The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-12 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRCRY-LAZE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH. FOE TIE: B cINEFIT OF 3:CADA.ME LOUISE. THIS EVENING. OCT. 12, Will be preseutc.: Bal•o's popular Opera of THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Principal characters by (tie. Letitia Sainvtile, 311.8 Juhn- EU, Mr. Do:iald R ng (for this night on y), and Mr. Farquharson. After which, JOILI JUNES, in which Mr. G. Honey will appear. To conclude with a Grand HALLE r DIVERTISSMIF.NT. lIIIMA.TRE BOYAR HATMARJIET. Under the management et Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, 00T. 12, win be performed THE WRITE HORSE OF THE PEPPERS. Characters by Makin. Buds° 1, Tillers, Rogers, Cullenitrd, Braid, an d Fussell ;Hisses Schott, A. Yining, an Lavine. After which, SWEETHEA.RT3 AND WIVES. Principal eha. racter by Mr. Wright. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DABS. ROYAL PRISCES3'S TELEATSE, OXFORD-STREET. 'Under the Management of Mr. CRAMLI2 THIS EVENING. OcT. 12, Will be performed (fourth time) a comedletta, entitled LIVING TOO FAST. After which, A HEART OF GOLD. Principa , characters by Messrs. Meadows, Addiioli, Ryder, O. Fisher, Cathcart, and Salter ; Wages Heath ana siurray, and Mrs. Daly. To c.ncluile with THE lIA.LT OF THE BALLET. TIIEITRI P . ROYAL A DELPHI. Provietar, Mr. B. Wctster.—Directrese, Madame Celeste. THIS r. VLNING, Oct. IS. ¶VIII be performed the popular Drama of THE DISCARDED SON. Principal characters tby Messrs. Selby, 3,lurray, Bedford, and Keeley; Sirs. Keeley, and Miss Wcolgar. After which, the. Farce of CAPERS AND CORONETS. To conclude with the Fame of TH T. STATION' HOUSE. ROYAL OLYMPIC TiIEtTRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING. OCT. 12, Will be performed A MATCH IN THE DARK. Principal cha racters by Mr. A. Wigan, and Miss Fitzpatrick. To be followed by the Comic Drama calle I HUSH MONEY. Characters by Messrs. F. Robson and Emery ; and Mrs. A. Wigan. To conclude with PERFECT CONFIDENCE STUAXD THEATRE. ale Lessee Mr. F. W. Alleroft. THIS EVENING. Oar. 12. Will be performed 'TWAS I. Yellowed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Mephistopheles, Mr. Raiford; Faust, Miss G. Hodson; Marguerite, Mies li. Gordon. After which, THE NEW WAGS OF WINDSOR. To conclude with THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER. Stalls, 45.; Boxes, 2s. 6d.; Pit, le.; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes Al le., to be had of Mr. Allcroft. lb. New Bond-street. ASTLETS ROYAL AMPHITHRATKM. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. THE FALL OF SEBASTOPOL ! Mr. William Cooke having despatched an went to Paris to witness a Grand Specta le a' the • Cirque Is embracing the princlial events of the Eastern War, prepared, on his return, an Equestrian Drama, reserving the denouement, in anticipation et ..he late glorious event—an event which has now furnished the author with the most thrilling and powerful incidents. it will shortly be raiduced on a scale of magni tude never before attempted is England—will Introduce 400 Auxi liaries, and combine in its action both the Stage and the Ring. N.B.—The announced piece, the " Siege of Silistria," is withdrawn for the introduction of the recent grand achievement et the Allied Forces. The engagement of Mr. WALLETT, the Kin; of Clowns, will ter minate on Thursday the 12th. THIS EVENING, The very Interesting Eque Irian Spectacle called. THE WOOD MAN'S HORSE; or. THE FALsF. KNIGHT. After which, a eerie; of those brilliant and unique SCENES in the CIRCLE, the invention and arrangement of Mr. William Cooke. The whole to conclude with a GRAND ENTREE AMICALE of England and France, Tableaus on the Stage, and National Dances by Madlies. Christine and Agnes. HI iH WATER AT LONDON BRIDG E. Tins DAY —Morning 12 min.after 5 I Evening 32 min.aft. 5 o Moamow Morning 52 min.after 5 Evening 16 inin•eft. 6 THY, WEATHER.—Sue Orrias, Ocr. 12. THEEHONZTIR, IN THE SHADE. 61—higheet since noon yesterday. 48 —lowest this morning and during the night. 55 —this day at noon. Baaoicrnat, 30 . 58.—A very great the—the highest this year. WniD, N.N.E.—Light, with fine cold annohioy season weather. THE "COMING" CAPTURE SEBASTOPOL WILL BE PUBLISHED IN AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION "THE SUN" THE MOMENT THE EX ITAORDINARY GAZETTE IS ISSUED, TOGETHPIR WITH A LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. Orders received by all News Agents, and at " THE SUN" OFFICE, 112, Strand, London. ~, ;y`~~L~~ \ r ~ i ~ ~ ~'t . f)1111. %it g, LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1854. So great is the anxiety for further intelligence from the seat of war, that the public chafe at the want of news on each succeeding day. Notwith standing the excellent accounts already received more is looked for, and the publication which does not contain fresh tidings is regarded as little better than, however interesting, may be the other contents. We cannot wonder at this impatience and excitement. It proves how deeply we sym pathise with our gallant countrymen who are now engaged in the formidable struggle, and gaining imperishible honour; by land and by water, in the Crimea and the Euxine. We know that men of all ranks and classes, from the most distinguished officers of both services to the private soldiers and seamen, have zealously, efficiently, aye, nobly, discharged their duties. It is true that some have had superior opportunities of display ing their valour to others, that the brunt of the deadly encounter was sustained by a portion of the troops. But there was no failure on any side. Every man peer formed admirably his allotted task. There was not a single instance of misconduct ; and if each had been a selected champion, on whose prowess depended the , honour and safety of his Country, he could scarcely have displayed greater energy and determination. To render full justice to these brave soldiers, who participated in the brief but sanguinary conflict, we must remember that the great majority had never previously been O pP ce ed by an armed foe ; that it was the first time that they had seen their comrades mowed down on every sid e around them, or that they had been called upon to cross bayonets with ferocious adversaries. And yet, under such circumstances, they display e d a cooln ess and intrepidity under fire, a headlong and desperate " dash." when the anaiou.sly-looked-for moment of action had ar rives?,, that could not have been surpassed by the. tried veterans of the Peninsula, the heroes w'no had participated i n scores, aye, h un d red; of lights. We could not have anticipated more from the picked and experienced men of any nation. We could not reasonably have expected so much. The Ituasian positi on was more powerful, the mehns of defence more formidable, than we could he.ve had any previous notion of. They seemed fully to warrant the boast of MENSCILIKOFF, that he could hold his ground for three weeks against eighty thousand men, and yet less than quarter the number drove him into ignominious flight, and took possession of his camp, his baggage, and even his private correspondence within less than as many hours ! We say less than quarter the Lumber * beo l iuse when we consider that two of our divisions, as well as the Turkish troops, were in reserve and scarcely fired a shot, while a large proportion of our brave Allies were never ca' ed on to sustain their valiant comrades, who did their work fully and completely without requiring assistance from their reserve, we are justified that scarcely twenty thousand French and English were actually engaged in the glorious battle of the Alma, and that twenty thousand achieved in three hours what Menschikoff declared it would take eighty thousand men three weeks to accomplish. Their conduct after the battle was equally meritorious ; through the arduous and trying evolutions that followed, until they took posses sion of Balaklava, they left nothing to be desired. The army resembled a huge machine, that could be worked under the direction of the General, rather than a body of men actuated by human passions and impulses. It was the perfect work ing of every part—the steady and irreproachable 1 behaviour of each unit in that multitude—that enabled their distinguished commander to effect one of the most brilliant and effective strategetical operations—one of the greatest acts of Generalship. ever recorded in ancient or modem times. Yes, we deliberately declare our conviction that; the rapid change of plan that- led to the march on possession of Balaklava, as well as the mode in which the decision was carried into practical execution, may challenge comparison with any similar operation in the annals of war. It is only due to our efficient and excellent allies to say—and we cannot give expression to higher praise—that they merited equal praise ; that every word we have spoken of the British might with equal truth be applied to the French troops ; that officers and soldiers in every respect per formed their "depoirs " sans pear, et sans reproche. Long may they continue faithful friends and allies. Far distant may be the day when France and England shall again stand opposed, with deadly weapons, to test their well-proved courage, vigour, and power on each other's bodies. We yesterday gave the latest reports. It was stated through the Vienna telegraph, and with great plausibility, that "One hundred and twenty five pieces of siege artillery bad been landed at Balaklava, and conveyed to the heights command ing Sebastopol from the south, and that the bom bardment commenced on the 4th inst. at. 5 o'clock a.m." These rumours have at least probability to sustain them. With the possession of Bala klava we obtained every facility for landing our heavy guns, and conveying them without obstruc tion to the localities where their terrific powers would be broughteinto operation. With similar activity to that displayed since the landing in the Crimea, six days would give ample time to make all necessary preparation for the bombardment on the 4th October. If the above statement, then, be accurate—and although we cannot vouch it, we see no reason to doubt it—the fate of the Russian fleet and arsenal in the Euxine is, humanly speaking, sealed. They will no longer menace Constantinople, or remain, as the naked sword suspended over the Turkish Dassoaxs, ready to fall at any moment. Half the Russian fleet had been previously disposed of. Seven vessels —five men-of-war and two frigates—had been sunk at the mouth of the harbour, to prevent the British fleet from getting in, but which would be equally effective in keeping the remaining moiety of the Russians from getting out !—.thus neutralising their moral and material power. It signifies little between the complete destruction and the transfer thereof. Either will be equally efficacious in pre venting the ambitious designs of the CZA.r from being carried into execution, and affording a ma terial guarantee for future peace. We shall only further notice a rumour, which our readers may credit or not, at their pleasure, that Prince MENSCHIKOFF, overwhelmed by the complete overthrow of all his hopes, had attempted su:cide by cutting his throat, but that it was de feated by his followers. If true, it only shows the uttbr hopelessness of his cause, and the de spair that had taken possession of his soul—that he dared not meet his despotic master. After such ample proof of the falsehood and mendacity of his statements, death, even by his own hand, might be preferable to the knout and Siberia. Severely as we have sometimes been obliged to criticise the Premiership of Lord ABERDEEN, we can yet take sincere pleasure in the honours awarded him by the Town Council of the place whence he derives his title. However we may condemn the public measures or the supineness of public men, we cannot wish to detract from their social or local merits and deserts, or refuse to their political conduct all the praise we can honestly bestow. Lord ABERDEEN has deserved well of that part of Scotland where his patrimonial possessions lie. GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON, Viscount GORDON, and fourth Earl of ABERDEEN, is a nobleman of whom his native country and county mayreason ably be proud. He has not been an absentee land lord, though so much engaged in public life. He has enjoyed the attachment of his tenantry, and the respect of tho county and town in which he filled high offices ; his character is, we believe, as unimpeached as that of any of his predecessors in the service of the State; and it is thoroughly gratifying to see the personal and general merits of our leading men appreciated and honoured by such intelligent and respect able public bodies as the Town Council of Aberdeen. We congratulate his Lordship, and the burgesses also, on the honours they could with such good reason award to one who had already 'been enrolled amongst themselves as a citizen. Of course the Liberals of Aberdeen must have been as much opposed to the long Tory policy of the noble Earl as we have been, but they were justly willing on an occasion like that which brought them together to forget the Tory in the Corn-law Repealer. Lord ABERDEEN'S merits and services in the great final struggle on that all-important question were very great. We have now the fullest evidence that he cordially supported the cause of the people and of humanity, that PEEL was deeply indebted to him for encou ragement and aid, which materially contributed to decide the battle in favour of the nation ; and as in PEEL'S own case, we can forgive long years of obstructive and anti-popular policy, for the one redeeming act which has inaugurated a really new era in this country. Pro bably Corn-Law Repeal could never have been carried with the Earl of ABERDEEN'S help had not a Reform Bill been first carried in spite of him. But for its social as well as its commercial results, for the successful invasion of aristocratic privilege and commercial monopoly, the Act for the Repeal of the Corn Laws has been a basis of operations not less important than the Act for the Reform of our Representation. Thus far, then, we cordially agree with the worthy burgesses of A berdeen, nor will we censure themharshly for their commendations of the Noble Earl's more recent policy. They were his hosts. They could but praise their guest. At a time, too, when Scotland is suffering such cruel heraldic and other grievances, it would have been imprudent in the extreme not to glorify all the doing s of a native Scottish Premier. Of course we do not number ourselves amongst the " unscra- P l4 ' 4 opponents' . of the Noble Lord, and cannot therefore be angry with the adjective which saves us from civic n, bce con d emnation. Opponents, how ever, we h ave and, as we still fear, but toci justly, though most h satisfactory p roof, to retractap pyshould every hosti le , word we have ever written ; and happy have we been of late to commend the doing s of our Cabinet, if its doings they really are, in the Crimea at least. Heartily also do we now welcom e the energetic declarations of the Earl on the necessity of car rying on a war, once begun, with unrelenting vigour. We acknowledge, too, the vast prepa rations that have been successfully made ; still, it were impossible to deny that the clinging to peace, which his lordship himself characterised as " desperate," is, as we honestly believe, answerable for half the bloodshed in the Crimea, and half the mourning now worn by those bereaved on the banks of the Alma. We may respect the peace policy as sincere, but we must condemn it as weak. We may own it to be loyal to the kinsfolk of Royalty, but we must deem it a wrong to the ho nour, to the lives, and to the property of England. Our opinion is yet unchanged as to the mischief of the timid policy which in August, 1853, per mitted the passage of the Pruth without declaring it a cases belli ; which so slowly sent our fleets to the scene of action, and which left the Black Sea open for the transport of Russian troops and war materiel, and open, also, for the privateeting massacre of Sinope, even till the 30th of No vember ; nay, which, after that villanous deed of perfidy, cowardice, and barbarity, gave orders for our fleet to salute the Russian fig ! Would it have been less degrading to bow to an incarnation of Satan himself,? Not Oltenitza in November, nor Citate in January—not the victories of the Turks, nor the barbarities inflicted on the Moldo-Wallachians, could move our Cabinet from sending again and again kind last words to the convicted liar of the North—till the 12th of March, this work, so inglorious to us, so encou raging to the fraudulent bully with whom we had to do, so dispiriting to the Turks, but sd pleasing at Vienna and Berlin—this "desperate" peace seeking, directed to one who only used it to strengthen his own position, went perseveringly on. Explanations in Parliament were inconve nient, and no wonder. We had a JAMES I. at the helm, when we wanted a CROMWELL. Even the ABERDEEN organ has acknowledged thg the work in the Crimea had been better done months ago. Assuredly it might. Had gun boats been accepted instead of refused, and had promptitude instead of dela/ suited our Court and Cabinet, our conviction is that Sebastopol and Cronstadt might by this time have shared the fate of Bomarsund, and at the cost of far less French and British blood and treasure. We fear, also, that the Noble Lord's concluding remarks about peace, though not worth im pugning, if meant aright, have in them to• much of the temper which has in our view already cost us so much. We would fain hope that Lord ABERDEEN will not conclude a peace which shall leave Poland and the other na tions which Russia has robbed of liberty still en slaved, and still the CZAR'S engine for upholding continental despots. If he do not secure their en franchisement now, although it might cost a year or two more of war ; if he do not reduce NwnoLas from being the arch-oppressor of Europe to a simple CZAR of Moscow, then we shall be compelled to record that his premiership has sacrificed liberty to despotism, civilisation to barbarism, and the future peace of Europe to his own mania for pace—it may be for generations to come. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, OCT. 9. Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince, attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the household, and alAo by Sir James Graham, attended Divine service at the pariah church of Crathie, yesterday. The Rev. Mr. M'Leod officiated. OCT. 10. Her Majesty the Queen, attended by the Countess of Da =art, rode out yesterday afternoon. His Royal Highness the Prince enjoyed the sport of deer-stalking. Sir James Graham lett Balmoral yesterday for London. The Hon. Mrs. Phipps and Sir E. Landseer bad the honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Farquharson of Invercauld, Miss Far quharson, Miss D. Farquharson, Mr. Farquharson, (Scots FuAlier Guards), Mr. G. Farquharson, Mr. T. A. Farquharson, Miss Phipps, and Miss H. Phipps, were invited in the evening. A deputation from Halifax had an interview, yester day, with the President of the General Board f Health at his office, Whitehall, iu relation to the sanitary con dition of that borough. The deputation consisted of the Mayor of Halifax, Mr. Councillor Crossley, and Mr. Councillor Battinson. They were attended by the Town Clerk. Sir James'Graham arrived at his residence in the Ad ►niralty on Tuesday night trom Balmoral. Sir James visited the Duke of Newcastle yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent is in the enjoyment of excellent health, and has taken her daily carriage airings since her arrival at Frogmore. Vi-count and Viscounte-s Maidstone have left the St. George's Hotel for Newmarket. We have much pleasure in cont-adicting the reported death of Viscount Chewton, of the Scots Fusilier Guards. He had arrived at Scutari on the 30th ult., and his wounds were progressing very favourably. Captain Baring, of the Coldstream Guards, whose case was re presented as almost hopeless, is in a fair way of recovery, although his arm was amputated at the socket. Lieut.- Colonel Haygarth, too, who went to Malta in the Fury, is likely to recover from his wounds. Lady Raglan and the Hon. Misses Somerset landed at Dover on Tuesday afternoon from the continent ; a large concourse of persons had assembled alongside the steam-packet, and gave three hearty cheers for Lord Raglan as her ladyship landed, accompanied by Captain Smithett, of the Royal Mail Packet Service, who had gone over to Calais expressly to Meet her ladyship. Lord and Lady Foley left Grosvenor-square on Tuesday for the Duke of Norfolk's seat, Arundel Cas tle, where their graces have arrived from Glossop Hall, Derbyshire. The Hon. F. Villiers has left the St. George's Hotel for Newmarket. Sir James Graham arrived at his residence, in the Admiralty, on Tuesday night, from B ihnoral. Sir James visited the Duke of Newcastle yesterday. AnawaLs op Srzolß.—The arrivals of specie yester terday have been considerable. They have comprised 220,0001. from New York, 50,000/. from Brazil, and 10.6001. by the Pelham, from Sydney, making a total of 280,6001. The Australian screw steamer Queen of the South, with about 350,0001 . , has also been heard of as having touched at St. Vincent's on the 23d ult., and may therefore be daily expected. Mr. and Mrs. Cutlar Ferguson have arrived at the St. George's Hotel, from Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. Beauchamp Cole, with their youthful family, have returned to Twickenham, after two months' visit to Brighton. Mr. and Mrs. De Freville have left the St. George's Hotel. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Savannah has fallen a victim to cholera. It is understood Viat the contemplated arrangement of the affairs of Mr. Edward Oliver, of Liverpool, still re mains in suspense. AGRA. AND UNITED SERVICE BAND.--At the half•yearly meeting of this bank, held at Calcutta on the 15th of August, the profits for the six months ending the 30th of June were stated at 44,1251., which, after providing for a dividend at the increased rate of 10 per cent. per annum, and appropriating 9.9251. to the reserve fund, so as to increase it to 100,0001., left a surplus of 2,3761. to be carried to profit and loss. It was also announced that an agency had been opened at Canton. The death of General Sir Gordon Drummond, G.C.8., which has just taken place, leaves the Colonelcy of the Bth Regiment at the disposal of Lord Hardinge. Sir Gordon was the senior general in the army, which he entered in 1789. He served in Holland in 1794 and THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY F,V ENING OCTOT3II 12 1854 LA TEST NEWS. THE CRIMEA. SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. VIENNA, THURSDAY MORNING. The following has been received here : CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 5. "Fifty heavy guns, 650 sailors, and 2,000 marines have been landed from the fleet at Bala klava. " The English army is close to Sebastopol, which is invested on the south ; and batteries of heavy guns have been constructed. " The enemy is working at his fortifications night and day." VIENNA, WEDNESDAY. Intelligence has been received from Varna of the sth. It was understood that the bombardment of the forts was to be continued till the Bth, on which day it was probable that an assault would be made. The Russians have formed sand batteries and armed them with ship's guns, but the range of the allies' artillery is greater than that of the enemy. The Russians, it was said, was prepared to to sink the nine vessels of the line which yet re mained to them. The allies ,expected to carry the place in a very short space of time. The Prince of Prussia is expected here. Baron Hess is also expected here this week. some very sharp English and French notes are said to have reached Berlin a few days since. According to the Presse and Oesterreichische Correspon den; Lord Raglan has taken the supreme command of the allied armies. All the reserves have left Varna for the Crimea, and two French regiments and one English are to leave the Pirmns for the same destination. Schamyl is said to have been defeated by Prince Andronikoff, who again threatens Kars. PARIS, THURSDAY MORNING. An imperial decree oiders that the funeral of Marshal St. Arnaud shall take place at the pub lic expense. The ceremony will take place at the Invalides, and his remains will be deposited in the vaults of that church. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. By the arrival of the Berthollet we learn that the investment of Sebastopol was completed on the 2d, and that the allied forces would, in all probability, be in possession of the place on the Bth instant. CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 5. Advices from Balaklava of the 3d instant state that the allied armies had advanced their trenches withiu 1,500 yards of Sebastopol. It was confidently expected that Sebastopol would be taken in a few days. The above is official. Lord Raglan has been confirmed as President of the Council of War. The committee appointed to carry out the last Hatti Houmayoun is completed. The reserve at Varna has left for the Crimea. ATHENS, OCT. 6. Two thousand French and all the English troops in the Pirteus have been ordered to the Crimea. Others from Marseilles replace them. The Greek Chambers re-assemble on the 27th of October. THE BLACK SEA.. STATE OF SEBASTOPOL. The Wonderer of Vienna of the 7th says :—" A despatch from Moscow, which has arrived this day, states that the defence of Sebastopol, which is in want of stores, is impossible in presence of the enemy. The 6,000 Tunisian soldiers who wore sent off from Constantinople on the 22d ult. have not gone to Asia, but to Burluk, in the Crimea. If, then, as is said, Prince Menschikoff has received a reinforcement of 6,000 Cossacks under the orders of Hetman Chermutoff, the reinforcement of the allies is equal. The troops which defend the south of Sebastopol amount to 16,000 men. According to letters from Odessa, in the Soldier's Friend, Prince Menschikoff had decidedly received the re inforcement of 6,000 Cossacks under Chermutoff. We read in the Constitntionnel :—" A letter which has been communicated to us gives some details on the reports made) by the Polish deserters mentioned in the despatch of Admiral Hamelin. A Polish deserter (says that letter) has just arrived on board the Ville de Paris. He told the admiral that Menschikoff was reduced to the last extremity . —that all the vessels were to be sunk in the chan nel, as the Russians would not allow one of them to be taken. He also said that the Russians had established mines in more than 20 places, in order to blow the enemy up if they should approach Se bastopol. Re added that he was acquainted with the position of those mines, and offered to point them out. Menschikoff had wished to harangue the troops, but his tears prevented him from uttering a word. Lastly, this deserter said that there was a corps of 3,000 Poles in Sebastopol, of whom the Russians were very mistrustful, and who were ready to revolt, and very desir.)us to desert. This man was sent to the General-in-Chief, with a recommendation not to trust too much in him without more ample confirmation." MENSOHIKOFF'S REINFORCEMENT. The Freinden Blatt has intelli gence f rom Odessa that the Russian reinforcements from Theodosia, Kertch, and Perekop arrived at Bakchi Sand on the 28th Sept. This addition to Prince Menschi koff's force is reported to be 23,000 strong, viz., 15,000 infantry and 8,000 cavalry, with 30 pieces of cannon. Fresh troops from Perekop were daily at Simpheropol. It may b e o b serve d, that thisintelligenc e l oo k s very suspici °tis confirmed from n o o th er source. M ore t he i xo , l a Ps l eecv 4t andeed p however, wounded had b een a l rea d y b roug ht t o Odessa. According to an au th ent i c communica tion to the same J▪ ournal, at th e b at tl e o f Al ma , one of Lord Raglan's aides-d e - camp was ta k en pri soner by the Russi▪ ans. THE WOUNDED RUSSIANS. A letter from Odessa of the 3d, in a Vienna j a mi fi r ag nalO says :—" An English ship of war , b ear i ng f truce, has this day brought to this place, and given up to the governor, 340 wounded Rus sians, among whom are several officers. Some Rus sian vessels laden with oil have been captured off our port by French cruisers. Several families of Eupatoria have taken refuge here. They say that their property had been plundered by the Tartars." 1795, and was present at Nimeguen during the siege, and at the sortie. In 1801 he accompanied the expe dition to Egypt, and was present in the battles of the 13th and 21st of March, also at the battle of Rhamanieb, and at the surrender of Grand Cairo and of Alexandria. Sir Gordon saw much service in the American war, and commanded in the action near the Falls of Niagara, where he was severely wounded. There are now two colonelcies vacant—the Bth and 50th Regiments. The 23d Regiment of Foot (the Royal Welsh Fusi liers), composed chiefly of Welshmen, distinguished itself in the prrincipal engagements in the last great war, ample testimony being borne to their bravery by the names inscribed upon their colours :—The Prince of Wales's Plume ; leti Dien ; The Rising Sun ; The Red Dragon ; The White Horse ; Nec aspera terrent ; Min den ; The Sphinx ; Egypt ; Corunna ; Martinique ; Albuera ' • Badsjez • Salamanca ; Vittoria ; Pyrenees ; Nivelle ; Orthes ; ioulouse ; Peninsula ; Waterloo. To this list will be added the now famous name of "Alma," and, no doubt, " Sebastopol." HIGH PRICE OF Cor.x.—The continued high price of corn has tempted many agriculturists in Lancashire to thrash most of their produce, and some of the steam mills in that neighbourhood have been kept at work in cessantly, Sund a y s i nc l u d e d . ri ITHE WAR ON THE DANUBE. OCASE OF CHILD MURDER AT BR ISTOL .—A 1:41i0 of child murder was discovered on Tuesday to have A correspondent of the Lloyd informs us from been committed by one of the female servants at Water. Giurgevo, that the Turks on the march from Wal loo Villa, Queen's -road, Clifton, near Bristol, the reel- lachia into Bulgaria have suddenly received orders deuce of Mr. Ker, collector of Customs at that port. to change their course. On the 2ith those troops An inquest was bell on the body yesterday, before Mr. which had arrived at Rutschuk from Bucharest J. B. Grindon, the coroner, and th e jury returned a began hastily to retrace their steps. Another divi verdict of wilful murder against Jane Perry. SINGULAR AND FATAL A CCIDENT.—On Tuesday after- 13i('12' which had reached half-way to Kalugerini, noon Mr. William Carter, the Surrey coroner, held an received other marching orders. On the 25th an inquest at the Prince of Wales, Ryley-street, Bermond- express courier from Constantinople arrived at u sey, on the body of John Vivash, aged 23, an engineer, R tsc huk with despatches for the administrative in the employ of Messrs. Humphreys, Tennant, and council of war there, and after a short sitting Dyke, the well-known steam-ship builders and engineers couriers were sent in various directions. The pro of Deptford, through a blow from the screw of a capstan. liability is that on this day the order to atop the The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." I farther march of the Turkish troops to the wt.- MUNIFICENCE OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON, The Lloyd of Vienna says :—" A special steamer arrived on the 25th ult. at Varna from Marseilles, with a considerable sum from the privy purse of the Emperor Napoleon, destined to be employed in the alleviation of the situation of the wounded." THE TARTARS AND THE AUTOCRAT. The Siecle says :—" From a letter communicated to us, it appears that the confidence of the army in the success of the expedition is very great, and that a superior officer of engineers who had made a re connaissance was of opinion that it was even un necessary to disembark the siege artillery. A Prince, descended from the Khans of Tartßry, is attempting to raise all the Crimea against the Rus sians. It is said that he has been consecrated Pa dischah of the Crimea by an ulema. He has begUn by forming a numerous guard." shore arrived. The instructions to Otner Pabha :o commence operations ou the Sereth followed, and were received by the generalis-iino on the 21 of October. An Egyptian garrison, it is said, will saipply the place of the Turks at Giurgevo. 'lt toes not appear probable that Omer Paoha will begin serious operations at once, but wig content with threatening the Russians from the sou' hof Moldavia, and in - the Dobrudscha. The left wing of the Turks, we are informed, leans on Galatz ; the right on Isaktscha and Tultscha. The operations against Bessarabia will thus be com menced from three sides, over the Priith, from the Dobrudscha, and from the sea. The Cossacks con tinue their visits from Reni, and, it is said, often wander as far inland as ilatschia. Lately the Danube has fallen so much that the steamers have been unable to enter the harbour at Giurgevo. The water in the canal harbour was at the end of last month only two and a half feet deep, lower than has been known for ten years. It is reported that large numbers of troops from Podolia are concen trating on the Pruth ; and there is some talk of the Russians themselves taking the initiative, instead of waiting to be attacked by the Tunis ; but this is at best but very improbable. The garrisons of Reni, Isaki, Kagul, Leona, Leuscheni, and Souli ani, have been doubled ; and at Bender there is a strong reserve forming. Large bodies of troops were making their way at the end of last month from Pondolia and Bessarabia to the Crimea ; but to what end ? For these must, of course, arrive too late to save Sebastopol. A correspondent of the Lloyd writes from Ga latz " The Russians will not continue the contest in the Crimea if Sebastopol falls, but, if it be possible, will withdraw, and take up their posi tion at Perekop, in order to prevent the advance of the allies over this point." But in case of the success of the Allies in the Crimea, which is not to be doubted, Perekop will be open to attack both from the front and the right flank, and will be untenable, so that the Russians will, in all pro bability, also be compelled to abandon this import ant position." The Boyards and mercantile community of Bu charest have made a present to Mehmed Sadik Pacha of equipments for his Cossack regiment, ac companied by an address expressive of their b ("Tali tilde to hint for having so well preserved order in Bucharest. Prince Stirbey arrived at Bucharest on the sth. He was received by the Imperial Austrian Coin inissioner and the civil and military authorities of Bucharest, and a guard of honour, composed of Austrians and Turks, was placed at the gates of his palace. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 30.—The brilliant vic tory of the Alma will bear a prominent place in the annals of the British army. Since the 22d steamers and transports have been daily bringing down the wounded from the Crimea. On Sunday last 270 came in the Andes, under charge of Staff-surgeon Tyco. Since then the Colombo has arrived with upwards of 600 ; she towed down two transports ; whilst other ships have been daily arriving. In England people hear of the victory, and the loss ; at Constantinople the welcome news is fol lowed by a sad reality, which we see with our own eyes. The. scene on board the Colombo during her passage down with so many hundred wounded must have been terrific. There were several British officers on board the Colombo, all doing well, with the exception of a lieutenant of the 47th, who was not expected to live through the night. The colonel and major of the 23d were on board, the former wounded in the leg, but not very dangerously, and the latter having lost an arm. They were, however, considered quite out of danger. On deck some ten or twelve English soldiers remained, more or less severely wounded. Since then every body has been removed to the great hospital at Scutari, together with all the Russians. A great many more wounded have been brought down since Wednesday. The Courier, a trans port with 300 on board, went aground near Tenikai in the Bosphorus; she was, however, got off in the afternoon. On returning yesterday we met Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, her Majesty's ambassador, who had just stepped on shore, havin g come to visit the hospital, and himself see to the state of the sick and wounded. He was quite alone, and went over the building with the commandant, making every inquiry as to the wants of the mon, and especially with respect to the insufficiency of medical attend ance, so that we may hope soon to see this re medied. One of the Russian generals (lied here this morn ing. _ _ The French wounded, and from 300 to 400 Rus sians, are distributed in the hospitals of Pera ' Can idgi, Dohnabatche, Maltepe, and Rami-Tchiflik. The Arrow has arrived from England with two Lancaster guns on board, and proceeded immedi ately to SHhastopol. The French general Thomas, who was wounded at Alma, and transported to Constantinople, is progressing very favourably. A council has been named to consult about the practical introduction of reforms into the Turkish empire. It is named Council of tile Tanziinat, and is composed of the following persons :—President : Aali Pacha, ex-Grand Vizir, actually governor of Brousn. Members : Rifaat Pacha, Melimet Rus chid Paella, Ilifzi Paella Ruchti Molla Effendi, Fuad Effendi, Etiiem Paella. It cannot, however, be said that any very great results are expected to issue from their deliberationi. GREECE. Z.koona-VoLo (THESSALY), Sept. 18.—After the late insurrection in the provinces of Albania and Thessaly had been in the main subdued, some of the insurrectionary bands distributed them selves over the mountains, occupying very strong natural positions, from which the Turks have been unable to dispossess them by force. The chief of these mountain bands took up his posi tion in the range of Mount Pelion, the fastnesses of which are so strong that one hundred armed men could keep possession in spite of twenty times that number of regular troops. A large body of troops were marched into the above dis trict last week, under the command of Hussein Pasha, with the view of dislodging the above named mountain band, which is commanded by Captain Antonio, whose depredations have lately I become unbearable, and who, in short, has now degenerated into a simple captain of banditti, plundering the peaceable people of the country of their money and provisions, and committing many acts of oppression and tyranny. Hussein Pacha left Larissa last week at the head of about 1,000 regular troops and 400 Albanians, and after a wearisome march between Mount Ossa and Mount Pelion, through rugged and difficult passes, he arrived at Zagora on the third day, and after concerting upon the best means of clear ing the country of Antonio and his party, a mes sage was sent to the latter requiring an immediate surrender, or else that they would be exterminated. To that demand no reply was given, and in the meantime Hussein Pacha retired to the other side of Mount Peliou, over the town of Volo, the neigh bourhood of which was much harassed by Antonio. In two days after a message arrived from the moun tain bands that they would surrender to the Eng lishmen upon the condition that they, the moun taineers, should receive a free pardon for what was past, and that they would be embodied into the mountain police. This was agreed to, and the province of Thessaly may now be said to be tran quillised. RUSSIA. Private letters have been received in Paris from St. Petersburg, which state that the same system of deception as to the progress of the Allied Army continues to be followed out in that capital. Even the battle of the Alma has been represented as a victory, and St. Petersburg was actually illumi nated in honour of it. It was admitted that the Russians had lost 1,000 mon in the b:tttle, but the Allies were said to have lost 10,000 men, and to be completely disorganised. The retreat of the Rus sians after the victory was accounted for as a stra tegic movement, in the hope of inducing the allied army to push forward to the neighbourhood of Sebastopol, where their utter destruction was a matter of certainty, and the surrender of the whole army exceedingly probable. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Oct. 9.—The Cabinet of Berlin is much irritated at the Austrian ieply, and is preparing a retort, which will doubtless be a sharp one. This morning at nine o'clock his Majesty the King arrived at Potsdam, and attended a council of Ministers, held at the palace of Bellevue. From thence he proceeded to Schorfheide, accompanied by the royal princes, to attend a grand chasse, which will last till Thursday. Th 9 President of the Council is also invited to attend. The loss atten , ':ing the great fire which has just devastated Memel is calculated at six millions of dollars. Only eight streets of the town remain un touched. The Journal de Franefort of the 9th, says : "The New Gazette of Prussia recently contained a pane gyric of Prussian policy. We are far from placing in doubt the penetration of the present chief of that policy, but on the other hand we cannot deny that precisely the contrary of what he wished to obtain has happened. He wished, as we take pleasure in believing, to dirni- Aii4 the Europoim crisis, but unfortunately it became more cornOcatecl and more menacing. If Prussia had acted as , eriou,ly and a= energetically as Austria. in order to make tho two groat Gern,n Powers, a:A the rest of the n ihets of the If C , ofed-r4.tio e n, a closely•uoited whole, with retard to the Eastern ves tion, such a union would [lave taken place at the end of May, or at the latest the vonmiencement ofJurie. Things would then necessarily have taken a different turn. would have fOund it difficult to close the ear to the voice of all Central Europe, and the Confederation would have acquired in all the great questions of our Continent the influence it has so long desired."—The letter writer then passes in review the different acts of Prussia, and shows that they have Made matters worse instead of better. Moreover, another consequence of its policy is, he says, that " Austria must either make a proposition to the Germanic Diet without Prussia, or refrain from bringing forward the Eastern question be fore the Diet at all." AUSTRIA. VIENNA, OCT. B.—The Augsburg Alk,emeine Zeitung has just published an interesting article, entitled " The Thunderstorm on the Gallician Horizon." We extract the following passage : " Our mental vision is attracted to Cracow and to Warsaw ; it accompanies General von Hess to Bucharest ; and a report of his return appears to us at present much more important than if Prince Menschikoff bad blown up all his ships." The writer considers the expedition against Sebas topol but as an episode, from which au almost in evitably long war between Austria and Russia will most probably date. From the very first, Russia has acted in a manner which indubitably proves that she desired to provoke and to continue a con test that otherwise might easily have been avoided altogether. War had not yet been declared, when Russia marched her troops into the principalities. The Vienna note was intentionally rendered abor tive by the timely expositions of Count Nesselrode.• In like manlier Russia answered the propositions of the Vienna Conference by ordering her troops to cross the Danube, and to march into the Dobrudscha. NORWAY. The following is the speech read in the name of the King on closing the fourteenth ordinary Stor thin; of Norway : • 3 Good Gentlemen and Men of Norway,—l regret that existing political circumstances will not per mit this year the coronation of myself and the Queen, or to close your deliberati,ms in person. The happy position which I have succeeded in obtaining f the united kingdotuti (luting the complications which iiisturb our part of the world, has enabled the S'orthing to ine:.t my eff4rts fur the mated 1 development of the country, by granting abundant credits. While admitting the spirit of patriotism exem plified by these credits, I should have wished that the Storthieg had at the sine time voted to their full extent the sums demanded by me for the necessary develop ment of the state of defence. May Provilence now and for ever extei.d its protecting hand over Norway and its faithful inhabitants ! After having terminated your task, you will return to your domestic occupations. I desire that happiness may attend you, and I remain, good gentlemen and men of Norway, well affectioned towards al in general and each in particular with all royal grace and favour." FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY, 6 P.M. Ilre stated yesterday that the Government of her Britannic Majesty had charged his Excellency Lord Cowley to transmit to the Government of the Emperor its condolences on the occasion of the death of MArshal de St. Arnaud. The following is the translation of the letter addressed by Lord Cowley to the Minister of Foreign Affairs " Monsieur le Ministre—l am desired by her Majesty's Principal Secretary of for Foreign Affairs to take the earliest opportunity of conveying to the Emperor the expression of the deep regret with which the Queen's Government have learnt the intelligence of the death of Marshal Saint Arnaud. Her Majesty's Government desire to offer to his Imperial Majesty and to the French people their condolence on an event which has de prived the Emperor and France of the services of so distinguished and brave a general. If anything could mitigate the sorrows that must be felt by the Govern ments and people of France and England upon this occa sion, it must be the satisfaction—though a mournful one —that the Marshal's last moments were preceded and cheered by the triumph of a victory which will always be glorious in the military annals of both countries. In requesting your Excellency to convey these sentiments to the knowledge of the Emperor, I trust that I may be permitted to add the expression of my personal regrets for the loss which the Emperor and the French nation have sustained. To know Marshal Saint Arnaud was to like him, for the courtesy and affability of his private life were as remarkable as his courage and firmness in the field. I avail myself of this opportunity, &c., ‘ i' dOWL - ET." To the above letter the Moniteur adds : " Marshal de St. Arnaud, before succumbing 'under the malady which he had so long suffered from, wished to accomplish to the last hour the whole mission of de votedness which he had imposed on himself towards the Emperor and towards Franc• by claiming the glorious privilege of taking the chief command of the army of the E tat. Those who were the witnesses of his long and severe sufferings alone know what moral force it re quired to combat them without for a moment ceasing the duties of his difficult command, fur he did not con ceal from himself the gravity of his complaint. He was more conscious of it than any one, and when his strength failed him, and the critical moment arrived, he looked with the serenity of a religious mind to the termination of the almost superhuman struggle. The last phrases of his report of 22d September sufficiently attest this, and the following letters, and the order of the day which we publish, are a complete testimony of it. " Ville de Paris, Sept. 12. -! _ . " Monsieur le Mardchal—My situation as regards my health has become serious. Up to this day I have opposed to the malady with which I am at tacked all the efforts of energy in my power, and I had hoped for a long time that I was sufficiently habituated to suffering to be able to exercise the command without revealing to all the violence of the crises which I was condemned to undergo. But this struggle has exhausted toy strength. I have had the grief to find lately, and particularly on the passage, dur ing which I saw myself on the point of succumbing, that the moment was approaching when my courage would no longer suffice to bear the heavy burden of a command which requires a vigour that I have lost, and which I scarcely hope to recover. My conscience makes it a duty for the to point out to you my situation. I hope that Providence will permit me to perform to the end the task I have undertaken, and that I may lead as far as Sebastopol the army with which I shall to-morrow land on the coast of the Crimea ; but it will be I feel a lalt effort, and I beg you to request the Emperor to appoint for me a successor.—Accept, &c., " A. DZ SAINT ARNAUD." "Head•quarters, Bivouac, on the Schernaya, Sept. 26. " Monsieur le Mardchal —My health lb deplorable. An attack of cholera has just added to the com plaint under which I have so long suffered, and I am now reduced to such a state of weakness that the cammand has, I feel, become impossible for me. In this situation, and however painful it may be to me, I make it a duty of honour and of conscience to re sign it into the•hands of General Canrobert, whom the special orders of his Majesty designate as my successor. Tile annexed order of the day will show you with what feelings I separate from my soldiers and renounce the pursuit of the great enterprise the successful commence ment of which appears to presage a glorious issue for our arms.—Accept. &c. " A. DE Si'. ARNAUD." "Head-quarters, Bivouac of Menkendie, Sept. 26. S ddiers—Providence refuses to your chief the satis faction of continuing to lead you in the glorious path wnich is open before you. Overcome by a cruel disease, with which be has vainly struggled, he regards with profound grief, but he will know how to perform, the imperious duty which is imposed on him by circum stances—that of resigning the command the weight of which a health .for ever destroyed will no longer permit him to bear. S.ddiers, you will pity me ; for the mis fortune which falls on me is immense, irreparable, and perhaps unexampled. I res;gn the command to General Canrobert, whom, in his anxious foresight for this army and for the great interests which it represents, the Em peror has invested with the necessary powers by a sealed letter which is now before me. It is an alleviation of my sorrow to have to deposit in such worthy hands the flag which France has confided to me. You will give your respect and your confidence to that general officer, whose brilliant military career and striking services have acquired for hint the most honourable notoriety in the country and in the army. He will fallow up the victory of the Alma, and will have the happiness which I had dreamt of for myself, and which I envy him, of leading you to Sebastopol. " MARSILAL DE ST. ARNAUD." When the Berthollet arrived at Marseilles on the 10th the remains of Marshal St. Arnaud were re ceived with all possiblo honour. All the ships in the harbour hoisted their flags half-mast high. The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at 76f. 20c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a- Half per Cents. at 93f. 80c. ; and the New Loan, at 76f. 25c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,217 f. 50c.; Rouen, 993 f. 750. ; Havre, 572 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 871 f. 25c. ; Strasburg, 842 f. 50c. ; New Shares, 660 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 1,040 f. ; Lyons and the Mediterranean, 802 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 605 f. ; Bordeauxand Cette, 622 f. 50 c • Great Central of France, 520 f. ; Lyons anti d ' Ge neva, neva, 540 f. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 7611. 25c. MISCELLANEOUS. The Semaphore of Marseilles states that orders have been seut out by the Sinai to the Pirmus for the two French regiments who are there to hold themselves ready to embark for the Crimea. On the other hand, the Ocean of Brest announces that the frigates which aro being armed as transports are to carry troops to Greece. A letter from Therapia, 29th ult., in the ni tem', says :—" All our wounded have arrived at Constantinople, and have been distributed in the hospitals prepared by the Intendance with the co-operation of tLe ()dolman Government and th e (moll eniLvsy. The f ;res.:ght of the milital administratiou has provided for :411 the wants of the servic , 3 with a sol ici ude deserving of the highes t praise. The principal members of the Ottoll lo Cabinet and the first aide-de-camp of the SAO have visited our hospitals, and have expressed their admiration at the devotedness and skill which pre; side over the attentions with which our wounded are surrounded." A letter from Pesth, of the sth, states that see' ral priests, lawyers, and landowners, have bee° arrested there, and taken to Vienna. Amongst the lawyers arrested are MM. Theis, Lombay, 311c1 Graffel, who occupied posts under the revolution' ary government of Kossuth. Amongst the rumour s to which these arresrs had given rise at Pesth, No! one that some of the persons arrested had score' relations with Russian emissaries." " We read in a letter from Pera of the 3 13 1 1 ult.," says the Constitutionnet, " that a Polio colonel came over to our ranks when his regimen t was opposite our troops. Many of his men fell as if dead on the field of battle, got up as soon as the Russians had beaten a retreat." We read in the Moniteur :—" Several journal s have mentioned a report of the ce - sion of the prin' cipality of Monaco to the United States. Wo are authorised to declare that no negotiation of the kind has exisite,d between the Prince of Monac° and the Cabinet of Washington." Barbes arrived in Paris. THE OVERLASD MAIL. (By Submarine and European Telegraph.) TRIESTE, THURSDAY MORNING. • The steamer Calcutta arrived on the 12th, at half-past three o'clock a.m., in 112 hours, from Alexandria, 7th October. The Indus leaves Alexandria this day, with dates from Calcutta, 6th September ; Madras, 10th September ; Shanghai, 7th August ; Amoft 18th Aug us t ; CAntou, 21st August • 'Hong Kong, 22d August ; Bomb a y, 11th September. India was perfectly tranquil. At Calcutta trade was depressed. Exchange 1.11. From China we learn that Shanghai is still ill the hands of the rebels. Canton continues in a state of siege. Ningpo, Fuhchan, and Amoy were quiet. Th e Lancastrian, Langley, has been lost near Fuu-chose fuo. No tea has arrived at Canton, and business is quite suspended there. Much tea will be exported from Fuhcban. change at Shanghai, 6s. ; Canton, 4.5. Bd. In rail' silk little doing. THE SUNKEN VESSELS OFF SEHIS- TOPOL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As the clearance of the entrance to Sebastopol/ the instant the reduction of the north and south out° forts may render that operation practicable, is of tilt , greatest importance, I venture to give you my ideas hot ( the matter may be promptly and effectually a 0 com plished. The absence of all tide in the Euxine renders the opv ration, perhaps, somewhat difficult. Our engineers Olt however, no doubt, resort to the usual course of con' structing a diving bell, in order to pace powder under the ships, and thus blow them up, or they might try td raise them by means of submerged empty tanks an, gutta percha bags. All th is , h owever, i t i s clear 161' occupy much valuable time—days, perhaps weeks', during which our flaet may be exposed to th e r i s ks the seas, and, at all events be unable to refit and repair in those capacious naval arsenals and docks which are' I trust, ere this in our possession. I suggest a simpler means —new, it is true, but which I have every convio' tion will be found effectual and speedy. The strength of our iron ships has been much spoken' of, but is, I believe, fully understood only by those *V have owned them or been engaged in their construction' There is now an iron ship off Sebastopol, built by Napitr! of G:asgow, for her Majesty's Government, and oriffy nally destined fora ship-of war—consequently, ofstro :ger build than the common run of iron merchant steamers' I well remember the tilented builder of this vessel ir viting me to inspect her while in the course of construe'' tion, and directing m y spec i a l attention to the careful, manner in which her bows were strengthened. these' to use his own expression, would be found just as strong as if they were actually filled in with solid iron. I at the same time remind e d me t h at the weight of tul ship, ready fur sea, would be fully 4,000 tons, and a dds , ' that if so solid and weighty a mass were impelled at her full speed-12 knots—against the broadside o f th e stoutest line-of-battle-ship she mus t cu t h er down an d go through her or over her. I have that confidence in the strength of the SimoOl that, if time prove an object in clearing the port, I wotile strongly recommend that she be tried against one of OA submerged Russians. Her bows are so sharp and e°, strong that I b e li ev e her keel w ill go th roug h the huh' like a knife, and that her superincumbent weight in set' thing down upon it will crush it like an eggshell. At the same time, I am not apprehensive that the shock will injure eith e r h er h u ll or machinery, although , would not say as much for many other iron ships among the transport fleet in the Euxine. .To give the experiment I suggest a fair chance, the hull should he heeled over—which, if the topmasts are' above water, can easily be done, unless the bot:oin be very soft, and the ships have settled down—by laying out an anchor, and bearing upon a chain fixed to the lower mainmast of the Russian. In transmitting you these remarks I feel they in.l perhaps be of use, and can a: all events do no harm. Possibly the builder of the &mown, or Mr. Scutt Rue sell, should this meet their uotice, will favour us wit 4 their views on the subject. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, IRONSIDES► TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—l find by your police report in your p i per of yesterday that a person describing himself as Henri, Jones, of 23, S o h o square , was convicted in a penalty Si. for an assault on an omnibus conductor. I have re sided here for 15 years, and have practised in the immr diate neighbourhood fOr nearly 40 years ; and I visdl confined to my house by indisposition during the whole of Sunday. It was impossible, therefore, for me to have been the guilty party. As the report is calculated to prejudice me, may I beg the favour of your inserting this in contradiction.—l am, Sir, yOur very obedient ser' vant, HENRY D. JONES. 23, Soho-square, Oct. 11. THE NEW STAMP ACT. i ~ A question having arisen in connection with the NO Stamp Act, which came into operation to-day, whether bills due before the 11th •f October, and either not pre sented for payment until the 11th ,or dishonoured and • taken up after the 10th, would come under its operation, the points were brought before the Secretary of Inland Revenue in the following form : " Are the following brought within the operation of the act ? " A foreign bill due on or before the 10th of October, but not presented for payment until after that day. " A foreign bill due on or before the 10th of October, presented and dishonoured, but taken up after the 10th." And the following is the answer received : "The duty is payable in both instances. The words of the sth section, 11th and 18th of Victoria, c. 83, are, 'II any person shall present for payment or shall pay any such bill, &c. The act of presentation or the act of payment after the 10th requires that the stamp should be at the time affixed." RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. Twi GREAT NORTHERN IZAILWAT.—Traffia return for tho week ending Oct. 1, 1854 £l4 026 5 10 Corresponding week last year LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Oct. 8, 1851 £.20,115 3 5 Corresponding week last year CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Oct. 8, 1854 £5,433 16 11 Corresponding week last year 4,907 15 10 Increase in 1854.. , ONTARIO, SIMCOE, AND lIIIRON RAILWAT.—We have been furnished by our correspondent in Toronto (Canada), with the traffic of the Ontario, Sirocoe, and Huron Railway, commencing July 1, and also with the corresponding traffic of last year, showing a large in• crease this year. This line leads from Toronto to Lakes Sitncoe and Huron, and opens up the whole of that ex tensive lake district, saving n o l ess th an 400 m il es i n t h e route from Canad a t o the United States of America. The total length of this line is 97 miles, of which 63 miles are opened, and the traffic is maintained from local bids fair to b e a P rofitable conceP4 sources and requi rements along the line. Thi s railway and speaks well for Canadian lines. We understand that the late awful ravages of cholera in America have much affected their passenger traffic on railways, and this line, like the rest, has considerably suffered during the Visitation in its locality. LIEUT. ARTHUR WALSIIASI, OF THE Row. ARTILLERY. —The nam e of this young officer, which appears it s the list of th ose kill e d i n the battle of the A1111:1, will Le read with d ee p emo ti o n by many, and with p a i n f u l i t by nearly ail persons in this town. Li eutenant W u ! s h am was the third s,n of Sir John Wa'sham, Bart., and was entered at King Edward's School, at a very early when his family came t!) reside at Bury in 1842. After a blameless career at school, where he was much liked both by his.F nih, a.sters and hi s sc h oo lf e ll ows, h e pro c where he acqu itt e d hi mse lf w ith such dhe uniformd that his sleeve was l i t era ll y covere d with chevrons , of which he obtained the largest possible number, and on leaving the Arsenal h e rece i ve d f rom tt)N Woolwich, creditokvt Sir John Burgoyne, the sword of honour which is given to the best conducted of those cadets who haw; gained their commission in the Artillery. The energy and acti vity of this high spirited youth was shown last year by his ascent of Mont Blanc under circumstances of peculiar difficulty. And his military ardour led him to seek a post in the army of the East, when he might have acquiesced in his orders to join the garrison at Gibraltar.—Bury Post.