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BREWERY, COPPER, AND OTHER FURNACES. "The Brewery, Lichfield, 9th August, 1854. .. D e ar Sir,—We .are glad to say that your apparatus quite bears out the assurance ye m gave us that it would answer our purpose. .. The doubt we be id as to its adaptation to furnaces with defective draught is entirely removed. Onr liquor copper now boils quite as soon as the wort cop per, and with both there is a diminution in the consumption of fuel. " The experiment ti s witnessed at Messrs. CIIARINGTON, HEAD, and CO.'S, as to smok.e prevention, we thought at the time perfectly successful, and this impression we are happy to confirm from actual experience. " It will give us pleasure to reply to inquiries that may be made by any Brewery Firms at Barton-on-Trent, but should suggest that it may probably be more satisfactory to those gentlemen to judge for themselves by seeing the furnaces at work, and this they can de at any time. " We remain, dear air, " Yours, very truly, " JOHN AND ARTHUR GRIFFITH. "S. Lee Stevens, Esq " Copies of official and other reports, and of testimonials in favour of the invention, as applied to S team Boilers, Brewe r Yens, &C., C, Stills, Chemists', Dyers', and Confectioners' Pans. Coal Ov with information respecting Licences to manufacture or use this well-established system of Smoke Pre vention and Economy of Fuel continues to be given by Mr. JOHN LEE STEVENS, they atentee, on at the Offices, No. 1, Fish-street-hill, City, Ldon. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE: Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. The Subscribers, Nobility, Gentry, and the . Public are respectfully informed that the PERFORMANCES will be RESUMED on SATURDAY NEXT, August 12. Ross Mrs Semiramide (Semira. raids Madame Caradori) and Handers Acis and Galatea (Polyphe. Ms, Herr Formes) will be among the earliest productions. Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, August 9, 1854. THE ITHE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Itnekstone. THIS EVENING, Ammer 9, wm be performed THE OLD CHATEAU. Characters by Messrs. gr owe . Rogers. H. Marston, and Backstone ; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, and Miss Reynolds. Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS in a GRAND BALLET. The new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. ...-- ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD -STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES Kwc. THIS EVENING, Arrouar 9, Will be performed FROM VILLAGE TO COURT. Principal characters by Messrs. Harley, Fisher, and Cathcart ; Misses Mur ray, Heath, and Ylvash. After which, THE COURIER OF LYONS. Principal characters by Mears- C. Keen, I. Vining, Addison, Graham, David Fisher, Cathcart, and Baker; Misses C. Leciercq, Heath, Teruan, and K. Terry. To conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. • ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, AnousT 9, Will be performed TO OBLIGE BENSON. Supported by Messrs. Emery, Robson, and Leslie; Miss Marston, and Miss E. Turner. To be frßowed by THE FIRST NIGHT. Characters by Messrs. Alfted Wigan, Leslie. Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; lass P. II"' ton, and Miss Emily Ormmule. To conciude with the Farce of THE WA:MR=4G MINSTREL, dem Boggs, Mr. F. Robson. STRAND THEA.TRE. Sole Lessee Mx. F. W. .Allcroft. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 9, Will be performed THE MILLER'S MAID. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Mephistopheles, Mr. Raiford; Faust, Miss G. Hodson; Marguerite, Miss Gordon. To conclude with BOMBASTES FURIOSO. Stalls, 45.; Boxes, 25. 6d.; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes £1 is. to be had of Mr. .Allcroft. 15, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. This place fills up an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leaves wanting. Vocal and instrumental music of the first order, and a display of fireworks which exceeds all imagination, are a fitting close to a day at the Crystal Palace." DANSON'S COLOSSAL PANOII.4.IIA of CHUSAN. Splendid and Extensive Menagerie and Marine Aquarium—Mir] vaned Military Band. VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, is which Miss Poole, Miss Ransford, and Mr. Manvers sing several National and Patriotic Songs—All the Amasing Novelties of the Gardens in succession, concluding with the " Feast of Lan terns," and a most magnificent display of Fireworks by Southby. Admission One ShiMng. A splendid Pavilion for Dancing has been erected. Fall Quadrille Band, &c. A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHIT HEAT itE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. The popular piece, the Cossacks, whose career has been most sue cessfhl, will shortly be withdrawn, to admit the production of a Grand Military Spectacle, embracing many of the principal events of the present War between Russia and Turkey ! Enthusiastic reception of the new Equestrian Ballet d'Action, the poetry of motion ! THIS EVENING, AUGUST 9, And daring the week, THE COSSACKS; or, Vive la France. After which, LES PREUVES DU GENIE, or S nes in the Circle, invented and arranged by Mr. William Cooke, who, in the course of the evening, will exhibit (upon his hand) a horse whose height is only 15 inches. HERR CHRISTOFF, the first Rope Dancer in the universe. To conclude with the new Equestrian Ballet d'Action, by Mrs. S. G. Healey, called THE KNIGHT AND THE WATER LILY; or, Love among the Mermaids. Boa-ofilce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W, West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MIS DAT —Morning 8 min.after 2 I Evening 35 mizt.aft. 2 10-loneow—Morning 59 nzin.after 2 Evening 24 min.aft. 3 THE WEATHER.—Stri Oirms, AUG. 9. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS. 71— highest since noon on Saturday. 57—lowest this morning and dnrizg the night. 68—this day, at noon. BAROMITIB, 30'05. W/1,13, S.W.—Light, with dull cloudy weather and alight rain—portending a thunder-storm. ~~i 4 tf ,§int LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1854, The Secretary at War told the country the other night in the House of Commons that it ought to be satisfied with the blockade of the Russian ports—that instead of clamouring after unattainable victories, it ought to rest contented with the fact of that blockade—a blockade described by him as complete and effectual. Yet when this vaunted blockade comes to be examined, it is found, in the Black Sea, at least, to be neither complete nor effectual.. It turns out, indeed, to be so incomplete and so ineffectual, that a Russian vessel of war, the Vladimir, has contrived to leave Sebastopol, to eteans boldly across the Euxine, to advance even to the mouth of the Bosphorus, to skirt the Asiatic coast there sinking sundry Turkish ships laden with corn, to carry off two coal-vessels from Heraclea, to very nearly capture the British steamer the Cyclops, and then, after satisfactorily completing this most daring exploit (wonderfully daring, seeing that the Black Spa bore upon its waters all the while the mighty fleets of France and England), quietly to return to its original place of safety—[the place so com pletely and effectually blockaded]—Sebastopol. After that—the less we hear about the blockade of the Russian ports, at any rate in the Black Sea, the better ! Why, perhaps the most dashing thing that has yet been effected since the outbreak of the present war has been accomplished, brilliantly and successfully accomplished, by the chief officer of a Russian war steamer, the brave captain of the Vladimir. Honour to whom honour is due. It is the right, in this instance, of the captain of the Vladimir. It is the right of the daring and almost foolhardy sea-captain in the enemy's navy, who could thus set at defiance all the terrors of `the Anglo-French maritime armament. If ever " pluck" deserved the recognition of a Sove reign, that displayed in this remarkable expedition by the captain of the Vladimir has merited reward from the hands of the Russian AUTOCRAT. However, if prais e is due to the captain of th e R uss i an war steamer, what dispraise is not due to the officers of the allied vessels of war entrusted with the blockade of Sebast opo l ? Assuredly th e exploit of the Vladimir —not an empty exploit, observe, but one having i mport ant result s , one leading to the destruction of sev eral vess e l s l aden w ith corn, and to the capture of two vessels laden e o n f w ith coal, and tending to turn the 'Whole the vaunted Anglo-French blockade of the Russian ports into ridicule — assuredly, we say, this exploit of the Vladimir is in no wa y ca lculated to enhance whatever satisfaction may have been felt by the country at the fact, as it was called, of this same boasted blockade ! It is not precisely corroborative, this event, of the justice of the remark made the other evening, almost petulantly, in the House of Commons, by her MAJESTY'S Secretary at War. We might venture, after this, to hint to Mr. SIDNEY HER BERT rather to sit mumchance henceforth upon the Treasury bench, than to indulge, in reference to the so-called blockade of the Russian ports, in idle braggadocio and ridiculous fanfaronade. Remembering what has been done, in spite of the combined fleets, by the Russian war steamer, the Vladimir —the country cannot possibly be satis fied with the blockade, a s (if we are to b elieve Alp SIDNEY' HERBERT) the one gra n d and all-sufficient result of our enormous and expensive maritime armaments. The blockade proves simply to be an absurdity, to be an idle word, to be altogether ineffective—if, as is now notoriously known to be the case, a Russian paddle-wheel steamer can do all we have been mentioning, can approach the ve ry mouth of the Bosphorus, and then, after being within an ace of capturing an English ship, return unharmed, and with the glory of no mean or fruitless exploit, to its safe anchorage in the harbour of Sebastopol. It is with the knowledge before us of what has been done by the Vladimir, that we see the days of August flitting by, and the winter approaching, and the campaign of 1854 necessarily drawing to wards its close, and the Legislature rapidly near ing the date of its prorogation. And now at the very tail of the session, we find the Times this morning, on Wednesday, the 9th of August, 1854, asking the question—" Who can answer for consequences, when the business of the country is so inefficiently conducted ? " A pretty ques tion to put certainly, just two or three days be fore the beginning of grouse shooting, just close upon the eve of the termination of the annual labours of the Legislature. Why, it is precisely what we have been insisting upon for months, while our contemporary has been recommending the country to rest contented with the very pro ceedings it now declares to be worse than unsatis factory. The delays that have taken place from first to . last, indeed, are something absolutely deplorable. They have conducted us into the second week of August, towards the close of the Parliamentary session, and there they leave us—with news from the Black Sea, not of the capture of the Crimea, but of the exploit of the Vladimir—and with news from the Baltic, not of a victory at Cron stadt, but of private theatricals on board the Duke of Wellington ! Well may the country feel dissatisfied with the progress, or rather with the no-progress of the war, now that autumn is on the eve of giving way to winter—well may the popular discontent, not loud, but deep, agitate the community at large from one end of the country to the other, by reason of the sins of omission and commission making up the aggregate guilt of the ABERDEEN Government. Sir CHARLES WOOD is a man of honour. He has redeemed the solemn pledge last year given to Parliament, and submitted a statement respect ing the finances of India, and the progress of the Anglo-Indian territories. But how, or under what circumstances ? What opportunities have been afforded for the redress of Hindoo grievances, to criticise his explanations, or to take the opinion of the Legislature on any deficiencies or errors discernable therein ? Some fastidious persons may conceive that the Right Hon. Bart., in bringing forward his Budget on the Bth of August-f-just four days before the prorogation, to a House "the number of whose members varied from 11 to 13"—a House, too, already ex hausted by a protracted sitting—was but follow ing the example of those "Juggling friends" " That palter with us in a double sense, That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope." These scoffers may assert that for all prac tical purposes the information afforded by the well-paid functionary might as well have been conveyed in the form of a pamphlet or blue-book. That consuming the public time, it could not be said he occupied " the attention of the House," was, under the circum stances, perfectly useless, and might just as well' be avoided. But as we have said, Sir CHARLES was a man of strict honour. He deliberately gave the promise, and would perform it, although in doing so he might make himself simply ridi culous. It is true, the temptation afforded by the opportunity of proving for two hours and a half—for inflicting his dreary eloquence during that protracted period even to " a beggarly ac count of empty benches"—might have had some effect ; but we are disposed to attribute the exer tion to a higher motive, and a determination to keep his word to the very letter. Otherwise a pub lication of the speech intended to be delivered by " the Dictator" of Hindostan would have been as beneficial to all intents and purposes, and in one respect far more advantageous, inasmuch as it could not have exhibited in so strong a light the cul pable carelessness, the profound indifference, of the Imperial Parliament to matters of the most vital importance to the welfare and prosperity of one hundred millions of people. We confess that we cannot concur in the glow ing eulogiums so freely bestowed on the adminis tration of the Right Hon. Baronet by the very few who had patience to listen to his tedious ora tion. All the particulars we heard respecting the state of Indian finance was to the year 1851-2 that being the latest period to which we had a complete statement. The Right Hon. Baronet could neither be praised nor censured for these matters, which occurred previous to his connection with the important department which has been placed under his control. We have the results of the subsequent years in round terms, that of 1852-3 showing a surplus of 639,4651., and of 1853-4 (the only year for which the Right Hon. Baronet and his colleagues could be held in any degree responsible), which shows—not a surplus —but a deficiency of 872,3351. The first point then for which such extravagant commendation is bestowed, is that he has contrived to change a surplus continued during several successive years into a deficiency not far short of a million sterling! We certainly cannot see the propriety of the praise —although the miserable financial antece dents of the Right Hon. Baronet might have quite prepared us for such a result. But what are his anticipations for lthe coming time—to what improvements does he look for ward ? All the comfort we can obtain is being told that " on the whole he by no means despairs of future years, although when there is so large a deficit staring one in the face it might appear at first sight to be somewhat disheartening !" This is certainly by no means a cheering prospect. Nor does it by any means improve when we enter into a consideration of the various details. On these points we shall merely give expression to the views of the Right Hon. Baronet himself, so that there can be no dispute on the point. He tells us " that in the great item of the land revenue, which furnishes by far the largest portion of the revenue of India, there can be no increase. With regard to Ben gal, the terms of the settlement preclude any pos sibility of increase from that source. In the north-western provinces, where the leases are granted for a long term of years, and in Bombay, where the land is also leased for terms of years, there cannot, at any rate, until the expiration of those leases, be any increase of revenue from that source ;" and with regard to Madras, he "is afraid, so far as the land revenue goes, that, whatever may ultimately be the case, the first operation will result in a reduction !" So much for the land revenues, the auguries respecting which can scarcely about b oumt 0 Ps Ot b e deemed y ag auspiciou s even by the e a cg m W ou ° n ° t d in; it' o ' n the averag e to comes the opium revenue, FOUR, Ml LLlONS san guine STERLING ; and of that he declares that " there is an estimated deficit for this year," but " he thinks it likely that the demand for opium from China will not materially diminish, and that the revenue may by pos s ibilit y b e maintained." A s to monopoly, so gre a tl y complained of by the p the salt ople of Hiudostan, and w hi c h has so strongly excited the indignation of the home community, we ar e merely told that the vote carried by a decisive majority in the Commons House of Parliament w as "an ill-advised one." But nothing is said respecting any alteration or modification thereof ; while of the Customs revenue, he (Sir CHARLES. WOOD) fears " that, until the exports of India can be materially increased, we cannot expect any great augmentation from that source." So much for the fincntces of India, under the THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AITGIUST 9, 1 854, direction of that brilliant "financier" who has earned an undying reputation for his management of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom, and respecting whom very gloomy previsions must have been imagined, if the sad reality can be deemed satisfactory to the friends of India. It appears that Iceland is not the only place where " abductions" can take place. We have also had one on this side of St. George's Channel, of a very tame and common-place character when compared with the daring attempt of Mr. JOHN CARDEN, but not the less mischievous on that ac count, or deserving of less serious attention. Mr. CARDEN'S was the highway robbery of abduction —the stopping of his intended victim on the public roads, and forcibly taking possession of her person, without deeming her own consent indispensable. The other was the mere " petty larceny," or " obtaining under false pretences," the young lady not having attained the age of legal assent, or being capable of contracting the marriage into which he had betrayed her. In the English case, Mr. JOHN ATKINSON, young man of respectable appearande, aged 23 years, was indicted for the abduction of a girl, aged 12 years and 3 months. The prisoner was the organist at the parish church of Appleby, and also engaged as music master at the school in which the young lady was a pupil. He took ad vantage of his position to whisper "soft nonsense" in her ear. The familiarity came to the know ledge of the mistress, and he was discharged from his situation. But a clandestine correspondence was carried on through the instrumentality of one of the female servants, and an elopement was arranged with the very precocious young lady. This was duly ca rr i e d ou t, an d th e parties married at Sark Toll-bar. A speedy interruption was put to their anticipated felicity. The schoolmistress had caused a rapid pursuit of the fugitives, and the newly-made Benedict was taken into custody at Carlisle, and removed from the blandish ments of his blushing bride. Now this may be, as described by a morning contemporary, "a very sneaking affair" when compared with the more brilliant exploit of the Irish Hero. It is, however, not the less mischie vous on that account, and inasmuch as it might possibly find more numerous imitators, should be the more earnestly condemned—the more empha tically repudiated. What could be more painful to the feelings of a parent than to find his innocent daughter corrupted by a depraved scoundrel, and carried off during her infancy from the establishment to which he had confided her for educational purposes. Her wealth, her beauty, her accomplishments, all wasted on an unworthy wretch, who had delibe rately violated the trust reposed in him. We cannot, then, look on it in the same point of view in which it is regarded by our Contemporary, more especially as it is said that the marriage is binding, and that the wretch has succeeded in his object, not merely securing the person, but the property of the young lady, amounting to no less than 10,0001. sterling. Mr. CARDEN justly received the extreme penalty sanctioned by the law for his abortive attempt. He was sentenced to two years' im prisonment, with hard labour, although he failed. JOHN ATKINSON, the organist, only got nine months, without hard labour, at the end of which time he may claim his wife and her fortune, heed less of the sufferings of her family, or that the mind of her father has failed under the trial. He will receive an ample equivalent for his sufferings, and there is, therefore, nothing to deter others from following his example, except the universal condemnation of the press, and of the community in general. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. FROM A SUPPLEMENT OF THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST EVENING.] Palace of Westminster, Lord Great Chamberlain's-office, August 8, 1-54. All Peeresses, on announcing their intention to be pre sent on the occasion of the prorogation of Parliament, on Saturday, the 12th inst., will have places reserved for them in the House of Lords, if the announcement be made at this office before 5 o'clock on Friday the 11th instant. Peers' eldest sons will have tickets for the Peers' eldest sons' box, forwarded to them, upon a written or personal application at the office. No strangers can be admitted except by a ticket from the Lord Great Chamberlain. The doors will be opened at twelve o'clock. WILLOUGHBY DE EBESBY, G.C. THE "COUNT OUT" LAST NIGHT. List of Members in the House of Commons when counted out on Tuesday night : Sir John Shelley Sir Charles Wood Mr. Duncan Mr. Brotherton Mr. Thornely Lord Palmerston Mr. Hume Mr. Mowbray Mr. Pryse Loveden Mr. Heywood Lord Mulgrave Mr. Hadfield Mr. Danby Seymour Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald Mr. Michell Sir George Goodman Mr. Robert Lowe Sir Erskine Perry Mr. Vincent Scully COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, AUG 8. The Royal dinner party yesterday included the Duchess of Kent, Lady A. M. Dawson, Sir George Couper, and the Hon. Captain and Mrs. Denman, The Queen and Prince, with the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, Prince Arthur, and Princess Helena, em barked on board the Royal yacht, Victoria and Albert, this morning at 11 o'clock, and have proceeded on a cruise towards the Channel Islands. The Marchioness of Ely, the Hon. Mary Bulteel, the Hon. Colonel Phipps, Major-General Grey, Captain Du Plat, and Mr. Gibbs were in attendance on the Royal party. Lord Brougham had an interview with the Earl ol Aberdeen, yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. The Duke of Devonshire has appointed the son-in-law of Sir Joseph Paxton to the valuable union of Mothill, in the diocese of Lismore. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.-Aug. 8. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DEPARTURE OF THE QUEEN FOR THE CHANNEL ISLANDS. Her Majesty and Prince Albert embarked this morn ing on board the Victoria and Albert, and at half-past 11 o'clock steamed away for Jersey, under a salute from Cowes Castle and the Royal Yacht Squadron Battery. The day has been beautifully fine, with a light bzeeze from the S.W. The Royal yacht was attended by the Black Eagle and another steamer. Her Majesty is expected back on Thursday. SOUTHAMPTON REGATTA.—The old Arrow has again distanced her competitors. The Wildfire and the Vo lante seem to have had no chance with her. DEATH OF PRINCE BEBIKOFF.—The Lloyd says that it learns from Gumri in Georgia, that the Russian Prince Bebikoff has died there of poison, introduced into his food by a Pole. I DEATH - OF THE PRUSSIAN GENERAL, VON WRANGEL. A letter from Berlin of Saturday, says :—" It is stated that a telegraphic despatch has been received by the aide-de-camp on duty of the King, announcing the sudden death, yesterday, at the baths of Gadstein, of the veteran General Baron Wrangel, commanding the 3d army corps and the troops in the marches." General Prince Radziwil, attended by Major-General Sir Harry Smith and staff, inspected the Ist Somerset and South Devon Regiments of Militia on Plymouth Hoo to-day. THE NEW MINISTER OF HEALTH.—We have reason to believe that Sir B. Hall, M.P., for Marylebone, will be the first Minister appointed under the new bill, brought in by Sir W. Molesworth, for the re-constitution of the Board of Health. SMOKE PREVENTION.—There really ought not to be any excuse for the entire riddance of the smoke nuis ance ; our own experience satisfying us that the system of smoke prevention and economy of fuel, invented and carried out by Mr. Lee Stevens, is as effective as it is simple. Until we bad it applied to our own steam engine furnace, we could form no idea of the ease and certainty of its operations, without any moveable parts, and at such very moderate expense. LONDON AND COUNTY BANK,—The London and County Bank have issued a circular notifying a dividend for the half-year at the rate of 6 per cent., payable on tio y n o i the ] \ -Ith inst. Th e b a l ance - s h ee t for the period shows a Profit * o f 24 ,8491., and, as the dividend w i l l a b sor b on l y 3. 1, 1 0 /-, there is an unappropr i a t e d surplus of 12,9461. m erl L orient jou rna l says :—" G enera l Cavaignac, headfor of th e E xecutive Comm i ttee a ft er the Revo lu 848 , paid a v i s it l as t wee k t o this place. He w,snt over the maritime arsenal, in company with the Admiral acting as a maritime pre fect. Th e G en aide-d e - camp of tths General I let off the day after for Concarneau." LATEST NEWS. THE WAR ENTRANCE OF THE TURKS INTO BUCHAREST. A telegraphic despatch, dated Vienna, brings the following important intelligence, which is pub lished by the Oest. Correspondenz:— " BUCHAREST, Aug. ..—The Turkish advance guard, under Skender Bey, has just entered the city. " The rearguard of the Russians, consisting of seven regiments of Hussars and Cossacks, are only two miles distant. " Authentic information says that Moldavia will also be evacuated. Russian regiments are already retreating across the Pruth. Probably all that is to be expected or hoped from Austria is the occupation of the Principalities as a neutral Power." THE ACCIDENT TO THE GRAND DUKE CONSTANTINE. HAMBURG, Aug. 7.—lt is announced that in an excursion at sea, near Cronstadt, the vessel on board of which was the Grand Duke Constantine having foundered, the Prince was taken out of the water by the hair, and thus narrowly escaped drowning. Prince Galitzif and four sailors are said to have been drowned. CONSTANTINOPLE. - - According to a letter of the 26th July, the workmen at the arsenal at Cronstadt are employed night and day on the gun-boats that h ave b een ordered by Rear-Admiral Boxer. The contractors have engaged themselves to deliver the boats (30 in number) on or about the 10th of August. The Trebizond steamer has just arrived with the mail. The Russians had crossed the Arpa Chai, land had advanced as far as Godikler, near Little Ararat. The Turks at Kars, after holding a long war council, decided to act on the defensive, and wait the approach of the enemy. Prince Daltah Guriel, who had deserted from General Androni koff's army, and joined that of Selim Pacha at Batoum, had been poisoned by a Russian spy. Sidi Mohamed has just arrived here from Tunis with a large sum of money, in the shape of a volun tary contribution from the Viceroy of that pro vince, towards defraying the war expenses. The celebrated Circassian chief Naid Emin, has an nounced his intention of visiting Constantinople, in order to make arrangements for a regular supply of arms and ammunition for the mountains. He is expected here by the next Black Sea steamer. Piracy is on the increase in the Archipelago, and if measures are no t a d op t e d , not a single British vessel will dare to venture in these parts. THE ANSWERS OF THE WESTERN POWERS TO RUSSIA. The Ost Deutsche Poste of Vienna of the 4th says : —" It is positively stated that the answers of the Western Powers, which are now officially known, will not in any way give rise to the opening of fresh negotiations. The two Powers have not entered into any explanation. They purely and simply re ject the Russian propositions, and do not leave to Russia the slightest grounds for renewing negotia tions. It is thought in diplomatic circles that the Cabinet will not address a second summons or ulti matum to St. Petersburg, but will simply notify to the Russian Cabinet that within a determinate and very short delay, Austria will croupy the Princi palities iu conformity with the convention concluded between her and the Porte. By this mode of action the question will proceed very rapidly, as it will not be requisite to wait for any answer from Russia." RUSSIAN PROCLAMATION TO THE WALLACHIANS. The real cause of the Russian retreat from Wal lachia has been the subject of much speculation ; some have ascribed the movement to the active military virtues of the Turks, some to a certain mysterious influence exercised by the quiescent and immobile battalions at Varna, and some to the Austrians, but few persons perhaps guessed that the hot weather was at the bottom of it. Here, however, it is under the hand of a Russian gene ral :--- " PROCLAMATION BY GENERAL BUDBERG. " Bucharest, July 28. "His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, King of Poland, and Protector of the Principalities of Walla chia and Moldavia, Protector of all who profess the Greek orthodox faith, has resolved to cause the imperial troops to quit the insalubrious regions of the Danube for a short space, and withdraw to the healthier mountain lands. ("The enemy, in his blindness, has imagined that we are retreating for fear of hi m , and has sought to attack us during the march of our valiant soldiers. But scarcely had Prince Gortschakoff ordered his troops to repulse the enemy than the latter fled in a disgraceful manner, abandoning his arms and ammunition, which our troops are carrying off with them. As soon as the season shall have become more favourable we will return in arms to deliver you for ever from those barbarous Turks. Our retreat will be made with every precaution and without precipitancy, so that the enemy may not believe that we tee before him." EXPEDITION AGAINST THE CRIMEA. Advices from Constantinople to the 30th July, received via Marseilles, by the Nil steamer, state that Admiral Hamelin, who is at Varna, had or dered up all the transports and Turkish fleet from Constantinople. Generals Caurobert and Brown returned to Varna on the 27th. A naval division is cruising off Anapa, the Crimea, and Sebastopol. Various divisions of the allies are on march to Kus tendji. An English frigate, after a combat with a pirate vessel at Samos, hung two of the crew at the mast head. Accounts from Varna to the 25th ult. say :—A considerable movement had just taken place in the allied army. General Canrobert, General Brown, and Colonel Trochu, first aide-de-camp of Marshal St. Arnaud, embarked on the 21st at Varna, in order to reconnoitre the coast of the Crimea, and select the best point for effecting a land ing. During the time of their absence the Ist division of the French army, with the ex ception of the Ist regiment of Zouaves, which embarked at Baltschik, proceeded by land towards a neighbouring port in the Dobrudscha, whilst the 2d division, Commanded by General Bosquet, marched toward Bazardjik, and the 3d division, commanded by Prince Napoleon, was preparing to six leagues from Varn a . O n j' Napoleon started at the head of his m th a e r 2 ch 3d on pr K in u c s e tendj division to occupy the new camp assigned to him. The English troops who had marched on Aladyn, on the road to Silistria, were recalled, and were at the date of the last accounts at Bourgas, a sea port to the southward of V arna. Th e 4th French divi sion remained at Varna, from whence it would march to Baltschik to embark on board the squa dron on the retur n o f G eneral Canro b er t. The naval part of the ex p e di t i on was to cons ist of 14 sail of the line and 6 f r i gates, an d a great number of transports. Th e B as hi - b azou k s , t o the number of about 2,000, co mma nd e d b y G ene ral Yusuf, left Varna on the 25th f or Kusten dji. They are in tended to be employed as vedettes, for which ser vice they are exp ected to be very use f u l. The French steam-frigate Vauban, which, after having carried to Batoum a p art of the last re i n f orcemen ts sent by Omer Pa c h a, visited the coas t s o f Mi n grelia, Georgia, and Circassia, brought back with her some of the principal Circassian chiefs. Immediately on landin g th ey had an i nterv i ew with Mar shal St. Arnaud, tion. These chiefs are servin g f ro m whom they met with a very warm recep under the orders of S3hamyl, and the y as sured th e allied genera ls they were prepared to raise the whole country, and assemble 80,000 men to march against the Russians. The Marshal has had several conferences with them, and there is every reason t o b e li eve th a t their offers will be ac cepted. S ome sensation h a d b ee n caused at Con stantinople by the daring act of a Rus iian steam frigate, th e \V ladimir. She l e ft Sebastopol on the 13th July, un d er Austr i an co lours, with the inten tion of capt ur i ng the E ng lish steamer Phoebe, which carries the mail between Constantinople and 1 Trebizond. Having succeeded in escaping the vigilance of the allied cruisers, she ran along the whole coast of Asia, and falling in with two Turk ish transports, one laden with maize and the other with coal, she took out the masters and mates of them, and or d ered the crews to take to their boats. She then t oo k out par t o f the coal from one of them, and fearing that they would impede her pro gress if she attempted to take them in tow set fire to them. A t h ird vesse l, a lso laden with co a l, narrowly escaped a similar fate. Her mainmast was carried away by a ball from the Vladimir, but she succeeded in gaining refuge in a port. It is said that the Vladimir, in order the better to deceive the allied cruisers, had painted her hull in imitation of the Austrian Lloyd's steamers, and had written the word Austerlitz on her paddle boxes. She is said to have got safe back to Sebas topol. AUSTRIAN INTRIGUES AND THEIR SUCCESS. The Vienna Lloyd of the 4th inst. publishes in telhgeneefrom Constantinople and Bucharest which offers an explanation of the inactivity of the Turkish army in Wallachia. Its information, in fact, amounts to the statement that Austrian diplo macy has quietly brought about that armistice in Wallachia on which the Czar laid so much stress in his answer to the note by which the Vienna Cabi net invited him to withdraw from the Princi palities. The Czar's troops, some of which (Lip randi's corps for instance) are in great danger, are to leave Wallachia unmolested by the Turks. The Lloyd says :—" The Turkish army of the Danube is marching on Bucharest, but it will not occupy that city, the Porte having made an agreement with Baron Bruck, the Austrian Internuncio, to that effect. It is also a part of the agreement that all the Ottoman troops shall be withdrawn beyond the Danube upon the arrival of the Austrians. Omer Pacha has addressed a proclamation to the inhabitants, promising them not to make Walla chia the theatre of military events." MOVEMENTS IN THE PRINCIPALITIES The following despatch is datod Vienna yester. day evening : " The Russian rear-guard was about half-way between Bucharest and Busco. " On the 3d the Turkish army had not entered Bucharest. " Bucharest was about to send a loyal address to the Porte. " Luders' troops were retreating on Brailow. " It is said that retrograde movements are being made in Moldavia. " The departure of Baron Hess for the army is postponed." Letters from Jassy state that several Russian regiments have just entered Moldavia from Bessa rabia, to reinforce the line of the Sereth. On the other hand, several Russian regiments which have been demoralised and rendered useless in Walla chia, are crossing the Pruth for Bessarabia and the province of Kherson. - The Cronstadt Gazette (Transylvania), of the 28th ult., says The journals of Bucharest have reached us after a week's interruption. They state that the Russians celebrated on the 23d a solemn service in honour of the victory obtained in Asia by Prince Andronikoff. The Russians are re establishing the roads on our frontier. No , more Russian patrols are seen unless on the Pregjal." The Lloyd of Vienna, of the 4th, says :—" Gene ral Baron Osten Sacken, commander of the 3d corps of infantry and all the Russian troops in Moldavia, established his head-quarters at Jassy on the 24th ult. Prince Gortschakoff has authorised him to take the control of all the civil administra tion, and to replace Moldavian by Russian func tionaries. This has caused great alarm amongst the inhabitants, as it seemed to indicate a design of making Moldavia a Russian province. The Rus sians are building huts and ovens, and making other preparations on the Sereth for passing the winter. An immense number of sick and wounded have been sent into Bessarabia, but the hospitals of Moldavia are still full. Omer Pacha on entering Wallachia published a proclamation, in which he promises that no military events shall take place in the Wallachian territory, and that when th© Rus sians shall be expelled, Turkey, in conjunction with Austria, Prussia, and the Western Powers, will re-establish the old administration. He concludes by declaring that the Wallachians shall receive an indemnity for the losses to which they have been oubjected by the Russian occupation." THE CHOLERA AT GALLIPOLI. It was understood in Paris on Monday, that no less than four French generals had died of cholera at Gallipoli. Their names are Generals Allonville, Levaillant, D'Aurelle de Paladine, and de Monet. The first-named general was well known in Paris. He marched into Paris from Versailles at the head of the carabineers on the day of the coup d'etat, and has ever since been high in the confidence of Marshal St. Arnaud. General Trochu, the head of the staff of the army of the East, was reported to be in a hopeless state when the boat which brought this intelligence left. His death would be an irreparable loss to the army. He is an officer of first-rate abilities, and has been the life and soul of all the arrangements since the expeditionary for,3e left France. The colonel of the 13th Regiment of the line (quartered at Gallipoli) is dead. Since su perior officers are not more liable to cholera than the soldiers—but rather less so, on account of their power to command greater comforts—this extraor dinary proportion of deaths among them implies a frightful amount of mortality in the ranks. It is said that General Couston, who lately went out with troops for Gallipoli, declined, on his own re sponsibility, to land them there when he found how destructive the epidemic had been, and sailed on to Varna. The cholera is at Varna also, but not in a very mali gnan t f orm . General Trochu was there, and not at Gallipoli, and although he was reported to be in extremis, it is permitted to hope that he may recover. We find the following in a Malta letter of the 2d : "The cholera is very bad at Gallipoli. The French have already lost two gen erals—Ney and Cara bu c cia—about 25 officers, and 550 men. The 4th Regiment (English) had lost about 20 ; when my informant (an officer in that regiment) left there were 80 men in the hospital ; and on the 24th of July there were six deaths, all decided cases of cholera. The heat was intolerable, often with the thermometer at 109 in the tents, and the water was ye ry bad indeed." THE WHITE SEA. HAMBURG, August 7.—Two war steamers of the British squadron having destroyed the establish ments of the Russian Government to the north of Archangel, have entered the Bay of Onega, that arm of the White Sea which reaches farthest to. wards the Russian interior. ADDRESS OF THE FRENCH ADMIRAL IN THE BALTIC. Despatches from Admiral Parseval-Deschenes of the Ist have reached the Minister of Marine. The following order of the day was published on the 30th ult. in the French squadron : " LEDSIIND, July 30.—Officers, non-commissioned officers, and seamen of the Imperial squadron of the Baltic, in three months from the time of your leaving the ports of France, you, although a squa dron just formed, have had to satisfy exigencies and to overcome difficulties, usually reserved to much longer navigations. No fatigue and no trial have been wanting to your zeal and to your devotedness—incessant exercises and labours to enable you to appear worthily before your friends and your enemies, continual vigilance in a deceit ou to have God, a deceit ful sea, full of shoals, where every inconvenience is a danger, thoughccepted and supported with that perfect discipline, that rows removed, this thanks y calm and patient courage of the seaman, and that mutual c onfidence which honours the French navy in all the dem w i i e th in o tl u n t en cruel ees losses—all w not pi ranks of its organisation. It is my duty and my delight to thank you for your conduct ; and what you have done is a guarantee to me of what you will do in the new phase of our campaign. The Russian fleets, in their own seas, appear decided not to accept the com bat offered by the allied fleets ; before Cronstadt, our action oo was leagues on coast.poin B t of being the in Emperorgredci reduced to wouldab lockade of not consent that such should be the case. His Majesty has selected and marked out an important object for our efforts and our cannons, and I am happy to be able to announce the fact to you. The brave General Bara guay d'Hilliers arrives at the head of 10,000 men of our valiant troops. The Emperor sends his eagles to join o noble otnh e on:otbeforeuicause,time e brothers tthheerei enemy e h m t nyo accustomedf a t wrt h eto e n sws shall af a iklt supporteh partyr bee:ae csdh always, lnwd forcesa yt other,hs our ships of war, in order to show to the regions of the north what the powerful will of armed France can do united e ou leaving r sin by ye o r te o h t ae h n e ,sdr, Vice-Admiral, viecaetl unhesitating.rhAyo du t ng t hiartn thethatco-operation of ngal to or, doing o Commander-in- Chief nFa w ir e aaa l liberty of Europe. The navy and army have been for acaf fora r rnd length a e: d with the same cry of " Vive l'Empereur I"—Vice-Ad- miral, Senator, Commander-in -Chief of the Baltic Fleet, ‘` PARSIWAL, Chief of the Baltic Fleet." .tcdsee you W r a. nen SPAIN. The following despatch is dated Bayonne, Au gust 8 : On the 6th inst. Queen Christina was prevented by an armed mob from leaving Madrid until she had paid a large sum of money. PERPIGNAN, August portion of the popu lation in ea s y c i rcumstances has left Barcelona, from the fear of insurrection and the cholera. Three steamers filled with these emigrants are at Port Vendres: The Gazette of the 3d contains a royal decree ordering that the Captain-General of the Army, Don Pedro Villacampa, President of the Supreme Tribunal of War and Marine ; Lieutenant-General Espelata, Vice-President, and General Sanchez Tovar, Military Prosecutor to the same tribunal, shall be dismissed. The Gazette also contains a report from General O'Donnell, Minister of War, in which he proposes that the Senators who, in violation of parliamentary and constitutional law, and of the most precious prerogative of the ancient Cortes, were dismissed from the places which they held, for having voted against the late government, shall be restored. This is followed by a decree appointing General de Meer, General Van Halen, and General Baldasano y Ros, who had been so dis missed, to situations they formerly occupied in the Supreme Tribunal of War, and dismissing the gen tlemen who had been appointed to succeed them. 11.-lonardi, formerly editor of the ,Eco del Comercio, has been appointed Under-Secretary of the De partment of the Interior. General Jose de la Concha had arrived in Madrid. M. Olozaga was spoken of as an Ambassador at Vienna, Paris, or London. A despatch from Madrid, dated August 3, is to the following effect : Another Royal decree bestows upon General Ros de Olano the Grand Cross of the Order of San Fernando, in recompense of the distinguished merit of which he gave proof in the glorious affair of Vicalvaro. The Marquis de Perales has resigned the office 0: Civil Governor of Madrid. The Queen-Mother is to leave to-day, with al] her family, for a foreign country. There is a report of a reactionary movement at Cadiz ' under the auspices of Brigadier Ping o t, which, however, was promptly suppress3d. General Manuel Concha has written from Bar celona to Espartero, stating that he places himself under the orders of the latter General. The cholera has broken out severely at Seville. One private letter mentions.the occurrence of sixty cases in one day ; and a communication has been received stating that more than 100 cases have occurred. It is stated that most of them have oc curred in the Barrio de Triana, a suburb of Seville. FRANCE. It is a circumstance worthy of note, that the Moniteur in confirming the retreat of the Russians upon the Sereth, says the Turks will doubtless immediately occupy the capital of Wallachia. This seems to imply that the retreat of Omer Pacha behind the Danube, insisted upon by Austria at the court of Constantinople, has not ultimately been conceded to this doubtful ally. The Bourse has again been very steady yesterday, and prices rose. The 3 per Cents. closed at 71f. 50c for the end of the month ; the .1i per Cents. at 98f. 90c. ; and the New Loan at 71f. 50c.; Orleans Railway Shares, I,lBof. ; Rouen, 975 f.; Havre, 570 f.; Great Northern, 830 f.; Strasburg, 777 f. 50c.; New Shares, 625 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 948 f. 75c. ; Lyons to the Meditekranean, 847 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 645 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 612 f. 50c. ; Great Central of France, 495 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 505 f. ; Bank of Credit Mobilier, 692 f. 50c. The following are the last returns of the gross receipts of the principal French railways : Dates. Passen- Goods. Total. Cor ' wk. gers. last year Northern .. • • July 23 July 29' 310,827 431,904 801,731 677,852 Rouen .... • • July 23 July 29 120,147 116,0.0' 236,167 248,373 Havre ........ July 23 July 29 43,617 62,8 t 4 104,461 118,710 Orleans and Branches .. July 23 July 29 , 376,673 499,769 876,442 742,809 Strasburg July 23 July 29 284,832 333,347 618,179 650,099 Montereau • . July 23 July29l 11,2%2 16,213 27,495 - Lyons •• • • July 23 July 291 288,364 179,787 468,151 382,541 Western •.. • • • July 24 July 30' 122,503 37,578 160,086 143,700 Lyons to the Mediterranean -July 16 July 22 140,437 76,729 217,166 200,118 Grand Central (Lyons to Ro anne) • ... • • July 16 July 22 52,063 139,745 191,808 172,643 THE OVERLAND MAIL. TRIESTE, TUESDAY. The steamer Australia arrived at Trieste at half past 3 a.m., in 114 hours from Alexandria. ALEXANDRIA, AUGUST 2. The Indian mail has arrived, with advices from Calcutta, June 29 ; Madras, July 5 ; Shanghai, June 1; Hong Kong, June 22 ; Singapore, June 29 ; Penang, July 3 ; Bombay, July 1. The Russians have taken possession of Kahan, near Bokhara. Business in India dull. Great disturbance in the north of China. Shik lung is in the hands of the insurrectionists, who threaten Canton with an attack. Exchange at Canton, ss. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of 'English wheat was on sale in to-day's market, yet the business doing *as trifling, at Monday's prices. The cutting of wheat is now progressing rapidly, both in Essex and Kent. The show of foreign wheat was good. All kinds moved off slowly, but we have no change to notice in the quota tions. Barley met a very inactive demand, but no decline took place in prices. All kinds of malt moved off slowly, at late rates, The oat trade was steady, at full currencies. Beans, peas, and flour sold slowly, at late rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. 420 Barley. English .. Irish .... Foreign .. lalt. Oats. Flour. 510 840 2.0 6,276 i 1,4305 ks 5,490br1 12,2; 5,0; BOROUGH HOP. We have a fair demand for hops, at full prices. The plantation accounts are very unfavourable. WHITECHAPEL. Each kind of meat sold steadily to-day, as follows : Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per Blbs by the carcase. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. 9.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; light breeze, and cloudy. The Mercury is now falling slowly. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. B.—Wind, SP. Arrived—Sutlej, from London, for Calcutta. PLYMOUTH, Aug. B.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Edward, for Quebec ; Lady Peel, do. GLOUCESTER.—Arrived—Euclia, from Quebec. LIVERPOOL, Aug. B.—The Bonne, from Memel to this port, was totally lost on the 4th of August; crew landed at Dundee. SHIELDS, Aug. B.—Wind, S. Sailed—Express, for Itio Janeiro ; Lord Lambton, Quebec. SUNDERLAND, Aug. B.—Wind, S. Sailed—Gutterus, for Maulmain. SWANSEA, Aug. B.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—Maria Antoinette, from Garrucha. Sailed—Commodore. for Cuba. SYDNEY, N.S.W., May 22.—The Vixen is reported to be on shore at Trial Bay, and abandoned, excepted by two men. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LivEitPooL, Wednesday, 10.40 A.M. Wind, W. N. W. • moderate, and cloudy. Arrived—Hants, from Africa • Dicky Sam, V a lp ara i so ; Isabel, Antigua; Meridian, Berbice; David Huntley, Barsborougb, Nova Scotia ; Saxon, Messina ; Crescent, Cadiz; St. George, Santauder. Sailed—Liverpool, De Witt, Clinton, and Great West ern, for New York ; Wilhelmina, San Francisco. Off Port—Gannett (screw steamer), Andes, and Isabel. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) DdEAfinL, e Wednesday, 10.40 a . m . Wind, S.S.W.; light, an. Passed—Calendar, from St. George's ; Countess of Dur ham, Callao ; Gunna, Quebec—all for London ; Penguin, from London, for Bermuda ; her Majesty's steamer Lucifer, from Portsmouth, for Woolwich. Anchored—Guinebode' for Sant an d er ; Ad e l a id e, De merara; Wm. Simpson, for Batavia— all from London. THE TURKISH MUSEUM. The handsome hall, a stone's-throw from Hyde-park-corner, first brought into notice by the wonderful Chinese Exhibition, has, after undergoing many appropriations, returned to an exhibi tion very much like the one with which it opened. Two Turkish gentlemen, Messrs. C. Oscanyan and S. Azna your, have with great spirit and ingenuity opened here a most interesting illustration of the Turkish nation and habits. The desire was only conceived in Constantinople last November, and it has been brought to its present wonderful perfection sin cetha.t time. W a lki ng roun d the large room , the spectator passes all varieties of Turkish life, each function of humanity being performed by admirably executed wax figures, dressed in clothes brought from the East, and provided with such furnitu re, scenery, and properties as shall endow them with appr )priate spheres fur th eir artificial life. " Scenery," by the way, is a weak term to express the liberal manner in which the waxen Orientals are pro vided with domiciles. The hamam, or bath, which comes first in the series, is a real substantial building, with a tiler, as good as alive, repairing the roof at the top, and the spectator who enters the door may pass from one department to another to study the luxuries and the tortures of the institutions. On another side of the room there is a b%rber's shop, in which a faithful Mus sulman re& ious f ly ai i t n h t f o ul t s h o e la lr e n t d h s em of . the tonsor, gn while s h himselfi s b brethren th n resat p o f the selves with coffee and backgammon in the courtyard. Then we have a snug party of Turkish epicures —the inside of a slave bazaar, and--most s o l emn o f a ll t h e interiors—the interior of the Sultan's harem, with the Sultan's daughter smoking a chibouque, and receiving the congratulations of a female friend on her approach ing marriage. Nothing is spared to give variety to the exhibition. Life indoors and life out of doors, high life and low life, are alike brought forward. Here sits the late Sultan Mahmoud in Divan, surrounded by his stately Ministers ; here a party, staying at a water ing place, rides in a superb ox-drawn carriage ; here the hamals, or porters, of Constantinople perspire under their heavy burdens ; here, that our glance may become retrospective, a meeting of the Janissary conspirators is convened, and we are allowed to see those fatuous ketaes which, answering the double purpose of kettle and kettle-drum, served alike to cook the victuals and to ex press the sentiments of the once formidable, but now extinct body. It is a great point to hit a topic of the day, and a greater point still to hit it well. In both these respects the grintrivers of the Turkish Museum have succeeded to a nicety. THE COMMON LODGINGS ACT.—Notwithstanding the exertions of the metropolitan police to bring into prac tical operation the provisions of the Common Lodgings Act, and to remove in some degree the reeking nuisances that have been for years allowed to accumulate into hot beds of pestilence, we very much fear that the cholera has overtaken us in a very unprepared state. Poverty and vice are truly conservative of the seeds of disease and this deposits of filth. They hate the introduction of light and air and pure water. No wonder, when the elements of life make the degradations under which they labour more hideous. Not a moment should be lost in extending the most vigorous measures of purification into every district. It is the struggle of life against death and its feverish allies, promoted by this hot and teeming weather, SPORTING NOTES. MR. TOPHAM AT LEWES. The attempt about to be made by Mr. Topham to reestablish the popularity of Lewes Races deserves en couragement. Owners of horses, however, have not at the outset of his undertaking given him a full measure of support. The nominations appended to the various stakes are somewhat scanty, and comprise only animals of a plating mediocrity. Still the supply of sport will be sufficient to induce a large majority of metropolitan speculators to assist at the gathering. The programme contains eleven items, of which seven are handicaps. The 51b s p ena lt y w hi c h Kennyside Hero has incurred for the Trial Handicap will scarcely militate against his success. The Innkeeper's Plate numbers twelve entries, of these, Hazlenut, Banstead, and Allington, will doubtless command most attention. My opinion of their respective chances is indicated by the order in which I have set down their names. For the Southdown Welter Cup I have a slight partiality for Now-or -Never and the Alp. The colt by Beverlao out of Slender will doubtless win the 10 Sovs Sweep stakes. Calculating upon a start, I shall expect Pantomime, Diana, Vingt'-un, and the Jennala filly to occupy the foremost places for the Lewis Handicap. From the above-mentioned lot, I shall select Pantomime and Vingt'-un alone to represent my interest. Lady Flora and Switch seem the most noteworthy names among the entries for the County Stakes, but so difficult is it to ascertain the likely starters that it is impossible to determine, with any degree of accuracy, the probable result of the race. For the Handicap Plate, my "fancies" are for Henrietta, Longinus, and the filly by Epirus. • The races at Reading yesterday were marked by no incident of especial importance. The betting on them was very limited. The success of Brother to Grey Tommy, for the Berkshire Stakes, was not totally un expected ; during the morning he was backed quietly at 7 and Bto 1. A larger attendance of general companY and bookmakers was never seen at Reading. The day was scorching hot, and spectators were not a little annoyed by swarms of wasps. Indeed the cry of " wops" was made with ludicrous frequency, and it re' quired no ordinary dexterity to dodge these alarming little insects. The racing was not sufficiently impor tant to call forth particular remark. Aug. 9. A FRESH MAN. THE ESHER MURDER. TRIAL OF THE MURDERESS.—(THIS DAY. ) GUILDFORD, Wednesday. This morning, at the assizes held here for the county of Surrey, Mary An* Brough, aged 43, was indicted in the Crown Court, be fore Mr. Justice Erle, upon six several indictments, fo r the wilful murder of her children, Georgiana Brough, Caroline Brough, William Brough, Henry and Harriet Brough, twins, and George Brough, at Esher, in this county, upon the 10th of June. The prisoner was brought down from Horsemonger lane, in the custody of Mr, Keen, the governor, by the train which left London at 7 o'clock, prior to the trial commencing. She was placed in a room at the rear of the court ; she was respectably attired in good new; mourning. She did not seem to take much notice of any one around her, beyond occasionally looking round with a troubled and somewhat wild expression of •oun tenance. The court, which is. not over large, was most inconveniently crowded. Precisely at 9 o'clock, Mr. Justice Erle took his seat, and the prisoner was placed at the bar. Upon the several indictments being read, she, with a firm voice, pleaded not guilty ; and having done so to each of the indictments, she sat down in the dock apparently not at all affected. She is a woman of a dark and sallow complexion, about the middle height, and not of a very prepossess ing appearance. Mi. Bodkin and Mr. Robinson appeared for the pro secution, and Mr. Edwin James and Mr. Hawkins were for the defence. Mr. Bodkin, in his opening address to the jury, de' tailed the circumstances under which the murders wer e committed by the prisoner. The defence he knew that was about to be set up was not a denial of any of the facts, but that the unfortunate creature was, at the time of committing the act, in a state of insanity. About that, they (the prosecutors) had no evidence. She Was seen upon the afternoon p rece di ng t h e d rea df u l night at the cottage, and th ere was not hi ng i n h er manner then that seemed strange. It appeared that she pu t the children to bed, and also wound up the elwk i n the evening. It seemed likewise that she contemplat ed suicide, as she had written a letter to her eldest dee& ter, who was in place, leaving her some things in a box in which the letter was found. She denied in letter the improper conduct imputed to her, and said that her husband intended to get money out of the man with whom she was accused of having an improper intimaef • The learned counsel having explained the law of lunacy in criminal cases, concluded his address. Henry Woolgar, examined by Mr. Robinson, corro• borated the statement of the learned counsel. The evidence, with which all our readers are familiar, having been concluded, Mr. Edwin James rose to address the jury for the prisoner. The trial was not concluded when we went to press STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Aug. B.—There has been a fair business done in cotton yarns, and prices are a shade higher. Prices asked for 20's water twist and refused last week have been readily conceded this morning. Good 0 0 mule, India quality, has been in request ; but, in fact , the inquiry has seldom been of a more general character, the qualities comprehended in it embracing description s suitable to most of the export markets as well as the home trade. Spinners mostly quote the advance obtained at id. per lb., though sales have been. effected at a little more and a little less than this improvement. The state, of the cloth mark e t has not b e en so satisfactory, a nd manufacturers having to buy their yarn complain the upward tendency of the prices they have to give. Most kinds of cloth suitable to the home trade, including printers and domestics, are Steady. In the heavier kinds of long-cloths, T-cloths, and domestics, prices are quoted in some cases rather in favour of producers; bu t in the large class of goods taken for India prices are drooping and very irregular. The production for this important market continues to be large, but th e pr ices offered in many cases are so unremunerative that maker ° have withdrawn their goods. One of the suspensions we alluded to on Saturdalt that of Mr. Ames Broadbent, smallware manufacture r, and shipper to the Brazils, turns ant to be somewh at more important than wat at first supposed, the liabilitia being named at 55,0001. LEEDS, Aug. B.—The markets in the cloth-halls te t : day have b een steady, and an aver age amoun t of cl oth has chan ge d hands. Prices are firm, and the stock s, hand ar e w ithi n a very moderate compass. The we ar t ther on Sund a y, y es t er d ay and today has been all thhee could be de s i re d f or th e h arvest, and the r i pen i n g oft crops is going on rapidly, though it will even with continuance of the same kind of weather, be ten del, or a fortni g ht b e f ore any l arge quant i ty of w h ea t is rea d y for reaping in this district. One effect of the fine w l ee ther has been to c h ec k th e upwar d ten d ency o f the Pr', o ot corn in th e markets, but the advance obtain ed London at the clo se o f l as t wee k h as a l most b een realise-1a here to-d a y. A cont i nuance of the present weetbl l : will, doubtless, produce a fall in the price of breadetllP' THE GOLDEN AGE STEAMSHIP• The following letter has been received from the ct; taro of the Gold en A ge steamer, describing her, pas sl ' a from Sydney to Panama : " Gentlemen,—l h ave th e honour to acknowieug„,. the receipt of your comm un i ca ti on of June 21, asking ; "; be• formation respecting the establishment of a steam I t t;tielt tween this place and Australia ; also about the OA for coaling, & c . It a ff or d s me pleasure to gips per the informati on y ou requ i re . I am strong l y i n , of this route for side-wheel steamers, as I think it b become the quickest route to England by ten ("7 0 0 and by far the most pleasant one. I will give 3 0 the facts connected with ou r vo y age , an d you..A, E . judge for yourselves. W e l e ft Syd ne y d ee ply 1 7i. with coal (and very bad coal it was); we =chi ot Tahiti in thirteen day s an d a h a lf—di s t ance run 'a its miles, and 144 of current against us. We remain ed Tahiti six clays, and took on board, in eighty wor ld hours, 1,140 tons of coal, employing the natives, who, r . 0 13 0, proper arr a n gemen t s , wou ld d o it i n one -thi r d l es s ti i tt We left Tahiti on the 31st of May, and arrived her e „ 0 ; eighteen and a half days—distanc e ru n 4,532 n 3 1 5. 515 miles of current ag a i ns t us — ma ki ng th e w h o le a tance actually run on the trip 8,653 miles. Retn r 4o.3 from here to Sydney a s hip wou ld on l y h ave to run miles, owing to the current and winds being in her fa y " of the entire distance, which would make a differun ee v est six clays in the voy age ; an d it m i ght be made i n se N o days rir w than end wasthan tfrom Pacificthe o ? b e e r •,i,i%61 ,1 e voyage, with th e except i on of three or four days. leaving Australia, when the weather was a little roug ll p. " Tahiti offe rs every f ac il ity for provisioning °' The harbour is one of the most beautiful I ever saw , a ;,;itlt ship can l a y a l ongs id e of the dock, and be supp li e d die water in a very few hours. The island abounds with the most ;delici ous f ru it s b e l ong i ng t o th e tropics, ann,c,ri• health of th e p l ace i s un di spu t e d . Th e French snipe ties are extremely anx i ous f or th e es t a bli s h men t of a To of steamers, and offer every facility one could desire. soch us they were exceedi ng ly ki n d an d a tt en ti ve . Tba. t h test a line will eventually succeed th ere i s no t the 84 to doubt ; and the only thing that would be iik,elitieg prevent travelling this way at present is the 11. '„„i t ; difficulty about crossing the Isthmus. The follow is the time which this ship would make on 313 c ols voyage, and the whole time it would take to 'c yan England: —From Sydney to Tahiti, 11 days 12 hoursi our s ; Tahiti to Panama, 16 days; to cross th e I s thmus, 7 0, j 9 from Aspinwall to England, 18 days ; t o t a l, 45 aal thr ee hours. Forty-five days and nineteen hours, with wou ld. days' detention in coaling at Tahiti ; re t u rning it ling• take forty days, with three days' d e t e ntion In O a The The overland route can never come up to this time cousequence will he that all th e ma il s w ill com e this w 7Ol - the specie will follow the mails as a ma tt er of cours e ' the drafts on England will go i n th e ma il b ag s. T he tb° discomfort in the whole route is the trifling passag e 7 w itli• isthmus, and that the railroad will soon do away e• The weather is cool and deli g htf u l th roug h o ut the no vg es, From the above facts y ou can d raw your ow n cen t ' boa and form quite as good an opinion as I (could, Wu ° 23." seen it all.—Stea m - s hi p G o ld en A ge, P anam a, June ST. PETERSBURG,— The advices from k Petersburgt are to the let Inst., but they contain nothing new' oc ceP , that the rat e o f exc h ange was a li t tl e higher, eonoce° quence, probably, of the increased despatch of PO clu d e from Archangel before the commencement of the block& on the Ist of August. At the last dates a thousfor: casks of tallow were at that port for shipmen t, and 010 were expected. 1:4