The Sun. — London, England, 1854-09-29 00:00:00

a5.........--.........-...-------- HE.A.TRE ROYAL, DRIJRY-LANE. - r Mr. E. T. SMITH respectfully informs his friends and the public admirers of Mr. (1. V. BROOKE that he has engaged that t i eminent artiste to perform for Seven Nights only, prior to his. depar- ;! tare for Australia. ri , Mr. G. V. BROOKE will appear on Monday, October' 2d, in TIRGINIUS. t Tuesday. 3d, in THE STRANGER. Avednesday, 4th, in RICHARD THE THIRD. Thursday, sth, in THE LADY OF LYONS. Friday, 6th, in OTHELLO. Saturday, 7th, in HAMLET. And Monday, 9th, in MACBETH; being positively his last appearance. Mr. SMITH has also engaged Mr. E. WRIGHT, the public favourite and celebrated Comedian, to appear in his original Farces every Evening after Mr. G. V. Brooke's performance. The Boa-office is open for booking places daily, from Ten to Five. In consequence of numerous inquiries, early application is solicited. LAST TWO NIGHTS. LYCEUM THEATRE.-HENRY RUSSELL, TILES EVENING (the 29th time), September 29th, and every Evening. Many friends having expressed a wish that Mr. Russell should appear again previous to finally withdrawing his Entertainment, he has, in compliance with their request, made arrangements to appear every evening. air. RUSSELL will present THE FAR WEST; or, TIIE PROGRESS of the EMIGRANT from the OLD WORLD to the NEW. Mr. Russell will relate his anecdotes, and stag several new songs, " Cheer, Boys, cheer," " Far, fur upon the sea," " Sunshine alter Rain," " Land Land Land'." " The Falls 01 Niagara," " Long have we bean parted," " I'm Afloat," " Many changes have I seen," "The Icebergs" (descriptive song), " Newfoundland Dog," " The Gambler's Wife," &c . The Second Part et the E ntertainment will corslst of a rica ut fSkttcnes, entitled N EURO I. E in Freedom and Slavery. Dress Ciree, 2s. Gd. ; Upper Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery. 6d- THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 29, Will be performed THE IRISH AMBASSADOR. Cliaracters by Messrs. [Lathan, Chippendale, Howe, ROger3, and Callenford Miss Reynolds and Mrs. Buckingham. Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS in a NEW BALLET. To be followed by THE IRISH LION. Principal character by 31r. Hudson. To conclude with A FISH OUT OF WATER. THEATRE ROYAL ADELpllr. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, kw. 29, Will be performed the popular Drama of THE DISCARDED SON. Principal characters else Messrs. Selby, Murray, Bedford, and K ee ley; Mrs. Keeley, and Woolgar. After w hich, MONSIEUR JACQUES. To conclude with 'NORMA. Principal character by Mr. Paul Bedford. STRAND THEATRE. Ve Lessee Mr. F. W. Afleroft. TIM EVENING, SEPT. 29, SVIII be performed HARD TIMES. To be followed by TILE NEW WAGS OF WINDSOR. To conclude with TIIE MARBLE LOVER. Stalls, 45.; Boxes, 2s. 6d.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes .£1 Is, o be had of Mr. Allcroft. 15, New Bond-street. ABTLErS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. THIS DAY, Sept. 28th, and during the week, will be presented the highly successful Eque,trian Spectacle entitled, THE WOOD MAN'S HORSE ; or, THE FALSE KNIGHT, abounding in novel and startling effects. Succeeded by an unrivalled phalanx of talent, and Mr. William Cooke's SCENES in the CIRCLE, including the graceful equitation of Miss Emily Cooke, the wonder of the World; the surprising Act of M. Palmer on a single Horse, without saddle or bridle; the in credible feats of the Brothers Francisco, &c. Box-otlic open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, NI , . We,t. Acting Manager, Mr. W H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. Wm. Cooke, jun. BIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIT'S DAT —Morning 3 min.after 6 I Evening 30 min.aft. 6 To 3 4oanow -Morning 1 min.after 7 Zvening 30 min.aft. WEATHER.-SUN Drumm, SEPT. 29. THEEXOXETEE, Ili THE STUDE. 56 —highest since noon yesterday. 40 —lowest this morning and during the night. 64 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'17. WIND, W.—lt was foggy this morning; at noon ii cleared off, and wo have now fine clear weather. e,a ;; .„ , - 1 I A 11 1 r ay f „.„„ : e i l f g.,, 'llll LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1854. a serious encounter, until they could do so behind stone-walls, protected by the redoubts and batteries erected during the period of inaction, while full information was given of our ultimate intentions." The chosen men of France and England, and the gallant Turks, with whom they .are associated, may, however, render this rather a dangerous course to pursue. The " retreat" may possibly degenerate into a flight, and many of the Russians cut off from the main body, so as to be incapable of rendering any assistance to the defence lof Sebastopol. The decisive conflict must, as we have already repeatedly intimated, take place on the heights above the Russian krsen6.l. If the redoubts and batteries ithere erected should come into the possession \ of the Allies, the fate of Sebastopol is sealed. It ma y be protracted for a short time, but it is as certain as that of Bomarsund—and the only alter native for the Russian fleet is whether it will sur , render without a blow, or rush into a hopeless conflict with the Allied Fleet, the only result whereof will be a very needless sacrifice of human life, for " humanly speaking " there can be no possible doubt as to the result. We should not feel greatly surprised if even be fore the close of this very day we received some very cheering intelligence from the scene- of warfare. If the anticipated battle should have taken place on the 20th, we may be enabled to communicate the pleasing tidings of the total rout of the Russian troops. It would be a strange coincidence if at Michaelmas, the anniversary of the day on which Queen ELIZABETH received an account of the total destruction of the "Armada," and the decisive humiliation of the pride of the Spanish MONARCH, we should receive equally im portant accounts of the overthrow of the power and of the arrogant pretensions of the AUTOCRAT. Should this be the case, it would, indeed, be an auspicious omen. The Leviathan power of the sixteenth century never re covered the first great blow it received. A similar fate may possibly await the Muscovite, and Europe may henceforward have as little to fear from the pride and power of Russia as it has from that of Spain. The first blow must, however, be followed with unflinching energy. We believe that OMER PASHA will advance on Bessarabia, and that the whole of Southern Russia will be relieved from the tyranny and oppression under which it has so long groaned. That important province should at all events be restored to its an cient allegiance. Coupled with the complete independence of Georgia, Circassia, and all the Caucasian districts, as well as of the Crimea, the designs of Russia would be effectually coun teracted. However great its cupidity, we should have nothing to fear from either for a century, if not centuries yet to come. A very painful feeling has been excited in con sequence of the publication of the proceedings at Portsmouth before the Coroner and Jury, touch ing the death of a young woman named MATILDA JANE LODGE, which it was alleged had been occa sioned, and which the jury declared to have been " mainly accelerated, by ill-treatment" which she had received In the wardroom on board of the hulk of her MAJESTY'S ship Dauntless, lying in Portsmouth harbour. In law, the " acceleration" of death, even by a single hour, is equivalent to causing death. The above verdict is, therefore, tantamount to one either of murder or man slaughter, and it is to be regretted that the Co roner did .not endeavour to induce the Jury to arrive at a more precise conclusion, and to men tion the parties itnplicated ih a transaction in every respect so deplorable, and reflecting so much discredit on some of the Officers and Gentlemen (!) of her MAJESTY'S service. A more searching in quiry will, however, be instituted before the magistrates of the district, and if it should indeed appear that the unfortunate young woman came by her death unfairly, or that it was in any de gree accelerated by the violence of any person or persons whatsoever, we may be certain that the offenders will be brought to account be fore a fair and impartial tribunal, in which the public may be assured the scales will be evenly held between the Crown and the accused. Such a matter could not be disposed of by any naval or military court. The accused should be handed over to the civil power, to be dealt with as the merits of the case demanded. The accounts just received per the Thabor steamer, which, according to our anticipations, arrived at Marseilles yesterday, completely con firm the view we took on Monday last respecting the apparently conflicting, but really consistent, accounts previously published as to the landing of the Allied Forces in the Crimea. Most of our con temporaries regarded the despatch of the 16th instant from Lord RAGLAN to the Duke of NEW CASTLE as conclusive evidence of the incorrectness of the semi-official account contained in the Moni too. of Saturday as to the landing of certain regi ments at Eupatoria on the 13th, the day previous to the general disernbArkation at Old Fort on the 14th, and following days. These doubts were founded on the absence of any allusion to the landing of any party at Eupatoria, in the de spatch of the English General. A careful exami nation of the different statements, however, in duced us to believe that they might "be recon ciled, the one relating exclusively to the proceed ings of the 13th ; the other to those of the 14th, 15th, and 16th." Under this impression, we added, " Both accounts, then, may, and we are strongly disposed to think, will on investigation, be found strictly accurate, and should be read together as parts of the same communication." Reasoning on this assumption, we proceeded as follows—" According to this view of the case, the first landing would have been of three regiments at Eupatoria on the 13th inst. No opposition being offered, and the town being surrendered without a blow, the Commanders of the Allied Forces saw the possibility of being enabled to land the remainder of the troops, the heavy stores, artillery, and . baggage, at a nearer place, where, although not so favourable in-.many respects as the spot originally selected, it might be effected with the assistance of those previously on terra firma. The great advantages to be derived from this course were clearly perceptible. Valuable time would be economised, while . the troops would be enabled to enter into action comparatively fresh, the toil of a march of twenty miles through a hostile country being avoided. We have, there fore, every reason to applaud the skill and energy of those who adopted a plan so judi cious. That this is the correct interpretation of the apparently conflicting despatches is corrobo rated by the fact, that the Moniteur's account stated that " the landing of the whole army would take place on the following day" (i. e., the 14th) at twenty miles south of the town (of Eupatoria.) This was the very locus in quo ac cording to the more recent despatch from Lord RAGLAN, so that, in place of being contradictory, they really lend mutual confirmation the one to the other. The place is not far from Loukoul, th e position whereof has been already explained in The Suit of the 22d instant, and it is but seven miles from the military road from Khoslov to Simpheropol. The authentic accounts now received show how completely. we were justified in the opinions then formed. Indeed the whole articl e of the 25th inst. may be compared w ith the intelligence now come to hand, and will not be found to vary in the slightest particular. We do do not , h owever, lay claim to any extraordinary powers of vatieina tion. The only secret was the strict and search. ing examination of known fats, and the reason_ able deductions therefrom of what was most likely to have occurred, although we wero not furnished with the necessary details. We now find by the accounts which reached Constantinople, per the Ajaccio steamer on the 19th, and were thence transmitted by the Thi.l3 r, on the 20th, " that " the Allied Forces were actually marching against the Russians. That the force of the enemy before Sebastopol, did not amount to more than 25,000 men ; but that they expected a reinforcement of 15,000, aad that a battle was expected on the 20th before the Russian reinforcements came up ! The wea ther too was in! the highest degree propitious for Our operations." ' The intelligAnce from Vienna also states that the RussiWretreated as the Allies advanced. As we recently stated " their aim was rather to harass and delay th© invading army, than to risk We shall not, therefore, at present express any opinion as to the death of the unfortunate woman. From the medical testimony it would seem to have chiefly arisen from au old disease. The whole question then will be, whether she received any, and what injury, that could have produced the crisis or hastened the fatal result that would speedily have arisen from natural causes, and we have every assurance that will be strictly scrutinised, and everything done that justice may require. But there is a point on which we cannot re main silent—which rests with the Admiralty and not with the Magistrates. Is it, we ask, right or proper that such evil example should be afforded private soldiers and sailors, that they should see their officers —men whom they ought to look up to with respect and esteem—engaged in the grossest acts of immorality, and bringing per sons who may with too much truth be styled " unfortunate women," under the eyes of their brother officers, and those over whom they are placed in authority? It may be impossible to in sist on a high standard of morality in either ser vice. But " the pleasant vices' of men holding leer MAJESTY'S Commissions should not be so ostentatiously paraded. They should not be al lowed to demoralise their companions and follow ers by such disgusting exhibitions of profli gacy. If officers will not altogether refrain from such abandoned courses, they may be required to pursue them elsewhere than in their barracks or ships ; they may be expected, at least, to pay the trifling tribute of concealment to virtue. At present there is too much reason to fear that the very publicity has its charm, and that the youths who refuse to participate in such disgrace ful orgies are despised and ill-treated by their more profligate fellows. The moral taint is thus spread about. The degradation—with few and rare exceptions—becomes general, and all that the well dispoited can venture to do is to with draw from the disgusting exhibitions. If, as we believe to be the case, the practice has hitherto been, if not openly sanctioned, at least connived at, by the authorities, we don't re quire any scapegoat on which to cast the sins of the general body. But public opinion demands that adequate means should be adopted to prevent the repetition of such indefensible conduct, and that her MAJESTY'S ships or barracks should not henceforward be transformed into brothels by the junior officers. A Court of Inquiry has b een cons tit u t e d t o in ve s tigate all th e pa r ti cu l ars o f th e t ransac ti on, so f the par r t u ie l s es implicated may have violated any of th e of tlie service. as If they have transgressed therules officers and gentlemen, they rare bound ob serve, let them were be adequately punished. If such practices peviously tolerated, let preventoitude of the new and more stringentmagnitude bLi pro mulgated suitable to the any ywAny emer gency, and sufficient to repetition of disposed to on© such demoralising transactions. ill-treat ment of the unfortunate yougoma.n. whose death was the result of her ill-omened of her MAJESTY'S ships must be by th e civil authorities. It does not fall within the juris diction of a Naval Court-martial. HALF-DAY HOLIDAY. —The solicitors of Nottingham have agreed to allow their clerks a half-day holiday every week. The offices are to be in future closed at one &clock on Thursday. The bankers of the town, it is said, will shortly follow the example. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 29, .1854. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Henry Fitzpatrick, a young man known to the police, was charged before Mr. Henry with having stolen a valuable gold snuff-box, on the lid of which was a beau tifully-executed miniature portrait of the Emperor Napo leon L, the property of Colonel Wm. Gordon Cameron. It appeared that on the evening of the 27th inst. the prosecutor left the - United Service Club between 10 and 11 o'clock, at which time he had the box safe in his coat pocket ; but on reaching Maddox-street, Regent street, be missed it. The pocket in which it was placed was a deep one, and had no hole in it ; and the box now bad no appearance of having fallen. On the morning of the 28th the prisoner showed the box to a person, and said he had picked it up in the Strand. That person took it to a pawnbroker's to ascertain if it was gold, where it was detained, suspicion being aroused as to how it had been come by. The prisoner afterwards made his appearance at the shop, and stated that he found the box at the corner of Vigo-street. Police Ser geant Pocock was called in, and the prisoner was taken into custody. The prisoner said he picked it up as he was returning home from Marylebone, where he had been spending the evening with his friends ; but on in quiry it was found that he hal not been at the place mentioned for some considerable time. Mr. Henry committed the Fisoner for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET-(THIS DAY.) PAYING DEAR FOR A SPREE. —Michael TVelch, was brought before Mr. Hardwick charged with creating a disturbance, and breaking a spare of glass, value 31., at the Waterloo Tavern, Haymarket. Mr. Jas. Tindall, the landlord of the above tavern, stated that last night, between 9 and 10 o'clock, he vas sitting in his private parlour with some friends whet he heard a disturbance in front of the bar. He went out and saw defendant and another man fighting, and before witness could gat round the bar to part them, tae defendant's head was knocked through a large squire of plate-glass, which would cost witness 3/. to have replaGed. The man with whom defendant was fighting, seeing the mischief that had occurred, ran out of the house, and complainant having sent for a constable gale defendant into custody. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said he was agreeable to pay for the damage at the rate of ss. a quarter, that being the time he received his pension. Mr. Tindall had known him for some time and no doubt would take his word. Mr. Tindall declined prisoner's offer, and said his word was not to be depended upon. Mr. Hardwick said if defendant did not come to some more satisfactory arrangement he should be obliged to send him to prison. Defendant said he could not offer more than he had already done. Mr. Hardwick said the defendant must pay 3/. for the damage, or in default to be committed for a month. THE ROYAL FAMILY AT BALMORAL. Her Majesty and the Prince appear to be in excellent health and spirits, and the Royal family, gratified with their free rambles about their Highland abode, are full of youthful glee and merriment. Prince Albert enjoys his " venerie" as usual, and has been very successful in his woodcraft—two royal stags and many of inferior growth having fallen beneath his rifle. Her Majesty drives about by hill and dale, or enjoys a walk among the birks that infringe - the Dee. On Saturday, after her Majesty and her Royal consort had inspected the pro gress of the new palace, his Royal Highness went to the forest, and killed two fine stags. On Sunday, the Queen, Prince Albert, and suite, attended Divine service in Crathie church, where an excellent sermon was delivered by Mr. Anderson, the parish minister, from Titus ii. 11, 12. There were a number of strangers present. On Monday her Majesty had her accustomed drives, while his Royal Highness was in the forest. The Royal family had their usual rambles adjoining the Castle. On Tues day his Royal Highness was in the forest, and killed four stags, two of them being "royal." On Wednesday her Majesty and his Royal Highness drove out. His Royal Highness proceeded to the forest. On Thursday her Majesty and her Royal Consort drove out by Aber geldie forest in the forenoon. The Prince proceeded to the forest. I❑ the afternoon her Majesty and Ladies in Waiting, drove down the south side of the Dee to Gir nock Schools, and returned to the Castle in the evening. —Aberdeen The Duchess of Wellington has arrived in Belgrave• street, from Balmoral Castle, having been succeeded, as lady in waiting on the Queen by the Countess of Desart. The Duchess of Buecleuch and the Ladies Montagu Scott have arrived at Montagu House, Whitehall-gar dens, from `Palmer Castle, en route to join the noble duke at Drumlanrig Castle. The Duchess Dowager Emily of Beaufort and the Ladies Somerset have arrived at their new residence in the Stable-yard, St. James's, rie-et-vis Stafford House, from Badminton Park. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and a numerous family circle are visiting the Earl and Countess Howe, at Gopsal Hall, Leicestershire. The Marchioness of Hastings has left Kensington Palace Gardens for Torquay, Devon. The youthful marquis and the juvenile members of the family are stay ing at Brighton. Captain Yelverton, her ladyship's consort, is in command of the Arrogant steam-frigate, in the Baltic. The Marquis d'Azeglio, Sardinian Minister, has left ;own for Brighton for a fortnight. The Earl and Countess Granville have arrived at Bruton-street, from Germany, en route to Sir John Fer dinand Acton's, Aldenham Park, near Wolverhampton. The Earl and Countess of Wemyss are receiving a seleect circle at Gosford-house, near Haddington. The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, the Earl and Countess of Warwick, the Countess of Lucan and the Ladies Bingham, and Lord and Lady Elcho, have been among the visitants. Viscount Canning entertained the Duke of Newcastle and a limited circle at dinner on 'Wednesday evening, in Grosvenor-square. Lady and Miss Peel have arrived at Whitehall-gar dens, from a tour in Germany. Lord and Lady John Russell and family, who have been sojourning at Scarborough during the past week, are expected to arrive at Pembroke-lodge, Richmond park, early in the week after next, for the winter. Lord Stanley, M.P., who has been staying on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, at Gordon Castle, has left for the south. Sir Joseph Paxton has arrived at Lismore Castle, the seat of the Duke of Devonshire. The Duchess of Gloucester and suite were expected to leave Richmond Park yesterday for the Bedford Hotel, at Brighton. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have not left Broadlands for Brockett Hall, county of Derby, as stated. The noble viscount has leased for a short-time the latter seat to the Marquis of Abercorn. Lord Cowley, who has returned to his villa at Chan tilly from Boulogne, has entered, we understand, into a treaty for the royal chateau of Chantilly, late the pro perty of the Duke d'Aumale. The Duchess Dowager of Hamilton has left Portman square, for Easton-park, Suffolk. The Earl and Countess Fortescue, Lord and Lady Cortenay and family, Lady de Dunstanville, the Lord Bishop of Derry and lady, Lord Robert Cecil, &c., arc at present staying at the Queen Hotel, Scarborough. Lord and Lady Seymour are entertaining a few select friends at Maiden Bradley, the Duke of Somerset's seat in Wilts. Lord and Lady Holland have left Naples for Paris. Lord Vernon has arrived in Naples from Ischia, where he bad a slight attack of cholera. Both their lordships, whilst at Ischia, were unremitting in their charity and attention to the poor of the island, who will remember with gratitude the many benefits they received during this sad visitation, which has not spared the environs of Naples. Many of those who fled front Naples are beginning to return. TURKISLI MUSEUM.—The exhibition at Hyde•park corner continues to attract all the fashionable company remaining in town. Yesterday it was honoured with visits by the French Ambassador and the Countess Walewska, and the Portuguese Minister and the Countess Lavradio. The Government has conferred a pension of 2001. from the Literary Fund on Mrs. Fullerton, the widow of the late Lord Fullerton. One of the "Garters" now vacant is to bo bestowed on the Earl of Elgin, whose long and successful gover norship of Canada, and the essential service be has ren dered to commerce by the recent treaty between that country and the United States, eminently entitle him to that honour. THE LATE LORD DENMAN.—It was the Duke of 'Wellington who made it a point of the utmost import ance with his Sovereign that Mr. Denman should have a patent of precedence, and used his direct personal in fluence with his Sovereign on the subject, while his Ma jesty George IV., wrote a letter in his own hand relating to it. The Chancellor of the day may have .suggested the step ; but to the strong will of the Duke of Welling ton was its fulfilment always attributed by the loyal subject now lost to her Majesty. PICKING POCKETS IN A RAILWAY TUNNEL.—A. man has been convicted at West Bromwich of an attempt to pick pockets in a carriage on the Stour Valley Railway, while the train was passing through a tunnel. DEPARTURE OF THE BISHOP-DESIGNATE OF BORNEO FROM LONDON.—Yesterday morning a special service was held at the parish church of St. James's, Piccadilly, for the purpose of enabling those who take an interest in the missionary operations in Borneo to bicl fareviell to the Rev. Dr. .ll'Dougall, the bishop elect, and the mis sionaries who are about to sail with him to that distant sphere of labour. After Dr. Jacobson's sermon, a liberal collection on behalf of a female education fund in Borneo was made. It is not yet known when Dr. M`Dougall's consecration to the new bishopric will take place. IMPROVED HOUSEHOLD ACCOMMODATION FOR THE LABOURING CLASSES.—A deputation from "The National Association for the improvement of the Dwellings and for the Elevation of the Working Classes," consisting of Messrs. R. H. Moore, W. B. Pope, A. Henry Stevens, with their solicitor, W. Brown, Esq , of Salters' Hall, had an interview with Sir Benjamin Hall, at the office of the Board of Health, on Tuesday last, when their scheme of operations was submitted to him. THE EXTENSION OF THE OCEAN POSTAGE.—On and after the Ist October, the uniform sixpenny rate of post age, which has been already carried into effect, so far as regards the correspondence between the United King dom and several of the colonies will be extended to New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, the uni form rate of postage will, in addition to the above com prise the whole of the British West Indies (the Turks Islands alone excepted), Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward's Island, Newfoundland, Bermudas, Malta, Gibraltar, Ceylon, St. Helena, and the Gold Coast, arrangements having been made to that effect. FAiiTEST TRIP ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.—The long talked of clipper James Baines, built by Donald M'Kay, of Boston, arrived at Liverpool on Monday evening, having made the fastest passage from Boston ever accom plished by a sailing vessel. She left Boston at 1 p.m. on the 12th inst., and her passage, therefore, allowing for difference of time, is only 12 days 17 hours, being a day shorter than the celebrated passage of the Light ning. During the greater part of the passage, the winds, though favourable, were only moderate, and Captain M‘Donnell believes that, bad he been favoured with strong winds throUghout, the ship would have reached here in less than nine days. She is a magnifi cent craft, larger than the Champion of the Seas ; her burthen is about 4,000 tons, and she will form one of the "Black Ball Line" of Australian packets, owned by Messrs. James Baines & Co. COMMANDERSHIP OF THE FORCES IN SCOTLAND.— General T. E. Napier, the present commander of the forces in Scotland, having attained the rank of Lieute nant-General, retires from that office according to the rules of the service. The gallant general is one of that family which has contributed so remarkably to both arms of the service, being a brother of Admiral Sir Charles Napier, and has himself gained much distinction in the field, losing an arm at the passage of the Bidasso in 1813. His successor will not improbably be Lord Melville, now on important service in India, but in bad health, whom failing, the Earl of Rosslyn.—Scotsman. MISADVENTURE OF A 101. NOTH.—One day last week, a person named Bell, of Boardman-street, Manchester, went to Mr. Crompton, shopkeeper in Travis-street, to get change for a 201. Bank of England note. Crompton had only 101. at the time, and it was arranged that Bell should take that, and Crompton promised td send the other 101. across in the course of the day to Bell's house. A man named Hugh Gill called at Crompton's shop dur ing the afternoon, to buy some bread, and Crompton, erroneously imagining, for some reason, that Gill worked for Bell, gave him a 101. note, saying, tell Bell this will make us right for the 201. Gill took the matter as a joke —supposed the piece of paper to be a mere flash note, and gave it;to his children to play with. Subsequently the note was torn to pieces, and a portion of it was used to wipe a gridiron with. In the course of time inquiries were instituted for the missing money, in consequence of an explanation between Crompton and Bell, and the result was that a policeman was sent to Gill's house. There was no little consternation about the note now, and though Gill's statement was not at first behaved, a search among the children's playthings discovered, some . fragments of paper, on one of which was the nu mber of the note, and on others the name of the bank. Gill has freed himself from the suspicion of his honesty amidst all this blundering, and a petition has been resolved upon to the Bank of England, praying that, under all the cir stances, they will keep their " promise to pay," which is, of course, at their own option, now that there is so little to show for it. ELECTIOIf OF LORD MAYOR (THIS DAY; To-day, being Michaelmas-day, a Common Hall was held at the Guildhall, for th• purpose of electing an alderman to fill the office of Lord Mayor for the year ensuing. The two aldermen next in rotation were Mr. Alder- man Moon, and Mr. Alderman Salomons. Previous to the election the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and other officers of the corporation, attended divine service at the church of St. Michael's, Bassishaw, Basinghall-street, owing to the church,of St. Lawrance, Jewry being under repair. The annual sermon was preached by the Lord Mayor's chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Moon, The sermon, as usual, will be printed, and the Com• mon Council will vote the rev. gentleman a sum of fifty guineas. At the conclusion of the service the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, &c., returned to the Court of Aldermen. A court of Common Hall of the Livery was afterwards held, and the election was made in the usual way. SWEARING IN OF THE NEW SHERIFFS, A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday, at the Guild hall, for the purpose of the induction of the recently-elected Sheriffs for the city of London and Middlesex, Mr. Henry Muggeridge, citizen and innholder, Alderman of Castle Baynard ward, and Mr. Charles D. Crosley, citizen and poulterer, into the office of Sheriff of London and Sheriff of the county of Middlesex, and the administration of the oaths required by the statute for the due perform ance of such office for the year ensuing. Previous to the holding of the Court the sheriffs elect entertained the master, wardens, and court of assistants of the Inn holders' Company, the deputy and common council of the ward of Castle Baynard, the sheriffs, Mr. Alder man Wire and Mr. G. A. Wallis, arid a numerous circle of private friends, to a splendid breakfast at the Albion Tavern, Alderogate.street. Shortly before two o'clock, the Lord Mayor, attended by several "members of the Court of Aldermen, the Re corder, the sheriffs—Alderman Wire and Mr. G. A. Wallis, the sheriffs elect—Alderman Muggeridge and Mr. Charles D. Crosley, their under-sheriffs—Mr. Alexander Crosley, and Mr. Frederick Farrer, and ' other corporate officers, proceeded to the hustings in the Guildhall, to attend the common hail of the Livery. The Lord Mayor having taken the chair, and the usual pre liminaries gone through, the oaths were administered by Mr. Sergeant Merewether, the town-clerk, to, and subscribed by, both the Sheriffs elect, and also by Mr. Alexander Crosley, as senior Under-Sheriff. The chains of office having been placed over the shoulders of the Sheriffs, the ceremony closed. The Sheriffs briefly addressed the Livery, and the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs returned to the Court of Aldermen. The duties of the Sheriffs do not strictly, commence until to-day, Michaelmas-day, on the election of Lord Mayor, when a vote of thanks will be proposed to the outgoing Sheriffs, Alderman Wire and Mr. G. A. Wallis. POISONING CHILDREN' BY LAUDANUM. - Mr. G. S. Brent, the deputy coroner for the western division of Middlesex, and a highly respectable jury of the parish of St. Mary, Islington, held an inquiry of some duration and importance, yesterday, at the Fox public•house, Islington-green, touching the death of an illegitimate male infant, aged 5 weeks, belonging to a young woman, sempstress, named Ellen Swithers, residing with her mother at No. 13, Old Paradise-row, in the same neighbourhood, who died on Tuesday might last, from the effects of laudanum administered to him by the mother, to produce a.sta.te of quietude and sleep, when he was laid to rest. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that "The deceased was accidentally poisoned by laudanum." The proceedings then terminated. CLEANSING STABLES. —The Board of Guardians of the Holborn Union have directed notice to be given to the occupiers of stables within the limits of the union, stating that, pursuant to the recommendation of Dr. Maclough lin, the medical inspector to the General Board of Health, the guardians have to request that all accumulations of dung should he removed and carted away every morn• ing before eight o'clock. SUICIDE FROM LONDON-BRlDGE.—Yesterday, between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock, the numerous pedestrians passing along this crowded thoroughfare were thrown into considerable alarm by a man getting upon the para pet of the bridge, on the up-water side, over the centre arch, and precipitating himself therefrom into the river. Drags were also had recourse to in order to find the body, but without effect. GREAT CRINNIS COPPER MINING COMPANY. Yes terday the second general meeting of this company took place at their offices, Austinfriars—Mr. Cobbett pre sided. The report of the committee showed the pre sent state of the mine to be highly satisfactory, and the future prospects still more so. EARLY CLOSING ASSOCIATION—Since the general meet ing of the association, which took place in Exeter-hall on the 6th inst., Mr. Lilwall, the advocate of early closing of shops, has been visiting his detached stations throughout the metropolis, in order to ascertain their state, and, where wanted, to put them in a condition of greater efficiency. The needle manufacture of Redditch and the neigh bourhood is in a very depressed condition ; and the glove trade of this city is flat, partly, perhaps, from the absence of American orders ; and some of the operatives are out of work altogether, and others not fully em ployed.— Worcester Chronicle. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.—A numer ous and respectable assemblage of ladies and gentlemen attended yesterday to witness the appropriation of the building formerly occupied by the Literary Institution at 165, Alderagate-street, to the use of the Young Men's Christian Association. A very elegant entertainment was set before the visitors in the spacious and hand somely-decorated reading-room, and at the conclusion of the repast the circumstances under which the association became the possessors of the building were briefly brought under the notice of the meeting by the secre tary. MICHAELMAS GEESE.—Yesterday the great poultry markets at Leadenhall and Newgate-street were plenti- , fully stocked with Michaelmas geese. In addition to the quantities brought from Suflelk and Norfolk, the facilities of railway transit brought' large consignments from the Midland and Western counties ; in addition, numbers arrived by steam-boats from Ireland, France, Belgium, and Holland, and it is calculated that at least 100,000 'rad of geese were on sale yesterday. The effect of this enormous supply was extremely beneficial to the public, a fine goose being obtainable for 4s. 6d. that at other times produced Bs. DoGs.—ln Nottinghamshire the county police have taken notes of all persons keeping dogs, in order to assist the assessors of taxes, so that those who have a " fancy" for keeping the animals shall pay the new duty of 12s. THE STANDARD STEAMER. —This vessel, intended for the new serv•ice between Liverpool and Dublin; . yester , day took a trial trip down the Thames with the most satisfactory results. The Standard is from the yard of Messrs. Mare, Blackwall, of 552 tons, builders' measure ment, furnished with a pair of trunk engines, of 50-horse power, by Messrs. Rennie, of Blackfriars. Her ma chinery worked admirably, and her performance gave a mean speed of 11 knots an hour. LATEST NEWS. THE WAR. DESPATCH FROM THE CRIMEA. VIENNA, FRIDAY MORNING. A Russian courier had been captured, bearing despatches, from which it appeared that 20,000 Russians (2,000 ?) were prostrated by the cholera, and that the whole force in the Crimea did / not exceed 45,000 men. A battle was expected on the 20th. PARIS, FRIDAY, SRPT. 29. The Monitcur publishes the following : " A despatch from Ohl Fort, of the 18th Sept., announces that the allied armies were to advance on the following day, the 19th." PARIS, THURSDAY, SEPT. 28. The Thabor, which left Constantinople on the 20th of September, has arrived at Marseilles. The steamer Ajaccio had reached Constantinople on the 19th from the Crimea. She left the allied troops preparing to march against the Russian army before Sebastopol. The Russians, only 25,000 strong, expected rein forcements of 15,000. It was thought that a battle would be fought on the 20th beforo the arrival of tho Russian rein forcements. At Eupatoria 400 Russians surrendered on the first summons. BATTLE IN THE CRIMEA.' • The following despatch has also been received : PARIS, THURSDAY. It is now confidently stated that on the 19th the Allies and the Russians met, and a fight ensued. A French division were th© first in action. The English soon came up, and th© Russians fell back with much loss. These statements reach us through Vienna. CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 21. The entire expedition landed in Kalamita Bay on the 18th, without resistance. The cholera was committing great ravages at Sebastopol. The armies would march on the 19th into the interior. The latest news from the Crimea is dated the 19th. The Scotch Greys sailed to-day for the Crimea, on board the Himalaya. VIENNA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 28. Advices from Varna of the 19th state that the allies were reported to be entrenching themselves at Mamaschai, a village near the mouth of the river Katcha. Their outposts were at Kamenna—in the the direction of Bashi Serai. At Burliuk several Russian spies were shot. A deputation of submission and obedience from the native population had appeared in the allied camp. ATHENS, SEPT. 22. Mavrocordato is still opposed to the proposal of quartering 2,500 French troops at Athens this winter. DESPATCH FROM MARSHAL ST. ARNAUD. It has just been stated that a telegraphic despatch has been received from Marshal St. Arnaud, mentioning that everything was going on well, but that an unavoidable delay of 48 hours had occurred in his movement on Sebastopol. If this be the case, it would explain the want of intelligence since the landing. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 15 4 r.m. Up to this time no steamers have arrived from the expedition, and we have reliable information about the landing. A. French steamer came in this morning from Varna with some sick on board ; sho does not, however, bring anything from the fleets. I therefore repeat that up to this time no thing is known. We are hourly expecting either the Caradoc or Banshee from the expedition with the first news. Ismail Pacha, late second in command on the Danube under Omer Pacha, has arrived here on his way to his new appointment of commander-in chief of the Ottoman army at Kars. On Monday, Said Pacha, the new governor and viceroy of Egypt, left Constantinople for Alex andria. 2,500 soldiers and 2GO horses have arrived here from Tunis. On Monday, Fuad Effendi returned from his mission to Thessaly and Epirus, which provinces have been totally pacified. The Porte has accorded a further delay to Greece of two months for the settlement of the pending differences between the two Governments. , The Journal de Constantinople states, on the faith of letters from the Black Sea, that some gun boats which had embarked 200 Russian soldiers at Taganrog for the Crimea, had foundered in a gale of wind, and all on board perished. Accounts had been received that the Circassians, under the com mand of Daniel Bey, a relation of Schamyl, had had two combats with the Russians, under the or ders of General Wrangel. In the first the Poles, who formed part of the corps d'armee, deserted, with two pieces of artillery, and made prisoners of 30 Cossacks who pursued them. After the second combat the Ru . ssians fled, throwing two of their pieces of artillery into a deep ravine, and the Cir cassians effected a junction with Schamyl at Zaka lala. The same journal announces the arrival in that city of Ismail Pasha, the ex-commandant of Kala fat, and the conqueror of Citate, who had come to the capital to receive the reward of his dis tinguished services, having, as before announced, been named Muchir by the Sultan, and ap pointed Commander-in-Chief of the. army of Anatolia. Omer Pasha, who had invited Ismail Pasha to visit him at Bucharest before he set out for Constantinople, parted from him with the greatest regret, saying, in presence of his staff, that in losing Ismail Pasha, he was losing his right arm. On his road towards the capital the Turkish soldiers wished to take his horses from his carriage and draw him ; when he at length dissuaded them from their purpose they insisted on escorting him to Rustchuk, taking turns to lead the horses by their bridles. THE PRINCIPALITIES. From Bucharest, of the 17th inst., we learn that Omer Pacha has received the order of the Bath from her Britannic Majesty Queen Victoria ; as also that all the municipal authorities in Wallachia were commanded by superior order, dated the sth inst., forthwith to have the proclamation of the Austrian generalissimo, Baron von Hess, publicly read in their respective districts in the most solemn manner. The Turks, under Mustapha Pacha, are throwing up batteries on the left bank of the Pruth, in sight of the Russians at Reni, who have not attempted any opposition. General Luders' head-quarters were at Tultschkow on the 18th. The Russian Danubian flotilla is still in the harbour of Ismail, and the Russians are extending the fortifications of the harbour. The Russians have assumed a strictly defensive attitude. The Turkish troops began to cross the Danube at Giurgevo on the 16th inst. The whole of the Egyptian auiiliary troops passed through Giurgevo on that day, and a Turkisk Nizam brigade, with cavalry and artillery, on the day following. The whole of the Turkish troops from Bucharest,, with the exception of only two battalions, to remain as a garrison, were expected to arrive at Giurgevo before the end of the month. Omer Pasha was at Rustchuk on the 16th, and it was anticipated that he would leave there for Schumla on the 18th or 19th. Omer Paella's cars sposa is very much attached to her birthplace (florarod, near Reps). Some short time back she sent 100 gold ducats to each of hersisters at Homrod. The reinstatement of Prince Stirbey as hospodar of Wallachia, and his approaching arrival at Bu charest, were officially announced by Dervish Pacha to the Wallachian administrative authorities on the i 20th inst. The Austrian field hospital, No. 1, has arrived at Bucharest. The excellent arrangements of this establishment excited much admiration. Omer Pacha repeatedly visited it, and it is antici pated that in future the Turkish field hospitals will be formed upon the Austrian model. With respect to the tribute due from the principality of Walla chia, the Porte has instructed Dervish Pacha to accept any reasonable propositions, and not to forego all payment, as was recently reported would be the case. Baron Hess arrived at Bucharest on the 20th, was received by the authorities on his entry with great ceremony, and a grand parade took place in celebration of his presence. THE WAR IN ASIA. The Monitetcr has the following from Trebizond, dated the Bth :—" The retreat of the Russians and the evacuation of Bayazid are confirmed ; and the uneasiness which had been caused by their aggres sive movement has entirely disappeared. Never has there been a better opportunity of judging of their weakness, and of the facility with which the allies of Turkey may, when they wish, put an end to Russian domination in the Trancaucasian pro vinces. Not only is the army of Georgia incapable of undertaking any thing against the Ottoman ter ritory, but no sooner does it leave Tiflis than it is obliged to return, inorder to protect the capital of the Russian possessions against the incursions of the Tcherkes. A division of European troops!, com manded by an able chief, and concerting his opera tions with the Turks on one side, and with Schamyl on the other, wonld very soon reduce the Russian forces in the Transcaucasian provinces to the last extremity." AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Sept. 25.—8 y a telegraphic despatch from Cronstadt, of this day's date, we learn that the latest intelligence arrived there from Bucharest fully confirms the safe • and entire landing of the allied troops at Eupatoria, and near the Old Fort of Burliuk, seven leagues northward of Sebastopol. The Hamburg Borsenhalle publishes the Aus trian circular of Sept. 14, which has already ap peared in the columns of The Sun, and adds to it the following note from Count Buol to Count Esterhazy, Austrian Envoy at St. Petersburg, in reply to this refusal : " AUSTRIAN NOTE IN REPLY TO THE RUSSIAN REFUSAL OF THE FOUR POINTS. " Vienna, Sept. 12. " The appreciation of the Russian Court in regard to the propositions with which you were charged through our missive of the 10th of August, is laid down in a des patch of the 26th of August, addressed to Prince Gort schakoff, from which this envoy was pleased to make communications to me, and which I have the honour to enclose herewith far your information. "The Cabinet of St. Petersburg regrets the prelimi nary bases which appeared to us to present an accept able point of departure for putting an end to such a pre judicial war; Without having submitted the same even to serious test, it declares their acceptance to be incon sistent with the dignity and interests of Russia. " Such an ample and categorical rejection entails upon the Vienna Cabinet the care of entering into the motives which are put forward to serve as a justifica tion for this lamentable decision. It suffices for it to cast back the insinuation that Austria had intended to join in a premeditated plan, having for object the moral and material humiliation of Russia ; and it can only adhere to its conviction that the bases submitted to the acceptance of the St. Petersburg Cabinet, are the only ones which can, under existing circumstances, lead us to that solid and durable peace which presents itself as an imperative necessity for Europe. " Whilst the Emperor, our august master, laments sincerely that his tender of services has met with a re ception so contrary to his wishes, he will reserve his efforts and action for a period when he may render them more effectual for the interest of a solution appropriate to the requirements of Europe, and of his own empire. His Imperial Majesty can only accept with satisfaction, and you are expressly charged to convey this assurance to his Majesty the Emperor Nicholas, that the evacua tion of the Principalities by the Russian troops is con firmed. This occupation, as is not known to you, Count, has always been complained of by us as the chief cause of the war, and likewise as a serious encroachment upon the higher interests which the Emperor of Austria is called upon to defend. That an end has been put to this occupation, which could not be prolonged without insur ing an increase of sensitive complications, and that it has been declared the Russian troops will remain on the de fensive, after having recrossed the Pruth, this may be denominated, we acknowledge it with satisfaction, the setting aside of an act which, so long as it remained in existence, was sufficient to oppose an insurmountable obstacle to any general accord. " You will have the goodness, Count, to communicate this despatch to Count Nesselrode.—Accept, &c., (Signed) " BuoL." The following telegraphic despatches have been received here in the course of the day : "13oLoGrrA, Sept. 20.—1 t is decided that there shall be an industrial exposition here in the autumn of 1855, to which foreign productions will be ad mitted." " NAPLES, Sept 14.—The Parlamento announces that the Russian loan, notwithstanding some re clamations, cannot be quoted on 'Change." " ROME, Sept. 16.—1 t is understood that a new Five per Cent. Loan has been contracted with the house of Rothschild, at the rate of 77 per cent." " LEGHORN, Sept. 22.—The shipping will pro bably shortly receive a patente netta, for the cholera may now be considered to have disap peared." PRUSSIA. The following is an extract from a letter dated Berlin, Sept. 26 :—" Even at this distance from the scene of action in the South we are not without. our news and our reports. I hear that this Go vernment has received telegraphic communications from St. Petersburg of certain despatches forwarded thither by Prince Menschikoff from the Crimea. According to the first of these, the Russians were concentrating their troops subsequent to the landing, and intended to offer battle at a position they had taken up at a place called Burliuk, on the banks of the Alma River. The other piece of news is that Prince Menschikoff had tele graphed to St. Petersburg that the fleet had sailed out of harbour at Sebastopol for the purpose 9f intercepting the flotilla with the reserve on board that it was to fetch from Varna. I can readily believe that Menschikoff has telegraphed the above to St. Petersburg. He is in the habit of communicating whatever his fancy suggests and his judgment tells him is likely to please,—for in stance, his late communications with regard to the satisfactory state of the coast defences. If the fleet has really put out of harbour at all, without returning at once, it has been for the purpose of making the best of its way to the port, of which we are told that its name has been confided only to the Russian admiral, as a haven of safety to resort to, supposing the fleet to have succeeded in breaking through the line of battle of the allies." A letter from Berlin of the 25th, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" The King of Prussia left this morning for Potsdam, on his way to Silesia. The negotiations with Austria are going on. The de claration of Austria that the Danubian provinces could be occupied by the allied forces has produced a great sensation hero. The disbanding of the re serves of the Guard has commenced, but only the soldiers of the infantry, whose time is up, are dis missed. A letter from Berlin says :—" The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenberg have just pro ceeded to Vienna, to pay a visit to the Court. This visit is said to be connected with a desire for an arrangement which is believed to have taken place lately between the Cabinet of Vienna and several of the small German Governments." RUSSIA. Accounts from St. Petersburg of the 23d state that the Russian Government has just published a ukase relative to a new issue of paper :money to the amount of six millions of roubles (series 21 and 22), with interest from the 13th ult. The Cologne Gazette has the following from Odessa, dated the 14th :—"Yesterday noti ce was given to the public that the proh ibition to export corn, which had expired, is to remain in force until further orders. This prohibition is super fluous as we cannot export anything. The corn stores of the merchant Waslymkovr, on the Peres sipi, and all that they contained have been burned down." SPAIN. MADRID, Sept. 25. The Ga z ette publishes letters from the Spanish Consuls at Marseilles and Nice, contradicting the reports which had been spread relative to the ravages of the cholera. The Princess of the Asturias is slightly indisposed. A. report is current that her Majesty is in an interest ing situation. A certain d egree o f u ne asin e ss per vades the public mind in Madrid ; fears are enter tained that the enemies of the Government are seeking to bring about disturbances. FRANCE. The Emperor and Empress left Boulogne on Wednesday for Sculecques, where some grand mili tary manoeuvres were to take place. On the pre vious day when, as we have before stated, their Majesties went to the camp at Honvault, the Em press examined with the greatest interest the quarters of the soldiers, by whom she was received with the greatest enthusiasm. On returning into the town their Majesties alighted from their car riage at the entrance of the western jetty, and walked to the extremity of it. The Emperor examined what works might be undertaken for improving the entrance of the port, whioli is very difficult in blowing weather. no crowd, prinoipallY coin posed of the sailors and of fishermen of the port, hailed their Majesties with loud acclamations. " The rumour that the Emperor will visit the camp in the south," says the Memorial d " is gaining ground more and more. It is said that his Majesty will occupy part of the Archiepiscopal Palace here, and will remain about a week, during which time there will be grand manoeuvres at the camp. The visit is expected to take place in. October." ITALY. A letter from Rome of the 19th in the Parla ment° of Turin gives the total number of Papal troops actually enrolled as follows : two regiments of native infantry, and one foreign ditto, 3,500 men ; one battalion of chasseurs, 700 men ; one regiment of artillery, comprising 7 batteries, 700 men ; one regiment of dragoons 500 men ; gend armery, both foot and horse, 1,000 men. Total, 6,400 men. The Cardinal Vicar of Rome has just pulished an edict, in which, after attributing the cholera to the sins of the Romans, he• directs that the finger of St. Peter, the arm of St. Roc, the heart of St. Charles, and other relies shall be exposed to the adoration of the faithful, in order to avert the wrath of the Almighty. MISCELLANEOUS. The result of the numerous reconnoitrings of the coast of the Crimea proves the Russian charts to be entirely false. Where cliffs and mudbanks are marked down in these charts, neither the one nor the other were to be found ; and on the other hand, where a good anchorage is marked, there the coast was found to be dangerous. The Russian Government has engaged all the bricklayers and. masons which were to be got in Poland, with the intention—as is believed, at least—of sending them. to Kiev, where fortified works on a very extensive scale are being constructed. A letter from Vienna of the 24th, in the Ham /ug News, says :—" In a Council of Ministers, held the day before yesterday, the augmentation of the Austrian army in Gallicia, and some impor tant arrangements of the army in the Bukowina, were resolved on. The King of Prussia, attended by the Ministers of the Interior and Finance, left Baden yesterday morning, the 25th, for the inundated Silesian dis tricts. His Majesty will not return from his hu mane and useful inspection until the 30th inst. Letters from Vienna state that the King of the Belgians is expected to arrive shortly at that place, and that his Majesty has been confidentially in formed from St. Petersburg that his mediation would be acceptable. According to general reports from the Rhine, the fruit harvest and vintage of this year have com pletely failed, so that prices threaten to be as dear as they were in 1846. According to accounts from Darmstadt the Zoll verein conference there assembled has, in considera tion of the continued high prices of grain, and indeed of the necessaries of life, determined to recommend the prolongation, until the 31st of December, duty free, imports of all kinds of grain, peas, and farinaceous articles. Accounts have been received from Newfound land to the 28th ult., from the Iphegenie and the Penelope, French frigates. They had quitted the Havana in consequence of the yellow fever. The ilfoniteur publishes a decree and a series of regulations relative to the organisation of the bands of the different regiments of the Imperial Guard. MUNICH, Sept. 27.—A Prussian note has been presented to the Diet, promising a moral support to the four guarantees required from Russia, but urges a postponement of any discussion. The Archduke Albrecht arrived at Lemberg on the 21st, perfectly recovered from his late attack of cholera. _ . Mr. Wenland, secretary to the King of 'Greece, is at present at Berlin. The Lopes entertained by the Russian party of that country being converted into a powerful diversion against the Sultan have long been dispelled by the - rigour of the French and English Cabinets. Dr. Pauli, of Berlin, has published a pamphlet upon " the existence and cure of cholera, sporadic and Asiatic." The work is learned and instructive, but throws no light on antidotes, unless it be that he regards " moral courage " as the best preserva tive against attack. But how is the public to be innoculated with this eszental ? Letters from Chourouk-su announce that the Russian gunpowder magazine at Gori, near Kutais, exploded on the 24th August, and that the explo sion caused the death of 250 Russian soldiers, and destroyed a great portion of the village. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION TOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. LIVERPOOL, Thnrsday.—The proceedings of the British Association were brought to a close yesterday afternoon by the final general meeting of the association in St. George's Hall, the president (the Earl of Harrowby), in the chair. The CHAIRMAN congratulated the assembly on the success attendant on their meeting in Liverpool, and proposed the cordial thanks of the association to the mayor and corporation, and the different scientific and literary societies of the town, which was seconded by Sir Roderick :Murchison, and carried. Sir WILLIAM HAMILTON, in an eloquent address, pro posed a vote of thanks to the foreign visitors, which was responded to by L'Abbe Moigno, and Professor Dove, of Berlin. A vote of thanks having also been tendered to the local committee, the president declared the meeting ad journed to Glasgow, to be held next year. Last evening a soirée was given by the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire to the members of the Bri tish Association, in the Philharmonic Hall ; and this morning a great many of the members started on vari ous excursion trips to the towns and objects of interest in Lancashire and Cheshire. THE REGISTRATIONS. MIDDLESEX. The Revising Barrister, on his arrival at Enfield yes• terday, was escorted at once to the King's Head, where he opened his court. The rush of claimants to obtain places, when the doors were thrown open, was great, and the absence of courtesy in the parties as they rushed and pushed by each other, indicated that they were " Whigs and Tories struggling for places." Among the claimants were George Woodroffe Frank lyn, Esq., M.P. ; T. J. Muller, Esq. ; the Rev. G. B. Lee, Dr. Golding Bird, G. Miller, Esq., chairman of Lord Maidstone's election committee ; K. Macauley, Esq., Q.C. ; G. Whitley, Esq. ; and H. S. Pattison, Esq. The cases in the Enfield district were gone into, and 25 new claims were established. BOROUGH OF . SOUTHWARK. The Court for the revision of the list of voters for the several parishes in the borough of Southwark, has been appointed by the High Bailiff, Mr. Pritchard, to be; held on Monday, the 9th of October, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, at the Town-hall, St. Mary's-hill, High-street, Borough, before Walter Buchanan Ridded, Bart., the barrister appointed to revise the lists for the said borough. THE. ARCTIC EXPEDITION. DUBLIN, Thursday.--A telegraphic despatch from Queenstown, dated 11 a.m., announces the arrival of her Majesty's ship Phcenix, from the Arctic regions, with the crews of the Resistance, Resolute, and Investigator, the last-named being the vessel in which Captain M'Clure made the long-sought discovery of the existence of a North- West Passage. A telegraphic despatch has been received at the Admiralty from Rear-Admiral Sir William Carroll, at Cork, announcing the arrival of her Majesty's ship Phoenix at that port, with Captain M'Clure, of the Investigator, on board. The following is the text of the message received at the Admiralty "Arrived her Majesty's ship Phoenix, bringing cap tains of the Investigator, Assistance, and Resolute ; and part crews of Assistance and Resolute. "The North Star and Talbot convey the remainder of the crews of the Assistance, Resolute, I nves tigator►. and tenders ; first and third lieutenants and surgeon 01 Resolute ; master and clerk in charge of .A.ssistance and Monsieur de Bray, arrived in Phoenix. 1 I ', ~ RUMOURED PURCHASE OF CUBA. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald asserts that he has reason to believe that Cuba has been already purchased by the United States. He says : , "It is whispered about the State Department and ill the White Howie that despatches or letters have been received from Mr. Soule, our Minister at Madrid, of an arrangement made with the new Government of Spain for the purchase of the island of Cuba. They came , it is said, by the Africa. There is no particular necessity for my vouching for this statement in these slippery diplomatic times , but my authority is god— theo very best for the whisper at any rate. There is no mistake about that. What is more, it is said that Eng land and France, and especially the latter, favour the sale from motives of sound international policy. Strange as all this may appear to those who will not believe in the purchase of the Queen of the Antilles, I have an opinion—an individual opinion—that the purchase has been made. But at all events, nous verrons. Then I will send further particulars." THE REVENUE.—The new plan for at4sirnilating the financial to the natural year will not, as regards the making up of the public accounts, be cerried into effect immediately. The revenue returns for the current quarter will, accordingly, be carried up to the 10th of October, as heretofore. f {