The Sun. — London, England, 1854-09-04 00:00:00

LYCEUM THEATRE;-I±ENRY RUSSELL, for Thirty sights. THIS EVENING (the 7th t.me), Sept. 4th, and every Erenirg. Many friends having expressed a wish hat Mr. Russell should appear again prevlOna to finally withdraw. ing his Entertainment, he has, in compliance with their request, made arrangements to appear every evening. 'N'Tr. RUSSELL will pri sent TILE FAR WEST ; or, THE PROGREF S of the Ma: G,tANT from the OLD WOR...D to the NEW. 'Mr. Russell will relate his anecdotes, and sing several new songs, " Cheer, Eoys, cheer," " Far. far upon the Sea," " Sunshine atter Rain," "Latta ! Land ! Land !" " The Falls of Niagara," " Long parted have we been," "I'm Afloat," "Many changes have I seen," "The Icebergs" (descriptive Bang), "Newfoundland Dog," " The Gambler's Wife," Sec. The Second Part of the Entertainment will consist of a Series of Eketches, entitled NEGRO LIFE in Freedom and Slavery. Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, Is. 63. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bucket:me. THIS EVENING. San. 4. Will be performed THE OLD CHATEAU. Characters by Messrs. Howe, Rogers, H. Marston, and Buckatone; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, and Mrs. Reynolds. +. °bowed by the SPANISH DANCERS in a NEW BALLET, THE GIPSY QUEEN. The new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. Mr. Richards (a Barrister), Mr. Buckstono. After which the Second Part of the Ballet, when the Spanish Daacers will again appear. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. " This place fills up an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leaves wviting. Vocal and instrumental music of the first order, and a d,spiay of fireworks which exceeds all imagination, are a fitting close to a day at the Crystal Palace." DANSON'S COLOSSA.L PANORAMA of CHUSAN. Splendid and Extensive Mena3erie and Marine Aqu.trium—Unri.. walled Military Band. VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, in which Miss Poole. Miss Ransford, and Mr. Manvers sing several National and Patriotic Songs — All the Amusing N ove l t i es of the Gardens in succession , co ncl u di ng with the "Feast o f Lan terns," and a most magmlfteent display of Fireworks by Smithy. Admission One A splendid Pavilion for Dancing has been Erected. Fall Quadrille Band, &c. AsTLErs ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooko. The unequivocal success of the new Burlesque demands its repetition every evening. THIS EVENING, A new Mythological Equestrian Burlesque, by lino° VAMP, Esq., called THE SIEGE OF TROY ; or, THE GIANT HORSE AND THE MISS-JUDGMENT of PARIS ! After which, the inimitable performance on the Tight Rope of HERR CHRISTOFF, who is engaged for a limited period. The Matchless Stud in the brilliant SCENES in the CIRCLE, con ducted wholly by Mr. William Cooke. To conclude with Mrs. S. G. Healey's Equestrian Ballet d'Action, THE KNIGHT AND THE WATER LILY; or, Love among the Mermaids, Box-office open from Eleven till Fonr. Stage Manager. Mr. 'tr. West. Acting Manager, Mr. Campbell. Equestrian Director, Mr. Win. Cooke, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T► is DAY ..-.Morning 34 min.after 11 Evening 0 min.aft. 0 lo•Moaaow--Morning 9 min.after 12 I Evening 41 min.aft. 12 THE WEATHER.—Sun Orrica, SEPT. 3. THEIIMOHE'rEB, IN THE SHADE. 70 —highest since noon yesterday. 54—lowest this morning and during the night. 71—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30 . 48. WIND, S.E.—Light, and splendid harvest weather. SEPTEMBER 4. 72—highest since noon on Saturday. 54—lowest this morning and during the night. 73—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30'42. WIND, S.E.—Fine sunshiny weather. (4...711 ) ~ nfl LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1854. The PRINCE CONSORT of England has this morn ing sailed from Osborne on board the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, en route to Boulogne, to pay the first friendly visit to the EMPEROR of FRANCE. The gallant vessel which bears the princely freight is now speeding on her way, ac companied by an escort befitting the auspicious occasion. It is to be hoped that by to-morrow morning the journey will be safely accomplished, and the anxiously desired meeting have taken place that the bonds of amity now existing between the Western Powers, the guardians of civilisation, the protectors of " right against might," may be more firmly cemented by the per sonal, regard and esteem mutually entertained by their rulers. In the olden time these results were sought after by matrimonial ' alliances, in which the personal feelings of the parties con cerned were but little considered, and where the interests of the nations were as lightly regarded as the affections of the illustrious victims. The trengthening and consolidating dynasties con stituted the motive to which all other matter s should give place. The selfish fears of the heae Is of the respective families sacrificed without he ci tation or remorse many victims to these marria<tes de conversances, and as we have stated the peoe le of Europe were fellow sufferers ; for these rights and privileges were but too frequently disregard ed, and their liberties trampled under foot, through the banding together of crowned conspirators. Although England has fared better than the generality of nations with respect to the conee quences of these connections—chiefly because tare religion of its Sovereigns prevented such alliances with any of the great Powers, and compelled them to resort for pretences to the minor Courts of Germany—yet it, too, has painful experience s derived from the union of the British and Hare s verian diadems. Numerous as have been the benefits derived from the kindly and benignaa rule of VICTORIA, not the least conspicuous w as the separation, that insured her happy accessioi between the English and German dominions 'of her immediate predecessor. From that time a sinister influence ceased to exist in the Councils of the Sovereign,. which were devoted solely to the interests of the United Kingdom, until the great truth was enunciated that " nations have no cousins"—a truth, however, which has not yet spread through the entire Continent. Had it done so, we should not now have been pained by witnessing the vacillation, and something worse, of the King of PRUSSIA, who looks rather to saving from humiliation and loss the husband of his sister, than advancing the interests of his people, and who, by his " injudicious nepotism," is encouraging the AUTOCRAT to persist in the arrogant and unwarrantable course of policy that must ultimately prove incomparably more in jurious to himself than the most unequivocal and humiliating submission at an earlier period. But although these dynastic nuptials have been . proved to be very prejudicial to the interests of the various communities, it is very desirable that the most friendly relations should subsist between the respective rulers and their families; and that, so far as practicable, social intercourse should be maintained by the interchange of friendly visits. There is no longer reason to dread a treacherous seizure of the person of any Monarch, or his de payment of a R oya l ransom. t en tion until the VICTORIA and ALBERT may traverse France "---L OTTIS I S T Apo through all its " departme n t s Lrwx may v iew the wonders of our hardware or cott on metropolis - -racy rove freely from the "Land's end e t o "John o Groat's " — without dr ea di ng interruption or annoyance. The guards by Which the Royal visitors may be accompanied wou l d be merely for show, not for defence, and the total abandonment of one of the parties into the power • of the other would not be regarded as any extra ordinary mark of confidence —nothing like that which FRANCIS gave to HENRY, when he entered the quarters of the English Monarch accompanied by a single attendant. As we have already stated, we greatly regret that Queen VICTORIA herself could not accompany her husband to render honour to the chosen ruler of France, who has so eminently merited every honour which it is in the power of England to bestow. The absence of the Queen of ENGLAND is, however, moat probably occasioned by that of the Empress EUGENIE, whose health is not suffi ciently restored to allow her to leave the secluded watering-place in which she has been enjoying sea-bathing, or to undergo the fatigue and excite ment ef A Royal reception, Tim: circumstances sufficiently account for the visit being merely that of Prince ALBEIT without Queen VICTORIA ; but we hope ere many months to be enabled to an nounce the visit of Louis NAPOLEON and EUGENIE to VICTORIA and ALBERT, and to be all Owed to testify, on English ground, the feelings of the people of the United Kingdom to the elected of Eight millions of Electors—voting by ballot—and to the Royal Lady whom ho elevated to the high position she now occupies, not for reasons of State policy, but because she was the chosen of his heart, the object of his disinterested love. The visit of King LEOPOLD has already been brought to a conclusion even before that of Prince ALBERT commenced. In consequence of the resig nation of the Belgian Ministry, he found it neces sary to return to Brussels, in order to preside at a Council this day. The meeting,•therefore, took place at Calais on Saturday and yesterday. The :Royal party arrived at Boulogne, from whence King LEOPOLD and his heir apparent, the Duke BE BRABANT, started yesterday evening on board a Belgian Mail-packet for Ostend. This day the King of PORTUGAL is expected to arrive at Boulogne. This Royal Congress, however it may be regarded here, will have a more peculiar signification to the CZAR, who will thereby learn how deeply he was deceived in supposing that a new enteinte cordiale between the reigning dynas ties, as well as between the People of France and England, was morally impossible. It is not the only mistake into which he has been led since the appointment of the Earl of ABERDEEN as Prime Minister of Great Britain. It was on Friday, the 20th of July, that the third Court-Martial on Lieutenant PERRY com menced its sittings. Since that time five weeks and a-half have elapsed. The proceedings were actively carried on during sixteen days, exclusive of one day occupied by the Court in considering its verdict ; and yet the deeply-injured young man is still virtually under arrest, suffering from the nervous anxiety which, under such circum stances, it is impossible to avoid, and " the hope deferred which maketh sick the heart." It is true that he has had something to cheer ara encourage him under his affliction. He has found public sympathy more strongly excited in his favour than perhaps it was ever for any victim of a similar persecution. He has found that it is not a barren expression of feeling, but that it has been, and we venture to assert will be, testified bymore solid proofs,which will be doubly valuable, inasmuch as they will foil the persecutors in their chief object, and will retain a meritorious officer in the service of which, we trust, he will one day be come a distinguished ornament, and from which they intended to effect his compulsory withdrawal. We shall not, however, until the conclusion of the proceedings, enter at any length into the case of Lieutenant PERRY personally. When the ter mination of Court-matial No. 3 is announced, and the next move developed, we may have some further observations to offer. At present we shall content ourselves with directing public atten tion to the composition of military tribunals, and the system of procedure there adopted, and ask whether, in any respect, they are in accordance with the spirit of the age ?—whether, in fact, it is not essential that there should be a large and comprehensive measure of reform in the constitu tion and practice of these court; so as to render them better qualified for the administration of impartial justice, without reference to the rank or station of the parties implicated, whether as prosecutors or defendants ? Now, in the first place, we may ask, can any thing be more injurious to the morale of the ser vice than the fact that six weeks may bo dawdled away without the results of a trial being made known even to the defendant. Why, Chancery in its worst days had nothing so atrocious. Had a case like that of Lieutenant PERRY been brought I .sefore one of the Superior Courts, had it been f / tried by an experiencedand impartial Jud ge , as sisted by a Jury, it would have been decided in two or three days at the outside, and that decision promulgated to the community. It would be received with respect, because the eijects . of those by whom it was delivered would be above suspicion. They might fall into an error, for perfection cannot be anticipated in merely human institutions. But that error could not be occasioned by —nor—what is no less important—attributed to any undue truckling to the influence of a superior, who, while acting as prosecutor, and pressing every argument to the utmost extent to which it could not merely "fairly" be applied.—had, from his official posi tion, power over the fortunes of every one of the jurors. Major-General WETHERALL was practi cally the dictator of the Court. According to his mere will and pleasure, the most pertinent.pieces of evidence—those directly applying to the ques tion at issue—were rejected ; the most imperti nent admitted, if only prejudicial to the defen dant. When the prisoner endeavoured to elicit truth from reluctant witnesses, which would ex hibit their " prevarication"—perhaps we might use the stronger phrase, "falsehood"—in the clearest light, he was stopped by the sneering suggestion . that " recrimination was not defence." But when the vindictive malevolence of his accusers trumped up new accusations, although not in the remotest degree bearing on the points at issue, - They were eagerly grasped and improperly admitted on the records ; for, although not apply ing to the charges, they might serve to pre judice Lieutenant PERRY in public estimation, and to show a colourable excuse for his ill-treat ment by his brother officers. 'Experience proves that nothing is more essential to the due admi nistration of justice than the supremacy of the Judge over the prosecutor, and the complete in dependence of both Judge and Jury. But that - we have shown to be utterly impossible when the Adjutant, or Deputy-Adjutant-General, comes down expressly from the Horse Guards to prose cute, and strives, as an advocate, to obtain a conviction. Besides, a "leetle" knowledge of the law re lating to evidence and crimes, on the part of the Judge, is clearly desirable, if not indispensable. There is no ". R oyal," or perhaps, in this case, we might more appropriately say " military," road to legal acquirements. The gentleman who has previously been occupied in learning strictly professional matters, even if his studies were as innocent as those of Lieutenant PERRY himself, and not directed to drawing his brother officers out of bed, drinking, gambling, rioting, or even more objectionable conduct, cannot be supposed to be thereby qualified for sifting dis puted points of conflicting evidence, or ascertain ing the value that should lie assigned to each. He knows not what to admit, or what to reject—what to value, or what to treat as of comparatively trivial 1 importance. The undisguised contempt with - which the highest authority on such matters is treated, the refusal of the President to listen even to the quotation from SII\IMONDS on Courts- Martial, and his assertion that the tribunals are " bound by nothing but the Mutiny Act," must shake the faith of juries, and deter any one de !irons of discharging his duties fairly from enter ing_ o n a ve r y ar d uous and troublesome task, in the hope that he might be enabled the better to dis charge such a duty when it fell to his lot But if we h aves en the errors of a Court . where the greatest experience was made available, and where there is a manifest perception that " the eyes of Europe" were surveying their proceedings, what are we to suppose might have been the case when the Press maintained an unbroken silence, and when the friendless prisoner had no " DARYILL" at his right hand to bring the blush cf shame in to the cheeks of his persecutors. In such a case there would not have been 16 days' sit tings, the obnoxious subaltern would be very sum -1 marily " dismissed her' MAJESTY'S service " or ‘` cashiered," 7 -- the non-commis s i one d o ffi cer or private fl o gged, or sent to hard labour at th e military prisons, or, possibly, transported. From what we have witnessed, we may form some estimate of the injustice that may be perpetrated under less favourable circumstances, aid axe jus titled in demanding that if Courts-martial be not altogether abolished, except in cans where the troops are engaged in the face of an enemy, that the system may at least be strictly revised, with a view to very extensive alterations and modifica tions such as may remove the well-founded causes of complaint now existing. THE AUSTRIAN AND PRUSSIAN NOTES TO IZTTSSI.A.. The following is the despatch addressed by Count Buol to Count Esterhazy, setting forth to the Cabinet of St. Petersburg- the four points laid down as sine qua •nom bases for an arrangement with Russia : "VIENNA, Aug. 10.—I bad the honour to make known. to you, by my despatch of the 9th ult. ' the im pression which had been produced on the Imperial Cabinet by the communications which Prince Gortscha koff was charged by his Government to make to it, as well as our intention to make known to the maritime Powers the elements contained in those communications which might serve as the bases for negotiations for the re-establishment of peace. Although we do not conceal from ourselves the difficulties of this mission since the overtures of Russia only imperfectly respond to the de mands which we ourselves had addressed to her, we have no;, yet considered it our duty to point out to the mari time Towers in what spirit the Emperor, our august mas ter desired to see them received, in attaching a particular importance to the resolutions which those Powers might come to. We have reminded the Cabinets of Paris and London that the common efforts of the Powers" ought to be invariably directed towards the re-establishment of a solid and durable peace. We have expressed to them the opinion that no Power ought to expose itself to the reproach of having neglected any means calculated to put an end to the horrors of war, and we have con cluded that the maritime Powers would conscientiously weigh the question as to whether the reply of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg did, or did not, contain the germs of an understanding which might lead to a definite pacifi cation. The Cabinet of the Emperor endeavoured to procure for the overtures of the Court of Russia a re ception by the maritime Powers, so that happy results might be obtained from them. We are, nevertheless, compelled to state that the first effect produced on the French and English Governments by the communication of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg, has not answered our expectation. The French and English Cabinets persist in considering the evacuation of the Principalities as the preliminary condition of any understanding, and they are astonished that Count de Nesselrode should pretend that the integrity of the Ottoman territory will not be threatened by Russia so long as it shall be respected by the powers who occupy the waters and territory of the Sultan. Their Cabinets have warmly rejected the analogy which the despatch of the Chancellor of the Russian em pire seeks to establish betwean the presence of the allied troops, which was demanded - by the Sublime Porte, and which took place in virtue of a diplomatic document, the effects of which must cease by common accord, and the fact of the entrance of the Russian troops on the Ottoman territory. As far as regards the religious question, the Courts of Paris and London think they see that in the opinion of Russia the religious protection which she pretends to exercise over the Greeks of the Oriental rite ought to be founded on a European guaran tee, and they cannot understand how the independence of the sovereignty of the Porte .could exist with such a system. The Courts of France and England, while pro claiming the interest which they take in the ameliora tion of the condition of the rayas, nevertheless think that the reforms which are to be introduced in the ad ministrative regulations should emanate from the initia tive- of the Ottoman Government, and that any foreign action on that subject can only be in the form of good advice, and not by an intervention based on treaties, which no power could sign without renouncing its inde pendence. The Cabinets of Paris and London have, in fine, observed that the Russian Cabinet had avoided touching on that point of the protocol which ought to have excited its particular attention, and which was, in the opinion of those Cabinets, of the oreatest importance, as it implied the necessity of sufficient guarantees against any fresh attacks upon the balance of power in Europe. The Governments of France and England think that the sacrifices which they have made are too great, and the objects they have in view too important, for them to allow themselves to be stopped until they are certain of not having to recommence the war. From all these motives the maritime powers have thought it their duty to reject peremptorily any proposition which might lead to a suspension of hostilities on their part, and they have even hesitated to declare their opinion on the conditions of a treaty of peace, because those condi tions depend too much on eventualities for them to be determined on at present. On our urgent representa tions these powers have, however, consented to make known at present, under the reserve of such modifica tions as circumstances may render necessary, the gua rantees which appear to them indispensable to found solid bases for the re-establishment of peace and the maintenance of the balance of power in Europe, and they leave to us the liberty, if we think proper, of declaring our opinion on the subject, in our own name, to Russia. These guarantees are pointed out in the iden tical note, of which the copy is subjoined, and which I the representatives of France and England have ad dressed to the Imperial Cabinet, and as they agree with the principles laid down in The protocol of the 9th April, they aro consequently in conformity with our own views. The Imperial Cabinet, which sees no other practical means of enterinr , on the path of nego tiations than the acceptance of them by the Cabinet of St. Petersburg, warmly recommends them to the serious attention of that Cabinet. In reading the present despatch to the Count de Nesselrode, and leaving him a copy of it, point out all the motives which speak in favour of an unreserved acceptance of the bases on which alone we think it possible to put au end to the calamities of war which have already cost so many sacrifices, and which must inevitably acquire in creased extension. Austria sees iu the free acceptance of these bases the only 'necessary conditions for a solid peace, and the chance of a general understanding. If the Cabinet of St. Petersburg acceded to the four guaran tees in question, it may rely on our zeal for the serious representation which we shall address to the maritime powers, in order to induce them to open negotiations as soon as possible on these bases, and to obtain at the same time the suspension of military operations. We once more conjure the court of Russia to consider the immense importance of the resolution which it is about to come to, and it is unnecessary for us to recom mend you to employ all the means in your power in order to cause that resolution to be in favour of peace. As the importance of the state of affairs will explain the im patience with which we await the reply that will be given to you by the Russian Cabinet, I beg you to trans mit it to us as soon as possible. Accept, &c., "BuoL." • The following is the despatch addressed by M. de Manteuffel, the Prussian Minister of Foreign Affairs, to Baron de Werther, the Prussian Minis ter at St. Petersburg : "BERLIN, AUG. 13. "I had the honour to transmit to you with my de spatch of the sth inst. a copy of that which I addressed on the 24th ult. to the representatives of the King at Paris and in London, in order to comniunicate to those Cabi nets our impressions on the Russian replies of the 29th and 30th June, and to express to them our hope that they would agree with us in seeing therein the elements of an understanding and of negotiation. Although we have not received either from London or from Paris any direct reply to these overtures, confidential and verbal commu nications which have been made to us will not allow us to conceal from ourselves, that the manner in which the Governments of France and England appreciate the Russian declarations differs essentially from ours, and that there is little of a nature to offer us a common starting point. It was particularly the prolonged pre sence of the Russian troops in the principalities which, in the opinion of the Western powers, would prevent them from attaching any practical value to the pacific communications of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg. The adhesion to the principles laid down in the protocol of the 9th of April do not, moreover, appear to them suffi ciently complete, since it makes no mention of the gua rantees which, according to that same protocol, were to he sought for in order to more closely attach the exist ence of Turkeyto the general balance of power in Europe. The Calsinets of Paris and London have not concealed from us that in their opinion these guarantees ought to contain several principal points which, subject to modifications dictated by events, would naturally form the indispensable basis for a negotiation for peace or armistice. These points were afterwards set forth in the identical notes which the representa tines of France and En'gland sent to the Cabinet of Vienna, and to which the latter adhered in its reply. In informing us of it, it announced to us at the same time that it considered them as being founded on the principles laid down in the protocol of the 9th of April, and that, consequently, it could not too warmly'recom mend its unreserved acceptance to the Cabinet of St. Petersburg. I request you, Monsieur le Baron, accord. ing to the express orders of the King, to give all the sup port in your power to this step of the Court of Austria. Our august master considers it to be distated by a sincere desire to prepare the path of negotiations, and a suspension of hostilities on allsides, and his Majesty thinks it suitable to facilitate that result. The Emperor himself will be con vinced of the necessity of obviating, for the future, the inconveniences and the dangers which, both for Russia as well as for the repose of Europe, are attached to the institutions which formed the public right of the Danu bian principalities and of Servia, and the enlightened solicitude of his Majesty for those countries will not fail to point out to him the advantages and benefits which would be secured to them by a collective guarantee of their privileges by the European Powers. The free naviga tion of the Danube cannot but be favourable to the real interests of Russian commerce, and although the ob stacles to which it is subjected at the mouths of that river are not yet entirely removed, the enlightened spirit of the Emperor and the reiterated declarations of his Cabinet leave no doubt as to their firm intention to promptly put an end to them. As to the privileges of the Christian subjects of the Sultan, it is not only in a loptinT, the protocol of the 9th of April that his Im perial Majesty declared himself in accord with the prin ciple of a joint and collective solicitude of the powers for the condition of .our co-religionists, but the same idea had already presided over the overtures which the Cabinet of St. Petersburg made some time since on this subject at Berlin; and as the independence and sove reignty of the Sultan have been so frequently and so loudly proclaimed as being in conformity with the poli tical views of the Emperor, his Majesty could not re fuse his co-operation to the united efforts of the Powers to reconcile the amelioration of the condition of the rayas with the interests of the Ottoman Government, by securing to t l2 O latter the initiative which it requires *. . THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1854. to maintain its independence and its dignity. The treaty of the 13th July, 1841, was the result of such pecnlar conjunctures, that its revision by all the con tracting powers cannot in principle meet with any diffi culty, and Russia, as the Power adjoining the Black Sea, appears specially called on to unite in the examina tion of the important questions attached to it. Such, Monsieur le Baron, are the general considerations which induce the King, our august master, to ear nestly desire that the Court of St. Petersburg should accept as the bases cf an ulterior negociation the above-mentioned points, such as they have been sot forth by Austria in accord with the Cabinets of London and Paris. Be pleased, therefore, to avail yourself of the kindness with which the Emperor deigned to honour you immediately on your arrival at St. Petersburg, and of the high confidence which M. de Nesselrode had testified towards you, to make the Im perial Cabinet comprehend the immense importance attached to its decision, the broad perspective of peace which they may open to Europe, and the victorious effects whiclythey must produce over the detractors of Russian policy, if they evidently prove to its most bitter adversaries on which side really pacific dispositions are to be found. It is needless for me to mention, Monsieur le Baron, with what impatience we await your commu nications as to the reception and the effect of the present despatch, which you will please make known without delay to the Chancellor of the Empire. "Accept, &e. << MANTEUFF.EL." COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, SEPT. 2. The Queen and Prince, with the royal children, walked and drove in the grounds yesterday. Lord Ciarles Fitzroy has succeeded Major-General the lion. Charles Grey, and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros has succeeded Captain du Platt, as equerries in waiting to the Queen and Prince. . 3. The Queen and Prince SEPT , accompanied by Princess Helena and Princess Louisa, drove out yesterday after noon. The Duchess of Wellington, the Hon. Caroline Caven dish, and Lord Charles Fitzroy were in attendance. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Satur day for Broadstairs. CO WES, ISLE OF WIGHT.—Sept. 3. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) VISIT OF PRINCE ALBERT TO THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. A fleet of steamers has arrived in our roadstead to accompany the Royal yacht to Boulogne. They are ex pected to sail about 10 p.m. tomorrow, and to arrive at their destination at about 7 a.m. on Tuesday. They re main till Friday evening, and are expected back early on Saturday morning. A number of the yachts of the Royal Yacht Squadron are to accompany the fleet, weather permitting. ExcuusioNisTs.—The Ruby steamer brought down to-day about 200 gentlemen and ladies, who had run down from London by the South-Western excursion train. They embarked on their return at half-past five this evening. Many of them came down to view the progress made in the National Freehold Land Society's estates here. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent crossed the Medina in her carriage on Friday, drove through West Cowes to Gurwood and returned, and again on Saturday. Soon afterwards her Majesty and the Prince crossed, and drove up to the National Freehold Land Society's estate at Mill Hill. • EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION AT CHATHAM. Last night (Sunday), shortly before 11 o'clock, a fire, entailing the most diastrous consequences, and ultimately resulting in the total destruction of 11 houses, broke out upon the premises of a Mr. Knott, fruit-dealer, situated in the Military-road, Chatham. The outbreak was first discovered by the watchman on duty, who immediately aroused the inmates and surrounding neighbours to a sense of the impending danger, upon which they preci pitately effected their escape. The engines from the Marine and Chatham barracks, as also from the Kent and Sun Fire-offices, were soon at the scene of devastation, but unfortunately, owing to the entire absence of water, they could not for the time be of any service. At length a supply of water, very in adequate to the demand, was procured flom the brewery of Messrs. Winch, situated a short distance off. Con siderable service was rendered by a body of marines and a detachment of the provisional battalion, under the superintendence of the commander. A. number of seamen from H.M.S. Wellesley also materially aided in their efforts to suppress the fire. By the combined efforts of. the marines, the soldiers, anti civilians, a mas tery was obtained over the devastating element ; but it will be several hours before the body of flame will be completely extinguished. Such was the rapidity with which the filmes traversed, that little or nothing was saved by the unfortunate inhabitants whose houses were conssmed. In most instances, we are happy to say that the houses were insured. TEE I?LTSISIAN PRISONERS. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. SlR,—Observing in the public papers that the affair at Bomarsund had placed in the British Government the disposal of 1,000 Russian prisoners, and trusting that with the blessing of God on a righteous cause future operations may greatly increase the numbers, it struck me that instead of keeping those men in miserable cap tivity, at great expense, and at the risk of generating disease, the young able-bodied and willing might be sent to Canada with advantage. Canada wants labourers, its climate and condition appear peculiarly well suited to the Russian constitution and habits, and the mass of the Russian soldiery is said to be dragged from agricultural to military slavery. Should such a course be adopted, who can say, that a spark borrowed from the brilliant corruscations which adorn the common canopy may not convey to Russia the message— " Throw down the arms of the blood-bathed disturber of nations. Join us and participate in the blessings of freedom and plenty." Trusting that the motive which actuates the writer will shield him from the reproof of impertinent intrusion, he humbly subscribes himself Y. Z. Important despatches were sent by the Earl of Cla rendon, by a Queen's messenger, on Saturday night, for his Excellency Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, at Con stantinople. _ The Duke oF Newcastle was engaged at the temporary War-office (the First Lord of the Treasury's) until close on eight o'clock on Saturday evening. The noble duke's official duties preclude a visit to the camp at St. Omer. The Earl of Eglintou, commodore of the Northern Yacht Club, accompanied by the youthful Lord Mont gomery, has sailed from the Firth of Clyde in the Orion yacht, on a cruise off the coast of Scotland. The Earl of Clarendon, who returned to town on Friday afternoon from visiting her Majesty at Osborne, after transacting business at the Foreign Office, in Downing-street, left in the evening for Grove Park, near Watford, Herts, to join the countess and family. Mr. Greville left on Saturday, on a visit to the noble earl. The Right Bon. Sir James Graham, Bart., who re turned from the Isle of Wight on Tuesday, left on Wed nesday evening for Netherby Park, Cumberland. Lady and the Misses Graham arrived at the Admiralty on Wednesday from Cowes, and on the succeeding day de parted to join the right hon. baronet. His Excellency Senor D. Antonio Gonzalez, the newly accredited Minister of Spain at this court, has arrived at Chaprnan's Hotel, Cavendish-square. H. Willoughby, E sq ., an d M rs. Will oug hb y h ave l eft the Clarendon, for Bi r d sa ll- house, Malton, Yorksh i re. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll are entertaining a select party at Inverary Castle, wherutheir graces have arrived from the south. The Grand Duchess de Anbolt Wurtemburg and suite have left the Clarendon, for Dover. His Excellency Baron Hubner, Austrian Minister at the French Cord, arrived at Havre, on Friday, from Paris. The Marquis de Lara and family have left the Claren don, for Dieppe, The Maquis cf Bath, we are glad to state, is recover ing from the severe accident which befel his lordship while in the pn7suit of red deer in Strathoonnan Forest, when his lordship fell over a precipice and much injured one of his legs. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.—The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Niagara, Captain Neil Shannon, sailed from the Mersey for Boston and Hali fax, with the usual mails for the United States and British North American possessions, 165 passengers, and a fell cargo of valuable merchandise on freight. ARRIVALS OF SPECIE.—The arrivals of specie during the week have been large, the total amounting to 700,0001. The shipments, including those to the East are estimated at about 250,0001., exclusive of nearly a like sum inferred to have been recently forwarded in sovereigns to Constantinople on account of the loan. KENSAL•GREEN CEMETRY.— What a rendezvous of dreary inanities it is ! There are not half a dozen of the " monuments " that you would care to look at twice ; you may wander for an hour and not find a bit of art to give you pleasure or a thought ; while the great mass of them are repulsively ugly. Some show excellent work and a lavish expenditure, which under go'od direction, should have produced " a joy for ever," but here all are wasted. Look, for example, at the large polished red and gre: granite monument in memory of the wife of Mr. Cutube—one could scarcely fear to find a more el borate piece of ugliness, and yet how excellen t the work is. What could have possessed the Society of Arts, too, when they put up the spoilt lump of stone in memory of their faith ful housekeeper for 42 years, Miss A. B. Cocking, with the frightful "A. B. C." on the edge of it ! It is em bodied gracelessness itensified. Amidst the dearth of thought, the monument to General Sir Wm. Casement attracts a second examination, for the expression of the facss of, ,the four Indian bearers, who carry on their heads, in C.:ryatidian fashion, the flat canopy which pro tects the sarcophagus and military emblems. The Royal tombs are not without dignity ; but we return to the opinion that the new mcmorial.of Hood is the best thing - ,there,-. - -T/ 4 Builder, LATEST NEWS. THE WAR. THE RUSSIAN ANSWER TO THE AUSTRIAN NOTE. VIENNA, SUNDAY. We have received the following telegraphic de spatch relative to the Autocrat's answer to Austria : Yesterday Prince Gortschakoff delivered the official answer of Russia to the invitation of Austria to commence negotiations with the Western Powers. Russia rejects absolutely the required guaran tees. The Emperor Nicholas would rather sacrifice his last soldier than accept such propositions. On Saturday a Cabinet Council, at which the Emperor presided, was held. It is not expected that Austria will declare war against Russia, but probably the army of occupa tion in Wallachia will be immediately raised from 30,000 to 100,000. It is believed that the Austrian and Swedish Ministers will leave St. Petersburg. BERLIN, SATURDAY. Baron Manteuffel has received the official answer of Russia to the proposal to commence negotiations upon the basis stipulated by the Western Powers. Russia unequivocally decline to accept the con ditions. She will maintain the defensive. THE PR INCIPALITIES. THE PROCLAMATION OF DERVISH PACHA. Advices from Bucharest to the 29th ult., re ceived at Vienna on Friday night, state that Der vish Pacha had arrived in that capital, and that be had issued a proclamation in the name of the Sultan, stating that the Austrians would provi sionally occupy the Principalities as the allies of the Ottoman Porte. That all the former privileges of the Principali ties would be maintained. And all the Austrian refugees to be expelled. Seventy-one cases of cholera had occurred in the Turkish camp. General Count Coronini had passed through the Rothenthurm Pass for Bucharest. The following telegraphic despatch has been received : "Jassy, August 25. " The head-quarters of Prince Gortschakoff are already at Berlad, and are expected here on the 2d of September. Orders have been given that the whole of the Moldavian troops are to join the Russian army. The officers are dismayed, especially the fietman Mavrocordato, and will tender their resignation in. corpore. This occur rence has made a great sensation. The hospitals and ammunition magazines continue to be directed towards Russia, hut the troops are not withdrawing. The can non taken from the Walla c hi an m iliti a , the horses of the Wallachian cavalry, and a quantity of their equipments, have been taken to Reni, in Bessarabia." On the 24th inst. the French inhabitants of this city give a dinner to the small detachments of English and French soldiers who arrived here with Omer Paella's army. There were likewise present a number of Turks, Poles, and Hungarians —covers being laid for eighty persons. All went merry as a marriage bell. How the conversation was kept up it is very hard to say, as the Englishmen and the Turks were not able to communicate with their hosts, or with each other. The following incident with respect to the entry of Omer Pacha looks a little ominous. The Austrian consul was the only official who did not call to pay his respects to his highness. Nor was a single Austrian officer or soldier, though there are several here, to be observed in the cortege which followed him through the town. MARCH OF THE TURKISH TROOPS. A. letter from Bucharest, of the 23d, in the Lloyd of Vienna, says :-- "The Turkish troops have commenced quitting this place. The advance guards of a corps of 80,000 men are marching from various points on Galatz and Ibraila. The bulk of the army is advancing by Moldovani and - Ursil;scheni. It is said that Halitu Paella is to com mand the army which is to attack the pOsitions of Ibraila, Ga!atz, and Fokschani. A letter from Sitistria, of the 20th, states that the troops which were collected at Oltenitza and Kalarsch have marched towards the north. It is said that the two corps will meet near Slobosia, and will then march by Kekemez on Ibraila." ADVANCE OF THE;' AUSTRIANS. According to advices of the 23d ult., received at Vienna, the Austrian troops had advanced into Wallachia as far as Kimpolung, and that a detach ment of them was expected at Slatina on the 28th ; so also upon the road leading direct to Bucharest the imperial troops had reached Ursey, and they were positively to arrive at the Wallachian capital by the sth of September, where a brilliant recep tion is being prepared for them. A letter from Orsova says :—" The Albert steamer arrived here last night from Giurgevo, with news to the 27th. It was affirmed there that the Russians wore reinforcing themselves at Ibraila and Fockshani. Nothing was known of the evacu ation of Galatz." CONSTANTINOPLE. Our advices, under date August 24, state that the Duke of Cambridge, who has erysipelas in the foot, arrived at Therania on the 22d. His Royal Highness is already much better. Prince Napoleon is still unwell. The Simla has taken the 4th Foot from Gallipoli to Varna. The Moniteur publishes a telegraphic despatch from Constantinople of the 24th ult., announcing that at the date of the 22d the sanitary state of the fleet and army had sensibly improved, and that the preparations for the expedition continued. THE BLACK. SEA. We have received intelligence from Varna, under date August 21. The Britannia had sent all her men in transports to Baltchick, and had been cleaned and fumigated. The cholera is abating in both armies and fleets. No movement had taken place, except that the French were embarking fascines, gabions, and ar tillery. The Artillery were exercised daily in ball prac tice on board boats, and in =barking and disem barking. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Aug. 29.—We take the following from the Wanderer of the above date :—" From various quarters a pretended reply from the cabinet of St. Petersburgh has been spoken of, and it has been said to have been transmitted to Vienna and Ber lin. We can affirm from good authority that up to the present time neither the Russian Ambassa dor nor the Minister of Foreign Affairs has received anything from St. Petersburgh having any connec tion with such a reply. The real answer is not expected here before the 10th of September. It is certain that the Russian diplomatist persists in statingthatthe Czar willnot accept the propositions. It was said to-day that the negotiations pending be tween Austria and Prussia related to two points : Ist, an additional article to be added to the treaty of April 20 ; and 2dly, the precise explanation of the demands made by the Western Powers, and the measures of execution which they require. It is affirmed from a good source that the ambassadors of some of the German states have lately sent in very satisfactory overtures.to the Minister of Foreign Affairs relative to the question of the guarantees to be demanded from Russia. Amongst them are representati ves o f states which forme part of the conference of Bamberg." The Turkish ambassador at the Court of Berlin, Kiamil Effendi, left Vienna to-day (the 31st). His excellency will remain a short time at Dresden, and then proceed to Berlin. General Setang arrived at Vienna yesterday evening (30th) frm Paris. After the lapse of a few days he will proceed direct to the head-quarters of Boron Hess. The subscriptions to the national loan close to day. It is already known that the full amount of 500 millions will be nearly attained. In conse quence of this—the stipulations of the programme to the loan appointing the period of four years for the necessary re-imbursements—the Government has resolved to extend this period to five years, which will facilitate most essentially the regular development of this important operation. The ordonnance to this effect will appear to-morrow, or the day after, in the official journal. PRUSSIA. English and French journals having asserted that Prussia derives great profits from her eastern ports, from their being the solo medium for :traffic with Russia, the Ministerial Correspondence publishes an article in order to refute this assertion, The following is the view taken of the question by the semi-official organ : " We will leave at rest the question of whether it be or be not a bad example for a State which remains at peace to enrich itself at the cost of two belligerent par ties, but we think we may confidently assert that the insignificant advantages which the commercial traffic'of Memel and the flax industry of East Prussia may derive from the present conjuncture is not in any way propor tionate to the prejudice which is entailed by the stagna tion of regular traffic on Prussia generally, as well as upon all other European States. We also venture to observe that the best means of procuring hemp and flax more cheaply for English and French markets would be to induce the western governments to deviate from their liberal principles, which, according to all probability, were not adopted in order to favour their own interests, nor those of Prussia." M. de Manteuffel returned this afternoon (Sep tember 1) from Putbus, but did not receive any of the diplomatic corps who waited upon him during the course of the evening. The money market was much depressed, and securities of all kinds had a downard tendency, re sulting, as generally reported, from apprehensions that the position of this country is rendered less favourable by the despatches entrusted to Count Benkendorf. According to the Swabian Mercury, M. de Brunow has taken a large house at Darmstadt, and intends passing the winter at that place. It has been frequently remarked with surprise that neither M. de Brunow nor M. de Kisseleff should have returned to St. Petersburg. Whether this proceeds from disgrace or diplomatic art no one knows. FRANCE. THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH AT . BOULOGNE. CALAIS, Sunday.—The Emperor arrived here yesterday at noon from Boulogne, in order to meet the King of the Belgians, who, with his Royal Highness Prince Albert, had been invited to witness a series of grand military manoeuvres by the army forming the camp of the North. The troops are commanded by the Emperor in person, and it was thought that the presence of the exalted visitors would not only be regarded as a personal compli ment by the French Monarch, but would have a wholesome influence on European politics by evinc ing the strong sympathies which bind the people of France, England, and Belgium in the course of policy pursued by the two great Powers. It was originally arranged that King Leopold should visit the Emperor of the French at Boulogne, and that the two monarchs should there await the ar rival of Prince Albert. It is stated that a day or twosince, however, the Emperor received a commu nication from the Belgian monarch announcing, that the resignation of his ministry would render it impossible for him to be absent from his do minions for more than asingle day. The Emperor thereupon offered to come to Calais expressly to meet the King, and yesterday the Royal interview took place. The ancient seaport, presented an appearance of life and gaiety strongly contrasting with its usually somewhat dull and monotonous aspect. There were no, triumphal arches or festoons, inconformity with the Emperor's wish, but the Hotel de Ville was de corated with military flags, and from nearly every house in the town floated the tricolour. Saturday is market-day at Calais, and the peasant women of the neighbourhood, with their white caps and dark shining hair, clear complexions, rosy checks, and smiling faces, formed not the least attractive por tion of the dense crowds who lined the streets lead ing to the Boulogne road. The Emperor arrived at noon, escorted by a detachment of Cuirassiers, and proceeded at once to Dessin's Hotel, which was specially engaged for the reception of the two crowned heads. A salvo of artillery announced the Emperor's arrival, and he received an enthusi astic welcome. His Majesty's visit to the Pyre nees has been of great benefit to his health, the improvement in his personal appearance since he visited Calais to witness the embarkation of the troops for the Baltic being remarked by every one. The civil and military authorities of the town were assembled in official costume at Dessin's to receive the Emperor. A deputation of poissardes, clad in pretty chintz dresses and black linsey-woolsey petti coats, were honoured with an interview, at which Off presented a fine dish of fish. The peasant women were also admitted to an audience, and tendered a superb bouquet for the acceptance of his Majesty. A little before 2 o'clock another salute of artillery indicated the arrival o£ the King of the Belgians, who entered the town by the Dunkirk road, es corted by a detachment of Cuirassiers, headed by their band. His Majesty, who was accompanied by his eldest son, the Duke de Brabant and General Comte de Montebello, was received at the entrance of the town by the authorities, and conducted, amid the cheers and vivats of the people to Dessin's hotel, from the windows of which the French and Belgian tricolours floated in friendly juxtaposition. Leopold appeared gratified by the cordial welcome given him, and repeatedly acknowledged the shouts of the crowd. The Emperor tad lett hik apartments to receive his distinguished visitors, and, when the carriage arrived he was standing in the courtyard of the hotel, surrounded by a small suite. Upon alighting, the two monarchs bowed, and the King of the Belgians said, " I am charmed to make your acquaintance. Allow me to introduce to you my son, the Duke de Brabant." The Emperor replied by a few kindly words, and took the King and the Duke to his private room, where the three Royal personages were closeted alone for three quarters of an hour. When the Emperor bad left the King of the 'Belgians, the latter received the authorities of the city, the English Consul, Mr. Bonhani, and other official persons. The King also gave an audience to the Prince de Chimay, a nobleman who has vast estates both in Belgium and France, and who was deputed to convey the King's felicitations to the Emperor when the latter visited the Belgian fron tier and the camp of St. Omer last autumn. About 5 o'clock the. Emperor, the King of the Belgians, and the Duke de Brabant entered a car riage, and were driven to the harbour, where the Emperor's priate steam-yacht La Refine Hortense is lying. This beautiful steamer, which was pro fusely decorated with flags, recently conveyed General Baraguay d'Hilliers and his suite to the seat of war in the Baltic, and she is now waiting to take out the baton of a Marshal of France to the successful soldier who has added another leaf to the military laurels of la. belle France. Having in spected the cabins, which are fitted up with great splendour, the Royal party walked along the deck, I where the crew were drawn up in line, the Em peror stopping occasionally to address a few ques tions to the men. The Royal visitors then walked to their carriages through the crowd which had assembled on shore, and whose salutations they duly acknowledged. As soon as the Em peror had left the ship the crew ran up into the rigging, and gave several hearty cheers. When the Royal party had gained their carriage the Emperor refused to ascend first, and gave the pas to the Belgian monarch. They then returned to their hotel, where they - dined to gether with the members of their respective suites, the Prince de Chimay, &c. It is understood that in the course of the evening the King of the Bel gians was induced, at the solicitations of the Em peror, to alter his determination to return to Ostend next day, and at half-past eight o'clock this morning the Emperor, the King of the Belgians, and the Duke de Brabant left Calais for Boulogne, where a grand review of the troops is to take place in honour of the illustrious visitors. As at present arranged, Leopold will return to Dessin's Hotel to night after the review, and will resume his journey to Ostend to-morrow morning. --- BOULOGNE, Sunday Evenin - g.—The Emperor, ac companied by his illustrious visitors, the King of the Belgians and the Duke do Brabant, arrived at Boulogne from Calais at a-quarter past ten o'clock this morning. The royal party, who travelled in an open carriage, escorted by a detachment of the Imperial Guards, were received with ac clamations on their way to the Emperor's hotel at Capecure. After partaking of some refresh ment, the Emperor conducted the King and Prince to the site of the bassin flottant which it is proposed to construct. It was intended that their Majesties should assist at the celebration of a grand military mass at the camp ; but the heat was so ex cessive that the order for the Royal carriages was countermanded, and the Royal party remained at the Imperial hotel until the King of the Belgians set out on his departure for Ostend. His Majesty embarks on board a Belgian mail packet for Ostend, on his way to Brussels, where his Majesty presides at a Cabinet Council at noon to-morrow. At the hour at which I am obliged to close this parcel (6 o'clock), a vast assemblage has collected on the quay to witness the departure of the King of the Belgians. Boulogne swarms with military of all arms of the service. The King of Portugal arrives to-morrow (Monday), and his Royal Highness Prince Albert is expected on Tuesday morning. It is difficult to describe the excitement which prevails at Boulogne. Great numbers of visitors have arrived, and every steamer adds to the number. Quarter-past 6.—The King of the Belgians and 'the Duke de Brabant have just e mbarked. They were accompanied to the steamer by thp Emperor. We have just received the following telegraphic communication :—" The Ploniteur of Monday con tains a letter from Berlin, announcing that Count Benkendorf, the Russian military envoy, had de livered to the King the answer of Russia 'to the invitation of Prussia to commence negotiations for peace upon the bases offered by the Western Powers. The reply of Russia is an absolute refusal.* A letter from Brussels announces that M. de Brouckere and his colleagues had withdrawn their resignations, and that they had been informed that the Emperor of the French, accompanied by Prince Jerome, would proceed, on the 12th, to Tournay, where they are to be received by the entire Royal family of Belgium. The Moniteur of Saturday contains several de crees. One regulates the fees to which the chan cellors of legation and of consulates are entitled ; another appoints judges and other law officers in the French West India islands and other colonies; a third regulates the organisation of the tribunals in French Guyana, and a fourth regulates the di f " ferent courts of justice at Cayenne, and fixes the salary of the different officers attached thereto. The Havre journals publish the amount of the receipts of the customs of that port for the last month. It is 3,037,424 f., being 34,754 f. less than for the corresponding month of last year. General d'Hautpoul, who is to command the. camp in the south o f F rance, h as l e ft Paris, an d will establish his head-quarters at Aix. The receipts of the Orleans Railway during the week ending on the 26th ult. were 1,022,557 f., o r 107,176 f. more than du r i ng th e corresponding wee k of 1853. The gross receipts since the Ist of Janual:Y amounted to 27,660,594 f., being a difference in favour of 1854 of 5,547,002 f. + "4f. The Three per Cents. cl ose d on S a turday a-4, if 50c., for the end of the mo n th ; the Four-and -a-xla per Cents. at 101 f. 30c. • and the New Loan at 74f. 20c. ; Orleans Railway ' Shares, 1,260 f. ; Roue n ' 980 f. 980 f. ; Havre, 590 f. ; G rea t N or th e rn, 867 f. Strasburg, 810 f. ; New Shares, 633 f. 75 0 . ; Paris and Lyons, 980 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterran ean ! 892 f. 55c. ; Western of France, and Cette, 626 f. 25c. ; G rea t C e ntral of Franc I,c 518 f. 75c. • Lyons and Geneva, 527 f. 500. ; 13311 of Credit liobilier, 737 f. 50c. 670 f. ; Bordeaux SPAIN. A Bayonne letter of the 31st ult. states that th e Spanish Generals Lara and Colonge, who are the re ' are by order of the G overnmen t to remo ve furthe r from the frontier. They are to go to Bade ° The Moniteur publishes the following telegrsr4 despatch, dated Bayonne, Ist :—"A decree °I ,„" a civil government of M a d r id prescr ib es that a11 3 '16 0 not in possession of th e na ti ona l gu ard er : on army are to be delivered up within 21 hours pain of prosecution." &or A letter from Madrid, 28th ult , in the 0.9" p a . says :—" The Queen Mother left to -day for ',es" tugal, accompanied by the Duke de Than t°. rs , Her Majesty wasesc or t e d by a squa dron of la ne : o f commanded by General Garrigo. -A re,ainlen nos i cavalry was sent yesterday on the Estramadur a . ., r iso n to precede her passage, and the cavalry in e` + h e r at Badajoz had received orders. The Queen - 00 ",., will be thus escorted during her whole jen ii r rl o ' t which she will make by short stages, and ' isr '4 ,l be arrive at the frontier until the seventh daY; firs t, Gazette of to-day contains two circulars. The I' L se d which is signed by all the Ministers, and addressed to the governors of the provinces, notifies to the departure of the Queen Mother, the sn't - es , sion of the payment of her p ens ion and the se g o tration of her property until the Cortes sh all come to . a decision on the subject ; the seeee;tv: which is signed by the Mi n i s ter of the Int,er,' only, invites the autho r iti es t o co -operate as concerns them in the execu ti on o f these measure SWEDEN: A telegraphic despat c h, o f the 30th ult., from Copenhagen, in the Bors e nhalle of Halliburg7'o says :—" The resignation of the Councillor of S ta Madwig, as a member of the Council of the dom, has been accepted, and the Councillor of SIT Elaagen is named in his place. Professors CISUS6 Larsen, and Bjevring will give in their resignatl°ot as members of the Chamber of Deputies. C"he Adam Moetke has been named President, and Chamberlain de Buchwald, Vice-President of t" Diet." ITALY. The Grand Duke of Tuscany has issued a don dated the 21st ult., imposing a starap-duty " soldi (about 8 centimes) per number upon foreir journals and papers. SWI FZERLAND. BERNE, August 30.—Engineer Hemans has as' rived in the Tessin() with assistants, in order tO begin the works on the Locarno-Biasca and Lugap ° ' Bellinzona portions of the Luckmanier The whole central (Bale-Lucerne) line is expected to be ready in April, 1857. The post department has issued a pocket edition of the plans of the courses of the mails, steamers, and railways, together with their correspondence with foreign services for the year 1855. Arms have been seized on their way over the Grisons and Tessinese boundaries. A Spanish envoy to Switzerland has been aP' pointed, in the person of Senor Francisco Estrada' A recent American regulation has been raa ° ,, public here, prohibiting the immigration of an; one above the age of 60 years , of infirm pere,° n „; o f orpa's_m,, of widows with uneducated daildren, under 13 years, and of persons without the now' . of proceeding farther into the interior if reques t to do so by the American authorities. Statistical returns, lately published by the fscle ,... ral Home-office, show that 71,750 strangers jr-00 living in Switzerland (whose total popula"lit amounts to 2,392,740 inhabitants upon about 5,196 square miles.) The newly-elected Bishop of Bale, the Rev. is Arnold, now residing at his see (whi cil t be Soleure), said, in his inauguratory speech toe ,0 assembled people, that he would ever strivthe maintain the good understanding betw een of Church and the State, and likewise the right j.o the former. Let it, however, be well updelT:the that there is in Switzerland no such thing as bee s tights of the Church." This expression hat ints . intended merely for the gratification of the 1-1` montane party abroad. Blanc There has been another ascension of Mont ---the third this season. It was successful ; formed on the 21st inst., by Mr. and Mrs. 11; in ton, the latter being (since Mdlle. d'Angsv!' ver y 1838) the first lady that has ventured on th's were trying expedition. • The intrepid tourists cbs., saluted by the inhabitants on their retur n t° „ o f mouny, by loud acclamations and a disc hargv fire-arms. GREECE. The following tele gra phi c despatch 1265 b ' eell received : r the • "ATHE N S, August 25.—The organisation (4 , ig army, according to the propositions of ICalergblt approved of with little alteration. . A. „ O ther o f has occurred in the Ministry. The cowl:co ld : T og the French troops in the Pirmus proposed re ln "„t of 1,500 men from thence to Athens, o n acc0 1 .24; the cholera. On this the Ministry were d i iT i to it, the Minister of the Interior being opiulteeur of th e and Kalergis approving of it. The M Interior, in consequence, threatens to tend e te to resignation. Mavrocordato has sent a ) 2 . ° , D or Reschid Pacha, which is believed to be ci„ l— ` tance. Nothing is known of the contents. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SATtrn PAI .: 1 1 mail The British and North American 1 1 °Y.,..`, 1 fd s 23d this u l t . evening siie ha sfrbo brought steam-ship Arabia, Captain C. H. E• ei ,t l ','"„ i3 t; arrivedtilesseng 3-- 1,163,037 dols., and 2001. in English. silver in sr cie. The Arabia I left New York at 2- 16 .YLa . d °l ; the H 23d, and at 5 p.m. same day passe a, i ', - the ook. She exchanged night signals witht— On Royal Mail steam-ship Asia on the 23( 1 the 30th she passed the brio - Mara and the 3 1 06 dons, bound west. On the 27th ult. she ran the miles, on the 28th 300, on the 29th 304, , ° ;.,.bet ou N ob ew t 116Yor-pko,' withers,(l3l"ncl 30th 301, on the 31st 300, on the Ist Sep =i ces 305, and on the 2d 316, making in all, 2, 13 ' -- q - bip in seven days. The United States mail stean' t be Baltic arrived at New York from this port en t 00 19th ult., and the screw steam -ship ClYcl?! fro Glasgow and Halifax, at New York on the ultimo. • the s.ci, Madame Grisi and Signor Mario arrived 1 13 ~ Baltic on the 19th. The Musical Fund Sociiecq had chartered a steamer to meet them t he n eatly company of ladies and gentlemen , but arrival of the Baltic took them by su A dreadful catastrophe, resulting from the in' cautious use of camphine, occurred at Cincinnati so than on the 16th. Three children were burned they died, and the man who filled the lateP 111/ not expected to recover. ea Papers from all parts of e tlie country are fi ll 0 with loud lamentations of the drought tbat P r ; rprise. i i . 0.. wails. . At the South and West the crops Oa suffering severely, and throughout new Englant, tr innumerable streams that hitherto have f1 ; 1 4.1 1 niched motive power to the mills and fa ctories wiv es , which that region abounds, are in many insta.Gbe to .13. wholly dried up, and in o th e rs so low as usoless. The Ohio river is lower t han has en known for years, and to this circumstance nieY , 0 art be attributed the presen t unusual dulness shed trade. The earth all around New York is p arch up and thirsty. . •r • • i n stigo t Tile grand jury of Boston, after dueve ~,e tiou, failed to find a bill against Edward Cragbii;il • a la,te President of the Vermont Contod