The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-17 00:00:00

On Monday will be published, - in 2 vols. 8vo„ 30s, AIR, KAYE'S LIFE AND CORRESPON DE7SCE OF LORD METCALFE. New Burlington-street, August 17, 1854. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE: Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. Tats EVEN* l 4ct,Ann 17. Will be performed Benini's Opera of LA SONNAMSTTLI. Arabia. Bine. Bary ; Lisa. Madame Greiffenhagen ; Theresa. Ma dame Heinrich; Alessio, Stator Ferrara; Count Rodolpho. Signor draoldl: and Elvino, Signor Eettini. To conclude with a favourite BALLET DIVERTISSEMEN T. ?ranee—Gallery, Is. ; Pit, 25.: Upper 80xe5,33. s, Pirst Circle, 45.; essarde, Ss.; Stalls, Ts. ; and Private Boxes, One, Two, Three, Mad Four Guineas each. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARLIZT. • Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Anourr 17, Will be performed THE OLD CHATEAU. Charact tzwilll ers by Messrand s. Rowe. Rogers, IL Marston, and Bucks tone; Mrs. Fiam kiss Reynolds. Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS in a GRAND BALLET. The new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. LYCEUM THEATRE• Mr. and Mrs. SIMS REEVES' FAREWELL PERFORMANCES. Mr. ALLCROFT begs to announce that ha has entered into an kngagement with Mr. and Mr-. SIMS REEVES for Three Fare well Performances previous to their departure for the season, the second of which will tale place TO-MORROW EVENING, FRIDAY, Atl42rim 18, when will be presented Bellini's celebrated Opera of LA SONNAM BULA. On MONDAY, 21st, LITCIA DI LAM3IERMOOR. To conclude With a Grand BALLET every Evening. Boxes, 5s ; Pit, 2s. 6d.; Gallery, Is. Private Boxes, 215., to be had at the Box-office. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Alleroft. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 16, WM be performed HARD TIMES. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Mephistopheles, Mr. HaHord; Faust, Miss G. Hodson; Marguerite, Miss H. Gordon. To conclude with THE OMNIBUS. Stalls, 45.; Boxes, 2s. 6d.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes Is. to be had of Mr. Aileron. lb, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. "This place fills up an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leaves wanting. Vocal and instrumental music of the first order, and a display of fireworks which exceeds all imagination, are a fitting close to a day at the Crystal Palace." • --- DAMSON'S COL 033 AL PANORASIA of CHUSAN. Splendid and Extensive Menagerie and Marine Aquarium—Unri valled Military Band. VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, In which Miss Poole, Miss Ransford, and Mr. Manvers sing several National and Patriotic Songs—Alr the Amusing Novelties of the Gardens in succession, concluding with the •' Feast of Lan terns." and a most magnificent display of Fireworks by Southhy. Admission One Shilling. A splendid Pavilion for Dancing has been erected. Full Quadrille Band, Sec. ASTLETS ROYAL AMPATTREAT RE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. William Cooke. Shortly will be produced, a Grand EQUESTRIAN BURLESQUE! THIS EVENING, THE COSSACKS; or, Viva la France. After which, SCENES In the ARENA, invented and arranged by Mr. William Cooke. Miss Emily Cooke, the wonder of the world, will have the honour of appearing. Grand Entree by 12 ladies. The Halm of England and France. HERR CHRISTOFF, Premier Fttnambnle on the Tight Rope. To conclude with the new Equestrian Ballet d'Action, by Mrs. S. G. Realey, called THE KNIGHT AND THE WATER LILY; or, Love among the Mermaids. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tots DAY —Morning 5 min.after 8 Evening 39 min.aft. 8 To-Nfoaaow—Morning 19 min.after 9 I Evening 59 min.aft. 9 111 E WEATHER.—Stry 017101, AtG. 17. THERNONZTEB, IN THZ SHADE. 68 —highest since noon yesterday. 50--lowest this morning and during the night. 62 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30•07—rising. Wren, N.W. to W.N. W.—Fresh, with passing showers of rain and dull weather. ~~~~ =?.= 11,11,4 ztg& LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1854. The authorities are adopting a variety of pre cautionary measures with a view to diminish, if possible, the ravages of the dreadful scourge which has now descended upon various parts of the me tropolis. The Gazette is crowded with official re- gulations in regard to the closing of the intra mural graveyards. The Board of Health is placed , under the, sivrvei//ance of a Minister, responsible for its acts to Parliament. An independent member, as energetic as the hon. baronet, one of the representatives of the borough of Marylebone, is judiciously nominated to the new office by the decision of the supreme councils of her MAJESTY'S Government. Greater attention than ever (though, alas ! that is saying but very little indeed) is be ing paid just now to the filthy condition of the river Thames, and to the general inade quacy of drainage both north and south on its Surrey and Middlesex side, and east and west in London and in Westminster. Nevertheless, though " much has been done," yet " more re mains to do"—and some of the evils requiring • either removal or abatement, demand especial mention by the public Press in this hour of ex treme emergency. The mortality along the southern bank of the river between the bridges—the fact is undeniably apparent--has a frightful excess over the mor tality further northwards in the directions of Kilburn, Highgate, and Hampstead. The reality of this glares upon the popular appreciation from the weekly return tables issued from the office of the Registrar -general. It is out of the reach of contradiction. It is there before our eyes in round numbers—terribly visible. And why this disproportion ? Any one may-tell who has visited, or merely hastily passed through, the locality on foot, or in a road vehicle, or on the railway. The whole atmosphere, especially in the vicinity of Lambeth, is actually pestilential. What with bone-boilers, and knackers, and tallow mer chants, and chemical manufacturers, and the huge establishments of one or two of the metropolitan gas companies what with all these, and here and there an old festering graveyard, rotting and reeking in the midst of dirty and dilapidated houses, filled from cellar to garret with a squalid though industrious multi tude of inhabitants—no wonder the whole neigh bourhood is poisoned ! Why, one's hands can actually feel the filth in the atmosphere, one's eyes can see it littered around, one's nose can smell it everyw h ere—a b ominably. The accumu lation of these deleterious occupations in that densely populated locality is a matter of absolute notoriety. And being so, why, in GOD'S name, Why, in the name of our common humanity-- why, we ask again and • again, is not a positive iiiindisatzebdiyatteilstoapuut to this great and crying vernment ?the Imp er i a l G o - Manifestly rittTi of e Gove rnment has the power. T o whom are we to lo o k f or the exercise of that p ower ? To Lord P ALM Sir 13 ENJAMLIC HAL L , or to or to the liarits"le . r" 7 To the — Minister o f H ealth, Seerter neither ? Active meaeatsu;e: o T u o ght in reason or o t n o to be adopted who perish f or delay, pe:lce7 consequenc e and those of the delay, and therefo re 164 t i h n ose who h ave ligh for the men t caused it. It is a so l emn tho who are entrusted with this serious and even awful responsibility. -4 Sofnething must be done towards the removal or mitigation of the evil to which we h ave re ferred. Nothing has yet been attempted. When is the effort to be made ? When ? While we are thinking about the time, that time is elapsing and the evil continues, and with its continuance spreads around it in every quarter the dread malaria of destruction. The cholera is not corning --it has arrived. The period has gone by for procrastination. Tina authorities must act, and act, moreover, betimes, or the consequences may weigh heavily, hereafter, upon their sense of respon sibility. At moments like these it is that we are enabled to appreciate the wisdom of the " pro verbial philosophy" of old—wisdom like that which declared-- " Cleanliness is next to Godliness." The efficiency of the new "Bribery Enact ments" will be 13irly tested before the end of the current week. Fivp elections ar e a b ou t t o take place for boroughs whicb, although they have attained an unhappy notoriety, and have been visited with Parliamentary censure_ in_ the shape of hostile reports and protracted suspension of their writs, cannot be considered as much worse than many others of their class, although the latter had not the misfortune to be found out. The great question, thee, to be ascertained is, whether sharp contests can be carried on for such places as Canterbury, Cambridge, Hull, Barnstaple, and Maldon, without the adoption of such practices as, although long since prohibited by law, have been specially legislated against during the present Session. We must confess that we do not look forward with much hope to any beneficial results from the recent enactments. Bribery, and treating, and intimidation may be carried on in a more roundabout manner, but they will still be exer cised in one shape or another. The Election Auditor may only receive from the candi date, or sanction payment by him for legiti mate expenses, but there is no check whatever or account of advanees made by the friends of the aspirant for Parliamentary honours, and we can easily conceive by how many ingenious devices the sums thus expended may be repaid. An apparently improvident wager—a disinterested testimonial of friendship—or a quasi charitable donation may fully reimburse the gentleman who provided the funds in the first instance, trusting to the honour and liberality of the party really interested. In such cases few questions will be asked—the returned member will riot scrutinise very strictly the nature of the demand preferred, and to which he possibly owed his seat, or should he prove of too inquisitive a disposition the amount may be easily withheld until after he has delivered his own to the creditor ; and in conse quence of his declaration being omitted, he may, after a certain time has expired, and the matter can be safely done, make these payments. As to the publication of the auditor's accounts. These accounts might unquestionably help keen men, well acquainted with electioneering tactics, to hunt out latentcorruption. But, independent of the cau tion exercised in their preparation, we must recol lect that they are not required to be sent in for three months after the election, while, generally speaking, the petition must be lodged within fourteen days. It is therefore quite obvious that even a detection of undue operations will have no effect on the position of the candidate who might have been guilty thereof, so far as that election was concerned. " The publication," as has been well remarked by a shrewd observer, " becomes a mere gratification of idle curiosity, without be nefit to any one but the proprietor of the news paper in which it is advertised." The auditor, we may add, is directly interested in sanctioning a liberal outlay, inasmuch as his remuneration con sists partly of a percentage on that very outlay. The more extravagant it is the higher will he be paid, and, therefore, we cannot look for any great strictness on his part in the way of " cutting down the bills." If, however, we do not anticipate much benefit from the latest enactments, we must console our selves with the reflection that the Act will only continue for one year, and that if it does no good during that period neither can it do much harm. Besides if, as we believe, it should prove an un mitigated failure, it will tend to satisfy really conscientious men of the inefficacy of the various nostrums that have been so elaborately puffed, and to convince them that there is but one real remedy, striking at the root of the disease, and, therefore, capable of affording a complete cure. Yes, without " THE BALLOT," cor ruption in all its manifold forms will still prevail—intimidation will flourish, and every description of undue influence be resorted to. Landlord, priest, employer, customer will try the various kinds of persuasion that experience has proved to be nearly irresistible. Distresses for rent, or ejectments, will terrify the unruly voter. Sacerdotal threats may be hurled at his devoted head, while notices to be discharged from his work, or that he need no longer send for orders to one or more of his best customers, will terrify and harass the miserable voter, who finds the elec tive franchise, once so much coveted, the most injurious possession he could obtain. For sometimes the influences are conflicting ; to propitiate one, he must irretrievably offend another. What, then, is the wretched man to do ? " Incidit in Scyllam, dum vult Evitare Charybdin." If he seeks to avoid the temporal power of the landlord, he falls under the spiritual lash of the direcior of his conscience, or incurs the loss of very useful patronage ; or should he be so fortu nate as to please all these important personages— to satisfy landlord, priest, customer, and em ployer, he may possibly excite the indignation of " his Majesty, the people," and be handed over to the tender mercies of "King Mob "—not the leas formidable of the terrible despots, who punish with stringent severity any breach of their injunctions. The Bribery Act will prove the necessity of the Ballot. That is the alpha and omega of the means for obtaining purity of election. The only other point—though far inferior in importance— that could conduce to the same point, is the re quiring a stringent declaration from every candi date, or, in his absence, the person deputed to act on his behalf—and which should be confirmed by his own, before taking his seat, that he bad not in any way been cognisant of, nor would he sanc tion them, or, at any future time, any corrupt ,or undue influence. Such a declaration, although quite inadequate without "the Ballot," would form a useful adjunct, and add an additional guarantee to that which would be as nearly per fect as we could hope to make any merely human system. ELECTION FOR KING'S LYNN. Mr. John Henry Gurney, the head of the eminent banking firm of Gurney and ' Co., at Norwich, is a candidate for the seat vacated by the death of Lord Jocelyn. His politics are thoroughly Liberal, and the respect and esteem in which he is universally held render his return certain. He comes forward at the request of a deputation from the electors, and his address will appear to-day. He is a young man of high talents, of immense wealth, much devoted to science and literature, and will be a great acquisition to the Liberal party in the House of Commons. THE NEW BOARD OF HEALTH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. Sir,—Sir Benjamin Hall is no doubt in a difficult position. He may save himself much future trouble by at once declaring that he will permit no employe to receive a pecuniary advantage other than his salary, stop the improper system of com missions, and give the inspectors- under the old regime the option of giving up either their five per cent. or their connection with the Board of Health. I am, sir, your obedient servant, A FRIEND OF SANITARY REFORM. London, August 15. THE GAME LAWS. LATEST NEWS. THE WAR. CONFLICT AT BOMARSI7ND-REPORTED VICTORY. The following are among the latest telegraphic despatches from the Baltic : GRISSELHAMM, MO3.7DAY, Aug. 14, 6 P.M.—To morrow a main attack is to be made on Bomarsund. It has been announced from the pulpits of all the Churches in the Isles of Aland that the Rus sian sway is at an end. TUESDAY, Aug. 15.---The Russian authorities are flying from the Aland Isles ; the peasants threaten them and place them in fear. Some of them are at this place. No cannonading was heard last night. STOCKHOLM, MONDAY, Aug. 14.—The allies are before Bomarsund. On the westward 10,000 French troops and 2,000 English marines are entrenched. The Russians made a sortie, but were repulsed with great loss. One fort in flames. TUESDAY, Aug. 15.—One fort is reported as having been. taken. BOMARSIIND, Aug. 15.--The strongest fort has been taken by the French and English, after several hours' severe fighting. Scaling ladders were furnished last night, and are to -be used to-day against the principal fortress. Tho .Monittur has the following, dated Boulogne, 15 :—" An English courier, coming from Stock holm, brought last night to Calais the intelligence that 2,000 French troops had landed near the works of Bomarsund, and had carried by assault a redoubt armed with eight guns, without losing a man. The aim of the enemy was exceedingly dcfective, and our soldiers did not allow time to have it rectified." THB- ELUN', LONDON; TITURSDAV P,VENINO, AUGUST 17, 1-864. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. more than our passed, c an b e over-stretched Sat,—No l aws th a t were ever passe d, or ever E w n i g ll lis b h e game ones. All penal enactments are intended to be construed liberally, but county magistrates (generally w have speaki ng ) are either ignorant of that intent, or 1.1 fully set it at naught. C onv i c ti ons innumerable might be,m set aside had the parties convicted means of appealing to the Queen's Bench. Gamekeepers and rural policemen make no hesitation in illegally stoping a poacher, searching him, and often times taking him into custody, when the "uncertificater is on the common highway. Suppose a poacher, for this busy and illegal interference, was to crack the keeper or policeman's head, where would be his remedy? 1 He would have consolation in finding be had broken the law, and for his pains had got a broken cranium, without having redress. A few such striking instances might cause officious keepers and policemen to act Inure cautiously and discreetly. Aug. 16. A LAWYER. l.•MhllnII......•••••••••...--- The Prince and Princess de Joinviue, with the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, are staying at the Viet ria Hotel, St. Leonard's, for a b ou t a month or six week; The Countess of Westmo re l an d h as left London .en route to join the noble earl at the embassy at Vienna, Her ladyship crossed from Dover to Calais yesterday with Captain Smithett, in one of the Dover, Calais, and Ostend Royal Mail steam-packets. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Rossini's Semiramide was announced last night, but in consequence of the indis position o f a principal performer the Lucre z i a B org i a of Donizetti was played instead. THE TURKISH LOAN. The following notification regarding the proposed Turkish loan was issued yesterday by the agents, Sir I. L. Goldsmid and Mr. Horsley Palmer, and is in precise conformity with the particulars already published. An accompanying memorandum states the views with which it is regarded by the Governments of France and Eng land. The total amount is to be 5,000,0001., and the first issue will represent 2,000,0001. of 6 per cent. stock at 80 (or a cash paymant of 1,600,0001.), with a privi lege to the subscribers of taking a further sum of 1,000,0001. on the same terms within a month. The remaining 2,000,0001. of stock is not to be issued for five months below 85. Subscriptions are to be received both in London and Paris, and, as the total cash pay ment involved, even supposing the entire amount of the loan to be eventually subscribed, will not much exceed 4,000,0001., there is no reason to apprehend that the instalments spread over many months, and, divided be tween the two countries, will produce any very objec tionable effect on the money-market. The time allowed for the sending in of subscriptions is limited to this day, and the applications already far exceed the sum required : " TURKISH 6 PER CENT. LOAN FOR 25,000,000 IN BONDS, WITH COUPONS PAYABLE HALF-YEARLY, 10TH OF APRIL AND LOTH OF OCTOBER, 1851. "Subscriptions to be received in London and Paris, to be redeemed at par by equal annual instalments of 1 per cent, per annum ; the first drawing to be made on the Ist of March, 1856. " This loan is not only charged on the general revenue of Turkey, but is specially secured, principal and interest, by the assignment of 30,000,000 piastres (282,0001. ster ling), tribute payable by the Pasha of Egypt to his Majesty the Sultan, by virtue of the treaty of 1811, contracted under the sanction of the Great Powers of Europe. " This tribute is to be remitted half-yearly, direct from the Pasha of Egypt to the agents in London. "The contract, executed in duplicate, will be deposited, as well as the firmans, now in the hands of the represen tatives of Turkey—one copy in the Bank of England, and the other in the Bank of France, in the names of the re presentatives of the Sublime Porte at London and Paris respectively, and the undersigned. The undersigned are prepared to receive applications to the extent of 2,000,0001. sterling of this loan, at the price of 80 per cent., on the following conditions. " The payments for the loan to be made as follows : " 15 per cent, on the 22d inst. " 15 per cent. on the 22d of September. "20 per cent. on the 20th of October. "15 per cent. on the 21st of November. "15 per cent. on the 19th of December. "On default of payment of any instalment on the day fixed the previous payments to be forfeited. "Discount at the rate of 51. per cent. per annum on the instalments will be allowed for prompt payment, and the holders of the scrip will have the option of taking at the same price and on the terms of the present issue a further amount equal to half their present subscriptions within ose month from the 17th inst., upon notice hereafter to be given by the undersigned. The remainder of the loan is not to be issued at an earlier period than five months from the 7th inst. below 85 per cent. Tile loan is to be redeemed by equal annual instalments of 1 per cent. per annum, to be applied by paying off at par. Bonds to be drawn by lot in the usual manner. Due notice to be given of the bonds drawn for payment. "The Turkish Government reserves to itself the right of paying off the whole or any part of this loan at par at the expiration of 15 years from the Ist of January next, upon giving six months' notice of their intention to do so. "Letters of application to be addressed to the agents under cover to Messrs. Mullens, Marshall, and Daniell, Lombard-street, on or before the 17th inst. "ISAAC L. GOLDS3IID, "J. HORSLEY PALMER. "The undersigned have the satisfaction to acquaint the public that they are authorised by the Earl of Clarendon, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Af fairs, to state that this loan is negotiated with the know ledge of the English Government; that her Majesty's Go vernment is satisfied that the loan and the approbation of the above-mentioned 30,000,000 piastres (232,00014 per annum of the Egyptian tribute are duly authorised by his Majesty the Sultan; and, further, that the representatives of the Sublime Porte at Paris and London are empowered in vir tue of Imperial firmans to ratify the contract for the loan in the name of his Majesty the Sultan, and Lord Cla.-en don relies with confidence upon the Turkish Government fulfilling with good faith the engagements they have entered into. " The undersigned are assured that a similar declaration will be made by M. Drouyn de L'Huys, the French Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs. _ _ "ISAAC L. GOLDSMID. "J. HORSLEY PALMER. "London, Aug. 16." Upon this notice making its appearance the quotation for the scrip was 2 premium, and several transactions which were entered into caused-a rapid rise, until, at the close of the day, it had reached 41 to 5. The option to purchasers of subscribing a further sum within a month equal to half the amount taken now, formed, of course, an element in the estimates of its value, the nominal quotation of 41 premium on 1001. being just equal to 3 per cent. premium on the 1001. and the additional 501. to which the holder will be entitled. The highest pre miums reached on the loans formerly put forth were 111 per cent. on that of 2,000,0001. proposed for at the price of 100 in 1851, when Consols were at par, and 3 per cent. for, that of 2,200,0001. advertised at 85 in March last, when Consols were at 895, and which was almost immediately stopped'by a panic in the t ng.; lish market. In neither of these cases was there any, spebial hypothecation of the Egyptian tribute. After 1851 that tribute was taken by the Peninsular and Oriental Company as security for a considerable loan, which has been duly discharged. THE _RUSSIAN JOURNAL AND LORD ABER DEEN'S ADMINISTRATION. A correspondent on the Danube says :—" Since my arrival at Giurgevo I find that tremendous dissensions have taken place at head-quarters re garding the correspondents ; that Colonel Dien, the French, and Captain Summons, the English, diplomatic agents, have strained every nerve to induce Omer Pacha to expel everybody connected with the press. They were actively seconded by Lord De Ros, the British Quartermaster General, a silly, childish man. Omer Pacha has, however, steadily resisted all these attempts. It would have been outrageous for the Turks to have driven us away when the correspondent of the Times actually receives, in the light division, rations for himself and three horses from the commissariat (it is said) by order of the government at home." Another correspondent, writing from the camp; near Varna, on the 30th July, thus refers to the Correspondent of the Russian Journal, for whom the Aberdeen Government have made such special provision with the Light Division :—" I under stand that Mr. —, the Times correspondent, terrified by the cholera, has bolted.' I know he is now at Constantinople, and from his last letters to the Rifles it appears. he is likely to remain there some time." The special provision made for the exclusive benefit of the Russian Journal in the English camp is thus thrown away. Perhaps the Minister at War or the Secretary at War, may hereafter be inclined to admit the propriety of allowing the enterprising represen tatives of all the English newspapers to have equal facilities for informing the English public of the progress of our armies in Turkey. To help the Times whilst they seek to impede the other papers is practical treason against the Freedom of the Press in this country.—Daily News. COWES, ISLE OP WIGHT,--Aug, 15. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA. MATCH FOR PRINCE ALBERT'S CUP. At 10 o'clock the following cutter yachts started from Cowes Roads for the Nab, with a spanking breeze from the south-west : Arrow 102 tons... Thomas Chamberlain, Esq, Julia lll „ 'William Peareth, Esq. Aurora Osprey 59 „ Lieut.-Colonel R. W. Huey. The former took the l ea d, c l ose l y f ollowed by ihe Julia, between which the contest seemed to rest, each being considered by their respective admirers certain' to prove the victor. Until after rounding the Nab there was no decided difference in their positions ; but in beat ing down by Cowes to Yarmouth the Arrow had it 'all her own way. She sat as upright as a duck ; while the Julia went on her broadside when she was intended to sail on her keel. The Arrow won the match by 14 minutes. The backers of the Julia say the reason the Arrow gained was that her men, having all an interest in the match (Mr. Chamberlain giving each a sovereign for every cup they win), trimmed ballast to windward and kept her on an even keel ; but the losers must assign some reason for not winning. An unfortunate accident happened on board the Os prey. In rounding the station vessel off Yarmouth one of the men, while clearing the gaff topsail, lost his hold and fell from the masthead overboard. The yacht was hove-to immediately and a boat hoisted ont, but the poor fellow had sunk to rise no more. THE FIREWORKS. Thousands were drawn to the Parade to witness the fireworks, and the Prince of Wales embarked from Os borne on board the Royal yacht. From some cause, to us unknown, there was so much delay between the dif ferent displays that the company was very dissatisfied. Seven yachts are entered for the Royal Yacht Squa dron 100 Guinea Cap, to be competed for on Saturday. THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH LONDON RAILWAY.--On inquiries yesterday at the German Hos pital, Dalston, it was ascertained that the two assistant guards, Richard Nation and James Waygood, who were so dreadfully, and at first supposed to be fatally, injured by the alarming collision which occurred by the goods train running into a passenger—train, near Kingsland, on the evening of Monday last, were progressing favour ably under the skilful attention, of Dr. Rankes. The pour stoker of the passenger train (John Blencowe), who, it will be remembered, was dreadfully scalded, is now in a fair way of recovery. The inquest on the body of John Allen, the engine-driver, who, it may be men tioned, was a very steady and skilful driver, and ran the first train through the line, has not yet been fixed, owing to some at present unexplained circumstances, but will, no doubt, be held on Friday morning, when the result of a minute examination just made will be elicited. h The body o f th e poor man (All en ), w hi c h still lies a t the C rown, S t. Paul's-road Highbury, where it was removed after th e acc id en t, i s ver y much disfigured, the lower part o f t h e face and jaws b e i ng comp l e t e ly crush ed nd; no th dou bt e whole the of immediate the cause mo of stfri d g e h a t t f b ul w ly as sc a a n lded, in ternal inju r y t o t h e bowels and chest, caused by the falling of the engine -tend er on the unfortunate man. RUSSIAN VICTORY AT BAJEZID. Advices, dated St. Petersburg, 14th inst., an nounco that the Russians, under Gen. Wrangel, were victorious at Bajezid on the Ist of August. The Russian version says that 3,000 Turks were slain, four guns, seventeen colours, and two camps captured. The Russians, says the same version, subse• quently occupied Bajezid. - MALTA. MALTA, Aug.—The Emperor sailed on the Bth, with 26 large boats for the landing of troops. The Jason has arrived. CONSTANTINOPLE. CONSTANTINOPLE (via Marseilles), Aug. 5.- Marechal de St. Arnaud returned on the 2d insl to Varna, after a conference with the Sultan. The Journal de Constantinople states that a heavy cannonade was opened upon Sebastopol during the last reconnaissance. Seine shells fell even in the town itself. An actiontook place on the 29th ult. at Babadagh between the Bashi-Bazouks, under Youssuf, and the Cossacks. The latter were repulsed. A French colonel received seven lance-wounds, but none of them dangerous. CONSTAXTiNOPLE (via Trieste), Aug. 7.—The ex pedition against the Crimea, and, consequently, against Sebastopol,. has commenced. Schamyl, it is said, will require the Porte to re nounce all right of sovereignty over Circassia. Anapa and Nevessitch are still occupied by the Russians.. Advices from Constantinople of the 7th, received via Vienna, state that the expedition to the Crimea will be speedy and certain. It has been resolved to land 60,000 men. Schamyl hesitates, and demands security that the Porte shall never claim sovereignty over the Cau casus. He demands an offensive and defensive treaty against Russia for future eventualities. Another despatch of the 7th inst. states that Shamyl is said to offer the Porte 50,000 men, if it will recognise the independence of the Caticasus. The cholera is decreasing. SMYRNA, AUG. 9.—The cholera has disappeared. TREBIZOND.—The Russians still hold Anapa and Noworosynsk. GREECE. ArRENs, AUG. 11.—The British Minister has signified to General Kalergis the satisfaction of Queen Victoria at the measures taken for the pacifi cation of Greece. King 0 tho has not accepted the plan proposed by the General for the re-organisation of the army. has gone to th e camp o f th e a lli es at the Piraeus. Metaxas and his accomplices have been tried and acquitted. SARDINIA. TURIN, AUG. 1 6.—The fife of the Emperor Na poleon was yesterday celebrated with great pomp. There was first a religious service, and subsequently a diplomatic dinner, at the Hotel of the French Minister. AUSTRIA- VIENNA, Wednesday Evening.—Yesterday even ing Prince Gortschakoff received despatches from St. Petersburg, and there is reason to believe that he this morning infortr ed CoUnt Buol that, as long as the Turks were in Wallachia, the Russian troops would retain certain strategic points in the Principalities. The Russian G uar d and its reserves are ad vancing by frontier. forced marches towards the southern On the was conclud e d b etween th e Porte and Shamyl. 4 th an offensive and defensive alliance It is said th a t S harayl has o bt a i ne d a grea t v i c t or y over the R uss i ans ; but, according to Russian reports, General Wrangel had advanced with the Russian troops from Erivan, and defeated the Turks near Bayazid with great slaughter. Sixty thoussind Russians retain a position at Galatz. VIENNA, Aug, 15.—M. Bach, Governor of Linz, is appointed Austrian Commissioner in the Prin cipalities. General Hess has gone to rejoin the army of Gallicia. Prince Paskiewitch has arrived at Warsaw, and is about to take the command of the southern army. VIENNA, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 16.—The Austrian neutral forces are not occupying Wallachia. Sixty thousand Russians retain a position at Galatz. We read in a Vienna letter of August 13 : Now that the Austrian note has been despatched to St. Petersburg, it remains to bo seen what results the demands of Austria therein makes will be productive of. Will these demands be deemed acceptable at St. Petersburg ? This is the great and absorbing question of the day here. But to form a safe and correct judgment as to its probable issue, is next to impossible at this critical moment. It may be even fairly doubted whether statesmen and diplomatists are much wiser upon this point than the public at large. The philo-Russians here say, and say it loudly too, that the Emperor Nicholas will now be as warmly disposed for • peace, as he has hitherto— that is, up to a very recent period—been for war. They stoutly maintain, and that too without the fear of contradiction, that their demi-god of the North will be sure to recognise in this answer to his last propositions, which the Austrian Cabinet has now sent to St. Petersburg, an " acceptable basis" for peace negotiations. Of course this sounds very much like an order from higher quarters to prepare and pave the way for what is coming. We must be prepared to hear that Russia will con vert these Austrian demands into an acceptable basis for peace negotiations—that is to say, under the condition that Austria, as the mediating Power, consent to ask for, and succeed in obtaining from the Western Powers, an immediate armistice. Will this be granted ? I doubt it. If the present expedition of the allies against Sebastopol, con cerning which there can be no more doubt, be in the meantime unhappily unsuccessful, then indeed there is nothing so very improbable in an armistice being conceded ; but if this expedition have not yet accomplished its object, but still entertains prospects of success, it is difficult to conceive how it can be expected that the allies will be induced to conclude an armistice just yet. Besides, what guarantees will the allies have for the sincerity of Russia in entering upon such peace nego tiations, which may be spun out ad infinitum, and lead, to no peace results after all ? But enough of these conjectures at present. We must patiently , abide coming events with our accustomed resigna tion. Nevertheless, the Lloyd was perfectly right when it said, the other day, that the only way of arriving at a satisfactory peace is to give effect to the war by some great deed of arms. When we have got possession of the Crimea, and have reduced Sebastopol, then we can s a y to ussia, in dictating the terms of peace—" If you will agree to such and such conditions, we will, on the other hand, return to you what we have taken." As soon as this sort of reciprocity can be brought to bear, hopes and prospects of peace will deserve credence, but not before. ST. PETERSBURG. The St. Petersburg Journal of the 10th contains Count Nesselrode's despatch to Prince Lieven written in January, 1830, in reply to Lord Aberdeen's despatch. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Presse writes from thence, under date of the 6th inst. : " On the Ist the English prisoners captured at the at tack on Gamla Karleby arrived at Helsingfors, escorted by a detachment of Cossacks. The Emperor has thanked the mercantile community of Odessa, through General Osten-Sacken, for their offer to establish a telegraphic communication between that town and Otschakoff. The evacuation of Wallachia by the Russian troops is known here, but it is considered merely a strategical manoeuvre for purposes of concentration, and to receive reinforce ments from other quarters. Not a word about peace is uttered here ; and if any one wishes it, he dare not ex press his thoughts, as the oid Russian war-party entirely governs public opinion. The voluntary contributions do not seem to flow so plentifully as heretofore, for lately only some isolated gifts have been announced." POLAND. A correspondent writes from Cracow, on the 10th inst. : "The day before yesterday an order arrived from Warsaw to all the Customs' officers on the Cracow fron tiers—viz : in Maczki, Szyce, Michalowice, Baran, and Tgolomia—to hold themselves in readiness to retire in land, in case of the advance of the Austrian army towards the frontiers of Poland. They are to balance their accounts, and, under circumstances, are to deliver up the government archives and money to the au thorities at Kielce. In consequence of this, all the officials at the Polish custom-houses have packed up their personals, and made themselves quite ready for a sudden journey into the interior. What the meaning of this is no one can say : but it is none the less a fact that such an order has been issued." THE BALTIC. COPENHAGEN, August 11.—Great alarm pre vails in Norwegian Finmark. The reason is this : The English and French Cabinets had agreed to allow the mutual barter of rye-meal by the Rus sians on the White Sea Coasts against the fish of the Norwegian Finmarkers, their reason for this generous exception being that thousands of poor families would otherwise die of starvation. This trade the Russians carry on principally in large boats, of a certain build, and easy to dis tinguish, called lodjes and ransiks. Accord .ingly, these two kinds of vessels were expressly excepted by the allies from the operation of the blockade. But it soon appeared that the Nor wegian Government—which was at this time en gaged in its famous four-ships intrigue and its foolish coast armaments—was ignorant of the de tails of the case, and was not aware that a good part of the Russian meal trade is carried on in schooners. The English commanders, therefore, of course, refused their passage. On this the Nor wegian commissioner. Captain Krogh, earnestly begged them to depart from their instructions, and they were generous enough to do so to a certain extent, allowing schooners to trade if not ex ceeding 88 tons in burden—for some limit there must of course be. For some time all went well, and the conditions were respected. But at last the Russians tried to pass in a vessel bound from Archangel to Tromso, of, more than 100 tons. They even refused to show their flag, al though warned by three loose shots. On this a sharp shot was sent close under their bow. They new gave way. The ship was stopped, found much to exceed the size allowed, and was made a prize, fifteen Euglishmen being put o n b oar d her. She contained 10,000 Russian puds of rye meal (each pad being 32 Norwegian lbs.), worth 12,000 silver roubles. This event has caused quite a panic. The schooners in the Norwegian harbours are afraid to return home ; those in the Russian ports will not go down to Finmark. Even small lodjes and ransiks have given up their trade. Captain Krogh is trying to persuade the blockaders to give up their prize, which is a most unreasonable demand. Meantime, everything is at a standstill, and the poorer classes will suffer considerable hard ship, especially as the great fish season has just set in. The merchants, however, have filled their stores, and the difficulty is not so great as it would have otherwise been. As the French squadron has now arrived, the blockade will probably be severer than before. So much have the Russians gained by the basest deceit. The Moniteur has the following, dated London, 14th :—" The English Government has received from Admiral Napier despatches, dated the 7th and Bth, which state that the French troops had landed to the south of Bomarsund, and the French and English marines to the northward, without a single man ,getting his feet wet. Sir Charles, in praising the facility and rapidity with which this operation was effected, equally divides his commen dations between the captains of the French and English steamers who executed it. The troops were advancing from both sides on the fortress, which would be invested on the 9th. All the French siege materiel had arrived, and was about to be placed in position. The Russians had de stroyed their outer works, which indicated an in tention to make a vigorous resistance. Sir C. Napier mentions the perfectly good understanding which constantly exists between him, General Baraguay D'Hilliers, and Admiral Parseval." EGYPT. The following circumstances, not generally known, respe c ti ng th e po i son i ng of the Viceroy of Egypt, are extracted from the Osservatore Tries tino "The viceroy desired to drink. His two attendant Mamelukes presented to him a cup of water, which had been poisoned with diamond-dust; but, fearing that the poison would fail in its effects, they strangled him. They then immediately left the palace, and after five hours' hard riding arrived in the principal square at Cairo. They here went into the shop of a baker, Testa by name, and, after havin; refreshed themselves, con fessed to him that they had committed a crime, and offered him a ring of the value of 3,0001. and a purse of 300 guineas if he would provide a place of concealment ; at the same time remarking that a person of distinction had given them 200 purses (about 7501.) five days pre viously. Testa refused to shelter them, and the result was the same at two inns where they applied. When they found that they could nowhere obtain a hiding place, they bought two cars, and departed no one knows where. The physicians said Abbas Pacha died from apoplexy." SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 11th contains the following "M. Luis Sagasti, civil governor of the province, has addressed to the inhabitants of Madrid a proclamation in which he demands of them, in the name of the holy revo lution, the co-operation of their patriotism and their love of liberty in order to consolidate public order, the first ne cessity of nations and the principal guarantee of all insti tutions. As in 1843, the new Political Chief will, he says, display ener7 in repressing any excess, by which the enemies of the glorious rising may attempt to tarnish it. In another proclamation to the national guard of Mad rid, M. Luis Sagasti tells them that he counts on their support as the first and most solid protection of public order and conquered rights. Let there, he says, be union and confidence—union amongst all good liberals anxious for the consolidation of popular institutions— confidence in the government presided over by the invincible pacificator of Vergura, the symbol of our force and our liberties." A leterirOciill&drid of the 11th, in the Mes. sager of Bayonne, says : "In spite of th e opposition of the moderate pre ss , it has been decided-1, that the elections shall take place - - according to the Jaw of 1837 ; 2, that the Cortes shall be constituent ; 3, that there shall be only one assemby. As regards the elections, a portion of the liberal party desired that they should take place in virtue of a special decree. Moreover, the return to the men of 1813 is far from being approved of by the great majority of the party ; they want to see chosen new, younger, and more ardent men, who would adopt sweeping revolutionary measures. As to the moderate party, it adopts the resolution with respect to the elections with resignation, but that resig nation cannot last long. The division in the great con stitutional party has been increased by the aspirations of the partisans of a union of Spain with Portugal. It has been rumoured during the last few days that pronun ciamentos have taken place at Barcelona, Cadiz, and oth er places in favour of Don Pedro V. These rumours, although unfounded, prove that the idea of a union makes great progress in public opinion. The division is further increased by the growing influence of the democratic party, at the head of which is the Marquis de Albaida. This party has a club, which holds daily public sittings. In one of its recent sittings it adopted these resolutions :- 1. To send aCommission to the Duke de la Victoria to request him to declare what line of policy he proposes to follow. 7. To demand that the Queen-Mother shall be obliged to leave the palace, and be confined in a place of safety until the meeting of the Cortes. 3. To compel all the ministers who have been in power since 1843 to present their accounts. The situation is further compli cated by the movements of the Carlists. According to the last official accounts, they have raised their standard in several parts of the country, and especially in Cata lonia, Aragon, and the province of Valencia. General Dulce, who arrived yesterday, was in some danger in the environs of Madrid. The diligence in which he was was stopped by a band of thieves, who robbed the pas sengers ; but, when they approached him, he presented a brace of pistols, and they took to flight." FRANCE. The Emperor of the French, having been con gratulated by the Bishop of Bayonne, on his fete day, made the following reply : "Monseigneur—Custom ha; willed it that there should be one day in the year for every nation to celebrate the fete of its Sovereign. In presence of this general mani festation, and of the prayers which are addressed to Heaven throughout the whole of France, it is the duty of the Sovereign in his turn, to deliver himself up to a strict self-examination in order to ascertain whether he has done every thing that depended on him to merit this concert of good wishes and marks of respect. It is his duty, above all, to come to the foot of the altar to implore Divine Providence, by the intercession of the ministers of religion, to bless his efforts, to enlighten his conscience, and to give him constantly strength to do good, and to put down evil. " My presence on this day at Bayonne is a fact which I mention with pleasure, for it proves that France, calm and happy, no longer feels any of those apprehensions which oblige the head of the State to be always armed and on the qui vive in the capital ; and it proves that France can support a distant war without her internal life ceasing to be free and regular. " I thank you, Monseigneur, for the prayers which you address for me to Heaven ; but be good enough also to call down its protection on onr armies; for to pray for those who combat as for those who suffer, is still to pray for me." We read in the Constitutionnel "A. notice relative to the Turkish loan, as settled with the house of Goldsmid, who alone had undertaken it on commission, was to have been published in London to-day. But we have reason to think that this publica tion will have been postponed, for the ambassadors of the Sublime Porte at Paris and London appear to have re ceived precise instructions from the Divan adverse to that form of operation. It is, therefore, probable that the Turkish loan will be effected upon another basis and other conditions." With the exception of a variation of the enter tainments in the Champs de Mars, the fete of Tuesday may be described in a word as a repeti tion of that of last year, but not so well done. The Parisians who, taught by many successive precedents, expected to see the Place de la Concorde and the Champs Elysees transformed into something different from what they had ever seen before, were disappointed at finding the old properties brought out again and put up in precisely the old form. This disappointment was the greater, because the plan of last year's fete, invented by the late lamented M. Visconti, although it produced the most splendid illumi nation ever beheld, included none of those improvised cities, temples, grottoes, monuments, historical statues, and allegorical groups which have excited curiosity on .former occasions. The decorations d la mauresque appeared tame and monotonous in the extreme to those who saw them for the second time, and remembered that a year ago they had been voted ineffective by day light. The theatres (open gratis) were exceedingly attractive. As early as four in the morning many people took their stations before the doors with the deliberate purpose of standing in a crowd for ten hours to insure a place. By eleven o'clock the opera was besieged by a crowd, sufficient to fill the theatre at least four times over. Among the people thus prepared to pay so dearly for gratuitous pleasure wero many very well dressed. At the Opera Comique the places were open to all corners, with perfect fairness. There were blouses in the dress circle, and smart toilettes in the pit. All the theatres were quite full, and the police very properly took care that they should not be more than full. The weather was fortunately cool, and those who got places enjoyed the performances as fully as on any ordinary occasion. In the Champ do Mars the principal entertainment consisted of the Siege of Silistria, the gallant defence and glorious death of Mussa Pacha, and the ultimate retreat of the Rus sians. Silistria was represented by a pictorial pasteboard erection, such as we have often seen at the Surrey Zoological Gardens. The siege opera tions conducted in due form were somewhat dull to behold. There was a portcullis and a drawbridge, and the principle part of the fun was to gee Turkish cavalry sally out to charge the Russian cannon—a manoeuvre highly necessary for scenic effect, al though not quite historically correct. Owing, how ever, to the weakness of the drawbridge, these charges, instead of being executed in the dashing way we have seen them done at Astley's, were per formed at a walk, and the effect was tame. Mussa Pacha died drawing his martial (Ottoman) cloak around him, and surrounded by his Wife and chil dren. It is said that the 200,000 spectators in the Champs de Mars were deeply moved by this spec tacle. Instead of the three balloons promised there was only one. This ascended at five, and bore in large letters of gold the motto, "Turkey, England, France." Austria, although our very good friend, is not yet far enough advanced in the alliance to be associated in these aerial honours. There were boat races on the Seine between the Pont des In valides and the Pont de Jena. Two four-oared matches were pulled between French and English crews, and the English lost them both. EXECUTION OF THE WILL OF NAPOLEON I. The Moniteur contains the following report made to the Emperor on the subject of the Will of the Emperor Napoleon I. Sire,—Last year, at this period, I had the honour to present to your Majesty the report of the commission charged to examine the questions relative to the execu tion of the Will of the Emperor Napoleon 1. In this report, the bases of which have been approved of by your Majesty, the commission proposed to devote to the execution of the Will a sum of eight millions, thus divided :- 1. Three hundred thousand francs to the officers and soldiers of the battalion of the Island of Elba, or to their widows and children 2. Two hundred thousand francs to the wounded at Ligny and at Waterloo 3. Fifteen hundred thousand francs to the officers and soldiers who fought from 1792 to 1815, for the glory and inde pendence of the nation. 4. Four hundred t thousand francs to the town of 13rienne 5. Three hundred thousand francs to the 300,000. 200,000 1,500,000 400,000 300,000 town of AlLlry 6. Thirteen hundred thousand francs to the provinces which suffered from the two invasions 7. Four millsons to the private legatees, or to their widows and direct heirs 4,000,000 Total In the month of January last, the Council of State was called on to draw up a bill on the basis pro posed by the commission, and the preparatory exa mination of this bill was confided to the united sec tions of legislation and finances. A commission, chosen from these two sections by the President of the Council of State, was charged to collect the in formation indispensably necessary for drawing up this bill. The commission not being able to com plete their work before the close of the legislative session, it be comes necessary to provide, by an ex traordinary credit, for the execution of the will of the Emperor. A longer postponement of a measure of reparation which was announced in the iioneteur as long ago as the 14th of August, 1853, would only tend to prolong sufferings worthy of all the sympathies of France and of your Majesty, and would be fatal for a great number of the legatees. Death every day thins the ranks of the old de fenders of the country. Among these deserving soldiers of the Republic and of the Empire, these wounded of Ligny and of Waterloo, these devoted servants, the heroic men who composed the batta lion of Elba„ those who still survive are aged, and for the most part poor and infirm ; the await with legitimate impatience for the accomplishment of the hopes which they have been authorised to con ceive. It is, therefore, urgent to satisfy them by acquitting towards them a national debt doubly sacred. These considerations have struck the Coun cil of State, and it has recognised in them all the conditions required by the decree of May 31, 1838, for the opening of an extraordinary credit. According to the information collected as to the number and p os iti on o f th e legatees,- the sum of eight millions, propesed by the first commissson, appeared sufficient to carry out thelthe pious idea of your Majesty- and the intentions of the august testator. Assuredly this sum is but a feeble compensation for the 117 millions which properly belonged to the Emperor, and which the deqee of the sth August, 1848, brought into the public treasury, and it is also far from compensating for the 200 millions which Napoleon I had appropriated out of his pri vate domaine in favour of the victims of the war ; but the disasters which the Emperor had then in view have been relieved by time, and the country has already in part repaired them. There cant therefore, be no longer any idea of securing tho literal execution of the last wishes of Napoleon but it is important to ratify the remembrance of it by a national and definitive measure. Of the credit opened four millions will serve for the payment of individual legacies, and four millions will be de voted as well to the payment in full of the legacies in favour of the battalion of the Island of Elba and the wounded o f Li gny an d W aterloo as to repa ir the disasters of Brienne and Mery, to increase the amount of assistance which, thanks to the generous initiative of your Majesty, France now grants to the old soldiers of the Republic and of the Empire ; and lastly, leave to the provinces mentioned in the will a testimony of the glorious souvenir with which the Emperor on his death bed honoured their patriot' ism. The division of this sum cannot be given up to common rules. Your Majesty has the indisputable right of imposing on the distrib u ti on o f f un ds sport' taneously devoted to theaccomplishment of the last wishes of your immortal predecessor, the jurisdic tion, which can best secu re th e proper execu tion a it. It is not, moreover, possible to leave to the ordinary tribunals the solution of questions which may arise out of that division, and to expose the State to judicial proceedings with the legatees, and it camp therefore, be only confided to a special commission' In order to accomplish more exactly the wishe 6 of the Emperor, this commission must act oil the rules laid down in the report of the 12th of August, 1853. Its decisions will not be valid un til they have been sanctioned by your Majesty, but they will receive from that sanction a sovereign and absolute authority against which no judicial proceedings can be instituted. I have, in conse quence, the honour to propose to your Majesty the two following decrees : one opening and extraor dinary credid for the execution of the will of the Emperor Napoleon I, and th e o th er nam i ng a COg?: mission charged with the division of the said credit. I am, &c., " ACHILLE FOULD, Minister of State. " The report is foll o w e d by th e t wo d ec rees abov e alluded to signed by th e E m p eror , a nd dated Biarritz, the sth inst. The members of the Con: mission appointed are General Count d'Ornanf e , President • M. Rouher, Vice-President ; M. A u Parieu, M. J. Boulay (de la Meurthe), M. o Royer, M. Perron, M. Lehon, and M. Mesnard. In consequence of the fete of the 15th, no Paris paper except the Moniteur appeared yesterday morning. The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at 7 1" 50c. for the end of th e mon th ; an d th e Four - an a-Half per Cents. at 99f. 50 c . ; O r l ean s Ballsi Shares, 1,195 f.; Rou en , 972 f. 50 c . ; Havre, 5 0 50c. ; Great Northern, 837 f. 50e. ; 790 f. ; New Shares, 627 f. 50e. ; Paris - and `fie t' 955 f. ; Lyons to th Mediterranean, 860 f. ; W e ,. s ern of France, 650 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 6201 Great Central of France, 498 f. 75c. • Strasburg, ; Lyecsf r Geneva, 506 f. 25c. ; Bank of Credit Mah' e I 708 f. 75c. WEST COAST OF AFRICA• (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPR.) PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY MoitNnTa. The African Mail Company's screw steam packet Bacchante, Commander Dring, arrived this morn-, ing. She left Plymouth outward on the 26th 01 April ; arrived at Sierra Leone May 14, and Fer nando Po June 2. Her homeward dates are_Fer: nando Po, June 10 ; Cameroons, June 5 ; Uld Calabar, June 12 ; Bonny, June 13 ; Lagos, Jun e 16 ; Accra, June 18 ; Cape Coast Castle, June 19. On the 22nd, off Cape Palmas, lost her propullert and proceeded Sierra Leone, where she arrived under canvas on the 30th June. On the 10th Jail she was supplied with a small spare propeller be longing to the Forerunner, with which she lef t on th 22darrived July ; at Bathurst, July 27th; Goree, July 28th ; Teneriffe, Aug. 6th ; and Ms' deira, Aug. Bth. She has a general cargo of palm oil, gold-dust, gum, and ivory. A great deal of rain had fallen at Sierra Leone, but the colony was healthy. Very little rain had fallen on the Gambia. Her - Majesty's brig Britomart was at Fernando Po on the 9th June. The Polyphemus, leaky, and with her main shaft broken, arrived there on the Bth. She had been on shore near Cape Horatio. The Ferret and Plumper arrived at Sierra Leone, July 6; the Britomart arrived there on the 90 3 0 and left with the Plumper on the 21st. The Can dace, mail steamer, left for the southward on the 22nd. From Madeira we learn that the Liverpool Bra : zilian Company's steamer Bahiana, arrived at P er ' nambuco on the 23d. The steamer Donna I\ lol9l left Madeira for Lisbon August 7. ttom,Off the Island, August 8. Sp o ke a masted steamer, supposed to be on the 14re :d India line. In lat. 10.10, long. 17.21, excharig colours with the sloop Ruth. The American brig of war Marion was endeavour ing to settle a dispute at Gambia where the autho rities rittes had seized two American 'merchant vess e na for having an extra quantity of water casks on presumed to be for the purpose of el avi ts . Since leaving Sierra Leone the Bacchante encountered head wi n d s an d a h eav y sea, T h e proved herself to be an excellent sea-boat. b. passengers have prese n t e d C ap t a i n Dring' letter of thanks for his conduct during the vePb that, ARCHANGEL.—Acivices from Archangel state notwithstanding the notice of blockade to cornmen ee a ° d, statementA Among the Ist o lie L August d , n the port as still o en on the of the on oh Russianou sfleesw fleet c t o h n a n v e i c ng te d open lately it O madedessa tt a , r p- l en in tire from Seb as t o p o l t o t h at c i ty is considered an fabrication. With regar d to t h e S ea o f A z off, acco rdg Lai n A e N d ]) n ASSESSED, moles t e d to the latest d a t es , th e R uss i an tra d e i n that regi on re A Ct AND INCOME TAXES.--Atiog hasjust been print e d f or b et t er secur ing the enl lee , i ja and accountin g f or th e l an d tax, assesse d taxee, a n - r d come tax by the collectors. The Inland Revenue .13,, Collectors may reuire security to be given b the collectors .7, are required to give receipts on pr i n tel to fill up the counterfoils, under Pena l ° forms, 10/. x ecore o i LIVERPOOL, Aug. 16.—A violent hailstorm , panied by lightning, and heavy prolonged Peals and tble thunder, burst over the town at an early hour co morning. Great alarm was experienced, but p 0 seri w ae effects have resulted. The violence of the storm roio expended o ver th e town, so that, fortunately, been, in the dist r i c t, a great portion o f w hi c h has o remain uninjured. morning a fire EXTENSIVE FIRE.—At early hour this broke out u p on th e prem i ses o f M es srs. Cu bltt, r t evr builders, at Pimlico. The flames spread to a lof t y of workshops, and were with difficulty subdued• lost fortunately many hundreds of the workme n lino e ai r their tools ; and the damage done must amount to s ral thousand pounds. --Th e THE STONEMASONS' STRIKE AT DONCASTER. arish stonemasons lately employed in building the new P g church at Donc a st er h ave i ssue d the followine:addesorte "To the Public—l n consequence o f some fal se r i e P - be• being in circulati on we cons id er it our duty to arch , fore you the real cause of the strike at the o above c adopt We have found it necessary t o ca ll a meeting t tellers certain measures f or th e prevent i on o f nibble era' and others encro ac hi ng upon our t ra de, and resole'Our era' ployers infringi ng u p on our t i me, th e following s ub; tions were ae Tee d to, viz. :-1. That we would ne'sops niit to men (not belonging to our trade) doing rtealh work. 2. That we be allowed our full ti me at —ova that is to say, no t t o h ave our names called in nerwelc, time. 3. That we be allowed two hours is t he ern' viz.—to commence work at 7 o'clock on Mondal —it , ° „rthe ing, and leave at 4 o'clock on Saturday after being the time of commencing and leaving NW' lan d. principal jobs in Doncaster and other towns in I:1 1 g our These resolutions were accordingly forwa rded r o o f foremen, and we f ee l sorr y to relate that (wh i ch we met with a positive denial to our requeste as cve think are reasonable), but are compelled to s n ' har ged have done, from the manner in which they di sc ding five of our fellow-workmen supposing them to be . lead to characters, and by these means wish to intimldwL_ from further asking for our rights. These facts e trust in the hands of a discerning public, and leav4"ro, to judge whether we are in a just cause or not. Comm' :tto , main yours respectfully—TEE MASONS. room, White Lion Inn, August 11." ~e O l BONA FIDE TRAVELLERS.—On Sabbath last, ---try man and a lad called for refreshments at a snug : 9e ked public-house. "Are you a bona fide traveller ?li e the the mistress. " The deil's in the woman' reP"„ oa, old man ; " how can a body be bonny at 75 ?" :w ee but," said mine hostess, "if you're no bona fide Y e c h n ut be here." Just as the old man was ready to Ia" and an angry rejoinder, a person on a crutch arrived,: a asked for admission and refreshment. " A re .) bona fide traveller ?" inquired the landlady. De w a real bona fide, a real bona fide," replied the looked customer ; and he wa s a dmitted. The old m an astonished ; but observed at length, that if tbe,l' en d on the crutch was a bonny feedie, he and his young I r .cor d were bonny feedies too. In a moment the magior`oig gained them admittance, the smiling dame renl e , r ife " that bona fide travellers were turned a great deal a 0 than the auld kind were afore railroads were heard g • —Perth Advertiser. esterl Despatches were received at the Colonial -office y day from the Governors of the West India