The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-31 00:00:00

't'. 46 T HE SUN" ON SMOKE PREVENTION. —" There really ought not to tie any excuse for the entire riddance of the smoke nuisance our own experience satisfying us that the system of smoke prevention and economy of fuel, invented and carrie I out by Mr. Lee Stevens, is as effective as it is simple. Until we had it applied to our own steam-engine furnace, we could form no ides of the ease and certainty of its operations, without any moveable parts, and at such very moderate expense."—Sun. Copies of OFFICIAL AND OTHER, REPORTS, and ot Testimo nials in favour of the Invention, As finned to STEAM BOILER': 3RE wERY COPPEROa. ' , ILLS* CHEMISTS. DYERS, and CONFECTIONER •,''PAS; COAL OVENS, Ste , 41th informat;on reepecting licenses to manutaCture or ti.e the P.itent smoke ess Fur naces, g'ven by Mr. JOH N LEE STEVENP, the Patentee, at the dices, No. 1, FISII-STREETCITY, LONDON. BREWERY, COPPER, AND OTHER FURNA , ES. "The Brewery. Lichdell, 9th .august,lBsA.. "Dear Sir,—We am glai to say th At 3 oar apparatw gate briars Itt! the assurance you rave ay that it w4.ulci answer our purpoB4' " The doubt we had as lo its adaptation t furnaces wit ft defective drarght is endrely r:movAd. slur liquor copper now boils 9 ,1. t0 as seen as the wort copper, and with both there is a diminution in the consumption of fuel. " The ex ierirnent we witnessed at MCSSTS. C AR ING TON, HEAD, and CU.'B, as to smoke prevention, we thou ht. at the time perfectly succesafttl and this iru,,resslon we are happy to coufbru from actual eriezee. "It will give pleasure to reply to laquirt,s that may be made by any Brewery Firms at ituru.),,ou- Frew, but should suggest that ji may probably be more sutisiactory to those t:entle , neu to 4e for thei-r,elves by eft the furs es at wor:., and this they Can de at any -.lme. We rem ca, dear sir, • Yours, very truly. •• JOHN -A,ND ARIIILIR GRIFFITH, ft.T. T,e-3 Stevens. EK" ( l'o;dzs of official and otter reool - s, and cf testimonial !a favour of ae l owou tion, as aiLlied to ,teatit Ito'dors, Brewery t 4 t;W, Dyer,', and Coateetio,ers' l'.tas Coal Ov,r . s. with informaiion.r,sp,:qttig• Licen , c , s 1.4) .a , trlufaCture or 04, 1!.• ,ywrn of -molte l'reventi a etrel F,c, n of Fuel to given by fir N' s: -V; \ tile' at tie ilCces, No. 1, 11311, , ,ree-liii:, City, Lou.ion. LYCEUM THEATRE.-HENRY RUSSELL, fights LYE I G ( h. - . 4h t AtilC l, l 3,5 • ant every Eveui g. Many trien.ls having ex :ressed aWI h that .Mr. Russell atiou d app:ar again previous to finally withdraw. ing his Entertairrnen', Is has, in compliance with their request, made arranrements to appear ev ry evening. r RUSiELL will prasent THE FAR WEST; or, 11l E PROGRESS of the Icsll .:1? AN T from the OLD WO , t , D to the NEW. Sir. Russell will relate his anecdotes, and slog several new songs, " Cheer, Boys, cheer," " Far, far upon the 'tea," "Sunshine after Rain," " Land ! Land! Land 1" " The Falls of Niagara," "Long parted have we been," " I'm Afloat," " Msny chap es have I seen," "The Icebergs" (descriptive song), "Newfoundland Deg," "The Gambler's Wife," &c. The Second Part of the Entertainment will consist of a Series cf Sketches, entitled NEGRO LIFE in Freedom and Slavery. Dress Circle, 2s. fid. ; Upper Boxes, 13.61; Pit, Is.; Gallery, Gd. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Ructstone. TMS EVENING, Auo UST 31, Will be performed THE OLD CHIT EAIT. Characters by Messrs. V r, Rogers, H. Marston, and Duckstone; Mrs. FirmaHam, and R.eynolds. v'td:owed by the STANISII DANCERS In a NEW BALLET, THE GIPAY QUEEN. Ma new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS'. Mr. Richards (a Barrister), Mr. Buelodone. Mier which the Second Part of the Ballet, when the Spanfalt Dancers wil . again -appear. STRAND TiIEATRE. S IC I,cseo Mr. F. W. Al!croft. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 31, Will be performed lIA.RD MIES. F o y cwe d by I , A 1.77-;T I) RG EMT E. Mephistopheles, air. lls2ford; Faust, Miss G. Hodson; Margunite, Miss 11. Gordon. To conclude with BOMB IST ES MVOS°. 4.; Poxes. 24. Ga.; 1.. ; Callery, rd, Private Ica a E 1 l 1., 'o be had of Mr. Al.•c:rott, :,:cw Bond-street. ROYST, StritaZY zo3r,o3[c.t.L CLUIDEN",;. "This place fills up an hlatas Avli!ct the Crystal Pa , aca leaves acting. Voeat and in3trument a tn•ls!e of the first or.ler, ant a eisplay of firework.; whic`i exceels all imagination, are a flttuig :lose to a day at tho Cryetai Yalac.e." DANSON'S C0L037 - 41T, P:INOII.tITA of CrIUSAti. Splendid end F:-(tensicc.: Mcaagerie and Marine A.quarium—Unri 4ilitary V,) at, and INSTRIT:\IE).;TAL CONVIVIRT, In which Misr4 Tool°. itairt3rl, awl Mr. Itllovicr3 sing tercv , i tiationttl as Patriotic t.i.c,4 —.AI the , niasinx of the Garde. in with " r,atl tenm," all.l a no,: m L cia, n t Fira.voric4 A.,1110, loirniAAion One Shiliinz. A stil.ndin Pavilion for Dancing has been trect.tc.l. Full Qua.tritie &c. Al 4 11,1iY'S i►OY:3i, k ? IT Lessee ar..l %Tanager, Mr. Wiii:pm CREAT SIT,.!CE of th N! .. :*.V . EQUE;TRIAN BUT.!ESQVF, Tr; iS EVT .• Vme, sn entirely cf Elceitritn character, by - • 11::co Vamf, , c4IN THE SIEGE OF,TROY; o - .*PUE MIsS-JUI)GME.77. of I'AI:F4 Alinr witch, CHI:IsTOFF (l'Eripfleur l'una:n ori V•cl "ri;L' 7.y!tt; tin ',till;; , l now) on.i.:te:::,.zed in rat,1137, 1in..W".114 ,e's tu,', a ta a i;itta;; c a th 3 rope on 1, un've the intention u vivr 013 eireCllon of vorKLiile with Mrs s. ti Erin- , trtith I:a11,1t K AND W. 1.1 LILY t,r, Lova atzoog tii 's. \-ollize open frorn Eleven tU Four. StAge r 1, Si if; •titr ATER AT I.ON DON • g't" . l ;✓ Yen. DA T n 4 26 mia.aft,ei 6 P:venin 4! 49 Al . ' , 6 l'o•YoAkt.ic— Nionipm, 1.9 tit , / , ..aftet 7 5 !. , :voin4 51. 7 THE WBATHER.—Sus Aro. 31- TIIIIIIMOILETER, IS TIM SIAADMI. 78—highest since noon yesterday. C 3 --lowest this morning and during the night. 71—this day at noon. BATIOMF.TER, Wri. D, N.W.—Light breeze, and fine summer weather, ( 111" , t Zrj) • -" LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1854. The S'un of yesterday contained the announce ment, extracted from the Moniteur, that the Governments of France and England had resolved to destroy the fortifications on the Isles of Aland, and that Bomarsund will be evacuated ! ! This is ominous intelligence. It shows plainly and - rnequivocally that the Swedish Government is hanging back, and that it is afraid to incur enmity of its still terrible neighbour by any decided movement, even to the extent of again entering into possession of an important portion of its own territories, of which it bad been un justly and unfairly deprived. This almost un accountable hesitation on the part of Sweden can only We attributed to its doubts as to the sincerity ofi - the Maritime Powers, and its apprehensiot.s lest they might be induced to enter into new treaties with Russia, without making (hie provision for the protection and security of the minor States that might act with them in opposition to the wishes of the AUTOCRAT. it has seen the toleratiun exhibited towards the King of PLussrA, that his vacillation, or, perhaps, what might more fairly be described as his "palpable leaning" towards Russia, has not brought with it any punishment or inconvenience ; but that, on the contrary, the vacillating Monarch has not even been warmly remonstrated with, while Isis subjects have been allowed to enrich themselves ,by the transit of Russian traffic . , through their country, and the agency for all the commerce of Muscovy. While such an example i 3 sanctioned on the • , part •of FREDERICK WILLIAM, what could we ex 'poet' ftom King Oscan? Ho sees vacillation and teMPOrising rewarded. He beholds the security afforded by the "policy of abstention," and why should he adopt a bolder or more manly course ? If he again took possession of Aland, to nothing of Finland , he , would i ncur the fierce say animosity of the _Northern Despot, which might • be productive of very dangerous consequences when the combined fleets of France and England had withdrawn from the Baltic, while on the other hand lie had nothi ng to fear. His pusil lanimity would insure his safety. N ow it is partly our fault that this state of been produced, i t is most feeling should ha ve decidedly so that it should be suffered to con tinue. King OSCAR said that, although perhaps the finest and most powerful navy that the world ever saw was floatin g in the Baltic under th e cc union-jack" and " tricolour," that the class of gun-boats essmtial to operations in shallow water were withheld, he slw that the "good and ex cellent" friend of forty years' standing to the CZAR was still permitted to remain at the head of the English Government, and that the entire .. - I)ntrylancl.Tnanagement of the war was delegated ~,,- to - his hancbjby, the representatives of the British People,- who supplied him with funds sufficient to '; e . nable" him ".to.idiip' ense with their attendance for ... ,tii„tz _niontbs. : ~ R • v:the despatch ( - . — b e f probably was cognisant, of Count MANTEUFFEL, _al tiri*ed. to '. in our impression of yesterday, -- in whiCh the Prussian Minister stated that the King, guided' . by this encourag " ing appreciation, will L,ke his st4n(l on t7,e. R iQs i a , ~.„. 2, / :, .,, n c . s , consideratious produced the vacillation winCii not even the Aland Isles in possession and Finland in expectancy could dispel—which nothing, in fact, but more vigorous action, more decided suc ceases on our part, cou ld remove. If the fortifi cations at Helsingfor or Cronstadt shared the fate of those at Bomarsund, if the Russian fleet in the Baltic and its vicinity were completely destroyed, then might Sweden feel itself at liberty to co operate zealouAy and efficiently. And when we prove to Prussia that we are determined no longer sanction a suspicious neutrality, then can we also consistently inform King OSCAR that we regard those who are not with us " as against us and that be must forthwith elect the stan dard under which he will serve, whether ho will be the ally of freedom or autocracy. The destruction of the fortifications at Bomar sued affords the strongest evidence that it is the intention of the Western Powers to permit Russia to resume possession of these important islands, and to hold them as a threatening position over the other nations in the vicinity of the Bal fc. Were it otherwise, were we to occupy them during the winter, or to induce Sweden to do so, we should have not merely retained, but strengthened, the forts which, although they speedily fell before the combined forces of France and England, might yet, if pro perly garrisoned, resist any attacks of Russian, • troops. But dismantling them proves that we are doing so to prevent the Ova?, from again using them, and that we mean to allow him to send his garrisons there the moment we have removed, and to surrender the unfortunate inhabitants to ' his tender mercies, to acts towards them in accord ance with his mere will and pleasure. Is this just or proper ? Is it wise or expedient ? Is it calculated to bring the war to a speedy or honour able conclusion ? We fear not. Experience has proved that there is nothing to be gained from NICHOLAS by temporising or negotiation. He will still pursue his nefarious objects through all the windings of diplomacy—will resort to every quirk and quibble, and lie and prevaricate to the end of the chapter. The only argument to which he is sensible is that of the strong arm. What he requires is a plain, steadfast determina tion on the part of his opponents not to be hum bugged, but to enforce instant attention to their demands. Had we spoken firmly when be first announced his intention of crossing the Pruth, single Russian soldier would never have entered Wallachia or Moldavia. Had we acted resolutely on their doing so, and sent the combined fleets into the Euxine, not to daily but to act, peace would long since have been established on a firm basis, and we should have been spared the war inr posts—tlie doubled Escome Tax and the enhance]. Julies on mals, sp iri ts,and sugar. To he timidity and vacillation of Lord ABERDEEN we owe the com mencement of hostilities ; to the same deplorable and disgraceful causes we owe their continuance, And that ye`, even at the eleventh hour, suffi ciently decided steps are not taken to bring the war to a speedy termination by completely bumbling the arrogance and reducing the over grown power of the aggressor. E is for the British people to say whether these baleful in flitences shall continue in operation—whether we shall allow the Prime Minister to' mismanage aff tirs until Parliamentary censure wi I no longer be sufficient punishment for conduct teeriting impsachnient. It is necessary that the voice of public opinion should penetrate iuto the inmost recesses of Downing-stroet, to rouse the " travelled Thane" from his placid slumbers, and teach hint his true position. He may be assured that the notice referred to by our facetious contemporary, Punch that " You are requested not to speak to the man at the helm," though it served the purpose last 'Session, will not again do so, when it is so painfully perceptible that the pilot is nodding at his post, and steering the vessel of the State among shoals and rocks, in dicated by a threatening mass of " breakers ahead." We freely and willingly inserted the communi cation from our correspondent " Lex Scotus," impugning the views to which we gave expression in reference to the recent case of BUTLER V. MOUNTGARRET. The more extensively such ques tions are canvassed, the greater facilities for putting forward conflicting opinions, the more speedily will truth prevail and the required re forms be carried into practical execution. We do not think that our correspondent clearly under stood the tenour of our remarks, or he would have perceived that they were directed, not against the absence of formalities where the intention of the parties to form a matrimonial contract was clearly apparent, but rather against the slender nature of the evidence required to prove that in tention, and the consequent danger that, after the lapse of many years, a marriage may be alleged where none had really taken place, and considerable injury thereby inflicted on innocent persons. The case referred to afforded a very powerful illustration of that evil. A lady of unblemished reputation, high respectability, and consider able fortune, had, iu the month of September, 1811, formed a suitable alliance with the younger sou of an Irish nobleman. The marriage had been duly celebrated in the face of the country. There was no concealment —everything had been open and above-board. For forty-three years she had been recognised as the lawful wife of the Honourable HENRY BuTLEß—her son, as _the presumptive heir of the wide-spread domains, and ancient title of the family ; her daughters as the legitimate offspring of an honourable matron. Had she entertained any doubt as to the nature of die connexion which her husband had, previous to his marriage, maintained with Mrs. COLEBROOK, it would have been set at rest., not merely by the disclaimer of that unfortunate and misguided woman herself, but by her subsequent marriage, in 1812, with another man—and that at a time when bigamy would have subjected the offenders to exemplary punishment—and also by the pro ceedings instituted in 1816, for the purpose of legally establishing that marriage of 1812 —pro ceedings which were sustained by the solemn oath of SARAH STRIDE, the confidential domestic, that no marriage had been contracted with BUTLER. Is it surprising that with such confirmation she lived on in perfect security as to the validity of her nuptials, and patiently awaited the time when her son should, in the course of nature, suc ceed to the honours and possession of his family. What, then, must have been her astonishment, her horror, when, at the end of more than forty years, she found her own position and that of her children questioned, the brand of concubinage affi xedthat of i t ll o eg h i e t r im o a vz unblemished reputation, and with all its evils, to her info cent childr en ? And all these complicated misfor tunes arising from the undue laxity of the Scot tish law on the point of evidence. We have no interest whatever in the case. We are personally unacquainted with Mrs. BUTLER or any of her children, but we cannot help feelino sympathy for o ne who haseen bunjustly and ' un fairly exp ose d to such unparalleled m i s f or t unes and such unmerited reproach. If a claim w ere se t • the deepest up against her for the re covery of a sum of money, it would bo barred at the end of six years by the Statute of Limitations. If she held adverse possession of land for twenty year 3 it would confer a clear title against all the wor ld, but in that which was dearer to her than wealth or lauds, oven her good name, there was no time that could sanctify her possession. In one instance due provision wh i w oh it s wouldm a de ariseby law for after r r the tho . and the uninterrupted lapsedifficulties of so of oi p a r n ;)f years, that period was looked on as an sAm ption. , Iu the other, and iliCknit4VY9.. o4 :' e p re - cD j oym en t . (. 4. :: ;s i I l i ri,g the far more important instance, her fair fame is tarnished, her character filched away, and her children bastardised and deprived of their pro perty, after uninterrupted enjoyment for forty three years, on the oath of a woman who, accord ing to the statement of the advocates setting up and relying on her testimony, must have been a perjurer, a wilful and deliberate perjurer, either in 1816 or in 1854 Our correspondent says "the monstrosity there does not pertain to the Scotch law, but to the English (que. Irish ?) Jury, which could decide against the validity of the English marriage on such evidence as that produced to prove the Scotch !" We must, however, entirely dissent from this statement. We do not, of course, jus tify the finding of the Jury. On the contrary, we have expressed our unqualified astonishment that any body of twelve gentlemen could have returned a unanimous verdict against the Eng lisli marriage on such deplorably defective evidence ; but were it not for the state of the law, the question could not have been submitted if a better class of evidence were rendered indis pensable. " Form" is not, with all submission to our correspondent, the " essence" of the English law ! Were it so, we should condemn it as heartily and unequivocAlly as he seems disposed to do. There is no "form" necessary. All that is required is that the parties should declare themselves to be man and wife before the Registrar, after having given certain notices of their intention to do so. Having thus provided unquestionable evidence as to the civil contract, it is at their own option whether any religious ceremony shall take place. Those who in their conscience desire that cere mony are allowed to have it celebrated in the mode they think most binding ; but its absence does not invalidate the nuptials, or render the issue illegitimate. The appearance before the Registrar is for the purpose of affording decisive proof as to the most important action of life—the length of notice re quired to prevent young persons from too hastily, fecklessly, or clandestinely entering into a con nection that must constitute the happiness or misery of their future lives. Perhaps the time required may be too long. It is, however, a fault on the right side, and any error might be avoided in the amendment of the Scotch law. All we require is, that the declaration of the intention to live • as man and wife in Scotland should take place before some public functionary, who would preserve a proper record thereof, and that there should be sufficient notice of the inten tion to prevent so solemn an obligation from being contracted during a moment of inebriety, or with out due consideration. Twenty-four hours might be sufficient for that purpose ; and we are con vinced that our correspondent himself would not object to that security, or think that it interfered with the religious liberty of his country, which we ourselves would defend to the last extremity. One word only as to the point respecting the alleged marriage by a:Roman Catholic Priest. That gentleman is charged with a violation of the law ; and an illegal act can hardly be brought forward as a proof of a deficiency of the law. The complaint is, that the evidence required by law is wanting. There was the "form," but not the requisite proof. The care was a hard one on the young woman, but it arose through her own imprudence ; and. surely the hardship is not so great as that inflicted en Mrs. BUTLER, who adopted every possible precaution required by law, or which she could by a possibility resort to. We aro sure that the good sense of our corres pondent, "Lux ScoTus," will induce him to agree with our views, now that- we have removed any obscurity "by which they might have been enveloped. .~~ THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1864. HOW TO SUBDUE SMOKE. In our last article under this head we stated that means exist to improve the steam-production of boilers, peculiarly applicable to river and other steam-boats, which, united with the Lee Stevens' smoke-preventing system, would get over the dif ficulties in respect of inefficient steam-boilers, and still more diminutively disproportionate furnaces; but having then omitted a description of the plan, we now supply that deficiency. It consists in an arrangement of pipes placed in the smoke-chambers or flues of boilers, through which the feed-water of the boiler is passed. It is so contrived as to absorb the waste-heat from the furnace and boiler that would otherwise uselessly ascend the chimney; it supplies the boiler with boiling water and steam, instead of cold water ; and is, in effect, a very perfect heat economiser. Green, the inventor, calls it with equal propriety his "Patent Fuel Economiser ;" for to prevent the waste of heat is, undoubtedly, to save fuel. It may be seen in operation at the City Flour Mills, where, in addi tion to their patented machinery for obtaining the finest flour in the utmost qualitity from wheat or other grain, which makes these mills as famous in the scientific world as iu the . .couarnercial, Swayne and Bovill have brought Green's inven tion so successfully in use that the undetermined question remaining is not how much less, but how much more, than 20 per cent. is the actual economy of fuel. Judging by the very high tem perature at which we have noted the contents of the economiser flowing into the boiler, we shall not be surprised to learn that a saving of 25 per cent. has been ascertained. To show that smoke-preventing plans should be modified when used with fuel of dissimilar kinds, we must first define in what such dissimilarities consist. Although a much nicer distinction might be drawn by further division, it will be enough for our purpose to separate the qualities of coals into four classes :anthracite, from which com paratively no "carbonaceous or smoke-producing gases escape ; semi -anthracite, such as Duffrein, Llangenneck, and Merthyr ; semi-bituminous steam-coal, such as West Hartley and some of the Midland Counties ; and the more essentially bitu minous that are properly preferred for household purposes. Anthracite as ono extreme, and house hold coal as another, can.only be used to the best advantage for steam-boilers in furnaces specially constructed for the purpose ; it being admitted that where either sort can alone be obtained in a given district, it will be used simply because none better for the particular appliance can be brought into competition with it. This still further nar rows our inquiry. We have mentioned the Mer thyr With the other two semi-anthracite coals, but we should not withhold our opinion to be that it is even less bituminous than the Duffrein or the Llang,enneck. Taking, then, the Duffrein from \Vales, and the West Hartley from the north, by way of comparison, the former will be found to contain scarcely half as much of the carbona ceous gases—carburetted hydrogen for instance— as the West Hartley ; and willcousequently require considerably less oxygen in the process of combus tion ; so that, reverting to the use of the Lee Stevens' furnaces, the fireman, by heaping a little ashes together at the back, may nearly close the air apertures in the ash-pit, and the current of air thus lessened in volume he finds to be adequate to the combustion of the gases arising from that semi-anthracite coal ; but when West Hartley coals are used he rakes the ashes out, and the air is admitted in full force, and with the hest-desired effect. To perform that operation by any system of valves would be to introduce needless com plexity, and much less certainty in the result ; whilst no provision is attempted to be made for any such contingency in the continuous or inter mitting machinery furnaces. Here it will become clear to our readers that the greater the quantity of carbonaceous gases, the larger the flame passing out of the furnace, and the more regular the diffu- sion of heat over the boiler surface ; and we shall be readily understood when we add, that the main objection to anthracite coal is the intense con:- densation of heat within a comparatively confined space---lie peculieir advantage of such coal as . the West Hipxtleybeing that the ilim) is carried firther through the boiler flues, and is more advantage ously distributed. These two descriptions of coal require also different manipulation. With Welch the furnaces should be fed heavily, and be scarcely meddled with afterwards (one reason why firemen prefer that description) ; but the North Country steam coal should be supplied lightly, and occa sionally stoked, or stirred up; and bituminous coal infinitely more so, to prevent the formation of clinkers. When small coal, or " slack," constitutes the fuel, it is in consequence very material to know the quality, of which size forms no possible indication ; but, unfortunately, besides being - small, and therefore less capable of generating steam, than if the coal were large and small together, as raised from the pit, such pulverised fuel may be of Welch, North Country, Midland Counties, or any other produc tion—anthracite, semi -anthracite, semi-bitumi nous, or bituminous in the highest degree ; so that the results must always be variable, and most frequently discouraging, unless a perfect un derstanding should subsist between the seller and the consumer. How erroneous, then, must many decisions be, on the merits of smoke-preventing inventions, tested by a process so uncertain as the combustion of small coal, ranging between the two extremes of absolute dissimilarity of quality ? Before we conclude, we should name one class of manufacturers in Bermondsey and elsewhere, pe culiarly indebted to the new law—tire tanners. It has been discovered that bark, or spent tan, can be substituted very largely for coal, by having the furnace made about one-third larger than if constructed for the use of coal alone ; of which discovery, assitted by the only smoke-preventing system we are aware of having been so applied— that of the patentee already named—and of which P. and J. Margetson, and other leather manufac turers have availed themselves. And believing that we have already adduced ample means to enable our readers to understand " how to subdue smoke," and to save fuel into the bargain, we quit the subject for the present, with the intention of enlarging it, both in the way of proposition and proof, a few weeks hence, when we anticip do our experiences. we shall have added somewhat to announce tt .e t r h e a dsehnonrste illness R I e s DEATH OF THE R EV . C. C. RoBERTIL—We regret to R sv e n v i . ie Ch o a n r a les vi C si o t le a b t y Robert the s, He was one of the masters of St. Paul's School, and curate of the united parishes of St. Olave, Old Jewry, and St. Martin's, Pomeroy, where he was universally beloved and respected. The Bishop of Ely has instituted the Rev. Lewis Fur nell Clarkson, M.A., late curate of Stanford Rivers, near Romferd, Essex, to the rectory of Molesworth, near Kingbolton, Huntingdonshire, rendered vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Oxlee, M.A., on the nomina tion of the Archbishop of York. THE STE,A3I-SHIP MISTLE.—This fine vessel, which went on the rocks inside'of Sanda a few days since, has gone to pieces. Nothing but the most culpable negli gence can explain the loss of the Myrtle, and we trust that the most searching investigation will be made into the whore circumstances. The underwriters of Glasgow are mulcted by the loss of this steamer to the amount of from 14,000/. to 15, 0001. —Glasgow Herald. TEA.—Yesterday a return to the House of Commons was printed of tea warehoused and tea delivered for home consumption. The aggregate quantity of tea de livered from the bonded warehouses of the United King dom for home consumption, in the year ended the sth April last, was 55,540,4541 b. ; and the duty received thereon was 5,181,908/. RATEPAYERS. --Yesterday a Parliamentary document was printed of the number of persons rated to the poor at the sums of 501., 40/. ' 301., 201., and 101 ., and up. wards, respectively in each county or division, exclusive of the represented cities and towns in England and, Wales. The number in England and Wales rated at 101. and under 201., is 177,397 ; at 20/. and under 301., 82,375 ; at 30/. and under 40/., 48,973 ; at 40/. and under 50/., 34,043 • and at . 50/. and upwards, 182,677. MEETANG OF THE WORKERS IN THE GOLD LACE TRADE —Last evening a public meeting of the workers in the gold lace trade, about to be affected by the alteration of the military uniforms of the British service, was held at their rooms, New-street, Covent-garden ; Mr. Mont gomery in the chair. Mr. Dalcho, Mr. Bias, and othe.s addressed the meeting, and complained that Prince Al. Bert, in adopting the present uniforms, bad not looked to the interests of the workin , man. Through such in difference on the part of his Royal Highness, upwards of a thousand workmen were now out of employment, and 200 women were also similarly circumstanced. A reso lution, pledging the trade to a respectful agitation upon the einestion, was also ogee(' to, after which the meeting Separated. : ' MAP OF THE ALAND ISLES. The i.:defatigable Mr. Wyl.l, of Charing-cross, has just ptblished an excellent map of the Aland Wes, and the Fortiticatitins captured by the Allied Forces. In a curlier of the map is represented the attack made by the Russians iu 1809, with the route to Stockholm, &c. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, AUGUST 30. The Queen and Prince, with Prince Arthur and the Princess Royal, cruised in the Fairy yesterday afternoon. The Right Hon. S. Herbert had the honour of accom• panying her Majesty. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yesterday for Osborne, on a visit to the Queen. Sir Henry Bulwer has returned from the baths of Gombo to his residence in Florence, at the Palazzo Ferroni. Lord John Russell has consented to preside at the opening of the Bristol Athenreutn, which is fixed for the 25th of October. Horace Vernet has returned from Varna, and is at present staying at Therapia. He sails for France in a day or two, having given up all intention of following the army en artiste. The Duke of Devonshire, we are glad to state, has so far improved as to permit his grace to leave his villa at Chiswick, and proceed to Chatsworth. It is understood that his grace, after remaining at Chatsworth a short time, will, if his health permit, sojourn a short period at Buxton. The Lord Chief Justice and Lady Campbell have arrived at Berlin, and will remain two or three days. Lord and Lady Bloomfield gave a dinner on the 26th in honour of his lordship, which was attended by the French envoy and Count Esterhazy, on special mission, and by several other members of the diplomatic corps, and their ladies. Sir Henry Holland, who accompanied the Lord Chief Justice, has proceeded on a tour to Dantzic and Konigsberg. The Duke of Newcastle, Minister of War, and Sir J. Graham, who has just returned with his colleagues at the Admiralty from a tour of inspection, dined with Lord Aberdeen and a select party at Argyll-house on Tuesday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Disraeli arc entertaining a few select ft lends at Hughention Manor, Bucks. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.- - rho iTrolliciltampton Chronicle states that Viscount Ingestre, eldest son of Earl Talhot, of Ing'stre Hall, Scaffordidiire, is about to f,rrn a matrimonial alliance with Miss Cockerel:, da»ghter•in-law of the Earl of Eglinton. Tile Earl of Jersey, we are happy to learn, was much better on Tuesday, and is likely to be able to leave town f.r Middleton in a fow days. The. Earl and Countess of- Wilton have arrived at Heaton Park, near Manchester, from a cruise in the 1.0t,1e earl's yacht, the Zara, still off the Rendezvous at Co wes. Lord ard Lady Middleton and family have arrived at Factory Hill, Cork, which his lordship has taken as a temporary residence. Viscount and Lady Middleton were for some days on a visit at Castle Bernard. SIXPENNY COLONIAL POSTAGE.—A list has been pub lished of the colonies that have adopted the uniform six penny rate of postage to and from the United Kingdom. They comprise the whole of the British West Indies (with the exception of Turk's Island , , the British pro vinces of North America, Malta, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Ceylon, St. Helena, and the Gold Coast ; and arrange ments have been made for extending the measure on the let of October to New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. THE ACCIDENT ON THE CAMDEN TOWN RAILWAY. INQUEST ON ANOTHER OF THE KlLLED. — Yesterday an inquest was held by Mr. Baker, on the body of John Blencowe, the fireman, who died from the injuries he received in the recent collision on the above railway. The principal witness was William Hewitt, the driver of the goods train, who deposed to the train he drove coming to a stand, as already made public, and added that while waiting the water in the boiler became so far exhausted that he unhooked the engine, and ran it up the bank to pump water in. Had he not done so the boiler would have been burned. When he returned the pilot-engine had ran down the incline. The break bad been well put on when he detached his engine, and he could form no idea what caused the descent down the incline, unless some one took off the break. After fur ther evidence of a similar kind, the jury found a verdict of "Accidental death, but that there was no satisfactory evidence before the jury to show the cause of the acci dent ; and the jury expressed their opinion that there was not sufficient power to convey the luggage train to its journey's end." The Coroner said it was a very proper verdict. THE FATAL PAILWAY ACCIDENT AT CROYDON.—The proceedings of the adjourned inquest before Mr. Carter, on the death of John Gammon, were resumed and con cluded yesterday at the Town-hall, Croydon. The coroner and jury were engaged from 10 o'clock in the morning till after 6 in the evening taking evidence requisite to the completion of the case, but the substance of which has already been published, and which, there fore, it is. now unnecessary to repeat. When the exami nation of witnesses had terminated, the jury expressed a wish to examine the line between Stoat's-nest and Croydon. The wish was of course at once acceded to, and a special train provided for the purpose. On their return to the Town-hall, the coroner succinctly summed up the evidenc e , an d, a ft e r half-an-hours deliberation, the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Sl!npson, the driver of the excursion train, thus con tirtoTng the finding of the London jury, and the decision I at which, though not formally pronounced, it is under stood that the bench of magistrates-have also came to. LATEST NEWS. THE WAR. THE BATTLE AT KOUROOK DERECH. RETREAT OF THE TURKS, SIX THOUSAND OF VIE RUSSIANS KILLED AND TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED WOUNDED. TURKISH LOSS, SIX THOUSAND. TREBIZOND, AUG. 12. Iskender Bey, a Hungarian in the Turkish ser vice, who fought so nobly at Soubatan, arrived here this day at noon, from Kars in four days, bearer of intelligence of a bloody battle fought on Saturday, the sth inst., between Hadgi Velikoi and Kourook Derech. The details, as given by Iskender Bey, are as follows : On the 4th root. the Turkish force, with the ex ception of five battalions and 24 cannon, left atKars, marching through Velikoi, and halted before the Russian outposts at Kourook Derech. The Turks, counting that evening 30,000 strong, divided into two divisions ; the first commanded by Kerim Paella, and the second by Vely Pacha, with Gene ral Guyon as chief of the staff, and Zarif Pacha as commander-in-chief and generalissimo. Hassan Pacha, commander-in-chief of the Arab istani Irregulars, commanded the reserve division in the field, and Pacha the reserve division at Kars ; General Kmety commanding the ad vanced guard. During the night of the 4th the Russians advanced to the outposts, took up a posi tion on the plain about 400 yards from the Turks, and exactly over the spot where their outposts stood the night before. They were commanded by Gene ral Prince Bebutoff and General Prince Dolgo rouky ; Baralnisky, chief staff-officer. At five a.m. on the sth a general action com menced. At nine a.m. the left Russian wing commenced giving way, but, being reinforced, soon recovered. At eleven, both sides got so close that they charged with fixed bayonets, and at twelve the action ceased, as if by mutual consent. The Turks, leaving 6,000 dead on the field, retreated in a very orderly manner, except a small part of Kerim Pacha's division, which went rather hastily ; the whole force got to Kars early in the afternoon, when the wounded were immediately despatched to Erzeroum. They amounted to about 3,000. The Russians left 6,000 dead on the field, and carried away about 2,600 wounded. One of their generals was killed, and a great many officers. Among the Turks killed was Hassan Pacha, of the reserve division. Among the wounded, Alastapha Pacha. Cochiminsky, a Hungarian colonel, was wounded in the neck. Iskender Bey had a horse shot under him, and cut his forehead in the fall. All the European officers, from Gen. Guyon downwards, behaved with great coolness, bravery, and activity. During the battle the Russians had six guns dismounted, and the Turks ten. The Russians on the afternoon of the sth surrounded their guns -with cavalry, and walked the whole 16 guns off to Kourook Derech, after which they re tired to their former camp, leaving a small force at one hour's distanee, and exactly opposite Hadgi Veiikio, where the Turks left two regiments of cavalry and some infantry, under the command of General Kmety. For once the Bashi-bazouks behaved well, and only about 600 fled to their homes ; five deserted to the enemy before the action commenced, and one after all was over. Several Russian 'deserters went over to the Turks both before and after the action. Both armies fought nobly and bravely ; and although in strict military language the Turks may be said to have lost the battle, still the Russians suffered greatly, and every bit as much as the Turks. The day after the battle Iskender Bey went to Ge neral Bebutoff by order of the Mushir, and both sides agreed to alloW each other to advance and bury their dead. The Turks and Cossacks consequently met alongside each other, and appeared quite friendly. Zarif Moustafa, Pacha's courage and pre-, sence of mind did much in keeping the army from giving way. The old man was in the heat of the fire everywhere. It is much to be regretted that the Turkish cavalry, from want of proper training, could not assist in the field. It did little ; and here the Russians had a great advantage, also, in the quickness and precision of their manoeuvres, in which the Turks couldin no way compete with them. The following is perhaps not an inaccurate statement of the contending forces in action on the sth inst : TURKS.—Twenty thousand infantry, four regi ments of cavalry (of little use), four thousand five hundred irregular and (bad) horsemen, one thou sand artillery, and fifty-two guns. In reserve at Kars—Five battalions of infantry, and twenty-four guns. RUSSIANS.—Twenty-five battalions of infantry, two regiments of Don Cossacks, two regiments of Circassians, two regiments of dragoons, two regi ments of irregulars, sixty field-pieces, and two thousand artillery. On the Bth the Turkish army at Kars was ready to take the field again in an hour's notice, if necessary. From another source we have received the fol lowing :—" Intelligence from Constantinople comes down to the 21st. At that date confirmation had been received of a great battle having been fought in Asia, on the 7tb, which lasted five hours. The Turks, who were commanded by ,Zarif and Mus tapha Pasha, lost 3,000 men. Hassan Pacha was killed. . The Russians, commanded by General Be butoff, lost 1,600." • Another account says a private letter, received by the mail from Trebizond, which reached Con stantinople on the 19th, gives the following details of the defeat of the Turkish army of Asia by the Russians at Kars and Bajazid. The Turks, on 7th August, committed the fault of quitting their fortified positions and of attacking; the Russians in camp at Kurook-Derech. The Turks had succeeded in defeating the right wing of the Russians, when the Russian General advanced his reserve and attacked the Turks with his entire cavalry. The Turkish cavalry gave way, and the infantry was compelled to retreat for a league. This movement was effected in good order, the Turks having with the bayonet success fully resisted all the attacks of the Russians. 4,500 men were killed on either side, and, as the Turkish artillery was admirably served, it is be lieved that the Russians suffered most. Ono of their generals was killed and two wounded. The Turks lost Hassan Pasha, and Mustapha Pasha was wounded in the left arm. The Russian dra goons captured 2,500 Turks. The Turkish army still remains in front - of Kars. The advanced guard, composed of two regiments of infantry and two of cavalry, is at Ibadj-vel•.Keni, under the Command, of the Hungarian General Kmety. The main body of the army is encamped between the advanced guard and Kars, and the rearguard is in Kars. The army is, however, insufficiently fed, badly equipped, and completely discouraged. THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. The Venice Gazette of the 24th publishes an ar ticle on the entrance of the Austrian army into Wallachia which has produced a very great impres sion. According to, this article, the intention of the Austrian Government in occupying the Danu bian provinces has been to render the mouths of the Danube free, and to remove all obstacles to the commerce of the German States on the Black Sea. The material pledge which Russia had usurped in violation of treaties is now in the hands of Aus tria ; justice has been avenged, and Europe gua ranteed against the renewal of a similar act. From this resolution,. which gives a new aspect to the Eastern question, must result a more energetic and consequently a shorter war, or the resump tion of negotiations for peace with greater chance of success. The adversaries of Austria, who have been hitherto pleased to represent her as the protegee of the Czar, must now admit her dignity and her independence ; she h as proposed to herself to protect both her own in terests and those of Germany, and she has now put the seal on her enterprise. Germany h a il s in her the guardian and avenger of her auto nomy, whilst Europe respects a power which, free from all influence, observes and fulfils in the face of the world the . obligations which she has imposed on herself. A letter from Bucharest, 19th, states that a battalion of the Wallachia!' havin 2 ,- ro fused to accompany-the Russian army% in their retreat, were disarmed, and their clothes taken from them. They came back only in their shirts and drawers. A letter from Jassy of the 13th, in the Presse of Vienna, says " Ger cral Baron d'Osten•Sacken lately inspected the troops cantoned in various districts of Moldavia: It is sail that all the troops have received orders to be rea'ly to fi;ht after the 26th Augu4. It is certain that Rus sia is concentrating her troops in Moljavia, and parti cularly in the western part from Galatz towards Tekun Tergu, Okna, Ratra, and Jassy. A telegraphic despatch reached Prince Gortschakoff this day from Vienna, by Hermanstadt. Its contents have not transpired. The Russian generals held a conference after it arrived," THE BALTIC. COPENHAGEN; Aug. 25.—English transports con tinue to pass on their way to the fleet and army. A Frendh transport, the Courrier de Marseille, with provisions for the Aland division, has stranded on the southern shore of Refshorn, on the coast of West Jutland. The crew (eight men) were saved by eleven men jumping inio the life-boat, and dashing out to the brig, after an attempt to send a rocket line had failed, the distance from the shore being too great. She is iv,w discharging. A mes sage has been sent to the French consul in Elsinore for a steamer, and it is hoped s h e ma y yet be g ot off. As yet she has sprung no leak. THE ISLES OF ALAND. The following extracts of an article on the isles of Aland, inserted in the Moniteur, would seem to indicate that the allies do not intend to occupy those islands : "The accounts hitherto published respecting the rigour of the winter in the islands of Aland fall short of the truth. Every year, from the first days of November to the end of April, the climate is intensely cold, the centigrade thermometer ranging from 20 degrees to 25 degrees, and rising often to 30 degrees. The sea is frozen over, and the communications on the ice with Fin laud are very active. The Russian officers taken pri soners at Bomarsund declared to us that they had often travelled in sledges from Aland to St. Petersburg, en camping at night on the ice, and there are still in the island several old men who perfectly recollect having seen in 1809 a corps of Russian cavalry of 15,000 men coming from Finland and crossing the Gulf of Both nia to Aland on-the. ice. The climate is so rigorous in winter that 91)e-third of the soldiers of the gar risen of Bomarsimd, are renewed yearly, and the inscriptions on the tombs of the military cemetery prove that the mortality in that season is very great. It had of late assumed such an extension that the Russian Government had been obliged ,to order the construction of a military hospital as spacious as the fortress itself. The rigour of the cold is in creased by violent north-westerly winds, which fre quently blow in winter during several consecutive days, and render it completely uninhabitable for fo reigners. No means exist to neutralise these atmos pheric influences. The island is thinly peopled. It does not contain a single town, and the few viliages scat tered here and there offer no resources. Russia, ever preoccupied with her future aggrandisement, had re f.olved to build a military town adapted to the climate, and the plan of which had been approved by a recent ukase. The town was to be situate within the line of the forts, and to offer some analogy with Sebastopol, but on a larger scale. While the Finnish part of the Guif of Bothnia, invariably freezes every year, the por tion on the side of Sweden is seldom entirely covered with ice. This circuirstance was favourable to Russsia, which during the six months' winter was thus in direct communication with her possessions of Aland. The climate of the country is warm in summer. During the month of August the thermometer often rises to 20 deg. and 25 deg. (centigrade), bet the evenings and nights are generally cool. The accounts of the productions of those islands, published by the press, are completely erroneous. In their prssent condition they eaenet ever feed their inhabitants. They offer no resource for an army or a fleet. They produce fresh-water fish in small quantity, game is scarce, and the different species of cattle are of a diminutive size, and not abundant. The Russian troops drew all their provisions from St. Petersburg." DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, Wednes,lay.—A erowle'l meeting of the members of the Constitntion-11 Society was held last evening. Three thousand persons, in eluding men of all ranks, were present. Enthusiastic resolutions were 'passed, supporting the ground-law, denouncing the despotism of the octroi, and defying the Ministry. All the persons present solemnly agreed to sus tain •'the Parliament in impeaching the Cabinet, ..and to refuse the payment of taxes until this step had been taken. A sum amounting to several thousand dollars was subscribed in the room towards forming a fund for guaranteeing the support of discharged civilians, members of Parliament, and for assisting the con stitutional press. The name of the King was not mentioned during the proceedings. At the close, loud cheers were given for the Constitution. The Ministry continue to threaten obnoxious public men, as well as members of Parliament holding office. The consequence is, that fresh re signations are taking place. TURKEY. The dissatisfaction among the troops at being kept so long inactive is extreme. A French officer, who died in the central hospital at Constantinople, just before he expired said to a " sister of charity" that attended him, " I am not loath to die, but to die without having gained honour." The Seras kier Riza Pasha has been intriguing to have Omer Pasha sent to Asia Minor, to take the command of the army there ; but the Sultan is averse to the idea. The Bosphorus is now deserted by all but a few vessels. The gigantic Orinoco still retains its position at Beycos, and the Rifles' band adds to the gaieties of Therapia and its sister villages. On the 14th Omer Pasha received news from Her mannstadt that the Austrian occupation would begin on the 19th, and he at once sent off one of his adju tants to Marshal St. Arnaud at Varna, with the im portant intelligence. The Turkish Generalissimo has chosen 150 officers of rank who are to, form his suite when he receives the Austrians at Bucharest. The Turks are fortifying Tirnova, which lies south of Sistova, and is one of the fortified places that was razed in accordance with the stipulations cf the treaty of Adrianople. According to that treaty the Danubian islands were to be considered neutral ground, but the Turks have taken possession of those which are of importance in a strategic point 'of view. Up to the 20th the Russians had made no serious preparations for quitting Moldavia. Troops had passed the Pruth by way of Leova into Bessarabia, but these were battalions which bad entered Moldavia from Kamienitz in Podolia, and were on their way to Odessa. By marching these troops through a part of Moldavia, instead of through the whole of Bessarabia, the Emperor Nicholas fed them at the expense of the Moldavians, instead of his own. RUSSIA. The Journal de Saint Pctersboary bas an article on the Eastern question, from which we extract the following passage : "The Imperial government had a right to hope that the moderation of its acts, as well as th- good faith of its intentions, would have been appreciated ha the cabinet of Vitnna. It is on this persuasion that it has acted since the commencement of the present crisis. The atti tude lately assumed by Austria, in rendering untenable for our armies a strategetic position which they had taken up with confidence, has obliged them to a move ment of concentration, which they have just executed." We read in the Lboyd of Vienna of the 26th : " It is stated that the Russian Cabinet will not ac cept the propositions of England and France in their present form. For the Czar to consent to ne gotiate on these bases they must be drawn up, it is said, much more modestly. It has been said at St. Petersburg that several years of unsuccessful war would not call for greater sacrifices. Count Buol, on the other side, is reported to have said that the Austrian government will•not negotiate on other bases. The Russians are fortifying their po sitions on the Pruth. A line of Cossacks has been established between Galatz and Czernowitz to carry despatches. Mud huts are being built near the Pruth for winter-quarters. A letter from Bucharest of the 21st states that Omer Pacha is to remain there until the arrival of Count Coronini. The fo reign legion has quitted that place for Rustchuk. A letter from Shumla of the 12th states that the bulk of the Turkish troops at that place have moved towards Trajan's Wall, and will be replaced by those of the Danube. It is thought that Omer Pacha will again this year open operations against Ismail and Tutschkow, particularly as the Turkish. head-quarters is to be transferred after the en trance of the Austrians to Rustchuk and Babadagh." AUSTRIA. A. Vienna correspondent on the 22d assures the Dresdener Zeitung that the four conditions con tained in the French note of the 22d of July would be positively refused by the Russian Cabinet, and that the official negative reply w is expected in a few days. The information given you yesterday on this subject has this morning been confirmed. A Cabinet messenger yesterday morning brought Prince Gortschihcoil confidential communications relative to the views of his Government on the sub ject of the guarantees demanded by the Western Powers from Austria. According to the Copirte Zeitarbg Correspondent, the Russian note will con tain no definitive answer, but clear and full expla tions will be demanded of Austria. "As no ,defi nitive reply can be given until these explanations have been given, the guarantee que , tion is . net likely to he settie:l before the new year." Should this prophecy be fulfilled it will be a matter of lit - - tle consequence, as this year's campaign cannot last above six weeks or two months longer. ITALY. The declaration of Garibaldi has caused grea. t Their discontent among the Mazzinian leaders. papers are now daily abusing Garibaldi, with. as much fervour as they had formerly praised him. Up to the time of that d e claration i he was, according to them, the braves soldier, the ablest general, and the most un blemished patriot under the sun of Italy. No w ' f w all is char yeti, and this time he is the tool ° the Jesuitical Governintat of Piedmont, a Iti k „ e ; warm adherent of the national party, au iudiffer e m A chef de hatail on, a downright apostate in fade`"`" protest against his declaration, said to have pa pers; signed by the officers of the Roman Rc. , publie , to been published in some Mazziniau which Garibaldi has replied in the most-effectl.,ve manner, in a very few words, by requesting t he editors of those journals to furnish him protes.ut. names of the officers subscribing the It appears that when Cardinal Antonelli of formed, in an official way,ofintention s the 10 - Government with regard to the convents, bp ern . knowledged that, so acting, the Sardinian G clve • a st menu was not moved by any hostile feeling ag al i j ac the Church, but solely on account of the Pe c ,, u the circumstances of the times, and he expressel hope that the ejectment would he effected wit eat possible delicacy. We are also informed that i r the fear of revolutionary outbreaks prevai ls ea. Papal Court • and this, perhaps, explains the.ires with t 7 expected mildness with which the recent nac're. of the Piedmoutese Government have bee n ceived by Cardinal Antonelli. FRANCE. or With the exception of some remarks in the by st itutionnel on the Customs returns publisbea de' the ltioniteur,. and a notice in the Pay s of tb. g e 0 . spatch te from the Prussian Minister, M. cle ; 4 of any which we gave yesterday, there is 11° . 0 1) ,,. 1 r ia any interest in the leading columns o f the A '..... journals of this day. The Constitutions- sklpti..or . The progressive development of national po.„51)„-r-ope in presence of the war in the two extremities of - 1- "" or s is eq a u r e e n m ee a e rk e a f b a le ru f p ac tu t. re eßfypeaacjeufsatli.chastisement, tb e cso tlior of it. Whilst Russia is Czar by the interruption of he e r x m pl a ae r tx i i t Te i gi m iLtg e hi the destruction of the revenue of the Customs, .ril.:ir like England, tranquilly pursues her c ourse °` jt i 5 tnercial enterprise. This is not mere assertiat.vetiast exclusively tn e s ; tocel : ; : th e ll e, cet not founded on inventions, like the Russian 7-orse ce but on official returns by which the true state 0, -t: olio is shown to her friends and her enemies. _T_P e Pftite have only to turn to the account of the reve" ll , e h :e Cusoms published by the llfoqiteur to see wlißt the to t° rations of our foreign commerce have been al ri n n i f bas List seven months. It will be seen that n ot ° ,h . 05. our foreign trade not fallen off, notwithstanding:j;:cer pension of the trade with Russia but that, On : 7„ con' FtrO 6 trary, it has made new progress , ' ' and that there:' siderable augmentation of revenue. The reviv ‘ ,l' O il m th a e nifests itself in the most evident m anner , li ll ' p ' eCt ° co-operation of a good harvest, we . rug . ,ffo - r tb e treat movement in manufactures and com mer ' - A end of the year." ; O tt :, The 111 oniteur has a letter from TheraP• a fi' to' the 20th, which states that the healtb of th r c, - , r : 9 army serving in the East continues to i i i all ii its il l• the fleet the epidemic had suddenly lo: . 37 P' IP too°. tmsity ; new cases were rare, and the of those recently attacked recovered. es 10' Government securities and railway' sh ed e of proved to-day on the Bourse, in causequenc ° ue g i rise in English Consols and the favoikrbl° • clOO F' received from Spain. The Three per Cen ts , •10" the l ief at 74f. 60. for the end of the month 3 and-a-Half per Cents. at 100 f. 60c. ; and t il i e, 2o Loan, at 74f. ; Orleans Rail way Shares , '4:O 50e. ; Ronen, 930 f. • Havre, 595 f. ; Great N' c 'c r t i o.ret 863 f. 75c. ; Strasburg, 812 f. 50c. ; NeW ' TJ - .,0 11 1 ' 636 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 977 f. n e ' .; f - r .ll `; and the Mediterranean, 877 f. 50c. ; ,:i e rit'i France, 675 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 6 21 ',,' , s 0" Great Central of France, 518 f. 75c.'; 1 . 1 %, ° 4„1 6c " Geneva, 525 f. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 70' " SPAIN. 101 Advices from Madrid of the 29th state t er Union Club was closed the' day before by o w tg the Government. at e et A detachment of National Guar ds in and tim th °vi the members that they must disperse , itY was immediately obeyed. Other dubs of less importance were closed same time. 1i e °' In order to satisfy the public feeling 1 a 11 ti ists against Queen Christina, and at the 5a1i4,10,r., to cover her departure, a decree was abol twOoPP issued sequestrating her property and supp t 11° her pension until the pleasure of the Oor P 9 '" been taken on the matter. Madrid was tranquil. io General Van Halen, Conde de Peramca 3l 7 of gazetted President of the Supreme Tribli War and Marine, vice Baron de Meer, vgb 0 signation is accepted. - is dr The battalion of Cazadores of Tarragona ash Glared dissolved for the late mutiny at Sarri9' 0; the light battalion of Africa is to take the 110 battalion of Madrid, and to supply its place'ope General O'Donnell has decided on the 0%00 sion of the Queen's Guards and the organ' of the Halberdiers. i$ ari - J From the subjoined telegraphic d es r ate be seen that Queen Christina did itot 100! he r. :A without an attempt being made to prevel" „et . ' is clear that her departure was altogether en:r os by the Government : T tclO P' Cle' "B AYONNE, Aug. 30.—An insurrectionarY the.oo took place at Madrid yesterday on accotw t n ° i t inc t ies with of Queen Christina. The troops, in e l - ;frir o ' with the National Guard, removed sale ;ot's' which bad been raised, and put down the in g° AUSTRALIA• (BY ELECTRIC ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 10' e' 11, PLYMOUTH, THunsDAY,,--1,011113 The Essex, Captain Martin, from ivie'ikd O s with 120 passengers, 37,000 ounces of g e fi o 'o l. o 900 bales of wool, is off this port. Sh e i fhu — re lir Sth of May, four days before the gal*"'" which arrived here on the 11th inst. 1 A .•----_____=-------'—"-- 14 14 7 e• i v Cfr,A do ESIGLISH SCOTTISH, AND AIISTRALT.— , t o - f BANx.—Yesterday the half-yearly meeting 0, - iv 0 00 the English, Scottish, and holders in Austre tori, tered Bank was held at the London Tavern ; 0 105 aml Johnston, tl Evt., in the chair. The rooted to s a T te v b iz e . d wf it t la be 'i l o o t; :e thank, of the meeting were voted t° 1 r p martial on Lieut.GlllEPNeTrrWyllhlaLsE tors. Wit h °l' d A s THE 46TH PE interest by the citizens of Chester on accoti,h°,,)clege;of regiment having been in garri,on here. ' l 7 by e tb° b l e ll en Cß : . re runts on this occasion have been COrroborst:e 04 Of to offi miniseenees here of the sayings and cj a % " "teril i% vre * cers, and they are anything but '"-.,,h'ca vi" the vi military, gentlemanly, and moral ton e -tl cot veiled among them. A galant, if not gall s pot ot l who has figured in the recent proceedinits:,,tiool:ll' membered here with any agreeable ass°c„,,,i-beenoB t' e only wonder is that he has not long sin'''. to t ot' gated to Coventry. It was his practice ker-itorlii,llo presents of snuff-boxes to females of )31 '. d frie n ir once, and we know of instances where Il t bst roe have discovered that they had double lids, an, se es tures of the most disgraCeful character Nv e o g ono secret one. Encouraged by his success IV fi bil f tli stresses and dress-makers, this infamous fe" ° o ung • 01: audacity to present one of these boxes to 9 ' i fr i e sci f f at tos in respectable society, but luckily a ma le AN :- be pecting the motive of so singular e °. t hoe: a slr mg, the standard of morality was " r Y means to remove the contamination Wrio god .having any knowledge of his object. Gen e witli s t .o l/ loYrr e o nle to ti mquiry into the conduct of this corps in . honourable exceptions. Should Lord ilerdi4r ti'l llr ote ° thel dioc ioe o r for the last six years, there is little doubt that °l ot t o. of profligacy would take place which woul d 6 % o °' tany Bay as the fitting station of the 46th for a ~,, Or next .... seven years.—Chester Chronicle. ~. A of , A g l• of TRIAL OF FORTY THIEVES.—The uou.- a ,p ° tlie (says Galignani) in Jul 1852, tried A lite Of toto thieves headed by a many,named Boutier - o cd ic es t! o te i 0 ails, gang, a man named Lalourcey, who vine years' hard labour, recently made regela ti e bi l eg i/j tcisl inculpated fourteen other persons. A ! i e ,t r t - tbet tl f otO: tigation was made, and the result Wag s b u li c ient ii &rf" e,e l4 "' authorities considered that there was f the ' h e P 4 to cause the prosecution of five out 0 , ,, Tbe re jk one of them being Lalourcey himsei" P t° r ed were accordingly arrested, and were ° P shoo of brought to trial before the Court of Asszes . Boboettlef accused them of twenty-three robberieh_bi , o se them dating from 1845, but the nuinber on r s' inc ips , o etl were prosecuted was considerablyless--tV P,, 0 ,9 17 ,,rtie being the robbery in 1845 from a traoe s— the " o ft Vittoz, of a group in bronze of two wrestlers,soo trio! tic value of which was 2,0000.. but whieb wit.s*Sof ti' s, "C second-hand dealer for 60f. only. The resur e igs e ' e lie was that three of the accused, a 'man narne",,, w er, „of two women named Lefebvre and Saesien' aPI to quitted ; and that tl)e other two, Lalcurcel ci,tnethef were convicted. 'they were severally but A s , t o five years' imprisonment with hard labour, of , 01 are alrealy under condemnation to eight Y e e ffee'l,o o same punishment, the sentence will not tilce her e t he .1.113 CHOLERA.—EDINBURGII, Avg. 2s. derin ° oo 4 last 10 das- 8 ; been 14 or 15 cases of cholera in Edinburgh A 19 0 0 been t number of fatal cases, the returns for six ds.Y - c i e ssi:etl• no r imris'ie4 ~, and for three dve from one, shoal' ~jr, and in Glasgow there has, - ~. fr ornos 218 cages and 72 deaths. At Hamilton, re . : d.p,,,,, marnock, D anfermline, Montrose, Aberdeen, r '' l n os ce r the di , ease has exhibited itself with more l i f ed lence :at Perth it is said to be attended Wi t i ll Of siderable fatality. tts' I ' , • GaZe ii 0 LUXURIOUS BARBA.RIANS.—The Berfrice I ,F 24 sT,t,,, •.0 ,, 1‘t 1,:1,:41,,,,ti diSC Nt'rell at the c e.i f i v a; ti,.. Colol'adci,a!ilo silver alidl6bfir-ef.4.11.441ieir PI had been met with who used gold huffecs or