The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-06 00:00:00

THEAT RE ROYAL, DRIIRY-LANE.- Mr. E. T. SMITH respectfully informs his friends and the Public admirers of Mr. G. V. BROOKE that he has engaged that eminent artiste to perform for Seven N i g hts only, prior to his depar ture for Australia. Mr. G. V. BROOKE will appear THIS EVENING, October 6th, in OTHELLO. Saturday, 7th, in HAMLET. And Monday, 9th, in MACBETH ; being positively his last Appearance. Mr. SMITH has also engaged Mr. E. WRIGHT. the public favourite and celebrated Comedian, to appear in his original Farces every Evening after Mr. G. V. Brooke's performance. The Box-office is open for booking places daily, from Ten to Five. In consequence of numerous inquiries, early application is solicited. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Rockatone. THIS EVENING, OCT. 6, WM be performed THE IRISH AMBASSADOR. Characters by Messrs. lltuLon, Chippendale, Howe, Rogers, and Callentord ; Miss Reynolds and Mrs. Buckingham. Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS In a NEW BALLET. To, be followed by THE IRISH LION. Principal character by Mr. Budson. To conclude with A FISH OUT OF WATER. THEATRE ROYAL A.DELPHL. Proprietor. Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, °cr. 6. W‘ll be performed the popular Drama of THE DISCARDED SON. Principal characters by Ifeurs. Selby, Murray, Bedford. and Keeley; Mrs. Reeley, and Miss Woolgar. Alia which, MONSIEUR JACQUES. Td conclude with NOE.LL Principal character by Mr. Paul BedWrd. STRAND THEATUE. Sale Lessee Mr. F. W. Allcroft. THIS EVENING, Oer. 6, -- • • Will be performed THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER. Princi pal character by Mr. P. Honey. To be followed by 'TWAS I. After which, THE NEW WAGS OF WINDSOR. To conclude with THE MERRY MILLERS. Stalls, 43.; Boxes, 2s. 6d. • Pit, l e .; Gallery, 6 1; Private Boxes LI Is., to be had of Mr. All Croft. 15, New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. The RIF.GE of SILISTRIA, with an additional Stud and Four lITJNDRED SUPERNUMERARIES, is inactive preparation. THIS EVENING, The very interesting Equewtrian Spectacle celled. THE WOOD MAN'S HORSE; or, THE FALSE KNIGHT. After which, a series of those brilliant and unique SCENES in the CIRCLE, the invention and arrangement of Mr. William Cooke. The whole to conclude with a Laughable Farce, called THE IRISH TUTOR. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager. Mr. W. Wear. Acting Manager, Mr. W H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. Wm. Cooke, fun. 12 JOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This 1) Ay —Morning 44 min.after 1 Evening 59 min.aft. 1 To Mosso, -Morning 20 min.after 2 1 Evening 37 min.aft. 2 THE WEATHER.—Su N Oi►rioz, Ocr. 6. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 68—highest since noon on Saturday. 55—lowest this morning and during the night. 58—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 59. WIND, E.N.E.—Light, with dull weather and some alight rain. Two o'CLOCK.—Wind, E., with continueus thick rain. t, tl "f „ ,p Jim e p,,t i p nvy 4 , v0 4V-itialieur„ LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1854. The Fall of Sebastopol has not been confirmed. Nay, more, it has been distinctly and positively contradicted. The public disappointment is as intense as the joy and exultation had been un bounded. But the regret is largely mingled with indignation at the infamous hoax, the perpetra tors whereof may yet be discovered. Never was BO atrocious a falsehood so craftily planned, or deliberately carried into execution. Many parties must have combined to obtain for these menda cious statements the circulation and credence 'which they received, and which deceived even the best-informed persons,. who, from their posi tions, had ample opportunities of detecting any i- Re. The Turkish Ambassador at Vienna was one of the deluded, and even FRANCIS JOSEPH was numbered among the victims. The former transmitted a telegraphiC despatch to the Turkish Minister in London, stating that "the French Embassy and Austrian Government had received from Bucharest a tele graphic despatch, announcing the arrival of a Tatar from Constantinople with despatches for OMER PACHA , which had been forwarded after his Highness to Silistria, but the purport whereof had been communicated by the bearer, who also announced the intended illumination of Constanti nople for ten days." A copy of this despatch was forwarded with a polite note from the Minister to a Morning Contemporary, in which it was stated that it afforded " an unquestionable confirmation of the fall of Sebastopol." There could be no doubt after this of the complete belief of the re presentatives of Turkey at Vienna and London in the too flattering tale. The Minister of Austria, too, was induced to cast aside his cautious policy, and to order M. DE HUBNER to congratulate the French Govern ment, in the name of the Emperor of AUSTRIA, on the "glorious successes that had attended the French arms in the Crimea." It may be said that this applied only to the victory of Alma. But, in the first place, it will be observed that the "plural" is used, and "successes" spoken of. But far beyond that was the intrinsic evidence supplied by the decided conduct of FRANCIS JOSEPH, who cast aside the mask and brought upon himself the permanent animosity of NicHo las—a matter which his previous conduct proves he would never have ventured on, unless confident that the power of Russia in the East had been effectually paralysed. The Austrian EMPEROR was therefore palpably hoaxed, and the deception may therefore prove in one respect productive of useful results, as it may induce him. to aban don the treacherous and disgraceful neutrality which he has so perseveringly displayed hitherto. We need only add that the entire population of Vienna, save the concocters and parties to the scandalous fraud, were likewise gulled, and that au the intelligence transmitted to France and England from friends and correspondents lent additional corroboration to the glad tidings. . It is certain that parties at Bucharest must have been concerned in the vile scheme. We trust, however, that a careful and searching investiga tion will bring the names of the real criminals to light, so that condign punishment may be . in aided where it has been so richly merited, and also that stringent regulations may be adopted to prevent the electric telegraph from becoming worse than useless —the means of propa gating the most infamous lies, in place of giving reliable intelligence. From remote antiquity, the st spreading false rumours," in time of war, has been accounted a v er y serious offence, and public consternation was frequently allayed by the sum mary punishment of the bearer of unpalatable tidings, even though they afterwards turned out perfectly accurate. Let us turn, then, from these a pleasu• g illusions, which have been so completely dispelled, th a t, "Like the baseless fabric of a vision , They leave no trace behind," and now look to the simple facts, so far as we can gather them from the rather meagre despatch of Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLTFFE. This we pub lished iu car impression of yesterday ; but as we were then unable to accompany it with editorial comments, from the lateness of the hour at which it was received, we here repeat it : Translation of the exact copy of a telegraphic despatch, received October 5, 10 a.m., and transmitted by the agent of England in Wal lachia, at Bucharest, the 30th of September, 1854, 31 p.m. Lord Stratford, Con stantino p le, to Lord Claren don, Minister of Foreign Affairs, London. September 30, at 9i p.m. The Allied Armies established their basis of . , operations at Balaklava on the morning of the 28th, and were preparing to march without delay upon Sebastopol. The Aganibmnon and other vessels-of--war of the Allies were in the Port of Balaklava. There were facilities there for dis embarking the battering train. It is stated, that Prince Menschikoff was in the field at the head of 20,000 men, expecting rein forcements ; that the fortified place of Anapa has been burnt by the Russians ; that its garrison was marching to the scene of action ; and that a convoy of ammunition, escorted by Cossacks, had been taken and destroyed by an English detach- ment. The Banshee, bearer of this news, left the Crimea on the evening of the day before yester day. STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE. , This requires some notice, as exemplifying a very slovenly mode of conducting public business, and which might cast some doubt on the authen ticity even of the foregoing despatch. It will be seen that, although it was only received at- the Foreign-office in London on yesterday, the sth Oc tober, it purports to have been "transmitted by the agent of England in Wallachia, at Bucharest, the 30th September, 1854, half-past three p.m." Now, the first point that will strike even the most superficial observer, is the unusual tardiness of the magical wires that caused the unparalleled de lay of a message of such vast importance for nearly five days and a half from the time it was delivered to tl7te telegraph at Bucharest. This could scarcely be accounted for if the dates had been correctly given. But we immediately see that there must have been a very glaring error in point of time, for the extraordinary rapidity from Constantinople to Bucharest fully counter balances the tardiness of the telegraph. It actually came in less than no time. It was trans mitted six hours earlier from Buchar.9st than from Constantinople ! Lord STRATFORD DE BEDOLIFFE dated his despatch Sept. 30, 94 p.m., while it was nominally forwarded from Bucharest at 34 p.m. the same day (! 0 Now, although there might be a slight difference of time on accouttt of longitude, it could be nothing like six hours, or even one hour. That Lord STRATFORD'S tim e was correct, is, however, proved by the fact that it contains news from the Crimea to the 28th ultimo, on the evening of which day the Banshee started from the seat of war to the Crimea. It is therefore certain that the mistake was not committed at Constantinople, It must then have been at Bucharest, and was probably occasioned by a stupid blunder, either of the agent, who wrote the despatch, or the clerk who transmitted it repeating the date of that from Constantinople. If then we read " Bucharest, 4th Oct., 34 p.m." for "Bucharest, I 30th Sept., 34 p.m." we shall probably rectify the mistake, and get rid of the obscurity thereby occasioned. Since writing the above the following authentic intelligence has come to hand. It appears that the Fury, which arrived at Marseilles at a late hour last night, brings news to the 27th from the Crimea. By it we learn that— ! It was confidently stated that the second line of defences had been carried. The place was fommanded by the Allies, who occupied the heights. The Russian naval division had made an un- 'successful attempt to push out with 14 sail. Tn the battle of the Alma the Russians defended the heights with 100 guns ; yet the Allies carried the summit. The want of cavalry was much felt in the pur- suit. The Afoniteur of this morning, also confirms the occupation of Balaklava, of which the allies have already made a considerable place, and adds that the allied armies were in communication with the fleets. A safe and practicable road leads to Se- bastopol. The allies are now firmly established in tbo Crimea. The various columns of the army had to cross several rivers in succession, in order to turn the Gulph of Sebastopol, and enter the mountain country, before they could arrive at Balaklava. Menschikoff had been driven to a distance with the wreck of the army. We have not, then, taken Sebastopol after all. But still we find that although our triumph has not been so speedy we have no reason to be dis satisfied with the actual state of affairs, which would be regarded as of the most satisfactory character but for the previous delusion. In another article we point out the probable state of the case, and the position and prospects of the Allied Forces, to which we refer our readers. Having in the previous article explained the nature of the infamous hoax played off respecting the alleged fall of Sebastopol, and also the appa rently unaccountable delay of five days and a half in transmitting the despatch from Bucharest to London, we shall now point out the actual state of affairs in the Crimea on the afternoon of the 28th, the day to which our intelligence is brought down. There is in the intelligence received from our ambassador at Constantinople an inexcusable hiatus. Although well aware of the anxious de sire in England to know something of the pro ceedings of our gallant troops now engaged in actual hostilities, the noble Viscount does not think proper to give a single particle of informa tion respecting. the occurrences between the san guinary battle of Alma, on the 20th ult., in which we know that so many of our brave de fenders perished, even in the arms of victory ; and the 28th, when he con descends to tell us that " the Allied Armies established their basis of operations at Balaklava on the morning of the 28th, and were preparing to march without delay on Sebastopol." He must have known the nature of the proceedings during the interval of nine days. He must have had full information of the progress of the Allies from the north to the south of the Russian stronghold, and could have stated whether their change of position had been at all contested, or whether each point was won at the point of bayonet by the vigorous exertions of our men. He does not, however, say whether we have to deplore the loss of other victims, sacrificed on the altar of the CZAR'S ambition, or whether the change had been accomplished with out further bloodshed. He states that " Prince Nl7corn was in the field at the h ea d o f 0 ex pecting reinforcements ;" b u t h e 20 i s o does nut give the slightest intimation as to whether his army is placed between the Allies and Sebastopol or otherwise, although, from the information that MENsciliKoFF was "expecting reinforcements," we must suppose that the Allies had so far outinancouvred him as to get between him and the fortress which he was seeking to de fend. This was either gross stupidity, or a con temptuous indifference to the wishes of the people by whom h e salary. is paid a very hand someWe cannot suspect Lord STRATFORD of the former ; and therefore we can only ascribe his brief and meagre account to the latter cause. The important intelligence arrived in the evening, and the distinguished diplomatist , x: , •:._ TIIE 'WS!, LONDON, FRIDAY EVFINiNtI, OCTOBER 6, 1854. could not inter) mpt b.is post-prandial enjoyments by devoting me pre than a few moments to the ac counts he deeisted Sufficiently satisfactory to ap pease the anxious yearnings of the people at home. Parliament is not now assembled. If it were, such conduct - would receive well-merited censure. Anything, however, is good enough for JOHN BULL, and we must only patiently bide our time until the representatives of the people are entitled to demand explanations of what, at present, we can only regard as the unpardonable negligence of our Ambas sador. We are told, on what a short time since we should have considered the unquestionable veracity of the French Minister at Vienna, that "the Aus trian Consul at Odessa had telegraphed to his Government that the struggle had recommenced from the 25th to the 27th, on which day the Allies were posted on the Belbeck, 10 wersts from Sebastopol ;" but Lord STRATFORD does not choose to give the slightest information on any of those interesting and important details. All we know is, that the Allied Troops had established their basis of operations at Balaklava, on the morning of the 28th, and were pre paring to march upon Sebastopol, and that the Agamemnon and other vessels of war of the Allies were in the port of Balaklava, where there were facilities for disembarking the battering trains. We can, therefore, only guess at the occurrences of the intermediate period, or listen to doubtful, perhaps spurious, reports. For this painful un certainty, we have only to thank the negligence of our veteran, diplomatist, Viscount STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE. Balaklava, it will be remembered, lies som• seven miles due south of Sebastopol, and it was 1 for a long time thought that it had been selected as the point of disembarkation. It was there that Prince MENSCHIKOFF had made preparation to give a warm reception to our troops. It must there fore have been regarded as the most suitable place for commencing regular operations against the Russian stronghold. It was, however, so strongly menaced from the neighbouring heights that the landing could not possibly be accom plished without enormous bloodshed, which the Allied Commanders very judiciously avoided. In occupying those heights, and thus securing the uninterrupted landing of the heavy artillery, at so favourable a point, a great matter has been achieved, which would be. exceedingly satisfactory to the people ; but for the previous disappoint ment zespecting Sebastopol, and the uncer tainty in which we are placed as to the intermediate proceeding we have in fact al ready accomplished everything that reasonably could have been anticipated, and if Sebastopol has not as yet fallen—if the Union Jack and Tri colour do not as yet wave over its fortresses—and if the Russian fleet is not either destroyed or in the power of the Allies—there is, at least, every ground for anticipating that these triumphs have only been deferred, and that in due course we shall have once more to announce—but this time on authentic and official accounts—THE FALL OF SEBASTOPOL, AND THE CAPTURE •R DESTRUCTION OF THB RUSSIAN FLEET, WITH ALL THE MUNITIONS OF WAR S accumulated by the care of the Atrro- CRAT, so that he malt no longer menace the Turkish capital from a place sufficiently strong to shelter and protect his navy from every attack by sea. As yet our success has been un interrupted, and we cannot doubt that before many weeks—possibly, days—we shall receive another despatch detailing the realisation of our most sanguine hopes, in the humiliation of the pride and overthrow of the power of the AUTOCRAT in Southern Russia. THE "KILLED AND WOUNDED." The following timely and thoughtful notice .om the Duke of Newcastle was forwarded to us from the War Department last night : " As no account has yet been received of the arrival at Marseilles of a steamer from Constan tinople with .the details of the battle on the heights 'of Alma, the Duke of Newcastle thinks it light to make known that he fears the account of the casualties on that occasion cannot be published before Monday, at the earliest. " War Department, 8 p.m., Oct. 5." DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Last 'evening at this theatre The Stranger was performed to an audience which filled every part of the house. Mr. G. V. Brooke sustained the cha racter with his usual care, and depicted a settled melancholy with great good taste. The part of Mre. Haller was admirably performed by Miss Cathcart. A Miss Mary Seaman appeared as the Countess Wintersen ; with a commanding figure and handsome face she has added careful study and a correct intonation : she played the part very effectively, and, when better known, will de servedly become a favourite with the public. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, OCT. 4. Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince remained yes terday at Alt na Guisach. An express arrived at Balmoral at an early hour in the morning bringing the telegraphic despatch announc ing the report of the fall of Sebastopol. It was imme diately forwarded to the Shiel. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Gibbs, ascended yester day to the summit of Lochnagar. The Princess Royal and Princess Alice, attended by Miss Hildyard, drove to Loch Mulch. SOUTHAMPTON', Oct. s.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent landed at the Docks this morning, from the Royal yacht Fairy, en, route from the Isle of Wight to her residence at Frogmore. A Royal carriage was brought into the dock quay, into which her Royal Highness was handed by Colonel G. P. Barlow, chairman to the Dock Company. Her Royal Highness took her departure by the 11.30 train. The Duchess of Gordon has returned to Huntley Lodge from visiting Lady Rachel Russell and Lord and Lady Frances Russell at the Doune of Rothiemurches. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are dis playing their hospitality to a numerous circle at Alnwick Castle. The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and Lady Adeliza Fitzalan Howard are expected to pass through London early in the ensuing week en route from Glossop Hall, Derbyshire, to Arundel Castle. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ely, family, and suite have arrived at Ely Lodge. It is expected that the Dowager Marchioness, with the Ladies Anna and Catherine Loftus, will spend their winter at the Lodge. The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter and the Lady Mary Cecil, who arrived in Grosvenor-square early in the week, from Burghley House, have since left town for Brighton. The Earl of Aberdeen, who has been staying at Haddo House since Saturday last, when his lordship returned from a visit to the Queen at Balmoral, will leave on Tuesday next for Argyll House for the winter. His lordship, since his arrival in Scotland, has received daily despatches by special couriers from the authorities in London. The Earl and Countess of Wilton and Lady Katharine Egerton, who have been visiting Lord and Lady De Ros at Old Court, Strangford, where his lordship has just arrived from the East are expected to leave to-day for Heaton Park, near Manchester. The Es,rl of Mayo has arrived at Hayes, Naval'. Lord Viscount Crichton left Crom Castle last week for Eton College. Lord and L•idy C.)lviVe have flailed from Plymouth on a crui,e in his lordship's yacht. the Sultana. The Bacaliati Minister and the Baroness de Cetto and family have left Hill-street for Brighton for the wi ster. The statements received yesterday from Oporto re grading the vintage are as unfavourable as possible. According to a communication from the Douro in one of the papers, the odium has carried off one-half of the grapes, and the heat has injured or destroyed the re mainder. It was believed that under these circum stances the collection of the land-tax this year would almost be impossible, and that the Treasury might lose 300 eontos, or about 35,0001. On Wednesday night an Irishman, recently returned from America, was passing up Regent-street, when be was jostled by two men in the garb of sailors, and two women, who robbed him of a purse and upwards of 1001. in gold.—Liverpool paper, RUSSIA. The Russian Invalid, with infinitely more tact and discretion than the Prussian-Russian echo, contents itself with announcing in a few words the landing of the allies. It makes no absurd boastings, such as we read in the Berlin Russian journal, and wisely thinks that silence is the more prudent plan. In its edition of the 23d it merely says : "A report from Prince Menschikoff, dated Sebasto pol, Sept. 18th, has been received this day, The state of affairs in the Crimea has not changed. The enemy's troops, which have been landed, and whose numbers are not exactly known, but which are very considerable, have not made any forward movement from the land ing place. Our forces have taken up a position upon the river Alma, near the village of Burliuk." The Prussian Correspondence, of October 1, says :—" A letter from Warsaw states that fresh supplies have been called for by the Rus sian Government for the army. The possessors of noblemen's property in the kingdom of Po land are to furnish. 300,000 bushels of flour and 300,000 9 f bran, the price of which is to be paid, one half in ready money, and the other half in deductions of taxes. It is inferred from this requisition that the troops of the kingdom of Poland are to be greatly augmented. Mean while, it is said that the southern part of the country is altogether deprived of troops. The Cos sacks, who were previously distributed amongst the frontier towns, have returned to their regi ments, and there only remain in the chief towns of the various districts the number necessary for the execution of the orders of the civil authorities, of whom the Cossacks are always the agents." The Hamburg News contains a letter from St. Petersburg of the 25th ult., which says : " A great portion of the troops of the guard have just quitted this place. On the 17th, the Emperor proceeded to Zarskoge-Leld, and passed in review the regiment of hussars, the body guard, a detachment of the artillery of the guar d a battery of the Cossacks of the Don, as well as the batteries of the depot of the guard and the 7th brigade of artillery. These troops afterwards set out with baggage and campaign equipments. The Emperor expressed great sa tisfaction at the appearance of the men, to each of whom was distributed a gratification of one rouble. It is certain that all these troops are not proceeding to Warsaw. A part of them are intended to defend the provinces of the Baltic against any eventual attacks of the English and French fleets. The rest are proceeding into the kingdom of Poland, and particularly on the Aus trian frontier, a fact which shows that Russia is not altogether at ease with respect to the attitude of Austria." AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Oct. 2.—The Austrian Correspondence of this evening confirms the sum and substance of the two Bucharest despatches of the 30th, adding that "it is necessary to remark that none of the home or foreign authorities had received au official commuication from Constantinople on the subject of this all-important event ; but it was there sup posed that the respective despatches were enclosed in the parcel addressed to Omer Paella, and that they would probably be sent back from Silistria, whither the Sirdar had gone on the following day (Ist of October)." From a Russian source I also learned that Prince Gortschakoff, the Russian ambassador here, has likewise received confirmatory advices of the splendid victories of the allies in the Crimea. Ac cording to these accounts, it would appear that from the 18th to the 25 th of September there had been a continual succession of battles, in all of which the Russians were thoroughly well beaten, until at last they ware literally dispersed and an nihilated. It appears also that the Russian line of-battle ship the Svatft Selo (Corpus Christi) was the first that was blown up • and further, that the t e mporary hospitals of the allies, after the last en gagements, were, fortunately for them, pitched at kronsthal, near the small river Bukalek, where there happens to be a German colony, consisting of about 300 families, whose efficient assistance will have been a great boon to the wounded soldiers. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, ; Oct. 3.—The Cologne Gazette, under date of Berlin, 2d, says :—" It is positively stated that our Government has protested at St. Peters burg against the increasing obstacles thrown in the way of commercial relations on the frontier, and that, following the example of Austria as regards the Danube, Prussia puts forth her rights in respect to the navigation of the Vistula. There is reason to hope that the protocol of London, relative to the Danish succession which was imposed by force on Prussia, will in the end have its turn also." A Berlin letter, in• the Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, says :—" We learn from a good source that the Prussian note of the 21st ult. was fol lowed two or three days after by a new circular despatch, addressed to the German Governments. It is said that ierecapitulates, in a general manner, the assertions of the note of the 21st. The following extracts from the Berlin National, the journal which of all others in Germany has treated the Oriental question with the greatest sagacity, shows the effect produced on this side the Rhino by the indisputable rout of the Russians on the Alma, and the conviction that Sebastopol has fallen, or must fall, forthwith :-- "The exchanges of civilised Europe regard each victory gained over Russia, each defeat sustained by the Russians, as favourable intelligence. The more Russia's political and military credit falls, the more the value of securities and Government stocks rise at Ber lin and Vienna, as at London and Paris. Prince Men schikoff, the principal instigator of the crisis withßussia, intended to envelope Turkey, so as if possible to produce its ruin, and out of which a crisis for Russia's power itself has emanated, conducts the defence of the Crimea —of the eye wherewith Russia watches th e E a st. It will be proved whether the General Men. schikoff can effect n.ore than did the diplomatist Men schikoff, with his menaces, his contemptuous conduct, and his pretensions in the spring last year at Constanti nople, over the then apparently defenceless and de serted Porte. Menschikoff is not unacquainted with war, and has been fortunate. In the campaign of 1828 he was to conduct the siege of Varna, but was wounded on the 29th of August by a cannon ball in the hip, and was obliged to retire. When he recovered he was entrusted with the command of the troops which were carried over by Admiral Greigh for the conquest of Anapa. On the 14th of May, 1829, the expedition appeared off that place. On the 18th the landing took place, and began by investment, and on the 23d it surrendered with a garrison of 3,000 men and 85 guns. Russia did not set firm foot on the eastern shores of the Black Sea to no purpose. The conqueror of Anapa intended 25 years subsequently, and in the year of the prophecy, to conquer Constantinople and Turkey diplomatically, and to convert the Padishah into a mediatised Russian prince. But no ; it is eye to eye. Now comes the question of defending Sebastopol itself." GREECE. ----- The news froth Athens to Sept. 29 announce that the lodging of the French troops has been en , tered into fur one year. A Ministerial modifica tion was expected, which would lead to the resig nation of M. Rigas. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDFNT.) PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. Tho following despatches have set at rest the question as to the taking of Sebastopol. They were planned at the Bourse, and their contents eagerly devoured. Although they convey a deep disappointment, yet the fact of reliable intelligence having been received is some consolation : "THE MINISTER OF FRANCE TO THE MINISTER 0,1" FOREIGN AFFAIRS. "Vienna, Oct. 4.—The news brought by the Tatar is contradicted from Bucharest itself. It was. the battle of the Alma amplified. We are without direct news from Constantinople beyond the 24th September. "The Austrian consul at Odessa sends word by tele graph (the 29th), to the effect that the fighting had re commenced from the 25th to the 27th, and that the allies were on the Belbeck, at ten wersts distance (about two and a half leagues) from Sebastopol. An English steamer, with a flag of truce, had just taken to Odessa 300 Russians badly wounded.' (Signed) "DE BOURQUENET." " THE SAME TO THE SAME. " VIENNA, Oct. 5, 2 p.m.—Lord Stratford de Red cliffs writes to Lord Westmoreland, the 30th of Sep tember : " The allied armies had established their base of operations at Balaklava, on the morning of the 28th, and are preparing to march without delay on Sebastopol. " The Agamemnon, and other vessels of war of the allies, were at the port of Balaklava, where there was every facility for landing their siege artillery. " Prince Menschikoff was holding the country with 20,000 men, waiting for reinforcements." There is a report rife that the Russian intrench ments on the Belbeck had been carried, after a third battle, and that the allied Generals were preparing to lay siege to Sebastopol in regular form. The French Minister for Foreign Affairs has re ceived a despatch identical with the one which ap pears in the Extraordinary Gazette. The only article in the journals that calls for notice, is one of the Constitutionnel, on the po litical institutions proposed by the Emperor of Austria for his different states. The writer ex presses an opinion that the Emperor is desirous of giving to his subjects all the political liberty which can be safely accorded, and that the delay in the promulgation of them is one of great prudence, as it has enabled the Emperor to examine with care to what extent he ought to go. Constitutions or constitutional charters, which are the mere re sult of expediency or of a desire to appear liberal, and are, says the writer in the Constitutionnel, rarely durable, and as proof of this assertion he cites the experience that we have had in France. The German journals which arrived this morn ing contain nothing to throw any light upon the question as to the correctness of the news of the taking of Sebastopol, given by the courier who arrived at Bucharest from Constantinople on the 30th ult. We read in the Moniteur :—" The Emperor has addressed the following letter to the Minister of the Interior : "St. Cloud, October 3.__ "Monsieur le Ministre,—The following extract of a etter from larbes has been communicated to me. A prisoner who preserves, in spite of long sufferings, such patriotic sentiments cannot under my reign remain in prison. Cause him then to be set at liberty immediately, and without conditions. On this I pray God to have you in his holy keeping. " NAPOLEON." " EXTRACT. OF A LETTER FROM BARBER. " ' Prison de Belle Isle, 18th Sept. . "I am happy also to find you expressing the sentiments you do . If yeu are affected with Chauvin ism because you do not form wishes for the Russians, I am still more Chauvin than you, for I am ambitious of victories for our Frenchmen. Yes, yes ; let them thrash the Cossacks well, and it will be so much gained for the cause of civilisation and the world ! Like you, I could have wished that we had no war ; but, since the sword has been drawn, it is necessary that it shall not be sheathed without glory. This glory will profit the nation, which has need of it, more than any per son. Since Waterloo we are the vanquished of Europe, and to do anything good, even at home, I believe that it is useful to show to foreigners that we know how to eat gunpowder. I pity our party if there be men in it who think otherwise. Alas ! it was only wanting to us to lose the moral sense, after having lost so many other things." The Moniteur adds :—" In conformity with the will of the Emperor, the order to set M. Barbes at liberty, without condition, was immediately transmitted by telegraph." The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at 75f. 70c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a- Half per Cents, at 99f. ; and the New Loan at 75f. 75c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,215 f. ; Rouen, 985 f. ; Havre, 570 f. ; Great Northern, 865 f. ; Strasburg, 832 f. 50c. ; New Shares, 650 f. ; Paris and Lyons, I,ooof. ; Lyons and the Mediter ranean, 848 f. 75c. ; Western of France, 655 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 617 f. 50c. ; Great Central of France, 518 f. 75c. ; Lyons and Geneva, 535 f, ; ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 750 f. THE CRIMEA. " MARSEILLES, THURSDAY EVENING. The Nil, which left Constantinople on the 25th, has arrived with despatches. The loss of the English at the battle of the Alma amounts to 2,000 men. That of the French is not so great. General Bonet is among the killed. Lord Burghers'', who left Malta in the Fury before the Nil, with despatches for the English Government, has not yet arrived. The capture of Sebastopol is not confirmed. The following is another account: — MARSEILLES, OcT. 5 (NIGHT). The Fury brings news from Sebastopol of the 27th. It was confidently stated that the second line of defences had been carried. The place was commanded by the Allies, who occupied the heights. The Russian naval division had made an un successful attempt to push out with 14 sail. In the battle of the Alma the Russians defended the heights with 100 guns ; yet the Allies car ried the summit. The want of cavalry was much felt in the pur- suit. MARSEILLES, FRIDAY MORNING, EIGHT A. 1 ,4 . The Fury, which left Constantinople on the 27th, has arrived. Up to the 24th there had been no further fight ing in the Crimea. The 23rd Regiment lost all its officers but three, of whom Captain Bell was the senior. Colonel Ainslie was killed in planting a standard on the heights of Alma. General Brown had a horse killed under him. Sebastopol is invested. The following is another despatch from the same place, it is dated— PARIS, FRIDAY, EIGHT A.M. The Moniteur announces the occupation of Balaklava, of which the Allies have already made a considerable place. The Allied armies were in communication with the fleets. A safe and practicable road leads to Sebastopol. The Allies are now firmly established in the Crimea. The various columns of the army had to cross several rivers in succession, in order to turn the Gulph of Sebastopol, and enter the mountain country, before they could arrive at Balaklava. Menschikoff had been driven to a distance with the wreck of his army. VIENNA, THURSDAY, Oc T. 5. The following intelligence has been received here : CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 30. The Banshee has arrived with official de &patches, dated Balaklava, evening of the 28th. The siege artillery had been landed at Balak lava from the ships which were blockading Sebas topol—Balakla,va being now included in the ope rations of the allied expedition. How the Allied army gained this new position is not stated. Princ© Menschikoff stood with only 20,000 men at Baktchi-Serai, awaiting reinforcements. s The Russians have blown up Anapa to reinforce Prince Menschikoff with its garrison. Thus tho bubble intelligence from Bucharest is fully proved to have been false. The above news is quite authentic. PARIS, THURSDAY, OCT. 5. A despatch from the French Minister at Vienna has been posted up at the Bourse denying the fall of Sebastopol. The Austrian Consul at Odessa writes under date of Sept. 29, as follows : " The Allies renewed fighting on the 25th and 27th. They were on the Belbeck, ten worsts from Sebastopol. " English vessels had brought 300 Russian wounded to Odessa. Under date of 30th September, Lord Stratford de Redcliffe writes from Constantinople that the Allied -armies had established a basis of operations at Balaklava on the morning of the 28th, and were preparing to march on Sebastopol. The Agamemnon and other English vessels were in the port of Balaklava, where there was every facility for landing siege artillery. Prince Menschikoff held the field with 20,000 men, awaiting reinforcements. THE PRINCIPALITIES. The Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort publishes a telegraphic despatch from Vienna, dated the 2d, and communicated to . that journal by the Syndi cate of the Bourse, n Which - it id aitted. from Bucharest, the 30th, that Omer Pacha had re ceived despatches, announcing the news which has been sent from Vienna,' y the Baron de Bour queney, but which, as he stated, rested on the authority of the courier from Constantinople, and not on any knowledge of the despatcheS forwarded to Omer Pacha, for be was at Silistria, and it was necessary to send on the despatches to him. As it does not require more than 24 hours for a courier to go from Bucharest to Silistria and return to Bu' charest, the nature of the despatches sent to Omer Pacha could have been known in the capital of Wallachia on the Ist. If these despatches had con tained the important news announced by the courier, Omer Paella would certainly have communicated it officially to the authorities of Bucharest and the fact would have been known inParis on the follow ing day. THE BATTLE OF ALMA. The following is an imperfect account of the battle on the River Alma, on the 20th of Septem ber, and for which we are indebted to the Copirte Zeitung's Correspondenz :-- "The right wing of the Russians rested on Bakchi- Serai, and the left on the Alma. On the day before the battle, Prince Menschikoff was reinforced by 20,000 men from Sebastopol. The number of the Russians in their two entrenched camps was 30,000 men ; the total number therefore engaged in the battle was 50,000. Prince Mensehikoff's head-quarters were at Duvankai, village situate between the Belbeck and the Katcha. On the 19th the allied troops from Eupatoria began to pass the dried-up bed of the Alma at several points, and ad vanced as far as Eeliba. On the 20th, about midday, they arrived at Katsehuk, where the Russians, under Prince Ilenschikoff, had taken up their position on the heights above the plain ofKalantai. Prince Napoleon, with a part of his o Ain division and the 4th division of the English, attacked the right wing of the Russians ; while Lord Raglan, with English and Turkish divisions, attacked and routed the left wing. General Canrobert's divi sion occupied the road from Simpheropol to Bakchi-Serai, and engaged the Russian reinforcements from Kertech, 5,000 strong, under General Komutoff. On the retreat of the enemy from the Alma to behind the Katcha, along the sea coast,s the guns of the ships were used with great advantage. On their flight the enemy lost a part of their cannon. The Russiati cavalry covered the infantry in passing the Katcha. Prince Menschikoff, it is said, only escaped being taken prisoner by the swiftness of his horse. The allies marched to Milli: during the night of the 20th, and entrenched themselves on the river Belbeck. It is said that during the engage raent a great number of Poles deserted to the allied army. The total loss of the Russians in killed, wounded, and prisoners, is estimated at 6,000. A letter frcm Constanti r=ople, of the 24th, says 10,000. They retreated to within the entrenchments of Sebastopol, and Menschikoff re moved his head-quarters to within the fortress. The en thusiasm of the allied troops was indescribable. The Tartar inhabitants of the villages on the western coast of the Crimea petitioned the generals of the allied array to be allowed to organise an auxiliary corps. All the ships of the allies were decorated with flags on the 20th. Lord Raglan and Marshal St. Arnaud issued general orders after the engagement, in which they praised the courage and firmness of the troops. ' But six days have passed since we landed, and already the enemy is flying in all directions from an army accustomed to vic tory: This is a passage from Marshal St. Arnaud's order." It appears from the accounts which have reached the French Government that the battle was fought within a very short distance of the sea coast. The French army, consisting of either 3 or 4 divisions, occupied the right, and was consequently nearest the sea. The English occupied the centre, and the Turks the left. The French army being nearest the sea, fully one-half of it was protected by the fire from the steamers, so that the extreme right and centre of the Fre❑ch line did not suffer much. The French division which suffered most was on the left of the French line, and next to the Eng- lisp. It was commanded by General Thomasson, who, as you are aware, was desperately wounded, and who is said to have since died of his wounds. The brunt of the battle fell upon the English men, who have not only had the post of honour, but, it is feared, have been the greatest sufferers. HANOVER. The Hanover Gazette, of the 3d, publishes a telegraphic despatch from Vienna, addressed, it is said, to the Secretary of the King by the Earl of Westmoreland, and received on the 2d, which says :—" Sebastopol is taken. 18,000 Russians have been killed, and 20,000 have been made pri soners. Fort Constantine blew up, and all the other forts were taken, with 200 guns. Six ships of the line 'were sunk. Six hours have been given to Prince Menschikoff to surrender the rest of the fleet." This, coming from the British ambassador at Vienna, would be very important if it wero not precisely the same as the despatch communicated by Baron de Bourquoney to the French Govern ment, in which the source was indicated. THE BALTIC. RUMOURED ATTACK OF SWEABORG. In a letter received from Paris this morning, we find the following important announcement:—"You are aware that an unusual movement has recently taken place in the fleets in the Baltic, and that after the French squadron had been ordered back to France, and had come as far as Kiel on its way homewards, Admiral Parseval-Deschenes re ceived counter-orders, and was ordered again to foist the fleet of Admiral Napier. It is understood that the united fleets are not to attack either Revel or Cronstadt, as has been stated, but Sweaborg. The fact was announced yesterday by a great diplo matic personage, who ought to be well informed as 'to what is doing." MONTENEGRO. The Agranter Zeitung has the important intelli gence from the Montenegrin frontier, that on the 21st inst. Prince Danilo collected his contingents in order to make a descent into the Turkish terri tory. It is not known which point will be attacked, but probably Antivari and Zabljak. All the de partments are in, commotion ; 800 Turkish volun teers have gone to the defence of the fortress of Sputz, and eight heavy cannons have been set up on the cliffs of Vranjina. A letter from Cattaro, of the 23d ult., in the Austrian Correspondence, explains the cause of the hostile demonstrations of Prince Danilo above mentioned. This letter says that on the 19th ult. 1,000 Turks attacked the Montenegrin districts of Berda, Piperi, and Bielopavljevich. The Berdas and Montenegrins forced the Turks back over the frontiers towards Sputz, but fell into an ambush, and lost six killed and forty wounded. It is said that there were a great number of Montenegrin fugitives with the Turks. The repeated forays and aggressions of the Montenegrins have not been sup ported from either Cettigne or Cattaro ; and though only of a local and isolated nature, called for repri sals from the side of the Turks ; otherwise there would be no end to these disturbances. Osman Pacha has therefore directed a force of regular Turkish troops to Podgorizza, and Sputz. Ragib Pacha, the newly-appointed Pacha of Scutari, has arrived there ; and eight new battalions, it is un derstood, are to follow him. ITALY. A private letter from Rome contradicts the report published in some Italian papers that negotiations wore being carried on between the Cabinet of St. Petersburg and the Holy See, on the subject of the Holy Places of Jerusalem ; the only affairs discussed by the two Governments were the usual grievances of the Catholics in Russia, some of which the Emperor admitted and promised to re dress, but those promises remain as ,yet a dead letter. THE INDIAN MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 5. The steam-ship !Nubia, of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Captain Henry Harris, with the usual India and China mails, in charge of Lieut. Dennehy, Admiralty agent, arrived this day, at noon. The Nubia, during the voyage, experienced fine weather through out. Her dates of sailing were--Gibraltar, Sept. 30 ; Malta, 26 ; Alexandria, 22. She brings 87 passengers, among whom are— Lieut. Colonel Cock, Coldstream Guards ; Lieut. Colonel Ramier, 98th Reg. ; Captain Knipe and lady, 89th Reg. ; Captain Fair, 59th Reg. ; Cap tain Huey, 28th Reg. ; Lieut. Dumaresq, R.N., Lieut. Robertson, R.N., Captain and Mrs. Sang ster, Dr. Kelart and family, Dr. M`Pherson and family, Mrs. Colonel Wilson, Mrs. Colonel Leyster and family, Mrs. M'Donald, Captain and Mrs. Dane and family, Mr. Steer, Mr. Whiting, Mr. Bowring, Mr. Baker, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Kosnett and family, Mr. Vedder, Lieut. Simpson, Mr. Morgan, Mrs. Haycock, Miss Haycock, Mr. Ledlie. The freight consists of 23 packages of specie, 7 cases of opium, 383 bales raw silk, 12 cases Cash mere shawls, 200 boxes almonds, and 164 packages of sundries. On Sept. 4th observed a large first-class frigate steering to the southward. Our letters and files of papers from Gibraltar contain nothing of very great importance. We find, however, that his excellency the governor has beer, pleased to grant leave of absence to Captain G. M. Knipe, 89th Regiment, from the 2d Sept. to the 24th Dec., 1854 ; and his excellency the go vernor has been pleased to grant leave of absence to Captain H. C. Lyon, of the 92d Highlanders, from the 26th Sept. to the 26th Oct., 1854, both to proceed to England. The hired steamer Vifredo, six days from Ports mouth, put into Gibraltar for coal on the night of the 26th ultimo, with detachments of the 21st, 30th, 79th, and 88th regiments on board, which are pro ceeding to join their several corps at the seat of war. She left the bay on the night of the 27th, but re turned into port on the following evening, owing to the connecting rod of the air-pipe of her engine having broken. The necessary repairs were made at her Majesty's dockyard, and she was ready to proceed to her destination on the following evening. Her Majesty's steamer Prometheus, Commander Rice, which arrived at Gibraltar, from Lisbon, on the 27th ultimo, where she has been stationed for some time past, and her Majesty's steamer Ante lope, Lieut. Commander Young, have received orders to proceed to the west coast of Africa, and would start in a few days. The brig which got aground at Sandy Bay is the Gazelle, of Leith, Captain Scott, who, with part of her crew, arrived at Gibraltar on the morning of the 27th ult., in the stea m -b oa t f rom Al gec i ras . The mate and an apprentice remained in charge of the wreck, which has been surveyed, condemned, and ordered to be sold. The Liverpool and Mediterranean Screw Steam ship Company's steamer Calpe arrived in the after noon of the 29th ult., in six days from Liver pool, with a general cargo for Genoa and Leghorn. She left the same day. Exchange at Gibraltar was quoted for bills on London, at 90 days' date, 51 to 51k ; Paris, ditto, sf. 390. ; Marseilles, ditto, sf. 40c. Genoa, ditto, sf. 45c. ; Madrid, eight days' sight, dis. ; Cadiz, ditto, A prem. ; Malaga, ditto, prem. ; Seville, ditto, par to dis. ; Alicante, ditto, I die. ; Valen cia, ditto, dis. ; Barcelona, ditto, die. GIBRALTAR SHIPPING. Arrivals.—Sept. 17—The barque UHL, from Rio Janeiro. 18- 1 -The schooner Concord, from Milford ; barque Mary Lyon, Newcastle ; schooner Ann Living. ston, Grangemouth ; ditto Waterlily, Casablanca ; ditto Nelson, Casabianca. 19—The brig Waterwitch, from Larnaca di Cipro ; brig Roman Empress, London; barque May Queen, Bahia. 20—The schooner William Henry, from Tetuan ; schooner Anna, Malta ; schooner Axe, Girgenti. 22—The barque Hopewell, from Lowe stoft. 23—The brig Gibraltar, from New York ; brigan tine Gleaner, Talencia ; brig Intrinsic, Alexandria ; schooner Crescent, Liverpool ; schooner Alert, Glasgow. 24—The cutter Yampire, from Oran. 25—The barque Antagonist, from Matanzas ; brig Lebanon, Sunderland. 26—The schooner Queen, from Cardiff ; brig New Juno, Malta ; schooner Fox, Port Talbot. 27—The brigan tine Centaur, from Cardiff ; barque Ar a b, Jers e y ; b r ig Adelphi, fields. 30—The brig Magyar, from Tor revieja. Clearances.—Sept. 16—The barque Union, for Cadiz; briglHarmony, Seville. 18—The schooner Reform, for Mazagan ; brig Louisa, Cadiz ; brig 'Ulidia, Constanti nople ; schooner Speedy, Denia. 19—The brig Water witch, Falmouth ; steamer Earl of Lonsdale, Tangier. 20—The schooner Waterlily, for Tetuan. 21—The brig schooner Nelson, Tetuan ; schooner Speedwell, Malaga or Denia ; brig Intrinsic, Falmouth ; barque Hopewell, Constantinople. 22—The brig New North Star, for Tangier and Casabianca (Dar•el•baida). 24—The barque Isis, for Cadiz ; barque Antagonist, Trieste. 26—The brigantine Gleaner, for Mazagan ; schooner Concord, Seville ; brig Lebanon, Constantinople ; schooner Alert Algiers. 28—The schooner Ann, for Mazagan. THE UNITED STATES. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY NIGHT. The United States Mail Steam-shipping Com pany's steam-ship St. Louis has arrived. She brings 53 passengers, $470,000 in specie, of which $160,000 are for England, and a cargo of hops, whalebone, beef, India-rubber goods, dm. The St. Louis left New York on the 23d ult. The Arabia arrived out on the evenin of the 21st ult. There is little news of importance. Two French men-of-war, named the Iphigeni® and the Penelope, had put into New York to refit, previous to returning home from St. Pierre. The disgraceful practice of plundering foreigners, particularly Germans, on their arrival at New York, continued to an alarming extent. Some of the principals had been arrested. At a meeting of the Board of Emigration, it was shown that 227,136 had arrived during this year, being an increase at New York, during the same time of last year, of 24,893. Cholera still ©xistocl, although the returns of mortality were somewhat less. In the markets corn was unchanged. C o tt on closed firm at an adva nce o f e per cent. Flour was heavy. Sugars were in good demand, with tolerably free sales at full prices. In the Money Market, Exchange was quoted for bills on London at 1091 3 to 110, but there was little activity. LETTERS, &c., FOR THE BRITISH FORCES IN TURKEY AND THE BLACK SEA. GENERAL POST•OFFICE, Oct.—The French mail packets which have hitherto left Marseilles for Constantinople on the let, 11th, and 21st of each month will, in future, be despatched on the 2d, 12th, and 22d of the month, so that letters, &c., intended to be conveyed by these packets will be in time if posted in London one day later than at present. Mails for the British forces in Turkey and the Black Sea will, in future, be for warded from this office on the evenings of the 3d, 9th, 13th, 19th, 23d, and 29th of every month, but when the month has 31 days, the mall will not be made nP until the 30th. CRYSTAL PALACE, Oct. s..—Shilling Day.—Admis sion at the doors, 5,936 ; admission by season tickets, 590 ; total, 6,526. THE COMMERCIAL VIEW OF THE WAR AT ST. PETERS BURG.—From communications received by houses in the northern ports, in the habit of doing agencies for Rus sian commercial houses, it seems that there is a good deal of speculation and uneasiness in mercantile circles in St. Petersburg with regard to the effect •f the war upon the course of trade with this country on the re sumption of commercial relations. The usual course for vessels going out to bring home cargoes from Russia is to ballast or take out a cargo of coals, the quick run out in ballast being balanced against the freight upon coals. Now, probably, neither in ballast nor in coals could a shipowner run his vessel with profit to countries having merchandise similar to that imported from St. Petersburg; but the present position of affairs has caused shipowners to calculate and try whether cargoes that could not be brought home profitably in a direct voyage out and in, might not be done in a circuit of voyages, and it seems the experiment is in course of trial. Another circumstance seems to be not lost sight of, viz., the op portunity that is presented to shipowners, by the high price of hemp and other Russian produce, to try substi tutes, and introduce new material into the equipment of their new vessels. It appears that, in consequence of the high price of hempen rope, some very interesting and successful experiments have been tried by large ship owners in adopting wire rope to the purposes of rigging. In Southampton some of the apple trees which have blossomed, and from which fruit has been picked this year, arc now in full blossom again, owing to the mild ness of the season. AN AMATEUR BEAR HUNT.—Nine bears, driven by the fire from their home in Washington county, lately undertook to emigrate to Vermont. While swimming the bay a couple of miles from Whitehall a woman and boys gave chase to ati old she bear that was swimming with her cubs. They rowed up to the old lady and rap ped her head with en oar. She turned and put her p aws on the edge of the boat, and proposed to come aboard and settle the matter. At the same time the cube and another big bear turned about to see if it was a "free fight," and, if so, they wanted to be " counted in." The boatmen, finding a bigger fight than they had bargained for, proposed a "compromise, and both parties made a straight wake for the shore in opposite directiess. It is generally supposed that the woman and boys will not soon go on another bear-hunt on Lake Chantplain.— New York Tribune. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. --At the monthly general meeting held yesterday at the society's house in Hanover-square, M. William Yarrell, F.L.S., in the chair, Messrs. E. W. Wadeson and James Ivail were elected fellows of the society ; and Messrs. Sussex Milbank, R. Webb, B. Laferest, C. W. Dilke, H. F. Todd, and T. Prealand were proposed as candi dates for the fellowship. The caenagerie was stated to be in a high state of efficiency, and the flower-garden particularly attractive in consequence of the rich display of dahlias and other autumnal plants. The total number of visitors during the year has already amounted to 366,643, HALL OF COMMERCR.—These extensive and important premises, situated in Threadneedl-street, have been recently purchased by the Directors of the National Guardian Society, with the view of converting them into a head office for that company. That part of the building, which will not be required for that porpose, is to be fitted up as convenient chambers. The whole outlay by the late Mr. Moxhay is stated to be upwards of 80,0001., including the cost of the freehold. The bills of Messrs. James McHenry and Co., of Liverpool, returned yesterday ; but the amount of their liabilities, which are believed to be very large, has not been stated. The difficulties of this house have occa sioned less surprise than those of Mr. Oliver, since during the last five months they have been reported to have re turned about 100,000/., or 130,000/., of draughts drawn upon them from Now York by a Mr. J. B. Ditching, whO was supposed on that side to act as their agent. The reason given for the dishonour of these draughts was, that they had been drawn without in structions. Messrs. Wilenry and Co. are understood to have speculated largely in cotton and corn as well as other produce, and were represented as having made 98,0001. by their grain transactions during last autumn and spring.