The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-26 00:00:00

. r •;EAST INDIA :ROUE; 2.sTir OCT., ISM- E _COtu t • of DIRECTORS of the EAST w3' E! COXPANT do hereby glee Notice, that a QUAR ,,TERL'y ;GEC in COURT of the said Company will be held at their Hortact #n Le.idenhall-etreet, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th De cember next, at Eleyen o'clock in the Forenoon. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, 2.sTif OcT., 1854. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, that the Transfer Books of the said Company's Stock will be shut on THURSDAY. the 7th of December nest, at Three o'clock, and opened again on TUESDAY, the 16th of January, 18.55. That the Warrants for the Dividends on the said Stock, payable on SATURDAY, the 6th January, 1855, under the 11th section of the Act 3d and 4th, William 4th, cap. 85, will be ready to be delivered on that day. JAMES C. IiELVILLE, Secretary. THEATRE ROYAL ILAYMARICET. Under the management et Mr. B1101(.0°110. THIS EVENING, OCT. 2 Will be performed THE IRISH AMBASSADOR. Characters by Iteaara. Hudson, Chippendale, mere. Rogers, and Cullentord ; kiss Reynolds and Mrs. Buckingham. To be followed by THE SPIT ALFIELDS WEAVER. panel. Pal character by Mr. Wright. After which, the First Part of the Ballet of THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA, To which will be added DEAF AS A POST. To conclude with the FLOWER OF THE PORT. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cs,►aras KEAN. THIS EVENING. OCT. 26, win be performed the highly popular comedietta, entitled LIVING TOO FAST. After which (`or the first time this season), THE CORSICAN BROTHERs. Principal eharacter by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Ocr. 26, Will be performed an original Drama in Polar Acta, called THE SUMMER STORM, with new scenery, dresses, appointments, E 4 7. After which, A MOVING TALE. To conclude with the screening Burieeque of NORMA. ROYAL OLYMPIC TREk TRE Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Ocr. 26, Will be performed THE TRII4TEE. Cbaractors by Messrs. A. Wigan, F. Vining, Emery, and Leslie; Miss Maskel , , and Miss Stephens. To be followed by a Farce, caled 1 BLIGHTED BEING, in which Air. Ilobson will appear. To conclade with TO OBLIGE BENSON. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lwsee Mr. F. W. Al!croft. Tills EVENING, OCT. 26, Will be performel SUNSET AT SEA. After whiO, THE NEW WAGS OF WINDSOR. To conclude with DON GIOVANNI. 'ltalia, 43.; Boxes, 2s. Gd.; Pit, 14.; Gallery, Ga.; Private Bova SI is., to be had of 32. r. Aileron. lb, New Boal-stroet. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITH7ZATftE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Tremendous success of the new WAR SPECTACLE! which has been received wits► the mi st enthusiastic expression of admiration, and accompanied by tumultuous applause. THIS EYENING, 4th Time, a GRAND MILITARY SPECTACLE, called THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA, in which both the Stage and the Ring will be simultaneously employed. After which, the SCENES in tha CIRCLE. To conclude with a SUPERB NATIONAL ENTREE and a ♦ariety Of Grand Tableaus. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. 11. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. Wm. Cooke, Jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. • nut Dix —Morning 20 min.after 4 1 Evening 40 arin.aft. 4 To otx.,w Morning 4 min.after 5 1 Evening 27 rnin.ah- 5 ttr. WEATHEIL—SUN 017102, *cr. 20. TIIERMOMETER, IN THIS .SNADE. 50 -highest since noon yesterday. 40 —lowest this morning and during the night. 51 -this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'72—an extraordinary rise of nearly it of an inch since last night. WIND, light and variable, S.W. to W.N.W., with clouds and sunshine. THE "COMING" CAPTURE SEBASTOPOL WILL BE PUBLISHED IN AN EXTRAORDINARY DIT I O N "THE SUN' THE MOMENT THE EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE IS ISSUED, TOGETHER WITH A LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED Orders received by all News Agents, and at " THE SUN" OFFICE, 112, Strand, London. 4..43 4 1. 1/4„'• •\ ~~jAAjjj~~lAAl~~~~~~ VVV~~ LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1854. In our impression of yesterday we extracted from the second edition of the Morning Post tele graphic despatches from St. Petersburg, to the effect that on the 17th the Allies had at length opened their fire, that the bombardment lasted the entire day, and that the garrison had 500 killed and wounded, amongst whom was Admiral KORNILOFF, who was stated to have been killed on the 18th. By way of Vienna, it was also stated that the bombardment had commenced on the 16th. As we are deprived of any reliable infor mation through the culpable laches of our own Government, we must, it appears, be contented with receiving quantum va/eat that which is ob tained. from Russian sources. It is quite obvious that if similar activity were exhibited on our own ede we might have trustworthy tidings from the seat of war, in London and Paris, just as early as it could be obtained at St. Peters burg. Unfortunately, however, it would Seem as if everything in this country 1 1 were to be left to "private enterprise"—that the authorities expected another subscription to be opened for the purpose of expediting communica tions with the Crimea. If individuals are to sup ply the omissions and backslidings of the authori ties by providing from their own private resources nurse s and medical comforts, and even chaplains for the sick and wounded soldiers, we may rea sonably anticipate that our postal communications will in like manner be neglected until a fund be obtained by -voluntary contributions to provide for the culpable deficiencies. Possibly we may be asked in a short time to send out Generals and Admirals not so much given to procrastination as those nominated by the Government, and that the thanks of the War Minister ay be given to those who come f orward in such m a cause ! E . we are obliged to re ce i ve every portion of intelligence with distrust—if its probability must be can vassed in the first i nstance and „lnd time opportunity be afforded to speculators on the Stock Ex c hange to enormous p ro fi ts at the expense of the community, we must be ventented with attributing the evil to those justly responi,ib:e, and con:•3i,leri)g that we have only to thank our " red-tape" system for the untoward -:: We may, in the prescnt instance, lend an easy credence to the statement that the bombardment Ilad actually comnlinccd on the l'itli inst. It is a: fact which tlle Russians would, if possible, deny ; and when it Las been acknowledged by their 6ftcial organs it has received "confirmation strong as_ proofs o f H e ly Writ." We may also believe that at least 500 Russians were placed "hors de THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTORIM 26 1(464. Officers and men were in good health and condi tion for the arduous duties they had still to accomplish. There bad been no sickness worth speaking of on board. The previous winter had been comparatively mild, and game was obtained to such an extent as to materially improve the regular diet of all the men as well as officers. But much may occur within three years, and it will be nearly that time from the date of the last communication before assistance can be afforded to the adventurous seamen. The casualties that may occur during these three winters must be provided for ; and, as Sir EDWARD BRLOUEIER came home without ascertaining the position of the Enterprise or her crew, we must supply the defi ciency to the best of our ability. But, in addition to this powerful motive, we must recollect that the fate of nearly one hundred of thosr i engaged in Sir JOHN FRANKLIN'S expedition. is still unknown. There were 138 men (offices and crews) borne on the books of the ill-fated vessels. Only forty, or thereabouts, were seen travelling by the Esquimaux ; and it is by no means impro bable that those who survived the loss of their ships might have separated into two or more divisions, who would pursue different routes. Many reasons might induce them to adopt such a determination. The scantiness of game, which could not be found in sufficient quantities to sup port the whole number, might lead them to scatter in its pursuit. Besides, they might naturally look forward to assistance from home ; and the more widely they were distributed the greater the prospect of meeting some of those charged with the much-required succours. Any one who met the relieving party would set them on the trail of the others, so that all would be assisted in their dire extremity. Any expense and labour that could be incurred would be am ply recompensed, if only a single man of the ad venturous body were restored to his disconsolate friends, and it is not impossible that some one or more might have received shelter and protection from the neighbouring tribes. Besides, of the party actually seen, it is at least possible that some survived and joined a wander ing party of Esquimaux. Forty were seen travel ling southward over the ic6 at the time they pur chased the small seal from the natives. Only thirty-five bodies were discovered, thirty on the mainland, and five on the small island. What, then, became of the remaining five ? This is, in deed, an important and an interesting point. That they, or some of them, survived the period of extreme destitution, is established by the fact that " shots were heard, and fresh bones and feathers of geese were noticed near the scene of the sad event." With " abundance of ammuni tion," these men could have recruited their strength and maintained themselves during the summer, and they might very possibly have fallen in with natives who would render them aid in re turn for their services. Besides, there are the books, possibly journals, and other articles, which Dr. RAE thinks might certainly be recovered, and which alone would repay the expenses of the search. An expedition should therefore be or ganised to start at the earliest possible moment, and be provided with every requisite for insuring the assistance of the natives, so as to ascertain all the details, and dispel the mists in which this truly deplorable transaction is still involved. Sir Joust TROLLOPS has verified by personal observations abroad what we aiS'erted from the best information obtained at home—that the Cousins Royal of Germany are not Germany. The worthy baronet has been traversing the land of the Austrians and Prussians, and other smaller do mains besides, and he returns with a heartier love of his native land and her Constitutional Govern meat ; and Conservative as he is, member of a DERBY Government as he was, and would like to be again, what must he do but lecture the yeo manry of Lincolnshire on the blessings of a Go vernment which must obey the will of the people, and on the duty of the Allies to resuscitate Poland? What would CASTLEREkOJI have thought of such Toryisin and such Tory foreign policy. If the Whigs do not move on the Tories will certainly do more than tread on their heels : they will trip them up. He was quite indignant to find intelligent Germans declaring to him that their rulers were one thing and the people another ; that the former passed for Germany, and being married to Russia, and bought many of them by Russian gold, placed Germany before Europe in its present dishonour able position ; but that the people, the real Germany, were all hearty for the Allies against the CZAR. It is gratifying to notice the liberalising effect of the actual sight of despotism and suppression of popular opinion upon our honest English-hearted Tories. Sir JOHN comes home from it to elicit democratic cheers from Lincolnshire farmers, and to denounce the rulers who govern by armies in opposition to the will of their subjects. We incline to think some Members of our Cabinet, presuming of course that, like Sir JOHN, they are sound Englishmen at the bottom, might take a few weeks' schooling in the houses of Prussia and Austria with advantage. They, too, might learn that Prussia and Austria ought not to be dealt with as represented by FREDERICK WILLIAM and FRANCIS JOSEPH ; and that a policy which should compel those Royal worthies to do their duty to their subjects and to would carry both those countries with it. But there was no part of Sir JOHN'S remarks which-was more enthusiastically cheered than his demand that Poland should be restored and con stituted the Eastern barrier of Europe. Think of the " agricultural mind" responding with loud cheers to such a proposal. It would have done good to the heart of Prince CZARTORYSKI to have sat beside Sir JOHN, and to have heard those cheers of the English farmers. He would have thought it an omen for good indeed. He may have supposed that English towns were gene rally hearty enough in the cause of his nation, but to have seen how easy it was to touch the hearts of our country population with the same theme, would have drawn from him the language of ENEAS when he beheld his coun try's calamities depicted on the tapestry of Car thage. He must see that his words are now verifying themselves everywhere. Even the European journal has deigned to advert to the subject, though with an intimation of the ignorance of those who are unappalled by its difficulty. To the same journal, however, Russian granite was but the other day an equal difficulty. The Trea sury journal, however, comes out with it as the safest policy for Austria to proclaim Polish na tionality, and to restore its Constitution to Hun gary. The former would indeed be a less bitter draught for Austrian pride than the latter. Her traditions are rather in its favour than otherwise. MARIA THERESA was, as is well known, au unwil ling accomplice in the first dismemberment of Poland ; and Austria, if forced into a war with Rti ß ss i i i ;to, to r g the ile way could,,re resuscitation uwithoutsctio n of Poland. ita wou ncl her pride, de clare to Hunga r y a ft er h av i ng f or centuries endeavoured to subvert its liberties by fraud, and having succeeded at last by the down right treason of calling in a foreign sword, and basely murdering her noble rariots, would be much more humiliating ; it would he to ratify the verdict of Hungary, indeed of all civilisation, on the baseness of supplicating help from the Czar:. against freemen, and on the cowardly and cruel murders of Arad. Probably, the certainty that Poland restored must be followed by concession to Hungary will deter Austria more than anything else from entertaining the question. The former might be represented as a magnanimous and Euro- peau policy ; but the latter would be a mortifying concession to those whom she has wronged but too deeply, and that after they had generously spared her in the hour of triumph. FRANCIS JOSEPH can never forget that, in all military honour, he should be the vassal of Hungary rather than its oppressor. History he knows will write him possessor of the throne by the most degrading of methods—that of calling in foreigners to put him on it, while it will assign equal honour to the Hungarian generals and Governor. Hard will it be for him to give back the gains of his perfidy. We confess, however, we begin to have some hopes of what this selfish and dastardly Power may be driven to. The lord of the Cossacks and Calmucks -would seem to be getting really angry with his servile old friend. We know, indeed, how siaspicious any diplomatic language must be, nor Ilhould we think much of any appearances but these which are too costly to be mere appearances. Tut it must be owned that the movements of the Russian troops towards the Austrian frontiers and Warsaw—and that, too, when the operations of the Allies are directed, and likely to be so, to quite other fields—does look as if the CZAR in , tended to intimidate Austria, and something more perhaps. While pursuing an undisguisedly selfish course throughout, Austria has yet managed to affront the relentless NionoLas most deeply. She was obliged to promise to keep Russian troops out of the Principalities after they were out, or she would not been let in to them, not even by our English Ambassador. This affront she tried to smooth by not even appearing to try to drive them out. Unluckily, however, she was unable to refuse permission to the Allies to operate against Russia in the Principalities, for they choose to do it whether she liked or not. She became, there fore, sorely against her will, a covert to the Allied flank for any operation against Bessarabia. Upon this followed the affront of the over-hasty congra tulations on the Victory of the Alma "and its con sequences." Can the enraged despot of St. Peters burg ever forgive that insult in the face of all Europe ? Austria herself seems now to feel that she is to a great extent committed, and it may be that she has real cause to dread an attack at the season when the Allies can render berlittle or no aid, and that will, of course, be the time of Poland's hope. Austria may counterwork any designs of Russia to raise the Hungarians, by hoisting the standard of Polish Independence; and if she could bring herself to do frank justice at the same time to Hungary, Russia would be completely para lysed. Not a Polish soldier in her legions could then be trusted ; not a portion of her territory could be left without soldiers, while Hungary would be a source of strength to Austria instead of weakness. NICHOLAS, in a word, must keep at home. With the return of spring he would have other work to do than to trouble Austria. From Finland to Prussian Poland in the Baltic, and from Bessarabia to Georgia in the South, he will have full occupation for every soldier ; and moneyless and shipless, he will have to watch as he best can the attacks of enemies who can land any shore in his domi n i ons . their troops at w ill o n All Europe is now aware that permanent safety against Russia is identical with the restoration of Poland. LATEST NEWS. BOMBARDMENT OF SEBAS TOPOL PARIS, THURSDAY MORNING, The Moniteur contains a despatch from General Canrobert stating that the trenches were opened on th• night of the 9th, and that by the 15th he hoped to have 66 guns in position. Since the 10th • a sharp cannonade had been sustained declared that he will invariably maintain the prin ciples set forth in the note of the 30th ult." PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Oct. 23.—Reports have gone the roupd of German and other journals of the Allied Govern ments having recently sent in a note of a " menac ing character to this Cabinet. There is not a word of truth in this assertion. It may be affirmed, without possibility of contradiction, that the two great Cabinetft have for a length of time ab stained from all direct political communication with this Government upon the great and all-ab sorbing question of the day, and that in whatever rare interviews Lord Augustus Loftus and M. de Moustier may have bad with Baron von Man teuffel, or with the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, little or no allusion is made to that question. M. de Manteuffel's Cabinet has adopted, and will probably adhere doggedly (if the expression be per -itted) to a given line. Argument and remonstrance have been and would be thrown away. Her Majesty's charge d'affaires and Lord Clarendon are fully alive to this fact, and it is to be presumed that the French envoy and Foreign Minister must enter tain the same conviction. The clay may come, and probably will come, when both France and England may deem it requisite to raise their voice and call for categorical explanations. But the times are not yet ripe, and " menace" of any kind would be out of season, impolitic, and even undi gn ifi e d. Count Esterhazy is expected back to-morrow, and will probably be the bearer of the Austrian re ply to the Prussian despatch of the 13th. A letter from Vienna, in the National of this evening, gives us to understand that an arrange ment between Austria and Prussia is not impro bable, and that both Governments are disposed, or have resolved, to address an ultimatum to St. Pe tersburg, which, if assented to, will insure the neutrality of Austria. Such is the interpretation of the National. " Baron de Budberg, the Russiam Ambassador at Berlin, will," says the Zeit of that city, " pro ceed in a few days to Warsaw to see the Emperor of Russia, who is expected there." RUSSIA. MARCH OF THE RUSSIAN GUARDS. A letter from St. Petersburg thus describes the last ceremony in which the Czar figured in public : —" The reserve of the Imperial Guard, composed of 30,000 men, has just been placed on a war foot ing. The Emperor has reviewed them, and has availed himself of the opportunity to bless, at the head of his troops, th e t wo G rand Dukes Michael and Nicho'as, who, it is said, are to join the active army. The benediction took place with much pomp. The two Grand Dukes went on their knees to receive it, and all the troops also knelt." A despatch of the 23d states that the Czar's eldest son, the Grand Duke Alexander, had left St. Petersburg to j' in the guards on their march to Warsaw, their now head-quarters. The Journal de St. Petersbourg, of the 15th, an nounces that by an ukase Prince Menschikoff is appointed Commander-in-Chief and Governor of all the Imperial forces in the Crimea. The same ukase appoints General Tcheodjeff, hitherto com manding the 6th corps, to the command of all re serve infantry troops - and gives the 6th corps t o General Prince Gortschakoff 111., a brother of the hero of the Danube. We read in the Corriere Italian° of Vienna, of the 21st :—" Letters from St. Petersburg state that the relations between Count V. Esterhazy and the Russian Cabinet become every day colder. It is known that Austria is, though not the declared enemy, the adversary of Russian policy. An in: significant formality alone prevents a formal rup ture between Russia and Austria, and for a long time Count Esterhazy has, by the restriction of relations to official etiquette, been made to feel the rupture is approaching." *combat" during the first day, and that Admiral KORNILOFF was one of the slain. But there we must stop ; and as to the other details, as well as the " embellishments" respecting " the fire being feeble on the land side," or " the fortifications towards the sea having suffered very little," WO must totally disregard them, and patiently await the time when authentic news can be obtained from our own Generals, or rather from the correspondents of the different journals, who, notwithstanding the discouragement they receive from the authorities, fearlessly and effi ciently discharge their onerous and important duties. The withholding the last despatches of Lord RAGLAN, which arrived on Sunday last at the War-office, proves, beyond the possibility of doubt, the manner in which the public would be treated and the natural anxiety of the people disregarded, if we were wholly dependent for in formation on the scraps doled forth from the War-office--" the crumbs that might be suffered to fall from the official table." We may also the more freely believe the opening of the fire on the 17th, inasmuch as we already know that on the 13th everything was in readiness on the English side, and that our Allies would shortly be prepared to follow suit. On that day "the Allies were within 700 metres of Sebasto pol," and " the English batteries were ready, though still masked, as the French were not suf ficiently advanced." It was therefore generally thought that the firing would commence on the 15th inst., and we really cannot conceive any pretexts for further procrastination- on the part of the com manders. It is true that they have, by their dilatoriness, allowed time for the arrival of the expected rein forcements ; and that, in consequence, another formidable battle may have to be fought before the capture of Sebastopol. But such a lesson has already been taught to the Russians, as to the steady determination and invincible bravery of the Allied troops, that they will scarcely venture to attack when all the advantages of position are with the adversary, who so speedily and decidedly routed them under sueh very different circum stances. Should they screw their courage to the striking place, should they indeed venture on an attack, we cannot, for a moment, doubt the re sult. We have implicit confidence in the Allied Troops ; when they are allowed to meet the enemy, there will be no shortcomings on their part ; and we may safely rely on all that the most unflinching valour can achieve. Any on slaught on them will only recoil on the heads of those by whom it was attempted, and might lead to very important results in our favour, so far as the possession of the whole peninsula is con cerned. We must, therefore, for the present, rest con tented with what we actually know. As the fire has been opened under every possible advantage, and when sufficient time had been allowed to place everything en regle, we can join in the anti cipations of those who doubted not for a moment that Sebastopol must fall ; and it is by no means improbable that the tidings of its capture:are:even at this moment speeding forward to appease the anxieties and gladden the hearts of the peoples of France and England. As to the alleggd recapture of Eupatoria, it is, if true (a matter that may be seriously ques tioned), a point of the most trivial consequence, which can exercise no influence whatsoever on the results of the campaign. We did not garrison it with the view of defending it ; and, when by the flank movement on Balaklava, we made that port the pivot of our operations, Eupatoria became worse than useless, an encumbrance rather than a beneflh The only mistake was that we did not Iciig since withdraw Captain BROCK and his gallant followers ; and as they have got off with out loss of life, we should have nothing to regret if the Russian statements were strictly accurate. From the clear statement given by Dr. P,,_tr•. there can remain no possible doubt respecting the fate of a portion of the expedition under Sir JOHN FRANKLIN. It is but too painfully certain that a c )nsiderable number of men, about forty, of the officers and crews of the Erebus and Terror, were met by a party of Esquimaux sometime about the spring of 1850, and that these unfortunate men afterwards perished miserably from the combined influences of cold and hunger. A horrible Bug• gestion has been added, which we would fain hope to be unfounded. We must recollect that none of the Esquimaux with whom Dr. Min conversed, and from whom he obtained his information, had seen the " Kabloonans," or whites, nor had they ever been at the spot where the bodies were found, but had their information from those who had been there, and who had seen the party when travelling. We may easily imagine on what in sufficient data these ignorant men might arrive at the conclusion that "our wretched countrymen had been driven to the last resource—Cannibal ism—as a means of prolonging existence." We know the tendency to exaggeration that exists in all uneducated minds—how easily the slight est indications might be tortured into this fearful opinion. It seems certain that many of the bodies, those who first perished, were duly buried by the survivors. It was not until their strength had failed, when their own deaths were impending, that the remains of their unfortunate comrades were suffered to rest on the spots where they had sunk under their protracted anguish. Then comes the "mutilation." But might not that have been inflicted by wild beasts, or more savage beings of an unknown tribe ? The nature of that mutilation should be strictly inquired into from some of those who had seen the bodies, and trustworthy information obtained. In like manner too, as to " the contents of the kettles," by which the accuracy of the awful surmise has bean strengthened. Our lamented countrymen might have had some food remaining which the Esqui maux discoverers could not recognise, and which they might therefore erroneously suppose to be the flesh of their fellow-men. If it were for nothing else but to remove this harrowing supposition, it would be essential to send another party to follow out the clue thus obtained. Nor would the task be so very diffi cult now that we know the exact spot on which the researches should be instituted, and could raco the footsteps of the unfortunate party up to the very spot where the accident happened that deprived them of their vessels. But there are Additional and irresistible reasons for carrying out this search. The gallant COLLINSON and his com panions must be succoured. We cannot again afford to trifle with the Eves of those who freely and willingly engaged in a task so arduous, encountering such fearful dangers and certai 11 privations. No degree of re:l-tapirm, would save the Admiralty from the universal reprobation and umnitigated disgust which any degree of indiffe rence on suc h a subject would necessarily excite. The int e lli gence just obtained from these gallant men strengthens the desire to send them th e ass i stance that by this time may be urgently required, although at the latest date to which these accounts extend —the 27th August, 1852, twenty-six months sinc e well with the go o d ship and the all was going trusty crew. ; COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, 00T. 25. The Royal dinner party yesterday included his Excel lency the French Ambassador and the Countess Walew ski, the Duke of Newcastle, the Earl and Countess Granville, Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge, and Colonel the Hon. N. and Lady Mary Hood. The band of the Royal Horse Guards attended during dinner, and played the following pieces : Overturo, "Fest " Lindpaintner Selection, " Le Chalet" Waltz Diabolique, " Faust" D'Albert Selection, " Preciosa " Weber The Queen's private band were in attendance after dinner in the Castle, and played the following selection: Overture, "Les deuce Journees" Cherubini Selection, "Oberon" Weber Finale, " Zauberflete" The Queen, attended by the Countess of Desart, rode in the Riding-house this morning. Lord de Tabley has succeeded Lord Waterpark as lord-in-waiting, and Major-General Berkeley Druna►nond has succeeded Mr. J. R. Ormsby Gore as groom-in waiting. A deputation from the town council of Shrewsbury bad an interview yesterday with the President of the General Board of health, at his office, Whitehall, with respect to the s:laitury rc;ulation and management of the borough. The deputation consisted of Mr. Alder man Hsycock and Mr. Josh. John Peele, town eletl. Sir William .Molesworth arrived in town yesterday from Brighton. Lord Chid Jtitica Campboll and family arrived yes terday at Stratheden House from Vienna. Dt:apateles for the Governors of Malta and Ceylon were sent yesterday from the Coloeial•ofl"ice. THE IRISH REI'RESENTATIVE PEERAGE.—Lord Bangor is to succeed to the vacancy in the Irish representative peerage, occasioned by the death of Lord Dunalley ; GLASGOW.—The Earl of Glasgow has subscribed 300/, to the Patriotic Futid.—Daily Mail. THE EXHIBITION' AT MUNICH.—The ceremony of clos ing the Exhibition at Munich took place on the 18th. We have been informed that Mr. Souls, the Minister of the United states at Madrid, who made himself so notorious some time ago by his quarrel with M. Turgot, the French Minister at the same Court, was on Tuesday lest refused permission to enter France en his way from this country to Madrid.—Tirats. Colonel Outrain, C. 8., formerly Resident at Baroda, and more recently the Political Resident and Military Commandant at Aden, has been appointed by the Gover nor-General of India to the office of British Representa tive at Lucknow. THE SCOTCH FUSILIER GUARDS.—This regiment, which suffered severely compared to the Grenadier and Coldstream Guards, numbered nearly all Scotchmen. There were scarcely more than a dozen English and Irish amongst the slain at the Alma, in this distinguished corps. DEATH OF LIEUT.-GENERAL EVPART, C.B.—Viscount Hardinge has the colonelcy of another regiment of the line (the 07th), placed at his disposal by the demise - of the aLove gallant and venerable officer, at his residence in St. John's-wood, on Monday, at an advanced age. THE LATE LORD CHEWTON.—ThO offioers of the Guards are about to erect a cenotaph to the memory of their departed companion in arms, the late Captain Viscount Chewton, who died from the effects of his wounds received at the Alma. We believe that the monument will be placed in the military chapel at the Bird-cage-walk, close to that of Major Fitzroy Somerset, eldest son of Lord Raglan, who died gallantly fighting at the Battle of Moodkee. DEATH OF LORD FREDERICK LEVESON GOTVER.—Lord Frederick Leveson Gower, second son of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, is among the latest victims to the severity of the Eastern campaign. His lordship died on board H.M.S. Bellerophon, now on her voyage back to England. This gallant young nobleman, although suffering severely from illness previously contracted at Varna, persisted in accompanying his comrades to the Crimea. When the troops landed at Eupatoria, he was so weak that it was found impossible to convey him ashore, and his lordship was on his way home when cut off thus prematurely.—Morning Post. The name of the Earl of Eglinton was mentioned yesterday as one of the noblemen nominated for the Garter. This was a manifest typographie,al error. The Earl of Elgin is the nobleman upon whom her Majesty has graciously signified her intention of conferring the Garter, vacant by the demise of the Marquis of Anglesea. A KNIGHT OF THE GABTER.—It is reported that the Emperor Nicholas has called upon a high Walla chia.n functionary to restore the decoration bestowed .upon him during the occupation of the Principalities by .Russia, seeing that he has since their evacuation gone over to the side of Austria and the Porte. Strange that it did not occur to the Czar, when issuing this man date, that bjr the same rule he ought to restore the insignia of the Garter to Queen Victoria. ANOTHER ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—Dr. Rae, of the Hudson's Bay Arctio Expedition, had an audience with Sir James Graham on Tuesday, at , the A.dmirAty, on the subject of his discovery of the probable fate of Sir John Franklin and his companions. The interview oc cupied a considerable time, in the course of which, we understand, Sir James Graham announced the intention of the Government to send out early in the ensuing spring an expedition, in order to make further search for the remains spoken of by the Esquimaux, and, the command of the expedition was offered to Dr. Rae.— ,Shipping Gazette. TIM LIBEL CASE.--SECOND DAY.—REV. DIL TIDMAN V. REV. R. AlNSLllL—Yesterdav the proceedings in this case were resumed before W. Whately, Esq., Q.C., iu the Exchequer Chambers, Westminster Hall. A large number of influential laymen and Dissenting ministers were again present. The case was again adjourned. I.ZOBBERY OF 3181. AT A LAILWAY STATION.—The police received information yesterday of four robberies that ‘v ere effected at the rail oay station, lierefoi d. The aggregate amount stolen exceeds 3481., and the thieves are supposed to belong to the London swell nueb, so adroitly Na{ the property transferred from the possession of the rZghtful owners. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—First meeting of the session 1854.5, Nor. 1, 1854.—Papers to he read :-1. DT. Ru bidge, " Oa the occurrence of Gold in South Africa ;" communicated by Sir R. I. Murchison, V.P.G.S. 2. Mr. W. Bray, " On the occurrence of Copper in Ten nessee ;" communicated by the President. 3. Mr. J. W. Da 7 03011, " On the occurrence of a Reptilian Skull in the Coal at Pictou ;" communicated by Sir C. "yell; F. G. F. against the Allies, but without success. The works of the English army advanced steadily with those of the French. The weather, for a short time very severe, was again fine. Another despatch from Constantinople, of the 18th, gives details from Sebastopol to the fsth. The batteries were to open fire in conjunction with the fleet upon the 17th. The general state of affairs was satisfactory, and the health of the troops ex cellent. The Moniteur goes on with the Russian bulletin of the siege operations of the 17th and 18th, announcing the death cf Admiral Kornileff, and the loss of 500 killed and wounded. The Moniteur publishes a letter flora the E►n peror to Madame St. Arnaud, awarding her a pension of 20,000 f. as a national recompense. VIENNA, w - EDNESDAY, 8 A. 74 Advises from Constantinople state that there is no truth in the report that Eupatoria has been retaken by the Russians. A rumour prevailed in the camp on the 11th that the Simpheropol army would attack it; and that the Greeks in Balaklava would, at the same time set fire to the town. All the Greeks were therefore forced to qui Balaklava. A despatch from Berlin, dated last night, repeats the intelligence respecting the bombard- ment of Sebastopol almost in the same terms as we published yesterday, and adds that M. von Beust had arrived and Count Esterhazy returned to that city. The following was received in Paris yester• day : CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 15 We have intelligence from the Crimea up to the 13th. It was intended to keep up the bombardment for four days, and then to carry the place by storm. The spirits of the allied armies were excellent. The Porte raises the effective of the Turkish force in the Crimea to 30,000, starting in suc cessive convoys from Varna and Constantinople. No fresh Russian troops had appeared in the Crimea. Heavy rains render the march of Russian reinforcements difficult. The Russians are keeping Ibraila and Matchin, on the right of the Lower Danube, and have reinforced those garrisons. THE BALTIC. KIEL, OCT. 24 Her Majesty's screw steam-ship St. Jean d'Acre, 101, has arrived as the precursor of Sir Charles Napier's squadron. The St. Jean d'Acre has been on shore a he islaud of Febmern, but is not damaged. Sir Charles Napier is expected here to morrow. ITALY. NApr.v..s, Oct. 18.—As the war advances, the Italians become more hopeful and the courts more anxious. The Austrian authorities in Italy do all they can to keep the events of the day from being known. In Naples some persons have been put in prison for speaking about the possibility of the fall of Sebas topol ; and in Sicily the same has taken place. The official journals in this kingdom reprint Rus sian accounts of events, which suit them very well, as the authorised Gazette of the Two Sicilie,s has long been a deposit of falsehoods and folly. The King of Naples is paying desperate court to the French Minister, and every effort is used in Paris to keep good friends with the Emperor. FRANCE. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The following telegraphic despatches have been received here to-day " TRIESTE, Oct. 24, Evening. —A packet has just arrived with accounts from Constantinople to the 16th. The Caradoc, which had arrived there from Balaklava, stated that the bombardment was to commence on the 16th, but other ac counts mention the 18th. The Turkish divi sion had been left at Balaklava as a reserve. Provisions were enormously dear. The Russian army has received considerable reinforcements. The allied armies have already 300 pieces of cannon iu position. The commanders of the allied armies have, it is said, decided that immediately after the taking of Sebastopol the expeditionary army would return to Scutari to take up their winter quarters." " MADRID, Oct. 23.—The King, Queen, and the Princess of the Asturias have returned to Madrid, in the midst of the troops and the national guard, and salvos of artillery. The crowd collected was considerable." The illoniteur de rArmee published this morning a rather lengthened list of decorations and military medals accorded to the army of the East on the occasion of the battle of the Alma. Generals Canrobert, Bosquet, and Forey have been named Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour ; Generals Thomas, de Monat, and Paladines, Colonels de Lavarande, Wimpffen, Forgeot, and Military In tendant Blanchot, Commanders. The number of military medals accorded is 129. A detachment of Polish volunteers has just left Toulon for the East, where they will enter the Ottoman service. Neither the Madrid mails of the 20th, due yes terday, nor that of the 21st, due this morning, has arrived. The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at 76f. sc. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a- Half per Cents. at 98f. 60c. ; and the New Lnan at 75f. 95c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,215 f. ; Rouen, 990 f. ; Havre, 570 f. ; Great Northern, 885 f. ; Strasburg, 846 f. 25c. ; New Shares, 657 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 1,060 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 862 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 677 f. 50c ; Bordeaux and Cette, 622 f. 50c. ; Great Central of France, 528 f. 75c. ; Lyons and Geneva, 538 f. 75c. ; Bank of Credit Mobili er , 788 f. 750. SAXONY We read in the Moniteur :—" His Majesty the King of Saxony, on succeeding to the throne, was desirous that his accession should be notified to the principal Courts of Europe by special Envoys, and Baron de Kenneritz, formerly Saxon Minister at Paris, was charged with this mission to the Em peror. His Majesty selected Baron de Bourgoing, a senator, and who long represented France in Ger many, to convey his congratulations to the King of Saxony on the occasion of his accession to the throne. The Envoy of the Emperor received a welcome at the Court of Saxony, which testifies how sensible that Court is of this reciprocity of courtesy, and is a fresh proof of the friendly rela tions which exist between the two Governments." THE BALFIC FLEET. REVEL, Oct. G. Biddlecombe, Master of the Fleet, aided by the masters of the various ships belonging thereto, having furnished to the Board of Ad m i ra l ty a sut vey of the island of Led sund, their lordships have conveyed to Mr. Biddle combe, through Sir Charles Napier, the great sa tisfaction they feel with respect to the exertions and talent displayed by Mr. Biddlecombe on all occa sions on which he has been reported to them, and likewise with the conduct of the masters who af forded their valuable assistance in completing the survey of Ledsund. Their lordships have also ex pressed the great pleasure they experienced on re ceiving from Mr. Biddlecombe and his coadjutors a chart of the valuable survey which they had executed. NARGEN, OFF REVEL, OCt. 17.—The fleet i s still lying h e r e , with nothing to disturb the monotony of our every-day life. The gate, which had been blowing for several days when 1 last wrote, ceased on the 11th ; since then we have had the most lovely weather, equal to our 'bri g ht est summer days at home. Tiremorning after th e receipt of the last mail a general signal was ma d e i from th e fl ag - s hip " to send n the demands for the quantity of provisions each ship wanted to complete 72 days' supply." This led us to think w e were not going to leave this for sometime, and we now hear the fleet is to stay at Nargen until the Ist of November, if possible, and then go to Kiel, where we stay until the end of December. The mail to Dantzic last week had orders to re ce i ve tenders fos the imm e di a te supply of eight tons of moist sugar, and to ma k e inquiries how much salt beef and pork could be bought ; so that I am inclined to think there may be a possibility of the fleet staying Kiel for most of the winter months. Admiral Clads has been very busy during the last week inspecting the different line-of battle ships. THE CRIMEA. The following letter, dated Constantinople, Oct. 12, has just reached us :—" Yesterday the Ajaccio reached port from the Crimea, with despatches dated 7th inst. from the commanders of the allied forces. My last of the 10th instant informed you of tl e respective positions of the armies. We learn, moreover, by the despatches of the French steamer that the whole materiel of the siege had been safely landed—that a hundred and fifty pieces of artillery were already in position, and eighty more of large calibre disembarked from our fleets, and to be served by ships' gunners. The health of the whole force was excellent—their ardour and enthusiasm indescribable, and the only subject of disquietude seemed to be in respect to the facilities requisite for supplying and provisioning so large a force. On the 10th inst., at latest, all was expected to be in complete order, and the attack to com mence. Our steam frigate, it is also added, had cannonaded on the coast a body of 18,000 Russians, proceeding in forced marches to Sebastopol. This circumstance is of some importance, and an evident proof that the conflict between Omer Pacha and the Commander-in-Chief of the Austrian army in the Principalities had favoured the retreat of the enemy, allowing him to pass the Isthmus, and push on to the rescue. A Turkish reinforcement of 10,000 men. whereof the half from this port, the other from Batoum, was conveyed on the 10th instant to the Crimea. A contingent besides of 12,000 Egyptians is hourly expected to arrive in port, and also destined for that object. These forces, if I am rightly informed, are scarcely required for the immediate operations of siege ; but it evidently proves that, in case the fortress be reduced to ashes, as we fervently hop e it soon will, there is some intention of finally oc cupying the Crimea and rendering it a suitable base of further movements in the Euzine. A letter from Varna of the 11th, in the Lloyd of Vienna, says :—" A further number of 4,000 Tu ' nisians and 3,000 Turks have arrived here to-day from Constantinople. Part of them will be con veyed to Eupatoria and the remainder to Batoum. The vessels which have arrived from the Crimea give the most satisfactory account of the activity of the Allied Armies. The fire, which was opened on the sth and 6th against Fort St. Catherine, and the walls of the fortess was to try the range of the guns. The Allies have not lost sight of Pere kop, and a corps of 35,000 men, French and Turks, commanded by General Bosquet and Ach met Pacha, are ready to repulse the Russians in the event of their marching on Sebastopol. 5,000 French and English cavalry are to embark to-day and to-morrow for the Crimea. The weather has much improved within the last few dap." AUSTRIA. VIENNA, OCT. 22. Baron Hess arrived early this morning. This is another blank day as regards further authentic intelligence from the Crimea. The Austrian. Correspondence has the following telegraphic despatches : "72unIN, Oct. 20.—The Armonict announces the arrival of a Pontifical note, w hich protests in a friendly manner against any oppression of the Catholic Church in Piedmont, and especially against expulsions and the sequestration of estates to the injury of religious foundations." " PARMA, Oct. 20.—The State Council is defini tively installed. It consists of eighteen acting and eight honorary menabars." A letter from Vienna of the 19th, in the Nnrem burg . Correspondent, says : It may be affirmed from a good source that Count Esterhazy has ar rived here, without being summoned, to make known to Count Buol the views of the Cabinet of Berlin. The overtures of the Count have not caused a satisfactory impression, and it is said that Count Buol has res o l ve d no t t o continue the ex change of notes. We are assured that Count' Esterhazy has endeavoured to mediate between the! two Cabinets, and has warmly solicited the Aus trian Cabinet to be more complying ; but Count 1 Buol has strongly opposed these advances, and has ! MISCELLANEOUS. The Colonne of Boulogne-sur-Mer say :—" We have received satisfactory information as to the sanitary state of camps. The average number of sick is said to be lower than that of mili tary garrisons in the interior of the country. Measures are taken to render the position of the troops as little disagreeable as possible. With this view, all sorts of establishments are encouraged. It is said that several theatres are to be constructed in the camps, and that a regular company is to play in them. The names of persons who are soliciting the honour of being appointed directors of the theatres are mentioned ; one of them M. Chevalier, is now at Paris on the subject. We are assured that the theatres which are to be in the camps of Boulogne and tielfaut have been ordered to be built by the Emperor himself, and that his Majesty will pay the expenses. It is added, that they will be in iron, and will be brought over ready-made from the large manufactories in England." The Hamburg Correspondent, under date of Theresiedstadt in Hungary, 14th inst., says Numerous arrests have recently been made of landowners, ecclesiastics and avocals, some in this neighbourhood, and others in the districts of Fuufkirchen, Melique, Dorsma, Keshemet, and Perth. The number altogether amounts to 100, and among them are several amnestied political offenders. It is not yet known with any cer tainty what crime they are accused of, but as Graffel and Theiss are among them, the most pro bable story is that they have been found to be in correspondence with the emigrants in England, and have been engaged in the organisation of re volutionary committees. Some arrests are also said to have been made in Bohemia." A letter from Rome of the 13th, in the Par lamento of Turin, announces that the prisoners lately condemned to death for high treason, namely, Petroni, Romiti, Ruiz, Rosselli, and, Casciani, as also Lepri, condemned to imprison ment for life, have appealed against their sentence, and that the ease is to be heard on the 15th of next month. THE UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, Six A.M. Early this morning the United States mail steam ship Atlantic, Captain West, arrived in the Mersey with the usual mails from the United States and British North America. This vessel was telegraphed otf Holyhead yesterday, and was expected iu the river about five, but was detained at the bar for water. She sailed from New York on the 14th, and has brought, besides the mails, 196 passengers, and $900,000 in specie on freight. The royal mail steam ship Africa, from hence on the 7th inst., for New York, was passed on the 17th by the Atlantic. The loss of the Arctic appears to engross the ut most sympathy and attention, exclusive of every thing else ; but we have the pleasing duty of in forming the public that Captain Luce and others have arrived safely at Montreal by the Cambria. One hundred and nine persons are known to be saved, and hopes are entertained that many more have escaped in safety. At the steamer's departure business was dull, money tighter, arid stocks inactive and lower. The sales of cotton arc reported small, but firm. The provision market was dull and heavy. Freights were slightly rising. Exchange on London, 1091 to 1091 ; ditto on Paris, 511} to 5 131. From the official returns recently published, it appears that the aggregate receipts of the French railways for the first nine months of 1854 have amounted to 5,633,0001., against 4,866,0001. in the corresponding period of last year, the difference being 767,0001., er nearly 16 per cent. The length of road worked in 1854 was 8 per cent. more than in 1853, and the increase in the mileage re• venue was 74 per cent. The rapid advance in the corn-market during the past fortnight has had some effect in checking the decline in freights. Several vessels have been chartered at Si. per ton, to go out in ballast and br ing rice from the port o Akyab, on the east coast of the Bay of Bengal. The bar silver brought by the last West India packet was sold yesterday at 611 d. per ounce, being an advance of id. upon the last price, owing to a demand for the continent. There is no alteration in the quotation for Mexican dollars, which are only in limited request. The annual report of the Commissioner on the Mining Districts has just been printed. On the present occasion it is chiefly devoted to suggestions for providing a more efficient system of early education among the colliery population as the only means of averting the ruinous folly of " strikes," as well as of preventing each increase of wages being met by an increase of idleness. To this end a provision is recommended that after a certain date every boy between 10 and 14 working in any mine or colliery should go to school for not less than 159 hours every six months. Several facts are given to show that this would involve nothing which could not be performed with ease, and that among the well-disposed classes of the workmen, especially in Northumberland, Durham, and Scotland, the regu lation would be welcomed. The necessity for it also is considered to be augmented by the difficulty of preventing the employment of children under the legal age of 10, and who are deprived even of the moderate amount of iustruction they might get before that period. With regard to the general growth of the desire for self-improveme n t among the colliers and their families, instances are quoted of the success of efforts made by several employers upon the prin ciple of those instituted by Messrs. Price, at the works of the Patent Candle Company. The chief results mentioned have been obtained by Messrs. Bagnall, at Caponfield, in South Staffordshire ; Mr. Thomas Kinneraley, at Clough-hall and Kidsgrove ; and the English Copper Company, at Cwm Avon, near Neath, Giainorganshire. Occasionally the plans adopted to promote the establishment of salutary associations, such as benefit societies, &c., are not quite in accordance with the sound rules of political economy ; but some latitude of experiment must be expected and tolerated, as all these local endeavours to raise the people depend upon the philanthropic earnestness of individual em ployers. PRBSIENTATION OF THB LORD MAYOR ELIOT TO THN LORD CHANCELLOR.—The presentation of Francis Gra ham Moon, Esq., alderman of the ward of Portsoken,, the Lord Mayor Elect for the year ensuing, to the Lerd' Chancellor, will take place at eleven o'clock on Thurs day, the 2d day of November next, at the mansion of his lordship in Upper Brook -street. The Lord Mayor Elect, who be accompanied by the Sheriffs and several members of the Court of Aldermen, will be presented by the Recorder, with the usual formalities and ceremony, for the approbation of her Majesty. Tin LORD CHANCELLOR'S LEVER OP TUX JUDGES IT TER BAR.—O D the first day of the ensuing Michaelmas Term, which commences en Thursday next, the 2d day of November, the Right Hon. Lord Cranwerth, the Lord High Chancellor, will entertain the Master of the Rolls, the Lords Justices, the several Vice• Chancellors, the Lord Chief Justice of England, and the judges of the several Courts of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, and Excheque r , as a l so the leading Queen's counsel and ser geants at-law, to breakfast at his mansion in Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, previous to his lordship and the judges proceeding to open their respective courts at Westminster. His lordship at the same time will hold his general levee of members of the bar who have been elevated to the rank of Queen's counsel or ser geants-at-law. MADEMOISELLE CEITTELLI.-It was stated on Saturday that Mrs. Payne, an English lady, had applied to the President of the Civil Tribunal for the restoration of trunks, containing clothes and other things, which had been comprised in the seizure of the furniture and effecia of Mademoiselle Cruvelli, to whom she was on a visit at the moment of her flight. The presid en t postponed his judgment, and on Saturday it was notified to him that the trunks had been restored. The Minister of State has caused a regular action to be commenced against Mdlle. Cruvelli far the non - execution of her engagement at the Grand Opera ; he demands 20,000 f. damages for the injury done the theatre up to the present time, and I me ,ooof. for every i day's d e l ay in executing the engage nt.—Galignan. FIRE AT IiANCHERTBR.--A most destructive fire broke out in Manchester yesterday morning, about two o'clock, by which property to the value of 20,0001. was de stroyed. The premises in which the fire broke out is an extensive block of warehouses, occupied by Messrs. T. H. Thode and Co., merchants and shippers, and by Mr. William Carr, an extensive coach-builder, situate in Gar den-lane, Lower Ring -street. THE 11VDSON'S BAT COMPANY'S SHIP Pallier Or WALE; Heard, from Hudson's Bay, was hauled yester day into the East India Docks, She brought GO pas sengers, among whom was Dr. Rae, of the Hudson's Bay Arctic Expedition (whose despatch on the probable fate of Sir Jelin Franklin's expedition was published in The Sun of Monday last). The Prince of Wales, which left Hudson's Bay en the 20th of September, encoun tered heavy gales during her passage across, and on the 28th of October was struck by a tremendous sea, which swept overboard her life-boat, and occasioned other damage. She met also with several icebergs in the course of her passage. She has been taken into the Import Dock to be discharged. WEST LOTHIAN AGRICULTURAL REPORT.—We have had a continuance of flue dry weather unusual for the season of the year, consequently th e p o t ato crop has been all secured, cad in as fine order as the grain crop,. Potatoes have turned out as we predicted, a small crop, but of fine quality. There has been very little wheat sown as yet, from the rare circumstance, in this county, of the land being - rather dry. Farmers are thrashing freely and markets are now well supplied with new grata of all kinds, notwithstanding which prices are still ad vancing. At all the recent markets, cattle, both fat and lean, have been selling at higher prices than they have done for many years pant.--Edinburgh Advertiser. -