The Sun. — London, England, 1854-09-11 00:00:00

LY°EUM,THEATRE,--HENRY RUSSELL , for Thirty Nights. THIS EVENING (the 13th t.me). Sept. 11th, and every Eventrg. Many friends having expressed a whh • that Mr. Russell aboutd appear again previous to finally withdraw' ing his Entertainment, he has, in compliance with their request, made arrangements to appear evcr/ evening. M r RUSSELL will present THE FAR WEST; or, THE PROGRESS of the EMI .111 AN T from the OLD WORLD to the NEW. Mr. Russell will relate his anecdotes, and sing several new songs, " Cheer, Boys, cheer," " Far, far upon the Sea," " Sunshine alter Rain," "Land 1 Land! Land ' !" "The Falls of Niagara," " Lo n g have we been parted," "Im Afloat," " Many changes have I seen , " " The Icebergs" (descriptive song), "Newtbundland Dog," "The Gambler's Wife," Icc. The • Second Part of the Entertainment will consist of a Series of Akstches, entitled NEGRO LIFE in Freedom and Slavery. Dyes, Cirele, 2s. 6d. ; trpper Bozo, Is. 6d. ; Pit. Is. ; aidlia7",;6d. THEATRE ROYAL, DEURY-LANE- The public is respectfully infbrmed that this Theatre is OPEN, under an entire new direction, for Three Weeks only.—THIS EVEN ING her Majesty's servants will perform Wallace's Opera, MARI TANA. Charles IL, Mr. Dnsek ; Don Cresar de Baran, Mr. Elliott Galer ; Don Jose de Santarem, Mr. H. Cord ; Marchioness de Mon teflon, Miss Selby; Maritana, Mme. Rudersclorff.—To conclude with a new Ballet Divertiss ment, entitled D'ISLE DE NYMPRE.S. —Upper Gallery, 6 d. ; Lower Gallery, Is. ; Pit, 2 5.: Upper Doz , e' as.; Dress Circle, 49.; Stalls, 55. ; Private Boxes, 155., 11. 1 8.• I Is. 6d., and 21. 25., to be had at the Box-office, and of the principal librarians and music-sellers. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Unckatone. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 11. Will be performed THE OLD CHATEAU. Characters by Messrs. Howe, Rogers, H. Marston, ;lad Bucks tone; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, and Mrs. Reynolds. Followed by the SPANIS DANCERS in a NEW BALLET, called LA FLOR DE LA 3iH ARCARENA After the First Ballet TILE ROUGH. DIAMOND. To conclude with a second New Ballet, LOS 3f ANGLO/3 DE MADRID, in which the Spanish Dancers will again appear. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. „Thu pica fills up an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leaves wanting. Vocal and instrumental mcsic of the first order, and a display of fireworks which exceeds ail llatiOn, are a fitting close to a day at the Crystal Palace,” DAMSON'S COLOSSAL PANORAMA of CHUSAN. splendid and Extensive Menagerie and Marine Aquarium—Una ca sed military Band. VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, • in which Miss Poole, Miss Ransford, and Mr. Manvers sing several National and Patriotic Songs—Ml the Amusing Novelties of the Gardens in succe ss i on , conc l u di ng w ith th e ." F eas t of Lan terns," and a most magnificent display of Fireworks by Southby. Admission One Shfillng. A splendid Pavilion for Dancing has been erected. Full Quadrille Band, &c. ASTLETS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Appearance of Mr. CAMFBELL, formerly of the Theatre Royal Sadlers' Wells. THIS EVENING, An interesting Mppodrama, called THE WOODMAN'S HORSE or, THE FALSE KNIGHT. After which, the Chef d'otEavre of Funambulism, the performance of HEEL CHRIS TOFF on tae Tight Rope. The Matchless Stud of the Amphitheatre In the SCENES in the CIRCLE, invented ani conducted by Mr. William Cooke. • • To conclude with the Burlesque, called THE SIEGE Or TROY ; ' or, THE GIANT HORSE. Compressed into One Act. Box-Otlic.. ow, from Eleven till Four. Atage Mgli..ver, West Acting Manager, Mr. Campbell. Equestrian Director, Mr. Wm. Cooke, Jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIT)( 46. Vas DAT —Morning 36 min.after 4 f Evening 53 rain.aft. 4 , foaltoll , - -Mornini: 12 min.aftel Evening 29 atirl.sit 5 THE WEATHER.—Sue Onics, &pr. 10. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 65 —highest since noon yesterday. 49 --lowest this morning and during the night. 66 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'22. WIND, E.—Light breeze and fine sunshiny weather. arrzmßEß 11. 66 highest since noon on Saturday. s(f —lowest this morning and during the night. 67—this day, at noon. BABoMrrzß, 30 . 24. WIND, S.W.—Light, with fine weather. 4- ,itir 71ki _ AM '>s LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1854. It is by no means improbable that a sharp con flict may already have taken place in the Crimea between the Allied forces and the Russians, and that preparations have been made for the attack on Sebastopol. It is, indeed, high time that something decisive should be accomplished to re move the stain that would otherwise attach to the leaders of the Allied forces, the Generals and Admirals of France and England. Hitherto we have witnessed an inactive and inglorious, al though a very destructive, campaign. More men perished under the fearful pestilence that for a time raged through our fleets and camps than could have fallen in open war face to face with their opponents. It was indeed a disheartening apathy that prevailed, which added bitterness to death itself. The men clearly perceived that they had been made the victims of diplomatic humbug, that • though eager for the fray, standing 'Like greyhounds in the slips Straining upon the start," they were restrained by the insidious councils of a nation devoted to their adversary, and only desirous of extricating him without damage from the dangerous position in which he had been placed by his arrogance and cupidity. While thus • detained in the pestilential localities, and almost decimated by " Russia's only true ally, the cholera," with depressed spirits and abated ener gies, the condemned soldiers did, " Like sacrificers, Ly their watchful fires, Sit patiently, and only ruminate " on the folly, or worse than folly, of those who suffered themselves to be bamboozled by the scarcely concealed wiles of the so-called 'Neutral Powers. These Powers have, however, at length cast aside the flimsy disguises they had for a time as sumed. Prussia became the avowed advocate of the CZAR. " Cliquot " thought more of the inte rests of his " big brother" than of his own honour or his people's welfare. Professing neu trality, he was manifestly ready at any moment, when the slightest prospects of success were afforded, to assume arms, not merely in defence of his sister's husband, but in promotion of his nefarious projects. Though better concealing his real objects, the designs of FLIA:s - cis JOSEPH have been at length rendered no less clearly perceptible than those of FREDERICK WILLIAM. They had long been so to disinterested and unprejudiced persons, notwithstanding that the Boy-Emperor cc utter'd as prave ords at the pridge as you shall see in a summer's day." But they were readily swallowed by the wilfully blind—by those who, in their unbounded confidence in Germanism, would believe any specious or plausible pretext which its chief expounder thought proper to put forward. Relying on these " prave ords," vaunting the good faith, e nergy, and firmness of the EMPEROR, they suffered him to gain peaceful possession of the Principalities, the seizure whereof by open force had occasioned the war against permitted him to oc NICHOLAS. They p cupy the fortifi ed towns and strongholds from which the Russian invaders had been expelled by the valour o f the unaided Moslems. They did this, conceiving that some degree of reliance might be placed in the bold and appa rently honest professions of Austria. N ow at length they are awakened to the deplorable, an d , we may add, "unpardonable," error into Which they allowed themselves to be betray - ed. They see that in place of a straightforward, and honour able, and consistent ally, they have to deal with "an arrant counterfeit rascal, a gull, a fool, a rogue, that now and then goes to the wars to grace himself on his . return under the form of a soldier." They also see that they have unwittingly allowed him to obtain "a van.tagy ground," from whence, in the event of any reverse, he may assail themselves with every passible adjunct. Nothing can extenuate them from the disgrace they have so amply merited by this fatuity but some bril liant exploit that will at once terminate the vacillation of Germany, humiliate the pride and break the power of NicaoLAs. Such an attempt w ill therefore be made, and the valour of British „Ru es " will ouce puge, 84 ill days. of yore, re wee/. vat.estre triev'e the blunders of British diplomatists. We must now " stake our all upon a cast, and stand the hazard of the die." When we have taken posses sion of the Crimea, captured its citadel and arsenals, and destroyed its fleet, then, and not till then, will Austria act up to her professions. Then will she discern a casus belli in the contemptuous refusal of Russia to listen to her advice, her entreaties, her *threats. Them will she be prepared to join the allies, and to struggle for advantages for her self which she has not merited, for conditions which it would be as dangerous to entrust to her hands as to those of Russia herself. The commercial difference, we all know, to be vast indeed, and we and they are equal gainers by the change. We anticipate, with entire confi dence, the same results at the Cape of Good Hope. It will certainly cost us no more millions for miserable border warfare ; the colonists will know better how to protect themselves. On the other hand, a resident Parliament, acquainted with the country it governs, interested in its prosperity, and trusted by its, inhabitants, will remove every legislative obstruction to prosperity, will faci litate every improvement, will inspire confi dence in English as well as Colonial capitalists, and, by diffusing feelings of self-reliance and security, will impart a new energy to all classes in the colony—a colony which, with its new Con stitution, is now emphatically the Cape of GOOD HOPS. LATEST NEWS. THE WAR. The following are our latest telegraphic de, spatches : DESTRUCTION OF ODESSA. VIENNA, SUNDAY MORNING. General Krusenstern has ordered the inhabitants of Odessa to reduce the city to ashes if the allies should attempt to take it, and then to retire to It appears that the expedition against the Crimea had departed from Varna and Baltchik on Satur day week ; that it consisted of about sixty thou sand of the allied troops, of which about three fifths or thirty-six thousand were French, and about two-fifths, or twenty-four thousand, English. In addition to this powerful body, there would be a Turkish corps of from ten to twenty thousand. A body of Marines, too, were at their own special instance and request to be allowed to co-operate with their military brethren; so that about eighty thousand picked men—per haps the finest troops in the world—would be brought into the field, supported by a correspond -1 ing park of artillery, and in some instances by the broadsides of our ships of war. There is nothing which the AUTOCRAT can oppose to such a force with any reasonable prospect of success. The Russians may embarrass our landing, but that is all; and we have but little, if any, doubt, that it has already been accomplished, and that the Rus sians, if they dared to show in the field, have, as our Yankee brethren would remark, received " a pretty considerable tarnation thrashing." The Tiraspol. The proclamation concludes—" Woe to those who remain behind or attempt to extinguish the fire." COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, SEPT. 9, Her Majesty embarked in the royal yacht Fairy yes terday afternoon, accompanied by their Royal High nesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and the Earl of Aberdeen, and proceeded to Southampton, where her Majesty and the Royal party went on board the Egyptian steam-yacht, }ult by order of his Highness the late Pacha of Egypt. The Queen inspected the Yessel, and the officers on board had the honour of being presented. The Duchess of Wel lington, the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, Lord Charles Fitzroy, the Hon. Colonel Phipps, and Major-General Berkeley Drummond, were in attendance. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce dined with the Queen. ENTRY OF THE AUSTRIANS INTO BUCHAREST. VIENNA, SATURDAY. Letters from Bucharest state that Count Coronini entered that city on the 6th (Wednesday), at the head of 4,000 Austrian troops, and that they were enthusiastically received by the population. Dervish Pacha had established a Provisional Administrative Council, and named Prince Canta cuzeno the President. The Duke of Newcastle arrived in town on Saturday from Osborne. The Earl of Aberdeen arrived at Black heath on Saturday from a ♦isit to the Queen. Despatches were sent on Saturday from the Colonial Office to the Governors of Hong Kong, Ceylon, and Malta. THE 'EXPEDITION TO THE CRIMEA. The expedition of the allied forces was to con centrate off Sebastopol yesterday (Friday). . --- , SAILING OF TIM ALLIED FLEET. All the ships left Varna on the 2d September, and those at Burgas 13f.3, sailed on the 31st August with an immense number of transports in tow. It would not be in sight of the Crimea before the Gth, at the earliest. DEPARTURE OF THE KING OF PORTUGAL FOR LISBON. eyes of England, of Europe are now upon them. Relying on the valour and enthusiasm of our gallant forces (French as well as English), certain that they will vie with each other in deeds of gallant daring, we patiently abide the issue, confident that the cause of justice and of honour will prevail to the confusion of the blood-thirsty oppressor. The steam-yacht Mindello, with the King of Portugal and Duke of Oporto on board, attended by the Vis count Carreiri, Count Sarmento, &c., left Cowes Roads on Saturday, at 4 p.m., for Portugal. She got under weigh at 2 o'clock to await the arrival from Southamp ton of the Brazilian mail-packet which is to accompany the Mindello to the Tagus. Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Albert went into Cowes Roads in the Fairy to bid adieu to the King of Portugal, when his Majesty's fine band on board the Mindello played " God save the Queen." The Portuguese Ambassador, Count Lavradio, with the Countess and suite, also Consul-General Van Zellan, and Mr. Priaulx, the Portuguese Vice Consul at Southampton, were in attendance at the departure of the Portuguese Sovereign, with Mr. E. P. Perry, of Portsmouth, who has been the interpreter during the King's short sojourn in England. EVACUATION OF GALATZ BY THE RUSSIANS. Accounts from Hermannstadt state that the Rus sians evacuated Galatz on the 4th inst. The navigation of the Danube is free. FRENCH TROOPS FROM THE. BALTIC. "PARIS, Sunday.—KlEL, Bth.—Six ships, hav ing on board French troops returning from the Baltic, have anchored here. "The greater part of the fleet is in sight," The Cape of Good Hope is now added to the ist of British Colonies.. British, not in the sense of which St. Helena or Labuan are so, but because it participates in British liberties maintained by British institutions ; and because it is united to our Crown, not by military force, but by the interchange of loyalty on the one part and protection on the other. All self-governing states have a common bond of sympathy, just as all despots and aristocracies sympathise with each other against their peoples. Such states may quarrel amongst themselves, but they will be as one against the monarch who would enslave them by Russian or Austrian notices of order ; or even against the interference of any external power. Witness the American Union. The result will be the same in the case of our numerous colonies ; just as they become free, and united, in reality, only federally with the mother country and each other, will they all be interested in the weal of the great whole of which they form a part. They may have, possibly, some angry dispute now and then, with a pragmatical and conceited Colonial Secretary, just as some part of England or Scotland may quarrel with the admi nistration of the Home Secretary ; but just as little will they think of severing connection. Downing -street is beginning to know its place ; it will cease to intermeddle where the only re wards are rebuffs, and humiliations, and will limit itself to the formalities and the simple realities in which colonial connection will henceforth consist. The first of July was, indeed, a proud day for the - Cape Colony, the day of its emancipation from clerks and red tapists at home, and the birth day of its admission to British franchises, a result gained by the patriotism of its Srocrauctsonts and. FAIRBAIRNS, and the firmness of its populatio But for this Earl GREY and his worthy successors might still have been the distant Czars of a sup pressed and bureau-governed community, and the moral atmosphere of South Africa have been tainted by the vices of shiploads of English con victs. It is interesting to imagine how the gene rations of some disteent period, when the colony shall have swelled into a populous state, will read with admiration of the holy struggle of their pri mitive forefathers for the purity of their nati v e soil, and with, feelings we will not describe of the tyrannical temper of ignorant Colonial Secretaries. They will then thank HEAVEN that there were British !douses of Parliament and a British press where their complaints could be heard, and the domineering compelled to give way ; and what ever may be then the precise political relation to the mother country, attachment and pride in their origin and inherited Constitution are sure to be among their chief sentiments. It is not easy to see, indeed, what now remains to engender serious quarrels b.:A ween Britain and her Free Colonies. If they chose to ask the power to fix their own civil list, and to take their own course in Church and State matters, no Minister now dares refuse them. Free Trade has put an end to the most futile of all causes of disagreement, and there is scarcely conceivable ground for a diffe rence. It is just possible an unpopular Governor might be nominated, but he must soon be recalled. Indeed there seems no reason why the old prac: tice, of the Colonies electing their own Governor, subject to the approbation of the Crown, should not be restored. Even on the present plan, however, of the Crown nominating the Colonial Governors di rectly, the instances of favouritism and nepotism will become much fewer. It will not suffice that 1 a young man of high connexions needs to be weaned from gambling. If our aristocracy retains these appointments, for this is what is really meant by keeping them in the hands of the Crown, it must do so by sending out governors qualified by character, ability, and thorough respect for the principle of Parliamentary su premacy, to govern these little free sub-kingdoms. In them, as at home, the central authority must be of no party, but be content to hold the balance between the ins and the outs, and to give effect to the decisions of the majority. We said the Ist of July was a proud day fOr the Cape—we might have said it was so for Eng land. It is surely the glory of our Empire to see all its parts pervaded by the great political sys tem which is the boast of Britain itself. In deed till this is the case, till there is a circu z lation throughout of the vivifying principle of constitutional representation, .our dependencies are rather attached to us like ornaments, or more frequently like burdens, and form no living part of the whole body. It is our justest pride to give birth to free communities, not to little despotisms. NICHOI,AS unites Finland, Poland, Bessarabia, the Cossacks, and the whole list of his circum DESTRUCTION OF THE FORTIFICATIONS OF BOMARSUND. The Aftonbladet of Stockholm, of the sth, an nounces that the allied forces began on the Ist to raze the fortifications of Bomarsund. THE PRINCIPALITIES—THE PROCLAMA TIONS OF DERVISH PACEIA AND GE NERAL .EIESS.. BUCHAREST, Aug. 30.—Annexed is the procla mation of Devish Pasha, dated the 29th instant, the terms of which have caused much displeasure to the inhabitants of Bucharest. It was issued a few days afte' that of the Austrian General Co ronini, the coitents of which, on the contrary, had given a great deal of umbrage to the unfortunate people who vere promised the blessings of peace and order at their hands. There is something mysterious about the fate of this proclamation ; a copy of is is not to be procured by either of the means generally successful in procuring any thing in - this world—love or money. Anxi ous inquirers are informed at the stationers' shops that it has been suppressed, that its circula tion and ?lacardation (a word humbly suggested for adoption) are prohibited, and that one unfor tunate individual has been made a prisoner for having read it aloud. Of the terms in which it is conceived ) your correspondent is only aware of those which, in addition to the handsome promises above mentioned, direct . the Wallachians generally, and the Government in particular, to lay all th e i r wants and'complaints bef ore the general who signs the document, and who is or will be in a position to administer to them in every respect. The feel ings of the people on reading this document may be well described by the vulgarism of "out of the frying-pau into the fire ;" the Russians being well represented by the culinary utensil, and the Aus trians by the devouring element. ' The Austrians, to the number o f a b ou t 25 , 00 0 men, have actually crossed the frontier. One bri gade has been directed on Krajova,• and two others are within two or three days' march of this place. Their entry is looked forwarded to by the curious with great anxiety. DERVISH PASHA'S ADDRESS. " Wallachians,—His Imperial Majesty the Sultan, our gracious Sovereign, in his great and fatherly care for all his subjects, without exception, has been pleased to give a fresh proof of his goodness in naming me his im perial commissioner for the principality of Wallachia, in order that I may watch over your welfare, and restore that order which has so unfortunately been destroyed by the injustice and despotism of the Russian Government. While I hasten to communicate the gracious decision of his Imperial Majesty, I make known unto you the follow ing _ The Sublime Porte having entered into a convention with his Imperial Apostolic Majesty, as previously with the Governments of France and England, we therefore make known unto you that in accordance with that con vention the Imperial Austrian troops will provisionally occupy both principalities. The presence of these troop, in Wallachia need cause no uneasiness to you, for they enter the country as one of the friendly powers allied with the Sublime Porte. These troops will be in no way a burden to you, for they will pay for everything purchased in ready money. "After the Russians have positively evacuated the principalities, the former Government of the country will be restored. Your ancient privileges are and will be scrupulously preserved; and in this you will recog : . nise the fatherly and benevolent cares of your Sovereign, all earlier treaties being declared annulled. May God bestow happiness and blessings on our Sultan ! " Wallachians, your country has suffered much, but under the glorious rule of our Sovereign all will again prosper. Trusting that circumstances will soon permit a more happy development of it, you must continue to obey the laws under which you are governed, and to preserve for them that sentiment of respect which is so indispensable to the happiness and prosperity of any country. Under such circumstances, nothing will be more easy or more agreeable than to maintain the public order and tranquillity, with the care of which I have been charged by our august Sovereign, "I place all my reliance in your sentiments of devo tion and fidelity to his Imperial Majesty, our beloved Sovereign, and in your loyal affection for the country which has given you birth. (Signed) DBRVISH, Imperial Ottoman Commissioner, and General of Division. "Aug. 17 (29),1854." GENERAL HESS'S PROCLAMATION. The following is a copy of the proclamation o: General Hess:—. "Inhabitants of Wallachia and Moldavia—ln virtue of a convention concluded between his Majesty the Emperor, my august master, and the Sublime Ottoman Porte, the Austrian troops have entered the principali ties. They are called there to turn aside (ecarter) the flames of war, and to restore among you the blessings of peace. Receive then with Confidence these guarantees of your future safety and tranquillity ; they will know how to merit it by their conduct, which will be governed by the perfect order and discipline which they will ob serve. "The privileges which are assured to you by the Sub lime Porte remain in full force. I expect, further, on the part of the authorities of the country, the necesesary assistance in reference to the quarters and victualling of the troops, for which they shall be regularly indemnified ; as well as the strict observation of order and tranquillity on the part of the population, remembering that, in the contrary case, we shall proceed with all the severity of the law against every attempt to disturb or even to menace public order. "At the same time all the authorities are invited here after to address themselves on all suhjects (en toute chose) to Lieutenant -General Cur, nisi, who is appointed by his Maj es ty th e E mperor comman d er o f a ll th e t roops ' in the two principalities, or the military organs whom he has authorised in this regard. (Signed) "BARON DE HESS, ALF., Comman dant-en-Chef de la 3nie. et 4rne, arindo, and General d'Altillerie. "August 18, 1854." vented territories, to Moscow and St. Petersburg by universal slavery. The order of serfdom is his boast. We assimilate by enfranchisement, and glory that our offspring can everywhere govern themselves. Even if we have conquered a posses sion, as in Canada or the Cape of Good Hope, we feel that the conquest is incomplete, and we do not regard it with unmixed complacency, until it is perfectly free. We regard liberty, not slavery, as the co nsummation of British conquest. We do not despair of such a consummation even for India itself. Sir CIIARLES WOOD ma to admit th e idea ; but y he unabl e India will never be what it might, what it ought to be, or even a secure appanage of our Crown, until our Statesmen take for their leading principle, that India is to be as soon 23 possible governed by its natives, and not a mere theatre for the freaks of fortune-hunters. W e have already felt the advantage of free colo nies. Unofficial thinkers had demonstrated it years before official heads could understand or relish l circumstances.n g Canadian b y th e entire change in i it. It i s i m possible now, h owever , to deny the vigour infused into pol e v r i y e ath i reproach of the miserable contrast between the Canadian and United States shores of the same We are assured by a ll waters is fast vanishing. authorities that the visible change is marvellous, THE SUN EVENING SEPT.EIVIfic_.ER 11, 1854. ships of the line will form the fightin g bori.y ouiir naval force, being more than suffici,nt to beat the fourteen ships at S,,lnstopol, shoul,l they dare to meet us. 3,000 pieces of cannon can, in the three, hnnss i•eituited for thsembark.ing th e t roop , , .;306,000 balls and shells on the shore. An immeiliate battle is looked for. The dash of the French, the imperturbable courage of the English, and the emulation of the Turkish di - fi:ion, insure our success. The siege of Sebastopol will then be only child's play. As at Toulon, in 1793, the fate of the Russian fleet will depend on the capture of a work of no great strength. All the materiel for a siege is on board—fascines, gabions, and earth-bags ; and never in any war was the body of Engineers and Sappers and Miners more numerous or better instructed. How is it possible to doubt of the success of an enter prise entered on with such means I Suppose, next, the army of Omer Pacba to be at Perecop, and say what the Crimea becomes ? We are entirely free from cholera. Not a single case er:tered the hospital d ur i ng th e night." CONSTANTINOPLE. Our letters from here are dated the 30th. The expedition to Sebastopol must have precedence of every other subject in any communication from from this capital. As the day of departure ap proaches, the extent and nature of the expedition become more definite, speculation is changed into certainty, and the whole proceeding stands clear in its aims and execu ti on. On the 2d of September it is intended that the allied forces should rendez vous at Baltchik, and thence sail to the shores of the Crimea, if the weather be favourable and no unexpected causes of delay arise. The small ness of the French contingent is to some extent the effect of the terrible ordeal through which the army of Marshal St. Arnaud has passed. The troops who left France and Algeria are stated to have attained the number of 73,000 men. Of these 7,000 are dead, and some 5,000 more are unfit for service. There are detachments at Athens, Galli poli, and a few at Adrianople, and 26 5 000 will in a few days sail to meet the enemy. Those which remain in the country will, however, form a con siderable force, from which reinforcements may be drawn as the enterprise may require them. It re flects great credit on our o ffi cers and the discipline of our regiments that so large a proportion of the British force should be ready for immediate ser vice. The epidemic has passed over them without serious effect, and hardly a regiment has lost so many men as to be crippled for the ensuing ex pedition. MODIFICATION OF THE MINISTRY. In a Constantinople letter in the Pays we find the following :—" On Sunday last we had a modi fication in the Ministry, but it has no political bear ing. Namik Pacha, the Minister of Commerce, has been replaced by Kiamil Paella, the son-in law of Mehemit Ali, the Pacha of Egypt. There have been also some changes in the household of the, Sultan. The Kislar-Aghaci and the two first Chamberlains bare been replaced, but this is nothing more than a palace revolution. From in formation which I have received, and on which I think I can rely, there will be no important change in the Ministry during the continuance of hosti lities." TURKISH FORCE IN GREAT WALLACHIA. A telegraphic despatch from Bucharest, of the sth, in the Austrian, Correspondence, states that Ismail Pacha left that town on the 2d, with the political refugees under his orders for Asia. The Turks intend, it is said, to keep the line of the Jalommtza, but not to push further. Their forces are stated to be in Great Wallachia 30,000 men, under Hassan Pacha, 30,000 under Tossum Pacha, 14,000 in reserve under Gritly Ogla, 14,000 Bashi- Bazouks, and 2,000 artillerymen. THE MOLDAVIAN ARTILLERY AND CAVALRY. The Wanderer of Vienna, under date of Jassy, 28th ult., says : " On Saturday last, the Russians wished to compel the Moldavian cavalry and artillery to follow them beyond the Pruth, but the officers declared that their duty was to serve their country, and that they could never ac knowledge Russia as such. General Baron Osten Sacken threatened to bring them all before a court martial, which would not fail to condemn them to death. They replied that he might do what be thought proper, but that they were forbidden by their oaths from serving Russia. Ail threats and promises remained without success, It was then that Baron Budberg took Captain Philippesco, who had spoken in the name of the Moldavian officers, by the arm and gave an order for his arrest, and all the other officers, with the ex ception of one, the son - of - nn old officer in the Russian service, met the same fate.. The Moldavian Hetman, Maurokordato, was ordered to declare to the soldiers of the Moldavian militia, in the name of General Bud berg, that the humblest among them was worth more than Captain Philippesco,' to which the soldiers unani mously exclaimed that it was a falsehood. The soldiers then wished to rescue their officers by force, and were only prevented from the attempt by the entreaties of Captain Philippesco, and they retiree! to their barracks uttering curses against the Russians." -- The state of affairs in Little Wallachia is said to be extremely unsettled, and the government of Sarni Paella causes great discontent. THE WHITE SEA. The St. Petersburg journals contain the .ng intelligence froth the White Sea : "The village of Pushlata, in Oneiga, district, consist ing of 40 farmhouses and a church, has been burned down by the enemy. Six Er itch were killed. The Russians, did not lose a m an . Th ree s hi ps l a d en with flour were burned opposite to the village of Susma, another laden with fish worth 980 silver roubles, and another taken with 150 silver roubles. The vessel was sunk, whkh causes a loss to the owner of 1,400 silver roubles. On the Kusk coast a vessel laden with 800 pods (28,8001bs.) was detained, and another worth 900 roubles burned. Finally, another was found with a cargo of wheat worth 3,000 silver roubles." THE ATTACK ON THE CRIMEA. The following letter from her Majesty's steam sloop Fury contains an interesting account of the cruise of that vessel to the spot on which it was intended to land the allied forces in the 'Crimea, the narrow escape of the steam-frigate Terrible, 22, Captain M'Cleverty, and an important notice of the embarkation and landing experiments at Varna : " H.M.S. Fury, at Sea, Aug. 25, 1354. "As we shall join the admiral to-day, and a mail per haps, will be leaving, I will give you a brief account of our cruise these last four days. Terrible and Fury left Baldjick on - the morning of the 21st for Sebas topol, in order to ascertain if any batteries had been thrown up near the place chosen for the landing of troops since our last visit. On the morning, at day break, of the 23d, we found ourselves within ten miles of the mouth of Sebastopol Harbour, and off we went at a dashing pace to within about four miles of one Russian line-of battle-ship, two frigates, and two steamers, the latter were blowing off their steam. After taking a good sur vey of the fleet in the harbour we turned round and ran down the coast, when the sailing vessels loosed their sails, but, as usual, not to come out, but merely to let us see how smart they were behind their orts, which smartness, in point of seamanship, we can not dispute. We had got about eight miles to the north ward, and in order to take a good survey of the contem plated landing-place were very near the shore, when to the dismay of all, the Terrible grounded on a sand shoal, and was about ten minutes ere she got off. The enemy saw her situation immediately, and was running down on us with three steamers and two sailing vessels. Happily, the Terrible got off in about ten minutes, and the moment they saw Terrible was afloat, round they went, and the time being so short no opportunity offered to exchange shots with them before they got under cover of their forts. We then stood on our course, and ran into Eupatoria. Boarded two neu tral merchant vessels—one Austrian, the other Nor wegian. They informed us that the steamers had been there on the previous evening, and they were those we saw blowing off their steam, so that doubtless 24 hours earlier would have given us a chance of an engagement. However, I consider we ought to be quite satisfied that we were not all in the same position as the Tiger's people were. Had the Terrible remained on shore there would certainly have been at this time but few of the two ships' companies alive. " We have communicated with Niger, 15, scre w , Commander Heath, and V esuv i us, 6, paddle, off the Sulina mouth of the Danube. 'They had no news. We also fell in with the Retribution, en route to Odessa, to receive remainder of Tiger's crew, "Five p.m. —Just anchored at Baldjic. Found Commander Tatham promoted to Shown, vice Smith, deceased. " A great part of the heavy portion of the military, horses, &e., are at this time embarked, and all is to be prepared for leaving on Wednesday next, the ath inst. They have been trying the time likely to be occupied in disembarking with horses, &c., by rowing off to the ship and making a start from thence at a given distance, when seven minutes was- the time occupied from the ship to the beach, and all landed —smart work, say those likely to be compe tent judges. One hundred and five thousand is the effective strength to be landed against Sebastopol—viz., 40,000 Turks, 40,000 French, and 25,000 English—a motley group. It will be a glorious day, and I trust to live to see it. sent from daesst, where there now remain very few •troops, The Riisiians, judging that the late neSs of the season would prevent an attack on this place, which is frozen up for six weeks in winter, and where an army cannot be fed, have despatched all their available men to the defence of Sebastopol, Au English prisoner who formed one of the Tiger's crew, relates that large bodies of men were sent off in that direction. weeks ago, and the Austrian Con sul estimates the number who have marched to the Crimea at 40,000 men. A letter from Therapia, 30th ult., in the Moni teur, says :—" Everything leads to the expectation that the expedition may sail on the 2d September. The sanitary state of the army and the crews of the ships continues to improve ; the epidemic period has reached its end, and cases of cholera have become rare. The park of siege artillery which was sent froia Toulon has arrived in the Bosphorus and will be before Sebastopol at the same time as the army." THE WAR IN ASIA. The following communication has been received. It is from Erzeroum, and is dated the 12th : " I have now to announce to you a fact which has produced a great sensation in Asia, and which is of great importance after the defeat at Kars. We at one time feared that the Russians intended to march on that place ; but we are now almost entirely re lieved from that apprehension. Schamyl, at the head of 16,000 horsemen, has come down from the mountains into the Crketthy. As the Russians did not expect such a movement, they were not on their guard. They have received considerable injury, 200 villages have been put to fire and sword. The Circassians made a considerable booty. Schamyl is only a few leagues distant from Tiflis. Bayazid has been evacuated by the Russians, who have entirely quitted the Ottoman territory, but it is not known whether this move ment is caused by the presence of Schamyl in the neighbourhood of Tiflis, or whether the corps that occupied Bayazid has been recalled to fill up the considerable void made in the Russian ranks by the last battle. However this may be, the com munications with Persia, which had been inter rupted, are now completely open." THE ATTACK ON SEBASTOPOL. The Constitationnel publishes a, letter from Varu •, of the 27th ult., which y n ives further &tads relative to the expelition, which are not without interest. It ruus thus : "The first convoy of transport vessels will sail on the 21 of September, beilq; composed of 30,000 French, from 20,000 to 25,000 Engli,h, and from 8,000 to 10,000 Turks. The three squadrons will be able to laud 15,000 men, so that the whole number will be about 80,000 men. A second convey will afterwards follow. The coalesced armies are provided with an immense materiel, and the field artillery in particular will have a terrible superiority. The English embark with all their cavalry. Ours is too numerous tc. form part of the first convoy. It is to assemble at Bourgae, and will be conveyed in two trips, Fourteen ENCAMPMENT IN THE CRIMEA. A correspondent - writing fro; Constantinople, gays, , says, "with regar d t o a permanen t enc ampinentin the Crimea during the winter, it is said, on good authority, to be perfectly feasible. The British Consul at Kertch is of opinion that troops may be stationed under canvas during the severest winter, d all acco un t s seems t o sa y that for the purpose an ti is better than. , either Varna or Constantinople. Whatever may be the immediate result of the expe dition, t here can be no doubt that the allies will hold possession of the country during the winter, and eve rvthing seems to betoken thatthe cold wea ther will not. be allowed to impede the operations." It is said that large reinforcements have been THE BALTIC. - - COPENHAGEN, Sept. G.—King Oscar's proposition for a new regency law has been received as was ex pected—the Parliamentary Constitution committee has rejected it. • Now that the royal Swedish quarantine-madness 'has dared to lay the war-ships of the allies in quarantine, although the system has been re peatedly showni to be utterly useless and absurd, and although the cholera is in full play at Stock holm itself, it is supposed that the Western Powers will take steps for putting an end to the whole monomania. Tile Czar has distributed orders and medals to a number of the persons engaged in the affair at Gamla-Carleby. Political pamphlets on the war, and on the ne cessity for Sweden immediately joining the allies, are rapidly appearing in Stockholm, and all par ties appear to agree that the Court cannot delay this step much longer. At the same time, the opinion of the country is that this question is inti mately connected with the restoration of Poland, without which step Sweden will come into a dan gerous and false position. Prussia and Austria, if they understand their own interest, must see that they would gain by this as much as the rest of Europe. What is just, and necessary, and advan tageous, will therefore be accomplished. AUSTRIA VIENNA, SEPT. 7. Reliable information was given yesterday with respect to the views and immediate intentions of the Austrian Government. The sum and sub stance of it are as follows : " The Emperor presided at a Cabinet Council to day. Russia's rejection of the four guarantees will form no 'immediate' casus belli ; but Austria will be severe in supporting the said guarantees, as necessary to the restoration of peace and the future consolidation of the balance of power in Europe. Meanwhile, Austria will await the favourable re sults that are expected from the present hostile preparations against Sebastopol ; and satisfied with having thwarted Russia's plans against Turkey, Austria will, for the present, persist in maintain ing vigorously armed neutrality." A letter from Vienna of the sth, in Voss's Gazette of Berlin, states that the overtures made by Count Arnim, the Prunsiau ambassador, to the Emperor of Austria in a private audience, are known to have given great satisfaction, whatever their nature might be. The Emperor was subsequently present at a council of ministers, where certain military measures were taken into consideration, which would lead to a supposition that Austria was about to take the offensive. It was' rumoured that Prince Gortschakoff would quit Vienna for a week on leave, and that such a step was the forerunner of hiss recal. A letter from Prague, of the 4th, in the Univer sal German Gazette, says :—" We have had such indications here d wing the last three days as enable us to judge pretty welt of the sense of the Russan reply. During that time troops, horses, and am munition have been proceeding without interrup tion to the terminus of the railway to proceed to Brunn. These movements are being carried on with such precipitation that one might almost be lieve that war had been declared. They were nut even suspended during Sunday." The accounts from the inundated districts in Silesia and Posnania are deplorable. In the neighbourhood of Glogau alone thirty villages ar, under water, and the vicinity resembles a vast lake. A space of 15 square miles, inhabited by about 8,030 souls, is submerged. The waters have. risen above the roofs of numerous habitations, ruining and de3troYing all housed crops, drowning sheep, cattle, and poultry, and causing incalculabk losses and misery. Then come apprehensions of fevers among human beings, and murrain among cattle—a most deplorable prospect ! PRUSSIA. The Cologne Gazette of the 7th has the followk rom Berlin " Unless we are much deceived in the indications be fore us, the political views of the Prus.ian Government may be brought to the following points :-1. The obli gation of the additional article of the convention of th. 20th of April, which provided for certain cases in which Prussia may be compelled to take part in the war against Russia, remain without effect as Russia is willing to evacuate the Principalities, and to re main on the defensive on her own territory. 2. Austria, in attacking Russia, cannot demand the support of Prussia on the faith of article 2 of the treaty, which, stipulates that if one of the contracting Powers should be compelled to interfere actively in concert with th. other in defence of German interests, the other should be bound to assist her. 3. It cannot be expected that Prussia should consent to attack Russia, Austria being able sufficiently to secure German interests by occupying the Principalities pacifically, that Power not having to fear being under any circumstances attacked by Russia, and the propositions of the Western Powers being too vague and liable to too many different interpretations. 4. The stipulations relative to the protection of Ger man interests when really threatened must become, ac cording to the terms of article 2 of the treaty, the ob. ject of a particular convention. 5. The treaty of the 20th of April remains in force as far as regards the gua rantee of the Austrian territory. It is probable that these views will be submitted to the Germanic Diet, that body having to deliberate immediately after the va cation on the four propositions of the Western Powers.' SPAIN. We have received the Madrid journals of the sth. The Gazette publishes several decrees, countersigned by the Minister of Justice, making different changes in the administration of judiciai affairs, but the jour nal contains no political news of any importance. FRANCE. The Moniteur contains a detailed account of the visit of Prince Albert to the Emperor at Boulogne; and in describing the departure of his Royal Ifigh nes, says--" Boulogne and France will ever keep this memorable interview in remembrance—a meet incr. in which the intimate alliance between two great nations appeared to have been personified." The mayor of Bordeaux announced on Tuesday to the Municipal Council that the Emperor and. Empress would make a short stay there on the re turn of the Empress from Biarritz. The mayor having proposed to give a grand ball to their Ma jesties in the Salle des Quinconces, the proposition was adopted, and a committee was named to or- Eranise the fetes duringtheir Maje s ti es ' s t ay at Bordeaux. A decree in the Moniteur appoints a commission for collecting, arranging, and publishing the cor respondence of Napoleon 1., relative to different branches of public interest, which is composed as follows :—Marshal Valliant, Minister of War, Pre sident; Baron C. Dupin, Vice-President; MM. Count Boulay de la Meurtho, P. Merimee ; General Aunick ; A. Lefebvre ; De Cliabrier ; Chasseriau, and Perron. The Moniteur publishes three decrees conferring 59 promotions and appointments in the Legion of Honour on officers and sub-officers, several of them attached to the army of the Baltic. Among those promoted to the rank of Commanders are Generals J. L. Bisson, J. A. Dupons, A. F. Gresy, and F. J. D'Hugues. The Three per Cents. closed on Saturday at 74f. 20c., for the end of the month ; the 4 per Cents. 97f. 99e. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,250 f. ; Rouen, 1 964 i HATre, 585 f, ; great Northern, 862 f. bt)c. ; Strasburg, 8,)6t. Paris end Lyons, 975 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, `c_Bof. ; Western of France, Wt . '. 75e. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 617 f. 50e. ; 5271..500; ;. Bank of Credit Mod bilier, 735 f: • -- SWITZERLAND. The Swiss official journal Pundesblatt, of the 34 inst., confirms our previous inforniation relative to the seizure of arms and ammunition in the cantons bordering on Lombardy, but makes no mention of the arrest of two Italians at Basle, one of whop was supposed to be Mazzini. It then adds : " The Federal Commissariat in the canton of Ticino formed the Government, by ielegraphic despatch of the 27th ult., that, acco r ding to the communications it had received, an armed invasion of Lombardy is preparilP in the valley of Poschiaro, under the command of Max' zinian chiefs. The Federal Council consequently re newed to the Governments of the Grisons and Ticino its invitation to exercise a rigorous surveillance along th e frontier, and to arrest all suspicious individuals. Th e Federal Department of Justice and Police has been In structed to forward to Berne all the arms and ammo' nition that have been seized, in order to assist the magistrates in their investigation." BELGIUM. BnussEr.s, Sept. 10.—The King is suffering tin indisposition, and it is uncertain whether his Dur, jest will meet the Emperor of the French s,* Tournay, where preparations on a large scale ha" been made for their reception. BRUSSELS, Sept. 7.—There was a Council O t Ministers on Tuesday, before the departure of the King for Beverloo, at which M. Piercot assis ted. It is said M. H. de Brouckere insists on his resigna tion in consequence of illness. The Minister of tpo Interior will accompany the Royal Family to Tou r . nay. A great portion of the press state that -5.1.. Teichman, Governor of Antwerp, will resign favour of Piercot. The Emancipation states thai it learns from a good source there is not the l e " foundation for the rumour. Besides the persons decorated at Boulogne bY III , B King of the Belgians, his Majesty has named N. le Comte Du Hamel, Prefet of the Pas-de-Cal ai , Commander, and M. Manche de Loisue, Sol Prefet of Boulogne, Chevalier of his order. GREECE. ATHENS, Aug. 27.—The King has at given way, and signed General Kalergi's Pvi ect " for reorganis;ng the army. The cholera, after having almost died away at_ . ??.., Piraeus, suddenly broke.out again with great viv t lence, but this augmentation did not happily lae . more than two or three days, and it is now ag a T on the decline. The public mind. has, howeve r i received a fresh alarm by the appearance of sever 4, fatal cases in the town of Athens, which had as escaped. It is by no means, however, intense , 2: only five cases have occurred there during eight days. The English troops stationed on Mount Pentet cus are in good health, and are said to grai l enjoy the beautiful position in which they Al:' / encamped. HOLLAND. The following is the estimate of the qu antities of corn sown and produced in Holland for the pres e : ° harvest Number of Efecto- Num b er of liecto'; litres sown. litres produced, Wheat Rye Barley Oats Black wheat According to the most recent returns of the 11 0 3' 1 .. vest in Belgium, it appears that the farmers In general are very well satisfied with the crops of tbo, present year. The provinces in which the wha, has turned out abundant are Brabant, ilesbalet Flanders, and certain parts of the Hainaut, will it is expected that the yield will be from 10 to 1. per cent. more than the average of other yeari l • The crop of rye has not been so uniform in chars ter ; in some provinces it is abundant, while in others it is more or less scanty. In the Waes, for instance, the yield is estimated at 32 hectolitres per hectare (the hectolitre is rather more than lish bushels, and the hectare nearly 2i Englisl! acres), while in the neighbourhood of Tongres and Hasselt it is only calculated at 18 hectolitres. the left bank of the Sambre and Meuse the yield. has been from 20 to 21 hectolitres, which quan tity is regarded as remunerative to the grower. The crop of oats will exceed the most sanguine expectations. The quality of the wheat and rye is in some places not so good as could have been wished, the former in some localities having ger ininated in consequence of the long continu ance of wet weather, and the farmers having stacked it before it was thoroughly dry, which has since rendered it necessary for them to take down the ricks, awl expose the sheaves to the sun and air. The following are the comparative returns of the produce in hectolitres per hectare in 1853 and 1854 : Rve.... Wheat, Oats.,., 1853. 17 . 40 19 - 20 4780 1854. . 33 15 • 3.1 . 42 00 AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Monday.—The Royal Mail Steam ;hip America, Capt. Lang, has just arrived from Boston and Halifax with advices from the former to the 30th ult., and the latter to the Ist inst.; 85 passengers and $527,690. NEW YORK, Aug. 29, —Advices from Washing ton state that the Government will take decisive meaiures to obtain the expulsion of the Eng lish from Cenral America, that being the ~ .an view of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. A new convention on the subject is suggested. The drought has produced forest fires in all 0 144 f the Union. The recent conflagration at Troy destroyed 304 houses; loss 1,000,600 dols. MAREETS.—The fall trade progresses but slow l Yl and a want of confidence continues. Several westell! banks have failed. Money generally 10 to 1? per cent. on commercial paper. Stocks vary bu t little from the report of Saturday last. Sterling Exchange in limited demand at 1081 t o Cotton is languid and declining. Flour has advanced 12c. ; but small sales and a small stock on hand. SOUTHAMPTON, Monday.—The United States mail steam-ship Union arrived this morning fro m New York, with dates to the 26th ult., being on e day later than those received per Hansa. There is little additional news. Captain Hollins, of the United States sloop-ef war Cyane, had been arrested at New York for de stroying the property of Mr. Dinand, at Greytown, during the bombardment. Money as before. Stocks were much agitated. Exchange, 1 09 i ° 1091. Flour advanced. Cotton dull, and declined i• DRURY-LANE.—On Saturday night the Lady of LYS I3 was to have been performed for tho benefit of •03-1.• Stammers ; but a written notice was posted on the doors of the theatre; stating that in consequence of the absence of Mr. Barry Sullivan, who was to have played Claude IVlelnotte, the lessee had resolved not to open the house,• This announcement appeared to create a great deal of o N o nir r disappointment. Mn. s CARPET BAG.—After weeks this talented gentlema n leavnemseanßtsr.taigmy °fe hrt.oNnvnoederxialilt t w hi week, to k o , ug a d and dy so,dwe ifgoadvise w tedewciat t hose who have not paid him v can the a assure them that they will be is so pleasing and insinuating in his manners, so full of drollery and ready wit, and he imparts such a raci ness to his characters, th a t even th e risible faculties of the graver portions of his audience are called into play' whilst to the young he is irresistible. The last perform ance is on Tuesday evening next. On Saturday Mr' Woodin gave his last morning entertainment. A DELICATE INQUIRY.—We understand that at a petty sessions, to be held on the border of the north riding next week, an affiliation case will come on for hearing, in which the applicant is a young lady of good family and the defendant is a priest of the RornaondCual; tholic Church. It is stated that a counsel from Ln is coming down on a special retainer for the defendant. —Yorkshire fiazette. IMPORTANT TO YOUNG SURGEONS. —Acting Assistant- Surgeons are now admitted into the army for temporary service. Their qualifications must be a diploma of o d ne of the recognised Colleges of Surgeons, or somebody legally authorised to grant degrees or lice nses to prae: tise. They have the same pay and allowance as Staff Assistant-Surgeons, namely, 7s. a day pay, and allow ances of an equal value. They have no claim after ceas ing to be employed to half-pay, but will have a gratuity of two months' full pay from the time their services are dispensed with. If they have all the qualification' re quired, they will be favourably considered for permanent appointments, as Staff or Regimental Assistant -Sur geons. They will be principally employed in Great Britain.—Medical Times and Gazette. The Danish railway from Tonningen to Flensburg, which crosses the Duchy of Sleswick in its whole width, • and connects the Northern Sea with the Baltic, has just been terminated, On the 27th ult. the first train passed between these two towns, Mr. Peto, M.P., the con tractor of the line, being amongst the persons brought by it. A salvo of artillery was fired at Flensburg in honour of the occasion, and the church bells were rung for two hours. In the evening the houses of the principal in. habitants were illuminated. A RUSSIAN PRIZE. —Emizrzus, Sept. 4.—The The rale schooner, of Blakenass, Loreutseo, which was takes into Memel 27th June, a prize to the bdtith, arrifig time roach, last sights SIR JAMES GRAHAM AT LIVERPOOL, LIVERPOOL, Saturday —Last evening the Right Hon. Sir J. Graham (First Lord of the Admiralty), his son, and Mr. Rendal, C.E., arrived at the Ade!phi Hotel, where they remained for the night. Shortly after their arrival they were visited by the Mayor, J. B. Lloyd. Esq , who accompanied them over the whole of St. George's hall, with the interior arrangements of which, and architectural beauties there displayed, they were much pleased. Sir James Graham spoke in terms of admiration of the splendid marble statue of the late Sir R. Peel, executed by Noble, and which has recently been placed in the spot assigned for it. Upon de invitation of Messrs. M'lver, proprietors of the British and North American Royal mail steamers, the right. hon. baronet embarked in the tender Satelite, accompanied by Charles M'lver, Esq., and visited the Royal mail steam-ship Arabia, which was just on the point of starting for New York ; they also went to the Birkenhead Docks, Huskisson Dock, the Rock Light house, and Fort, and the various other places of interest situated in the river. They also, in company with the Mayor, visited the Albert Dock warehouses, and this forenoon took their departure for Holyhead, to inspect 1 the new harbour of refuge there. Their visit was a pri vate one. POOR-LAW GUARDIANS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIB,--When an abuse or neglect in any public officer occurs we naturally look to the public press for redress. I trust, therefore, you will, in justice to the numerous poor of the parish of Tiverton, allow me to notice through your columns that this parish, containing a population of upwards of 12,000 inhabitants, and ex tending over 17,000 acres of land, being the third of the whole union, where a large lace manufactory is carried on, is, and has been for several months past, without a single guardian, the poor-law board having dismissed all the four guardians elected in March last, through an imperfect nomination of one of them ; consequently, the directions sent down by the Board of Health to the guar dians of Tiverton as to cleansing its numerous and crowded courts at this fearful time of cholera, remains a dead letter, Apologising for this intrusion,—l am, Sir, yours obediently, AN INHABITANT OF TIVERTON. The Duke of Newcastle, Minister and Secretary of State for War, arrived in Portman-square, on Saturday at five p.m., from Dover, where his grace landed at a late hour the preceding evening from the Vivid, Government steamer, which conveyed his grace from Boulogne, where he had accompanied Prince Albert in his official capacity to the Camp of St. Omer. The nolde duke, if his various ministerial duties will permit, is expected shortly to leave London for Clurnber Park, Notts. The Duke of Cleveland is at present entertaining a select party of fashionable people at his Grace's shoot ing -box in the county of Durham. His Excellency the Portuguese Minister, the Count Lavradio, returned to the legation, in Gloucester-place, on Saturday, from attending on the youthful Don Pedro, King of Portugal. The Marquis of Lansdowne shortly leaves Bowood Park, Wilts, on a tour of visits. Mr. Disraeli is about to sojourn some time at Haldon House and Torquay as the guest of Mr. Lawrence Palk, M.P. for South Devon. DEATH OF MAJOR GRACEL—The Temasvar Gazette reports that Major Grach, the Prussian artillerist who was with Musa, Paella throughout his defence of Silts tria has died of ch o l era . LIEUT. PERRY'S DEFENCE AND TESTIMONIAL FUND. —Since Saturday morning Mr. Bedborough, the Mayor of Windsor, has received an additional hundred pound-4 from various sources, which has increased the total of subscriptions to above six hundred pounds. The Postmaster-General has given notice to the coun try postmasters, that hencefocward they will be entrusted with the appointment of their own clerks, and that they will in future be held responsible for the efficiency and honesty of those clerk.. They may require what secu rity bonds they please from the clerks they appoint. The Postmaster -General retains the power of dismissing provincial Post -office clerks. The Royal West India Mail Packet Company are in troducing the practice of victualling their own ships, instead of allowing the commanders to do it. A Lon don provision house has got a contract from the com pany to supply many of the royal mail steamers. THE BRAZILIAN MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY. —The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Thames, Capt. Strutt, left this port yesterday with the usual monthly Brazilian and River Plate mails. She had on board 67 passengers, amongst whom are the admiral of the Bra zilian port (Johnstone), his secretary, and flag-lieutenant, Owing to the Mindello steam-ship, which conveys the King of Portugal home, leaving Cowes this day, it has been arranged that the Thames shall form an escort to that vessel as far as Lisbon.—Sunday The United States mail-ship Hermann arrived this morning, en route from Bremen for New York. She will leave for the latter place on Wednesday. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION.—Yesterday (Sunday) a sermon in aid of the funds of the Hospital for Consump tion at Brompton, was delivered at Trinity Church, West Cowes by the Rev. E. B. Allen, BA., chaplain to the institution, from Romans, 12th chapter, 4th and sth verses. The reverend gentl eman warmly advocated the peculiar claims of the charity, and at the conclusion of divine service a very liberal collection was made in its behalf. THE INDIAN QUEEN.—The advices from Pernambuco, per Bahiana, announce the arrival at that port on the 7th August of the Black Ball clipper Indian Queen, from Port Philip for Liverpool, for refreshments ; which having obtained she sailed for Liverpool on the 10th ult., so that her arrival may be daily looked for. She had on board 130 passengers, 90,000 ounces of gold (value 360,0001.), and a large cargo of wool, &c. Captain Mill appears to have been very unfortunate in his wea ther; having in his outward passage been delayed for several days in the Channel by heavy gales, but made the passage to Melbourne in 92 days, beating every ship either from Liverpool or London that had sailed previously ; and there is little doubt she will turn up hero earlier than several ships which left Melbourne before her for English ports. The present easterly winds tell against her. AN EXAUPLE FOR IRISTI LANDLORDS.—A circular has been handed to us from the Commissioners of Educa tion, offerinrg to the industrious tenants on their estate four prenfirons of one pound each for the cleanest and best cropped farm, and two of 104. each for the best acre ' of flax, tb e most perfect drains, the best acre of clover and grasf; seed, the best de ined manure stead, and the best parr:el of butter male on the farm. He of the coal- Retitors who comes off second best is to have a propor tionate sum allowed to him. —Angio•Oelt. BREAD RIOT IN BP.LTS3ELS.—A disturbance, which was near becoming serious, took place at Brussels on Tuesday. A baker having sold to a female some bread short of weight, and refusing to make good the defi ciency, a mob collected, and after breaking the doors and windows of the baker's shop, laid hold of the baker, and were dragging him towards the river with the in tention of drowning him, when he was rescued and other the precautions, by the po li ce. It was a long time before the mob evening but t b h y e m p e u a b n ii s dis persed, and th ere were other symptoms of a disposition during v of t t t i l patrols was Ftcit again climturbeii.sr