The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-24 00:00:00

6 T HE FUN" ON SMOKE PREVENTION. —" There really ought not to be any excuse for the entire riddance of, the smoke nuisance; our own experience satisfying us that the system of smoke prevention and economy of fuel, invented and carried out by Mr. Lee Stevens, is as effective as it is simple. Until we had it applied to our own steam-engine furnace, we could form no idea of the ease and certainty of its operations, without any Moveable parts, and at such very moderate expense."—Sun. Copies of OFFICIAL AND OTHER REPORTS, and of Testimo nials in favour of the Invention, as applied to STEAM BOILERS: BREWERY COPPERS; STILLS; CHEMISTS, DYERS, and CONFECTIONERO' PANS; COAL OVENS, lex , with information respecting licenses to manufacture or use the P.tent Smokeless Fur naces, g,ven by Mr. JOHN LEE STEVENS, the Patentee, at the Offices, No. 1, FISEI-STREET-HILL, CITY, LONDON. .BREWERY, COPPER, AND OTHER FURNACES. "The Brewery, Lichfield, 9th August, 1 854 . "Dear Sir,—We are glad to say that your apparatus quite bears Out the assurance you gave us that it would answer our purpose. "The doubt we had as to its adaptation furnaces with defective draught is entirely removed. Our liquor copper now boils quite as soon as the wort copper, and with both there is a diminution in the consumption of fhel. " The experiment we witnessed at 3fessrs.CHA RINGTON ime perfe , BEADtIy, and CO.'S, as to smoke preventio n, we thought at the tcactual successful, and this impression we are happy to confirm from S xperience. "It will give us pleasure to reply to inquiries that may be made b y any Brewery Firms at Burton-on-Trent, but should suggest that it may probably be more satistactory to those gentlemen to judge for themselves by seeing the fungus at work, and this they can de at any time. Nye rettta.n, dear sir, • Yours, very truly, „JOHN AND ARTHUR GRIFFITH. "J. Lee Stereos, En!' „ Old Brewery, Rotherham, Aug. 22, 1854. si r ,—ou handing you a banker's draft am"unt of Royalty for the application of your Patent Smokeless Furnaces' to my two steam boilers, permit me to express my entire satisfaction with the dada ley and simp licit y of your plan, and its easy adaptation to exist , ng furnaces.” " I have now had it a . ? work about a month, and it not enlv SAVES FUEL, but IT ULLY 31EET4 THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE BOAED OF HEALTH FOR THE COISSUMPTION OF SMOKE. " I am, Eir, your obedieut, "pro ROBT. JNO. BENTLEY, " ARTHUR lIIR3T. John Lee Stevens, Esq., I, Londo ~" " 20, Whitechapel, Liverpool, July 21, 1854, "ML JOHN LEE STEVEA'S, " really must apo ogl-e for not giving you sooner an account of your Smoke-burner, now in use in my tobacco manufactory. I have given it a fair trial, and never yet have I seen any more smoke Issue from the chimney than from a common house fire. I think it by far the best principle I hive seen, and I can recommend every one to do as I have done, and they will not regret it: " Your" obediently, "ED birD. GRAHAM. P.9.—Shall I pay your agent here the Royalty, or rem t the amount to you? ~. B. G. Copies of official and other reports, and of testimonials in favour Of the invention, as applied to Steam Boilers, Brewery Coppers, Stills, Chemists', Dyers', and Confectioners' Pans Coal Ovens, &c., with information respecting Licences to manufacture or use this well-established system of Smoke Prevention and Economy of Fuel continues to be given by Mr. JOHN LEE STEVENS, the Patentee, at the Offices, No. I, Fit -street-hill, City, London. LYCEUM THEATRE.-HENRY RUSSELL, for Thirty Nights, commencing on MONDAY NEXT, August 28th, and every Evening.—Mr. RUSSELL will present THE PROGRESS of the EMI,IRANIT from the OLD WORLD to the NEW, and sing several new songs—" Cheer, Boys, cheer," " The Gambler's Wife," &c. The Second Fart will consist of a Series of Sketches, entitled NEGRO LIFE. Dress Circle, 2s. 7d. ; Upper Boxes, Is. 61. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Idackstone. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 24, Will be performed THE OLD CHATEAU. Characters by Messrs. Bowe, Rogers, H. Marston, and Buckstone; Mrs. Fitzwidiam, and Miss Reynolds. Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS In a NEW BALLET, THE GIPSY QUEEN. The new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. LYCEUM THEATRE. EXTRA NIGHT.—SATURDIY NEXT. FOR TIIE BENEFIT OF Mn. ALLCitOFT. --- On wh ch occaston Mr. and Mrs. STIES REEVE!;, with Mr. CHARLES 31 A. CHEWS, will make their Last Appearance in Lon don th s seas , n, when will he presented Bellni's celebrated Opera or LA sON2iiA MBULA. Amine, Mrs. Sims Reeves ; Elvin°, Mr. Sims Reeves. After which, PATTER VERSUS CLATTE:t. Captain Patter, hlr. Charles Mathews. To be followed by TUE WATERMAN. Torn Tug, Mr. Sims Reeves. To conclude with the Grand BALLET. Boxes, ss; PA, 2s. 6d. ; Gallery, Is, Private Boxes, 215., to be had at the Box-offtee. STRAND THEATRE. S)le Lessee Mr. F. W. Aileron. THIS EVENDTG, AUGUST 24, Will be performed HARD TIMES, Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Mephistopheles, Mr. Haltord; Faust, Miss G. Hodson ; Marguerite, Miss H. Gordon, To conclude with a popular FARCE. :Atolls, 45.; Boxes, 2s. Ed.; Pit, li.; Gallery, Gd.; Private Box. s :El is., to be had of Mr. Allcroft. lb, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGIC 11, GARDEN'S. "This place fills up an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leaves wanting. Vocal and instrimental inastc of the first order, and a display of fireworks which exceeds all ima;ination„ are a fitting close to a day at the Crystal Palwe." DiNSON'S COLOSAAL PINORAMA. of CHUSA.N. Splendid and Extensive Menagerie and Marine Aquarium—line veiled. Military Band. VOCAL and O INST RC NTAL CONCERT, In which Miss Poole, Miss Ran.sford, and Mr. ,Manvers sing several National and Patriotic Songs—Ml the Amusing Movelties ut the Gardens in succession. concluding with the " Feast of Lan terns," and a most mignidcent display of Fireworks by rioathby. Admission One Shilling. A splendid Pavilion for Dancing has been erected. Full Quadrille Band, &c. ASTLErS ROYAL AMPHITLIEATt:E. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. In preparation, with entirely new scenery, and every necessary requisite, a Grand EQUEsfRIAN BURLESQUE, from the pen of a popular author. Every pains has been taken, and the most profuse expense has been lavished, to render this magnificent Spectacle worthy of the approbation of the public! THIS EVENING, For a few nights more, the War Spectacle, THIS COSSACKS; or, Vlve la France. After which, the inimitable SCENES in the ARENA, invented arranged, and directed by Mr. William Cooke. HERR CHRISTOFF, whose miraculous Feats on the Tight Rope have absolutely electrified the audience, will appear. The whole to conclude with the Equestrian Ballet d'Action, by Mrs. S. G. Healey, THE KNIGHT AND THE WATER LILY; or, Love among the Mermaids. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DAT —Morning 28 miti.after 2 I Evening 45 niin.aft. 2 To4louttow—Moruing 0 min.after 3 Evening 17 mill•aft. 3 THE WEATHER.--Sun Girtai , AU G. 24. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 70 —l.l;hest since noon yesterday. 60—lowest this morning and during the night. 72 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30 . 03—falling. WIND, W. to W.N.W.—Moderate breeze, with cloudy eather. We have had some rain last evening. c. 4.. "1, • r. - , V iLy §Allt .o, .43 LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1854, The complete details respecting the capture o Bomarsund, and the consequent overthrow of the Russian power in the Aland Isles, are now before the public ; and we rejoice to say that the publication does not in any degree detract from the satisfaction experienced on the receipt of the pleasing intelligence. Our gratification is, indeed, without drawback or alloy, for we find not merely the most conclusive testimony to the energy and efficiency of the Allied forces, but also to the cor dial understanding prevailing between all ranks, from the Commander-in-Chief to the humblest soldiers and sailors engaged in the expedition. There was a friendly rivalry, an honourable emu lation, as to which should render the best services to the common cause ; but each rendered full jus tice to the others, and zealously co-operated in accomplishing the object they had in view. It was by thes e means that. they wer e ena b led to. per form such brilliant exploits, and to achieve such important results with such comparatively trifling Ines. It is true that the nation has to mourn the of a young and gallant o ffi cer, cut off at the very commencement of what promised to be a very brilliant career. But although we most deeply regret his doom and truly sympathi se w i th bereaved family, we must remember that h e met a glorious death, almost at the very hour of victory, when the first great achievement of the accomplished, and that his name, along wa s acco season with those who shared his honourable fate, will long remain enshrined in the hearts of his coun trymen. As we have stated, this has been the first It affords us, great achievement of the season. however, the most decisive evidence of how com pletely unable the Russian troops are to cope with those of England and France, and how in competent their fortifications are to resist the well-sustained and accurate bombardment of our batteries. But eight days from the disembarka tion of our troops, an d three days from the opening of our fire, ere the union-jack and tri colour had replaced the Russian standard and proudly waved on the conquered forts of Bo marsund, nothing could have been more quietly or efficiently performed than the various opera tions. The troops—eleven thousand men—were landed in lessthan four hours, without anycasualty THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1854, whatsoever. Had it taken place on English ground, with the men about to take part in a grand review or sham battle, they could not have proceeded with greater regularity or coolness. As each regiment landed it formed in perfect order, and marched to its assigned position, while the enemy made no attempt at resistance. Four days were then occupied in the preparations for the attack. During that period guns were landed and batteries constructed. On the 13th the bombard ment commenced, and we may judge with what tremendous power from the emphatic declaration of gallant old CHARM, who, in his despatches, declared that the " fire was beautiful" —so _ _ _ beautiful," indeed, that on the 16th the last stronghold of the enemy surrendered, with all its stores, and the garrison surrendered themselves as prisoners of war, of whom there are about 2,000 awaiting the disposal of the French and English Governments. One untoward event occurred that might have led to serious consequences. The Penelope, on the 10th instant, in going through between Prasto and Tofto to watch the passage, unfortu nately ran on an unknown rock. The enemy speedily opened fire on the injured vessel, Russian bravery being fond of displaying itself under such circumstances, as witness the fate of the unfortu nate Tiger. Prompt assistance was, however, at hand ; the Gladiator, Pigmy, and Hecla, toge ther with the boats from the French vessels Tri dent and Duperre, speedily came to the rescue, while the Edinburgh and Valorous gave some occupation to those firing at the disabled vessel by throwing shells into the Forts. The result of those proceedings, and of the decisive orders of Sir CHARLES NAPIER to throw the guns overboard, was that she was speedily got off, without any very serious damage. It now remains to be seen what use will be made of this gallant exploit—whether we shall, by reason thereof, be enabled to induce Sweden to shake off its vacillation and take a decided part with the Western Powers. We cannot forget that these islands belonged to Sweden, and that they had been unjustly and improperly appropriated by Russia, which was thereby capable of main taining a threatening position towards its less powerful neighbour. So long as Russian troops were kept in strong fortifications on these islands, we could scarcely expect to obtain the decided co-operation of the Swedes, who could scarcely believe that we were in earnest until we had given some such unequivocal testimony of our sincerity. Aland being restored to its original allegiance, and garrisoned by a strong body of French and English troops, will remove every ground of hesitation; and we may, therefore, hope to see Sweden reclaiming Fin land and the Baltic provinces, of which it had been so unconscientiously despoiled. As we have stated from the commencement, it will not do to restore the status quo on the Baltic any more than on the Euxine. We must have material guarantees on every side against the grasping cupidity and " overweening ambition" that has on this occasion so far " o'erleap'd itself." Hereto fore Russia succeeded by arogance rather than by real bonti fide power. Its strength was greatly overrated, and every one yielded to unconscien tious demands rather than engage in hostilities, the results of which, whilst they must necessarily he disastrous, could not be calculated on with any degree of certainty. Its prestige is, however, removed. We see how absurd were the fears, and as we have been compelled, albeit tardily and reluctantly to take up arms, it behoves us not to lay them down until we have secured the per manent peace and tranquillity of Europe, which has been disturbed by the reckless proceedings of the AUTOCRAT. • We have at length received decisive intelligence of the advance of the Austrian troops into the Danubian Principalities on the 20th instant. They crossed thefrontier into Wallachia, and there is every reason to suppose that the whole corps of occupation have ere this arrived on Turkish ground. Two brigades had, we are told, marched from Hermannstadt, and another brigade from Cronstadt, with the view of occupying Bucharest, Krajova, and Lesser Wallachia, while three more brigades of the army of Count CORONINI are pre paring for a similar movement into Moldavia. Thetßubicon has thus been passed, and, under the sanction of the Western Powers Turkey sees that its fair provinces, from which the invader has just been expelled, are to be handed over to another and no less dangerous occupant. We see but little to choose - between the avowed enemy and the pretended friend, whether the robbery be effected by force or fraud. If a party of burglars had taken possession of a man's house their ex pulsion would occasion but little gratification if the police were to continue therein, and prevent him from obtaining the beneficial enjoyment of his own property ; more especially, as from sundry auspicious circumstances there was reason to sus pect the connivance of the so-called officers of justice. So long as the assistance of Austria could be really valuable—so long as the result was at all doubtful—they hung back and refused to afford the slightest aid. But, when at length, the cause of truth and justice has triumphed, when the Ottoman forces, by their own gallantry and efficiency, have compelled the aggressor to return discomfited to his own dominions, when they have shown themselves competent to protect their own territories by their own right arms—then, indeed, we find Austria ready to come forward when its interference is no longer required, and when there is every reason to suppose that it is intended to favour the CZAR rather than the SULTAN. _ _ -- Yes—Austria would seek to lessen the damage which its friend must iLievitably sustain. It well knows that NICHOLAS can 110 longer hope to ob tain material guarantees for himself. It strives to give them in another and scarcely less objec tionable form, holding its,'f what the northern despot has been compelled to relinquish, and being also in a position to prevent the victorious troops of OILER PASHA from following up their advantage, and transferring th® war to the do minions of the invader himself. It obtains an enor mous power, which, looking at its antecedents and the debt of gratitude owing by the house of Hapsburg to that of Rimanoff, it can scarcely be expected to use for the real benefit of the Moslem. How has it even committed itself by any offensive movement, even oue with the privity and consent of Russia ? -It still maintains diplomatic relations with St. Petersburg. Its Ambassador joins in the Court festivities, and it ,is more than probable that whatever displeasure may be affected by the Czert, .there is no step more conducive to his purposes il thatcotil d d e b sp e o taken than that just adopted by t he German _ What England has gained by arms she has generally lost by diplomacy. Such is the character which Great Britain has obtained in many former transactions, and, but that we have gained no thing during the present contest in the vicinity of the Euxiue, we fear that there would be no rea son to anticipate more auspicious results. We have put forward some demands which, although as we recently pointed out reasonable, so far as they go, yet leave several important points un touched. Thus, from our observations on Tuesday, it will be seen that every thing merely relates to the claims put forward bythe head of the Orthodox Church, as he is pleased to style himself. These we insist on being no longer exclusively held by Russia; but there is nothing as to obtaining any real sa tisfaction for the outrage it has committed against the law of nations —any indeinnity for the ex have been compelled to defray in con penses we proceedings, or any se curi j for sequence of. ts it f s utu n r e egood fa g r kulsconduct. If the Protect o ra te of IZus,sia is to be abolished in Servia, Wallachia, and Moldavia, that of all the Great Powers is to be substituted. If the AUTOCRAT is to abandon any interference between the SULTAN and his subjects, members of the Greek Church, all the Christian subjects of the Porte are to be protected by all the great Christian Powers of Europe. If the mouths of the Danube are to be opened freely to "the whole world's navigation," there i nothing to show that the channels are to remain clear from, and unchoked by, sand, or that Russia is to withdraw the establishments, which, under the pretext of quarantine, she founded on its banks and at its entrances ! If the navigation of the Black Sea is to be relieved from any further restriction, there is nothing to prevent the presence of an overwhelming force at Sebastopol, and the practical supremacy of the CzAR in that which, although no longer a Russian Lake, will still be under his control and management. We fear that the movement of the Austrians may retard, if it do not altogether prevent, our operations against the Crimea and Sebastopol. We hear nothing of taking possession of that rich territory, which cught to be restored to its ancient possessors. We hear nothing said of the dismantling or transfer of the fortifications at the great Naval Arsenal in the Black Sea, or the reduction of the Russian Fleet to more moderate dimensions. Is it the influence of Austria that has prevented the demand ? We hear nothing respe3ting the recognition of the independence of the Caucasus, and the guarantee of that indepen dence by the Allies. Has Germanism anything to do with the omission ? Has it even extended its baleful influence to the vicinity of the Baltic, and stipulated against any decisive humiliation of the pride, or diminution of the power, of the despot. Without these matters we can have no security for the future, and we should be little better than fools or madmen if we sheathed our swords without obtaining that security—while we should be unjust to our own over-burdened tax-payers if we did so without receiving pay ment of the Ten Millions extracted from their pockets, and of all sums that may hereafter be levied under or by virtue of the " War Tax," the doubled Income Tax, and the enhanced duties on Malt, Spirits, and Sugar. HOW TO SUBDUE SMOKE. Of useful, of practicable, and yet comparatively useless, and of utterly impracticable schemes, for smoke-consuming or smoke-preventing, about fifty patents have been taken out in less than seven years, chiefly since the new patent laws came into operation on the Ist of October, 1852 ; of which the assumed effects of a large majority of them were dependent on either continuous or intermitting motion ; and supposing the absolute failures, un der trial or otherwise, to bear about the same re lative proportion, our task in considering those of the motionless or simple class must be correspond ingly limited. Of that description the smoke preventing and fuel-economising furnaces of Lee Stevens claim our earliest attention—not as the earliest brought into public notice, but un questionably as the most extensively successful, and as the least variable as regards the anticipated results. The main feature of his system is the introduction of a current of heated air at the ex treme inner end of the fire-place, which, whilst extending from side to side of the furnace in an ascending stream, intercepts and mingles with the carbonaceous gases from the coal fire (or the as similated gases of other sorts of fuel), and thus supplying them with the requisite quantity of oxygen in a heated state, converts them, by more perfect combustion, to the required purposes, instead of allowing them to escape in the murky form of useless and destructive smoke. It is not our intention minutely to describe a system that, • under every conceivable variety of modifications, has been proved to be available for all descriptions and sizes of furnaces that come under the application of acts of Parliament for the suppression of the smoke nuisance ; since to do so would be to trace its progress, under the consecutive patents covering the several inventions or combinations of which it is comprised, through all the difficulties with which the inventor of any comprehensive plan has first to contend. But the principle by which each application is governed is the use of caloric plates, made of cast-iron, and in most cases pro tected in front by fire-bricks, which plates rest against and extend the whole width and to within a short distance of the top of the bridge over which the flame passes out of the furnace and into the flue, in such a manner as to admit underneath them and between their surface and the front of the bridge the proper quantity of air ; that arrangement existing some times with, and at others without, the addition of a supplemental set of fire-bars, just as the inven tor may deem to be best adapted to any condi tions peculiar to the purposes of the furnace or the locality, or of the description of fuel to be used. The supply of heated air, by this means, is not attempted to be regulated by moveable ap paratus, but is left to the more certain accomplish ment of a simple law of nature. In proportion with the intensity of combustion is the increased rapidity with which the air ascends, the rushing onward of the flame itself acting by way of exhaustion, and the greater heat of the parts surrounding the current of air adding" to its velocity. Were the air spaces made at the outset injudiciously large, so good a result could not possibly ensue ; but herein, it appears, Lee Stevens prudently availed himself of practical experiences in a steam-boiler furnace of large dimensions, on the premises of an engi neer, before he set out the proportions for his specification drawings. With these facts, and with the working of the invention in many parts of the metropolis, we made ourselves acquainted preliminarily to giving him an order to adapt his system to The Sun steam-engine boiler ; and in which, as far as satisfactory demonstra tion would go, we were preceded by those to whom is delegated the superintendence of the engineering department of the Times, where the same invention had been already in nightly and daily use for several months. The saving in fuel from its adoption, like every other economy, will vary considerably with other circumstances ; but we credit the assurance given of its fairly averaging 15 per cent. , Miller, Ra venhill, and Salkeld, the engineers, take it at 10, and Keens and Welch at 20 per cait. ; but much higher than either is the ratio mentioned by coun lry manufacturers, and London confectioners, bakers, and' others. In no accurately ascertained case can a possible waste of fuel be found ; inas much as whatever extra quantity of the combtis tible gases is converted into heat must be so much clear gain ; and with respect to the diminution of smoke caused by the invention, it is a palpable fact. On lighting the fire, even, the smoke is much less dense, and of very much shorter duration than before ; and when the fire is fed, the light, vapoury smoke emitted, dis appears in about half a minute after the door of the furnace is closed. It is not our province to record the vast number and variety of Lee Stevens' successful efforts; nor, seeing that they form a percentage so insignificant, to cavil at the very few assumptions of a contrary nature, being very probably such as may best support the apho rism, that "the exceptions prove the rule ;" whilst we unaffectedly feel, that, in merely doing justice to him, we are performing nothing beyond our duty to our readers, as public journalists, guided by a spirit of impartiality alone. We have yet to mention other inventions of the same class preventing furnaces andprobably to show why smoke , - have not general become general amo na the steamers on the Thames , and are not at present in full oper ation ashore. fur ; LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. —This forenoon the United States mail steam-ship Pacific, Captain E. Nye, sailed from the Mersey for New York with the usual bi-weekly mails, 220 passengers, and a full cargo of valuable mer chandise on freight. Amongst the passengers were 11Ir. W. Harrison, Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Pyne, and Signor Borrani, who go out for a professional tour in the United States. The Herald of the Morning, belonging to the Golden line of packets, bourne, with sailed to-day merchan dise Me lon freight. 300 passengers and 1 , 600 tons of CRYSTAL PALACE, W E DNESDAY. tickets, 807 ; —Shilling day : Ad mission at th e d oors 10,373; admission by tieaaon total number of visitors, 11,180. LATEST NEWS. THE WAR. THE REPORTED DEFEAT OF THE TURKISH ARMY IN ASIA. Another version of the despatch from a Russian source, which reached Vienna on Tuesday, an nouncing that General Bebutoff had totally de feated the great Turkish army near Kars, is published in the second edition of a contemporary to-day. It does not differ from that we gave yes terday except in one important particular. Ac cording to it the Russians took 23,000 Turkish troops prisoners, instead of 2,300, as we mentioned yesterday. It adds that " three thousand Turks were left dead on the field of battle ; the remainder fled to Kars." AUSTRIAN OCCUPATION OF THE PRINCIPALITIES. " VIENNA, Wednesday Evening.—Three bri gades of the Austrian army entered Wallachia, from Cronstadt and Hermannstadt, on the 20th and 22d. " Two of the brigades go to Bucharest, and one to Krajova, in Little Wallachia. " General Count Coronini is appointed com mander of the Imperial troops destined to occupy the Principalities. " When the Russians have quitted Moldavia three other brigades will also occupy that Princi pality. THE DANUBE. Letters from Orsova, to the 22d, state that the anniversary of the birth of his Majesty the Em peror Francis Joseph was celebrated on the 18th at Rustchuk, with great rejoicings. Omer Pacha, with the whole of his staff and all the foreign officers, attended the ceremonies usual on such occasions in the consular chapel. The cholera had made its appearance among the Turks stationed at Rustchuk. Private letters from Odessa, to the 18th, confirm the reported defeat of the Turks in Asia by General Wrangel. The Lloyd of Vienna, says : " Intelligence has been received from Bucharest to the 15th, stating that two days before Orner Pacha addressed a proclamation to the Wallachians calculated to tranquil lise them, and declaring that no one should be disquieted for having made common cause with the Russians. Colo nel Colpihoun and the Chancellor of the French Consu late returned to Bucharest on the 12th. A letter from Jassy states that the retreat of the Russians beyond the Pruth was being very slowly effected, most of the troops remaining on the right bank of that river. • It is even said that the troops concentrated at Tekutch are not passing the Pruth, but are proceeding to Galatz, and that within a few days before troops comm.- from Bessarabia passed Pruth at Reni, which may be explained by the fact of the counter-orders arriving too late. Considerable illaS,o3 of Turkish troops are advancing into the Dobrud sells, in the direction of Ibraila and Galatz. In the lame way those which passed the Danube near Hirsova are proceeding towards the same towns. The Russians appear resolved to defend these places, where reinforce ments are constantly arriving," ANSWER OF RUSSIA TO THE PROPOSI• TIONS OF THE FOUR POWERS. Letters have been received in Paris from Berlin of the 20th, to the effect that, on the previous day, Prince Gortschakoff had received the answer of the Russian Cabinet to the propositions of the other powers. It is said that Russia, does not absolutely reject them, and even recognises them as capable of being made the basis of new negotiations, after certain modifications in reference to the protecto rate of the principalities, and the preservation, in their integrity, of the privileges of the Greek Christians. MOVEMENTS OF THE ALLIED ARMIES IN THE EAST. A letter from Adrianople of the Bth, in the Lloyd of Vienna, says : " Those who do not see the interminable train of vehicles laden with supplies and military stores which pass through this place, cannot be aware of the wants of an army. For the last fortnight there has been a con stant supply of forage proceeding to the army, which a month ago might have commenced decisive operations if it had not been for the difficulty in obtaining supplies. The energy displayed by Marshal St. Arnaud has at length introduced a durable ch inge in the system of sup plying the armies. The Marshal is now in a position to commence operations against the Crimea with 80,000 men. The embarkations are going on without intermis sion at Varna, Baltchik, and Mangalia, and in a fortnight we may receive accounts of operations undertaken on the Russian coast of the Black Sea. Gen. Canrobert, in con cert with the E nglish Generals Brown and Boxer, will first be charged with an important mission, and as soon as they shall have set their foot in the Crimea, at a point which has not been made public, Marshal St:Arnaud and Lord Raglan will follow with the army. The Marshal will afterwards direct in person the operations by land against Sebastopol with the support of the fleet commanded by Admiral Hamelin. General Bosquet, who has com manded the auxiliary troops in this place, will advance at the head of the divisions of Prince Napoleon and of the Turkish co-ps ofMustapha Pacha, towards the Danube by the Dobrudscha, in order to enter Bessarabia after having taken Galatz and Ibrail, which the Russians are not likely to give up without a struggle. The Marshal attaches much importance to this operation of General Bosquet, and it is thought that this general will be at Odessa within a delay determined on. General Allon ville left yesterday for Varna, having been summoned thither by Marshal St. Arnaud." We make the following extract relating to the French expedition to the Dobrudscha, from a let ter, dated : " Ist Division, Camp at Gcovelar, 6th Aug. 1854. "We have just heard bad news of a French expe dition to the Dobrudscha. A joint commission had been sent to report on that unhealthy locality, but the French, anxious to snatch the first laurels, despatched a force two days before the report, an unfavourable one, arrived. The consequence is that they have just re turned with the loss, from illness, of 2,000 men. Fever came, it is asserted, by the water. There is a great scarcity of water in the Dobrudscha, and it is said the dogs, to get at it, jumped down the wells and were drowned, and hence the poisoned water. 640 men were thrown into 'The Karason' in one day." POLICY OF SWEDEN. According to letters - from Stockholm, the cap ture of Bomarsund is likely to remove all further hesitation on the part of the Swedish Government, who may now be expected to join the Western Powers. It is believed that nothing but the fear of an unsuccessful result in the present contest has hitherto prevented that Cabinet from uniting with the Allied Po ers in resisting the aggressions of Russia. The Government possesses a reserve fund of 4,003,000 dols. for extraordinary expenses, which will prove exceedingly useful in case of war being declared. it will be s een f rom a telegraphic despatch in another p!ac e th a t immediately after the sur render of Bomarsund General Bar a g ua y d ' Hilliers and Mr. Grey, Secretary of the English Legation, started for S toc kh o l m , it is supposed with a view of induci ng j the Swedish Govern ment to join the Western Powers. CONDUCT OF PRUSSIA. Constant complaints are made says a Berlin letter of th e 21 st A u gust, that this Government has been and still is undecided as to the policy intended to be pursue ' d in regard to the Oriental question. Thi s accusation is unfounded. The Prussian Cabinet never professed to go further than it has done. It clung to principles, and constantly eschewed facts. It adhered to the letter of pro tocols and conven tions, and repudiated all liabi lities ari s i ng f rom the spirit of these doc ume n t s . It profes s ed t o li m it its co-operation with the West to mediati on f or peace, and studiously avoided giv ing its assent to any measures calculated to in volve it in a rupture with Russia, unless in such extreme cases as the probable incorporation of the principalities, or the impossible passage of the Balkan. Throughout the long and complicated negotia tions, the Berlin Cabinet has had but one object in view, and that is to avoid collision with Rus sia. No secret has been made of this object, either at • London, Paris, or Vienna. Count Groeben's mission to England, and Chevalier Bunsen's with drawal, were based upon this principle ; so was the mission of the Prince of Hohenzollern to France ; whilst it was universally known at the time, and proved subsequently, that the main purport of Count Alvensleben being sent to Vienna, was to pour oil upon and not to excite the troubled waters. As a further proof of its intense and paramount desire for peace, the Prussian Ca binet earnestly recommended the acceptance of the Russian reply, as a fair and favourable vehicle for negotiation, and showed no irritation when its recommendation proved of no avail. In the same spirit of conciliation and asserted impartiality, it has now recommended the Western conditions to the Emperor's acceptance, although, all " advan tageous and desirable" as they may be for Prussia and. Germany, it considers them to be as much be yond as the Russian reply was below the require ments of the situation. Such at least is the asser tion of the official organ—an assertion singularly illogical, but not inconsistent with the passive prin ciples upon which Prussia has constantly acted. The Prussian Government, or, at all events, the party which is said to influence the Government, has not concealed its sympathies for Russia, or its utter disinclination to give the slightest umbrage to the Czar. It has never led the British or French Governments to suppose that more could or would be obtained than has been conceded. It has met the active exertions of the two Western envoys with the most baffling vis inertice. It has likewise shown, up tothe very last moment, as will be proved when its last note of the 12th sees the light, that it only went hand in hand with Austria in so far as their united efforts were directed to safeguard both from war with their old Northern ally. AUSTRIAN VIEW OF THE WAR. The Lloyd, of Vienna, publishes another article advocating strong measures with the object of bringing Russia to reason. It is, however, Eng land and France that are to carry them out. The Lloyd says : " Russia will not conclude a peace disadvantageous to herself, until the prospect of one still more disad vantageous dawns upon her. The Western Powers have recognised this truth. Before winter sets in they will try their luck in Asia and the Crimea in earnest. In the Baltic the capture of the Aland Isles will probably be their last feat of arms for this year. Whoever possesses the Aland group can protect Stockholm and menace St. Petersburg. The conquest of these islands gives winter quarters to a portion of the fleet, an excellent locality for equipping troops for landing, compels Russia to maintain a large army in cantonments along its Baltic shores, and, what is the chief thing of all, shortens the term when Sweden will come to a rup ture with Russia. The more lowering the clouds gather over St. Petersburg, the nearer is peace at hand. In point of fact, the Western Cabinets are now to be looked upon as peace-makers, and the Berlin Cabinet as the general disturber. Had Prussia months ago taken up a position antagonis tic to Russia, who can say that Europe at this moment would not have been pacified ? In St. Petersburg they still rely on Berlin—they still hope there that the war cry raised by the Krcuz Zeitung folks, of 'Prussia with Russia,' will triumph, and mainly for this very reason do they arm for the renewal of the combat. "The official organ of the Prussian Government lately promulgated the axiom that it was impossible to subdue Russian territory, because nobody would dare to take it ; and pretended to know what parts of it would be imperilled by an unsuccessful war on the part of Russia. If Russia were so situated that it could never lose anything by a war, but only win, why then indeed it would bs going too far to expect or require from her a disposition for peace. Everywhere but Berlin the opinion is entertained, that if Russia desires a contest and should get the worst of it, it ought then to pay as dearly as possible for its mar tial appetite. Finland and the Aland islands, when in the possession of Sweden, make the Scandinavian king doms a bullwark for the north-west of Europe, and if Sweden is willing to hold these possessions solely under the guarantee of the Western Powers, such guarantee will be accorded. An independent Circassian state, with a wide littoral domain on the Black Sea, would help capitally to guarantee its own freedom and that of the Asiatic continent. The Crimea, restored to its ancient master, would be the best outwork for Constanti nople and the strangest protection for European Turkey. The Danube is free so soon as with its neighbourhood it shall be entirely released from Rus sian supremacy, so soon as this river shall be encased solely by the German, Austrian, and Turkish dominions. There was a period, when Bessarabia did not belong to Russia, and this province might easily relapse. "It is true, or at all events probable, that Russia might at this moment conclude a peace without any ter ritorial sacrifice, but this probability has assuredly but a limited duration. A peace, relatively cheap, may at this moment be attained by the cabinet of St. Peter burg, but the same price will not always be affixed to it. If it should be always valued at the same cost, we should indeed have to wait long for its conclusion." THE TURKISH ARMY IN ASIA. We extract the following from a letter, dated- CAMP HADJIVELEKEY, J uly 14.—As Hadjive lekey is not marked on any map that I have seen, I'may mention that it is a small hamlet or village distant about 18 miles north-east from Kars, and within some three miles of the Georgian frontier. Its inhabitants, like those of every Turkish village near the border, have long since been driven by the war to seek refuge elsewhere, and are now settled in the more remote and peaceful neighbour hood of Erzeroum. Since the beginning of spring a small camp of some two thousand regulars and about half the number of Bashi-bazouks has been pitched in its outskirts, and, in conji.n3tion with a smaller force encamped in the adjacent village of Sabitan, has been the strongest and most advanced outpost of the Kars army. Hitherto, according'y, General Guyon and his reconnoitring party re tired, on observing the passage of the Karstchai by the Russian army. Startled into spasmodic activity, the Mushir no sooner heard of the ap proach of the enemy than he hurried from Kars with a force of nearly twenty thousand men, despatched orders to the outlying troops at Besinquey, Zeim, and Ardahan, to concentrate forthwith upon Hadjivelekey ; and, by the energy of his movements, practically threatened to drive the Muscovites pell-mell into the Karst chai, or, if necessary, back under the very towers of Gumri. Men and officers at last hoped that their inglorious inactivity was at an end, and the most cautious in their predictions confessed to a belief that before forty-eight hours a battle would be lost or won. One, two, or three days were spent in preparation ; artillery and ammunition were brought in in great abundance from Kars ; troops joined from all the neighbouring out-posts, and everything was in readiness for an immediate and effective descent upon the foe. These latter were encamped about two miles off, at the deserted village of Balderban, on the Turkish bank of the Karstchai. As if in very contempt of the enemy, the Russian General, with thirty thousand men and sixty guns, had chosen almost the worst pos sible strategetical position for his camp • in its immediate rear lay the river—considerably deep and difficult of re-passage—in front was a steep and isolated mountain, whilst on both flanks it was exposed to the easy and most advantageous attack of the Turkish army ; altogether its topographical situation could not well be more inviting or favour able to an enemy. Even the unmilitary brains of the Mushir were brought to see the advantage thus either contemptuously or recklessly given him, and he proposed—what.? That General Guyon should advance to the attack with 20,000 men, whilst he fell back nearer Kars with the remainder as a reserve ! This magnanimous plan, however, did not meet with the approbation of even the Turkish generals—to say nothing of its estimate amongst the Europeans ; the original design there fore of an advance with the whole army (which now numbers nearly 40,000 men of all arms, with 80 guns, and exclusive of the large reserve at Kars) was recurred to, and a battle was again hourly ex pected. By way of compromise, however, on Wed nesday morning last his excellency resolved on a " demonstration" only ; the wisdom of the step was questioned by more than one of his generals, but the valour which suggested it was too gushing and irrepressible to be stemmed ; and, accordingly, by early noon some twenty-five or thirty thousand men were marched out in full battle array from the camp. In front went the motley host of Bashi-bazouks-5,000 strong—under Ismail Pacha, with their green and ref banners floating in the breeze, and the hard-sounding " tum-tom" of their Lilliputian kettle-drums rising in shrill clearness above the bands of the regulars behind. Then fol lowed seven regiments of cavalry, and several bat teries of guns, under Khurschid Pacha (Guyon), not much inferior in the general effect of their ap pearance to any equal number of ordinary European cavalry. Last of all, at considerable distance, came the infantry and remainder of the artillery, under the Mushir, who, mounted on a splendid Arabian charger' and girt with a diamond-hilted scimitar, looked sol dierly enough, and evidently thought so himself. After proceeding for a short distance from the camp, the infantry halted and piled arms, when the com mander-in-chief went through the farce of a pre tendedly minute inspection. The cavalry advanced for some half a mile farther, and then drew up likewise, whilst the Bashi-bazouks—in two immense straggling lines —continued to go forward until within less than half a mile of the Russian out posts. As yet not a Russian uniform had been seen ; and some notion seemed almost tenable that they might even have given the Mushir" the slip" and recrossel the river, when a cossack picquet made its appear ance round a slope of the mountain I have already mentioned. A few minutes afterwards a small but close body of cavalry came in sight out upon the plain, and advanced slowly towards the scattered and noisy host of Turkish irregulars, upon whom their appearance had an almost instantaneous effect. From a tolerably smart gallop they reined in to a canter, which soon subsided into a dea d halt along the whole line : the noisy clatter of tongue a was stilled, and every eye seemed fixed upon the little phalanx of Russian horse. After a minute or two this latter opened, and I then learned the cause of the sudden " pull up" of the Bashi-bazouks. They had fancied that the compact handful of the foe concealed a gun behind, and against this terror-clothed monster not a man of the whole crowd would advance. " So it is," re marked Gen. Kmetty to me, in giving this explana tion of their halt, " with a couple of guns and half score men, 'would engage to keep at bay the whole five thousand." By this time several other masses of Russian cavalry appeared on the field, and the prospect of an extensive skirmish became imminent. As theycontinued to multiply Ismail Pacha ordered up the second line of his straggling command, and prepared to meet the slowly advancing squadrons of the enemy with a somewhat compact and regu lar front. Seeing no signs of cannon, the Bashis seemed eager for the fray, and, with sleeves rolled up above the elbows, brandished their long cane shafted lance with a rapidity and precision which heightened not a little the general picturesqueness of their appearance. It soon became evident, how ever, that the Russians meant more than a skir mish ; regiment after regiment of cavalry wheeled round the base of the mountain, and took up their position in order of battle; then followed artillery; and lastly, huge square masses of infantry—the whole moving with an automaton-like compactness and order which contrasted most favourably with the previous advance of even the Turkish regulars behind me. In little more than ten minutes from the first halt of the Bashi-bazouks, between twelve and fifteen thousand Russians were ranged in order of batle ; and what the (I have no doubt) now alarmed Mushir had only intended to be an empty parade of his forces, was about to end in a gene ral collision of the two armies. Sure lam he would have given a month's pay—no trifle—if he could have cancelled the rash step into which his vanity had betrayed him ; but there was now no help for it, and all he could do was to keep as far as possible in the rear, and trust to Allah and Khomschid Paella for deliverance. In the meantime a party of Bashi-bazouks had detached themselves from the main line, and in their impa' ient eagerness to get within reach of some outlying Cossacks, or with a view of throwing some effective odd shots into a compact battalion of in fantry which stood temptingly along the base of the mountain, spread themselves up the side of the grassy slope which would have favoured either purpose. The movement, however, was not unob served by the foe, for suddenly a party of Russian skirmishers appeared along the summit of the de clivity, and, before the unsuspecting Arabs had fired a shot, poured down a volley which sent seven horses riderless down the mountain-side. Were it not for this unfortunate loss of life, the scamper ing, pell-mell, sauve-qui-peut descent of the re mainder would have justified a hearty laugh, even in the face of the then prospect of affairs. In less than 5 minutes the entire mountain-side, and as far round the base as within range of the Russian muskets, was cleared of stragglers; and the Bashi bazouks were compelled to content themselves with the prospect of a legitimate hand-to-hand encoun . ter, which threatened to be close and desperate enough to satisfy the most fiery-spirited amongst them. Fortune, however, which proverbially "favours the brave," sometimes, in the indulgence of her sovereign caprice, aids the coward as well, and on this occasion played one of her exceptional freaks by coming to the rescue of the Mushir. For nearly half an hour previous to the little episode just de scribed, some drifting clouds had seemed to threaten one of those smart but brief showers of rain which here almost daily burst down in the midst of the most brilliant and scorching sunshine, cooling the sir, but drenching the " faithful" at the same time. As they passed over the arrayed thousands, how ever, only a few heavy drops fell, and there seemed every prospect of Moslem and Muscovite having what is called in Ireland " a dry blink" to measure their comparative strengths in, when suddenly a perfect shower of forked lightning burst over the field, and was followed in a few seconds by a thun der-storm, which would have turned into ridicule the mimic peals of the combined artilleries of the two armies. Instantaneously after the thunder, as it had succeeded the lightning, poured down a tor rent of rain, the equal of which I have only seen once before in the mountains of Donegal. In much less time then I have taken to pen this rather wordy int:oluction of the storm, I was myself drenched through to the skin, and a thick beaver coat, which has turned off many a heavy English shower, had become one huge saturated sponge. For one mor tal half-hour I bore this terrific bath patiently, till my poor horse had been shrivelled into nearly half his size, and his rider into as externally unwar like an individual as ever belted on a sabre. At length, when human nature could bear it no longer when the very bashi-bazouks turned away their horses' heads from the enemy, and when these latter themselves began to fall back slowly upon their camp, I, too, turned towards the Turkish tents, and in the face of the still pelting storm neither tightened rein nor withheld spur till I reached the sheltering canvas of my tent. La'e in the afternoon the half-drowned regiments returned pitsous in appearance as they had been gay and ex hilarant in the morning ; and on till midnight con tinued the terrific deluge which had thus so oppor tunely prevented a battle, and redeemed the reck less bravery (1) of the Mushir. I am thus, for the present, unable to report any decisive advance in the status quo of affairs. I may, however, confidently reiterate the prediction that in a very few days we shall have either gained a victory or suffered a defeat. Even the anile ner vousness and indecision of the Mushir can no longer ward off decisive action, for with a Russian army of 30,000 men and sixty guns within cannon shot of his tent, action or inaction ceases to be op tional, and fight he must. Without drawing a man from the reserve at Kars, he can bring an efficient and well-armed force of ? at least 35,000 into the field under advantages which—as a European officer remarked to me this morning—if well used might destroy the Russian army in three days, and open up a ready way to Teflis at the same time. At present to attack Gumri with any prospect of success would cost a greater sacrifice both of men and time than it would be wisdom to make ; but the reserve at Kars mighttsafely be left to keep its garrison in good behaviour whilst the main body of the army proceeded on to the capital of the pro vince, which could not long resist a vigorously con ducted siege. If once taken, Russian rule south of the Caucasus would not be worth a week's pur chase ; for with Selim Pacha towards the coast, and Schamyl in the north-east, its reduction, even with a much more pro-Russian population than it has, would be no difficult or tedious achievement. With the aid of ten thousand English or French troops, or even with an energetic European Com mander-in-Chief in the place of the vacillating and cowardly nonentity who at present acts as a back weight upon the action of the troops that are here, the Crescent might be waving over the walls of Tiflis within a fortnight from the present time. At present nothing short of the Russian retreat— which is not likely —can long delay an engagement which must be more or less decisive. The men are eager for it, the enemy are at hand, and nothing but the vacillation and personal dread of the Mushir himself postpones it for a day. THE BALTIC. The following are extracts from the letters of a seaman serving in the Baltic :-- "Her Majesty's ship Belleisle, Bomarsund, Aug. 14. "Dear Daniel,—Have you noticed that I have shifted ships ? The reason I ask is, I have not received as yet anything from you directed to the Belleisle. The last letter I received was dated July 3. I have sent you my small account every fortnight, excepting this last. I missed the opportunity last Tuesday ; the letter-bag was sent away, and but very few knew it. "The fighting is still going on here. The Edinburgh and Amphion are now throwing shell on the top of the large battery, a battery that is built in front of the town ; its foundation is a rock along the edge of the water. The round tower was taken this morning, and it is reported 40 prisoners with it. This was taken with very little loss of life on our side ; through the whole of the affray yesterday we hear of only one being wounded —that a Frenchman. The affair has been most capitally managed . guns have been got ashore from the ships, and have ' been placed under the brow of a hill, where neither of the forts could get a gun to bear upon them, although they were a very short distance from them. It is rumoured here that to-morrow is appointed for the grand attack on the other forts and the town, but whether it is true or not remains to be proved ; there is not a doubt of its being carried ; the Russians have not the least chance, but they stand to their work well ; they are out-manoeuvred on every point. " Our ships lay off, and pitch shell into their forts with ease and sureness, and the enemy cannot get a gun to reach them (our ships). They have been throwing shell from their batteries at intervals throughout the day, I suppose at our troops. I say I suppose, because I do not know what they are doing on the other side of the island, where Admiral Pluinridge has the command. I can only give you what I see doing here. I hear plenty, but three-fourths turns out to be false. Do send me a line, Daniel, for I want to know if you have received what I have sent. Direct Belleisle ' instead of ' Bus cawen.' There are three more forts yet to be taken ; two of them are round towers, all very strong. " 15th, 7.30 a.m.—Everything is quiet here at pre sent, except a shot now and then from the forts thrown in the direction of the troops, but it is that sort of quietness which precedes a storm. It is expected that the bombardment will begin at 10 a.m., but I shall have to give this in before that time. You may expect to hear of its being taken with little trouble and little loss, for the troops have erected a battery during the night, and they have their mortars there already ; this battery will command the town batteries, and they cannot get a gun to bear on them, so you see they have not the least chance. The ships have had but little to do with this affair, except throwing in a shell now and then to quiet them. I can not tell you what is doing in Led Sound, or any other place, but just where we are lying, and I am afraid not much of that. I write in haste. Excuse everything ; I am well and happy. I hope this will find you all the it same.—l remai n , yours , & c ., . " The mail is detained till to-morrow, so I have a chance of giving you a little more information. This has been a warm day here for many ; there has been a continual pouring in of shot and shell on the top of the Ruesian fort ; we all expected to have seen it down before this (it is now 6.30 p.m.) ' • but there it stands, and there the Russians still fight their guns manfully. There have been but few ships en' gaged in the affair, and they only working their pivot guns. It looks like a miserable piece of work. There is no doubt that admirals and generals know best, but the tars have a notion that if some of the heavy ebil° s had been hawed in, and had given them a few broad sides, they would have shaken their masonry for them, but as it i 3 they have shaken it pretty well. The three bat teries that the troops have built ashore are still thr owing in shell upon them. Some people expect great thing: to be done to-night, but time will show us. As nigh be expected, there has been some loss of life on our side, but I cannot tell you what the loss is at resent. " 16th, 6-45 a.m.—We have heard of nothing serious occurring duri ng th e n i g ht. It i s re ported that on eof the round batteries has hoisted a flag of truce, but it needs confirmation. There are, or were, three round towers, but one of th em was cap t ure d an d bl ow n up. It , reported the Ru ss i ans th rew s h e ll i n t o it from the Is e l tort, which we were still engaging, which set fire to ?! It was on fire some hours before the explosion forts place. The R uss i ans st ill fi g h t on man f u lly ; the for they are now i n mus t b e very s t rong. on both "9 45 a.m.—Sh o t an d s h e ll are s till flying I aat sides ; the f or t s till k eeps up i ts fi re man fully. oo— afraid to keep m y l e tt er any l onger ; th ere is no cha t ' for the fort to hold out much longer." THE SIEGE OF BOMARSITND. The following are among the last teleg,ra" phic despatches received from the Baltic. T ile Moniteur says : " Despatches from A dl3:dral Parseval, of August 15, written a fevr ininu after the surrender of Bomarsund, fully e° l ' t the telegraphic despatch which the Governreen received from Dantzic. Scarcely bad the squa dra° recommenced their fire at full range to second talil: labour of the army, when a flag of truce was ss played, and the fortress surrendered. The forts was very much injured by the cannon balls. 1 17 1 ' Russian prisoners, forming one-half of the garrilro were about to be embarked on board the C lee P,.. 4 . 3 her and the Syrene, to be taken to Brest, and t he pd -1,000 ,000 prisoners remained at the disposal of tha t miral Napier. Admiral Parseval announces he will send his report by the next mall." BOMARSUND, Aug. 17. General Ba ra n: d'Hilliers and the Hon. Mr. Grey left Alan" il; mediately after the capitulation for Stockolvet order, it is supposed, to induce the Swedes to J°l the allies. (011' STOCKHOLM, Aug. 21.—Many Russians wer e oke focated in the Bomarsund casemates by the to off of their own fire. After the surrender there eurea great rejoicings in Aland, and prayers we re in the churches for Queen Victoria and the no peror Louis Napoleon. The fortress was follethr. contain ammunition and provisions for o ne e° ' We find the following in a letter from C°Pe hagen, Aug. 19 : c ,.010' "On the 13th and 14th, a Swedish steamer, the to vall, carried a large number of visitors from the C a ' 2l „, / pdt the scene of action. Near Degerby the vessel gotag r " but was assisted off by the crew of the French frigoot Vengeance, 60 guns, who spent 15 hours in inc e ov e. labour, three times supplied them with fresh L ii ,e9 and materials, and at last relieved them wit h ; t ion• and provisions, refusing any kind of comP etl V They regarded us as friends and brother, 00 a letter, and would willingly have got ear , vi ioug, land off the rocks--for we have been a growu , hez a. enough—if we would only have permitted 'chip* At Bomarsund they found more than forty wa r ,',. for with their broadsides to the fortresses, prepel7/0. the next day's battle. The moment was salutede Not a cry was heard on either side. They Ltea each ship as they passed, the admirals among th e hat ja were saluted in return merely by taking o ff the "' profound silence. tlo " Another Swedish steamer, the Plink , earrie of French Colonel Blanchard, and the English Secretletei Legation, Grey, to the fleet on the same d a y' C ow visited the French fieldworks, which were beieg,oob9 tinually bombarded, and picked up somept eces of '-' yet warm. " Privileges of export from St. Petersburg all nt buC have been demanded by several Swedish inercbsty,s' have very properly been refused by her befsie vernment. ' FRANCE. iteo " The Minister of War," says t he MO, on' " has made an appeal to the sisters of SaiaL.: the cent-de-Paul to go and attend to the soldierslution hospitals of the army of the East. The apPlle' 3 o oo has been listened to, as 25 of these holy cc° are about to embark at Marseilles in the next 0 3 ;,, b6 packet, and 25 others will follow soon af ter• worthy superior has intimated that most P r°b, she will be able to extend the number to 100. 40 1‘ It was stated yesterday at the Bourse that ligence had been received by the French Gcr ive m al ment that, notwiths'anding what has been e a .. u relative to the necessity of further delay, t , - p, - pedition for the Crimea left Varna on the 14th' in The cholera has of late decreased rapidl/ii Paris. The official bulletin, of yesterday, OP: it ." speaks of 28 new cases for all the hospitals teen men and fourteen women. / The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at ;p i t for the end of the month ; the Four-and - a . ' of per Cents. at 991. 90e. ; and the New - 1- -t ll : i nit 73f. Orleans Railway Shares, 1,222 f. 50c. ; IrAf,; 970 f. ; Havre 570 f. ; Great Northern , Strasburg, 792f. ' 50c. ; New Shares, 62 6 f• is o dr Paris and Lyons, 962 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the roy , ; terranean, 870 f. ; Western of France, 6471„al aE Bordeaux and Cette, 627 f. 50e. ; Great Ce ll 46f. France, 517 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Geneva, u Bank of Credit Mobilier, 717 f. 50c. SPAIN. fr oi! We have received (says the Debats) ne„ or, Madrid of the 17th ; they are grave, an d 0' "f otl afflicting kind. The following is the letter 0 correspondent tp . ° , 3 37 9, A r P tT it e: ti g ei "We had hoped to see order re-established, tb,i° Government resume in all the provinces of SP o fsP authority which is indispensable to the prot.e,.,tie°lll; interests and all rights. Our hopes are The union which is necessary amongst all at bottom desire the same thing, The members of the Cabinet themselves are TO,' by r f accord, and the provincial juntas are divid' h a ve . pr‘, is nearlY bri°-0-er, ound hatred, or at least by rivalities which boo r e i t duced the most fatal disoords. The Governro°%geed,,o" ceived despatches from Catalonia, which 130.1eiv great disquietude. That manufacturing province has become the place of resort o'f g`" ' bo her of political refugees of all countries. Th ee s tss n t for the most part ardent and furious revolationit do not hesitate to excite the grossest and of 11 01 passions in order to arrive at the destruction °f f e et e Gover n b e i o° 7 order, and elevate on its ruins a which they would make the most depl° l-3 d e ev er io At Cadiz the junta is dissolved and reneW,,eity tt, day. The difficulties are so great in tbe pity the best and most devoted citizens hesitate to ° n oe l 0 , the administration, and retire the moment tbel the pb~ the resistance they will have to encounter, 513 ;00 0 7 0 1 , sions they will have to combat and, as the „it ',A collected in its hands all power ;and all auth° A ri b tj a ; V e9 l o lows that neither exists, and that the town is vie Of to the first occupant. The most perverse aro a set e these cases the most audacious. There is c ee eeri el t ir at Cadiz a centre of disorder which increases _..i,b130,10 ment, and which cannot fail to extend to the nbc;broisei, hood. At Malaga a revolutionery rno vemeu t ,,, o t 10 ° 0 0 out, the character and object of which are , 3 10 o of All that is known is that, at the moment ous to go a l to left, the streets were paraded by nurser was cailn armed men, and that the national guard I ; s te, flife‘ arms. The rioters hoWever, seemed to dorm. A lge eo t A-b ne l be likely soon to be Masters of the town' cover era' things are wove. The authority of the Central rc i ti ce P o d has been shaken off. The town and the rspsimotor pose to destroy the ties which bind them h ., flret:a tb s to declare themselves independent. As t pres ° lo o ; quence of this independence, they have euE ncl iy 1 . 0 4? import duties on English goods ; and to the lusia is already inundated with them to IP_ o f 1 _ go Spanish manufactures and of the coraw er lded countries. A terrible calamity has been a de d many misfortunes. The cholera has iveereim to sre southern provinces, and rages cruelly th Aijo e rit o populations of Cadiz, Seville,'Malaga, a n t , the , ter th e i n decimated, and nothing announces toa dis tric, tir" visitation is about to decline. In soro° thes-400, have even encountered the typhus, 0 , ra% plagues have caused, and cause, frightibostia.t The Junta of Saragossa attacks 'Queer' fro,llo, direct terms ; the Government has receive;ed alr o o 4 formal demand that she shall be impF o t he cl ew ioe a boldest of its members dare scarcely reJe ct , 0re,°0 441 , as ill timed and impolitic. Clubs are beinr2estatoto everywhere on themodel of those which were acitber in Paris after the revolution of FebruarY• ti 'd are either it the Government are discussed in them , a op strAt'l approved cf . or blamed. If blamed, a r e ?, s ent 11 0 1' lif' immediately drawn lir, to the Duke de la Victoria or his coll ea g u e es e; ar e " Sil Ministers cede, and thus one regentt ow pas 1 , 0 down all the barriers which p 13°Teontlilii nd a deputation co.eroio The revolutionary flood, however, rises inn e at ;1 1 ,d0;; 11 it begins to be feared that the Gover i _ l us of o t s; unable to struggle against it. The enviro A are striken with terror. Is it necessary business is suspended ? Numerous han.., e naol lb . di e besides expect el, and in the midst of these. t ote 'TV orders the new Ministers are divided v' Pci nc i g era te d o ° ' most ardent make war on the most ire ,c - e d rt 01). Minister of Finance, M. Collado, who orf er iar ge O re tir ° rantees to the capitalists of Madrid byt° te at and his incontestable probity, has been obliged" too il ' c l , t lr d on account of his being accused of being in his set General O'Donnell will soon follow him t Or a ' tl O ment. The same report is addressed,_ bin; p ro amongst his colleagues are some who ha%: t b o roog Ocr at sucka moment every man who i s n ot ,00 t_Dl o orl gressist ought to abandon any participa:,ende 9 0 1.0 ty vernment. It is said that General by v part .. ..o id 4 Minister of Marine, is already destined 3 : o f 1' replace General O'Donnell in the IVlinistero,. Tavaci%tx, The Government, in consideratione.l.„_ pas fi c i , having been first to join the insurrei 0ta11'17019,00 ferred on it the title of Her Vic, 411(1 pality that of Excellent. 4