The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-28 00:00:00

LYCEUM THEATRE.-HENRY RUSSELL, 1 for Thirty Nights, commencing THIS EYKNING, August' 23 ta, and every Evening. Many friends having exruessed a wish that Mr. Russells hould abpear again previous to finally withdraw• lug his Entertainment, he has, In compliance with their request, made arrangements to appear ever,? evening. Xi r RUSSELL will present THE FAR WEST ; or, THE PROGRESS of the EMIGRANT from the OLD WORLD to the NEW. Mr. Russell will relate his anecdotes, and sing several - newsongs, " Cheer, Boys, cheer," " Far, far upon the Sea," " Sunshine after Rain," " Land 1 Land ! Land !" " The Falls of Niagara,"_ "Long parted have we been," "I'm Afloat," " Many changes have I seen," " The Icebergs" (descriptive song), " Newfoundland Dog," " The Gambler's Wife," &C. The Second Part of the Entertainment will consist of a Serifs 01 Sketches, entitled NEGRO LIFE in Freedom and Shivery. Dress Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, ls. 6d. ; Pit, Is. ; Galler7, 6d. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 28, Will be rformed THE OLD CHATEAU. Characters by Messrs. Howe, Roge pe rs, H. Marston, and Buckstonet Mrs. FitZWPAIII, and 31123 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. —........— STRAND THEATRE. S,le Lessee Mr. F. W. Allcroft. THIS EVENING, Ai ousT 28, Will be performed HARD TIMES. Fellowed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Mephistopheles ' Mr. Raiford; Faust , Mi ss G. Hodson; M.ssluerite, Miss S. Gordon. To conclude with THE OMNIBUS. gtalls, 45.; Boxes, 2s. 6d.; Pit, ls.; Gallery , 6 d.; Private Boxes £1 ls., to be had of Mr. Allcroft. 15, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. This place fills up an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leaves w an ting. Vocal and instrumental music of the first order, and a display of fireworks which exceeds all imagination, are a fitting close to a day at the Crystal Palace." DXNSON'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 Ransford, and Mr. Manvers sing several National and Patriotic Songs—All the amusing 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 AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. CHANGE OF PERFORMANCE. THIS EVENING, First Time, an entirely new Burlesque of Equestrian character, by nye() Too, Esq., called THE SIEGE OF TROY ; or, THE MISS-JUDGMENT of PARIS After which, HERR CHRISTOFF (I'Empereur des Fnnambules) on the Tight Rope, with the (until now) unattempted miraculous lest of throwing a Summersault, and alighting on the rope on his feet ! The unique and elegant SCENES In the ARENA, the invention, arrangement, and under the direction of Mr. William Cooke. =7„ To conclude with Mrs S. G. Healey's Equestrian Ballet d'Ac tion THE KNIGHT AND THE WATER LILY ; or, Love among the Mermaids. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W NC est. NIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Taw DAT —Morning 35 min.after 4) Evening 51 mln.aft. 4 To•MosaairiSiorning 8 min.after 5 1 Evening 27 min.aft. 5 THE WEATHER.—Sms Orinli, AUG. 28. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE 75—highest since noon yesterday. 69—lowest this morning and during the night. 76—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30 . 54--a great rise. WIND, N.N.W.—Light breeze, with splendid harvest weather. A 4 Zrib LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1854. It is more than hinted that there is to be another attempt on the part of Russia to enter into fresh negotiations on the basis of the condi tions specified in the despatches from the French and English Governments to Count BuoL, and re ferred to in The Sun of Tuesday last. It is said that Prince GORTSCHAKOFF intimated at Vienna, that " with some trifling modifications the CZAR may be induced to take them into his august con sideration. Time, however, would be required for the purpose, and of course the active operations of war should be suspended while there was a reasonable prospect of peace being restored." We can easily credit the willingness of NICHOLAS and his agents to renew the discussions that have for some time been suspended, so as to weave a new net of treachery and dissimulation. We have seen that they are familiar with the most unblushing menda city in all its varied forms ; and that where a direct contradiction is DO longer possible: they quibble and distort passages from their obvious meaning, so as to leave matters that ought to be clear as light in the greatest doubt and uncer- tainty. They find that in the field or on the ocean they have no chance. A direct falsehood will not arrest the flight of a shell or cannon ball, or heal the wound from a Minie Rifle. The mosi specious fallacies will not shield against the point of the bayonet or the edge of the sabre. In phy sical contest the straightforward determination of JOHN BULL will prevail, but in the encounter of the wits, the slippery Russian, who thinks nothing of the honourable observance of his plighted word, will have the superiority. NICHOLAS would gladly obtain a temporary respite. For that purpose he would sanction any amount of deceit that could throw the Allies off their guard, and induce them to surrender or disregard the advantages which they must obtain by vigorous and energetic pro ceedings. He who had p rev i ous ly prove d himself totally insensible to all the dictates of honour and conscience would not scruple further falsehoods calculated to promote his nefarious projects, or to save himself from the exemplary punishment which he has so richly merited ; and we have no reason to suppose that Austria would very keenly scrutinise his plans, or endeavour to detect his impositions. From the beginning we have felt that she would act as a wet blanket, paralysing our exertions and neutralising the advantages that might be attained. This sinister rumour falls sadly on our ear, convinced as we are that no exertions will bo spared to baffle our hopes respecting the energetic waging of the war. Our apprehensions, too, are materially enhanced by the rather significant announcement that " the Earl of ABERDEEN will take no holiday, but that he will remain at his post during the entire re cess." Having got rid of Parliament, being ex empted from the control of the hereditary or representative branches of the Legislature, " the good and excellent" friend of NICHOLAS contrives also to send his colleagues about their business, and, with the most exemplary devotion, to "remain at his post during the entire recess." He then will have the exclusive management of affairs for many months to come. He it is who will have to de termine on th e course to be adopted on any emer gencies, and when we consider his notorious fond ness for his negotiations, his undue estimate of the character of the AIITOCRA.T, and - his opinion that the r y eq u u o isitions of utrheaatsonaambilae, ble despot were b we see the great er reason to fe e a a r nsn that, unless the voice of public opinion be unequivocally uplifted, a n unwise and impolitic truce may be patched up, to be followed by an inglori ous an d dis honourable peace. Under such circumstances, it is the imperative duty of journalists of all parties to warn the Pre mier as to the state of public feeling,susenisaonndofehneors-- ener getically to prote st a g ainst any v tilities. If we are to negotiate, our representa tions will be much more forcible, aye, and much more likely to be attended to, if the most active operations be carried on simultaneously in the N Euxine and the Bdtic. I CHOLAS will much better undtrstand that his protectorate over the - Danubian Principalities is for ever abolished, when he has been driven, not merely across the Pruth, but the Dniester, and when he finds the same position assumed by other Powers with respect to Bessarabia which he has heretofore occupied in regard to Wallachia and He will more clearly perceive the propriety of allowing the free navigation of the Danube when he has no longer the means of impeding, and when he has been driven from all his quarters in the vicinity of its mouths, whether held by way of quarantine, or under any other pretence. Ha will also recognise the removal of all restrictions respecting the passage of the Dardanelles or the Bosphorus, and the opening up of the Black Sea, by the destruction of his fleet, the dis mantling of his stronghold at Sebastopol, and the relieving him from any care respecting the Crimea or the Caucasian country. Let us th en pus h on with zealous and unceasing activity. His plausible excuses for new discussions only indicate THE. SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING; AUGUST 28, 18b4. where the shoe pinches. Late as it is in the season, we cannot go into winter quarters until we have taken possession of the Crimea and ac counted for the arsenal and fleet at Sebastopol. These being properly disposed of, and our forces in the Baltic pursuing the course on which they entered, albeit tardily, at Bomarsund, we shall find the CZAR much more willing to listen to rea son, and " to abandon all claim whatever to any right of interference between the Christian sub jects of the Porte and the authority of the Otto man Government." " Action ! Action ! ! Ac tion ! ! !" should be our motto, and any English subject who endeavours to promote any other course is the enemy of his country, and should be brought to condign punishment." When the accomplished author of " Ten Thou sand a-Year" was composing the remarkable nar- rative which at once elevated him to a high posi- tion amongst living authors, he little imagined that there was then residing in Yorkshire a gen tleman who, under circumstances no less remark able than those so graphically described, would, without any fault of his own, forfeit an estate of, as nearly as possible, equal value to the " dear old Gatton," and with it a peerage of more than three centuries' antiquity—who would become even a greater object of sympathy than CHARLES AUBREY, inasmuch as a blight would be cast on the character of his venerable mother, and he himself stained with the brand of illegitimacy. The case of Lord MOUNTGARRET is, indeed, one of unparalleled hardship, and, should the still pending litigation. be eventually determined in accordance with the first verdict, which may well excite terror in the mind of every family whose ancestor, through whom title or estate has been derived, crossed the Tweed during his bachelor days, a marriage contracted be tween parties of equal rank, and in every respect suitable, which had been recognised for no less than forty-three years, has at the end of that time been declared to be null and void. The lady who, during that time, maintained an irreproach- able reputation, held to have been living in a state of concubinage, and her only son, who, from the time of his birth, had been recognised as the ex pectant heir to the ancient title and wide-spread domains, deprived of the inheritance and honours of which he had been eight years in the actual en joyment. This too has occurred, not through the discovery of any prior right—not to the turning up of a " lost heir," but through the alleged illegitimacy of the possessor (!). In consequence of a supposed prior marriage contracted by his father. To the circumstance of that marriage it is, therefore, necessary to direct attention. HENRY BUTLER, third son of the Eleventh Viscount MOUNTGARRET, by Lady HENRIETTA BUTLER, daughter of the First Earl of CARRICK, and Eighth Viscount SKERRIN, was born in the year 1773. In his youth he had been very wild, having, even before he attained his majority, oc casioned a divorce between a neighbouring Baronet and his wife. For some time he oc casioned considerable uneasiness to his family, but at length in 1811, when in his 38th year, he formed an eligible alliance with ANNE, daughter and co heir of JOHN HARRISON, Esq., of Newton House, in the county of York. From that time forth the Hon. HENRY BUTLER led a very prudent .life. He had acquired property by his marriage, and no longer became involved in dis reputable transactions. His relations hailed with joy the reformation, which was the more im portant to them, inasmuch as he promised to be come the head of their ancient family, the eldest brother and possessor of the title being declared a lunatic, and the second having been long married without issue. From that time forth the lady whom he had publicly espoused in foro ecclesice, with all the formalities necessary to constitute a valid and binding marriage, was received as his lawful wife, and the son born in 1816 recognised as the heir presumptive. In 1842 HENRY BUTLER died, and the son, HENRY EDMUND BUTLER, filled his place, and on the death of his uncle, in 1846, succeeded to the title as thirteenth Viscount MOUNTGARRET, and the family estates. This has at length been questioned, and at the late assizes for the County Kilkenny, a record was tried— BUTLER v. MOU.NTGARRET—which excited an in terest no less intense than that which attended "Doe demise TITMOUSE v. JOLTER." The claimant in the present instance was, how ever, no TITMOUSE. He was a country gentle man, popular with his friends and neighbours, and who had for some time represented his native county in Parliament. He was the eldest son of the Hon. PIERCE BUTLER, youngest son of the eleventh Viscount MOUNTOARRET, and next brother to HENRY, and who, consequently, in the event of his death without lawful issue, would be- come the unquestionable inheritor of the title and estates. There was, therefore, no complicated questions of love that could by any possibility arise. The simple issue was " legitimacy" or " illegitimacy ;" and, as there was no doubt that a marriage had been duly celebrated on the 3d Sep tember, 1811, between the Hon. HENRY BUTLER and Miss A-NNEHA.RRISON, it became essential for the claimant to prove that there was some disability on the part of one of the parties to vitiate the contract. This was attempted to be done by showing an alleged previous marriage with a Mrs. COLEBROOKE in the early part of the same year, 1811. This Mrs. COLEBROORE, it appears, was a widow who had been left a comfortable provision by her husband durante viductate, but a great part of which she would lose in the e*nt of a second marriage. This unfair restriction led to the na tural result. A young and fascinating woman, de barred from honourable marriage by an unjust and cruel stipulation, fell an easy victim, and Mrs. COLEBROOKE accepted HENRY BUTLER as a lover, when she could not take him as a husband. This illicit connection lasted some years. A child was born in 1809 or 'lO, in Cadogan-place, Chel sea ; but it died young. At the latter end of 1816 Mrs. COLEBROOKE visited Edinburgh ; but she was not accompanied by HENRY BUTLER, whose absence was not accounted for. The deserted lady, however, did not prove inconfolable. A certain Mr. TAAFFE, another Irishman, filled up the void in het heart, and when HENRY BUTLER at length turned up in April, 1811, Mr. TAAFFE was not only residing with the lady, but actually in her bedroom at the very moment. This, how ever, if we are to credit the extraordinary tale (which rests only on the authority of S ARAH STRIDE, alias BLARE, lady's-maid to Mrs. COLE BROOKE, and confidante in her various amours), did not deter the eager BUTLER. When refused admittance, he kicked up a pretty considerable row—and ultimately forced his way in. Mrs. COLEBROOKE left the bed of her more re cent admirer, TAAFFE ; and, if we are to credit Mrs. STRIDE, the marriage was ce lebrated under these extraordinary cir cumstances. The servants were called up, and H ENRYBUTLER and Mrs. COLEBROOKE declar ed that they were es died , man and wife in their presence. It happened, however, unfortunately, that all these , published the sta e t x e c m e wi tnessp e t nt S u Ar ithe S re m w r a n s E, no t p vi n to ssi l bi ze i v it e u r of dispr ov i ng h er statement, and who, also, unfor tunately, in 1816, while the transaction was com paratively recent, and the other witnesses living, sworplace..e that no suc h marr i age as she now alleges too k It is also remarkable that the newly made bridegroom, immediately on the oi mar riage, reti re d andt- that front n the house; leaving his loving bride return m to BUTLER,r. t earm s n o f lessher other lover, than dix months afterwards, married Miss HA RRI SON, while Mrs. CO LEBROORE married TAAFFE in 1812, and brought an action against him in 1816, to establish the validity of that marriage, on which cccasion the faithful SARAH STRIDE made an affidavit ignoring her supposed marriage with BUTLER. Such are the circumstances and the evidence gen tleman, who for eight years has l b ) e y en wii lch recognised the e as Lord MOUNTGARRET, is to be deprived of his title and ten thousand a year. It is not pretended that the declaration gnoirsedcoanuttrhacot wa3 made in the presence of any rity, or that any record of it was kept. nu S t ure t l i y in , then, we are justified in i extreme danger of such a law, that dispenses not only with every formality, but any certain proof that ever the declaration took place. The black smith at Gretna Green has his register, but a matter taking place, only in presence of servants at a late hour at eight, must ever remain in doubt and uncertainty. MEETING OF PRINCE ALBERT AND THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. Prince Albert embarks from Osborne on the sth of September on a visit to the Emperor Napoleon at Boulogne. The King of the Belgians is to be of the party. His Royal Highness returns to the Isle of Wight on the 7th. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, AUG. 26. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went to Ports mouth yesterday afternoon, attended by Captain Du Plat, and reviewed the garrison doing duty there under Mjor-General Simpson. The Queen, accompanied by Prince Arthur and the Duchess of Kent, embarked in the Fairy, and proceeded to Southsea Reach, to re-embark the Prince. The Royal party returned to Osborn at seven p.m. This mottling, being Prince Albert's birthday, the band of the Royal Marines played on the terrace at a quarter before seven o'clock. AUGUST 27. The Queen and Prince, accompanied by the Royal children, drove out yesterday afternoon. The dinner party included the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, Lady C. arid Miss Barrington, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Sir George Coupier, and Sir James Clark. The band of the Royal. Marines played during dinner. Mr. Albert Smith had the honour of giving a perform ance in the evening, consisting of selections from his Ascent of Mont Blanc, before her Majesty, the Royal Family, and the party assembled. The Marquis of Ely, Lady and the Miss Grahams, Lady Frances Bruce, Lady Couper, the Hon. Captain and Mrs. Denman, and Mr. Gibbs, received invitations. Mr. Charles Halle has had the honour of performing on the pianoforte before the Queen and Prince. SANITARY MEASURES AT HOLT, NORFOLK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—A paragraph having appeared in your paper of the 25th, referring to the natural advantages of draining the town of Holt, in the county of Norfolk, in which your correspondent states that not only have the inha bitants neglected to take advantage of it, but also the proprietors of the property have refused to find the ne cessary accommodation for their tenants, and which will naturally lead your readers to suppose that the authori ties of Holt, together with the rest of the inhabitants (of which your correspondent speaks of in no measured terms of disgrace), must be a filthy, uncivilised race, in reply to which, I beg to state that I have been an inhabitant and ratepayer of this said parish of Holt since the year 1837. At that time the town was rudely paved, the drains all running on the surface of the streets, and in a very bad state of repair. That within the last fifteen years not only have old buildings been removed from the centre of the town by the spirited subscriptions of the owners and tenants of the property, assisted by the neighbouring gentlemen, but also the In habitants voted a highway rate, several years ago, for the purpose of laying down a common sewer to drain the town and other repairs. The streets were well paved and macadamised, obstructions removed, and a neat granite kerb, with a York flag-stone walk, through the entire main street of the town, for which (as an officer of the parish) I have paid upwards of 1,2001. And fur ther, I will venture to say (instead of the small parish of Holt, with its 1,700 inhabitants, being in the dirty and filthy state which your correspondent describes) there is not a cleaner, healthier, or better drained town in Eng land than Holt, in the county of Norfolk. I am, Sir, yours very respectfully, W. PARKE. Feathers Hotel, Holt, Aug. 26, 1854. DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY FOR SCOTLAND.—The Queen and Prince Albert leave Osborne for Scotland on the 14th of September. PRINCE ALBERT'S BlRTHDAY.—Saturday being the anniversary of Prince Albert's birthday, the national colours were hoisted at Somerset House, the Admiralty, the Tower, and most of the public buildings and churches in the metropolis, the steeples sending forth merry peals of bells in the course of the day. In the evening the inhabitants of the West End evinced their loyalty by illuminations ; amone the most attractive were thel,ollowing :—The Cambridge University Club. house, Pall-mall, displayed over the portico a large crown, with the royal initials, " P.A., ' and a star in ; brilliant jets of gas Messrs. Pongcnby and Cu., carvers and gliders to her Majesty, an elegant star (with the royal arms in stained glass in the centre), with the initials " P.A." in' gas jets ; Messrs. Storr and Mor timer, jewellers to her Majesty, 156, Bond-street, exhibited an elaborate illumination in gas—over the royal arms was a star-crown, with the initials " P.A.," and laurel branches effectively displayed ; Messrs, Asprey and Co., dressing-case makers to the Queen, 13,,nd-street, a crown, with the royal initials, "P.A.," in gas ; Messrs. Thornhill and Co., cutlers to the court, 144, Bond-street, a large brilliant star, in gas. In Regent-street—No. 194, Messrs. Melton, batters to Prince Albert, a star, in gas ; No. 167, Messrs. Aubert and Co., jewellers, &c., a star, with the royal initials, in variegated lamps. Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street, exhibited a large Brunswick star, a wreath in centre, and the initials, "P.A.," in jets of gas. The event was celebrated at Woolwich by hoisting the Royal Standard on the various flagstaffs at the Dock yard, Garrison, and Royal Arsenal. The Fisguard was decorated with flags, and a royal salute fired at twelve o'clock from the front of the Mortar Battery. BIRTHDAY OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT. —On Saturday last, the 26th inst., the gun division of he Hon.- Artillery Company assembled at the head quarters of the regiment, in Finsbury, at one o'clock, under the command of Capt. Robinson and Lieutenant Kitchen, and fired a royal salute on the occasion of the birthday of his Royal Highness, who is Captain-General and Colonel of this corps. The duty was'performed in the most admirable style, and in such a manner as to elicit, for this and their general duties, the warmest ex pressions of praise from Captain Robinson. After some remarkably good practice in the rifle gallery of the regi ment, and the conclusion of the dinner, the men were dismissed at six o'clock. The officers end men appeared in their full dress uniform, as is usual on such occasions, and the adjutant of the regiment was present on the pa rade, but not being an artillery officer, took no part in the duties of the day. ALBERT SMITH AT OSBORNE.—On Saturday, Mr. Albek Smith had the honour of appearing in his enter tainment before her Majesty, the Prince Consort, the Duchess of Kent, the royal children, and a distinguished circle of visitors. The council-room, in which the per formance took place, was fitted up to resemble the E,iyptian-hall as closely as possible. At the close of the performance, her Majesty and Prince Albert were gra ciously pleased to express to Mr. Smith their sense of the great amusement which they had derived from the entertainment. St. James's Theatre is announced to be opened about the end of September for dramatic performances, under the management of Mrs. Seymour. The enterprise is reported to be well sustained ; and the announcement of a new drama by Messrs. Tom Taylor and Charles Reade looks like an earnest of success. We hear that Miss Glyn is among the leading engagements, and that the performances are to be limited to drain; with no afterpiece. The common mistake of all managers is to give too much ; to begin too early and end too late. The consequence of this surfeiting system is, that a late dining and indifferent generation of playgoers leave the theatre sulkily resolving not to go again. Mr. Wigan very wisely infringed upon this system, and the result has been equally satisfactory, we believe, to manage ment and public. LYCEUM THEATRE.—The short engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Sims Reeves has proved very profitable to Mr. Allcroft. The Bohemian Girl, the Sonneembula, and Lucia di Lammermoor haveall been performed to crowded audiences, the first two twice. The popularity of Mr. Reeves with the public is unquestionable, and has not abated in the smallest degree since he was first introduced to London by M. Jullien in 1847, when that enterprising gentleman undertook the management of Drury lane Theatre. It is strange that while there is so great a favourite and so talented and accomplished a singer as Mr. Reeves, the institution of an English operatic esta blishment on a durable basis should appear to be im practicable. There must be something wrong somewhere. The performance on Saturday night—the last of the series—was for the benefit of Mr. Allcroft, who, having kept faith with the public in all his undertakings since be began to be a caterer for their amusement, was well entitled to their support. The programme was composed of the Sonnanibula, Patter v. Clatter, the Waterman, and other entertainments —a varied and attractive bill of fare. Gaisr AND MAlllo.—Seventeen thousand pounds is the sum to be paid to Mme. Grisi and Signor Mario for a six months' engagement in the United States. For this very triflinc, con sideration, which is exclusive of th e pay ment of all expenses of every ciescription, they will sing three nights a week in whatever operas they choose. Mr. Hackett, the American actor, represents the specu lation, and half the sum has been paid in advance. DANGEROUS ILLNESS OF COLONEL CLIFFORD, M.P. —lnformation has this (Friday) ' morning reached us that the gallant and respected commandant of the Royal Monmouth Militia has been taken ill at Tenby, where, with Mrs. Clifford, he has been residing a short time. George Wilson, Esq., surg eon, of this town, has just been sent for, and is now on his way to Tenby.—M on mougskire Beacon. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS. —Mr. Thomas Lloyd, of Coedmore, is appointed Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Cardigan. Mr. Neville Parker is appointed a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick. Messrs. Toussaint Rostant and Richard S. Darling are appointed members of the Legislative Council of Trini dad. Mr. T. D. Archibald is appointed a member of the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia. SCREW -STEAMERS FOR AUSTREA.—Two war screw steamers are now fitting up at the manufactory of Messrs. Mare and Co. Blackwall, for the Austrian Go vernment. One is laid out for 50 guns, and the other will carry a smaller number. These vessels were origi nally designed and ordered for the Sultan of Turkty, but subsequently they were transferred to the Austrian Government. SPORTING NOTES. SCOTT AND LOT AT YORK. Expectation was not disappointed at York. The in terest which the various encounters excited was well sustained to the end, and the incidents which marked the sport are likely to be long remembered and talked about. Speculation on the St. Leger is now percep tibly regulated by the result of certain races, and move ments which had their origin in the events contested at York have already turned its tendency. Boiardo and Acrobat are now the only representatives of Scott's lot in the betting, and if report be true, the " Roarer " will be the trusted champion of the stable at Doncaster. The lot was tried just before the recent meeting, and Boiardo summarily disposed of the pretensions of those animals belonging to it which had until within the last week figured conspicuously in the betting. In this trial, Scythian, it is said, made a most miserable exhibition, and his owner was so deceived and disgusted by his inglorious display, that, in high dudgeon, he has removed all his horses from Scott's stable, and sent them to Findon to be trained there for the future by John Day, senior. This change, it is said, was mutually de sired by JOhn Scott and Mr. Howard. Were "stable secrets" divulged, however, the person who has most cause to rejoice at it would be unmistakeably indicated. The success of Meteora for the North and South Biennial Stakes tended to confirm Boiardo's position in the bet ting, as Meteora was, I believe, one of the animals in his trial, and, if I am not misinformed, ran second. Sim Templeman, who rode Meteora in her race at York, was not a little gratified by his success, and Lord Derby, in the presence of several noble and influential patrons of the turf, took an early opportunity after the race of thanking Templeman for the care and patience with which he rode the mare, and expressing his opinions that the doubts which were hinted about Terripleman's riding Dervish for the Derby, and the aspersions which• were then cast upon his character, were unjust and un warranted. Sim Templeman deserved this public ac knowledgment of the wrong which had been done him ; for a steadier or more honest jockey never crossed a saddle. The running of Ivan and Middlesex for the North and South Triennial Stakes created considerable surprise, albeit from different causes. In the expressive language of the " ring," Ivan seemed a "dead 'un," and everybody appeared eager to "get a tenner out of him." He had, I believe, thrown a curb, and was reported otherwise unfit to run. Hence, therefore, the surprise which his performance created, not only on Wednesday, but also again on Friday, when he ran second to Acro bat for the Great Yorkshire Stakes, The worthlessness of Middlesex's St. Leger chance was unequivocally proved, to the evident astonishment of Baron Roths child, who, in con-ideration of a trial with Orestes, I deemed he had su ffi c i en t reason t o expec t b e tt er thi ngs of his horse. Notwithstanding the support which Boiardo now re ceives in the betting, the public regard his pretensions with suspicion, and evidently entertain an opinion that Acrobat, if not a better horse, is at least more suited to stay the St. Leger course. This opinion is not weakened by Acrobat's running on Friday. Respecting Dervish a significant silence has been maintained, and that after all therefore the probabilities are that Boiardo will, as I stated above, be the Whitewall Champion for the St. Leger. Indeed, people who go about saying things, assert that Dervish can't won, and Acrobat mustn't. The tricks which were played during the York Meet ing by parties connected with John Scott's stable ex cited no little surprise and indignation. Is John Scott demented, to place his reputation in jeopardy by coun tenancing and lending his support to the persons im plicated in those shameful transactions ? Is he not afraid of scandalising and disgusting those noblemen and gentlemen who have placed horses under his care ? The repetition of the game which was played with Heapy at Liverpool, notwithstanding the flimsy excuses about the horse being lame, was alone an instance of a daring defiance of public opinion ; but what oan be said of the paltry piece of business with Tadcaster ou Wednesday ? John Scott, have a care, and rid your stable of people who will bring lasting disgrace upon it.. I shall not now refer to the running of the two-year - old colts at York. Next to the performances of the St. Leger horses, the defeat of Virago is most talked about. She was evidently out of her distance, and ought never to have started. She met some of the fastest horses for a T.Y.C. ever bred, and she was consequently unable to live the pace with them. Indeed, she was defeated and in difficulties before she bad run a hundred yards. When the cry was raised that she was beaten, and Wells was seen vigorously using his whip, I was standing by her owner, and heard him mutter, much more in sorrow than in anger, " Oh, my poor mare !" A meeting at Derby and at Chelmsford will take place to-morrow and Wednesday. Their clashing is unfortu nate, as Chelmsford will, doubtless, at tract a large ma jority of metropolitan speculators. I shall briefly dis miss the items contained in the programmes. To Chelmsford I shall give the priority of consider ation. Of the four nominations for the Mark's Hall Stakes, St. Faith is the most attractive. In his absence Ben Laud may taste the' wine of success with Bordeaux. For the Member's Plate, the Black Swan may sing small to a Flageolot, but at present I am inclined to fancy that she will be the Prima Donna. To adhere to the " music line," I shall strike the key note of victory on Guitar for the Brentwood Stakes. Should Nutpecker be in form, he can scarcely lose the Chelmsford Handi cap. For the Cup Stakes I fancy Rackapelt. Without instituting odious comparisons, I am corn. pelled to acknowledge that the "attractions" at Derby are more powerful than those at Chelmsford. The pro gramme promises at least a satisfactory supply of sport. For the Produce Stakes, Orson and St. Clare are the most noteworthy names. By the way, clerks of courses differ as to the manner of spelling the name of the last. mentioned horse, some spelling it Clair and others Clare. The latter mode is correct, the horse having been named after St. Clare, one of the characters in " Uncle Tom's Cabin." For the Tradesmen's Plate I cannot do better than "stand on" Grand Inquisitor and Amalgamation, the horses that ran first and second for the Ebor Handicap. To pronounce an opinion on the chance of the Grand Inquisitor for the Chatsworth Stakes would be ridiculous until the result of the Tradesmen's Plate be known. For the Chesterfield Stakes an interesting encounter may be anticipated, the nominations comprising, among others, Fayaway, Polydora colt, C.otilde, Saraband, Pole Star, Professor Airey, and Le Fripon. Fayaway and Clotilde shall represent my interest. August 28. A FRESH MAN. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The following is the official return of the visitors and receipts for the past week : At the Savor l )nors. Tiev.e:s. Total. Monday Tuesday 11,146 ... 743 ... 11,889 Wednesday 10,373 ... 807 ... 11,130 Thursday Friday Saturday 446 ... 1,876 ... 2,322 56,52'2 W VALUE OF LAND NEAR THE VICTORIA DOCKS, BARK ING-ROAD, IN THE C OUNTY O F ESSEX.—Messrs. Hum phreys and ,illen, on the 22d instant , offere d b y auc tion, in 40 buildi ng plots, the first portion of an estate of 12 acres, in the above locality. The whole (with one exception) were sold, and some of the best plots realised at the rate of about 1,7001. per acre, the average of the whole being 9501. per acre. It was un derstood that the land was purchased but a few years since for something less than 1001. per acre. THE TERRIFIC C OLLIE RY EXPLOSION NEAR BARNSLEY. —Since th e exp l os i on N oa h Heeley, one of the men who was so seri ous l y i n j ure d a t the Lundhill colliery , has died, maki ng a l oss o f 5 li v es. Jackson still lies in a very prec ar i ous state. Th e coroner's inquiry was opened on Thursd a when a number of wi tnesses were examined. The jury returned the following verdict :—" The unani mousyiet opinion of the jury is, that the 5 men have come to their deaths entirely from accident, and we acquit the proprietors of the colliery of any blame or culpability ; but we are of opinion that John Jebson, the contractor, ought to have men in whom he can place more confidence than those he has employed, and that he ought to have used the means which are placed at his disposal for ven tilation by the proprietors. If deceased, Noah Heeley, had used more caution, the accident might not have occurred." SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 27.—The United States mail steam-ship Hermann, Capt. Higgins, arrived off Cowes last night, en route to Bremen , from New York. Her mails, passengers, and specie for England were landed, as usual, by Isle of Wight steamer. The Hermann brings 70 passengers and about $220,000 for Bremen and Eng land. The Alps having left New York on the 12th inst., the same day on which the Hermann took her departure, her news has been anticipated by the arrival of the former vessel at Liverpool some few days since. Two EAR.HING CASES. —At the Winslow Petty Ses sines, on the 24th inst., before Sir T. F. Freemantle, Mr. E. W. S. Lowndes, the Rev. H. J. M. Kerr, and Mr. T. F. Fremantle, David and Joseph Halsey, lads, of Whitehurch, were each charged with having, at that village stolen from a field, in the occupation of Elizabeth and Mary Rose, one turnip, of the value of one farthing. They admitted the charge. It appeared that David had been twice convicted of petty offences, and that the constable looked upon Joseph to be a bad character. As a reason for pressing the case, Mr. Horwood, the complainant, sai i the crop had beep made free with to an annoying extent. The youngsters were ornerea to pay one farthing damage, one shilling fine, and nine shillings and sixpence costs each, or to he imprisoned in Aylesbury Gaol for a month. To save them from ! prison they were allowed time for payment. LATEST NEWS. THE WAR. THE ATTACK ON SEBASTOPOL. It is confidently stated that the expedition against the Crimea will sail on the 30th. It will Fe composed .of 70,000 men, of whom 20,000 are Turks. The expedition is provided with 2,000 boats. The troops are full of enthusiasm. Prince Napoleon, who had returned to Constan tinople under an attack of fever, has gone back to join his division. The defeat of the Turks near Kars is not con firmed. ARRIVAL OP nMI 7 ',P, PACHA AT BUCHAREST. VIENNA, Aug. 25.—A telegrahic despatch from Belgrade brings the account of the entry of Omer Pacha into Bt}charest on the 22d. He was received with great solemnity, and afterwards reviewed 12,000 Turkish troops and the Wallachian He has taken up his residence at the Convent of Kotrocomi. RETREAT OF THE RUSSIANS. A telegraphic despatch from Cze,rnowitz, of the 20th, states that the Russians were effecting their retreat across the Pruth with great precipitation, and that thousands of carts had gone to transport the sick and provisions. The demands made for the supply of the storehouses of Wallachia must now have ceased. THE GERMAN POWERS. BERLIN, August 24.—The Correspondence an nounces the approaching conclusion of a treaty, offensive and defensive, between Austria and the Western Powers. The preliminaries are settled. A letter from Munich, 23(1, in the Moniteur, says It is positively stated that the Austrian Government has shown itself very well satisfied with the communications exchanged at Rustchuk between Omer Paella and Colkalik. All the ques tions of administrative organisation will be arranged in concert and in a conciliatory spirit between Der vitch Paella, the commissioner of the Porte, and M. Bach, the brother of the Minister of the Emperor, the Imperial commissioner. As to the question of proper names raised by the approaching re-esta blishment of the national authority in the princi palities, it will only be solved conformably to the conclusions come to after the inquiry which will be instituted by the two Governments." A letterfrom Vienna, 22d, in the Cologne Gazette, says : "On the 16th inst. Count Esterhazy, our ambassador at St. Petersburg, communicated to Count Nesselrode the Austrian note of the 9th, in which it recommends the French propositions laid down by M. Drouyn de l'Huys in his note of the 22d July, and states that Austria not only find these conditions just in principle, but that, in the present state of the question, she adopts them completely, which is as much as saying that if they are not now accepted more will be demanded here after. The Prussian note on the same subject was only sent off to St. Petersburg on the 18th, when it was ac companied by a more secret and more confidential despatch." The Breslau Gazette has the following from Vienna, dated the 21st : "It is interesting to see how Russia gives evidence of being more and more disposed to make concessions, according as the attitude of Austria becomes more sig nificant. Count Demidoff, attache to the Russian em bassy, who arrived some days back, was the bearer of several despatches in that sense. Prince Gortscha koff yesterday banded to Count Buol a note in which Russia proposes a common protectorate of Austria and Russia in the Danubian principalities, with the idea that that step might facilitate a solution. It is not yet known of what nature was the effect produced by this apparent concession, but it is certain that the result will be so much the less satisfactory to Russia that the com plete exclusion of Rus ian influence on the Lower Danube i 4 in the contemplation, as well as to deprive the Russian Cabinet of all inear.s of menacing Constan tinople. As to Prussia, no further co operation is t ex- netted from her, and the return of Count Arnim from Berlin has no longer the signification that it had some days back. Declarations have arrived from several German States, expressing their satisfaction at the policy followed by Austria, arid promising to support it in the Germanic Diet. Several Austrian officers of rank are shortly to leave this place to be present at the ma noeuvres of the camp of Boulogne." The Moniteur quotes the following private cor respondence from the Independance of Brussels : I am able to make known to you with precise details an act which has already justified the doubts I have expressed as to the correctness of the accounts which stated that Prussia was disposed to break, and, according to some, had even decided on breaking with the policy of the allied powers. You know that the identical notes which Frahce, England, and Austria exchanged at Vienna on the Bth, reproduced as the ne cessary conditions of peace the four guarantees pointed out in the despatch of M. Drouyn de l'Huys to M. de Bourqueney. You are also aware that Austria ad dressed on her part to the Russian Cabinet, in reply to the notification of the order given for the evacuation of the Danubian principalities . , a note which declares that such evacuat►o❑ could not satisfy the powers assembled at the Conference of Vienna to secure the independence of the sovereignty of the Sultan, and which mentions as indispensable the four guarantees. Prussia had not been called on to sign the note ex changed between the three powers. Notwithstanding that, as soon as she knew that Austria had addressed a note to St. Petersburg, she a few days since sent one strongly supporting it. Prussia in this document does not confine herself to a vague and general recom mendation. She in her turn enumerates the four guarantees : she explains and justifies them one by one, and insists on their adoptio❑ by Russia, presenting them to her as the only possible chance for the re establishment of peace. Whatever may be the private hesitations of her Government, Prussia, influenced by the position she assumed at the commencement of the crisis, by the force of circumstances, and by public opinion throughout all Germany, will not, I persist in thinking, separate herself from her allies in the Con ference of Vienna." CONFISCATION OF RUSSIAN ORDERS IN WALLACHIA. A letter from Vienna, says:— " The Wallachian Council of Administration of Bucha rest has ordered the confiscation of all the Russian crosses and decorations conferred on Wallachians during the Russian occupation. These crosses will "bP sold by auction, for the value of the gold and silver they contain, and are to be melted down. The reason of this measure is, that these decorations confer no honour on any one. as all the Montenegrin brigands wear them. A commit tee has been formed to ascertain the amount of the da maize caused by the Russian occupation, in order that an indemnity may be demanded from Russia, when she shall be called on to pay for the expenses of the war. All the decrees issued arid all the nominations made by the Russians have been annulled." ENTRY OF THE AUSTRIAN TROOPS INTO WA LLACHIA. The Official Gazette of Vienna, of the 22d; says : —" The Austrian troops entered Wallachia yester day. The two brigades of the Woaicliio division proceeded from Hermanstadt, and General Burlo also from Cronstadt. Count Coronini, who has been named general-in-chief of th'e troops of occu pation, will proceed with the two brigades of Sehwarzl and Burlo to Bucharest, which place he thinks he shall enter on the sth September. These three brigades will remain under the command of General Baron Alleman in Wallachia; whilst aeneral Count Coronini, as soon as he has posi tively heard that the Russian troops have retreated from Moldavia, will occupy that principality with three other brigades of his corps de armee, and will reside alternately in the two capitals." THE RUMOURED DEFEA.T OF THE TURKS IN ASIA. The Constitutionnel contains the following re lative to the rumoured defeat of the Turks in Asia:— " Intelligence, which has reached Vienna from Warsaw, states that the Turkish army in Asia has been defeated at Kars. A few days before, n e ws had been sent from St. Pete rs b urg t o A us t r i a' announcing: .a pretended defeat of th e T ur k s at Bayazid, on the frontier of Armenia. We may be permitted to en tertain doubts of th ese rumours pu bli s hed by the Russian telegraph ; and it i s t o b e rema rked that they are not in accord amongst themselves, since one speaks of a battle at Bay az id, an d th e o th er f one at Kar?. It is, however, certain that the two armies were in pre sence recently at Subatan, near Kars, and were observing each other. The Turkish army was more numerous, hut it contained within itself an element of weakness, which the nomination of the Hungarian General Klapka to the chief command was destined to remove. The staff of the army was divided, and the Mushir Zarif-Pacha had not as yet given any proof of activity and decision. Has General Andronikoff taken advantage of the situa tion to risk a battle ? Has he determined in that way to anticipate the arrival of a new and able adversary ? That is what we shall soon learn. But, what we know already is, that the Russian Government is doing all it can to reinforce its army in Asia. Marshal Paskiewitch has, it is said; proposed, and got adopted at St. Peters burg, a plan which consists of remaining altogether on the defensive in Europe, whilst the war should be pushed on vigorously in Asia. That plan agrees with the an tecedent life of the Marshal, who owes the greatest part of his military reputation to the successes which he had obtained in Persia, and in the Asiatic provinces of Turkey. General Andronikoff is a Mall well fitted to execute the part of the p lan which is confided to him. He had not the political scruples Of his il! W ustrious pre decessor, General oro nzoff, and he is far from being wanting in military talents. He is a Greek, wh ose name was A ndronicos, and who Russianised the termination of it. His countrymen are proud of his promotion. They also cry up the hardihood shown by rinotly. , r Grp, k, i n exectuin_r with the Russian frigate, the Wlacimir, the coup de main, unattended, however, with any re:it'll; of importance, which displayed, in spite of the vessels cruising about, the Russian flag at the entrance of the Bosphorus, and captured three Turkish barges laden with coals. This Greek ie named Photiades. It appears that the Russian Government intends to heap honours on him, partly to recompense him for his boldness, and partly to win over the sympathies of his countrymen. THE TURKS IN WALLACHIA. The General-in-Chief of the Ottoman army has addressed the following proclamation to the Wallachians : " I have been informed that some of the inhabitants of Wallachia have left, or wish to leave, their country, from the fear of being persecuted by the Imperial Government for services rendered or sympathy mani fested to the Russian troops and authorities. "I embrace this opportunity of declaring that the Government of our august master the Padisbah is per suaded that these acts took place under the pressure arising from the presence of an armed force. "I - wish to believe that, the inhabitants esteem too highly the rights of their country, their nationality, and their manners and customs, to throw themselves by convictions and by free will into the arms of a foreig❑ country. "I am happy at being able to declare that the Im perial Government grants its clemency and holds out complete forgetfulness to those who have been misled, if there be any, and that no one will be persecuted either for his opinions or his political acts in favour of the Russians during their invasion. Bat, as the Government of our august master throws the veil of oblivion over the past, it has the right to exact, and it does in the most positive manner require, that in future no inhabitant of Wallachia shall enter into relations, either directly•or indirectly, with the Russian troops, or with the Russian authorities in general. " Every act of that nature will be regarded as the act of a spy, and the guilty, as well as their accom plices, will be brought before the tribunals of war, and will be judged with all the severity of martial law. "I hOpe that the inhabitants of Wallachia will give their obedience and their assistance to the local authorities, in order to re-establish and maintain public order, and that every one will devote himself tran quilly to his own affairs and his ordinary occupations." CONSTANTINOPLE. It is stated that Omar Pacha has received com munications from the Austrian Commander-in- Chief to the effect that the refusal by Russia of the ultimatum will be followed by au advance of the Austrian army. Omar Pacha is requested to pre pare to co-operate with the troops ofFrancis Joseph in such a manner as to cause the most speedy expulsion of the Russians. The advance of the Austrians will be a most re-assuring event to all here, where the general opinion seems to be that Austria will not commit herself to open war with the Czar ; or that, at least, she will endeavour to abstain from attacking his forces, and will be content with oc cupying the positions abandoned by the retreating, Russians. A rumour prevails here that the Rus sians are about to retire beyond the Pruth, and that a proclamation of the Commander-in-Chief announced the determination to the army of Wal lachia. The marriage of the Sultan's daughter, or rather her delivery to her husband, took place on Thurs day. The hour fixed was one o'clock (or 6 Turkish), but the equipages did not make their appearance until four hours later. The principal dignitaries of the Empire were present and offered their congra tulations to Redschid Pasha, who has now attained the highest position to which a Turkish subject can rise, in having received the honour of a Royal alliance. Every one who has at heart the success of the policy which Redschid Pasha has represented for 15 years, will be glad of the event which has taken place, and which seems to bind the Court to the reforming party, or at least to that Statesman who has generally shown himself anxious to listen to the counsels, and to adopt the maxims, of the Western Powers. Whether or not Redschid has risen superior to the practices which stain his brethren, or whether the invectives of the people against his character, which a few months since were so strong, be well or ill founded, he is still the man whose influence is most valuable in advancing the object of the allies, and whose great acuteness will show him how to use to the utmost the new means of p,,wer which the late nuptials have given ; him. He is now, certainly, the most important subject in the empire. Prince Napoleon, who has been staying at The rapia for the last, few days, to recover from indis position, will return to Varna. The cholera, which has been so bad at Varna, and amongst the British and French forces, has abated. It has, however, cost many victims. It is now showing itself pretty well everywhere, though only in single cases, at Constantinople, Pera, an lin the villages along the Bosphorus. There has been considerable mortality amongst the Bri tish troops encamped on the heights of Unkiar Skelessi in the Bosphorus. General Prim and all his staff passed through here the other day. They hastily embarked for Spain. CONSTANTINOPLE.—The telegraph has already announced that a fire which broke out at Varna on the 10th, at seven o'clock in the evening, consumed a large portion of that town. Some of the French stores were burnt. The damage done is not so great as was at first reported. One hundred and eighty houses have been reduced to ashes. It is supposed to have been the work of incendiaries, and some Greeks have been arrested. All the transports have proceeded to the Black Sea, laden with pontoons, &c. The Charlemagne is lying at Tophana, taking in heavy artillery : and the Napoleon is embarking Turkish troops for the same destination. THE CAPTURE OF BOMARSU N io .D g . Aug. 16.—The cannonade upon, the lon g fort li t h a a v nhge bwecaosmeentsiorewlyarsmu,rtnlmaitidthede,brwoayserenoonrstsreaeininedg to surrender, and at 1 p.m. the white flag of truce was thrust out from one of the . embrasures. The Edinburgh, Bulldog, and Driver immediately hoisted a similar flag to the fleet to suspend firing, while Si r Chas. Napier and Admiral Chads proceeded in a small unarmed boat to the shore. It was a period of breathless anxiety, for the advanced Chasseurs and some few English sailors were seen mounting the rocks, and eagerly pressing on to the very gates of the fortress. General Baraguay d'Hillers and his staff at the same time wound round the roadway and galloped up to the fort. The General motioned the soldiers to remain off a few yards, for fear of treachery, and at length the Governor, General Bodisco, came forth to parly, but finding that an unconditional surrender was demanded, he delivered up his sword to the Englis'a Admiral and French General. A French aid-de-camp was then depatched to order a general advance of the army, and at the same moment the Royal M trines and Artillery, and the remainder of the Chasseurs, came scrambling down the ridges. They at once mitt rod the fortress, surrounded and took charge of the magazine, and the troops pouring down either entered or drew up in line outside. It was a scene of singular interest to behold the conquerors animated with victory, and contrast the dejected air of the Russian soldiers as they bent forth from the embrasures looking sullenly upon them. Under the walls of this huge fortification the ground was completely bestrewed with 841 b. shot, broken shells, grape and canister intermixed with enormous sheets of iron that had been dislodged from the roof, and the granite walls have been broken away in thousands of places. In the interior, which was a large square and parade ground, the fatal missiles, and heaps of broken granite and brick work, bespoke the terrible vigour of the siege. The Commanders then demanded the arms, which the prisoners brought and piled up in the square, near to the furnace where their red-hot shot had been heated, an I the soldiery were scouring every nook and corner of the place, and posting senti nels therein. The prisoners having collected their personal baggage, were ordered to be immediately removed on board the men of war.- This occupied about half an hour, and the ceremony of playing them out took place. The Commanders-in-Chief, Sir Charles Napier and General B traguay d'Hilliers, with Admiral . Chads, Capt a i n R amsay, C apta i n Pelham, Captain Yelverton, General Jones, the Colonelf of the French R eg i ment, t h e H on. C apt. Cochrane (aide-de-camp to the French Commander), Lieutenant Agnew and Lieutenant Chads (Flag Lie utonants), with a brilliant staff of French officers on horseback, were d rawn up i n a space of ground on the outside. The whole army lined the way fdr 800 yards, extending from the gateway to the mole, or lauding place, and they stood with loaded guns and fixed bayon e t s , th e R oya l Marines and marine artillery being ranged on one side of the entrance, and. the Chasseurs on the opposite. Between this file of men the prisoners came forth two by two, the drums an d fif es o f t h e marines str iki ng up natio.nal tunes, which w ere t a k en up b y eac h re giment in the rear. The Russians looked dispirited and careworn, the only repose they could obtain for five days having been by the side of their guns. At intervals a few drunken shouts escaped from the fort. A partial revolt had arisen previous to their surrender, and on seeing the army enter many had rushed to the spirit casks. These men were the last that could be got out, and on hearin g th e mus i c th e y c ommenced their national pastime, and ludicrously danced a polka through the whole lino. One man was brought out between two French soldiers. This wretch had been discovered attempting to fire time powder magazine when in a drunken fit. I have heard that the following day he was shot. The large pinnaces and cutters from the squadron rapidly embarked the men, and ill thleo All', a: t3r Llie surren , ler they were placed on board the men-of-war. In the afternoon the Governor (General Bodisco), with two.colonels and the priest, were taken on board, in company wit h some few French officers. ex p r essed The Governor, in conversation, had that their chance of holdin g out longer had beco me quite hopeless, a 10-inch gun turned from t heir own mud battery against them, being well handle d ; he observed al so th a t th e b a tt er y from the heigh ts was brought to play up o n him (this was Capta in Ramsay's), and that the French were gradually ad' vancing and securing their position. The last two shells that we re fi re d were f rom C a ptain Pelham s gun on the mud battery ; they entered the same embrasure, and set fire to the officers' quarters. SWEDEN AND THE ALLIES. COPENHAGEN, August 27.—The Aftonbletcleg affirms that General Baraguay d'Hilliers has offered the King of Sweden fourteen million francs for the first month, and seven for succeeding months, as a subsidy to be paid on his actively joining th e Western Powers. ALAND. DANTZIC, Saturclay.—The cholera is very bad at Bomarsund. Sixty French soldiers died on the 231. The Balmoral steam-ship has arrived. PRUSSIA. A correspondent writing to a co ntemporarl says :—Certainly Prussia is expecting war, ana that soon. The palisades of the ditch ar e set to all the outworks here. This would not be done unless there was a probability of an early a ttack ; The palisades are generally housed or p reserv ed from the effects of the weather. If the surmise should prove correct, and war takes place between Prussia and the Western Powers, it seems hardlypossible for Prussia to escape a revolution or 1," change of Sovereigns. The antagonism of p olitical feeling is already pushed to the verge of colision. With one party the King is almost a God. the King wishes, God wills I" W hat of the nobles. " I am a noble, aristocrat, and Royalist," said one of this section, and s's he spoke he held out the ring on his fore finger. "My ancestors carried this crest in th e Holy Wars. We haVe been for ages more than t he mere companions in arms of the King's familr —lv e have been friends ! Three generals of nly . n 3 g e were killed in the Seven Years' War ; one 111 d war against Napoleon. lam myself a g eneral an all that I have in the world is for mylcing. lat boy, not yet higher than my walking-stick, is a Ter Bier already ; he knows the exercise, and can or the manual. One day he will be a general, en, is the motto already he has learnt that his life, his honour ev4a is for his King. What the ing wishes, ur ea wills ! Upon my estates I have nearly 1,600113 v and their families. Every man is a soldier. „ '. cannot understand why England is at war Whi ith s Russia. One of my men, who was decorat ed for 0 bravery in 1815, and who is now an old mall, e ani o f to me when he was called on to pay his the extraordinary tax of 15 millions just ral gec t i ; and said, How is this ? They say we are to go _ war with England. I don't understand it. Frain indeed, would be another affair.' The King , Ivi ,„ do as he thinks right.' The King ! Good. 1 ,1 1 , e r is my tax. What the King wishes, God wills. In the army generally there is 'another feeling', which is still more likely than the purer loyalty the nobles to hurry Prussia into an injurious w 3,1,, portion , a Every Prussian soldier desires to have a shot Frenchman ! With the commercial classes, i t ra, 7 mercantile marine, and generally am on g the.,l.on yelled and literary men, there exists an oppos:: (if to the Government, a feeling which is alin e ' not absolutely) disloyalty and personal hostilityt the King. Among a party of these classes to pross pose the health of the King would be thought 1 ,1, 4 Prussian an insult, in a foreigner a mistake. 1". Prussian would be turned out of the corapaq" l the foreigner would be requested to drink sora other toast. A war with England would be a sigli e ! to these men to offer the crown of Prll'Sla to soul! other member of the Royal family. They lon that for a time all the strength of an organise_ force would be against them ; b ut the y rely up?" the influence of family and connect ions in he army, and expect that a very shu rt interval 0111 suffice to break up its union and strength. This brief summary of the intern al p olitica l state of Prussia would be incomplete if n e notice were taken of the extreme aristocral i and democracy which are found in the ran ks of the two great divisions of the country. But as evert one knows how much these two principles oppon each other, the object of this letter will be answered , if you are made aware that the aristocratic extreme is as tyrannical and Russian as the other is vision' ary and uncertain. Enough has been said to show you the danger that menaces society in Prussia. One other element , and that perhaps the most powerful, must not be, forgotten—the women of Prussia have a bitter and well-founded hate of France and Frenchmen. AUSTRIA VIENNA, AUGUST 24. Yesterday's Official Vienna Gazette contained the appointment of Baron Edward de Bach, till ne t governor of Upper Austria, and brother of his Pc" cellency the Minister of the Interior, to the Po.° of Austrian civil commissioner for the Danubian principalities. Baron E. de Bach has made biS diplomatic visits here to-day ;he prcceeds to tlis head-quarters of Baron Hess forthwith; and by th e sth of September, the day on which the Austriao troops are to enter Bucharest, he will most probab l f have reached the capital of Wallachia. In tliq absence of intelligence from the seat of war of a more stirring and exciting nature, we have to coo,' tend with a species of ne%N s evidently dissemina te' for the most malicious purposes by the comnin a enemies, id est, by the minions of Russia and t he revolutionary party respectively. The following telegraphic despatches have be ell received here : " ORSOVA, August " The birthday of his Majesty the Ernr e i stji Francis Joseph was festively celebrated on the J-,..fr at Rustchuk. Omer Pacha, with his whole sin_ and all the foreign officers, gorgeously attirl' attended the solemnisation in the Consulate's chaq; during which a salute of 21 guns was fired frorooo,4 fortress. A grand parade of the troops als° t bo , place in honour of the day. At Rustchuk the co, lera has broken out among the Turkish troops. Giurgevo and Nicopoli the disarming and ine°l.l-se ration of the Bashi-bazouks in the new corps .°%.y. nised by the French has led to several sang al bo ji scenes. The rebels were overpowered in very places. Trade on the Lower Danube is lively." WP C° CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG: 17.—The day 0 %; yesterday the last of the ships destined for 1101 pedition of the Crimea left here for Varna. c h 0 lead 12,000 Turkish troops and 2,000 Fre i ' tike' board. Horses, cannon, and munitions wel,.eboate wise shipped, and a number of flat-botton3ea_ bore were taken. Prince Napoleon, who has be e _ P uo t since the 10th, has returned really on no; r visil sickness—he is suffering from fever. , 11 __ ;oo te Pacha has to-day left on a diplomatic lo'usss'taot Bucharest. , The cholera is decreasing in C° 6l3t iroli no le and Varna ; and at Gallipoli it hag Ge asi , g disappeared. In the Dardanelles it is in i,dor s tr u t d whi le in violence. By the use of so manY transport ships, trade has suffered here _ area there is abundance of money, there is r' scarcity of goods. o °ll 0 ' " CONSTANTINOPLE, August 14.—S— , , 0 25th I men embarked at Varna from the 18th to 0, 600 o their destination is Sebastopol. The rol L u t i bo hen the Anglo-French, with the exception °I sae 1 , the wine stores, and some catnp utensils, goreow' from the conflagration at Varna. Some 111 , ings have been noticeable in the Fret"' r -tri lately." a c el 1 .7 " ALEXANDRIA, August 16.--The rived here on the 12th ; the town was illuminated. On the 14th he set out for c tinople." n eolin t ro " TRIESTE, August 24. —According t° a t here ments from Constantinople of the not a single three-masted vessel now in is to be phorus. The point where the landi n g ' , t . 4 made is a profound secret, known °nd bo admirals and principal commanders. "- os trir il of the approaching entrance of the received troops into the Principalities was ree rii e b lv e C hola' satisfaction in the Turkish metropolis. . 0 1 ci lr o prevails there, but it is not of an epiderai to hes ratter. Intelligence from Smyrna vac 16th. There is an average of from thre.e _ bits t; 140, the II; cases of cholera per day. The richer ion,a,NreOs, are leaving the town. The Austrian frigel L :, he t has arrived here. Several bands of p„ir 3l ' o , 0 0 ' 0 been seized at Lorvio. Wo learn from vn r i s Ps, the loss of the French by the conflagratial_ tore! than that of the English, the whole of whosviiitojlr of provisions are destroyed. According t t ° bo t al gence from Beyrut of the 14th in st., en. 00° the Emir Beschir A..chmet was named Ida the Maronites." of A t l h A e p p ß r l o n v , in A ce u . G. 524P. -LA TII-ieN C . aPtain"Gel3/ 013P Gen eral ; Guipuscoa has given orders to dissolve the 10 34' Narvaez has a . pplied for passports to go a Jose Concha bas set out for the HavatJa• •oes still cooti The reports of a Ministerial crisis I A Madrid letter of the 21st says :-- totioi), " toldWell-infore persons pretend that the q • 01 which appears ivide most seriously the 131(20010 the present Cabinet is that of the departurl,° Witi t Clariitina. Ally* All the) Ilinivtend O w " • ;