The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-24 00:00:00

4 T HE SUN" ON SMOKE PREVENTIO N. —" There really ought not to oe any excuse for the entire riddance of the smoke nuisance ; our own experience satisfying us that the system of smoke prevention and economy of fuel, invented and carried oat by Mr. Lee Stevens, is as effective as it is simple. Until we had it applied to our own steam-engine furnace, we could form no idea of the ease and certainty of its operations, withoat any moveable parts,. and at such very moderate expense."—Stm. Copies of OFFICIAL AND OTHER REPORTS, and of Testimo nials in favour of the Invention, as applied to STEAM BOILERS; BREWERY COPPERS; STILLS ; CHEMISTS, DYERS, and CONFECTIONER -4' PANS; COAL OVENS, Sze , with information respecting licenses to mintufacture or use the Patent Smokeless Fur naces, given by Mr. JOHN LEE STEVENS, tie Patentee, at the Offices, .No. 1, FISH-STREET-HILL, CITY, LONDON. BREWERY, COPPER, AN D OTHER FURNACES." The Brewery, Lichfield, 9th August, 1854. "Dear Sir,—We are gla d to sa y that your apparatus quite bears Out the assurance you gave us that it would answer our purpose. "The doubt we had as to its adaptation t> furnaces wit boilsh defective draught is entirely remo ved. Our liquor copper now te as soon as the wort copper, and with both there is a diminution in the consumption of fuel. " The experiment we witnessed at Messrs. CHARIIifiTON, BEAD, and CO.'S, as to smoke prevention, we thought at the time perfectly successftl and this impression we are happy to confirm from actual 0 xperience. " It will give us pleasure to reply to inquiries that may be made by any Brewery Firms at Burtori-on- frent, but ehojid suggest th a t may probably be mo••e satLs actory to those gentlemen to judge for them-elves by seeing the turgices at work. and this they Can de at any time We rent-z dear sir, • Yours, very truly, JOHN AND ARTHUR GRIFFITH, Stevens, Eeq!' "Old Brewery, Rotherham, Aug. 22, 1854. o si r —On handing you a banker's draft am ,, utit of Royalty for the a pp ' l cation of yeur Patent Smokeless FurnAces' to my two steam boilers, permit me to express my entire satisfactbn with the and simplicity of your plan, and its easy * adaptation - elide icy extstmg turnates." have now had it at work about a month, and it not only SAVES FUEL, but IT FULLY MEETS ThIE REQUIREsIENrS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THE CO.NSUSIPTION OF foLOICE. ~ I am, Sir, your obedient, "pro ROBT. (ISO BENTLEY, " ARTHUR lIIR3T. .. John Lee Stevens, Esq., j, Fish-street-hill, L0nd0.,." "20, Whitechapel, Liverpool, July 21, 1854. 4' MR. JOHN LEE STEVENS, "811.—I really must apo.ogiie for not giving you sooner an account of your Smoke-burner, now in use in my tobacco manufactory. I have given it a fair trial, and never yet have I seen any more smoke issue trom the chimney than from a common house tire. I think it by far the best principle I hive seen, and I can recommend every one to do as I have done, and they wilt not regret it. Yours obediently, " ED viTD. GRAHAM. P.S.—Shall I pay your agent here the Royalty, or rem.t the amount to you ? " E. G. Copies of official and other reports, and of testimonials in favour of the invention, as applied to -team Boilers, Brewery Coppers, Stills, Chemists', Dyers', and Confectioners' Pans. Coal Ovens, &c., with information respecting Licences to manufacture or use this well-established system of smoke Preventi .n and Economy of Fuel continues to be given by Mr. JOHN LEE STEVENS, the Patentee, at the offices, No. 1, Fish-street-hill, City, London. LYCEUM THEATRE.-HENRY RUSSELL, for Thirty fights, commencing ou MON,IAY NEX r, August 28th, and every Evenbig.-11r. RUSSELL will present THE PROGRESS of the EDILLIRANT from the OLD WORLD to the NEW, and sing several new songs—" Cheer, Boys, cheer," "The Gambler's Wife," &c. The Second Fart will consist of a Series of Sketches, entitled NEGRO LIFE. Dress Circle, 2s. 7d. ; Upper Boxes, Is. 6i. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. THE &TILE ROYAL lIAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Backstone. THIS EVENING. Arcust 24, TM be performed THE OLD CHATEAU. Characters by Messrs. Rowe. !Lagers, H. Marston, and Buckstone; Mrs. Fitzwilllam, and Miss Reyno!ds. Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS in a NEW BALLET, THE GIPSY QUEEN. The now'Faree AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. LYCEUM THEATRE. EXTRA. \IGIIT.—SATUKDAY NEXT. FOR THE BENEFIT OF Ms. ALIANOFT. On wh'ch occasion Mr. and Mrs. SIMS REEVES, with Mr. CHARLES M MEWS. will make their Last Appearance in Lon don this season, when will be presented Belliul's celebrated Opera or LA sONNAABLII.A. Amine, Mrs. Sims Reeves; Elvino, Mr. Sims Reeves. After which, PATTER VERSUS CLATTER. Captain Patter, 31r. Charles Mathews. To be folloWed by VIE WATERMAN. Torn Tug. Mr. Sims Reeves. To conclude with the Grand BALLET. Poxes, 5s ; Pit, 2s. 6d.; Gallery, is. Private Boxes, 215., to be had at the Box-oftice. STRAND THEATRE. Sale Le.see Mr. F. W. Allcroft. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 24, Will be performed HARD TIMEA. reVowed by FAUST ACD MARGUERITE. Mephistopheles, Xr. HaDori; Faust, ‘iiss G. Hodson; Marguerite, Miss li. Gordon. To conclude with a popular FARCE. 4ta•is, 45.; Boxes, 2i. Gd.; Pit, Iw.; Gallery, Gd,; Private Boa 3 1 is., ro be had of Mr. Alicroft. 15. New Bond-street whatsoever. Had it taken place on English ground, with the men about to take part in a grand review or sham battle, they could not have proceeded with greater regularity or coolness. As each regiment landed it formed in perfect order, and marched to its assigned position, while the enemy made no attempt at resistance. Four days were then occupied in the preparations for the attack. During that period guns were landed and batteries constructed. On the 13th the bombard ment commenced, and we may judge with what tremendous power from the emphatic declaration of gallant old CHARLEY, who, in his despatches, declared that the " fire was beautiful" —so " beautiful," indeed, that on the 16th the last stronghold of the enemy surrendered, with all its stores, and the garrison surrendered themselves as i prisoners of war, of whom there are about 2,000 I awaiting the disposal of the French and English IGovernments. One untoward event occurred that might have led to serious consequences. The Penelope, on the 10th instant, in going through between Prasto and Tofto to watch the passage, unfortu nately ran on an unknown rock. The enemy speedily opened fire on the injured vessel, Russian bravery being fond of displaying itself under such circumstances, as witness the fate of the unfortu nate Tiger. Prompt assistance was, however, at hand ; the Gladiator, Pigmy, and Hecla, toge ther with the boats from the French vessels Tri dent and Duperre, speedily came to the rescue, while the Edinburgh and Valorous gave some occupation to those firing at the disabled vessel by throwing shells into the Forts. The result of those proceedings, and of the decisive orders of Sir CH.A.RLES NAPIER to throw the guns overboard, was that she was speedily got off, without any very serious damage. It now remains to be seen what use will be made of this gallant exploit—whether we shall, by reason thereof, be enabled to induce Sweden to shake off its vacillation and take a decided part with the Western Powers. We cannot forget that these islands belonged to Sweden, and that they had been unjustly and improperly appropriated by Russia, which was thereby capable of main taining a threatening position towards its less powerful neighbour. So long as Russian troops were kept in strong fortifications on these islands, we could scarcely expect to obtain the decided co-operation of the Swedes, who could scarcely believe that we were in earnest until we had given some such unequivocal testimony of our sincerity. Aland being restored to its original allegiance, and garrisoned by a strong body of French and English troops, will remove every ground of hesitation; and we may, therefore, hope to see Sweden reclaiming Fin land and the Baltic provinces, of which it had been so unconscientiously despoiled. As we have stated from the commencement, it will nut do to restore the status quo on the Baltic any more than on the Euxine. We must have material guarantees on every side against the grasping cupidity and " overweening ambition" that has on this occasion so far " o'erleap'd itself." Hereto fore Russia succeeded by arogance rather than by real bonti fide power. Its strength was greatly overrated, and every one yielded to unconscien tious demands rather than engage in hostilities, the results of which, whilst they must necessarily he disastrous, could not be calculated on with any degree of certainty. Its prestige is, however, removed. We see how absurd were the fears, and as we have been compelled, albeit tardily and reluctantly to take up arms, it behoves us not to lay them down until we have secured the per manent peace and tranquillity of Europe, which has been disturbed by the reckless proceedings of the AUTOCRAT. ROYAL BURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENA. • "This place fills up an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leaves wanting. Vocal and instrumental irrisic of the first order, and a display of fireworks which exceeds all loaa;ination, are a fitting close to a day at the Crystal Palaze." DA.NSON'S COLOS-lAL PANORAMA of CHUSAN. 5p1,4141,1 and Ex tensive Mena.rerie and Marine A.quariurn—Und- Tailed Military Band. 1700A.1. and INSTRUNIENTAL CONCERT. in which M 194 Poole, Miss Ransford, and Mr. Manvers sing lieveri.l National and Patriotic Sons—Alt the kmustrur Novelties .4 the Gardens in succession, concluding with the " Feast of Lao terns," and a in.,st totnittcent display of Fireworks by iouthb,. Admission One SnilTiz. A spl mats Pavilion for Dancing has neon erected. Full Quadrille Bawl, &c. 4:441.1-;Y'S ROYAL ,I.lPlliftlEar:tr. Le-Igee and lianager, Warm Cooke. We have at length received decisive intelligence of the advance of the Austrian troops into the Danubian Principalities on the 20th instant. They crossed thefrontier into Wallachia, and there is every reason to suppose that the whole corps of occupation have ere this arrived on Turkish ground. Two brigades had, we are told, marched from Hermannstadt, and another brigade from Cronstadt, with the view of occupying Bucharest, Krajova, and Lesser Wallachia, while three more brigades of the army of Count CORONINI are pre paring for a similar movement into Moldavia. The!Rubicon has thus been passed, and, under the sanction of the Western Powers Turkey sees that its fair provinces, from which the invader has just been expelled, are to be handed over to another and no less dangerous occupant. We see but little to choose between the avowed enemy and the pretended friend, whether the robbery be effected by force or fraud. If a party of burglars had taken possession of a man's house their ex pulsion would occasion but little gratification if the police were to continue therein, and prevent him from obtaining the beneficial enjoyment of his own property ; more especially, as from sundry suspicious circumstances there was reason to sus pect the connivance of the so-called officers of * --- 1-7- .-'-' 77 -----':,, G. 1 justice. So long as the assistance of Austria I could be really valuab!e—so long as the result was at all doubtful—they hung back and refused to afford the slightest aid. But, when at length, the cause of truth and justice has triumphed, The complete details respecting the capture of when the Ottoman forces, by their own gallantry Bomarsund, and the consequent overthrow of and efficiency, have compelled the aggressor to return the Russian power in the Aland Isles, are now discomfited to his own dominions, when they have before the public ; and we rejoice to say that the shown themselves competent to p ro t ec t th e i r publication does not in any degree detract from own territories by their own right arm s —th en, the satisfacti o n e x p e rienced on the receipt o f th® indeed, we find Austria ready to come f orwar d when its interference is no longer required, and pleasing intelligence. Our gratification is, indeed, when there is every reason to suppose that it is without drawback or alloy, for we find not merely intended to favour the CzAR rather than the the most conclusive testimony to the energy and SULTAN. efficiency of the Allied forces, but also to the cor- Yes—Austria would seek to lessen the damage dial understanding prevailing between all ranks, which its friend must inevitably sustain. It well from the C omman d er- i n-Chief to the humblest knows that NICHOLAS can no longer hope to ob soldiers and sailors engaged in the expedition. tain material guarantees for himself. It strives There was a. friendly rivalry, an honourable emu - to give them in another and scarcely less objec- tionable form, holding itself what the northern lation, as to w hi ch should render th e b est services despot has been compelled to relinquish, and to the.co mmou c ause ; b u t each rendered full jus- being also in a position to prevent the victorious co-operated in tibe to the others, and zealously troops of OMER PASHA from following up their accomplishing the object they had in vi ew. I t advantage, and transferring the war to the do was by these means that they were enabledminions of the invader himself. It obtains an enor form such brilliant exploits,to per-tritlisunchg of debt • and to achieve important results with such comparativelyhehouseofllai,sburg mous power, which, looking at its antecedents and ofgratatudeowingbyt losses. It is true that the nation has to mourn the hat of Romanoff, it can scarcely be expected to use for the real benefit of the Moslem. How has it loss of a young and gallant officer, cut off at the even committed itself by any offensive movement, very commencement of what promised to b e a even one with the privity and consent of Russia ? Ve ry brilliant career. But although we most Petersburg. ip otna re It still maintains di l t . relations with St. regret his doom and truly sympathis e with festivities, deeply we must remember that he Its .. Ambassador joins in the Court bereaved family, and it is more than probable that w m et a glorious death , a lmost a t the very hour of whatever displ easure may b e a ff ected b y the C zAR, there is no step more conducive to his purposes victory, w hen the first great achievem en t of the that could . b e taken than that just adopted by the season was accomplished, and that his name, along German despot. with those who shared hi s h o nourabl e f a t e , will W hat England has gained by arms she has long remain enshr ined in the hearts of his coon- generally lost by i diplomacy. Such i i n s m th a e n c y ha fe ra rm et e e r r which Great B r i ta i n has obtained trnen. transactions, and, b u t th at we have gained no- As. we have stated, tI the g Euxine,duringwe the fear that therewould be n present contest in the yi c i n n ity e is aso h i a l. s be l e t n aff th or e ds fi u rs s, t I thin the reoa-f great achievement of si evidence of how com- ! son to anticip a t e more auspicious results. We however, the most decisive ev have put forward so medemandswhich, alth oug h arc to cope i pletely unable the Russian troops as we recently pointed out reasonable, so f ar as , and how n- with th ose o f E ng l an d a nd France in go, yet le we sev era l i mportant points un competent their fortifications are to resist the toughed. Thus, from our observations on Tuesday, well-sustained and accurate bombardment of our it will be seen that every thing merely relates to batteries. But eight days from the disembalk a- the claims put forward bythe head of the Orthodox tion of our troops, and three days from the Church, as he is pleased to style himself. These we • insist • on being no longer exclusively held by Russia; opening of our fire, ere the • • k I tri union and but there is nothing as to obtaining any real sa colour had replaced the R • ussian standard and for the outrage it has committed against iisfaction Rouly waved on the conquered forts of Bo- nations—any indemnity for the ex ss . the law o f magi - ilothang could h a have been compelled to defray in con_ ve been more quietly 6r Orcientiy pt/rfcirmed than tb penses we . f its nefarious proceedings, or any e various opera- sequence o tfossig " ne sand men—were .troops- - eleven thou its future good conduct. . lo w e d wiefittail four hours, without any ualt ' seeuri y f Protectorate y , If the of Russia is to be abolished In preparation. with entirely new scenery, and every necessary requiqte, a Grand EQI.TE , ;TRIANRLESQUE, front the pen of a popular author. Every oaths has been taken, and the most profuse expen,c has been lavished, to render this maim:llcent Spectacle worthy of the approbation of the publ , c: THIS EVENING, For a few nights more, the War Spectacle, THE COSSACKS; or, Vive la France. After which. the in!rnitable SCENES In the ARENA, inventel arranged, and directed by Mr. William Cooke. CHRESTOFF, whose miraculous Feats on the Tight Rope have absolutely electrified the audience, will appear. The whole to conclude with the Equestrian Ballet d'Action, by Mrs 8. G. Healey, THB IiNIGIIP AND TILE WAFER LILY; or, Love among the Mermaids, - Bo:-oflice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W est. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. 'RP DAT —Morning 28 inin.after 2 I Evening 45 min. aft. 2 alf oß.aow —Morni ng 0 znin.after 3 Evening 17 Min- at , . 3 THE WEATHER.—Sur OEMs, Ara. 24. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 70—highest since coon yesterday. 60 —lowest this morning and during the night. 72—this day at noon. B nOMErrint, 30 03—falling. WIND, W. to W..N.W.—Moderato breeze, with cloudy weather. We have had some rain last evening. .! b., 4:7 .• A „e s , e i rry '!c ? s " Tj LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1854. ~. ,- in Servia, Wallachia, and Moldavia, that of all the Great Powers is to be substituted. If the AUTOCRAT is to abandon any interference between the SULTAN and his subjects, members of the Greek Church, all the Christian subjects of the Porte are to be protected by all the great Christian Powers of Europe. If the mouths of the Danube are to be opened freely to "the whole world's navigation," there i nothing to show that the channels are to remain clear from, and unchoked by, sand, or that Russia is to withdraw the establishments, which, under the pretext of quarantine, she founded on its banks and at its entrances ! If the navigation of the Black Sea is to be relieved from any further restriction, there is nothing to prevent the presence of an overwhelming force at Sebastopol, and the practical supremacy of the CZAR in that which, although no longer a Russian Lake, will still be under his control and management. We fear that the movement of the Austrians may retard, if it do not altogether prevent, our operations against the Crimea and Sebastopol. We hear nothing of taking possession of that rich territory, which cught to be restored to its ancient possessors. We hear nothing said of the dismantling or transfer of the fortifications at the great Naval Arsenal in the Black Sea, or the reduction of the Russian Fleet to more moderate dimensions. Is it the influence of Austria that has prevented the demand ? We hear nothing respe3ting the recognition of the independence of the Caucasus, and the guarantee of that indepen dence by the Allies. Has Germanism anything to do with the omission ? Has it even extended its baleful influence to the vicinity of the Baltic, and stipulated against any decisive humiliation of the pride, or diminution of the power, of the despot. Without these matters we can have no security for the future, and we should be little better than fools or madmen if we sheathed our swords without obtaining that security—while we should be unjust to our own over-burdened tax-payers if we did so without receiving pay ment of the Ten Millions extracted from their pockets, and of all sums that may hereafter be levied under or by virtue of the " War Tax," the doubled Income Tax, and the enhanced duties on Malt, Spirits, and Sugar. THE SUN, LONDON, TIIURSDAYWEVENING, AUGUST 24, 1854. LATEST NEWS. THE WAR. THE REPORTED DEFEAT OF THE TURKISH ARMY IN ASIA. Another version of the despatch from a Russian source, which reached Vienna on Tuesday, an nouncing that General Bebutoff had totally de feated the great Turkish army near Kars, is published in the second edition of a contemporary to-day. It does not differ from that we gave yes terday except in one important particular. Ac cording to it the Russians took 23,000 Turkish troops prisoners, instead of 2,300, as we mentioned yesterday. It adds that " three thousand Turks were left dead on the field of battle ; the remainder fled to Kars." AUSTRIAN OCCUPATION OF THE PRINCIPALITIES. ct VIENNA, Wednesday Eveuing.—Three bri gades of the Austrian army entered Wallachia, from Cronstadt and Sermannstadt, on the 20th and 22d. " Two of the brigades go to Bucharest, and one to Krajova, in Little Wallachia. " General Count Coronini is appointed com mander of the Imperial troops destined to occupy the Principalities. " When the Russians have quitted Moldavia three other brigades will also occupy that Princi pality. HOW TO SITBDUE SMOKE. Of useful, of practicable, and yet comparatively useless, and of utterly impracticable schemes, for smoke-consuming or smoke-preventing, about fifty patents have been taken out in less than seven years, chiefly since the new patent laws came into operation on the Ist of October, 1852; of which the assumed effects of a large majority of them were dependent on either continuous or intermitting motion ; and supposing the absolute failures, un der trial or otherwise, to bear about the same re lative proportion, our task in considering those of the motionless or simple class must be correspond ingly limited. Of that description the smoke preventing and fuel-economising furnaces of Lee Stevens claiin our earliest attention—not as the earliest brought into public notice, but un questionably as the most extensively successful, and as the least variable as regards the anticipated results. The main feature of his system is the introduction of a current of heated air at the ex treme inner end of the fire-place, which, whilst extending from side to side of the furnace in an ascending stream, intercepts and mingles with the carbonaceous gases from the coal fire (or the as similated gases of other sorts of fuel), and thus supplying them with the requisite quantity of oxygen in a heated state, converts them, by more perfect combustion, to the required purposes, instead of allowing them to escape in the murky form of useless and destructive smoke. It is not our intention minutely to describe a system that, under every conceivable variety of modifications, has been proved to be available for all descriptions and sizes of furnaces that come under the application of acts of Parliament for the suppression of the smoke nuisance ; since to do so would be to trace its progress, under the consecutive patents covering the several inventions or combinations of which it is comprised, through all the difficulties with which the inventor of any comprehensive plan has first to contend. But the principle by which each application is governed is the use of caloric plates, made of cast-iron, and in most cases pro tected in front by fire-bricks, which plates rest against and extend the whole width and to within a short distance of the top of the bridge over which the flame passes out of the furnace and into the flue, in such a manner as to admit underneath them and between their surface and the front of the bridge the proper quantity of air ; that arrangement existing some times with, and at others without, the addition of a supplemental set of fird-bars, just as the inven tor may deem to be best adapted to any condi tions peculiar to the purposes of the furnace or the locality, or of the description of fuel to be used. The supply of heated air, by this means, is not attempted to be regulated by moveable ap paratus, but is left to the more certain accomplish ment of a simple law of nature. In proportion with the intensity of combustion is the increased rapidity with which the air ascends, the rushing onward of the flame itself acting by way of exhaustion, and the greater heat of the parts surrounding the current of air adding to its velocity. Were the air spaces made at the outset injudiciously large, so good a result could not possibly ensue ; but herein, it appears, Lee Stevens prudently availed himself of practical experiences in a steam-boiler furnace of large dimensions, on the premises of an engi neer, before he set out the proportions for his specification drawings. With these facts, and with the working of the invention in many parts of the metropolis, we made ourselves acquainted preliminarily to giving him an order to adapt his system to The Sun steam-engine boiler ; and in which, as far as satisfactory demonstra tion would go, we were preceded by those to whom is delegated the superintendence of the engineering department of the Times, where the same invention had been already in nightly and daily use for several months. The saving in fuel from its adoption, like every other economy, will vary considerably with other circumstances ; but we credit the assurance given of its fairly averaging 15 per cent. Miller, Ra venhill, and Salkeld, the engineers, take it at 10, and Keens and Welch at 20 per cent. ; but much higher than either is the ratio mentioned by coun try manufacturers, and •London confectioners, bakers, and others. In no accurately ascertained case can a possible waste of fuel be found ; inas much as whatever extra quantity of the combus tible gases is converted into heat must be so much clear gain ; and with respect to the diminution of smoke caused by the invention, it is a palpable fact. On lighting the fire, ev en , the smoke is much less dense, and of very much shorter duration than before ; and when the fire is fed, the light, vapoury smoke emitted, dis appears in about half a minute after the door of the furnace is closed. It is not our province to record the vast number and variety of Lee Stevens' successful efforts; nor, seeing that they form a percentage so insignificant, to cavil at the very few assumptions of a contrary nature, being verybreostvesttihppeorue; support waphhilost rim, we unaffectedly feel, that, in merely doing justice probably the such exceptions may p to him, we are performing noth in g be yond our duty to our readers, as public jou r na li s ts, guided by.a spirit of impartiality alone.spthreabta i b c l the same class ; andprobably to show why smoke. We have yet to mention other inventions of preventing furnaces have not become general and are not among the steamers on the Thames, at present in full operation ashore. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.—Thi.; forenoon t he United States mail steam-ship Pacific, Captain E. Nye , s a ile d from th e M ersey for New York with the usual bi-weekly mails, 220 passengers, and a full cargo of valuable mer chandise on freight. Amongst the passengers were Mr. W. Harrison, Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Pyne, and Signor Borrani, who go out for a professional tour in the - United States. The Herald of the Morning, 'belonging to the Golden line of packets, sailed to-day for Mel bourne, with 300 passengers and 1,600 tons of merchan dise on freight. CRYSTAL PALACE, WEDNESDAY.--Shilling day : Ad ; mission at the doo rs , 10 , 373 ; a d m i ss i on by season tickets, 807 tote IntEllber of yzaitors, 11,180. THE DANUBE. Letters from Orsova, to the 22d, state that the anniversary of the birth of his Majesty the Em peror Francis Joseph was celebrated on the 18th at Rustchuk, with great rejoicings. Omer Pacha, with the whole of his staff and all the foreign officers, attended the ceremonies usual on such occasions in the consular chapel. The cholera had made its appearance among the Turks stationed at Rustchuk. Private letters from Odessa, to the 18th, confirm the reported defeat of the Turks in Asia by General Wrangel. The Lloyd of Vienna, says : " Intelligence has been received from Bucharest to the 15th, stating that two days before Omer Pacha addressed a proclamation to the Wallachians calculated to tranquil lise them, and declaring that no one should be disquieted fur having made common cause with the Russians. Colo nel Colquhoun and the Chancellor of the French Consu late returned to Becharest on the 12th. A letter from Jassy states that tte retreat of the Russians beyond the Pruth was being very slowly effected, most of the troops remaining on the right bank of that river. It is even said that the troops concentrated at Tekutch are not passing the Pruth, but are proceeding to Galatz, and that within a few days before troops coining from Bessarabia passed the Pruth at Reni, which may be explained by the fact of the counter-orders arriving too late. Considerable. mas.-es of Turkish troops are advancing into the Dobrud seha in the direction of Ibraila and Galatz. In the same way those which passed the Danube near Hirsova are proceeding towards the same towns. The Russians appear resolved to defend these places, where reinforce ments are constantly arriving." ANSWER OF RUSSIA TO THE PROPOSI TIONS OF THE FOUR POWERS. -- Letters have been received in Paris from Berlin of the 20th, to the effect that, on the previous day, Prince Gortschakoff had received the answer of the Russian Cabinet to the propositions of the other powers. It is said that Russia does not absolutely reject them, and even recognises them as capable of being made the basis of new negotiations, after certain modifications in reference to the protecto rate of the principalities, and the preservation, in their integrity, of the privileges of the Greek Christians. MOVEMENTS OF THE ALLIED ARMIES IN THE EAST. A letter from Adrianople of the Bth, in the Lloyd of Vienna, says : " Those who do not see the interminable train of vehicles laden with supplies and military stores which pass through this place, cannot be aware of the wants of an army. For the last fortnight there has been a con ; staut supply of forage proceeding to the army, which a month ago might have commenced decisive operations if it had not been for the difficulty in obtaining supplies. The energy displayed by Marshal St. Arnaud has at length introduced a durable ( h Inge in the system of sup plylog the artni , s. The Marshal is now in a position to commence operations against the Crimea with 80,000 men. The embarkations are going on without intermis sion at Varna, Baltchik, and Mangalia, and in a fortnight we may receive accounts of operations undertaken on the Russian coast of the Black Sea. Gen. Canrobert, in con cert with the English Generals Brown and Boxer, will first be charged with an important mission, and as soon as they shall have set their foot in the Crimea, at a point whi c h has not been made public, Marsh a l St. Arnau i and Lord Raglan will follow with the army. The Marshal will afterwards direct in person the operations by land against Sebastopol With the support of the fleet commanded by Admiral Hamelin. General Bosquet, who has com manded the auxiliary troops in this place, will advance at the head of the divisions of Prince Napoleon and of theTarkish co. pa ofMustaphaPacha, towards the Danube by the Dobrudscha, in order to enter Bessarabia after having taken Galatz and Ibrail, whi c h th e R uss i ans are not likely to give up without a s t rugg l e . T ne M arshal attaches much importance to this operation of General Bosquet, and it is thought that this general will be at Odessa within a delay determined on. General Allon yille left yesterday for Varna, having been summ one d thither by Marshal St. Arnaud." We make the following extract relating to the French expedition to the Dobrudscha, from a let ter, dated:— " Ist Division, Camp at Geovelar, 6th Aug, 1854. "We have just heard Lad news of a French expe dition to the Dobrudscha. A joint commission had been sent to report on that unhealthy locality, but the French, anxious to snatch the first laurels, despatched a force two days before the report, an unfavourable one, arrived. The consequence is that they have just re turned with the loss, from illness, of 2,000 men. Fever came, it is asserted, by the water. There is a great scarcity of water in the Dobrudscha, awl it is said the dogs, to get at it. jumped down the wells and were drowned, and hence the poisoned water. 640 mea were thrown into "The Karason' in one day." POLICY OF SWEDEN. According to letters from Stockholm, the cap ture of Bomarsund is likely to remove all further hesitation on the part of the Swedish Government, who may now be expected to join the Western Powers. It is believed that nothing but the fear of an unsuccessful result in the present contest has hitherto prevented that Cabinet from uniting with the Allied Po % ers in resisting the aggressions of Russia. The Government possesses a reserve fund of 4,000,000 dols. for extraordinary expenses, which will prove exceedingly useful in case of war being declared. It__ . i wll be se en f rom a t e legraphic despatch in. and Mr. Gr e y, another plac e , th at imme di a t e ly after the sur render of B omarsund Genera l B arag uay d'Hilli ers Secretary of the English Legation, started for St oc kh olm, i t i s su pposed with a view of inducin g th e Swedish G overn ment to join the Western Powers. CONDUCT OF PRUSSIA. Constant complaints are made says a Berlin letter of the 21st Auaust, that this Government has bee n , an d still is, un d ec id e d as to the policy intended to b e pursue d i n regard to the Oriental question. This accusation is unfounded. The Prussian C a bi net never pro f e ssed to go further than it has don e . I t clung to principles, and constantly . eschewed f ac t s. I t adhered to the letter of pro tocols and conventions, and repudiated all liabi lities arising from the spirit of these documents. It professed to limit its co-operation with the West to mediation for peace, and studiously avoided giv ing its as sen t t o any measures calculated to in volve it in a rupture with Russia, unless in such extreme cases as the probable incorporation of the principalities, or the impossible passage of the Balkan. Throughout the long and complicated negotia tions, the Berlin Cabinet has had but one object in view, and that is to avoid collision with Rus sia. N o secret has been made of this of ject, either at London, Paris, or Vienna. Count Groeben's mission to England, and Chevalier Bunsen's with drawal, were based. upon this principle ; so was the mission of the Prince of Hohenzollern to France ; whilst it was universally known at the time, and proved subsequently, that the main purport of Count Alvensleben being sent to Vienna, was to pour oil u p on an d n ot to excite the troubled waters. As a further proof of its intense and paramount desire for Peaces the Prussian Ca binet earnestly recommended the acceptance of the Russian reply, as a fair and favourable vehicle for negotiation, and showed no irritation when its recommendation proved of no avail. In the same spirit of conciliation acid assorted impartiality, it has now recommended the Western conditions to the Emperor's acceptance, although, all " advan tageous and desirable" as they may be for Prussia and Germany, it considers them to be as much be yond as the Russian reply was below the require ments of the situation. Such at least is the asser tion of the official organ—an assertion singularly illogical, but not inconsistent with the passive prin ciples upon which Prussia has constantly acted. The Prussian Government, or, at all events, the party which is said to influence the Government, has not concealed its sympathies for Russia, or its utter disinclination to give the slightest umbrage to the Czar. It has never led the British or French Governments to suppose that more could or would be obtained than has been conceded. It has met the active exertions of the two Western envoys with the most baffling vis inertia'. It has likewise shown, up to the very last moment, as will be proved when its last note of the 12th sees the light, that it only went hand in hand with Austria in so far as their united efforts were directed to safeguard both from war with their old Northern ally. AUSTRIAN VIEW OF THE WAR. The Lloyd, of Vienna, publishes another article advocating strong measures with the object of bringing Russia to reason. It is, however, Eng land and France that are to carry them out. The Lloyd says : "Russia will not conclude a peace disadvantageous to herself, until the prospect of one still more disad vantageous dawns upon her. The Western Powers have recognised this truth. Before winter sets in they will try their luck in Asia and the Crimea in earnest. In the Baltic the capture of the Aland Isles will probably be their last feat of arms for this year. Whoever possesses the Aland group can protect Stockholm and menace St. Petersburg. The conquest of these islands gives winter quarters to a portion of the fleet, an excellent locality for equipping troops for landing, compels Russia to maintain a large army in cantonments along its Baltic shores, and, what is the chief thing of all, shortens the term when Sweden will come to a rup ture with Russia. The more lowering the clouds gather over St. Petersburg, the nearer is peace at hand. In point of fact, the Western Cabinets are now to be looked upon as peace-makers, and the Berlin Cabinet as the general disturber. Had Prussia months ago taken up a position antagonis tic to Russia, who can say that Europe ht this moment would not have been pacified ? In St. Petersburg they still rely on Berlin—they still hope there that the war cry raised by the Kreuz Zeitung folks, of Prussia with Russia,' will triumph, and mainly for this very reason do they arm for the renewal of the combat. "The official organ of the Prussian Government lately promulgated the axiom that it was impossible to subdue Russian territory, because nobody would dare to take it ; and pretended to know what parts of it would be imperilled by an unsuccessful war on the part of Russia. If Russia were so situated that it could never lose anything by a war, but only win, why then indeed it would be going too far to expect or require from her a disposition for peace. Everywhere but Berlin the opinion is entertained, that if Russia desires a contest and should get the worst of it, it ought then to pay as dearly as possible for its mar tial appetite. Finland and the Aland islands, when in the possession of Sweden, make the Scandinavian king doms a bullwark for the north-west of Europe, and if Sweden is willing to hold these possessions solely under the guarantee of the Western Powers, such guarantee will be accorded. An independent Circassian state, with a wide littoral domain on the Black Sea, would help capitally to guarantee its own freedom and that of the As:atic continent. The Crimea, restored to its ancient master, would be the best outwork for Constanti nople and the strangest protection for European Turkey. The Danube is free so soon as with its neighbourhood it shall be entirely released from Rus sian supremacy, so soon as this river shall be encased solely by the German, Austrian, and Turkish dominions. There was a period, when Bessarabia did not belong to Russia, and this province might easily relapse. "It is true, or at all events probable, that Russia might at this moment conclude a peace without any ter ritorial sacrifice, but this probability has assuredly but a limited duration. A peace, relatively cheap, may at this moment be attained by the cabinet of St. Peter burg, but the same price will not always be affixed to it. If it should be always valued at the same cost, we should indeed have to wait long for its conclusion.!' THE TURKISH ARMY IN ASIA. We extract the following from a letter, dated— CAMP HADJIVELEKEY, July 14.—As Hadjive lekey is not marked on any map that I have seen, I may mention that it is a small hamlet or village distant about 18 miles north-east from Kars, and within some three miles of the Georgian frontier. Its inhabitants, like those of every Turkish village near the border, have long si nce b een d r i ven b y the war to seek refuge elsewhere, and are now settled in the more remote and peaceful neighbour hood, of Erzeroum. Since the beginning of spring a small camp of some two thousand regulars and about half the number of Bashi-bazouks has been pitched in its outskirts, and, in conji.n.;tion with a smaller force encamped in the adjacent village of Sahitan, has been the strongest and most advanced outpost of the Kars army. Hitherto, according'y, General Guyon and his reconnoitring party re tired, on observing the passage of the Karstchai by the Russian army. Startled into spasmodic activity, the Mushir no sooner heard of the ap proach of the enemy than he hurried from Kars with a force of nearly twenty thousand men, despatched orders to the outlying troops at Besinquey, Zeim, and Ardahan, to concentrate forthwith upon Hadjivelekey ; and, by the energy of his movements, practically threatened to drive the Muscovites pell-mell into the Karst chai, or, if necessary, back under the very towers of Gumri. Men and officers at last hoped that their inglorious inactivity was at an end, and the most cautious in their predictions confessed to a belief that before forty-eight hours a battle would be lost or won. One, two, or three days were spent in preparation ; artillery and ammunition were brought in in great abundance from Kars ; troops joined from all the neighbouring out-posts, and everything was in readiness for a n im me di a t e and effective descent upon the foe. These latter were encamped about two miles off, at the deserted village of Balderban, on the Turkish bank of the Karstchai. As if in very contempt of the enemy, the Russian General, with thirty thousand men and sixty guns, had chosen almost the worst pos sible strategetical position for his camp ; in its immediate rear lay the river—considerably deep and difficult of re-passage—in front was a steep and isolated mountain, whilst on both flanks it was exposed to the easy and most advantageous attack of the Turkish army ; altogether its topographical situation could not well be more inviting or favour able to an enemy. Even the unmilitary brains of the Mushir were brought to see the advantage thus either contemptuously or recklessly given him, and he proposed—what ? That General Guyon should advance to the attack with 20,000. men, whilst he fell back nearer Kars with the remainder as a reserve ! This magnanimous plan, however, did not meet with the approbation of even the Turkish generals—to say nothing of its estimate amongst the Europeans ; the original design there fore of an advance with the whole army (which now numbers nearly 40,000 men of all arms, with 80 guns, and exclusive of the large reserve at Kars) was recurred to, and a battle was again hourly ex pected. By way of compromise, however, on Wed nesday morning last his excellency resolved on a " demonstration" only ; the wisdom of the step was questioned by more than one of his generals, but the valour which suggested it was too gushing and irrepressible to be stemmed ; and, accordingly, by early noon some twenty-five or thirty thousand men were marched out in full battle array from the camp. In front went the motley host of Bashi-bazouks-5,000 strong—ander Ismail Pacha, with their green and re I banners floating in the breeze, and the hard-sounding " tum-tum" of their Lilliputian kettle-drums rising in shrill clearness above the bands of the regulars behind. Then fol lowed seven regiments of cavalry, and several bat teries of guns, under Khurschid Pacha (Guyon), not much inferior in the general effect of their ap pearance to any equal number of ordinary European cavalry. Last of all, at considerable distance, came the infantry and remainder of the artillery, under the Mushir, who, mounted on a splendid Arabian charger' and girt with a diamond -hilted scimitar, looked sol dierly enough, and evidently thought so himself. After proceeding for a short distance from the camp, the infantry halted and piled arms, when the com mander-in-chief went through the farce of a pre tendedly minute inspection. The cavalry advanced for some half a mile farther, and then drew up likewise, whilst the Bashi-bazouks—in two immense straggling lines —continued to go forward until within less than half a mile of the Russian out posts. As yet not a Russian uniform had been seen ; and some notion seemed almost tenable that they might even have given the Mushir" the slip" andrecrossed the river, when a cossack picquet made its appear ance round a slope of the mountain I have already mentioned. A few minutes afterwards a small but close body of cavalry came in sight out upon the plain and advanced slowly towards the scattered and noisy host of Turkish irregulars, upon whom their appearance had an almost instantaneous effect. From a tolerably smart gallop they reined in to a canter, which soon subsided into a dead halt along the whole line : the noisy clatter of tonguk was stilled, and every eye seemed fixed upon the little phalanx of Russian horse. After a minute or two this latter opened, and I then learned the cause of the sudden " pull up" of the Bashi-bazouks. They had fancied that the compact handful of the foe concealed a gun behind, and against this terror-clothed monster not a man of the whole crowd would advance. "So it is," re marked Gen. Kmetty to me, in giving this explana tion of their halt, " with a couple of guns and half a score rllBl.l, [would engage to keep at bay the whole five thousand." By this time several other masses of Russian cavalry appeared on the field, and the prospect of an extensive skirmish became imminent. As theycontinued to multiply Ismail Pacha ordered up the second line of his straggling command, and prepared to meet the slowly advancing squadrons of the enemy with a somewhat compact and regu lar front. Seeing no signs of cannon, the Bashis seemed eager for the fray, and, with sleeves rolled up above the elbows, brandished their long cane shafted lance with a rapidity and precision which heightened not a little the general picturesqueness of their appearance. It soon became evident, how ever, that the Russians meant more than a skir mish ; regiment after regiment of cavalry wheeled round the base of the mountain, and took up their position in order of battle; then followed artillery; and lastly, huge square masses of infantry—the whole moving with an automaton-like compactness and order which contrasted most favourably with the previous advance of even the Turkish regulars behind me. In little more than ten minutes from the first halt of the Bashi-bazouits, between twelve and fifteen thousand Russians were ranged in order of battle ; and what the (I have no doubt) now alarmed Mushir had only intended to be an empty parade of his forces, was about to end in a gene ral collision of the two armies. Sure lam he would have given a month's pay—no trifle—if he could have cancelled the rash step into which his vanity had betrayed him ; but there was now no help for it, and all he could do was to keep as far as possible in the rear, and trust to Allah and Khomschid Pacha for deliverance. In the meantime a party of Bashi-bazouks had detached themselves from the main line, and in their impa•ient eagerness to get within reach of some outlying Cossacks, or with a view of throwing some effective odd shots into a compact battalion of in fantry which stood temptingly along the base of the mountain, spread themselves up the side of the grassy slope which would have favoured either purpose. The movement, however, was not unob served by the foe, for suddenly a party of Russian skirmishers appeared along the summit of the de clivity, and, before the unsuspecting Arabs had fired a shot, poured down a volley which sent seven horses riderless down the mountain-side. Were it not for this unfortunate loss of life, the scamper ing, pell-mell, sauve-qui peat descent of the re mainder would have justified a hearty laugh, even in the face of the then prospect, of affairs. In less than 5 minutes the entire mountain-side, and as far round the base as within range of the Russian muskets, was cleared of stragglers; and the Bashi bazouks were compelled to content themselves with the prospect of a legitimate hand-to-hand encoun ter, which threatened to be close and desperate enough to satisfy the most fiery-spirited amongst them. Fortune, however, which proverbially " favours the brave," sometimes, in the indulgence of her sovereign caprice, aids the coward as well, and on this occasion played one of her exceptional freaks by coming to the rescue of the Mushir. For nearly half an hour previous to the little episode just de scribed, some drifting clouds had seemed to threaten one of those smart but brief showers of rain which here almost daily burst down in the midst of the most brilliant and scorching sunshine, cooling the air, but drenching the " faithful" at the same time. As they passed over the arrayed thousands, how ever, only a few heavy drops fell, and there seemed every prospect of Moslem and Muscovite having what is called in Ireland " a dry blink" to measure their comparative stren , r,ths in, when suddenly a perfect shower of forked lightning burst over the field, and was followed in a few seconds by a thun der-storm, which would have turned into ridicule the mimic peals of the combined artilleries of the two armies. Instantaneously after the thunder, as it had succeeded the lightning, poured down a tor rent of rain, the equal of which I have only seen once before in the mountains of Donegal. In much less time then I have taken to pen this rather wordy ihtioductiou of the storm, I was myself drenched through to the skin, and a thick beaver coat, which has turned off many a heavy English shower, had become one huge saturated sponge. For one mor tal half-hour I bore this terrific bath patiently, till my poor horse had been shrivelled into nearly half his size, and his rider into as externally unwar like an individual as ever belted on a sabre. At length, when human nature could bear it no longer when the very bashi-bazouks turned away their horses' heads from the enemy, and when these latter themselves began to fall back slowly upon their camp, I, too, turned towards the Turkish tents, and in the face of the still pelting storm neither tightened rein nor withheld spur till I reached the sheltering canvas of my tent. Late in the afternoon the half-drowned regiments returned piteous in appearance as they had been gay and ex hilaraut in the morning ; and on till midnight con tinued the terrific deluge which had thus so oppor tunely prevented a battle, and redeemed the reck less bravery (!) of the Mushir. I am thus, for the present, unable to report any decisive advance in the status quo of affairs. I may, however, confidently reiterate the prediction that in a very few days we shall have either gained a victory or suffered a defeat. Even the anile ner vousness and indecision of the Mushir can no longer ward off decisive action, for with a Russian army of 30,000 men and sixty guns within cannon shot of his tent, action or inaction ceases to be op tional, and fight he must. Without drawing a man from the reserve at Kars, he can bring an efficient and well-armed force of at least 35,000 into the field under advantages which—as a European officer remarked to me this morning—if well used might destroy the Russian army in three days, and open up a ready way to Teflis at the same time. At present to attack Gumri with any prospect of success would cost a greater sacrifice both of men and time than it would be wisdom to make ; but the reserve at Kars might safely be left to keep its garrison in good behaviour whilst the main body of the army proceeded on to the capital of the pro vince, which could not long resist a vigorously con ducted siege. If once taken, Russian rule south of the Caucasus would not be worth a week's pur chase ; for with Selim Pacha towards the coast, and Schamyl in the north-east, its reduction, even with a much more pro-Russian population than it has, would be no difficult or tedious achievement. With the aid of ten thousand English or French troops, or even with an ener ge ti c E uropean Com mander-in-Chief in the place of the vacillating and cowardly nonentity who at present acts as a back weight upon the action of the troops that are here, the Crescent might be waving over the walls of Tiflis within a fortnight from the present time. At present nothing short of the Russian retreat— which is not likely—can long delay an engagement which must be more or less decisive. The men are eager for it, the enemy are at hand, and nothiiig hut the vacillation and personal dread of the Mushir himself postpones it for a day. THE BALTIC. The following are extracts from the letters of a seaman serving in the Baltic : " Her Majesty's ship Belleisle, Bomarsund, Aug. 14. "Dear Daniel, —Have you noticed that I have shifted ships ? The reason I ask is, I have not received as yet anything from you directed to the Belleisle. The last letter I received was dated July 3. I have sent you my small account every fortnight, excepting this last. I missed the opportunity last Tuesday ; the letter-bag was sent away, and but very few knew it. "The fighting is still going on here. The Edinburgh and Amphion are now throwing shell on the top of the large battery, a battery that is built in front of the town ; its foundation is a rock along the edge of the water. The round tower was taken this morning, and it is reported 40 prisoners with it. This was taken with very little loss of life on our side ; through the whole of the affray yesterday we hear of only one being wounded —that a Frenchman. The affair has been most capitally managed ; guns have been got ashore from the ships, and have been placed under the brow of a hill, where neither of the forts could get a gun to bear upon them, a lthough they were a very short distance f rom them It is rumoured here that to-morrow is appointed for the grand attack on the other forts and the town, but whether it is true or not remains to be proved ; there is not a doubt of its being carried ; the Russians have not the least chance, but they stand to their work well ; they are out-manoeuvred on every point. " Our ships lay off, and pitch shell into their forts with ease and sureness, and the enemy cannot get a gun to reach them (our ships). They have been throwing shell from their batteries at intervals throughout the day, I suppose at our troops. I say I suppose, because I do not know what they are doing on the other side of the island, where Admiral Plurnridge has the command. I can only give you what I see doing here. I hear plenty, but three-fourths turns out to be false. Do send me a line, Daniel, for I want to know if you have received what I have sent. Direct Belleisle ' instead of Bos cawen.' There are three more forts yet to be taken ; two of them are round towers, all very strong. " 15th, 7.30 a.m.—Everything is quiet here at pre sent, except a shot now and then from the forts thrown in the direction of the troops, but it is that sort of quietness which precedes a storm. It is expected that the bombardment will begin at 10 a.m., but I shall have to give this in before that time. You may expect to hear of its being taken with little trouble and little loss, for the troops have erected a battery during the night, and they have their mortars there already ; this battery will command the town batteries, and they cannot get a gun to bear on them, so you see they have not the least chance. The ships have had but little to do with this affair, except throwing in a shell now and then to quiet them. I can not tell you what is doing in Led Sound, or any other place, but just where we tire lying, and I am afraid not much of that. I write in haste. Excuse everything ; lam well and happy. I hope this will find you all the same.—l remain, yours, &c., "The mail is detained till to-morrow, so I have a chance of giving you a little more information. This has been a warm day here for many ; there has been a continual pouring in of shot and shell on the top of the Ru , simi tort ; we all expected to have seen it down before this (it is now 6.30 p.m.) ; but there it stands, and there the R uss i ans s till fi g ht their guns manfully. There have been but few ships en gaged in the affair, and they only working their pivot guns. It looks like a miserable piece of work. There is no doubt that admirals and generals know best, but the tars have a notion that if some of the heavy ships had been hauled in, and had given them a few broad sides, they would have shaken their masonry for them, but as it is they have shaken it pretty well. The three bat teries that the troops have built ashore are still throwing in shell upon them. Some people expect great things to be done to-night, but time will sh ow us. As migh t be expected, there hag been some loss of life on our side, but I cannot tell you what the loss is at present. " 16th, 6-45 a.m.—We have heard of nothing serious. occurring during the night. It is reported that onset the round batteries has hoisted a flag of truce, but it needs confirmation. There are, or were, three round towers, but one of them was captured and blown up. It is reported the Russians threw shell into it from the large fort, which we were still engaging, which set fire to it. It was on fire some hours before the explosion took place. The Russians still fight on manfully ; the forts they are now in must be very strong. e 45 a.m.—Shot and shell are still flying onl oth sides ; the fort still keeps : up its fire manfully. as afraid to keep my l e tt er any l onger ; there i s no chant " for the fort to hold out much longer." THE SIEGE OF BOMARSUND. The following are among the ~ last telegra" phic despatches received from the Baltic. 1 _ A be Moniteur says : " Despatches from Adreg' Parseval, of August 15, writt en a few min utes after the surrender of Bomarsund, fully confir ms the telegraphic despatch which the Governrn en. received from Dantzic. Scarcely had the squad r°l3s recommenced their fire at full range to second {fie labour of the army, when a fl a g of truce was i: played, and the fortress surrendered. The fort 2 was very much injured by the cannon balls. I '7, Russian prisoners, forming one -h a lf o f the gall'; were about to be embarked on board the Cleopsi"; and the Syrene, to be taken to Brest, and the ot h a e i, 1,000 prisoners remained a t th e di sposa l of A lt miral Napier. Admigal Parseval announces tbitt he will send his report by the next mail." BOMARSUND, Aug. 17. General Bay d'Hilliers and the Hon. Mr. Grey left Aland l a mediately after the capitulation for Stockolraf :„ order, it is supposed, to induce the Swedes to jeu" the allies. onl• STOCKHOLM, Aug. 21.—Many Russians were n o focated in the Bomarsund casemates by the 51 %, of their own fire. After the surrender there ed great rejoicings in Aland, and prayers were eff e L. in the churches for Queen Victoria and the fund,7o peror Louis Napoleon. The fortress was contain ammunition and provisions for one V 33 eir We find the following in a letter from Cop hagen, Aug. 19 : .. on the 13th and 14th, i t S we dish s t e amer, the SO Ito vail, carried a large number of visitors from the c a P ita i scl f the scene of action. Near Degerby the vessel got a gron A., but was assisted off by the crew of the French friPbut s on Vengeance, 60 guns, who sent 15 hours in inc e- ,, p eo labour, three times supplied them with fresh Li t ' i o. and materials, and at last relieved them with " ti • and provisions, refusing any kind of conlPe ° l 3. B3 -° yo They regarded us as friends and brothers► o le a letter, and would willingly have got our vv W P og? land off the rocks- —f or we h ave b ee n agroun d enough—if we would only have perm itted tb b e i m s , At Bomarsund they f oun d more than forty ' l / 3 %c fot with their broadsides to the fortresses, prePa l 7, r on• the next day's battl e . Th e mom ent was gl i nted Not a cry was heard on e ith er s ide. They Ba s od each ship as they passed, the admirals among the hat in were saluted in return merely by taking off th e profound silence. Y h t h e ° y ef Another Fr ` e ‘ nchcolone S i w ß e i d a i n sh cha s r ter an er d , ththee Englishl k s c e a e r r r e i ed Legation, Grey, to the fleet on the same day. on • visited the French fieldworks, which were being `'inbo tinually bombarded, and picked up some pieces of b° yet warm. Bie " Privileges of export from St. Petersburg and but have been demanded by several Swedish rnerchant,s. have very properly been refused by her Majesty vernment." FRANCE. The Minister of War," says the lifoo lie14 :,?. " has made an appeal to the sisters of Saint-.,-vZ, cent-de-Paul to go and attend to the soldiers in .I', hospitals of the army of the East. The apOcatio; has been listened to, as 25 of these holy are about to embark at Marseilles in the next 1;„ packet, and 25 others will follow soon after. 3 , worthy superior has intimated that most probabii she will be able to extend the number to 100. 1 ; It was stated yesterday at the Bourse that int er ligence had been received by the French Govern meet that, notwiths waling what has been said relative to the necessity of further dt lay, the or pedition for the Crimea left Varna on the 14t'i. The cholera haF..• of late decreased rapidly _ I P; Paris. The official bulletin, of yesterday, 01 ',. / speaks of 28 new cases for all the hospitals, fo u ' ' teen men and fourteen women. - 7 3f. The Three ner Cents, closed yesterday at - for the end of the month; the Four-and - a o st per Cents. at 99i. 9ue. ; awl the New Lo 3 ° , evo 73f. Orleans Railway Shares, 1,222 f. 50c. ; R 9l s f. ; 970 f. ; Havre, 570 f. ; Great Northern, o't, e. Strasburg, 792 f. 50c. ; New Shares, 628flpi. Paris and Lyons, 962 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the ; terranean, 8:0f. ; Western of France, 647 f• p ai o f Bordeaux and Cette, 627 f. 50c. ; Great Ce n ,ia, ; France, 517 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Geneva, Bank of Credit Mobilier, 717 f. 50c. We have received Debats) ne ws S SPAIN. Madrid of the 17th ; a mo st fronl afflicting kind. The following w a i r n e g ie grave, th e alne of corrispondent d t h° "We had hoped to see order re-established, ail, t he Government resume in all the provinces of Sp o _f a ll authority which is indispensable to the protection usoi. interests and all rights. Our hopes are 4 114 2 0° The union which is necessary amongst all parti.-, at bottom desire the same thing, is nearly hre iceli e r 10 and °f The members,of the Cahinet themselves are no 104.4.0. accord, and the provincial juntas are divided by found hatred, or at least by rivalities which h:L T ,, a fts re; duced the most fatal dis cor ds. The Governm ent heed it ceived despatches from Catalonia, which have - great disquietude. Th a t man ufacturing a nd t - a uer province has b e c ome th e place of resort of a grea are ber of political refuge e s o f all-countries. These 11 , 1 who for the most part ard en t an d f ur i o us revolutionisit°!copt do not hesitate to excite the • • and mes t grossest a , 4 1 so f ai passions in order to arrive at the destruction 0 ' o' order, and elevate on its ruins a Governorr 00 4 which they would make the most deplorahcreveri we At Cadiz the ju n t a i s di sso l ve d and rene,, tbat day. The diffi cu lti es are sogreat in that ',c 6100 the best and most d evo t e d citizens hes i ta te to on the pad the administration, and retire the moment thel the resistance they will have to encounter, an " to , be ° sions they a s the i t fol' will have to combat • and, collected in its hands thoritY, Aor ied all power and all au Abanu lows that neither exists, and that the town is ~,fs iu to the first occupant. The most perverse are a' to tlf these cases the most audacious. There is con very 0 0. at Cadiz a centre of disorder which increases ey.,hbooP ment, and which cannot fail to extend to then e.„lobralcell hood. At Malaga a revolutionary movement "Too/ out, the character and object of which are e a u, ss t All that is known is that, at the moment th 0 left, the streets were paraded by numerous getaged armed men, and that the national guard Wa s te A nal arms. The rioters, however, seemed to dorain a A jgesirl be likely soon to be masters of the town• e rnai e° things are wor4e. The authority of the Central G° T . O , pi e d has been shaken off. The town and the provi jo pose to destroy the ties which bind them t° C 'ol3°S. to declare themselves independent. As the Prsssed the quence of this independence, they have suPP re i .A.° llti f import duties on English goods ; and according.9..wri lusia is already inundated with them to the 17 other e r Spanish manufactures and of the cornnieree., to countries. A terrible calamity has been ad l a ll v"" many misfortunes. The cholera has invade. IV southern provinces, and rages cruelly there,'„ l3 ; ti te er a populations of Cadiz, Seville, Malaga, and Ak — te rrib'; decimated, and nothing announces that th? th% visitation is about to decline. In some distritese have even encountered the typhus, and t 'osge!" plagues have caused, and cause, frightf C ul r t The Junta of Saragossa attacks Queen briioit 111 from t he direct terms ; the Government has re ceived formal demand that she shall be impeached, dealeel boldest of its members dare scarcely reject theroioal as ill timed and impolitic. Clubs are being ° , a b b ilab e l everywhere on the model of those which were e ° ' in Paris after the revolution of February. T h e e itr i the Government are discussed in them, and a.tispoo it approved of or blamed. If blamed, a remon° 4 .0 4 immediately drawn up, and a deputation is aeA rier alli t ; to the Duke de la Victoria or his colleagues. ki 0 tbO ti Ministers cede, and thus one after another ar down all the barriers which prevent p ci p ulsr at F ll , se be The revolutionary flood, however, rises incessa it begins to be feared that the Governmenot„.o.o unable to struggle against it. The environs ad' tha t ; l are striken with terror. Is it necessary toe i des business is suspended ? Numerous bankrrp_ing the besides expected, and in the midst of these me ; th . orders the new Ministers are divided and clua l o. most ardent make war on the most mod e r, o lid g° 11 ; Minister of Finance, M. Collado, who offer e " f o rton. rantees to the capitalists of Madrid by his larq to ve er . ° and his incontestable probity, has been obligetodertfr° on account of his being accused of being to his rtorna General O'Donnell will soon follow him in. to thau ment. The same report is addres sed l dbior amongst his colleagues ar e some who have to o thro° 6 at such a moment every man who is not ti in the sr, gressist ought to abandon any participa n "AiTendo 51111° to vernment. It is said that General ..„___artero Minister of Marine, is already destined. by ri.. 1 1 ) ,„. 0 .. , luster ot d replace General O'Donnell in the , 0 f Volta 000 . The Government, in consideration .0 .011, boa having been first to join the insurreet to o 1 d on PP ferrecr on it the title of Heroic, an pahty that of Excellent. 4