may be judged of from the fact that when the President of the Council returned yesterday evening, he found seven despatches which had arrived during his absence ofonly two days, four of them from Count Arnim, the Prussian Ambassador at Vienna." BERLIN, Oct. 11.—Apropos of the congratula tions that the Emperor of Austria caused to be offered to the Western Powers on occasion of the premature news of Vie fall of Sebastopol, the Kreuz Zitung, in its number of this day's date, opens its leading article with-- "Is it possible that Russia can ever forgive and orget what Austria in the last few days has done against her ? We will not venture to anticipate the magnanimity of the Russian monarch, but this, at least, we know for certain, that if these cordial congratulations' were anything more than isolated symptoms of personal irritation, if they were the voice of tOe empire of Austria, that then these words have erected a wall of partition between the members of the Holy Alliance, and a struggle is opened, whose end and term are difficult to discern." This one grave and important fact is certainly to be extracted from the various consequences of the Tartar delusion. Austria by her ready congratula tions to the Western Powers has, in fact, tolled the knell of the Holy Alliance. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Oct. 10.—All that assuages our strong thirst for news to-day is contained in the Austrian Correspondence. The semi-official journal takes pity on our cravings by publishing an official de spatch from Bucharest, dated Oct. 7, which states that, "according to authentic intelligence received there from the Crimea, between the 27th and 29th ult., 120 pieces of siege artillery had been planted on the heights commanding Sebastopol from the south ; and further, that the al!i3d fleets had quitted Katcha Bay, and gone to Balaklava." The Autograph Correspondence adds hereto that " the bombardment of Sebastopol had actually begun on the 4th inst., at five o'clock." On the other hand, the Vienna Gazette of this morning in forms us, by a telegraphio despatch from Warsaw, that, "under date of the 3d inst., Prince Menschi koff reports from his position near Sebastopol that up to that date the allies had remained tranquil in their position between Balaklava and Chersonesus, and had undertaken nothing against the town." Hence the above Bucharest despatch is quite re concileable with the Russian report. The Constantinople and Varna correspondents of the Vienna journals have all something to say of the battle of the Alma, but not one has yet given us a full account of the engagement, contenting themselves with the communication of "interesting details," and lists of killed and wounded. The .Presse says that the entire loss of the Russians was nearly 15,000 ; and 14 pieces of cannon, 6,000 muskets, 2 colours, 18 caissons, and a great number of cartridge-pouches, knapsacks, skc., fell into the hands of the conquerors. The day before yesterday Count Buol was in formed by the Turkish Minister that Omer Pasha was about to commence operations in Bessarabia. It appears that Lord Raglan forwarded a letter to the Porte desiring that a diversion might be made: Omer Pasha will go to Bucharest to discuss the matter with the Austrian Commander in that city. The conduct of Prussia is so strange that people here begin to fancy that some secret treaty exists between that power and Russia. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, FRIDAY, 6 P.m. I have nothing fresh to communicate to-da y . All hero are anxiously waiting, as you say, " the coming capture of Sebastopol." Of the capture all to whom I have spoken entertain not the slightest doubt. Great preparations are making for the funeral of Marshal de St. Arnaud. The papers say that the English Govern ment is to send a small detachment of Guards , to attend his funeral. Colonel de - Francon- Were, the chef de cabinet of Marshal Vaillant, TURKEY. A letter from Therapia of the 4th, in the Meniteur, says :—" The remains of Marshal de St. Arnaud, brought to Constantinople by the Berthollet, were placed provisionally in the chapel of the embassy of France. A funeral service was celebrated there in presence of the chargé d'Affaires, the persons belonging to the embassy, and the officers speeially attached to the illustrious deceased. Mme. de St. Arnaud had expressed a desire that no greater solemnity should be given to the ceremony. The English Ambassador, however, wished to be present, accompanied by the gentlemen of his embassy, to render a public homage to the memory of the general, whose name is connected with a remini scence so glorious for both nations. The Ottoman Porte, on its side, was anxious to join with the two allied Governments in their manifestation of regret, and decided that the funeral convoy should be followed to the sea of Marpora by two steamers, with the Seraskier and the Capitan-Pacha on board. All the batteries of the Bosphorus had orders to salute with nineteen guns the Berthollet as she should pass. A letter from Pera, 4th, in the Pays, says : " I mentioned in my last letter that Marshal St. A rnau d was exceedingly unwell, and that there the Berthollet arrived here, bringing body. The day after the battle of the wase evening,d e little a d hope of saving him. On the 30th, in his Alma, where, every one admits, the Marshal was worthy of all admiration, for he remained twelve hours on horseback, displaying a superhuman energy and activity, he was mortally attacked. He embarked on board the Berthollet on the 29th. He had there a moment of improvement, but it was only a last rally before death, as in three hours after he expired in the midst of the officers who acco mpanied him. It has been ascertained that he died of cholera, and of an anurism of the heart. H e was placed in the chapel of the embassy of France. The next day ; Mme. de St. Arnaud went to see the remains for the last time, and as the blood flowed from the nose of the deceased, she g He is not dead, for he still bleeds l' and f a ll in a fainting fit into the arms of a colonel s c h ri e ed e , who ccompanied her. Some of the sailors of the Belle-Poule, who had kept watch all night, told me that in seeing so deep an affliction they had • wept like children." TIIE PRINCIPALITIES. A Bucharest correspondent of the Presse, writing on the 3d, bitterly complains of the conduct of some of the Turkish officials there in meddling with the political affairs of the Wallachians, and, in par ticular, accuses the English renegade Lakeman (Mashar Pacha), the town commandant, of addressed to i in triguing against, and even acting in open oppo sition to, Prince Stirbey. He supports his asser tion by enclosing a proclamation the prefects of Police n Bucharest, forbidding any manifestation taking place. The correspondent takes the opportunity of referring to " a similar arbitrary act of Omer Pacha, who, as is known, sought to prevent the dissemination of Baron Hess's proclamation in Bucharest ;" and says that the Austrian internuncio at Constantinople has laid this affair before the Porte, and demanded satis faction, and that this demand was the subject of discussion in a grand council of the Porte on the 26th inst., but the result is not known. However, the correspondent says that Omer Pacha's arbi trary proceedings at Bucharest are much blamed at head-quarters, and that he has been reproached for the imprisonment of MM. Golesco and Czerna tesco, and for the arrest of some correspondents of German and English journals. RUSSIA. RUSSIAN ACCOUNTS FROM THE ALMA, ST. PETERSBURG, OCT. 3.—1 have just received two letters, one from a marine officer, and the other from an infantry officer—both of whom fought at the Alma against the English ; and I hasten to send you the following extracts from them. The infantry officer writes:—" The battle (of the Alma) was discontinued on our side solely because our battalions would have been exposed to the fire of the English and French ship guns,which have a long range. The battle had for us no disadvantageous result, for the enemy required just as much time as we did to rally. The English, whom we bad on our right wing, fought brilliantly : we could not deny them our admiration. The fire of the Minie rifles with their long range did us a good deal of mischief, and would have done us much more, if the enemy had had better shots among them. Our antagonist has not, as yet, obtained the smallest advantage over us. The Prince (Menschikoff) is quite well, and the state of the troops very satisfac tory. The Cossacks are constantly bringing inFrench marauders as prisoners, but it is a fact that we have as yet not taken a single English marauder. The old British Excellency (Lord Raglan) who coni wands up there must be keeping up good disci pline." The letter from the officer of marines is of an older date, Sept. 16, written two days after the landing of the Allies. He says : " For the first time these sii long and tedious months I see at last cheerful faces again. There is everywhere music and singing, and people are wishing each other joy. We have formed eight battalions and a light battery out of the sailors ; they are coin , manded by Kornileff (chief of the staff of the fleet). This man will rather eat himself up than surren der." A letter of the Ist, from Warsaw, says that 100 more houses were being pulled down in the neigh bourhood of the citadel. The banks of the Weich sel, near Rachow, are being fortified, " which will make the passage of the Weichsel secure for the Russian troops in any case." On these works there are more than 10,000 soldiers employed. The fifth and sixth battalions of the Guards remain at St. Petersburg. The seventh and eighth battalions are concentrating there. The troops in Poland are moving by three routes on the Austrian frontiers, viz., on the railway from Warsaw to Maczki, on the road to Miechowo, and along the Weichsel. 1864 has been sent to meet the body on its way from Marseilles. The Emperor and Empress have re turned from Nimes. The Government received yesterday answers from the Duke de Saxe-Mein ingen to the letter of recall of M. Mercier, acting as Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty, and to the letters of credence of the Marquis de Ferriere- le-Vayer, appointed to succeed M. Mercier. There is a long article in the Pays on the note of Count Buol, of the 30th ult., in reply to the last commu nication of the Prussian Cabinet on the Eastern question. On this subject the 'rays says:— If from the very commencement the attitude of Europe had been as clear and as energetic as that of France and England ; if the Emperor Nicholas had known in such a way as not by possibility to be able to make any mistake in the matter, that all the modern states, unanimous in deliberation, would also be unanimous in action ; if he had not hoped to prevent that holy alliance of the modern states, all interested in the same degree in opposing his ambitious views, can it be supposed that he would have confronted the dangers of a warin which he would have been alone against all ? Most cer tainly not. Ho would have ceded, when he could have done so, without the honour of his crown being too much engaged, and he would have ob tained undoubtedly conditions much less severe than those which he will have to submit to now. But who is it that favoured these hopes, these illusions, and these opinions at St. Petersburg ? Prussia. Who scattered intrigues of all kinds amongst the states of the Germanic confederation ? Who, by all these manoeuvres, imposed on Austria that slow and reserved course which has not allowed her to approach, except step by step, the western policy, whose interests, it must be declared aloud, she has never for an instant betrayed? Still Prussia. Each resistance of Russia, each hesitation of the German states, has had for result to constrain France and England to a greater development of forces and to a more decisive engagement. Yes ! We accuse Prussia and her equivocal diplomacy of the blood now being shed. We accuse her .of having ren dered almost impossible a pacific solution, which would have taken place long since had Russia seen herself condemned, abandoned, and, if possible, opposed byall the European states. This is her fault, and that will be also her responsibility. That fault she has only one means of attenuating, and that is to separate openly and resolutely from the desperate cause to which personal affinities can alone have attached her up to the present moment. It is still time to adopt that course which the interests of Prussia, the dignity, and perhaps the power of her government calls for. Who can affirm that in a few days, under the irresistible action of events accomplished, it will not be too late 7" The Moniteur says —" M. Barbes protests against the act of clemency of which be has been the object. He does not comprehend it. We pub lish the letter which he has addressed to the editor of this journal : " Sir,-1 have just arrived in Paris, and I take up my pen to pray you to insert as soon as possible this note in your journal. An order, the motives of which I do not examine, for I am not in the habit of casting aspersions on the sentiments of my ene mies, was given, on the sth of this month, to the go vernor of the prison of Belle-Isle. At the firbt an nouncement of that news, I felt the thrill of inexpressible pain of a conquered man run through my body, and I refused as long as I could—for two days—to leave my prison. I now come here, to speak nearer and to be better heard. What matters it to whoever has no right over me whether I love my country or not! Yes ! the let ter which has been read was written by me, and the gran deur of France has been, since I was able to think, my religion. But once more, I ask, what matters it to whoever lives out of the pale of my creed and of my law, whether my heart is actuated by such sentiments or not 1 Is not the coup-d'etat of December there for ever a contest marked out between me and him who effected it ? Laying aside, therefore, every considera tion of my personal dignity wounded, my duty as a loyal enemy is to declare to all and each here, that I repel with all my force the measure taken with respect to me. I shall pass two days at Paris to allow time to replace me in prison, and that period once over, on Friday night I shall go into exile. "A BARBES. " Paris, Dec. 11. ten in the morning, Grand Hotel du Prince Albert, Rue St.-Hvacinthe St.-Honor4." A private telegraphic despatch, dated this day, mentions that the remains of Marshal St. Arnaud had been conveyed from Valence to Lyons, and were to arrive in Paris on Saturday (to.morrow) afternoon. BANK or FRANCE.—The following was the situation of the Bank on Thursday, Oct. 12 : CR. Fr. c. Cash and ingots Cash at the branch banks 151,085,336 Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day 369,317 97 Bills becoming due in Paris, of which 55,711, 495 f. 21c. are from the branch banks 110,289,371 89 Bills in the branch banks - Advances on coin and ingots Do. in the branch banks Do. on public securities of France 20,939,836 10 Do. in the branch banks Do. on railway shares and bonds 42,705,400 Do. in the branch banks Do. to the State by treaty of June 30, 1848 Rentes of the reserve fund Rentes of disposable funds Hotel and furniture of the Bank Real property of branch banks Expenses of administration Sundries . 65,000,000 10,000,000 - 55,448,559 82 4,000,000 3,809,320 - 832,451 20 74,084 13 957,636,664 6 DR. Capital 91,250,000 Reserve fund 12,980,750 14 Reserve immobiliere Notes to bearer, in circulation 486,440,800 Do. of branch banks 146,132,250 -- Do. to order (Post bills) Bills payable at sight 10,974,429 Account-current of Treasury Creditor 45,292,593 49 Various accounts-current 112,624,300 58 Do. branch banks 28,036,835 Dividends to be paid Discount, interest, and expenses Charge for safe keeping of securities Re-discounts of the last half-year Overdue bills Sundries 794,511 25 4,116,843 81 17,856 5 916,188 68 183,107 88 7,976,845 27 957,636,064 6 From these returns it appears that the metallic re serve has declined both in Paris and in the branch banks; in the former, 24- millions, and in the latter, 181 millions. The discount accommodation has increased both in Paris and in the departments, 34 millions in the former, and 114 in the latter. Advances on public securities have advanced millions in Paris, and have declined 4 of a million in the provinces. Advances on railway securities have advanced 2i millions in Paris, and 2 of a million in the departments. On the side of the liabilities, the notes in circulation have in creased both in Paris and in the departments, the augmentaion being 211 millions in the former, and 5 millions in the latter. The ac count-current of the Treasury has decreased 25 millions. Private accounts-current have declined two millions in Paris, and six millions in the pro vinces. The whole amount of the metallic reserve is at present 477 millions, to 6321 millions of notes in circulation. The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at 76f. 30c. for the end of the mouth ; the Four-and-a- Half per Cents. at 98f. 80c. ; and the New Loan, at 76f. sc. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,212 f. 50c.; Rouen, 990 f.; Havre, 570 f. ; Great Northern, 875 f.; Strasburg, 840 f. ; New Shares, 651 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 1,037 f. 50c. ; Lyons and the Mediter ranean, 832 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 680 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 623 f. 75c. ; Great Central of France, 522 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Geneva, 540 f. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 761 f. 25c. SPAIN. We have received the Madrid journals to the Bth. The Espana states that it had been ascertained that in the election at Madrid, General San Mi guel, M. Olea, M. Perales, M. Rodriguez, M. Lorenti, M. Lava, M. Fuentes, M. Serillano, and M. Guerrea had obtained absolute majorities, and that M. Agulo and M. Mollinedo were a few short of the required number. But it was considered likely that the votes of the suburbs would modify the returns of the capital. In the different Ministerial departments the budget of 1855 was being drawn up. The Queen had granted a royal exequatur to Mr. Stone, consul of the United States at Malaga. The Bth being Sunday, the Stock Exchange was not open. MISCELLANEOUS. The report has been current in Vienna for some days past that Russian troops are in motion to wards the Prussian frontier. The Preussische Correspondenz has been at the trouble of contra dicting it, and stating that the whole tract of land from Crottingen to Kowno is almost without troops. Men's minds are becoming a little more agitated than they were, and the press speaks in :firmer tone : it is not impossible that with the approach ing spring Prussia may give some proof of her having some blood in her veins. The latest accounts from Poland speak of the inordinate accumulation of troops there. This has reached such a height that ordinary tradespeople and workmen even have as many as 16 and 18 men billeted on them : those in a higher position in so ciety still more. The hardships of the population are hardly to be appreciated, inasmuch as even at high prices, and with ready money, provisions are to be attained only with difficulty. The Neapolitan government has granted permis sion to Duke Cirella, a refugee of 7848, to return to the kingdom. The rVentindie of Toulon of the 10th says : "Letters from the Piraeus state that the Fortun corvette had arrived there on the 29th ult., after a passage of fourteen days from Toulon. The cho lera had completely disappeared, and the brigade of occupation was enjoying the very best health. The hospital, in which a few convalescents were still to be found, was attended, by English, Greek, and French medical officers." His Excellency Vely - Eddin-Rifa,at-Pacha, the Turkish ambassador, presented on Wednesday from. the Sultan to Marshal Count Vaillunt, Minister of War, the insignia of the Order of Medjidie of the Ist class. LISBON, Oct. 9.—Amidst the anxiety about the result of the expedition to the Crimea and the ex citement of the revolutionary struggle in Spain politicians have had scarcely time to think of the affairs of their own country. But the same routi! a of petty intrigues to expel one Minister and substi tute another continues, and is not likely to cease. However, there is not much probability of a change until the young King attains his majority. The Spanish Government, on the demand of M. P. Madoz, ex-civil governor of Barcelona, has conceded to some capitalists the ground on which the fortifications of that city recently demolished stood. The produce of the sale has been handed over to the municipal authorities, whose funds were exhausted by the qssiStance given by them to the sufferers by the cholera and to other indigent families. A slight shock of an earthquake was felt on the evening of the 3d inst. at Kronstadt, in Transyl vania. The undulations lasted for several seconds, but no damage was caused. The Bulletin des Lois contains the decree rein stating M. Jerome Bonaparte in his quality of Frenchman. M. Jerome Bonaparte, who is the - issue of the first marriage of Prince Jerome, is the father of the young officer who has just joined. the army of the East. Lieutenant-Colonel Franconniere, Chef de Ca binet of Marshal Vaillant, Minister of War, has been sent by his Excellency to meet the body of Marshal do St. Arnaud, awl to accompany it to Paris. Wednesday last being the anniversary of the death of the Queen of the Belgians it was cele brated with religious ceremony at Brussels and through Belgium. THE OVERLAND MAIL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MARSEILLES, FRIDAY. The Indian mail arrived here at two o'clock this afternoon. AUSTRALIA. ARRIVAL OF THE SCREW-SHIP QUEEN OF THE SOUTH. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY. The General Screw Steam shipping Company's steam-ship Queen of the South, W. H. Norman, commander, arrived here this day at one o'clock. Her news, however, has been anticipated by the last overland mail from India. The following are the dates by the Queen of the South :—Sydney, July 15 ; Melbourne, July 22 ; Adelaide, July 15 ; St. Vincent, Sept. 29. • She had on board 128 passengers, amongst whom were : Mr. and Mrs. Gore, Mr. and Mrs. Farmer, three children, and servant ; Mr. and Mrs. Ferris and three children ; Mr. and Mrs. Peel and servant, Mr. M'Ken zie, Mrs. Leslie, Capt. and Mrs. Blackmore, Mr. Steel, Mrs. Hodge, M. Moirant and servant, • Mr. and Mrs. Eadie, Miss Eadie, and servant ; M. De Kautzer, Messrs. Nicholl and Son, A. Smith, George Wilson, Sykes, Wollard,and Jewell ; Mrs. Goodman and three children ; P. Berretto, George Evans, and Wm. Prince, deck, from Sydney ; Mr. and Mrs. Graham, three children, and three servants ; Mr. W. E. Smith, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Jones, Irs. Sewell, Mrs. Mowton, three children, and two servants ; Miss Hughes, Mr. Warren, Mr. and Mrs. Kemp and child, and servant ; Mr, and Mrs. Pyke, six children, and servant ; Mr. G. De G r ille, Dr. Burke, Mr. and Mrs. Price, Captain Cruiksbank, Mr. Bonney and servant, Mr. A. Burstall, Mr. a nd Mrs. Luscombe and two children, Messrs. Bretoe, Goldsbrough, and Woolner ' • Mr. and Mr s . L ucas , th r ee children, and servants ; Mr. and Mrs. Boldero, Mrs. Drew, three children, and two servants ; Mr. and Mriu Wilson, three. children, and infant ; Mr. Haley, Mr. and Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Fox, Messrs. Harwood, Jolley,. Marks, M'Kanna, Tegg, Maffei, D'Angri, Bell, J a gger, and Butterworth ; Mr. and Mrs. Sim, from Melbourne. John S. Williams and William Granby, distressed sear men, from St. Vincent's. On freight she brought 147,314/. in specie, be sides a miscellaneous cargo, consisting of 63,274 oz. of gold dust, 4501. jewellery, 5 casks tortoiseshell, 10 tons copper, 31 bales wool, and 50 packages sundries. During her voyage she experienced very light and variable winds from New Zealand to Cape Horn, passed several icebergs in lat. 57 to 58 S, long. 98 to 80 W, and a large field of ice, of many miles extent, off the Horn, in lat. 54 30 S, long. 54 40 W. The speed of the ship has been from two to three knots an hour less than on her pre vious voyages, owing to the bottom being so foul with grass, &c. From the Western Islands home squally and un settled weather. Wind from N.E. to N.W. Sept. 15.—Spoke brig Wilhelmine, of Hamburgbp from Cadiz, standing to the south war d, l at. 5 16 S, long. 28W. 20—Signalised Swedish brig Juliv from Singapore to Cork, out 103 d a y s , l a t. 8 54 I%f I long. 22 41 W. Oct. I—Signalised British barque Saxon, lat. 24 49 N, long. 25 45 W, standing to southward and westward. The Crcesus, screw-ship, Captain Hall, was at Sydney when the Queen left, undergoing repairs, and would, it was expected, leave for Egland on. the 15th August. LIEUTENANT PERRY'S DEFENCE AND TESTIHONIAD FUND.—Windsor, Oct. 13.—The Mayor of Windsor, Mr. J. T. Bedborough, in accordance with his published announcement, is, as far as regards himself, about to close the subscriptions to the Perry Defence and Testi monial Fund. In making up the accounts, it appears that the total amount subscribed is nearly 2,1001., fros which sum there will be deducted 200 guineas for lay/ charges, which is exceedingly moderate, and about the game amount for advertising and incidental expenses. This will leave a balance in hand amounting to about 1,7001., which sum will be invested in the joint names of Lieutenant Perry and the Mayor of Windsor, to be afterwards expended in the purchase of his promotion in the army should the verdict of the court martial hereafter be set aside, which it is confidently ek petted will be the case ; but if otherwise, the money will be placed at Lieut. Perry's disposal in promoting his best interests as a civilian. In taking leave of this s ub• ject for the present, it is gratifying to learn from flume' roue sources that it seems to be generally understood that the press, in disdharge of a public duty, by ex posing the errors which had crept into the service, did ti° simply with a view to its reformation, without reflectinf; on the courage or discipline of the soldier. The 46th have cheerfully responded to the call of their country to curb the insolence and tyranny of a cruel despot, and leo doubt not the regiment will return home with honours only due to the brave. FATAL OCCURIIHNVE.-On Saturday morning last, on the arrival of the London mail train at Perth, at half past 12 o'clock, the engine-driver found a man's hat stuck above the buffer plank of the engine. A search was made along the line. On entering the n•rth end of Moncreiffe tunnel, about 300 or 400 yards, a man was found lying on his back between the down line of rails, with his right arm lying across the rails, quit* dead.-- - Perthshire Courier. EAST INDIA AND CHINA SHIPS.-The East India and China Association have just published their usual com parative statement of the number of ships, both British and foreign, with their aggregate tonnage, entered in ward and cleared outward with cargo to and from pie t ies within the limits of the East India Company's charter, from the let of January to the 30th of September, in the years 1853 and 1854. The statistics of vessels en tered inward show, in the case of thee port of London, an increase of 49 vessels and 22,051 tonnage; the cliff° . rence between 580 vessels with 315,885 tonnage, ' in 1853, and 629 vessels with 337,936 tonnage, in 185 4 . Liverpool exhibits a decrease of e i g h t vessels, and 6,453 tonnage ; the arrivals having been 203 vessels with 121,975 tonnage, in 1853, against 195 vessels with 115,522 tonnage, in the latter period. The return for Bristol exhibits an increase of 4 vessels, and 2,843 ton nage, the difference between 25 vessels with 9,070 ton nage, and 29 vessels with 11,913 tonnage. In the case of the Clyde, the figures present an increase of 10 ves sels and 3,665 tonnage, the arrivals in the former period having been 37 v esse l s w ith 13,834 tonnage, and in the latter 47 vessels with 17,498 tonnage. The net increase exhibited by this return is 55 vessels and 22,106 tonnage the difference between 845 vessels with 460,753 tonnage and 900 vessels with 482,869 tonnage. The principal arrivals hav e b e en from Madras,. the Philippine Islands, Java and Sumatra, and Mauritius. The statistics of vessels cleared outward exhibit , in the case of the port of London, a decrease of 3 vessels and 22,424 tonnage, the difference between 723 vessels with 360,215 tonnage, and 750evessels with 337,791 tonnage. The return for Liverpool presents a decrease of 81 vessels, but an in crease of 11,175 tonnage, the departures in 1853 being 396 vessels with 213,789 tonnage, and is 1854, 316 ves sels with 224,964 tonnage. Bristol figur es f or a d e crease of 14 vessels with 3.382 tonnage, the difference between 25 vessels with 7,060 tonnage, and 11 vessels with 3,678 tonnage. The decrease in the case Of the Clyde is 48 vessels, but there has, on the other hand, been an in crease of 4,369 tonnage; the departures in 1853 having been 141 vessels with 41,413 tonnage, against 93 vessels with 45,782 tonnage in 1854. The net decrease thus presented is 146 vessels and 10,262 tonnage; the diffe rence between 1,286 vessels with 622,477 tonnage, a nd 1,140 vessels with 612,215 tonnage. It will be noticed that, although in the Liverpool and Clyde returns a de crease is exhibited in the number of ships, the aggregate amount of tonnage has increased-a fee:, indicating the preference given to large vessels. The principal decrease is in the departures for China, Australia, and the Cape of Good Hope. a