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Drouyn de Lhuys will admit that the language or the Western press has not been of a nature to lessen those encouragements, and that the very action of the Cabinets has given rise to interpretations which may have kept them up. "In such grave and delicate questions the real inten tions of the Government escape the notice of the masses they are frequently misrepresented by the organs of the press ; public opinion is thus falsified, and the Cabinets thus expose themselves to serious inconvenience when they take it for their guide after having allowed it to go astray. It is therefore necessary that they should take into account not only their intentions, but also the interpretations given to them, and the influence which that interpretation may exercise. O i I ,~~ :~ <~' r E \TEMPER, WE SUP AT EVANS' Ilellon 141 V ERY EVENIN(; TlllB WEEK after 'Alf 's 'Promenade Concerts. • P. EA. —VAC 4NCIES for MIDSRIPMEN 2nd A.PaRENTICES in a first-class L on d on shipping finn. Premium moderate. Al-o apprentices without premium.— App , ,y to SIMIONDS and Co., 38, St. Mary-at-hilitast cheap, E.C, Third officers and Stewards wanted. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, 1863. N°. 22,189. PRICE..... --Id. STAMPED ....sd. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. ITER O N I A. ANOVEL, Also now ready, in 3 vols., VICISSITUDES OF A GENTLEWOMAN. CHURCH AND CHAPEL. By the Author of " No Church," " Owen : a Waif," &0., in 3 vole. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-sfreet, Naval and liilitary Intelligence. men touched the parapets of the fort the rebels, 13,000 strong, streamed from the safe hiding-place where they had been concealed during the day, and fresh and strong, were prepared to drive us back. We then found to our sorrow that the 15-inch shot from the monitors, even when fired at from a dis tance of but 1,080 yards, had not injured them in the least. Only the parapets of the fort had been knocked into sand heaps. THE NAVY. Now ready, royal Svo., with Map and 50 Iltastrations, TRAVELS ON HORSEBACK .N MANTCHU TA RTARY : Being A Summer's Ride beyond THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA. By GEORGE FLEMING. T HE ORIENTAL HOTELS COMP NY (Limited). _ Incorporated under the Colnies' Act, 1832, by wich the &lability of each Shareholder is strictly limited to the t a mount of his Snares. Capital V5°,030, in 25,000 Shares of £lO each. First Issu (With power S hares, to increase to whereof a portion will be re served for India. Deposit £1 per Share o aplication and Li on allotent. Calls not to exceed £2 per Sh p are, with , an interval ot not m less three months between eath calL DIRECTORS. Sir John Peter Grant, K.C.8., Chairman, late Lieutenant- Governor of Bengal. Colonel Anderson, C. 8., Director of the Eastern Bengal Rail way Company. George Constable, Esq., Firm of Henderson and Constable, C annun- , treet, K C. Sir Frederick Currie, Bart . 31m:1)er of the Council of India. Colonel French, Chairman of the Bombay and Baroda Rail way Company. Colonel Holland, Director of the Agra and United Service Bank. John Stewart, Esq., Director of the Marine Insurance Com pany. J " tin Robert Thomson, Eeq , Chairman of the London and South African Bank. James Henry Young, Esq., late of the Bengal Civil Service. AUDITORS. T. 11. Walker, Esq., 21, Hanover-so:dare, and A Shareholder, to be elected at tke First General Meeting. BANKERS r f t LONDON. The Agra and United Sentee Bank (Limited), street, Cannon street, E.C. The London and County Bank, HLllOVer-Square, W. - • The A B A.IsTKERS IN INDIA. gra a r ld Unired Service Bank (Limited). SOLICITORS. -- - • -- Messrs. Uptons, Johnson, and Upton, 20, Austin-'riars, E.C. BROKER. Francis Burn And, Esq., 7S, Lombard-street, and 13 and 14, County-climbers, Cornhill, E.C. SECRETARY (pro tern.) Macdonald Yates, Esq. Temporary Offices :-35, Cannon-street, E.C., and 5, Parli ment-street, Westminster. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. - - This Company is formed for the purpose of introducing a system of efficient Hotel accommodation into India, China, and other places in the East. In Calcutta a joist-stock company has lately purchased and undertaken the management of a Hotel, and the pro spects of the enters rise may be inferred from the very high prem um at which their shares are quoted in the Calcutta market, see "Times" Ju'y 17, the "Englishman's Weekly Mail" of June 8,1861, and "Allen's Indian Mail," of August 4—vlz., £25 paid, present value, £45 cx div., equal to 80 per cent. prem., and the payment of a dividend of 10 per cent. for the half-year ending 30th April last, equal to 20 per cent. per annum. It is proposed, Li the first instance, to supply the urgent requirements of Bombay and Point de Galle. In the event of two-thirds of the first issue of shares not beinu subscribed for, no allotment will take place, and the dermsits will be returned to the subscrib ~rs, without deduc _ _ It is proposed to pay to shareholders 5 per cent. interest upon the capital as paid up, until the first dividend is de clared. _ Detailed prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained of the Secretary, Bankers, and Broker. O RIENTAL HOTELS COMPANY (Limited), NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That NO APPLICA TION for SHARES in the Oriental Hotels Ce,mpany (Limited) WILL BE RECEIVED after SATURDAY, the 15th August current. MACDONALD YATES, Secretary . pro tern. August 6,1863. PASSENGERS AND TTAAVELLERS PROTECTION AND COMPENFATION OFFICES, 16, Craven-street, Strand, J,ondon, W.C. Passengers by Rail, Road, or Ws,cer, and others suffering from loss or injury to themselves or property, should apply for redress and compensation at t . ..ne above Offices ; established to render prompt assistance to all classes upon the most ad va.n tag, eous terms. Advice on application gr atis. Letters must be addressed to "The Manager," encloF,lng a stamp for reply. NORWICH T JNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of, the Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty pa',ll to Government for the year 1862 was £85,062, and the amount insured on farming stock, £ 10 ,086,332. A bonus (jf three-fifths of the profits periodically made to parties insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received sums amounting in the aggregate to X 440,000; and the Society now holds a large Reserve applicable to a future Bonus. The rates of premium are in no case higher than those charged by the other principal offices making no returns to their insurers. For pro , pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey street, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars, E.C. DROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring Esq., M.P. Wm. Ger. Prescott, Esq. I Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual Lit , Assurance for all class,es • This Association has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a total sum of £1,500,000. The Annual Income is • • .. .£5l ,000 The Accumulated F un d exceeds .. It has paid in Claims .. .„ 112,000 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among the Members. Three di'eisions have already been made' when the following sums, have been added as bonuses to the policies Dec. 31, 1847 .. , • £5,400 „ 1852 • • • .. 11,500 „ 1857 • • ~ • • .. 23 200 1862 • • • .. 56,500 making the total 'bonus additions, £06,600. ISonuses ink; 'oe received in cish or applied to the reduc tion of prerniulas at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the t.ol,cy. Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid up policies introduced by this Association, by which the sacrifice SO often submitted to on the relinquishment of a pc icy is wholly avoided. The balance -sheets of the Association are open to all, whether assurers or otherwise. Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, Moorg,rate-street, E.C., Aug 1, 1863. NORTH BRITISH INSINSURANCECO AND MERCANTILE MPANY. Established 1809. Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament ACCUMULATED AND INVESTED FUNDS, £2,122,828. ANNUAL REVENUE, £422,101. LONDON BOARD. John White Cater, Esq., 1 P. du Pre Grenfell, Esq. Chairman, A. Kloekmann, Esq. Charle. Morrison, Esq., De- John Mollett, Esq. puty Chairman. Jun:lus S. Morgan, Esq. A. De A rroyave, Esq. G. Garden Nicol, Esq. Edward Cohen, Esq. John U. Wm. Schroder, Esq. James du Buisson, Esq. George Young, Esq. Ex-DiTtEcroas. A. IL Campbell, Esq. Robert Smith, Esq. P. C. Cava n , E sq. Frederic Somes, Esq. I'. P. Raid, E sq. Manager of Fire Department—George IL Whyting. Manager of Lifr.! Department—W. F. Birkmyre. Superintendent of Foreign Department—G. 11. Burnett. Secretary —F, W. Lance. • General Manager—David Smith. FIRE DE PARTMENT. The Company grants Insurances against Fire in the United Kingdom, and all foreign countries. Mercantile Risks in the Port of London accepted at re duced rates. Losses promptly and liberally settled. Foreign Risks.—The DirectorQ, having a practical know ledge of foreig n countr i es,, are prepared to issue Policies on the most favouratle terreAs. In all cases a discount will be allowed to Merchants a•Ad others effecting such Insurances. LIFE DEPARTMENT T he following St atQment exhibits the improv emen t effected d uring the las, few No. of Pe years : ..l 1.85 R ... years 0 45 Issu.ed. Sums. Premiums. ..... £377 425 1859 ........ fyis ......... 449,913 18'0 ........ 741 ..... ••• 4 - 5 619 1861 ........ 785 ............... 627,0!6 1862........ I,i 37 ........ 768,331 Thus in five years the number or Policie3 issued was 3,623, assuring ihe large sum of L 2,928917. The hiading features of the Office e • 1. llntire Sentrity to Assu rers. are:— he .- 2. The large Bonus additions already declared, and the prospect of a further Bonus at the next investiga tion. 3. The advantages afiorded by varied Tables ofpremiums —unrest eted condition of Policies —and liberality in dealing thewithhs Ass cl. general Forms of Proposal and every information will be furnished on application at th.e BEAD OFFICES :.•LONDON 58, Threadneedle -street. 4, New Bank Buildings. EDINBURGH 61, Princes -street. ..._____________________ ___ NORT R BRITISH AND M ERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. WEST -END OFFICE: 8, WATERLOO -PLACE, PALL-MALL. Secretary—ALEX. J. RUSSELL. I_ MMEINATE CASH ADVANCES.—Persons requiring.; Capital, repayable by instalments, to enable L to increase or commence business, or for any other purpose, ean readily obtain Advances on application at the Offices ot the 81`. cIAT lONS, 11R, Pall-mai, S lir. GEORGE ADVANCE FUND ASSO- Prospectus and forms sent free. E. R• GILBART, Manager. A NEVER pAi L - Dr. scorrs BILIOUS' I\4 G REMED Y.— pared without any mercurial inur e and LIVER eILLS, pre irom the recipe of Dr. Y,— p a r e of Bromley, Kent, wilieidogt, la. cl invaluable to all who ,suffer from bilious and .iver co in spasms, giddiness, dizziness of & e l e n lg. indigestion, wind, tostiveness, as a family aperient r ned rp &a For habitual nf the blood, they are truly exu ent ; .47;Itild as a purifier whole neeappe,ite, pro and grateful to the stomach, they "4 ; 1 in their opera tion mote digestion, and strengthen the Lambert, 6, King William -street, .ryous aystem. Sold by W. London, and by post druggists, in boxe , k-harir.r-cross. the qaantity in one, 2s. 9d. 4.45 . d., and three genere to k • S l i cTt e t s 's . Bilious and Liver Pills. The " ler Dr. with " William Lambero engraved square on the green package, stamp. GittA T RUPTURES.—BY - ROYAL I.EITTEtts ---;--------- WHITE'S MOC-MAIN I,levE l AT kusTrr. -A t ~,, (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN , i , titUss Exit inmoNB OF IPSI AND l'62`, IN allowed by n j Two Hundred Medical Gmticrien to he the too s i t v rig of mvention in the curative treatment of 11 E T r,ective The uge of a tel goring*, so often hurtful in it s '' I . Is here avoided—a soft bandag e bein g worn „uaeots, body, while the requisite resisting power is supplirnedunbnyetthlT Moe -Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so , _;nd c'eseness that it cannot be detected, and may be wow rring sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the Cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, bei ng bent to the nianufncturer. Mr. WIIITE, 221 1 , Piccadilly. A SinGf Truce, . n urblB Truss, 31g. ed. , A Do ' - e ins., 21s. 255. tici., and 31s. lid. Postage, le. '425., and 525. M. Postage, 1s Bd. A rnbilical Truss 425. and 525. tid. Postage, is. WI Post -office Ord ' 9 tNe, Piccadilly, era to be made payable to John White, Poet- " Mr Fleming has rendered is his debtor for much in struction and amusement."—Vde Reader. Hurst andßlackett, 13, great Marlborough-street. Just p'ablished, in Bvo., price ls., M AGNEOPATHY. THE PHILOSOPHY OF HEALTH. Bentley, New Burlington•street. TOURISTS' VADE MECUM.—PRICE ONE SHILLING. NO one should cross the Channel without this useful companion, which comprises in a form for the waistcoat pocket every necessary phrase for Railways, Hotels, Shops, Cabs, Money, &c, &c., and not a word super fluous. London: sold by Simpkin and Marsh all, Stationers' Court, and at all Booksellers and Railways. ALFRED MELLON'S PROMENADE CON CERTS, at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, will commence THIS EVENING (MONDAY), August 10. Vocalist—Mdlle. CARLOTTA PATTI. Band of nearly 100 performers. Admission, One Shilling. THOXF 0 R D, e, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. Bishop's THE SLAVE and llalevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs, Green, Bernardi, Huish, &c., with full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean &c. W. Comic, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man "), Eugene, Randall, E. Righton, and A. Lloyd. Also, a Pet for mance by Herr SCHALKENBACH on his wonderful instrument, the PIANO ORCHESTRE, contain ing a full baud. of 40 instruments. The FfAm, has just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one. of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at 8 o'clock. Admission, ed. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; priva'te boxes, 10s. 6d. NOTICE. —The GHOST! GHOST !! GHOST!!! AT CANTERBURY FALL. Two representations of Professor Pepper's startling Illusion will be given on Mondays. Wednesdays, and Saturdays, at Nine and a quarter-past Eleven o'clock ; other Evenings at Eleven only Mr' . A. produced with all the newest improve ments by Mr. A. Silvester, which can be seen only at this establishment. Dramatic Readings by Mr. Graham, in addition to Grand Operatic Selections, Cantatas, Glees, Songs, Comic and Sentimental, and UNSWORTII, the Stump Orator. Open every Evening at half past Seven. Admission, Sixpence. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The FAIRY FOUNTAIN.—The Risarelis (last week pre vious to their departure for the Continent)--The Brothers Conrad —Les Petit Monstres—The Francesco Family, from La Scala, Milan, &c. Grand Operatic Selection :—Miss M`Gregor. Albert, Georgini, supported by Chorus and Band of Sixty Performers. Notice. —The Proprietor has much pleasure to announce that he has an engagement with Mdlle. Taccani, from Her Majesty's Th ea t re, who will appear every evening. ESTABLISHED 1833. BOWDEN'S ABATED GINGER BEER, i n glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, Potass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manufactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. PAGE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE MACHINES, for hand, horse, or steam Dower, are the most simple and efficiont extant.—lee, particulars and prices obtained of the makers, E. Page and Co., Laurence Pountney place, Laurence Pountney-hill, Cannon-street, E.C., where they may be seen in operation daily. H ARPER TWELVETREES' GLYCERINE SOAP POWDER makes its own Soap, and saves one-half of time, two thirds of Soap, and three-fourths of labour ! Patentee : Harper Twelvetrees, Bromley -by-Bow, London. Sold by Grocers, Druggists, and Oilmen. TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend th e i r i mproved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souolionz, reduced to 3s. (id. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd.; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. 11d, per lb. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. DEAFNESS. —The SOUND MAGNIFIER INVISIBLE VOICE CONDUCTOR, a newly in vented instrument for severe cases of deafness. It fits into the ear, not perceptib'e, removes singing noises in the head, and enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies.--S. and B. SOLOMONS, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. piSTOLGRAMS of BABIES (Guinea Jewellery Portraits), with album enlargements therefrom, taken daily at SKATFE'S Piste'graph Depot, 32, Sussex-place, Re gent's-park, N.W., where a classification or children's like nesses from the day of birth may now be seen. Invalids and families attended. HOWELL, JAMES, and CO., respectfully announce that, in accordance with their custom at this season of the year, they will OFFER THIS DAY, and during the month, their STOCK of FANCY SILKS, LIGHT DRESS FABRICS, LACES, RIBBONS, LINGERIE, EMBROIDERY, &c., at a VERY LARGE REDUCTION IN PRICE. ri A. .T., and CO., w ill offer, at the same time, a quantity of RICH FRENCH SILKS, principally MOIRE ANTIQUES, and a va e t y of beautiful ORGANDI MUSLINS, which they have recently purchased at about one-half the value. MONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED by a P rivate Gentleman upon FURNITURE (without femoval). Leasehold and Freehold P r operty, or Reversions, te., in sums from £2O to £soo.—Mr. Howard, 18, Queen street, Cheapside. TO Persons in WANT of MONEY (in Town or country). —A. GENTLEMAN is willing; to MAKE ADVANCES of CAS lir, 'without delay, to respectable persons (male or female), on their own security. The utmost secrecy can be relied on. —Apply (it by letter enclose four stamps) to Iv., at Mr. Robertson s, Accountant, 40, King William-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Warrants. R OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued ca es to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas rerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Contts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; D en i son and Co. ; W lliams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary. YAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Incorporated by Royal Charter). P ATRONESs—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. FRE SIDENT—Vice-Admiral the Duke of Northumberland, K.G., F.R.S. C itArnmAx—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. Dxru ' r r - CHAinmAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since he beginning ohe year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has expended £32,000 on various Lifeboat Estab lishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, and other means, since its formation, is 12,800 ; tor which services 82 Gold illedals, 718 Silver Medals, and £16,480 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £67,e00 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-can iages, and Boat-houses. The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of the generous support which they have received from the British public during the past few years, a support which has enabled them to establish their present magnificent fleet of 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom. Deeply sensible, however, of the great responsibility that rests on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient state, and its Crews practised in the management of their boats, which can only be effected by a large and permanent annual income, they earnestly appeal to all classes of their countrymen to aid them in upholding; and perpetuating so great and truly national a work. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions:— Fier Majesty the Q ueen £ e. d • • Campbell, the H • • • • annual 50 0 oon. Mrs. G. . • Clerk, Colonel, B.A. • • annual 5 0 0 .• • • Coutts and Co. Messrs., • Bankers .., a Currie, Wm. 1: • • an nual 1 1 0 sq., • • . .. •• • • 4t nnal lc, 0 0 h don. Lrle, Lord C ' hiet .lustice • • • • • • don. 10 0 0 10 10 0 lea nshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. . • 2d don. 25 0 0 rrsl M ' i ti aoaEtratrhieen: ,Sir sm ' R, lt ervs e . v . Henry,(.G4Ge. o . Br e V enwick, G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and 'lran .. • • .. 7th don. 10 0 0 risliortin;.r Carrikze • • • • • • 250 0 0 .. .. don. 15 15 0 Mrs. .. .• . don. 3 0 0 annual 2 0 0 s tip i rlio: co: sir Atl ail i G n il ard r o e n t.N e l y r Greenwich B. .. .. .. 3 0 0 Ladyship ' . • • • .. 16 16 0 1. , Laanddy Weston-super-Mare, collected by her • • Willoughby d'Ere " sby, i . ord annual 5 0 0 and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re peivreellivabY the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, and Bankers ~., ~ 9, Strand; Messrs. Herries, Farauhar. and Co., 16, St. C : o icmhe s as:ds .. sLtreee wits,: London abln 7f, L . o m b y b a r c , l l - s t t h r e e e c t o ; Il M ec e t s o s r r s s. o C f o cututsstoanin : in the Titi n iiedltin a gdom; and 'the Secretary D London, W.C. Jotul.street , 4ciel ~ at the Office of the Instittion, 14, rfis Grace the Duke of Somerset and Captain Drummond visited the building yard of Mr. J. White, at West Cowes, on Saturday, and inspected her Majesty's screw corvette Highflyer, which Mr. White is repairing under contract with the Admi ralty. The Duke, Captain Drummond, and other members of the Board afterwards embarked on board the Admiralty yacht Enchantress and left for Portland. The Russian iron-clad battery Pervcnitz left Gravesend at six a.m. on Saturday for Cronstadt, under steamer. On arriving off the Maplin Sands she was tried at the measured mile, and realised a mean speed of eight knots, with 80 revolutions of her engines, their maximum number of revolutions being 110. She completed a full circle in five minutes 15 seconds, and was found to be under the most perfect command of her helm. Immediately on completing her trial at the measured mile the Pervenitz was ordered by Admiral Boutakoff, who has superintended her construction in this country for the Russian Government, to proceed to Cron stadt under steam and canvass, the General Admi ral to accompany her under full steam, but not to take her in tow. We are requested to state that her departure from the Thames for the Baltic was hurried forward for no other reason than simply to get her over to Cronstadt previous to the rough weather setting in. With regard to the armour plates not being bolted in their places on her bow and stern, it was never intended to place them there until after the arrival at Cronstadt, it being determined, from the time of laying her keel, that she should make her first voyage without them, and with her extreme ends as light as possible. In accordance with Admiralty instructions to that effect received at Chatham, the mechanics employed on the Achilles discontinued working overtime on Saturday afternoon, and left the yard at the usual hour, four o'clock. The cause of this order on the part of the Admiralty appears to be that, although the mechanics employed on that vessel have ostensibly been working for several months past from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., with only short intervals for meals, yet, in reality, there is not a sufficient excess of work accomplished to justify the continuance of the system. The Norwegian sailing corvette Ornen, 16, Capt. H. Wedel Jarlsberg, 19 days from Quebec for Christiana, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday morning. The following appointment and prom o ti ons were made on Saturday at the Admiralty :—Walter H. Brimfield, acting first class assist.-engineer, to the Wye; David Wilson (acting), Kenneth M'Caskill, Andrew Kennedy, Nicholas Baird, David Sharp (acting), James M'Arthur (acting), P eter Foulis (acting), John Muir, Ebenezer Bennett, John Crichton, John Galbraith, Samuel M'Dougall, Edward M'Leish, and John Frazer, promoted assist.- engineers of the first class. THE ARMY. A detachment of the 75th Regiment, numbering 50 non-commissioned officers and men, under the command of Lieut. I. S. Allfrey, left Chatham gar rison on Saturday for Devonport to join the service companies, which are being raised to their proper strength. Lieut. Allfrey rejoins the depot at Chatham. Orders have been received at Chatham garrison from the Horse Guards directing Lieut.-Col. Stewart to go out in command of the detachment of Royal Engineers about to be despatched to the East, for the purpose of being employed in laying down a line of telegraph through Turkey, Persia, and Aff ghanistan to India, The non-commissioned officers and men composing the detachment have been spe cially selected from the companies at head-quarters who have completed their course of instruction at the schools for telegraphy, surveying, &c., at Brompton barracks. The whole of them have been medically inspected, in order that none but men of the most healthy and robust constitution may be employed for the service. The sea kits and personal stores have been issued to the non-commissioned officers and men, who are in daily expectation of receiving orders from the Horse Guards to take their departure from Chatham. The removals from Aldershot during the past week have been so numerous that on Saturday, prior to the return of the Woolmer flying column, and after the departure of the Sandhurst column, there was left, a smaller force at Aldershot than has been the case at any one time since the formation of the camp. There were then left only one squa dron of cavalry, four battalions of artillery, detach ments of the Royal Engineers and Military Train, and five battalions of infantry—viz., the 2d batta lion of the Grenadier Guards, the Ist battalion of the 6th Regiment, the 67th, 64th, and 76th Regi ments. The departures from camp during the week have been as follow :—On Tuesday the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), under the command of Lieut.- Col. Baillie, marched from the North Camp, en route for Windsor. On the same day the Ist bat talion Scots Fusileer Guards, under Lieut.-Col. Hepburn, marched from Cove-common for London ; and the 2d battalion Ist Royals, under the command of Col. Holcombe, from the South Camp for Ports mouth, to proceed thence to India. On Thursday the 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers quitt ed the division, after a sojourn of nearly two years at the camp, the headquarters and six troops, under Lieut.-Col. Oakes proceeding to Hounslow,one troop to Hampton Court, and another to Kingston. Six troops of the 18th Hussars left the North Camp on Friday, the headquarters, and three troops, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Knox, proceeding en route for Newcastle, and three troops, under Major Brett, for Ipswich. One squadron still remains at Aldershott, under Capt. John Peyton, but it is ex pected shortly to depart either for Northampton or Colchester. On Saturday a column, under the command of Brigadier-General Bates, marched to Sandhurst, where it will be encamped, until fur ther orders are received, near the new Staff College. The column consisted of the Royal Dragoons, B battery 4th brigade Royal Artillery, detach ment of Royal Engineers, 59th, 73d, and 87th Re giments, and a detachment of the Commissariat Staff Corps. Orders have been received at the camp for the D battery 9th brigade Royal Ar tillery, under the command of Capt. P. J. Campbell, to march to-day, en route for Shorncliffe. The only arrival at Aldershott during the week has been that of the 2d battalion Grenadier. Guards, from Wellington Barracks, on Tuesday, under the com mand of Col. M. Bruce. The proceedings of the large flying column which left Aldershott on Satur day, the lst inst., for Woolmer, have been full of interest. It was under the command of Major- Gen. Russell, and consisted of the Carabineers, a detachment of Roy a l E ng i neers, a detachment of the Military Train, the Üb at t ery R oyal Horse Ar tillery, Ist battalion 3d Regiment, Ist battalion 24th Regiment, 2d battalion 60th Rifles, and a detach ment of the Commissariat Staff Corps. Shortly before 5 o'clock in the morning the column marched out with bands playing and colours flying, the 3d Buffs leading. It arrived at Farnham at about 6, and proceeded by Alice Holt Forest and Basfield to the camping ground on the top of Keeper's hill, about 16 miles from Aldershott. The infantry arrived at the halting-placeat about 10 o'clock, and the cavalry, Artillery, and Military Train, which did net leave Aldershott till 7 o'clock, arrived very shortly after wards. The plan of the encampment was as fol lows :—The Ist battalion 60th Rifles on the right, the 24th in the centre, the Artillery next, the 3d on the right, and the Military Train the rear. On the flank of the 60th, in a slight hollow, the Cara bineers were quartered, and on a knoll at the rear, and between the quarters of the 24th and 60th, were the headquarters of Major-Gen.Russell. On Sunday morning the troops were formed up in three sides of a square in front of the general quarters, and, Di vine service was conducted by the chaplain. On Monday, shortly after noon, his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief and Staff arrived from London, accompanied by Lieut.-General Sir I. L. Pennefather, commanding at Aldershott, and his Staff. After minutely inspecting each regiment in turn, and going over the whole of the encampment, a sham engagement took place, the camp being supposed to be attacked by an enemy advancing from Aldershot. The Field-Marshal expressed his highest approval of the manner in which the pro ceedings were carried out, and returned to London about 5 o'clock. On Tuesday morning the troops marched out to Haslemere, a distance of five miles, and returned iu the afternoon. On Wednesday they marched to Petersfield, a distance of about nine miles, where they were temporarily encamped. On Thursday the force of the column was further in creased by the arrival of the 13th Hussars and the A battery, 4th brigade Royal Artillery. On Friday another splendid field-day took place, in the presence of the Duke of Cambridge, Sir John Pennefather, and their staffs. The weather has been delightful during the whole time that this column has been out, and the troops have greatly enjoyed the benefit of the change. THE ATTACK ON FORT WAGNER. The following is an account of the attack on Fort Wagner, supplied by the Charleston Mercury of Monday, July the 20th : " Saturday was a day which will be for ever me morable in the history of Charleston. About eight o'clock the desultory cannonade with which the experience of a week had made our community familiar was again heard. For nearly three hours the enemy's fire was maintained with the usual de liberation; but about 11 o'clock it was noticed that the reports came in far more rapid succession. By noon it became well understood that the foe was re solved to subject our position to an ordeal much more severe than any which up to that time it had encountered. At that hour, as we learn by accounts from Morris Island, the converging fire of the enemy had become truly fearful. Five Monitors, the frigate Ironsides, seven wooden gunboats, with the land batteries which the Yankees had thrown up on the lower part of the island, kept up a con stant rain of shot and shell into our works.: No less than 65 heavy guns and eight mortars are known to have been in play against us. At one time, so rapid was the fire, that the reports ave raged 27 per minute. One of the Monitors lay and two to the with the Ironsides, n ee o u rt t h h - - e ee as et t , of w h ß il a e tte th ry e Wagner,r there, kept a position nearly opposite the sea face of the battery. The wooden gunboats manoeuvred at some distance outside the line of turreted monsters, relying chiefly upon their long-range rifled siege guns. There were two Yankee batteries on Morris Island —one, consisting of two guns and a mortar, was ,locatedbattery at ry ; Craig'she other liill within about 800 yards ofwas beyo n d G ra h am ' s t our att e House, and had an armament of eight rifled shell guns. It is estimated that during the day no less than 9,000 shells were fired at the battery. For eleven consecutive hours the bombardment raged with more or lees violence. About dusk the fire, which during the afternoon had been incessant (probably with the design of de moralising our men and unfitting them for the expected night's work), began to slacken consi derably, and at dark ceased almost entirely. The results thus far had been of a character to give us good cause for encoura ge ment and gratulation. The damage to our battery was insignificant, and of a kind easily and speedily reparable. The bomb proofs had afforded efficient protection to a large portion of the garrison, and our casualties at seven o'clock p.m. were but four killed and fourteen wounded. Of the enemy's losses from our fire, if any, we have, of course, no trustworthy account. Fort Sumter, which bore a part in the action, sent several shells into Craig-hill batteries, and also into the camp of the enemy, about three and a quarter miles distant, it is believed with good effect. At a few minutes before eight o'clock our pickets gave notice that the enemy in heavy force was moving to the assault. The attack was not unexpected, and our men, though much jaded by the fatigues and exposure of the day, sprang to their places with zeal and alacrity. The enemy advanced in two columns of about three thousand men each, the whole under command of Brigadier- General Strong. The column which our attacked rig ht was composed partially of negro troops, who were put in the ad vance. On our left, the other column advanced with spirit, under a severe fire from the Dahlgreen guns and columbiads from Fort Sumter. As the column advanced at the double q uick, the guns of Battery Wagner also opened. When the enemy had reached a point about sixty yards distant our infantry, posted behind the parapet, poured a galling fire into the moving masses; the Yankees, nevertheless, in considerable force, succeeded in gaining the trench, and began to clamber up the sides of the battery. At this moment Lieutenant Waties, of Blake's battery, who was in charge of two brass howitzers (belonging to a detachment of artillery under Capt. De Pass, of White's battalion) opened a raking fire which t rench, play ing-- swept the terrific havoc in the ranks of the assailants, The howitzers had been • assigned to this position, which they occupied so advantageously for us, at the instance of Colonel Harris, of the engineers, all the horses belonging to the section having been put hors de during combat the enemy was driven back at this part of our works (the left) and €he trench filled with the enemy's dead attests the se ver ity of the conflict there. On the right, negro troops w ere met with a terrible cross fire of musketry. Here were posted, among other troops, the Charleston battalion, and these gallant men behaved in a manner worthy the fame their organisation had so dearly won at Seces sionville. The second assault was still more des perate than the first ; but it was met and repelled in the same gallant style by the brave troops, Geor gians, North Carolinians, and sons of our own city, who stood shoulder to shoulder in the fight. In the centre of our lines a small body of the enemy suc ceeded in gaining a lodgment in l a sa lent, theiguns of which had been disabled. Here they maintained their position for more than an hour. A gallant but unsuccessful attempt was made to dislodge them in which Capt. Ryan fell, and it was not until a small force of Georgians had ascended the mag azine and thus gained a position to comm an d the salient, that the audacious Yankees surrendered. At the time that this occurred the firing elsewhere had ceased, and the Georgians accomplished their pur pose without firing a gun. The movement by which this was effected was undertaken at the sug gestion of Co ' .. Harris. The fight lasted from eight until eleven p.m., and was of a desperate character throughout. The enemy's losses were very heavy. His killed and wounded must have been at least 1,500. The number of the dead left on the field and buried by us yesterday exceeded 600. We captured over 200 prisoners, including a few of the negro troops. Our own losses were comparatively light. It is estimated that our killed and wounded will not exceed 100." Subjoined are some f , latest" particulars of th e tracted from the same attack on Morris Island , ex paper : " Daring the early portion of yesterday morning all was comparatively quiet on Morris Island. About eleven o'clock the laud batteries opened on Fort Wagner, and the Monit ors and the Ironsides again approached and o' opened a severe when the bom fire. This continued until two clock, bardm en t became furiow, the reports being heard in quite as rapid succession as on Saturday. This furious cannonade lasted for about an hour and a half, Fort Sumter and Battery Wagner replying slowly. Also fire was opened from a new battery OR James Island. Fort Sumter got the ;a n of the Ironsides, and a little before four o'clock she withdrew. The Monitors also hauled off, and for the remainder of the evening the firing was at long and irregular intervals, coming chiefly from the enemy's land batteries. Some shots were fixed at Fort Johnson and at the Shell Point Battery. The casualties in Battery Wagner yesterday were four killed and 11 wounded. A mortar fire was kept up on Battery Wagner every few minutes during the night from the battery near Graham's House. On Sunday morning the enemy sent in a flag of truce to ask permission to bury their dead, whose bodies lay thickly strewn in the trench and elsewhere in front of our works. As it was supposed that the chief object of this request on the part of the Yankee commander was to gain an opportunity to recon noitre our position, the proposition was declined, and the duty of burying the dead devolved upon our own men, and on Sunday no firing occurred. The number of bodies buried previous to the renewal of the cannonade yesterday was 800-600 by our men and some 200 and odd beyond our lines by the enemy. Including those still unburied and the wounded who have since died, the enemy's loss in killed alone must have been nearly or quite one thousand. The number of prisoners taken by our troops (including wounded) was two hundred and seventy-six. Judging from these figures, and re membering the well-known habit which the Yankees have of carrying off their wounded, it seems quite reasonable to believe that their total loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners could not have been less than two thousand." The following details of the land attack upon Fort Wagner are from Federal sources : " Soon after four o'clock the firing from Fort Wagner ceased. It was then known that our brave fellows had succeeded in dismount ing one gun; and it was also pretty well ascertained that another of the rebel pieces had burst. These facts led to the supposition that the enemy had evacuated the work; and it was de termined to attempt its occupation. For this pur pose two brigades, consisting of the 7th Connecticut Regiment, the Third New Hampshire, the Ninth Maine, the Seventy-sixth Pennsylvania, and the Forty-eighth New York, under Brigadier-General Strong, and the Seventh New Hampshire, Sixth Connecticut, Sixty-second Ohio, One Hundredth New York, and Fifty-fourth Massachusetts, coloured, under Colonel Putnam, who had been under arms all day, screened from the enemy behind a range of sand hills, in the rear of our works, were ordered for ward. This was at dusk, and both brigades were formed in line on the beach, the regiment being dis posed in columns, expecting the coloured regiment, which for some reason was given the post of extreme honour and of danger in the advance, and was drawn up in line of battle, exposing its full front to the enemy. This movement of the troops was observed by Sumter, and fire was at once opened upon them, happily wit hout doing injury, as the shells went over the heads of the men. General Strong, who has so frequently since his arrival in this department braved death in its many forms of attack, was assigned to the command of the first brigade. Colonel Putnam, of the 7th New Hampshire, who, although of the regular army, and considered one of the best officers in the department, never led his men into battle nor been under fire, took command of the second, and General Stevenson the third, constituting the re serve. The 54th Massachusetts (coloured regiment). Colonel Shaw, was the advanced regiment in the first brigade ; and the 2d South Carolina (negro), Colonel Montgomery, was the last regiment of the reserve. Tee selection of the 54th Massachusetts to lead the charge was undoubtedly made on account of the good fighting qualities it had displayed a few days before on James Island. Just as darkness began to close in upon the scene of the afternoon and the evening, General Strong rode to the front, and ordered his brigade, consisting of the 54th Massa, chusetts, Colonel Shaw (coloured regiment) ; the 6th Connecticut, Colonel Chatfield ; the 48th New York, Col. Bartow ; the 3d New Hampshire, Col. Jackson ; the 76th Pennsylvania and the 9th Maine, Col. Emery, to advance to the assault. At the instant the line was seen slowly advancing in the dusk towards the fort, and before a double-quick had been ordered, a tremendous fire from the barbette guns on Fort Sumter, the batteries on Cumming's Point, and from all the guns on Fort Wagner, opened upon it. The guns from Wagner swept the beach, and those from Sumter and Cum ming's Point enfiladed it on the left. In the midst of this terrible shower of shot and shell they pushed their way, reached the fort ; portions of the 54th Massachusetts, the 6th Connecticut, and the 48th New York, dashed through the ditches, gained the parapet, and engaged in a hand-to-hand fight with the enemy, and for nearly half an hour held their ground, and did not fall back until nearly every commissioned officer was shot down. As on the morning of the assault of the 11th inst., these brave men were exposed to a most galling fire of grape and canister from howitzers, raking the ditches from the bastions of the fort, from hand grenades, and from almost every other implement of warfare. The rebels fought with the utmost desperation, and so did the larger portion of Gen. Strong's brigade, as long as there was an officer to command it. 'When the brigade made the assault, General Strong gallantly rode at its head. When it fell back, broken, torn, and bleeding, Major Plimpton, of the Third New Hampshire, was the highest commissioned officer to command it. The first brigade, under the lead of General Strong, failed to take the fort. It was now the turn of Colonel Putnam, commanding the second brigade, composed of the 7th New Hampshire, the 62d Ohio, Col. Steele, the 67th Ohio, Col. Voorhees, and the 100th New York, Col. Danley, to make the attempt. But, alas ! the task was too much for him. Through the same terrible fire he led his men to, over, and into the fort, and for an hour held one half of it, fighting every moment of that time with the utmost desperation; and, as with the Ist Brigade, it was not until he himself fell killed, and nearly all his officers wounded, and no reinforce ments arriving, that his men fell back, and the rebel shout and cheer of victory was heard above the roar of Sumter and the guns from Cumming's Point. In this second assault by Gen. Putnam's brigade Col. Turner, of Gen. Gillmore's staff, stood at the side of Col. Putnam when he fell, and with his voice and sword urged on the thinned ranks to the final charge. But it was too late. The 3d brigade, Gen. Stevenson's, was not on hand. It was madness for the second to remain longer under so deadly a fire, and the thought of surrendering in a body to the enemy could not for a moment be entertained. To fight their way back to the intrenchments was all that could be done, and in this retreat many a poor man fell never to rise again. Without a doubt, many of our men fell from our own fire. The dark ness was so intense, the roar of artillery so loud, the flight of grape and canister shot so rapid and de structive, that it was absolutely impossible to pre serve order in the ranks of individual companies, to say nothing of the regiments. More than half the time we were in the fort the fight was simply a hand indicatedt o ha n d on ; e s , o a m s teh had e w wounds received thrusts, bs some many m e a on the head, some were stabbed with bayonets, an d a few were knocked down with the b utt end of mus kets, but recovered in time to get away withsw& sw ol len f the heads. There was terrible fighting to get into In this fort, and t err ibl e fi g hting to get out o it. to its close, Gen. Gillmore, his staff , and his volunteerrehack e d a n i i d g s h , night as consistingsau t assault, o n fd Col. from L itstt Littlefield, commencement ctehrue t t h South Carolina, an d M a j ors Bannister a nd Str y ker, of the c learly i'aymaster's Department, were constantly under fire, and doing all in their power to sustain the cou rage of the troops and urge on reinforcements. All that human power could do to carry on this formid able earthwork seems to have been done. No one would have imagined in the morning that so fierce caraiouucle from both the navy and the batteries on shore could fail to destroy everymboommeb;tproouort the rebels had e rected. But the RUSSIA AND FRANCE. The following is the full text of the Russian de spatch of which we have already given an analysis. It is addressed to Baron de Budberg, the Russian Ambassador at Paris : "St. Petersburg, July 30. " I have this moment received your despatch of the 25th July, itto n F o i t n , itlatbnedt,efworhee,reyet a w b i l l e l b to e laid i n form your Excellency of the i m p ression it ma y make on before and a t t b c once E forw ard ror. 1 am our august master. Emperor. " I will not, however, delay communicating to you, by the present courier, the observations which a hasty perusal has suggested. These observations do not bear on the main question, since we are as yet ignorant of conclusions to which the French Government wi ll come after consulting wiih the Cabinets of London and Vienna. " I will only dwell on the judgment which M. Drouyn de Lhuys expressed in his conversation with you on the diffe rent points of our answer. "I. The French Minister of Foreign Affairs, acknow ledges that we do not in principle reject the six points, bat he differs in opinion as to the preliminary condition pro posed by ne for their application. He thinks that their-im mediate execution would hasten the pacification of the kingdom, whereas, in the state of agitation now prevailing there, it is impossible to foresee the moment when these le forms may be granted. M. Drouyn de Lbuys seems to conclude that our answer implies a rejection under the appearance of an adhesion in principle. "It seems to us, Monsieur le Baron, that facts speak clearly enough on this point. Most of the measures im plied in the six points have been granted by the Emperor. Far from pacifying the kingdom, they became the starting point for armed insurrection. The agitators made use of these reforms. and of the administrative autonomy which theyintroduced, to raise revolt in the country. Their object was perfectly evident : having conceived the hope of attain ing complete independence by the aid of foreign interven. tion, they could not declare themselves satisfied with the institutions, liberal, representative, and progressive, of which the Government had laid the bases, On the con trary, they could regard the success of those reforms which placed the Kingdom of Poland in the path of regular pro gress as the rule of their hopee : for that reason they made the reforms the starting-point of an insurrection. Their sentiments have undergone no change since the foreign Powers have proposed these points. They have loudly declared that they would never be satisfied by or lay down their arms until they should have attained the end at which they aim, which is the reconstitution of Poland as it existed in 1772. "If the Russian Cabinet did not repudiate from its political traditions all bad faith and underhand proceed ings, it would perhaps have been good tact on its part to have accepted the six points absolutely, in order to throw on the insurgents the responsibility of rejecting them in the eyes of the Powers proposing them. But we were not disposed to regard so serious a matter as an opportunity for a political manoeuvre. We had invited the Cabinets to a sincere exchange of ideas, and we thought them ani mated with an equal desire to come to an understanding on a question which interests humanity and the public tran quillity. " It was therefore with the utmost frankness that we di. rected their attention to what we considered an evident truth—namely, that the six points proposed, and which in principle did not diverge from the intentions of the Em peror, could not receive a practical application till after the re-establishment of material order in the kingdom. " 11, M. Drouyn de Lhuys has regarded as an accusation against the French Government our assertion that the per • manently organised conspiracy abroad is the principal cause of the present insurrection. "No such intention was ever entertained by us. We are persuaded that the French Government has seen these intrigues with regret, and has not failed to perceive their revolutionary character. But it is none the less true that these intrigues exist in its despite, that Paris is one of their principal centres, that they keep up the moral agitation of the kingdom, and supply it with material resources. These facts are so palpably evident that it would be useless to feign ignorance of them. " We were bound to mention them, in order to fix the attention of the French Government and the associated Cabinets on this essential side of the question. It was a friendly appeal for their aid in view of an interest which seemed to us common to all, on two grounds ; first, because the prompt pacification of the kingdom of Poland, the ob ject of general desire, depended directly on the persistence of these causes ; and, secondly, because the cosmopolite revolutionary tendency which the Polish agitation as sumed more and more by the participation of the anarchi cal elements of all countries, gave it in our eyes the cha racter of a European danger. " The Minister of Foreign Affairs disputes our view of the Polish movement. He refuses to recognise it as pro duced by a turbulent minority and the intrigues of re fugees abroad ; he observes, on the one hand, that the movement in the kingdom must be universal to have re• sisted all the forces of the Russian Government, and, on the other, that abroad there are not merely the intrigues of refugees, but the openly expressed sympathies of public opinion, assemblies, and nearly all Governments. " The Polish movement presents, in our opinion, two distinct aspects. In the country we do not deny that there are germs of discontent, inherent in the nature of things in a country which has not for gotten its former independence. It will always be easy to excite men's minds by an appeal to traditionary sentiments. Russia has held these countries scarcely a century. During that period events abroad have constantly interfered with the progress of assimilation necessary to efface historical di vergencies under the action of a powerful unity. There is not perhaps a single State in Europe which e , e u tyao n srt d ho e bua r ydr suc h conditions and in so short a space of time, would h ave succeeded in founding political unity. We s h a ll not undertake to examine the different experiments practical rb t a t ae e scr m tta ait ter hl e hda. had undertaken reformst ground,heThey exigencies swot destined an a sesc v dhice e aoast olftllchotourehf nlethe calculated necessarily htoeanide statecntime.step. l painful secure ttthThr been aeahcteel Hte lessons His osheo f affected eEanecmsts of t mhup e are psrdp: measures si by the ag it a tions of a deeply disturbed period. To remain on experi encefiwaahtiicowhich he had adopted, and those which his fcresi g ht h a d prepare d, differed but little from the bases whi c h the three Courts a h s a s v u e m r e e d c recommended e initiativen ded of the kingdom. Why have these efforts remained fruit less, and only tended to accelerate the rising of the country ? "Here influence from without shows itself in the first place, that of the emigrants who for the last 30 years openly conspire against the tranquillity of the kingdom, under shelter of the protection which they have found in som e States, and next political influences in which the hopes of the revolutionists in Poland have always attached them- selves. g ua m t es o rti r a l e d u c a - " However active and persevering the agitati o n emigrants little ?iy i"e :l ll. ers. I n proportion as it emigrants may have been, they would have had u they had effect on the internal situation of the king a tismW ow not derived the means of unlimited need of az influences. Every country has ne ! ttae h e d to that indis- The mass of the people is generally a that essential element The Russian Govern which existed in Poland 71 8 : and completed the institu pmeennstabnileigeohntdaintidonatoilif a ni ll a p y ro r would have applied, in:T.7 Bl . or, and favourable tions prepared by the •r-sa i politicalm oao fsr t t o d teehrr i 'e t .s s might hope to see passions appeased, it effaced, and the kingdom h • habituate remembrances irritating side with Russia in apath f e progress itself to go on side by aide which would certainlyational hatred and welfare than the 11 the sanguinary con itniointiaotfivtenedecoveuloopedtry, the w w e b the two countries have been driven. That flicts into w i s precisely the result which the emigrants most feared, and material interesolutesr - which would have deprived them of all their .political im portance a nd all their hopes. That is why they have en entahumadt work of appeasement pacification, and why, in order to attain their object, t h e y have held up before the eyes of the Poles the hope of a restoration of their independence by foreign intervention. That is the true cause which has led to and kept up the I and dvoured at any cost to h d av is e tu b r e b movement. Without that hope the emigrants might have been able to cause some disturbances, but not an insurrec tion—the peaceable inhabitants would have rejected those attempts—the masses would have remained hostile to them, as to everything that disturbs them in their laborious exist ence—and that in fact is the picture which the agitation in the kingdom has hitherto presented. It anything can dis simulate the character of that agitation in the eyes of the classes who, by their nature and their interests, ought to remain strangers to it, it is solely the mirage of sympathies and of excitements of all kinds provoked from abroad, and finally that of an intervention in favour of the complete independence of Poland. "The instigators of the movement have perfectly under stood this. It is neither for institutions more or less repre sentative and liberal that they have taken up arms and raised the country ; they have clearly and loudly declared that their exclusive object was the reconstitution of Poland within the limits of 1772, and they have constantly repre sented to their fellow - countrymen a foreign intervention " That is why we have affirmed what appears to us an evident fact : that the conviction of assistance from abroad, kept up by the intrigues of the emigrants, was the principal cause of the persistence and of the extension of the insur rection in the kingdom, and it is because we cannot for a moment suppose that, this fact has entered into the inten tions of the French Gove;ument, that we have pointed it out to its attention as the principal obstacle which opposed the realisation of the wish it has expressed to us in favour of a pro “ nip l t l pacification of the kingdom. We cannot but maintain the observations con tained in our reply on the subject of the suspension of hos tilities. There aro no hostilities in Poland; there is a revolt. There ar e no b e l l i gerents, but on one side rebels in arms, and on the other a legal Government and regular authorities and an army. "Under these conditions there is the no submissi on pos sible, except the return of order an rebels. They must lay down th e i r arms, or the .ono fthe Govern ment abdicate all authority. It is imp oss ibl e for us tocom prehend otherwise the question of dignity and of public order. As to the material application, we cannot explain to ourselves either between whom an armistice could be nego tiated, or by what means the execution of it could b© guaranteed. "IV. As far as regards our proposition for a prelimi nary conference of the three neighbouring courts, it was suggested to us, as you have already observed to the French Minister off` Affairs, by the very principle which serves as the basis of the diplomatic action of the cabinets —that of the treaties of 1815. It is in conformity with the nature of things and with diplomatic precedents. That is why we did not think ;of assuring ourselves of the pre vious consent of the two co-partitioning courts; we had not to explain ourselves with them. We had to reply to an exchange of ideas with the French, English, and Aus trian Cabinets. In return for propositions, which appeared to us to raise serious objections, we suggested to them a combination which appeared to us to be in the spirit and the letter of the treaties, and which might lead to a pacific solution conformably to our common wishes. "The opinion which M. Drouyn de Lhuys has expressed to you on this subject confirms us in the conviction that the question under consideration leads to difficulties be cause it has been badly set forth, and because from the very outset it has involved the dignity of the Cabinets. " In principle, the French Government, as well as those of England and Austria, has expressed to us a wish for the prompt pacification of the kingdom of Poland. That wish we feel in the same degree. We invite them to an ex change of friendly ideas on the basis of treaties. Different combinations have been recommended to us to attain the object desired. We have stated that the six articles, which served as the basis of them, were in accordance with the intentions of our august master. To the idea of a confer ence, which in our opinion had the inconvenience of lead ing to a direct interference of the foreign Powers, which would have weakened our prestige. and encouraged the exaggerated pretensions of the insurrection, we substituted that of a preliminary conference of the three Courts directly interested, which had the advantage of maintaining their independent action in questions of internal administration, while tending to the same object conformably to the spirit and letter of treaties. That proposition was prompted by a desire of conciliation. " We cannot but regret the judgment passed on it by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs. " We have also been painfully surprised by the impres sion which he communicated to you as to the general tone of our answers. The question is far too serious to admit any intention of irony, still less of provocation. But here we again perceive the influence of the false starting point of the whole of this negotiation and of the questions of dig nity which it has unfortunately raised, owing to the pub licity given to it and the intervention of the passions of the press and public opinion. " Your reply, Monsieur le Baron, with regard to the sen timent of wounded dignity manifested in the expression of our thought was most judicious. " In presence of the outrages lavished on us, it would have been difficult to write otherwise. We are far from wishing to attribute to the French Government any offen sive intention towards us. We are persuaded of the .sin cerity of its efforts to restrain the violence of the press, and to moderate the expression of public feeling, which it is bound to take into consideration at home, and also to make. allowance for abroad. " It will certainly understand, therefore, that it was im possible for us to ignore the strength of the national senti ment which has been so energetically manifested in Russia under the influence of recent events. " The Russian Government has spared no effort to calm, enlighten, and moderate this explosion of public feeling, deeply irritated by attacks, without example, perhaps, in history. " It is the duty of governments and the task of diplo macy to keep the conduct of public affairs unaffected by these passionate impulses, which complicate them, and might seriously endanger the existence of peace. " We conscientiously believe that we have neglected nothing which could promote this work of conciliation, and that we have not deviated, either in word or deed, from the desire of eoming to an understanding in conformity with the general interest, and in particular with the relations which have so long united . us to the Government of the Emperor of the French. " But we flatter ourselves with the hope of meeting the same dispositions on its part, and you will not conceal from M. Drouyn de Lhuys how much more difficult our task will become if no allowance be made in France for the ne cessities imposed on us by the national sentiments, which are not merely the result of popular passions or sympathies, but are connected with the most cherished traditions and the most vital interests of the country, which the confidence of the Russian nation has placed under the safeguard of the patriotism of its august sovereign.—Accept, "GORTCHILKOFF2" Extraordinary Drought at Aldershot Camp• During the past week Aldershot Camp has pre sented a strange spectacle. In consequence of an extraordinary and unforeseen drought nearly the whole of the military have been compelled to leave the camp at Aldershot and proceed to Sandhurst, Woolmer, and other loc alities where the blessin g s of an abundant supply of good water is to be ob tained for both men and horses. The permanent barracks and huts are for a time almost depopu lated, and a quiet broods over the neighbourhood such as has rarely been witnessed since Aldershot became a garrison town. The summer has been one of unusual dryness, and the reservoir at Bour ley, on which the camp principally depends for its water, now fails to yield anything like an adequate supply. During the past three weeks great economy of water has been t prac ised, and on Saturday an order was issued by which all the bath rooms, both in the barracks and in the South camp, have been closed. The of fire, has also been cut off betm , een the hours of 9 and 5 p.m. The cavalry barracks have been singularly deficieet in water for some time past, and the horses in many instances have been compelled to be watered at a distance of upwards of a mile from their stables. The water in the reser voir at Bourley has become so low that at the pre sent time it is under the minimum quantity deemed necessary in case of fire. It is under these circum stances that the strength of the camp has under gone so great a diminution. The regiments which left Aldershot last week, and proceeded to Wool• mer, under the command of Major-General Rue. sell, will, instead of retnrning to the camp, as was originally intended, remain in their present cantonments until further orders. On Thursday the 13th Hussars and a battalion of the Royal Artillery left the camp to join the force already at Woolmer, and on Saturday last a large body of soldiers, consisting of the Ist Royal Dragoons, the 59th Regiinetkt, the 13th Regiment, and the 87th Regiment, with detachments of the Military Train, the Royal Engineers, and the Com missariat Staff Corps were detached from the Alder shot division, and proceeded, under the command of Brigadier-General Bates, commanding the 2d Royal Brigade, to Sandhurst, where they will remain en camped until a sufficient supply of water can be ob tained at Aldershot. The force at the camp has thus been greatly diminished, and the place presents more the appearance of what might be expected in time of war than of peace. During the week the 12th Lancers have left the camp for Kensington and Hounslow, the Ist battalion Fusilier Guards for London, and the 18th Hussars for Ipswich. It is hoped that a heavy fall of rain will shortly relieve the soldiers quartered here at Aldershot of the dis agreeable necessity of encampin out for an indefinite period, but at the same tulle this circumstance, which may occur again under the present arrange ment at any similar period of drought, has brought the question of obtaining water from other sources under the consideration of the authorities. r , - +" ,~. ; ry ~ / R p. ;v ` ~ !A ~. 1 s . ~ Qi 4r: , • i • ' • 1