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

TRIBUNAL OF COMMERCE ASSOCIA TION.-CAUTION.—It is requested that no person will subscribe to the funds of this Association without taking a receipt for the sum given; the receipt to be printed, numbered, and signed by one or'more of the committee, as well as by the collector who receives the money. If any payments have been made contrary to these regulations, the committee beg to be informed. FRANCIS LYNE, Chairman of the Executive Committee. Offices, 12, Mark-lane, 10th Oct., 1854. N.B.—For the publications of this Association, the last Report, &c., apply to Mr. Effingham Wilson, 11, Royal Exchange. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, °cr.-10, Will be performed THE WHITE HORSE OF THE PEPPERS. Characters by Messrs. Hada:, 1, Tillers, Rogers, CullenLrd, Braid, and Russell; Misses Schott, A. Vining, an I Lavine. After which, SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Principal cha racter by Mr. Wright. To conclude with A KISS IN TIIE DARK. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cskancs Kx.tx. THIS EVENING, OcT. 10, Will be performed (second time) a comedietta, entitled LIVING TOO FAST. After which, A HEART OF GOLD. Principe' characters by Messrs. Meadows, Addison, Ryder, 1). Fisher, Cathcart, and baker ; Misses Heath and Murray, and Mrs. Daly. To cogicinde with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, OCT. 10, Will be performed the popular Drama of THE DISCARDED SON. Principal characters by Messrs. Selby, Murray, Bedford, and Seeley . ; Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Woolgar. Anti which, MONSIEUR JACQUES. To conclude with the Farce of THE STATION HOUSE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, OcT. 10, Wlll be performed A MATCH IN THE DARK. Principal cha racters by Mr. A. Wigan, and Miss Fitzpatrick. After which the National Anthem will be sting. To be followed by the Comic Drama called HUSH MONEY. Characters by Messrs. F. Robson and Emery ; and Mrs. A. Wigan. To conclude with PERFECT CONFIDENCE STRAND THEATRE. BDle Lessee Mr. F. W. Alleroft. THIS EVENING, Oar. 10, WM be performed 'TWAS I. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Mephistopheles, Halford; Faust, Miss G. Hodson; Marguerite, Miss H. Gordon. After whicU, THE NEW WAGS OF WINDSOR. To conclude with THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER. Princi pal character by Mr. G. Honey. Stalls, 4s. • Boxes, 2s. 6d.; Pit, ls.; Gallery, 6d.; Private Box, a £1 ls., 10 be had of Mr. Allcroft, lb, New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. THE FALL OF SEBASTOPOL ! Mr. William Cooke having despatched an event to Paris to witness a Grand Spectacle at the Cirque Imperial," embracing the principal events of the Eastern War, prei'ared, on his return, an Equestrian Drama, reserving the enouement, in anticipation of the late glorious event—an event hich has now furnished the author with the most thrilling and owerful incidents. It will shortly be produced on a scale of magni tude never before attempted in England—will introduce 400 Auxi liaries, and combine in its action both the Stage and the Ring. _7.B.—The announced piece, the " Siege of Silistria," is withdrawn for the introduction of the recent grand achievement of the Allied Forces. The engagement of Mr. WALLETT, the King of Clowns, will ter• urinate on Tharsday the 12th. THIS EVENING, The very Interesting Eque•trian Spectacle willed, THE WOOD MAN'S HORSE; or, THE FALSE KNIGHT. After which, a series of those brilliant and unique SCENES in the CIRCLE, the invendion and arrangement of Mr. William Cooke. The whole to conclude with a GRAND ENTREE A2IICALE of England and France, Tableaux on the Stage, and National Dances by Madlles. Christine and Agnes. HI in WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIEI DA? —Morning 5 min-after 4 I Evening 20 min.aft. 4 Tomosaov Z. — ..lorning 37 min.etfter 4 Evening 55 min.eft. 4 TILE WEATHER.—Su 07Furs, Om 10. THEBMOMETEB, I:1 THE SHADZ. 67 —highest since noon yesterday. 52 —lowest this morning and during the night. 65—this day at noon. BAROMETEB, 30•08—rising rapidly again. WIND, S.W.-Light, with cloudy weather. - reektif LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1854.• It would appear that from the time of the glcsious victory on the Alma, where the Allied Troops established themselves on the ground pre viously occupied by the Russians, no decided attempt was made to resist, scarcely to impede, their progress. They had given the enemy a " taste of their quality," of a very striking description, such as to instil into their minds a wholesome dread of the Western Warriors. From the strength of their position, the numbers by whom it was defended, and the careful preparation made, it was manifest that they calculated on checking for a considerable period, if they could not altogether prevent, the further advancement of the Allies. They were, however, completely astounded by the daring gallantry of the French, and the stubborn determination of the English assailants. Through " fire and water," through the still burning village of Bouliouk, through the scarcely fordable river which they had to pass, at "a deep and difficult ford to the right under a sharp fire," under a fierce cannonade, a terrific discharge of grape and musketry, the devoted troops marched on steadily and unflinchingly. The deplorable gaps in their ranks, occasioned by their fallen comrades, were filled up without con fusion or disorder. Officers and men alike dis played a degree of bravery unsurpassed, we might perhaps say, by the ancient Paladins, and a cool ness and steadiness that might have induced a bystander to suppose that they were merely " playing at soldiers," and displaying their evo lutions at a review or mock-fight. The blood shed, the heaps of dead and dying, scattered on every side, would alone have impressed the spec tator with the fearful reality of the awful Scene. Had there been no opponents iu front, no artil lery or infantry stationed on the heights, it would have been a work of no ordinary difficulty for a regular force to overcome the numerous obstruc tions that impeded their progress. Lord RAGLAN tells us that the banks of the river itself were, from their rugged and broken nature, most serious obsbicles, and the vineyards through which the troops had to pass, and the trees which the enemy had felled, created additional impediments, ren dering every species of formation, under a galling fire, nearly an impossibility. Yet still they persevered. Still they hastened to the sanguinary encounter with a cheerful ala crity, that might be so►ght for rather i n men proceeding to a merry festival than to a cc b an quet of death," a hand-to-hand encounter with a formidable foe, a life-and-death struggle, in which even the victors would be very roughly handled. No wonder that the Russians were paralysed, that they regarded the heroes who could accomplish such feats, who could within a few hours conquer such difficulties, fighting under every possible disadvantage, as men not again t 1 be encountered on anything like equal terms. No wonder that their ardour was damped, and that they negle4ed to avail themselves of other stra tegetical advantages to resist the advance of men capable of such superhuman exertions, and displaying such unparalleled bravery. We are not surprised, then, at the fact announced in the despatch of the new C mamander-in-Chief of the French army, General CANROBERT, which ap peared in our impression of yesterday, and which declared that " the enemy not having shown him self since the victory at Alma, the march, turn ing towards the south of Sebastopol, had been effected without difficulty." But although we cannot feel surprised at the consternation of the enemy, who, with all the advantages of cavalry and artillery, saw them selves so decisively defeated, and driven within three /tortes from a position which they fondly iarao,;ned that they could hold for as many weeks, they vet knew not the full extent of the merit of their 'gallant victors. They saw what they accomplished in the field, but they could not imagine the hardships previously sustained, or the uncomplaining devotion with which they were borne. Officers and men fared alike. The superior rank of the former afforded no comforts from which their more humble companions in arms were excluded, and Sir GEORGE BROWN, who eminently merited the high commendation he received from Lord i RAGLAN, and the Duke of CAMBRIDGE himself, the relative of our SOVEREIGN, gladly availed themselves, during the tempestuous night, of the scanty shelter of " a tilted cart." Lord RAGLAN explains this. He says,—" My anxiety to bring into the country every cavalry and infantry soldier who was available pre vented me from embarking their baggage ani mals, and these officers have with them at this moment nothing but what they can carry ; and they, equally with the men, are without tents or covering of any kind." But he adds,—" I have not heard a single murmur. All seem impressed with the necessity of the arrangement ; and they feel, I trust, satisfied that I shall bring up their bO,t horses at the earliest moment." His tribute of just and well-merited approbation of the men is no less impressive. He says the conduct of the troops has been admirable. When it is considered that they have suffered severely from sickness during the last two months ; that, since they landed in the Crimea,' they have been exposed to the extremes of wet, cold, and heat ; that the daily toil to provide themselves with water has been excessive, and that they have been pur sued by cholera to the very battle-field, I do not go beyond the truth in declaring that they merit the highest commendation. In the ardour of attack they forgot all they had endured, and displayed that high courage, that gallant spirit, for which the British soldier is ever distinguished ; and under the heaviest fire they maintained the same determination to conquer as they had exhibited before they went into action. These were matters with which, as we have stated, the Russians were unacquainted, and yet they saw and felt enough to excite a panic in their breasts, and to prevent them from ever attempt ing to make a stand on the Belbeck, or other points on the route between Bouliouk and Balaklava, where a determined resistance might be offered to the further progress of the Allies ; in fact, they did not venture to "show" from the 20th to the 28th, and the turning of Sebastopol, and the taking possession of Balaklava, was effected with out difficulty. It would seem as if the Russians had, after their defeat, separated into two divisions, one of which had retired on Bakshi-Serai, and. the other fallen back on Sebastopol. The latter was pro bably the division which had been brought from the town to meet the first emergency ; the second, the remnants of the original army, of which it is said there are but little more than twenty thousand remaining, that is to say, exclu sive of, perhaps, nearly an equal number which returned to the stronghold. It seems very uncertain as to the locality of Prince MRNSCHIKOFF, whether he be with those who are now in Sebastopol, where the brunt of the attack is to be sustained, or whether he is among the excluded, whose communications with the be leaguered town have been completely intercepted. It is needless to add that these latter points are merely guesses, or " calculations," as our trans- Atlantic brethren might term them, and that be fore any degree of certainty can be entertained we must receive more ample authentic intelligence than any that we have yet received. The vague outlines must be filled up by a well-informed in structor. With the possession of Balaklava, a safe anti excellent harbour for our fleet, a most convenient spot for the debarkation of our heavy artillery and baggage, and connected with Sebastopol by an excellent military load, having the Russian force divided, so that no head can be made at any point, we shall be able to make our approaches " scion les regles," so as to come to the encounter with every possible advantage. We do not, and we cannot, doubt the result. We must recollect that the reserve have long since been landed in the Crimea, and that they are burning with en thusiasm to equal—they cannot surpass—the exploits of their more favoured comrades who were earlier in the field. With these facts, and an earnest though humble reliance on the assist ance of the OMNIPOTENT, we anxiously but confi dently await the result, which, we believe, will be worthy the brilliant inauguration of the campaign on the river and the heights of Alma. We cannot regret the strict and searching in quiry that has taken place into all the circum stances attending the death of the unfortunate young woman MATILDA JANE LODGE, nor the exaggerated and in many respects erroneous re ports that led to that investigation. For the honour of the British Navy in all its branches we are delighted that it has taken place, that we know the full extent of the evil, and can judge of the nuisances it is necessary to abate, and the regulations which should be framed for the pre servation of decency and propriety of conduct on board her MAJESTY'S ships—and we will venture to add in her MAJESTY'S barracks. Notwithstanding the injuries received by the unfortunate young woman during her ill-omened expedition, it is now certain that she received no violence from any quarter—that these injuries were, in fact, self-inflicted, and that during her sojourn on board the Victorious hulk she was treated with kindness and consideration by every person on board, whether officers or men, and that even those who deplored the scandal occasioned by her very im proper introduction to the ward-room of one of the vessels of the Royal Navy, yet made every allowance for the indisposition of the poor girl, when it was supposed that the full extent of her illness was occasioned by intoxication, and that she only required the care that should be bestowed even on a " drunken " woman. That Lieutenant KNIGHT was grossly wrong in introducing the wretched creature to his comrades, in driving the chaplain and other better-disposed officers from the room, in the accommodation whereof they were (stilled to participate, is indisputable. Above all, and beyond all, he was exceedingly culpable in permitting the wretched creature to indulge to such a fearful extent in intoxicating liquors ; but, while severely condemning those points which his own efficient and talented advocate did not venture to defend, it is a matter of simple justice to add that, ' in all other respects, he passed through the searching ordeal to which he was subjected without stain or reproach. It is true that he should have personally attended to the unhappy creature —that in place of giving orders to have her conducted safely out of the v esse l h e ought himself to have seen it done. But although he was very wrong in thus doing, yet we can make some allowance for the fatigue and annoyance he had undergone, an d also for the opinion which h e might have entertained, that it was probably no thing more than a com mon case of inebriety. It appeared that ho had kn own nothing of the un fortunate young woman previously—that it was, in fact, the first time he had seen her. He had himself but just returned from the Baltic ; and it is notorious that sailors arriving in harbour after a protract e d a b sence i n d u lge in a species of " Saturn a li a ," and that, under such circumstances , 'natters are, if no t sanc ti one d, a t least con nived at, that would not be tolerated at an other tune. Hence the very improper introduc tion of the young women into the vessel — an act whic!i, we rejoice to say, was wholly unprecedented, for it appears from the evidence of I Lieut. Jzavis tliat,," during the whole time he had been oft board the Dauntless, no woman other than an officer's wife or lady visitor had been on board except the case in question. The officers, too, generally speaking, seemed surprised and annoyed at the unusual intrusion. The chaplain very properly " walked" the deck the entire time she was in the ward-room, and took measures to have her removed as speedily as possible, and to prevent the repetition of a similar outrage to his feelings. We therefore find, with great satisfac tion, that " such orgies were not habitual," but, on the contrary, that there was but the one tran saction of the kind ever known on board the Dauntless or its hulk. Had it not been for the inquiry before the Magistates—had the case rested on the verdict of the Coroner's•jury, this gratify ing fact would be unknown, and unmerited cen sure would have been cast on many of our brave defenders. As to the young woman herself, it was perfectly clear that she was of a very excitable tempera ment. At one moment singing and dancing, the next reciting SHAKSPERE, and, after that, screeching with frantic violence. Many females of her unfortunate class have, when inebriated, feelings of remorse for their degraded position. Suffering from hysterical affections, they fling themselves about, and sustain injuries which, when recovered, they attribute to any causes but the right ones, fancying that they have been ill-treated, and even clothing their erroneous notions with a garb of reality. We do not think it at all neces sary to cast discredit on the evidence of any of the female witnesses as to her dying statements. Doubtless she told a variety of different stories, and that she herself believed each of these stories to be strictly accurate. This melancholy case has been assimilated to the proceedings in the PERRY Court-martials. But, thank t GOD, our gallant sailors are not sub jected to the reproach to which some of the offi cers of the 46th have subjected themselves. They told the truth fairly and justly. There was no attempt to screen any one, and no doubt could be cast upon any portion of their testimony. There was the original error, for which Lieutenant KNIGHT was alone responsible ; and though that officer acted culpably in many respects, his faults were those of the head rather than of the heart, we believe from thoughtlessness and excitement of spirits, on his "first cruise on shore" after a long voyage, rather than from deliberate or habitual profligacy—and certainly being in no degree tainted' by cruelty or brutality towards a helpless and unfortunate woman. ADMIRALTY DESPATCHES. rest :--- * Not enclosed. THE CRIMEA. tion o f the staff, they are made as comfortable a possible under existing circumstances. A lussian Brigadier-General died of his wounds last n ight at Scutaria, and will be buried to-day with z nilitary honours. Another general has also arrive d from the Crimea, who will be sent on to Malta , by direction of the Commander-in-Chief, by tl it 3 first opportunity. I b eg to enclose a statement* of the sick and wou: a ded soldiers, made out as correctly as can be ascei ,ained during the present press of duty.—l EDWARD BOXER, Rear-Admiral, Superintendent. no the Secretary of the Admiralty, London. A party from the British fleet have established then iselves in the lighthouse of Cape Chersonese, whit h forms the extreme eastern corner of the prat aontory to the south of Sebastopol ; and have) relit the light which the Russians had ex ting wished. LATEST NEWS. VIENNA, MONDAY, OCT. 9. The following bas been received from Buc h a- BUCHAREST, OCT. 6. Omer Pacha has returned here. He states that he has been informed that the Allies effected a junction at Balaklava on the 3d. The English passed to the south of Sebastopol by land, across the Katcha, Belbeck, and Tcher- naja. The French reached Balaklava by sea. The English had taken the lighthouse of Cape Cherson. The bombardment of Sebastopol was to com- mence on the sth. The Allies are very confident of success. Omer Pacha has sent 8,000 Turks to Varna as additional reserves for the Crimea, in case of ne- THE CRIMEA. I cessity. He states that Russian reinforcements from Bessarabia cannot reach Perekop before the 15th of October. Lord Raglan has taken the supreme command of the Allied expedition. General Canrobert has taken chief command of the French. VIENNA, OCT. 9. Advices from Czernowitz, of the Bth inst., state that General Hess was expected there on the 9th. Galatz and Ibraila have been evacuated by the Turks, and occupied by the Austrians. Prince Gortschakoirs head-quarters are re ported to be at Odessa. THE BALTIC. DANTZIC, OCT. 8. The English steamer Bulldog has arrivbd here. She left the division of steamers of the com- bined fleets in the morning of the 3d. That division, under the command of Rear- Admiral Plumridge, was proceeding to Baro-Led sund, in order to find a better anchorage. The weather was very tempestuous. She brings no other news. THE SUN, LONDON, 1 rITESDAY VENING, OCTOBER 10, 1854. (Copy, No. 498.) BRITANNIA, OFF THE KATCHA, SEPT. 28. Sir,—l beg you will acquaint the Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty that,-by the request of his Excellency General Lord Raglan, I have ordered 1,000 Marines of the fleet to be lent to the Agamemnon, in the harbour of Balaklava, to relieve a similar number of the British forces now employed in guarding the heights overlooking that port. The Albion and Vesuvius returned last night from off the Alma river, having brought down from the country and embarked on board the Avon, transport, about 340 wounded Russians, whom I immediately sent on in charge of Commander Rogers of the Albion, with a letter to the Gover nor of Odessa, of which the enclosure No. 1 is a copy. From the state of the country Captain Lushing ton was obliged to use every precaution in pro tecting his people employed on this service ; and yesterday afternoon he was forced to embark all his men under the guns of the Vesuvius, as a body of about 6,000 Russians had advanced rapidly upon him. The Allied Armies are in position to the south of Sebastopol, and the English cavalry and French reinforcements are expected hourly, but a strong N.E. wind is now against them. MarsbalSt. Arnaud has been obliged by ill health to resign the command of the French army to General Canrobert, and the Marshal has left for France. The cholera is still showing itself occasionally among the ships of the fleet, but the crews gene rally are healthy. The army is still suffering considerably, but the change of temperature this morning will, I hope, prove beneficial ; fortunately the rains have not yet set in.—l have, (to., J. W. D. DUNDAS, Vice-Admiral. The Secretary of the Admiralty. (Enclosure to 498.) BRITANNIA, OFF THE KATCHA, SIT. 26. Sir,—l have the honour to inform your F.Ted lency that in consequence of the advance on Se bastopol of the Allied Armies after the battle of the Alma, on the 20th inst., a number of wounded Russian officers and soldiers were left in the rear, in the small villages near the places where they had fallen, and by the request of his Excellency, General Lord Raglan, I have collected as many as I could (about 340). In order to shorten the sufferings of these gal lant soldiers, which a long sea voyage must neces sarily increase, I have sent them to Odessa, rather than to Constantinople, the distance to the former being so much less. Commander Rogers, of the Royal Navy, has charge of them, under a flag of truce, and I trust your Excellency will, in the same feeling of hu manity, receive and consider them as non-com batants until regularly exchanged, granting to the officers in charge an acknowledgment of the num bers and grades of the prisoners delivered over by him to your Excellency. I have, &0., J. W. D. DUNDAS, Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. His Excellency the Aide-de-Camp General Annenkoff. (No. 77.) GENERAL LETTER. CANTERBURY, CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 30. Sir, —Her Majesty's steam-vesselßeagle arrived yesterday morning from England and Malta, and went on in the evening to join the fleet off Sebas topol, complete with coals and water. The Vulcan sailed last evening for the Crimea, and the Industry, Cambria, Andes, Colombo, and Kangaroo steam-transports are ready. Some of these vessels take up colliers, with about 1,700 tons of fuel for the fleet, besides several coal ships sent on to Varna. The Industry will be employed as a steam col lier, and carries between '7OO and 800 tons. The Caduceus transport arrived on the 28th from the Crimea with 270 sick from the army, having lost a great number on the passage down. The Courier transport, also with sick, came down yesterday, but got ashore some miles up the Bos phorus, but I have removed all the sick to Scutari by steam tenders. The Turkish Government having kindly given every assistance in their power in complying with our wants, I have also applied to them for more bedsteads for the hospital, and am myself con tracting for 200 wooden trestles, they being much required. I have pleasure in cu-operating with the mili tary- authorities with a view to the care of the sick and wounded, and, from the unremitting atten- THE TILACK SEA. A letter in the Lloyd, from Odessa, of the 26th, informs us that General Osten-Sacken had left Odessa to lead the troops concentrated at Perekop to the assistance of Prince Menschikoff; but it is asserted that he Will not advance further than Tatman, " for it is now too late to succour Sebas topol." A nu•saber of regiments of Lancers have gone from Odessa to Perekop, to join the force concentrated at this important point. Prince Gortschakoff arrived at Odessa on the 25th, and it was anticipated that he would in a few days go to Perekop to inspect this position. Six squadrons of Lancers from Moscow arrived at Wossnessensk on the 22d, and were ordered to remain there for eight days. SEBASTOPOL. OFF THE RIVER KATSCHA, SEPT. 28. The main body of the fleet remains here at anchor for the present, there being no anchorage to the south. Off Sebastopol and all the way round to Balaklava the water is very deep close in. Sir E. Lyons, with the in-shore steam squadron, is away at Balaklava superintending the disembar cation of siege artillery in the harbour. The little basin may be made to hold a good many moderate sized vessels, and being so thoroughly land-locked will be very valuable to us, but the entrance is too narrow and tortuous for the long steamers and other large ships. The little garrison of the place surrendered, and the allied armies occupy the heights above, but are not distinctly visible from our anchorage. Lord Raglan has for the present established his head-quarters at the village of Karatchatcha, in a line between the head of Sebastopol har bour and Balaklava. The weather has been be yond expectation beautiful and favourable. We have had no wind, but little sea or surf, and rain once only. At present, for the first time, there is a stiff breeze from the N.B. But, now th a t th e si n e d ge The tents for the army have been sent in a s hip to Balaklava , (the poor fell ows h ave hi t h erto b een obliged to sleep in the open air, owin g to the ad g o u u n b are over. guns, &c., are inside Bal a kl ava , a ll di ff i cult i es im possibility of getting transport); and it is now sin cerely hoped that the sickness which has so per severingly dogged their steps will depart. At this moment an enormous fire is raging in the heart of the town, and as the allied armies are in sight and are to summon them to-day, it i s no t impossible that they are pursuing the usual Russian plan burning, blowing up, and destroying everything rather than surrender. All our Polish and other deserters agree that they are prepared to do so. The ships which they sank two days ago at the entrance of the harbour are th e H o l y Trinity, 120; Rostislaff, 84 ; Sisepoli, 40 gun frigate ; Zagoodieh, 84 ; Ooriel, 80 ; Sili s t r i a, 80 ; Koolevche, 40. These ships, with one exception, had all their rigging standing, all their guns and stores of every description on board. Parts of their hulls are now visible, but the masts and rigging are now cut away. Quantities of their ornamental and other gear have been picked up outside the harbour, washed out of them by the waves. The !Arrow gun-boat, which arrived the day before yesterday, fired four or five shots yesterday, as a trial of the range of her guns, to the great astonishment, no doubt, of the Russians. Her practice was beautiful. TURKEY. Letters from Jerusalem state that Mgr. Valerga, the Latin Patriarch, had returned to that city, the Porte having given orders, on the demand of tho French Government, that reparation should be made to hiin for the insults done hiui by the inha bitants of the village of Beit Djala. The letters add that he had also received an authorisation to build a church. THE PR NCIPALITIES. The Lloyd of Vienna has the following from Schunia, dated 22d ult. :—" The infantry en camped for some time near this place has left for Bazardechick, and the cavalry for Varna. This last must have been by this time embarked for the expedition to the Crimea. Omer Pacha was ex pected at Schumla, and was to proceed thence to Varna, to witness the embarkation."—The same journal says :---" Prince Gortschakoff, the Russian ambassador at Vienna, has again asked for leave of absence to regulate some family affairs. Hitherto Lis applications t Ili, (74.orevnie.-nt le. or id,- sence have not been successful." The Lithographic News-sheet, of Vienna, under date of Bucharest, 28th ult., says ;—" The Russian Cabinet has, it is said, entered into an official cor respondence with the VVallachian Government, and demands that until the arrival of Russian diplo matic agents in the Principalities, Russian subjects shall be placed under the legal protection of the Governments of Wallachia and Moldavia." The Wanderer of Vienna, however, says that in the well-informed circles of that capital it is not be lieved that Russia will send any diplomatic agents to Wallachia, as this would be a recognition of the suppression of her protectorate. RUSSIA. That there are two ways of telling a story was scarcely ever, perhaps, better exemplified than in the following choice morceau, for which I am in debted to the Independance Belge, in the shape of a telegraphic despatch : " VIENNA, Saturday Evening.—A despatch, sent to Prince Gortschakoff, announces as official that Prince Menschikeff has approached with his corps d'arnle the North of Sebastopol. The French (says the despatch) have abandoned that side without combat, and have rejoined by sea the English, who had landed at Bala klava. At the date of 30th of September no new affair had taken place." The following report, which Marshal Paskiewitch has published at Warsaw, on the 3d, will serve as the pendant to the foregoing document : "Oa September the 20th an encounter took place between our troops and those of the allies on the banks of the Alma, Prince Menschikoff, realising his plan of campaign to engage only in a combat with the advance guard of his army, and to fall back on Sebastopol, has led the troops under his orders to the neighbourhood of the fortress, and has there taken up a strong position. It was thought that other combats would take place in a few days. We have lost a thousand men killed and wounded, but the enemy having attacked us in our En trenchments, and under the fire of our batteries, must have successively experienced much greater losses." A letter from Vienna of the sth says :—" It appears certain that the Suwaroff regiment of Grenadiers, the Kutusoff, Smolensko, and Wiel kibuky regiments of Chassours, commanded by General Wrangel 111., arrived on the 3d at Kielle, within 15 miles of Cracow, coming from Warsaw, and have occupied there a fortified camp. Three regiments of Guards are in the entrenched camp of Bachow, on the right of the Vistula. The 3d divi sion of the infantry of the Guard is likewise on its way towards the frontier of Gallicia. The en trenched camp of Kielle appears likely to be the pivot of the Russian operations." A letter from Breslau, 30th ult., says :—" Ac counts from Warsaw state that the part of the guard expected in that town is to march into Bes sarabia, where-the Russians are now concentrating , the principal masses of their forces. This is evi dently a hostile manifestation against Austria." PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Oct. 7. —The consecration of the co lumnar monument raised in the garden of the In valides will take place in the presence of the King upon the 18th of October. The monument is raised to the memory of all soldiers who fell during the revolutionary excesses of 1848 and 1849. Letters from Kiel announce that portions of the French fleet, which still remains in the Baltic, have received orders to remain for the time being at Kiel, and that the impression is that they will winter in that commodious harbour. If this be true, a portion of the British fleet will naturally join, so as to be ready at the first cockcrow of spring to return to the Gulf. Other intelligence, emanating from well-informed quarters, announces that the United States Go vernment, with very laudable discretion, and iu consideration of the complications at present exist ing, has notified its intention to Denmark that it will not press the question of the Sound duties un til the crisis has passed over. If this be true, the Washington Cabinet deserves great credit. This intelligence will not be satisfactory, on the other hand, to certain parties in Germany, who de sired to avail themselves of the American pres sure, and the pressure of the times, to forward their own views upon this point, partly as a drag upon Denmark in favour of Russia, and partly as a portion of their project to obtain pos session of Kiel and Holstein. According to reports current yesterday, the re ply of the Austrian Cabinet to the Prussian despatch of the 21st ult. has not tended to fulfil the hopes or favour the views of this Government. On the contrary, it is said that the language of Austria is firm and decided, and exhibits every in tention to adhere to an independent and vigorous policy, worthy of the position of so great a nation. If all this be true, approachment at Frankfort be comes the more improbable ; and if the points of contention be debated there, the taro great German Powers will stand opposed to each other, not only as regards the " point of view," but the means of arriving thereat. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, OCT. 5. The Presse says :—" In our diplomatic circles the hope is still entertained that the Russian Cabinet will not let the opportunity slip, presented by the an swer it is about to make to the Austrian note of Sep tember 12 in reply to Russia's refusal of August 26, of making some communication respecting the condi tions on which Russia is willing to take part in the negotiations for peace. It is believed such commu nication may arrive here about the middle of this month, and many cannot conceive that Russia will be so blind to her interests as to reject disdainfully the op portunity thus presented of coming to an arrangement. On the other hand it is not to be lost sight of, that if Rus sia does really intend making proposals of this sort, they must contain the acceptance to a considerable extent of the guarantees required by Austria and the Western Powers. For that Austria is resolved to maintain the most important points of the demands they have made, may be gathered from the fact, that Lieutenant-Colonel Lowenthal has set out with despatches for the Abstrian internuncio, Baron Bruck, in Constantinople, the contents of which relate to the administration of the Principalities. It is rumoured also that the Protectorate question is to be settled quite independent of the negotiations for peace, and now without delay." The Wanderer of Vienna says :—" We can assert from good authority that the news of Baron de Hess having been ordered to this city for the sth of October is quite devoid of any good foundation." The New Prussian Gazette, under date of Vienna, 2d, says :—" Prince Gortschakoff had a conference with Count Buol to-day, and is said to have made very im portant overtures." The Nuremberg Correspondent contains a letter from Vienna, of the 3d, which says :—" We can affirm from a very good source that a new note from the Austrian cabinet expresses a desire to see the question of the pro tectorate of the Principalities treated altogether by it self, and quite independently of the other questions set forth in the convention of April 20." The Hamburg News, under date of Vienna, 4th, says :—" The relations between Austria and Russia assume every day a more serious character, and a rupture is considered in the best-informed circles to be inevitable. The reply of Russia to the Aus trian note of the 12th September will exercise a de cisive influence on this point ; but it will not pro bably be couched in very pacific terms, as it is al ready known that a Commission, composed of Austrian, French, English, and Turkish plenipo tentiaries, will shortly assemble at Constantinople to deliberate on the question of protection, taking for basis the propositions agreed upon at Vienna between the Austrian Cabinet and the Plenipoten tiaries of the Western Powers. This fact is of great importance ; for, in the first place, it proves the firm resolution of Austria to conscientiously fulfil the duties which are imposed on her by her position as a great European power ; and in the second place, it shows that the understanding be tween the Western Powers and Austria has not been up to this time disturbed. As to a fresh meeting of the Conference, it is true that it was in contem plation, but no understanding could be come to as to the conditions on which it was to take place." The despatch from Constantinople of the 30t h in last night's Lloyd, gave occasion to the editor to add a very interesting note in reference to Bala klava, where, as we are informed, the allies have landed their cannon. The substance of the note is as follows : "The high road of Balaklava runs from thence to the inner haven of Sebastopol, entering this town at its weakest point. In the south of Sebastopol there are no forts ; but the magazines, the hospital, the barracks, the docks, &c. If the allies get possession of the heights to the south, they can destroy the Russian fleet with ease. The only resource will be to attempt to force its way out of the harbours. All the most important forts are to the north, viz., Forts Constantine, Catherina, Alexander, Nicholas, and St. Paul, as well as the field for tresses and the batteries. The success of this diversion in the south will enormously facilitate the attack in the north, and lead to the fall of Sebastopol. The town of Balaklava is indebted for its existence to a very small arid crooked-shaped bay running into the land. It corresponds with the larger bay of Sebastopol, on the northern side of the Heracleotic Chersonesus, and is the only good harbour on the almost unbroken extent of the southern coast, being deep, without cliffs, and without any sandbank at its mouth. The heights and rocks on either side are from four to five times higher than the rugged rocks of the creeks of Sebastopol, and in the harbour behind these heights the ships lie in the most perfect security. Balaklava enjoys the same advantages of geographical position as Sebastopol, but is inferior because of the smallness of its harbour, where there is room for only a few ships." DENMARK. A letter from Copenhagen of the sth says : "The Diet has only been assembled three days, and t`, rot events hare alioaf.ly occurred w indicate that the session will be a stormy one. The President of the People's Chamber has de clared anti-constitutional the extraordinary cre- ;;;-r;i I dit authorised by the Minister of Finance with re spect to the division of the Sound dues. Professor Hall has presented an address of want of confi -1 deuce, and M. Futein demands that the Ministers shall be impeached for having issued the ordinance of the 26th July. These two members exercise a great influence over the majority. Yesterday it was resolved to have read the anti-ministerial ad dress of Jutland, though in general such addresses are simply laid on the table. There is a good deal of talk about an audience of an hour and a quarter, obtained by Bishop Monrad from the King, Seve ral persons aro of opinion that there is a question of forming a new Cabinet, under the auspices of the Bishop." FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. At half-past five o'clock, Lord Burghersh, one of Lord Raglan's aides-de-camp, arrived here with the despatches for her Majesty's Government from the seat of war in the Crimea. His lordship left Paris for Lon don at seven o'clock. During the whole of to-day the families of officers at present in the East have been crowding the embassy, all anxious to learn the fate of their relations. I have never seen such a. scene before in all my experience. Speaking of Marshal St. Arnaud's despatches, the Moniteur says : The Emperor has received from Marshal St. Arnaud. a report of the battle of the Alma. No one can read without emotion this simple recital of a great victory, where the General-in-Chief speaks of every one except himself, Nevertheless, the government appreciates as it merits the energy and ability displayed by the Marshal under these circumstances. The Emperor has decided that a salute of 21 guns shall be fired to celebrate this victory. M. Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, grandson of his Im perial Highness Prince Jerome, and who is now a sub lieutenant in the 7th Regiment of Dragoons of the French army, arrived at Marseilles on Thursday. A letter from Marseilles of the 6th, says :—" 500 men of the depot of the 40th regiment of the line left this morning for Toulon, where they are about to embark for Civita-Vecchia, to join their regiment at Rome. A detachment of military workmen, another of 112 men of the 6th cuirassiers, going to the East, and a third de tachment of the 3d cuirassiers, have arrived here; 154 men of the baggage-train, and 142 mules, were em barked here yesterday for the army of the East." The following private telegraphic despatches have been received : " MADRID, 4th.—The Gazette announces the dismissal of M. Madoz. The elections have commenced. All the Madrid journals engage the electors of all parties to vote ; the Espanar alone urges abstention. On account of the elections the Exchange is closed." " VIENNA, 6th, Evening.—According to reports gene rally credited, Austria has succeeded in establishing an entente cordiale between her and the different German States. The affair of Anapa is confirmed." " BERLIN, Oct. 6.—ln the evening of Wednesday the town of Memel, in Prussia, became a prey to fire. Yes- terday afternoon, the fire was not yet extinguished. A large portion of the town, the churches, and a great number of shops have been reduced to ashes." The Three per Cents. were done on the Boulevards to day at 76. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The Monileur of this day announces officially the death of Marshal de St. Arnaud, and adds to the announcement some observations, which will be read with interest : "The Government has just received the painful news of the death of Marshal St. Arnaud, who succumbed, on the 29th ult., under the serious malady under which he had long been labouring. The telegraphic despatch which brings the sad news, announces at the same time that the Marshal, sinking under fatigue and disease, em barked on the 27th ult. on board the Beanonett, and had according to orders previously given by the Emperor, handed over the command of the army to General Canrobert. On learning this deplorable event the whole of France will unite in the deep regret felt by the Em peror. This cruel loss has just mixed a national mourn ing with the joy caused by the last news from the Etst. After having rendered such important services, the Marshal succumbed at the moment when he had just acquired by the expedition of the Crimea and the brilliant victory of the Alma glorious claims to the gratitude of the country." The Minister of War has received the following despatch from General Canrobert, dated Balaklava, 28th ult.:— " Marshal de Saint Arnaud, who is seriously ill, has transferred into my hands the command of the army conformably to the orders of the Emperor. lam to-day engaged in getting supplies at Balaklava, and in the afternoon I shall commence my movement towards Sebastopol. The enemy not having re-appeared since the victory of the Alma, our turning movement towards the south of Sebastopol will be effected without any difficulty. When established on the plateaux which precede the place, I shall receive my provisions and my siege materiel from the Bay of Cape Chersonesus." The Emperor yesterday gave a private audience to the Chevalier Marquis Lisboa, the Brazilian Mi nister, who delivered to his Majesty the reply of his Sovereign to a private letter recently written to the Emperor. M. de Rivero also bad the honour of a private audience to deliver to the Emperor his letters of credence as Resident Minister of the Re public of Peru, for which he had hitherto been Charge d'Affaires. The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at 76f. 20c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a- Half per Cents. at 99f. 25c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,217 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 987 f. 50c.; Havre, 575 f.; Great Northern, 872 f. 50c. ; Strasburg, 845 f. ; New Shares, 660 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 1,021 f. 25c. ; Lyons and the Mediterranean, 850 f. ; Western of France, 665 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 620 f. ; Great Central of France, 522 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Geneva, 540 f. ; Bank of Credit Mo biller, 760 f. ITALY. The Provincial Delegation of Milan has issued a notice, according to which those communes that have voluntarily taken a share in the new Austrian loan, and have no property of their own, may have recourse not only to landed proprietors, but also to other sources of wealth, such as mortgages, com mercial capital, in order to fulfil their new obligation with the State. For this purpose they are to collect information concerning the amount of such property, and distribute their share of the loan proportionally among capitalists and landholders. MONTENEGRO. The Wanderer of Vienna contains a letter from Cettinje, of September 20, which says Not withstanding the armaments of Prince Danilo, there have not as yet been any hostilities on the frontier, but Prince Danilo seems much inclined for war, and is calling out all the troops. The Turks are occupying the frontier so strongly that any attack of the Montenegrins,would be promptly repulsed." AMERICA. * LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The Royal mail steam-ship Niagara, Captain Shannon, has arrived with advices from New York to the 26th ult. and Boston to the 27th, and $596,000 on freight. The Niagara passed the screw steam-ship Alps on the 26th ult., the America on the 28th, and the Cleopatra ou the Ist inst. The screw steam-ship City of Manchester arrived at Philadelphia from Liverpool on the 26th ult. The Government had decided to build eight light ships of war. The Right Rev. Bishop Wainwright, Protestant Episcopal Assistant Bishop of the eastern diocese of New York, died on the 21st. He had been suffer ing from an obstinate attack of typhoid fever, and the event, therefore, was not altogether unexpected. His death was much deplored, not only by those within the immediate scope of his official labours, but by all good citizens. Dr. Wainwright was born in Liverpool. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Savannah had fallen a victim to cholera. The French frigates Acheron, Iphegenie, and Penelope were lying in New York harbour. The 71st Regiment embarked at Quebec on the 23d for Liverpool. The Prometheus steamer had arrived at New York with advices from San Francisco to the Ist ult., and $990,890 in specie. The John L. Stephens sailed on the Ist, with $1,225,958 25c. for New York. Conflagrations bad been busy in the new States, and a number of little villages had been destroyed by the devouring element, and property to the amount of nearly a million of dollars consumed. The mines continued to reward the gold hunters to the full extent of their reasonable desires, and the agriculturists were reaping harvests such as are only read of west of the Rocky Mountains. Affairs of honour, assassinations, murders, trials by the Lynch code, and tree-branch executions occupy about their customary space in the newspapers. CALIFORNIA. NEW' YORK, Sept. 25.—8 y an arrival from California we have San Francisco dates sixteen days later than by previous advices. The general news from the gold regions is unimportant, fur ther than the report of several new and rich dig gings having been discovered. This is well, for I observe that during the first half of the present year the remittances from San Francisco to the old States in gold dust amounted to 24,725,581 dols. against 28,989,552 dols., being a decrease of about 4'l millions. At the same time the imports into San Francisco have fallen off, if one may judge from the diminution of the Custom-house duties. For example, the duties for the first half of the present year were only 756,056 dole., against 1,453,056 dole. for the first halt-year of 1853. We have a fewmurders recorded, but these are mattern• of course in California. The same steamer brings intelligence from Mexico, where it is said that Alvarez had entered the city Uyutta, and was passing through Guerrero on his march to Mexico. But then who can believe these Mexican reports? For by the very same mail we are told that the in surgents against Santa Anna had been defeated nt two engagements by the Government troops. Tb o ' latter, however, were said to be falling back on the city of Mexico. The,George Law, from Aspinwall to this port, has 1,900,000 dols. in gold on board, and the entire semi-monthly steamers will this time furnish about 2,500,000 dols. The markets at San Francisco were dull and too fully supplied. Gallego flour, however, had risen to 124 dols. ; mess pork was 13i dols. (1 dol. less than in this city) ; bacon, 13 c. ; whisky, 200. per gallon (a great loss to shippers) ; and lard, 120. to 14c. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, OCT. 8. The Queen yesterday accompanied the Prince to the Balmoral woods, which were driven for deer. The Princess Royal was also with her Majesty. In the evening Sir James and Lady Clark, and Mr: and Mrs. Clark, had the honour of dining with her Ma• j es ty The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday. Despatches from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and also for the Governor of Malta, were sent yesterday from the Oolonial-office, His Excellency James Buchanan, the United States Minister, accompanied by his niece, Miss Lane, has left town on a continental tour. Daniel E. Sickles, Esq., Secretary of the Legation, is accredited Charg d'Affaires ad interim. General Joseph Chlopicki, well known during the Polish revolution, died after a long and painful illness on the 30th of September, at Cracow. At the commence ment of the revolution he was placed as dictator at the head of the movement. The Marquis of Salisbury is expected to leave the Island of Harris this week, on his return to Hatfield House, Herts. The Earl of Selkirk has been on a visit to Major Cumming Bruce, M.P., at Dunphail. NEW ZEALAND.—The New Zealand journals up to the 17th June contain an account of the opening of the New Zealand Legislature, on the 27th of May, by General Wynyard. In the House of Representatives, on June 2d, a debate took place on responsible govern ment. A motion was made, the object of w hi c h was to establish the principle that the ministers in and out of the house, the office-holders, and members of the executive council, should resign office if they were defeated on any vote by the representative body. The motion was carried by 29 to 1. THE BRIMSTONE TRADE.—The imports of this article during the eight months ended the sth ult. amounted to 1,135,181 cwt., against 580,798 during the same period of 1853, and 495,550 in that of 1852. During the single month ending at the same period of each year the impor tations respectively were 60,689, 227,257, and 333,634 cwt. The lowness of freights which has recently pre vailed in the trade has considerably contributed, no doubt, to this great increase of importation ; but we trust, at the same time, that it may be attributed in part to a continued activity in manufacturing industry on the banks of the Tyne.—Gateshead Observer. THE PRICE OF WHEAT IN FRANCE.—The Moniteicr publishes a decree founded on a report of the Minister of Agriculture, stating that the price of wheat, although abundant, is kept up in consequence of the farmers be ing engaged in outdoor work, and consequently not thrashing out their corn, and also from many mills being prevented working from the want of water, prolonging to the 31st of July next the delay fixed by the decree of the 24th of June last, for different measures relative to articles of food. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—SOUTEIMPTON, Monday. —Yesterday, a fine frigate-built ship, named the Tudor, of 1064 tons burden, belonging to Messrs. T. and W. Smith, and commanded by C. R. Lansdowne, sailed for Melbourne, with 416 Government emigrants on board, under the charge of Surgeon Superintendent R. Wilson, , who has already been 6 voyages in the commissioners service. On Saturday the ship was visited by Viscount Palmerston, Sir Wm. Temple, and Dr. Waller Lewis (medical superintendent of the Board of Health), a ll of whom expressed themselves much pleased with the con struction of the berths, all of which are arranged in ac cordance with a plan suggested by Mr. E. A. Smith, emigration officer at this port. The general arrange' ments for the comforts of the emigrants were also highly approved of. THE DOBEUDSCHA.—This large country, lying be tween the sea and a navigable river, is the most miser able desert that can be conceived, and the er,aole of the Dobrudscha can hardly contain more than 20,000 inhabitants. As far as the eye can reach not a tree or a hush is visible. The hills are co' vered with a tall grass, burnt of a yellowish-h royal by the sun, and which undulates like the surfa, ee of the ocean before the wind. The Romans ever regarded the Dobrudscha as a country which ought to , be given up to the northern barbarians„ and separat ed it from Mcesia by a wall running from the neighbour h o od of Rassova, to Kustendje. During the campeiie, on of 1812 and 1828 the Dobrudscha suffered consider ably. At least a third of the villages entered on the map s are no longer in existence, though not entirely in c wise' quence of the war. Hirsova contains only 30 he , uses, and Isakdji and Tulteha have retired from 1,000 to: 3,000 paces from their old. position.—Turkey; by Sir 6 •eorge Larpent. SOUTHAMPTON, Monday.-.. The following addil: tional particulars in connection with the departure ty f the General Screw Company's steam-ship Argo, whi all left on the 4th inst., with the Australian mails, ha' eh bee n forwarded to us :—A.mongst her pas sengers w are Sir William and Lady A'Beckett, Mr. and Mrs. 1 innock , and family, Captain and Mrs. Rolletson, Mr. ar el Mrs- Crosbie, Captain and Mrs. Wilson and family, Sir J. O'Donnell, Mr. and Mrs. Ramaden and family, Dr. Crauford, Mr. F. Gossling, and Mr W. H. Day.. This latter gentleman, who had been making prep: ir ationS for the sending out to Australia a large iron theat e, had taken his departure in this vessel for the purpo ,se of making the necessary arrangements as to the , situa tion, &e., in which it is to be placed. Previo us to his departure Mr. Day completed an engage went with the celebrated tragedian, G. V. Brooke, wi ho is now performing at Drury-lane Theatre, to perform o 200 nights at 501. per night, in this theatre when it is ere cted. Ile will follow shortly. The providing the Argo , has been very liberally attended to by Messrs. Coup .land and Barnes. A very superior German band has an cons panied the ship for the purpose of affording a little musical pleasure to the passengers during the vt 'age- Captain Hyde, commander of the Argo, departe, i eery sanguine of quite equalling, if not surpassing, his i rs,riner passage to Australia and back. The Argo h ad on freight a full cargo of general goods. HOSPITAL FOR CONSIIMPTION.---A. meeting I r e the committee of this valuable institution was held on 'lure day, at the Boardroom of the charity, at Bro: lepton. The usual routine business having passed, it was :stated that a bazaar and fancy fair had been held at B bourne- mouth, Dorset, under the patronage of the Duel Less of Argyll, the Marchioness of 'Westminster, and other ladies of distinction. It i s a t B ournemouth th t the sac:Am . urn of the Consumption Hospital is sit a ated, and as it is known th a t t h e treatment of the L o radon institution is in no small degree facilitated by th e ad' vantages of the Bournemouth Sanitorium, the syrup ; %thy of the neighbouring gentry and others was so far u fested that the contributions to the bazaar were exe eled ingly liberal, and a handsome amount was realise d for the funds of the charity. ROYAL MAIL STEAM COMPANY.—The report of this company issued yesterday, preparatory to their me e ding on Thursday, shows a surplus on the working ac count for the half-year ending the 30th of June of 112, 2071., being equal to 12A per cent, on the company's cap ital of 890,4001. Out of this, however, allowance has to be made for depreciation. The dividend proposed is the same as for the previous half-year—namely, 2t per share, or at the rate of 61. 13s. 4d. per cent, per a mut= on the amount paid up. The disbursements have :been increased by the freight of coals, &c., but, on the o ther hand, with one exception, there has been an incis.3ase upon every head of receipt for freight and pas: sage money, while the amount received for the convey isnce and victualling of troops has been 65,7201. Refer *rice is made to the satisfactory speed attained by the Ta dear, the Atrato, the Solent, and La Plata, and anticipateions are expressed that the Tyne, now fitting at Black wall, will exhibit an equally good result. The fleet of. the company consists of 22 ships, and as they now ref quire only 20 for the contract service, they propose nitre ately selling the extra four. COATES, the pedest ri an, is reported t o h ave f finish ed his task of walking a thousand quarter mil es in a thousand quarter hours on Monday evening. \ l le saw him about nine o'clock on Saturday e ven i ng , w h en h e looked fatigued, the undertaking bei ng one o f th e mos t exacting nature, as it never gave hi m more th an t wen t y minutes rest. His practice was to walk a half mile at once, one quarter mile being performed in the latter part of the quarter hour, and the other quarter in the commencement of the next quarter hour, so that he was enabled to get twenty minutes rest. We believe that this feat of endurance was not done for a wager, but that it was a speculation between the pedestrian and the innkeeper who had hired the ground. Coates is an athletic man, of five feet ten, and past the middle age of l t i e f a e. being His habits y its are very abstemious in respect to drink, hi s on ly beverage ; but his consump tion of animal food was stated to be enormous. His sleeping time was at the intervals between eleven and three in the morning, when, we are teld, as soon as the two quarters of miles were performed, he would fall down into a deep sleep for tw enty minutes and r ema i n till called, when he w ould spring up suddenly and corn. mence his walking. These slend e r i n t erva l s b etween eleven and three were stated to be the only times he took sleep. It is to be regretted that so much animal exertion is thrown away upon so useless an object.— Western. Times. ACCIDENT AT BRIGHTON.—The gentleman to whom a • correspondent referred in a late nu m b er , as h av i ng w i t h suc h intrepidity and coolness arrested an affrighted horse in a crowded thoroughfare in Brighton, is, we are informed, Mr. Alfred Eames, who is, we understand, secretary of the Royal Naval School, New.cross, and whom we beg to congratulate upun l; :Ping, in all 1,1'4/a -bility, been the means of preventing similar serious re sults to those which have this week occurred from an• other accident of the same kind,—Brighlott