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

TO TT-TE 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 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 ground is cleared by a new Parliament. These men will go on till the borough is disfranchised; which is what you are driving upon. Do not trust too much in the connivance of Parliament ; a tide in the national mind might make even that protection unavailing. If there was a disposition in the town to relieve itself from the disgrace it has been 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 probe. bility of success. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Eliot Vale, Blackheath, 7th August, 1854. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE; Lome, Mr. E. T. Smith. The Subscribers. Nobility, Gentry, and the Public are respectfully Informed that the PERFORMANCES will be RESUMED on SATURDAY NEXT, August 12. Rossinrs Semiramide (Semira mid., Madame Caradori) and Handers Acid and Galatea (Polypbe mgs, Herr Formes) will bo among the earliest productions. T h ea tre Royal, Drury-lane, August 7, 1854. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Enekatone. THIS EVENING, Armen 7, Will be performed THE OLD CHATEAU. Characters by Messrs. Bowe, Rogers, H. Marston, and Buckstone ; Mrs. Fitzwilllam, and Miss Reynolds. Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS In a GRAND BALLET The new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under We Management of Mr. CaAwes Kw. THIS EVENING, Accitrwr 7, WM 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 Fiche', Cathcart, and Salter; Misses C. Lederer!, Heath, Tertian, and K. Terry. To conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. - ROYAL OLYMPIC THEA.TRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, AccusT 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 r NIGHT. Characters by Mesirs. Alfred Wigan, Leslie, Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss Y. Hor ton, and Miss Emily Ormonde. To conclude with the Farce of TILE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jam Baggs, Mr. F. Robson. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Allrroft. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 7, Will be performed THE MILLER'S MAID. Fellowed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Mephistopheles, Mr, Raiford; Faust, Miss G. Hodson; Marguerite, Miss H. Gordon. To conclude with BOM.BASTES FURIOSO. Stalls, 41.; Boxes, 2s. 6d.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes £1 Is. to be had of Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 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 any 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 auy 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 timethatmay 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—Amapa would seem to have been looked to alrei.dy, 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 ! Aral then ha ring 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. "This place fills up an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leaves wanting. Vocal and instrimental music of the first order, and display of fireworks which exceeds all imagination, are a fitting close to a day at the Crystal Palace." DANSOYS COLOSSAL PANORAMA of CHUSAN. Splendid and Extensive Menagerie and Marine Aguarium—Unr:- "called Military Band. VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, in which Miss Poole. Miss Ransford, and Mr. Manvers sink several National and Patriotic Songs—Ml the Amusing Noveltie , of the Gardens in succession, concluding with the " Feast of Lau terms," and a mast mignificent display of Fireworks by Southb.. Admission Ooe Shilling. A splendid Pavilion for Dancing has teen erected. Full Quadrille Rand, ice. sTLErs ROYAL AMPRITHEA , Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. The popular piece., the Cossacks, whose career has been most &tie - cessful, will shortly be withdrawn, to admit the production of a Grand Military Spectacle, embracing many of the principal event. 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, Yive la France. After which, LES PREUVES DU GENIE, or S - .!E 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 KNIGH r AND THE WATER LILY.; or, Love among the Mermaids. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T 914 DAN —Morning 1.3 min.after 12 Evening 43 min.s.n. 12 ToAtonnow—Morning 14 rain.after 1 Evening 41 znin.aft. 1 THE WEATHER.—Sum 07710 N, Ace. 6. THERMOMETBB, IN TUB SHADB. 60 highest since noon on Saturday. 55—lowest this morning and during the night. 66 —this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30'15. WIND. N. by W. to N.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 —highest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 66—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'17. WIND, very variable—morning N., forenoon, S. E., noon, S.W., now N.W.. Doubtful weather, but dry. 11114fri AV81.1.31. What shall we do with our convicts ? This interrogatory has been frequently repeated in our columns, but on each occasion the solution of the important problem appears more diffi cult, 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 zeal and ability of Colonel Jim; 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 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1854, 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 the city, but that it was not improbable he might return at an earl d " palm . ATTACK UPON ALAND.-OCCUPATION OF THE ISLAND BY THE FRENCH. COPENHAGEN, Saturday. —The 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. CON STANTINOPLE, JULY 26.—A division of the combined fleets has left Baltshik, directing its course to the Crimea. Seven French line-of-battle ships and four Eng lish remain at Varna. It is reported that the divisions of Generals Brown and Canrobert have embarked for the Crimea. Thirty gun-boats ars 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 bead-quarters of Prince Gortschakoff were on the Ist at Doumunska, and on the 3d at Arsitseheny. Zrl) LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1854. The Crimea ought evidently, in prudence, to on such a question is practicable at the fag-end of the session, when the prorogation of Parliament be effectually cut off from the c h ance o f any com munication with the European continent—before is rapidly approaching. All that can be done is to direct the attention of Noble Lords and the fleets and armies of the Allies adventure upon Honourable Gentlemen to the interesting and any grand attack, simultaneously by sea and land, important subject, Fo that they may be well upon Sebastopol. That is perfectly obvious. And acquainted with its various details when the it is worthy of remembrance that it is a prelimi- time for action shall arise, and when required to s nary movement, not only perfectly obvious i n it s sanction a new experim en t f or th e suppress i on o f crime, and the re f orma ti on o f th e cr i m i na l pope . advisability, but demonstrably feasible in it s lation of the country. The topic may also be realisation. very advantageously discussed in the public press. The Crimea might be cut off from the possibility Anything calculated to place it in a striking point of further communication with the Continent—by of view---to give additional facts—must prove be our landing a body of the Anglo - French troops to neficial, and incre ase th e c h ances o f a h appy i ssue. the north-west, hard by the narrow isthmus con- There are two distinct lights in which the topic netting the Crimea with the mainland, and thereby must be strictly examined— so f ar as re l ates to society and the convict himself, or as we have giving it, indeed, the character of a peninsula—and already stated, to " the prevention of crime," and by our landing at the same time another body of " the reformation of tfie criminal." It is only the Anglo-French soldiers tc the north-east above for the sake of society that any punishment is at all justifiable. The doctrine of "vengeance" has Anapa, in fact somewhere upon the shores of the Strait of Enikale. B accomplishin this, the long been banished from the penal codes of all y g Crimea w ou ld be at once completely insulated. civilised nations, and if " retributive justice" be apparently extended to the offenders, Already the latter part of the difficulty appears it is . simply to deter others from fol to have been overcome by means of the timely i lowing their most evil example, and thus to enterprise effected by landing 5,000 troops near afford protection and security to their innocent Amapa under the joint- direction of Generals and meritorious neighbours. It is therefore the BROWN and CANRORERT. There is left, cen s e _ imperative duty of those who assume the position o quently, the o th er preparatory step to b e taken, of law-givers, who arrogate to themselves autho namely, the landing of some 5,000 at l ' ' more,leas,,, , rity not only over the liberties and fortunes, but even, in extreme cases, over the lives of their fel hard by the Isthmus of Perecop. " Perecop low-men, to use their gigantic power with the ut is the portal of the Crimea," says DEMIDOFF— most possible moderation, and to inflict no unne "it is the entra nce That -gate to the governmen t o f c essary suffering even on the convicted culprits Taurida." portal must be closed. That who are helplessly placed in their hands. important gate must be successfully barri- , ceded. What i s of extraordinary interest to ' Our old Draconic cod© looked only to society. 1 Its object was to affect men's fears, to rule by know now —and it i s known for certain—is that terror solely. Not a week passed that the metro the occupation of the Isthmus and village of Pere- polis was not disgraced by public executions for cop might be readily accomplished. With our the most trivial -offences. The "hangman" was the great public instructor, and we can scarcely gigantic fleets and immense disposable land fOrces wonder at the wide-spread brutality that pre in the Black Sea, we might easily transport to time vailed when the community received such tuition. appointed locality a sufficient number of men to A better spirit subsequently prevailed. The take up there at once a very formidable and secure : I modified, penal code was judiciously revised, and greatly position. It may be objected, that, according t o p aco law, as and capital punishment only retained in . cases of atrocious turpitude, where, by the Divine the account given by certain travellers, the I well as the almost universal practice of is singularly unhealthy, the half putrid and via- nations, it was sanctioned and considered indis pensal)le. abridging capital indis cons sea in its immediate neighbourhood, the sea l We have, perhaps, gone as far in of Azof, " constantly heated to the very bottoml ,justifiedtha that w e require in go igoing, g irl and rthe further t alterations i n punishment as we should be otin . that but d i i t re is ctio in n forth, say some of these of its slimy bed," giving injurious to the' quality of , the writers, "a miasma system of secondary p • h ' • " Bat—mark this ! discipline, that urns ments, in the prison the surrounding atmosphere. has been introduced under the M • MoNL&NDO N asserts, sanction and authorityof an important exception— • the local , rumour and prejudice, rather than that of Parliament, and in • in spite of every contrary dis posal of those who have either the dis spot, but a . served out their that Perecop is not merely a healthy times and are therefore entitled to th • cl• Whatever the thei r tscharge, " particularly" healthy spot. or who have evinced such symptoms of sincere sanitary state of that point on the co ast of the penitence for their former offences, and earnest sea of Azof—thither our efforts ought in simple determination to lead a new life, that improve precaution, and as constituting an absolutely ne- ments and ameliorations must be introduced. cessary preliminary, t o b e di rec t e d, if we sincerely In the prison discipline we have allowed th e propose to st r ik e a blow in that direct i on a t the c rotchets of men fancying themselves philanthro pists, but who are really giving rein to the na pride and power of the Russian AUTOCRAT. tural cruelty of their disposition, too long to pre- A position fairly established at Anapa—an (1 prevail. We have treadwheels, cranks, collars, another position firmly taken up at Pereco and an d cats-of-nine-tails, and the various instruments the Crimea would, so far at least, be at the mercy of torture which the Birmingh • am investigation of the Allies, who might then take into cousidera- has brought to light. The "secrets of one pri- son house" have been revealed—;.be 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 tobe 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 alcandidate 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 the " Corn Law Catechism." HOW TO TAKE CRONSTADT-"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 ,of 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 cut 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 our 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 Rendel 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, AUG 5. Major-General the Hon. 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 6. The Queen and Prince, accompanied by the Prince of Wales 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 Couper, 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. CABINET 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 lice 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 Sierra Leone, is also appointed to be her Majesty's Consul- General iu the Sherboro country, on the west coast of Africa. Mr. John Bell, her Majesty's Consul in Algeria, bra been promoted to the rank of Consul-General, but without any addition to his present salary. Mr. Thomas Elmore is appointed unpaid Vica-Consul at Algiers. Rear-Admiral Henry Byairn Martin is appointed to Sir C. Napier's fleet in the Baltic. DEATH BY MACHINERY IN HOLBORN.—OR 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. Brougb, for the murder of her five children, is to take place on Wednesday next. PROPOSED NEW PIER AT THE SOUTH SIDE OF BLACK FRIARS-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 Compa,,,y's warehouses, for the purpose of 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 a s a private speculation, and it is to be hoped that they may succeed, as they deserve to do, in thus em barking their private capital 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 Upper Ground-street, close by the foot of the bridge on the south shore. It is anticipated that the pier will be opened in the course of a few 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, to 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 brittleness, breaks, and the various particles, con sequently, become widely spread. The authorities seem to be m uc h p l eased with the succ ess which has attended these experiments ; and we are informed that an im mediatenew missile Supplyofn our fleets in the B a lti c and will create Black Seas. The use of this atim ao demandny balls will for ourb e despatched cornieh a t n ti o . mony, which is now in considerable request. ' EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, July 26.—Said Pacha 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. Stillman 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 diarrhcea. ; indeed, a large percentage of officers of the different divisions have been attacked by this complaint, but great precautions are 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 of Anapa, and in fortifying some small redoubts south of 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 mouth of the Danube, with the Lieutenant- General 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 and ground t o b e occup i e d b y the division of Sir R. England, but these orders were counter manded this morning. They will be close to the water's edge, and ready for embarkation in their new camp, when they occupy it. Two batteries of artillery moved out from Varna on Friday, one to Deena, the other to Aladyn. These countermands are frequent. There is a most magnificent preparation going on just now. The Sappers and Miners, and fatigue parties from the Ist and 3d divisions, are working away as hard as they can making fascines. To-day they will be set to work on gabions, and orders have been issued f or an i mme di a t e s upply of sand bags. By news from Rustchuk to the morning of the 17th, we hear th a t O mer P as h a , with 30,000 men, was lying at th e l e f t b an k o f the Danube opposite an entrenched camp. Rustchuk, in His line of , videttes wer e not more t h an 800 yards from the Russian vidett es , an d th e main body of the latter (45,000 str ong ) lay facing the Turks left resti ng on the mars h es o f the' with their Danube, and their right resting i n s t ron g works, which have been called Li ttle Sh um l a , from their resemblance to that pl ace, and stretching along the line of road to Bucha rest. Our ga bions, fascines, and sand bags look like preparations for a siege. On Friday last Colonel Gordon returned from Baltchick. He made a reconnaissance of the Do brudscha up to the very banks of the Danube, and found th e w h o l e coun t r y desolate —a waste of burnt villages a n d d eso l a t e d corn-fields. At the other side of th e D anu b e the Russians were visible in force. Thi s reconna i s sance was effected by twelve artillerymen, mou nted on pack saddles and bag gagers. They a ll 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 had been 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 to arrest the course of such crimes, and until the Turks are disarmed these things must happen. Where are our British merchants and our Eng lish enterprise? We have lately paid 3s. 6d. a lb. for ham, 2s. a lb. for bacon, 1/. sterling for a flannel 1 shirt, poisonous brandy for ss. a bottle ; bad wine ' for the same price ; preserved meats double the London prices ; a water bottle IN. ; a white felt cap, 15s. ; German saddles, 5/. (worth 255.) ; bridles, 2/. (not worth 125.) ; and BO on. However, money plentiful—neither Grie , :,rF; 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 as they are they are well spoken of. Forage for horses is sometimes 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 conk 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 the theatre of the war is known ; the mass of the pub , lie 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 feelinc , 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 city 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 do manded 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 received satisfactory assurances on the subject." A letter from Hamburg, in the indgpendance of Brussels, says :—" Austria is not 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, he 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 I 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 l joint note from the British and. French governments through Colonel Hodges and M. de Cintrat, re quiring an explanation of the conduct of the Ham burgh authorities in this affai r , p ro t es ti ng against it as a breach of neutrality, an d eventu allyclaiming 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 i n 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 connecte d w ith the Go vernment, but still they have nothing whatever it to do with it, any more than the Dutch andei s- Maatschappy, or the Austrian Lloyd's Company at Trieste. And, in the nex t place, i . tis a well-known fact that all large East India . me n . are well arm . ed, and a very necessary precauti on it is, too, with a valuable cargo on boar d, and having to thread the intricate channels in the Indian Ocean, notoriously infested by numerous p irates. 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. FRANCE. A letter from Biarritz, of the 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 the death of the Princess de Wasa, daughter of the Dowager Grand Duchess of Baden. The Emperor has addressed the following letter to the Minister of War : "Monsieur le Mardchal,--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 even 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 should be loudly praised, even should he have left the half of his men behind, for then military interest is the first of all ; but in time of peace, the first duty of a commanding officer is to spare his soldiers and to avoid carefully everything that may uselessly com promise their lives. I therefore beg you to addressto the commande rs o f m ili tary di v i s i ons a c ircular, remind ingas the m o f th e precautions to b e ta k en t o prevent much as pos s ibl e th e recurrence o f similar misfortunes. at Written May God hav e y ou i n his holy keeping. Biarritz on the Ist of August, 1854. " NAPOLEON." Some deaths which occurred recently in a bat talion of Chr.sseurs 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 a mong 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 ; Strobl, Consul for Bavaria at Strasburg ; Hasenclever, for the ra - n l Duchy of Baden at the same Place ; Roul)i on, Vice-Consul for Sardinia at Arles ; Jouve, Vice- Consul for the Two Sicilies 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. ; ank 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 " Captaits-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 night 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 days 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 at Lisbon, in imitation of Madrid, but people 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 27th 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 arid 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 half-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 fencelesi 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 by 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. de Toll, a retired public func tionary and rich landed proprietor. Now, if it be true that the thre e cra ft h ave per f orme d t h e goo d 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 ELEcTURs.---The amount paid ont of the poor-rates in 1853 for registration of electors in England and Wales was 30,994 ; the amount paid out of the county rates, to the clerks of the peace, for ex penses of registration in the same year, was 7,2011. 15s. 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.—STOSE POGIS.—Mr. Inspector Skiddovr 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. SPORTT s , _ 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 con 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, seem the most entitled to notice. Domino's running has r' 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 beth Anne. The Copeland Handicap will, doubtless, be added to the list of Domino's successes. St. Clair shat be my champion for the Foal Stakes. READING RIDES will command the undivided patron age of the metropolitan division of Turfites. Prepay' 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 t o d eem ClevelandS chance for the Berkshire Stakes somewhat formidable. Eng performance with Bribery at Winchester was, h o wever,_ scarcely calculated to produce a f avoura bl e o pinion 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 considera tion are, in my opinion, Postulant, Mishap, and Vingt' et-un. Rifleman will doubtless prove the correctness of his running at Goodwood, by again defeating the Miami filly, and by carrying off the Abbey Stakes. For the Reading Stakes I shall cap to Bessie. I n her default I shall expect to see either Clotilde or Border Chief the winner. lanthe 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 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 " sporting" sense, however, they were unmitigat ed failures. The only really " good turn" which the had during the three days was the success of Winkfie la for the Stakes. Death looked lively enough on the occa sion, and nearly jumped out of his boots with joy. Sam was delighted, but he not a little deplored the a bsenc e of " Steve." By the bye, the question respecting Pea t and the white Apron I must leave to be settled. hi Beard. The least said about the exploits of the ge r ; tlemen riders on Friday the better. Were profession al jockeys to make half the mistakes so frequently ma de by the amateur riders the Jockey Club would feel scan dalised, and measures would be adopted to warn thew off the turf. fielder! " That in the captain's but a choleric word, Which in a soldier is flat blasphemy." The reader will readily make the slight alteration which this quotation requi res t o ma k e i ts appl i cat i on o bviou s August 7. A FRESH MAN- RIOT AT AlRDRlE.—Airdrio races, w hi c h began. 00 Thursday and terminated on Friday night, have be e !f attended by a serious riot, which resulted in the loss one life, and the infliction of permanent injuries on 1,31. ous individuals. Th e riot began at three o'cloc!: 0 Friday morning, th e opposing parties being Orange•ct le i ..„ and Ribbonmen. Not content with the warfare of st li and stones, pistols were brought into requisition. formation of the outbreak having been brought to Or' gow, adetachment of fifty soldiers proceeded to Airtlrl, e !, and secured the peace, whi c h h a d b een thus violen tl y outraged. Seventeen of the rioters have been apP rr hended in a public-house at Rawyards.—GLasgoin Carr monwealth. A iv s iOn RAILWAY COLLISION AT WARRINGTON.—..a. col 1 took place on the London and North-Western lint', a the foot of 'the Vulcan bank, between Warrington - ar . . Newton Junction, on Friday evening, by a Chell w :a Junction passenger-train running into some London tiP, North-Western luggage-waggons. The driver 4f, heavy luggage-train had left some of his waggons at , bottom of the incline, intending to return for theta ° I " getting the first portion of his train to the top. the meantime the Cheshire Junction train came re 1 111 a curve, and the driver, who is reported to be careful and steady man, having been ca utii)ne at Warrington, was on the 100k -out for the lugi'ag, e ; train. Seeing the engine and p ar t o f th e tra i n on a-head, puffing away at the top of the barik9,_: ti appears he for a moment ove r l oo k e d t h e waggons left I,' hind, with the signals sent. back to warn him ; and 00 lost the critical moment for chucking his speed in tin 1e t 0 avoid a collision. The passenger train ran into the; jug : gage waggons with just suffi cien t f orce t o b rea k. 0 ° force off the rails the hindmost, and was shaken Dolt so as to cause much alarm to. the passengers. Mr. . 1 °: colm Ross, Vice-President of the Manchester Conlon' cial Association, had one eye disc o l oure d by a blow;, ' 3l ! Mr. Fleming, secretary to the association, who w.! is „ .„ 1 1 . , the same carriage, was also a good deal shaken. 1 14 1, Edmund Ashworth, of Bolton, and Mr. Morris, of r ; ford, also suffered in a similar manner, with several 40 0 1 passengers but no injury was sustained, it i s reps rt e d that will not be set right in a few d a y s . Th e t ra in 1/ .." detained about 40 minutes beyond it s tim e . Th e . fr -. " sengers, we understand, were most of them retur No from a cheap trip down to South Wales, where the:f h„ been, at the invitation of a steam- s hip company,: eci'; templating one of the Welsh ports as a foreign 1)0 6° station. FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF LONDON TO JOSEPH IL O ,, tiocmlpEnoifBttiso2yb Joseph royalll Council,o. Parliament, on. , csrgfel expenditure, RT:aexbhnavopeh . u P enseollerrondinygld , douvthe:nome l stn, : ba:ej—nri ieoneod l cE:Tr B t ftash2ohh:i which ds. tr . —itdhaley' Chamber o h r a pn, thek os T 00tafthytheho this Court aca A duy o Guildhall ta Cott/ o ee T 5O. ca ib e°; theeer M.P. ne dmcdu indefatigable r y s t eg a t f nao h t attention nhetMontroseexertions economises cl j i i : ui r t „ 111. 1 1 00 t in sa House of Commons on the 27th of June last t. " Tl'~ at to humble add ress b e presented to his M a j es ty,'humbli o f request that, w ith a v i ew to afford relief to the co ll° ol from a part of its burdens, he will be graciously pli c %to to direct that a minute investigation be instituted liop the mode and expe nse o f the management and coll e e 'fol of the several branches of the revenue ; that A C' S ',o6 . revision be made of a ll sa l ar i es an d a ll owa nces,: e;% O cially of those which have been increased since 17 9 ' H t be order that they may be adjusted with reference t ° se ri increased value of the currency, and to the distrOs i 0 circumstances of th e coun t ry in all its departmen t %ell order that every reduction may be made therein I / . .`:, s t, can be effected without detriment to the public int , a re al' and in particular to the number of the army and tliterfor pense of its establishments." Resolved, that thiiO4,, dom of this City b e p resen t e d to Josep h H u me / t hat in a gold box of the value of 100 guineas. ResolvA, der the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor be requested to !)r the said bOx.--WOODTHORPE. elOf CONVEYANCE Or MAILS BY RAILWAYS.- - The 15 0 0-• committee appointed to inquire i n t o the call e e w irregularity in the c o n ve y ance o f ma il s by raj' l og have come to the conclusion that the irreg.% the in the service may be traced in some degree t' fo r physical difficulties incident to the regular 1 01 . 0 oet ance of services dependent 'on mechanical j to ° liable to be materially affected by weather, an le de certain degree of laxity which hid obtained ill t i m ee t tails of the management on either side ; but that lh ers or also be attributed to causes such as can only be . 1 ) , ( 00 nently remedied by an alteration of the law unde r 1 00 119 the Post-office service is now conducted. It is gel k ts igel l admitted that great improvement has recently rail place both on the part of the Post-office and O I L tT ar ther way companies, and, in some instances, a still roos ot acceleration can be maintained, provid e d tbie P os tir exertions be continued • but the corr es p on donc° l3o i blishes the fact that, under the present systeat ti creased acceleration can be effected without theoper of increased irregularity. The Post-office have n° 1 14 0 ; at present to regulate th e num b er o f passenger nal tha t or the weight of th e t ra i ns . I t h as b een s tsto 0 06 4 the chief consid era ti on w hi c h actuates th e I' O d o e . authorities in d e t erm i n i ng an ex t ens i on o f postal. ° ora te mence is, whether suc h conven i ence i s cororne l3 o re °( with the e x p ense t o b e i ncurre d. Th e co mmittee the opinion that this principle should be acted upO n v ote r most liberal spirit, and that the cost should aloni)oot re* into consideration, regardless of any profit or, coa: re venue to be derived therefrom. The committe e 85 e , mend that the act 10th and 11th Victoria', w ith should be amended, and are of opinion tbka,te the view of securing a strict observance of h ily rangernents between the Post-office and the s o4c fnei companies, it is desirable that a system °i_ aoc e °_ tion of payment for an irregularity in perforTe 03 01 the services by the railway companies should. . 13 _ 10 apd matter of contract, and that the exact condit; ` a do circumstances under which such deduction shall.,°_. t iioll; shall be determined by mutual agreement or by arbl.t ,b ."' o i i s er: , That the Postmaster-General should be an!, os 13 to require for mail trains such a rate of speed riag may deem desirable, subject, however, to Its //car o f the s ' - a f certified by the Railway Department of Trade in such cases to be consistent vilt ll Bo4 ,od c i That mail guards travelling by trains as,._ o . class passengers should be empowered to deg a L y 0 0 1 ; receive bags at the various stations. That ral lw , ao s panics should be directed to deliver post-offica "; t icitig , as parcels to the Post-office servants at their 0 4 soli and that it be matter of abitration whether or ,n_u_ rn the, addition or reduction should be made to or : 11 - v reo poet usual rate of charge for carrying suc h parcels . I rs a w af t to any profit or cost which would accrue to t2 4 . e _ t .„ o ,sVe_ company from the delivery of such parcels. should be given to the Post-office to erect macpaic.J toi l° deliveri ng an d rece i v i ng b a gs to and from passing lia or . whenev er it may b e t h oug h t ne cessary for the,..13. u4Ping the vice, and where it is consisent with safety. . s fro— is , s , nnated average weight of the night in 2 al_ , _„,, Inland-office, London, it is estimated that t l7 t ry 865 13. 1 h 1 make 13 per cent. of the whole w _ cent. packets two per cent., 1,085 bags nine r 124,333 newspapers 76 per cent, of the A pe x