The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-13 00:00:00

THE ITRE ROYAL HAY .14 ARS ET. Under the management of Mr. guckstone. TIII3 EVENING, Om.. 13, . _ Will be performed the comedy of PAUL FRY. Principal cha. acters by sir. Wright, Mr. Chippendale, Mr: W. Farren, Mrs. ?eynter, and Miss E. Chaplin. To be followed by the Comedy of BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Principal characters by Messrs. Hudson, Rogers, and E. Villiers; Mrs. Poynter. Miss A. Vining. and Miss E. Chaplin. To conclude with A KI3B iN TILE DARK. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. ruder the Management of Mr. CHARLES KLAN. THIS EVENING, Orr. 13, Will be performed (fifth time) a comedietta, entitled LIVING TOO FAST. After which, A HEART OF GOLD. Principe' characters by Messrs. Meadows, Addison, Ryder, 1). Fisher, Cathcart, and baker ; Misses Heath and Murray, and Mrs. Daly. To conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPUL P:oTrietor, fr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING, Oex. 13, Will be performed tha popular Drama of THE DTARED SON. Principal characters by Messrs. Seaby, Murray, B SC edford, D and Keeley; .Sirs. Keeley, and Miss Woolgar. After which, the Farce of CAPERS AND CORONETS. To conclude with the Farce of Ta‘s STATION HOUSE. ROYAL OLYMPIC TIIEI.TR3. I.P.ee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. VILA EVEINTING. OCT. 13, Rillte p,:s.rformed I MA.TCII . IN THE D ERR. Principal cha racters by 3lr. San, and .M..ss eitzpatric:k, To be followed by the Comte Drama callo t uusn MONET. Char:to:en by Ibit ssrs. F Rcbson and Emery ; and Mrs. A. Wigan. . _ To coiiclu:le with PERFECT CONFIDENCE 8111.1.11 D THEATRE. de Lessee Mr. F. W. ,tllaoft. TINA EVENING, OCT. 13, Will be perfo , rned 'TWAS I. irellowei by FACT A\D MARGUERITE. Mephistopheles, M r . Hs:lord; Fiost, Miss G. llod2on; Niargnt , ,rite, Miss IL Gordon. Ater whlc', TILE Ni \Y WAGS OF WINOSOR. To conclude will - IRE ILLUSTRIOCI STRANGER. ; 1 , .; uuliery, tid.; ?rivet , Ali.crott. lb. New Iland-strea. tit . ll;3, Xi 13, 0 :10Y.1 ant ETA n. TTTE FAT,T, 0 11:',im Coo Mr. WI ilam Cooke harinx it to t) witn , ...ss a Gc,p.d : , peett le a the , cin; the prineLal events of the Easter- , ( I to trtaa resarvtn; th la•c! gt .•lotri event—a , event led author wait !ht nlo , t thriltin; ,ott !y t c PYtucc:i on asc tle ot rn tgul t t ,- ;(1 intto , la , a 400 Ausi - +he, Stage and the •+sToisot. emsl rt , t.orst T:ii~ r.' cr ~at 1. , .~ ; r. v stria," i, withdrawn ,veze.it *I the Allied SoccLic e e oiled. TnE WOOD LE •, a ,Cl'l‘3 , ~2 trll!3nt aml unique ":4CENF.S nth ,u-r.tuletn , rlt at Ooke. The , vr.o!e to conclua , ~ ith a (11:A.1:13 ENTREE AMICSLE or Fngland aud France, Ta`.ie lu:c on the Stage, and National. Dauoes ty ?.la:tile3 Christhu.: A,111:23. CI ',V. ql I.4)NIAYN intll)(4,, s Yorrtirg 52 'flio„tfter 5' rt.:nab - 4I nis.nh. C 6 e,viralng 9 7 F, `',3 ' n r..--BUS °MX'S, Ocr. 13. TR d , ..11,412TER. IN TVE.IiA.Dr. 57 - 1 .108.4 snee nom r.teterdsy. 4' racrulng and during the night. 52 -; . .his d !tt. noon. RA.P.O-LTE3, 30'4' —failing. " I 'V.—The wind b gone round from the W. to 1V.F.1,V., with a l!ght breeze. Last night was the coldest 8 . :Ice the spriLg, with a heavy dew and hazy. Noon sunshine. THE "COMING" CAPTURE SEBASTOPOL WILL BE PUBLISHED IN AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION "THE SUN" THE MOMENT THE EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE IS ISSUED, TOGETHER WITH A LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. Orders received by all News Agents, and at " THE SUN" OFFICE, 112, Strand, London. lal ' - ' t. - ;. - m --Nun LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1854. Official accounts from Constantinople of the sth inst., and. the Crimea of the 3d, which ap- peared in our impression of yesterday, announce that "50 heavy guns, 650 sailors, and 2,000 marines had been landed from the fleet at Bala- hi av a ;" and that " the English army was close to Sebastopol, which was invested on the south, and that batteries of heavy guns had been con structed." The Allied. Armies had, it appears, advanced their trenches to within 1,500 yards cf Sebastopol, and a general feeling prevailed among French and English that a general assault would be made on the Bth instant, that would transfer the Russian stronghold into the Lands of the as sailants, and accomplish the act alluded to in the false and fraudulent reports that bad been pre maturely circulated. Under these circumstances it is more than pro bable that the bombardment actually commenced on the 4th inst., as reported through the Vienna tele graph. When all was in readiness for the ter rific onslaught, it cannot be supposed that the work of destruction would be unnecessarily pro crastinated. And from what we already know of the effect produced by the French and British artillery on the granite fortifications at Bomar sund, we can e asily conceive the awful effect of a bombardment from a far more powerful force— continued unceasingly for four or five days. O n the one side, we see troops flushed with the bril liant victory they had already achieved—those who W ere in the rear, on the glorious 20th of September, burning with martial enthusiasm to prove themselves worthy companions of the men who so freely shed their blood in that sanguinary encounter, and to acquire similar laurels. Some o f our jolly tars, too, who were pining under comparative inaction, and eager to share the dangers of their brethren of the land service, have been ll a owed to participate in the rork, and we cannot doubt that their ex ploits will be worthy of comme • moration, while the gallant Marines, who have always proved themselves equally efficient in either branch, or on either element, have had their prayers granted, and been allowed another opportunity of dis tinguishing themselves. Our noble Allies, tco, actuated by a friendly emulation, will maintain the ancient reputation acquired in many well fought battles, recently enhanced by conduct that will bear comparison with the most brilliant ex ploits of their illustrious progenitors. What have such men to fearfronfopponents paralysed by defeat ._and such , a defeat, where a position, which they fancied could be heldfor at least three weeks against eighty thousand men, was talen in less than three hours by less than twenty thousand l Disheart ened as they have been, and knowing that there are many among them who had been ruthlessly dragged from their homes and compelled to join the ranks of those with whom they had no sym pathies in common, to fight under a standard they detested, and who would gladly hail the triumph ~:'.;r of the Allies as the signal for their own emanci pation, what, then, can we expect but a speedy and decisive triumph ? It is not reasonable to suppose that these men will sacrifice their own lives to glorify the CZAR or to protract a useless resistance. Each day, then, may bring the anxiously looked-for intelligence of the fall of • Sebastopol. The subjugation of the entire Crimea must speedily follow. The inhabitants of the country have already afforded unequivocal testimony of their friendly feelings to the Allies, combined with a r stern and inveterate animosity to their quondam tyrant. They were still impatient under the galling yoke, and rejoice in the hope of returning to their ancient allegiance, and witnessing the restoration of the manners and customs that prevailed before their beautiful and fertile land fell a sacrifice to the griping cupidity of the Empress CATHA RINE. We cannot abandon this interesting race to the vengeance of the infuriated CZAR. We are bound by every feeling of honour and humanity to pro tect them from his vindictive malevolence ; and, althe ugh the surrender of the Crimea formed no portion of the "Four Conditions," it would be disgraceful to the Western Powers if they con sented to peace on any terms that did not recog nise the fall independence of the people, or, at least, their transfer to some other Sovereign. Associated with the Caucasian tribes, and under the protection of France anclEngland, they would supply an excellent barrier against the insidious advances of the Northern Despot. Bessarabia, tt)o, should be taken from the AUTOCRAT. He who so recklessly sent his cohorts across the Prutii, on such frivolous pretexts, should no longer be allowed to approach that river. The territory acquired by the Treaty of Bucharest in 1312 should be restored to the successor of the sovereign from whom it was then wrested, and who WCS mainly induced by the persuasions and influence of England to surrender so fair a portion of his dominions. Nay, more, it may well be de manded that Russia should, as in byegone times, be bounded by the Bug, and compelled to disgorge the whole of its modern acquisitions. This may be very unpleasant to NICHOLAS and his toadies. But after causing so vast an expenditure of blood and treasure, through his p ride and arro g ance ; he can c)t expect, and must not receive, as favourable terms as might have been accorded before he carried his unwarrantable pretensiens to such a pitch of perverse obstinacy. What can we now anticipate ? The fall Sebaetorol, and the destruction of his Fleet, is the signal for shaking the sceptre of Southern Russia from his enfeebled grasp. Prussia cannot aid him. The vacillating eliepot may have h to do take care of himself. While Austria— eno "Ever strong. upon the strongest tije," will not help—nay, more, will probably seek to benefit herself at his expense. A speedy sub mission is all that he can look to ; and. hard as are the conditions now to be enforced, he may rest assured that they will be much more stringent and unpalatable after another campaign, and that " the leek" he will then be obliged to swallow will be bitter indeed. Three. Courts-martial have just been held on b:lard the flag-ship Victory, at Portsmouth, in cmsequence of the proceedings in the Victorious hulls, on the night of the 17th September, when the unfortunate MATILDA JANE LOIXIE met her death. We have so recently expressed our views in reference to that painful and me- :Inch°ly transaction, that it is scarcely ne- ee.ssary to repeat that public) justice had been fully and e)mpletely satisfied by the stringent and 'searching investigation that took plan before the Mayor of Portsmouth and his brother magistrates, and that however foolishly and recklessly Lieut. KNIGIIT might have acted on his return home from a protracted ♦oyage, he had not been guilty of any cruelty or brutality towards the unhappy young woman ; nor could he be held in any de gree legally responsible for her melancholy death. The law of the land had, therefore, no claim against him. If a civilian, his conduct could not be impeached before any tribunal—save that of public opinion—and it might be held that he had already, in the exposure, anxiety, and expense which he had sustained, sufficiently expi ated the "indiscretion" of which he had been guilty. We say " indiscretion," because it does not appear that there had been any immoral act, save that of seeking such dangerous society. But there had been a grave breach of disci pline. As an officer holding her MAJESTY'S Commission, Lieut. KNIGHT had no right to bring loose women on board any vessel in the Royal Navy, or to expose his brother officers to the contamination of such demoralising association. If he had fallen into this grievous error while inebriated it would have formed no ex cuse, scarcely a palliation, for such con duct. Intoxication alone would be., a serious offence, for which he would have been liable to severe punishment. Bat, in the Navy, some allowance is always very justly and properly made for the excitement occasioned by a safe return from a protracted and dangerous cruise, and to that allowance, coupled with his previously irre proachable character, is Lieutenant KNIGHT in debted for the comparatively lenient, though still heavy, sentence which condemned him to be placed at the bottom of the list of first-lieutenants of the Royal Marines, thereby practically losing the be nefit of eleven years of faithful and efficient service unstained by any previous fault. But Lieutenant KNIGHT was not the only per son called to account, although really he was the only offender, and there were what our continen tal brethren denominate " extenuating circum stances." Two other officers were also called to account, for even tolerating such proceedings, and not immediately reporting the circumstances to the officer then in command. The first was Lieute nant JERVIS, whose conduct certainly appears to be perfectly irreproachable. He knew nothing of the unfortunate young woman being on board, haying retired early to rest in his cabin, until he was awakened between one and. two o'clock in the morning by the piercing shriekswhich she uttered during her hysterical attack. He then, with a degree of humanity deserving high praise, assisted the sufferer, and forgot her errors in her affliction. He might have ordered her immediate expulsion, hut he forgot her impropriety of conduct in her illness, and desired that " she should be removed early in the morning;'' and if Lieutenant JERVIS Thereby committed a fault, the recording angel ;honk], as in the established precedent• of my Uncle TOBY'S oath, have " dropped a tear i on the entry, and blotted toutfoLriee.:ter. jEit " y N i V s3, e in not merely e xcuse, but hono ur, :1 1 -Ts w e e co t n h d er u e c f t or w e a ssinthcearteloyf raejotircilesaßyriiitsisahcqsuaiitlotarl,; The next officer i m plicated was Lieut. ELPILIN - He was charged, as s enior officer present in the ward-room, with permitting the presence of those women without forthwith reporting them, and in permittin g them to receive wine and spirits i n immode rate quantities. The case of Lieut. ELPRINSTONE was not quite so clear as that of Lieut. JERVIS. He was actually command ing officer on board at the time he received the message from the Chaplain, but, being ignorant of that fact, he did not f ee l himself called on to in terfere. He did remonstrate, but did not take steps to ascertain that he was entitled to command the " abatement of the nuisance." He thus corn mii,ted a fault, although, under the circumstance:, of a venial character, one adequately expiated by the admonition which he received. • We rejoice at the proceedings,which have corn pletely vindicated the honour of the British Navy, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 1854, and shown that such transactions, if not unpre cedented, are at least of very rare occurrence, and that there is no probability of any repetition of occurrences so calculated to excite the sorrow and indignation of those desirous of maintaining the honour and efficiency of the maritime service. LATEST NEWS. THE CRIMEA. BERLIN FRIDAY. The following Russian official despatch was published in St. Petersburg on the 11th : Nothing fresh had occurred before Sebastopol up to the 6th. Prince Menschikoff still retained his old posi• tion on the north side. THE SUN EXPRESS EXTRAORDINARY OF SUNDAY, THE Bth OCTOBER, WITH THE LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDI NARY. We have much pleasure in acknowledging the thanks of our various correspondents throughout the country, and the handsome notices of our pro vincial contemporaries, in recording our exertions to gratify the public •anxiety with the earliest authentic intelligence of the great battle of the Alma, together with the list of the killed and wounded on that memorable occasion. Mrs. Bingham, of Bristol, Mr. Wheeler, of Man chester, Messrs. Willmer and Smith, of Liverpool, and many other agents, distributed copies of the Extraordinary Sun to the public authorities, news paper offices, and others, and received well-merited thanks for their laudable exertions. Messrs. Clayton and Son, of the Strand, also received great and well-deserved praise for their prompt alacrity in forwarding large quantities of the Extraordinary Sun of Sunday to their numerous country corre spondents. At Woolwich, Chatham, Sheerness, St. Leopards, Hastings, Dover, Brighton, South ampton, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and other mili tary and naval stations, the tidings were received and appreciated with intense interest. (From the Bristol Mirror, of Monday, Oct. 9.) The following despatch from Lord Raglan, detailing the glorious victory of the allied forces over the Russians at the Alma was published yesterday (Sunday) in an Extraordinary Gazette, and re-published in The Sun. It arrived in this Cltv about six o'clock, having been for warded to Mrs. Bingham, news agent, to whom we are indebted for a copy of that journal. VIENNA, THURSDAY. A private despatch from the Black Sea, dated the Bth inst., states that the bombardment of Sebastopol commenced on the sth inst. Two breaches were mad© at the Quarantine Fort on the Bth. Advices from Odessa, of the 7th, state that Prince Menschikoff's right wing was .at Bakshi- Serai, his left wing at Alushta, his centre at Simpheropol, where reinforcements from Perekcp will concentrate. THE BALTIC. KIEL, Oct. 9.—Rear-Admiral Plumridge arrived here last evening in his flag-ship, the Neptune, 120 j and this morning the following line-of-battle ships came in :—The St. George, 120, Captain H. Eyres ; Monarch, 84, Captain Erskine ; and Royal George, 120 (screw), Captain Codrington. •The French line-of-battle ship Duguesclin, in tow of the steam-frigate Le Milan, has passed the Great Belt. The Jemappes, which broke her chain cable during the gale of last week, and was obliged to get under weigh to prevent going ashore, arrived safely in Wingo Sound, near Gottenburg. ' The Swedish steamer Core arrived yesterday from Stockholm, passed the Swedish line-of-battle ship Carl Johann going into Carlscrona, and the same afternoon saw two British line-of-battle ships, and a French screw steamer towing one of them ; from the course they were steering it was supposed they were trying to make the Great Belt. We have had very heavy equinoctial gales, and from all ports of the Baltic accounts have been re ceived of losses and damages to merchant ships. Fortunately no ships of war are known to have Report says that the Russians have sunk 32 ships in the Tenikale Straits. MARSEILLES, THURSDAY. The coffin containing the body of Marshal de &int Arnaud has been conveyed to the cathedral. To-morrow it will leave for Paris by a special (Pron, the Bristol Times, act. 9.) At half-plst six yesterday (Sunday evening) we were fa.voured throuei the kindness and enterprise' of Mrs. f3inEtiwn, 110M4-agent, cf this city, with an Extraordinary Edition of the .)un„ c,ntainipg these important de :-.patehes, and which had been forwarded to her by special express. suffered any damage. From all that has transpired it appears certain that, though the order for the return of the French and English fleets was countermanded pro vision al!y, while consultations were going on as to the expediency of making an attempt on Sweaborg be fore the ice appears, yet these consultations have ended in the confirmation of the impossibility of doing anything of importance in the Baltic this year, as the season is too advanced. The ships, therefore, are going home. A French • battle ship passed the Belt yesterday, steering north, and a French steamer is despatched from here to Nyberg, to fetch pilots to steer the allied ships here through the Belt. The reception of the British ships here has been quite enthusiastic. It happens to be the time of the Michaelmas fair, so that there is an assemblage in town of people from all the surrounding country, who appear to be quite astonished at the magni tude . of the ships, and altogether delighted with the novelty. COPENHAGEN, OCT. B.—The Oresundsposten men tions the arrival from England of the electric tele graph cable which is to be laid across the S ound, and will then connect the Swedish with the Danish telegraph lines. The engineers have now decided on the direction of the submarine line, which will enter the Sound a littlo to the north of Elsinore, and emerge about a mile from the town of Lands crona. (From the Bristol Af enter!' ) We were favoured with a copy of Lori Raglan's de- Rratch (ir. The San), at 6.30 last evening by Mrs. Bing ham, of U!gh-'trcot, who was the only party in Btisltol that then received the special news in full. By a later tr.:in we had forwarded t:, 0 , 11-:,lves the Gaz:.tte extraor dinary, winch has been carefully collated with The Sun's tl:e document, together with a second Gazette contAning despatches from Admiral Dundas. We have to thank, also, the managers of the Telegraph-office fur an abstract of Lord Raglan's interesting document. Let us hope that our united exertions in distri buting the coming capture of Sebastopol may be equally successful. told, very curious. They prove that Austria re- through the press, such information as may reach him I paid for laud transport from Russia to Prussia garde hostilities with Russia as imminent, and that on the subject. Meanwhile, we think it as well to sum than in driving their hazardous trade with dimi she no longer entertains the idea of following a up both the official reports and the numerous private nished profits. policy of neutrality. It becomes, moreover, daily accounts published by y offi the journals cers h or received by our- The Giornale di Roma publishes a text of a con clearer that the propositions of Austria will not venison concluded between the King of the Two have a majority in the Federal Diet ; perhaps, to selves. Two Sicilies and the Holy See to regulate international the l other . more severely, but' not in such a way as avoid a rupture which would put the Federal Con- telegraphic correspondence. endanger his life. Several field officers are said to have etitution to a severe trial, Austria will abandon her The llioniteur says :—" Captain Sir Edward been killed. The death of only one is confirmed Belcher, commander of the last expedition to the propositions, so that the Diet will remain inac tive . in an undoubted manner , namely of C o mmandant • The Cologne Gazette, under date of Berlin, 9th, Troyon, of the 7th of the li n e, a man of g reat Arctic wean, has addressed to the Admiralty a re alty s merit, and one of the youngest officers of that rank port, in which he bestows the highest praise on M. "The publication of the Austrian note of the 30th of in the army; he was on horseback when a ball Emile tie B:-ay, a French officer who took part in September has produced considerable sensation. It is in the breast struck him dead. M. Leblanc, a sub- the expe'iition on board the English ship Resolute. comprehended that Austria has spoken her last words, intendant of the first class, has had his thigh amputated His Excellency Lord Cowley lets heen charged by and that she will maintain her policy against Prussia, after the wound which he received near Prince Napo- tl'e Government of her Britannic Majesty to even without being supported by Germany. It is more leon ; his situation is as satisfactory as possible. Three transmit a copy of this report to his Excellency than doubtful whether Prussia can maint ain her iso- officers were killed where they stood—Oaptain Coudroit the Minister of Foreign Affairs." lated position." de Laurels, of the Ist Zouaves ; Sub-Lieutenant Poidevin, A Berlin journal says:— of the 39th of the line, killed as he heroically planted a "On the 17th the trial of the persons implicated in flag on the telegraphic post ; and Sub-Lieutenant [lob, the plot of March, 1853, will commence before the Court of the marine infantry. Fifty-four officers of various of Political Justice in this city. It will probably last grades, amongst whom are Capt. Francois Cluzel, of several weeks. The accused are 10 in number, and they the 39th of the line, who had the right arm shattered, will be defended by five advocates. More than 30 wit- and Lieutenant Gaston Paris, of the same regiment, nesses, several of them front Mecklenberg, will have to who had his arm broken by a ball, have received wounds be examined. The indictment is very long, the police serious enough to necessitate their removal to the am having collected agreat quantity of papers. The Director. bulances ; the most of them are going on well, but General of Police (M. Hinkelberg) was to have been some have fallen since that period. The number of non examined, but on his representations the Court has de- commissioned officers and soldiers killed or wounded cided not to hear him." l amounts to about 1,300 ; only one name has been as yet given, that of the brave Serjeant-Major Fleury, who was killed in circumstances analogous to those of Lieut. Poidevin's case. The Zouaves posted as skirmishers on positions deemed as impregnable are they who have suf fered the most of the whole army ; the Ist Regiment has 280 men hors de combat ; the other losses have been divided amongst the marine-infantry, the foot-chasseurs, the 7th, 20th, 27th, and 39th Regiments of the line, the sth and 22d Light Infantry, the Foreign Legion, and all the brave regiments which have co-operated in the glo rious day of the 20th Sept. As to the artillery, every one agrees in saying that it was admirable, and that that of the reserve rendered the greatest services ; but none of its losses has been anywhere specified. It appears that in additiOn to the figures given above must be reckoned a number of very slight wounds and contusions, receivedat those points where, when our troops were mixed pell-mell with the Russians, the struggle during a certain time assumed an individual character. Iu title, many officers and soldiers escaped as if by miracle from the balls which flew round theta in every direction ; coats and trousers were cut with balls, caps pierced through ; and one case is mentioned, that of the colonel of the 22d, where an epaulette was carried away by a ball. We may add that several field-officers had their horses killed un der them, without themselves having received any con tusion or wound. Of that number was Col. Pacqueult de Lavarande." There is nothing else of any interest in the lead ing columns of the journals on the war. The Emperor and Empress left to-day for Amiens to be present at the consecration of a chapel dedi cated to St. Eugenie in the cathedral of that town. The visit is in pursuance of a promise given to the clergy last year by the Emperor. ATe Delon will also be performed in thanksgiving for the victory of the Alma. The Steele has an article which may interest some of our readers as have not fully comprehended the allusion to chauvinism in the letter of Bathes, which led to his liberation by the Emperor—an act of clemency for which it appears he has not manifested the feeling which would have been shown by a generous mind. The Moniteur contains three decrees —one, ad ding two judges to the Cour Imperial of Algiers ; another, extending the duration of the modifica tions of the customs' tariff in the French colonies as regards corn, flour, and dried pulse, to the 31st July, 1855 ; and the third, making a number of promotions and nominations among military offi cers in the Legion of Honour. The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at 76f. 35c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a- Half per Cents. at 98f. 85c. ; and the New Loan, at 76f. sc. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,215 f. ; Rouen, 988 f. 75c. ; Havre, 570 f. ; Great North ern, 873 f. 75c. ; Strasburg, 841 f. 25c. ; New Shares, 656 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 1,037 f. 50c. ; Lyons and the Mediterranean, 862 f. 50c. ; Western of Francs, 663 f. 750. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 621 f. 25c. ; Great Central of France, 520 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 538 f. 75c. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, '62f. 50c. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. (BY ELE TRIO TELEGRAPJI) YirrilA NIP fON, FRIDAY. By the arrival of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Eux.itw, we have dates from Gibraltar to the 4Lii Cadiz 5, Lisbon 9, and, Vigo 10. The Euxine had on board 45 passengers, 65 packages of specie, and the clego. Her Majesty's steam-ship Viper arrived at Lis bon ou the 3d inst. with du.pitches for Constan tinople, and, after taking in coals, proceeded on her voyage the following morning Her Majesty's . steam-sloop Sphtux arrived in Gibraltar Bay on the 21 inst. The British steamer Sallie°, six days from Liver pool, arrived out at Gibraltar ou the evening of the 3d. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Stromboli passed on • the 3d for the Black Sea. The despatch screw gun-boat Lynx proceeded from Gibraltar to the Black Sea on the same day. THE BRAZILIAN MAIL. (BY ELECT.R.I6" TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY, 9.30 A.M. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Severn has just arrived with the abovo mails. Her dates are—Buenos Ayres Sept. 1, Monte Video 4, Rio Janeiro 14, Bahia 18, Pernambuco 21, Madeira Oct. 5, and Lisbon 9. She had on board 56 pas sengers, 21 of whom landed at Lisbon. The Severn has on freight 16,1221. in specie, 10,0001. value in diamonds, and a very full cargo. From Buenos Ayres there is little to notice of importance. In political affairs all was tranquil. The market for imports was dull, but an improve ment was expected at the commencement of the spring trade. The produce market was bare of stocks, and hides kept high. Tallow was flatter, and wool entirely neglected, although the forth coming clip was pronounced better than usual. Freights were dull. Exchange on London 60 6to 60 9 per ounce. At Rio the Legislative Chambers were prorogued. A large business had been done in coffee. In dry goods there was no improvement. Exchange at sixty days 27, but some small transactions had been effected at 27i to 27k. Freights continued. active. _ _ _ At Pernambuco business had boon in a complete state of apathy. In exchange little had been done at ' cash. Freights dull. At Monte Video there was a good demand for imports, but prices had declined. . Exchanze, 40s. The coast of Brazil is reported as very healthy, no fever ni auy kind prevailing. At Lisbon the disease in the vine still existed. CRYSTAL PAL .Cr, OCT. 12 (ONE SHILLING DAY). — ;%t the (bar:, 5,082 ; admission by season Leketa, 615 ; total, 5,697. MUEDICROCS AiiMAULT.-At the Lawford-gate Petty The Cuckoo gun-boat, Lieutenant Commander Augustus G. E. Murray (2d May, 1854), arrived at Sheerness, from the Baltic, yesterday, at 10 p.m., last from Yarmouth, where she put in, being quite of out coals. The Cuckoo left Ledsund on the 19th of Sep tember last, and arrived at Faro Sound on the 21st of September. On the following day the Swedish camp broke up. The Porcupine was there in charge of the colliers for supplying the steam-fleet with coals. She left Faro Sound on the 23d. In consequence of very boisterous weather, she put into Christianopel, and afterwards into Uhg skar for shelter ; she arrived at Copenhagen ou the 27th. The Danish troops, in very large force, were;encamped in and around the town. The troops had been exchanged ; the Zealand troops were sent to the southern dominions, and the southern troops to the north. This was done from political motives, to prevent a particular object being carried out by the troops in their own district, of which the Danish Government had had a very broad hint, if each body of troops remained in its own locality. The Cuckoo left at Copenhagen three Danish 50- gun frigates and one French steam-vessel of war. She left there on the 30th, passed Elsinore the same day ; left two French line-of-battle ships and a French frigate there. That night she was obliged to anchor under the island of Anholt for shelter ; next morning proceeded and put into Gothenburg from stress of weather, and there coaled ; left there on the 6th of October. She left in Wingo Sound her Majesty's ship Cumberland and a French line of-battle ship. The Cumberland had carried away all the lower part of the knee of her head, stem, and cutwater, having been in collision with a French ship of war. The Cumberland was repairing damage to enable her to return to England. She may be hourly ex pected, as her repairs of damage were nearly com pleted. From the departure of the Cuckoo from. Sheerness, on the 31st May last, she has been con stantly on the sea, and never, through all the in tricacies of Baltic navigation, once settled or grounded. Lieutenant J. Davies, lately promoted from mate, late serving on board the Hogue, and Mr. Daniel John Durgan, late Assistant-Surgeon, pro moted from the Duke of Wellington, have come home on their promotion, as supernumeraries on board the Cuckoo. The machinery of the Cuckoo has on the whole acted exceedingly well, and she has kept her speed from 10 knots to 10.2 on her passage home. Her boilers are completely wore out ; they have been now seven years in constant work. Sessions, ntld at Bi.istol y,si.erday (Thursday), Thomas Eaglestaff, I , aacEigleAaff, Daniel Wills, George Brown, and Charles Cliapple, were charged with hawing assaulted Mr. Watkins, a cattle dealer, and inflicted on him such injuries that his life is now despirod of. The court was - - densely crowded, as the cave excited much interest from the position in life of the different persons. THE IRISH MILITIA EisaoLLED.--At the Privy SPAIN. The illessager de Bayonne announces the arrival of Marshal Narvaez in that place on the Bth, and his departure the next day for Vichy. The same journal states that M. Salatnanca, who has been at Bayonne for some time, has taken the clihteau Prisse, close to the town, bought horses and car riages, and seems to have the intention to reside there for some length of time. Council held in Dublin Car tic o,l_ TiLursthq,theLorcia FR AN CE. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY, 6 P.M. One of the chief causes, I might perhaps say the only cause now, of anxiety as to the expedition against Sebastopol—so strong is the conviction that it must fall before the skill and courage of the allies—is the fear that the Russian army may receive in sufficient time reinforcements which would en able Prince Menschikoff to offer battle to the allied army with such an augmentation of force as to occasion great slaughter and protract the siege. The exact amount of the Russian army at Sebasto pol is not known, nor is it known with certainty what reinforcements likely to reach before the for tress shall be reduced are on their way. The De buts has some observations of a tranquillising nature on the point. It says : "Every one asks himself what may be the number of the Russians engaged in the defence of Sebastopol ; but, in the absence of positive data, it can only be estimated in an hypothetical manner. The Vienna journals, de ceived, without being aware of it, by the agents or par tisans of Russia, made the forces of that power in the Crimea amount to the exorbitant number of 140,000 men. We may judge how far this is an exaggeration when we call to mind that these same journals, on the faith of similar information, stated that the garrison of Eupatoria was 15,000 strong, and that the Rus sians had flanked the walls of that town by three large forts. The allies on landing there found a town without fortifications, .and having for its en tire garrison 200 men. Setting aside, therefore, these improbable numbers, and even that of 103,000 men, given more recently, the force at the disposal of Prince Menschikoff may be estimated at 70,000, including the division which has arrived from the line of the Dniester, after a march of 28 days. All the reinforcements which he could collect throughout the extent of his command must have already joined him. It appears that the reinforcement of 8,000 men who came from Kertch, and who joined him on the Alma the very day before the battle, included the garrison of Anapa, and among others the 16th and 33d regiments, which were in front of the battle, and suffered severely. It is regarded as a very difficult matter for the troops which must have left Kherson and Nicolaief, on hearing of the landing of the allies, to arrive in time to take part in the defence of Sebastopol. The reinforcements re ceived by Prince Menschikoff are composed of troops from the garrisons on the coast of Oircasia, which the Russians have been compelled to evacuate. There must be also added to these reinforcements the sailors of the Russian fleet, by means of whom the enemy's force may be brought up to 85,000 men, which is the highest number that can be admitted, since the Russian army on the Alma was only estimated at 50,000 men. But the combined army also receives reinforcements, which will bring it up to the same number, if not to 90,000, and it will, therefore, be perfectly prepared, while carrying on the siege ener getically, to cover it with an army cap able of gainiy, if necessary, a second pitched battle over t he Russians." It is known that General Canrobert received at the battle of Alma a contusion in the breast from the splinter of a shell. The Moniteur de l'Annee says that a consecrated medal, which he wore under his uniform, and which had been given him by an august hand at the moment of his departure, pre served him from a more severe hurl. We read in the Gonstitutionnel " The names of the persun3 killed at the victory of the Alma have not yet arrived. ' The Minister of War has been kind enough to announce that he will give Justices made the order for eorolli , ig the Irish militia. SUPPOSED MURDER —We u%derAand that a woman has been lodged in gaol bele, on a charge of having poisoned two of her oNO children. Tile authorities are engaged in investigating the C3Ee.-- , Stirling Journal. THEFT OF BANK NOTES.—On. Tuesday afternoon the sum of 3501. was stolen from the person of a gentleman at Falkirk Tryst. Some of the notes were 501. Bank of England notes, and their numbers are known. THE LATE ATTEMPT AT ABDUCTION.—We can posi tively state that the gentleman who lately attempted abduction in Northamptonshire is not, or ever was, an officer in the army, He is an Irishman, the Hon. Mr. C., nephew to an earl in Ulster. ASSESSED TAXES.—It is not generally known that a party served with a surveyor's schedule, and failing to make a return, may be refused to be heard on appeal, before the Court of Appeal, against a charge made on him. THE EARL OF ENNISKILLEN.—The officers of the Barnsley District Loyal Orange Society have forwarded to the Right Hon. the Earl of Enniskillen, Grand Master of the Orange Lodges of the United Kingdom, an address of congratulation and sympathy on the providential escape of his lord,hip and 800 of their Protestant brethren from the recent attempt to overthrow the railway train in which they were travelling on the Enniskillen and Derry Railway. EPWORTH FAIR.—At this the principal fair in the Isle of Axhol me, North Lincolnshire, the number of sheep penned was unusually large, but the quality of the animals was not of the most superior kind, they being principally stock ewes, which sold at from 30s. to 40s. each. Fat beasts were scarce, and realised from 7s. 6d. to 7s. 9d. per stone of 141 b. There were few good horses shown ; good foals were in great demand, and the small number in the fair were disposed of at high prices. THE CHOLERA AT MERTHYR, &c.—We regret that this fearful disease has been very prevalent in the dis tricts of Merthyr and Dowlais, in South Wales, and that though every Effort has been made to stop its progress its ravages still continue. Since its first appear ance between 200 and 300 persons have been carried off. The authorities are on the alert, and adopting the mea sures best calculated to stop the spread of the pestilence. House-to-house visitation has been adopted by the medical staff, who daily visit each dwelling. The streets are being cleansed and well lined, and the boards of health are active in carrying the provisions of the act into operation. Yet much more remains to be done, as slaughLerheu , es abound, open drains are allowed to pour forth their miasma in volumes, and generally the drain age and sewerage of the towns are in the worst condi tion. Theo towns have acquired an unenviable notoriety by their filth, and now they are among the first to feel the presence of this dread scourge. HEART WORK. - are not sent into this world to do anything into which we cannot put our hearts. We have certain work to do for our bread, and that is to be done strenuously ; other work to do for our delight, and that is to be dohs heartily. Neither is it to be done by halves and shifts, but with a will ; and what is not worth the effort is not to bP dsee at all. THE ALLEGED MURDER IN WESTMINSTER.—AD JOURNED INQUEST.—Yesterday, Mr. Bedford, the coro ner for the City of Westminster, resumed the inquiry into the cause of the death of Mary Ann Lever, aged 36. Deceased died in the infirinsry of St. John's Work house on the 6th inst., having been admitted on the 3d, and it was stated by Dinah Reid, a nurse in the in firmary, that (according: , to a statement made by de ceased) her death arose from injuries received through the violence of a man unknosi-u, who had thrown her over the banisters of a house in Orchard-street, West minster. The inquiry previously held was adjourned for the purpose of further investigation by the police ; but on the coroner and jury re-assembling yesterday, the only additional evidence adduced was that of two women of the same unfortunate class as the deceased, who stated that she had about three weeks ago fallen down stairs at the house in Orchard-street, but they knew nothing of injuries inflicted by any man. Mr. Lavies, the surgeon of the infirmary, repeated his former evidence, that in his opinion the immediate cause of death was inflamma tion of the peritoneum, which latter might be occasioned in a person leading the life of the deceased, independent of the injuries alleged to have been inflicted. The jury accordingly returned a verdict that the deceased had died from inflammation of the peritoneum. A SOLDIER'S RECEIPT FOR PROCURING SLEEP.—Th following (says the Bath Journal) is an extract from the letter of a youth, son of an ancient Wilts family, to his parents :—" As soon as our division (the Ist) was formed on landing, and the light division had marched off, we started and marched five miles over a large flat plain, with a ridge of high rugged-looking hills facing us, and encamped at half-past four p.m. in a large ploughed field, with a quantity of bushy weeds on it, which luckily made very good bedding when pulled up and heaped together, so a general rush took place as soon as we had piled arms, and not a weed was left in half an hour ! So we had our chip of cold pork and biscuit and go-down of whisky, put our cloaks over us, and with our bearskin caps for a pillow, lay down on our bed of rushes,' and slept like a top, though it rained a good part of the night rather sharpish. Now I will tell you a receipt for sleeping under any circumstances. syouc a n cold ca r ry, pork, a n d Have all th e exc it emen t o f landing on an enemy's shore, mixed with as man y h a versacks, cloaks, pis tols, tele sco p es , h a t c hets, &c., as bearskin cap and e paulettes on top of all. Lie down with your conscience at case from a sense of doing your duty, and put the cape of your coat bang all over your head, so that you can't feel the rain or dew fall, or be dazzled by the moon or stars, and then commend your self to God. If you don't sleep then, there must be something wrong in the inside." A THoUSLND SINGING BIRDS FOR AMERICA.— Amongst the " passengers" by the Washington steamer, which left Southampton on Wednesday with the United States eisil were Up N , ad 3Of 1.,0?, singing canary birds. A cabin op f',:r then'. Almost every one of the birds w:,s a separate casc. '3go is dome-shaped, and is ‘)f C,.rtar7 bir.l3 are exported in 1)3. tt ;; th, anyton stesinea, and they are collected from all parts Of 6ierinany. train. Mme. de Saint Arnaud, the Marquis de Trazeynis, and General Youssouf, have accom panied the mortal remains of the Marshal to France. All the authorities of the city, the bishop, the garrison, and an immense crowd of the inhabi tants have rendered to Marshal de Saint Arnaud the funeral honours reserved to Generals-in- Chief. MADRID, OCT. 9. The Gazette publishes the names of several priests who have quitted their residences fur fear of the cholera. The bulletin of the capital continues favourable. The elections are going off quietly. TU ,KEY. A meeting, it is said, is about to take place in Constantinople, of representatives of Austria, Eng land, li'rance, and Turkey, for the purpose of ar ranging the details of the future Austrian protec torate in the Danubian• Principalities. If it be true, the news will serve to sharpen the coining answer of Russia to the last Austrian note of S,2p tember 12. THE PRINCIPALITIES. A Vienna letter of the Bth, in the Cologne Gazette, sa3s a---" It appears certain that the order of march of the Turkish troops has been changed. Not only all the troops who had returned from Wallachia to Bulgaria aro again passing the Danube, and pro ceeding by forced marches towards the East, but the staff of the Turkish flotilla of the Danube has been transferred from Rustchuk to Hirsowa. It is said, besides, that in order to facilitate the opera tions of Omer Pacha, the bridge of boats which ex isted between Giurgevo and Rustchuk, is to be re built lower down between Ibrail and Matchin. The Austrian troops entered Galatz on the 25th Sept. The Austrian Consul-General of the Principalities, M. de Michanowich, is to proceed to-morrow to hie new post at Bucharest." From Jassy we hear that General Osten-Sacken has been at Perekop since the 2d, and is awaiting the arrival of the reinforcements from Odessa, to advance into the Crimea to the assistance of Prince Menschikoff ; but it does not seem very probable that he will be enabled to do so before the middle of the month. RUSSIA. By our advices received this morning, we learn that the Emperor of Russia has expressed great dissatisfaction with the measures adopted by Prince Menschikoff previous to the battle of the Alma. It appears that the Prince ordered the 15,000 re serves from Balaklava, to reinforce his position on the heights of the Alma., ;4n d among the results of that battle must be reckoned the advantage which accrued to the allies from the fact of Balak lava having been left unprotected. The move ment of the allied commanders-in-chief round to the south of Sebastopol, it is argued at St. Petersburg, might have been successfully frustrated, or at least greatly impeded, if the aforesaid 15,000 reserves had not been withdrawn from Balaklava ; and hence the reported dissatisfaction with Prince Menschikoff, and his deposal from the supreme command of the whole of the Crimea. The movements of Russian troops that are now taking place in Poland are understood to have peculiar reference to Austria, and as the direction of any troops towards the Crimea would now be too late to have any influence on its destiny, it may be assumed that the following dispositions have refer ence both to Austria and to the possibility of the Turks making an inroad into Bessarabia : The Grenadier regiment (Feldmarschall Suwaroff) and two regiments of Chasseurs (Kutusov, Smo lenski and Wielkiluki) advanced, under the com mand of General Wrangel (3), on the 2d instant, from Warsaw to Kielce, fifteen leagues north of Cracow, and occupy an entrenched camp there. The three Grenadier regiments, Alexandrowisch, Wurtemberg, and Katharinenburg, have entered the great fortified camp at Rachou, on the right bank of the Vistula. The camp at Kielce seems to be selected as the pivot for the Russian dispositions towards the West. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Oct. 9.—A telegraphic despatch, dated Czeruowitz the Bth, was received here this I morning,. It apprised us that General Baron Hess was expected there to : day, coming from Jassy, and probably on his intended return to this city. It also stated that the Ottoman troops had completely evacuated Galatz and Ibraila, and that these important places had been occu pied by the Austrians ; and finally, it informed us that Prince Gortschakoir s head-quarters had been already removed to Odessa. Thi s l a tt e r piece of information will of course req u i re co n. firmation ; but to a certain extent it is corrobo rated by advices from Odessa of the 3d and sth inst., which state that General Osten-Sacken has received the command-in-chief of the Rus sian forces in the Crimea, and that Prince Menschikoff has received erders to confine his command to the defence of Sebastopol. If this be true—and there is no reason to doubt it—then the probability of the removal of Prince Gortschakoff's head-quarters to Odessa is apparently strengthened by the supposition that the defence of the Crimea, even after the expected fall of Sebastopol, may have been determined I upon at St. Petersburg, and consequently this greater concentration of the Russian forces near I the isthmus of that peninsular may be deemed ne cessary. The Neue Preursische Zeitung, vulgo Krantz Zeitung, of yesterday, was confiscated by the authorities on its' arrival here this morning. It is understood to contain an article which is not only in the highest degree offensive to the Austrian Government, but downright insulting also to the Emperor Francis Joseph personally. And for what reason do you suppose ? Incredible, but true t Because his Majesty the Emperor of Aus tria is supposed to have instructed Count Buol cordially to congratulate the Western Powers on their victory ou the Alma, both through their re presentatives here, and the Austrian ambassadors at London and Paris. 0 tempora 0 mores ! PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Oct. 10.—The Cabinet of Berlin, it is said, at llrst hesitated as to whether it ought to give a reply to the note of the Vienna Cabinet of the 30th ult. It was thought that it would be better not to reply, as it was clear it would not alter the line of policy of Austria, and that a reply exposing again the views of the Prussian Cabinet might easily appear calculated to exer cise too strong an influence upon the other Ger man States. It was, however, finally decided that a reply should be made. In a few days it will leave Berlin. The Austrian note of the 30th of September, in reply to the Prussian note of the 21st, however, is not the only or the most energetic of the communications of the Cabinet of Vienna. There exists a circular dated the Ist of Oct., ad dressed to the German Governments, accompanied by an expose of the position of Austria towards the belligerent Powers, and a note bearing also the date of the Ist of October, by which the Austrian Minister at Berlin has instructions to communicate that circular to the Cabinet of Berlin to leave no doubts_ to Jhe latter as. to the manner in which Austria pronounces herself vis-a-vis with her Ger man confederates. All these documents are, lam COURT CIRCULAR. BA.LMORAL, Oar. 11. Nor Maj .sty the Qusen and the Prince, accompanied by her RoyAl Highness the Princess Alice, were out yesterday in the Bullock-bhuie. Their R iyal Bighrwsse3 the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred drove to Invercauld. Earl of Aberdeen arrived yesterday evening to be in attendance on her Majesty. this morning, Major Lord Burghersh arrived at Balmoral. Despatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Captain Payne, unattached, has received an appoint ment as second aide-de-camp to Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith, G.C.8., Commandant of the Northern and Midland Districts. THE Q,177.EN IN EDINI3UP.GFI.—The Queen and Royal Family reached Edinburgh yesterday evening at seven ; they leave at half-past ten to-day fer Hull. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal have each a small garden at Osborne, which they cultivate themselves. Great rivalry exists amongst them as to which can produce the best flowers and fruit. The Prince had failed in the production of something, and he solicited help. Prince Albert, when he found this out, forbad it, adding he did not wish the future King of Eir,eand to receive assistance in anything he could do THE DUCHESS OF GLOCCESTER.—Her Royal High ness purposes leaving the Bedford Hotel this day for Gloucester House, Piccadilly, The Royal Duchess has taken carriage airings daily, and continues, we are happy to say, in the same state of health as we reported last week. Her Royal Highness has taken frequent car riage drives on the Pier Esplanade, but does not alight from her carriage. The Earl of Roden has arrived in town from Hyde Vale, county of Herts. He will leave to-morrow for Hanover, in compny with the Hon. Mr. Jocelyn, who is attached to the Hanoverian legation. The noble earl will be absent about ten days. Lord and Lady ctoncurry have left Maretimo for - Hillsborough Castle, on a visit to the Marquis and Mar chioness of Downshire. l'riajor-General F. Maunsell and Mrs. Ilannsell have arrived at the Westend Hotel, Kilkee. James Roosevelt, Esq , and Mrs. Roosevelt have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from New York. Sir Bei jarain Hall, M.P., has visited Southampton t• examine the extensive operations going on in that town, for severing it, and supplying it with water. Sir Lucius O'Brien, Bart., lieutenant of the County Clare, will in a few days lead to the hymeneal altar Miss Finucane, daughter of Major Fmucane, a Waterloo hero, and sister-in-law of Admiral O'Grady, of Erina. The Right Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood come to town on Tuesday next, from Yorkshire. Lady Graham and faMily return to town early in the ensuing week, from Cumberland. Nuwale Azimullah Khan, an Indian prince, who ini.euds making Brighton his winter residence, dined last evening by invitation with Mr. Vansittart and a select circle of friends, at the residence of the latter, 16, Brunswick-square. The prince is likely to experience numerous similar instances of friendship during his sojourn. —Brighton Gazette. NEW WING TO THE MIDDLESEX. House OV DETEN- TlON.—Yesterday morning, Mr. 11. Pownall (the chair nip), and several of the county magistrates, inspected the new female wing of the prisoa, which it has been feund necessary, in consequence of want of room, to erect in connection with the old building. WHITTINGTON CLUB AND METROPOLITAN ATHENEUM. —The usual winter course of lectures for the season 1854-55, in connection with the above highly prosperous institution, was commenced last evening by a lecture by the Rev. G. W. Condor, of Leeds, on " Mind : its world and its powers." CPU IMPROVEMENTS.—Cannon-street, one of the most useful of the improvements now in progress in the City of London, is nearly finished, and in the course of a few weeks the workmen will be out of it. A Naar POLICE COURT.—Yesterday a new police court was opened at the Sessions-house, Broad Sanc tuary, Westminster, in compliance with directions from the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for the purpose of swearing in recruits. The presiding magistrates were Mr. James H. Wilson (chairman) and Mr. W. P. Bodkin. who were assisted by Mr. Rogers as their clerk. BUTCHERS CHARITABLE INSTITUTION.—Last evening, the 26th anniversary of this institution was held at the Freemasons' Tavern—Mr. W. Collins, Master of the Worshipful Company of Butchers, in the chair. There was an exceedingly large and respectable company, nearly 300 gentlemen having sat down to dinner. BATTERSEA PARK.—Oa Wednesday the whole of the extensive buildings belonging to the York Drain and Tile Company, adjoining the Vauxhall Water-works, were sold by order of the Commissioners of Public Works, to be forthwith pulled down, to clear the ground for the formation of Battersea Park. The site of the proposed park is now nearly cleared, and the Commissioners having had a grant of 24,0001. from Parliament, the laying out of the walks and roads is at once to be proceeded with. A marked progress has been made in the construction of the Battersea Park Suspension Bridge, during the summer, on the Chelsea side, a number of houses having been removed for the approaches. ALARMING FIRE AT BATTLE BRIDGE.—A fire attended with considerable damage broke out on Wednesday night on the premises belonging to Messrs. Evans and Hayward, silk-mercers, &c , situate at Albion - place Ea-t, Battle Bridge. It commenced in the ground-floor warehouse, and was occasioned by the gas burner in the window, which, coming in csntact with some dresses, set the valuable stock in that part of the building in a blaze. A. number of the neighbours quickly attended, es well as eeseral engines of the parish, four of the Len d Brigade, and that of the West of England Insurance Office. Owing to the exertions of all present the fire was eveutu dly sub lued, but not until a great amount of, property was either totally destroyed or seriously da maged by fire and water. Fortunately, the building was insured in the Sun, and the contents were insured in the Atlas Office. T o r r t F o O f e the F L g ti o A v l.l C o :I s t L o - f DR l ET— Ar r i ril l e 'R u l Tu m at s° q N ua s :te C rry A. C ß this institution, now situated at Wandsworth, and originally' established in St. George's-fields, for the maintenance and edncation of indigent female children, the daughters of reduced members of the craft, was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street--Brother 31ilis in the chair. who was seen to throw herself e on Wednesday night, was S UICID E FROM WATERLOO BRIDGE.--Yesterday morn finr,giaithoeffbowdyaotefralofoetbnraildeg, found on the banks of the Thames, opposite Somerset houie, and removed to the dead-house of St. Mary-le- Strand to be owned, and for an inquest. It was that of a female. about 35, light hair and complexion, and clad in black silk bonnet, plaid shawl, lilac-coloured cotton gown, habit-shirt marked " M.P.," and Adelaide boots ; all of good quality. GREECE. A letter from Athens, dated the 28th ult., in the Atoniteur, says :—" Two Ottoman subjects, Nicolas Papas and Nicholas Ghinou, residing in the Turkish ♦illage of Mavromati near Agrapha, having to claim an indemnity for the damage caused to them by Colonels Sotiri Strato and Geor goussi, who, on crossing the frontier during the late events, took from them a quantity of corn and other articles, to the value of some thousands of drachmas, brought an action against the said Strato and Georgoussi, who were condemned by the tribunals. The plaintiffs, having met with consid erable difficulties in effecting a seizure of the pro perty of their debtors, as ordered by the sentence of the Court, the prefect of Etolia and Acarnania immediately called into requisition the armed force to assist in carrying it into execution. The seizure having been thus effected, the Ottoman subjects will soon be indemnified for the losses they have sustained." EGYPT. The fresh Egyptian auxiliaries from Alexandria will, as we understand from communications from Varna, of the Ist, go direct to Balaklava, instead of first proceeding to Constantinople, as has been the case heretofore, and will thus be very much earlier on the scene of action. 6,000 Egyptian cavalry were expected to arrive at Balaklava on the 6th inst., and four steamers were to go from Yarna to Balaklava, to return with transport ships for the conveyance of provisions from Varna to the allies. Mean while the four steamers sot off to Alexandria, to return with 4,000 Egyptian artil lerymen. About 12,000 Egyptian auxiliaries, mostly cavalry, have joined the expeditionary army by this time. MISCELLANEOUS. Omer Pacha seems to have already commenced operations against Bessarabia. He passed through Galatz on the Ist inst., on his way to Ibraiia. The Turkish corps ooncentrated at Schumla, according t o letters of the I st of th e month from dalatz, were then on their way from thence to Trojan's Wall. The Turkish Danubian flotilla is concentrated at Hirsova. It will be made use of in the conveyance of troops from thence to Galatz. A letter from Copenhagen, Bth, states that the President of the Volksthing in the sitting of the previous day informed the Chamber that the pro positions made in the preceding session relative to the modification of the Constitution had not been accepted by the King. A 'letter from Rome, of the 30th ult., in the Parlamento of Turin, states that a few days before the officer commanding the Papal gendarmes sta tioned at Marino, near Rome, was assassinated. The crime Was attributed to party spirit. The Augsburg Gazette states that the Prussian Jews are at present endeavouring to obtain the , revocation of the edict of 1492, issued by Fer dinand and Isabella, which banished from Spain all persons of their persuasion. They have ad dressed to the Cortes a memorial to that effect, in which they endeavour to prove that Jewish colonies existed in Spain long before that country was inhabited by Christians. They quote in sup port of their assertion Strabo, Philo, and the Spanish historian Los Rios, who even declares that the Jews rendered the greatest services to the Christians when these latter reconquered Spain. On the 28th ultimo the Court of Appeal at Basle pronounced sentence on a refugee, named Thury, who had given himself out for an emis sary of Kossuth ; the latter, however, had since f orm ally disclaimed any connexion with him, and stated in a letter that he had only given him some pecuniary aid. The Lower Court had condemned him to two months' imprisonment and a fine of 300 f. ; but the Court of Appeal increased his punishment to six months' imprisonment, 500 f. fine, and the expenses, with 100 days imprison ment more if the fine were not paid within three months. The Prussian, Gazette, of the 9th, says " Count Esterhazy, wad ho is staying here on a mis sion extraordinary, h an audience last Friday of the King in the Bellevue Palace, when he pre sented to his Majesty an autograph letter from the Emperor of Austria. The conjecture that this letter announced the recall of Count Esterhazy from the court of Berlin is not correct. The Emperor of Austria has pardoned two poli tical prisoners named Giovanni Rodoni and Giovanni Noziezka, and remitted one-half of the punishment of a third, named Antonio sas_: Fodor.„lt is now A letter from Messina , 4th, says several days that no case of cholera has occurred here, and it is said that clean bills of health will be issued in the course of the present week. At Catania, the disease still exists, and also in several other parts of the island." Advices from Tilsit mention that in consequence of the reductions in the Prussian tariff, the smug gling trade along the frontier bad greatly dimi nished ; the smugglers had found their account rather in availing themselves of the high rates now I I I I