The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-31 00:00:00

cc THE PUN" ON SMOKE PREVENTION. There really ought not to be any excuse for the entire riddance of the smoke nuisance ; our own experience satis:ying us that the syAein of. smoke prevention and ecpnorny or fuel, invented and carried ut by Mr. Lee Stevens, is as effective as it is simple. Thril we had it applied to oar own steam-emine furnace, we could torin no idea of the ease and certainty of its operations, without any moveable parts, and at such very m',derate expense."—Sun. Copies of OFFICIAL AND OTHER REPORTS, and of Testimo nials in favour of the Invention, as applied to STEAM BOILER , ; 31tEWERY COPPERS; SPILLS; CHEMISTS, DYERS, and CONFECTIONER,' PASS; COAL OVENS, &c , with informat'on respecting licenses to manufacture or use the Patent , moke'ess Fur ;wee, g yen by Mr. JOHN LEE STEVENS, the Patentee, at the Offices, No. 1, FISH-STREET-HILL, CITY, LONDON. BREWERY, COPPER, AND OTHER FURNACES. "The Brewery, Lich&ll, 9th-August, 1854- "Dear Sir,—We are glai to say that your apparatus quite bears Jut the assurance you gave us that It would answer our purpose, " The doubt we had as to its adaptation ti furnaces with defective draught is entirely removed. Our liquor c o pp er now boils qu te as error' as the wort copper, and with both there is a diminution in the consumption of fuel. " The ex i,eriment we witnessed at Messrs. CHARINGTON, HEAD, and CO.'S, as to smoke prevention, we thought at the time per actualfectly suceesstcl and this impression we are happy to contlim from ipericrce. "It will give us pleasure to reply to inquiries that may be made by any Brewery Firms at Burton-on-['rent, but should suggest that it may probably be more sattstacfory to those gentlemen to judge for them elves by seeirg the inn: tces st work, and this they can do at any time. We reit Ln, dear sir. • Yours, very truly, "JOHN AND ARTHUR GRIFFITH. "J. Lee Stevens, FAQ" Copies of oftle , al and other repots, and of testimonials In favour of the invention, as applied to 'team Rollers, Brewery Coppers, Chetn ate', Dyers', and Confectioners' Pans Coal Ovens, Ike , With information respecting Licences to manufac'ure or u•fe this well, stahliNbt.d system of -coke Preventi - n and Ecittome of Fuel continue+ to iF,e given by Mr JOHN LKE STEVI4NS, the Patentee,, at the offices, No. 1, Fish-street-hilt, City, London. LYCEUM THEATRE.—HENRY RUSSELL, for Thir:y fights. TIIIS EVE • ING (he 4th t me), Augu s t 3,5., and every Eve nt g. Many ,rends having ex , ressed a wi.h thar Mr. Russell shoed appear again previou., to finally wandraw log his Entertainnuen , h • has, in compliance with their request. made arranzements to appear ev ry evening. • r RUSSELL will pr. sent THE FAR WEST, or, THE PROGRES 4 of the r Iron the o 1.1.) wow Dto the NEW. Mr. Russell will relate his anecdotes, and sing several new songs, " Che,r, Boys, cheer," " Far, far noon the - , ea," " Sunshine after Rain," "Land ! Land ! Land !" The Fails of Niagara," " Long parted have we been," " I'm Afloat," "Many charges have I seen," "The Icebergs" (descriptive song), " Newfoundland Dog," "The Gambler's Wife," &c. The Second Part of the Entertainment will consist of a series of Sketches, entit ed NEGRO LIFE in Freedom and Slavery. Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, Is. 61; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. luckstone. THIS EVENING, AuotsT 31, Will be performed THE OLD CHATEAU. Characters by Messrs. Fowl, Rogers, H. Marston, and Buckstone; Mrs. Fitzwilllam, and Miss Reynolds. Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS in a NEW BALLET, THE GIPSY QUEEN. The new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. Mr. Richards (a Barrister), Mr. Buckstone. After which the Second Part of the Ballet, when the Spanish Dancers will again appear. STRAND THEATRE. S )1e Lessee Mr. F. W. Aileron. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 31, Will be performed HARD TIMES. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Mephistopheles, ldr.:ford; Faust, Miss G. Hodson; Marguerite, Miss H. Gordon, To conclude with BOMBASTES F 17111060. Stalls, 45.; roxes, 2s. 6d.; Pit, li.; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes el is., to be had of Mr. Allcroft. 15, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGIC AL GARDENS. "This place fills up an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leaves wanting. Vocal and instrumental music of the first order, and a eisplay of fireworks which exceeds all imagination, are a fitting :lose to a day at the Crystal Palace." DANSON'S COLOSSAL PANORAMA of CHUSAN. Splendid and Extensive Menagerie and Marine Aquarium—Unri valled Military Band. VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, in which Miss Poole, Miss Ransfori, and Mr. Manvers sing everal National and Patriotic Songs—All the .kmusing Novelties of the Gardens in succession, concluding with the " Feast of Lan terns," and a most 'magnificent display of Fireworks by Southby. Admission One Shilling. A splendid Pavilion for Dancing has been erected. Full Quadrille Band, &c. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AlfilllTELEATior.. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. GREAT SUCCESS of the NEW EQUESTRIAN BURLESQUE. THIS EVENING, 'third Time, an entirely new Burlesque of Equstrian character, by Li 11G 0 VAMP, h:sq., ca 11441 THE SIEGE OF TROY ; or, THE MISS-JUDGMENT or PARIS After which, ile:/tlt CIIRISTOFF (l'Empereur des Funam'Ailes) on the Tight Rope, with the (until now) unaitempted nyraculow, eat of throwing a Summersault, and alighting on the rope on his teet ! The unique awl elezant SCENES fn the ARENA, th Invention arrangement, and wider the direction of Air. William Cooke. To conclude with Mrs S. G Healey - 's Equestrian Ballet d'AcEon THE K - NIGIIC AND THE WA LER LILY; or. Love among the Mermaids. to , -office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Int. DAT —Morning 26 rnin.after 6 ( Evening 49 min.aft. 6 ro-voaeow— Morniu. 19 - rntn.after 7 i Evening 51 min.aft. 7 THE WEATHER.—Sun 07716 A, Auo. 31. THERMOMETER, THE SHADE. 78—highest since noon yesterday. 63—lowest this morning and during the night. 74—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30 . 28--falling. WIND, N.W.—Light breeze, and fine summer weather. Cs-}) j LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1854. The Sun of yesterday contained the announce ment, - extracted from th e Moniteur, that the Governments of France and England had resolved to destroy the fortifications on the Isles of Aland, and that Bomarsund will be evacuated ! ! This is ominous intelligence. It shows plainly and unequivocally that the Swedish Government is: still hanging back, and that it is afraid to incur the enmity of its still terrible neighbour by any decided movement, even to the extent of again entering into possession of an important portion of its own territories, of which it had been un justly and unfairly deprived. This almost un accountable hesitation on the part of Sweden can only be attributed to its doubts as to the sincerity of the Maritime Powers, and its apprehensions lest they might be induced to enter into new treaties with Russia, without making due provision for the protection and security of the minor States that might act with them in opposition to the wishes of the AUTOCRAT. It has seen the toleration exhibited towards the King of PRUSSIA, that his vacillation, or, perhaps, what might more fairly be described as his "palpable leaning" towards Russia, has not brought with it any punishment or inconvenience ; but that, on the contrary, the vacillating Monarch has not even been warmly remonstrated with, while his subjects have been allowed to enrich themselVes by the transit of Russian traffic through their country, and the agency for all the commerce of Muscovy. While such an example is sanctioned on the part of FREDERICK WILLIAM, what could we ex pect from King Oscan? He sees vacillation and te ." • mporising rewarded. He beholds the security afford e d by the " policy of abstention," and why should he adopt a bolder or more manly c ourse ? If he again took possession of Aland, to say nothing of . Finland, he would incur the fierce animosity of the No r th " Des Pot, which might be productive o f very dangerous consequences when the combined fle e t s of France and England had withdrawn from the Baltic, while on the other hand he had nothing to fear. His pusil lanimity would insure his safety. Now it is partly our fault that this state of feeling should have been produced, it is most decidedly so that it should be suffered to con tinue. King OSCAR said that, although perhap s the finest and most powerful navy that the world ever saw was floating in the Baltic under the " union-jack" and " tricolour," that the class of gun-boats essential to operations in shallow water were withheld, he sties that the " good and - ex cellent" friend of forty years' s t an di n g to the CzAR was still permitted to remain at the head of the English Government, and that the entire control and management of the war was dole; to his h an d s by rated the representatives of the British people, wh o supplied him with funds sufficient to enable him to dispense with their attendance for six months. He probably was cognisant of the despatch of Count MANTEUF FEL, al luded to in our impression of yesterday, in which they Prussian Minister stated that the " ' lung 'guide4 ley thi s encouraging appreciation, will take We stand on the R UBSt • ait rep ly." These considerations produced the vacillation whi c h not even the Aland Isles in possession and Finland in expectancy could dispel—which nothing, in fact, but more vigorous action, more decided suc caises on our part, could remove. If the fortifi c ttions at Helsingfor or Cronstadt shared the fate of those at Bomarsund, if the Russian fleet in the Baltic and its vicinity were completely destroyed, then might Sweden feel itself at liberty to co operate zealously and efficiently. And when we prove to Prussia that we are determined no longer sanction a suspicious neutrality, then can we also consistently inform King OSCAR that we regard those who are not with us " as against us ;" and that he must forthwith elect the stan d trd under which he will serve, whether he will be the ally of freedom or autocracy. The destruction of the fortifications at Bomar sund affords the strongest evidence that it is the intention of the Western Powers to permit Russia to resume possession of these important islands, and to hold them as a threatening position over the other nations in the vicinity of the Bal tic. Were it otherwise, were we to oc3upy them during the winter, or to induce Sweden to do ,so, we should have not merely retained, but strengthened, the forts which, although they speedily fell before the combined forces of France and England, might yet, if pro perly garrisoned, resist any attacks of Russian troops. But dismantling them proves that we are doing so to prevent the CZAR from again using them, and that we mean to allow him to send his 0. - trrisons there the moment we have removed, and to surrender the unfortunate inhabitants t 3 his tender mercies, to acts towards them in accord ance with his mere will and pleasure. Is this just or proper ? Is it wise or expedient ? Is it calculated to bring the war to a speedy or honour able conclusion ? We fear not. Experience has proved that there is nothing to be gained from NICHOLAS by temporising or negotiation. He will still pursue his nefarious objects through all the windings of diplomacy—will resort to every quirk and quibble, and lie and prevaricate to the end of the chapter. The only argument to which he is sensible is that of the strong arm. What he requires is a plain, steadfast determina tion on the part of his opponents not to be hum bugged, but to enforce instant attention to their demands. Had we spoken firmly when he first announced his intention of crossing the Pruth, a single Russian soldier would never have entered Wallachia or Moldavia. Had we acted resolutely on their doing so, and sent the combined fleets into the Euxine, not to dally but to act, peace would long since have been established on a firm basis, and we should have been spared the war im posts—the doubled Income Tax and the enhanced duties onmalt,spirits,and sugar. To the timidity and vacillation of Lord ABERDEEN We owe the com mencement of hostilities ; to the same deplorable and disgraceful causes we owe their continuance, and that yet, even at the eleventh hour, suffi ciently decided steps are not taken to bring the war to a speedy termination by completely ;tumbling the arrogance and reducing the over ;rown power of the aggressor. It is for the British people to say whether these baleful in fluences shall continue in operation—whether we shall allow the Prime Minister to mismanage affairs until Parliamentary censure will no longer be sufficient punishment for conduct meriting impeachment. It is necessary that the voice of public opinion should penetrate into the inmost recesses of Downing-street, to rouse the " travelled Thane" from his placid slumbers, and teach him his true position. He may be assured that the notice referred to by our facetious conteniporary, Puna, that " You are requested not to spealtto the man at the helm," though it served the purpose last session, will not again do so, when it is so painfully perceptible that the pilot is nodding at his post, and steering the vessel of the State among shoals and rocks, in- I (heated by a threatening mass of " breakers ahead." We freely and willingly inserted the communi cation from our correspondent " Lex 'Scotus," impugning the views to which we gave expression in reference to the recent case of BUTLER V. iNIOUNTGARRET. The more extensively such ques tions are canvassed, the greater facilities for putting forward conflicting opinions, the more speedily will truth prevail and the required re forms be carried into practical execution. We •lo not think that our correspondent clearly under stood the tenour of our remarks, or he would have perceived that they were directed, not against the absence of formalities where the intention of the parties to form a matrimonial contract was clearly apparent, but rather against the slender nature of the evidence required to prove that in tention, and the consequent danger that, after the lapse of many years, a marriage may be alleged where none had really taken place, and considerable injury thereby inflicted on innocent persons. The case referred to afforded a very powerful illustration of that evil. A lady of unblemished reputation, high respectability, and consider able fortune, had, in the month of September, 1811, formed a suitable alliance with the younger son of an Irish nobleman. The marriage had been duly celebrated in the face of the country. There was no concealment—everything had been open and above-board. For forty-three years she had been recognised as the lawful wife of the Honourable HENRY BUTLER—her son, as the presumptive heir of the wide-spread domains, and ancient title of the family ; her daughters as the legitimate offspring of an honourable matron. Had she entertained any doubt as to the nature of 'zhe connexion which her husband had, previous ro his marriage, maintained with Mrs. COLEBROOK, it would have been set at rest, not merely by the lisclaimer of that unfortunate and misguided woman herself, but by her subsequent marriage, 1812, with another man—and that at a time when bigamy would have subjected the offenders o exeieplary punishment—and also by the pro ceedings instituted in 1816, for the purpose of legally establishing that marriage of 1812—pro ceedings which were sustained by the solemn oath of SARAH STRIDE, the confidential domestic, that no marriage had been contracted with BUTLER. Is it surprising that with such confirmation she lived on in perfect security as to the validity of her nuptials, and patiently awaited the time when her son should, in the course of nature, suc ceed to the honours and possession of his family. What, then, must have been her astonishment, her horror, when, at the end of more than forty years, she found her own position and that of her children questioned, the brand of concubinage aE th t a x t ed of i t ll o eg h i e t r im o a z w u i n t b h l e a m l i s l i t h s e d e v r i l e s p 2 u t t o a ti heron, inanno-d cent children? And all these complicated misfor tunes arising from the undue laxity of the Scot tish law on the point of evidence. We have no interest whatever in the case. We are personally unacquainted with Mrs. BUTLER or any of her children, but we cannot help feeling the deepest sympathy for one who has been unjustly and un fairly exposed to such unparalleled misfortunes a n (T If such a e l a u i n m m e m t:i e t r e e d s r e e t p r u o p a c a l g t . ainst her for the re covery of a sum of money, it would b e b arred at t s he end of six years by the Statute of Limitations. If she held adverse possession of land for twenty years it would confer a clear title against all the world, but in that which was dearer to her than wealth or lands, even her good name, there was no time that could sanctify her possession. I n one instance due provision .was made by law for the difficulties of proof whih an w d ou t l h d e ar u i n se int a e f r t r er up t ted h e lapse of so many years, period was looked on as a n joy incontrovertible ment during that presumption. In the other, and the far more important instance, her fair fame is tarnished, her character filched away, and "her children bastardised and deprived of their pro perty, after uninterrupted enjoyment for forty three years, on the oath of a woman who, accord ing to the statement of the advocates setting up and relying on her testimony, must have been a perjurer, a wilful and deliberate perjurer, either in 1816 or in 1854 !! Our correspondent says "the monstrosity there does not pertain to the Scotch law, but to the English (gite. Irish ?) Jury, which could decide against the validity of the English marriage on such evidence as that produced to prove the Scotch !" We must, however, entirely dissent from this statement. We do not, of course, jus tify the finding of the Jury. On the contrary, we have expressed our unqualified astonishment that any body of twelve gentlemen could have returned a unanimous verdict against the Eng lish marriage on such deplorably defective evidence ; but were it not for the state of the law, the question could not have been submitted if a better class of evidence were rendered indis pensable. " Form" is not, with all submission to our correspondent, the " essence" of the English law ! Were it so, we should condemn it as heartily and unequivocally as he seems disposed to do. There is no "form" necessary. All that is required is that the parties should declare themselves to be man and wife before the Registrar, after having given certain notices of their intention to do so. Having thus provided unquestionable evidence as to the civil contract, it is at their own option whether any religious ceremony shall take place. Those who in their conscience desire that cere mony are allowed to have it celebrated in the mode they think most binding ; but its absence does not invalidate the nuptials, or render the issue illegitimate. The appearance before the Registrar is for the Purpose of affording decisive proof as to the most important action of life—the length of notice re quired to prevent young persons from too hastily, recklessly, or clandestinely entering into a con nection that must constitute the happiness or misery of their future lives. Perhaps the time required may be too long. It is, however, a fault on the right side, and any error might be avoided in the amendment of the Scotch law. All we require is, that the declaration of the intention to live as man and wife in Scotland should take place before some public functionary, who would preserve a proper record thereof, and that there should be sufficient notice of the inten tion to prevent so solemn an obligation from being contracted during a moment of inebriety, or with out due consideration. Twenty-four hours might be sufficient for that 'purpose ; and we are con vinced that our correspondent himself would not object to that security, or think that it interfered with the religious liberty of his country, which we ourselves would defend to the last extremity. j One word only as to the point respecting the alleged marriage by a Roman Catholic Priest. That gentleman is charged with a violation of the law ; and an illegal act can hardly be brought forward as a proof of a deficiency of the law. The complaint is, that the evidence required by law is wanting. There was the "form'," but not the requisite proof. The case was a hard one on the young woman, but it arose through her own imprudence ; and surely the hardship is not so great as that inflicted on Mrs. BUTLER, who adopted every possible precaution required by law, or which she could by a possibility resort to. We are sure that the good sense of our corres pondent, " LEx Scorns," will induce him to agree with our views, now that we have removed any obscurity by which they might have been enveloped. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1854 11AP OF THE ALAND ISLES. The indefatigable Mr. Wyld, of Charing-cross, has just published an excellent map of the Aland Isles, and the Fortifications captured by the Allied Forces. In a corner of the map is represented the attack made by the Russians in 1809, with. the route to Stockholm, &c. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, AUGUST SO. The Queen and Prince, with Prince Arthur and the Princess Royal, cruised in the Fairy yesterday afternoon. The Right Hon. S. Herbert had the honour of accom panying her Majesty. The Chancellor of the E::chequer left town yesterday for Osborne, on a visit to the Queen. • Sir Henry , Bulwer has returned from the baths of Gumbo to his residence in Florence, at the Palazzo Ferron i. Lord John Russell has consented to preside at the opening of the Bristol Athenmuni, which is fixed for the 25th of October. Horace Vernet has returned from Varna, and is at present staying at Therapia. He sails for France in a day or two, having given up all intention of following the army en artiste. The Duke of Devonshire, we are glad to state, has so far improved as to permit his grace to leave his villa at. Chiswick, and proceed to Chatsworth. It is understood that bis grace, after remaining at Chatsworth a short time, will, if his health permit, sojourn a short period at Buxton. The Lord Chief Justice and Lady Campbell have arrived at Berlin, and will remain two or three days. Lord and Lady Bloomfield gave a dinner on the 26th in honour of his lordship, which was attended by the French envoy and Count Esterhazy, on special mission, and by several other members of the diplomatic corps, and their ladies. Sir Henry Holland, who accompanied the Lord Chief Justice, has proceeded on a tour to Dantzic and Konigsberg. The Duke of Newcastle, Minister of War, and Sir J. Graham, who has just returned with his colleagues at the Admiralty from a tour of inspection, dined with Lord Aberdeen and a select party at Argyll-house on Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Disraeli are entertaining a few select friends at Hu g h en d on M anor , B uc k s. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. —The Wolverhampton Chronicle states that Vi-icoutit Ingestre, eldest son of Earl Talbot, of Ing.stre Hall, Staffordshire, is about to form a matrimonial alliance with Miss Cockerel', daughter-in-law of the Earl of Eglinton. The Earl of Jersey, we are happy to learn, was much better on Tuesday, and is likely to be able to leave town for Middleton in a few days. The . Earl and Countess of Wilton have arrived at Heaton Park, near Manchester, from a cruise in the noble earl's yacht, the Zara, still off the Rendezvous at Clo w es. Lord and Lady Middleton and family have arrived at Factory Hill, Cork, which his lordship has taken as a temporary residence. Viscount and Lady Middleton were for some days on a visit at Castle Bernard. SIXPENNY COLONIAL POSTAGE.—A list has been pub lished of the colonies that have adopted the uniform six penny rate of postage to and from the United Kingdom They comprise the whole of the British West Indies (with the exception of Turk's Island, the British pro vinces of North America, Malta, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Ceylon, St. Helena, and the Gold Coast ; and arrange. ments have been wade for extending the measure on the Ist of October to New Saudi Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. THE ACCIDENT ON THE CAMDEN TOWN RAILWAY.— INQUEST ON ANOTHER OF THE KlLLED.—Yesterday an inquest was held by Mr. Baker, on the body of John Blencowe, the fireman, who died from the injuries he received in the recent collision on the above railway. The principal witness was William' Hewitt, the driver of the goods train, who deposed to the train he drove coming to a stand, as already made public, and added that while waiting the water in the boiler became so far exhausted that be unhooked the engine, and ran it up the bank to pump water in. Had he not done so the boiler would have been burned. When he returned the pilot-engine had ran down the incline. The break bad been well put on when he detached his engine, and he could form no idea what caused the descent down the incline,, unless some one took off the break. After fur ther evidence of a similar kind, the jury found a verdict of " Accidental death, but that there was no satisfactory evidence before the jury to show the cause of the acci dent ; and the jury expressed their opinion that there was not sufficient power to convey the luggage train to its journey's end." The Coroner said it was a very proper verdict. THE FATAL PATLWAY ACCIDENT AT CROYDON.—The proceedings of the adjourned inquest before Mr. Carter, on the death of John Gammon, were resumed and eon eluded yesterday at the Town-ball, Croydon. The coroner and jury were engaged from 10 o'clock in the morning till after 6 in the evening taking evidence requisite to the completion of the case, but the substance of which has already been published, and which, there fore, it i s now unnecessary to repeat. 'When the exami nation of witnesses had terminated, the jury expressed a wish to examine the line between Stoat's-nest and Croydon. The wish was of course at once acceded to, and a special train provided for the purpose. On their return to the Town-hall, the coroner succinctly summed up the evidence, and, a ft er h a lf- a n-hour's deliberation, thejury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Simpson, the driver of the excursion train, thus con afitrrwmilliigeht,htehfionudgihngnootf i t o h r e m L al o i n y do p n ito j n u o r u y i , ic a e r d id , i t .t he is de u c n is d i e o r i . ) stood that the bench of magistrates have also come to. HOW TO SUBDUE SMOKE. In our last article under this head we_stated that means.exist to improve the steam-production of boilers, peculiarly applicable to river and other steam-boats, avhich, united with the Lee Stevens' smoke-preventing system, would get over the dif ficulties in respect of inefficient steam-boilers, and still more diminutively disproportionate furnaces; but having then omitted a description of the plan, we now supply that deficiency. It consists in an arrangement of pipes placed in the smoke-chambers or flues of boilers, through which the feed-water of the boiler is passed. It is so contrived as to absorb the waste-heat from the furnace and boiler that would otherwise uselessly ascend the chimney ; it supplies the boiler with boiling water and steam, instead of cold water ; and is, in effect, a very perfect heat economiser. Green, the inventor, calls it with equal propriety his "Patent Fuel Economiser ;" for to prevent the waste of heat is, undoubtedly, to save fuel. It may be seen in operation at the City Flour Mills, where, in addi tion to their patented machinery for obtaining the finest flour in the utmost quantity from wheat or other grain, which makes these mills as famous in the scientific world as in the commercial, Swayne nod Bovill have brought Green's inven tion so successfully in use that the undetermined question remaining is not how much less, but how much more, than 20 per cent. is the actual economy of fuel. Judging by the very high tem perature at which we have noted the contents of the economiser flowing into the boiler, we shall not be surprised to learn that a saving of 25 per cent. has been ascertained. To show that smoke-preventing plans should be modified when used with fuel of dissimilar kinds, we must first define in what such dissimilarities consist. Although a much nicer distinction might be drawn by further division, it will be enough for our purpose to separate the qualities of coals into four classes :--anthracite, from which com paratively no carbonaceous or smoke-producing gases escape ; semi -anthracite, such as Duffrein, Llangenneck, and Merthyr ; semi-bituminous steam-coal, such as West Hartley and some of the Milland Counties ; and the more essentially bitu minous that are properly preferred for household purposes. Anthracite as one extreme, and house hold coal as another, can only be used to the best advantage for steam-boilers in furnaces specially constructed for the purpose ; it being admitted that where either sort can alone be obtained in a given district, it will be used simply because none better for the particular appliance can be brought into competition with it. This still further nar rows our inquiry. We have mentioned the Mer thyr with the other two semi-anthracite coals, but we should not withhold our opinion to be that it is even less bituminous than the Duffrein or the Llangenneck. Taking, then, the Duffrein from Wales, and the West Hartley from the north, by way of comparison, the former will be found .to contain scarcely half as much of the carbona- eous gases—carburetted hydrogen for instance— as the West Hartley ; and will consequently require considerably less oxygen in the process of combus tion; so that, reverting to the use of the Lee Stevens' furnaces, the fireman, by heaping a little ashes together at the back, may nearly close the air apertures in the ash-pit, and, the current of air thus lessened in volume he finds to be adequate to the combustion of the gases arising from that , erni-anthracite coal ; but when West Hartley coals are used he rakes the ashes out, and the air is admitted in full force, and with the best-desired ffect. To perform that operation by any system ,f valves would be to introduce needless com plexity, and much less certainty in the result ; whilst no provision is attempted to be made for my such contingency in the continuo - us or inter uitting machinery furnaces. Here it will become ,:lear to our readers that the greater the quantity of carbonaceous gases the larger the flame passing out of the furnace, and the more regular the diffu sion of heat over the boiler surface ; and we shall he readily understood when we add, that the main bjection to anthracite coal is the intense con densation of heat within a comparatively confined space—the peculiar advantage of such coal as the West Hartley being that the flame is carried further through the boiler flues, and is more advantage ously distributed. These two descriptions of coal require also different manipulation. With Welch the furnaces should be fed heavily, and be scarcely ineddled with afterwards (one reason why firemen prefer that description); but the North Country .steam coal should be supplied lightly, and occa .;ionally stoked, or stirred up; and bituminous oal infinitely more so, to prevent the forniati,n clinkers. When small coal, or " slack," ..:onstitutes the fuel, it is in consequence very inaterial to know the quality, of which size forms no possible indication ; but, , infortunately, besides being small, and therefore less capable of generating steam, than if the coal were large and small together, as raised from the pit, such pulverised fuel may be of Welch, North country, Midland Counties, or any other produc tion—anthracite, semi -anthracite, semi-bitumi nous, or bituminous in the highest degree ; so that the results must always be variable, and most frequently discowraging, unless a perfect un derstanding should subsist between the seller and the consumer. How erroneous, then, must many decisions be, on the merits of smoke-preventing inventions, tested by a process so uncertain as the combustion of small coal, ranging between the two extremes of absolute dissimilarity cf quality I Before we conclude, we should name one class of manufacturers in Bermondsey and elsewhere, pe culiarly indebted to the new law—the tanners. It has been discovered that bark, or spent tan, can be substituted very largely for coal, by having the furnace made about one-third larger than if constructed for the use of coal alone ; of which discovery, assi4ted by the only smoke-preventing system we are aware of having been so applied— that of the patentee already named—and of which P. and J. Margetson, and other leather manufac turers have availed themselves. And believing that wa have already adduced ample means to enable our readers to understand " how to subdue smoke," and to save fuel into the bargain, we quit the subject for the present, with the intention of enlarging it, both in the way of proposition and proof, a few weeks hence, when we anticip :te we shall have added somewhat to our experiences. DEATH OF THE REV. 0. 0 . ROBERTS.—We regret to announce the demise of the Rev. Charles Coleby Roberts, M.A., after a short illness, while on a visit at the Isle of Wight. He was one of the masters of St. Paul's School, and curate of the united parishes of St. Olave, Old Jewry, and St. Martin's, Pomeroy, where he was universally beloved and respected. The Bishop of Ely has instituted the Rev. Lewis Fur nell Clarkson, M.A., late curate of Stanford Rivers, near Romford, EQsex, to the rec t or y of Molesworth, near Kingbolton t Huntingdonshire, rendered vacant by the death of the R ev. J . Oxlee,M.A., on the nomina tion of the Archbi s h op of York. THE STEAM -SHIP MYRTLE.—This fine vessel. which went on the rocks inside of Sanda a few days since, has gone to pieces. Nothing but the most culpable negli gence can explain the loss of the Myrtle, and we trust that the most searching investigation will he made into the whole circumstances. The underwriters of Glasgow are mulcted by the loss of this steamer to the amount of from 14,000/. to 15,000/.—Glasgow Herald. TEA.—Yesterday a return to the House of C =mons was printed of tea warehoused and tea delivered for home consumption. The aggregate quantity of tea de livered from the bonded wareho uses of the United King dom for home consuinption, in the year ended the sth April last, was 5 5,540,4541 b. ; and the duty received thereon was 5,181.908/. RATEP AYERS. — Yesterday a Parliamentary document was printed of the number of persons rated to the poor at the sums of 50/., 40/., 30/., 20/., and 101., and of wards, respectively in each county or division, exclusive of the represented cities and towns in England and Wales. The number in Eno-land and Vales rated at 101. and unoer 20/., is 177,397 ; at 20/. ard under 30/., 82:375 ; at 30/. and under 40/., 48.973 ; at 40/. and under 501., 34,048 ; and at 50/. and upwards, ]82,G77 MEETING OF THE WORKERS IN THE GOLD LACE TRADE —Last evening a public meeting of the workers in the gold lace trade, about to be affected by the alteration of the military uniforms of the British service, was held at their rooms, New-street, Covent-garden ; Mr. Mont gomery i n the chair. Mr. Dalcho, Mr. Biss, and others I addressed the meeting, and complained that Prince Al. bert, in adopting the present uniforms, had not looked to the interests of the working man. Through such in difference on the part of his Royal Highness, upwards of a thousand workmen were now out of employment, and 200 women w ere a l so s i m il ar l y c i rcu mstanced. A reso lution, pledgi ng th e tra d e to a res p e ctful agitation upon the question, was a l so agree d to, a f ter w hich the meeting separated. LATEST NEWS. THE WAR. THE BATTLE AT KOUROOK DERECH. RETREAT OF THE TURKS, SIX THOUSAND OF THE RUSSIANS KILLED AND TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED WOUNDED. TURKISH LOSS, SIX THOUSAND. TREBIZOND, AIM. 12. Iskender Bey, a Hungarian in the Turkish ser vice, who fought so nobly at Soubatan, arrived here this day at noon, from Kars in four days, bearer of intelligence of a bloody battle fought on Saturday, the sth inst., between Hadgi Velikoi and Kourook Derech. The details, as given by Iskender Bey, are as follows : On the 4th inst. the Turkish force, with the ex ception of five battalions and 24 cannon, left atKars, marching through Velikoi, and halted before the Russian outposts at Kourook Derech. The Turks, counting that evening 30,000 strong, divided into two divisions ; the first commanded by Kerim Paella, and the second by Vely Pacha, with Gene ral Guyon as chief of the staff, and Zarif Pacha as commander-in-chief and generalissimo. Hassan Pacha, commander-in-chief of the Arab istani Irregulars, commanded the reserve division in the field, and -- Pacha the reserve division at Kars ; General Kmety commanding the ad vanced guard. During the night of the 4th the Russians advanced to the outposts, took up a posi tion on the plain about 400 yards from the Turks, and exactly over the spot where their outposts stood the night before. They were commanded by Gene ral Prince Bebutoff and General Prince Dolgo rouky .; Baralnisky, chief staff-officer. At five a.m. on the sth a general action com menced. At nine a.m. the left Russian wink: commenced giving way, but, being reinforced, soon recovered. At eleven, both sides got so close that they charged with fixed bayonets, and at twelve the action ceased, as if by mutual consent. The Turks, leaving 6,000 dead on the field, retreated in a very orderly manner, except a small part of Kerim Pacha's division, which went rather hastily ; the whole force got to Kars early iu the afternoon, when the wounded were immediately despatched to Erzeroum. They amounted to about 3,000. The Russians left 6,000 dead on the field, and carried away about 2,600 wounded. One of their generals was killed, and a great many officers. Among the Turks killed was Hassan Pacha, of the reserve division. Among the wounded, Mus tapha Pacha. Cochin - dusky, a Hungarian colonel, was wounded in the neck. Iskender Bey had a horse shot under him, and cut his forehead iu the fall. Ail the European officers, from Gen. Guyon downwards, behaved with great coolness, bravery, and activity. During the battle the Russians had six guns dismounted, and the Turks ten. The Russians on the afternoon of the sth surrounded their guns with cavalry, and walked the whole 16 guns off to Kourook Derech, after which they re tired to their fernier camp, leaving a small force at one hour's distance, and exactly opposite Hadgi Velikio, where the Turks left two regiments of cavalry and some infantry, under the command of General Kmety. For once the Bashi-bazouks behaved well, and only about 600 fled to their homes ; five deserted to the enemy before the action commenced, and one after all was over. Several Russian deserters went over to the Turks both before and after the action. Both armies fought nobly and bravely ; and although in strict military language the Turks may lie said to have lost the battle, still the Russians suffered greatly, and every bit as much as the Turks. The day after the battle Iskender Bey went to Ge neral Bebutoff by order of the Mushir, and both sides agreed to allow each other to advance and bury their dead. The Turks and Cossacks consequently met alongside each other, and appeared quite friendly. Zarif Moustafa Pacha's courage and pre sence of mind did much in keeping the army from giving way. The old man was in the heat of the fire everywhere. It is much to be regretted that the Turkish cavalry, from want of proper training, could not assist in the field. It did little ; and here the Russians had a great ad viti tage, also, in the quickness and precision of their manoeuvres, in which the Turkscould in no way compete with them. The following is perhaps not an inaccurate statement of the contending forces in action on the sth inst TURKS. —T wenty thonsand infantry, four regi ments of cavalry (of little use), four thousand five hundred irregular and (bad) horsemen, one thou sand artillery, and fifty-two guns. In reserve at Kars—Five battalions of infantry, and twenty-four guns. RUSSIANS.—Twenty-five battalions of infantry, two regiments of Don Cossacks, two regiments of Circassians, two regiments of dragoons, two regi ments of irregulars, sixty field-pieces, and two thousand artillery. On the Bth the Turkish army at Kars was ready to take the field again in an hour's notice, if necessary. From another source we have received the fol lowing :--" Intelligence from Constantinople comes down to the 21st. At that date confirmation had been received of a great battle having been fought in Asia, on the 7th, which lasted five hours. The Turks, who were commanded by Zarif and Mus tapha Pasha, lost 3,000 men. Hassan Paella was killed. The Russians, commanded by General Be butoff, lost 1,600." Another account says a private letter, received by the mail from Trebizond, which reached Con stantinople on the 19th, gives the following details of the defeat of the Turkish army of Asia by the Russians at Kars and Bajazid. The Turks, on 7th August, committed the fault of quitting their fortified positions and of attacking the Russians in camp at Kurook-Derech. The Turks had succeeded in defeating the right wing of the Russians, when the Russian General advanced his reserve and attacked the Turks with his entire cavalry. The Turkish cavalry gave way, and the infantry was compelled to retreat for a league. This movement was effected in good order, the Turks having with the bayonet success-. fully resisted all the attacks of the Russians. 4,500 men were killed on either side, and, as the Turkish artillery was admirably served, it is be lieved that the Russians suffered most. One of their generals was killed and two wounded. The Turks lost Hassan Pasha, and Mustapha Pasl;; was wounded in the left arm ; The Russian dra goons captured 2,500 Turks. The Turkish army still remains in front of Kars. The advanced guard, composed of two regiments of infantry and two of cavalry, is at Ibadj-vel-Kepi, under the command of the Hungarian General Kinety. The main body of the army is encamped between the advanced guard and Kars, and the rearguard is in Kars. The army is, however, insufficiently fed, badly equipped, and completely discouraged. THE DANUBIkN PRINCIPALITIES. The Venice Gazette of the 24th publishes an ar ticle on the entrance of the Austrian army into Wallachia which has produced a very great impres sion. According to this article, the intention of the Austrian Government in occupying the Danu bian provinces has been to render the mouths of the Danube free, and to remove all obstacles to the commerce of the German States on the Black Sea. The material pledge which Russia had usurped in violation of treaties is now in the hands of Aus tria; justice has been avenged, and, Europe gua r mteed against the renewal of a similar act. From this resolution, which gives a new aspect to the Eastern question, must result a more energetic and consequently a shorter war, or the resump tion of negotiations for peace with greaser chance of success. The ad versaries of Austria, who have been hitherto pleased to represent her as the protegee of the Czar, must now admit her dignity and her independence ; she has proposed to herself to protect both her own in terests and those of Germany, and she has now put the seal on her enterprise. Germany hails in her the guardian and avenger of her auto nomy, whilst Europe respects a power which, free f rom a ll influence, observes and fulfils in.l the face of the world the obligations which she has imposed on herself. A letter from Bucharest, 19th, states that a battalion of the Wallachian militia, having re fused to accompany the Russian army in their retreat, were disarmed, and their clothes taken from them. They came back only in their shirts and drawers. A letter from Jassy of the 13th, in the Presse of Vienna, says : "Ge, eras Baron d'Osten-Sicken lately inspected the troops cautoned in various districts of Moldavia . It is said that all the troops have received orders to he rea !y to fight after the 26th Augu-t. It is certain that Rus sia is concentrating her troops in Moldavia, and parti cularly in the western part from Galatz towards Tekun Tergu, Okna, Ratra, and Jassy. A telegraphic despatch reached Prince Gortschakoff this day from Vienna, by lJermanstadt. Its contents have not transpired. The Russian generals held a conference after it arrived." THE BALTIC. COPENHAGEN, Aug. 25.—English transports con tinue to pass on their way to the fleet and army. A French transport, the Courrier de Marseille, with provisions for the Aland division, has stranded on the southern shore of Refshorn, on the coast of West Jutland. The crew (eight men) were saved by eleven men jumping into the life-boat, and lashing out to th e b r i g , a f ter an attempt to send a : . ocket line had failed, the distance from the shore being too great. She is now discharging. A mes 4age has been sent to the French consul in Elsinore For a steamer, and it is hoped she may yet be got off. As yet she has sproh-• no leak. THE ISLES t,F ALAND. The following extracts of an article on the isles oe Aland, inserted in the itioniteur, would seem to in licate that the allies do not intend to occupy hose islands : " The accounts hitherto published respecting the rigour it the winter in the islands of Aland fall short of the ruth. Every year, from the first days of November to ..he end of April, the climate is intensely cold, the ;entigrade thermometer ranging from 20 degrees to 25 legrees, and rising often to 30 degrees. The sea is. frozen over, and the communications on the ice with Fin iand are very active. The Russian officers taken pri soners at Bomarsund declared to us that they had often travelled in sledges from Aland to St. Petersburg, en camping at night on the ice, and there are still in the :stand several old men who perfectly recollect having seen in 1809 a corps of Russian cavalry of 15,000 men coming from Finland and crossing the Gulf of Both eia to Aland on the ice. The climate is so rigorous n winter that one-third of the soldiers of the gar rison of Botnarsund are renewed yearly, and the eiscriptions on the tombs of the military cemetery uruve that the mortality in that season is very .treat. It had of late assumed such an extension hat the Russian Government had been obliged to ,rder the construction of a military hospital as spacious is the fortress itself. The rigour of the cold is in oreased by violent north-westerly winds, which fre quently blow in winter during several consecutive .lays, and render it completely uninhabitable for fo eigners. No means exist to neutralise these attnos- Aerie influences. The island is thinly peopled. It does not contain a single town, and the few vilges scat tered here and there offer no resources. Russia. ever preoccupied with her future aggrandisement, had re olved to build a military town adapted to the climate, Lnd the plan of which had been approved by a recent ukase. The town was to be situate within the line of the forts, and to offer some analogy with Sebastopol, but on a larger scale. While the Finnish part of the Gulf of Bothnia invariably freezes every year, the por tion on the side of Sweden is seldom entirely covered with ice. This circutestance was favourable to Russsia, which during the six months' winter was thus in direct communication with her possessions of Aland. The climate of the country is warm in summer. During the month of August the thermometer often rises to 20 deg. and 25 deg. (centigrade), hut the evenings and nights are generally cool. The accounts of the productions of those islands, published by the press, are completely erroneous. In their present condition they cannot even feed their inhabitants. They offer no resource for an army or a fleet. They produce fresh-water fish in small quantity, game is scarce, and the different species of cattle are of a diminutive size, and not abundant. The Russian troops drew all their provisions from St. Petersburg." DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, Wednesday.—A crowded meeting of the members of the Constitutional Society was held last evening. Three thousand persons, in cluding men of all ranks, were present. Enthusiastic resolutions were passed, supporting the ground-law, denouncing the despotism of the octroi, and defying the Ministry. All the persons present solemnly agreed to sus tain the Parliament in impeaching the Cabinet, and to refuse the payment of taxes until this step had been taken. A sum amounting to several thou and dollars was subscribed in the room towards forming a fund for guaranteeing the support of dischar ge d c i v ili ans , members of Pariament, and for assisting the con stitutional press. The name of the King was not mentioned during the proceedings. At the close, loud cheers were given for the Constitution. - The Ministry continue to threaten. obnoxious public men, as well as members of Parliament holding ofEe. The consequence is, that fresh re signations are taking place. TURKEY. The dissatisfaction among the troops at being kept so long inactive is extreme. A French officer, who died in the central hospital at Constantinople, just before he expired said to a " sister of charity" that attended him, " I am not loath to die, but to d►e without having gained honour." The Seras kier Riza Pasha haw been intriguing to have Omer Pasha sent to Asia Minor, to take the command of the army there ; but the Sultan is averse to the idea. The Bosphorus is now desertei by all but a few vessels. The gigantic Orinoco still retains its position at Beycos, and the Rifles' hand adds to the gaieties of Therapia and its sister villages. On the 14th Omer Pasha received news from Hey ruannstad t that the Austrian occupation would begin on the 19th, and he at once sent off one of his adju tants to Marshal St. Arnaud at Varna, with the im portant intelligence. The Turkish Generalissimo has chosen 150 officers of rank who are to form his suite when he receives the Austrians at Bucharest. The Turks are fortifying Tirnova, which lies south of Sistova, and is one of the fortified places that was razed in accordance with the stipulations cf the treaty of Adrianople. According to that treaty the Danubian islands were to be considered neutral ground, but the Turks have taken possession of those which are of importance in a strategic point of view. Up to the 20th the Russians had made no serious preparations for quitting Moldavia. Troops had passed the Pruth by way of Leova into Bessarabia, but these were battalions winch had entered Moldavia from Kamienitz in Podolia, and were on their way to Odessa. By marching these troops through a part of Moldavia, instead of through the whole of Bessarabia, the Emperor Nicholas fed them at the expense of the Moldavians, instead of his own. RUSSIA. The Journal de Saint Petersbourg has an article on the Eastern question, from which we extract the following passage : "The Imperial government had a right to hope that the moderation of its acts, as well as the good faith of its intentions, would have been appreciated by the cabinet of Vienna. It is on this persuasion that it has acted since the commencement of the preent cri-ds. The atti tude lately assumed by Austria, in rendering untenable for our armies a strategetic position which they had taken up with confidence, has ob•iged them to a move ment of concentration, which they have just execoted." We read iu the I /eye/ of Vienna of the 26th : " It is stated that the Russian Cabinet will not ac cept the propositions of England and France in their present form. For the Czar to consent to ne gotiate on these bases they must be drawn up, it is said, much more modestly. It has been said at St. Petersburg that several years of unsuccessful war would not call for greater sacrifices. Count Buol, on the other side, is reported to have said that the Austrian government will not negotiate on other bases. The Russians are fortifying their po sitions on the Pruth. A line of Cossacks has been established between Galatz and Czernowitz to carry despatches. Mud huts are being built near the Pruth for winter-quarters. A letter from Bucharest of the 21st states that Omer Pacha is to remain there until the arrival of Count Coronini. The fo reign legion has quitted that place for Rustchuk. A letter from Shumla of the 12th states that the bulk of the Turkish troops at that place have • moved towards Trojan's Wall, and will h e replaced by those of the Danube. It is thought that Omer Paella will again this year open operations against Ismail and Tutschkow, particularly as the Turkish head-quarters is to be transferred after the en trance of the Austrians to Rusteliuk and Babadagh.” AUSTRIA. A Vienna correspondent on the 211 assures the Dresdener Zeitung that the four conditions con tained in the French note of the 22d of July would be positively refused by the Russian Cabinet, and that the official negative reply wis expected in a few dap. The information given you yesterday on this subject ha s thi s morn i ng been confirmed. A Cabinet messenger yesterday morning brought Prince Gortschakoff confidential communications relative to the views of his Government on the sub ject of the guarantees demanded by the Western Powers from Austria. According to the Copirte Zeitung Correspondenz, the Russian note will con tain no definitive answer, but clear and full expla tions will be demanded of Austria. "As no defi nitive reply can be given until these explanations have be en gi ven , t h e guarantee question is not likely to be settled b e f ore the new year .' , Should this prophecy be fulfilled it will be a matter of tie consequence, as tins year's campaign cannot last above six weeks or two months longer. ITALY. SPAIN. Advices from Madrid of the 29th state that the Union Club was closed the day before by order of the Government. A detachment of National Guards intimated to the members that they must disperse, and the order was immediately obeyed. Other clubs of less importance were closed at th. same time. In order to satisfy the public feeling which es' ists against Queen Christina, and at the same time to cover her departure, a decree was about to be issued sequestrating her property and suppressing her pension until the pleasure of the Cortes has been taken on the matter. Madrid was tranquil. General Van Halen, Conde de Peramcamps, is gazetted President of the Supreme Tribunal of War and Marine, vice Baron de Meer, whose re signation is accepted. The battalion of Cazadores of Tarragona is de clared dissolved for the late mutiny at Sarria. ; and the light battalion of Af r i ca i s t o t a k e th e na me of battalion of Madrid, and to supplyits place. General O'Donnell has decided on the suppres sion of the Queen's Guards and the organisation of the Halberdiers. From the subjoined telegraphic despatch, it will be seen that Queen Christina did not leave Madri d without an attempt being made to prevent her. It is clear that her departure was altogether supported by the Government : " BAYONNE, Aug. 30.—An insurrectionary movement took place at Madrid yesterday on account of the de' parture of Queen Christina. The troops, in conjunction with the National Guard, removed some barricade! which had been raised , and put down the insurrection.' AUSTRALIA. ---~-- (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY, 11.10 A. The Essex, Captain Martin, from Melbourne , with 120 passengers, 37,000 ounces of gold, and 900 bales of wool, is off this port. She left on the Bth of May, four days before the Marlboroug h, which arrived here on the 11th inst. EKG-LIST:I, SCOTTISH, AND AUSTRALIAN CHARTERO BANK.—Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of the share holders in the English, Scottish, and Australian char tered Bank was held at the London Tavern ; c harlot" Johnston, Esq., in the chair. The report was adop ted/ and the thanks of the meeting were voted to the diroc• ;ors. • THE 46TH REGIMENT 'WHILE IN CHESTER.—The court martial on Lieut. Perry has been watched with much interest by the citizens o f Ch es t er on account o f the 46th mreogoimtgeonnt thisha beenvin oo g oasi on havein g beanarr garrison n corroboratedhere. T h e bdye m vealoir, the reminiscences here of the sayings and doings of officers, and they are anyt hi ng u t flattering t o the military, gentle man l y , and moral t o ne which P r ! . vailed among them. A plant, if not gallant 051 7431/1 who has figured i n th e recent procee di ng s, is not rei membered here with any agreeable associations, arl i the only wonder is that he has not long since been • gated to Coventry. It was his practice here to inal presents of snuff-boxes to females of his aerlu tiin ante, and we know of instances where kind friend! have discovered that they had double lids, and that the tures of the most disgraceful character were o n to. secret one. Encouraged by his success among se i , l ; stresses and dress-makers, this infamous fellow ha lady audacity to present one of these boxes to a young " in respectable society, but luckily a male friend, sea petting the motive of so singular a gift , {0 b e e means to remove the contamination without e having any knowledge of his object. Generally c e ing, the standard of morality was very low, With B°.-- 0 honourable exceptions. Should Lord Hardinge order le inquiry into the conduct of this cor p s i n their o'lllreBl for the last six years, there is littl e d ou bt that discl osu of profligacy would take pl ace w hi c h wou ld sugges t )3 1, ° ; tang Bay as toe fitting station of the 46th for at l east t next seven years.—Chester Chronicle. 'ye% TRIAL OF FORTY THIEVES.—Th e Court of Its al A y (says Galignani) in July, 1352, t r i e d a band of fe'",; o thieves headed by a man n ame d R au tier. One o f gang, a man named Lalourcey, who was sentenced t 5,12 years' hard labour, rece n tly made revelations whic,. inculpated fourteen oth er p ersons . A searching il jcisl tl ? tigation was made, and the result was that the authorities considered that there was sufficient grouen, to cause the pros e cution of five out of the fourte,e.o one of them being Lalourcey himself. These 1,4 were accordingly arrested, and were on Saturakr brought to trial before the Court of Assizes. Laloureei accused them of twenty-three robberies, some .° th d4ting fro 1845, but the number on vi'bie h ti • jel e were em prose cuted m was cons id erablyless—the pritleiP el „a being the robbery in 1845 from a tradesman Dsret: Vittoz, of a group in bronze of two wrestlers , the ar tic value of which was 2,000 f., but which was sold to . , secoral-hand dealer for 60f only. The result was that three of the accused, a MAD named Peigne , e two women named Lefebvre and Sacsavin, wer, e , 8 0 quitted ; and that t4e other two, Lalourcey and Bollee, were conyd:ted. 'they were severally condemned 133 five years' imprisonment with hard labour, but as th, e l are already under condemnation to eight years of t" same punishment, the. sentence will not t effect', have THE CHOLERA.—ELINBURGH, Aug 28.—There ea. been 14 or 15 cases of cholera in Edinburgh: during t l3° a large last 10 days ; and in Glasgow there has been number of fatal cases, the returns for six days from tw ° parishes, and for three days from one, shoe no less of the trinacl 218 cases and 72 de a th s . At Hamilton, Paisley, 19 mareock, Dunfermline, Montrose, Aberdeen, and Blain , the di'ease has exhibited itself with more or le , s lence : at P er th it i s sa id t o be attended with very co siderable fatality. LUXURIOUS BARBARIANS. —Th e Berbice Gazette of Jab" 24 states, " Gold has been discovered at the crossing ' 3l the Colorado, also silver and coer. A tribe of Ind is p o had been met with who used gold bullets for their Vl°' : The declaration of Garibaldi has caused great .liscontent among the Mazzinian leaders. Their papers are now daily abusing Garibaldi, With , 04 much ferv our as they had formerly praised him. Up to the time of that declaration he was, according to them, the bravest soldier, the ablest general, and the most un‘ blemished patriot under the sun of Italy. Nov , all is changed, and this time he is the tool of the Jesuitical Government of Piedmont, a luke warm adherent of the national party, an indifferent chef de batail on, a downright apostate in fact. A protest against his declaration, said to have been signed by the officers of the Roman Republic, has been published in some Mazzinian papers; to which Garibaldi has replied in the most effective manner, in a very few words, by requesting the editors of those journals to furnish him NVitb the names of the officers subscribing the protest. It appears that when Cardinal Antonelli was in formed, in an official way, of the intentions of this Government with regard to the convents, he ao knowledged that, so acting, the Sardinian Govern men+ Ras not moved by any hostile feeling against the Church, but solely on account of the peculiar circumsta nces ejectment would be effected with all possible delicacy. We are also informed that go!at fear of revolutionary outbreaks prevails at th e Final Court ; and this, perhaps, explains the un expected mildness with which the recent measures of the Piedmontese Government have been re ceived by Cardinal Antonelli. FRANCE. With the exception of some remarks in the Con' stitutionnel on the Customs returns published by- the Moniteur , and a notice in th e P a ys of the de spatch from the Prussian Minister, M. de Mar l " teuffel, which we gave yesterday, there is nothing of any interest in th e , l ea di ng co l umns o f the Pl" s journals of this day. The Constitutionnel says The progressive developm en t o f nat i ona l prosperitf in presence o the war in th e t wo extrem i t i es o f EureP e is a remarkable fact. By a just chastisement, the COw sequences of a rupture of peace fall exclusively on th e all. thor of it. Whil s t R uss i a i s exp i ating the fau lt s of th? Czar by the interruption of her maritime commerce O a the destruction of the revenue of the Customs, France, like England, tranquilly pursues her course of el; inertial enterpri se . Thi s i s not mere asser ti o n. It not founded on inventions, like the Russian bulletins, hut on official returns by which the true state of Fran ce is shown to her f r i en d s an d h er enem i es . The Pub lic have only to turn to the account of the revenue of tbe Customs published by the Moniteur to see what the rations of our foreign commerce have been during the last seven months. It will be seen that not only ha l our foreign trade not fallen off, notwithstanding the s us ' pension of the trade with Russia, but that, on the CO trary, it has made new progress, and that there is a Orr_ siderable augmentation of revenue. The revival rd trade manifests itself in the most evident manner, and, with the co-operation of a good harvest, we may exPee,, great movement in manufactures and commerce for the end of the year." -a tod The Monifeur has a letter from Teraie, the 20th, which states that the health h of the Frem.? h ._ army serving in the E as t con ti nues t o improve.• -ta the fleet the epidemic had suddenly lost all its '11: tensity ; new cases were rare, and the greater pa 4 of those recently attacked recovered. Government securities and railway shares tin" proved to-day on the Bourse, in consequence of the rise in English Consols and the favourable Ileir a received from Spai n . Th e Th ree per Cents. & se , at 74f. 60. for the en d o f th e mon th ; the F - • and-a-Half per Cents. a t 100 f. 60 c . ; a nd the ..,°1•1` Loan, at 74f. ; Orleans Rail way Shares, 19 237 50c. ; Rouen, 980 f. ; Havre, 595 f. ; Great Northern, 863 f. 75c. ; Strasburg, 812 f. 50c. • New Shares 636 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 977 f. 50c. ; Lr il f and the editerranean, 877 f. 50c. ; Western 0 France, 675 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 627 f. 500 4 • Great Central of France, 518 f. 75c. ; Lyons an d Geneva, 525 f. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 738 f. 75°' ~f