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" TEE BUN" ON SMOKE PREVENTION. _.• h ers really milt not to .; e any excuse for the entire riddance of the smoke nuisance; our own experience satisfying us that the .y.tem of smoke prevention and economy of fuel, invented and curried out by Mr. Lee Stevens, i, as effective as it is simple. Until we had it applied to our own steam-engine furnace, we could form no idea of the ease and certainty of its operations, without any moveable parts, and at such very moderate expense."—San. Copies of OFFICIA.I. AND OTHER REPORTS, and of Testimo nial.; in favour of the Invention, as applied to STEAM BOILER 4; BREWERY COPPERS; STILLS; CILEMISTs, DYERS, and "ONFECTIONEit,' PANS; COAL OVENS, &c, with informaton expecting licenses to manufacture or use the PAtent , m,ike.ess Fur naces, g.ven by Mr. JOHN LEE STEVENS, the Patentee, at the Offices, No. 1, FISH-STREET-ULU, CITY, LONDON. BREWERY, COPPER, AND OTHER F URNAi. ES. "The Brewery, Lichfield, 9th August, 1854. "Dear Str,—We are glad to say that your apparatus quite bears out the assurance you gave us that it wmild answer our purpose. " The doubt we had as to its adaptation t . furnaces with defective draught is en' irely removed. our liquor copper now boils qu to as soon as the wort.- copper, and with both there is a diminution in the consumption of fuel. "The experiment we witnessed at Messrs. CRA.RINGTON, DEAD, and CO.'S, as to smoke prevention, we thought the time perfectly successful. and this impression we are happy to confirm from actual experience. "It will give us pleasure to reply to inquiries that may be made by any Brewery Firms at Burton-on-Trent, but should suggest that it may probably be more satisfactory to those gentlemen to jue for themselves by seeing the furnaces at work, and this they can dg de at any time. "We remain, dear Mr, " YoLrs, very truly, " JOHN AND ARTHUR GRIFFITH, N.T. Lee Stevens, Egg" Copies of official and other reports, and of testimonials In favour of the invention, as applied to steam Boilers, Brewery Coppers, Stills, Chemists', Dyers', and Confectioners Pans Coal ovens, Scc., with information respecting Licences to manufacture or use this well-Establish - A system of Smoke Preventtai and Economy of Fuel continues to be given by Mr. JOHN LEE STEVENS, the Patentee, at the (Likes, No. 1, Fish-street-hill, City, Loo on. TaEA.CRE rOYA.L DRURY LATE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. TIIIA EVENING, Annus'. 13, Will be Per tbrmed Belllni's Opera of LA SONNAMBULA. Mdlle. Bury; Lisa, Madame Greiffenhagm; Theresa, Ma dame Ileinrich; Alessi°, .v,kigi or Ferrara; Count Rodolphe, signor Arnoidi; and Elvine r Sigcor Lettini. lo conclude with a favourite BALLEt DIVERTISSEMENT. "Prfces—Oalicky, 1 Pit, 25.: Upper Boxes, es ' • First Circle, 45.; Dress Circle, 5 5.; Stalls, 7 s. ; and hivate Boxes, One, Two, Three, and Four Guineas each. THEITRE ROYAL HAYMA.RKET. Under the management of Mr. Enelistone. EVENING, AUGUST 18, Will be perfotmed THE OLD CHATEAU. Characters by Messrs. Howe. Rogers, 11. AlArston, and Buck..3tone; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, and less Reynolds. Followed by the SP.A.NISEI DANCERS in a GRAND BALLET, Th 3 new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. LYCEUM THEATRE. Mr. and Mrs. SIM REEVES' FAREWELL PERFORMANCES. Mr. ALLCROFT begs to announce that he has entered into an En4agement with Mr. and Mr . SIMS t.EILVE.S for Three Fare well Performances previous to th:ir departure for the season, the second of which will tape place 'IRIS EVENING, AUGUST 18, when will be presented Be celebrated Opera of LA SONNA DULA. r. Sims Beeves ; Count RodoWho. )fr. R. Farqu harson; Amnia, Mrs t-itus itecves; LISSA, .‘,lss J. Harland. ' o conclude with the Grand Ballet entitled LF.S PAYSANNES DU NO D, sup , rte't by Nidlle. D'intAne, aesisted by Mdlles E. Horn, Martn, Bufftan, Marie, Charles, and an efficient Corps de Ballet. -- • - Duxes, 5s ; 23. Gd.; Gallery, 73. Private !loxes, 215,, to be had at the 1-10-offica. ROXAX. SURREY ZOOLOGWIL GAII.DZN3. " T 1 1 1.5 pace fills up an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leaves wanting. V,,cal and instruarnttal nils , c of tile fl-3t order. and a display of fireworks which exceeds all iini;inatioa, are a fitting Close to a day at the Crystal l'ala DANSON'S COLOS;;AL PASOUANIA of CHUSIN. Spiendli and ostensive Mena;erie and Marine 2i.criariurn—Unri vaned Mil:lary VOCAL and IYStfitillEiJA.T. In which Rim Pooie, Miss Ransford. awl Mr. AiAnverS sing several National and Patriotic Son4s —MI the Aninsin4 Novelties of the Gardens In su,cessiun. concludin4 with the " Feast of Lan terns." And a:most in ignifl2.ent tisplay of Fireworks by tiouthby. Al, ilb.:011 One ShilriTVZ. A splendid Pavillon for Dancing has been erected. Fall Qnadrille Band, A,;411.,, , ,Y'3 ROYAL A tiiPUI C.IRA I Lessee and Manager, Mr. enoh,, Shortly will be produced, a Grand EQUEiTRIIN BURLESQUE THIS EVEN' SG, THE COSSACKS; or, Vive la France. After which, SCENES In the AIt!.:NA, invented and arranced by Mr. William Cooke. Miss Emily Cooke, the wonder if the world, will have the-lionburof at:Tearing. Grand Entree by 12 ladies. The Union of England a:. d France. HERR CEIRIsTOFF, Premitr innambale on the Tight Rope. To conclude with the new Equestrian Ballet d'Action, by Mrs S. G. Healey, called THE KNIGtII AND THE WA LER LILY; or, Love among the Mermaids. Box-olioe opea from Eleven tr.l Your. Stage Manager, Mr. . WC:4t. ICIOA WATER AT LONTiriN BRIDGE. rBA DAY —Morph 19 min fter 9 I T.vonin 59 m'n.aft. 9 To-Moaeow=-Horning 38 tain.after 10 1 Evening 17 min.aft. 1 L 11-11 t WEATIIBII.--SUA• OFFICIS, Aua. 18. THEttIiOMETEII, 11l TIM SHADE. 65 —highest since noon yesterday. 50 —lowest this morning and during the night. 68 —this day at noon. BAROMITZA. 30'23. WIND, /T.W.—Light—fine weather. ,C 4 =_ 2 l ~j g• ~. ~ H-;, Olt LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1854. A marvellous token of the mutability of earthly things must be recognised by every intelligent. observer in the decrees which appeared in the Moniteur of Wednesday, the 16th inst., autho rising at last the carrying out of the designs of the Emperor NAPOLEON the Great, as solemnly indicated in his Imperial Majesty's Last Will and Testament. Several years have now elapsed since one of the most cherished wishes of the Captive of St. Helena was happily realised by the removal to Europe of his glorious remains on board the Belle Poule frigate, since the second and final sepulture of the dead hero "on the banks of the Seine in the midst of the French people whom he loved so well." During the interval which has divided that memorable incident from the present time, the supplanters of the elder branch of the BOURBON dynasty have themselves been sup planted in turn, and a third revolution has in France, within the space of a few hours, sub verted in one crash the whole of the mighty fabric of a monarchical Government. A third NAPOLEON has followed that third Revolution. His reign has scarcely attained its third anniver sary when there appears in the official organ at Paris a . document from the Minister of State, ACHILLE, FOULD, in reference to the long-delayed but at last realised design of carrying into effect, as far at least as can be accomplished after the lapse of thirty-three years, some of the more important testamentary injunctions of the heroic founder of the Imperial dynasty. It has been estimated that a sum of not more than 8,000,000 francs. will be sufficient to effect this satisfac torily. 'As the Minister observes very justly, in his explanatory communication to the present Eltrxaop., "a. feeble compensation for the 1rt,000,000 which properly belonged to the EMPEROR, and which the decree of the sth August, 1848, brought into the public treasury," an amount also, he continues, " far from compensat ing for the 200 millions which NAPOLEON I. had appropriated out of his private domain in favour of the victims of th e war "— mean i ng, of course, the war of 1 814 and 1815, when France strove so valiantly, but desperately to withstand th sembled a rm i es i nvading her soil, the accumulated h sne as forces brought t ogether by t haiedEuropeanSo- So vereigns. An 'extraordinary credit for th e amount is above mentioned,already opened by one of the Imperial decrees above Pacified —the other nomi nating a commission charg e d with be the division of the credit of 8,000,00 francs before particu larised. , As members of this Commission, we find the following personages en umerated in th e General C oun t the Mcmiteur—namely, columns of D'ORNANO, President ; M. Rorrmtat, Vice -Presi dent ; M. DE PARIEU ' M. J. 13°171 AY (DE L A MUERTHE), M. DE ROYER, M. PERRON M. L and M. .MESNARDbaying now Commissioners now to decide, according to their discr e ti on, w hether the scheme of the division suggested last year by the former Commission shall be carried out in its entirety, or in any respect modified. That project it may be as well, as a matter of his torical interest, to remem ber was as follows 1. Three hundred thousand franc s to the • n officers and soldiers of the battal io n of the Island of Elba, or to their widows SOO, 000 f. and children 2. Two hundred thousand francs to the 200,000 wounded at Li&ny and at Waterloo 3. Fifteen hundred thousand francs to the officers and soldiers wbo fought from 1792 to 1815, for the glory and inde pendence of the nation 4. Four hundred ,thousand francs to the town of Brienne 5. Three hundred thousand francs to the town of Miry..... ... sand.... 6. Thirtein hundred' th-O francs to the provinces which suffered from the two iniasions .. . . . 7. Four millions to ths pr iv a t e legatees, or to their widows and direct heirs Total ............... . 8 000 000 f. Sowevei. it may ultimately decided as to 1,500,000 400,000 300,000 1,300,000 whether the 8,000,000 francs shall be thus dis tributed or not—the fact is no longer doubtful that the 8,000,000 francs are to be distributed somehow, and that thus, the Will of the Great NAPOLEON, is to be actually carried into effe t in some of its most interesting and important par ticulars. By a happy coincidence the announcement of the Imperial decrees to which we have thought it advisable to make this direct allusion as indicating anew, and in a very wonderful manner, the muta bility of earthly things—by a happy coincidence, we say, this curious and interesting announcement comes forth simultaneously with the reply of NA POLEON'S successor to the felicitations offered to his Imperial Majesty by the Bishop of BAYONNE on the day set apart in honour of the fête of its elected Sovereign. The reply in which the French Emperor very nobly observed—" In presence of this general manifestation [that is, the celebration throughout France on the 15th of August of the Fête NAPOLEON] and of the prayers which are addressed to HEAVEN throughout the whole of France, it is the duty of the SOVEREIGN, in his turn, to deliver himself up to a strict self examination in order to ascertain whether he has done everything that depended on him to merit this concert of good wishes and marks of respect. It is his duty, above all, to come to the foot of the altar to implore DIVINE PROVIDENCE, by the intercession of the ministers of religion, to bless his efforts, to enlighten his conscience, and to give him constantlystrength to do good, and to put down evil." Sentiments worthy, in every respect, of falling from the lips and rising from the heart of a Christian Sovereign. As emanating from the chief of the allies of England in the midst of this general warfare, the subsequent remarks, uttered upon the same occasion by the EMPEROR of France, are not undeserving, we conceive, of par ticular regard, and of very especial remembrance. We mean when in allusion to the condition cf the country owning allegiance co his sceptre, his MAJESTY observed, " My presence on this day at Bayonne is a fact which I mention with pleasure, for it proves that France, calm and happy, no longer feels any of those apprehensions which oblige the head of the State to be always armed and on the qici vive in the capital ; and it proves that France can support a distant war without her internal life ceasing to be free and regular." An indication which will be anything but welcome to the Russian AUTOCRAT-the in- ternal tranuillity and prosperity of France and England (during the very time of the conduct of the war against his gigantic autocracy) being to him a terrible sequel of intelligence, coming as it does upon the dread knowledge of the cordial alli ance binding together the two mightiest States of Civilised Christendom. An Irish prisoner once concluded what he manifestly considered a triumphant defence by stating, that although four witnesses had seen him strike the deceased, he could produce at least four hundred who had not seen him do so. Much laughter was excited at the ridiculous argument, and the folly that could suppose that any man of ordinary intelligence could be imposed on by such absurd and illogical reasoning. The Irish JOE MILLER hal, however, been fully paralleled by the recent prcceedings against Lieutenant PERRY, whose persecutors have even outstripped their predecessors. He only relied on the ignorance of the multitude, as a legitimate ground for an acquittal on a serious charge, where he was entitled to receive the benefit of any rational doubt, and where his guilt should be fully and unequivocally established, before an adverse verdict could be delivered. The as .railants of Lieutenant PERRY, however, go much farther. They not only ask for an acquittal for themselves, but for a conviction of a brother officer, who was, in self-defence, com pelled to make statements which no one, save Lieut. WALDEY, has ventured to deny on oath ; and. we can scarcely suppose that much confidence can be reposed in the statement of that ga/lart officer, after the letter produced, in his own hand writing, in which he informs the prisoner of the very fact, which he boldly denied in his evidence. The others contented themselves with the non mi ricordo clans of testimony. Even Colonel GARRETT himself did not venture to swear that he had not called the prisoner "a fool for his pains"— the matter which constituted the first charge. All he dared to assert was, that "he had no re collection of having done so on that or any other occasion,"—and when more closely pressed, say ing, "Really, I don't think I ever did ; it is a long time ago. I cannot charge my memory with ever having made that observation." Why, a pickpocket, at the Old Bailey, against whose name some half dozen previous convictions had been registered, would not be found guilty on such doubtful, or rather far worse than doubtful, testimony. Nor were the recollections of the other witnesses by any means more decided. Lieu tenant W. T. WALDEY was the only one who ventured to make a positive assertion, and we had seen the manner in which his culpable mendacity, or most extraordinary forgetfulness, was exposed. Who is there who has not in his juvenile days felt intense interest in the struggles and difficulties encountered by the generous and faithful SADAK in his pursuit of " the waters of oblivion," then supposed to constitute a draught worthy of an Imperial despot, one who had the life and death of his most distinguished subjects in his hands ? To judge, however, from recent events, we might imagine that it constituted the ordinary "tipple" of the " Officers and Gentlemen" of the gallant 46th—that it was as common as small beer on the Windsor mess- t able. But it was not merely this remarkable want of reco I,3ction, this g€neral failing of me mory that was mt. st to be regretted. We found also the absolute refusal to answer incon venient interrogations which could not be met by " I cannot take upon me to say," or " I really cannot charge my memory;" and, worst of all, the previous communings, and consultations, and in structions as to the evidence, which certainly would have exposed ordinary witnesses to severe reprehension, but which, we suppose, must be tolerated on the.part of officers and gentlemen whose system of " mnemonics" is so painfully defective. But if on the two first charges relating to Col. GARRETT the testimony was so singularly weak and inconclusive, what can be said as to that on the third and fourth, relating to Capt. NICHOLAS, when he was not all brought forward as a witness on these points, and where we are, therefore, jus tified in assuming that he could not venture to declare, under the solemn obligation of an oath, that he did not recollect that " he had ill-treated young officers on joining, or aided and abetted others in doing so." This strange omission was the more extraordinary, inasmuch as the person whose testimony was essential to a conviction was in attendance, and. might have been examined had the prosecutor thought fit to produce him. We believe that there is no per son, in any degree acquainted with the proceed ings of ordinary courts of justice, who will not declare that there must have been a complete ac quittal, even had the accused made no defence, and relied on th e total abse nce equonofthe fdtl of proofs, to say gross prey nothing of th e prev a rication and discreditable absence of some of e witn esses against him. and completely for the b showing th a t, i n most important wit y n br e e ss a e c s h offorthe egulationsthre defence, 2 of the service, a junior company had b een se l ected for service in the East, while those on th e rota were veryt for unaccountably opnasesedseloeveeter,d perfectly alitnhvoonlgvhedtbe absence of Captain fi duty. Th e HARDY and Lieutenant S HER VINTON, two most important witnesses to the cause o f truth, and yet, when at the commencement of the pr ocee di ngs, the prisoner alluded to their unfortunat e a b sence , But equivocation heat i accounted be was met by a "sneer of incredulity on the President," echoed by a " laughing -oin some of those' who ought to be dis interested judges. But what need of more than was produced ? What evidence could add force to the straight forward testimony of Captain CORCORAN, the kind hearted officer who comforted his junior brethren, . when ill-treated, with friendly encouragement and excellent advice. He shows that long before such an investigation could have been anticipated, the unfortunate lad had, with tears in his eyes and in a state of great excitement, complained to him of the ill-treatment of Colonel GARRETT, who had, in answer to his application for redress, callei him " a fool for his pains in reporting, and that lie was like a child just escaped from his mother's apron-string !" The unimpeachable testimony of Captain CHAMBERS and Major STUART, as well as what was wrung from the un willing lips of some of the "non mi ricordo" gentry, showed that the statements of Lieut. PERRY wet e fully and completely substantiated on e,tch and every point, that it was others, and not him who should have been called on to answer before a military tri banal, and that he must be discharged without the slightest stain affecting his character. We do not insist here on the point that it was " not only necessary that the statements should be false, but that he must have known them to be so at the time he put them forward." That would be a valid defence, but in the present case it is not necessary, inasmuch as the prisoner has esta blished all his statements beyond the possibility of reasonable doubt or difficulty. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1854, BOW TO SUBDUE SMOKO. We proceed to show what opposite results have been elicited by the use of machine-furnaces which require motive power to keep them in action. Taking the Juckes' furnace as the first with which to illustrate that fact, we may refer to the very important evidence given in its favour by Tru man, Haubury, and Co., the brewers, who cer tify that the invention puts them beyond com plaint, as far as the emission of smoke is concerned; and that by enabling them to substitute small coals for the more costly descriptions previously used by them, it economises their outlay for fuel to the amount of many hundred pounds per annum. Although it appears (and for reasons we shall in due time assign) that they do not consume a smaller quantity than they did before, or less, in short, than would be sufficient for ordinary furnaces. Yet at the establishment of White, Ponsford, and Co., City Flour Mills, Blackfriars, whilst the suppression of smoke was equally satisfactory, the practical effect of the same invention relative to the work performed has been found to be very different. There, after four or five of the Juckes' furnaces had been seve• ral months in operation, the trial terminated in their removal, upon the ground, if we are cor rectly informed, that, with the same de scription of coals, they did not generate as much steam as had been and could be ob tained with the common furnaces. It is not difficult to account for this discrepancy. At Tru man, Hanbury, and Co.'s, we believe, the require ments of the brewery, inclusive of an efficient pro vision in the size of the fire-places, were constructed so as best to develope the advantages of this par ticular machinery-furnace under slow combustion ; but, at White, Ponsford, and Co.'s, the nature of the business often rendering it necessary that the fires should be forced, even in excess of what may be deemed fast combustion, furnaces of a simpler form alone, and deviating but little from the con struction of ordinary furnaces, could possibly be made adequate to such emergencies. This, we apprehend, derogates nothing from the utility of the class of inventions we are now considering (applying, as it may do, to all of that class), when adapted to purposes for which they may possess claims to preference. The Ma chinery-furnace, known as Hazeldine's, stands pretty much in the same category, without, per haps, possessing so great a range of (even limited) adaptability. By Price and Co., the patent can dle manufacturers, Vauxhall, it has been as strongly recommended as that of Juckes'. We cannot, comprehend on what grounds; for the ex treme inclination at which it requires to be set places the fire-surface at too great a distance from. the boiler to be equally effective ; and, when so inclined, as occurs at the Stoney-lane Brewery copper of Barclay and Co., the fire has frequently to be stoked and fed with coals, just as if there were no machinery-furnaces at work. And Hall's, which we think is a better self-supplying apparatus than Hazeldine's, and of about the same value in other respects, but not equal to that of Juckes', is a machinery-furnace far from being void of the practical anomalies inherent in the others. At Woolwich it answers remarkably well, for instance ; but at Calvert and Co.'s brewery it is very remote from being a favourite. Rela tive to price, there is not, so far as we can ascertain, any material difference between these three inventions. Assuming the charge for brewery coppers to be a criterion, it will not be much out of the way to calculate the ex f ease, including the patentee's emolument for use, at twenty shillings per barrel upon the capacity of the copper ; say, for one of 400 barrels, 4001.; and herein they contrast very unfavourably with the cost of smoke-preventing furnaces of the most simple form. Grounding the calculation on what we have paid for our own, that invention, with -the patentee's customary royalty, may be applied to a brewery copper of the size mentioned for less than 801. Our furnace, brick-work and all, came much under 201. Still, the proprietors of the machinery-furnace patents have ample room for patronage and profit, notwithstanding the re stricted scope of their utility ; and with im proved construction, they may increase that limit by lessening the expense of keeping them in repair, without adding to the original price. Beyond which we may repeat the statement made some time since at the Society of Arts, of the then ascertained existence of more than 40,000 steam-boiler furnaces, on land, in the United Kingdom ; whilst there can scarcely be less than that number in the vast varieties of other furnaces, ranging from a baker's coal oven up to a brewer's copper; and constituting, alto gether, demand enough, we should think, to satisfy the reasonable expectations, if not the ex cessive cupidity, of at least fifty inventors, much more advanced in successful demonstration of the proved value of their several plans than a fifth part of them can possibly be at present. Our succeeding remarks will have reference to some of those contrivances to which - occasional motion must be given by the stoker or other per son baying charge of the fire. TILE CRIMEA. AM. By JAMES WYLD. A splendid map of the Crimea evidences more clearly than ever the promptitude with which Me. Wyld has determined to cater for the information laudibly desired by the more patriotic sections of the community. A glance at this map will be suf ficient to show the importance of the prize which the Allied Powers are presumed to be on the eve of wresting from the possession of the Russian Au tocrat. It will be perceived by those who care fully examine the engraving that a more considerable portion of the earth's surface than many may sup pose is occupied by this remarkable peninsula. The map before us is, if we judge correctly, upon the scale of some five or six miles to the inch. The isthmus joining the Crimea to the mainland appears to be about five miles across, in the immediate vicinity of the town of Perekop. Starting from that point in the Gulf of Karkinite, and travelling southwards we pass, in skirting the shores of the peninsula, the following capes or headlands—Point Sariboulate, Cape Karamroune, Cape Eskiforos, Cape Baba, Cape Khersonese, Cape Aia, Cape Saritche, Cape Kirkineis, Cape Nikita, Cape Mega nom, and Cape Theodosia. Beyond which lies the minor peninsula of Kertch. From the isthmus joining which to the large peninsula of the Crimea runs the curiously long and narrow neck of land dividing the Sea of Azov from the Putrid Sea, the extremity of this strange neck of land being divided from the mainland opposite Yenitsohi by it a eyd mentionchr ch) the strait of Yenitsohi. As indicating yet more clearly the extended scale on which this noble map of the Crimea has been produced by Mr. Wyld, we point m villag e o , ut h t a o m t l h at e o a b i s i e d rver each indivi nt du h a a l m ci l t e y ts , t i o n w ha n . ,. that there are distinctive marks to great road, a cr n or ra w o a ll mill, river,house, anew road,a monastery, ery lighthouse,, wfionrdtm, windmill, post road, and detailed plan of t ' h a e , moreover ! In one corner of the broadsheet, v s er, is introduced an excellent chart or . the Blue'. and Lu another is u, masterly topol. town and harbour of Sebas- LATEST NEWS. THE WAR. OPERATIONS AGAINST BOMARSUND. The following has been received from Berlin : " Advices from Copenhagen of the 16th state that the French took the strongest fort at Bomarsund on the 15th, after several hours' resistance. The storming of the remaining forts is fixed for the 16th. "According to Stockholm advices of the 16th the Russians have been betrayed by the peasantry in Aland, and General Baraguay d'Hilliers had proclaimed the liberation of Aland from the Rus sians in all the churches." We read in a letter, dated Ledsund, August 12, that the troops landed on Tuesday morning last (Bth), at 3 o'clock, without opposition, and at tacked a redoubt of five guns, which defended the road. The French took it in front and the marines in the rear, and carried it in a moment without any loss. They are now encamped behind some high ground between the villages of Finly and Sundsbole, about two miles from the main battery, the French Chas seurs spreading themselves over the intervening ground to within 800 yards of the wall. A Russian officer came out of the door of the fort about a dozen yards, and was instantly shot by one of them ; he was seen to raise his hand to his breast and fall, and some men rushed from the fort and took him in. The people from the villages bring plenty of pro. visions, and are very civil. The French troops have been slightly attacked by cholera, 11 having died in four days. The Penelope got aground within range of the forts, and was fired upon for three hours and a half, but was not hurt much. The small ships went to her assistance, and drew the attention upon themselves. The Pigmy's mainmast was shot away. The Hecla had several shot in her, and one poor little fellow had his chest torn open by a round shot. They fired red-hot shot. Lieutenant Cowell, Royal Engineers, has been badly wounded in the thigh by his revolver going off accidentally. As yet we have only lost five men. A battery opened upon the Amphion and Phle aethon, which they silenced almost immediately ; and when they landed to spike the guns, they found four of them burst, and a fifth could not be loaded. The Penelope had to throw everything over board, guns, water, &c., before she could be floated. It is believed that 600 men have succeeded in crossing from the main land, and are now on the island of Pra.stce, but have not yet got into the fort. The forts are strong, and it will be a strong tuz before they give way. No time to say more. The attack or bombardment will commence to morrow or Monday; the English and French guns, and five' 10-inch mortars, are in position on the hill. THE PRINCIPALITIES. A letter from Widdin, of the Gth, in the Moni teur, nays :—" A French military intendant has just arrived here from Varna. He has visited Kra jowa and the neighbouring towns, and is very well satisfied with the resources of every kind which the country offers, notwithstanding the heavy bur dens it has had to support. The appearance of French uniforms on the left bank of the Danube has produced an indescribable sensation. The in tendant and the officers who accompanied him were the objects of continual ovations." A letter from Rustchuk, is the Moniteur, says The fon• on the subject of the retreat of , je.nfe _of the T.Jl4dsll army. On. a s • .a ne abandoned their pc) . - sition a,t Daya. A first reconnaissance was ordered on the same day by Omer Pasha, and led to the capture of a Rus sian officer and two soldiers. This' reconnaissance was pushed on as far as Frateschti and Daya. Tke Turks found houses under ground, which were constructed last autumn by the Ru:•,sians, and in which 20 battalion& might be quartered. There were also extensive stables, and a large supply of hay which the enemy had .left behind. On the following day, four regiments of cavalry under the orders of Haiku Pacha pushed on as far as Komana, a small village on the basks of the Niajlou. The Russians had already crossed that river, and afterwards the Argis, a little more to the northward, in order, probably, to direct their march on Bondeschi or Frcesniechti, and thus gain the extensive plain of Bouzeo. After crossing these two rivers, the Russians burnt the bridges. On the 28th, eleven Russian cavalry soldiers fell into the hands of the Turks. They. said that two days before their departure from Daya, Prince Gortschakoff, in order to revive the drooping courage of the soldiers, caused to be read in the camp a manifesto of the Emperor Nicholas, in which the Czar promised two roubles to each of the soldiers who had taken part in the war beyond the Danube, and an nounced to therm that they were about to recross the Pruth in order to defend their country, which was threatened by three powerful enemies, France, England, and Austria." CONSTANTINOPLE. The Presse has advices from Constantinople of the 10th, stating that the marriage of Princess Fatima and Redschid Pash's son was celebrated with great pomp on that day. The armaments for Asia are continued with great energy. It is said that the departure of the expedition from Varva will be delayed in consequence of the intense violence of the cholera. Letters have reached Paris from Constantinople, to the sth, but their principal contents have been anticipated by the electric telegraph. A serious engagement took place on July 29, in the Do brudscha, not far from Bahadagh, between some Cossacks and a party of Bashi-bazouks, lately or ganised by General Yussuf, of the French service. The Cossacks, though far superior in number, were put to flight, and pursued t o some di stance. Their Zolflight tave was, Crgeashiand fact, so rapid th a t a reg i men t o f to support, if necessary, the Bashi-bazouks, could not come up with thorn, not withstanding all the exertions th a t th e y ma d e . I n the early p ar t o f this affair, Chef d'Escadron Du breuil, who was at the head of the Bashi-bazouks, dashed forward with such impetuosity that he got into the midst of the enemy, and received a num ber of slight wounds. Efis men, however, disen gaged him soon after, without much difficulty. The Cossacks had forty men k i lled or wounded in this encounter. Several Ci rcass i an ch i e f s arr i ve d on the 29th July at Constantinople from Varna, where they,-,liad gone on a mission to the, generals-in-chief of the allied f orces . On their arrival at Constantinople they were received by the principal Ministers of the Porte, and presented to the Sultan, who receiv e d t h em most g raciously. They are soon to return home with arms, ammu nition, and military st ores, placed at t h e i r disposal by the Porte. Bou-M aza arr i ved at C ons t an tinople on August 5. The — re appears to be no doubt, these letters say, that the Anglo-French troops have determined to take . possession of all the bank of the Danube . yielded up to Russia by the last treaties. This destruction . of th e movement would have the effect of insuring .the with . the exception, perhaps, of some boats, not drawing much water which could escape up the Pruth. The object Of the late visit of Marshal St. the Crimea. The rumour in t whole of the Russian flotilla, Arnaud . to Constantinople was to explain to . the Sultan . in person the object of the great expedition which . was on the point of being despatched against. made was that the combined fleets would be able, without incurring much danger —as was proved by the ex perimentshe Turkish capital Bruat—to do the greatest damage to the fortifica tions. of Sebastopol, and even to destroy the . Rus sian fleet at anchor there. The embarkation of by the squadron under Admiral the materiel and troops was to commence on the 6th, every necessary preparation having been made there in advance ; and ib was thought, these letters say, that the expedition might set out on the 9th or 10th. On the 2d of August, Admiral Sir E . . Lyons arriv e d a t C onstant i no pl e from Varna, in the Agamemnon. He had immediately a number of interviews w ith L or d S tra tf or d do Redcliffe, re lative to the b es t means o f insuring to the allied fleets such resou rces as th e y might happen to need. THE CAMP AT VARNA AND THE EXPI- DITION TO THE CRIMEA. • According to the last intelligence from Varna, says a Const an ti nop l e l e tt er o f the sth instant, the sickness was much diminished. The army must still be considered as in an unhealthy state, but there is every reason to believe that the worst is passed, and that the terrific heat and malaria which seem to have overspread the country for the last five or six M eeks will now pass away with the declining summer. Proper means have been taken for the restitution of the general health. It is well known to officers, and pai ticu- Lily to those accustomerl to a hot climate, that the worst thing possible is to remain for any time on a single spot, The encampment no. cessarily becomes in a short time foul ; the offal and filth accumulate, and even though buried with care, yet infect the ground. The men are for the most part idle ; they eat fruit and trash of all kinds, sleep half the day in the sun, and expose themselves with out caution to all the most dangerous influences of the climate. Therefore it has been resolved to keep them moving, even though without any definite aim. They are marched so many miles in the day, and the encampments aro being changed—all, it is said, with the best effect. It is to be hoped that more earnest occupation will put an end to the sick ness which the unhealthy Bulgarian plains have produced, and though we cannot replace the brave men already lost, still there is some consolation in knowing that the mortality among our troops has been, on the whole, extremely low, and that they suffer much less than either of the three armies which are occupying the same the same territory. As to our French allies, it may be some satisfaction to those who are always complaining of the inferi ority of British discipline and military science to know that the arrangements of our army excite great admiration among the most experienced offi cers of the Gallio force. Indeed, it is considered that they have more to learn from us than we from them, particularly in the details of regimental discipline, IThe deaths among the French contingent are much more numerous than in the British army. Much less attention is paid to cleanliness, and the state of their cantonments is said to be insufferable to a stranger. Discipline is much more 'lax among them • the officers make no attempt to hinder the men irom wandering through Varna or whatever village they may be near ; they have acquired a most unfortunate taste for raki, which they drink in such quantities that the old characters of the two nations seem reversed, and the French are declared to be much more addicted to intoxication than our own men. The deaths in the British force, which some days ago amounted to from 16 to 20 per day, are now, it is said, not more than five or six. Those among the French are als) diminished in number, but the mortality is still much greater than our own. Preparations still go on for the'', great enterprise which occupies the attention of all. It is hardly disguised that the destination of this force is the Crimea, and that the blockade, if not the siege, of Sebastopol is what the allied commanders have in view. It is a bold thing to give an opinion in such a case, knowing as we do how diffident even a mili• tary man ought to be in forming a judgment unless he has served under the Duke in the late Penin sular war, but common conversation among those resident in the country seems to declare that the season is almost too far advanced for a regular siege, unless some means of success unknown to the world has been discovered by the Generals. However, even if this be so, it would be no slight thing to impede the preparations and mili tary works which are being pushed forward with such speed in the neighbourhood of the fortress. These are evident even to the unpractised eye, and created much sensation on the last visit of the Fury and Terrible to the mouth of the harbour. Stores of provisions, re-inforcements of men, supplies of clothing, ammunition and arms, are continually being added to the resources of the city, and every nerve is strained by the Russian Government to add to the security of the place whose fall would be the ruin of Russian influence in the East for many years. During the autumn months these efforts will be redoubled. The ice of the Baltic and the un fitness of the Polish plains for military movements will free Russia from the danger of an attack in her northern provinces, and will enable her to despatch even greater reinforcements to the southern seat of war. Not even the region of a Russian winter will prevent the addition of many thousand men to the Crimean army, and the strengthening of Se bastopol by works the skill of which cannot be denied. It is of great consequence, therefore, that the further preparations for attack should be im peded, if possible; and even though the stronghold should not fail until next spring, it would be no slight achievement to master the province by a short and brilliant autumn campaign, and for the expeditionary force to spend their first winter on the soil of a beaten enemy. The occupation of the Crimea may be the prelude to the fall of Se bastopol ; and if the views of the Commanders are limited to this achievement, success is cer tain ; but if a regular siege of this great fortress is attempted at such a season, the event may be more than doubtful. It would hardly be pru dent to trust our transports and their living freights to the mer cies of the Euxine up to the last moment when the sea is safe for the purposes of navigation, which is the middle of November, and if our splendid vessels are endangered by such a course, what must be he situation of the little French craft—puny brigs of 150 or 200 tons, fit only for the tabotage along the banks of the Chan nel. The French have no less than 380 of these boats collected at Varna, and iu fine weather it may be very well to string eight or nine of them together and tow them across the piece of sea which divides the Crimea from the Turkish plains, but that they will be fit for more stormy navigation no one believes. On the whole, however, without presuming either to promise or to prophecy, it was stated with con fidence that Sebastopol will be in the hands of the Allies before the summer of next year ; and it would be as well for the public to acquiesce in the j Lidgment of the skilful men at the head of the com bined army, and, should it be their opinion that the operation of the present year should be con fined to a land and sea blockade of the fortress, not to repine at the slow movement of affairs, nor to think that either inertness or treachery have any place in the counsels of their leaders, Ministerial or military. THE WAR IN ASIA. The last accounts from Asia say a great battle was expected under the walls of Kars, where the two armies, each 30,000 strong, were encamped within a league of each other. SWEDEN AND NORWAY. A lively discussion is going on in the Swedish and Norwegian papers on war or peace. The most influential journals in both countries openly and distinctly declare that it would be worse than mad ness to join the allies and make enormous sacrifices, unless on the fixed and well-understood condition that Russia shall be broken up, and Poland restored. Otherwise, as they very properly remark, even the transfer of Finland to Sweden would be a delusion and a snare. It would compel the Scandinavian countries to live in - an armed peace, which would exhaust every class, would make the Government a mere military despotism, and would eventually ruin the North altogether. But if this condition is to be complied with, if Russia is reduced to the dimensions she had in the time of Peter the Great, then every voice will eagerly be given for the holy campaign. FRANCE. The fete of his Majesty was celebrated with gre at pomp at Bayonne. Their Majesties were present at the Te Deum and afterwards went to the Mainie, amidst the acclamations of the people who were assembled in their passage. The Em peror afterwards reviewed the troops of the garri son. In the evening a display of fireworks took place on one of the bastions of the citadel, in such a position as to be seen from the chateau of- the Emperor. At night the town was illuminated. The inauguration of the works of- theVictorEm manuel Railway took place on the 7th inst. A fete was given on the occasion at Chamberry. The Archbishop delivered a speech in praise of modern inventions. A certain number of French share holders assisted 'at the fete. The Three per Cents. opened yesterday at 72f. 60c., and rose to 73f. 10c., the closing price for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a -Half per Cents. closed at 99f. 50c. ; and the New Loan, at 73f. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,201 f. 25c. ; Rouen, 975 f. ; Havre, 5661. 25c. ; Great Northern, 841 f. 25c. ; Strasburg, 790 f. New Shares, 626 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 958 f. 75c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 867 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 645 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 630 f. ; Great Central of France, 50If. 25c. ; Lyons and Geneva, 506 f. 25c. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 715 f. AUSTRIA- The Post-Ampt Gazette of Frankfort has the fol lowing from Vienna, of the 13th :—" In the con ferences which are about to take place, Austria will, above all, insist on the revision of the treaty of Konschonck-Kainardchi, the free navigation of the Danube, and the cessation of the Russian pro tectorate over the principalities and over the Chris tians of the East. The Cabinet will not enter o* any negotiations unless these points have been pre cedently conceded." A letter from Vienna of the 13th, in the Ham burg _News, says :—" The Conference of the Am bassadors has had a meeting to-day. Already, some days before, the representatives of the Powers had declared to Count Buol that they were pro vided with the instructions necessary to draw up a new protocol. It is asserted that the first question discussed is that of ascertaining to what point the evacuation of the princi palities, and the retreat of the Russians, can serve as a starting-point for new negotiations. It is said that the four powers are not agreed on that point. Austria agrees with the Western Powers as to the guarantees to be required from Russia, but as Prussia proposes to modify in favour of this latter the propositions made, everything seems to inti mate that the discussion will drag on, unless the Western Powers force the conference to come to a prompt decision by entering vigorously on the theatre of war. It is said that France and England are furnished with special powers. The relations between Prince Gortschakoff and our Cabinet have again become exceedingly active. M. d'Alvensle ben and Count d'.Arnim are present at the .confer ences which he has with the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The armaments are going on, but the march of troops for Transylvania, has been arrested." THE FIRE AT MESSRS. CUBITT'S, AT PIMLICO. The accounts published in yesterday's papers, owing to the late hour at which the fire commenced, convey but a faint idea of the amount of property reduced to ruins, independent of which from 500 to 600 men have been thrown out of employment, besides being bereft of their working tools—which alone will amount to several hundred pounds. The fire was discovered by two night watchmen, who perceived a flickering light on the top floor, used as a joiner's shop. The flames soon swept over the entire floor, and extended to the marble works. This was a building of four floors, including the base ment, about 80 feet wide, and of proportionate depth, fitted with costly machinery, and containing slabs of marble, ornaments, statuary, &c. So rapid was the work of destruction that in less than a quarter of an hour after the outbreak this building was on fire from the base to the roof. Owing to the scarcity of water only a few engines could be set to work. Information was therefore de spatched to Southwark-bridge for the aid of the powerful steam floating engine. By the time of its arrival the fire had gained possession of the whole extent of the joiners' shops, which were filled with goods, valued at many thousand pounds. In this part of the works there were from 13 to 18 bencheS, each being worth 3001. From this point the flames rushed into the painters and glaziers' workshops. Their destruction was followed by that of a large building filled with prepared work of im mense value, amongst which was the ornamental flooring for Buckingham Palace, which had taken upwards of a year to finish. The costly fittings for Albert House, Hyde-park, were also in this building, and the entire contents of the place have been consumed. The plasterers' model shops, containing some of the finest specimens in that art, were partially situated under the joiners' houses, and the floor in that part has not given way ; there is, therefore, some grounds for con cluding that the costly articles will be saved, with the exception of the damage which must necessarily take place from water. Every attempt was made to prevent the flames from reaching the engineer works, but without the least suc cess, and at length this building, which was only two floors high, but nearly 100 feet long, became also wrapped in flames. In this part of the premises were machinery of every description used in the business, including a moulding-machine, which cost over 4,000/. ; a valuable stocking machine, for cutting stocks in wheels ; planing-machine, for planing steel and iron ; surface-lathes, for grinding surfaces to plates of iron and steel ; vaaious lathes and drilling-machines, which alone cost, it is stated, nearly 80,0001. Besides which there was a vast quantity of work in the different shops, including some travelling steam-engines, just finished. The whole of this expensive stock of machinery was subjected to the greatest heat for hours. It is, there fore, feared that it will never be able to be called into use again. The powerful floating engine, and as many land en gines as could be supplied with water, were kept at work the whole of the night, and throughout yesterday, and even at 8 o'clock last evening there still remained a considerable body of flame in the ruins. Notwithstanding the heavy loss, from 50,0001. to 80,0001., the only insurances effected upon the property was 3,0001. in the West of England on the building, and 3,0001. on the stock in the open yard. There was also lan insurance of 4,0001. in the Landon office, making a total of 10,0001. only, not one-twelfth part of the actual loss. OFFICIAL REPORT. The following is the official report : " Thames-bank, Pimlico. —Called by police to a fire in the premises of Mr. Thomas Cubitt, builder, &c. Cause of fire unknown. Contents and buildings insured in the London and West of England Fire•of&ce. The fire was extinguished by firemen with engines of the establishment, viz. :-1 of A, 4 of B, 4 of C, 1 of D, districts of the establishment, and the steam float, with 1 private engine, and that of the West of England office. " The painters', plumbers', and glaziers' workshops destroyed, and the contents consumed. " The masons', the sawing, and cutting out shops burned out. "The engineers' shops, burned out. "The joiners' workshops and their contents, burned out. " The ironmongery and general storeshop also de stroyed. "The offices and plasterers' shops seriously damaged by fire, and greater part of roof burned off the forging shop. " The length of premises destroyed was about 380 feet long and between 65 and 80 feet deep. " The water to supply the land engines was furnished by the Chelsea Company." ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. MALDON. DECLARATION OF THE POLL. The mayor, shortly after five o'clock yesterday, de clared the result of the poll which had taken place during the day. It was as follows : Mr. G. M. W. Peacocke (Conservative) 406 Mr. J. Bramley Moore (Conservative) 399 Mr. T. B. Lennard (Liberal) Mr. T. Mac Enteer (Liberal) Mr. Quintin Dick (Conservative) _ __ _ _ _ _ _ Mr. Peacocke, Q.C., and Mr. J. Bramley Moore were declared duly elected. The two successful candidates thanked the electors for the honour conferred upon them. BARNSTAPLE. CLOSE OF THE POLL. Laurie Guinness Tite ~ 333 323 . 286 CAMBRIDGE. Adair Mowatt Maidstone Slade ... 758 ... 733 .. 708 ... 696 HULL. THE NOMINATION. The nomination, of candidates for the borough of Hull took place yesterday (Thursday). The proceedings were gone through amidst unusual order. Mr. B. M. Jolland proposed William Henry Watson, Esq., and was seconded by Mr. B. J. Thompson. Mr. Thomas Ward proposed, and Mr. A. Bannister seconded S. A. Dickson, Esq., as a c4ndidate. Mr. Henry Blundell then Game forward and proposed Wm. Dighy Seymour, Esq., which was seconded by Mr. Gresham. The candidates having. addressed the electors, the sheriff declared the show of hands to be in favour of M ess rs. Watson and Seymour, when a poll being de manded for Mr. Dickson, it was fixed for this day. CANTERBURY. The nomination took place yeAterday in the cattle market, where temporary hustings had been erected, the rain descending in torrents the greater portion of the time. The usual formalities having been gone through, Mr. H. KINGSFORD, solicitor, proposed the Hon. Charles Lennox Butler (brother of the late member, the Hon. Butler Johnston) as a fit and proper person to represent the constituency in Parliament. Mr. H. AUSTIN seconded the nomination. Mr. W. J. COOPER surgeon, proposed the Right Hon. Sir W. Somerville as a fit and proper person. Mr. Alderman 13i:toes seconded the nomination. Mr. T. W. COLLARD, surveyor, nominated Mr. Chas. Manners Lushington. Mr. GAMBIER, builder, seconded the nomination. Mr. C. SANDYS, solicitor, ,nominated Mr. Edward Auchmuty Glover. Mr. H. BIRD, auctioneer, seconded the nomination. Mr. ROOTHAM, Dissenting preacher, nominated Mr. Charles Purton Cooper, Q.C. Mr. HARRIS, chymist, seconded the nomination. The several candidates having addressed the electors, The SHERIFF called for a show of hands, which be declared to be in favour of Sir W. Somerville and Mr. Auchmuty Glover. The friends of the other candidates then demanded a poll, which opens this morning, at 8 o'clock. The Hon. George Smythe withdrew from the contest on Wednesday evening. The Royal West.lndia Mail steamer Tamar left South amp-ton yesterday with the West India and Pacific mails. The Peninsular aed Oriental Company's steamer Madrid left Southampton also yesterday with the Peninsular mail};: — Just before she started Her Majesty's steam yacht Fiiry arrived in the dock with letters for the Portuguese royal family. A small steamer left Southampton yesterday! with passengers and cargo to ship on board the screw steamer Brandon in Cowes Roads. The Brandon has been chartered as an extra ship by Messrs. Croskey and Co., of Southampton, to convey to New York the French goods for America, which accumulated in Havre. The Brandon was crammed full of cargo and passengers. She took out also a number of rams, ewes, and lambs of the Cotswold breed for breeding purposes in America. The Indiana, another extra screw steamer running between Havre, Cowes, and New York, was to leave the latter place on 'the 9th inst. She belongs to the General Screw Com pany, who are about to alter their vessels for the purpose of enabling them to carry more passengers to America. CHEAPER PAPER.—The Long Island Vindicator says :—" Dr. Antisel has invented a pulp, which, in its raw state, will not cost more than about one-sixth of a cent. per pound, and by the aid of a machine invented by Mr. Nolan, can be brought into market, made into paper, at a cost of about four cents, per pound. Paper at present costs about 16 cents., so that the value of the invention can once be seen. The material from which this pulp is manufactured will flourish and grow abundantly in ground that is at present useless to the farmer, and here, too, the com munity will be the gainers. We have seen and examined specimens of the pulp, and have no hesitation in pro nouncing it just the thin g wan t e d. It is as white and clear as the most clearly bl eac h e d co tton, and is capab le of the most delicate tint. The harslineqs and trans parency of the straw paper is not to be found in it, while it is capable of the hi g h es t fi n i s h, maintaining all the pliancy and toughness of the pure linen rago.". Litztl4.ii ET NEW 8-(T HIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. A very moderate supply of English wheat was on sale in to-clay's market, yet, as the attendance of both town and country buyers was rather limited, the amount of business doing in all kinds was confined to immediate wants, at Monday's currency. There was rather more firmness in the sale for foreign wheat, but we have no imprcvement to notice in its value. The imports have been small. Floating cargoes were neglected. Barley met a dull inquiry, at Monday's decline in value. The malt trade was dull, and the quotations had a downward tendency. There was more firmness in the oat trade, at full prices. Beans, peas, and flour commanded very little attention, on former terms. The imports of the latter continue small. AItRIVA.L4 TIIIB WHEN. Malt. I Oats. I Flour. 3,390 750 4lO 1,560 3,528 300 sks 3, 180brl -IENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Aug. 17, 1854, made up Prom the Returns of tie Inspectors In the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. I RYE. BEANS. 1 PEAS. 62s 3d 34s Si 23s lid i 40s lid' 45s 01 43s 6d THE SIX WEEK& AVERAGE. WHEAT. , BARLIa 1 BEANS. . Os 111 i 363 2d 2:,s 10d 463 RYE I PEAS 2d 47s 8d 45s :d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Is WHEAT Od I . I BARLEY Od . I is OAT Od S. I Is RYE Od . 1 BE IsANSOd . I PEAS. sls Od QUA CTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 33,860; Barley, 1,805; Oats, 4,180 ; Rye, 33 ; Beans, 1,949; Peas, 210 quarters. F./11110i .. Irish Foreign .. Wheat. 1 Barley. 930 ' 40 4, 1 ;23 1 2,010 SMITHFIELD. We were fairly supplied with beasts in to-day's market. All breeds moved off steadily, at an advance in the prices of Monday of 2d per 81bs. Sheep—the show of which was moderate—were in steady request, and the quotations were well supported. There was a slow inquiry for lambs, but we have no change to notice in their value. Calves were in good supply and heavy request, at Monday's decline. Scarcely any business was doing in runs. Mach cows sold slowly, at from 144 to 1.3 l each, inclnd• ing their small calf. Per Slbs to all s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 8 Second quality.... 3 10 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 Prime Scots, dm. 410 5 0, Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 Second quality ...3 1 , ) 4 0 1 Prime crse.-wlled.4 2 4 8 Lambs.... TOTAL SUPPLT. ►k the offals. e. d. s. d 'Prime Southdown 410 5 0 Large crse. calves 3 0 3 8 Prime small do._ 310 4 4 Large hogs 3 0 4 It Small porkers 4 4 4 8 Sucklingcalves ..22 0 29 0 Quarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 4s 2d to 5s 4d. Beasts .. • • .............. 1,040 Sheep ..• •• .... —lO,OOO Calves 740 Pigs .. ....•........... 420 FOREIGN SUPPLY. 8ea5t5......... ...•.., • 372 Sheep ....•• .• .. •• .• ...... 715 Ca1ve5..........•.......•• 650 Plgs•••• •••• .• •• •• •••• •• .. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. We had a moderate sale for each. kind of meat, on the following terms : Per 81bs by the carcase. d. s. d. I s. d. 0. d. Beef; interior 3 2 3 4 Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 6 Do., middling 3 6 3 8 I Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Do., prime large .3 10 4 2 Do., prime 4 4 4 8 Do., do. small ....4 4 4 6 , Veal 2 10 4 2 Pork, large 3 2 4 0 Pork, small 4 2 4 8 _ _ _ _ _ Lamb 4s Oct to 5s 2.3. BOROUGH HOP. The plantation accounts being rather more favourable, the duty is called 70,000/. Our market is very inactive, and the quotations are almost nominal. This week's imports aro 95 bales from Ostend, 16 from Antwerp, 16 from Dun kirk, 69 from Rotterdam, 490 from Hs mburgh, and 3 from Limerick. Mid and East Kent pockets, 12/. Os to 161. Os; Weald of Kent ditto, 11/. Os to kV. 10s ; Sussex ditto, 111. Os to D.% 13s per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—Steady prices have in most instances been ob tAined, but the dealings have not been extensive. British plantation went at former rates, viz., Barbadoes at 32s to 335, and crystalised, Demerara crystalised at 335 to 41s. East India—Penang has been quieter ' - mid to fine brown realised 27s 6d to 294, low to fi ne so ft brown 275 to 294 6d. ord to fine yellow 29s 63 to 34s 6d, and low to mid bright soft yellow 29s 6d to 32s 6d. Mauritius, early in the week, was active, and brought 31s 6d to 37s for low to fine yellow. 26s 0.1 to 31s for brown, 255 to 28s for very ord, 29s to 358 6d for low to fine refining, and 40s to 40s 6d for grainy yellow. Foreign—Porto Rico has been held at 31s for brown, and at 3.s to 36s 6d for low grey to good pale yellow grocery r since, however, low grey to fine yellow has been sold at 33s to 39s 6d, yellow Havannah was taken in at 38s to 38s 6d for fine, at 35s to 37s for mid and good, and at 33s to 34s 6d for low, but low to fine yellow sold at 32s to 38s 6d. Bahia has realised steady rates : mid grey to fine white 36s to 3956 d, and low dark grey 35s to 365, good soft greyish white Pernambuco brought 38s, being full value. Ord to good brown Paracha was taken in at 23* to 31s, and low to good yellow Cuba at 31s to 365. St. Croix mid grey to fine yellow sold at 36s to 39s 6d per cwt. COFFEE—Very, little has been offered publicly. Planta tion Ceylon realised 57s to 60s for mid to good bold colory, 54s to 56s 6d for fine ord small to low mid, 64s to 65s 6d for peaberry, and 33s to 54s for triage. Native Ceylon went at 45s for good ord. Costa Rica is cheaper, good and fine selling at 60s to 75s ; and Madras at 453 d for ord Neilgberry went at 56s to 608, for fine ord pale to mid bold colory, and 50* to 54s for fine ord foxy. RlCE.—This article has been very dull, but no material change in prices had occurred. Pinky Madras realised 10a to 10s 6‘.1. SPICES.—White pepper has been taken in at 7id ° • Ja. maica ginger sold at 43s to 60s; Calcutta very fine at 61. 12s to 71.; and African at 21s. TEA.—The public sales have progressed steadily. COCHINEAL.—Prices have been firmer. Rum.—The market is firm. Proof Leewards 2s to 2s 3d per gallon. COTTON.—Very little has been done at previous rates. SALTPETRE— Transactions have been limited, but firm rates h- ve been current. Refraction, 6i to 82 per cent., was taken in at 27s 6d to 28s per cwt. TALLOW,—The market is steady at 67s 3d to 67s 6d per cwt. on the spot. GREEN FRlllT.—Lemons are scarce and likely to con tinue, the supplies being more than usually short from all quarters. A small parcel, per Lusitania, from Lisbon, vie , Liverpool, sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, realised an advance of 5s per box upon the price of last sale. Accounts from Lisbon, per Gannet, under date of 3d August, state " that it is truly lamentable to see the grape disease so extensive, the black grapes are now ell burst and the leaves all shrivelled." LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. 18.—Wind this day at Noon, N.W.; 132°4 derate breaze, and cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 17.—Wind, N.W. Sailed-- Tamar (s), for the West Indies. DOVER, Aug. 17.—Wind, N. W. to W. Arrived—S w perior, from London, for Genoa; crew sick, and one mal l dead. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 17.—Wind, N.E. Arrived ert Grove, from Quebec. FALMOUTH, Aug. 17.—Tne Luna, from London to Hobart Town, took the ground on St. Maw's Bank, bu t came off and proceeded. Arrived—James Drake, from Matanzas • Minerva, Rio Grande. for COWES, ' Aug. 17. —Wind, W. Sailed—Brandon (s), New York. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 17.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Leader' from Lla.nelly, for London, with bows stove in from colli er —Gold sion with the Pearl (schooner), of St. Ives. Arrivod -- SUNDERLAND, Aug. 17.—Wind, Auckland, from Quebec. Miraan i chi. SHIELDS, Aug. 17.—Wind, N. Arrived—Jarrow, from HULL, Aug. 17.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Sartells, fr°lll Rich ibucto. POOLE, Aug. 17.—Sailed—Angler, from Newfound's? l• MILFORD, Aug. 17. - Wind, W. Arrived—Econ omia '' , from Quebec. Bytes, SALCoMEE, Aug. 17.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived — from Porto Bic°. , . SLIGO, Aug. 16.—Wind, Arrived from Quebec. -Zonduno (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday, 10.30 kg. Wind, W.N.W. ; light, and fine. Arrived—Parag on , Consul, and Constantinopl e, Quebec ; Bord eaux , from Beyrout ; Arab, Trieste ; Zllen• Norway; Andes, Pictou ; Prince A r thur, Pugivash. Off Port—Exc e lsi or , Princess Alice, and Christian- Sailed—Pizarrop for Valparaiso; Globe, Charleston ; Boston; Providence an d D a ring, Vera Cruz; Mariner Shanghai and Frances Secor, .New York; i' e t Netu ll Buenos Ayres; Nahalennia, Batavia. frogi (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 11.5 a.m. Wind, N.W. ; tide, 1 hour ebb ; fine. Arrived, 17t4 —London, from Akyab ; Freedom, Jersey Arrived, rsey North Star, Sangunay ; Venice, Charente ; Jane Moulmein ; Caroline, Callao. ROYAL ITALIAN OFERA.—The proceedings of this theatre were terminated for the season, by a concert last night for the , benefit of Mr. Harris, the able and respected stage manager. It was an excellent and successful entertainment. The principal singers of the establishment, Mdlle. Bosio, Mdlle. Didi6e, Marai, Signors Tamberlik, Luchesi, Tagliafico, Stigelli, Polonini, and Zelger contributed their talents, and the magnificent orchestra was in full force, conducted by Mr. Alfred Mellon. The programme, of cour se was made up of airs, duets, and concerted vocal piece from the favourite operas belonging to the re pertoire of the theatre, with seve ral overtures and ma rche B performed by the orchestra. There was only one novelt' —the appearance of a Signor Robbio, a violinist, vib° calls himself a pupil of Paganini, and who succeeded in burlesquing most outrageously the peculiarities and leger tness demain tricks which really detracted from the grea of the most expressive and p owerful violinist that ever existed. M. Robbio's solos were medleys of uncouth and ridiculous noises, as unmusical as can well be imagine d but they were sometim es ver y f unn y , and p eople laughed and applauded accordingly. The theatre was exceedingly well filled, considering the period of the season. SURREY ZOOLOGI CAL GARDENS.—The first llollynoce. and Miscellaneous Flower Show ever held in August will take place at the Surrey Zoological Gardens on Tuesday next, the 22d inst., and from the n umber of em i nen t growers who have entered their name s as exhi' bitors, it will eclipse all former shows. The London T empera nce League having arranged for the Garden°, after this season , in all p ro b abili ty this will be the /as' show but one that wi l l' ever take plac e in the Gardens. The band of the 2d Life Guards will attend, and we have no doubt the show will be attractive beyond 41 former precedent. THE ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH LONDON RA ILWAY. --An inquest was commenced yesterday before idr- Wakley, at the New Crown Tavern, Ball's-pond, ' sling ' ton, respecting the death of John Allen, engine-driver on the above line, which occurred under circumstance° already stated. It appeared, however, that one of the principal witnesses in the case was too much injured to attend, and the inquest was therefore aejourned. Ur* Paine, solicitor to the company, said that they wer e anxious to have a full investigation of t - he *0110 4 4- 91 - 2g connected with the accident. :~. ;. .~~ ~ ~ 4 ,) •