The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-18 00:00:00

"ON SMOKE PREVENTIO N. _" h ere really ought not to be any exc use for the entire B' SEN" riddsnce of the smoke nuisance; our own experience satisling us that the system of smoke prevention and economy of fuel, invented and carne out by Mr. Lee Stevens, is as effective as it is e simple. U n til we had It applied to our own steam-engine furnace, w could form no Idea of the ease and certainty of its operations, without any moveable parts, and at such very moderate expense."—Sun. Copies of OFFICIAL AND OTaER REPORT?, and of Testimo nials in favourAthe Invention, as applied to STEAM BOILERS; BREWERY., PERS; SPILLS; CantISTS. DYERS, and ^ONFECTIONER:s' PANS; COAL OVENS, &c, with information especting licenses to manufacture or uae the Patent Sinolte.ess Fur ances, g,ven by Mr. JOHN LEE STEVENS, the Patentee, at the Offices, No. 1, FISH-STREET-HILL, CITY, LONDON. REWERY, COPPER, ...A.ND OTILER FURNACES. " The Brewery, Lichfield, 9th August, 1854. "Dear Sir,—We are glad to say that your apparatus quite bears out the assurance you gave us that it would answer Our purpose. " The doubt we had as to its adaptation t furnaces with defective draught is entirely removed. Our liquor copper now boils quite as soon as the wort copper, and with both there is a diminution in the consumption of fhel. " The experiment we witnessed at Messrs. CLIARENGTON, 'HEAD, and CO.'S, as to smoke prevention, we thouelit at the time perfectly successful, and this impression we are happy to confirm from actual experience. "It will give us pleasure to reply to inquiries that may be made by any Brewery Firms at Burton-ou- Trent, but should suggest that it may probably be snore satisiactory to those gentlemen to judge for themselves by seeing the furnaces at work, and this they can d 9 at any time. " e remain, dear sir, Yours, very truly, " JOtlN AND A_ITRUR GRIFFITH, "J. Lee Stevens, Esq " Copies of officlal and other reports, and of testimonials in favour of tho invention, as applied to steam Boilers, Brewery Coppers, Still 4, of 'Dyers', and Confectioners' Pans Coal Ovens, &c., with information respecting Licences to manufacture or use this well,statilislied system of smoke Preventi ,, n and Ecunomv of Fuel continues to be given by Mr Jo FIN LEE STF.Vie,NS, the Patentee, at the Offices, No. 1, Fish-street-h al, City, London. TILEAME nOYA.E. DRURY LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. 'ILA f'VESING, AUGUST 18, WM be performed P.ellini's er LA 80NbTANBITLA. Amine, Bury; Lisa, MaJa7ne GrelaTenhag n; Th-re,a, lia dvile Heinrich; Alessi?, ,14, or F«lTara; Count itodolpho, signor Ainoldi; aud r..isino, sig or ettim. Geucluue wait a favour:to BALLS r DIVERTBSEMENT. Toc,es—Gailery, I YA, Upper Boxes, as ; First circle, 4s ; Dress Circle, ba.; Stalls, Is. ; and i:rivato Boxes, One, Two, Three, and Emu Guineas each. THE tTRE ROYAL IiAYAARKZ.T. -Under the management of Mr. Uuckstone. TIII3 EVENING, Accent 18, ba performed TUE OLD C EAU. Characters by Messrs. Howe, Roger‘,2l. Marston, and Bac's.stme; Mrs. Iltzwiillam, and .}ties Reynolds. Followed by the SPAN:SII DANCERS In a GRAND BALLET. Th) new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. LYCEUM TdEATRE• Yr. and Mrs. SIM 3 REEVES' FAILF.WELL PERFORMANCES. 3:r. ALLCROFT bEgs to atnoance that he has entered:nto an In:agernent with Mr. ant Mr . MS h F.V hS, for Three Fare well- periormanees previous to tb.2.lr departure for the season, the second of which will take pl.ce TIII3 EVENING, AXGUST 13, when will he presented celebrated Opera of LA. SONNA 11- B U I,p, F.tvino, Mr. Stills ItGeVeS ; Count Ro•1olplto. Mr. Farqu harson ; Alritll3, Mrs :Ants Reeves ; Lissa, misi J. Ihrland. • o conclude with the Grand Ballet entitled LES PAYSANNES DU Nui,l), conclude by M dile. D'AlltiAlle, assisted by .Icllies E. Horn, Mart n, Buffton, Maxie, Chaves, and an tfficient Corps de Ballet. Boxes, 53; PA, 23. 6d.; Gallery, 7s. Private Boxes, 215., to be had•at the Box-ofC3• ROYAL SgaREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN:4. "This place fills up an hiatus whi;ih the Crystal Palace leaves wanting. Vocal and instrumental manic of the first order, and a display of fireworks which exceeds all imagination, are a fitting close to a day at the Crystal Palace.' DINSON'S COLOSAAL PANORAMA of CHUSAN. Splendid and Extensive Menagerie and Marine Aquarium—Unri valled Military Band. VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, In 'which Miss Poole, Misz 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 tertis," and a most maciiti,ient display of Fireworks by Southby. Admission One Shilling. A splendid Pavilion for Dancing h a s been erected. Full Quadrille Band, Bcc. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMP arrilEAT.:i.. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Shortly will be produced, a Grand EQUESTRIAN BURLESQUE ! THIS EVENING, THE COSSACKS; or, Vice la France. After which, SCENES in the ARENA, invented and arranged by Mr. William Cooke. Miss Emily Cooke, the wonder of the world, will have the honour of appearing. Grand Entree by 12 ladies. The Union of Engl.lnd and France. HERR CIIRISTOFF, Premier Fnuantbale on the Tight Rope. To conclude with the new Equestrian Ballet d'Action, by Mrs S. G. Healey, called THE KNIGIII AND THE WAIEB. LILY; or, Love among the Mermaids. Box-office open front Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W . West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE,. Tats DAT —Morning 19 rain.after 9 1 a',venine 59 tnin.aft.. 9 To-Mosnow—klorning 38 cain.aftex 19 L 'limning 17 min.alt. 11 WEATHER.—Sins Ovvivs, AUG. 18. TIMMOWATEB, IN TnE SEULDZ. 65 —highest since noon yesterday. 50 --lowest this morning and during the night. 68 —this day at noon. BAROMETER. 30'23. WIND, N W. —Light —fine weather. t 5 e „,„. LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1854. A marvellous token of the mutability of earthly things must be recognised by every intelligent observer in the decrees which appeared in the Moniteur of Wednesday, the 16th inst., autho rising at last the carrying out of the designs of the Emperor NAPOLEON the Great, as solemnly indicated in his Imperial Majesty's Last Will and Testament. Several years have now elapsed since one of the most cherished wishes of the Captive of St. Helena was happily realised by the removal to Europe of his glorious remains on board the Belle Poule frigate, since the second and final sepulture of the dead hero "on the banks of the Seine in the midst of the French people whom ho loved so well." During the interval which has divided that memorable incident from the present time, the supplanters of the elder branch of the BOURBON dynasty have themselves been sup planted in turn, and a third revolution has in France, within the space of a few hours, sub verted in one crash the whole of the mighty fabric of a monarchical Government. A third NAPOLEON has followed that third Revolution. His reign has scarcely attained its third anniver sary when there appears in the official organ at Paris a document from the Minister of State, Acrintm FOULD, in reference to the long-delayed but at last realised design of carrying into effect, as far at least as can be accomplished after the lapse of thirty-three years, some of the more important testamentary injunctions of the heroic founder of the Imperial dynasty. It has been estimated that a sum of not more than 8,000,000 francs will be sufficient to effect this satisfac torily. As the Minister observes very justly, in his explanatory communication to the present EMPEROR, " a feeble compensation for the 117,000,000 which properly belonged to the EMPZROR, and which the decree of the sth August, 1848, brought into the public treasury, ll an amount also, he continues, " far from compensat ing for th e 200 millions hich NAPOLEON I. had appropriated out of his private doniam' in favour of the victims of the war"— meaning, of course, the war of 1814 a n d 1815 , when France strove so valiantly, but desperately,hre to soil, h w t ithstand the as sembled armies invading theallied eaccumulated f orc es brought togeth er b y Europeanotenedobryo t he ton amount mof o uSo vereigns. An extraordi nary credit f a b ove mentioned, is already Imperial decrees above specified—th e hr sa ting a commission charged with before de pa ivisi n r i i i m o o o. nomi nating the credit of 8,000,000 francs larised. As members of this Commission, we find the following personages enumerated in the column s of the M on iteur—namely, Gene ra l C ount D'ORNANO , President ; M. ROUHER, Presi- RIEI7, M. J. BOULAY (DE L A d e nt ; M. D E PA. MuERTHE), M. DE ROYER, M. PERRON, M. LEltoic, and 24. m EsNAß D—these Commissioners having their discretion, no w to decide, acco rding t 0 their suggested last whether the sche me of the division year by the former Commission rsehsaplelctbemocadrlieedd. out in its entirety, or in any as a matter of his - That project it may be as well , torical interest, to remember was as follows 1. Three hundred thousand francs to the officers and soldiers of the battalion of the letani of Elba, or to their widows 300,0001 and children 2. Two hundred thousand francs to the wounded at Ligny and at Waterloo 200,000 3. Fifteen hundred thousand francs to the officers and soldiers who fought from 1792 to 1813, for the glory and inde pendence of the nation 4. Four hundred thousand francs to the town of 'Brienne 5. Three hundred thousand francs to the town of Mery 6. Thirteen hundred thousand francs to the provinces which suffered from the two invasions 7. Four millions to the private legatees, • or to their widows and direct heirs 4,000,000 1,500,000 400,000 Total 8,000,000 f, atelY be decided as tc 300,000 1,300,000 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 1854. whether the 8,000,000 francs shall be thus dis tributed or not —the fact is no longer doubtful tshomatethhoewB,,aonoao,otiOtaot f t r h an u c s s , are to be distributed the Will of the Great NAPOLEON, is to be actually carried into effec: in some of its most interesting and important par ticulars. By a happy coincidence the announcement of the Imperial decrees to which we have thought it advisable to make this direct allusion as indicating anew, and in a very wonderful manner, the muta bility of earthly things—by a happy coincidence, we say, this curious and interesting announcement comes forth simultaneously with the reply of NA POLEON'S successor to the felicitations offered to his Imperial Majesty by the Bishop of BAYONNE on the day set apart in honour of the fête of its elected Sovereign. The reply in which the French Emperor very nobly observed—" In presence of this general manifestation [that is, the celebration throughout France on the 15th of August of the Fête NAPOLEON] and of the prayers which are addressed to HEAVEN throughout the whole of France, it is the duty of the SOVEREIGN, in his turn, to deliver himself up to a strict self examination in order to ascertain whether he has done everything that depended on him to merit this concert of good wishes and marks of respect. It is his duty, above all, to come to the foot of the altar to implore DIVINE PROVIDENCE, by the intercession of the ministers of religion, to bless his efforts, to enlighten his conscience, and to give him constantlystrength to do good, and to put do wn evil." Sentiments worthy, in every respect, of falling from the lips and rising from the heart of a Christian Sovereign. As emanating from the chief of the allies of England in the midst of this general warfare, the subsequent remarks, uttered upon the same occasion by the EMPEROR of France, are not undeserving, we conceive, of par ticular regard, and of very especial remembrance. We mean when in a'lusion to the condition of the country owning allegiance to his sceptre, his MAJESTY observed, " My presence on this day at Bayonne is a fact which I mention with pleasure, for it proves that France, calm and happy, no longer feels any of those apprehensions which oblige the head of the State to be always armed and on the qui rive in the capital ; and it proves that France can support a distant war without her internal life ceasing to be free and regular." An indication which will be anything but welcome to the Ru.ssian AUTOCRAT—the in ternal tranquillity and prosperity of France and England (during the very time of the conduct of the war against his gigantic autocracy) being to him a terrible sequel of intelligence, coming as it does upon the dread knowledge of the cordial alli ance binding together the two mightiest States of Civilised Christendom. • An Irish prisoner once concluded what he manifestly considered a triumphant defence by stating, that although four witnesses had seen him strike the deceased, he could produce at least four hundred who had not seen him do so. Much laughter was excited at the ridiculous argument, and the folly that could suppose that any man of ordinary intelligence could be imposed on by such absurd and illogical reasoning. The Irish JOE MILLER has, however, been fully paralleled by the recent prcceedings against Lieutenant PERRY, whose persecutors have even outstripped their predecessors. He only relied on the ignorance of the multitude, as a legitimate ground for an acquittal on a serious charge, where he was entitled to receive the benefit of any rational doubt, and where his guilt should be fully and unequivocally established, before an adverse verdict could be delivered. The as sailants of Lieutenant PERRY, however, go much farther. They not only ask for an acquittal for themselves, but fur a conviction of a brother officer, who was, in self-defence, com pelled to make statements which no one, save Lieut. WALDEY, has ventured to deny on oath ; and we can scarcely suppose that much confidence can be reposed in the statement of that gaitapt officer, after the letter produced, in his own hani writing, in which he informs the prisoner of the very fact which he boldly denied in his evidence. The others contented themselves with the not mi ricordo class of testimony. Even Colonel GARB FIT himself did not venture to swear that he bad not called the prisoner "a fool for his pains"— the matter which constituted the first charge. All he dared to assert was, that "he had no re collection of having done so on that or any other occasion," —and when more closely pressed, say ing, "Really, I don't think I ever did ; it is a long time ago. I cannot charge my memory with ever having made that observation." Why, a pickpocket, at the Old Bailey, against whose name some half dozen previous convictions had been registered, would not be found guilty on such doubtful, or rather far worse than doubtful, testimony. Nor were the recollections of the other witnesses by any means more decided. Lieu tenant W. T. WALDEY was the only one who ventured to make a positive assertion, and we had seen the manner in which his culpable mendacity, or most extraordinary forgetfulness, was exposed. Who is there who has not in his juvenile days felt intense interest in the struggles and difficulties encountered by the generous and faithful SADAK in his pursuit of " the waters of oblivion," then supposed to constitute a draught worthy of an Imperial despot, one who had the life and death of his most distinguished subjects in his hands ? To judge, however, from recent events, we might imagine that it constituted the ordinary "tipple" of the " Officers and Gentlemen" of the gallant 46th—that it was as common as small beer on the Windsor mess-table. But it was not merely this remarkable want of 'Teo lection, this ignore' failing of me mory that was meat to be regretted. We found also the absolute refusal to answer incon venient interrogations which could not be met by " I cannot take upon me to say," or " I really cannot charge my memory;" and, worst of all, the previous communings, and consultations, and in structions as to the evidence, which certainly would have exposed ordinary witnesses to severe reprehension, but which, we suppose, must be tolerated on the part of officers and gentlemen whose system of " mnemonics" is so painfully defective. But if on the two first charges relating to GARRETT the testimony was so siugnlarly eak and inconclusive, what can be said as to that on the third and fourth, relating to Capt. NICHOLAS, when he was not all brought forward as a witness on these points, and where we are, therefore, jus tified in assuming that he could not venture to declue, under the solemn obligation of an oath, that he did not recollect that l " he had ill-treated young officers on joining, or aided and abetted others in doing so." This strange omission was the more extraordinary, inasmuch as the person whose testimony was essential to a conviction was in attendance, and might have been examined had the prosecutor thought fit to in any produce him. We believe that there is no per son,legesl axe that or4 i 11a degree acquainted with the proceed d quittal, even there h r ad y th u s courtsmust accused have e f J s b etmeienaed'ae whon no defence, complete w d e i 11' e nnac not and relied on the total absence of nothing of the gross prevarication and discreditable equivocation of the againstwitnesses pr h o i o m fs . , to say But he account e d f u ll y an d completely for the absence of some of the most important wit by the service, a showing that, in n br es e s a e c s h offerthethreeguld defence, of company had been selected for service i n th e E ast, while those on the rota were very unaccountably passed over, although perfectly fit for duty. The one selected involved the absence of Captain H A RDY and Lieutenant SHERVINTON, two most important witnesses to the cause of truth, and yet, w hen at the commencement of the proceedings, the prisoner alluded to their unfortunate absence, he was met by a "sneer of incredulity on the part of the President," echoed by a " laughing chorus" from some of those who ought to be dis interested judges. B u t what need of more than was produced? Wh a t evidence c ould add force to the straight forward testimony of Cap tain CORCORAN, the kind hearted officer who comforted hinjunior brethren, when ill-treated, with friendly eneouragement and excellent advice. He shows that long before such an investigation could. have been anticipated, the unfortunate lad had, with tears iu his eyes and in a state of great excitement, complained to him of the ill-treatment of Colonel GARRETT, who had, in answer to his application for redress, called him " a fool for his pains in reporting, and that he was like a child just escaped. from his mother's apron-string I." The unimpeachable testimony of Captain CHAMBERS and Major STUART, as well as what was wrung from the un- - willing lips of some of the "non mi ricordo" gentry, showed that the statements of Lieut.PERRY wet e fully and completely substantiated on enh and. every point, that it was others, and not him who should have been called on to answer before a military tri bunal, and that he must be discharged without the slightest stain affecting his character. We do not insist here on the point that it was " not only necessary that the statements should be false, but that he must have known them to be so at the time he put them forward." That would be a valid defence, but in the present case it is not necessary, inasmuch as the prisoner has esta blished all his statements beyond the possibility of reasonable doubt or difficulty. 16th. ROW TO SUBDUeI SMOKE. We proceed to show what opposite results have been elicited by the use of machine-furnaces which require motive power to keep them in action. Taking the Juckes' furnace as the first with which to illustrate that fact, we may refer to the very important evideLce given in its favour by Tru man, Haubury, and Co., the brewers, who cer tify that the invention puts them beyond com plaint, as far as the emission of smoke is concerned; and that by enabling them to substitute small coals for the more costly descriptions previously used by them, it economises their outlay for fuel to the amount of many hundred pounds'per annum. Although it appears (and fcr reasoni we shall in due time assign) that they no not consume a smaller quantity than they did before, or less, in short, than would be sufficient for ordinary furnaces. Yet at the establishment of White, Ponsford, and Co., City Flour Mills, Biackfriars, whilst the suppression of smoke was equally satisfactory, the practical effect of the same invention relative to the work performed has been found to be very different. There, after four or five of the Juckes' furnaces had been seve ral months in operation, the trial terminated in their removal, upon the ground, if we are cor rectly informed, that, with the same de scription of coals, they did not generate as much steam as had been and could be ob tained with the common furnaces. It is not difficult to account for this discrepancy. At Tru man, Hanbury, and Co.'s, we believe, the require ments of the brewery, inclusive of an efficient pro vision in the size of the fire-places, were constructed so as best to develope the advantages of this par ticular machinery-furnace under slow combustion ; brit, at White, Ponsford, and Co.'s, the nature of the business often rendering it necessary that the fires should be forced, even in excess of what may be deemed fast combustion, furnaces of a simpler form alone, and deviating but little from the con struction of ordinary furnaces, could possibly be made adequate to such emergencies. This, we apprehend, derogates nothing from the utility of the class of inventions we are now considering (applying, as it may do, to all of that class), when adapted to purposes for which they may possess claims to preference. The ma chinery-furnace, known as Hazeldine's, stands pretty much in the same -category, without, per haps, possessing so great a range of (even limited) adaptability. By Price and Co., the patent can dle manufacturers, Vauxhall, it has been as strongly recommended as that of Juckes'. We cannot comprehend on what grounds; for the ex treme inclination at which it requires to be set places the fire-surface at too great a distance from the boiler to be equally effective ; and, when so inclined, as occurs at the Stoney-lane Brewery copper of Barclay and Co., the fire has frequently to be stoked and fed with coals, _just as if there were no machinery-furnaces at work. And Hall's, which we think is a better self-supplying apparatus than Hazeldine's, and of about the same value in other respects, but not equal to that of Juckes', is a machinery-furnace far from being void of the practical anomalies inherent in the others. At Woolwich it answers remarkably well, for instance ; but at Calvert and Co.'s brewery it is very remote from being a favourite. Rela tive to price, there is not, so far as we can ascertain, any material difference between these three inventions. Assuming the charge for brewery coppers to be a criterion, it will not be much out of the way to calculate the ex l; •nse, including the patentee's emolument for use, at twenty shillings per barrel upon the capacity of the copper ; say, for one of 400 barrels, 4001.; and herein they contrast very unfavourably with the cost of smoke-preventing furnaces of the most simple form. Grounding the calculation on what we have paid for our own, that invention, with the patentee's customary royalty, may be applied to a brewery copper of the size mentioned for less than 80/. Our furnace, brick-work and all, came much under 201. Still, the proprietors of the machinery-furnace patents have ample room for patronage and profit, notwithstanding the re stricted scope of their utility ; and with im proved construction, they may increase that limit by lessening the expense of keeping them in repair, without adding to the original price. Beyond which we may repeat the statement made some time since at the Society of Arts, of the then ascertained existence of more than 40,000 steam-boiler furnaces, on land, in the United Kingdom ; whilst there can scarcely be less than that number in the vast varieties of other furnaces, ranging from a baker's coal oven up to a brewer's copper ; and constituting, alto gether, demand enough, we should think, to satisfy the reasonable expectations, if not the ex cessive cupidity, of at least fifty inventors, much more advanced in successful demonstration of the proved value of their several plans than a fifth part of them can possibly be at present. Our succeeding remarks will have reference to some of those contrivances to which occasional motion must be given by the stoker or other per son having charge of the fire. Col. TIIE CRIMEA. A MAP. By JAMES WYLD. A splendid map of the Crimea evidences more clearly than ever the promptitude with which M. Wyld has determined to cater for the information laudibly desired by the uore patriotic sections of the community. A glance at this map will be suf ficient to show the importance of the prize which the Allied Powers are presumed to be on the eve of wresting from the possession of the Russian Au tocrat. It will be perceived by those who care fully examine the engraving that a more considerable portion of the earth's surface than many may sup pose is occupied by this remarkable peninsula. The map before us is, if we judge correctly, upon the scale of some five or six miles to the inch. The isthmus joining the Crimea to the mainland appears to be about five miles across, in the immediate vicinity of the town of Perekop. Starting from that point in the Gulf of Karkinite, and travelling southwards we pass, in skirting the shores of the peninsula, the following capes or headlands—Point Scaarpi Cape o ß u l a a b t e a: Cape cape K K a h r e a r m s o r n o e u s n e e Cap , , Capee Ai s a l: i fo c r a o p s e , Saritche, Cape Kirkineis, Cape Nikita, Cape Mega nom, and Cape Theodosia. Beyond which lies the minor peninsula of Kertch. From the isthmus joining which to the large peninsula of the Crimea runs the curiously long and narrow neck of land dividing the Sea of Azov from the Putrid Sea, the extremity of this strange neck of land being divided from the mainland opposite Yenitsohi by the strait of Yenitschi. As indicating yet more clearly the extended scale on which this noble map of the Crimea has been produced by Mr. Wyld, we may mention that there are distinctive marks to pot vil i l n ag e o , u t h t a o m t l h e e t observer house, ,a i n n e d i iv t d ual hamlets city, tf n w h n a ~. bited, church, monastery, mosque, fort, post road, river, great road, cro ss r oa d, lighthouse, windmill, water mill, of the Black s and watercourse ! In one corner of the broadsheet, moreover , is and detailed r, introduced an excellent chartill, i Sea, and in another is a masterly_ plan of the town and hatbour of Sebas topol. LATEST NEWS. THE WAR. OPERATIONS AGAINST BOMARSUND. The following has been received from Berlin : " Advices from Copenhagen of the 16th state that the French took the strongest fort at Bomarsund on the 15th, after several hours' resistance. The storming of the remaining forts is fixed for the ____ " According to Stockholm advices of the 16th the Russians have been betrayed by the peasantry in Aland, and General Baraguay d'Hilliers had proclaimed the liberation of Aland from the Rus sians in all the churches." We read in a letter, dated Ledsund, August 12, that the troops landed on Tuesday morning last (Bth), at 3 o'clock, without opposition, and ai tacked a redoubt of five guns, which defended the road. The French took it in front and the marines in the rear, and carried it in a moment without any loss. They are now encamped behind some high ground between the villages of Finly and Sundsbole, about two miles from the main battery, the French Chas seurs spreading • themselves over the intervening ground to within 800 yards of the wall. A Russian officer came out of the door of the fort about a dozen yards, and was instantly shot by one of them ; he was seen to raise his hand to his breast and fall, and. some men rushed from the fort and took him in. __ The people from the villages bring plenty of pro. visions, and are very civil. The French troops have been slightly attacked by cholera, 11 having died in four days. The Penelope got aground within range of the forts, and was fired .upon for three hours and a half, but was not hurt much. The small ships went to her assistance, and drew the attention upon themselves. The Pigmy's mainmast was shot away. The Hecla had several shot in her, and one poor little fellow had his chest torn open by a round shot. They fired red-hot shot. Lieutenant Cowell, Royal Engineers, has been badly wounded in the thigh by his revolver going off accidentally. As yet we have only lost five men. A battery opened upon the Amphion and Phle gethon, which they silenced almost immediately ; and when - they landed to spike the guns, they found four of them burst, and a fifth could not be loaded. The Penelope had to throw everything over board, guns, water, ac., before she could be floated. It is believed that GOO men have succeeded in crossing from the main land, and are now on the island of Prastce, but have not yet got into the fort. The forts are strong, and it will be a strong tura. beforo they give way. No time to say more. The attack or bombardment will commence to morrow or Monday; the English and French guns, and five 10 7 incli mortars, are in position on the hill. cessarily becomes in a short time foul; the offal and filth accumulate, and even though buried with care, yet infect the ground. The men are for the most part idle ; they eat fruit and trash of all kinds, sleep half the day in the sun, and expose themselves with out caution to all the most dangerous influences of the climate. Therefore it has been resolved to keep them moving, even though without any definite aim. They are marched so many miles in the day, and the encampments are being changed—all, it is said, with the best effect. It is to be hoped that more earnest occupation will put an end to the sick ness which the unhealthy Bulgarian plains have produced, and though we cannot replace the brave men already lost, still there is some consolation in knowing that the mortality among our troops has been, on the whole, extremely low, and that they suffer much less than either of the three armies which are occupying the same the same territory. As to our French allies, it may be some satisfaction to those who are always complaining of the inferi ority of British discipline and military science to know that the arrangements of our army excite great admiration among the most experienced offi cers of the Gallia force. Indeed, it is considered that they have more to learn from us than we from them, particularly iu the details of regimental discipline, The deaths among the French contingent are much more numerous than in the British army. Much less attention is paid to cleanliness, and the state of their cantonments is said to be insufferable to a stranger. Discipline is much more lax among them ; the officers make no attempt to hinder the men from wandering through Varna or whatever village they may be near ; they have acquired a most unfortunate taste for raki, which they drink in such quantities that the old characters of the two nations seem reversed, and the French are declared to be much more addicted to intoxication than our own men. The deaths in the British force, which some days ago amounted to fro a 16 to 2J per day, are now, it is said, not more than five or six. Those among the French are also diminished in number, ',tit the mortality is still much greater than our own. Preparations still go on for thel great enterprise which occupies the attention of all. It is hardly disguised that the destination of this force is the Crimea, and that the blockade, if not the siege, of Sebastopol is what the allied commanders have in view. It is a bold thing to give an opinion in such a case, knowing as we do how diffident even a mili tary man ought to be in forming a judgment unless he has served under the Duke in the late Penin sular war, but common conversation among those resident in the country seems to declare that the season is almost too far advanced for a regular siege, unless some means of success unknown to the world has been discovered by the Generals. However, even if this be so, it would be no slight thing to impede the preparations and mili tary works which are being pushed forward with such speed in the neighbourhood of the fortress. These are evident even to the unpractised eye, and created much sensation on the last visit of the Fury and Terrible to the mouth of the harbour. Stores of provisions, re-inforcements of men, supplies of clothing, ammunition and arms, are continually being added to the resources of the city, and every nerve is strained by the Russian Government to add to the security of the place whose fall would be the ruin of Russian influence in the East for many years. During the autumn months these efforts will be redoubled. The ice of the Baltic and the un fitness of the Polish plains for military movements will free Russia from the danger of an attack in her northern provinces, and will enable her to despatch even greater reinforcements to the southern seat of war. Not even the region of a Russian winter will prevent the addition of many thousand men to the Crimean army, and the strengthening of Se bastopol by works the skill of which cannot be denied. It is of great consequence, therefore, that the further preparations for attack should be im peded, if possible; and even though the stronghold should not fall until next spring, it would be no slight achievement to master the province by a short and brilliant autumn campaign, and for the expeditionary force to spend their first winter on the soil of a beaten enemy. The occupation of the Crimea may be the prelude to the fall of Se bastopol ; and if the views of the Commanders are limited to this achievement, success is cer tain ; but if a regular a iege of this great fortress is attempted at such a season, the event may be more than doubtful. It would hardly be pru dent to trust our transports and their living freights to the finer cies of the Euxine up to the last moment when the sea is safe for the purposes of navigation, which is the middle of November, and if our splendid vessels are endangered by such a ' course, what must be he situation of the little French craft—puny brigs of 150 or 200 tons, fit only for the sabotage along the banks of the Chan nel. The French have no less than 380 of these boats collected at Varna, and in fine weather it may be very well to string eight or nine of them together and tow them across the piece of sea which divides the Crimea from the Turkish plains, but that they will be fit for more stormy navigation no one believes. On the whole, however, without presuming . either to promise or to prophecy, it was stated with con fidence that Sebastopol will be in the hands of the Allies before the summer of next year ; and it would be as well for the public to acquiesce in the judgment of the skilful men at the head of the com bined army, and, should it be their opinion that the operation of the present year should be con fined to a land and sea blockade of the fortress, not to repine at the slow movement of affairs, nor to think that either inertness or treachery have any place in the counsels of their leaders, Ministerial or military. THE WAR IN ASIA. The last' accounts from Asia say a great battle was expected under the walls of Kars, where the two armies, each 30,000 strong, were encamped within a league of each other. • SWEDEN AND NORWAY. A lively discussion is going on in the Swedish and Norwegian papers on war or peace. The most influential journals in both countries openly and distinctly declare that it would be worse than mad ness to join the allies and make enormous sacrifices, unless on the fixed and well-understood condition that Russia shall be broke n up, aud Poland restored. Otherwise, as they very p ro p erly remark, ev en the transfer of Finland to Sweden would be a delusion and a snare. It would compel the Scandinavian. cou ntries to live in a n armed peace, which would exhaust every class, would make the Government a mere military despotism, and would eventually ruin the North altogether. But if this condition is to be complied with, if Russia is reduced to the mensions she had in the time of Peter the Great, then every voice will eagerly be given for the holy campaign. FR AN CE. The fete of his Majesty was celebrated with great pomp at Bayonne. Their Majesties were present at the re Deum and afterwards went to the Mairie, amidst the acclamations of the people who were assembled in their passage. The Em peror afterwards reviewed the troops of the garri son. In the evening a display of fireworks took place on one of the bastions of the citadel, in such a position as to be seen from the chateau of the Emperor. At night the town was illuminated. . The inauguration of the works of the Victor E mmanuel Railway took place on the 7th inst. A fete was given on the occasion at Chamberry. The Archbishop delivered a speech in praise of modern inventions. A certain number of French share holders assisted at the fete. The Three per Cents. opened yesterday at 72f. 60c., and rose to 73f. 10c., the closing price for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 99f. 50c. ; and the New Loan, at 73f. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,201 f. 25c. ; Rouen, 975 f. ; Havre, 566 f. 25c. ; Great Northern, 841 f. 25c. ; Strasburg, 790 f. ; New Shares, 6261. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 958 f. 75c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 867 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 645 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 630 f. ; - - Great Central of France, 501 f. 25c. ; Lyons and ' Geneva, 5061. 25c. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 715 f. AUSTRIA- The Post-Ampt Gazette of Frankfort has the fol io wing from Vienna, of the 13th :—" In the con ferences which are about to take place, Austria will, above all, insist on the revision of the treaty of Konschonck-Kainardchi, the free navigation of the Danube, and the cessation of the Russian pro tectorate over the principalities a nd over the Chris tians of the East. The Cabinet will not enter on any negotiations unless these points have been pre cedently conceded." A letter from Vienna of the 13th, in the Ham burg News, says :—" The Conference of the Ain bassadors has had a meeting to-day. Already, some days before, the representatives of the Powers had declared to Count Buol that they were pro vided. with the instructions necessary to draw up a new protocol. It is asserted that the first question discussed is that of ascertaining to what point the evacuation of the princi palities, and the retreat of the Russians, can serve as a starting-point for new negotiations. It is said that the four powers are not agreed. on that point. Austria cgree.s with the Western Powers as to the e guarantees to be required from Rus, this lattpr but Pruicsia proposes to modify in favour of the propositions made, everything seems to inti mate that the discussion' will drag on, unless the Western Powers force the conference to come to a THE PRINCIPALITIES. A letter from Widdin, of the 6th, in the Moni teur, says :—" A French military intendant has just arrived here from Varna. He has visited Kra jowa and the neighbouring towns, and is very well satisfied with the resources of every kind which the country offers, notwithstanding the heavy bur dens it has had to support. The appearance of French uniforms on the left bank of the Danube has produced an indescribable sensation. The in tendant and the officers who accompanied him were the objects of continual ovations." A letter from Rustchuk, is the Moniteur, says : " The following are some details on the subject of the retreat of the Russians and the advance of the Turkish army. On the 27th ult. the Russians abandoned their po sition at Daya. A. first reconnaissance was ordered on the same day by Omer Paella, and led to the capture of a Rus sian officer and two soldiers. This reconnaissance was pushed on as far as Frateschti and Daya. The Turks found houses under ground, which were constructed last autumn by the Ru-sians, and in which 20 battalions might be quartered. There were also extensive stables, and a large supply of hay which the enemy had kit behind. On the following day, four regiments of cavalry under the orders of I-lalim Pacha pushed on as far as Komana, a small viliage on the banks of the .Niajl.)u. The Russians had already crossed that river, and afterwards the Argis, a little more to the northward, in order, probably, to direct their march on Bondeschi or Frceiniechti, and thus gain the extensive plain of Bouzeo. After crossing these two rivers, the Russians burnt the bridges. On the 28tb, eleven Russian cavalry soldiers fell into the hands of the Turks. They said that two days before their departure from Daya, Prince Gortschakoff, in order to revive the drooping courage of the soldiers, caused to be read in the camp a manifesto of the Emperor Nicholas, in which the Czar promised two roubles to each of the soldiers who had taken part in the war beyond the Danube, and an nounced to them that they were about to recross the Pruth in order to defend their country, which was threatened by three powerful enemies, France, England, and Austria." CONSTANTINOPLE. The Presse has advices from Constantinople of the 10th, stating that the marriage of Princess Fatima and Redschid Pash's son was celebrated.with great pomp on that day. The armaments for Asia are continued with great energy. It is said that the departure of the expedition from Varva will be delayed in consequence of the intense violence of the cholera. Letters have reached Paris from Constantinople, to the sth, but their principal contents have been anticipated by the electric telegraph. A serious engagement took place on July 29, in the Do brudseha, not far from Babadagh, between some Cossacks and a party of Bashi-bazouks, lately or ganised by General Yussuf, of the French service. The Cossacks, though far superior in number, were put to flight, and pursued to some distance. Their flight was, in fact, so rapid that a regiment of Zouaves, charged to support, if necessary, the Bashi-bazouks, could not come up with them, not withstanding all the exertions that they made. In the early part of this affair, Chef d'Escadron Du brenil, who was at the head of the Bashi-bazouks, dashed forward with such impetuosity that he got into the midst of the enemy, and received a num ber of slight wounds. His 'men, however, disen gaged him soon after, without much difficulty. The Cossacks had forty men killed or wounded to this encounter. Several Circassian chiefs arrived on the 29th July at Constantinople from Varna, where they had gone on a mission to the three generals-in-chief of the allied forces. On thei arrival at Constantinople they were receiv ed b y the principal Ministers of the Porte, and presented to the Sultan, who received them most graciously. r They are soon to return home with arms, ammu nition, and military s t ores , placed at their disposal by the 13• rte. Bou-Maza arrived at Constantinople on August 5. There appears to be no doubt, these letters . say; yielded up that the Anglo-French troops have determined to take possession of all the bank of the Danube . movement would have the effect of insuring .the destruction of the whole of the Russian flotilla, with the exceion perhaps, of some boats, not to Russia by the last treaties.. This drawing muchwater, which could escape up the Pruth. The object f the late visit of Marshal St. Arnaud to Const an tinople was to explain to the Sultan in p erson th e o bject of the great expedition which was on the point of being despatched against the Crimea. Th e rumo ur in the Turkish capital was that the com bi ne d fleets would be able, without incurring much danger—as was proved by the ex periments m a d e by the squadron under Admiral Bruat—to do the greatest dam a g e to the fortifica tions of Sebastopol, and even to destroy the Rus sian fleet at anc hor there. The embarkation of the materiel and troops was to commence on the 6th, every necessary preparation having been made there in advance ; and it was thought, these letters say, that the expedition might set out on the 9th or 10th. On the 2d of Augus t, Admiral Sir E. Lyons arrived at Constantinople from Varna, in the Agamemnon. He had immediately a number of interviews with Lord Stratfor d de Redcliffe, re lative to the beat means of insuring to the allied fleets such resources as they might happen to need. THE CAMP AT V.A.RNA AND THE EXPI DITION TO THE CRIMEA. According to the last intelligence from Varna, says a Constantinople letter of the sth instant, the sickness was much diminished. The army must still be considered as in an unhealthy state, but there is every reason to believe that the worst is passed, and that the terrific heat and malaria which seem to have overspread the country for the last five or six weeks will now pass away with the declining summer• Proper means have been taken for the restitution of the general health. It is well known to officers, and particu larly to_ . those "accusto_ ined. to a hot climate, that the worst thing possible is to remain for any time on a single spot, The encampment ne- prompt decision by entering vigorously on the theatre of war. It is said that France and England are furnished with special powers. The relations between Prince Gortschakoff and our Cabinet have again become exceedingly active. M. d'Alvensle ben and Count d'Arnim are present at the confer ences which he has with the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The armaments are going on, but the march of troops for Transylvania has been arrested." THE FIRE AT MESSRS. CUBITTS, AT PIMLICO. --- The accounts published in yesterday's papers, owing to the late hour at which the fire commenced, convey but a faint idea of the amount of property reduced to ruins, in lepeudent of which from 500 to 600 men have been thrown out of employment, besides being bereft of their working tools—which alone will amount to several hundred pounds. The fire was discovered by two night watchmen, who perceived a flickering light on the top floor, used as a joiner's shop. The flames soon swept over the entire floor, and extended to the marble works. This was a building of four floors,' including the base ment, about 80 feet wide, and of proportionate depth, fitted with costly machinery, and containing slabs of marble, ornaments, statuary, &c. So rapid was the work of destruction that in less than a quarter of an hour after the outbreak this building was on fire from the base to the root. Owing to the scarcity of water only a few engines could be set to work. Information was therefore de spatched to Southwark-bridge for the aid of the powerful steam floating engine. By the time of its arrival the fire had gained possession of the whole extent of the joiners' shops, which were filled with goods, valued at many thousand pounds. I❑ this part of the works there were from 13 to 18 benches, each being worth 3001. From this point the flames rushed into the painters and glaziers' workshops. Their destruction was followed by that of a large building filled with prepared work of im mense value, amongst which was the ornamental flooring for Buckingham Palace, which had taken upwards of a year to finish. The costly fittings for Albert House, Hyde-park, were also in this building, and the entire contents of the place have been consumed. The plasterers' model shops, containing some of the finest specimens in that art, were partially situated under the joiners' houses, and the floor in that part has not given way ; there is, therefore, some grounds for con cluding that the costly articles will be saved, with the exception of the damage which must necessarily take place from water. Every attempt was made to prevent the flames from reaching the engineer works, but without the least suc cess, and at length this building, which was only two floors high, but nearly 100 feet long, became also wrapped in flames. In this part of the premises were machinery of every description used in the business, including a moulding-machine, which cost over 4,0001. ; a valuable stocking.machine, for cutting stocks in wheels ; planing-machine, for planing steel and iron ; surface-lathes, for grinding surfaces to plates of iron and steel ; va.tious lathes and drilling-machines, which alone cost, it is stated, nearly 80,0001. Besides which there was a vast quantity of work in the different shops, including some travelling steam-engines, just finished. The whole of this expensive stock of machinery was subjected to the greatest heat for hours. It is, there fore, feared that it will never be able to be called into use again. The powerful floating engine, and as many land en- gines as could be supplied with water, were kept at work the whole of the night, and throughout yesterday, and even at 8 o'clock last evening there still remained a considerable body of flame in the ruins. Notwithstanding the heavy loss, from 50,0001. to 50,0001., the only insurances effected upon the property was 3,0001. in the West of England on the building, and 3,0001. on the stock in the open yard. There was also an insurance of 4,0001. in the London office, making a total of 10,0001. only, not one-twelfth part of the actual loss OFFICIAL REPORT. The following is the officia.l report : " Thames-bank, Pimlico. —Called by police to a fire in the premises of Mr. Thomas Cubitt, builder, &c. Cause of fire unknown. Coatents and buildings insured in the London and West of England Fire-office. The fire was extinguished by firemen with engines of the establishment, viz. :-1 of A, 4 of B, 4 of C, 1 of D, districts of the establishment, and the steam fhat, with 1 private engine, and that of the West of England office, " The painters', plumbers', and glaziers' workshops destroyed, and the contents consumed. " The masons', the sawing, and cutting out shops burned out. "The engineers' shops, burned out. 'The joiners' workshops and their contents, burned out. " The ironmongery and general storeshop also de stroyed. "The offices and plasterers' shops seriously damaged by fire, and greater part of roof burned off the forging shop. " The length of premises destroyed was about 330 feet long and between 65 an 4 80 feet deep. "The water to supply thee land engines was furnished I by the Chelsea Company." ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. MALDON. DECLARATION OF THE POLL. The mayor, shortly after five o'clock yesterday, de clared the result of the poll which had taken place during the day. It was as 1)1lows : Mr. G. M. W. Peacocke (Conservative) 406 Mr. J. Bramley Moore (Consei vative) 399 Mr. T. B Lennard (Liber al ) Mr. T. Mac Enteer (Libera l ) Mr. Quintin Dick (Conserv ative) Mr. Peacocke, Q.C., and Mr.. J. Bramley Moore were declared duly elected. The two successful candidatts thanked the electors for the honour conferred upon the w. BARNSTAPLE. CLOSE OF TEM POLL. Laurie Guinness Tite . 333 . 323 ~ 28G CAMBRIDZE• Adair Mo watt Maidstone Slade 758 733 703 696 HULL. THE NOMINArJEION. The nomination of candidates for the borough of Hull took place ye sterda y (Thursd ay). The proceedings were gone through amidst unusual order. Mr. B. M. Jolland proposed William Henry Watson, Esq., and was seconded by Mr. 13. J. Thompson. Mr. Thomas Ward proosed, and Mr. A. Bannister seconded S. A. Dickson, Esq., as a candidate. Mr. Henry Blundell then came forward and proposed Wm. Digby Seymour, Esq., which was seconded by Mr. Gresham. The candidates having addressed the elebtors, the sheriff declared the show of hands to be in favour of Messrs. Watson and Seymour, ivlien a poll being de manded for Mr. Dickson, it was fixed for this day. CANTERBURY. The nomination took place yesterday in the cattle market, where temporary hustings had been erected, the rain descending in torrents the greater portion of the time. The usual formalities having be , wn gone through, Mr. H. KINGSFO/tD, solicitor, proposed the Hon. Charles Lennox Butler (brother of the late member, the Hon. Butler Johnston) as a fit Pind proper person to represent the constituency in Parliament. Mr. H. AUSTIN seconded the nomination. Mr. W. J. Coma surgeon, proposed the Right Hon. Sir W. Somerville as a fit and proper person. Mr. Alderman BROCK seconded the nomination. Mr, T. W. COLLARD, surveyor, nominated Mr. Chas. Manners Lushington. Mr. GAMBIER, builder, seconded the nomination. Mr. C. SANDYS, solicitor, nominated Mr. Edward Auchmuty Glover. Mr. H. BIRD, auctioneer, seconded the nomination. Mr. ROOTHAM, Dissenting preacher, nominated Mr, Charles Purton Cooper, Q.C. Mr. HARRIS, chymist, seconded the nomination. The several candidates having show of hands,havingaddressed the w e h le ic c h tor b s e , Th e SHERIFF called declared to be in favour of Sir W. Somerville and Mr. Auchmuty Glover, oercinagn,diadtatB6%thloecnk.demanded a po T ll, he w f h r i i c e h nd o s pe o n f opens this otlirn ism The Hon. Georg e Smythe withdrew from the contest on Wednesday The Royal West India Mail steamer Tamar left South ampton yesterday with the West India and Pacific mails. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Madrid left Southampton also yesterday with the Peninsular mails. Just before she started Her Majesty's steam yacht Fairy arrived in the dock with letters for the Portuguese royal family. A small steamer left Southampton yesterday with passengers and cargo to ship on board the screw steamer Brandon in Cowes Roads. The Brandon has been chartered as an extra ship by Messrs. Croskey and Co., of Southampton, to convey to New York the French goods for America, which accumulated in Havre. The Brandon was crammed full of cargo and passengers. She took out also a number of rams, ewes, and lambs of the Cotswold breed for breeding purposes in America. The Indiana, another extra screw steamer running between Havre, Cowes, and New York, was to leave the latter place on the 9th inst. She belongs to the General Screw Com pany, who are about to alter their vessels for the purpose of enabling them to carry more passengers to America. CHEArEn PAPER.—The Long Island Vindicator says :—" Dr. Antisel has invented a pulp, which, in its raw state, will not cost more than about one-sixth of a cent. per pound, and by the aid of a machine invented by Mr. Nolan, can be brought into market, made into paper, at a cost of about four cents. per pound. Paper at present costs about 16 cents., so that the value of the invention can once be seen. The material from which this pulp is manufactured will flourish and grow abundantly in ground that is at present useless to the farmer, and here, too, the com munity will be the gainers. We have seen and examined specimens of the pulp, and have no hesitation in pro. nouncing it just the tiling, wanted. It is as white and clear as the most clearly bleaellP cotton, and'in capable tit.l:cat,3 ai.d trai,s parency of the straw paper is n ot to be found in it, while it is capable of the highest finish; maintaining all the pliancy and toughness of the pure linen rags., a2.d.~c~.~ 1' 'IS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. A very moderate supply of English wheat was on sale in to-day's market, yet, as the attendance of both town and country buyers was rather limited, the amount of business doing in all kinds was confined to immediate wants, at Monday's currency. There was rather more firmness in the sale for foreign wheat, but we have no inipt%;venient to notice in its value. The imports have been small. Floating cargoes were neglected. Barley met a dull inquiry, at Monday's decline in value. The malt trade was dull, and the quotations had a downward tendency. There was more firmness in the oat trade, at full prices. Beans, peas, and flour commanded very little attention ' on former terms. The imports of the latter continue small. English Irish . Foreign Wheat. 930 ♦RRIVALSI TEM WEEK. t Barley. I Malt. ; 40 3,390 4,6 - 20 1 2,010 Oats. Flour. 750 410 1,560 1 3,53$ 300 mks 3,180brl GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISII CORN For the week ended Aug. 17, 1854, made up from the Returns of tl 6 In,pector% in the din - emit Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARI.EV. OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. PEAS. 62i 3.i S 34s Bd. 23s lid 40s lld i 4bs 01 43s 6d TIIE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. - - .- WHEAT. . PA OATS. I BEANS. . 69s Ild 36s RLEY. — I UTE. I 1 PEAS 2d 2,!s 10d 463 2d 47s 8d 453 'ld DUTIES u.N FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. Is Ud is Od is 0 , 1 is Od Is Od is Od (ICA•iTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 35,869; Barey, 1,80' , ; Oats, 4,•80; Rye, 33 ; Beaus, 1,949; Peas, 210 quarters. SMITHFIELD. We were fairly supplied with beasts in to-day's market. All breeds moved oft' steadily, at an advance in the prices of Monday of 2d per Blbs. Sheep—the show of which was moderate—were in steady request, and the quotations were well supported. There was a slow inquiry for lambs, but we have no change to notice in their value. Calves were in good supply and heavy request, at Monday's decline. Scarcely any business was doing in i,igs. Mitch cows sold slowly, at from 141 to 101 each, includ ing their small calf. Per Bibs to sin s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 8 Second quality.... 3 10 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 Prime Sc ots, Sze. 410 5 0 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 Second quality ...3 1 , 1 4 0 Prime crse.-wlled. 4 2 4 8 Lambs.... TOTAL SUPPLY. Lk the offal& s. d. 8. a. IPrimeSouthdown 410 5 0 'Large crse. calves 3 0 3 8 Prime small d 0... 310 4 4 Large hogs 3 0 4 'Small porkers 4 4 4 8 iSuckliogcalves ..22 0 29 0 Quarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 4s 2d to 5s 4d. FOREIGN SIITYLT. . 1,040 Beasts ••..• • • • • .. •• •• . 372 ............10,00 0 I Sheep .. • • • • .• • • 715 Beasts Sheep . Calves Pigs NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. We had a moderate sale for each kind of meat, on the following terms : Per albs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. 1 8. d. s. d. Beef, interior 3 2 3 4 1 Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 6 Do., middling 3 6 3 8 I Do., middling ..... 3 8 4 2 Do., prime large 3104 2 i Do., prime 44 4 8 Do., do. small ....4 4 4 6 , Veal 210 4 2 Pork, large 32 4 0 Pork, small 42 4 8 Lamb 4s Od. to 5s 20. BOROUGH HOP. The plantation accounts being rather more favourable, the duty is called 70,000/. Our market is very inactive, and the quotations are almost nominal. This week's imports are 95 bales from Ostend, 16 from Antwerp, 16 from Dun kirk, 69 from Rotterdam, 490 from Hamburgh, and 3 from Limerick. Mid and East Kent pockets, 12/. Os to 161. Os ; Weald of Kent ditto, 11/. Os to 14/. lOs ; Suss ditto, 11/. Os to 131. 13s per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—Steady prices have in most instanc es been ob tained, but the dealings have not been extensive. British plantation went at former rates, viz. Btarbadoes at 32s to 3Ss, and crystalised, Demerara crysta:lise.d at 33s to 41s. East India—Penang has been quieter ' • naid to fin e brown realised 27s 6d. to 293, low to fine soft brown 27s to 293 6,1. ord to fine yellow 29s 6.1 to 34s 6,1, and low to mid bright soft yellow 29s 6tl to 32s 6d. Mauritius, early /1. 1 the week, was active, and brought 31s 6,1 to :- , 7s for low to fine yellow. 26s 61 t , 31s for brown, 25s to 28s for verY, ord, 293 to 35s 6d for low to fine refining , and 40u to 40s 6a for grainy yellow. Foreign—Porto Rico has been held at 31s for brown, and at 3_.s to 36s 6d for low grey to good pale yellow grocery ; since, however, low grel to fine yellow has been sold at 33s to 39s 6cl, yellow Havannah was taken in at 38s to 3Ss 6d for fine, et 35s to 37a for mid and good, and at 33s to 34s 641 for low, but low to fine yellow sold at 32s to 3Ss 6d. Bahia has realised steady rates : mid grey to tine white 36s to 39s d , and low dark grey 35 s to 368, g ood soft greyiish whe Pernambuco brought 38s, being full value. Ord to to good o brown Paracha was taken in a t 28s to 31s, and io'.4 yellow Cuba at 31s to 365. St. Croix mid &Tel' to fine yellow sold at 36s to 39s 6d per cwt. COFFEE —Very little has been offered publicly... Planta. tion Ceylon realised 57s to 60s for mid to good bold colory. 54s to 56s 6d for fine ord small to low mid, 64ss to 65s 6d for peaberry, and 33s to 548 for triage. Nam 13 Ceylon went at 45s for good ord. Costa Rica is cheaper good a and fine selling at GOs to 75 s ; and Madras at 45s gi Neilgberry went at 56s to GOs, for fine ord pale to mid bold colory, and 504 to 51s for fine ord foxy. RlCE.—This article has been very dull, but no material change in prices has occurred. Pinky Madras r ea.lised 100 to 10s 60.. SPICES.—White pepper has been taken in at. lid• Ja maica ginger sold at 43 s to GOs ; Calcutta very fine, at 61. 124 to 71.; and African at 21s. TEA.—The public sales have progressed steadily. COCHINEAL.—Pric a have been firmer. Rum.—The market is firm. Proof Leewardt; 2s to 21 3d per gallon. COTTON. —Very little has been done at previous rates. SALTPETRE— Transactions have been limited, but firm rates hve been current. Refraction, 61 to S 1 per cent., was taken in at 27s 6d to 28s per cwt.. TALLOW,—The market is steady at 67s 3d to tiTs 6d per cwt. on the spot. G RE EN FRUlT.—Lemons are scarce and like.ly t o con tinue, the supplies being more than usually short from all quarters. A small parcel, per Lusitania, from Lfsbon, via Liverpool, sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public Bale, realised an advance of 5 s p er box u p on the price o f last sale. Accounts from Lisbon, per Gannet, linden. date of 3d. August, state " that it is truly lamentable to see thg back grape disease so extensive, the grapes are no w a il burst and the leaves all shrivelled." LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY•) LONDON, Aug. 18.—Wind this day at Noon, N:..W.; racy ' derate breaze, and cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 17.—Wind, N.W.Sailed-- Tamar (s), for the West Indies. DOVER, Aug. 17.—Wind, N. W. to W. Arrived--Sii" one ras a perior, from London, for Genoa; crew sick , and. dead. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 17.—Wind,N.E. Arri ved — Grove, from Quebec. , to FALMOUTH, Aug. 17.—Tne Luna, from Lo noon but Hobart Town, took the ground on St. Maw's B from rake, nk came off and proceeded. Arrived—James Dra Dlatanzas • Mierva, Rio Grane. for COWES, 'Aug.. n 17, Wind, W. d Sailed—Brandon (9), New York. Lead er ' PLYMOUTH, A. 17.—Wind, S.W. Arrived — from Llanelly, for ug London, with bows stove i n from c°"• sion with the Pearl (schoongr), of St. Ives. A rr i9o 4 ' .. SUNDERLAND, Aug. 17:—Wind, S.S.E. A--- - Auckland, rom Quec. SHIELDS, f Aug. 17 -Wind,. N. Arrived—Jarrow , fr om Miramichi. HuLL, Aug. 17.—Wind, S.W. Arrived — Richibucto. dlato t POOLE, Aug. 17.—Sailed—Angler, from Newfono _,, t _ MILFORD, Aug. 17. —Wind, W. Arrived—Econoro" from Quebec. ( I.—Bezo r ' SALCOMBE, Aug. 17.—Wind, W.S.W? Arrive from Porto Rico. ou doc, SLIGO, Aug. 16.—Wind, N.W. Arrived -1A from Quebec. ells, from (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL Friday, 10.30 A• lie- Wind, W.N.W. ; light, and fin e: Arrived—Paragon, Consul, and Constantinople,frll: Quebec Bordeaux , from Beyrout ; Arab, Trieste ; •r 4 Norway; Andes, Pictou ; Prince Arthur, Pugwash• Off Port—Excelsior, Princess Alice, and Christians. - Sailed—Pizarro, for Valparaiso ; Globe, Providence and Daring, Vera Cruz • Mariner 33°8,t°„,ne: Shanghai and Frances Secor, New ' York; 'l4e P" Buenos Ayres; Nahalennia, Batavia. Charlestonn! (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEOEAPIL) GRAVESEND, Friday, 11.5 A. 1 : 11 ! Wind, N.W. ; tide, 1 hour ebb ; fine. Arrived, 17th London, from Akyab ; Freedom, Joel ; North Star, Sangunay ; Venice, Charente ; Jane GOP Moulmein ; Caroline, Callao. ..—"'''.."--------------------= ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—The proceedings of t is t theatre were terminat ed for the season, b y a concert ...1.--a night for the benefit of Mr. Harris, the a ble r at respected stage manager. It was an e.Ve l to and successful entertainment. The principal sigi" , of the establishment, Mdlle. Bosio, Mdlle.. 31) "Z e Mdlle, Marai, Signors Tamberlik, Luchesi, Tag" , 3- ,.:0: Stigelli, Polonini, and Zelger contributed their tA i ` e "„e, and the magnificent orchestra was in full. I° ' - o f conducted by Mr. Alfred Mellon. The progranulle'col course was made up of airs, duets, and concerted ilr)re.. piece from the favourite operas belonging to the e c heg pertoire of the theatre, with several overtures and l na i, e ltf performed by the orchestra. There was only one i' c ' w i l e —the appearance of a Signor Robbio, a violin s td in calls himself a pupil of Paganini, and who succe e .? burlesquing most outrageously the peculiarities and I ,„ eg e s ar e demain tricks which really detracted from the grereof of the most expressive and powerful violinist thitt fo ci i existed. M. Robbio's solos were medleys of u nccoo. P ot o ; ridiculous noises, as unmusical as can well be inal i g a _ o ,bed but they were sometimes very funny, and people f Ai t;gll and applauded accordingly. The theatre was exn•' - well filled, considering the period of the season- ii ho d; SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS._ —The first ISo'2ltigest and Miscellaneous Flower Show ever held / 13 1 0 00,, will take place at the Surrey Zoological Gnru„eber 0 Tuesday next, the 22d inst., and from the - o bi' eminent growers who have entered their manes lotion bitors, it will eclipse all form er shows. The ao .dell Temperance League having arranged for the e , be 10 after this season, in all probability this will b 2_ ..deti s. show but one that will ever take place in the Ur‘_` l3 d we The band of the 2d Life Guards will a ttend , ; l a sit have no doubt the show will be attractive bey ° 0 precedent. BAI DTI AK °. THE ACCIDENT ON THE NOI3III LONDON _ r _ jfr _f. —An inquest was commenced yesterday be!o , : 00 %. Wakley, at the New Crown Tavern, Ball's-pondoe."-drifer ton, respecting the death of John Allen, engnirostanc°6 on the above line, which occurred under c a l,re ope of the already stated. It appeared, however, th; i n j u req.,... principal witnesses in the ease wag too inviirri_d. ear already were ~::„,ed, .fed Lb,: ieguec.t. wl.), therefore tent the - Paine, solicitor to the company, said , , anxious to have a full investigation of the 91 a . connected with the accident. N 0.,.