The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-04 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.-- Mr. E. T. SMITH respectfully informs his friends and the Public admirers of Mr. O. V. BROOKE that hc has engiaged tha e minent artiste to perform for Seven Nights only, prior to 'his depar t tare for Australia. . Mr. G. V. BROOKE will appear THIS EVENDTG, October 4th, in RICHARD THE THIRD. . Thursday, sth, In THE STRANGER. Friday, 6th, in OTHELLO. Saturday, 7th, in HAMLET. And Monday , 9112, in MACBETH; being positively his last Oppearance. Mr. SMITH has also engaged Mr. E. WRIGHT, the public favourite and celebrated Comedian, to appear in his original Farces every Evening after Mr. G. V. Brooke's performance. The Box-office is open for booking places daily, from Ten to Five. 252 consequence of numerous inquiries, early application is solicited. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. tinder the management of. Mr. Iduckstone. THIS EVENING, OCT. 4, Will be performed the Comedy of BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Principal characters by Messrs. Hudson, Rogers, and E. Villiers; airs. Poynter. Miss A. Vining, and Miss E. Chaplin. Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS la a NEW BALLET. To be followed by THE IRISH LIOI. Principal character by 3fr. Hudson. To conclude with A FISH OUT OF WATER. TELEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Dtrectress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, CCT. 4, Will be performed the popular Drama of TEIE DISCARDED SON. Principal characters by Messrs. Selby, Murray, Bedford, and Seeley; Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Woolgar. Aftei which, MONSIEUR JACQUES. To conclude with NORMA. Principal character by Mr. Paul Bedford. STRALsTD THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Allcroft. THIS EVENING, OAT• 4, Will be performed THE ILLUSTRIOUhI STRANGER. Princi pal character by Mr. P. Honey. To be followed by 'TWAS I. After which, THE NEW WAGS OF WINDSOR. To conclude with THE MERRY MILLER?. Stalls, 45.; Boxes, 2s. 6d.; Pit, ; Gallery, 6d.; Private Box. II la , .o be had of Mr. Allcroft. 15. New Bond-street. A STLEY'd ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. The SIEGE of SILISTRIA, with an additi nal Stud sod Four RVNDRED ST.TPERNITAIERARIES, is in active preparation. THIS EVENING. The very Interesting Eque trian Spectacle called, THE WOOD MAN'S HORSE; or, THE FALSE KNIGHT. After which, a series of those brilliant and unique SCENES in th , CIRCLE, the invention and arrangement of Mr. William Cooke. The whole to conclude with a Laughable Farce, called THE IRISH TUTOR. Box-office from Eleven till Fonr. Stage Manager. V- V. Nve,.t. Acting Manager, Mr. W H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. Wm. Cooke, j un. prog WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tula DAT —Morning 4 min.after 12 I Evening 33 min.aft. 12 To ()BROW - Morning 51 min.after 12 Evening 18 min.aft. 1 THE WEATHER.—SUN Oincos, Ocr. 4. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 64—highest since noon on Saturday. 60—!owest this morning and during the night. sB—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, VirLND, W.S.W.-Light, with cloudy weather. (j) , 11 c~~~l~~. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1854. Some doubts have been cast, both in London and Paris, as to the magnitude of the successes achieved by the Allied Forces in the Crimea. It has been hinted that the reports relating to the Capture of Sebastopol have been at least prema ture, and that although from the unquestionable victory at Alma there was every reason to antici pate a felicitous termination to the campaign, yet the greater portion of the work was still to be done; and much blood would be shed before the object of the Allies was completely accomplished, and Sebastopol, with all its munitions of war, and the Russian fleet, shattered beneath its for tresses, would be within the power of the Anglo- French armaments, and the Union Jack and Tricolour waving above its walls. These doubts have been occasioned by the ab sence of official confirmation of the "glad tidings," that had been promulgated with unusual rapidity. The speculators on the Bourse and at Capel Court awaited the " booming" of the cannon, or the proclamation on the Royal Exchange that announced the receipt of official despatches from the seat of war. The glorious victory at Alma had thus been inaugurated, and those engaged in the patriotic task of depreciating the national securities for their own private purposes eagerly caught at the absence of similar demon strations as a ground for discrediting the glorious, and, to all other persons, gratifying intelligence that had been received from perfectly trustworthy, although non-official, sources. A large body of Croakers joined in the outcry, men who, although not actuated by any unworthy purpose, so far as they were personally concerned, yet habitually indulged in desponding views, and took a gloomy pleasure in predicting reverses. Those " prophets of evil" strove to maintain their own reputations by a determined scepticism, and endeavoured to obtain support to their views by pointing out the variety of versions extant on the subject of the " taking of Sebastopol," and argu ing therefrom that no such event had at all oc- curred. Notwithstanding this scepticism we have no hesitation in adhering to our original opinion, and expressing our earnest and unflinching con viction that the accounts already published are substantially correct, that Sebastopol had virtually fallen, and that there had been an enormous sacrifice of human life amongst its defenders ; and we fear we must also add amongst its gallant assailants, and also that a large number of pri sonerS had been taken. Any persons at all acquainted with principles of evidence will know that numerous accounts varying from each other in minor details, but all manifestly resting on the same basis, carry with them much greater weight than those corresponding in the minutest particulars, and where there is what is termed " a very suspicious coincidence of state ments ;"—the former showing the impressions conveyed to many different persons by the same event ; the latter a rehearsal and pre-arrange ment of the accounts to be given. If we take a dozen impartial witnesses of the same event no two will receive precisely the same impressions. They will, of course, concur, e. g.) in declaring that a conflict has taken place, and that one party has conquered ; but there the agreement ceases. As to the different movements that led to the result, and the mode in which the victory had been attained, there will be the greatest diversity of opinion and of statement ; and that, notwithstanding the anxious desire of the parties to narrate " the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth." Previous concert, when the witnesses have conferred together, and they are all endeavouring to support a concocted statemint, may be detected by the uniforruity of accounts, that render it more than probable that the witnesses are repeating a narrative they have leaned by rote rather than their own.impressions respecting what has taken place. of certain (Aiken at a recent Court-martial may Tho evidence furnish a familiar illustration of this class of evidence. From. every side, then, we hear intelligence of the "FALL OF SEBASTOPOL." The Turkish Am bassador at Vienna transmits it to the Ottoman Minister [in London without the slightest ex pression of doubt, while Count BuoL sends a simi lar account to the Representative of Austria, who is ordered to congratulate the French Government, in the name of the Emperor of AUSTRIA, on " the glorious successes which have attended the French arms in the Crimea." These matters prove to a certainty that the event which has humiliated the pride and de stroyed the power of Russia in the East has actually occurred. The " congratulations " of FRANCIS JOSEPH would not otherwise have been tendered. The Power that refused to abandon its disgraceful neutrality on the contemptuous re- jection of its propositions by the AUTOCIUT would not have spoken so clearly and distinctly on any uncertain tidings. It would have " given the benefit of any reasonable doubt " to the Muscovite Criminal, and still have abstained from any demonstration by which it would have been decidedly committed in opposition to the Northern Despot. We believe, then, that Sebastopol has, as we have stated, virtually fallen, after a second conflict, in which the Russians were conquered at the plains at Kalantai, on the Kartcha, and that they were closely pursued to the very entrench ments of Sebastopol that Fort Constantine and other fortifications had been captured after a severe conflict, in which many men on both sides had perished, and that MENSCHIKOFF, with the discouraged remnant of his forces, was only holding out for terms which could not by any possibility be granted, and that he had probably surrendered at discretion, if not on the 25th, at the latest on the .26th. The official confirmation of these auspicious tidings will probably be re ceived before the publication of another impres sion of our journal. At all events, we believe that they may be received as strictly authentic, and acted on by the community at large. VENGEA.NCE ! Yes, in this mild, sentimental age we deliberately call for vengeance. The blood of our soldiers, shed in a righteous cause, demands it as loudly as did the blood of the first victim of hellish passions. Accurate details may increase or lessen by a few the number of our slain ; but be the - number what it may, their deaths must be avenged. Blood for blood we ask not, unless, indeed, a CZAR could be made to atone for his military murders as a CHARLES STUART once did. A glorious consummation it would be to behold a European court of equity sentencing the blood shedding disturber of peace to the due reward of his crimes. We have some faith, however, in solitary confinement ; and though the CZA.R of Moscow has no right to life at the hands of Euro pean justice, we should be content to send him to Siberia, or, better still, to St. Helena. Infinitely more than its former distinguished prisoner does he deserve that prison. Nor will Europe brea the freely till in some way the barbarian is caged or wholly disabled. No ; it is not the blood of his unfortunate, half-starved serfs that we demand. We would rather feed and clothe them—unhappy victims as they are of the grossest ignorance and superstition, played upon by the terrors of a never relenting despotism. We demand vengeance for their blood, so profusely shed, with only inferior energy to that with which we ask it for Eng lish blood. The former, however, is chiefly the concern of his own benighted subjects ; the latter is ours. English widows, English orphans, and English brothers and .sisters will too soon read a black-bordered catalogue with weeping eyes. The glory of death for the freedom of Europe will but feebly console the holiest sorrows of our nature ; and great will be the cost of agony to survivors at which the vindication of right and justice has been purchased. For all this agony and grief the barbarian of Moscow is responsible, and for all this agony and grief lie must—he shall—pay. By ten millions of our money we have hitherto demanded satisfaction of the CZAR ; but this war for the right is now consecrated by something more sacred than money. We cheerfully sacri ficed our gold, but we have sacrificed with SOITOW the blood of our noblest sons. We thought little of sparing a few of our luxuries, but NICHOLAS must be made to feel that-we do not bereave our hearths, and part with our countrymen's lives so lightly. Fourteen hundred of our soldiers mur dered by the artillery of reckless ambition give a new turn to the whole war. The marauder who has necessitated this sacrifice to stop his ravages must now be made to smart far more heavily. First, then, though the lightest part of his punish ment, full pecuniary indemnity to all the families suffering by the loss he has occasioned, must be one distinct item when the question of costs is settled. The Czin must not be let off more lightly than a railway company. He put the train in motion which has wronged so many families ; he must give them compensation. Let France and England keep this distinctly in mind. A more heart-cutting vengeance must, how ever, be inflicted. We must now determine to reduce the barbarian to a mere Russian—a Tartar. Europe does not want him ; despots may, but the despots of Europe are not Europe. Germany, Hungary, even Italy, above all Poland, would be infinitely better without him. Strip him, then, of all his Western acquisitions. Tear from him all of Europe he has enslaved from the North Sea and the Baltic to the very borders of Turkey. We have demanded it before by the rights of nations, by the unique opportunity, by the liber ties of the Continent, by the interests of civilisa tion ; we now demand it by the blood of our sol diers. We could bear the loss of those we loved if their death became the life and liberty of the nations whom the barbarians have exiled, mur dered, or enslaved. This, then, is the vengeance we demand for our slain—a war carried out to its just objects—the monster who has provoked and compelled it, cast out from the great European family, and restored to the position of the prede cessors of PETER the Great;—every nation he has seized freed from his grasp, and he himself re duced to a mere CZAR, as ho is, or ought to be. Let our countrymen now insist on a really wor thy conclusion to the war. If the barbarian wants to treat, let the unrelenting answer be— Yes, on condition of your retiring to Russia, and restoring all of Europe you and yours have stolen, from the North Cape to Ismail. Great, indeed, would be the revolution to see the huge Eastern despotism wherewith the little Western despots have been accustomed to menace their subjects shrunk to its proper dimensions. At first it seems hardly conceivable that a power which has so long assumed so lofty a tone—which has spread itself over such vast territories, and paraded its granite fortresses, its myriads of soldiers, and its lin g° navy, before all Europe—should be rendered of no more importance to it than a Tartar khan. Yet this may surely now be done, and ought to d n" AU along her present IVestern border F:ns , i:t 13 no Way formidable. It all eon-3istg of countries which, like the Crimea recently, would hail the approach and feed the armies of the liberator. Let not the example of the Crim- Tartars be lost. Our troops may yet again and again enjoy the highest pleasure of a soldier, that of the joyful welcome of nations liberated by their presence. Whether, like other bullies, the CzAn, will now. endeavour to coax us to. terms, or . whether Ile-94014e5. tashtl fight, is •all- one. • - 'Our- - course must be the same. He can no longer be allowed to hold his European conquests. All the Russias, the real Russias, he and his successors are welcome to ; but the territories he has only first enslaved, and then used as a knout for European liberty, must be his no longer. Natu ral nationality must recast the map of Europe. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4 1 IBb4. ANOTHER MAP OF SEBASTOPOL. That most enterprising geographer, Mr. Wyld, I of the Great Globe and Charing-cross, has just published another map of the harbour and forts of Sebastopol, with a large portion of the environs, extending to the river Kartcha on the north, and including the harbour of Balaklava on the south east, about ten miles distant from the great har bours of Sebastopol. It was on the heights of Balakla,va that Prince Menschikoff had assem bled his forces, in expectation that the Allies would have selected that snug harbour for disembarkation. But he was deceived. The cliffs on that part of the coast, and to the west where once stood the Temple of Diana, but is now termed the Monastery of St. George, are bold and high—some upwards of 900 feet. The character of the country, and every particular of the har bour, forts, and batteries, are minutely de fined on the map, with the depth of water marked in fathoms in the bay and along the coast. It appears that five fathoms may be had within about half a mile of the shore all the way up to the mouth of the river Kartcha, which would have given full scope to .our largest men of war for their broadsides of round and grape shot. Altogether the map will prove highly useful and interesting to those who delight (and who does not ?) in reviewing the progress of our arms in that now memorable and most remarkable por tion of the East. Mr. Wyld deserves great praise for the accuracy and promptitude displayed on this as on every previous occasion. The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and Lady Adeliza Fitzalan Howard are expected to pass through town this I week, on their way to Arundel Castle, from Glossop hall, near Sheffield. The Duchess (Dowager) of Beaufort and the Ladies Somerset left town yesterday for Badminton, Glouces tershire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Huntly and family have returned to Orton Longueville, from Aboyne Castle, the noble marquis's seat in the Highlands. The Earl Cadogan and the Ladies Augusta and Honoria Cadogan have left Lowndes-street for Brighton, where the noble and gallant earl proposes to pass the autumn. The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementine Villiers have joined the noble earl at Middleton-park, near Bi cester, from the Hon. Frederick and Lady Elizabeth _Villiers' seat in Northamptonshire. Viscount and Viscountess Duncan have arrived at Camperdown-house, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Camperdown and Lady Elizabeth Duncan, from vi siting Lady Panmure at Bearhill, Forfar. Lord and Lady Dynevor have arrived in town from a tour of the German Spas, and shortly leave for the family seat in Gloucestershire. Lord De Ros, who has just returned from the seat of war in the East, has left Cadogan-place, for Old Court, Strangford, where the Earl and Countess of Wilton and the Hon. Captain and Lady Elizabeth De Ros have arrived on a visit to the noble and gallant lord. The Lord Primate of Ireland (the Archbishop of Ar magh) on Sunday consecrated the newly-appointed Bishop of the united sees of Kilmore, Elphin, and •Ardagh, the Rev. Marcus Beresford, in the cathedral of Armagh, assisted by the Bishops of Tuam and Down. General Sir Richard Bourke has arrived at the Hiber nian Hotel, Dublin. Sir John and Lady Carden and family arrived at Bel fast, on Tuesday last, in their yacht the Wanderer, from tvhenee they proceeded to the Priory, Templemore. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF HOPETOUN.—Her lady ship died at Edinburgh on Sunday last, in her 52d year. The countess was daughter of the late and sister of the present Lord Macdonald, and by her marriage with the late Earl of Hopetoun, in June, 182 f, had issue the present'earl. MARRIAGE OF MISS ALISON, OF POSSIL HOUSE.— On Tuesday, the nuptials of Miss Alison, only daughter of Sir Archibald Alison, the astute Sheriff of Lanark shire, and accomplished historian of Europe, were celebrated in St. Mary's Chapel, Renfield-street, in presence of a numerous and highly-distinguished party of friends. Their Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz have arrived at the ducal palace of Strelitz, from Baden Baden, via Berlin. The Duke and Duchess are expected to arrive in this country early in the ensuing year en a visit to their august relatives. • The Duke of Devonshire continues in comparative retirement at his splendid vil!a, at Chiswick. His Grace is expected to revisit his marine villa at Kemp Town at the close of the month. The Earl and Countess of Durham are entertaining a select party at Lambton Castle. The Earl and Countess Vane have gone to their seat, Machynlleth, near Wrexham, for the autumn. The Rai and •Countess Amherst have returned to Knowle Park, near Sevenonks, for the winter, after a re •i Luce of some months at Broadstairs. Th.: Earl Granville, who has been staying with the countess during the preceding week at Sir John Ferdi nand Acton's seat, Aicknhain Park, lias Lek to join the Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry, at Lichfield, in which corps his lord-hip hold, a commission. Lord Ashtown has returned to Woodlawn, county Galway, from Kilfinane. Lord and Lady Canning left Grosvenor-square yes terday, on a visit to the Earl and Countess Cowper at Panshanger. BANQUET TO TIIE EARL OF EGLINTON.—A grand ban quet is to be given to the Earl of Eglinton at Glasgow this evening. Thb Ciiurch of Gileland, near Newcaetie, was conse- crated yesterday by the Bishop of Carlisle. MR. HUMS.—The magistrates and council of Aberdeen presented Mr. Hume with the freedom of that city on Saturday. The hon. - gentleman looked pale, and ap peared as if he had but partially recovered from severe indisposition. PRINTZRS' PENSION SOCIETY.--Yesterday evening a general meeting of the committee and other supporters of tali excellent charity was held at the London Tavern for general business. The report for the past year was congratulatory on the continued prosperous condition of the society. DEATH OF THE MARQUIS OF ORMONDL—INQUEST.— On Tuesday an inquest was held at Loftus Hall, in the county of Wexford, on the body of the late lamented Marquis of Ormonde. The jury found that the death of hi{ lordship was caused by an attack of apoplexy. ST. PANCRAS SANATORY BOARD.—Yesterday a meet- no- of the St. Pancrasi Sanatory Board was .held at the iVestry Hail, Camden Town—B. J. E. Wright, Esq., in the chair. In consequence of the favourable reports of the medical officers in every district, the board dis solved itself ; directing, however, the medical gentlemen and the nuisance inspectors to make their reports weekly to the Bop id of Directors. OPENING OF CAMDEN-ROAD CHAPEL.—Yesterday the first chapel erected by the Baptist Metropolitan Chapel building Society was opened by a series of religious ser vices, and by dinner, tea, and a public meeting in a spacious marquee at the rear of the building. The chapel is situate on the top of Carlton-hill, in the Cam den-road, about midway between Camden Town and Upper Holloway, its the parish of-St. Mary's, Islington. EXPORTATION OF STATIONERY.—By a Parliamentary paper yesterday issued, it appears th at th ere h as b een a greatincrease in the exportation of stationery, one reason why paper is dear. In the month ended the sth tilt. the value was 73,4151., and in the eight months 501,2181. The average weight of the mails despatched from Lon don every evening is between 14 and 15 tons. The news papers and bags weigh 12 tons 5 cwts. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER. —Yesterday morning, between 11 and 12 o'clock, a fine young man, named James Shelley, whilst engaged working the veesel Cap tain, of Sunderland, up the river, when off Wapping, suddenly fell overboard, and being encumbered with heavy water boots he almost instantly sunk and was drowned. Drags were used for a considerable time, but the body was not recovered. THE EDINBURGH PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTION.—MR. MACAULAY.—Among the lecturers during the ensuing session of this institution will be Professor Maurice, Professor Bennett, Mr. Joseph Kaye, Mr. C. Clarke, &c. The session will be opened by Lord Neaves and closed by Bishop Terre': ; and we are glad to state that it is the intention of Mr. Macaulay, the President of the Institution, should his health permit, to deliver a lecture on some subject of literary or historical interest in the course of the summer.—Scotsman. THE VALUE or BEER EXPORTED.—From a return yesterday published it appears that in the eight months ended the sth ult. the declared ♦alue of beer exported was 939,4951. Large shipments have been made to Australia. IMPORTATION OF WlNE.—Yesterday a return to Par liament was printed showing that in the month ended the sth ult., there were 786,487 gallons of wine imported, and in the eight months ending on that day no less than 7,243,590 gallons. From France the quantity was 632,058 gallons. BURIAL GROUNDS BEYOND THE METROPOLIS.—A return has just been issued, obtained by Lord Dudley Stuart, of burial-grounds and grave-yards closed or regu lated beyond the metropolis. The list extends over several folio pages ; some have been closed, others regulated, and in a number of instances the grounds are to be closed. The return also contains a list of applica tions to the Secretary of State for closing of burial grounds within the metropolis. There are thirty-one in the lint from September, 1852, to February last, all of which have been closed. DESTRUCTION of FIFTEEN CORN AND HAY STACKS BY Fi RE. —A fire occurred at Pleasley, rear Mansfield, on Saturday night week, by which the entire contents of two stackyards were consumed. The man thatching the stacks had an inveterate habit of smoking, so much so that he was seen with a short pipe in his mouth on the top of the stack. A spark had fallen, and presently fifteen stacks of hay and corn were in flames. The loss is estimated at 5006 .—Derbyshire Advertiser. THE NEW YORK CRYSTAL PALACE.—The Crystal Palace directors held a meeting on Friday last, and au thorised their president to sell the entire palace, gas fixtures, iron fence enclosing the palace, and all the pro perty of the association, deliverable on or after the lat . of overnber next, for one-h4l.f its.actual.nost, which is un derstood to have been about 700,000 dollars.—Ncto York Morning Express. THE CRIM.FA• CONFIRMATION OF THE SURRENDER OF SEBISTO POL. We have just received the following from Vienna : On the 23d Fort Constantine was destroyed by the Allies, and Fort Alexander taken. On the 24th all the redoubts and forts around Sebastopol, all the batteries, and the Arsenal, were in the hands of the Allies. The flags of the Allies were hoisted on th tower of St. Vladimir. It is believed that the day on which Prince Menschikoff surrendered at discretion was the 26th. It is said that the remainder of the Russian fleet is safe in the hands of the Allies. The Turkish army will at once cross the Danube into Bessarabia. This glorious intelligence is thus confirmed by way of Paris : A private telegraphic despatch states that at the end of a second battle gained by the Allies they bombarded Fort Constantine, the Citadel, and the fleet, all of which surrendered. The Russians have lost 18,000 men in killed and wounded, and 2,000 prisoners. Six ships of the line and Fort Constantine have been destroyed. BERLIN, TUESDAY, OCT. 3. A telegraphic despatch has been received here direct from St. Petersburg. It says that Prince Menschikoff has telegraphed, under date of Sep tember 26, that he has withdrawn his troops, un molested, from before Sebastopol towards Bak tschi-Serai. There he will await reinforcements from Kertsch and Perekop. He adds that Sebastopol had not been attacked up to the 26th September. The following despatches have also been re- ceived VIENNA, TUESDAY, OCT. 3. Several private despatches received here to-day confirm the intelligence received from various quarters relative to the fall of Sebastopol. No official confirmation, however, has yet reached us, but an official despatch from St. Pe tersburg, dated the Ist inst., stating that advices from Prince Menschikoff of the 26th made no mention of disastrous events, causes some anxiety here. VIENNA, TUESDAY, OCT. 3. Prince Menschikoff's despatch to St. Peters, burg is doubtless dated the 20th, not the 26th, for his last despatch was eleven days en route. VIENNA, TUESDAY, OCT. 3. The local papers publish the following : Five hours after the bombardment, Fort Con- stantine blew up ; 10,000 Russians were buried in its ruins. Prince Menschikoff fled to For Alexander, where 18, 000 Russians shortly sur• rendered. The Allied fleets simultaneously destroyed the outer harbour, forts, and vanguard of the Rus- sian fleet. Prince Menachikoff is reported to have uncon ditionally surrendered on the evening of the 26th. The following despatch, relating to the casual ties in the battle of the Alma, has been received, via Vienna, from Constantinople : " CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 25. " The Vulcan has brought 320 wounded from ;he Crimea. " Th© Andes brought 300. " No General officers were hurt. " The 'Ttb, 23d, and 33d Regiments suffered most. " The Russians have retreated into Sebasto TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 21.—This afternoon that noble ship the Himalaya left the Bosphorus for Kalamita Bay, in the Crimea, after having embarked the Scots Greys at Kuteli, in the Bosphorus—as fine a regiment as was ever mounted. Both horses and men are in excellent condition, and eager to reach the scene of action. They will be at the Crimea by Saturday morning; and probably may be engaged the day following, as events are coming to a crisis. Both men and officers are enthusiastic, and any person who saw those splendid troopers and their chargers as I did to-day may well augur favourably of their exploits ; it will certainly try Russian mettle to stand against them. All the accounts from the Crimea are most fa vourable—provisions in abundance, and the people of the country willing and eager to supply the troops. Horses and water, however, are scarce. The former are being sent, and the latter will soon be found in abundance, as about 10 miles on the way to Sebastopol the country is intersected by a stream which, it is said, the Russians purpose de fending. There is little of interest to report- to-day-from Constantinople. THE PRINCIPALITIES. According to the correspondence of the Vienna journals from the principalities, .the march of the troops from the interior of Russia into Bessarabia still continues. On the other band, the Turks are concentrating a great force in the south of-Mol davia. The troops under Isman Pacha at Kolen tina (14,000 strong) began their march on Ibraila on the 21st. Hassan Pacha, the hero of Giurgevo, who with 10,000 men was stationed at Budeschti, is already at Galatz ; and the troops under Geritli Pacha, consistingof 22,000 men, are also at Galatz. Said Pacha, the governor of Bucharest, has resigned his post, and the Austrian General von Popovich has taken the office. Baron Hess was to leave Bu charest on the 27th for Giurgevo. He will return to Vienna from thence. The army under General Osten Sacken, concen trated in Podolia and Volhynia, is now called the 3d army ; its head-quarters are at Shitomir. Ge nerals Gortscbakeff and Luders intend, it is said, to pass the winter at Odessa. The whole of the Cossacks who were employed in the principalities are concentrating at Otschakow. THE BLACK SE A.. NUMBER OF GUNS IN THE SEBA.SIOPOL BATTERIES ON THE Gin OF JAN., 1354. NORTH SIDE OF HARBOUR. Guns. Telegraph Battery Fort Constantine Caseinated Batteries Double Battery Fort North (not known) 104 80 34 SOUTH SIDE OF HARBOUR. Fort Panl ,. .. 80 Fort St. Nicholas Battery between Fort St. Nicholas and Fort Alexander Circular Fort at end of Loopholed Wall 5O Fort Alexander 64 Quarantine Battery . --- - Total (known) 722 There were at the same time is harbour two three-deckers, one of 130 and one of 120 guns; three two-dockers of 84 guns each ; three frigates, two ] corvettes, three brigs, two war steam ers , an d t wo ] ships of th e li ne not fitted. The number of ships has since been increased. The guns of Fort St. Nicholas are of sufficient calibre to throw shells or 68-pound solid shot. ] The National Gazette of Berlin says :— , t ] have received through St. Petersburg news of ] Odessa to the 14th September. The day before there had been celebrated the annual fete in com memoration of the foundation of the town. On the occasion, General Annenkoff, the governor, harangued the artillerymen of Odessa, conclud ing his address with these words My chil dren, pray with fervour, serve faithfully, resist with courage, and, above all, take good aim.' ] Salvoes of cannon accompanied these words. The St. Petersburg journals turn into ridicule the idea of the expedition to the Crimea, but private letters state that when the landin g became kno wn i n th e Russian ca pit a l , i t produced an extraordinary feeling of depression in all the circles into which the news had penetrated. The following are the names of the Russian generals in the Crimea : commander-in-chief, General Prince Menschikoff ; commander of the fleet and of the ports of the Black Sea, Admiral Borysowicz Beg ; head of the staff and adjutant-general, Admiral Kornileff ; and military governor of Sebastopol, Admiral Michael Nikolajewitz Stanktkowicz.” THE BALTIC. FIRING UPON SIR CHARLES NAPIER AT HELSINGFORS. NARGEN, OFF REVEL, SEPT. 26. On the 23d, Sir Charles and General Jones again started o ff i n th e D r i ver, accompanied by theßa silisk, but this time it was for Helsingfors. On returning in the evening we found the forts had fired two guns at them, and that the enemy have not been idle since we were last there, but have erected small batteries on the islands near the en trance, and one large battery of about 50 guns on the island on which the main work is built, at which place we considered it before to he weak. We have heard nothing yet about the Vulture's men, whom we expected to find here in exchange' for the prisoners we sent to Abo. It being a bright sunshiny day, upwards of 100 officers from the fleet assembled at the village of Nargen, close to which was a fine grass field, where wickets were soon pitched, and the people of Revel might have seen the fine old English game of cricket played to their heart's content, or otherwise, for the distance is less than between the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth ; and I fancy the people of that loyal town would not be pleased to see an enemy enjoying himself in their favourite island. Besides cricket there were foot-races and quoits, and pri vate little pic-nics among old friends. The people of the village were very civil to us ; and the rela tives of th e b rave f e ll ows who died here in 1809 will thank them when they learn that, instead of allowing the headboards from the graves to lie down where the decay at the bottom has caused them to fall, they have been carefully collected, and stand reared up against the walls of the little churchyard, with the names still legible. We are all looking forward to news from the East, for we feel as much interested in the doings of our brave fellows out there as we do in our own in the Baltic. We envy them, for we know we shall be eclipsed by them; but there is not a British heart in theßaltic which would not beat ten times quicker with enthusiasm to perform as daring doings as they have before them. There is no denying that an incalculable amount of injury has been done to Russian interests by the fleets up here, but there is also no denying that a great deal more might have been done, which has been left undone. We hope a short time will prove with whom the fault lies—our Commanders, or their orders from home. Bomarsund was no doubt a gr.:llant little affair, but unworthy the prowess of such a fleet, in which all have wished for a more noble enemy to encounter, and which Sir C. Napier, in his " de claration of war," led us so sanguinely to expect ; but it is too late now to meet with one this year, we must retrace our steps out of these waters al most directly. Revel, with its minarets, steeples, domes, and fortifications, lies stretching itself along the shore in smiling security not more than six miles from us. I say in security, because they well know we shall do them no harm, though they are completely at our mercy, for we could set the whole city in flames in a couple of hours. General Jones and Lieutenant Cowell, R.E., return home to-day, via Dantzic. We are glad to find that the latter officer's wounds ate nearly healed. It is blowing hard to-day. Another communication from the fleet is as follows : REVEL, Sept. 26.—The principal portion of the Baltic fleet, comprising nine English and two French sail of the line (five of them having steam power), have been at anchor off the south-east coast of the island of Nargen for a period of two months. The steam-frigates Itnperieuse, 50, Euryalus, 50, Arrogant, 50, Magicienne, 16, toge ther with the Rosamond, 6, steam-sloop, have been employed in the meanwhile cruising of Sweahorg, watching the movements of the enemy, and effec tively blockading their ports in the Gulf of Finland. From the circumstance of this squadron being detached from the main body of the fleet, the officers and seamen belonging to it have been de prived of the usual facilities of communicating with their friends in England. Only two opportunities have been afforded them of forwarding letters by the overland route. Even on these occa sions great delay in their transmission has oc curred, as they were forwarded to Ledsund, where they failed to reach until after the de parture of the steamer from Dantzic, and were consequently detained on board the flag-ship for an entire week. With respect to the rec€ipt of letters from England a similar inconvenience has arisen. In both instances had a proper consideration been shown towards the officers and crews serving on board the ships off Nargen, what is generally and very naturally felt as a hardship might, by proper arrangements being adopted, have been easily. avoided, at least as regards the regular transmission via Dantzic of letters to England, simply by the steamer despatched on the Tuesday of each week from the Aland Isles being ordered to touch at Nargen, on her way to Dantsic, to receive the mails from Rear-Admiral Plumridge's squadron. It is true that some delay would thus be caused in the mails arriving at Dantzic, amounting however only to a few hours. But since all despatches of an urgent nature from the Commander-in-Chief of the Anglo-French fleet are a n s ednt by to specialEn gl England e b n y g e t h r n n o e a i n r e c s o t n o v v e e n r i l e a n n c d e routes, to the service could possibly arise by according to the ships (16 in number) engaged on a most im portant service in the Gulf of Finland the same regular opportunities with respect to the transmis sion of their letters to England, or elsewhere, as allowed to those who happen to be constantly in company with the Commander-in-Chief. DENMARK AND SWEDEN. COPENHAGEN, Sept. 28.—Another remarkable and characteristic event has taken place' here. Numberless meetings have been held in the islands and all over Jutland, and an address to the King has been circulating, and received in a short time 20,000 signatures, expressing the warmest attachment to the constitution and de manding a new Ministry. Representatives of the petitioners have been appointed by each county, often by each parish, to meet in Copenhagen and present the address to his Majesty, and explain to him the feelings of those 17 whom it was si g ned. Accordingly, upwards of seven t y d e p u ti es have arrived here. Arrangements were making to pre sent the address, even a day was named, when the Ministry took the alarm, and have persuaded the King to take the stran g est of all strange steps. His Majesty h as refused to see the deputation, and will not receive their address. Meantime the deputation have determined on re maining in town till the commencement of Parlia ment, when they will present to the national re presentatives the petition which his Majesty has refused to accept. To-night there is a great ban quet in their honour, given to them by the citizens in the Casino theatre. The French ships have passed out northwards. The Cuckoo, Lieut. Murray, has Anchored in the roads. Two prizes, botb, Danish, a smack and a ship called the Fortuna, of Arnis, have anchored off Frederikshaven. In. Sweden it is believed that the neutrality credit of 2i million dollars banco, demanded by the King, will with difficulty pass the Parliament, if it should not be rejected altogether, at least by the two re presentative chambers, the burghers and yeomen. The How a of Yeomen will certainly throw it out. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Oct. I.—A letter from Berlin of the above date, says—" It is impossible to describe the sensation produced at this place by the receipt of the telegraphic despatches announcing the splendid successes of the Allies, first in the Alma, and then. at Sebastopol. If this news be completely con firmed, then truly do the standards of all regiments and colours of all ships concerned merit to be en graved with the old words of Ceasar :—‘ We came, we saw, and conquered.' It must be repeated, the sensation is beyond all words intense ; and it may be simply added that nine-tenths of the popula tion participate in the feeling of joy which must animate the breast of every Frenchman and En- . glishinan, as well as those of our. valiant Turkish allies." The Xationa Zeitung gives out a supplement j containing divers despatches, all of which tend to confirm the Lews of immense successes, if not of a total and final victory. RUSSIA. MOVEMENTS OF THE ARMY. ' The Lloyd has received a letter of the 27th 61. * September from Kaliach, in which the writer says that the change in the position of the Russian armies in general, and of that in Poland in parti cular, must be considered "a warlike demonstra tion against Austria." The same opinion pre vails' in Austria, and the threatening movements of the Russian troops in Poland are, perhaps, the reason why Austria has just displayed such extreme anxiety to secure, in case of attack, the assistance of Prussia and the other German States. It was at first supposed that all the troops which had quitted Warsaw had been sent to Volbynia ; but it is now discovered that they are on their way to Radom, about half-way be tween Warsaw and Sa,ndomierz on the frontiers of Galicia, where they will p a ss the winter in an in trenched camp. As the troops quit Warsaw they are reviewed by Prince Pasiiiewitch. Generals Kryloff and Wrangel command the forces concen trated at Kielce, which is at no great distance from the Galician frontier. The vanguard of the corps at Kielce is standing at Pintschoff and Olkusch, which lie on either side of eracoW. Very recently the Russian Grenadier corps and the Ist Infantry division have been pushed forward towards the Vistula, where they are forming intrenched works at important strategic points. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, SEPT. 30. The Cologne Gazette has the following, under date of Vienna, 29th ult. :—" It is now posi tively stated on good authority that the ne gotiations which have taken place between the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin, on the subject of the propositions to be made to the Diet on the Eastern question, have arrived at a satisfactory result, the Austrian Cabinet being definitively satisfied with the declarations made by Prussia. It is said that the note which signifies the as sent of Austria was sent yesterday to Berlin. The Prussian views and princip'es, which have consequently now acquired preponderance, are, it is said, summed up in the following points : Prussia engages to admit as the bases of eventual negotiations For peace the four demands of guarantee of the Western Powers, and to maintain and sup port them morally with Russia. Prussia will also employ all her military force to prevent Russia from making any new hostile invasion of the prin cipalities, and to defend, conformably to the treaty of April, and in concert with the whole of Ger many, the Austrian territory against any attack from Russia. Yesterday (28th) afternoon it was whispered that two forts had been taken by the Allies, and in the evening several Greek firms, which are noto rious for their caution, bought up all kinds of stock at an advance of and 1 per cent. At ten o'clock this morning neither Count Buol, Lord Westmoreland, nor M. de Bourqueney had re ceived any direct intelligence confirming the re port; but nevertheless a telegraphic despatch has reached this city, in which mention is made not only of the fall of Fort Constantine, but of a pitched battle, and the subsequent surrender of Sebastopol. HALF-PAST 1 O'CLOCK.—The following has just been received as official : " On the 22d Prince Menscbikoff was attacked on the plain of Kalantai by the allies, and totally beaten, after a sanguinary battle, which lasted some hours. The fugitive Russians were pursued to the intrenchments before Sebastopol. On the 23d Sebastopol fell into the hands of the allied forces." GREECE. We extract the following from the Moniteur of yesterday : " Russian agents at Athens having spread a report that the French troops of occupation were preparing to overthrow the Greek Government, the French Minister considered it his duty to remonstrate against those in sulting and injurious insinuations. M. Mavrocordato, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has addressed the fol lowing letter to the Baron Forth Rouen on the sub ject : "'Athens, September 17. " 'Monsieur le Baron—l hasten to reply to the letter which you did me the honour to address me under (late of the 16th, and which I have this moment received. The Government we ild doubtless have rejected with the greatest indignation and the deepest contempt the statement to which you allude, if infamous calumnia tors had dared to have made it. But the question in reality is only of a report as perfidious as it is absurd, which the getters-up of disturbances have put into cir culation, arid which I am happy to be able to state in the most positive manner has not made any dupes. The best refutation of these detestable inventions is found, Monsieur le Baron, in the noble attitude of the French army and of its commander-in-chief, in your own con (het, and in the generous sentimeuts which the Govern ment of bis Imperial Majesty ha 4 never ceased to mani fest in favour of Greece. I shall not, however, fail to formally inflict, through the means of the press, the contradiction which such odious intrigues justly deserve. —Accept, &c., " 'MAVItOCOLiDATO.' FR AN CE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. I hope that all doubt and uncertainty will soon be removed as to the news of the fall of Sebastopol. Yesterday evening, a private telegraphic despatch from Vienna, announcing that the Austrian Am bassador in that city had received a despatch from Bucharest, confirming the news, and giving details of the event, seemed to put an end to all, although these details diffeted materially from some of those already communicated by private telegraph de spatch. The Moniteur of this morning, however, shows that we have still to wait for official news. It publishes a despatch from the French Minister at Vienna, but the news that it contains rests on the statement of a courier from Constantinople who had arrived at Bucharest with despatches from Omer Paella. The guns of the Invalides still remain silent. It will be some days yet before the exact details of this grand event can be known. The Moniteur says :—" Baron do Hubner has been charged by Count de Buol to address to the Minister of Foreign Affairs the sincerest coiwratu lations of the Cabinet of Vienna for the striking' successes obtained for our troops in the Crimea." THE BATTLE OF ALMA. NITO read in the Constitutionnel : The de spatch of Marshal St. Arnaud has shown with what impetuosity had been carried the position of the Alma. Private information gives some details relative to this important affair. Lie Russians had held firm for some hours, and had even obtained an advantage over the English in a charge of cavalry, when the latter, seconded by their dragoons, regained their advantage, and during this time the Russian entrenchments were carried at the point of the bayonet, and the rout of the Russians became a sauve-qui-peut. But this victory is said not to have been obtained without sensible loss on our side. General Thomas, lately raised to that rank, is named as having been dan• gerously wounded ; it is added that General Can robert has received a slight wound, and that Prince Napoleon had a horse killed under him. Now, if any one 'wishes to explain to himself what followed, he must not forget that the field of battle of the Alma was not distant more than five leagues from Sebastopol ; and that it may be presumed that our troops, driving with sword in hand the Russians before them, were able to penetrate at the same time as they into the first• lines of defence on the side of the northern fort. That fort being attacked was not able to resist, particu larly if the diversion occasioned by the revolt of the Poles be admitted, whilst the combined fleets must have lent a powerful co-operation in attack ing Fort Constantine, which completes the defence on that side. These two points once occupied, everything was finished, and if, in fact, Prince Menschikoff has withdrawn, as is said, into the inner port, which is commanded on all sides, he cannot do otherwise than capitulate or blow him self up, for every kind of serious resistance is im possible for him. The Pgys of this morning says : " Paris learned on Sunday morning the great event which at present occupies every man's mind. This prodi gious news was first met with doubt ; a splendid termina tion to the expedition was certainly looked for, but the as tonishing rapidity of the tremendous event which has just taken place leaves far behind it the dreams of the most vivid imaginations. Men ask each other, why the cannon of the levalides has not given notice of this great triumph of civilisation. It is forgotten that Governments do not consider as authentic anything that has not been communicated to them by their agent 4, and that a report is required from the admirals or generals-in-chief to con firm the communications sent privately. This uncer tainty and these hesitations have weighed the whole day on the extraordinary impression produced by the tele graphtc despatches. And yet, it was easy to perceive that the national feeling was thrilling with pride and hope. Astonishment and delight filled every breast. Had there been only the slightest official manifesta tion, Paris would have ',eta spontaneously illuminated. What every one comprehends, by intuition rather than by reasoning, is the immense importance of this victory, and its incalculable consequences for the future. Every one tees in it the definitive fall of brute force, and the victory of right, of justice, and of the saving principles of social order, even in the disinherited steppes of Russia. Yesterday no official despatch arrived to con firm the great news of the capture of SebaStopol. The .details of that gigantic coup -de-main , are• not, icaown, and men cannot even account for the extraordinary manner:in which the enterprise has been conducted. But the fact itself is certain, undeniable, and hencefor ward acquired to the hiAtory of our country and of our age. The cannon of the Invalides will perhaps an nour,ce the news this day to France. It wai on the 20th of September that the allied troops first encountered, the Russian army, 50,000 strong. This combat was decided by the bayonet. The dash of the French and the sustained vigour of the English overthrdw every thing before them. The Russians, in terror, retreated on sz , bastopol, leaving 3,000 of their men en the field of battle. What has taken place since? No one knows. But, after prodigies of daring heroism, the town was forced to surrender on the 25th. One week has sufficed for the conquest of the Crimea, and for the annihilation of the naval f o rces of Russia in the East." The Pas de Calais gives the following details of the circumstances ettendino• a the reception of th e despatch, announcing the fall of Sebastopol, by the Emperor. The anecdote has at least the merit of being graphically told:— " By a coincidence quite providential, at this moment a courier covered with lust arrived at full gallop, hold ing up a despatch, which he displayed from a di s t ance to his Majesty. It was. the telegraphic despatch from the consul at Bucharest, which announced the taking of Se storm'. "The Emperor, as soon as be had made himself ac quainted with its contents, read it out with a loud voice. "One comprehends, but cannot represent in words, the enthusiasm that burst forth at this news, arriving as it did during the review, on the very ground where, half a century before, the first distribution of crosses of the Legion of Honour took place, and in right of the column consecrated to the glory of the grand army. ",The despatch bad been sent at one o'clock from Paris ; it reached Boulogne after the departure of their Majes ties for the review, and a courier was sent to convey it to them." The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at 76f. 70c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a- Half per Cents. at 99f. 25c. ; and the New Loan at 76f. 15e. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,255 f. ; Rouen, 987 f. 50c. ; Havre, 600 f. ; Great Northern, 872 f. 50c. ; Strasburg, 840 f. ; New Shares, 655 f. oe. ; Paris and Lyons, 1,013 f. 75c. ; Lyons and the Me diterranean, 867 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 672 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 622 f. 50c. ; Great Central of France, 523 f. 75e. ; Lyons and Geneva, 542 f. 50e. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 761 f. 25c. ITALY. A letter from Rome, in the Parlam•ento of Turin, states that the Tribunal of the Consults commenced its sittings on the 22d ult. at the prisons of San Michele, for the purpose of con sidering the affair of the 15th of August, 1849. The judges are said not to be agredd as to the title to be given to the prosecution ; some being of opinion that the prisoners should be held re sponsible for all the political assassinations that: have occurred since 1849, and others limiting the accusation to high treason against the Papal throne. In either case some condemnations to death would. ensue, but with this difference, that in the former case they would all receive execution, whereas in the latter they would be commuted. The Madrid mail of the 30th ult. has not arrived this morning. THE WAR IN ASIA. The lithographic news she e t of Vienna of the 29th ult. says :—" According to the last accounts which have been received from the theatre of the war in Asia, and which come down to the 17th, the Russians are concentrating themselves at Tiflis. The question is whether all the efforts they are making will succeed in preventing the followers of Schamyl from leaving the mountains, as the ope rations of that chief are vigorously supported by the Turkish army, which has been reorganised,. Up to this time Schamyl has occupied 400 Russian villages. The Russian columns are flying in all directions. Schamyl has made prisoners of more than 800 individuals, many of whom are conside rable landowners." MISCELLANEOUS. It was reported in Prussia that the garrison of Odessa had received reinforcements. It is said to consist of infantry from the 6th corps—that is, one division (16 battalions) at the utmost ; the re serves of the 24th line (Dnieper), and the 23d light (Ukraine) regiments, belong: ng to the 4th corps (4 battalions); the 28th line (Z.itomer) sth corps ; and 11th (Archduke Ferdinand) ; and 12th Lancer regiments, 6th corps; in all about 20,000 effectives. The Kreutz Zettung, whose Russian connections ought to enable it to be well informed on all Rus sian subjects, announces that the Emperor Nicholas is generally expected to arrive at Wart.. - taw imme diately. _ Colonel Gerhardt, of the Russian engineers, has returned to Warsaw. This officer has been long detached for the purpose of engaging persons to work the telegraph lines now constructirig in different parts of Russia, and also fur establishing a contract for the supply of wires* to a huge amount, to be furnished by the house of Siemes,- of Westphalia. Reports are again rife that the King of Prussia has resolved to assemble the First Chamber in con formity with the new law, and that the lists of members to be appointed by the Crown are already made out. It is further added that a new and more restricted law for the election of members for the Second Chamber will be introduced, and, if not acceded to, that the Chamber will be dissolved, and the law octroye. This is the wish and purport of the feudal and anti-constitutional party. Baron von Manteuffel proceeded this day to join and transact business with the King in Silesia. The Prime Minister will probably accompany his Majesty back to Berlin on Tuesday or Wednesday. The King of Prussia's visit to the scene of disaster on the Oder has produced excellent and cheering effects upon the suffering populati ons , and will be as grateful to his Majesty's benevolent heart as to those whose sufferings he has witnessed, and will endeavour to alleviate. A Rhenan journal states that the gambling tables at Aix-la-Chapelle•are to be closed. A sta. tistical return, recently published in a Berlin journal, shows the average net dividends of share holders in the Homburg tables to be 40 per cent. • The house of Lebel, Roux, and Co., of Ham burg, which contracted to supply the French Bal tic fleet with stores, has (says the Kreutz Z e itung) suspended payment. Accounts from Memel, of the 27th, s t a t e t h at the Archer and Conflict, which had b een compelled to put out to sea in consequence of the violence of the S.W. gales, had returned all well to the roads. Aftonbladet asserts that the fortifications of Boinarsund are now in the possession of a Swedish sailor, named Clas Berggren, who acted as an ins terpreter to the French Commander-in-chief Mar shal Barguay d'Hilliers, who made him a present of the ruins in acknowledgment of his services. He is now in treaty with some builders at Stock holm, for the purchase of the blocks . of huge granite not destroyed by the British and French artillery. A Bucharest correspondent of the Fremden Blatt says that certain Greek cloisters in Moldavia and Wallachia being suspected of having supplied the rebels in Greece with considerable sums of money, the Sublime Porte has sent its firman to Dervish Pacha, empowering him to sequestrate the com promised, cloisters, and apply their revenues to State purposes. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Madrid, under the command of Captain J. Weeks, arrived this day at eleven o'clock, with the usual Peninsular mails, in charge of Lieutenant Bolton, Admiralty agent. The dates of sailing of the Madrid are :—Gibral tar, Sept. 26 ; Cadiz, 27 ; Lisbon, 29 ; Oporto, 30; and Vigo, 30. The passengers by the Madrid numbered in all 32. On freight, the Madrid brought 67 packages of specie, 18 casks of wine, 51 cases of eggs, 82 boxes of lemons, 41 boxes of oranges, 20 boxes of apples, 41 boxes of tomatoes, 16 boxes of preserves, 71 boxes of raisins, 136 boxes of almonds, 638 boxes of grapes, and about 20 packages of sundries. At Gibraltar, 11.M.5. Antelope. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Indus arrived at Gibraltar on the 25th of September at 10.40 p.m., at 10 a.m. on th e 26th. 'and. left for Alexand r i a The usual P or t uguese squadron was at Lisbon. Th E e Peninsular uiinec aptaain Russell, dOusrsieelinr arrived at Vi go onl Company's steam ship the 30th September from Southampton. On her homeward voyage, the Madrid passed and exchanged colours with a large screw steamer, steering for Lisbon, on the 29th September, show ing second di s tinguishing pendant, N o . 9,356, mhsup posed to be the Braero. or Bahana. FATAL ACCIDENT AT CHELMSFORD.-011 Tuesday a fatal accident occurred at the Ciielnisford Board of Health works. It seems that the men ar e engage d i n boring an artesian well, which has already keen su n k ' more t h an 200 feet, and on Tuesday the foreman, named Daniel Sale, a man of 25 years experience in such matters, was at work upon the second staging in the well, about 140 feet from the surface. A monkey weighing 15 cwt. was employed to drive the pipes, and this was placed between four bearers on a staging above the deceased. For some particular purpose, not exactly known, the deceased cut a portion of 'one of these bearers, which unfortunately released the monkey from its place, and when be was in a stooping position it fell upon him, carrying him down on to the next stage and crushing him beneath its weight, both his thighs,being broken, and his chest forced in.— E$80?: Herald; poi."