The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-23 00:00:00

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITHEATKK. Lessee and Manager. Mr. William Cooke. In preparation, with entirely new scenery, and every necessary reqoisit^- a Grand EQUE4TRIAN BURLESQUE, from the pen of a popular author. Every pains has bent Mkt'', and the most profuse experoe has been lavished, to render this znagniticgit Spectacle worthy of the approbatio n o f t h e pu bl ic ! , THIS EVENING, - For a Air nights more, the War Spectacle, VIZ COSSACKS; el', Vive it Fl'ance. Aft.-r which. the inimitable SCENES in the ARENA. invented arranged, and directed by Mr. William Cooke. HERR CHRISTOFF, 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 31rs S. G. Healey. THE KNIGHT AsEr - THE WAITER LILY; or, Dave among the Mermaids. Box-office open from Eleven till Tour.-- Stage- Manager. Mr. W West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TITY4 DAT —Morning 53 tain.after 1 Evening 11 min.aft. 2 70-Ifoßeow—Morning 28 cnin.after 2 Evening 45 min.aft. 2 iraft — Tifittr - fit • = -radar the management of Mr. Bur-ketone. TIIIS EVENING, ArGIIST 23. „ Will be performed THE OLD CHATEAU. Characte rs b y Messrs. news, Rogers, H. Marston, and Buckstone; Mrs. Fitzwallam, and Mlas Reynolds. Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS In a NEW BALLET, THE GIPSY QUEEN. The new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. LYCZEM THEATRE. - I THIS ZYKSING, Atforn 23, Will be preeevted Bate's popular Opera of THE 80131tXTAN GIRL. Ar ine, Mr% SIMA Reeves; Buda, Miss J. Harland ; Connt Antbeim, Mr. Weiss; Thaddeus, Mr. Sims Reeves. 'the performances to conclude with the Grand Ba llet entitled LFS I'AYSANNES DU NORD, supplrted by Mdde. DAntoine, assist. d by ammo E. Rota, - Mart.n, Bulfton, Marie. C harles ' and an elri; went Corps de Ballet. Boxes, Se ; Pit, 2s. 641.; Gallery, Is. Private B" . 16 21s " I ' 4 1)4 had at the Box-ottlee. STRAND THEATRE• 9 le Lesvos Mr. F. W. Allcroft. THIS EVENING. Avoca 23, Will be performed HARD TIMES. Yellowed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Mephistopbeles, Mr. Belford; Faust, miss G. godson ; Marguerite, Miss H. Gordon. To conclude with a popular FARCE. 45.; Boxes, 2s. 6d. • Pit, Is.; Gallery. 6 d.; Private Boxits 31 is., to be bad of Mr. All4;roft. lb. New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. "This place fills up an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leave" Itantirsg. vocal and instriLnental made of the first order, and a display or fireworks which exceeds all imagnation, are a fitting dose to a day at the Crystal Palaze," DANSON'S COLOSSAL PANORAMA of CausAN. 8011Indid and Extensive Menagerie and Marine Aquarium—Unri ♦alled Military Band. VOCAL and INSTRILSIENTAL CONCERT, _ _ In %Stich Miss Poole, Miss Ransford. and Mr. %farmers sing several National and Patriotic Songs—All the A.musing Novelties ot the Gardens in succession. concludinr with the " Feast of Lan terns," and a. most m ignificent display of Firenvorits by -touthbY. Admission One Shilling. A splendid Pavilion for Dancing has been erected. Full Quadrille Rand, &c. THE WEATHER.--Sus OITICOS, Ave. 23. THEB,HONETEE, IN THE SHADE. 71 —highest since noon yegterday. 63—lowest this morning and during the night. 69—this day at noon. BLEOMETZE. 30'19—still rising. WIND, S.W.—Light breeze, with fine weather, but cloudy. ~-S~.L' ~~~: -tl~-~., \ ~~vv' LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1854. We are generally strongly opposed to foreign loans, on public as well as private grounds. We have witnessed very untoward results following the exportation of the precious metals, which our absurd money laws rendered of such vital im portance to the internal trade and commerce of the country. We have also seen the evil pur poses to which the funds thus obtained have been applied; and also the complete disappoint ment of the speculators, who seldom, if ever, found their sanguine, anticipations verified —the idol which they worshipped having de ceived them, and the expected profits being converted into serious losses. We are too well aware that non olet mundamus is the motto of th 3 gamblers of the Stock Exchange, and that, with rare exceptions, they are profoundly indifferent to any one save the pecuniary consequences of their operations. " Get money, honestly if pos bible, but get money," is the ruling principle with a large proportion; and, even amongst those who have higher aspirations, and a more strin gent sense of their moral responsibilities, few do more than avoid the accursed thing, or think that they are bound actively to promote that which does not hold out the prospect of immediate gain. There is, however, at present in the market a security which differs very materially from those which have previously been offered for public competition. The Turkish Loan hag, indeed, everything to recommend it as well to the mere fol lowers of 3lammom as to those who are desirous of taking still higher grounds and serving their country, while they are putting money in their own pockets. Nothing more advantageous has been brought out for a series of years, and we can scarcely feel surprised that there has been an anxious desire to obtain an investment so very promising, whether we look to the soundness of the security, the high rate of interest, or the beneficial pur poses to which the money will be applied. On the first point we must bear in mind that Turkey has hitherto been free from debt ; it is, therefore, so far as Stock Exchange transactions are concerned, a virgin soil from which great re turns may be anticipated. Its almost miraculous natural resources are too well known to need any prolonged statement in their favour ; and its inhabitants have afforded the most conclusive testimony that they are perfectly capable of de fending their own territories from the would-be spoiler. The SULTAN is no longer " the sick man," faint almost to death, around whose pillow are avaricious expectants. He holds with vigo rous and tenacious grasp his ample possessions ; and although the expenses of his cure have caused a little temporary embarrassment, he can show unexceptionable security for ten times the amount required for existing exigencies. But it is not merely the general revenues of Turkey that are charged with the repayment of this loan. The Egyptian tribute, amounting to thirty mil lions of piastres (or 282,0001. sterling per an num), is specially hypothecated for the payment both of principal and interest, and is to be re mitted directly from the Pasha to the Londo❑ agents for distribution. This tribute was con tracted to be paid by a specific treaty, sanctioned by all the great European Powers ; and when we remember the well-tested probity of the parties concerned—both SULTAN and PASHA—and the determination of France and England .to sustain them, we must concede that the security for the stipulated payments is beyond the possibility of doubt or cavil. As to the rate of interest, it is, under the least favourable circumstances, 71. per cent. per mi nia. The bonds nominally fur 1001., with cou pons payable on the 10th of Apia and 10th of October in each year, are to be issued at 801., a bonus of 25 per cent, being thus given, to the sub scribers, ao that the nominal 61. per cent. will , really be 7/. per cent, interest ; but as the amount subscribed is to be received by instalments spread over a term of four months, and a discount of five per cent, allowed for prompt payment, a further bonus will practically be obtained by those who have their funds immediately available. These would unquestionably offer .sufficient in ducements to any capitalist desirous of obtaining large returns for his money_ •, but, in a ddi tion, a certain proportion of the bonds are to be redeemed at 1e od ,r i n eac h and every ye ar . T hese will be e by lot in the usual manner, at th e ra t e of selected one per cent. per annum. There will, th erefore, be not only the chance of that which cost 80, being paid off at 10 0 , but the value of the b a l ance will be materially en hanced by the amount with drawn from the market each thawing. T he bor rowers reserve a rig ht of paying off on six months' notice at par after ° Y ears ; but, as we have o f 100/. for each 801 ., shown, that is a or 25 per cent. bonuspayin in addition uldition to that re ceived by th e or i g i na l rate of issue and the drawing s. The third point is no less far willingly submitted favourable. Every true-hearted Englishman has to the additional war burden occa sioned by our defenc e o f t h e cause of order an d justice. He has seen his I ncome Tax doubled, the d u ti es o n malt, A an d the spirits, an d sugar materially enhanced, proceeds expended in support of expeditions against th e unco We havenscientio u s i n vader. willingly applied more than ten millions s erling in support of the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, and no one /am considered the outlay ) enerumv3 1 TUE SUN, LONDON, WEVNTSTIA.Y •ETTINIIN'fI; Arl'ar'ST (21, 1f454; as - it liarrxidt; 'l3:asap - Oat" - -- Now the pecuniary assistance we are at 'present affording to our ally will be almost, if not fully, as useful as if we had applied an equal sum in his support. There will, however, be this material difference : for the money advanced by way of loan we shall receive very re munerative returns abundantly guaranteed. It will, in fact, prove a very profitable transaction to those concerned, while, on the other hand, the swat raised by way of taxes will be irretrievably -lost to the payers. It is- true that, ,the nation may obtain an indemnity,' but the "thirsty soul" .will_not get back thq extra -halfpenny paid for each.pint of beer, or-the -Tiard-worked clerk the 10d. or 14d. in the pound on the amount of his scanty salary. The four millions now about to be advanced to the ST/LtArt will save more than an equal amount levied by the hands of the tax gatherer, for which there will be no possibility of return. Little more than a week has elapsed since a circular was issued from the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, calling the attention of the directors of the different companies to a system adopted on the South-Pastern line, which " ex perience seemed to have proved to be so well cal culated to diminish the risk of danger." The South-Eastern Board thus received the approba tion to which it appeared to be justly entitled, and was held up as a model for imitation to other managing 'bodies. Regardless of expense, they .had adopted a judicious precaution against the risk of collision, " a class of accidents hitherto very numerous as compared with others." A " leading journal," not usually very favourable to railway bodies, spoke in high terms of the im provement, and hoped " soon to see the general adoption of a scheme promising such material ad vantages to companies and. travellers together I" But a few days elapsed" before ft became our painful duty to record a . fea - xful accident on this model railway, of the very class which it was hoped had been effectually prevented. An acci dent by which three persons received fatal inju ries, and many more were seriously hurt. The calamitous event occurred on Monday to an ex cursion train, the first for the season which had left Dover for the metropolis. Twenty-four car riages were attached, and passengers were taken up at various stations along the line, so that an unusually numerous body of persons were involved in the melancholy transaction, and it was ex-, traordinary that even greater damage was not inflicted. The approach of this train was duly telegraphed, and the distance signal which, according to the rules of the Company, should have indicated any obstruction en the line, marked all clear—a matter, however, in which the " - station signal" differed, for it gave warning of danger. The signal-man also held up both his hands as a further caution. The steam was ilia mediately shut off, and the break put on. But every precaution was vain. A ballast engine had, it appears, been driven from a siding where the trucks were placed, for the purpose of taking in water. The driver, on hearing the whistle of the approaching train, set his engine in motion, but it was speedily overtaken, and a fearful concussion took place ; the luggage en gine was of course greatly injured, but it fortunately kept the line of rails, notwithstand ing its crippled condition. The excursion train did not, however, fare so well. The engine was flung against a ballast train standing on the down line of rails, and one first class and four second class carriages were literally smashed to pieces, so that the only miracle was that one of the passen gers escaped with life. As it was, three persons, the Rev. Mr. WILLES, a clergyman of the Established Church, Jonas - CARMAN, a gar dener to a gentleman living at East Peckham, and a woman, named CAROLINE HARRIS, met their deaths, while many others were, as we have stated, very seriously injured. Now the great question to be decided is, on whom does the responsibility of this dreadful catas trophe rest ? Through whoeenegligence has it occur red, or was it one 'of those events which no reason able degree of care and foresight could have pre vented Y ,D These are points which must be elosiely investigated, so that every possible information may be obtained in order to prevent the repeti tion of similar events. We shall not venture to anticipate the result of this inquiry. It certainly seems that but little, if any, blame can attach itself to the Directors ; they had previously done everything which human ingenuity could devise to ,prevent the possibility of such occurrences. They did not trust to a sufficient time having elapsed since the passage of a preceding train. Notice was required to be given of its having. actually passed another point on the line before the succeeding one was allowed to proceed, and the railway department of the Board of Trade, and even the Times itself, bore witness to the efficacy of the arrangement. What more could be expected at their hands? They adopted every precaution which experience suggested, obtained the services of men of excellent character and well-tried effi ciency ; and if it was impossible to procure men exempted from the ordinary failings of humanity, the Directors could not fairly be censured for the failure. The men engaged on both trains have been taken into custody. We confess that as at present advised, we cannot see how the driver or stoker of the excursion train can be blamed. The distance signal showed that "all was right," and the moment the " station signal" indicated danger the steam was shut off and the breaks applied. What more could these men have done ? We do not at present understand on what grounds they have been taken into custody, or why they should be further imprisoned until Friday next. There are more plausible grounds for requiring explanations from those who brought the luggage engine on the line and placed it directly in the way of the approaching train. It must be ascertained what inquiries they made or authority they received for so doing. It must also be seen how it was that the distance signal gave no warning of the obstruction, and why there was no notice thereof at the preceding station ? These are matters to be ascertained, so that the responsibility, if any there be, may be placed on the right parties, and that the managing body may not undeservedly be exposed to the censures which ignorant persons are so ready to pronounce in the event of any un foreseen casualty. POOR-LAW RELlEF.—According to a return issued on Saturday, there were, on the Ist July last, in England and Wales, 789,021 paupers in the receipt of relief, whilst in the same period last year the number was 749,370 ; increase was 39,651. DEFALCATION OF PUBLIC NIoNEV.—On Saturday a return was issued, from which it appears that Mr. Swa bey's defalcations, as late Registrar of the Admiralty, in Exchequer bills in the Crown funds, with respect to slave vessels captured, was 26,700/. THE WILL OF THE DUCHESs OF MANCHESTER. —The case of the Duchess of Manchester v. 13-milett, which excited so much interest, and in which the validity of the will of the Duchess of Manchester was questioned, was to have been tried a second time at the late Guild ford Assizes, in pursuance of an order to that effect, made by the Vice-Chancellor ; an arrangement, however, has been come to between the parties, by which all fur ther discussion will be avoided. It is reported that the arrangement is to this effect : That the validity of the will is to be admitted, but that the Duke is to execute certain deeds, with the view to carrying out the original intentions of the Duchess to secure the future interest of her sons and her daughter. CHARGE OF INTIMIDATION AGAINST AN ENGINE-DRIVER. —On Saturday before the Rugby magistrates, J. Webb, one of the engine -drivers on strike against the London drivern re amd ni e n galltaon and North-Western thatee North-Western Railway C om p an y, was charged blow ana calling ou tthheimbraain,s, knobstick," b a s nit k h er &c. The complainant deposed that he went to a public house where the prisoner and other turn-outs were,and as soon as Webb saw him, he sworeand called him a k no b st i c k , and threatened ' at him, to blow his brains out, either then, or at some nied th e e h' other ti me . P r i soner, w h o de arge, wished to call od' witnesses, but was t o ld the law did not admit that witnesses b e i ng ca ll e d , when one p erson swore i t at he considered hi s lif e i n danger fr om another. e was accordingly held to bail to answer the charge at W himself in 401., and Warwick Quarter Session s , two sureties each amount. in a similar IGIVING HIM HIS DESERT.-Mr. Bonder, the author of s everal popular pieces, gave D rury-lane Theatre the title lof a Wilderness. This reached the ears of Sheridan, and he did not forget it, for, when a short time afterwards he was requested to accept a tragedy by M r . Boader— " No, no," said he, " the wise and discreet author calls our house a Wildernesm ; now I don't mind allowing the oracle to have his opinion, but it is ready too much for him to expect that I will starer him to prove his word." —4lfttuical Tronicript. BBOINT COURT-MARTIAL AT WINDSOR. TO TEE EDITOR OF THE sr-s. "You might as well go back to the battle of Waterloo." If Major-General Wetherell meant by this re mark to convey to the Court that ungentleman like conduct was not common at the present day amongst the officers of the 46th Infantry he is very slow indeed of comprehension ; for I can answer for it`, that amongst the officers of the army in general ti'iere is scarcely one who has had an opportunity of reading the proceedings of the three courts-martial, who does not blush for very shame at the exposures on such incontestible proof -of the low-lifed habits of those-Who belong to the same profession as themselves. Not only do the officers of the army believe every word of Lieutenant Perry's statements, on his own word of honour, but they are convinced of the truth of them, by the barefaced hard swearing, to say the least of it, and the low, and mean, and slanderous attacks made by the officers of the 46th against their bro ther officer, then a prisoner. One naturally asks, Where were these men educated ? Where bred ? Does not one of them belong to any family of spirit ? A great deal has been said against Colonel Garrett, but the general opinion is led away by his being the prosecutor, in the first instance, when public indignation was naturally aroused at Lieutenant Perry being brought to trial for acting with the spirit which became a British officer, by felling to the ground one of those low-lifed associates amongst whom he was thrown, and who, at the time, was attacking him with foul language, and by a per sonal assault upon him in iris own room. Colo nel Garrett may be an indolent commanding officer, but it must be borne in mind that he was, as it were, on his trial during the last court-martial, and his evidence was what might be expected from one in such an anomalous position. He has, however, much to answer for. But what can one think of the other witnesses for the prose tion—of the majors, the captains, the lieutenants, the ensigns? What, I ask, do the soldiers of the regiment think of their commanders? We are at war, and it is nota time to trifle with the morale of the officers . of The army. Enough has come to light , respecting the 46th Regiment ; and there cannot be a doubt-but that the General Commanding-in-Chief will advise her Majesty to exercise her prerogative, and do what is right, by clearing that regiment of those officers whose cha racters as such are rendered worthless before the army. Out of their own mouths do the witnesses for the prosecution stand condemned. Lieut. Perry little thought when, from an over anxiety that the whole truth should come out, he signed the letter drawn by his legal friends, and those friends when they advised him to do so could have little thought that such a concoction of itort mi ricordo evidence could be sworn to by British -officers. Men who can give such evidence are not - men of spirit—are not men of courage ; they are not men fit to lead our brave soldiers to battle. But one officer comes out of this last court-martial without a stain on his honour, and that one is the prisoner ; and I giie this as the almost unanimous feeling of the officers of the army. Is there a man of honour, is there a man of common sense, who does not believe the statements of Lieutenant Perry, which have been corroborated. by the facts given in the evidence of Mr. Corcoran and Captain Chambers, together with the letter of Lieutenant Waldey—is there, I ask, throughout the land one unbiassed Englishman who, notwithstand ing the partial and specious address of General Wetherell in reply, does not give credit to Lieu tenant's Perry's statements, instead of to the mass of witnesses, whose evidence it was proved was con cocted for the occasion in the mess-room. I say again there is no need for further inquiry. Let Lord Hardinge act as becomes his high position, without partiality, favour, or affection. Let there be no sereehing. The 46th - Regiment must be cleansed, fur the honour of the British army, whose well-wisher I am. Let the injured not suffer; let the guilty not escape ; let the Horse Guards be re spected by the army and the country. AN OLD OFFICER. LATEST NEWS." THE WAR. AUSTRIAN OCCUPATION OF WALLACHIA. The hfcrniteur of this (Wednesday) morning contains a - despatch from Vienna, announcing the entry of the Austrians into Wallachil on the 20th inst. (Sunday). The'whole of the corps of obser vation will have passed the frontier by the 23d (this day), and the advanced guard is expected to reach Bucharest by the sth September. Three brigades were preparing to move into Moldavia. allegations, concerning a pretended refusal on the part of the Ottoman Government to accept the in tervention of France and England in the guarantee and surveillance of the loan ;" and also " because the article contains attacks against the Turkish ad ministration, which the French Government can not tolerate." It is said that the Turkish ambas sador complained bitterly of the article in question, and that he did not hesitate to affirm that the motive which had induced the Pays, or Le Jour nal de l'Empire, as it is more magniloquently called, to write down the new loan, was the disap pointment of M. Mires, the proprietor of that print, at finding his offer to undertake the loan in Paris peremptorily refused. What seems to give some colour to this allegation is, that in the Jour nal des Chemins de Fer, of Saturday last, of which M. Mires is also the proprietor, there appeared a very unjust and one-sided article on the same sub ject. Garibaldi has issued a declaration from the baths of Acqui, declaring that, being tired of hearing his name constantly coupled with wild attempts at re volt, he frees himself from all personal responsibi lity respecting them. Prince Albert of Prussia and his family have arrived at the Hotel de Rivoli, with the intention of passing a few days in Paris. The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at 73f. 26c. for the end of the month ' • the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 99f. 90c. ; and the New Loan, at 73f. Orleans Railway Shares, 1,220 f.; Rouen, 972 f. 50c. ; Havre, 567 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 846 f. 25c. ; Strasburg, 793 - 75c. ; New Shares, 628 f.. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 963 f. ; Lyons and the Mediterranean, 867'. 50 c . ; Western of France, 647 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and C e tte, 627 f. 50c. •, Great Central of France, 517 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Geneva, 515 f. 25c.; Bank of Credit M 720 f. THE HARVEST PROSPECTS. The public will be happy to learn that the prospects of the harvest returns are most promising. Though we are immersed in war and Plaque, with all their coneo initant attendants of evil, still we ought to be th inkful that a merciful Providence has vouchsafed to mitigate our calamities by the over-abundance of a most bounti ful harvest. The accounts from all parts of the c nintry are cheerful in the extreme, and we have good reason to know that in the county of Kent the produce has realised as much as seven and_eight quarters an acre of wheat ; and, still better, the quantity sown has been double that of last year. Essex.— The operations of the harvest proceeded ac tively in this district throughout the past week, and a considerable ports. n of wheat and barley has been car ried and secured in good order, though the carting wa• oec,tsionally interrupted by flying storms. Should the present week continue fine, the principal part of the crop will be placed beyond danger from the weather In some districts beans have been cut, but the crop is very scanty.—Essex Herald. ___ _ THE WHEAT HARVEST IN WILTSHIRE.—II2 several parts of the county the wheat harvest bas commenced, and in the neighbourhood of Warminster considerable quantities of corn have been cut, and some harvested in good condition. Though laid in opine parts, and thin in others, the crop will, on the whole, it is expected, should anything like favourable weather continue, turn out a fell average The potato crop has during the pa.:l week in some localities proved to be muoh more dis eased than was hoped would have been the easel and the onions, for which the district round Warniinster especially is famous, , have suffered to a great extent, fro-n the ravages of maggots, which destroy the bulbs. HAMPSHIRE.—Wheat cutting has become pretty ge neral this week ; still there are many fields which are yet far from ripe, and unless very fine warm weather sets in at once, it will be late bef ire all the wheat cal. be secured. The quality is very good, and saving a little blight here and there the ear is fine and full, though perhaps the crop on the ground is not so thick as in some years. Both barley and oats are comparatively more forward than wheat ; many fields are ready for the scythe, and promise a most abundant crop; both in grain and straw, the latter no unwelcome addition to the farmer's stock now bay is eo sc a r c e. Th e p o t a to blight has shown itself again in all directions, and we fear many will be lost. EDINBURGH —The weather continues favourable for the fast approaching harvest, although the temperature is by no means so great as it usually is in the doff-days, seldom ranging higher in the shade than 66 degrees. Bands of shearers are making their appearance, but no! in such droves as was wont to come upon us at this, season. They mostly proceed to Dalkeith, where it is expectel that reaping will begin next week.—North British Mail. THE WAR IN ASIA. A despatch published in Vienna yesterday, but without any date or indication of its route, says i— " General Bebutoff has defeated 60,000 Turks near Kars. Three thousand were killed ; 2,300 soldiers and 84 officers taken prisoners ; 15 pieces of can non, and the Turkish camp, fell into the hands of the victors." We hope this announcement may, like many others proceeding from Russian sources, prove un true, though a defeat of the Turks iu Asia is by no means impossible. A letter from Trebisond, 30th ult., says : " Naib Effendi has had a conference with the allies m t) the means of attacking Anapa and Novoros sisk. A negotiation with the Porte, relative to the independence of Circassia, is talked of. It would become an independent principality under Schamyl, and the Circassians would in that case furnish 50,000 troops. There were at the date of the last accounts 43,000 Turks with 104 pieces of cannon at Hadsehi Velikroy.- At a distance of two leagues'from that place there was a body of 30,000 Russians with 80 pieces of artillery ; but the latter are stronger in cavalry. The Turks keep on the defensive." THE DANUBE. A letter from Rustchuk, Bth, in a Vienna jour nal, states that '60,000 Russians had concentrated themselves on the right - bank of the Pruth, near Galatz, under the command of General Luders. Their object is to protect the Russian flotilla on the Danube, which would be destroyed if Galatz were to be evacuated. General Gortschakolf has transferred his head-quarters to Fokschany. He was to arrive at Jassy on the 12th, an d wou ld soon after proceed into Bessarabia. CONSTAN TINOPLE. The Vienna Gazette has the following from Zara, 13th ult.:—" A disturbance took place at Scutari, on the Bth, on the occasion of the exportation of some corn. The Turkish population went iu arms to the residence of 03man Pacha and demanded that he should prohibit the export of corn, sup press certain taxes, and dismiss several communal councillors. As the Pacha refused to comply, the mob went through the streets and set fire to and destroyed the warehouses of several merchants. In the evening order appeared to have been re established." AUSTRIA The banker Henry Wortheitnstein is bankrupt. His liabilities exceed 5,000,000 florins. The Austrian Correspondence says, although the subscriptions of the loan have exceeded the mini mum, the delay originally fixed has been extended to the end of August. Four years are given for the payment. PRUSSIA. The German Journal of Frankfort contains a letter from Berlin, of the 18th, which says :—" It is at present certain that the Prussian Government sent on the 3d inst. to the German States, a cir cular objecting to placing on a war footing part of the federal contingent as proposed by Austria. The objections do not constitute the whole of the contents of the circular. It is affirmed in well-in formed circles that Russia will not consent to ac cept completely the propositions of M. Drouyn de l'Huys, bat that she is not, on the other hand, apprehensive of'seeing the course of negotiations absolutely closed, and that she is even forming the plan of endeavouring to open for herself a new diplomatic theatre on which she will have more success." The Posthampt'Gazethe of Frankfort, under date of Vienna, 17th, says :—" It is stated on good au thority that in consequence of the attitude which has just been assumed by Prussia, the Western Powers have renounced the idea of demanding a meeting of the Conference of Vienna, as they fore see that the negotiations would not be attended with any, satisfactory results." Considerable sensation has been caused at Berlin by a very simple fact. The King has ordered that a marble tablet, with an inscription of gold, shall he placed at the spot where the first soldier fell in 1848 from the fire of the insurgents. This act of reparatory justice has given rise to some protesta tions, not however of a turbulent character, bUt which have led to several persons being arrested or summoned to appear before the magistrates. FR A.NCE. All the troops destinel for the Camp of the North are either already arrived or on their march to their cantonments. They forte three di visions ' the head quarters of which are to be established at Boulogne, Wimereux, and St. Omer. Every branch of service is perfectly organised, and staff officers are marking out the most eligible spots between St. Omerand Boulogne where the army may manoeuvre without causing too much damage to the crops. The grand manoeuvres are not to take place until the two last weeks of September. The Emperor has placed at the disposal of the general Staff a considerable sum for prizes to bo distributed to the best marksmen. The soldiers are to be divided into - two classes. In order to be admitted into the first they must have gained the first prize in the second. A communication by telegraph is established throughout the camp, and also with Paris. Orders despatched from Biarritz arrive in five-and-twenty minutes. _ _ General de Wedel, Governor of the Fortress of Luxemburg, has arrived in Pans, on a mission f'rom the King of Prussia, to pay his Majesty's from Biarritz, and t o accom p an y hi m t o the camp :. r t e t s ß pe o c u t i s to ognet..shue Emperorr .ivi, Napoleon on his return er. The Minister of the Interior has addressed the following circular to the Prefects : "Paris, Aug. 19. " Monsieur le Praect--In a testament as immortal as his glory, the Emperor Napoleon I. had written, ' I bequeath my private domain, one half to the remaining officers and soldiers of the French army, whe fought from 1792 to 1315 for the glory and independence of the nation, and the other half to such towns and country districts of Al sace, . Lo raine Franche Compte, Bur gundy, Pe-de-France Champagne, Forez , and Dauphine , as !nay have suff ere d by one or the other invasion.' Time , , private dom a i n o f t h e E mperor did not then receive from the Gov ernment t h e pa t r i o tic destination assigned to it ; but, f a i t hf u l to the wis h o f hi s au 4 ust predecessor, the Emp eror vinces formerly deprived of that glorious legacy. Napoleon 111. has not fo r g otten the p ro- Bi the decree of the sth of August, just passed , a sum of 1 , 30 0 000 francs i s attributed to them; and the 28 departments comprising them, and amongst which Yours i s compr ised, will receive each 50 , 000 f. You will have to propose to me the enaTloyment of that sum ; an d t h e E m p er or desires that in each de partment it m a chant be devoted , n ot to individual and y temporary assi s t an ce, but to a dura b le i n s tituti o n of y, which ma y perpetuate in the heart of the popu lations t h e religious remembrance of th e attention which Napoleon bestowed on them on his death. bed. You will consult your council-general on the execution of this noble suggestion. Their patriotism will, I am con vinced, know how to comprehend and respond to it, for the pr o j ec t is w or thy of the great memory which has in spired it.—Receive, &c., MLLAULT, "Minister of the Interior." _ _. _ _ A line o f s t ea mers is about to be established between Constantinople and Varna by the Mes sageries Imperiales, under an engagement with the Ministry of War. The service, which is to consist of six voyages per month going and returning, will he performed by two steamers of 123-horse power ; and the departures will be so combined that the boats leaving for Varna will always carry despatches for the army brought to Constantinople by couriers from Marseilles. The Monitcur de l'Arnige has the following :--. " The formation of the camp of the south, which had for a time been delayed by considerations connected with the sanitary condition of Marseilles and the neighbour. ing cities, is now being actively prosecuted. Already the effective of the camp amounts to about 2,000 men, comprising one company and two battalions of the 57th, one battalion of the 10th, two of the 61st of the line, and in a day or two inure are expected. The two divi sions of infantry will be completed before the end of the month. All the troops will be under canvas. The sani tary condition of the troops is excellent." The Moniteur of this (Wednesday) morning pub lishes a decree reducing the customs duties on dye stuffs, vanilla, beet, potass, and marble. The Pays has received a warning from the Government, for publishing an article relative to the new Turkish loan, which article is declared, in the official document, "to contain wilfully false SPAIN. Advices from Madrid of the 17th state that M. Roman Santillan, firmerly Minister of Finance, has been appointed Governor of the Bank of San Fernando. The Moniteur publishes the following telegra phic despatch : " BAYoNNE, 21st.—The disarming has com menced at Madrid. Gen. Dulce has taken posses sion of the command of Catalonia. With the ex ception of the cholera, which is raging rather i)adly, the situation of Barcelona is tolerably satis factory. A royal order directs the remaining sur veys to be urged on as rapidly as possible for the line from Madrid to Portugal:" The Espana says that the price of articles of first necessity has almost everywhere diminished. The Clamor Public° mentions that some sensa tion had been caused by the arrest of a lady of high rank, or of an important personage disguised as a woman, it was not .exactly known which. The Espana states that one of the editors of the Clamor Pubtico has been apry)inted Civil 'G-overnor at Segovia, and 'one of the Tribuno at Gerona. _ The Minister of War has ordered arms to be distributed to the national guard, and, fearing that there were not sufficient on hand, had obtained permission from the Council of Ministers to pur chase 10,000 inuskets in Belgium. The infantry of General Messina had arrived at Villaverde, and the cavalry was expected. When united, the whole division was to attend a religious ceremony in what the .Diario calls " the glorious fields of Vicalvaro" to render thanks t 3 the Al mighty for the success of the insurrection which it commenced. Afterwards the division was to march to Madrid, and was to make a public entry into the city, headed by General O'Donnell. General Dulce arrived at Barcelona on the 14th and was well received. The situation of that place had greatly improved. "At Cadiz, however," says the Espana, " the newspapers are filled with disgraceful personalities, and the interest of the country is nothing in 0,34' eyes. We cannot con ceive how ainongs, the most enlightened population of Spain what is printed there can be tolerated— it resembles downright pugilism. At Malaga things are perhaps worse than at C tdiz. A faction has been formed there which keeps under its yoke the majority of the inhabitants under the pretext that the Junta and the authorities are not suffi ciently strong to cause the law to be respected. At Algesiras smugglers are filling their stores from Gibraltar. We will not speak of other places ; these examples will suffice to show that it is of urgent necessity to put an end to these disorders if it be desired to prevent incalculable evils from falling on the country." ITALY. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 19th announces that a treaty for the reciprocal freedom of the coasting trade has been just concluded between England and Sardinia ; and that a treaty of com merce has also been concluded between Sardinia and the Sublime Porte. The Minister of Finance at Turin has informed the Chamber of Commerce at Genoa that the Rus sian Government has admitted Sardinian subjects to the privileges granted to friendly nations as.re ()Ards the corn sequestrated in the port of Odessa. CANADA. ARRIVAL OF THE CLEOPATRA. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. The Canadian Royal Mail screw steam-ship Cleo patra, Capt. Salt, arrived here this morning from Montreal and Quebec, from the latter of. which ports she sailed on the 9th inst. She brought a full cargo, and 102 passengers. The news from Quebec is two days later than per the Africa. A proclamation had been issued in an extra edition of the Canada Gazette, of the 9th, convoking Par liament for the despatch of business on the sth proximo. . . _ The Quebec Chronicle, of the 9th, says :—" The Elections. , —The returns for 123 constituencies have been received, leaving only the counties of Chi coutane and Gaspe to be heard from. We have adopted the most intelligible classification, and have marked each member as a Ministerialist, or Anti- Miuisterialist, according to his declared opinion. .The following may be considered an accurate state ment of the result of the general election, as it is possible, under the circumstances, to procure : Ministerialists, 47 ; Anti-Ministerialists, 81 ; ma jority against Ministers, 34. Mr. Clyser has de feated the gentleman commonly known as 'Cicero Rose,' in the county of Dundas. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. The Baldor, from Belfast, and the Bannockburn from Glasgow; arrived at Quebec on the Bth inst. Cleared at Qixbec ; Burlington and Mortley, for Liverpool ; Har vest Home, for Ardrossan ; Home, for Glasgow ; Sarah Botsford, for Fleetwood ; Argus , fu r Newcaste ; and Echo, for Hull—all the Bth inst. MAIL FOR THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA.—The mail for the West Coast of Africa, which from unavoidable causes was not despatched last month, will be made up this evening, the 23(1 instant ; an I on the arrival of this evening's post at Plymouth it will be put on board the mail steam•packet Forerunner, appointed to sail from Plymouth to-morrow, the 24th instant. STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTRALIA.—We greatly regret to find that the offer of 3,0001 per month by the Legislative Council of Victoria to any and every com• puny which shall undertake to bring us monthly mails from England, within sixty-five days for the first six months, and sixty days for the ensuing six months, from Ist March, 1854, has noel been accepted by any one of the English companies. The Peninsular and Oriental Company have positively declined it, on account of the details not being specific ; and they particularly object to the item restricting their term of voyage to sixty-five days. Now, as it. is a perfectly ascertained fact, that the passage from London to Melbourne, with steamers of sufficient power, need not exceed forty-five days, it seems very unblisinesslike, to say the least of it, that the directors should quibble upon such a point.--Arcs tralian and New Zealand Gazette. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE HOUSE OF LORDS. —This morning, Ch.is. Belford, Esq., received information of the death of John Murray, Wood's-plfice, Tufton-street, who expired from injuries received while at work at the House of Lords, under the following melancholy cir cumstances. A horse was drawing a truck on the train-railway, laden with stone for the u-e of the masons at the House of Lords ; and being alarmed, struck out sharply with his hind leg. The animal's hoof caught the deceased on the pit of the stomach, inflicting a fright ful wound. He was instantly conveyed by his fellow labourers to the Northumberland Ward of Westminster Hospital, where every aid was rendered that medical skill could suggest, but death shortly terminated his sufferings. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY AT CROYDON.—On inquiry ,this morning at Guy's and St. Thomas's Hospitals, we are happy to state that Ann Saunder, Wm. Sladdin, and James A. Fosher, are progressing most favourably, under the care of Mr. Hilton, surgeon. Miss Caroline Harrison has rallied considerably, and has every prospect of recovery. The inquest is fixed to take place at St. Thomas's Hospital to-morrow morning, at ten o'clock. IMPORTANT TO FARMERS.—A question having arisen in several districts of South Wales as to the liability of farmers to pay duty upon riding horses, the com missioners, in arder to save trouble and avoid appeals, directed the following queries to be put to the Board of Inland Revenue :—First, Whether any farmer keeping several horses, say four, and consequently riding, himself or family, one or more of such horses to fairs, markets, worship, &c., such horses at other times being kept for farming purposes only, would be liable to any and what duty ? Secondly, Whether such person keeping one horse only for his calling, and occasionally himself or family riding such horse, would be liable, and, if so, to what duty ? The answers returned by the board were, that only one horse is entitled to he kept for the purposes before-mentioned, at the duty of 10s. 6d., and if other horses are ridden by the farmer or his family, they are liable, according to height, to the duty of 1/. ls. or 10s. 6d. If one horse only bo kept, thou the duty of 10e. 6d, is payable. SUICIDE IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE. LINCOLN, Aug. 21.—The inquest on view of the body of the gentleman who was found dead in a railway car riage, on Thursday afternoon, which had been twice ad journed, was again resumed this afternoon. Nothing haF been elicited from the numerous inquiries set on foot b) the coroner, Mr. Hitchins, tending to throw any light on this extraordinary case. The open razor, coverer with blood, the plait of female hair, the blood upon the clothes of the deceased, together with the fact of there not being a single atirasure on any part of his person, suggest a train of details which have yet to be accounted for. Yesterday (Sunday) the coroner received the fol lowing letter, which . he read to the jury : " London, August 19. " Sir,—Your correspondent is too ill and crushed down to attend the inquest on the body found in the railway car riage at Lincoln, and the exposure would but wound a lar.Y., and respectable circle. Though not legal evidence, the grievous facts are simply these: the deceased, against long remonstrance, had injured his health and shattered hi= nerves by a habit of excessive reading at nigbt, supported by a large use of strong stimulants—coffee, tea, an tobacco—to keep off sleep. He was very generous, au! rather careless and expensive, and thereby in some Hifi« degree embarrassed. lie became suddenly nervous aTiough treated with tenderness. He turned vet;, religious. He seems to have imbibed a wild notion th .t he ought not to live any longer. A letter sent circuitously came to hand only yesterday, stating that he must die. and would when near Derby, by night train. It was sullen derangethent. for a more excellent-hearted man or more full of information and high feeling could hardly b.. found The enclosed 5 1 ., with whatever he may have had. will suffice for the last rites. Pray, let the officiating clergyman be requested to accept 11. ls. More money would be sent if it were at hand and needed, bat what can funeral rights do?" A Bank of England note for 51. was enclosed. Th, jury returned a verdict of " Found deal in a railway carriage, but by what means deceased came to his death there is no evidence to show." The body of the uf. fortunate gentleman was interred at 5 o'clock ad evening, in the presence of a great crowd of persons. SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES. A Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune furnishes that journal 'with some particulars of the state of affairs in Mexico, and of Mr. Souhi's efforts for the acquisition of Cuba. " Under some aspects of the case Mr. Sou has managed the negotiations at Madrid for the purchase of Cuba with decided ab►lity. Thus, although the in structions of the State Department were decided in their character, they were not sufficiently so to make an immediate issue—an issue of reparation or war. Thy American Minister, - studying thoroughly, the tenour of his instructions and the character of the Government. with which he had to deal, arrived at th, conclusion that, unless a direct issue were made. in the start, a long series of negotiations and of delays would follow, until the original claim would be lost in super. added details. He followed carefully the instructions of Mr. Marcy, but he imparted to them at the same time his own style—that is,• out of documents intended to he positive, but which lacked firmness of style, he made those with a direct issue, and shut down the gate at once upon the long and useless negotiations which would have followed. " The war-issue was thus made in the early part of the dispute. And now what was the result ? On the one hand Mr. Marcy refused to sustain Mr. Soule, and on the other the Calderon Cabinet (now in exile), so hostile to Mr. Soule, knowing that he was unsustained at Washington, treated his demands with as little consi deration as if they had come from the King of Tmibuctoo. Finding, therefore, that he was not sustained by his Government in the positions which they had themselves indicated to him, and that he thus lacked the support which would enable him to compel the Spanish cabinet to treat him with respect, he determined to resign. "At this moment, however, it became evident that Spain was upon the point of a revolbtion, and Mr. Soule, feeling that new circumstances might grow out of this event that would enable him not only to carry out his instructions with regard to the Cuban difficulty, but at the same time to reap a triumph over the C dileron Cabinet, he deemed it 'advisable to hold on. His hopes of effecting a settlement, in case of a revolution, were based pencipaliy on three facts :-1. If the Queen should see herself in danger of a forced abdication, she would cede the island for a consideration ; 2. The party coming into power would, in all probability, not only need funds, but as the available force of the country, to retain their power; and they would, therefore, feel the necessity of immediate action on the subject ; or 3. The party cooling into power, bent!' guided by other councils than their predecessors, might acknowledge the impossibility of re taining Cuba, and at once come to terms. " The revolution has occurred ; the unsubmissive Cabinet has been driven out arid disgraced, -and a con stitutional Government, with E.partero, the only great man in the kingdom, at is head, is about to be formed. Espartero is an enlightened and a liberal statesman, r. man who has spent a large portion of his life in Englaud, and is imbued with the principles of constitutional Go. vernment. He is above an exhibition of personal animo sity in the administration of public affairs ; and it is now hoped by Mr Soule that if a cession of the island due not take place, that ample reparation at least will be made for the repeated insults alleged to have been offered our citizens and our commerce by the - Cuba, authorities, such as• in the case of the Black Warrior and' others. "It will have been observed by those readers of the Tribune who have followed the recent news from Spain, that after O'Donnell marched out of Madrid, a delay of two weeks occurred before much sympathy was shown for the movement in those departments of the south which have since and with so much unanimity, declared in favour of the revolution. This delay grew out of the fact that in most of those departments the movement was headed by Republicans; and it was not until O'Donnell promised to favour Republican doctrine, that they consented to come to his support. The Proin;se was made at a time when he feared his c a u se was lost, and he was glad to accept any support. There i 4 not much doubt but that the revolution would have proved equally successful in the results that have been ob tained ; but it is well known that the Spanish Republi, cans, although few in number, form the most active politicians of the country, and to their activity is no no doubt due the sudden and simultaneous rising of so many of the departments. For the moment the Re publicans seem to have lost their labour ; but the State Department is advised that they still feel confident in establishing very soon a government which shall neither be a monarchy nor al empire. They will, perhaps, consent to commence with a 10 years' dictatorship. " Meanwhile, the latest despatches to the department here are to the effect that, for the m omen t no thi ng , whatever can be d one by the American agent in Spain, and that the only cours.: to be pursued is to wait quietly for affairs again to assume a settled aspect. Then the settlement of our difficulties and the acquisition of Cuba can be brought up again. If the President only had his $10,000,000, he might, perhaps, use it effectually for fillibuster operations in the meanwhile." DISCOVERY or Rica IRON ORE.—An extensive field of ironstone has recently been discovered at Rosedale, near Pickering, on the property of R. Kitchen, Esq. A sample of the stone, sent to Newcastle, has been analysed there this week, and found to contain no less than 67 per cent. of pure iron. The discovery must be valuable, as the yield of the stone, we believe, doubles that of any other in the district. Its richness, indeed, seems almost incredible.—Outeshead Observer. OPENING OF THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT TO THE PUBLlC.—Notice has been issued by the Lord Cnamber lain that, during the time the Howes of Parliament are prorogued, the public will be admitted to view them every Satuiday, from twelve to four o'clock, by obtaining orders at the Lord Chamberlain's office, which can be procured on application, HAYMARKET TEEAT.RE. The Spanish Dancers at this most attractive house varied their entertainment on Monday and last night, and gave, what is entitled in the hills, a new ballet, 'lke Gipsy Queen. The scene is supposed to take place at a fair at Seville, which is always frequented by various gipsy tribes who amuse the company with their charac teristic dances. . There is no great difference of appearance in the com plexion of the troupe, though their dresses are more strongly contrasted ; and they appear iir the black, red, and white costume. The dances are more strictly cha racteristic and evidently those of the peasant and the country class. All, however, ,are • animated with that vivacity and spirit which lends such a charm to the per formance. Senora Pere* Nena is still the tran.cendent leader of the troupe, and is, of course, .the Gipsy Queen. The piquancy, coquetry, fancy, and we would almost say, eloquence, of her dancing, is shown to perfection, and the enthusiasm of the audience was unbounded. Her own hilarity and activity are contagious, and even our sober audience cannot fail to be moved by her endless frolic and gaiety. Her feet and legs are as much at her command as the celebrated fan, and with them she ex presses a boundless discour,e of caprice and whim, Senorita Giulio deserves notice for her grace and cle verness, and the whole corps was animated with the exh witless vivacity that belongs to the southern blood, and to that alone. The billet is divided into two parts , between which the extremely popular farce of As Like as Two Peas is played. The fandango in all its native vigour finishes the ballet performance, and so far from the frequency of the appearances of this celebrated troupe diminishing the public interest, it seems on the increase, for the theatre, notwithstanding the range of the ther mometer, was crowded, and the applause more vehement than ever. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBO RNE, TUESDAY. Hia Majesty the Maharajah Duleep Singh, attended by Dr. Login, arrived yesterday on a visit to her Majesty. The Duke of Newcastle has also arrived from London on a visit. The Queen and Prince, accompanied by the Mahara jab and the Duke of Newcastle, drove to Carisbrook yesterday afternoon. The Marchioness of Ely, the lion. Flora Macdonald, and Major-General the Hun. C. Grey were in at tendance. The Duchess of Kent dined with the Queen. Lady- Anna Maria liii,wson, Lidy Frances Bruce, and Sir G. Cuuper had the honour of being invited. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde are visiting their extensive estates in the West of Ireland, and are now at Portuinna, county of Galway. FUNERAL or THE KING OF SAXONY.—Tne mortal re mains of the late King of Saxony arrived by railway at Dresden in the eveniug of the 15th. Altheugh no orders were given by the authorities, the streets and squares along which the cortege hal to pass were hung with black drapery and flags and with funereal wreaths. An im mense crowd of the townspeople and of the inhabitants of the neighbouring villages assembled to see the proces sion pass, and the troops of the garrison formed a lice from the railway station to the palace. The King and royal faintly, the ministers, the deputies of the Sates, and the great State dignitaries aseetubled at th e s t a ti on . When t.•.e train bearing the illustrious deceased was signalled, huielrede of wax candles were lighted, and they produced a brilliant effect. The body was in an oak coffin, and the heart and brain were in an urn. Tile coffin and urn were blessed by the clergy, and were afterwards placed in a hearse. The King tlien gave orders for the cortege to proceed to the palace. It, was headed by a squadron of cavalry and a battalion of infantry of the guard, with their bands playing funeral airs ; then followed in succession the Catholic clergy, the authorities and notable inhabitants of the city, the t.,urg.iinaters, the royal physicians, the chamberlains and aides.de camp, the counsellors of the ministries, and the great dignitaries of the court. Ntxt were three chamberlains bearing the heart of the illustrious de ceased, and then the hearse, which *as drawn by six black horses, the pall being borne by six chamberlains. Following the hearse were the King, with the Prince Royal on his right and Prince George on his left. Some foreign princes who happened to be in the city, and amongst them the Gran I Duke of Mecklenburg- Schwerin, and Prince Albert of Prussia ; the ininistere, the representatives of the Equestrian orders and of the States ; a great number of officers, arid deputations from the country districts and of the corporations. The procession, which was of immense length, and which was accompanied by a number of persons bearing flam beaux, was closed by a squadron and a battalion of the guards. When it arrived at the chapel of the palace, it found assembled the corps diplomatique and their ladies, all in deep mourning. The remains of the illus trious deceased were then placed in a chapel to li e i n Some prayers were recited, after which th e and the royal family retir ed. The p eo p l e were then state.g admitted to visit the chapel, and during the night the coffin was 1 ft under the protection of an aid e d e . camp, a chamber l a in, a p riest, and a military guard. DISTINGUISHED FOREIGNERS IN MANCHESTER.—Yes terday, Suliman Pacha, the General e Commandern- Chief in Egypt , acc om p anied by Skander Bey, Mourad Effendi, the Hon. A. Murray, and suite, arrived in Manchester. They visited several manufactories of the town, and at one o'clock were received on 'Change by a very , large number of the merchants and manufacturers. After dining at the Palatine Hotel they took their de parture for London by the quarter-past five express train. EXTENSIVE FAILURE IN THE FLAX TRADE : —Mr. S. appeared ß ankru p t beforeeMill y Hammond, flax spinner, of L ow Fold Leeds, r t thoen day , in appointedt the Leeds for the p roo f o f d e bt s and choice of assignees. Debts were proved am euntine. to 50,000/. and u p wards, and Cou M rt r , C on 'in Tuesday last, A Y there are others yet to ;rove. Tiie assets were estimated at about 20,0001. or 22,000/. Mr. J. W. Scott, manager of the Yorkshire flax merchant, L ee d s , were ohofien assignees, Banking Company , and Mr, Speck, PAIVEItTIPTCY COURT.-(THIS DAV (Be'ore Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque.) IN RE BIILLOCK.-FIRST CLASS CEETIFICATIL This bankrupt was described as of 22, Conduit -steel Bond-street, manufacturing chemist, and at Batteyea. The ba'a , ,ce-sheet commencing March, 1852, and eo ing March, 1854, prepared by Mr. Ward, Baciogo street, sh.iws capital 921 Debtor to credits' 3,9461. 15s. ld. To ditto holding security, 1,22 i 4s. Bd. Disputed debts, 4821. ; profits, 2, 7; Creditor by good debts, 367/. ; property 3651. ; dittto in the hands of creditors, 2,25 trade - expenses, 2,834/. 74: Od. ; personal, 2,310/. 18 ' id..; losses, 2,1081. There was no opposition an d h Honour granted an immediate certificate of the w class. Th e f ac t s o f th e case were un d ers t oo d to be ef very delicate nature, arising out of a domestic different and were not stated in court, his Honour referred t o th e d eta il s o f the balance-sheet, official assignee stated that the bankrupts conductli: been unimpeach a bl e as f ar as cou ld corns to his 1411°- ledge. SECONDARIES COURT.-(THIS DA. V. BALLS. h This was an action BARBER to recover damages for breae" 0 promise of marriage. so The plaintiff is the daughter of a respectable P— rlif, residing at Norwo o d, and defendant is an oinnihall he prietor. It app e ar e d th a t t h e d e f en d a n t b a d tbree• , tIQ made honourable proposals to the pla:ntiff a nd i o parents, and war adm i tt e d as a su i tor up to-APr i l i d eceto Che defendant paid s uc h a tt en ti ons as le firm belief that he wa s no t a mere ga h i s o l Y d s but after having bought th e r i n g, an d had the 1-- published, he declined to tie the lOVer's knot. The jury gave a verdict for 751. MARLI3 OROUGH-STREAT—(THIS nAO A ShEASHER.—SamueI Anderson, a young 111 V. lescribed himself as a horse dealer, residing George ard street, Hampstead- roa d, was charged befo wick with utt er i ng a c oun t er f e i t fi ve Pl°4 il 1 Mr. John King, li cense d victualler, 84,-orc hn ' stte 00 4 Tottenham court-road, stated that between tsf el ? . h one o'clock this morning the prisoner came into' hi ;: e 0 and called fur a bottle of soda water, with whic h W .,„1 io served him, and received the crown piece proclue"tx piyment. Witness, on taking up the coin, iio n3.4 ., ; i :oet 'letected it to be a counterfeit, and asked the P" -° • f ed where he got it from. Tile prisoner said be ree : 1 0 it at the "Giant's," in Drury-lane, and wig 0 ° 1 ; till then that it was a bad one. Witness obJerviu° :for he was accompanied by a notorious "sniashee .°9OO a constable and gave him (prisoner) into custacil. other man effected his escape. d ull' , , The prisoner, in defence, said h e was a h°r ge fa be attended ''Stuffier market. He hapPeu ed , — pie the " Giant's" last night, and received the ca n-- there. riso ner pi 14 Police-constable 92 E said he took the P. widr °ll custody, and after locki ng him up, he went tot°. difiel where prisoner said h e lived, and on m aking ja c t there he found that he was not known to 809 00.19 house. Prisoner was remanded till to-inorreO• ob • „.g re° t Sr. PETERSBURG.—Advices f rom St. Peter s u;°o43P , i to the let itist., but they c in t a i n nothing Ile"' the , that Archangel w as ' e ff ectua ll y bl oc kaded O n to la' that As thi s wou ld b e t h e Ist inst. acco rding t be old or Russian style: the -delay in establiil2l7poti. Blockade, whi c h ex cit e d surpr i se after it had Pe° fled for the let, seems to be explained. 'reb ssi . e tio sd NEW LONDON CHURCHES.—SeveraI new' about being commenced in the metropolita n , real ,nd some are so far a I vanced as to be nearly bo os t) , -onsecration. In Paddington three new 0 11 ' 1 , 1 : c: i d ol ; O s , °e at once commenced, the Bishop of London 11° ' „are. crihel 1,0001. toward- that object. In CoventrYrstrepr llayma.rket, between Rupert-street and Prinu ce s bl ' t church is to be erected, her Majesty the Q e lissst subscribed 500/.; the Bishop of London, 1,000/ 1 0,, v it Sydney, 251. ; and Mr. W. T. Egerton, 14•P'',10tol id hat purpose. Three churches are to be f . :. A b° o Clerkenwell, an influential committee, o f w" l ifor i es Shaftesbury is at the head, having.been or the y* purpose of raising the necessary funds. In e of St. Andrew, Holborn* large church is t o beA, 1, p I at the Boas expense of Mr. J. Gellibrand Hubba 7 oos .caving been given by Lord Leigh. At I.4l° 3 lilii s . l, -hurch is to be built at the sole expense of Mr' t vir7l Cotton. "A merchant," whose name has not trBo s it has offered to build and endow a church in DAY P t , i ll London the bishop of the diocese may point o °, o o Kensington, Isleworth, Hammersmith, St. " Shoredit eh , Whitechapel, and other densely-Pt St districts, churches are to be built. Among ty re - P P , churches which are approaching completion Ws; Matthew's, Oakley-square; St. Luke's, NutiortyPatefo MI Saints, Notting-hill ; St. Andrew's, We,,tritelet Trinity Church, Newington; and one near Lial°,' ouiit at the sore expense of Mr. Ald. Cubitt, MELANCHOLY Loss OF TWO LIYES,—TIO'ert Aug. 21.—Mr. S. Reed, the corot er for &Al b :0 A P ' timberland, held an inquest at Cul;ercoats to•d° ,7 : ts'" oody of Mary Armstrong, who, and a Yn un :ol l named Adam Cochrane, lost their lives in " 11 1/ 3 i distressing occurrence which happened at Whi&l e l ec eel three miles northward of this place. 1 1,00 ° - • was a domestic of Mr. Guthrie, the cus' to the River Tyne Commissioners at N th r family was staying at Whitley, which is Obit place on the- Northumberlanci coast, an d A s' the c . 4, lay forenoon Mrs. Guthrie, the deceased , an rf , lren, went down to the sands fur the purfr gle ! s rbic h There was a northerly swell on at the tun" eo , as_ d 0 0 ways causes an awk ward backsweep of the o tvio bo or the south end of the sands, during the firs t So of of ebb, a strong current also sets out to Fet e tie d / serous, indeed, is this part of the shore at t" 0 ,;,) tide mentioned, th a t th e a uthorities boY_Tbees ° o r placed in a conspicuous place warning .1)1 , 1 0 , 3 ° lA from it. The board seems to have looked by Mrs. Guthrie, for the women Pr ° o • bathe in the most dangerous part of the *r: j e cerpo Guthrie had bathed a nd com e again, when tii_ e ,,ter. ja borrowed her bathing-gown and went into the 010 el; had gone outside a sandbank, and had no t bee when she found' the tide dislodging the to; ot ists;bll Death her feet, and commenced screaming f ° t w as gol f Her Eler mistress ran into the sea to her help, bl! 10 0.0 to reach her. In the meantime the poor girl_r ; 81 0 .0 0 , feet and got into the current, which °' w oo s° l air drawing her out to sea. The scene at this 11 : ,, og de°,,tie scribed to have been of the most heartresuc'reopiNO tion, the women and children on shore s_ tio et!, concert with the drowning girl and running to b ol inost distracted manner. Mrs. Guthrie 5100010 e three men, desiring them to render 2 7; t he 1 1,/,1; they declined going into the water* dem i° i n .,S time young Mr. Cochrane, castle, and who was in delicate health, bo/ i _t o reb,„ the screainiug, ran from a cleft in the mcicf r _w eio iie n ' t fat . son of a tra be been dres.ing after having bathed, and P in _, 5 0 0 t 0 0 01 Fre bom i t ea sea to the assistence of the girl. do uS U. into the breakers, however, when a trette , n ,, sof eeP in, which knocked him down, the he p O , him under wat er , an d h e way drow ned. fr o , r o S o ds still floated, and made a desperate s&r!ld The village by this time had been ala a rit o e s ' t s ool o gs t : -enger was sent to Cullercoats , and, ~e nne e• ,1;0 0s • round the point, rowed by two sturdy into _ hold of the girl and were able to haul 1W ,.518. of . o but their assistance came too late.. Sb e ,,i 4 ex piteAilloi; after she was taken out of the water, an`, 4 to 11 t.bO t sea was so high that they durst not ven ,l _ s i t ' s " hefol o and they had to pull round to Cullers . o e ' bo pe 60_7 1 could land the body. The body of . 1 -ji,„ 3 fouT:', o o!" ‘ picked up until this forenoon, when w c 7 4ent ketw eel) two rocks near where, the a 7 on be! .. 1 " 0 Mr. Charleston, corn factor, a fine yn:e Are V e mont h " il i 7 : i siu rviPa to Newcastle, was drowned upon tb g accident happened, while battling, 3 The k il l oe strong was a native of Carlisle. ,- 00 10 for verdict of " Accidentally drowned oc ce 0 0 o f INDEX FOR RAILWAY PLATFO in 7l o , l , des prA r ilf t : io s o o tl we made allusion to a very Indic sting the' times of departure all o u d by 1 7 ifer e o l trains at the different stations, 'o ven t he . "- o siel s or Sinclair, of the Waterloo station on times eti oho Crosby, and Southport line. The in7 tim as 11130 ell an index for showing, at a glances th _ o t, t ; °/ parture parture of the successive trains 111 ' 17 rbe es and the towns to which passengers whe n of throng"- de ; ots above this is a signal bell, to be ru e nf on oter e t beo° l , ought to start. The index, after th ~ :ro x t, ilI CY p i train, is set to the proper time for o lef' ke y oli o; ,s proving moving a small cylinder by means I_ P bs , rig!, w 11 2 4, and the names of the towns are show.' aj, so" le gun o f 11, fixing an "arm " on which they are ~i b itor, is done by a co ntrivance upon the pr e l:_ s , 00 0 0%, On Wednesday one of these index. 7 .. .. t i 0 ri the WY' O ft he er. the Exchange News Room, andastationptle operation at the Tithebarn-treet S . 000 shire and East Lancashire Balm' , " •st Standard. . a tt: i P o r p r ie r hi l ;- 4 0' the fly leaf f lL o o f Bible telk ice of ,„ i ttll d the B ° ll.- r the dangers of a seaman's life, an Ibi s fo e° fidence in the hour of his greatest for R a 'S bra ß v nt e L o E ffi — ce l7 s ef°.ll° with the elements or his country's &°°„„ Mr. ef ord oo j --"This Bible was presented to me . .. 7 0 a r .ocl Cori the town of Hertford, January, 17 n 6 ,-L__ sc hool, _°,, p stsi3 O , my punctual attendance at the S to y e.°_' t be 7 e behaviour when there. And afterp l S pent fifty-three years, forty-one of which 0 .f o rtrfi c t i ° o o o i d was as three boo , 0 . 4 service, during which tine I ments, received thirteen wounds, i n a B ible .40 wrecked, once burnt out, twice caps, +;_,,Je's,o had fevers of different sorts fifteen tunr for t 0 0 41 ,1 5 7 34, newly boun ' bar, e sS my consolation ; and was n f octo if ite Bishop, of Edinburgh, on the 26th 0 001 day I completed the 60th year of ray Sv id 0.• 00 I Band."—Decds of Naval Daringi. _, O gou A SLIGHT MISTAKE. lately appeared at the Naval Re que _. io s I!_ ich bo o fo i, who, in answer to one of seveialh.); eta, /i X o cl th Ii said he had an excellent written c alor) , h o e r 09 ce 6 proud of, and, in proof of b o is_s_ B !... , r lowing document to was officer admitted into t ire s 4, 0'2 . 2 0 that —, sailor, was )n: _ une 25, 18 ad, ree • Ty fur delirium tremens, ( o. —A mndwezi'vous at; to p oi 0 185 4 )- S i g Surgeos."—EdiaUla vv charged well this day (Juu ,r,,sgratit. 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