The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-13 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL ROYAL HAYIIKRILET. 1 under the management of Mr. Ileekstone. THIS EVENLSG, OCT. 13, comedy be performed the coedy of PAUL PRY% P Farrell, rincipal eha acters by ...r. Wright, Mr. Chippendale, Mr: W. Mrs. ?oynter, and Miss E. Chlin. To be followed by the Come dy of BORN TO GOOD LUCK ; . Principal characters by Meseri. iludson, Rogers Chaplin. Villiers Dirs. Poynter. Miss A. Vining , and MIS 4 E. To conclude with A K 135 114 Tliii: DARK. ____.---------------....--.... ROYAL PRISCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-ST=IST. Under the Management of Mr. Cahill& lEsAx. THIS EVENDIG, OCT. 13, WM be performed (fifth time) a comediet ta, entitled LIVING TOO FAST. After which. A HE ART OF GOLD. Principal c h a racters by Messrs . Meadows, Addison, Ryder, 1). Fisher, Cathcart, and raker; Xlases Heath and Murray, and Mrs. Daly. To conclude with Tail HALT OF THE BALLET. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Hr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING, OCT. 13. svin be performed the popular Drama of TIIE DISCARDED SON. • PrinaAp.l characters tiy (nem Selby, Murray, Bedford. and Seeley ; Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Woolgar. After which, the Farce of CAPERS AND CORONETS. To conclude with the Face of STATION HOUSE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THE ‘.Tit Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, OCT. 13, "MN) performed 1 MATCH IN THE D ‘..ltlC. Principal cha racters by Mr. A.. W ran, and Miss Fitzpatrick. To be followed by the Comic Drams calla I HUS MONEY. Charac ters by Messrs. F. Robson and Em er y ; and Mrs H . A. W igan. To conclude with PERFECT CONFIDENCE STRAND THEATRE. 15)1e Lessee Mr. F. W. Aileron. THIS EVENING, OCT. 13, WM be performed 'TWAS I. Fellovred by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Mephistopheles, Mr. Haltord; Faust, Miss G. Hodson; Marguerite, Miss 11. Gordon. After which, THE NEW WAGS OF WINDSOR. To conclude .with THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER. Stalls, 45.; Boxes, 2s. 6d. • Pit, Is.. Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes £1 ls., ,o be had o f Mr. 41,11 Croft. 15, New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. THE FALL OF SEBASTOPOL ! Mr. William Cooke having despatched an wrent to Paris to witness a Grand Specta , le at the ' Cirque Imperial," embracing the principal events ot the Eastern War, preuared, on his return, -an Equestrian Drama, reserving the denouement, in anticipation et .ha late glorious event—an event which has now furnished the author with the most thrilling and powerful incidents. It will shoitly be : ;odwuceill introduceon a scale ot magntuxi . lade never before attempted is England— lisitees, and combine in its action hotn tke Stage and the Ring. N.B.—The announced piece; the " Siege of Siiistria," is withdrawn for the introduction of the recent grand achievement et the Allied Forces. TEIIi EVENING, The very Interesting Eque7trian Spectacle called, THE WOOD MAN'S HORSE; or, THE KNIGHT. After which, a series of those brilliant and unique SCENES in the CI KCLE, theinvention and arrangem•:nt of %Lr. William Cooke. The whole to conclude with a GRAND ENTREE AMICALE of Tzgland and France, Tableaux on the Stage, and National Dances by bladlles. Christine and Agnes- HIgH WATER AT LONDON BRlnui,.. Tn" DAY —Morning 52 min.nfter 5 I Evening 16 min.aft. 6 ..3tRIAV Mornin„ 38 :curt.after 6 1 Evening 9 unin.aft. 7 rf-37. WHATHER.—SUN pncoe, Ocr. 13. TILIRMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 57—tighest since noon yesterday. 4: —lowest this morning and during the night. 52 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'4; —falling. W VV.—The wind has gone round from the W. to W..W., with a light breeze. Last night was the coldest °since the spring, with a heavy dew and hazy. Noon— sunshine. THE "COMING" CAPTURE SEBASTOPOL WILL BE PUBLISHED IN AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION "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. fr ? 1111, of the 41lies Ats the signal for their own emanci pation, what, then, can we expect but a speedy and decisive tfiumpli? It is not reasonable to suppose that i hese men will sacrifice their own lives to glorify the CLut or to protract a useless resistance. Each day, then, may bring the anxiously looked-for int. lligence of the fall of Sebastopol. The subjuga ti .on of the entire Crimea must speedily f 011( YV. The inhabitants of the country have alread .y afforded unequivocal testimony of their friend] .y feelings to the Allies, combined with a stern and i nveterate animosity to their quondam tyrant. Th q were still impatient under the galling yoke, and rejoice in the hope of returning to their ancient alley iance, and witnessing the restoration of the manners and customs that prevailed before their beautiful and fertile land fell a sacrifice to the griping cupidity of the Empress CATHA RINE. We cannot a bandon this interesting race to the vengeance oft he infuriated CZAR. We are bound by every feeling of honour and humanity to pro tect them from his vindictive malevolence ; and, although the surrender of the Crimea formed No portion of the "Four Conditions," it would be disgraceful to the Western Powers if they con sented to peace on any terms that did not recog nise the fall independence of the people, or, at least, their transfer to some other Sovereign. Associated with the Caucasian tribes, and under the protection of France and England, they would supply an excellent barrier against the insidious advances of the Northern Despot. Bessarabia, too, should be taken from the AUTOCRAT. He who so recklessly sent his cohorts across the Pruth, on such frivolous pretexts, should no longer be allowed to approach that river. The territory acquired by the Treaty of Bucharest in 1812 should be restored to the successor of the Sovereign from whom it was then wrested, and who was mainly induced by the persuasions and influence of England to surrender so fair a portion of his dominions. Nay, more, it may well be de manded that Russia should, as in byegone times, be bounded by the Bug, and compelled to disgorge the whole of its modern acquisitions. This may be very unpleasant to NICHOLAS and his toadies. But after causing so vast an expenditure of blood and treasure, through his pride and arrogance, l►e cannot expect, and must not receive, as favourable terms as might have been accorded before he carried his unwarrantable pretensions to such a pitch of perverse obstinacy. What can we now anticipate ? The fall of Sebastopol, and the destruction of his Fleet, is the signal for shaking the sceptre of Southern Russia from his enfeebled grasp. Prussia cannot aid him. The vacillating clicquot may have enough to do take care of himself. While Austria— "Ever strong upon the strongest side," will not help—nay, more, will probably seek to benefit herself at his expense. A speedy sub mission is all that he can look to ; and hard as are the conditions now to be enforced, he may rest assured that they will be much more stringent and unpalatable after another campaign, and that " the leek" he will then be obliged to swallow will be bitter indeed. Three Courts-martial have just been held on board the flag-ship Victory, at Portsmouth, in consequence of the proceedings in the Victorious hulk, on the night of the 17th September, when the unfortunate MATILDA JANE LODGE met her death. We have so recently expressed our views in. reference to that painful and me lAncholy transaction, that it is scarcely ne cessary to repeat that public justice had been fully and completely satisfied by the stringent and searching investigation that took place before the Mayor of Portsmouth and his brother magistrates, and that however foolishly and recklessly Lieut. KNIGHT might have acted on his return home from a protracted voyage, he had not been guilty of any cruelty or brutality towards the unhappy ' young woman ; nor could ho be held in any de gree legally responsible for her melancholy death. rho law of the laud had, therefore, no 31aira against him. If a civilian, his conduct mid not be impeached before any tribunal—sa-ye -hat of public opinion—and it might be held that ae had already, in the exposure, anxiety, and .xpense which he had sustainvd, sufficiently expi ated the "indiscretion" of which - he had been guilty. We say " indiscretion," because it does not appear that there had been any immoral act, save ,hat of seeking such dangerous society. But theru had been a grave breach of disci )line. As an officer holding her MAJESTY'S commission, Lieut. KNIGHT bad nc right to bring loose women on board any vessel in the Royal Navy, or to exposu his brother officers to the contamination of such demoralising association. if he had fallen into this grievous error while mebriated it would have formed no ex ;use, scarcely a p&liation, for such con duct. Intoxication alone would be a serious offence, for which he would have been liable 7,u severe punishment. But, in the Navy, some liowance is always very justly and properly made :br the excitement occasioned by a safe return from a protracted and dangerous cruise, and to .;hat allowance, coupled with his previously irre- !,reachable character, is Lieutenant KNIGHT in , lebted for the comparatively lenient, though still deavy, sentence which condemned him to be placed at the bottom of the list of first-lieutenants of the toyal Marines, thereby practically losing the be ;lefit of eleven years of faithful and efficient service unstained by any previous fault. But Lieutenant KNIGHT was not the only per ,ion called to account, although really he was the only offender, and there were what our continen tal brethren denominate " extenuating circum itances." Two other officers were also called to account, for even tolerating such proceedings, and not immediately reporting the circumstances to the officer then in command. The first was Lieute nant Jp.vrs, whose conduct certainly appears to be perfectly irreproachable. He knew nothing of the unfortunate young woman being on board, having retired early to rest in his cabin, until he was awakened between one and two o'clock in the morning by the piercing shriekswhich she uttered during her hysterical attack. He then, with a degree of humanity deserving high praise, assisted the sufferer, and forgot her errors in her affliction. He might have ordered her immediate expulsion, but he forgot her impropriety o f conduct in her illness, and desired that " she should be removed early in the morning ;' and if Lieutenant J ERVIS thereby committed a fault, the recording angel should, as in the established precedent of my Uncle TOBY'S oath, have " dropped a tear on the entry, and blotted it out for ever." We but honour, Lieut. JE RVIS , conduct Tra sthat of a true British sailo r; a w . lo not s w e m et ly excuse,heelfore sincerely rejoice at his acquittal. The next officer implicated was Lieut. ELPHIN STONE. He was charged , as s enior officer p resent in the ward-room, with permitting the presence of those women without forthwith reporting them, and in permitting them to receive wine and spirits in immoderate quantities. The case of Lieut. ELPHINSTONE was not quite so clear as that of Lieut. JERVIS. Ho was actually command- ing officer on board ~ at the time he received the message from the Chaplain, but, being ignorant of that fact, he did not feel himself called on to in terfere. Hedid remonstrate, but did not take steps to ascertain that he was entitled to command the " abatement of the nuisance." He thus com mitted a fault, although, under the circumstance;, of a venial character, one adequately expiated by the admonition which be received. We rejoice at the proceedings, which have com pletely vindicated tiro honour of the British Navy, and shown that such transactions, if not unpre cedented, are at least of very rare occurrence, and that there is no probability of any repetition of occurrences so calculated to excite the sorrow and indignation of those desirous of maintaining the honour and efficiency of the maritime service. TEE SUN EXPRESS EXT.RAORDINARI T OF SUINDAY, THE Sth OCTOBER, WITH THE LONDON GAZETTE EXTBAORDI .N.ARY. We have much pleasure in acknowledging the thanks of our various correspondents throughout the country, and the handsome notices of our pro vincial contemporaries, in recording our exertions to gratify the public anxiety with the earliest authentic intelligence of the great battle of the Alma, together with the list of the killed and wounded on that memorable occasion. Mrs. Bingham, of Bristol, Mr. Wheeler, of Man chester, Messrs. Willmer and Smith, of Liverpool, and many other agents, distributed copies of the Extraordinary Sun to the public authorities, news paper offices, and others, and received well-merited thanks for their laudable exertions. Messrs. Clayton and Son, of the Strand, also received great and well-deserved praise for their prompt alacrity in forwarding large quantities of the Extraordinary Sun of Sunday to their numerous country corre spondents. At Woolwich; Chatham, Sheerness, St. Leonards, Hastings, Dover, Brighton, South ampton, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and other mili tary and naval stations, the tidings were received and appreciated with intense interest. (From the Bristol Mirror, of Monday, Oct. 9.) The following despatch from Lord Raglan, detailing the glorious victory of the allied forces over the Russians at the Alma was published yesterday (Sunday) in an Extraordinary Gazette, and re-published in The Ewa. It arrived in this City about six o'clock, having been for warded to Mrs. Binghani, news agent, to whom we are indebted for a copy of that journal: (From the Bristol Times, Oct. 9.) At half-past six yesterday (Sunday evening) we were favoured through the kindness and enterprise of Mrs. Bingham, news-agent. of this city, with an Extraordinary Edition of The Sun, containing these important de spatches, and which had been forwarded to her by special express. (From the Bristol Mercury.) We were favoured with a copy of Lord Raglan's de spatch (in The Sun), at; 6.30 last evening by Mrs. Bing ham, of High-street, who was tne only party in Bristol that then received the special news in full. By a later train we had forwarded to ourselves the Gazette Extraor dinary, which has been carefully collated with The ‘S'un's copy of the document, together with a second Gazette containing despatches from Admiral Dundas. We have to thank, also, the managers of the Telegraph-office for an abstract of Lord Raglan's interesting document. Let us hope that our united exertions in distri buting the coming. capture of Sebastopol may be equally successful. COURT CIRCULAR. BALIvIORAL, OCT. 11. Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Alice, were out yesterday in the Bulloch-bhuie. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred drove to Invercauld. The Earl of Aberdeen arrived yesterday evening to be in attendance on her Majesty. Early this morning, Major Lord Burghersh arrived at Balmoral. • Despatches from the Governor .of the Cape of Good Hope were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Captain Payne, unattached, has received an appoint ment as second aide-de-camp to Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith. G.C.8., Commandant of the Northern and Midland Districts. THE QUEEN IN EDINBURGH.—The Queen and Royal Family reached Edinburgh yesterday evening at seven ; they leave at half-past ten to-day for Hull. The Prince of Wales and the Pr.ncess Royal have each a small rardea at Osborne, which they cultivate themselves. Great rivalry exists amongst them as to which can produce the best flowers and fruit. The Prince had failed in the production of something, and he solicited help. Prince Albert,•when he found this out, forbad it, adding he did not wish the future King of England to receive assistance in anything he could do himself. THE DUCHESS or GiotcitsTitt.—Her Royal High ness purposes leaving the Bedford Hotel this day for Gloucester House, Piccadilly.. The Royal Duchess has taken carriage airings daily, and continues, we are happy to say, in the same state of health as we report - d last week. Her Royal Highness. has taken frequent car riage drives on the Pier Esplanade, but does not alight from her carfiage. The Earl of Ito , len has arrived in town from Hyde Yale, county of Hers. He bill leave to-morrow for Hanover, in company, with the Hon. Mr. Jocelyn, who is attached to the Hanoverian legation. The noble earl will be absent about ten days. Lord and L idy Cioncurry have left Maretimo for Hilisboroueh Castle, on a visit to the Marquis and Mar chioness of Downshire. Major-General F. Maunsell and Mrs. Maunsell have arrived at the Weetend Hotel, Kilkee. • . James Roosevelt, E=q , and Mrs. Roosevelt have arrived at the Clarendon rlotel from New York. Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P., has visited Southampton to examine the extensive operations going on in that town, for severing it, and supplying it with water. Sir Lucius O'Brien, Bart., lieutenant of the County Clare, will in a few days lead to the hymeneal altar Misr Finucane, daughter of M -jor Finucane, a Waterloo hero, and sisterdn-law of Admiral O'Geady, of Erina. The Right Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood come to town on Tuesday next, from Yorkshire. I Lady Graham and family return to town early in the ensuing week, from Cumberland. Nuwale Azimullah Khan, an Indian prince, who intends making Brighton his winter residence, dined last evening by invitation with Mr. Vansittart and select circle of friends, at the residence of the latter, 16, Brunswick-square. The prince is likey to experience numerous similar instances of friendship during his sojourn —Bridgton Gazette. NEW WING TO THE MIDDLESEX ROUSE OF DETEN- TlON.—Yesterday morning, Mr. H. Pewnall (the chair man), and several of the county magistrates, inspected the new female wing of the prison, which it has been found necessary, in consequence of want of room, to erect in connection with the old building. WHITTINGTON CLUB AND METROPOLITAN ...kTHEN.EUM. —The usual winter course of lectures for the season 1854-55, in connection with the above highly prosperous institntion, was commenced last evening by a lecture by the Rev. G. W. Condor, of Leeds, on " Mind : its world and its powers." CITY IMPROVEMENTS. — Cannon-street, one of the most useful of the improvements now in progress in the City of London, is nearly finished, and in the course of a few weeks the workmen will he out of it. •A New POLICE Coura.—Yesterday a new police court was opened at the Sessions-house, Broad Sanc tuary, Westminster, in compliance with directions from the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for the purpose of, swearing in recruits. The presiding magistrates were Mr. James H. Wilson (chairman) and Mr. W. P. Bodkin. who were assisted by Mr. Rogers as their clerk. BUTCHERS CHARITABLE INSTITUTION. — Last evening, the 26th anniversary of this institution was held at the Freemasons' Tavern—Mr. W. Collins, Master of the Worshipful Company of Btitch'ers, in the chair. There was an exceedingly large and respectable company, nearly 300 gentlemen having sat down to dinner. BATTERSEA. PARK.—On Wednesday the whole of the extensive buildings belonging to the .York Drain and Tile Company, adjoining the Vauxhall Water-works, were sold by order of the Commissioners of Public Works, to be forthwith pulled down, to clear the ground for the formation of Battersea Park. The site of the proposed park is now nearly cleared, and the Commissioners having had a grant of 24,0001. from Parliament, the laying out of the walks and roads is at once to be proceeded with. A marked progress has been made in the construction of the Battersea Park Suspension Bridge, during the summer, on the Chelsea side, a number of houses having been removed for the approaches. ALARMING FIRE AT BATTLE BRIDGE.—A fire attended with considerable damage broke out on Wednesday night on the premises belonging to Messrs. Evans and Hayward, silk-mercers, &c., situate at Albion-place East, Battle Bridges. It commenced in the ground-floor warehouse, and was occasioned by the gas burner in the window, which, coming in contact with some dresses, set the valuable stock in that part of the building in a blaze. A number of the neighbours quickly attended, es well as several engines of the parish, four of the Lon don Bri g ade, and that of the West of England Insurance Office. Owing to the exertions of all present the fire was eventually subdued, but not until a great amount of property was either totally destroyed or seriously da maged by fire and water. Fortunately, the building was insured in the Sun, and the contents were insured in the Atlas Office. ROYAL FREEMASONS' CHARITY FOE FEMALE CHIL DREN.—The usual quarterly Court of the governors of this institution, now situated at Waudsworth, and originally established in St. George's-field', for the maintenance and education of indigent female children, the daughters of reduced members of the craft, was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street --Brother Mills in the chair. - SUICIDE FROM WATERLOO-BRlDGE.—Yesterday morn ing the body of a female, who was seen to throw herself f rom off Waterloo•bridge on Wednesday night, was found on the banks of the Thames, opposite Somerset house, and removed to the dead-house of St. Mary-le- Strand to be owned, and for an inquest. ' It was that of a female about 35, light hair and complexion, _and clad in black silk bonnet, plaid shawl, lilac-coloured cotton gown, habit-shirt marked "M .P.," and Adelaide boots ; all of good quality. ~ , fi,. W, i ~~ Q . k /` ~~'"~. ~~l~~i , . LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1854. Official accounts from Constantinople of the sth inst., and the Crimea of the 3d, which ap peared in our impression of. yesterday, announce that "50 heavy guns, 650 sailors, and 2,00 e marines had been landed from the fleet at Bala klava ;" and that " the English army was dos( to Sebastopol, which was invested on the south, and that batteries of heavy guns had been con structed." The Allied Armies had, it appears, advanced their trenches to within 1,500 yards of SebaStopol, and a general feeling prevailed among French and English that a general assault would be made on the Bth instant, that would transfer the Russian stronghold into the hands of the as sailants, and accomplish the act alluded to in the false and fraudulent reports that had been pre maturely circulated. Under these circumstances it is more than pro bable that the bombardment actually commenced on the 4th inst., as reported through the Vienna tele graph. When all was in readiness for the ter rific onslaught, it cannot be supposed that the work of destruction would be unnecessarily pro crastinated. And from what we already know of the effect produced by the French and British artillery on the granite fortifications at Bomar rand, w e can easily conceive the awful effect of a bombardment from a far more powerful force—. continued unceasingly for four or five days. On the one side, we see troops flushed with the bril liant victory they had already achieved—those who.were in the rear, on the glorious 20th of September, burning with martial enthusiasm to Prove themselves worthy companions of the men who so freely shed their blood in that sanguinary encounter, and to acquirt, similar laurels. Some of our jolly tars, too, who were Pining under comparative inaction, and eager to share the dangers of their brethren of the land service, have been allowed to participate in the work, and we cannot doubt that their ex ploits will be worthy of commemoration, while the gallant Marines, who have always proved themselves equally efficient in either branch, or on either element, have had their Prayers granted, and been allowed another opportunity of dis tinguishing themselves. Our noble Allies, too actuated by a friendly emulation, will maintain the ancient reputation acquired in many well _ , fought battles, recently enhanced by conduct that will bear comparison with the most brilliant ex ploits of their illustrious progenitors. What have such men to fear from opponents paralysed by defeat —and such a defeat, where a position, which they fancied could be held.for at least three weeksagainst eighty thousand men, was taken in less than three hours by less than tv,enty thousand ? Disheart ened as they have been, and knowing that there are many among them who had been ruthlessly dragged from their homes and compelled to join the ranks of those with whom they had no sym pathies in common, to fight under a standard they detested, and who would gladly hail the triumph j • THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 1854. I•ATEST NEWS. THE CRIMEA. BERLIN FRIDAY. The following Russian official despatch was published in St. Petersburg on the 11th : Nothing fresh had occurred before Sebastopol up to the 6th. Prince Menschikoff still retained his old posi tion on the north side. VIENNA, THURSDAY. A private despatch from the Black Sea, dated the Bth inst., states that the bombardment of Sebastopol commenced on the sth inst. Two breaches were made at the Quarantine Fort on the 6th. Advices from Odessa, of the 7th, state that Prince Menschikoff's right wing was at Bakshi- Serai, his left wing at Alushta, his centre at Simpheropol, where reinforcements from Perekcp will concentrate. Report says • that the Russians have sunk 32 ships in the Tenikale Straits. MARSEILLES, THURSDAY. The coffin containing the body of Marshal de Saint Arnaud has been conveyed to the cathedral. To-morrow it will leave for Paris by a special train. Mine. de Saint Arnaud, the Marquis de Trazeynis, and General Youssouf, have accom panied the mortal remains of the Marshal to France. All the authorities of the city, the bishop, the garrison, and an immense crowd of the inhabi tants have rendered to Marshal de Saint Arnaud the funeral honours reserved to Generals-in- Chief. MADRID, OCT. 9. The Gazette publishes the names of several priests who have quitted their residences for fear of the cholera. The bulletin of the capital continues favourable. The elections are going off quietly. TURKEY. A meeting, it is said, is about to take place in Constantinople, of representatives of Austria, Eng land, France, and Turkey, for the purpose of ar ranging the details or the future Austrian protec torate in the Danubian Principalities. If it be true, the news will serve to sharpen the coming answer of Russia to the last Austrian note of Sep tember 12. THE PRINCIPALITIES. A Vienna letter of the Bth, irithe Cologne Gazette, says :—" It appears certain that the order of march of the Turkish troops has been changed. Not only all the troops who had returned from Wallachia to Bulgaria are again, passing the Danube, and pro ceeding by forced m arches towards the East, but the staff of the Turkish flotilla of the Danube has been transferred from Rustchuk to Hirsowa. It is said, besides, that in order to facilitate the opera tions of Omer Pacha, the bridge of boats which ex isted between Giurgevo and Rustchuk, is to be re built lower down tiveen Ibrail and Matchin. The Austrian troops entered Galatz on the 25th Sept. The Austrian Consul-General of the Principalities, M. de Michanowich, is to proceed to-morrow to his new post at Bucharest." From Jassy we hear that General Osten-Sacken has been at Perekop since the 2d, and is awaiting the arrival of the reinforcements from Odessa, to advance into the Crimea to the assistance of Prince Menschikoff ; but it does not seem very probable that he will be enabled to do so before the middle of the month. RUSSIA. By our advises received this morning, we learn that the Emperor of Russia has expressed great dissatisfaction with the measures adopted by Prince Alenschikoff previous to the battle of the Alma. It. appears that the Prince ordered the 15,000 re serves from Balaklava to reinforce his position on the heights of the Alma, and among the results of that battle must be reckoned the advantage which accrued to the allies from the fact of Balak lava having been left unprotected. The move ment of the allied commanders•in-chief round to the south of Sebastopol, it is argued at St. Petersburg, might have been successfully frustrated, or at least greatly impeded, if the aforesaid 15,000 reserves had not been withdrawn from Balaklava ; and hence the reported dissatisfaction with Prince Menschikoff, and his deposal from the supreme command of the whole of the Crimea. The movements of Russian troops that are now taking place in Poland aro understood to have peculiar reference to Austria, and as the direction of any troops towards the Crimea would now be too late to have any influence on its destiny, it may be assumed that the following dispositions have refer ence both to Austria and to the possibility of the Turks making an inroad into Bessarabia : The Grenadier regiment (Feldmarschall Suwaroff) and two regiments of Chasseurs (Kutusov, Smo lenski and Wielkiluki) advanced, under the com mand of General Wrangel (3), on the 2d instant, from Warsaw to Kielce, fifteen leagues north of C racow , an d occupy an entrenched camp there. The three Grenadier regiments, Alexandrowisch, Wurtemberg, and Kathariuenburg, have entered the great fortified camp at Rachou, on the right bank of the Vistula. The camp at Kielce seems to be selected as the pivot fur the Russian dispositions towards the West. AUSTRIA: VIENNA, Oct. 9.—A telegraphic despatch, dated Czernowitz, the B th , was received here this morning. L apprised us that General Baron Bessassy ,waatid seppercnthe probably y there nu to-day,hisintended return coming from J y s also evacuated stated t t z h a e n d Ottoman hra la troops s ha ci d ty. e and that these important places had been occu pied by the Aust rians ; and finally, it informed o m l p t let a el l us that Prince G-ortschakoff's head-quarters had been already removed to Odessa. This latter piece of information will of course require con firmation ; bet to a certain extent it is corrobo rated by advices from Odessa of the 3d and sth inst., which state that General Osten-Sacken has received the command-in-chief of the Rus sian forces in the Crimea, and that Prince Menschikoff has received orders to confine his command to the defence of . Sebastopol. If this be true—and there is no reason to doubt it—then the probability of the removal of Prince Gortschakoff's head-quarters to Odessa is apparently strengthened by the supposition that the defence of the Crimea, even after the expected fall of Sebastopol, may have been determined upon at St. Petersburg, and consequently this greater concentration of the Russian forces near the isthmus of that peninsular may be deemed ne cessary. The Neue Preussische Zeitung, vulgo Krentz Zeitung, of yesterday, was confiscated by the authorities on its arrival here this morning. It is understood to contain an article which is not only in the highest degree offensive to the Austrian Governtnent, but downright insulting also to the Emperor Francis Joseph personally. And for what reason do you suppose ? Incredible, but true ! Because his Majesty the Emperor of Aus tria is supposed to have instructed Count Buol cordially to congratulate the Western Powers on their victory on the Alma, both through their re presentatives here, and the Austrian ambassadors at London and Paris. 0 tempora 1 0 mores 1 PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Oct. 10.—Tho Cabinet of Berlin, it is said, at nrst hesitated as to whether it ought to give a reply to the note of the Vienna Cabinet of the 30th ult. It was thought that it would be better not to reply, as it was clear it would not alter the line of policy of Austria, and that a reply exposing again the views of the Prussian Cabinet might easily appear calculated to exer cise too strong an influence upon the other Ger man States. It was, however, finally decided that a reply should be made. In a few days it will leave Berlin. The Austrian note of the 30th of September, in reply to the Prussian note of the 21st, however, is not the only or the most energetic of the communications of the Cabinet of Vienna. There exists a circular dated the Ist of Oct., ad dressed to the German Governments, accompanied by an expose of the position of Austria towards the belligerent Powers, and a note bearing also the date of the Ist of October, by which the Austrian Minister at Berlin has instructions to communicate that circular to the Cabinet of Berlin to leave no doubts to the latter as to the manner in which Austria pronounces herself vis-a-vis- with her Ger man confederates. All these documents are, I am told, very curious. They prove that Austria re gards hostilities with Russia as imminent, and that she no longer entertains the idea of following a policy of neutrality. It becomes, moreover, daily clearer that the propolitions of Austria will not have a majority in th• Federal Diet ; perhaps, to avoid a rupture which would put the Federal Con stitution to a severe trial, Austria will abandon her propositions, so that the Diet will remain inactive. The Cologne Gazette, under date of Berlin, 9th, says:— _ _ "The publication of the Austrian note of the 30th of September has produced considerable sensation. It is comprehended that Austria has spoken her last words, and that she will maintain her policy against Prussia, even without being supported by Germany. It is more than doubtful whether Prussia can maintain her iso lated position." A Berlin journal says:— " On the 17th the trial of the persons implicated in the plot of March, 1853, will commence before the Court of Political Justice in this city. It will probably last several weeks. The accused are 10 in number, and they will be defended by five . advoc ites. More than 30 wit nesses, several of them from Mecklenberg, will have to be examined. The indictment is very long, the police having collected a great quantity of papers. The Director- General of Police (M, ffinkelberg) was to have been examined, but on his representations the Court has de cided not to hear him." THE BALTIC. KIEL, Oct. 9.—Rear-Admiral Plumridge arrived here last evening in his flab-ship, the Neptune, 120 ; and this morning the following line-of-battle ships came in :—The St. George, 120, Captain H. Eyres ; Monarch, 84, Captain Erskine ; and Royal George, 120 (screw), Captain Codrington. The French line-of-battle ship Duguesclin, in tow of the steam-frigate Le Milan, has passed the Great Belt. The Jemappes, which broke her chain cable during the g ale of last week, and was obliged to get under weigh to prevent going ashore, arrived safely in Wingo Sound, near Gottenburg. The Swedish steamer Core arrived yesterday from Stockholm, passed the Swedish line-of-battle ship Carl Johann going into Carlscrona, and the same afternoon saw two British line-of-battle ships, and a French screw steamer towing one of them ; from the course they were steering it was supposed they were trying to make the Groat Belt. We have had very heavy equinoctial gales, and from all ports of the Baltic. accounts have been re ceived of losses and damages to merchant ships. Fortunately no ships of war are known to have suffered any damage. From all that has transpired it appears certain • that, though the order for the return of the French and English fleets was countermanded provision ally, while consultations were going on as to the expediency of making an attempt on Swea.borg'be fore the ice appears, yet these consultations have ended in the confirmation of the impossibility of doing anything of importance in the Baltic this year, as the season is too advanced. The ships, therefore, are going home. A French line-of battle ship passed the Belt yesterday, steering north, and a French steamer is despatched from here to Nyborg, to fetch pilots to steer the allied ships here through the Belt. The reception of the British ships here has been quite enthusiastic. It happens to be the time of the Michaelmas fair, so that there is an assemblage in town of people from all the surrounding country, who appear to be quite astonished at the magni tude of the ships, and altogether delighted with the novelty. COPENHAGEN, OCT. B.—The Oresundsposten men tions the arrival from England of the electric tele graph cable which is to be laid across the Sound, and will then connect the Swedish with the Danish telegraph lines. The engineers have now decided on the direction of the submarine line, which will enter the Sound a little to the north of Elsinore, and emerge about a mile from the town of Lands crona. The Cuckoo gun-boat, Lieutenant Commander Augustus G. E. Murray (2d May, 1854), arrived at Sheerness, from the Baltic, yesterday, at 10 p.m., last from Yarmouth, where she put in, being quite of out coals. The Cuckoo left Ledsund on the 19th of Sep tember last, and arrived at Faro Sound en the 21st of September. On the following day the Swedish camp broke up. The Porcupine was there in charge of the colliers for supplying the steam-fleet with coals. She left Faro Sound on the 23d. In consequence of very boisterous weather, she put into Christianopel, and afterwards into Ung skar for shelter ; she arrived at Copenhagen ou the 27th. The Danish troops, in very large force, were7encamped in and around the town. The troops had been exchanged ; the Zealand troops were sent to the southern dominions, and the southern troops to the north. This was done from political motives, to prevent a . particular object being carried out by the troops in their own district, of which the Danish Government had had a very broad hint, if each body of troops remained in its own locality. The Cuckoo left at Copenhagen three Danish 50- gun frigates and one French steam-vessel of war. She left there on the 30th, passed Elsinore the same day ; left two French line-of-battle ships and a French frigate there. That night she was obliged to anchor under the island of Atiliolt for shelter ; next morning proceeded and put into Gothenburg from stress of weather, and there coaled ; left there on the 6th of October. She left in Mingo Sound her Majesty's ship Cumberland and a French line of-battle ship. The Cumberland had carried away all the lower part of the knee of her head, stem, and cutwater, having been in collision with a French ship of war. The Cumberland was repairing damage to enable her to return to England. She may be hourly ex pected, as her repairs of damage were nearly com pleted. From the departure of the Cuckoo from Sheerness, on the 31st May last, she has been con stantly on the sea, and never, through all the in tricacies of Baltic navigation, once settled' or grounded. Lieutenant J. Davies, lately promoted from mate, late serving on board the Hogue, and Mr. Daniel John Durgan, late Assistant-Surgeon, pro moted from the Duke of Wellington, have come home on their promotion, as supernumeraries on board the Cuckoo. The machinery of the Cuckoo has on the whole acted exceedingly well, and she has kept her speed from 10 knots to 10.2 on her passage home. Her boilers are completely worn out ; they have been now seven years in constant work. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY, 6 P.M. One of the chief causes, I might perhaps say the only cause now, of anxiety as to the expedition against Sebastopol—so. strong is the conviction that it must fall before the skill and courage of the the fear that the Russian army may receive in sufficient time reinforcements which would eh able Prince Menschikoff to offer battle to the allied army with such an augmentation of force as to occasion great slaughter and protract the siege. The exact amount of the Russian army at Sebasto pol is not known, nor is it known with certainty what reinforcements likely to reach before the for tress shall be reduced are on their way. The De buts has some observations of a tranquillising nature on the point. It says: — "Every one asks himself what may be the number of the Russians engaged in the defence of Sebastopol ; but, in the absence of positive data, it can only be estimated i in an hypothetical manner. The Vienna journals, de ceived, without being aware of it, by the agents or par tisans of Russia, made the forces of that power in the Crimea amount to the exorbitant number of 140,000 men. We may judge how far this is an exaggeration when we call to mind that these same journals, on the faith of similar information, stated that the garrison of Eupatoria was 15,000 strong, and that the Rus sians had flanked the wails of that town by three large forts. The allies on landing there found a town without fortifications, and haying for its en tire garrison 200 men. Setting aside, therefore, these improbable numbers, and even that of 103,000 men, given more recently, the force at the disposal of Prince Mensehikoff may be estimated at 70,000, including the division which has arrived from the line of the Dniester, after a march of 28 days. All the reinforcements which he could collect throughout the extent of his command must have already joined him. It appears that the reinforcement of 8,000 men who came from Kertch, and who joined him on the Alma the very day before the battle, included the garrison of Anapa, and among others the 16th and 33d regiments, which were in front of the battle, and suffered severelj. It is regarded as a very difficult matter for the troops which must have left Kherson and Nicolaief, on hearing of the landing of the allies, to arrive in time to take part in the defence of Sebastopol. The reinforcements re ceived by Prince Menschik off are composed of troops from the garrisons on the coast of Circasia, which the Russians have been compelled to evacuate. There must be also added to these reinforcements the sailors of the Russian fleet, by means of whom the enemy's force may be brought up to 85,000 men, which is the highest number that can be admitted, •since the Russian army on the Alma was only estimated at 50,000 men. But the combined army also receives reinforcements, which will bring it up to the same number, if not to 90,000, and it will, therefore, be perfectly prepared, while carrying on the siege ener getically,. to cover it with an army capable of gaining, if necessary, a second pitched battle over the Russians.' It is known that General Canrobert received at the battle of Alma a contusion in the breast from the splinter of a shell. The Moniteur de l'Annee says that a consecrated medal, which he wore under his uniform, and which had been given him by an august hand at the moment of his departure, pre served him froth a more severe hurt. We read in the Constitutionnel "The" names .of the persons killed at the victory of the Alma ha►e not yet arrived. The Minister of War has been khid .enough to announce that ho will giVQ. through the press, such information as may reach him on the subject. Meanwhile, we think it as well to sum up both the official reports and the numerous private accounts published by the journals or received by our selves. Two general officers have bees wounded--Gen. Canrebert and Gen. Thomas, the former slightly, and the other more severely, but not in such a way as to endanger his life. Several field officers are said to have been killed. The death of only one is confirmed in an undoubted manner, namely of Commandant TroYon, of the 7th of the line, a man of great merit, and one of the youn g est officers of that rank in the army ; he was on horseback when a ball in the breast struck him dead. M. Leblanc, a sub intendant of the first class, has had his thigh amputated after the wound which he received near Prince Napo leon ; his situation is as satisfactory as possible. Three officers were killed where they stood—Captain Coudroit de Laurais, of the Ist Zouaves; Sub-Lieutenant Poideviu, of the 39th of the line, killed as he heroically planted a flag on the telegraphic post ; and Sub-Lieutenant Rob, of the marine . infantry. Fifty-four officers of various grades; amongst whom are . " Capt. Francois Cluzel, of the 39th . of the line, who had the right arm shattered, and Lieutenant Gaston Paris, of the same regiment, who had his arm broken by a ball, have received wounds serious enough to necessitate their removal to the am bulances ; the most of them are going on well, but some have fallen since that period. The number of non commissioned officers and soldiers killed or wounded amounts to about 1,300; only one name has been as yet g iven, that of the brave Serjeant-Major Fleury, who was killed in circumstances analogous to those of Lieut ' Poidevin's case. The Zouaves posted as skirmishers on positions deemed as impregnable are they who have suf fered the most of the whole army ; the Ist Regiment has 280 men hors de combat ; the ether losses have been divided amongst the marine-infantry, the foot-chasseurs, the 7th, 20th; 27th, and 39th Regiments of the line; the sth and 22d Light Infantry, the Foreign Legion, and all the brave regiments which have co-operated in the glo rious day of the 20th Sept. As to the artillery, every one agrees in saying that it was admirable, and that that of the reserve rendered the greatest services ' • but none of its losses has been anywhere specified. It appears that in addition to the figures given above must be reckoned a number of very slight wounds and contusions; received at those points where, when our troops were mixed pell-mell with the Russians, the struggle during a certain time assumed an individual character. In fine, many officers and soldiers escaped as if by miracle front the balls which flaw round them in every direction ; coats and trousers were cut with balls, caps pierced through ; and one case is mentioned, that of the colonel of the 22d, where an epaulette was carried away by a ball. We may add that several field-officers had their horses killed un der them, without themselves having received any con tusion or wound. Of that number was Col. Pacqueult de Lavarande." There is nothing else of any interest in the lead ing columns of the journals on the war. The Emperor and Empress left to-day for Amiens to be present at the consecration of a chapel dedi cated to St. Eugenie in the cathedral of that town. The visit is in pursuance of a promise given to the clergy last year by the Emperor. ATe Deum will als' be performed in thanksgiving for the victory of the Alma. The Stecle has an article which may interest some of our readers as have not fully comprehended the allusion to chauvinism in the letter of Barbes, which led to his liberation by the Emperor—au act of clemency for which it appears he has not manifested the feeling which would have been shown by a generous mind. The Moniteur contains three decrees —one, ad ding two judges to the Cour Imperial of Algiers; another, extending the duration of the modifica tions of the customs' tariff in the French colonies as regards corn, flour, and dried pulse, to the 31st July, 1855 ; and the third, making a number Of promotions and nominations among military offi cers in the Legion of Honour. The Three per Cents. closed yesterday at 76f. 35c. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a- Half per Cents. at 98f. 85c. ; and the New Loan, at 76f. sc. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,215 f. ; Rouen, 988 f. 75c. ; Havre, 570 f. ; Great North ern, 873 f. 75c. ; Strasburg, 841 f. 25c. ; New Shares, 656 f. 25c. ; Paris and Lyons, 1,037 f. 50c. ; Lyons and the Mediterranean, 862 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 663 f. 75c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 621 f. 25c. ; Great Central of France, 520 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 538 f. 75c. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 762 f. 500. SPAIN. The Message? de Bayonne announces the arrival of Marshal Narvaez in that place on the Bth, and his departure the next day for Vichy. The same journal states that M. Salamanca, who has been at Bayonne for some time, has taken the chMeau Prisse, close to the town, bought horses and car riages; and seems to have the intention to reside there for some length of time. GREECE. A letter from Athens, dated the 28th ult., in the Moniteur, says :—" Two Ottoman subjects, Nicolas Papas and Nicholas Ghinou, residing.-in the Turkish ♦illage of Mavromati near Agrapha, having to claim an indemnity for the damage caused to them . by Colonels Sotiri Strato and Geor goussi, who, on crossing the frontier during the late events, took from them a quantity of corn and other articles, to the value of some thousands of drachmas, brought an action against the said Strato and Georgoussi, who were condemned by the - tribunals. The plaintiffs, having met with consid erable difficulties in effecting a seizure of the pro perty of their debtors, as ordered by the sentence of. the Court, the prefect of Etolia and Acarnania immediately called into requisition the armed force to assist in carrying it into execution. The seizure having been thus effected, the Ottoman subjects will soon be indemnified for the losses they have sustained." EGYPT. The fresh Egyptian auxiliaries from Alexandria will, as we understand from communications from Varna, of the Ist, go direct to Balaklava, instead of first proceeding to Constantinople, as has been the case heretofore, and will thus be very much earlier on the scene of action. 6,000 Egyptian cavalry were expected to arrive at Balaklava on the 6th inst., and four steamers were to go from Varna to Balaklava, to return with transport ships fur the convey'tnce of provisions from Varna to the allies. Meanwhile the four steamers set off to Alexandria, to return with 4,000 Egyptian artil ... lerymen. About 12,000 Egyptian auxiliaries, mostly cavalry, have joined the expeditionary army by this time. MISCELLANEOUS. Omer Pacha seems to have already commenced operations against Bessarabia. He pa ssed throu g h Galatz on the Ist inst., on his way to Ibraila. The Turkish corps concentrated at Sehumla, according to letters of the Ist of the mouth from Galatz, were then on their way from thence to Trojan's Wall. The Turkish Danubian flotilla is concentrated at Hirsova. It will be made use of in the conveyance of troops from thence to Galatz. A letter from Copenhagen, Bth, states that the President of the Volksthing in the sitting of the previous day informed the Chamber that the pro positions made in the preceding session relative to the modification of the Constitution had not been accepted by the King. A letter from Rome, of the 30th ult., in the Parlamento of Turin, states that a few days before the officer commanding the Papal gendarmes sta tioned at Marino, near Rome, was assassinated. The crime was attributed to party spirit. The Augsburg Gazette states that the Prussian Jews are at present endeavouring to obtain the revocation of the edict of 1492, isswed by Fer dinand and Isabella, which banished from Spain all persons of their persuasion. They have ad dressed to the Cortes a memorial to that effect, in which they endeavour to prove that Jewish colonies existed in Spain long before that country was inhabited by Garistians. They quote in sup port of their assertion Strabo, Philo, and the Spanish historian Los Rios, who even declares that the Jews rendered the greatest services to the Christians when these latter reconquered Spain. On the 28th ultimo the Court of Appeal at Basle pronounced sentence on a refugee, named Thury, who had given himself out for an emis sary of Kossuth ; the latter, however, had since formally disclaimed any connexion with him, and stated in a letter that he had only given him some pecuniary aid. The Lower Court had condemned him to two months' imprisonment and a fine of 300 f. ; but the Court of Appeal increased his punishment to six months' imprisonment, 500 f. fine, and the expenses, with 100 days' imprison ment more if the fine were not paid within three months. The Prussian , Geratte, of the 9th, says : " Count Esterhazy, who is staying here on a mis sion extraordinary, had an audience last Friday of the King in the Bellevue Palace, when he pre sented to his Majesty an autograph letter from the Emperor of Austria. The conjecture that thi s letter announced the recall of Count Esterh a a i z i y d f ro m the court of B erlin is not correct. The Emperor of A ustria has p ardoned two poli tical priso leis named Giovanni Giovanni Noziezka, and remitted one-half of the . punishment of a third , named Antonio Fo dor. A letter from Messina , 4th, says :—" It is now several days that no case of cholera has occurred here, and it is said that clean bills of health will be issued in the course of the present week. At Catania the disease still exists, and also in several other' parts from tsof Tilsit A i mention that in consequence of the reductions in the Prussian tariff, the smug gling trade along the frontier bad greatly dimi nished'; the smugglers had found their account rather in availing themselves of the high'rates now paid for laud transport from Russia to Prussia than in driving their hazardous trade with dimi nished profits. The Giornale di Roma publishes a text of a con vention concluded between. the King of the Two Sicilies and the Holy See to regulate international telegraphic correspondence. The Monitenr s a ys :—" Captain Sir Edward Belcher, commander of the last expedition to the Arctic ocean, has addressed to the Admiralty a re port, in which he bestows the highest praise on M. Emile de Bray, a French officer who took part in the expedition on board the English ship Resolute. His Excellency Lord Cowley has been charged by the Government of her Britannic Majesty to transmit a copy of this report to his Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs." THE PENINSULAR MAIL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAP.H.) SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY. By the arrival of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Euxine, we have dates front Gibraltar to the 4th inst., Cadiz 5, Lisbon 9, and Vigo .10. The Euxine had on board 45 passengers, 65 packages of.specie, and the usual 'cargo. Her Majesty's steam-ship Viper arrived at Lis bon .ou the 3d inst. with despatches for Constan tinople, and, after taking in coals, proceeded on her voyage the following morning. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Sphtnx arrived in Gibraltar Bay on the 2d inst. The British steamer Bal bee, six days from Liver pool, arrived out at Gibraltar on the evening of the 3d. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Stromboli passed on the 3d for the Black Sea. The despatch screw , grin-boat Lynx ,proceeded from Gibraltar to the Black Sea on the same day. THE BRAZILIAN MAIL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY, 9.30 A.M. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Severn has just arrived with the above mailS. Her dates are—Buenos Ayres Sept. 1, Monte Video 4, Rio Janeiro 14, Bahia 18, Pernambuco 21, Madeira Oct. 5, and Lisbon 9. She had on. board 56'pas sengers, 21 of whom landed at Lisbon. The Severn has on freight 16,122 e. in specie, 10,0001. value in diamonds, and a very full cargo. From Buenos Ayres there is little to notice of importance. In political affairs all was tranquil. The market for imports was dull, but an improve ment was expected at the commencement of the spring trade. The produce market was bare of stocks, and hides kept high. Tallow was flatter, and wool entirely neglected, although the forth coming clip was pronounced better than usual. Freights were dull. Exchange on London 60 6to 60 9 per ounce. . At Rio the Legislative Chambers were prorogued. A large business had been done in coffee. In dry goods there was no improvement. Exchange at sixty days 27, but some small transactions had been effected at 27i to 27f. Freights continued active. • At Pernambuco business had been in a complete state of apathy. In exchange little had been done at 27k, cash. Freights dull. At Monte Video there was a good demand for imports, but prices had declined. Exchange; 40s. The coast of Brazil is reported as very healthy, - no fev6r of any kind prevailing. - At Lisbon the disease in the vine still existed. CRYSTAL PALACE, OCT. 12 (ONE SHILLING DAY). — Admission at the doors, 5,082 ; admission by season tickets, 615 ; total, 5,697. MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—At the Lawford-gate Petty Sessions, held at Bristol yesterday (Thursday), Thomas Eaglestaff, Isaa,cEaglestaff, Daniel Wills, George Brown, and Charles Chapple, were charged with having assaulted -, Mr. Watkins, a cattle dealer, and inflicted on him such injuries that his life is now despaired of. The court was - densely crowded, as the case excited much interest from the position in life of the different persons. THE IRISH MILITIA ENROLLED.—At the Privy Council held in Dublin Castle on Thursday, the Lords Justices made the order for enrolling the Irish militia. • SUPPOSED MURDEE.—We understand that a woman has been lodged in gaol here, on a charge of having poisoned two of her ovn children. The authorities ars engaged in investigating the case.—Stirling Journal. THEFT OF BANK NOTES.—On Tuesday afternoon the sum of 3561. was stolen from the person of a gentleman at Falkirk Tryst. Some of • the notes were 501. Bank of England notes, and their numbers are known. THE LATE ATTEMPT AT ABDUCTION.—We can posi tively state that the gentleman who lately attempted abduction in Northamptonshire is not, or ever was, an officer in the army, He is an Irishman, the Hon. Mr. C., nephew to an earl in Ulster.,-, ASSESSED TAXES.—It is not . generally lnown that a party served with a surveyor's schedule, ,and failing to , make a return, may be refiked to be heard on appeal, before the Court of Appeal, against a charge made on him. THE EARL or ENNISKILLEN.—The officers of the Barnsley District Loyal Orange Society have forwarded ; to the Right Hon. the Earl of Enniskillen, Grand Master of the Orange Lodges of the United Kingdom, an address of congratulation and sympathy on the providential - escape of his lord , hip and 800 of their Protestant brethren from the recent attempt to overthrow the railway train ; in which they were travelling on the Enniskillen and Derry Railway. EPWORTH FAIR.—At this the principal fair in the Isle s, of Aichol me, North Lincolnshire, the number of sheep penned was unusually large, but the quality of the animals was not of the most superior kind, they being principally stock ewes, which sold at from 30s. to 40s. each. Fat beasts were scarce, and realised from 7s. Gd. to 7s. 9d. per stone of 141 b. There were few good horses shown ; poi foals were in great demand, and the small number in the fair were disposed of at high prices. THE CHOLERA AT MERTHYR, &c.—We regret that this fearful disease has been very prevalent in the dis- • tricts of Merthyr and Dowlais, in South Wales, and that though every effort has been made to stop its progress its ravages still continue. Since its first appear- , ance between 200 and 300 persons have been carried off. The authorities are on the alert, and adopting the mea sures best calculated to stop the spread of the pestilence. House-to-house visitation has been adopted by the medical staff, who daily visit each dwelling. The streets are being cleansed and well limed, and the boards of health are active in carrying the provisions of the act into operation. Yet much more remains to be done, as slaughterhouses abound, open drains are allowed to pour forth their miasma in volumes, and generally the drain age and sewerage of the towns are in the worst condi tion. These towns have acquired an unenviable notoriety by their filth, and now they are among the first to feel the presence of this dread scourge. HEART WORK. - We are not sent into this world to do anything into which we cannot put our hearts. We have certain work to do for our bread, and that is to be done strenuously ; other work to do for our delight, and that is to be done heartily. Neither is it to be done by halves and shifts, but with a will ; and what is not worth the effort is not to be done at all. THE ALLEGED MURDER IN WESTRINSTER.—AD. JOURNED INQUEST.—Yesterday, Mr. Bedford, the coro ner for the City of Westminster, resumed the inquiry' into the cause of the death of Mary Ann Lever, aged, 36. Deceased died in the infirmary of St. John's Work house on the 6th inst., having been admitted on the 3d, and it was stated by Dinah Reid, a nurse in the in firmary, that (according to a statement made by de ceased) her death arose from injuries received through' the violence of a man unknown, who had thrown her over the banisters of a house in Orchard-street, West minster. The inquiry previously held was adjourned for the purpose of further investigation by the police ; .but on the coroner and jury re assembling yesterday, the only additional evidence adduced was that of two women of the same unfortunate class as the deceased, who stated that she had about three weeks ago fallen down stairs at the house in Orchard-street, but they knew - nothing of irjuries inflicted by any man. Mr. Levies, the surgeon of the infirmary, repeated his former evidence, that in his opinion the immediate cause of death was inflamma tion of the peritoneum, which latter might be occasioned in a person leading the life of the deceased, independent of the quries alleged to have been inflicted. The jury accordingly returned a verdict that the deceased had died from inflammation of the peritoneum. A SOLDIER'S RECEIPT FOR, PROCURING SLEEP.—Th following (says the Bath Journal) is an extract from the letter of a youth, son of an ancient Wilts family, to his parents As soon as our division (the Ist) was formed on landing, and the fight division had marched off, we started and marched five miles over a large fiat plain, with a ridge of high rugged-looking hills facing us, and encamped at half-past four p.m. in a large ploughed field, with a quantity of bushy weeds on it, winch luckily made very good bedding when pulled up and heaped together, so a general rush took place as soon as we had piled arms, and not a weed was left in half an hour ! So we had our chip of cold pork and biscuit and go-do wn o f w hi-ly, put our cloaks over us , and with our bearskin caps for a pillow, lay down on our bed of rushes,' and slept like at o p , though it rained a good pa r t o f th e night rather sharpish. Now I will tell you a receipt for sleeping under any circumstances. Have all the excitement of landing on an enemy's shore, epaulettes top of all. Lie dawn ° n c l a d !. carry, porn, a and pis tols, with as many haversacks as cloaks, a bearskintols 1 S e c: p p e a s n , d hatchets, cpau with your conscience at, ea•ie from a sense of doing your duty, and put the cape of your coat bang all over your head, so that you can't feel the rain or dew fall, or be dazzled by the moon or stars, and then commend your self to God. If you don't sleep then, there must be something wrong in the inside." A THOUSAND SINGING BIRDS FOR AMERICA.— Amongst the " passengers" by the Washington steamer, which left Southampton on Wednesday with the United States mails, were upwards of 1,000 singing canary birds. A cabin aas fisted up fur them. Almost every one of the birds was in a separate cage. This cage is dome-shaped, and is of basket-work. Canary birds are exported in large numbers from Breinen to New York by the South ampton steamers, and they are collected frail all' ISalti of Germany, I