The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-25 00:00:00

LYCEUM THEATRE.-HENRY .RUSSELL, for Tti,rty fights, commencing on Ai ON Y 1 , EX AteAust 28th, ant every Eveniiig.- 1 1r RUSSELL will present TUE PROGRESS of the i , ,3II;;RAN IP from the in.!) i.. 1) to the NEW, and sinfi several new songs—" Che,r, Boys, cheer," ,‘ The t;anibler's Wife," &c. The Second Part will consist of a Series of Sketches, entitled SEGEto Dress Circle, 2s. 7d. ; Upper Boxes, Is. 6 ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. THE iTE ROYAL ILAYMARILET. tinder the management of Mr. 14ockstone. THIS EVENING. AIIGUST 25, --- Witt be performed TUE OLD C BATE %.U. Characters by Messrs. Frowe, Roger*. IL Marston, and Buckstone; Mrs. Fitzwilliarn, and Miss Reynolds. Followed by the SPANISB DANCERS in a NEW BALLET, VIE GIPAT QUEEN. The new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. LYCEUM TIiEATRE. EXTRA. NIGHT.—SA.TU RD XY NEXT. FOR THE BE gEFIT OF Ma. ALLCHOFT. On wb ch occasfon Mr. and mr.S. SIMS REEVE 4, with Mr. CHARLES M HEWS. will matte their I ast APPearallee in tun. don th s seao..r, when will be pre,ented 11e1 inl's ceveselebr sated Opera °I LA sO %NA ABL-LA. Anima, Mrs. .•,ims Re Elvino, r Sims Reeves. After which, rx - rrf It VERSUS CLA.TTEX. Mr. l harles :Mathews. To be followed by THE WATER:LAN. Toni Tu.,!, Mr. Sims Rceves. o conclude with the Grand RAI LET. Boxes, ss; Pt, 2s. ; Gallery, is. Private RorzeS, 215., to be had at the 150:4-oftlati. Captatu Patter, STRAND TIIEATRE, B du tesoee Mr. F. W. Microft. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 25, Will be performed HARD TIMES. Fellowed by FAUs I` A , D %I A RGUERIT E. lirephigtopheles 3fr. Raiford; Faust, His' G. flodson ; Marshate, 31153 ti Gordon. To conclude with a popular FARCE. 9 , a0 , 4 , 4d-; Boxes, 24. rid.; Pit, 1 , ..; I;allery, ad.; Private Box, r. £1 IF., to be had of Mr. Allcroft, lb. Sew Bond-street, ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITII KA:r Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. In preparation, with entirely new scenery, and every necess , ry requisite, a Grand EQUESTRIAN BURLESQUE, from the pen of a popular author. Every pains has been tak_n, and the moat proiu.e expen,e has been lavished, to render this magnificent Spectacle wortny of the approbation of the pubLcl TUTS EVENING, For a few nights more, the War Spectacle, TUE COSSACKS; or, Yive la France, Al - r which, the inimitable SCENES In the ARENA, invented arranged, and directed by Mr. William Cooke. TIE KR CITILLSTOFF, whose miraculous Feats on the Tight Rope have absolutely electritiel the audience, will appear. The whole to conclude with the Equestrian Italia d'Actlon, by Mrs S. G. Healey, T N IGU r 1.) Tin: WA ER LILY; or, Love among the Mermaids. Box-odice open iron Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, ..\lr. II est. :Will WATER AT LONI , OII h. I)4v —vorning 0 mln.after 3 I Ivening 17 min.aft ; 3 0. - low.ft,cw 31Hrnin&. 3]. ain.after 3 7 , :veninr 46 na '3 EATIIKEt.—N Orrvia, AUG. 25. THIMMOMETZR, IN THE SHADE. 66 —highest since noon yesterday. 46 --lowest this morning and during the night. 68 —this day at noon. BARONE CTER, 30.33—rising. WIND, N.W.—Fresh breeze, and fine weather. , ~~_~_~-~ E~ \ ~~ LONDON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1854. tude as those made by the Western Powers, and to produce adequate resu lts. et.a.orcinWithouttlaying , any claim to " second st,,ht, ,, or i powers of vaticcination, we venture to predict, that before the close of the present mo , ,th we shall hear of some very decided movement in the Baltic—one that will go far to humble the pride and reduce the power of the AUTOCRAT. In the Black Sea, too, we may speedily look for some - decided step. Hitherto all that has been accomplished has been by the unaided valour of the Moslem troops ; and we, by our timid and vacillating policy, have prevented the beneficial results of their brilliant exploits. They have expelled the Russians. We have sanctioned the occupatiortof the deeply-injured principalities by a new set of bloodsuckers, who mayprove morerapa cious than those already gorged to repletion. Active Measures must now be adopted to expel the Rus sians from Asia, to restore the Crimea to its law ful owners, and to break up the stronghold at Sebastopol. That important naval arsenal must be dismantled or taken possession of, and the CZAR "ROA consent to the reduction of a navy far more powerful than he can require for any honest or justifiable purpose. It is said that sixty thou sand men have already embarked for the Crimea and Sebastopol. But we have had enough of " sayings;" we want something more decisive. Nothing but "doings," and these of a very' ener getic character, will satisfy the people. We must to the best and utmost of our power strive to make up for lost time, or else the Government, which has taken on its shoulders the entire re sponsibility, will have much to' answer for, when giving an account of its stewardship, on the open ing of the next Session of Parliament. A week has now elapsed since Major-General WETHERALL delivered his memorable reply to the admiiable and conclusive defence of Lieutenant PERRY. Since that period the public have been anxiously awaiting the result of the unparalleled persecution to which this young officer has been exposed, and we may form some estimate of the intense excitement which the deeply.injured gen tleman must himself be enduring. Few constitu tions could stand the wear and tear of such a trial, or rather series of trials, as those to which he has been exposed. It is true that he may be " strong in conscious innocence," and that the knowledge of the justice of his cause, and the earnest sym pathy of the community, may sustain and support him Ender his heavy affliction. But he must in tensely feel the unmerited il 1-treatment he has under gone. CHARLES DICKENS has truly remarked that " injustice is, itself, to every generous and properly constituted mind, an injury of all others the most insufferable, the most torturing, and the most hard ro bear ; and that many clear consciences have gone to their account elsewhere, and many sound hearts have broken because of this very reason ; the knowledge of their own deserts only aggravat ing their sufferings, and rendering them the less endurable !" What, then, we .say, must be the feelings ofan oppressed subaltern, who, having been made a butt of from the day he joined his regi ment, is now, if possible, to be a scape-goat, a victim on whose head is to be visited the punishment due to those who were so totally oblivious of their duties as " officers and• gentlemen." To this sense of flagrant wrong must be added the bitter agonies of suspense. His judges have arrived at a decision, but any intimation thereof is withheld from the person so deeply interested. Although satisfied that he had fully and completely vindi cated his character from every aspersion—that he has justified the statements put forward not volun tarily, but in his own defence—he must wince under the partial and one-sided speech of his prosecutor—a man whose experience and high position in the service must give extraordinary weight to his opinions, and materially influence some, if not all, of the Members of the Court. He qannot yet feel certain of the result, and the tor turing anxiety of his position must materially affect his health. He knows not whether the judgment may be I favourable or otherwise, and whether an unjust sentence may not blight all his future prospects. The proceedings may not even terminate here, but may be carried much further—each new charge, growing out of those by which it was pre c?ded, and the statements put forward in self-de fence. Besides, supposing that everything terminated in the most satisfactory manner, that he was fully n 1 honourably acquitted, or that his most gra cious SJITEREIGN again interposed her Royal pre !o;ative by refusing to confirm an erioneuus find lag and unwarrantable sentence, he may, unless he receive substantial aid, be no less surely crushed under the heavy expenses to which he nas been subjected. A man cannot stand the brunt of three trial's, one of them alone pro tracted for sixteen days, without a serious outlay ; and however kind his able and efficient adviser may be, he must know that the remuneration to Now that the first blow has been inflicted in the Baltic, we are looking forward with deep anxiety to subsequent proceedings. Although much valuable time has already been sacrificed,' enough still remains to convince the AUTOCRAT of the danger he has incurred by his unconscientious aggression. He has hitherto been insensible to the real eitent of that clinger. 'With " a friend of forty years standing" at the head of the Coali tion Administration—with the secret support of Austria, whose EMPEROR he has placed under so many obligations, and the openly-acknowledged sympathies of Prussia, he has fondly imagined that he has only to abate a portion of his arrogant pretensions in (prier to .obtain a cessation of: hosti lities, and that, under any circumstances, his own " withers will remain unwruzig," his own domi nions free from invasion. It is of the utmost importance that this delusion should be forthwith dispelled—that he should be taught, without a moment's delay, the true state of the case—that France and England being really in earnest, neither the "friendship" of ABERDEEN, the grati tnde of FRANCIS JOSEPH, nor the nepotism of FREDERICK WILLIAM can preserve hint from the retribution he has so richly merited by his un warrantable infraction of the law of nations, and outrageous attack on the rights of a neighbouring monarch. " The first blow has been inflicted ;" but in which he has so eminently entitled himself can order to render that blow effective it must be not be withheld. "The labourer is worthy of promptly and energetically followed up. We have his hire ;" and Mr. •DARVILL has merited a high given evidence of our power; let us exhibit it even recompense for the zeal and ability displayed in a clearer point of view than by the capture of during the entire proceedings, front the very corn the Forts at Bomarsund, and the overthrow of mencement to the termination. the Russian power in the Isles of Aland. Much Now we must recollect that Mr. PERRY is not remains to be done in the . seas which were once a rich man—that was " the head and front of regarded as Russian Lakes—in the Baltic as well his offending." He was unable, without reek as in the Euxine. It will not do to imitate the lessly plunging into debt, to avail himself of the example of theßlackKnight in ``lvanhoe,"" to show indulgences in which his associates freely partici unequivocal proofs of gigantic force, without ap- pated. As he himself declared, he was "unable plying that extraordinary power to any useful to support the character of a fast man consistently purpose, or achieving exploits worthy thereof, or with that of an honourable one." He had, in of the ancient reputation either of France or fact, "to fight his way in the world with the Great Britain. We fear that there has already limited pay of a lieutenant, and such slight assi-a been but too much reason to stigmatise us as ) ance as his father could afford out of his pay." " faineants." Let us strive ere the setting in of Nor is his pecuniary position improved in any winter prevents further operations to prove that respect. How, then, can he meet the heavy out we are indeed in earnest, and that, when lay, or discharge the claims to which he is justly we please to act, we can do so vigorously and liable ? The object of his oppressors was to com efficiently. pel him to retire from the service, to sell his coin ' mission. That object will be accomplished, un- The great object now is to show to Sweden that it is her interest to co-operate cordially and effec- less the haters of injustice come to the rescue. tually, and that she will incur no considerable • The regulation price of his lieutenantcy would danger by braving the wrath of her formidable I scarcely cover the necessary outlay ; and even neighb o ur. If perfectly assured on these points, though the verdict he a full and honourable there would no longer be either doubt or diffi- acquittal, GARRETT and MAXWELL, NICHOLAS, culty. She has too many real grievances to and SANDWITH, and CAMPBELL apparently redress, has been plundered of too many valuable the most vindictive of all—may chuckle provinCes, to' hesitate a moment as to the course : over the fall of their victim. There CAD she should pursue. But so long as there was scarcely be a doubt that an intention existed to any appearance of apathy or indecision on the compel hint to sell out, and that it was commonly part of France or England that hesitation was talked of in the regiment. In the celebrated letter natural. It would b e a n act of foolhardiness on 1 from Lieut. NV. T. W ALDY, of the 12th June last, het part to en gage i n hostilities which she might 1 that singularly oblivious officer requested that he bitterly have to expiate when n the Allied fleets (PERRY) had withdrawn, and her coasts and capital were that might mention to his servant, LAWLER, WALDY would take him after PERRY left ; placed at the mem herofhas dvindictive opponent. and the proposition to " sell out" was made after' The captuxe of Ala y nd. which was indisoenneesalakblueelerdh. the .security ba ti tor a e fford i the affray into which he was forced by GREER, and could expect Sweden either to p I ' - • anyhis. moment be xpedition against• made use of to organise an e It combinationis now for the public to say whether this • shall prove successful—whether the her shores. The removal of a hostile gar- I intended vi c ti m s h a ll no t b e sna t c h e d even from r ison is no trivial matter to h ave attained •; the hor n s o f t h e altar, and his persecutors foiled the substitution of a friendly cue is still more e; in their unwarrantablepurpose. We believe that Not only would any Russian ex- ', there are few persona who will not freely and wil valuable. against Sweden have to start from I lingly give -their pedition ;:urealiltyes2'pl a more distant p o int, th us exposing itself to far for lie is still vi r s i o so t n l e m i, t m th a e y p b r e is p on ro e - r greater dangers before it reached its destination, : tected against any pecuniary loss ; and we con but it should have to expend much valuable time • fess that we should the fortifications at Aland, or leavea statef r There h i ofs c onextpuuldbn:iootteobP gladly see the purchase money ea ra m at e le up in . a similar manner.: in reducing pinion r , e n caicluvetestimony of the hostile force in its rear, ready to take advantage !of Lieutenant PERRY himself, only to the conduct of any casualty, and to enhance a hundredfold the but as also as to the fearful consequences of a reverse. gatious—revelations which will lead properly speaking, ! value of the revelationselicited that she may con _ tracthd iuveeti Aland being ours, or, more l. dining the pro to the establishment of a. sounder system of regi- Sweden's, there is every - prospec, sent to send troops against Finland. If t:e Allied reces- mental discipline, 'arid tl Forces alone went to the attack, they would . ie abandonment of the ob , . h ow . noXious practices so justl sarily be regarded in ihe light of invieler. , , • y complained of, and also bi,, p t e v, searcning reform in the constitution and ever strrely, opposed to Russia, the inha r. I . ~.. of ._ pro , have •,.. ceilure military tribunals, so would no sympathies in cemmon with .e: raneeas to render : them more citable f r the due administration of or England. But -the Swedish troops would he 8.. lASz e STY s land forces. looks i on as lib erators ustice in , come to free the Finnish J W e may trilees from afo ' ' oke and to restore them to add that it hm been a nnounced that subscripti o n s reign y, their ancient allegiance. They would be we i will be received b y the Mayor of Windsor, at the . yank of Messrs. WILLIAMS anti Co., Birchin-lane, corned as friends and brethrenand won' have the powerful aid. supplied 2 b th go .'O , the Windsor bank of Messrs. NEVILLE and will of th# population. Ar ye therefore, L ' ' nd at the London and County Joint-stock We may, . • reasonably anticipate that C0.,,--, for their branch at Windsor. ! Sweden will, on , Bank_ —=......= recejSing proper assurances, be . -______—-----7--- TAL.--Two Mare deaths from prepared : ; Rcirar, FREF . 1108 P 1 ~ _ to - join in- an attempt • o f ' , kniE • i„- • IV'dnesday - iii the above •. -- -77 -- qen.i.• 1111- ' A s i a tic ohGlerib ,occurred on e ~.. p o rtaztoe to justify preparations Of such naa c , .-- ' hospital. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL, G.I.ICDENi. This place fills up an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leaves want i n g. • Vocal ant Inp , .l.ltautal aisle of the fist order, and a display of firework.; which exceeds all imagination, are a fitting ;lose to a day at the Crystal Palace." DANSON'S COLOSSAL PANORAMA of CFIUSAN. Splendid and Extensive Menagerie and Marine Aquarium—Unri valled Military Band. VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, in which 31193 Poole, Miss Ransford, and Mr. Manvers sing levertl National and Patriotic Songs—All the Amusing Novelties of the Gardens in succession, concluding with the " Feast of Lan terns," and a most magnifi:ent display of Fireworks by louthby. Admission One Shilllng. A splendid Pavilion for Dancing has been erected. Fall Quadrille Band, &c. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGIUST 25, 1854. JUSTICE TO THE SUBALTERN'S' IN ThE ARMY. TO THR EDITOR OF THE SUN. ------- Sin,—You observe, in one of your recent numbers of your valuable journal, that " Lieutenant Nasmyth, who distinguished himself at Sitistria, has not been promoted to the rank of Major, his name being merely recorded for that rank by brevet after he shall have attained the regimental rank of captain in the ordinary course—an event that may never happen ; so that, substantially, this officer has not received any promotion for his heroic conduct at that siege." I am glad to find, Sir, that acts of injustice of this de scription are noticed by the press, as it 14 only by such means that the authorities at the Horse Guards will be compelled to extend those rewards to all ranks for meri torious services heretofore monopolised by privileged classes. A variety of complaints of this nature were made during the late Peninsular war, where gallant officers, leading even "forlorn hopes," or succeeding to the com mand of a regiment in action, could not obt tin promo tion by brevet if they held no higher rank than that of lieutenant, however brilliant their services might have been ; wldie so many of the "privileged classes," though merely on the staff, and passive spectators (through their telescopes) of those sanguinary conflicts, 'obtained the brevet steps merited by the fighting men who decided the fate of that war. Lieutenant Mackie, for instance, of the 88th Regiment (Coneaeght Rangers), who led the " forlorn hope " at C udad Rodrigo, noticed by Napier and others, carried the breach and made the governor a prisoner, but gat n o promotion until he obtained his company by seniority in that regiment, and even then it was unaccompanied by any brevet step. This gallant soldier retired from the service in disgust ; and after the conclusion of the war died in despair, without even a bit of riband to thcorate his breast. Another instance, in the case of Sir John Scott Lillie, may be mentioned, who commanded a Portuguese regi ment in several engagements during that war, he being a lieutenant in the British army, but could obtain no brevet promotion in it, although the thanks of the Duke of Wellington on several occasions had been conveyed to him on the field for his distinguished services by a living witness and most gallant officer, the present Duke of Richmond, one of his Grace's aides-de-camp. At Salamanca Lieutenant Dille commanded' a de tachment, which was named in the Duke's despatches as having commenced the fight on that glorious occa sion, by contesting with the enemy the occupation of the hills called Aripiles. The manner in which this was • done I find described by Napier as " similar to that which happened between Cmsar and Africanus at Le rida ; for the French, seeing this detachment approach, broke down their own ranks, and, running without order te the encounter, gained the first Aripiles, and kept it, but were repulsed in an endeavour to seize the second." In referring to the Duke's despatches on the various fights in the Pyrenees, which continued for seven days in succession, I find that be speaks of the 7th Cacadores on the 30th of July, as having "led the attack on the front of the enemy's main position, from which he was driven, notwithstanding its having been one of the strongest - and most difficult to cross that his Grace had ever seen occupied by troops." This regi ment (the 7th Cacadores) was then commanded by Sir John Lillie, as a British lieutenant, to whom the Duke's thanks and approbation of his conduct were again conveyed, as formerly, by his aide-de-camp, the present Duke of Richmond ; but from his holding no higher rank than lieutenant, he could obtain no promo tion, nor were the hopes held out to him (as in the case you allude to of Lieutenant Nasmyth) of getting brevet rank on obtaining his company ever realised, notwith standing his merits on four different occasions that he commanded his regiment, which entitled him to it. This assertion is proved by the fact of his having received the Gold Cross (vide Army List), with a silver rued 1 and s•Neral clasps, making, with the Order of the Bath, 12 decorations for distinguished services as a regimental officer. Among a variety of other instances I can state the case of Lieutenant Power, of the 47th British Regiment, upon whom devolved its common,' during the sanguinary cot flict at the storming of San Sebastian, where this officer particularly distinguishr'd himself, and for which he received a gold medal; but his rank of lieutenant precluded him from the more substantial reward of pro- motion, which, to his mortification, he saw granted to all others of higher rank, though of inferior merit. What are empty honours, s;r, after a lap , e of 40 years, when compared with the regiments and the thousands a year now enjoyed by so many staff and other officers who never even commanded a company in action in their lives ? Such acts of injustice, sir, that are not sanctioned by any other Government in the world, should be put a stop to. Now is the time, when we Ere engaged in im portant scenes of war, with the hopes of civilised Europe concentrated on our efforts, in alliance with troops accustomed to receive honours and promotions on the field as rewards of merit, without waiting for such contingencies as you justly remark " may ❑ever occur" —now is the time, I repeat, S►r, to let the sparks of heroism which shall blaze forth during this war, whether from the ranks of subalterns, non-commissioned officers, or soldiers, receive their due rneed of reward in promo tion, and not suffer their fire to be extitigui,died by .vet blankets Ir-on head-quarters, while false lights are .dis covered and frequently Magnified into brilliant stars in more elevated grades. You, Sir, and the press in general, have done good service to the army in the fire opened upon the ca-es of Lieutenant Perry and Lieutenant Nasinyth, and ifhope _ .. . to see that fire kept up until the advocates of Horse- Guards' monopolies and persecutions, and prosecutions of frien dem subalterns, shall be compelled to strike their flags.—.l have the honour to be, Sir, your most ot,edient servant. W. W. Brighton, August 20. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, THURSDAY. The Queen and Prince gave their annU 1 fete yester day, in honour of his Royal Highness's birthday, which happens on Saturday next. Dinner wds provided at three o'clock on the lawn near the house, under marquees for upwards of 450 per sons, and shortly atter that hour the whole of the la bourers employed on the Osborne estate, the seamen and marines of the Royal yachts, the detachment of infantry, and the Trinity House and coast-guard men doing duty at East Cowes, sat down. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Royal children and the Maharajah Duleep Singh, walked through the different marquees, and gave orders for dinner to commence. At half-past four dancing and rustic games were begun, and were carried on with gre.t spirit liii near dark, in the presence of the Queen an Royal party, including the Duchess of Kent. The band of the Royal Marines was tn the ground, and played a variety of airs 'turnip. ' the afternoon. Among the company who had the honour of being present were the Marquis of Ely, Lady Anna a Dawson, Lady Frances Bruce, Baroness tie Speth, Ge and Lady Cooper, Lady and the Mises Gr. ham Lady C. and Miss Barrington, the Hon Colonel, Mrs., and Miss Phipps, the Hon. Captain and Mrs. Demean, the officers of the Royal yachts, the officer counnan ling the infantry detachment, the officers of the Trinity Rouse and Coist Guard, the Rev. George and Mrs. Prothero, Dr. Login, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting on the Queen and Prince. The Duchess of Kent chned with her Majesty in the evening. Lady Anna Maria Dawson, B.ironess de Sped], and Capt,in the Hun. J. Denman, hati the honour also of being invited. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left Brighton yesterday, for his lordship's seat, Broadlands, Hants. The Duchess of Cleveland and Lady Augusta Paulett have been staying at Brighton for some time past. The Earl of Doneugtimore has arrived at the family Iseat, Knocklofty, from London. He proposes only re inabling for a short time, being a'iout to break up his establishment there, and proceed to the Continent. The Earl of Aberdeen, we understand, will be pre; vented from visiting his patrimonial estates in the north this autumn, in consequence of toe pressure of official business. The noble Premier, who is staying at Argyll House, will, we believe, leave town in a few days on a visit to her Majesty, at Osborne. The Hon. Colonel Alexander Gordon. second son of the noble Premier, .at the date of the last letters from the gallant officer frpm, the seat of war, was in good health. The Hon. Mrs. Gordon is remaining in the country; ' The Count 'arid C•itintesS Flabauit, and the Hon. Miss Elphinstone have arrived at Tullyhellan Castle from the south. „ .. . Lord and Lady Lyndhurst are entertaining a select party of friends at Turville Park,' Henley-on-Thames. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston arrived at Broadlands, Hampshire, yesterday, from the Bristol Hotel, Brighton, where they have been staying since the. lamented death of Lord J celyn. Lady Wetherell Wardeford, widow of the late Sir C. Wetherell, is at present staying at Brighton. The Misses M'Donald have left Kilcreene for General M`Donald's Highland estate, Dalchosnie. The convocation of the prelates and clergy of the pro vince of Canterbury was yesterday prorogued at the Jerusalem chamber by the Vicar-General, Dr. Twiss, under a conimission from his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate and Metropolitan, to Friday, October 20. ENTERTAINMENT TO THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON'. —The Lord Mayor of London, in his civic capacity of chief magistrate of the metropolis, was entertained on Tuesday night at a dinner in the Shire Hall of Stafford, his m r . Thomas nativetow B rh ul t T o nh,e entertainment the ay o Mayor o t s t w a ff a so Stafford. the T hcost ocom panyf included, among othe rs, the Earl of Harrowby, Mr. Adderley, M.P., Mr. E. R. Littleton, M P., Mr. o S. Ciiild, M.P., :lir. Wise, M.P., Major Chetwynd, Se . e. FATAL ACCIDENT AT RYE HOUSE.--O" Wednesday, Mr. Payne held an inquest at Bartholomew's Ho s p ital on the body *of a chili!, aged three years, named Eizabe , h Babb, whose parents reside in B a ldwin-street, City -road. From the evidence it appeared that on Mon day Week the deceased accompanied her friends to Rye House, Herts, when she got on a form and was playing with another child, swinging to and fro. In so doing the deceased fell back against a, window, which she d re i :o e v n e sa d ry l:om al e id , struck with her . bead so violently as to break the pane, and a portion of the glass stuck in her head. She was where she died on Sunda t y hen days, when severe pains came on. She was taken to a au fro d m weut on apparently well for three brain, caused, by a fracture of the skull. . verdict, last,ce frt,o)mthinefiaambornv:tiohnosopfittahle, Accideutal deitli:" - - • - _ - - - - LATEST NEWS. THE WAR. IMPORTANT FROM CONSTANTINOPLE. Accounts from Constantinople to the 14th inst. state that a serious conflagration bad broken out at Varna, by which one-third of the town was de stroyed. These despatches state that the greatest part of the munitions belonging to the'allied forces, in cluding the powder magazines, were saved. Cholera and typhus fever are raging fearfully. The French division under the command of Gene. ral Canrobert has lost 3,000 men. Prince Napoleon had returned to Constanti nople, sick. Sir Edmund Lyons had sailed into the Black Sea with his division. Ships of war and transports are still proceeding there, but the object of the expedi tion is kept strictly sgicret. The cholera is raging at Adriariople. The French furces intended for that city have been or dered to return to Gallipoli. Forty thousand Russian troops are said to be encamped round Sebastopol. Letters from D . amascus to the 10th inst. state that an armed insurrection of the Mussulmau population ha 1 broken out ; but it was quelled by the use of artillery. There is news from Trebizonde to the 4th inst. The accounts from the Asiatic army are bad. The Presse contains the following announcement from Constantinople, under the date of the 14th•' nst. : " Sixty thousand men have. embarked for Sebas topol. " Everything was saved from the fire at Varna, except the hay, wine, and some camp utensils." Advices from Constantinople of the 17th August state that the last ships destined for the expedition to the Crimea left for Varna on the 15th, with 12,000 Turks, 2,000 French, horses, cannon, muni tions, and numerous flat-bottomed boats. Prince Napoleon is. ill of the fever. The cholera is abating at Constantinople and Varna, increasing in the Dardanelles, and has dis appeared at Gallipoli. Official advices from Varna, of the 14th, make no mention of any conflagration there. A despatch from Odessa, of Aug. 15, says : " A band of Circassian mountaineers, commanded by a son of Schamyl, have made a razzia into the province of Tiflis. They have sacked several places, put some people to death, and carried off a general's wife and a Princess Orbelian, her sister. The news caused a panic at Tiflis. " Two Lancer regiments have been sent by forced marches from Odessa to the west. "According to Austrian advices, requiring con firination, 45,00 J men, allies, had been embarked at Varna up to the 13th. Other telegraphic despatches from Constanti nople, received in London this day, say the fire at Varna broke out ou the 10th inst., at seven o'clock in the evening. One hundred and eighty houses were totally de. stroyed, with a great quantity of provisions be. longing to the French army. All the English and French transports hal lef, for the Black Sea, with pontoons and other ma. terials of war. The fire is supposed to have been the work o incendiaries, and several Greeks have been arrested on suspicion. Great preparations are in progress at Constanti nople and Varna for. the embarkation of troops. The expedition was to sail on the 20th. The Bay of Varna was filled with vessels of all sorts, to the number of 500 ; and a large fleet of transports had been assemjled at Baltehik. Numerous flat-bottomed boats, for the landing of troops and heavy guns, had arrived at both places. Officers from nearly every regiment iu the service have gone home invalided. The incorporation of the Bashi-Bazouks into a new corps had caused considerable disturbance at G inrgevo and Nicopolis, but the malcontents were overpowered. THE PRLN CIPALITIES. VIENNA, Aug. 24.—The moveable column, com manded by the Austrian General Manuela., and latterly organised in order to act on the frontier of Montenegro, has just been disbanded. Four thou sand horses belonging to this corps have been sold. Th►e Russians have evacuated Braila, Galatz, and Focshaui. THE ARMY IN THE EAST.-GENERAL ORDERS AS TO DIET. The following general prders have been issued, with a view to improving the diet of the troops serving in the East : " VARNA, Juvr 19, 1854. "Bowel complaints being prevalent, as is usual at this season of the year, and the officers of the medical de partment being of opinion that s , ime improvement of the rations might be beneficial, the Commander of the Forces has been pleased to authorise, as a temporary measure, that two ounces of rice, or Scotch barley, be issued daily to each man, without addition to the stoppage, upon the distinct understanding that the allowance shall cease at the end of September, or - whenever it may be considered no longer necessary. " VARNA, JULY 30, 1854. " It having been reeommenfled by a board of medical officer., that during the prese n t season a sma ll supp l ) of spirits should be issued to each roan, the C 'lnman ler ~f the Forces is pleased t') approve of the same, and t direst that the cointnismtiat department will issue spirits in he prol , ortmli of half a g.ll to each non-cornmissi me,d officer and soldier. In issuing this allowance, which is g ill of sprits to t wo g ill s o f water, i n t h e a free ration, it, is to be mixed with w a f er i n th e propor . which will be directed by c n u r nan di ng o ffi cers . manner of ie r one i The time of issue will be immediately after dinner. The C ) ,„ mai ,d er of the Forces furt.ier desires that the coffee lately ordered for the troops should be made to produce a cup in the morning before going out on any dutiem, and in the evening before retiring to rest.—By order, (Signed) "T. B. ESTCOURT, D.A.G. ' T ARNA, AUG. 1, 1854. "The Commander of the Forces has been pleased to desire that, as a temporary arrangement durin4 the pre sent unhealthy season, the ration of meat should be in creased from one pound to on e pound and a ball, without any addition to the stoppage. The army will under stand, as above stated, that this is only a temporary arrangement, and that the Commander of the Forces may be obliged, by circumstances beyond his control, to dis continue the issue at a time when he might think it de sirable that it should not cease.—By order; (Signed) ." T. B. ESTCOURT, D.A. G." At the recommen3ation of medical boards, leave of absence has been granted to the following officers serv ing with the forces in T ur k ey to pro c ee d to England for the e recovery of health :—Lieut. and Capt. Munro, Grenadier Guards ; P a y master Macdonnell, 55th Regi ment ; Major Johnstone, 334 Regiment ; Lieutenant Balfour, and Second Lieutenant W. Alexander, 2d hat talion Rifle Briv.ade ; Lieut. H. Percival , Royal Artil lery ; Deputy C,,mmissary General Cowan, and Lieut.- Colonel Flude, R oya l A rt i l l ery., Lieut.-Col. Gambier, R.A., recently promoted, is to take command o f t h e compan i es of the siege train, in place of Lieut.-CA rude. Mr. J. Micklin has joined the staff of the army in Turkey, as assistant photographer It is stated that Brevet Lieut.-Col. Wilbraham, 7th Royal Fusiliers; is to receive the appointment of Assist ant Adjutant-General, vacant by the death of Lieut.- Col. the Hon. L. Made. HEALTH OF THE FLEET IN THE BLACK , SEA. We read in the Constitutionnel--" The last mail from the East brought us very excellent. accounts from the squadrons of the Black Sea. Their sani tary state is most satisfactory ; only some of the ships have been attacked with isolated cases of cholera. The Suffren has not a man sick ; the Charlemagne and the Henri IV. have lost only two men each for some considerable time. Up to the 9th the Bayard had only three deaths. The same account may be given of the Jean Bart, lena, Alger, lA - svoisier, and Pluton. The cholera treats us in a very friendly way,' say all the private letters. This circumstance has allowed the squadron gr t e o a l t e e n s d t so much the wore _ ass i s t a nce to the_ army on , shore. The ten s i osve s t ca p le ro profound going d mystery is w o i b th ser t v h e e d as to all our operations, b u t p re parations on the most ex activity." ANTICIPATED ATTACK ON RIGA. 1 The capture of the Atand Isles and of their forts being a fait accompli, the Russian Government, in anticipation of a similar attack against the town and port of Ri ga on th e part of the Allied fleets and troops, i s now ordering an efficient number of forces to march in that direction. These troops are levied - out. of the - provinces bordering on Cour laud and loivolaia, which are coutignotiiitathe'Gulf, and they are replaced in their former positions by regiments which are proceeding from the interior of Poland. It is therefore probable that, within a short while, a whole Russian corps d'armee will be assembled at these points. THE WHITE SEA. We find the following in tho Invalide Busse, of the 16th inst. : " Up to the 25th July (6th August) the enemy remained at the island of Sosnovets, stopping ttid examining every vessel that passed, and arbi trarily taking out of thein whatever suited their oonvenience, notwithstanding the assurances given hey them that all cargoes destined for Norwegian ports should be inviolable. In consequence of these iwoceedings the masters of ships at Arch- Angel have refused to load with grain for Norway, finless the freighters agree to guarantee them the value of their vessels. To this, however, the latter lecline acceding, including even British subjects, ,vlio hesitate to trust to the word of th , •ir fellow- Jountrymen now cruising in the White Sea. RUSSIAN INTENTIONS. According to the Journal de Constantinople, 14 Russian soldiers, with an officer, a Count Lab schetin, not long since fell into the h;tnds of one ,f Halim Paella's reconnoitring parties. They were the bearers of three proclamations, in which •he Emperor Nicholas informed his army :-1. Mat Pi ince Gortscha,koff had received orders to 4ive every soldier who had crossed the Danube a reward of two silver roubles ; 2. That the Russian Government would take especial care of, and would improve the position, those persons who 'tad actively shared in the present war ; 3. As the whole of Europe was against Russia, her troops would be recalled •to their native country, and there, as in 1812, await their enemies. THE BALTIC. The following are the latest telegraphic (le ipatches received from the Baltic : DANTZIC, Thursday.—The Vulture has just ar rived, having left the fleet at Ledsund on Tuesday, I,he 22d. The troops in the occupation of Bomarsund are likely to be embarked again, it is supposed for service elsewhere. Beyond this there is no news. Much cholera prevails. STOCKHOLM, Aug. 24.—Since the fall of Bomar sund it has been reported that the second division of the French Baltic army is to come here and winter with us. Several British steam line-of-battle ships and steam frigates, and several French war ships of the same class, have sailed in a south-easterly direc tion, as if going to Hango or Sweaborg. The cholera is bad at Aland. We are told that the whole fortress is blown up and abandoned, but this needs confirmation. The British minister, Mr. Magenis, had an in terview with the king of Sweden on the 21st. Iu the division of the Russian prisoners France takes all the officers. RUSSIA. A letter from Kalish of the 17th, in the Lloyd of Vienna, states that the commanding officers of the different corps stationed in the kingdom of Po land have repaired to Warsaw for the purpose of complimenting Prince Paskiewitch on his return. General Paniutin, who commands the 24 corps of infantry at Lublin, is of the number. Several re 4itnents of Light Cavalry have arrived from Lithu ania, and been sent off again immediately to join the army. The troops now on their retreat from Danube are said not to exceed 120,000 men, And. it is also stated they were never more than 140,000. Reinforcements are being sent into the Crimea.; and there are at present 42 regiments of Cossacks iu Asia. A letter from Warsaw of the 17th ult., in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" Toe report which had been generally current that Prince Paskiewitch would return to the army Lai to-day received au official contradiction by the fact that General Rudi ger has ceased to fill the functions of Governor of the Kingdom. An official announcement makes known that Prince Paskiewitch will for the future rill the functions of Governor-Gcneral of War at Warsaw, and he will therefore remain in this city. A. decree of the Council of the kingdom of Poland has extended the prohibition of the exportation of corn to the Ist October." AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. The Correspondence of Berlin, of Aug. 23, de nies the rumour in England that Prussia would retire from the conferences of the Great Powers, in order to conclude a---treaty of neutrality with the, secondary' States of Germany. No such idea, it says, is entertained. A Vienna letter of the 18th, in the Silesian; Ga zette, says :—" Whilst Austria is continuing her Preparations for war, Prince Gortschakoff is acting as if the whole question was at an end by the re treat of the Russians behind the Pruth, as if, in fact, peace was about to be signed. He is getting the apartments of the Russian embassy splendidly fitted up ; and after purchasing the equipages of his predecessor, has ordered eight splendid Hun 4ariau horses to be purchased f9r him. He has sent for his sons, and in all respects is acting as if there was no prospect of an interruption in the diplomatic relations of Austria and Russia." EGYPT. We have accounts from Alexandria to the 17th. The Sultan's finnan had been published, and there had been general rejoicing at the accession of Said Pacha. The Pacha left Alexandria on the 14th, for investiture at Constantinople. GREECE. Athens advices mention that General Kalergi, who had retired to the Ph- cans, on the King de clining to confirm the execution of a Ministerial proposition for incorporating all the irregular troops into the army, had returned to the capital, and been present at a Cabinet Council. According to accounts from Athens of the 12th inst., the cholera having nearly subsided at the Piraeus and Penteli, the communication with those places had been reopened. The discussion of the Chamber of Deputies, proposed by M. Riga Pala mides, minister of the Interior, had been rejected at one of the last Cabinet Councils. At M. Mavro- Jordato's suggestion, it was agreed that the Cham bers should be convoked for the Ist of October next, and that the estimates for 1855 should he submitted to them 24 hours after the de livery of the King's speech, with a request to vote them within 20 days. In that interval, the Government is to bring forward all the finan nial bills, which will be sanctioned in the begin ning of December, as sanctioned by the Constitu tion, in order to be carried into execution on the lst January, 1855. The Ministry will afterwards introduce a bill on electoral reform, in which the right of voting will be subjected to the payment of a certain tax, and the number of Deputies is to be fixed at 83, that is, 80 for the 10 departments, and 3 for the islands. M. MAvrocordato was of opi uion teat the chambers would readily vote those reforms. Should they reject them, their dissolu- tion will be immediately pronounced. SPAIN. The 3roniteur publishes the following tele graphic despatch, dated Bayonne, 234 :—" The division of Andalusia, after having been reviewed by Marshal E4partero and General O'Donnell, filed off under the balcony . of the Queen, who was loudly cheered by the people and by the troops." The Three per Ceuta, were done at 33.50. FR AN CE. The Journal du _Havre publishes a letter from London, from a person who, it says, is in a position likely to be well informed, which states that the English Admiralty, as a testimony of the feelinl4s of cordiality which now subsist between France and England, is about to give the name of "La France" to one of the line-of-battle ships building in one of the English dockyards. Mlle. Sophie Soult, sister of the late Marshal Soult, died a few days since at St. Amans-Soult, at the age of 81... . A telegraphic despatch from Pau, dated the 23d, in the kloniteur, says :—" The Emperor arrived here at six o'clock in the evening of the 21st. His Majesty-entered the town in the midst of an im mense concourse of persons, who had come from all points in the department and from the neighbour ing ones, and was received with loud and general cries of Vive l'Empereur ! Vive l'lmperatrice !' Yesterday his Majesty reviewed the troops of the garrison in the midst of a similar assemblage and general enthusiasm. The Emperor leaves this morning for Biarritz, passing by Mauleon and Oleron." Mellusager de-Bayonne publishes the• follow-. Ing communicated note :—" The foreign journals have frequently remarked on the visit of M. de Persiguy to Biarritz. It is therein stated that he had been summoned by telegraph either to fulfil a mission to Spain, or to be appointed to some other post. We are authorised to declare that the visit of M. de Persigny is entirely unconnected with politics." .The Moniteur of yesterday morning publishes the text of the notes exchanged at Vienna between the Minister Plenipotentiary of France, M. d o Bourqueney, and the Austrian Minister of Foreign .Tney are of .course identical declaration and language to those w,h,i4:wqr,Q,es..; changed between the English Minister, Lord West moreland, and Count Burl. The following are translations of these documents : TO HIS EXCELLENCY M. LE COMTE DE BUOL SCHAUEN STEIN, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF HIS IM PERIAL AND ROYAL APOSTOLIC MAJESTY. " The undersigned, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of his Majesty the Emperor of the French to his Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, has the honour to announce to his Excellency M. le Comte de Buol Schauenstein, that be has received order., from his Government formally to state in the present note that it results from the confidential discussions between the Courts of Vienna, Paris, and London, con formably to the terms of the protocol,of the 9th April last, by which Austria, France, and Great Britain have, along with Prussia, engaged to seek the means of con necting the existence of the Ottoman empire with the general equilibrium of Europe, and the three powers are equally of opinion that the relations of the Sublime Porte with the Imperial Court of Russia cannot be re established upon solid and durable base 4— "1. If the protectorate hitherto exercised by the Im perial Court of Rue..ia over the principalities of Wai lachia, Moldavia, and Servia be not di.qcontinued for •he future ; and if the privileges accorded by the Sultans to these provinces. dependencies of their empire, be not. placed under the collective guarantee of the Powers, in virtue of an arraogement to be concluded with the Sub lime Porte, and the stipulatnns of which should at the same tine regulate all questions of detail. "2. If the navigation of the Danube at its mouths he not freed from all obstacle, and submitted to the application of the. principles established by the acts of the Congress of Vienna. "3. If the treaty of July 13 1841, be not revised in concert by all the high contracting parties in the interest of the balance of power in Europe. "4. If 1t0:4 , 4a do nut give up her claim to exercise an official pr .tr-ctorate over the subjects of the Sublime Porte, to whatever rite they may belong; anal if France, Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia do not lend their mutual assistance to obtain a: an initiative from the Ottoman Government the confirmation arid the ob servance of the religious privileges of the different Chris tian communities, and to turn to account, in the corn ,eon interest of their co religionists, the generous inten tions manifested by his Majesty the Sultan, at the same time avoiding any aggression on his dignity and the in dependence of his Crown. ""The undersigned, is, moreover authorised to declare that the Government of his Majesty the Emperor of the French, while reserving the right to make known, when ever it may be useful, the particular conditions which be may put forward at the cone usion of peace with Russia, and to introduce into the general guarantees above spe cified such modification as the continuation of hcstilities may render necessary, has decided not to discuss and not to take Into consideration any proposition from the Cabinet of St. Petersburg which shall not imply on its part a full and entire adhesion to the principles on which he is already agreed with the Governments of his Ma jesty the Emperor of Austria and of her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. . "The undersigned takes this opportunity to renew to his Excellency M. le Comte Buol Schauenstein the as surances of his very high consideration. (signed) "BOURQUENEY." "Vienna, Aug. 8, 1854." "TO M. LE BARON De BOURQUENEY, ENVOY EXTRAOR DINARY AND MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY OF HIS MA JESTY THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH. " The undersigned, Minister of Foreign Affairs of his Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, hastens to ac knowledge the receipt of the note which his Excellency M. le 8.,r0n de Bourqueney, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of his NI tjesty the Emperor of the French, did bins the honour to address to him or, the Bth of this month, and to declare in his turn that it appears from the confidential discu , sions held between the Courts of Vienna, of Paris, and of London, in con formity with the passage of the protocol of the 9th of April last, by which Austria, France, and Great Britain have engaged themselves, together with Prussia, to -eek OA means of again connecting the existence of the Otto man empire with the rnesral equilibrium of E irope, that the three powers are equally of opinion that the re lations of the Sublime Porte with the Imperial C mrt of Russia cannot be re-established on solid and durable bases— "1. If the protectorate hitherto exercised by the Im perial Court of Russia over the principalities of Walla chia, Molda%it, and Servia be not discontinued for the fotere ; and if the privileges accorded by the Sultans to these provinces, d -pen iencies of their empire, be not placed under the collecti e guarantee of the Powers, in virtue of an arrangement to be concluded with the Sub lime Porte, and the stipulations of which should at the same time regulate all questions of detail. "2. If the navigation of the D .nubs at its mouths be not freed from all obstacle, and submitted to the appli cation of the principles established by the acts of the Congress of Vienna. "3. If the treaty of the 13th of July, 1841, be not revised in concert by the high contracting parties in the interest of the balance of power in Europe. " 4 If Russia do not give up the claim to exercise an official protectorate over the subjects of the Sublime Porte, to whatever rite they may belong, and if Austria France, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia do not lend their mutual assistance to obtain as an initiative from the Ottoman Government the confirmation and the ob servance of the religious privileges of the different Chris tian communities, and to turn to account, in the cam inon interest of their co-religionists, the ,generous inten tions manifested by his Majesty the Sultan, at the same time avoiding any aggression on his dignity and the in dependence of his crown. "The undersigned is, moreover, authorised to declare that his Government takes cognizance of the determinA- Mon of England and of France riot to eater int., any arrangement with the Imperial Couit of Russia which may not imply on the part of the said Court a full and entire adhesion to the four principles here above enume rated, and that it accepts for itself the engagement not to treat except on these bases, always reserving to itself a free deliberation on the conditions which it may bring forward for the re-establishment of peace, if it should happen itself to be forced to take part in the war. " The undersigned seizes at the same time this oppor tunity of renewing to M. le Baron de Bourqueney the assurance of-his high consideration. (Signed) " But. " Vienna, Aug. 8, 1854 . ." The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at 73f.35c., for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 99f. 95c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,220 f. ; Rouen, 970 f. ; Havre, 572 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 850 f. ; St r asburg, 795 f.; New Shares, 627 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 965 f. ; Lyons and the Mediterranean, 868 f. 75c.; Western of France, 650 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 627 f. 50c. ; Great Central of France, 518 f. 75c. ; Lyons and Geneva, 512 f. 50c. ; Bank of Credit Mibilier, 720 f. THE ROYAL MINT.---Mr. \Vyon, of the Royal Mint, has issued designs for a new coin to be used by the state of Sydney. The idea of issuing any design for a deci mal coinage has been abandoned. It would take ten years, according to the Mint authorities, to carry out any such plan. MIGRATION OF ENGLISH VOCALISTS.—Mr. William Harrison, the celebrated tenor, and Miss Louisa Pyne, accompanied by Miss P ) ne (her sister) and Signor 11)r -rani, took their departure on Weiliiesilav froni‘Liverpool, in the Pacific steamer, for New York. The high positioi, attained by . Mr. Harrison and Miss Louisa Pyne in their profession in this country will, we have no doubt, cause their visit to our Transatlantic iwighbours to be highly successful, and we hope they will return to our shores with increased laurels and fiches. ROBBERY OF JEWELS.—lnformation has been for warded to the City and metropolitan police stations, that the residence of Lieutenant-C donel Sturgeon, 1, Gloucester•place, Hyde-park Gardens, has been plun dered of a quantity of jewellery, and the medals of four military orders, presented to tae colonel by British and foreign governments, in token of his skill and bravery. LIBERALITY .TO A MEDICAL CHARITY.—At the annual meeting of the Trustees - of the Manchester R tyal lufir mary held yesterday, it was stated that there had beet, subscribed towards the re-building of the institution the sum of 33,0781., of which Manchester alone has con tributed 36,592. There yet remains a debt of 3,0001. towards which Mr. J. C. Hanel], the treasurer, pro mises a subscription of 5001. on condition that the rest of the deficiency is subscribed. CONVERSION,—The Pays de Caux states that an Eng lisp clergyman, named Pope, altjured his religion, and entered the Catholic Church, on the 15th, in the pre sence of the Archbishop of Rouen, in the church of Bacqueville. ANTIQUARIAN DISCOVERIES.—A number of workmen have recently been employed in taking down the old school house or church at Yeovil, Somersetshire, and, in so doing, they have brought to li4ht various ancient relics. A stone coffin was found underneath the west buttress of the building and two or three feet beneath the surface. There was no covering to the coffin, and nothing in it but rubbish. There is a place chiseled out for the head and shoulders, and in the centre of the coffin a small hole bored completely through ; it was custom ary to' make such holes to let off the moisture. Near the south-east corner of the building, and quite embedded in the wall, a small stone crucifix was found. It com prises the figure'of our Saviour on the cross and two female figures, one on either side, in relief.. The ground work is stained scarlet. There is carving at the back of the piece as well, and it is supposed it may have stood in front of the altar. This crucifix was thrown aside with the rubbish by the workmen, but Mr. Rawlins, of 'lend ford, noticing something curious about it, had the mor tar carefully picked off and disclosed an interesting relic of art. Near the spot where the crucifix was found, and within a yard of the niche and basin anciently used for holy water, several old coins, and tokens were dis covered. A silver coin of the time of Henry 11. or Henry IV. is one of them. The' tokens are those of a merchant of Nuremburg, SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—A sad mishap occurred a few days since at Portland, which occasioned no small degree of excitement from the peculiar circumstances attend ing it A coast-gbardsinan, named Hatisford, had been frequently annoyed by a dog, the property of a farmer in the island, and ha accordingly determined to shoot the offending quadruped. Armed with a loaded pistol, and attended by a companion, he sallied forth after dark to do the deed. On arriving at the locum tenem of Snar 1, yow, the coast-guard, thinking he saw his game, fired off the pistol. Instead of hearing the yelp of the cur, however, he heard the groans of the companion beside him, for the ball had struck a wall oppo-ite to them, and rebounding, entered the neck of the unfortunate man and passed down his side. Surgical aid was soon pro cured, but it was found that the bu.let had made its was too near the region of the heart to allow of its being ex tracted. The poor fellow lies in a most Precari9ll4 state. THE BATTLE OF TeIIINGLYL. ' • (From the lavalide Rune.) Report sent by the Russian officer commanding the daachment of Erivan to the commandant of the active corps of the Turkish frontier of the Caucasus: The commander of the army of the Caucasus has transmitted to the Minister of War, in order to be brought under the notice of his Majesty the Emperor, the follow ing copy of a report addres-ed by Lieut.-General Baron Wrangel, commander of the detachment at Erivan, to the Lieutenant-General Prince Bebutoff, commander of the c)rps on active service upon the Turkish frontiers of the Caucasus, dated the 18th (30th) July, containing an account of a brilliant victory glined, on the 17th (29th) July, upon the heights of Tchinglyl, over a body of 12,000 Turks, who came out of Bayazid, under the cow roam! of &limn Paella, and marched upon our frontier. I have the honour to acquaint your Excel! ucy that the enemy was completely beaten, on the 17th (29th) of this month, upon the heights of Tellingly!, by the troops forming the detachment of Erivan placed under my command. On the Mb (28th) July I left the ge villfi f with fip(v)seitloiantitiNo. 5, eight r i i ) t i r e y e , es f f i r u o r n g , i t T e s f i r i i g lr l i i i t tl i ° ll t b te a r t y tere n. d; of the 21st, brigade of artillery, 7 sotnias of C issacks of the D rn from the 4th and 23 1 Regiments, 6 sotnias from the Mussulman Regiment No. 4, the Bek Militia, and one sotnia efKurdes. In the whole, there w. re 16 sotnias of B i , r i egu yaz n l cavalry. arcilg a l t e pr i g ec t e n eded ,einek by the Or in the e evening, i n g, road in n to order . to conceal my movements a n d t o occupy t h e nex t urnrn ing, at ,as early an hour as po ss ibl e, an d b e f o re the enemy, the crest of the hills But it rained the whol e night, the road was dreadfully cu t up , it was ex tremely difficult to ascend the abrupt d ec li v iti es o f th e /noun and it was noon before I arr i ve d a t the road on • the sum'nit with the whole cf the caval r y, four batta lions, and eight guns, belonging t o th e l ig ht battery,No. 7. The enemy, to the numb er o f near ly 12,0 00 men, infantry and cavalry, had al r e a dy t a k en u p a strong position there. Across the defile, which at this plan e extended to 300 sagenes in breadth, he had placed four . pieces of cannon, five battalions of infantry, and behind them about 5,000 horsemen. The neighbouring heights• were also occupied with infantry. I gave th e troops i .. r • hour's rest ; and then, with th e four battalions I bay with me, without waiting for the arrival of the fifth, o r the four guns, which were delayed by the bad state of the roads, I decided upon attacking the Turks' having perceived that they were continually receiving ;'.. reinforcern•• nts, that they had o p ene d fire upon us f roni f err guns, and that they threatened to turn both our flanks upon the heights, from which, sheltered h/ the rocks, they caused us some l oss b y a weltdirected, fusillade. I opened fire from my e ight guns , which I did Hot delay causing to advanee, and threw a s hower e a grape against the centre of the ene m y' s p os ition. poste the infantry upon the flanks of the battery in two lines!, with the cavalry behind (four so t nias o f Cossacks, a n four of militia), in order that at a p ar ti cu l a r moment th e infantry might give place, and, the cavalry rush ie g through the intervals and by the fla n ks, both might then charge the Turks simultaneously. After having maintained for a short time a wel l-suir ported fire from our artillery and tirailleurs, I l e d the, , • troops to the attack in the defile, under a concentr at e cross fire from the enemy, with the object of driving in his centre and cutting off the retreat of that portion: his troops which ()coupled the heights upon our 11-'n l s. This : movement was crowned w ith c omplete succeS _ The -enemy was attacked at th e p o i n t of the bayonet .re hY_ the infantry, and at the same ti me c harged with the lance by Lhe cavalry—his c en t re was broken, all tn uns troops stationed at that point put to flight, his fou r g - . were iminediatety turned, and by t hi s o pera those who occupied the heights upon our flanks W T r completely intercepted. H a vi ng ordered the cavalry ~ to pursue the enemy, who se c e n t re h a d been thus ° e n , stroyed, I marched the infantry in columns npo the heights, in order to t a k e in rear and g' wo the whole road from the hills to Karaboulakh. camp+, with their provisions arid everything that t contained, were *abandoned by the Turks, one at Ka o• __ - boulakti, and the other at Arzap ; and they are n ow 'li copied by Cossacks. Among the number of dead ls Pacha, chief of the Bashi bazouks. The Commander -1P Chief, Sam Pacha took to flight with the other s. O„ our side we had in the foot regiments en4 ii t e h a l Cossack regiments 1 subaltern officer and 5 6 men ki" e , 10 subaltern officers and 227 men wounded. One sup__ rior officer (Lieutenant Colonel Sacken), 4 su baltern officers, and 35 men sustained contusions. The militias a lia4 had about 70 mei, killed arid wounded, but, sitivo as they are concerned, we have not as yet any po 4)511 - nation. I was myself slightly wounded iu the leg by ball at the commencement of the action. ion Ili the forenoon of the 18th (3 0 th). July, a deputat :core Bayazid arid the surrounding villages waited upon • carder to make the submission of the tubabitants. They announced that the Turks had abandone d Bar : zid in complete disorder, having dispersed in d ifferent directions; and that they had wholly evacuated the die;e trict of Bayazid. I have sent an avant-garde, unde . the command of Colonel Khrestchatitsky, to occupy th city, and I shalt repair thither in person with the whole detachment. In fact, on all the roads, wherever our patrols have hitherto appeared, nothing is met with eS cept, traces of disaster and flight—the wounded aban' (toned, dead bodies, provisions, arms, haversacks, and nuiperoue other effects—but nowhere has the enemy beet, seen. I believe the result of this conflict will be the complete subuit•Lsion of the Sandjak of Bayazid, the. occupation ef its chief places, and the entire destruction ' of the Turkish division of Bayazid. I render grateful testimony to your Excellency of the remarkable bravery of the troops under my command. Officers and intm ,narched with the utmost enthusiasm into battle, and their attack was as deci,ive as it was brilliant. With the view of gaining tone, I forthwith sent the colours. with a copy of the present report to M. le COW: ". inandant of the army of the Caucasus, confiding them to the subdienter.ant of the regiment of Ciasseurs de Tifi i :st . Boron Wrangel, who was attached to my person, bes_ cause this officer carried off the flag of the Ar,,; after having killed with his own hand the man tv" carried it. I shall have the honour soon to report to your E le lency the result of the movement upon Bayazid. REDUCTION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES IN FRANCE. pliu.b Thel:e Magna,M vv o o n r i t k e -.,- f 01 r i.Minist ereeoni containsinoef recommending irgrei Agriculture, c o ao r l t troteordeut reduction the 00 E imi mpe r o r a duties on various articles. Dye-stuffs'are. torn°bferecceistrritiii:- ' freed from duty when brought direct flora the Pl 3ce frt o production in French bottoms ; and when c oining ie ° 0 banding warehouses in Europe, or brought in I°re.t7e 0 vessels, they are to be subjeet:ed• to differential du l o t calculated to afford sufficient protection to the Freirjost flag. Vanilla from the Island of Reunion, wbi ch i ' v ed poly,' lf. the kilogramme, is tu p rol e tr6in that payment. Beet-rout, which has hitherte vtiveit classified under the head of fre.h vegetables, and Its ~ to pays a duty of 50c. the 100 kilug is to be redu.ce`_`oo . 30,c. The duty on bamboos, reeds, and 0 0 ° 11. 1 is ' wood is to be suppressed when they are itinportew,eo French vessels, and proportionately reduced . 'L A brought in foreign button's. Potash is to be redno two-thirds when brought from foreign countrieseilid/bo one-half when coming from any part at Europe ; d o pe duty on warble is to be made the satne for imports to by land as by sea. A decree follows inuttifydr.logvijog customs duties on various articles in the feh manner : IMPORTATION. Vanilla, from Island Reunion EsenO• .1 0 p deetroot 3O I ° ° ki ! Ofr. 0 . Dye-stuffs, by French vessels from t• ioreizn countries Ditto ditto from 10 0 kilclP bonding warehouses. 6fr. Oc . 0 Ditto by foreign vessels ................ Odoriferous woods, by French vessels Exem pt' from foreign countries Ditto ditto ficnn 100lelid. foreign countries Ditto by foreign vessels damboos and foreign seeds, by French ExernP t • .vessels from foreign countries Ditto ditto from bonding warehouses Ditto i by foreign vessels rocotic resins, ay French vessels from 43°Ofrrr: Ex i:S° l o3 l ::. ki' id.' ;foreign c ountries Ditto ditto from 100 OPP ouuding warehouses 0 Ditto by foreign vessels lsfr. 00. Dye-stuffs, by French vessels from Ezea 3 o* 'foreign countries Ditto ditto from , nn laid'. ' bonding warehouses 3fr. 01 * '' " Ditto by foreign vessels Gall -nuts, by French vessels, from Exemp t ' • • foreign countries Ditto ditto from Ditt o by 00 old. bonding warehouses 3fr. ° e • 1 foreign vessels 14b' ; o b/ me duty 500. Marbles imported by land { French ves k/ lok 1- 0 0 Iron ore imported by foreign vessel s Ofr. 24' Paving and other large stones im ported by land or by F renc h vessels Charcoal and stalks of hemp pee led, S E l ic e e: P P :" . . by land or by French vessels Potash, by French vessels f rom 0 0 ,10 0 French colonies Ditto ditto from foreign ditto countriesnot in Europefro.m. Ditto . 6fr. O c. '' 10fr. Oc. 1, bonding warehouses l2fr. Oc. " Ditto by foreign vessels EXPORTATION. Sand for manufacturing glass and EzernP t ' earthenware -.....s.,se•_______ _..-- 90. L B ROMPTO N HOSPITAL FOR CONSU MPTION Art o f t o EASES OF THE CHEST.—The usual quarterly en d in the governors of this institution was yesterday pe ter c Ar peter - 1 :1 1 ( board room of the hospital, Brompton , .-) r esen t . Notten Pule Bart., in the chair. The report p. _ bap charity I n _ uy the House committee stated that the ;11 u ° cleared the sum of 7001. from the bazaar held ' 001. ,ast in aid of the funds, and r ecorded a lega ° cy fr c o L vi of f from the late Mr. lUilthorpe ; anothe r of 50 residu e late Mr. Parby ; and a bequ est of the f the the estate of the late Mr. John Crozier, : 4u`` county of Tyrone, Ireland. During the„ x las n b a tien t A g ter, according to the medical report, lu" ..tt ri2 Of ,tad been admitted, 86 had been discharged, v a",,, t0 0 9u., i n . th "" . „.. r y or died ; and that there were remaining These reports were unanimously adopted ; the b.',7 6 -i. to the resident medical officer was increased from 14 6 ' 0 / . to 5 1 5 5 1 0 . / pe p r er ar a in n o n m um . , aAndgrt,ltitautityof otfheutn. wataihs-oezusi also d, (i t: the latter official. The proceedings t ~ ' x ijzo , with it To t e of titonlio to th e °Wm"' - - - • -- - I L