The Sun. — London, England, 1854-09-30 00:00:00

from Cape Baba, with news to the 16th. The ope rations of the allied troops were continuing. The garrison of Sebastopol, soldiers and sailors, was estimated at 25,000 men. The road which goes from Cape Baba to Sebastopol is perfectly practi cable for the conveyance of artillery. Near Cape Baba the establishment of a place d'armes, pro visionally protected by gabions, has been com menced ; and hospitals and supplies are to be placed there. The vessels conveying the siege artillery arrived on the 16th in view of Buurliuk ; the troops would probably arrive at that place towards the 18th, and it was on that point that the siege artillery was to be embarked. The generals-in chief of the allied troops have agreed not to pub lish their first bulletin until they shall have arrived before the walls of Sebastopol. The roadstead in the neighbourhood of Cape Baba is excellent, and is sheltered from the north winds. English and French boats are already on the lake near Eupa toria." A letter from Varna of the 16th, in the Lloyd of Vienna, says :—" The fleet of transports has been arriving the whole of yesterday and to-day from the coast of the Crimea with interesting de tails of the promising commencement of the ex pedition. When, a portion of the division com manded by Prince Napoleon landed near Eupa toria, a Russian detachment attempted to prevent the allied troops from advancing ; but the latter immediately formed into columns and charged the enemy ; a part of the English division, under the command of General Brown, supported this ma noeuvre. But the Russians did not wait for their adversaries, and withdrew withoutaccepting battle. The troops then began to entrench themselves, and took up a fortified position on the lake south ofEu patoria. It was said that a landing would be effected at Balaklava and that then a combined attack would be made on Sebastopol. In orderto cut off all re sources from the Russian army in the Crimea, the allied troops will occupy in force both Kertch and Perekop. It is said that General Cathcart will be at the former and General Canrobert at the latter place. No attack has yet been directed against any other point of the Crimea and Bessarabia, and the Marshal confines himself to forcing the Russians to scatter their forces by causing detachments of the fleets to appear at the same time on differents points of the coast. Eight transports arrived here yester day to take on board the reserve of the expedition. Troops are daily arriving here from Bulgaria and Roumelia, which will form the garrison of this im portant place and reinforce the reserves. The re inforcements which arrive from France and England only stop here a few hours and then continue their route." TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 20.—The telegraph will already have apprised you of the successful landing of the British and French forces at Kalamita, on the coast of the Crimea. The great expedition has disembarked, after a most favourable passage. There is little of interest to report from Constan tinople to-day. M. Aristarchi, the logothete and ex-capou-kebaia of the Prince of Wallachia, arrived here on Sunday last, without the authorisation of the Ottoman Government. He presented himself at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but was refused admittance, and was ordered out of the country the following day. It will be remembered that this gentleman played a distinguished part at Constan tinople on the arrival of Prince Menschikoff, but was obliged to fly the country after much unsuc cessful intriguing. The British post-office at Constantinople is over whelmed with business, and there is a decided want of hands. Mr. Smith, the active postmaster general, has been ordered up to the Crimea, where no doubt both he and his junior official (Mr. Angell) will find plenty to do. In the meanwhile, the post-office at Constantinople remains in charge of one clerk. • THE PRINCIPALITIES. " Omer Pacha," says the Constitutionnel, " con tinues to reside in the town of Bucharest, round which he has concentrated from 70,000 to 80,000 men, by ordering there the garrisons of the fortified towns of the Danube. Another body of 26,000 men is going up the river, and is near Ibrail. This last town, as well as Galatz, is strongly occupied by the Rus sians, who have stopped their movement of re treat, alleging that the Austrians had promised not to allow the Turkish army to enter the Principalities ; but as these latter troops were in force, they could not uncover their strategical line, and abandon the strong position which they occupy in Moldavia, in face of an enemy who might take advantage of it to attack them. On the other hand, the different divisions of the Austrian army are also occupying Wallachia, so that there results for the belligerent parties a singular situation, the denouement of which is looked for with great anxiety and curiosity." We read in a letter from Bucharest of the 20th • —" The Imperial Commissary, Dervish Pacha, has been authorised by the Ottoman Porte to de mand, for the sake of the principle, the payment of the tribute due to the Porte, but to consent to any equitable arrangement. The Prussian Consul, M. Meroni, who was first of all destined fur Galatz, but was obliged, in consequence of disputes with Russian commanders, to go to Belgrade, has ar rived at Bucharest. All the priuo pal municipal officers in Wallachia have received orders to pub lish solemnly, and by beat of drum, the proclama tion of General Hess. The General arrived in this city to-day. He is to pass the troops of the Turkish camp in review." The Wanderer of Vienna states, from Jassy 15th, that accounts had just reached that place of two Austrian regiments of Hussars having an crossed the n frontier at Boshaneze d Pol titcheni. RUSSIA. According to information from St. Petersburg the intelligence of the allies having landed without the slightest loss, or even opposition, upon the Cri mean coast, first reached that place via Vienna, but was corroborated immediately after by direct telegraphic intelligence from Odessa. It is said to have created a profound sensation, and to have most painfully affected the Emperor, who was led to believe that ample means were provided along the whole coast to resist, or at all events to cause heavy losses to, the invading forces. His Imperial Ma jesty feels, and cannot avoid feeling, iu common with every other reasonable man, the immense moral and tactical advantage that accrues to the Allies by their having succeeded, without the loss of a man or boat, in this most difficult and hazar dous operation, which all Russia, and indeed all Europe, held to be impossible unless under im mense risks and sacrifices. It may be truly said, indeed, that if the landing at Bomarsund with "dry feet" (as graphically and tersely described by Sir Charles Napier) was extraordinary, the disem barkation of such an immense force without let or hindrance upon the supposed inaccessible coast of the Crimea appears almost fabulous. It stands alone, at all events, amidst the recorded incidents of military and naval operations, whether as regards civilised or barbarous nations. Whether the honour redounds exclusively to the skilful co mmanders —military and naval—who planned and carried out this really marvellous and im portant achievement, or whether a portion is to be ascribed to the craft and skill for stra tagem with which Prince Menschikoff is said to be gifted, has probably Wen proved ore this. But if so, it can only be proved by a decisive victory over, nay, a complete rout of the allied forces, and by their being either compelled to lay down their arms or to fly to their ships with the loss of all their materiel, and their honour to boot. FRA.NCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, FRIDAY, 6 P.M. Tho following private telegraphic despatch has been received here : _ _ ' BERLIN, 29th—Sr. PETERSBURG, 24th.-- According to a report addressed by Prince Meu schikoff to the Emperor, the enemy showed him self on the 13th before Eupatoria, and landed between that town and the village of liaptugai, under cover of the guns of the fleet, so that Prince Menschikoff did not think it prudent to attack them. In consequence Prince Menschikoff has concentrated his troops, who wait with impatience for the moment when they meet the enemy, and he has taken up an advantageous position. The inhabitants of the place where the allies landed have quitted tlu it homes. An ukase orders the emission of 6,009,000 of silver roubles in bank notes. The Emperor, accompanied by his aides-de camp and other officers of his household, went on Tuesday evening to witness the representation of the .Noces de Jeannette and the Barbierlde Seville, which took place in the large concert-room, which has been temporarily fitted up as a theatre. The Empress was not present, as she was to accompany the Emperor to the grand manoeuvres on the fol lowing morning. Yesterday their Majesties took an excursion on the water. The Camp of the South is, it is said, to be broken up on Ist November, but will, it is an nounced, be again formed in the spring. There is a long article in the Droit on the decree for the organisation of a new police in Paris, in imitation of that of London. It approves highly of this measure, but expresses a fear that the great element of success, respect for the agents of the law ; will be still wanting. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLI(ENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. Tho sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 8,000 bales, including 2,0.00 taken for export and on speculation. The market was steady at full prices, rather in favour of sellers. Railway shares were dull, and heavy at lower prices. The crop of cotton in the United States for the year ended the 31st August last is now ascertained to have been 2,930,029 bales. In a report of the 16th inst., by Messrs. T. J. Stewart and Co., we regret to find it stated that the Cotton Brokers' Association has been dissolved. The writers in form us that— " There has been but little activity in the market for the past fortnight, the sales at times being so light that reports of transactions became useless. On Tuesday and Wednesday of the present week we received advices by the St. Louis, from Havre, and Niagara, from Liver pool, respectively, three days later, the latter being to afternoon of 2d inst., advising an advance of id. in the week on the low and middling grades, whilst the better qualities were simply more marketable,—continued favourable accounts of the grain and root crops, and an easier money market. These caused a small speculative demand here, as we have recently had sufficient rain at the North to enable the mills to run, and with our small stock and the light additions we shall be receiving during this month the chances would favour an advance irrespective of any export demand. The sales for the first week under review were 2,500 bales, and of the pre sent, up to last evening, 3,400. Sufficient has been taken off the market to enable us to quote it to ge. higher in the week. As the Cotton Brokers' Association has failed to attain the unity so desirable, it is dissolved. Hence. forth we will form our own quotations, adopting the standard samples as a guide, as experience has shown them to be fully up to the Liverpool standard, except in the grade of ordinary, which we shall raise. In the place of our usual tables we insert the crop of the year, which closed on 31st ult., to winch we refer. The ad- vices from the South continue almost uniformly of the most favourable character, the exceptions few for the great extent of country in the culture, and are entirely isolated cases. To this date the prospect exceeds those of the three preceding crops, and the arrivals at New Or leans are unusually large for the very low stage of the Mississippi. A severe hurricane on the Atlantic coast has injured the cities'of Charleston and Savannah, and the rice and sea island crops. We are without advices from the interior, but from the course of the storm pre sume there has been no injury to the upland crop." The changes which occurred in the financial posi tion of the Bank of England during the week to the 23d inst. were of no general importance. The amount to the credit of the Government was still increasing, but not in the ratio that it should do. It bears evidence, in fact, of the drain upon our resources. A further small decrease in the balances of private depositors, and an addition to the dis counts, exemplify the continuance of the demand for money. As to the specie it would have declined more but for the large arrivals almost counter balancing the exports. Compared with the pre vious week, the changes were as follow : Active circulation £19,296,250 Decrease 287,135 Bullion 13,228,886 Decrease 50,484 3,710,358 6,506 5,363,572 378,339 9,768,357 12,355 1,021,395 Rest Increase Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits • Decrease Seven-Day and other Bills Decrease Government Securities Other Securities Increase Notes unemployed Increase 2,180 10,996,955 15,487,091 133,659 7,293,480 144,055 The circulation of all the Banks in the United Kingdom during the four weeks to the 2d inst. shows, as compared with the previous month, the following changes :—Bank ofEngland, 20,046,6561., decrease 492,5131. ; private banks 3,485,0521., de crease 85,440/. ; Joint Stock Banks 2,853,9111., decrease 29,3321. Total in England 26,385,6191., total decrease in England 607,285/. ; Scotland 3,867,4411., decrease 95,1351; Ireland 5,577,4111., decrease 36,6561. Total—the United Kingdom, 35,830,471/. ; total decrease in the United King dom, 739,0761. There was a firm market again for bills on the principal foreign cities., and in some instances tho rates of exchange were higher. Paris, 90 days, 25 30 to 35 ; Amsterdam, 11 18 to 181 ; Ham burgh, 13 61 to 74 ; Frankfort, 11824, and Trieste 11 42 to 48. For gold to be shipped to the Continent there is no demand. Bar silver is at N. lid., Carolus dol- Lars are 6s. 4d. per ounce. Upon the probability of important discoveries in the interior of Australia, a subject commented upon at the British Association's Meeting this week, by the geologist to the expedition, a contemporary devoted to Colonial topics remarks " The most noticeable thing in the little South Austr alian news that has arrived, is that of a visit from a party of unknovi n natives from the interior. They are said to be superior to the miserable race which on the south and east coasts constitute the lowest type of humanity. The stranger natives crossed Lake Toirens at a shallow part, and reached a station on the north-west border. They had evidently no knowledge of Europeans or of the native tribes in the South Australian terri . . tory. They described their own country as abounding in game, grass, water, and trees, thus confirming the experience of the settlers, that the farther the interior is penetrated the richer the country becomes, in place of the desert which has been anticipated, and which may exist farther to the northward. Trifling as this incident may at first sight appear, we regard it as an important event to the colony. It ought to give an impulse to wards immediate discovery in this portion of Australia, and if water is plentiful there would be no great diffi culty in a well-provided party pushing right across the continent to the discoveries made by Leichhardt on the eastern side. There is a sad want of enterprise in this respect in all the Australian Governments. They will waste money by tens of thousands on useless objects close to the seat of Government, or in almost as useless official salaries, but they will give nothing to exploration, which, when it takes place, has to be promoted by private subscription. From the account given by these natives, there appears to be no reasonable doubt but that in the direction indicated a rich and valuable country is to be found, and could be reached without difficulty. The Government should pursue the inquiry. It is disgraceful to Englishmen that they should have colonised Australia more than 60 years since, and know little about the countr y be y ond the occupied strip on the sea-coast ; for, compared with the whole continent, it is nothing more than a strip." The exports of specie from London direct during the week to Thursday last comprised 338,208 ounces of silver and 390 ounces of gold, all to Ger many and France. In the Funds there is but little animation again, and prices are lower. Consols have been 941 to 951 for transfer, and 05k to for account—money stock being plentiful. The premium upon Exche quer Bills has been ss. to Bs., ' and upon India Bonds Os. Foreign Stocks aro dull. Russian 4i per Cents. have been dealt in at 88, and Dutch 2i per Cents. at 61 to The Turkish Scrip is 21 to 3} prem., being firmer. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 51 to 6/ ; Mexican, 24i to 241 ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 98 to 100 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 87 to 89 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18k to 181 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 371 to 38 ; ditto Certificates, 5 to 5i ; ditto Passive, 4 to 44. For Railway Shares there is a drooping market, sales having been made at a decline of to 1 per cent. in London and North-Western, in Lanca shire and Yorkshire, j in Midland, and g- in Cale donian. Great Northern and Great Western have been tolerably steady. Foreign shares are also depressed. In Mines and Banks there is nothing doing. Crystal Palace are firm. Canada Government Debentures have been maintained. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (Prom the Oficial List.) Blviness done. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 95 4i 5A India Bonds. £lOOO . 9 Consols for Account 17th Oct. Exchequer Bills, 24d. £l000 Small 8 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St Ditto ih per Cent. Turkish Scrip Ditto for the Account 2i 3k Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i por Cent. 12 Gull TWO O'CLOCK. Cousols Ditto October Account 20 50 20 25 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1854 SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAJIWATe. 11losing Prices yesteritsy. Bnoineu done this day. ,Aberdeen 8 Ambg. Nottng Bost. and Eastn. Junct... 11 Belfast & Ballymena. 11 Birming. Wolverh. & Stour Va11ey...... ... 9i Birkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Junct 11 Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 9 Do., £2O 0 Blyth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) 0 Bristol and Exeter 0 Caledonian . s. Catmarthen and Car diga,n [1 Chester & Holyhead a Cork and Bandon 1 Cork, Black, & Pass 4 Cornwall Crieff Junction 5 Dublin&BelfastJunc 20 1 10 1 50 4 25 all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction 25 all Do. New...... St. 100 East Anglian 20 all Eastern Counties St. 100 Eastern Union, A Stock . AX De., B. Stock 86 Do., New 10 East Lancashire )0 Edinburgh& Glasgow 9 ,Edinb. and Peebles )0 Edin.Prtb & Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June. )0 Glasgow &S. Western 10 Great Northern 0 Do., A. Stock 10 Do., B. Stock 10 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) 10 Great Western 10 Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk al Irish South-Eastern 11 Lancaster & Carlisle ,4i Do., Thirds 4 Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorksli 96 Do., Fifths Wet. Riding Un ill Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt al London & Blackwal. )0 Lond. Bright & S.Cst. )0 Lond. and N. Westn. l 2 Do. Fifths 1 D0.101.5h.,M&8...( 2. Do. Eighths London and S. Westn. Do., .£5O 4 Do., £4O Lnndrry&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. J Manch.Shef.& Linda 44 Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland Do. Birmng. & Derby ,Midld.G. West.(lre.) Do. Half Shares .1 Newcastle & Carlisle Newmkt.BuryExten Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk 36 Northn.Connties Un 10 North British al North Devon, No. 1, al Do., No. 2 .11 Do., A Deferred .11 Do., B Guaranteed 10 N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension .3 Do.do. G.N.E. Parch. al Do. Leeds ........ 10 Do. York al North London 8) Do. New XlO lr N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn 7} North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton 4 Portsmouth Scottish Central . Scottish Midland 11 ihrewsby. & Plerefd. Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& paid up at per cca: South Devon South Eastern J South Wales ,5 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 5 Do 8 itaines, Wok &Wol: li -tockton & Dunn: . .tockton d; ilartlepi fair Vale Do. .£lO shares Do. Pref., No. 1 [lames Haven Doeli and 1.1.61 way I Vale of Neath .1 Waterfd. & Rilkennc 11 Waterford&Limerkk .6 West Cornwall ..1 3 West End of Lin dou and Crystal Palace.. 11 West Loudon .s. Wirnbledn &Croydoi St. I I 14 I 1 . 20 a] 2011: St: 1100 50 42, 40 34 25 all 25 all St. 100 812 s 4 St. 100 St. 100 50 all 25 22 100 all 50 s 20 all FOR bIGN 611 Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graissossac !s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip Central of Italy 611 Demerara .4 Dijon and Besancon 9 Dutch Rhenish 611 Eastern of France 10 Do. New 611 East Indian 2 Do. Extension 611 Do. 4i p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible 11 Do. do. do., '59, de .0 Gd. Janet. of France 0 Gd. Tk of Canada.A. is. Do. do 201 1 20 2i 17il 20 20 I 11 20 al 100 al 20 11 25 11 23 al 25 al Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. 100 all Do. Cert. of Dcben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. .0 Gt. Central of France 11 Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. New 5 per cent. Gt. Western of Canada Shares ..... 00 a, 20 1( 5 al 100 I a] dl Do. Bds., payablo's7, with option till '55 dl Do. do., '62, p. '56 al Do. do., '76, p. '6O al Do. do., '73, without option ill Hamilton & Toronto ill Do. 6 per cent. 8 Lake Coust. & Basle ill Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. 100 a 1 100 al 100 al pref .0 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares .11 Do. Obligations Lyons and Geneva L 2 Lyons dr Mediterran L 6 Madras Do. New I 1 Maria Antonia 11 Do. do. Now 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry .11 Namur & Liege (with interest) .11 Do. (ex interest) 11 Northern of France .11 D 0.2 0 /. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 33 p. c. & red. at 224/. dur% 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 11 Do. 201. 3 p. c (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.) .11 NorwegianPrunkPref A Paris and Lyons .11 Ditto Bonds .11 Paris and Orleans 11 Paris and Rouen .0 ParisCaen &Cherbrg " .11 Rouen and Havre .5 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish .11 Sambre and Meuse_ dl Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. .0 Southern of France .4 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) dl West Flanders dl Do 5.i per c. Prof._ .0 Western of France_ 6 West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden O !Zealand JOINT-S Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 611 British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 15 Colonial !O Commercial of Lond L 4 English Scottish andi Australian Lll Lond. Chart. Bk. o 1 Australia !CI London and County O London Joint Stock 10 Land. & Westminster 15 National Provincial of England 0 Do. New !26 National of Ireland ‘ll New South Wales dl Oriental Bank of Corporation M Provincial of Ireland :11 Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co , 11 South Australia 11 Union of Australia 2i Do. 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Bedford and Mete]]ley Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc.- B. Lincoln gr• 6 per cent. , Glas. Barr. k Neils. Direct' 1 Do. New 1 Glstr.& Dn. Fr LI Ifrtlpl. Dk. & Railway 11 Hull & Selby 11 Do. Shares. 11 Do. 4 Shares. ill Lon.&Greenw 11 Do. Preference 11 Lon., Til., &S. 1 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. 3fanch. Batn. and Matlock 50 I all Middloebro' & Redcar. Xll Midld.Bradfd 11 Northern and Eastern 5p . c ' 11 Do. 6 per ct. 11 Do. Fixeds p 11 IPrest. & Wyre 20' al 10 al St. 10( 100 I a] 50 a] 50 a] 50 a] 25 al 1211 al St. 10 11 Do. Shares. Etoystn.Zalit. LB3 Shef. Roth ay d Goole g. 5 p.c. 9 S. Staffordsh. ►ll Wear Valleygr 6 per cent ►ll Do Wilte&Somrst 25 I 11 251, St. 1 1.1 Clostns Prim yesterday. 95 - 100 98 - 100 139 - 141 ii = ie 100 -- 102 50 -- 61 25 -- 25/ 12i -- 131 23 -- 24 llf -- 111 21— 2ixdl ••• ....... ••• 92 -- 94 5: 60 iis = iii ii —lid •. • - •• • 3Q - 31 g - 96 Business this day. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. Our market has been heavily supplied to-day. The demand, however, is steady, as follows : FIMIT.—Pine apples, English, 3s Gil to Gs per lb; apricots, is to 2s Od per doz. ; hot-house grapes, 2s 6d to 4s per lb ; English ditto, 6d to is Gd ; melons, is oa to 3s each peaches, is Gd to Gs ; nectarines, ls 6(1 to 5s per dozen ; apples, 2s Od to 4s Od per bushel ; pears, 2s 0(1 to 4s Od per half sieve; Orleans plums and green gages Is to is 6d per punnet ; ditto, 2s to 3s 6d, and common plums, 2s 0 i to 3s 6d per half sieve; cherries, Gd to is per pound ; ; lemons, is to is Gil ; oranges, 13s to 20s per 100; filberts, 70s to 80s per .100Ibs ; cobnuts, 12s per bushel ; almonds, 2s to 3s per lb. ; walnuts, Gd to 10(1 per 100.; figs, is 3(1 to 2s Gd per doz. VEGETABLES.—Cabbages ' Gd to is Od per d ozen ; greens. is 6d to 2s per d ozen bunches ; French beans, is 6 1 to 2s 9.1 per half sieve ; cauliflowers, is Od to 3 s p er d oz. ; potatoes, 50s to 100 s perton; vegetable marrow, 6d to is each; peas, is 6d to 3s Od per bush.; broad beans, 9d to is per half sieve ; turnips, 2d to 4d per bunch ; carrots, 4d to 5d per bunch ; cucumbers, ld to 4d each ; garlic, is 6,1 to 2s Od per pcund ; spinach, is 6d to 2s Od per sieve ; onions, 2d to 4d per bunch ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s per doz. ; leeks, 2d to 3d per bunch ; shallots, Gd to Od horse-raddish, 3s Od to 6s 0,1 per bundle ; parsley, 2d to 3d per bunch ; celery, 10d to is 3d per bundle endive, 2s to 3s Od per score ; beet, 2d to 3d each ; parsnips, is Od to 2s Od per dozen ; small salad, 2ti to 3d per punnet ; mushrooms, 2s Od to 3s per pottle ; artichokes, 3s to 5s per doz. ; cabbage lettuces, 6d to Os 9d per score ; sorrel, Gd to is per half sieve ; radishes Gd to 8d per dozen hands ' • tomatoes, 4s Od to Gs per half sieve ; chillies, Is to is Gd per 100. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkey poults, 3s Gd to Gs 6,1 ; Geese, As Od to 9s Od each; Ducks, 4s to Gs per couple; tame Rabbits, 10d to Is 6d ; wild do., is to is Gd each; Pigeons, 6s to 9s per doz. ; large Surrey Fowls, lOs Od to 128 Od ; middling, 6s Od to 8s Od ; Chickens, 3s Gd to 6s Od; Essex Fowls, 45 Od to Gs Od per couple ; grouse, 3s 6d to 6s Od per couple ; Leverets, 3s Od to 4s each. Ostend fresh butter, lOs 6d to 12s Od, and English 115 6d to 14s Od per dozen lbs. Engish Eggs, Is 3d to 8s 6d; French ditto, 5s 6d to 7s Od per 120. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 3s Od to 14s ; Brills, 2s to 6s Od each; Salmon Is to is 2d per lb; Cod Fish, 2s to 7s 6d each ; Soles, 6d to is 9d per pair; Eels, 8d to 1801 per lb; Lobsters, 8d to 2s 6d ; Crabs, 8d to 2s Od ; Whitings, 3s Gd to 9s per doz.; Common Oysters, 10s to 15s ; Natives, 40s to 523 per bsh; Mackerel, Od to Od each ; Smelts, is 6d to 2s per doz.; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon; Bloaters, is 6d to 2s Od per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 9d to is Gd per . doz. ; Scotch do., Gd to ls. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Bid to 90; of household ditto, 7d to 8d per 41b loaf. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; veal, 3s 2d to 4s 2d; pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d por Blbs. by the carcase. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; pork, 3e 8d to 5s Od per Blbs. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 34d to Od; 641 b to 721 b, 34d to 3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 3id to 3id ; 801 b to 881 b, 4d to Od ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 4id ; 961 b to 1041 b, 4id to Od ; 104 P) to 1121 b Od to Od. Horse hides, Cs 6d to Os Od; calf skins, tight, 2s Od to 3s Od; ditto, full, Cs Od to Os Od; polled sheep, 3s 10d to 4s 6d ; Kents, 3s 4d to 3,310 d ; Half-breds, 3s 4d tu 3s 10d ; Downs, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; Lambs, 2s 9d to 4s 6d. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 12s to 41 10x ; clover ditto, 31 lOs to 61 Os ; and straw, 118 s to 1/ 14s per load. A full average supply and a sluggish demand. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 21 12s to 41 17s ; clover litto, 3/ Os to 51 18s; and straw, 11 lOs to 1116 s per load. Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations. Wlirr&OHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 14s to 41 12s; clover ditto, 31 Os to 6' 03 ; and straw, 118 s to 1114 s per load. Trade dull, at barely stationary prices. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( From the London New Price Current of yesterday.) SUGAE.—A further increase has taken place in the home trade demand for Colonial, the market having been sparingly supplied, and prices have ruled firmer for all descriptions. Of duty paid Foreign a less quantity has been brought forward, and buyers extending their opera tions, and in some cases stiffer rates are obtained. Float ing cargoes are wanted for all purposes, and there are ❑ow few sellers at previous terms, supply being less than previously. Since the year commenced, imports of all sorts to this port have been 199,400 tons, against 157,900 ; deliveries are for home consumption 150,600, and last sea. s ga 138,900 ; for exportation 9,000, and in the former year 14,000; stocks comprise 90,000, against 65,000 tons. 211Aunims.—All sorts have been operated in with in creased freedom, and previous terms are well supported, indeed in some cases there is a small advance. Stock femora than in the former year by 2,900 tons. EAST INDlA.—There is a decrease in stock of Bengal compared with this date last year of 3,300 tons. White Benares is still in scanty supply, and being much required, rates are on the advance, ruling for low to mid at 38s 6d to 395, and good fine 40s to 42e. FOREIGIL—A. further decrease has taken place in supply of duty paid parcels, and demand increasing previous prices have been fully supported for all sorts. REFINED.—There are still ready buyers of home made goods, and supply being limited, the market is in a firm position, especially for lower qualities. MOLASSES.—SeveraI transactions have taken place, and is less than previously. COFFEE.—The rates obtained for Native Ceylon have been 448 6(1 to 45s 6,1 for low to real good ord, but pur chases have been on a small scale for all purposes. Supply decreased of Plantation; and shippers, as well as home dealers, being more disposed to operate, prices have been well supported for all qualities. PEPPER.—BIack continues to meet a steady current de mand at fully its former value, and 2SO bags good clean rather brownish Penang in auction sold at 4ad to -lid per lb. In white little done. Pod •?:is to 30s. Cayenne with out alteration-34d to 6d. The stock at this time last year was below an average, and it is now even less than at that period. Rms.—Excepting a slight intermission obtaining at the close of the market, the demand has been exceedingly ac tive throughout the week, and fully 2,600 tons, or 35,000 bags have changed hands. The deliveries for export have been remarkably large, and the home deliveries have been active also. In all there were taken 1,910 tons from the warehouses last week, which reduced the late excessive stock to within 1,400 tons of last year's at this time. CGCOA.—West India remains in limited supply and there being several buyers prices have been fully supported for all sorts. TEA.—The accounts from China have induced the trade and speculators to extend their operations, and produced greater confidence on the part of merchants. A consider. able business has been concluded in Congou at an advance low to good ord selling at lOid to 11Id, rather blackish to blackish leaf 110 to is 3id, and strong to Pekoe sorts is 4d to 2s 3d. The 'liver kinds bays been most in request. Several parcels of Ponchong have been sold at Bid to 10d. A. good business has been concluded in Souchong, and the currency rules firm, ord at lld to ls, fair to good 13 id to is 9d, and fine is 10,1 to 2s sd. In oolong sales have been larger, from is to 2s 4d. Stock of tea is still far greater than in the previous year, but rates rule moderate and consumption is favourable. SALTPETRE.—HoIders have more confidence, and none was submitted to public sale up to Thursday. Buyers have operated more freely, and the private operations extend to 10,000 bags Calcutta, the latest terms obtained being, for fine 26s Gd to 27s Gd, and other qualities 23s to 265. Rum AND BRANDY.—The demand for Jamaica rum has been even greater than previously both for shipping and home consumption ; prices have also advanced. Brandy sells freely, and the market is in a firm position, stock being still on the decrease. Prices rule for Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1851 at 10s 7d to 10s 9d, 1850 ditto 103 8,1 to 103 10d, older 10s 9d to lls, and low to mid 7s to lOs 4d. Oms.--Linseod Oil continued in good demand at 34s to 348 3d until Tuesday, when the inquiry slackened, and sales were made at 33s 9d, since which it has again rallied, and at Ms there was a steady demand at the close of the market yesterday. Rape oil continues in favour and prices have further advanced, 45s paid for brown, and 47s for re fined on the spot. For delivery, however, the market is not so so stiff, and may generally be quoted about Gd under the transactions on the spot. The only feature in Fish oils will be the public sales of to-day. In Southern, sperm, and cod oils there has not been anything of import ance done, but the currency is firm. Cocoa nut has in one instance been offered at 471. for Ceylon cash, but the ge neral course of the market with that exception has been steady at 49s 6d for Ceylon, 50s Cochin butts, and 50s 6d for hogsheads. Palm has not engaged attention, but we do not hear of any alteration. Gingelly and ground not will be offered in auction to-day. TALLOW.—This market has again been inactive. The usual Petersburg mail on Saturday brings advices of 47,000 eks sent forward, against 68,000 to date last year, war as on previous occasions made the cause for de premien, and from Saturday till Wednesday, what sales were made were forced, prices dropping to 62s for the last three months, and 62s 9d to 63s for new on the spot. On Thusday the market, as wont of late, recovered 6d on the spot to is forward, viz. 63s 6d for new on the spot, and 63s for the last three months; and i t isnot improbable that prices will close to-day at about the same rate as on Friday last. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE LOUGHBOROUGH STATION MASTER.—Mr. John Carr, of Loughborough, who has oocupied the situation of station master ever since the opening of the Midland Railway, whilst at Leicester, on Thursday, and in the act, we hear, of crossing the Market-place, in company with a relative, was seized with apoplexy. Medical aid was obtained, and he was conveyed home by train, but paralysis supervened, and without returning consciousness, he lingered until about one o'clock ou Saturday morning, when death ensued. We understand he has left a widow and nine children to mourn their loss, which will be the greater, as with seven of the chil dren she is left wholly unprovided for. We are glad to learn, however, that already a subscription list has been opened in order that the benevolent public may have an opportunity of lessening the sufferings of these unfortu nate ones.—The deceased was highly respected in his situation.—Nottingham Review. EDINBURGH CASTLE.—Considerable alterations have for some time past been going on here. Part of the old Armoury has been converted into storehouses and maga zines for gunpowder ; a large outhouse has been erected close to the screen-wall of the westera area behind the New Barracks, which, it is understood, will be used for cooking purposes by the whole garrison. A stone portico has been erected over each of the ascending back entries from the west, which will have the effect of making quarters there more comfortable, by destroying the cold currents so much complained of in easterly winds. The heavy barricade at the Esplanade entrance, which con sisted of indented tarred logs of timber, is in progress of demolition. GOOD NEWS FOR DONKEYS.—For the last few days the country round about Brackelp, in Northamptonshire, has been whitened by a continual shower of thistle down, blown by the breeze from the park of the Hon. Philip Sydney Pierrepont, which adjoins that town, and whisk it asp is Welted tke weed refund to, St. 11 St. 11 St. 11 Leasing Compass, London & N. West. L &N. W. Caledon... at.Nrthn. Do Gt. West), Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &NM,I ID° 'S. Eastern Do Pete & Co 'Norfolk.. L.& N. W. & Midid. Stckton & Darlittgt. Midland.. F. Count Do Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do Gt North') Lancash& Yorksh. Nl.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt D 0......... IntWestu. 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BOULOGNE, Sept. 28.—The sham-fight which ha been so long looked forward to took place yester day, and far exceeded the highest expectations o what it would be. From 60,000 to 65,000 met were present, and, although greater musters have been seen for purposes short of actual warfare, pro• bably on no former occasion have such large num bers of soldiers been connected with so faithful and close a representation of a real battle. In every respect but the sad scene of the dead and the dying the spectacle was complete. A broad distinction must be drawn between this sham-fight and the one which took place the other day at Marquise. That viasa lon g a d vance in the face of an enemy, accom panied, indeed, by a considerable expenditure of gunpowder—but of which the rapidly-executed mancenvres were the chief feature. Yesterday, on the contrary, the spectacle exhibited was a regular pitched b a t t l e, with upwards of 30,000 men on either side, an d the shock et arms such as takes place when d ec i s i ve vict ories —those which deter mine the fate of nations —are contended for. A general may have his position turned by a dexte rous movement of hi s a d versary, and be placed at a great disadvantage thereby; but the large to o es i t i i i l i t n s dependent upon t h e fortunes of war below, who conquers on a well-fought field. The repre sentation of a pit c h e d b attle, therefore, is the grandest of military spectacles, just as its real enactment is the most terrible If what is here related of yesterday's sham-fight does not preserve all the proprieties of the subject, it is due to the number of different ways in which an event may be regarded. Even the fact that it assembled to gether and collected in one view the whole Army of the North is not without its interest ; that army mustered upon the frontiers of France for enter prises which the future still dimly foreshadows. How many reflections does such a fact suggest ? Who can tell where the 60,000 actors in the bloodless strife of yesterday may next close their serried ranks iu combat ; and what the strife, its prizes and its sacrifices, may be ? Another consideration which may not be withheld from this spectacle is that which is due to the presence of the Empress. Young and handsome, well mounted, too, on her d applegray An dalusian palfrey, with herpicturesque Spanish riding hat, set off by a snow white plume that danced and fluttered as she rode—who could see without emotion this last and most graceful accession to the sovereign families of Europe watch ing, for the first time, how the soldiers fight who put her husband upon the throne of France ? Per haps the presence of old Prince Jerome should also be mentioned. He did pot arrive until the sham fight was half over, but his being there at all con stitutes a portioa of the historic interest which the event may, without, exaggeration, be considered to possess. The district of country between Escceuilles and Desvres has hitherto been indicated as that where the sham-fight would probably take place, but it is too much enclosed to admit of any extensive field operations, and the locality actually chosen by the Emperor proved to be far better adapted for that purpose. It is situated on the road from Desvres to St. Omer, by Courtraux and Senbecques, and is one of those wide, undulating expanses of stubble and ploughed land which seem carefully kept open on the Contineht that battles may be fought on them. The troops coming from the four coast camps set out for the place of rendezvous on Tues day, but did not march beyond the eastern verge of the Foret de Boulogne, where, in a long line stretched out en both sides of the Desvres high way, they bivouacked for the night. The posi tion they thus occupied was one of considerable strength, for they had a valley in front and the wood behind for shelter, in case of need. The artillery and Chasseurs were in front, and pickets thrown out as in actual service. There was nothing very worthy of remark in this mode of bivouacking as compared with that of our own army, except, of course, the use of the Arab tent, which has already been frequently de scribed. It may, perhaps, however, be mentioned that in picketting the horses there are some modifi cations of the English practice ; one is to stretch the rope to which they are tied on the level of the ground, so that there is no tendency to stumble over it in the dark and kick ; another, but more objeptionable novelty, is the plan of tying horses bead-to-head on each side of the rope. How the troops came from Helfaut, or where they bivou acked on Tuesday night, we are not able to state, but yesterday, at half-past 11 o'clock, they had reached the eastern side of the open ground near Courtraux. There they were joined by the bat talions from Equihem, a portion of the St. Omer cavalry force going over to the battalions from the three camps on the western side. Thus the army became divided into two opposing hosts, each shel tered from the other by the lay of the ground, and not very unequal in point of numbers. On the cast of the proposed battle-field were the troops of Equihem and lielfitut, with their proper comple ment of artillery and cavalry, under the command of General Schramm ; on the west, those of Hon vault, Wimereux, and Ainbleteuse, with artillery and cavalry, led on by the Emperor in person. The weather was superb—not a cloud in the sky, and yet a pleasant coolness abroad which helped to keep the soldiers fresh. They were all in light marching order, having left their tent poles behind them. The Emperor reached the ground about 10 o'clock; the first hour and a half was spent by him in seeing that the troops on both sides were pro- I perly placed. Shortly before 12 o'clock the Empress arrived at Courtraux, and, mounting on horse back, was conducted at once by the Emperor to the ! spot where the fight was to commence. A valley, open to the eye in every point, yet finely undulated and crowned by low heights, behind which the more advanced battalions of the Emperor's coin nand lay concealed, separated the two armies. The position and arrangements of each indicated that it was aware of the immediate presence of the other, and that a battle was imminent ; but Schramm's corps was exposed to view, as, in fine order, it formed line and threw out skirmishers on the eastern slope. Gradually, and as if feeling their way, the leading battalions of the Emperor's army showed themselves upon the edge of their side of the valley, and then the firing commenced by a I dropping fire on Schramm's side. This had not continued long when the front rank of the Einpe roes troops opened, and a regiment of Hussars rushing through made a rapid advance upon the enemy's centre, throwing out skirmishers. It was a movement very imposingly executed, but horse and rider wore soon compelled to beat a precipitate retreat, and Schramm, emboldened by his first suc cess, moved up to a closer attack. The Emperor now brought forward his artillery, first on the heights to the right of his position, then at the centre, and last of all to the left. He also a. , 1- vanced his foremost battalions, and skilfully avail- . ing himself of some cover in doing so, brought a larger number of men to the front. A tremendous fusillade now raged along the lines on either side for some time, and the fronts wore rapidly ex tended by bodies of troops brought up from the rear. Some of Schramm's battalions, threatened by the Emperor's cavalry, once more formed square, and, being this time within close range of a batteryon the heights, must have been tremendously cut up by it. It was therefore necessary to throw out skirmishers and fall back, so that the attack upon the Emperor's strong position on the heights had been successfully resisted. He now began to advance his line, still extending it at the same time until it reached from one end of the open. apace to the other. The left wing gradually inclined further forward than the right ; the centre rested on the St. Omer road ; and the right was gradually thrown back, in order apparently to get round a projecting piece of woodland, from which Schramm could be assailed on his left flank. While this operation was in progress, a heavy musketry fire was kept up, especially along the centre, the opposing forces ex- I changing withering volleys at short distances. For- I tune appeared still to declare herself in favour of the Emperor, and his opponent was driven back still further upon his own side of the valley, whence he had advanced to attack the heights. Schramm had hitherto made little use of his artil lery, but it was now brought up to cover his backward movement. The Emperor's batteries replied, and on the right his reserves were brought forward further down into the valley, as if to sup port the movement which was in progress at the extreme verge of the wing in that direction. On the centre and left he appeared reluctant to forego his strong position on the heights, and, in conse quence, the direction of his front changed, the right wing being thrown considerably in advance ' of the left. Schramm's lines being withdrawn to a still greater distance on the St. Omer -road the battle now resolved itself into a demonstration of artillery—the mus k e t ry fi re ceasing, except up on the right, where there was some skirmishing. At this stage there was a good deal of mauouvring on both sides, the exact object of which no one seemed able to explain, but, finally, Schramm's left having been successfully assailed, a strong force was de tached from the Emperor's left to b drive him back on his right flank also. The consequence was a further backward movement into around splendidly adapted for cavalry operations, though, in this re spect, there was no portion of the field of battle which could be considered unfavourable. Before, however, entering upon that par t of the display, the Emper or ma d e a short p a use —partly to rest the troops, but also to await the arrival of Prince Jerome, who, with a party of ladies, at this time came upon the field. When the fight was resumed a general advance was ordered, and the battalions of infantry, in dense columns, threw themselves across the valley which had hitherto been the scene of the contest. 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First, the batteries were brought up and poured their fire into the compact masses of squares ; and then, before " the war cloud" had swept away • horse and man were hurled like thunderbolts upon them. It was a wonderfully fine sight, and brought this great field day to a splendid finale. The foregoing details of the sham-fight at Desvres, if they serve no other purpose, will at least enable the reader to understand that, on this occasion, a perfect idea was given, if not of a real pitched battle, at least of the manner in which the French army, Ni Jaen such battles are fought, endeavours to bind victory to its eagles. First, there was the terrible display of infantry power in all its varied forms, in skirmishing, in forming line, in seeking shelter from fire or coming under it, in the firm advance, and in the square. Then the force of the artillery arm was shown, the distances at which it acts, and how it covers reverses on the one hand, and conceals movements on the other. Finally, there was the cavalry brought proudly forward and charging—that portion of an army which comes in with most effect, in real as well as sham-fights, at the close—which changes into rout, smashing and driving into irretrievable confusion the broken ranks of an enemy. Of the spectacle in which, during four hours, these different phases of the tion ca n b e formed by any battle -fi e ld were represen t e d , no a d equate concep t description. It is no t language, however well selected, to fill in upon the canvass of the mind so astonishi ng a picture. When the mere effects of the pageantry comprised in it are exhausted, other considerations remain behind. Such, for instance, are the impressions thus conveyed of military science as an element of power in human affairs. Undoubtedly, in this respect, the French army de serves the reputation which it enjoys, and it is no disparagement to the character of our own troops that we feel duly the might whi c h such an army carries along with it. At the close of th e s h am fight the Emperor and Empress, side by side, and foll owe d b y a immensea ste , -rode from battalion to battahion. n iT o nominally an inspecti on , it was i n reality a grace fulugh mode of enabli ng th e men to see her Ma and they appeared muc h gratified at the opportii jesty: nity for doing so. It was five o'clock before they began to march back to their encampments of the preceding night, but though they had had a fatiguing day of it, and bivouacking is not even is fine weather a brilliant prospect to look forward to, they sang merrily in bands as they went. In some respects, to see their dense columns moving along under the bright moonlight, and afterwards the long line of their watch fires fringing the Feat de Boulogne, was almost as striking as their most brilliant move ments in the field. It is confidently believed here that there were from 80,000 to 100,000 men engaged in the sham fight at Courtray, 50,000 at that near Marquise, and that the Emperor and Prince Albert reviewed 30,000 when they went to St. Omer. Now, the army of the North is chiefly concentrated in five camps, each containing about 10,000 men. That makes 50,000. Allowing that there are 10,000 more billetted in villages and towns, the whole in fantry does not exceed 60,000, and cavalry and artillery together will not make up another 10,000. The full strength of the army, therefore, may be set down at from 65,000 to 70,000, and, as a con siderable number of men remain behind on such occasions, it is tolerably clear that the estimates generally accepted here are very much over-stated. To-day and to-morrow are blank days, but on Saturday the grand parade for the distribution of decorations is expected to take place at the Napo leon column, and on Sunday, it is said, the Em peror and Empress return to Paris. LETTER FROM AN OFFICER IN THE TURKISH ARMY. - BUCHAREST, Sept. 18.—My dear Friend,—l have addressed one letter to you at Paris ; I now forward another to you at London. lam in ecstasies at the marvellous sagacity of the great diplomatists, who have devised this alliance with Austria, and at the cons°. quences to which it may lead. As I am no theorist, but a soldier, who has taken up ag ain his old trade of arms, I will only t rou bl e you w ith facts. Austria has called upon us to co-operate with it for the liberation of Wallachia ; the French and Eng hsh commander-in-chief have pressed us to aid this new ally. We force the passage of the Danube, we skirmish with the Russians, and we push onto Bucharest. We find and we maintain there order and tranquillity, devotion to the Sultan, eagerness to promote our work by force of arms ; and everything goes on as well as can be. The French and English start on their expe dition to the Crimea, and we prepare to march into Bes sarabia. On the 6th of September the Austrians arrived General Coronini declares that be wishes to re-establish order—which he found re-established ; to bring back jus tice, by the recall of Prince Stirbey and M. Johannidee, who despised and outraged it ; and to confirm the pri vileges and prerogatives of the Wallachians, by instal ling Prince Stirbey—humiliating decision ! Our Commander-in-Chief invites General Hess to unite in a forward movement to create a diversion in favour of the French and English who have landed in the Crimea, and who might be embarrassed if Russia were left free to concentrate its forces against the troops that have been disembarked there. General Hess is in no hurry to give his adhesion to this proposal ; on the contrary, he intimates that his troops will occupy the line of the Pruth, and that they will neither allow the Russians to re-enter Moldavia, nor our army —the Turkish—to advance into Bessarabia. Here is a tnag nificunt result ! One hundred and fifty thousand of the best troops of the Allies reduced to a state of inaction by the new ally; whilst sixty thousand French and Eng lish will be exposed to all the forces of Russia, which, guaranteed and covered as it is by Austria, has its whole army disposable. _ Tne first-fruits of the alliance are magnificent —art they not? We shall see in time what are to follow. If diplomacy continues to work in this fashion, we shall march from Sinope to Sinope, to arrive at Moscow and the Beresina. Present my respects to these gentle men ; they are great and ipli4irlid men. I -ay nothing to you of Wallachia ; you will come and you will see. THE RESTORATION OF BESSARABIA TO TURKEY. (Front the Journal de Constantinople of 14th September.) A correspondence from Bucharest, which has appeared in the Af oniteur, seems to deserve notice. It relates to Bessarabia. After recapitulating the circumstances under which this province was wrested from Turkey by the Emperor Alexander, and giving some statistical de tails re!ating to its population, the writer proceeds to remark : " The Emperor Alexander left intact to the Bessarabians their administrative institutions and their laws, and ultimately consented to grant them a kind of constitution. But in 1827 the Emperor Nicholas decreed measures diametrically opposed to those of the preceding reign. Deputations sent to St. Petersburg reclaimed their ancient institutions as a right they were sent back unanswered. The opposition of the boyards became Intimated ; struggle then began between the government of St. Petersburg and the aristocracy of the province, and all the measures adopted by Government have since been directed to one end—the ruin of the country. Since 1829 the resources of this rich province have sensibly and continually decreased, without inducing the Govern ment to pause in the course it has chalked out for itself. The Wallachian tongue has ceased to be the official lan guage ; it is discussed in the courts of law and in the Government offices. Russian officials are appointed everywhere, and the province has been treated with a view to make it lose all sense of nationality. In this state of affairs it is easy to conceive what are the wishes of the people, and what vows the presence of the allied armies on the Danube has caused them to emit." W • • said lately th a t i n or d er to perfect a just and substantial work, Bessarabia must be restored to the Porte by re uniting it to Moldavia. Only by this means can Bess arabia be rai se d f rom the state of ruin into which it has been plunged by the Russians. TERMINATION OF THE HARVEST IN THE WEET.—The harvest may now be said to be finally concluded in tke four western counties, viz., Somerset, Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall —and, no twithstanding all that has been; stated in reference to the probable yield of the wheat crop, there is very little doubt that, so far as the two latter counties are concerned, it has been very much underrated. quan tity h o e f en co m rn a n d a e s in a t l e re fl ad e y ur b , e h en y re th a rr en beLo th ut e , One-fifth h a s a r b e o s v p e e enable skilful agriculturists to determine the a ct n s ave A l arge though d little t o ha s :afforded stoppage of the mills. A sufficient test has been a l 1 c u O l a n t e i o rage ,crop . De vonshire; and in Cornwall, where a rough estimate has been, formed of the yield on the bulk of the wheat farms, the nal produicsethoef t r h e e su ir lt w e l f ie t a h t e l i a r n c ( quantity will be rather less, but certainly tar beyond an. average. Oats have turned out well in all parts of the western district, and the crops of barley have been good, and generally saved in splendid condition. Turnips, mangold wurtzel, and ether root crops are very pro mising, and the potatoes which have been taken up within the last few days are much less diseased than wag expected. Prices of beef, mutton, wool, and other farm produce are still remunerative to the agriculturist, lilt the great bulk of tile consumers of butchers' meat i n Devonshire and Somerset are t urn i ng th e i r attention to a reformation in their butchers' bill s . THE DEEP SEA TRAWL.---Mr. Dempste r h as i nvented a trawl net or dredge, for the use o f sea-going vessels, so as to enable their commanders occasionally to supply their crews with messes of fresh fish, such a s turbot, halibut, skate, place, and soles, &c. Th e advantages of the new trawl are, it never capsises the Wrong way on the ground, nor is there any possibility of the net getting L foul of the warp whilst &smiling belantb, the furies% 95 i 61i 2 87 64i 12 91' 71a fai 3 Shr In P • lip 1 p 13 1001 110 i 3