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• r LYCEITSI THEATRE.-11.11NRY RUSSELL, for Thirty Nights, commencing ou MONuAY BEST. .au.gust 28th. and every Evezong.—Mr. RUSSELL will present TILE PROGRESS of the I.3ILI,7TRANT from the OLD WORLD to the NEW, and sin: several new songs—" Cheer, Boys, cheer," " The Gambler's Wife," &c. The Second Part will consist of a Series of Sketches, entitled NEGRO LIFE. Dress Circle, 2s. 7d. ; Upper Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. THEATRE ROYAL RATILARIM. rncler the management of Mr. Baeltstene. Tlll3 EVENING, ArcusT 25, Will be performed THE OLD CHATEAU. Characters by ]iesars• Bow, Rogers, H. Marston, and Buokstone; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, and Miss Reynolds. Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS in a NEW BALLET, THE GIPSY QUEEN. The new Faroe AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. LYCEUM THEATRE. EXTRA NIGHT.—SATUEDAY NEXT. FOR THE BENEFIT OF pis. ALLCROFT. On whch occiston Mr. and - Mrs. SIMS REEVES, with Mr. CHARLES MAI HEWS, will make their Last Appearance in Lon don ails season, when will be presented Bebias cbrated Opera of LA SONNAMBULA.. Amine, Mrs. bims Ree ves; Elvino, Mr. Sims Reeves. After which, PATTED VERSUS CLATTER. Captain Patter, Mr. Charles Mathews. To be followed by THE WA.TERMAN. Tom Tug, Mr. Sims Reeves. To conclude with the Grand BALLET. Boxes, ss ; Pit, 2 s. 6d.; Gallery, IS. Private Boxes, 215., to be had at the Box-oftice. STRLICD THEATRE. g As Lessee Mr. F. W. Alleroft. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 23. WM be performed HARD TIMES. y e llowed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Mephistopheles, Mr. Raiford; Faust. Miss G. Hodson; Marguerite' Miss H. Gordon. To conclude with a popular FARCE. Stang. 45.; Boxes, 23. 6d.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes is., to be had of Mr. Alicroft. ib, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. “This place fills up an hiatus which the Crystal Palaceleaves w,u►ting, Vocal and instrumental music of the first order, and a display of fireworks which exceeds all imagination, are a fitting close to a day at the Crystal Palace.” DANSON'S COLOSSAL PANORAMA of CIIUSAIT. Splendid and Extensive Menagerie and Marine Aquaritun—Vnri walled Military Band. VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, In which Miss Poole, Miss Ransford, and Mr. Manvers sing several National and Patriotic Songs—All the Amusing Novelties of the Gardens in suee.ssion, concluding with the " Feast of Lan terns," and a most magnificent display of Fireworks by Southby. Admission One Shilling. A splendid Pavilion for Dancing has been erected. Full Quadrille Band, Ste. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPRITIIRATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. In preparation, with entirely new scenery, and every necess try requisite, a Grand EQUESTRIAN BURLESQUE, from the pen of a popular author. Every pains has been taken, and the most profuse expense has beenlavi shed, to render this magnificent Spectacle worthy of the approbation of the public! THIS EVENING, - For a few nights more, the War Speztacle, THE COSSACKS; or, Vivo la France. After which, the inimitable SCENTS In the ARENA, invented arranged, and directed by Mr. William Cooke. RERR 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 Mrs S. G. Healey, THE KNIGHT Abil? TILE WAIER LILY; or, Love among the Mermaids. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W . W est. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tm. DAY —Morning 0 rain.after 3 I Evening 17 raiti•aft• 3 o•Noanow ,ruing 31 ann.after 3 1 Evening 46ixtiu.aft. 3 TAE WEATHER.—Sus 0111IOR, Ace. 25. THERMOMETER, Ilf THE SHADE. 66—highest since noon yesterday. 413—Lowest this morning and during the night. 68 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'33—rising. WlitD, N.W.—Fresh breeze, and fine weather. r 1~ `'~ g tifix ,g 1431, LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1854. Now that the first blow has been inflicted in the Baltic, we are looking forward with deep anxiety to subsequent proceedings. Although much valuable time has already been sacrificed, enough still remains to convince the AUTOCRAT of the danger he has incurred by his unconscientious aggression. He has hitherto been insensible to the real extant of that danger. With " a friend of forty years' standing" at the head of the Coali tion Administration—with the secret support of Austria, whose vAmPzuo a he has placed under so many obligations, and the openly-acknowledged sympathies of Prussia, he has fondly imagined that he has only to abate a portion of his arrogant pretensions in order to obtain a cessation of hosti lities, and that, under any circumstances, his own " withers will remain unwrung," his own domi nions free from invasion. It is of the utmost importance that this delusion should be forthwith dispelled—that he should be taught, without a moment's delay, the true state of the case—that France and England being really in earnest, neither the "friendship" of ABERDEEN, the grati tude of FEANcis JOSEPH, nor the nepotism of FREDERICK WILLIAM can preserve him from the retribution he has so richly merited by his un warrantable infraction of the law of nations, and outrageous attack on the rights of a neighbouring monarch. " The first blow has been inflicted ;" but in order to render that blow effective it must be promptly and energetically followed up. We have given evidence of our power; let us exhibit it even in a clearer point of view than by the capture of the Forts at Bomarsund, and the overthrow of the Russian power in the Isles of Aland. Much remains to be done in the seas which were once regarded as Russian Lakes—in the Baltic as well as in the Euxine. It will not do to imitate the example of the Black Knight in "Ivanhoe," to show unequivocal proofs of gigantic force, without ap plying that extraordinary power to any useful purpose, or achieving exploits worthy thereof, or of the ancient reputation either of France or Great Britain. We fear that there has already b4aen but too much reason to stigmatise us as "faineants." Let us strive ere the setting in of winter prevents further operations to prove that we are indeed in earnest, and that, when we please to act, we can do so vigorously and efficiently. The great object now is to show to Sweden that it is her interest to co-operate cordially and effec tually, and that she will incur no considerable danger by braving the wrath of her formidable , neighbour. If perfectly assured on these points, there would no longer be either doubt or diffi culty. She has too many real grievances to redress, has been plundered of too many valuable provinces, to hesitate a moment as to the course she should pursue. But so long as there was any appearance of apathy or indecision on the part of France or England that hesitation was natural. It would be an act of foolhardiness on her part t o engage i n hostilities which she might bitterly have to expiate when the Allied fleets n had withd rawn, and her coasts 1 capital were placed a t th e mercy of her vindictiv e opp onen t. The capt ure of Aland has done much to afford the security which was indispensable before we could expect Sweden either to speak or act to the purpose. The enemy no longer holds a threat ening position which might at arynioment be aexpeditionagainst a r n e i m se o v a a n l of made use of to org her shores. The gar rison is no trivial matter to have ho s til eatt • the substitution of a friendly cue is still more valuable. Not only would any Russian ex pedition against Sweden have to start from a more distant point, thus exposing itself to far greater dangers before it reached its destination, but it should have to expend much valuable time in reducing the fortifications at Aland, or leave a hostile force in its rear, ready to take advantage of any casualty, and to enhance a hundredfold the fearful consequences of a reverse. Aland being ours, or, more properly speaking, Sweden's, there is every prospect ln a t d. ha t s l l f i e t 1e may Alliedcon sent to send troops against Finland. Forces alone went to the attack, they would neces sarily be regarded in the light of invaders; tinhab i thaonwts ever strongly opposed to Russia, the would have no sympathies in common with France or England. But the Swedish troops would be looked on as liberators, come to free the Finnish tribes from a foreign yoke, and to restore them to their anciertl, allegiance. They would be . wel comed as friends and brethren, and woul d q .gave the powerful aid supplied by the good ,Irll of the reaaonably anticipate that -.. ) t _ receiving • ;„.4 . . : ~ tojoinin an attempt ) portatiee to justify pre ,et t ift. Population. le may, therefore, Proper assurances, Sweden will, on pa ra ü be . prepared pt of sufficient ha m of such maga 117frjii z--: tude as those made by the Western Powers, and to produce adeplate fesults. Without laying any claim to " second sight," or extraordinary powers of vaticcination, we venture to predict, that before the close of the present month we shall hear of some very decided movement in the Baltic—one that will go far to humble the pride and reduce the power of the AUTOCRAT. In the Black Sea, too, we may speedily look for some decided step. Hitherto all that has been accomplished has been by the unaided valour of the Moslem troops ; and we, by our timid and vacillating policy, have prevented the beneficial results of their brilliant exploits. They have expelled the Russians. We have sanctioned the occupation of the deeply-injured principalities by a new set of bloodsuckers, who may prove more rapa cious than those already gorged to repletion. Active measures must now be adopted to expel the Rus sians from Asia, to restore the Crimea to its law ful owners, and to break up the stronghold at Sebastopol. That important naval arsenal must be dismantled or taken possession of, and the CZAR must consent to the reduction of a navy far more powerful than he can require for any honest or justifiable purpose. It is said that sixty thOu sand men have already embarked for the Crimea and Sebastopol. But we have had enough of " sayings r we want something more decisive. Nothing but "doings," and these of a very ener getic character, will satisfy the people. We must to the best and utmost of our power strive to make up for lost time, or else the Government, which has taken on its shoulders the entire re sponsibility, will have much to answer for, when giving an account of its stewardship, on the open ing of the next Session of Parliament. A week has now elapsed since Major-General WETRERALL delivered his memorable reply to the admirable and conclusive defence of Lieutenant PERRY. Since that period the public have been anxiously awaiting the result of the unparalleled persecution to which this young officer has been exposed, and we may form some estimate of the intense excitement which the deeply.injured gen tleman must himself be enduring. Few constitu tions could stand the wear and tear of such a trial, or rather series of trials, as those to which he has been exposed. It is true that he may be " strong in conscious innocence," and that the knowledge of the justice of his cause, and the earnest sym pathy of the community, may sustain and support him under his heavy affliction. But he must in tensely feel the unmerited ill-treatment he has under gone. CHARLES DICKENS has truly remarked that " injustice is, itself, to every generous and properly constituted mind, an injury of all others the most insufferable, the most torturing, and the most hard to bear ; and that many clear consciences have gone to their account elsewhere, and many sound hearts have broken because of this very reason ; the knowledge of their own deserts only aggravat ing their sufferings, and rendering them the less endurable !" What, then, we say, must be the feelings ofan oppressed subaltern, who, having been made a butt of from the day he joined his regi ment, is now, if possible, to be a scape-goat, a victim on whose head is to be visited the punishment due to those who were so totally oblivious of their duties as "officers and gentlemen." To this sense of flagrant wrong must be added the bitter agonies of suspense. His judges have arrived at a decision, but any intimation thereof is withheld from the person so deeply interested. Although satisfied that he had fully and completely vindi cated his character from every aspersion—that he has justified the statements put forward not volun tarily, but in his own defence—he must wince under the partial and one-sided speech of his prosecutor—a man whose experience and high position in the service must give extraordinary weight to his opinions, and materially influence some, if not all, of the - Members of the Court. He cannot yet feel certain of the result, and the tor turing anxiety of his position must materially affect his health. He knows not whether the judgment may be favourable or otherwise, and whether an unjust sentence may not blight all his future prospects. The proceedings may not even terminate here, but may be carried much further—each new charge, growing out of those by which it was pre ceded, and the statements put forward in self-de fence. Besides, supposing that everything terminated in the most satisfactory manner, that he was fully and honourably acquitted, or that his most gra cious SOVEREIGN again interposed her Royal pre rogative by refusing to confirm an erroneous find ing and unwarrantable sentence, he may, unless he receive substantial aid, be no less surely crushed under the heavy expenses to which he nas been subjected. A man cannot stand the brunt of three trials, one L of them alone pro tracted for sixteen days, without a serious outlay ; and however kind his able and efficient adviser may be, he must know that the remuneration to which he has so eminently entitled himself can not be withheld. " The labourer is worthy of his hire ;" and Mr. DARVILL has merited a high recompense for the zeal and ability displayed during the entire proceedings, from the very com mencement to the termination. Now we must recollect that Mr. PERRY is not a rich man—that was " the head and front of his offending." He was unable, without reck lessly plunging into debt, to avail himself of the indulgences in which his associates freely partici pated. As he himself declared, he was "unable to support the character of a fast man consistently with that of an honourable one." He had, in fact, "to fight his way in the world with the limited pay of a lieutenant, and such slight assist ance as his father could afford out of his pay." Nor is his pecuniary position improved in any respect. How, then, can he meet the heavy out lay, or discharge the claims to which he is justly . liable ? The object of his oppressors was to com pel him to retire from the service, to sell his com mission. That object will be accomplished, un less the haters of injustice come to the rescue. The regulation price of his lieutenantcy would I scarcely cover the necessary outlay ; and even though the verdict be a full and honourable acquittal, GARRETT and MAXWELL, NICHOLAS', and SANDWITH, and CAMPBELL - apparently the most vindictive of all —may chuckle over the fall of their victim. There can scarcely be a doubt that an intention existed to compel him to sell out, and that it was commonly talked of in the regiment. In the celebrated letter from Lieut. W. T. WALDY, of the 12th June last, that singularly oblivious officer requested that he (PERRY) might mention to his servant, LAWLER, that WALDY would take him after PERRY left ; and the proposition to " sell out " was made after the affray into which he was forced by GREER, and few men of his age would, under the 'circumstances, have braved the result of the first Court- Martial. say whether this h Comlthiinsantioown shallfor tl r ie rov publiceven te ssful—whether t e ucce in thei r unwarranta bl e purpose. W e believe l the h orns o f th e a l tar, an d hi s persecutors foile at d there a re f ew persons who w i ll not freely and wil lingly give their "mites ;" so that the prisoner —for he is still virtually a prisoner, may be pro tected against any pecuniary loss ; and we con fess that we should gladly see the purchase money for his next step made up in a similar manner. There could not be a more conclusive testimony of the state of public opinion, not only as to the duct of Lieutena n t PERRY himself, but also as con to the value of the revelations elicited during the pro ; tracted investigations revelations which will lead to the establishment of a sounder system of regi mental discipline, and the abandonment of the ob noxious practices so justly complained of, and also a searching reform in the constitution and pro cedure of military tribunals, so as to render j them more suitable for the duo administration of justice in her MAJESTY'S land forces. We may add that it has been announced that subscriptions will be received by the Mayor of Windsor, at the bank of Messrs. WILLIAMS and Co., Birchin-lane, for the Windsor bank of Messrs. NEVILLE and Co., and at the London and County Joint-st oc k Bank, for their branch at Windsor. ROYAL FREE 1108PITAL.—Two mare deaths from Ailiatic cholera occurred on Wedneoday is t t he above hospital, JUSTICE TO. THE SUBALTERNS IN TILE ARMY. li Y'~:. Tllll AUK 'LONDON% PR/DAY AUWITSIT '125. 1554. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUE. STR,—You observe, in one of your recent numbers of your valuable journal, that " Lieutenant Nasmyth, who distinguished himself at Siiistria, has not been promoted to the rank of Major, his name being merely recorded for that rank by brevet after he shall have attained the regimental rank of captain in the ordinary course—an event that may never happen ; so that, substantially, this officer has not received any promotion for his heroic conduct at that siege." I am glad to find, Sir, that acts- of injustice of this de scription are noticed by the press, as it is only by such means that the authorities at the Horse Guards will be compelled to extend those rewards to all ranks for meri torious services heretofore monopolised by privileged classes. A variety of complaints of this nature were made during the late Peninsular war, where gallant officers, leading even "forlorn hopes," or succeeding to the com mand of a regiment in action, could not obtain promo tion by brevet if they held no higher rank than that of lieutenant, however brilliant their services might have been ; while so many of the "privileged classes," though merely on the staff, and passive spectators (through their telescopes) of those sanguinary conflicts, !obtained the brevet steps merited by the fighting men who decided the fate of that war. Lieutenant Mackie, for instance, of the 88th Regiment (Connaught Rangers), who led the "forlorn hope" at Ciudad Rodrigo, noticed by Napier and others, carried the breach and made the governor a prisoner, but gat DO promotion until be obtained his company by seniority in that regiment, and even then it was unaccompanied by any brevet step. This gallant soldier retired from the service in disgust ; and after the conclusion of the war died in despair, without even a bit of riband to decorate his breast. Another instance, in the case of Sir John Scott Lillie, may be mentioned, who commanded a Portuguese regi ment in several engagements during that war, he being a lieutenant in the British army, but could obtain no brevet promotion in it, although the thanks of the Duke of Wellington-on several occasions had been conveyed to him on the field for his distinguished services by a living witness and most gallant officer, the present Duke of Richmond, one of his Grace's aides-de-camp. At Salamanca Lieutenant Lillie commanded a de tachment, which was noticed in the Duke's despatches as having commenced the fight on that glorious occa sion, by contesting with the enemy the occupation of the hills called Aripiles. The manner in which this was done I find described by Napier as " similar to that which happened between Cxsar and Africanus at Le rida ; for the French, seeing this detachMent approach, broke do wn their own ranks, and, running without order to the encounter, gained the first Aripiles, and kept it, but were repulsed in an endeavour to seize the second." In referring to the Duke's despatches on the various fights in the Pyrenees, which continued for seven days in succession, I find that he speaks of the 7th Cacadores on the 30th of July, as having "led the attack on the front of the enemy's main position, from which he was driven, notwithstanding its having been one of the strongest and most difficult to cross that his Grace had ever seen occupied by troops." This regi ment (the 7th Cacadores) was then commanded by Sir John Lillie, as a British lieutenant, to whom the Duke's thanks and approbation of his conduct were again conveyed, as formerly, by his aide-decamp, the present Duke of Richmond ; but from his holding no higher rank than liputenant, he could obtain no promo tion, nor were the hopes held out to him (as in the case you allude to of Lieutenant Nasmyth) of getting brevet rank on obtaining his company ever realised, notwith standing his merits on four different occasions that he commanded his regiment, which entitled him to it. This assertion is proved by the fact of his having received the Gold Cross (vide Army List), with a silver med 1 and several clasps, making, with the Order of the Bath, 12 decorations for distinguished services as a regimental officer. Among a variety of other instances I can state the case of Lieutenant Power, of the 47th British Regiment, upon whom devolved its command during the sanguinary conflict at the storming of San Sebastian, where this officer particularly distinguished himself, and fur which he received a gold medal; but his rank of lieutenant precluded him from the more substantial reward of pro motion, which, to his mortification, he saw granted to all others of higher rank, though of inferior merit. What are empty honours, sir, after a lapse of 40 years, when compared with the regiments and the thousands a year now enjoyed by so many staff and other officers who never even commanded a company in action in their lives ? Such acts of injustice, sir, that are not sanctioned by any other Government in the world, should be put a stop to. Now is the time, when we ere engaged in im portant scenes of war, with the hopes of civilised Europe concentrated on our efforts, in alliance with troops accustomed to receive honours and promotions on the field as rewards of merit, without waiting for such contingencies as you justly remark "may never occur" —now is the time, I repeat, Sir, to let the sparks of heroism which shall blaze forth during this war, whether from the ranks of subalterns, non-commissioned officers, or soldiers, receive their due meed of reward in promo tion, and not suffer their fire to be extinguished by wet blankets from head-quarters, while false lights are dis covered and frequently magnified into brilliant stars in more elevated grades. You, Sir, and the press in general, have done good service to the army in the fire opened upon the cases of Lieutenant Perry and Lieutenant Nasmyth, and I hope to see that fire kept up until the advocates of Horse- Guards' monopolies and persecutions, and prosecutions of friendless subalterns, shall be compelled to strike their flags.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, W. W. Brighton, August 20, COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, THURSDAY. The Queen and Prince gave their annu d fete yester day, in honour of his Royal Highness's birthday, which happens on Saturday next. Dinner was provided at three o'clock on the lawn near the house, under marquees for upwards of 450 per sons, and shortly alter that hour the whole of the la bourers employed on the Osborne estate, the seamen and marines of the Royal yachts, the detachment of infantry, and the Trinity House and coast-guard men doing duty at East Cowes, sat down. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Royal children and the Maharajah Duleep Singh, walked through the different marquees, and gave orders for dinner to commence. At half-past four dancing and rustic games were begun, and were carried on with gre:l spirit lin near dark, iu the presence of the Queen a:. d Royal party, including the Duchess of Kent. The band of the Royal Marines was on the ground, and played a variety of airs during the afternoon. Among the company who had the honour of being present were the Marquis of Ely, Lady Anna Mar's. Dawson, Lady Frances Bruce, Baroness de Speth, sir George and Lady Cooper, Lady and the Misses Graham Lady C. and Miss Barrington, the Hon. Colonel, Mrs., and Miss Phipps, the Hon Captain and Mrs. Denman, the officers of the Royal yachts, the officer commanding the infantry detachment, the officers of the Trinity Howe and Coast Guard, the Rev. George and Mrs. Prothero, Dr. Login, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting on the Queen and Prince. The Duchess of Kent dined with her Majesty in the evening. Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, and Captain the Hon. J. Denman, had the honour also of being invited. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerton left Brighton yesterday, for his lordship's seat, Broadlands, Rants. The Duchess of Cleveland and Lady AugustaPaulett have been staying at Brighton for some time past. The Earl of Donouginnore has arrived at the family seat, Knocklofty, from London. He proposes only re maining for a short tone, being a;)out to break up his establishment there, and proceed to the Continent. The Earl of Aberdeen, we understand, will be pre vented from visiting his patrimonial estates in the north this autumn, in consequence of the pressure of official business. The noble Premier, who is staying at Argyll House, will, we believe, leave town in a few days on a visit to her Majesty, at Osborne. The Hon. Colonel Alexander Gordon, second son of the noble Premier, at the date of the last letters from the gallant officer fr3m the seat of war, was in good health. The Ho n . M rs . Gordon is remaining in the country. The Count and Countess Flahault, and the Hon. Miss Elphinstono have arrived at Tullybellan Castle from the south. _ _ Lord and Lady Lyndhurst are entertaining a select party of friends at Turville Park, Henley-on-Th ames . Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston arrived at Broadlands, Hampshire, yesterday, from the Bristol Hotel, Brighton, where they have been staying since the lamented death of Lord J. celyn. Lady Wetherell Wardeford, widow of the late Sir C. Wetherell, is at present staying at Brighton. The Misses M`Donald have left Kiicreene for General M`Donald's Highland estate, Dalchosnie. The convocation of the prelates and clergy of the pro vince of Canterbury was yesterday prorogued at the Jerusalem-chamber by the Vicar-General, Dr. Twins, under a commission from his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate and Metropolitan, to Friday, October 20. ENTERTAINMENT TO THE LORD MAYOR Os LONDON. —The Lord Mayor of London, in his civic capacity of chief magistrate of the metropolis, was entertained on Tuesday night at a dinner in the Shire Hall of Stafford, his native town. The entertainment was at the cost of Mr. Thomas Boulton, the Mayor of Stafford. The com pany included, among others, the Earl of Harrowhy, Mr. Adderley, M.P., Mr. E. R. Littleton, M.P., Mr. S. Child, M.P., ,Mr. Wise, M.P., Major Chetwynd, &c. FATAL ACCIDENT AT RYE HOUSE.—On Wednesday, Mr. Payne held an inquest at Bartholomew's Hospital on the body of a child, aged three years, named Elizabeth Babb, whose parents reside in Baldwin-street, City -road. From the evidence it appeared that on Mon day week the deceased accompanied her friends to Rye House, Herts, when she got on a form and was playing with another child, swinging to and fro. In so doing the deceased fell back against a window, which she struck with her head so violently as to break the pane, and a portion of the glass stuck in her head. She was removed home, and went on apparently well for three days, when severe pains came on. She wa s taken to a dispensary, an d f rom thence t o th e above hospital, where she di e d on Sunday last, from i n flammation of the brain, caused b y a fracture of the skull. Ve rdic t, " Accidental death." LATEST NEWS. THE WAR. IMPORTANT FROM CONSTANTINOPLE. Accounts from Constantinople to the 14th inst. state that a serious conflagration had broken out at Varna, by which one-third of the town was de stroyed. These_despatches state that the greatest part of the munitions belonging to the allied forces, in cluding the powder magazines, were saved. Cholera and typhus fever are raging fearfully. The French division under the command of Gene ral Canrobert has lost 3,000 men. Prince Napoleon had returned to Constanti nople, sick. Sir Edmund Lyons had sailed into the Black Sea with his division. Ships of war and transports are still proceeding there, but the object of the expedi tion is kept strictly secret. The cholera is raging at Adrianople. The French forces intended for that city have been or dered to return to Gallipoli. _ _ Forty thousand Russian troops are said to be encamped round Sebastopol. Letters from Damascus to the 10th inst. state that an armed insurrection of the Mussulman population had broken out ; but it was quelled by the use of artillery. There is news from Trebizonde to the 4th inst. The accounts from the Asiatic army are bad. The Presse contains the following announcement from Constantinople, under the date of the 14th inst. : " Sixty thousand . men ha . ve embarked for Sebas topol. " Everything was saved from the fire at Varna, except the hay, wine, and some camp utensils." Advices from Constantinople of the 17th August state that the last ships destined for the expedition to the Crimea left for Varna on the 15th, with 12,000 Turks, 2,000 French, horses, cannon, muni tions, and numerous flat-bottomed boats. Prince Napoleon is ill of the fever. The cholera is abating at Constantinople and Varna, increasing in the Dardanelles, and has dis appeared at Gallipoli. Official advices from Varna, of, the 14th, make no mention of any conflagration there. A despatch from Odessa, of Aug. 15, says : "A band of Circassian mountaineers, commanded by a son of Schamyl, have made a razzia into the provi ace of Tiflis. They have sacked several places, put some people to death, and carried off a general's wife and a Princess Orbelian, her sister. The news caused a panic at Tiflis. " Two Lancer regiments have been sent by forced marches from Odessa to the west. "According to Austrian advices, requiring con firmation, 45,000 men, allies, had been embarked at Varna up to the 13th. Other telegraphic despatches from Constanti nople, received in London this day, say the fire at Varna broke out on the 10th inst., at seven o'clock in the evening. One hundred and eighty houses were totally de. stroyed, with a great quantity of provisions be. longing to the French army. All the English and French transports had left for the Black Sea, with pontoons and other ma. terials of war. The fire is supposed to have been the work o incendiaries, and several Greeks have been arrested on suspicion. Great preparations are in progress at Constanti nople and Varna for the embarkation of troops. The expedition was to sail on the 20th. The Bay of Varna was filled with vessels of all sorts, to the number of 500 ; and a large fleet of transports had been assembled at Baitchik. Numerous flat-bottomed boats, fur the landing of troops and heavy guns, had arrived at both places. Officers from nearly every regiment in the service have gone home invalided. The incorporation of the Bashi-Bazoulca into a new corps had caused considerable disturbance at Giurgevo and Nicopolis, but the malcontents were overpowered. THE PRINCIPALITIES. VIENNA, Aug. 24.—The moveable column, com manded by the Austrian General Manuela, and latterly organised in order to act on the frontier of Montenegro, has just been disbanded. Four thou sand horses belonging to this corps have been sold. The Russians have evacuated Braila, Galatz, and Focshani. THE ARMY IN THE EAST.—GENERAL ORDERS AS TO DIET. The following general orders have been issued, with a view to improving the diet of the troops serving in the East : " VARNA, JULY 19, 1854. "Bowel complaints being prevalent, as is usual at this season of the year, and the officers of the medical de partment being of opinion that some improvement of the rations might be beneficial, the Commander of the Forces has been pleased to authorise, as a temporary measure, that two ounces of rice, or Scotch barley, be issued daily to each man, without addition to the stoppage, upon the distinct understanding that the allowance shall cease at the end of September, or whenever it may be considered no longer necessary." " VARNA, JULY 30, 1854. " It having been recommended by a board of medical officer -5 that during the present season a small supply of spirits should be issued to each man, the C..mtnander of the Forces is pleased to approve of the same, and to dir eA that the commissariat department will issue spirits in the proportion of half a gill to each non.cominissioned oflicer and soldier. In issuing this allowance, which is a free ration, it is to be mixed with water in the proper tion of one gill of spirits to two gills of water, in the manner which will be directed by cimmanding officers. The time of issue will be immediately after dinner. The emnrriander of the Forces further desires that the coffee lately ordered for the troops should be made to produce a cup in the miming before going out on any duties, and in the evening before retiring to rest.—By order, (Signed) "T. B. ESTCOURT, D.A.G. " - rARNA, AUG. 1, 1854. "The Commander of the Forces has been pleased to desire that, as a temporary arrangement durimr the pre sent unhealthy season, the ration of meat should be in creme(' from one pound to one pound and a half, without any addition to the stoppage. The army will under stand, as above stated, that this is only a, temporary arrangement, and that the Commander of the Forces may be obliged, by circumstances beyond his control, to dis continue the issue at a time when he might think it de sirable that it should not cease.—By order, (Signed) "T: B. ESTCOURT, D.A.G." At the recommenlation of medical boards, leave of absence has been granted to the following officers serv ing with the forces in Turkey to proceed to England for the recovery Lieut.-Col. Gambler Grenadier Guards ; Paymaster Macdonnell, 55th Regi ment :—Lieut. and Capt. Munro, Brn:lnfutt;ir,Maajn,dirsJohnstone, 33J Regiment ; Lieutenant Artil lery ; Deputy Commissary General Cowan, and Lieut.- c g o a n d d e ;L i Lieutenant eti t. H. \V. Percival,'V Alexander , nRd Royal 1 2d bat talion Colonel Flude, Royal Artillery. 8.A., recently promoted, is to take command of the companies of the siege train, in place of Lieut.-Col. rude. Mr. J. Mi e kli n has j o i ne d the staff of the army in Turkey, as assistant p h o tographer It is st a t e d that Brevet .Lieut.-Col. Wilbraham, ith Royal Fusiliers, is to receive the app ointment of Assist ant Adjutant-G enera l, vaca nt by the death of Lieut. - Col. the Hon. L. Maule. HEALTH OF THE FLEET IN THE BLACK SEA. We read in the Constitutionnel—" The last mail from the East brought U 3 very excellent , accounts from the squadrons of the Black Sea. Their sani tary state is most satisfactory ; only some of the ships have been attacked with isolated cases of cholera. The Suffren has not a man sick ; the (laden-moue and the Henri IV. ha ve lost only two men each for some considerable time. Up to the 9th the Bayard had only three deaths. The same account may be given of the Jean Bart, Itina, Alger, Lavoisier, and Pluton. The cholera treats us in a very friendly way,' say all the private letters. This circumstance has allowed the squadron to lend so much the more assistance to the army on shore. The most profound mystery is observed as to all our operations, but preparations on the most ex tensive sca'3 are going on with the greatest activity." ANTICIPATED ATTACK ON RIGA. The capture of the Aland Isles and of their forts being a fait accompli, the Russian Government, in anticipation of a similar attack against the town ! and port of Riga ou the part of the Allied fleets and troops, is now ordering au efficient number of forces to march iu that direction. These troops are levied out of the provinces bordering on Cour laud and Livonia, which are contiguous to the Gulf, and they are replaced in their former positions by regiments which are proceeding from the interior of Poland. It is therefore probable that, within a short while, a whole Russian corps d'arinee will be assembled at these points. THE WHITE SEA. We find the following in the Invalicle Busse, of the 16th inst. : " Up to the 25th July (6th August) the enemy still remained at the island of Sosnovets, stopping and examining every vessel that passed, and arbi trarily taking out of them whatever suited their convenience, notwithstanding the assurances given by them that all cargoes destined for Norwegian ports should be inviolable. In consequence of these proceedings the masters of ships at Arch angel have refused to load with grain for Norway, unless the freighters agree to guarantee them the value of their vessels. To this, however, the latter decline acceding, including even British subjects, who hesitate to trust to the word of their fellow countrymen now cruising in the White Sea. RUSSIAN INTENTIONS. According to the Journal de Constantinople, 14 Russian soldiers, with an officer, a Count Lob schetin, not loncr since fell into the hands of one of Halim Pacha's reconnoitring parties. They were the bearers of three proclamations, in which the Emperor Nicholas informed his army :-1. That Prince Gortschakoff had received orders to give every soldier who had crossed the Danube a reward of two silver roubles ; 2. That the Russian Government would take especial care of, and would improve the position, those persons who had actively shared in the present war ; 3. As the whole of Europe was against Russia, her troops would be recalled to their native country, and there, as in 1812, await their enemies. THE BALTIC. The following are the latest telegraphic de spatches received from the Baltic : DANTZIC, Thursday.—The Vulture has just ar rived, having left the fleet at Ledsund on Tuesday, the 22d. The troops in the occupation of Bomarsund are likely to be embarked again, it is supposed for service elsewhere. Beyond this there is no news. Much cholera prevails. STOCKHOLM, Aug. 24.—Since the fall of Bomar sund it has been reported that the second division of the French Baltic army is to come here and winter with us. Several British steam line-of-battle ships and steam frigates, and several French war ships of the same class, have sailed in a south-easterly direc tion, as if going to Hango or Sweaborg. The cholera is bad at Aland. We are told that the whole fortress is blown up and abandoned, but this needs confirmation. The British minister, Mr. Magenis, had an in terview with the king of Sweden on the 21st. In the division of the Russian prisoners France takes all the officers. RUSSIA. A letter from Kalish of the 17th, in the Lloyd of Vienna, states that the commanding officers of the different corps stationed in the kinglom of Po land have repaired to Warsaw for the purpose of complimenting Prince Paskiewitch ou his return. General Pauiutin, who commands the 2d corps of infantry at Lublin, is of the number. Several re giments of Light Cavalry have arrived from Lithu ania, and been sent off again immediately to join the army. The troops now on their retreat from the Danube are s•tid not to exceed 120,000 men, And it is also stated they were never more than 140,000. Reinforcements are being sent into the Crimea ; and there are at present 42 regiments of Cossacks in Asia. A letter from Warsaw of the 17th ult., in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" Ti'e report which had been generally current that Prince Paskiewitch would return to the army has to-day received an official contradiction by the fact that General Rudi ger has ceased to fill the functions of Governor of the Kingdom. An official announcement makes known that Prince Paskiewitch will for the future all the functions of Governor-General of War at Warsaw, and he will therefore remain in this city. A decree of the Council of the kingdom of Poland has extended the prohibition of the exportation of corn to the Ist October." AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. The Correspondence of Berlin, of Aug. 23, de nies the rumour in England that Prussia would retire from the conferences of the Great Powers, in order to conclude a treaty of neutrality with the secondary States of Germany. No such idea, it says, is entertained. - .A:Vienna letter of the 18th, in the Silesian Ga zette, says :—" Whilst Austria is continuing her preparations for war, Prince Gortschakoff is acting as if the whole question was at an end by the re treat of the Russians behind the Pruth, as if, in fact, peace was about to be signed. He is getting the apartments of the Russian embassy splendidly fitted up ; and after purchasing the equipages of his predecessor, has ordered eight splendid Hun garian horses to be purchased for him. He has sent for his sons, and in all respects is acting as it there was no prospect of an interruption in the diplomatic relations of Austria and Russia." EGYPT. We have accounts from Alexandria to the 17th. The Sultan's firman had been published, and there had been general rejoicing at the accession of Said Pacha. The Pacha left Alexandria on the 14th, for investiture at Constantinople. GREECE. Athens advices mention that General Kalergi, who had retired to the Piraeus, on the King de clining to confirm the execution of a Ministerial proposition for incorporating all the irregular troops into the army, had returned to the capital, and been present at a Cabinet Council. According to accounts from Athens of the 12th inst., the cholera having nearly subsided at the Piraeus and Penteli, the communication with those places had been reopened. The discussion, of the Chamber of Deputies, proposed by M. Riga Pala mides, minister of the Interior, had been rejected at one of the last Cabinet Councils. At M. Mavro cordato's suggestion, it was agreed that the Cham bers should be convoked for the Ist of October next, and that the estimates for 1855 should be submitted to them 24 hours after the de livery of the King's speech, with a request to vote them within 20 days. In that interval, the Government is to bring forward all the finan cial bills, which will be sanctioned in the begin ning of December, as sanctioned by the Constitu tion, in order to be carried into execution on the Ist January, 1855. The Ministry will afterwards introduce a bill on electoral reform, in which the right of voting will be subjected to the payment of certain tax, and the number of Deputies is to be fixed at 83, that is, 80 for the 10 departments, and 3 for the islands. M. Mavrocorda.to was of opi nion that the Chambers would readily vote those reforms. Should they reject them, their dissolu tion will be immediately pronounced. SPAIN. The Moniteur publishes the following tele graphic despatch, dated Bayonne, 23d :—" The division of Andalusia, after having been reviewed by Marshal Eipartero and General O'Donnell, filed off under the balcony of the Queen, who was loudly cheered by the people and by the troops." The Three per Cents, were done at 33.50. FRANCE. The Journal du _Havre publishes a letter from London, from a person who, it says, is in a position likely to be well informed, which states that the English Admiralty, as a testimony of the feelings of cordiality which now subsist between France and England, is about to give the name of "La France" to one of the line-of -battle ships building iu one of the English dockyards. Mlle. Sophie Soult, sister of the late Marshal Soult, died a few days since at St. Amans-Soult, at the age of 81. A telegraphic despatch from Pau, dated the 23d, in the Aioniteur, says •--" The mperor arrived here at six o'clock in the evening of the 21st. His Majesty entered the town in the midst of an im mense concourse of persons, who had come from all points in the department and from the neigh bour mg ones, and was received with loud and general cries of Vive l'Empereur ! Vivo l'lmperatrice Yesterday his Majesty reviewed the troops of the garrison in the midst of a similar assemblage and general enthusiasm. The Emperor leaves this morning for Biarritz, passing by Mauleon and Oleron." The Message?' de Bayonne publishes the follow ing communicated note :—" The foreign journals have frequently remarked on the visit of M. de Persiguy to Biarritz. It is therein stated that he had been summoned by telegraph either to fulfil a mission to Spain, or to be appointed to some other post. We are authorised to declare that the visit of M. de Persigny is entirely unconnected with politics." The Moniteur of yesterday morning publishes the text of the notes exchanged at Vienna between the Minister Plenipotentiary of France, M. de Bourqueney, and the Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Buol. They are of course identical in declaration and language to those Which were 'ex changed between the English Al;nister ' Lord West moreland, and Count Buol. Th e following are translations of these documents : " TO HIS EXCELLENCY M. LE COMTE DE BLIOL SCHAIIEN STEIN, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF HIS IM PERIAL AND ROYAL APOSTOLIC MAJESTY. " The undersigned, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of his Majesty the Ruperor of the French to his Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, has the honour to announce to his Excellency M. h. Comte de Boot Schauenstein, that be has received order from his Government formally to state in the present note that it results from the confidential discussions between the Courts of Vienna, Paris, and London, con formably to the terms of the protocol of the 9th April Last, by which Austria, France, and Great Britain have, along with Prussia, engaged to seek the means of con necting the existence of the Ottoman empire with the general equilibrium of Europe, and the three powers are equally of opinion that the relations of the Sublime Porte with the Imperial Court of Russia cannot be re established upon solid and durable bases— "1. If the protectorate hitherto exercised by the Im perial Court of Rusia over the principalities of Wal lachia, Moldavia - , and Servia be not discontinued for the future ; and if the privileges accorded by the Sultans to these provinces. dependencies of their empire, be not. placed under the collective guarantee of the Powers, in virtue of an arrangement to be concluded with the Sub lime Porte, and the stipulat'ons of which should at the same time regulate all questions of detail. "2. If the navigation of the attiubeat its mouths be not freed from all obstacle, and submitted to the application of the principles established by the acts of the Congress of Vienna. "3. If the treaty of July 13. 1841, be not revised in concert by all the high contracting parties in the interest of the balance of power in Europe. "4. If Russia do not give up her claim to exercise an official protectorate over the subjects of the Sublime Porte, to whatever rite they may belong ; and if France, Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia do not lend their mutual assistance to obtain as an initiative from the Ottoman Government the confirmation and the ob servance of the religious privileges of the different Chris tian communities, and to turn to account, in the coin ir on interest of their co•religionists, the generous inten tions manifested by his . Majesty the Sultan, at the same time avoiding any aggression on his dignity and the in dependence of his Crown. "The undersigned, is, moreover authorised to declare that the Government of his Majesty the Emperor of the French, while reserving the right to make known, when ever it may be useful, the particular conditions which he may put forward at the cone'usion of peace with Russia, and to introduce into the general guarantees above spe cified such modification as the continuation of hostilities may render necessary, has decided not to discuss and not to take into consideration any proposition from the Cabinet of St. Petersburg which shall not imply on its part a full and entire adhesion to the principles on which ho is already agreed with the Governments of his Ma jesty the Emperor of Austria and of her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. . "The undersigned takes this opportunity to renew to his Excellency M. le Comte Buol Schauenstein the as surances of his very high consideration. (signed) "BOURQUENEY." "Vienna, Aug. 8, 1854." "TO M. LE BARON DE BOURQUENEY, ENVOY EXTRAOR BINARY AND MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY OF HIS MA JESTY THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH. " The undersigned, Minister of Foreign Affairs of his Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, hastens to ac knowledge the receipt of the note which his Excellency M. le B iron de Bourquenev, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of his 111 tjesty the Emperor of the French, did him the honour to address to him on the Bth of this month, and to declare in his turn that it appears from the confidential discussions held between the Courts of Vienna, of Paris, and of London, in con formity with the passage of the protocol of the 9th of April last, by which Austria, France, and Great Britain have engaged themselves, together with Prussia, to seek the means of again connecting the existence of the Otto man empire with the general equilibrium of E trope, that the three powers are equally of opinion that the re lations of the Sublime Porte with the Imperial Court of Russia cannot be re•established on solid and durable bases— "1. If the protectorate hitherto exercised by the Im perial Court of Russia over the principalities of Walla chia, MuldaviA, and Servia be not di,cohtinued for the future ; and if the privileges accordEd by the Sultans to these provi!ices, &pen ienciei of their empire, be nut placed under the collecti e guarantee of the Powers, in virtue of an arrangement to be concluded with the Sub lime Porte, and the stipulations of which should at the same time regulate all questions of detail. "2. If the navigation of the Danube at its mouths be not freed from all obstacle, and submitted to the appli cation of the principles established by the acts of the Congress of Vienna. "3. If the treaty of the 13th of July, 1841, be not revised in,concert by the high contracting parties in the interest of the balance of power in Europe. " 4. If Russia do not give up the claim to exercise an official protectorate over the subjects of the Sublime Porte, to whatever rite they may belong, and if Austria France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia do nut lend their mutual assistance to obtain as an initiative from the Ottoman Government the confirmation and the ob servance of the religious privileges of the different Chris tian communities, and to turn to account, in the com mon interest of their co-religionists, the generous inten tions manifested by his Majesty the Sultan, at the same time avoiding any aggression on his dignity and the in dependence of his crown. -" The undersigned is, moreover, authorised to declare that his Government takes cognizance of the determinA ton of England and of France not to eater into nay arrangement with the Imperial Court of Russia which may not imply on the part of the said Court a full and entire adhesion to the four principles here above enume rated, and that it accepts for itself the engagement not to treat except on these bases, always reserving to itself a free deliberation on the conditions which it may bring forward for the re-establishment of peace, if it should happen itself to be forced to take part in the war. " The undersigned seizes at the same time this oppor tunity of renewing to M.. le Baron do Bourqueney the assurance of his high consideration. (Szned) "BuoL. _ . "Vienna, Aug. 8,1854." v The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at 73f.35c., for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-115 1 f per Cents. at 99f. 95c. ; Orleans Rail way Shares, 1,220 f. ; Rouen, 970 f. ; Havre, 572 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 850 f. ; Strasburg, 795 f.; New Shares, 627 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 965 f. ; Lyons and the Mediterranean, 868 f. 75c.; Western of France, 650 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 627 f. 50c. ;. Great Central of France, 518 f. 75c. ; Lyons and Geneva, 512 f. 50c. ; Bank of Credit, MAilier, 720 f. THE ROYAL MINT.--Mr. Wyon, of the Royal Mint, has issued designs for a new coin to be used by the state of Sydney. The idea of issuing any design for a deci mal coinage has been abandoned. It would take ten years, according to the Mint authorities, to carry out any such plan. • MIGRATION OF ENGLISII VOCALISTS.—Mr. William Harrison, the celebrated tenor, aiid Miss Louisa Pyrie. accompanied by Miss Pine (her sister) and Signor B ir rani, took their departure on Wednesday from Liverpool, in the Pacific steamer, for New York. The high position attained by Mr. Harrison and Miss Louisa Pyne in their profession in this country will, we have no doubt, cause their visit to our Transatlantic neighbours to be highly successful, and we hope they will return to our shores with increased laurels and tidies. ROBBERY OF JEWELS.—lntortuation has been for warded to the City and metropolitan police stations, that the residence of Lieutenant-C done' Sturgeoc, 1, Gloucester-place, Hyde-park Gardens, has been plun dered of a quantity of jewellery, and the medals of four military orders, presented to tie colon.l by British and foreign governments, in token of his skill and bravery. LIBERALITY TO A MEDICAL CRARITY.—At the annual meeting of the Trustees of the Manchester Royal Infir mary held yesterday, it was stated that there had been subscribed towards the re-building of the institution the sum of 38.0781., of which Manchester alone has con• tributed 36,592. There yet remains a debt of 3,0001. ; towards which Mr. J. C. Herten, the treasurer, pro mises a subscription of 5001. on condition that the rest of the deficiency is subscribed. CONVERSION.—The Pays de Caux states that an Eng lish clergyman, named Pope, abjured his religion, and entered the Catholic Church, on the 15th, in the pre sence of the Archbishop of Rouen, in the church of Bacqueville. ANTIQUARIAN DISCOVERIES.—A number of workmen have recently been employed in taking down the old school house or church at Yeovil, Somersetshire, and, in so.doing, they have brought to light various ancient relics. A stone coffin was found underneath the west buttress of the building and two or three feet beneath the surface. There was no covering to the coffin, and nothing in it but rubbish. There is a place chiseled out for the head and shoulders, and in the centre of the coffin a small hole bored completely through ; it was custom ary to make such holes to let off the moisture. Near the south-east corner of the building, and quite embedded in the wall, a small stone crucifix was found. It com prises the figure of our Saviour on the cross and two female figures, one on either side, in relief. The ground work is stained scarlet. There is carving at the back of the piece as well, and it is supposed it may have stood in front of the altar. This crucifix was thrown aside with the rubbish by the workmen, but Mr. Rawlins, of Hend ford, noticing something curious about it, had the mor tar carefully picked off and disclosed an interesting relic of art. Near the spot where the crucifix was Found, and within a yard of the niche and basin anciently used for holy water, several old coins and tokens were dis covered. A silver coin of the time of Henry 11. or Henry IV. is one of them. The tokens are those of a merchant of Nuremburg. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—A sad mishap occurred a few days since at Portland, which occasioned no small degree of excitement from the peculiar circumstances attend ing it. A coast-guardsman, named Hansford, had been frequently annoyed by a dog, the property of a farmer in the island, and he accordin.2ly determined to shoot the offending quadruped. Armed with a loaded pistol, and attended by a companion, he sallied forth after dark to do the deed. On arriving at the locum tenens of Snar leyow, the coast-guard, thinking he saw his game, fired off the pistol. Instead of hearing the yelp of the cur, however, he beard the groans of the companion beside him, for the ball had struck a wall oppo-ite to them, and rebbunding, entered the neck of the unfortunate man and passed down his side. Surgical aid was soon pro cured, but it was found that the bu.let had made its way too near the region of the heart to allow of its being ex tracted. The poor fellow lies is A most precarious state. --Wiltshire Mirror. TEE BATTL,V OF TJHIYGLYL. (Front the Javalide Busse.) Report sent by the Russian officer commanding the dt-tachment of Erivan to the commandant of the active corps of the Turkish frontier of the Caucasus.: - - as The commander of the army of the Cancans 11 , 1 transmitted to the Minister of War, in order to be bro u g ht under the notice of his Majesty the Emperor, the follow' ing copy of a report addres=ed by Lieut.-General 800 Wrangel, commander of the detachment at Erivan, to the Lieutenant-General Prince Bebutoff, commander of. the carps o n a c ti ve serv i ce upon the Turkish frontiers 01 the Caucasu s , d a t e d th e 18 t h (30th) July, containing an account of a brilliant victory gained, on the 17th ( 29/13) July, upo n th e h e i g ht s o f T c hi ng l y l, o ver a body °f 12,000 Turks, who came out of Bayazid, under the cep! 'nand of Selim Pacha, and marched upon our frontie r. I have the h onour to acqua i nt your Da ce' - , ne y that the enemy was completely beaten, on the 17th ( 290 of this month, upon the heights of TchinglYi; by the troops formi ng the detachment of Erivan placed untie my command. On the 16th (28th) July I left the village of IgdYr , With five battalions of i n f an t ry , f our guns front the battert e do position No. 5, e i g h t p i eces from ae light battery kr,l of the 21st bri ga d e o f arti ll er y , 7 sotn i as C. is sacks of t " Din from the 4th and 231 lisgiments, 6 sotnias from the Mussulman Regiment N o . the Bek Militia, and °lle f sotnia (if Kurdes. In the w h o l e , there were 16 eo tnisee irregular cavalry. I p rocee d e d' by the Orgoff road to r Bayazid. marching at eight o'clock in the evening, in 't to conceal my movements a n d t o occu py the next rant; ing, at as early an hour as possible, and before enemy, the crest of the hills But it rained the ;Ow: night, the road was dreadfully cut up, it was extreinvi u3ou:difficult to ascend the abrupt declivities of the tains, and it was noon before I arrived at the reed .1„ the summit with the whole of the cavalry, four batta lions, and eight guns, belonging to the light hat o t 3 No. 7. The enemy, to the number of nearly 1 -L i i d men, infantry and cavalry, had already taken up a ntTX, osition there. Acrosi the defile, w hich at thin P ; ir extended to to 300 sagenes in breadth, he bad pla eed pieces of cannon, five battalions of infantry, ands ri l ts them about 5,000 horsemen. The neighbouring g, so were also occupied with infantry. I gave the tro n P s 4 hour's rest ; and then, with the four battalions with me, without waiting for the arrival of the fift or the four guns, which were delayed by be state of the roads, I decided upon attacking the l•ri tl e 4 having perceived that they were continually recoil"; reinforcements, that they had opened fire upon 115 ' 1 ., ° er fur guns, and that they threatened to turn both 7 b „ flanks upon the heights, from which, sheltered e a the rocks, they caused us some loss by a well•di r ld t ia fusillade. I opened fire from my eight guns, whic' Hot delay causing to advance, and threw a, sbobli i o grape against the centre of the enemy's position. I c o o, the infantry upon the flanks of the battery in tvit, s lid with the cavalry behind (four sotnias of Comae ' t io four of militia), in order that at a particular motne l l b i i iig infantry might give place, and, the cavalry, rth'theis through the intervals and by the flanks, both might charge the Turks simultaneously. 11-snr After basing maintained for a short time a we ported fire from our artillery arid tirailleurs, I l' , the ati el troops to the attack in the defile, under a con neni. cross fire from the enemy, with the object of dri ving of his centre and cutting off the retreat of that port2:4o. his troops which occupied the heights upon our n_uess, This movement was crowned with complet e s° t . b y The enemy was attacked at the point of the baY'r b e the the infantry, and at th e same time charged I t the lance by ;he cavalry—his centre was brok eri ; g u nit troops stationed at that p o i n t p u t to flight, his " tr at oirs were immediately turned, and by this op ca r we ts those who oceupied the heights upon our ill" ll completely intercepted. Having ordered the es s de • to pursue the enemy, who se centre had been thu..,,,00 stroyed, I marched the infantry i n columns goi, the heights, in ord er t o t a k e in rear and To the whole road from th e hill s t o IC ars boulakb• t the y camps, with their p rov i sions an d e verything th ' t v e er contained, were aband one d by the Turks, one at , ec . butilakh, and the other a t A rza p ; and they are 10 .; A li copied by Cossacks. Amo n g the number of d ead er 1 Pacha, chief of the Bashi bazeuks. The Comma Chief, &Inn Pacha, took to flight with the other' the On our side we had in the foot regiments ankilied; Cossack regiments 1 subaltern officer and 56 men o r 10 subaltern officers and 227 men wounded. On rior officer (Lieutenant C ilonel Sacken), 4 suiiisis officers, arid 35 men sustained contusions. The far have bad about 70 men killed and wounded, but, a; ive as they are concerned, we have not as yet a n y P °, : e leg information. I was myself slightly wounded in by a ball at the commencement of the action. u t a tiou deli ono the forenoon of the 18th (30th) July, a from Bayazid and the surrounding villages waited . me, in order to make the submission of the inhabitie. They announced that the Turks bad abandonedf're'et zid in complete disorder, having dispersed in dine do. directions, and that they had wholly. evacuated the der trict of Bayazid. I have sent an avant-garde , un o t the command of Colonel Khrestchattsky, to occuPi uoie city, and I shall repair thither in person with t he o f detachment. In fact, on all the roads, wherever patrols have hitherto appeared, nothing is met with 0 cept traces of disaster and flight—the wounded ahl doned, dead bodies, provisions, arms, haversacks, an numerous other effects—but nowhere has the epe e) ; been seen. I believe the result of this conflict will r, the complete submission. of the Sandjak of Bayazid, tb occupation of its chief places, and the entire destructio n of the Turkish division of Bayazid. I render grateful testimony to your Excellency of the remarkable bravery of the troops under m y comioat Officers and men marched with the utmost enthusiasm battle, and their attack was as decisive as it was brilliant' With the view of gaining time, I forthwith sent the colours with a copy of the present report to M. le Cl; rnatidant of the army of the Caucasus, confiding theT s e i , the sub-lieutenant of the regiment of Chasseurs d e Ti 'es, Baron Wrangel, who was attached to my p erson,n o, cause this officer carried off the fla ' s of the Arawh° after having killed with his own hand the man carried it. I shall have the honour soon to report to your -- 11100 lency the result of the movement upon Bayazid. REDUCTION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES FRANcE. The Moniteur contains a report to the Emperor frl M. Magne, Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, * P s Public Works, recommending a 'eduction of custl f duties on various articles. Dyestuffs are to be entire treed from duty when brought direct how the plocL o s production in French bottoms ; and when coming i":, 0 bonding warehouses in Europe, or brought in II t ;,l vessels, they are to be subjected to differential au" c h calculated to uff , rd sufficient protection to the PI,/ flag. V a,,,iila from the Island of Reunion, wilic h " u f ed pays lf. the kilogramme, is to be completely o " b feo trom that payment. Beet-rout, which has hitherto cuo classified under the head of fresh vegetables, and a s t i to pays a duty of 50c. the 100 king., is to be re". c f e f ll 30c. The duty on bamboos, reels, and oori:(1.0 wood is to be suppressed when they are imPor t w bot French vessels, and proportionately reduced brought in foreign bottoms. Potash is to be "" two-thirds when brought from foreign countriessd the one-half when coining from any part of Europe; ° ' l3 t io. duty on marble is to be made the same for iiports' the by land as by sea. A decree follows inodiof customs duties on- various articles in the f ul l! • ' manner : IMPORTATION. & 0 Vanilla, from Island R eun i on ...... ll ErOM Beetroot Ofr. Dye-stuffs, by French vessels from 3 : e rpt. '', foreku countries Ditto ditto from 100 kil * bonding warehouses sfr. o ,t ~ Ditto by foreign v e ss e ls Odoriferous woods, by French vessels raetco* from foreign countries OOP Ditto ditto from o c . 100 foreign countries Ditto by foreign vessels Bamboos and foreign seeds, by French x erollt• . vessels from foreign countries okg • Ditto ditto from 30fr• v" fin " 1 bonding warehouses Ditto by foreign vessels ... - 40fr• " Exotic resins, by French vessels from Bleol 4 ' foreign countries 00 161* Ditto ditto from bonding warehouses Ditto by foreign vessels Dye stuffs, by Fren c h vess e ls from 1150frrr: E gypt' i '' . P i ' foreign countries 00 I d* Ditto ditto from /I s 1 bonding warehouses 3fr. 00. „ I, Ditto by foreign vess e l s v°' 4fr• Gall-nuts, by French vessels, from zzetoP t. foreign countries Ditto ditto from n i , 10 0 ' . bonding warehouses 3fr. ',',": obf -. sfr. '-''' so Ditto by foreign vessels yessis, ° e .._.1 0 g. I SW Marbles imported by l an d Fre" b 10" P Iron ore imported by foreign vessels Ofr• 21r* Paving and other large stones im- Eietol 4 ' ported by land or by French vessels ot. Charcoal and stalks of hemp peeled, zxe..- „ np by land or by French vessels OOll ' Potash, by French vessels from gr• vv A n . 10 0 French colonies Ditto ditto from 6fr. 013' 0 foreign countries not in Europe •-• Ditto ditto from 0 °c. 0 bonding warehouses 10fr• Oc• Ditto by foreign vessels EXPORTATION. Sand for manufacturing glass and Exeol 4l earthenware . ------------ P ia' BROMPTON H OSPITAL FOR CONSRUPTION 0 he Limit OF THE CHEST.—The usual quarte rly octrt of t it, el ° governors of this institution was yesterday peer iril board room of the hospital, Bro.nipton, Sir i e— g st ° 7 Nutten Pole, Bart., in the chair. The r eport Pity i i iii. by the house committee stated that the cliao.tlitine cleared the sum of 7001. from the bazaar held 1 7.10 01 ' :ast in aid of the funds, and recorded a leg 3el „ ° o3 t„1 from the late Mr. Miltborpe ; another of 50 1 . nApe ct li o tt u e nt A y lr. Parby ; and a' bequest of the res l "/ tb ° the estate of the late Mr. John Crozier, :oar of Tyrone, Ireland. During the l as „ A tiel had according to the medical *report, 1 00 ry bed i d been admitted, 86 had been discharged* h ous e 9 i died ; arid that there were TereaiTling in th e ~ larlf lliese reprts were unanimously ad' ; th e -11125 t• to I the resident medical officer was inercasei fro° - 601. v -501 per annum, and that of the matron five' te d to 551. per annum. A gratuity of Si. vias 1 41° . 1 ,. ° 0 1 the latter official. The proceedings then te r n A vote of thanks to the chairman, A