The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-07 00:00:00

TO THE ELECTORS OF HULL. GENTLEMEN, —Repeated efforts to commu nicate with you have in one way or other failed. Enough has probably found its way to create an expectation of my being a Candidate. I will not appear, except as an opponent of any nominee of the unseated Members. The Commission gave bribery a shock, and the object now I is to save the pieces. The plan is to bring in two nominees of the guilty parties, with an understanding to begin afresh when the groundAtainared by a new Parliament. These men willugti; on till the borough is disfranchised ; which is what Youuare•driving upon. Do not trust too much in the connivance of Parliament ; a tide in the national mind might make evelifiltihrotection unavailing. If there. was a disposition in the town to relieve itself from the disg,raceir Warften brought to, it would be my duty to come forward if asked. But I will be at no expense of any kind ; and there must be some demonstration of the proba bility of success. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Eliot Vale, Blackheath, 7th August, 1854. rittr, rtOYAL DRURY LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. The Subscribers, Nobility, Gentry, and the Public are respectfully Informed that th 3 PE t'OIOI.‘NCES will be RESUMED on SITURDAY SE.XI', August 12. Ross Mi's Semiramiqe (Seinira m•de Madame Caradori) an 4 Handers Acis mil Galatea (Poly he mas, Herr r (wines, will be among the earliest productions. P Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, August 7, 1854. THEI.THE ROYAL HAY MARKET. Under the management of Mr. k ackstone. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 7, Will be performed THE OLD CHATEAU. Characters by Messrs. tlowe, Rogers, H. Marston, and Backstone; Mrs. Fitzwilllam, and Miss Reynolds. Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS in a GRAND BALLET Tho new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. limier the Management of Mr. Casar..Es KLAN. THIS EVENING, AnarsT 7, Will be performed FROM VILLAGE TO COURT. Principal characters by Messrs. Harley, Fisher, and Cathcart; Misses Mur ray, Heath, and Vivash. After which, THE COURIER OF LYONS. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, J. Vining, Addison, Graham, David Fisher, Cathcart, and Salter; Misses C. Leclercq, Heath, Ternan, and S. Terry. To conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. ROYAL OLYMPIC THE tTRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 7, Will be performed TO OBLIGE BENSON. Supported by Messrs Emery, Robson, and Leslie; Miss Marston, and Miss E. Turner. To be followed by THE FIRS C NIGHT. Characters by Mears. Lifted Wigan, Leslie. Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss l'. Hor ton, and Miss Emily Ormonde. To conclude with the Farce of THE WANDERING MINSTREL. 'Tem Baggs, Mr. F. Robson. STRAND THEATRE. Foie Lessee Mr. F. W. Alicroft. THIS EVENING, AtmosT 7, Will be performed THE MILLER'S MAID. _ . FeLowed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Mephistopheles, Mr. Belford; Faust, Miss G. Hodson; Marguerite, Miss it. Gordon. To conclude with BOMBASITS FURIOSO. Atalls, 43.; Boxes, 2s. 611.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, lid.; Private Boxes Is. to be had of Mr. Allcroft. lb, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. " This place fills up an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leaves wanting. Vocal and instrumental music of the first order, and a display of fireworks which exceeds all imagination, are a fitting Close to a day at the Crystal Palace." DANSON'S COLOSSAL PANORAMA of CHUSA.N. Splendid and Extensive Menagerie and Marine Aquarium—Unri valled Military Band. VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, in which MlB3 Poole, Miss Ransford. and Mr. Manvers sing several National and Patriotic Songs —MI the Amusing Novelties of the Gardens in succession, concluding with the " Feast of Lan terns," and a mast magnificent display of Fireworks by Soutliby. Admission One Shilling. A splendid Pavilion for Dancing has been erected. Full Quadrille Band, &c. ASTLKY'S ROYAL AMPIIITqr:Arive.. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. The popular piece, the Cos - sacks, whose career has been most suc cessful, will shortly be withdrawn, to admit the production or a Grand Military Spectacle, embracing many of the principal events of the present War between Russia and Turkey ! Enthusiastic reception of the new Equestrian Ballet d'Action, the poetry ofmotion MONDAY, August 7th, and all the week, THE COSSACKS; or, Vive la France. After which, LES PREUVES DU GENIE, or El nes In the Circle, invented and arranged by Mr. William Cooke, who, in the course, of the evening, will exhibit (upon his hand) a horse whose height Is only 15 inches. HERR CHRISTOFF, the first Rope Dancer in the universe. To conclude with the new Equestrian Ballet d'Action, by Mrs S. G. Healey, called THE KNIGLIE AND THE WA'LER LILY ; or, Love among the Mermaids. Box-office open frosa Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tstvs Der —Morning 13 min.after 12 I Evening 43 min.aft. 12 lo.o.tonnow—Morning 14 min.after 1 I Evening 41 miu.att. 1 CHB WEATHER.—Sus °rims, Atte. 6. TrIERMOMNTER, TN THE SHAME. 60 - highest since noon on Saturday. 55 —lowest this morning and during the night. 66 —tills day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30 . 15. WlN'n, N. by W. to :: , T.N.E.—Fresh, with partial sun shine and cloudy weather. It rained for an hour in the afternoon some miles to east of London. AUGUST 7. 67 --inglzegt since noou yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 66 —this day at noon. BAno:ttETER, 30'17. WIND. very variable—morning N., -forenoon, noon, S.W., now N.W.. Doubtful weather, but dry. t"'in 10.•• LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1854. The Crimea ought evidently, in prudence, to be effectually cut off from the chance of any com munication with the European continent—before the fleets and armies of the Allies adventure upon any grand attack, simultaneously by sea and land, upon Sebastopol. That is perfectly obvious. And it is worthy of remembrance that it is a prelimi nary movement, not only perfectly obvious in its advisability, but demonstrably feasible in its realisation. The Crimea might be cut off from the possibility of further communication with the Continent—by our landing a body of the Anglo-French troops to the north-west, hard by the narrow isthmus con necting the Crimea with the mainland, and thereby giving it, indeed, the character of a peninsula—and by our landing at the same time another body of the Anglo-French soldiers to the north-east above Anapa, in fact somewhere upon the shores of the Strait of Enikale. By accomplishing this, the Crimea would be at once completely insulated. Already the latter part of the difficulty appears to have been overcome by means of the timely enterprise effected by landing 5,000 troops near Anapa under the joint direction of Generals BROWN O .IIVVROBERT. There is left, conse quently, the other preparatory step to be taken, namely, the.4nding of some 5,000 more, at least, hard e x tpt:hmus of Perecop. "Perecop is the ,partiekirtif the Crimea," says DEXIDOFF— `! it is to entrance-gate to the government of Taurida." That portal must be closed. That important gate {must coded. What i4'' of be s uccess f u ll y barri extraordinary interest to know now —and it is known for certain--is that the occupation of the Isthmus and village of Pere cop might be readily accomplished. With our gigantic fleets and immense disposable land forces in the Black Sea, we might easily transport t o th e appointed locality a sufficient num ber of men to take up there at once a very formidable and. secure position. It may be objected, that, according to the account given by certain travellers, the place is singularly unhealthy, the half-putrid and vis cous sea in its immediate neighbourhood, the sea of Azof, " constantly heated to the very bottom forth, say some of these of its slimy bed," giv in g writers, "a miasma injurious to the quality o f the surrounding atmosphere." But—mark this ! au important exception--M. MONTANDON asserts, in spite of every contrary rumour and prejudice, that Perecop is not merely a healthy spot, but a `` particularly" healthy spot. Whatevel• the sanitary state of that point on the coast of the of -I "ot—thither our efforts ought in simple precaution, and as constituting an absolutely no cesaary preliminary, to be directed, if we sincerely propose to strike a blow in that direction at the pride and power of the Russian AUTOCRAT. A position fairly established at Anapa—and another position firmly taken up at Perecop—and the Crimea would, so far at least, be at the mercy of the Allies, who might then take into cousidera- ~~, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1854, tion what ought next to be done with a view to the capture or destruction of Sebastopol. There is one grand advantage the allies have in attacking Sebastopol, over what they could possibly possess in attacking Cronstadt, the terrible out post of the Russian capital, the stronghold barring a ny near approach to St. Petersburg. Cronstadt consists of merely insular fortifications. Sebas topol is an accumulation of batteries upon one point in a very considerable Peninsula. Cron stadt, therefore, can only be attacked by sea — certainly, of course, with the aid of gun-boats, and with the remote assistance of troops landed on the adjacent shores of the Gulf of Finland ; but, strictly speaking, it is in itself solely open to a maritime attack, an attack by gun-boats and vessels of war, by bombs, and rockets, and broad sides. Whereas Sebastopol can be assailed not only by sea but by land ; and terribly, too, by land, if only a due force be directed against it at the right points, at the points where it would be most vulnerable, at the heights from which the town with its harbours, its arsenal, its docks, and its batteries would be en tirely commanded. Wherefore, of course, there is somewhat more of a temptation for a first attack being made upon Sebasto pol, instead of upon Cronstadt. Especially, seeing that the Baltic fleets are not yet supplied with the necessary gun-boats, and, what is more, that they have not even the prospect of being so supplied. While, in lieu of there being any obstacle in any way equivalent to this in refer ence to a descent upon the Crimea, and a conse quent attack upon Sebastopol, there is actually every reasonable facility towards it at this moment at the disposal of the allied Commanders in-Chief, both military and maritime. Enormous bodies of troops, well appointed, and in splendid condition, and wonderfully well disciplined— where ? Disposed between Schumla and Varna— ready at any time for immediate concentration-- and capable of being conveyed across the Black Sea in a few hours by means of steam transports, at any time that may be deemed advisable, to any point (on, or in the vicinity of, the Crimea) that might be judiciously preconcerted. Together with which, we all know what fleets there are in the Euxine ready at the period fixed upon to co-operate with the 60,000, or 80,000, or 100,000 troops, French and English, Turks and Egyptians, under the command of the Marshal-Generalissimo. As preliminary steps towards which general attack upon the Crimea, there are two measures already specified as advisable, if not absolutely essential (mark ! as preliminaries)—the landing of troops at Anapa and at Perecop. Well—A.napa would seem to have been looked to already, if we may judge from the expedition recently intrusted to Generals BROWN and CANROBERT. But there remains then—the Isthmus of Perecop. Let that now be looked to also betimes ! And then ha ling effectually closed the portal of the Crimea, and com pletely circumvented its Russian defenders—then with a battle cry of " GOD defend the Right"— then, at last Onward ! with the union-jack, and the tri-colour, and the banner of the Moslem, Onward ! with the Turkish crescent, and the Eng lish spear-head, and the French Eagles, for the one grand and crowning attack upon Sebastopol. What shall we do with our convicts ? This interrogatory has been frequently repeated in our columns, hut on each occasion the solution of the important problem appears more diffi suit, if not altogether impossible. We are assured that very great exertions have been used to render the great experiment, now in progress, successful, and we have no reason to doubt the seal and ability of Colonel JEBB, under whose control and management the operations have been conducted. We fear, however, that the entire system of " penal servitude" in the United Kingdom, coupled with occasional relaxation, in the shape of tickets of leave, is totally and radi cally defective, and that no exertions, however energetic or efficient, can materially improve that which is altogether opposed to the fundamental conditions of English society. We do not blame Government for falling into an error on the sub ject. It was one that justified any attempt that might probably, or even possibly, lead to an auspi cious result. But now that the total and un qualified failure of the experiment has been esta blished beyond the possibility of doubt, Ministers would be exceedingly culpable if they recklessly and obstinately pursued a course which has been so clearly proved to be in the wrong direction. We do not of course suppose that any legislation on such a question is practicable at the fag-end of the session, when the prorogation of Parliament is rapidly approaching. All that can be done is to direct the. attention of Noble Lords and Honourable Gentlemen to the interesting and important subject, so that they may be well acquainted with its various details when the time for action shall arise, and when required to sanction a new experiment for the suppression of crime, and the reformation of the criminal popu lation of the country. The topic may also be very advantageously discussed in the public press. , Anything calculated to place it in a striking point of vieve.o.to give additional facts—must prove be neficial, and increase the chances of a happy issue. There are two distinct lights in which the topic must be strictly examiaed—so far as relates to society and the convict himself, or as we have already stated, to " the prevention of crime," and " the reformation of the criminal." It is only for the sake of society that any punishment is at all justifiable. The doctrine of " vengeance" has long been banished from the penal codes of all civilised nations, and if " retributive justice" be apparently extended to the offenders, it is simply to deter others from fol lowing their most evil example, and thus to afford protection and security to their innocent and meritorious neighbours. It is therefore the imperative duty of those who assume the position of law-givers, who arrogate to themselves autho rity not only over the liberties and fortunes, but even, in extreme cases, over the lives of their fel low-men, to use their gigantic power with the ut most possible moderation, and to inflict no unne cessary suffering even on the convicted culprits who are helplessly placed in their hands. Our old Draconic code looked only to society. Its object was to affect men's fears, to rule by terror solely. Not a week passed that the metro polis was not disgraced by public executions for the most trivial offences. The " hangman " was the great public instructor, and we can scarcely wonder at the wide-spread brutality that pre vailed when the community received such tuition. A better s pi r it su b sequen tly prevailed. The penal c o d e was judiciously revised, and greatly modified, and capital punishment only retained in cases of atr oc i ous turpitude, where, b y t h e Di v i n e law, as w e ll as the almost universal pract i ce o f nations, it wa s indis pensable. sanctioned and considered indis- We have, p er h a p s , gone as far in abridging capital punishment as we should be justified i n go i ng, and it is not in that direction that we re qu i re f urther alterations ; but it is in the system of secondary punishments, in the prison i discipline, th a t h as been ntrodnced under the sanction and authority of the local inaoistracy, rather than th a t of P arl i ament, and in ' the dis t posal of those who have either served out their times and are therefore entitled to their discharge, or who have evinced such symptoms of sincere penitence for their former offences, and earnest determination to lead a new life, that improve ments and ameliorations must be introduced. In the prison discipline we have allowed the crotchets of men fancying themselves philanthro pists, but who are really giving rein to the na tural cruelty of their disposition, too long to pre prevail.We have treadwheels, cranks, collars, cats-of-nine-tails, and the various instruments afn d o t r t ure which the Birmingham investigation has brought to light. The "secrets of one pri- son house' have been revealed—the doings of a model governor, a magisterial pet, exposed. And we may ask every unprejudiced person whether they are such as to bring the mind of the pri soner into a better condition, or whether, on the contrary, they are not calculated to harden the hearts, and to make more crooked dispositions previously perverted ? We do not strive to tame the wild beasts, but to terrify and still further brutalise them. We do not give a training that will qualify the party again to mingle with society. By excessive violence and physical torture we either break or bend the stub• born metal—the "breaking" being death either from suicide or the severity practised, the " bend ing" nothing but organised hypocrisy. Such is not the spirit to which a man should be brought to enable him to take a useful part in " the battle of life," to gain an honest livelihood by his own industry ; nor is the treatment which the libe rated convict meets out of doors in any degree better calculated to keep alive the spark of good ness within him. We do nothing to keep him • within the paths of rectitude ; on the contrary, by suspicions and unmerited harshness we smother and extinguish it. By interfering with and re stricting his honest efforts we drive him to crime for the bare means of livelihood, and then de plore the fearful depravity of human nature, and the failure of all our well-meant, but very injudi cious, proceedings for the reformation of the cri minal. We would here very earnestly direct attention to the Address to the electors of Hull, from General PERRONET THOMPSON, given elsewhere in the customary way as an advertisement. It will gladden every liberal heart in the kingdom (but will rejoice more particularly, we feel assured, every independent elector of the borough of Hull) —by affording us all the prospect of seeing this distinguished and veteran Reformer once more back in his proper place, namely, amongst the number of the national representatives. It is sincerely to be hoped that the gallant officer will be afforded an opportunity of appearing before that, or if not before that, before some other constituency, as a candidate for an unpurchased seat in the British Parliament. The liberal electors of Hull should remember that the triumph of General THOMPSON'S successful appearance as a candidate for their suf-. frages would not be his only—Hull itself would be honoured by returning to the House of Com mons as its member the eminent author of tha " Corn Law Catechism." HOW TO TAKE ORONSTADT-"NO ENGI NEERING DIFFICULTIES." TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. SIR,—An able letter on "Our Two. Fleets and their Task," in your columns of yesterday, properly insists upon the importance of destroying the Russian fleet in the Gulf of Finland, as an object second to none which we can propose to ourselves during the present war ; and the writer proposes two methods of effecting this re sult, so far as relates to the fleet in Cronstadt :-Ist. By landing on the Western extremity of the island, which is comparatively defenceless, and thence destroying the fortifications by regular approaches. 2d. By shelling the fleet in harbour at long range, from the northern side across the island. A simpler mode of effecting this object presents itself, by breaking through the Lisi Noss embankment, which extends from the north-eastern corner of the island, a distance of six miles, to the near. est point of the mainland, and which forms the sole obstacle to a large portion of the allied fleets penetrating to within a very few miles of St. Petersburg itself. The embankment once cut through, there would be a channel for vessels drawing 18 feet of water into the rear of Cronstadt, where the fortifications amount absolutely to nil. With regard to the feasibility of the undertaking, it is to be observed that the embankment is unde fended by batteries, and from its length and position is incapable of being so. As to mechanical obstacles, if a joint stock company were got up to out a ship canal through the Lisi Noss, they would find a hundred engi neers and contractors who would undertake to complete the works for them within a month. -- --- This same Lisi Noss embankment is, after all, a unique and barbarous contrivance, and such as, with the mechanical resources at onr command, ought not to stop our progress for a moment. It might puzzle for a while the routine of Chatham ; but a Stephenson or a Brunel —a Bendel or a Brassey . would laugh at the idea of its occasioning serious embarrassment. In a word, to adopt the language of our parliamentary committees, " the scheme presents no engineering difficulties." August 4, 1854. A COUNTRY READER. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, Ant 5. Major-General the Ron. Sir G. Cathcart arrived at Osborne yesterday evening, and had the honour of dining with her Majesty. Sir George returned to London this morning. AUGUST G. The Queen and Prince, accompanied by the Prince of \Vales and Princess Louisa, and attended by the Marchioness of Ely, the Hon. Mary Bulteel, and Capt. Du Plat, honoured Colonel and Lady Katherine Har court with a visit at St. Clare, near Ryde, yesterday afternoon. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and Sir George Couper, arrived at Powlest house, East Cowes, yesterday, which residence her Royal Highness has engaged for several weeks. Prince Albert visited the Duchess soon after her arrival. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Cowper, left town on Saturday afternoon, by the South-Western Railway, for Powis-house, near Osborne, Isle of Wight. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Glad stone left town on Saturday, on a visit to Sir Walter and Lady Mary Farquhar, Poulsden-park, near Guild ford. C.I33INET COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers present were— the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmer ston, the Earl of Clarendon, Sir George Grey, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Sir William Molesworth, and Earl Granville. The Council sat three hours. MARRIAGE IN THE ARMY AND NAVY.—The propor tions in the service who are returned as married in every 100 of each class are 25 officers and 15 men in the army ; 30 officers in the navy, and 24 seamen ; while two officers in 100 and one man in 100 are widowers in the army, and one officer and one man in the navy. The proportion of bachelors in civil lite is 31 in every 100 persons of the age of 20 and upwards. Among the officers of the age of 20 and upwards serving in the army, 71 in 100 ; among the men, 82 in 100 ; among the officers in the Royal Navy, 60 in 100 ; among the seamen, 69 in 100 are returned as bachelors.—Census Report. PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.—Sir Graham Mont gomery, Bart., has been appointed Lord-Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal for the county and shire of Kinross. Mr. Arthur Edward Kennedy, Governor of Sie rra Leone, is also appointed to be her Majesty's Consul- General in the Sherboro country, on the west coast of Africa. Mr. John Bell, her Majesty's Consul in Algeria, has been promoted to the rank of Consul-General, but without any addition to his present salary. Mr. Thomas Elmore is appointed unpaid Vice-Consul at Algiers. Rear-Admiral Henry Byam Martin is appointed to Sir C. Napier's fleet in the Baltic. DEATH BY MACHINERY IN HOLBORN.—On Saturday evening a fine youth, named John Carr, residing in Kingsgate-street, Bloomsbury, was assisting his father, at Mr. Clark's, an engineer, in Gate-street, Lincoln's. inn-fields, when, contrary to orders, he went into the machine-room, and being caught by his coat, he was drawn in among the machinery and killed on the spot. THE MURDER AT ESHER.—The trial of Mrs. Brough, for the murder of her five children, is to take place on Wednesday next. PROPOSED NEW PIER AT THE SOUTH SIDE OF BLACK PRIARS•BRIDGE.—On Saturday several workmen were employed in driving piles on the south side of Black friars-bridge, immediately contiguous to the British Plate-glass Company's warehouses, for the purp ose o f constructing a landing pier on that side of the river, at that particular point. The proposed. pier will be 200 feet long, six feet wide, and furnished with a roof of corrugated iron. The work has been un dertaken by a few spirited individuals as a private speculation, and it is to be hoped th a t they may succeed, as they deserv e to do, in thus em barking their private cap ital for the convenience of the public. The Committee of the Thames Navigation and Port of London, which has, at present, control of the bed and soil of the river, have given the promoters leave to erect the pier, and the authorities of the Surrey Trust have granted the use of a commodious passage, as a means of egress from and ingress to the pier, from the p s e e r u G t o s b u n e r d e - t r c l e t t , is e h i y p a t t he ed fLo : t tt o t f b t e h bridge pier e ‘vi o n ll be opened in the course of a fe w weeks. It is intended to call the erection, " The Royal Surrey Watermen's Pier." ANTIMONY SHOT.—We understand that extensive ex periments are now being made, by order of Government, tf.) test the effect' of shot made from antimony upon wooden as well as iron surfaces. As far as they have been tested, the destructive effects of these balls are more apparent than those arising from iron ones; for as soon as the surface is struck, the metal, owing to its great brittl eness , breaks, and the various particles, con sequently, become widely spread. The authorities seem to be much pleased with the success which has attended these experiMents • and we are informed that an im mediate supply of antimony balls will be despatched to our fleets in the B a lti c an d Bl ac k S eas . The use of this new missile will crea t e a d eman d f or o ur Cornish anti mony, which is now in considerable request. LATEST NEWS. THE WAR. RETREAT OF THE RUSSIANS BEYOND THE PRUTH. VIENNA, Sunday Aug. 6.—Advices from Jassy, of the 2d, state that several Russian regiments are retiring behind the Pruth. Philo-Russia journals at Jassy confirm this fact. DEPARTURE OF THE RUSSIANS FROM BUCHAREST. The following has been received from Vienna : " On the Ist of August the Russians retreated from Bucharest, after having broken up the road between that city and Kalugereny. " Omer Pasha has sent a message to Bucharest, requiring lodging and provisions for 12,000 men inside the city, and rations for 20,000 outside the walls. " Before leaving Bucharest Prince Gortschakoff assembled the Boyards and thanked them for the manner in which they had treated the Russian troops during their stay in Bucharest. The General added, that strategic reasons induced him to quit th 3 city, but that it was not improbable he might return at an early period." ATTACK UPON ALA D.-OCCUPATION OF THE ISLAND BY THE FRENCH. COPENHAGEN, Saturday.—Tho Berling Gazette contains a telegraphic despatch from Swenska, announcing that on the 2d of August twelve vessels of war proceeded to the Isles of Aland, and that on the 3d, after a cannonade of seven hours, the French occupied Aland. A telegraphic despatch from Stockholm of the 3d says that on the previous day twelve war ships were seen off the lighthouse, steering towards Degerby. A six hours' cannonade, commencing in the morning, was heard on the 2d, in the direction of Aland. EXPEDITION TO THE CRIMEA. CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 26.—A division of the combined fleets has left Baltshik, directing its course to the Crimea. Seven French line-of-battle ships and foiir Eng lish remain at Varna. It is reported that the divisions of Generals Brown and Canrobert have embarked for the Crimea. Thirty gun-boats are to join the fleet from Con stantinople. The blockade of Sebastopol is to be closely kept up, and further operations are expected. Greek pirates have committed acts of pillage in Cos and Calymvos. They have stripped several warehouses. The inhabitants call for martial law. The Correspondence Autrichienne of the 6th pub lishes a telegraphic despatch, dated Odessa, July 31. It says that on the 30th the allied fleets were in sight of Sebastopol, accompanied by many transports. The Russian retreat was announced officially. The head-quarters of Prince Gortschakoff were on the Ist at Doumunska, and ou the 3d at Arsitscheny. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, July 2G.—Said Paella has granted an amnesty to those who attempted to oppose his accession. He has abolished the government mo nopoly in the corn trade, re-established free com petition in cotton, and taken off several taxes. Enthusiasm consequently goes on increasing. A grand fete is preparing at Alexandria. PERSIA. The rumour of a Russo-Persian treaty of alliance is not confirmed. Suliman Khan, the Envoy from Affghanistan, has only held a conference at Thuran with the Russian envoy. DENMARK. According to a despatch from Frankfort the Diet of Denmark, in the sitting of the 3d inst., adhered without restriction to the Austro- Prussian treaty. THE BRITISH EXPEDITION. We extract the following from a Varna letter of July 29 :—At Varna there were 33 cases of cholera in our hospital last night, and a much larger num ber of men from the same cause in the French hos pital. The Duke of Cambridge has been suffering from diarrhoea ; indeed, a large percentage of officers of the different divisions have been attacked by this complaint, but great precautions aro taken by the medical officers to prevent neglect in the early stages, and to .check the premonitory symp toms, which are too often disregarded until it is too late. This morning Captain Gordon, R.E., returned in the Vauban from the Circassian coast. It is re ported that the Russians are employed night and day in strengthening the defences a Anapa, and in fortifying some small redoubts south o f it. Their vessels often take a peep out of Sebastopol and run in again,. _ Sir George Brown has not yet returned. When last seen the English fleet was standing off the h of the Danub e , w ith th e Li eutenant - General mout on board, and it is believed General Canrobert was also with them, but the French vessels are still at anchor at Baltschik. However, they art not far from Kostendji, in case they are required to embark the division which has moved up there. Lord Raglan and M. St. Arnaud continue in their quarters at Varna. The cavalry division under Lord Lucan, which has been en camped on the other side of the bay, was to have moved 5 or 6 miles away this morning, and their camp an d ground t o b e occup i ed b y the division of Si England, but th ese or d ers were counter mandedrit this morning. They will be close to the edge, and ready f or em b ar k at i on i n t h e i r n when they occupy it . T wo b atter i es o f a w r ea t Nt i v lelre's camp,ry moved out from Varna on Friday, one to Devna, the other to Aladyn. These countermands are frequent. There is a most magnificent preparation g oing on just now. from The the Ist Sappers and Miners and fatigue ' and 3d divisions, a re working away as hard as they can ma ki rr , fascines. To-day parties they will be set to work on gabions, and orders have been issued for an immediate supply of sand bags. By news from Rustchuk, to the morning of the 17th, we hear that Omer Pasha, with 30,000 men, was lying at the l e ft b an k o f th e Danube, opposite Rustchuk, in an entrenched camp. His li ne of videttes were no t more t h an 800 yards from the Russian vidett es, an d the ma i n body of the latter (45,000 stron g ) lay facing the Turks, with their left resting on th e marshes of the Danube, and their right restingin strong works, which have been call e d Li ttle S hum l a, from their resemblance to that pl ace, and stretc hi ng a long the line of road to Bucha rest. Our ga bi ons , fascines, and sand bags l oo k lik e preparat i ons f or a siege. On Frid a y last Colonel Gord on returned from Baltchi c k. H e ma d e a rec onnaissance of the Do brudscha up to the very b an ks of the Danube, and found th e w h o l e coun t r y desolate—a waste of burnt villages and desolated corn - field s. At the other side o f th e D anu b e t h e Russians were visible in force. This reconnaissance was effected by twelve artillerymen, mounted on pack saddles and bag gagers. They all returned safe and sound. Had they been regular cavalry they would not perhaps have done as well. Lord Cardigan has taken fare well of his regiment, the 11th, in very handsome terms, and takes occasion to refer in a very lauda tory manner to the efficiency of the brigade he commands. We hear many accounts of outrage inflicted on the people of the villages by the Turks. They are puffed up by the pride of victory, and believe they can now do as they please. As I passed a café on Saturday I heard the report of a pistol, and in a moment afterwards some Turks ran out, bearing a man in the agonies of death in their arms. He bean shot through the heart. His murderer, who seemed like a zaptie or cavass, was dragged off to the Pasha. The latter will put him in prison, and in some months the fel low will be let out, when room is required for a fresh culprit. The cause of this occurrence I could not ascertain, and the bystanders seemed very little disturbed by it. There is small trouble taken t o arrest t h e cou rse of such crimes, and u n til the T ur k s are di sar med these things must happe n . Where are our British merchants and our Eng lish ent er p r i se ? W e have lately paid 3s. 6cl. a lb. f or ham, 2s. a lb. for bacon, 1/. sterling for a flannel shirt, p o i sonous brandy for ss. a bottle ; bad wi ne for the same price ; preserved meats double the London prices ; a water bottle 10s. ; a white felt cap, 15s. ; German saddles, 5/. (worth 255.) ; bridles, 2/. (not worth 125.) ; and so on. However, money is plentiful—neither officers nor men know what to do with it. The Brevet has given a great deal of satisfaction, and has of course caused some grumbling. The new regulations are not well understood, but so far es they are they are well spoken of. Forage for horses is gometimes scarce. Captain Nolan has returned with 300 splendid Arabians from the desert. Lieutenant King has also come in with fine horses from Tunis. MOVEMENTS AT WARSAW. A letter from Warsaw of the 30th ult., in the Breslau Gazette, says :—" New troops are con tinually arriving at Warsaw. Orders were re ceived yesterday from St. Petersburg to demolish fifty houses situated near the citadel, and which were not comprised in preceding demolitions. Some of them are newly built, and are worth more than 100,000 roubles each. Our garrison is 80,000 men. Within the last few days the Cos sacks of the guard, who are very fine men and well equipped, passed through the city. It is only in some private circles that what takes place in tho theatre of the war is known ; the mass of the pub lic are absolutely - ignorant of everything." EXTRACTS FROM THE GERMAN PAPERS. The Wanderer of Vienna, of the Ist, says : " This day Lord Westmoreland received from London despatches, amongst which is the reply of the English Cabinet to the propositions of Russia. The following is the substance of it : ' The Western Powers are irrevocably resolved to continue the war, until Russia shall make pro positions which can be accepted. ; those which she has just made present no starting-point for negotiations likely lead. to peace." The courier with the French reply is expected here this evening. [A telegraphic despatch in The Sun of Saturday announced the arrival of this reply, which was to the same effect as the above.] Up to the present time no official declaration has arrived from Russia, concerning the intended evacuation of the Princi palities. The reply of Austria to the Russian pro positions will consequently leave without delay : it will most probably say that Austria, whilst feeling profound regret at the failure of the efforts made to re-establish peace, will see herself obliged to in sist on the evacuation of the Principalities, and should that step not take place in a very brief de lay, she must proceed to the execution of the treaty concluded by her with the Porte. Lieut. John Musgrave passed yesterday through this city for London, with despatches from Varna. He is said to be the bearer of the plan of operations in com mon decided on after the arrival of the Austrian Lieut.-Col. de Kalisch, commander of the troops of the Danube and of the Balkans. Couriers are pass ing and repassing constantly between this day and Berlin ; three passed each way yesterday and the ' day before. The Russian general, Baron de Frey mann, has arrived here from St. Petersburg, and the Aulic councillor Gadawsky from Warsaw." The Cologne Gazette, under date of Vienna, the 30th ult., states that on the 9th the Austrian Cabinet sent to its Ambassador at St. Petersburg instructions to express to the Russian Cabinet its regret that the propositions of Russia were of a nature which it could not accept without engaging in a war with the Western Powers, which it was resolved to avoid. Spener's Gazette of Berlin, of the 3d, says :—"A letter from Vienna states that the Ambassadors of the Western Powers made communications to the Austrian Cabinet, on the 29th ult., expressing a wish that the material guarantees which might be demanded from Russia should be set forth in a pro tocol. The French and English Ambassadors in sisted at the same time on the immediate entrance of the Austrian troops into Wallachia, and it is said they have receiveJ satisfactory assurances on the subject." A letter from Hamburg, in the Independance of Brussels, says :—" Austria is n9t pleased with the two Mecklenburghs for having voted in the Ger manic Diet against the accession of the Diet to the Austro-Prussian treaty. Her representative at the courts of the two duchies has, it is said, ad dressed a very sharp note to them on the subject. I think I can assure you that Austria insists a good deal at this moment with the German Government on having four of the twelve corps d'armee of the Confederation placed on a war-footing, and that she intends to demand from the Diet that that measure shall be carried into effect without delay, so as to have the contingents of the respective States col lected by the autumn." • THE RUSSIAN SHIP CESAROWITCH. We find the following in a letter of the 3d, from Hamburg :—" About a month ago I re ported to you. the arrival here of the Russian ship Cesarowitch, from China, with a valuable cargo of silk, tea, and furs. The captain, who is a German, and who learned the declaration of war from another vessel at sea, immediately altered his course, and, instead of sailing for the Baltic, determined to run for the Elbe, and in order to elude the British cruisers in the Channel, lie gave England a wide berth, sailed north-about, and succeeded in bringing the ship in safety to a neutral port. The cargo was immediately landed the next day by the agent of the Russian-American Company (to whom both ship and cargo belonged) and forwarded by railroad to Berlin, and thence on to Russia, whilst the captain and crew were also discharged, the latter being sent to their native country. No further notice was taken of the affair at the time, but a few days ago the Senate of this city were considerably astonished by receiving a joint note from the British and French governments through Colonel Hodges and M. de Cintrat, re quiring an explanation of the conduct of the Hamburgh authorities in this affair, protesting against it as a breach of neutrality, and eventu ally claiming the value of the ship and cargo, estimated at 100,0001. They rest their claim on the vessel and cargo belonging to the Russian government, and the former being fitted out as a ship of war, carrying sixteen guns and a crew of 70 men, under which circumstances the authorities ought not to have received the vessel in their port, in which case she would have been captured by the French and English steam cruisers. It is difficult to understand the force of this logic ; for in the first place' the Russian-American Company is not a Government concern, like the See-Handlung at Berlin, but a private company, whose shareholders are certainly more or less connected with the Go vernment, but still they have nothing whatever to'do with it, any more than the Dutch Handels- Maatschappy, or the Austrian Lloyd's Company at Trieste. And, in the next place, it is a well-known fact that all large East Indiamen are well armed, and a very necessary precaution it is, too, with a valuable cargo on board, and having to thread the intricate channels in the Indian Ocean, notoriously infested by numerous pirates. The cargo is reported in the official import-list as follows :—No. 2,653 Cesarowitch, Russian, 793 tons, B. Joerjan, from Shanghai, bound to Cronstadt, 2,863 chests of tea, 501 bales of silk, 158 bales of furs, 82 cases of sealskins, 6 chests of seahorse tusks, 12 bales of bearskins, and 8 boxes of minerals. FR A.NCE. A letter from Biarritz, of tho ' 4th in the Moni teur, says :—" The Emperor and Empress yester day made an excursion to Saint Jean de Luz. The influence of the climate and the baths is very salu tary for the health of her Majesty." Their Ma jesties have gone into mourning for eight days, 'from the Ist inst., on the occasion of th e d eat h o f the Princess de asa, daughter of the Dowager Grand Duchess of Baden. The Emperor has addressed the following letter to the Minister of War : "Monsieur le Marechal, --I call your attention to the distressing accidents which every year take place when it is found necessary to move troops during extreme heats. If they take place in spite of every precaution that could have been adopted, no reproaches can be made to any one; but if, through an excess of zeal and in order to exe cute too much to the letter a general order transmitted from a distance, the health and oven the life of the sol diers be compromised, I wish that the chiefs should be severely blamed. I shall not quote any examples, but in several military divisions the generals have not per haps as they ought to have done, taken on themselves to carry into execution with prudent circumspection the orders emanating from the Minister of War. In time of war, when the commanding officer of a corps arrives at the hour fixed at a particular point assigned to him be forehand, he sh ou ld b e loudly praised, even should he interest e l s e t ft i s t obal firstf of of l a i men but i behind,n time o f o f r peace,th en t militaryfirsthe duty of a c omman di ng officer is to spare his sol diers and to avoid carefully everything that may uselessly com promise promise th e i r li ves. I therefore beg you to address ..c the command ers o f m ili tary d iv i s i ons a cir cular, remind ing them o f th e precautions to b e ta k en to prevent as .I‘inijuaacryrhiGtazo ond i the l spoi!isvibelesytou of the in his holy so4ke of similar .elg . Written misfortunes. at 13 NArorxoN." Some deaths which occurred recently in a bat talion of Chasseurs from over marching, during the intensely hot weather in Paris some days ago, and from the same cause in a battalion stationed near Cubzac, have, it is said, occasioned the above rather angry letter. Since it appeared in the Moniteur, it is rumoured that Marshal Magnan, in whose district the oc currence took place, intends giving in his resig nation. It is thought that the publication of such a letter may occasion discontent not only among the generals, but even among the regimental officers. The Emperor has granted the exequatur to MM. Grar, as Belgian Consul at Valenciennes ; Day, United States Consul at Lyons ; Strohi, Consul for Bavaria at Strasburg ; Hasenclever, for the Grand Duchy of Baden at the same place; Roubion, Vice-Consul for Sardinia at Arles ; Jouve, Vice- Consul for the Two Similes at Toulon ; Bronde, Vice-Consul of Prussia at Bona; and Yemenis, Vice-Consul for Greece at Lyons. The Emperor, on the conclusion of the literary and commercial treaty between France and Bel gium, has conferred the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour on M. de Brouckere, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Belgium, that of Grand Officer on M. Leidts, Belgian Minister of. Finance, and other decorations on some eminent functionaries in Bel gium who took part in preparing the treaties. There are again rumours of the recall both of Prince Napoleon and Marshal St. Arnaud. A re port circulated on Friday night that the late Min ister of the Interior, M. de Persigny, was ex pected to arrive in Paris on Saturday, and proceed soon after to Biarritz. There are some who see in this journey the probability of his return to the Cabinet. The Marseilles journals publish the following : " A report has been spread, both in France and abroad, that other epidemic or contagious diseases besides the cholera existed at Marseilles. There has been a talk of the plague, the typhus, and the yellow fever. These reports are without any foundation. No case of the kind above referred to has occurred, and there is not a single patient in the lazzaretto." A marked change has taken place in the weather for the last few days. Instead of the intense heat which prevailed, the temperature has become cool, as well as moist. These changes in the atmosphere have been so sudden as to affect the public health. It would appear that the late accident on the Sceaux Railway was of a more serious character than was at first imagined. The following are the names of the persons injured :—M. Bayados, em ployed on the line, both legs broken ; Madame Cagniat, schoolmistress at Sceaux, both legs broken; M. Menard, jun., of Sceaux, both legs broken ; M. Buchere, secretary of the School of Mines, both legs so badly broken that amputation was consi dered indispensable ; M. Petit, merchant, Place des Victoires, at Paris, one leg broken ; M. Picard, of Sceaux, one leg broken, and the other so badly bruised that it has not yet been ascertained whe ther there is a fracture or not ; M. Pascal, mer chant, Rue due Sentier, one leg broken ; M.Delage, slightly bruised. A stoker on the line; named Caboche had his thigh. broken ; a second employe was badly bruised in the side, and two others, though hurt, were able to walk to the station. The whole number of passengers was about 150, but no others were injured. The cause of the accident appears to have been a miscalculation as to the time that the single locomotive which left Paris for Orsay would require to go over that distance. The stoker imagined that he would arrive before the train for Paris started, but unfortunately he was mistaken, and hence the accident. . _ The Three per Cents. closed on Saturday at 71f. for the end of the month, the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 98f. 85c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,165 f. ; Rouen, 1,005 f. ; Havre, 565 f. ; Great Northern, 820 f. ; Strasburg, 775 f. ; New Shares, 617f.50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 941 f. 25c.; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 842 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 640 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 607 f. 50c. ; Great Central of France, 492 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Geneva, 502 f. 50c. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 683 f. 75c. SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 31st ult. contains de crees signed by the Queen, and countersigned Baldomero Espartero, by which Generals San Miguel and O'Donnell are promoted to the rank of " Captains-General of the National Armies," and Colonel Salazar to, that of Major-General. Another decree relieves General San Miguel from the office of. Minister of War, and expresses approbation of his services, and other decrees nominate the new Ministers, as already announced. _ _ The Gazette contains an address to the Madrid people, by General San Miguel, in which he ex presses the highest admiration of their bravery and orderly conduct. There is also a complimentary address from the chiefs of the barricades to the General, in which they call him " the upright and disinterested patriarch of free men," and as sure him that he has established concord in the Liberal party. According to the Diario, the number of wounded in the hospitals was not hundreds, as had been said, but 165, half of whom were soldiers, the others civilians, and that out of them only 8 had died. The Queen had addressed an autograph letter to General San Miguel, expressing gratitude for his services as President of the Junta and Minister of War during the recent events. The Patrie's latest news is :—".Accounts from Spain continue to be satisfactory. The Marshal Duke of Victory had ridden through the streets of Madrid, in order to assure himself personally that the orders he had given to remove the barricades were executed. He was received with marks of the utmost sympathy. Honest and moderate men o all parties give their support to the Ministry." The Diario says that Espartero has been ap pointed Governor of the Palace as well as President of the Council, and that General San Miguel is named Commander of the Queen's Guards. Advices from Madrid of the Ist state that, after the visit paid by Marshal Espartero to the barri cades, they were abandoned and partially destroyed. As . niga drew on the " defenders of the barri cades," to the number of 2,000, and divided into three battalions, defiled under the windows of the Queen, uttering loud shouts in honour of her Ma jesty, who beheld the spectacle from the balcony. In the morning this force repaired to Marshal Espartero's residence, and, having again defiled, dispersed, with no intention of meeting again. The Junta still continues to issue its decrees, although the Ministry is organized. General Dulce has been reinstated in his rank as Director-General of Cavalry. It is said that the Queen will shortly leave Madrid to take sea baths, accompanied by Espar tero. According to letters of the 4th from the same city, the Junta will continue its functions till the Cortes meet. It was said that Queen Christina had left the for day before France. ATTEMPT AT INSURRECTION IN LISBON. The Lusitania brings Lisbon news of the 31st of July, being two clays later than the mails by the Iberia steamer. An attempt had been made to get up a little excitement and a call for the National Guard a Lisbon, in imitation of M a d r id, b u t peop l e generally seemed to think they enjoyed liberty enough under a Government whose tolerance has long been a perfect contrast to the despotism at Madrid. The Royal decree had appeared, in virtue of which the Portuguese Cortes were to close on the 3d of August. THE BALTIC. The Russian Invalid, of the 27111 ult., contains a letter from Aland, pretending to give a true de scription of the attack made on the Bomarsund forts upon the 21st of June. The letter is scarcely worth noticing, further than to observe that it Claims, as a matter of course, complete victory over the assailing vessels ; declares that no damage whatever was done to the forts ; reduces the loss of the garrison and troops to four killed and twelve wounded ; and buries thirty-five English on one of the outside islands. It further sets fire to and burns the whole starboard side of an English cor vette, and sends them all off in a hilt-sinking con dition, amid the victorious hurrahs of the indomi table garrison. The Russian organ at Berlin publishes a long letter, purporting to have been written from Osel, on the 30th of June. In this the customary com plaints are made against English attacks upon de fenceless ports, and carrying off private property (vessels). The only portion of this document worth notice is the assertion that small craft captured by our cruisers were employed for the purposes of sal vage, and had rendered good service in •this- capa city oy contributing to get off five or six vessels which had grounded at or near Collingy and Pid dut, between 1845 and 1853. These vessels were the Alcona, of Portgorry ; Margaret, ,of Dundee ; Joshua Carroll, of London ; Lively, of Cardiff; Barossa, of Leith ; Crescent, of Sunderland ; and Rosalie (French), of Bordeaux. The craft cap tured by our people are said to be the Concordia, Swan, and Marie ; the first of 20, the other two of 10 tons each, value about 300 silver roubles, and the property of M. do Toll, a retired public func tionary and rich landed proprietor. Now, if it be true that the three craft have performed the good services attributed to them, which can easily be ascertained, it remains for the English Government to decide whether the vessels may not be restored to the owner, without at the same time depriving the captors of their prize-money. REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS.--The amount paid out of the poor-rates in 1853 for registration of electors iu England and Wales was 30,994 ; the amount paid out of the county rates, to the clerics of the peace, for ex penses of registration in the same year, was'7,2ol/. 159. 6d. ; and the amount paid by the Treasury for the ser vices of the revising barristers was 17,640, making a total of 55,835/. 15s. 6d. LORD HASTINGS' HOSPITAL.—STOKE POGIS.—Mr. Inspector Skiddow held an inquiry On Friday and Satur- day last into the administration of the funds of this charity, in compliance with a requisition to that effect, signed by the vicar of the parish (the Rev. Mr. Shaw), the churchwardens, and other parishioners, and addressed to the charity commissioners. SPORTING NOTES A BUNDLE OF " GOOD THINGS." - Little importance will attach to the sport of the cur rent week. The meetings appointed to " come off" are of a minor character, but they will nevertheless plea . santly occupy the spare time of the betting fraternity. The principal " fixtures ". are North Staffordshire Tues day and Wednesday, Reading Tuesday and Wednesday, and Lewes Thursday and Friday. The North Stafford shire gathering will take place on the Stoke-upon-Trent course, and will doubtless be conducted with that quiet regularity which is always displayed where Mr. Johnson is connected with the executive department. Although the programme presents no very powerful attractions, yet it promises a satisfactory supply of sport. It eon.' tains eleven items, five being "set" for the first day and six for the second. Of the fourteen ac ceptances for the North Staffordshire Handicap, Can dlewick, Morning Star, Domino and Whalebone, eeem the most entitled to notice. Dom.;.ea's running has re cently been sufficiently satisfactory to induce me to en tertain expectations of his success. For the Trades men's Plate I shall select Patience, Lady in Waiting, and Daphne, and should the three put in an appear ance, I shall not be surprised to see them obtain places in accordance with the order in which I have set down their names. Cocytus may carry off the Biennial Stakes, but in his absence I shall " pay my addresses" to Eliza beth Anne. The Copeland Handicap will, doubtless, b added to the list of Domino's successes. St. Clair shal lie my champion for the Foal Stakes. READING RACES will command tire undivided patron age of the metropolitan division of Turfites. Prepara tions for conducting the meeting efficiently have this year been made on an increased scale of liberality, and the committee are evidently determined to extend its already wide-spread popularity. In consideration of Bri bery's recent running, I am inclined to deem Cleveland'a chanceforthe Berkshire Stakes somewhat formidable. His performance with Bribery at Winchester was, however, scarcely calculated to produce a favourable opinion of his racing merits. Still the " company" which Cleve land will meet at. Reading will be somewhat insignificant. I shall, therefore, place some faith in his ability to pull through. The only other animals entitled to considers' Lion are, in my opinion, Postulant, Mishap, an d Vingt et-un. Rifleman will doubtless prove the correctness of his running at Goodwood, by again defeating the Miami filly, and by carryinc, off the Abbey St a k es . F o r the Reading Stakes I salt cap to Bessie. In her default I shall expect to see either Clotilde or Border Chief the winner. lentil() and Battery are apparently leniently handicapped for the Innkeeper's Plate. The Lewes Meeting will be held on Thursday and Friday, for the first time under the management of Mr. • Topham. As I have not yet received a complete pro. gramme of the sport, I am compelled to withhold .my anticipatory comments on it until Wednesday The gathering at Brighton last week showed that the races there were still popular among mere pleasure folk. In a " sporting" sense, however, they were u n mitigated failures. The only really "good turn" which the fielders had during the three days was the success of Winkfield for the Stakes. Death looked lively enough on the occa sion, and nearly jumped out of his boots with joy. Saul was delighted, but he not a little deplored the absence of " Steve." By the bye, the question respecting Death and the white Apron I must leave to be settled by Beard. The least said about the exploits of the .gen tlemen riders on Friday the better. Were professiona l jockeys to make half the mistakes so frequently mad e by the amateur riders the Jockey Club would feel scan' dalised, and measures would be adopted to warn them off the turf. " That in the captain's but a choleric word, Which in a soldier is fiat blasphemy." The reader will readily make the slight altera,tiOri whic h this quotation requires to make its applicatiOn obvious• August 7. A FRESH MAN• RIOT AT AlRDRlE.—Airdrie races, which began on Thursday and terminated on Friday night, have been,. attended by a serious riot, w hi c h resu l te d i n t h e loss of one life, and the infliction of permanent injuries an vari ous individuals. The riot began at three o'clock on Friday morning, the opposing parties being Orangeme n and Ribbonmen. Not content with the warfare of stiekg and stones, pistols were brought into requisition. i n. formation of the outbreak having been brought to Gl ad ' gow, a detachment of fifty soldiers proceeded to Airdrie, and secured the peace, which had been thus violently outraged. Seventeen of the rioters have been apPrr hended in a public-house at Rawyards.—Glasgow Coo' mowwealth. . RAILWAY COLLISION AT WARRINGTON.--Aconis io took place on the London and North-Western line , the foot of the Vulcan bank, between Warrington an Newton Jupction, on Friday evening, by a Cheshol Junction passenger-train running into some London and North-Western luggage-waggons. The driver of heavy luggage-train had left some of his waggons at the bottom of the incline, intending to return for them on getting the first portion of his train to the top. the meantime the Cheshire Junction train came room' a curve, and the driver, who is reported to he 9 . careful and steady man, having been cautioned at Warrington, was on the look-out for the luggake" train. Seeing the engine and part of the train far on a-head, puffing away at the top of • the bank, it appears he for a moment overlooked the waggons left be hind, with the signals sent. back to warn him • and thus lost the critical moment for checking his speed in time to avoid a collision. The passenger train ran into the lug' gage waggons with just sufficient force to break and force off the rails the hindmost, and was shaken itself, so as to cause much alarm to the passengers. Mr. Mal* colm Ross, Vice-President of the Manchester Commer cial Association, had one eye discoloured by a bl o w, and Mr. Fleming, secretary to the association,. who was in the same carriage, was also a good deal shaken. Mr. Edmund Ashworth, of Bolton; and Mr. Morris, of Sal' ford, also suffered in a similar manner, with several other passengers ; but no injury was sustained, it is reported, that will not be set right in a few days. The train ara B detained about 40 minutes beyond its time. The pas' sengers, we understand, were most of them returning from a cheap trip down to South Wales, where they bad been, at the invitation of a steam-ship company, coo' templating one of the Welsh ports as a foreign p a cket station. FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF LONDON TO JOSEPH Hua EsQ., M.P., IN 1821.—Thorp, Mayor. A Common Council, holden in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the city of London, on Friday, the 26th day of October, 1821. Resolved—That the thanks of this Court be give n to Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P. for the Montrose district of royal burghs, for his assiduous attention to his duty in Parliament, and for his indefatigable exertions in PL.!: moting every obj e ct w hi c h may tend to econom i se ' public expenditure, and especially for his motion in the House of Commons on the 27th of June last, ge That an humble address be p resen t e d to hi s M a j esty, humbly t° request that, with a view to afford relief to the countr e i from a part of its burdens, he will be graciously pleas,. to direct that a minute investigation be instituted in the mode and expense of the management and collectigi of the several branches o f th e revenue ; th a t a care revision be made of all s a l ar i es an d a ll ow ances, e e l - 0 ' cially of those which have bee n i ncrease d s ince 17 97, order that they may be adjusted with reference to t e l l increased value. of the currency, and to the dist ress _ circumstances of the cou n t r y i n all its departments, .0"( i order that every reducti on ma y b e ma d e th e rein Nvb l 4 . can be effected without detriment to the public inte rss ; and in particular to th e num b er o f th e army and the pense of its establish men t s ." R eso l ve d, th a t the f r " dom of this City b e p resen t e d to Joseph Hume, g(l j in a gold box of th e va l ue o f 100 guineas. Resolved, s e t the the s ß ai ig d h h t e ll x. o_n. w th o e dD L T O H rd oß A p l E a . yOr be requested to or g o f CONVEYANCE OF MA ILS BY RAILWAYS.---.L.- committee appointed t o i n q u i re i n t o the catise',k, irregularity in th e conve y ance o f ma il s by railw_l o r have come to the conclusion that the irregelz" th e in the service may be traced in some degree toforo, physical difficulties incident to the regular.Pe r o or ante of services dependent on mechanical p kable to be materially affected by weather, an d to „ certain degree of laxity which had obtained i n the list tails of the management on either side ; but that it °0 a• also be attributed to causes such as can only be P ea ch neatly remedied by an alteration of the law under w er "o f . the Post-office service is now conducted. It is ge e p eee admitted that great improvement has recently place both on the part of the Post-Office and of th a e rther way companies, and, in some instances, a still f ree eet acceleration can be maintained, provided the P' o p' ° exertions be continued • but the corresp on dence 0 ar bushes the fact that, under the present systeile , ° r isk creased acceleration can be effected without the w ar of increased irregularity. The Post-office has n o P ° e s, at present to regulate the numb er o f passenger carrre t e bat or the weight of the trains. It has been stated f ace the chief consideration which actuates the 1 1 ° 8 " fi ve' authorities in determining an extension of postal emirate ntence is, whether such conven i ence i s co mmen e an of with the expense to be incurred. The committee .% the opinion that thi s p r i nc ipl e s h ou ld b e ac t e d upO ° l en ter most liberal spirit, and that the cost should alon e e t re' into consideration, regardless of any profit or T es o ro' venue to be derived therefrom. . The committee 85, mend that the act 10th and 11th Victoria, should be amended, and are of opinion tha t ' s the view of securing a strict observance of t rangements between the Post-office and the rdednc companies, it is desirable that a system of _ no of tion of payment for an irregularity in perforT: ro de the services by the railway companies should . 1 .) matter of contract, and that the exact conditioe;_ode circumstances under which such deduction shall.h.:`6oo, shall be determined by mutual agreement or by arh',, r io i s ecl That the Postmaster-General should be aull oe bo to require for mail trains such a rate of sped_! be ieg may deem desirable, subject, however, to its Doaral certified by the Railway Department of the so f e tl. -of Trade in such cases to be consistent with eco d• That mail uards travelling by trair.to deli%ers f : e ljd class passengers should be empowered one receive bags at the various stations. That railway sot parries should be directed to deliver post fliee batgristion„ as parcels to the Post-office servants at their s an y and that it be matter of abitration whether or 11 . °: 01 t he addition or reduction should be made to or fi! eene ct usual rate of charge for carrying such parcels i t t: . t iivo y to any profit or cost which would accrue to the r nov er company from the delivery of such parcels. That pre for should be given to the Post-office to erect mac?' coi oin s delivering and receiving bags to and from passil lie s er• tire whenever it may be thought necessary for the r tu jog vice, and where it is consiseut with safety. . 1 1 ' froth the estimated average weight of the night marls letter. le tter . Inland-office, London, it is estimated that .21.11 bored make 13 per cent. of the whole weight, t c e;;; ., an d packets two per cent., 1,085 bags nine 124,833 newspapers 76 per cent. of the whole e weight'