The Sun. — London, England, 1854-09-29 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRIJ.RY-LANE.- Mr. E. T. SMITH respectfully informs his friends and the Public admirers of Mr. e. V. BROOKE that he has engaged that =bunt artiste to perform for Seven Nights only, prior to his depar ture for Australia. Mr. G. V. BROOKE will appear on Monday, October 2d, in YIRGINIUS. Tuesday, ad, in THE STRANGER. Wednesday, 4th, in RICHARD THE THIRD. Thursday, sth, in THE LADY OF LYONS. Friday, 6th, in OTHELLO. Saturday, 7th, in HAMLET. And Monday, 9th. in MACBETH; being• positively his last appearance. Mr. SMITH has also engaged Mr. E. WRIGHT. the public favourite and eelebrated Comedian, to appear in his original Farces every Evening after Mr. G. V. Brooke's performance. The Boa-office is open for booking places daily, from Ten to Five. In consequence of numerous inquiries, early application is solicited. LAST TWO NIGHTS. IILYCEUM THEATRE.-HENRY RUSSELL, THIS EVENING (the 29th time), September 29th, and every Evening. Mazy friends having expressed a wish that Mr. Russell should appear again previous to finally withdrawing his Entertainment, he has, in compliance with their request, made arrangements to appear every evening. )1 r. RUSSELL will present THE FAR WEST; or, THE PROGRESS of the EMIGRANT from the OLD WORLD to the NEW. Mr. Russell will relate his anecdotes, and sing several new songs, " Cheer, Boys, cheer," " Far, far ulioa the ,ca," " Sunshine after Rain," "Land ! Land! Land !" " The Falls of Niagara," " Long have we been parted," " Fin Afloat," "Many changes have I eeen," "The Icebergs" (deserititfte 1 • 011 3), " Newleundianil Dog," " The ()matter's Wire," &e. Th. Second Part of the Entertainment will consist of a Serles cm eikotenes, entitled NEGRO LIFE in Freedom ar.,l Slavery. Gallery, 6cl, Drees Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, Is. 6 d. ; Pit, THE A.TRE ROYAL 11...IY:IARKET. Under the management of Mr. k>uckstone. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 29, _ . _ Will be performed THE IRISH AMBASSADOR. Characters by Messrs. Hodson, Chippendale , Howe, Rogers, and Cullentord ; Miss Reynolds and Mrs. Buckingham. Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS in a NEW BALLET. To be followed by THE IRISii LIOS. Principal character by Mr. Hudson. To conclude with A. FISH OUT OF WATER. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. Tills EVENING, filiErr. 29, Will be performed the popular Drams of THE DISCARDED Principal characters by Messrs. Selby, Murray, Bedford, and Feeley; sirs. Keeley, and Miss Woolgar. Alta which, MONSIEUR JACQUES. To conclude with .NORNIA. Principal character by Mr. Paul Bedford. STRAND THEATRE. &le Lessee Mr. F. W. Alloroft. THIS EVENING, Sim 29, Will be performed HARD TIMES. To be followed by THE NEW WAGS OF WINDSOR. To conclude with THE MARBLE LOVER. Stalls, 43.; Boxes, 2s. 6d.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d.; Private floxes Li Is , io be had of Dlr. Alleroft. 15, Sew fond -stye , t. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AIfPRITIIEATRAL, Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. THIS DAY, Sept. 28th, and daring the week, will be presented the highly successful Eque.trian Spectacle entitled, THE WOOD MAN'S HORSE; or, THE FALSE KNIGHT, abounding in novel and startling effects. Succeeded by an unrivalled phalanx of talent, and Mr. William Cooke's SCENES in th, CIRCLE, including the graceful equitation of Miss Emily Cooke, the wonder of the World; the surprising Act of M. Palmer on a single Horse, without saddle or bridle; the in credible feats of the Brothers Francisco, Sr,c. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager. We , t. Acting Manager, Mr. W U. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. Wm. Cooke, Jun. FIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDOL. Tnts DAY —Morning 3 mln.after 6 1 Evening 30 min.a ft . Toj 401LROW --Morning 1 min.after 7 1 Evening 30 min.eft. 7 TUE WEATIIER.--Stql Ornm, Szn. 29. THERMOMETER, IN THR SHADE. 56 —highest since noon yesterday. 40 —lowest this morning and during the night. 64—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'17. WIND, W.—lt was foggy this morning; at noon it cleared off, and we have now fine clear weather. t Toe. ~\ ~~~, LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1854. The accounts just received per the Thabor steamer, which, according to our anticipations, arrived at Marseilles yesterday, completely con firm the view we took on Monday last respecting the apparently conflicting, but really consistent, accounts previously published as to the landing of the Allied Forces in. the Crimea. Most of our con temporaries regarded the despatch of the 16th instant from Lord RAGLAN to the Duke of Isr Ew _ CASTLE as conclusive evidence of the l incorrectness of the semi-official account contained in the .3loni teur of Saturday as to the landing of certain regi ments at Eupatoria on the 13th, the day previous to the geLeral disembarkation at Old Fort on, th e 14th, and following clays. These doubts S, ere founded on the absence of any allusion to the landing of any party at Eupatoria, in the de spatch of the English General. A careful exami nation of the different statements, however, in duced us to believe that they might "be reccAn- 1 ciled, the one relating exclusively to the proceed- 1 ings of the 13th ; the other to those of the 14th, 15th, and 16th." Under this impression, we added, " Both accounts, then, may, and we are strongly disposed to think, will on investigation, be found strictly accurate, and should be read together as parts of the same communication." Reasoning on this assumption, we proceeded as follows—" According to this view of the case, the first landing would have been of three regiments at Eupatoria on the 13th inst. No opposition being offered, and the town being surrendered without a blow, the Commanders of the Allied Forces saw . the possibility of being enabled to land the remainder of tho troops, the heavy stores, artillery, and baggage, at a nearer place, where, although not so favourable in many respects as the spot originally selected, it might be effected with ' the assistance of those previously on terra firma. The great advantages to be derived from this course were clearly perceptible. Valuable time would be economised, while the troops would be enabled to enter into action comparatively fresh, the toil of a march of twenty miles through a hostile country being avoided. We have, there fore, every reason to applaud the skill and energy of those who adopted a plan so judi cious. That this is the correct interpretation of the apparently conflicting despatches is corrobo rated by the fact, that the Moniteur's . account stated that " the landing of the whole army would take place on the following day" (i. e., the 14th) at twenty miles south of the town (of Eupatoria.) This was the very locus in quo ac cording to the more recent despatch from Lord RAGLAN, so that, in place of being contradictory, they really lend mutual confirmation the one to the other. The place is not far from Loukoul, the position whereof has been already explained in The Sun of the 22d instant, and it is but seven miles from the military road from Khoslov to Simpheropol. The authentic accounts now received show how we were justifi e d i c ompletely n the opinions then formed. Indeed the whol e article of the 25th inst. may be compar ed with t he intelligence now come to hand, and will not be found to vary in the slightest particular. We do do not , however, ' lay claim to any extraordinary powers of vat i eina. tion. The only secret was the strict and search _ ing examination of known facts, and the reason _ able deductions therefrom of what was most likely to have occurred, although we were not furnished with the necessary details. We now find by the accounts which reached Constantinople, per the Ajaccio steamer on the 19th, and were thence transmitted by the Thab r, on the 20th, " that " the Allied Forces were actually marching against the Russians. That the force of the enemy before Sebastopol, did not amount to more than 25,000 men ; but that they expected a reinforcement of 15,000, a-id that a battle was expected cu the 20th before :the Russian reinfercements came up ! The wea ther too was ini the highest degree propitious fcr our operations." The intelligence from Vienna also states that the Russians retreated as the Allies - advanced.' A s we recently stated " their aim was rather to harass and delay the invading army, than to risk a serious encounter, until they could do so behind stone-walls, protected by the redoubts and batteries erected during the period of inaction, while full information was given of our ultimate intentions." The chosen men of France and England, and the gallant . Turks, with whom th e y are associated, may, however, render this rather a dangerous course to pursue. The "retreat" may possibly degenerate into a flight, and many of the Russians cut off from the main body, so as to be incapable of rendering any assistance to the defence of Sebastopol. The decisive conflict must, as w e have already repeatedly intimated, take place on the heights above the Russian Arsenal. If the redoubts and batteries there erected should come into the possession of the Allies, the fate of Sebastopol is sealed. It may be protracted for a short time, but it is as certain as that of Bomarsund—and the only alter ! native for the Russian fleet is whether it will sur render without a blow, or rush into a hopeless conflict with the Allied Fleet, the only result whereof will be a very needless sacrifice of human life, for " humanly speaking " there can be no possible doubt as to the result. We should not feel greatly surprised if even be fore the close of this very day we received some very cheering intelligence from the scene of warfare. If the anticipated battle should have taken place on the 20th, we may be enabled to communicate the pleasing tidings of the total rout of the Russian troops. It would be a strange coincidence if at Michaelmas, the anniversary of the day on which Queen ELIZABETH received an account of the total destruction of the "Armada," and the decisive humiliation of the pride of the Spanish MONARCH, we should receive equally im portant accounts of the overthrow of the power and of the arrogant pretensions of the AUTOCRAT. Should this be the case, it would, indeed, be an auspicious omen. The Leviathan power of the sixteenth century never re covered the first great blow it received. A similar fate may possibly await the Muscovite, and Europe may henceforward have as little to fear from the pride and power of Russia as it has from that of Spain. The first blow must, however, be followed with unflinching energy. We believe that OMER PASHA will advance on Bessarabia, and that the whole of Southern Russia will be relieved from the tyranny and oppression under which it has so long groaned. That important province should at all events be restored to its an cient allegiance. Coupled with the complete independence of Georgia, Circassia, and all the Caucasian districts, as well as of the Crimea, the designs of Russia would be effectually coun teracted. However great its cupidity, we should have nothing to fear from either for a century, if not centuries yet to come. A very painful feeling has been excited in con sequence of the publication of the proceedings at Portsmouth before the Coroner and Jury, touch ing the death of a young woman named MATILDA itANE LODGE, which it was alleged had been occa sioned, and which the jury declared to have been " mainly accelerated, by ill-treatment" which she had received in the wardroom on board of the hulk of her MAJESTY'S ship Dauntless, lying in Portsmouth harbour. In law, the " acceleration" of death, even by a single hour, is equivalent to causing death. The above verdict is, therefore, tantamount to one either of murder or man slaughter, and it is to be regretted that the Co roner did not endeavour to induce the Jury to arrive at a more precise conclusion; and to men tion the parties implicated in a transaction in every respect so deplorable, and reflecting so much discredit on some of the Officers and Gentlemen (i) of her MAJESTY'S service. A more searching in quiry will, however, be instituted before the magistrates or the district, and if it should indeed appear that the unfortunate young woman came by her death unfairly, or that it was in any de gree accelerated by the violence of any person or persons whatsoever, we may be certain that the offenders will be brought to account be fore a fair . and impartial tribunal, in which the public may be assured the scales will be evenly held between the Crown and the accused. Such a matter could not be disposed of by any naval or military court. The accused should be handed over to the civil power, to be dealt with as the merits of the case demanded. We shall not, therefore, at present express any opinion, as to the death of the unfortunate woman. From the medical testimony it would seem to have chiefly arisen from an old disease. The whole question then will be, whether she received any, and what injury, that could have produced the crisis or hastened the fatal result that would speedily have arisen from natural causes, and we have every assurance that will be strictly scrutinised, and everything done that justice may require. But there is a point on which we cannot re main silent—which rests with the Admiralty and not with the Magistrates. Is it, we ask, right or proper that such evil example should be afforded private soldiers and sailors, that they should see their officers—men whom they ought to look up to with respect and esteem--engaged in the grossest acts of immorality, and bringing per sons who may with too much truth be styled " unfortunate women," under the eyes of their brother officers, and those over whom they are placed in authority? It may be impossible to in sist on a high standard of morality in either ser vice. But " the pleasant vices" of men holding leer MAJESTY'S Commissions should not be so ostentatiously paraded. They should not be al lowed to demoralise their companions and follow ers by such disgusting exhibitions of profli gacy. If officers will not altogether refrain from such abandoned courses, they may be required to pursue them elsewhere than in their barracks or ships ; they may be expected, at least, to pay the trifling tribute of concealment to virtue. At present there is too much reason to fear that the very publicity has its charm, and that the youths who refuse to participate in such disgrace ful orgies are despised and ill-treated by their more profligate fellows. The moral taint is thus spread about. The degradation—with few and rare exceptions—becomes general, and all that the well disposed can venture to do is to with draw from the disgusting exhibitions. If, as we believe to be the case, the practice has hitherto been, if not openly sanctioned, at least connived at, by the authorities, we don't re quire any scapegoat on which to cast the sins of the general body. But public opinion demands that adequate means should be adopted to prevent the repetition of such indefensible conduct, and that her MAJESTY'S ships or barracks should not henceforward be transformed into brothels by the junior officers. A Court of Inquiry has been constituted to in vestigate all the particulars of the transaction, so far as the parties implicated may have violated ' any of ahnadve gentlemen, ffi the rules of the service. If th e y transgressed the rules which, a s ocers ...-1 h e ey were bound to ob serve, let them we ' t n r adequately punished. If such practic es p e r n ev t iou sly t new and more stringent g regulationsoleratbeed, pi.o milet magnitude of the emer y, te anddiente h t t te oprevent an y repet i t i on of geinlega suitablesnffic such demorali6iug transactions. Any ill-treat ment o f the unfortunate young woman whose death was the rmust her i t l . l b - o e In disposede:i cd vi soift byto one e c o i f ir l i r arutojrEitsielYs: shtip ofs It does not fall w ithi n t h e juris diction of a Naval Court-martial. HALF-DAY HoLTDAS. —The solicitors of Nottinrrham have agreed to &low their clerks a half-day hold.,y .;„ ry: week. The offices are to be in fiture closed at one o'clock on Thursday. The bankers of the town, it is said, will shortly follow the example. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 18b 4, THE ROYAL FAMILY AT BALMORAL. Her Majesty and the Prince appear to be in excellent health and spirits, and the Royal family, gratified with their free rambles about their Highland abode, are full of youthful glee and merriment. Prince Albert enjoys his " venerie" as usual, and has been very successful in his woodcraft—two royal stags and many of inferior growth having fallen beneath his rifle. Her Majesty drives about by hill and dale, or enjoys a walk among the birks that infringe the Dee. On Saturday, after her Majesty and her Royal consort had inspected the pro gress of the new palace, his Royal Highness went to the forest, and killed two fine stags. On Sunday, the Queen, Prince Albert, and suite, attended Divine service in Crathie church, where an excellent sermon was delivered by Mr. Anderson, the parish minister, from Titus ii. 11, 12. There were a number of strangers present. On Monday her Majesty bad her accustomed drives, while his Royal Highness was in the forest. The Royal family had their usual rambles adjoining the Castle. On Tues day his Royal Highness was in the forest, and killed four stags, two of them being "royal." On Wednesday her Majesty and his Royal Highness drove out. His Royal Highness proceeded to the forest. On Thursday her Majesty and her Royal Consort drove out by Aber geldie forest in the forenoon. The Prince proceeded to the forest. In the afternoon her Majesty and Ladies in Waiting drove down the south side of the Dee to Gir nock Schools, and returned to the Castle in the evening. —Aberdeen Herald. The Duchess of Wellington has arrived in Eelgrave street, from Balinpral Castle, having been succeeded, as lady in waiting on the Queen by the Countess of Desart. The Duchess of Buccleuch and the Ladies Montagu Scott have arrived at Montagu House, Whitehall-gar dens, from Walmer Castle, en route to join the noble duke at Drumlanrfg Castle. The Duchess Dowager Emily of Beaufort and the Ladies Somerset have arrived at their new residence in the Stable-yard, St. James's, vis-d-vis Stafford House, from Badminton Park. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and a numerous family circle are visiting the Earl and Countess Howe, at Gopsal Hall, Leicestershire. The Marchioness of Hastings has left Kensington Palace Gardens for Torquay, Devon. The youthful marquis and the juvenile members of the family are stay ing at Brighton. Captain Yelverton, her ladyship's consort, is in command of the Arrogant steam-frigate, in the Baltic. The Marquis d'Azeglio, Sardinian Minister, has left town for Brighton for a fortnight. The Earl and Countess Granville have arrived at Bruton-street, from Germany, en route to Sir John Fer dinand Acton's, Aldenham Park, near Wolverhampton. The Earl and Countess of Wemyss are receiving a seleect circle at Gosford-house, near Haddington. The Countess, of Jerzey and Lady Clementina Villiers, the Earl and Countess of Warwick, the Countess of Lucan and the Ladies Bingham, and Lord and Lady Elcho, have been among the visitants. Viscount Canning entertained the Duke of Newcastle and a limited circle at dinner on Wednesday evening, in Grosvenor-square. Lady and Miss Peel have arrived at Whitehall-gar dens, from a tour in Germany. Lord and Lady John Russell and family, who have been sojourning at Scarborough during the past week, are expected to arrive at Pembroke-lodge, Richmond park, early in the week after next, for the winter. Lord Stanley, M.P., who has been staying on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, at Gordon Castle, has left for the south. Sir Joseph Paxton has arrived at Lismore Castle, the seat of the Duke of Devonshire. The Duchess of Gloucester and suit were expected to leave Mehmond Park yesterday for the Bedford Hotel, at Brighton. _ _ _ Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have not left Broadlauds for Brockett Hall, county of Derby, as stated. The noble viscount has leased for a short time the latter seat to the Marquis of Abercorn. Lord Cowley, who has returned to his villa :At Chan tilly from Boulogne, has entered, we understand, into a treaty for the royal chateau of Chantilly, late the pro perty of the Duke d'Aumale. The Duchess Dowager of Hamilton has left Portman square, for Easton park, Suffolk. The Earl and Countess Fortescue, Lord and Lady Cortenay and family, Lady de Dunstanville; the Lord Bishop of Derry and lady, Lord Robert Cecil, &c., are at present staying at the Queen Hotel, Scarborough. Lord and Lady Seymour are entertaining a few select friends at Maiden Bradley, the Duke of Somerset's seat in Wilts. Lord and Lady Holland have left Naples for Paris. Lord Vernon has arrived in Naples from Ischia, where he had a slight attack of cholera. Both their lordships, whilst at Ischia, were unremitting in their charity and attention to the poor of the island, who will remember with gratitude the many benefits they received during this sad visitation, which has not spared the environs of Naples. Many of those who fled from Naples are beginning to return. TURKISH Musxug.—The exhibition at Hyde-park corner continues to attract all the fashionable company remaining in town. Yesterday it was honoured with visits by the French Ambassador and the Countess Wale wsks, and the Portuguese Minister and the Countess L a vradi o. 'Lie Government has conferred a pension of 2001. from the Littrary Fund on MN.. Fullerton, the widow of the Lte Lord Fullerton. One of the " Garters" now vacant is to be bestowed on the Earl of Elgin, whose long and successful gover norship of Canada, and the essential service be has ren dered to connnerce by the recent treaty between that country and the United States, eminently entitle him to, that honour. THE LATE LORD DENIEAN.-It was the Duke of Wellington who made it a point of the utmost import ance with his Sovereign that Mr. Denman should have a patent of precedence, and used his direct personal in fluence with his Sovereign on the subject, while his Ma jesty George IV., wrote a letter in his own hand relating' to it. The Chancellor of the day may have suegested the step ; but to the strong will of the Duke of Welling ton wa4 its fulfilment always attributed by the loyal subject now lost to her Majesty. PICKING POCKETS IN A RAILWAY TUNNEL.—A man has been convicted at West Bromwich of an attempt to pick pockets in a carriage on the Stour Valley Railway, while the train was passing through a tunnel. DEPARTURE OF THE BISHOP-DESIGNATE OF BORNEO FROM LONDON.—Yesterday morning a special service was held at the parish church of St. James's, Piccadilly, for the purpose of enabling those who take an interest in the missionary operations in Borneo to bid farewell to the Rev. Dr. Nl'Dougall, the bishop elect, and the mis sionaries who are about to sail with him to that distant sphere of labour. After Dr. Jacobson's sermon, a liberal collection on behalf of a female education fund in Borneo was made. It is not yet known when Dr. M‘Dougall's consecration to the new bishopric will take place. IMPROVED HOUSEHOLD ACCOMMODATION FOR THE LABOURING OLASSES.—A. deputation from "The National Association for the improvement of the Dwellings and for the Elevation of the Working Classes," consisting of Messrs. R. H. Moore, W. R. Pope, A. Henry Stevens, with their solicitor, W. Brown, Esq., of Salters' Hall, had an interview with Sir Benjamin Hall, at the office of the Board of Health, on Tuesday last, when their scheme of operations was submitted to him. THE EXTENSION OF THE OCEAN POSTAGE. —On and after the let October, the uniform sixpenny rate of post age, which has been already carried into effect, so far as regards the correspondence between the United King dom and several of the colonies will be extended to New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, the uni form rate of postage will, in addition to the above coin prise the whole of the British West Indies (the Turks Islands alone excepted), Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward's Island, Newfoundland, Bermudas, Malta, Gibraltar, Ceylon, St. Helena, and the Gold Coast, arrangements having been made to that effect. FASTEST TRIP ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.—The long talked of clipper James Baines, built by Donald MlCity,, of Boston, arrived at Liverpool on Monday evening, having made the fastest passage from Boston ever accom plished by a sailing vessel.. She left Boston at 1 p.m. on the 12th inst., and her passage, therefore, allowing for difference of time, is only 12 days 17 hours, being a day shorter than the celebrated passage of the Light ning. During the greater part of the passage, the winds, though favourable, were only moderate, and Captain .IVl'Donnell believes that, had he been favoured with strong winds throughout, the ship would have reached here in less than nine days. She is a magnifi cent craft, larger than the Champion of the Seas ; her burthen is about 4,000 tons, and she will form one of the "Black Ball Line" of Australian packets, owned by Messrs. James Baines & Co. COMMANDERSHIP OF THE FORCES IN SCOTLAND.-- General T. E. Napier, the present commander of the forces in Scotland, having attained the rank of Lieute nant-General, retires from that office according to the rules of the service. The gallant general is one of that family which has contributed so remarkably to both arms of the service, being a brother of Admiral Sir Charles Napier, and has himself gained much distinction in the field, losing an arm at the passage of the Bidasso in 1813. His successor will not improbably be Lord Melville, now on important service in India, but in bad health, whom failing, the Earl of Rosslyn.--ecotsman. MISADVENTURE OF A 10/. NOTE.—One day last week, a person named Bell, of Boardman-street, Manchester, went to Mr. Crompton, shopkeeper in Travis-street, to get change for a 201. Bank of England note. Crompton had only 101. at the time, and it was arranged that Bell should take that, and Crompton promised to send the other 101. across in the course of the day to Ball's house. A man named Hugh Gill called at Crompton's shop dur ing the afternoon, to buy some bread, and Crompton, erroneously imagining, for some reason, that Gill worked for Bell, gave him a 101. note, saying, tell Bell this will make us right for the 20/. Gill took the matter as a joke —supposed the piece of paper to be a mere flash note, and gave itto his children to play with. Subsequently the note was torn to pieces, and a portion of it was used to wipe a gridiron with. In the course of time inquiries were instituted for the missing money, in consequence of an explanation between Crompton and Bell, and the r tsult was that a policeman was sent to Gill's house. There was no little consternation about the note now, and though Gill's statement was not at first believed, a search among the children's playthings discovered some fragments of paper, on one of which was the nu ti ber of the note, a nd on o th ers th e name o f the b an k. Gill has freed himself fro m th e sus pi c i on o f hi s h on esty amidst ail this blundering, and a petiti on h a s b ee n r e solved upon to the E E a aitssal, rig.th isteler the' - stance, they will keep their "promise to pay," which is, of' course, at their own option, now that there is so little to show for it. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Henry Fitzpatrick, a young man known to the police, was charged before Mr. Henry with having stolen a valuable gold snuff-box, on the lid of which was a beau tifully-executed miniature portrait of the Emperor Napo leon 1., the property of Colonel Wm. Gordon Cameron. It appeared that on the evening of the 27th inst. the prosecutor left the United Service Club between 10 and 11 o'clock, at which time he had the box safe in his coat pocket ; but on reaching Maddox-street, Regent. street, he missed it. The pocket in which it was placed was a deep one, and had no hole in it ; and the box now had no appearance of having fallen. On the morning of the 28th the prisoner showed the box to a person, and said he had picked it up in the Strand. That person took it to a pawnbroker's to ascertain if it was gold, where it was detained, suspicion being aroused as to how it had been come by. The prisoner afterwards made his appearance at the shop, and stated that he found the box at the corner of Vigo-street. Police Ser geant Pocock was called in, and the prisoner was taken into custo iy. Thu prisoner said he picked it up as he WAS returning home from Marylebone, where he had been spending the evening with Lis friends ; but on in quiry it was found that he had not been at the place mentioned for some considerable time. Mr. Henry committed the prisoner for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET-(THIS DAY.) PAYING DEAR FOR A SPREE. —Mzchael Welds was brought before Mr. Hardwick charged with creating a disturbance, and breaking a square of glass, value 31., at the Waterloo Tavern, Haymarket. Mr. Jas. Tindall, the landlord of the above tavern, stated that last night, between 9 and 10 o'clock, he was sitting in his private parlour with some friends when he beard a disturbance in front of the bar. He went out and saw defendant and another man fighting, and before witness could get round the bar to part them, the defendant's head was knocked through a large square of plate-glass, which would cost witness 3/. to have replaoed. The man with whom defendant was fighting, seeing the mischief that had occurred, ran out of the house, and complainant having sent for a constable gave defendant into custody. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said he was agreeable to pay for the damage at the rate of ss. a quarter, that being the time he received his pension. Mr. Tindall had known him for some time and no doubt would take his word. Mr. Tindall declined prisoner's offer, and said his word was not so be depended upon. Mr. Hardwick said if defendant did not come to some more satisfactory arrangement he should be obliged to send him to prison. Defendant said he could not offer more than he had already done. Mr. Hardwick said the defendant must pay 3/. for the damage, or in default to be committed for a month. ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR (THIS DAY) To-day, being Michaelmas-day, a Common Hall was held at the Guildhall, for the purpose of electing an alderman to fill the office of Lord Mayor for the year ensuing. The two aldermen next in rotation were Mr. Alder man Moon, and Mr. Alderman Salomons. Previous to the election the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, SheriffA, and other officers of the corporation, attended divine service at the church of St. Michael's, Bassishaw, Basinghall-street, owing to the church of St. Lawrance, Jewry being under repair. The annual sermon was preached by the Lord Mayor's chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Moon. . The sermon, as usual, will be printed, and the Com mon Council will vote the rev, gentleman a sum of fifty guineas. At the conclusion of the service the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, &0., returned to the Court of Aldermen. A court of Common Hall of the Livery was afterwards held, and the election was made in the usual way. SWEARING IN OF THE NE W SHERIFFS. A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday, at the Guild. hall, for the purpose of theinduction of the recently-elected Sheriffs for the city ofLontlon and Middlesex, Mr. Henry Muggeridge, citizen and innholder, Alderman of Castle Baynard ward, and Mr. Charles D. Crosley, citizen and poulterer, into the office of Sheriff of London and Sheriff of the county of Middlesex, and•the administration of the oaths required by the statute for the due perform ance of such office for the year ensuing. Previous to the holding of the Court the sheriffs elect entertained the master, wardens, and court of assistants of the Inn holders' Company, the deputy and common council of the ward of Castle l3aynard, ttio sheriffs, Mr. Alder man Wire and Mr. G. A. Wallis, and a numerous circle of private friends, to a splendid breakfast at the Albion Tavern, Aldengate-street. Shortly bean; two o'clock, the Lord Mayor, attended by several members of the Court of Aldermen, the Re corder, the sheriffs—Alderman Wire an d Mr. G. A. Wallis, the sheriffs elect—Alderman Muggeridge and Mr. Charles D. Crosley, their under-bheriffs—Mr. Alexander Crosley, and Mr. Frederick Farrer, and other corporate officers, proceeded to the hustings in the Guildhall, to attend the common hall of the Livery. The Lord Mayor having taken the chair, and the usual pre liminaries gone through, the oaths were administered by Mr. Sergeant Merewether, the town-clerk, to, and subscribed by, both the Sheriffs elect, and also by Mr. Alexander Crosley, as senior Under-Sheriff. The chains of office having been placed over the shoulders of the Sheriffs, the ceremony closed. The Sheriffs briefly addressed the Livery, and the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs returned to the Court of Aldermen. The duties of the Sheriffs do not strictly commence until to-day, Michaelmas-day, on the election of Lord Mayor, when a vote of thanks will be proposed to the outgoing Sheriffs, Alderman Wire and Mr. G. A. POISONING CHILDREN BY LAUDANUM. Mr. G. S. Brent, the deputy coroner for the western division of Middlesex, and a highly respectable jury of the parish of St. Mary, Islington, held an inquiry of some duration and importance, yesterday, at the Fox ptiblic-house, Islington-green, touching the death of an illegitimate male infant, aged 5 weeks, belonging to a young woman, sempstress, named Ellen Smithers, residing with her mother at No. 13, Old Paradise-row, in the same neighbourhood, who died on Tuesday night last, from the effects of laudanum administered to him by the mother, to produce a state of quietude and sleep, when he was laid to rest. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that "The deceased was accidentally poisoned by laudanum." The proceedings then terminated. CLEANSING STABLES.—The Board of Guardian of the Holborn Union have directed notice to be given to the occupiers of stables within the limits of the union, stating that, pursuant to the recommendation of Dr. Maclough lin, the medical inspector to the General Board of Health, the guardians have to request that all accumulations of dung should be removed and carted away every morn ing before eight o'clock. SUICIDE FROM LormoN-BRlDGE.—Yesterday, between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock, the numerous pedestrians passing along this crowded thoroughfare were thrown into considerable alarm by a man getting upon the para pet of the bridge, on the up-water side, over the centre arch, and precipitating himself therefrom into the river. Drags were also had recourse to in order to find the body, but without effect. GREAT CRINNIS COPPER MINING COMPANY. Yes terday the second general meeting of this company took place at their offices, Austinfriars—Mr. Cobbett pre sided. The report of the committee showed the pre sent state of the mine to be highly satisfactory, and the future prospects still more so. . . EARLY CLOSING AssoclATlON—Sincethe general meet ing of the association, which took place in Exeter-hall on the 6th inst., Mr. Lilwall, the advocate of early closing of shops, has been visiting his detached stations throughout the metropolis, in order to ascertain their state, and, where wanted, to put them in a condition of greater efficiency. The needle manufacture of Redditch and the neigh bourhood is in a very depressed condition ; and the glove trade of this city is flat, partly, perhaps, from the absence of American orders ; and some of the operatives are out of work altogether, and others not fully em ployed.— Worcester Chronicle. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.—A. numer ous and respectable assemblage of ladies and gentlemen attended yesterday to witness the appropriation of the building formerly occupied by the Literary Institution at 165, Aldersgate-street, to the use of the Young Men's Christian Association. A very elegant entertainment was set before the visitors in the spacious and hand somely-decorated reading-room, and at the conclusion of the repast the circumstances under which the association became the possessors of the building were briefly brought under the notice of the meeting by the secre tary. MICHAELMAS GEESE.—Vesterday the great poultry markets at Leadenhall and Newgate-street were plenti fully stocked with Michaelmas geese. In addition to the quantities brought from Suffolk and Norfolk, the facilities of railway transit brought large consignments from the Midland and Western counties • in addition, 'lumbers arrived by steam-boats from Ireland, France, 13elgium, and Holland, and it is calculated that at least 100,000 head of geese were on sale yesterday. The effect of this enormous supply was extremely beneficial to the public, a fine goose being obtainable for 4s. 6d. that at other times produced Ss. Doers.—ln Nottinghamshire the county police have taken notes of all persons keeping dogs, in order to assist the assessors of taxes, so that those who have a " fancy" for keeping the animals shall pay the new duty of 12s. THE STANDARD STEAMER. --This vessel, intended for the nsw service between Liverpool and Dublin, yester day took a trial trip down the Thames with the most satisfactory rcsnits. The Standard is from the yard of Messrs. Mare, BlAckwall, of 552 tons, builders' measure /11t, .•t, 1•4!; , .,1 with x parrot trunk .ezv.itwft,,.ofs(l-bor,rl power, by :4,5, , r8. R.tnoie, of Biackfriars. Her ma- chinery worked admirably, and her performance gave a mean speed of 11 knots an hour. I LATEST NEWS. THE WAR. DESPATCH FROM THE CRIMEA. VIENNA, FRIDAY MORNING. A Russian courier had been captured, bearing despatches, from which it appeared that 20,000 Russians (2,000 ?) were prostrated by the cholera, and that the whole force in the Crimea did not exceed 45,000 men. A battle was expected on the 20th. PARIS, FRIDAY, SEPT. 29. The broniteur publishes the following : " A despatch from Old Fort, of the 18th Sept., announces that the allied armies were to advance on the following day, the 19th." PARIS, THURSDAY, SEPT. 28. The Thabor, which left Constantinople on the 20th of September, has arrived at Marseilles. The steamer Ajaccio had reached Constantinople on the 19th from the Crimea. She left the allied troops preparing to march against the Russian army before Sebastopol. The Russians, only 25,000 strong, expected rein forcements of 15,000. . It was thought that a battle would be fought on the 20th before the arrival of the Russian • rein forcements. At Eupatoria 400 Russians surrendered on the first summons. BATTLE IN THE CRIMEA. The following despatch has also been received : PARIS, THURSDAY. It is now confidently stated that on the 19th the Allies and the Russians met, and a fight ensued. A French division were the first in action. The English soon came up, and tho Russians fell back with much loss. These statements reach us through Vienna. CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 21. The entire expedition landed in Kalamita Bay on the 18th, without resistance. The cholera was committing great ravages at Sebastopol. The armies would march on the 19th into the interior. The latest news from the Crimea is dated the 19th. • The Scotch Greys sailed to-day for the Crimea, on board the Himalaya. VIENNA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 28. Advices from Varna of the 19th state that the allies were reported to be entrenching themselves at Mamaschai, a village near the mouth of the river Katcha. Their outposts were at Kamenna—in the the direction of Bashi Serai. At Burliuk several Russian spies were shot. A deputation of submission and obedience from the native population had appeared in the allied camp. ATHENS, SEPT. 22. Mavrocordato is still opposed to the proposal of quartering 2,500 French troops at Athens this winter. DESPATCH FROM MARSHAL ST. ARNAUD. It has just been stated that a telegraphic despatch has been received from Marshal St. Arnaud, mentioning that everything was going on well, but that an unavoidable delay of 48 hours had occurred in his movement on Sebastopol. If this be the case, it would explain the want of intelligence since the landing. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 15 4 r.m. Up to this time no steamers have arrived from. the expedition, and we have reliable information about the landing. A French steamer came in this morning from Varna with some sick on board ; she does not, however, bring anything from the fleets. I therefore repeat that up to this time no thing is known. We are hourly expecting either the Caradoc or Banshee from the expedition with the first news. Ismail Pacha, late second iu command on the Danube under Omer Pacha, has arrived here on his way to his new appointment of commander-in chief of the Ottoman army at Kars. On Monday, Said Pacha, the new governor and viceroy of Egypt, left Constantinople for Alex andria. 2,500 soldiers and 260 horses have arrived here from Tunis. On Monday, Fuad Effendi returned from his mission to Thessaly and Epirus, which provinces have been totally pacified. The Porte has accorded a further delay to Greece of two months for the settlement of the pending differences between the two Governments. The Journal de Constantinople states, on the faith of letters from the Blaek Sea, that some gun boats which had embarked 200 Russian soldiers at Taganrog for the Crimea, had foundered in a gale of wind, and all on board perished. Accounts had been received that the Circassians, under the com mand of Daniel Bey, a relation of Schamyl, had had two combats with the Russians, under the or ders of General Wrangel. In the first the Poles, who formed part of the corps d'armee, deserted, with two pieces of artillery, and made prisoners of 30 Cossacks who pursued them. After the second combat the Russians fled, throwing two of their pieces of artillery into a deep ravine, and the Cir cassians effected a junction with Schamyl at Zaka lala. The same journal announces the arrival in that city of Ismail Pasha, the ex-commandant of Kala fat, and the conqueror of Citate, who had come to the capital to receive the reward of his dis tinguished services, having, as before announced, been named Muchir by the Sultan, and ap pointed Commander-in-Chief of the army of Anatolia. Omor Pasha, who had invited Ismail Pasha to visit him at Bucharest before he set out for Constantinople, parted from him with the greatest regret, saying, in presence of his staff, that in losing Ismail Pasha, he was losing his right arm. On his road towards the capital the Turkish soldiers wished to take his horses from his carriage and draw him; when he at length dissuaded them froth their purpose they insisted on escorting him to Rustchuk, taking turns to lead the horses by their bridles. THE PRINCIPALITIES. From Bucharest, of the 17th inst., we learn that Omer Pacha has received the order of the Bath from her Britannic Majesty Queen Victoria ; as also that all the municipal authorities in Wallachia were commanded by superior order, dated the sth inst., forthwith to have the proclamation of the Austrian generalissimo, Baron von Hess, publicly read in their respective districts in the most solemn manner. The Turks, under Mustapha Pacha, are throwing up batteries on the left bank of the Pruth, in sight of the Russians at Reni, who have not attempted any opposition. General Luders' head-quarters were at Tultschkow on the 18th. The Russian Danubian flotilla is still in the harbour of Ismail, and the Russians are extending the fortifications of the harbour. The Russians have assumed a strictly defensive attitude. The Turkish troops began to cross the Danube at Giurgevo on the 16th inst. The whole of the Egyptian auxiliary troops passed through Giurgevo on that day, and a Turkisk Nizam brigade, with cavalry and artillery, on the day following. The whole of the Turkish troops from Bucharest, with the exception of 'only two battalions, to remain as a garrison, were expected to arrive at Giurgevo before the end of the month. Omer Pacha was at Rustchuk on the 16th, and it was anticipated that he would leave there for Schumla on the 18th or 19th. Omer Pacha's cara sposa is very much attached to her birthplace (tiomrod, near Reps). Some short time back she sent 100 gold ducats to each of hersisters at Homrod. The reinstatement of Prince Stirbey a s hospodar of 'Wallachia, and his approachilw arrival. at Bu charest,. were utlicially announced by Dervili Pacha to the Wallachian administrative authorities on the L 20th inst. The Austrian field hospital, No. 1, has arrived at Bucharest. The excellent arrangements of this establishment excited much admiration. Omer Pacha repeatedly visited it, and it is antici pated that in future the Turkish field hospitals will be formed upon the Austrian model. With respect to the tribute due from the principality of Walla chia, the Porte has instructed Dervish Pacha to accept any reasonable propositions, and not to forego all payment, as was recently reported would be the case. Baron Hess arrived at Bucharest on the 20th, was received by the authorities on his entry with great ceremony, and a grand parade took place in celebration of his presence. THE WAR IN ASIA. The Afoniteur has the following from Trebizond, dated the Bth :—" The retreat of the Russians and the evacuation of Bayazid are confirmed ; and the uneasiness which had been caused by their aggres sive movement has entirely disappeared. Never has there been a better opportunity of judging of their weakness, and of the facility with which the allies of Turkey may, when they wish, put au end to Russian domination in the Tranceucasian pro vinces. Not only is the army of Georgia incapable of undertaking any thing against the Ottoman ter ritory, but no sooner does it. leave Tiflis than it is obliged to return, in order to protect the capital of the Russian possessions against the incursions of the Tcherkes. A division of European troops, com manded by an able chief, and concerting his opera tions with the Turks on one side, and with Schamyl on the other, would very soon reduce the Russian forces in the Transcaucasian provinces to the last extremity." AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Sept. 25.—8 y a telegraphic .despatch from Cronstadt, of this day's date, we learn that the latest intelligence arrived there from Bucharest fully confirms the safe and entire landing of the allied troops at Eupatoria, and near the Old Fort of Burliuk, seven leagues northward of Sebastopol. The Hamburg Borsenhalle publishes the Aus trian circular of Sept. 14, which has already ap peared in the columns of The Sun, and adds to it the following note from Count Buol to Count Esterhazy, Austrian Envoy at St. Petersburg, in reply to this refusal : " AUSTRIAN NOTE IN REPLY TO THE RUSSIAN REFUSAL OF THE FOUR POINTS. " Vienna, Sept. 12. " The appreciation of the Russian Court in regard to the propositions with which you were charged through our missive of the 10th of August, isQa,id down in a des patch of the 26th of August, addressed to Prince Gort schakeff, from which this envoy was pleased to make communications to me, and which I have the honour to enclose herewith for your information. " The Cabinet of St. Petersburg regrets the prelimi nary bases which appeared to us to present an accept able point of departure for putting an end to such a pre judicial war. Without having submitted the same even to serious test, it declares their acceptance to be incon sistent with the dignity and interests of Russia. " Such an ample and categorical rejection entails upon the Vienna Cabinet the care of entering into the motives which are put forward to serve as a justifica tion for this. lamentable decision. It suffices for it to cast back the insinuation that Austria had intended to join in a premeditated plan, having for object the moral and material humiliation of Russia ; and it can only adhere to its conviction that the bases submitted to the acceptance of the St. Petersburg Cabinet, aro the only ones which can, under existing circumstances, lead us to that solid and durable peace which presents itself as an imperative necessity for Europe. " Whilst the Emperor, our august master, laments sincerely that his tender of services has met with a re ception so contrary to his wishes, he will reserve his efforts and action for a period when he may render them more effectual for the interest of a solution appropriate to the requirements of Europe, and of his own empire. His Imperial Majesty can only accept with satisfactiun t and you are expressly charged to convey this assurance to his Majesty the Emperor Nicholas, that the evacua tion of the Principalities by the Russian troops is con firmed. This occupation, as is not known to you, Count, has always been complained of by us as the chief cause of the war, and likewise as a serious encroachment upon the higher interests which the Emperor of Austria is called upon to defend. That an end has been put to this occupation, which could not be prolonged without insur ing an increase of sensitive complications, and that it has been declared the RuSsian troops will remain on the de fensive, after having recrossed the Pruth, this may be denominated, we acknowledge it with satisfaction, the setting aside of an act which, so long as it remained in existence, was sufficient to oppose an insurmountable obstacle to any general accord. "You will have the goodness, Count, to communicate this despatch to Count Nesselrode.—Accept, &c., (Signed) " 8u0r.." The following telegraphic despatches have been received here in the course of the day : " BOLOGNA, Sept. 20.—1 t is decided that there shall be an industrial exposition here in the autumn of 1855, to which foreign productions will be ad mitted." " NAPLES, Sept 14.—The Parlament° announces that the Russian loan, notwithstanding some re clamations, cannot be quoted on 'Change." " ROME, Sept. 16.—1 t is understood that a new Five per Cent. Loan has been contracted with the house of Rothschild, at the rate of 77 per cent." " LEGHORN, Sept. 22.—The shipping will pro bably shortly, receive a patents netta, for • the cholera may now be considered to have disap peared." PRUSSIA. The following is an extract from a letter dated Berlin, Sept. 26 :—" Even at this distance from the scene of action in the South we are not without our news and our reports. I hear that this Go vernment has received telegraphic communications from St. Petersburg of certain despatches forwarded thither by Prince Menschikoff from the Crimea. According to the first of these, the Russians were concentrating their troops subsequent to the landing, and intended to offer battle at a position they had taken up at a place called Burliuk, on the banks of the Alma River. The other piece of news is that Prince Menschikoff had tele graphed to St. Petersburg that the fleet had sailed out of harbour at Sebastopol for the purpose of intercepting the flotilla with the reserve on board that it was to fetch from Varna. I can readily believe that Menschikoff has telegraphed the above to St. Petersburg. He is in the habit of communicating whatever his fancy suggests and his judgment tells him is likely to please,—for in stance, his late communications with regard to the satisfactory state of the coast defences. If the fleet has really put out of harbour at all, without returning at once, it lfas been for the purpose of making the best of its way to the port, of which we are told that its name has been confided only to the Russian admiral, as a haven of safety to resort to, supposing the fleet to have succeeded in breaking through the line of battle of the allies." A letter from Berlin of the 25th, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" The King of Prussia left this morning for Potsdam, on his way to Silesia. The negotiations with Austria are going on. The de claration of Austria that the Danubian provinces could be occupied by the allied forces has produced a great sensation here. The disbanding of the re serves of the Guard has commenced, but only the soldiers of the infantry, whose time is up, are dis missed. A letter from Berlin says :—" The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenberg have just pro ceeded to Vienna, to pay a visit to the Court. This visit is said to be connected with a desire for an arrangement which is believed to have taken place lately between the Cabinet of Vienna and several of the small German Governments." RUSSIA: Accounts from St. Petersburg of the 23d stat e that the Russian Government has just published a ukase relative to a new issue of paper-money to the amount of six millions of roubles (series 21 and 22), with interest from the 13th ult. The Cologne Gazette has the following from Odessa, dated the 14th :—"Yesterday notice was given to the public that the prohibition to export corn, which had expired, is to remain in force until further orders. This prohibition is super fluous as we cannot export anything. The corn stores of the merchant Waslenikow, on the Peres sipi, and all that they contained have been burned down." SPAIN. MADRID, Sept. 25. The Gazette publishes letters from the Spanish Consuls at Marseilles and Nice, contradictin g th e repor t s w hi c h h a d b een spread relative to the ravages of the cholera. The Princess of the Asturias is slightly indisposed. A. report is current that her Majesty is in an interest ing situation. A certain degree of uneasiness per vades the public mind in Madrid ; fears are enter tained that the enemies of the Government aro seeking to bring about disturbances. FRANCE. The Emperor and Empress left Boulogne on Wednesday for Sculecques, where some grand mili tary manoeuvres were to take place. On the pre vious day when, as we have before stated, their Majesties wont to the camp at Honvault, the Em press examined with the greatest interest the quarters of the soldiers, by whom she was received with the greatest enthusiasm. On returning into the town their Majesties alighted from their car riage at the entrance of the western jetty, and walked to the extremity. of it. The Emperor exa,mine,l what works might be undertaken for improving the entrance of the port, which is very difficult in blowing weather, The crowd, prinoipally coal posed of the sailors and of fishermen of the port, hailed their Majesties with loud acclamations. " The rumour that the Emperor will visit the camp in the south," says the d' "is gaining ground more and more. It is said that his. Majesty will occupy part of the Archiepiscopal. Palace here, and will remain about a week, during which time there will be grand manoeuvres at tll° camp. The visit is expected to take place October." ITALY. A letter from Rome of the 19th in the Part mento of Turin gives the total number of Papi. tl troops actually enrolled as follows : two regiment g of native infantry, and one foreign ditto, 3,59 men ; one battalion of chasseurs, 700 men ; o I I : regiment of artillery, comprising 7 batteries, 7t'l` men ; one regiment of dragoons 500 men ; gen )." armery, both foot and horse, 1,000 men. TotL 4 6,400 men... The Cardinal Vicar of Rome has just pulished al edict, in which, after attributing the cholera to the sins of the Romans, he directs that the fang er of St. Peter, the arm of St. R oc , th e h ear t of S Charles, and other relics shall be exposed to ti adoration of the faithful, in order to avert the wra 111 of the Almighty. MISCELLANEOUS. The result of the numerous reconnoitrings of t lie coast of the Crimea proves the Russian charts ,tO A be entirely false. Where cliffs and inudbanks al eg marked down in these charts, neither the one non the other were to be found ; and on the othel hand, where a good anchorage is marked, there tilt coast was found to be dangerous. The Russia! s Government has engaged all the bricklayers aIP I masons which were to be got in Poland, with tl 6 intention—as is believed, at least—of sending the' n to Kiev, where fortified works on a very extensly es scale are being constructed. A letter from Vienna of the 24th, in the Ha;;;"' burg News, says :—" In a Council of Minister, held the day before yesterday, the augmentation of the Austrian army in Gallicia, and some impor tant arrangements of the army in the Bukowina, were resolved on. The King of Prussia, attended by the Ministers of the Interior and Finance, left Baden yesterday morning, the 25th, for the inundated Silesian dis tricts. -his Majesty will not return from his hu- mane and useful inspection until the 30th inst. Letters from Vienna state that the King of the Belgians is expected to arrive shortly at that place, and that his Majesty has been confidentially in formed from St. Petersburg that his niediation would be acceptable. According to general reports from the Rhine, . the fruit harvest and vintage of this year have com pletely failed, so that prices threaten to be as dea . as they were in 1846. According to accounts from Darmstadt the Zol verein conference there assembled has, in consider tion of the continued high prices of grain, a; indeed of the necessaries of life, determined P, recommend the prolongation, until the 31st. . 01- December, duty fre.?., imports of all kinds of grail ty peas, and farinaceous articles. Accounts have been received from Newfound land to the 28th ult., from the Iphegenie and the Penelope, French frigates. They had quitted the Havana in consequence of the yellow fever. The Moniteur publishes a decree and a series et regulations relative to the organisation of the band. I of the different regiments of the Imperial Guard- MUNICH, Sept.27.—A Prussian note has, bee. presented to the Diet, promising a moral supper to the four guarantees required from Russia, be " urges a postponement of auy discussion. The Archduke Albrecht arrived at Lemberg Ole the 21st, perfectly recovered from his late attack of cholera. Mr. Wenland, secretary to the King of Greece, is at present at Berlin. The Lopes entertained by the Russian party of that country being converted into a powerful diversion against the Sultan haves long been dispelled by the vigour of the French. and English Cabinets. Dr. P%uli, of Berlin, has published a p a mphlet"; upon " the existence and cure of cholera, spor adic and Asiatic." The work is learned and instruct ive, but throws no light on antidotes , unless it be that , lie regards "moral courage" as the best preserva tive against attack. But how is the public to be{ innoculated with this essential ? Letters from Chourouk-su announce that the Russian gunpowder magazine at Gori, near Kutais, exploded on the 24th August, and that the expli9 - sion caused the death of 250 Russian soldiers, mild destroyed a great portion of the village. THE BRITISH . ASSOCIATION FOR Tl!] ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. LIVERPOOL, Thursday.—The proceedings of the Briti , Association were brought to a close yesterday afternool /LI by the final general meeting of the association in St George's Hall, the president (the Earl of Harrowby), iri the chair. The CHAIRMAN congratulated the .assembly on the , success attendant on their meeting in Liverpool, and proposed the cordial thanks of the association to tlae• mayor and corporation, and the different scientific and societies of the town, which was seconded by Sc" _Roderick Murchison, and carried. Sir WILLIAM liAlimroN, in an eloquent address, Pr o ' posed a vote of thanks to the foreign visitors, whiola was responded to by L'Abbe Moigno, and Professog.• Dove, of Berlin. A vote of thanks having also been tendered to tide` local committee, the president declared the meeting au journed to Glasgow, to be held next year. Last evening a soirée was given by the Historic Society' of Lancashire and Cheshire to the members of the 3 3 T tish Association, in the Philharmonic Hall ; an d tbia morning a great many of the members started on va ri ; ous excursion trips to the towns and objects of jute" in Lancashire and Cheshire. TEE REGISTRATIONS• MIDDLESEX. The Revising Barrister, on his arrival at Enfie ld y e e ,` terday, was escorted at once to the King's Ilead, wil e • r n , he opened his court. The rush of claimants to °built places, when the doors were thrown open, was g re3 e i eraand the absence of courtesy in the parties as they ra, ere and pushed by each other, indicated that they " Whigs and Tories struggling for places." nit - Among the claimants were George Woodroffe F ry ' f 3. lyn, Eiq. ' M.P. ; T. J. Muller, Esq. ; the Rev. (;* or Lee, Dr. Golding Bird, G. Miller, Esq., chairtlld Lord Maidstone's election committee ; K. M"e luil Esq., Q.G. ; G. Whitley, Esq. ; an d H. S. Esq. The cases in the Enfield district w ere go ne in'°' alga 25 new claims were established. BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK. The Court for th e rev i sion o f t h e li st o f vo t e rs for the tt several parishes in th e b oroug h o f Southwark, look appointed by th e High Bailiff, Mr. Pritchard , held on Monday, the 9th of October, at eleven in the forenoon, at th e T own -h a ll, St. Mary. High-street, Borough, before Walter Buchanan I" the Bart., the barrister appointed to revise the lists for said borough. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. aiel / DUBLIN, Thursday. —A telegraphic dc'sP t he from Queenstown, dated 11 a.m., announces the arrival of her Majesty's ship Phoenix, frcli ll ,„ c o, Arctic regions, with the crews of the Resis i t'ing last-namedßesolute, and Investigator, the last-naed oetbe the vessel in which Captain M'Clure mot e th long-sought discovery of the existence of a ,00 West Passage. .1. the A telegraphic despatch has been receives a ' - 11, Admiralty from Rear-Admiral Sir William C ar re '$ at Cork, announcing the arrival of her Maie, st r Y , ship Plicenix at that port, with Captain 11 10 ' 12. " of the Investigator, on board. The following is the text of the message received at the Admiralty : " Arrived her Majesty's ship Phoenix, bringing 75 tains of the Investigator, Assist a nce, and Resolu ; part crews of Assistance and Resolute. cin der n " The North Star and Talbot convey there: nal r of the crews of the As s i s t ance , R e solute, 6gat4 of and tenders ; first and third lieutenants and surge" . Resolute ; master and cl er k i n charge of A ssi ' staric° ' and Monsieur de Bray, arrived in Phoannr• RUMOURED PURCHASE OF CUB.A. - Pak The Washington correspondent of the IsTetv t Herald asserts that he has reason to believe Unties Cuba has been already purchased by the 'Uni te° States. He says : n " It is whispered about the State Depart ment and i the White House that despatches or letters have been received from Mr. Soule, our Minister at Ma drid; of arr angement made with the new Government of SP 3III for the purchase of the island of Cuba. They eauullias' it is said, by the Africa. There is no parti necessity for my vouchin,, for this statement i ese u th slippery diplomatic times, b but my authority is go d-- ; the very best for the whisper at any rate. There is °- mistake about that. What is more, it is said that i)g" land and Fr ance , an d especially the latter, favour the sale from m o ti ves o f s ound International policy. Strang° as ail this may appear to those who will not believe a° the purchase of the Queen of the A ntilles, I have opinion —an individual opinion—that the purchas hen e has been made. But at all events, nous 1107'0713. T ' will send further particulars." • ,--_, -------=' THE REVENUE.—Tho new pla,u for assimilating, the finantiAl to the natural year wi3 not, as regW)is t.et the rh'tki!, up of tle ' , io :icoount , .4, Lo carried int ifle , z Al immediattly. The .revence returns for the Or cot,. quarter will, accordingly, be ca rried u p to the 10t11 t'l October, as heretofore.