The Sun. — London, England, 1854-10-19 00:00:00

=RAT= ROYAL RAYMARKRT• ender the management et Mr. Ruelutene. THIS EIirENLIG, Oar. 19, Will be performed the cemody of PAUL PET. Priecipal cha racters by Mr. Wright, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. W. Farm, Km reinter, and Miss E. Chaplin. Alter whisk, the First Part of the Ballet of THE STAR OF .A—IDALUSIA. Followed by H4S LAST LEGS. Prinsipel oharaeter by Mr. Hudson. To eonciade with the second Part of the Ballet. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STRZET. Under the Management of M. CIIAZIAS Sian. THIS EVENING, Oer. 19, Wlll he performed (Tenth time) a emnedietta. =titled L IVISG TOO FAST. After whleh, A HEART OF GOLD. Prtneipal sharact s " er b Y Messrs. Meadows, Addison, Ryder, D. Fisher, Cathcart, and Ss.k; Misses Reath and Murray, and Mrs. Daly. To conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET. THEATRE ROYAL ADELE'S'. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webeter.—Direotress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, O. 19, Will be performed the popular Drama of THE DISCARDED grid. Principal characters by Messrs. Selby, Murray, Bedford, and Keeley; Sirs. Keeley, and Miss Woolgar. Allot which, A MOVING TALE. To conclude With the screaming Burlesque of NORMA. ROYAL OLYMPIC TIIE‘.YEE Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, OCT. 19, Will be performed A. MATCH IN THE D UHL. Principal cha racters by M r . A. w:gan, and Miss Fitzpatrick. 'Pe be follows. by a farce, called A. BLIGHTED BEING, in bleb Mr. Robson will appear. To conclude with TO OBLIGE BENSON. STRAND THICATEZ. Sole Lessee Ms. F. W. Aileron. THIS EVENING, Ocrr. 19, Will be performed SWEETHEARTS AND WITIS. After which, THE MEW WAGS 01 WDTDSOR. Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Mephistopheles, Mr. Halford; Faust, Miss G. Hodson; Marguerite, Miss H. Gordon. Stalls, 45.; Boxes, 2s. 6d.; Pit, ls.; Gallery, 6d.; Private Box, Al is., to be had of Mr. Allcroft. lb, Now Bond-street. ASTLErS ROYAL AMPIIITHEATit - e.... Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wil/ism Coots. Shortly will be produced, a GRAND MILITARY SPECTACLE, commemorative of present British Prowess. Four hundred auxiliaries are engaged, and both the Stage and the Ring will simultaneously be employed in the representation of this Great National Hippodrome. THIS EVENING, THE WOODMAN'S HORSE; or, THE FALSE KNIGHT. After whieh, a variety of graphic and brilliant SCENES in the ARENA. To conclude with a GRAND EMBLEMATICAL ENTREE of England and France, with a number of Lord and Patriotic Stage Tableaux. Box-Olen open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director Mr. Win. Cooke, jun. HIgH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGR. Tins DAY —Morning 12 min After 12 1 Evening 33 min.aft. 12 To ...foamy/ —Morning 52 znin.after 12 1 Evening 8 inia.aft. 1 TEE WEATHER.—Sum Or me, for. 19. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 53 —highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 49 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 84—a rise of more than half an inch since yesterday morning. ht , w ith fine sunshiny cold WIND, W.S.W. L i g weather. THE "COMING" CAPTURE SEBASTOPOL WILL BE PUBLISHED IN AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION "THE SUN" THE MOMENT THE EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE IS ISSUED, TOGETHER WITH A LIST OF THE were throwing up earthworks round the southern quarters of the town--a small redoubt had also been erected to the east, which will have to be reduced before a regular onslaught can be made to storm the city. Meanwhile, the British are not idle. They are actively pushing on the works against the town, which, however, were scarcely so far ad vanced as we had anticipated. If, however, there were no unnecessary delays, they might be in readiness to commence in good earnest within a few days after the despatch of the 3d inst. A comparatively small party only can labour simultaneously—some three or four thousand at the utmost—who can carry on the engineering operations. The remainder of the army must necessarily remain idle. Now, after leaving an ample force to protect the gallant fellows work ing in the trenches, quite sufficient might be spared to attack and rout MENSCHIKOFF and his demoralised and disheartened troops. As we suggested yesterday, we therefore consider it by no means improbable that we may hear of another battle and another victory before we can announce the capture, or even the bombardment, of Sebas topol. The melancholy catalogue of those who perished in the fearful struggle on the Alma, who freely shed their blood in one. of the most brilliant ex ploits ever recorded in the pages of history, has just been published. Poor fellows !—their names will be recorded in the national archives, as men who faithfully and efficiently discharged the ar duous and important duties confided to their hands, and an irresistible claim is established on behalf of their mounting families—a claim that should be discharged by an unanimous vote of the Imperial Parliament, and not by charitable contributions. The protection of those who have lost their protectors in the bloody strife is a national debt. As such, it should be treated. A suitable maintenance should be secured to those rendered destitute by the victory that was hailed with such rapturous enthusiasm, such boundless joy, by the community at large. It should be guaranteed by Act of Parliament to the widows and. orphans of the mighty dead. The widows and orphans of the soldiers are as well entitled to such payment as those of commissioned officers to their pensions. Voluntary contributions, however creditable to the liberal donors, should not be looked to for the means of liquidating this imperative demand. They may be granted as additional rewards, but not as payment of the debt, and in such case they should be bestowed after the claim has been satisfied, and a suitable Parliamentary provision been made for the widows and orphans. At present the contributors to the Patriotic Fund are not giving to the widows and orphans of the soldiers who perished, or who may here after perish, on the field of battle, or by disease during the war. They are giving to Mr. GLAD STONE—subscribing to the Consolidated Fund ! Let what will be said, this is the fair practical view of the subject. The nation is required not merely to meet all the heavy expenses of the war, but to raise a present capital sufficient to provide annuities for khe parties justly entitled during their lives, the principal whereof will at their deaths fall into the Exchequer. Indeed the principal will at once be appropriated, and pen sions granted in return, and probably not so high in amount as would be bestowed if there had been no such subscription lists opened. It is an ingenious device, a very plausible dodge, indeed—worthy of Mr. JOHN DAWKINS himself. But we trust that the public will take full time for consideration, and not fall into the trap in the excitement of feeling occasioned by admiration for those who have fallen, and sym pathy with the afflicted mourners. Britannia will protect the widows and orphans of the bravo. She will not suffer them to feel the want of hus band or fathers so far as money is concerned ; she will not consign them to the tender mercies of the Union Workhouse ; nor will she degrade them into being objects of charity, as they will be if dependent upon the so-called Patriotic Fund. Parliament will be required to vote pensions, or give considerable grants of money to some of the Generals in the event of the capture of Sebasto pol and the successful termination of the campaign in the Crimea. We may hear of a large vote of money or a permanent pension to Lord RAGLAN and his successors in the title he has so honourably and fairly won. Bo it so. It has been well merited ; and, doubtless, further claims will be established by the gallant officer before the meet ing of Parliament. But Ministers would not ven ture to degrade him by sending round the begging box en his behalf. The debt due by the nation should be recognised by the national assembly. The Representatives of the British people should acknowledge the debt they owe to the successful General, otherwise it would not and ought not to be accepted by the Noble Lord. A public sub scription might be raised as an accessary to, but not as a substitute, for the Parliamentary grant. The case of the widows and orphans is exactly similar, and should meet with similar treatment. But, as we have stated, they are to be degraded into mere mendicants, that a certain charge might be kept off the Consolidated Fund, and that Mr. GLAD norm might get a large sum of money into his hands—the money value of certain annuities which should be granted whether the money was raised or not. Let there be no mistake on this point. As we have pointed out, the Patriotic Fund, although nominally for soldiers' widows and orphans, is not really so. It is for the Ex chequer. Let the People of England say whether, after paying increased taxes, they will devote their surplus funds to such a purpose. Let the working men know to what they are applying the dais' wages so generally asked for. If they wish to give it, well and good ; but let them do it with their eyes open, and not be deceived by false pretences. "Posterity " owes much to Mr. GLADSTONE. On the eve of the war he denuded the Exchequer of its balances to pay off eight millions of a debt contracted last century. He proclaimed the principle that the present generation were to meet all the expenses of the war commenced, to save posterity from the reckless ambition of the AUTO nRAT—to prevent him from carrying out his ini quitous projects ; and now we are required to save them from any charge on account of the widows and ws and orphans o f the brave men who perished in fighting their battles. This may be People to humble judgment,right; but and d do w e e s not a "theaero in our understand the true state of the case before they part with their hard-earned money. 3IEIIICAL ASSISTANTS FOR THE ARMY. TO TAX EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Since additional medical assistance is now so much required both in the navy and army, allow me, through the medium of your excellent columns, to sug - - :zest that medical pupils, who have not walked the hos pitals, but who have served three yearA of their appren ticeship with a legally qualified practitioner, should be eligible to enter either service, at a small salary, to dis pense medicines anti to assist in operations, or in any thing which might be necessary. Should this be adopted, I myself am one, and I know .nary others, who would volunteer.—l am, Si r , y our obedient servant, ALFRED WRIGHT. Regent-street, October 18, 1854. KILLED AND WOUNDED Orders received by all News Agents, and at " TELE SUN" OFFICE, 112, Strand, London. _ TE - 1 1 , 41 , 3 , " LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1854. News from the Crimea! Many hearts will rejoice at the welcome intelligence, while others will be plunged into the deepest affliction at find ing their doubts and fears converted into de plorable certainties. News from the Crimea ! The protracted silence has been broken—not, it is true, to the extent of informing us at what time the bombardment of Sebastopol had actually commenced, or of any steps being taken to cut off the communication between Prince 3IIENSCHIKOFF and the garrison of the beleaguered city, but simply filling up the details, of which a shadowy outline had previously been given. We have, in fact, all particulars up to the 3d instant. We know accurately what has taken place up to that date, and can trace the marchings and countermarchings of the Allied Armies, and examine the positions in which the different divisions are placed. We have also the names of the killed and wounded, at the glorious but sanguinary battle of Alma. These interesting details will be found in another part of this day's impression, and will doubtless be received with general joy, largely tempered with regret for those who have fallen, and sympathy for their surviving friends and relatives. We find that, on the 28th ultimo, three diyi_ alone of the English army—the 2d, 3d, and 4th —were ordered to advance from Balaklava, and take up positions on the southern heights above Sebastopol. This important movement was easily I accomplished, and th e g allant fellows encamped in a position where they could look down on the town and harbour. The Light Division fol• lowed on the next day, and arrayed themselves side b y side with their gallant comrades—the first division remaining in a very strong position to the rear o f p,ukia va, protecting the point of operations from any onslaught that might be made thereon by the Russian troops. The landing of th e siege train commenced at the same time, and w as carried on actively, so that many of the guns were ad vance d c l ose t o the position taken up by the army. On the Ist inst., due prevision being in the • -v-enni made for the protection of the port of Bala klava, the first division was moved for ward- to the extreme r i gh t of the Engli s h li ne, where they are to remain during the siege. The French troops are on the left, where they hold the Coast on th e South of Sebasto p ol. T he aqueduct by which the town was supplied with drinking water was, it appears, in the hands of the English. The cutting off the supplies of this most important article may exercise a powerful effect on the fate of the town, supposing that the siege were to be in any degree protracted. Thirst m ight prove a most efficient ally, but to render it so we should, as suggested in The Sun of yesterday, cut off the entire communications between the troops under Prince MENSCLI IK OFF and the garrisons of the town and the different forts. Our gallant fellows were, as we bare stated, able to look down on the prepArations previously made and making by the Russians for their re ception. Many thousand persons were actively engaged about Fort Constantine, while others THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 19, 1854 LATEST NEWS. SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. PARIS, THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 19. The Meniteur announces that the Minister of War has received despatches from the General of the army in the East, of the 3d October. The two armies were established in excellent military positions. The French army will take the left in the attacks from the sea to the Southern Fort. The English will take theirs from the Southern Fort to Inkerman. The French army is divided into two corps. The 3d and 4th divisions, under General Frey, will undertake the siege ; the Ist and 2d divi visions., under General Bosquet, will form the corps of observation and reserve. The English army has made analogous arrange- menu, These arrangements leave no doubt of the issue of the siege. Deserters say that the Russian army is demo , ralised. Their loss at Alma was 8,000. CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 9. (Via TRIESTE, OCT. 18.) The bombardment was to commence on the Bth. The - fire of the Allied fleets was to be• carried on by night, and that of the land batteries by day. It was said that a council of war of the Allied generals had resolved not to prevent the entrance into Sebastopol of the 15,000 Russians who had rived from Perecop. The besiegers have 254 battering guns in pos tion, including those furnished by the fleet. The attack was to commence from very favour. able ground on the south. The besieging army consisted of 116,000 men ; the garrison of PR WINDSOIt, Oct. 18.—Her Majesty held a Privy Coun cil, at three o'clock this afternoon, at the Castle. Present—His Royal Highness Prince Albert ; Lord John Russell, Lerd President ; the Earl of Aberdeen, First Lord of the Treasury ; the Marquis of Lansdowne ; Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for the Home Department ; the Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for War ; the Right Hon. William E. Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer ; Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty ; Sir Charles Wood, President of the Board of Control ; Sir William Molesworth, First Commissioner of Public Works ; Earl Granville, Chan cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ; the Duke of Welling ton, Master of the Horse ; and Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice- Chamberlain (officiating for the Lord Chamberlain). The Earl of Aberdeen and Lord John Russell had audiences of the Queen. At the Council, Parliament was ordered to be further prorogued from Thursday, the 19th inst., unto the 16th of November. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint Thomas Lloyd, Esq., to be Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Cardigan, Mr. Lloyd took the usual oaths. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in waiting. The Duke of Newcastle, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and Sir James Graham had audiences of the Queen after the Council. Lord Waterpark and Mr. J. R. Ormsby Gore were the Lord and Groom in waiting. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, OCT. 18. The following had the honour of dining with her Ma jesty yesterday :—His Serene Highness Prince Victor of Hohenlohe, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. N. and Lady Mary Hood, and Sir James Clark. The Queen's private band was in attendance in the Castle after dinner, and played the following pieces : Sinfonia in D, No. 2—andante, allegro, cen brio Beethoven. Selection—"ll Seraglio" Mozart. March—" Oberon" Selection ballet—" La Estrella" The Duke of Newcastle, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Granville, Viscount Palmerston, Sir J. Graham, Sir C. Wood, Sir W. Molesworth, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Lord E. Bruce, and Mr. Greville travelled from town to attend the Privy Coun cil by special train on the Great Western Railway, and after the Court left Windsor by a special train at a quarter before five o'clock, and returned to London. The Lord Chancellor arrived at Woburn Abbey yes terday, on a visit to the Duke of Bedford. Lord Stanley of Alderley left town yesterday for Alderley-park, Cheshire. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial •ffice from the Governors of the West India , colonies. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. :FROM ♦ SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO THE GAZETTE OF TUESDAY.) At the Court at Windsor, the 18th day of October, 1854—Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Ma jesty in Council, — It is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council that the Parliament, which stands prorogued to Thursday, the nineteenth day of October inst., be further prorogued to Thursday, the sixteenth day of November next. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and family leave Gordon Castle, near Fochabers, next week, for London, en route to Goodwood for the winter. The Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry, Lord Edward Vane Tempest, and suite, arrived at the Im perial Hotel, Belfast, from her ladyship's romantic resi dence, Garron Tower, and left on Tuesday en route for Dublin. GRANTHAM AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.—The anni versary of this society was held yesterday, at Grantham, Lincolnshire. SERJEANT-MAJOR GRINLINTON, of the Sappers and Mine's, has been made ensign of the 65th Foot, with out purchase, on account of good conduct. PORTSMOUTH, Wednesday.—The American liner Sir Robert Peel sailed from Spithead this morning, for New York, under a double reefed-topsail breeze from north west. AN ILLUMINATION FOR ALMA.—On Friday night last Mr. Abdoullah Ydlibi, the Vice-Consul for Turkey, had his residence in Arlington-place, Oxford-road, Manches ter, brilliantly illuminated, in celebration of the victory achieved by the allied armies at the battle of the Alma. The vessel belonging to the State, the Galilee, sta tioned at the Port St. Nicholas, yesterday displayed her colours half-mast high in consequence of the funeral of Marshal de St. Arnaud. In the evening the Imperial theatres were closed.—Paris Paper. REPRESENTATION OF ABINGDON.—The only candidate at present mentioned in the room of Lord Norreys, ealled to the House of Lords by the death of his father, the Earl of Abingdon, is Mr. D. H. Burr, of Aldermaston park, and late High Sheriff of the county. CHOLERA.—The epidemic is on the increase in the Grangeaorman Female Penitentiary and in the North Dublin Union workhouse ; but in that city generally the malady has made little progress. From Belfast the re port is very satisfactory. The arrival of the intermediate mail from New York this week is looked for with much anxiety, as she is ex pected to bring accounts if any further number of pas sengers beyond those already reported were saved from the Arctic. The steamer on the present occasion is, however, a slow ono (the Hermann), and her advices probably will not be received before Friday or Saturday. The John Barrow has arrived from Sydney with 6,314 ounces of geld and 7,100 sovereigns, the total value being 32,3501. The West India steamer has also brought 120,0001. (of which 45,0001. is gold), making an aggregate receipt yesterday of 152,3501. Advices from Prince Edward Island describe a tour by the new Governer, Mr. Daly, through its principal districts, and his favourable reception. A legislative session had just been opened, chiefly for the purposes of considering the measures necessary in consequence of the recent reciprocity treaty with the United States, and of making the police or other arrangements required in consequence of the final withdrawal of the detachment of troops hitherto stationed in the island. Universal satisfaction seems to have been created by the working of the recent system of responsible government, and confidence has been generally expressed that the Go vernor will deal vigorously with the land question, which has long been a cause of agitation in the colony. THE GUARDS.—We understand that the additional force will be sent out-on Tuesday next. The regiments will supply about 340 men ; The Scots Fusiliers, who lost so severely at the Alma, supplying the larger num ber. All the other regiments of the light division are prepared to send out a considerable number, but we be lieve the augmentation will be confined to supplying the want occasioned by the loss in the late engagement. THE LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED.—The Queen's messenger, conveying the special list of the killed and wounded at the battle of the Alma, arrived yesterday, at 11,o'clock, at the official residence of the Secretary at War. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle immediately sent for Lord Hardiage. After a consultation, it was ordered that a special Gazette should at once be issued. THE VINTAGE IN OPORTO.—The latest accounts from Oporto regarding the present vintage are even more unfavourable than were anticipated. One writer states his conviction that there are not above 20,000 pipes of port made this year within the factory district, and adds, thht the produce of the vineyards bordering on that district scarcely amounts to anything. These statements come from interested parties, but there is no reason to doubt their correctness, and they are confirmed in a great degree by instances furnished of the comparative produce of various estates, several vineyards having yielded only from 15 to 25 per cent. of their ordinary quantity. One locality is mentioned in which the usual amount has been 1,000 pipes, and where it is this year under 50. This state of affairs operates as a heavy blow to the coun try, and will be felt in many ways, the numerous failures just announced at Lisbon being more or less among its consequences. Under these circumstances, a project, said to have been forwarded to London, for a new rail way line to Cintra, with a splendid pier from Lisbon to Belem and large and commodious docks, is not likely to meet with much attention, even if the dishonesty of the Portuguese Government to the foreign bondholders were not such as to check all disposition on the part of British capitalists to have anything to do with public undertak ings in that country. ATTEMPT TO SHOOT A WIFE AT MANCElESTElt.—Yes terday a man, occupying a respectable position in life as a master packing-case maker, named Jonathan War hurst, was charged at the Manchester City Police-court with attempting to shoot his wife. The magistrates ordered the prisoner to find heavy sureties to keep the peace for three months. The brig of war Beaumanoir, commanded by Captain de MaroUes, arrived at Cherbourg on the evening of the 13th, coming from the White Sea, which she left on the 24th ult. She had on board the captain and second in command of a Russian merchant vessel, laden with leather, which she captured near Archangel. The prize was on its way to France, under the direction of an offi cer of the frigate Psyche. The Beaumanoir parted with the Psyche in the North Sea. APPOINTMENT.—The Rev. Charles Harbin, perpetual curate of the township of 'linden, Wilts, has been pre sented to the rectory of Teston, near Maidstone, Kent, by the Earl of C-ainaborough. The above small prefer ment thus rendered vacant is in the gift of the Crown. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.--It blew a severe gale from the east to north-east last night and this morning, mo derating towards noon. No casualties to the shipping in the port or on the immediate coast have been reported. The Irish mail did not arrive tiU late in the day, owing to the severity of the weather. DEPARTURE OF THE PACIFIC.—LIVERPOOL, Wednes day.—The United States mail steam-ship Pacific, Cap tain Ezra Nye, sailed from the Mersey for New York, with the usual mails for the western continent, 210 pas sengers, and a full cargo of merchandise on freight. The screw steam-ship City of Manchester, Captain W. Wylie, will sail to-night for Philadelphia, with a full cargo of merchandise and a large umbern of passengers. THE OCTOBER GALES.—SHI.ELS, enesday, noon.— o L l a .e s r t o n i i i g r ht co a at. violent lt gale has of w i nd fr i o n m t t o h r e rentsa N.N.E.I night, which which has been very dark. The wind, which blew hard during the night, got away to t he northward during the morning, but it i, feared that some of the light vessels that were coming down wi;l be driven on the York shire coast. A heavy sea is running on the bar. 34,000, of whom 20,000 were available for The force at Bakshi-Serai was more sorties. than 30,000, who were awaiting reinforcements. The Allies had 140 battering guns, and 120 field pieces. Menschikoff had begun to change his system of transports in this expedition. The disem barking of the troops in Kalamita Bay without any loss except that of half a dozen horses, gave al ready a proof what the mechanical skill of our days is able to perform. The landing of the siege train is another marvellous instance of it. 60 guns of the heaviest metal, besides mortars of every description, have been landed within the last few days, and are proceeding towards the lines. Balaklava is a place admirably adapted for this undertaking. Protected from wind and weather by the surrounding heights, and having deep water quite close to the shore, there are none of the difficulties to contend with which are usually to be encountered in such enterprises. But, as nothing is perfect under the sun, the Bay of Balaklava has also a disadvantage, and that is of being rather too narrow, so that there is some difficulty in towing in the transports, and, besides this, only a limited number of ships can find room, the rest must wait outside the entrance until the others are cleared. This would be a serious matter were it not for the beautiful weather, for there is very indifferent anchorage outside, the vessels being obliged to anchor at 30 to 40 fathoms. For this reason the French have chosen another place for landing their siege train, namely : Arrow Bay, Kanneish Bay, and another close to Cape Chersonesus. As they are to form, this time, the left wing, near the sea, they save distance. This morning, the Simla, Trent, and Jason ar rived from Varna at Balaklava, bringing with them the heavy cavalry, about a thousand horses ; they were separated from the other transports in a gale of wind. Two little steamers, the Brenda and Minna, have been employed during the whole day in landing the horses. This is no inconsiderable reinforcement, and it is only to be regretted that they could not be present in the battle of the Alma. As the troops are gradually drawing nearer to Sebastopol, in order not to leave Balaklava ex posed, 1,000 marines have been landed from dif ferent ships, and pitched their camp on the hills commanding the bay. They have cut the road on the east side, and thrown up some earthworks. The position is easily defended by infantry, and it shows how little the Russians were aware of the movement of the allied troops, and the changing of their front, that they left such an impor tant position comparatively unprotected. Be sides securing an excellent landing place for the siege train, the possession of Balaklava makes the allied troops masters of the ground about Sebastopol, which slopes down gradually towards the town. OCT. 2.—There has been for several days a talk of a naval division being formed to act on shore, but, in consequence of the dislike to violent mea sures imputed to Admiral Dundas, no one gave credit to the report. This morning, however, the Firebrand steamed into Balaklava with 1,000 sailors. They are drafts from the different sailing vessels, and are put under the orders of Captain Lush ington of the Albion. They were immediately disembarked, and began dragging up the guns of the Diamond, with which they are going to act during the siege. I never saw men doing hard work more merrily. It reminded me of school boys during play-time. They seemed to be de lighted at having escaped the paralysing influence afloat, which had condemned them hitherto to in activity, and appeared elated by the idea that they would have something to do with the taking of Sebastopol, an idea which most of the crews of the sailing-vessels have nearly given up. An Odessa letter of the sth says that since the Ist inst. no reinforcements had advanced into the Crimea from the north ; but Menschikoff awaits so me from Feodosia, and no doubt they have already arrived from thence ; and up to the 30th no new offensive movement against the allies had been con templated. The news which reaches Odessa from the seat of war is very scanty, and the dearth of intelligence is considered by the inhabitants as very ominous. The proverb is reversed in Russia. There it is, "No news is bad news." The battle on the Alma was celebrated at Odessa as a victory, but very few believed in its reality. The Frentden Blatt has it from an incontrover tible source that, at the councils of war held at Varna, Admiral Hamelin strenuously supported the landing of the expedition at Balaklava, and epposed all other views. Hamelin's plan was overruled; nevertheless he adhered to it, and de manded that it should be recorded in the minutes as his especial proposition. This journal also learns that the Czar has appointed Prince Menschikoff commander-in-chief of the whole of the army of the south, independently of Prince Paskiewitch ; which, if correct, is a very important piece of in formation, as it enables the operations of the Rus sian army in Bessarabia to be carried out with much more facility and quickness, when unshackled by the authority of a superior. THE PRINCIPALITIES. A correspondent writes from Bucharest on the 7th, that " there is now not a doubt of Omer Pacha's hostile intentions ;" or rather, that he has received an order from Constantinople instructing him in the matter. " The Turks will take the offensive against Russia, and advance from Galatz on Bessarabia while another army corps will co operate from the Dobrudscha on the Black Sea." The writer is probably very near the mark in the latter respect, and takes the general view. Nearly all the Turks at Bucharest, with the exception of the few left as a garrison, have passed the Danube at Giurgevo andßustchuk, in order to advance into the Dobrudscha from thence. Sixty waggon-loads of baggage went from Bucharest on the 6th in this direction, and the wounded Turks are sent to Rustchuk as they recover. and not merely the interests of Austria—or of Ger many alone, demand at the hands of the ruler of this mighty empire. Francis Joseph I. is deter mined to be the Emperor of a European great Power, and not merely of a purely German Power. Hence the great difference between the policy of Prussia and that of Austria. The King of Prussia is, unhappily, not the man to raise himself to the level of the enlarged views which give strength, cou rage, and confidence to the high resolves of his Im perial kinsman of the ancient House of Hapsburg. Apropos of Prussia—the stock-jobbing story of the expected mission of the son of the Prince of Prussia to the Court of Vienna, turns out all "moonshine." RUSSIA. The Lloyd has the following significant leader : " Russia's strength lies in the weakness of Ger many ; Germany's weakness, however, lies only in its organisation. Not only is the people numerous, rich, strong, and courageous ; it would also wil lingly be united, could it but be so. The Prussian squiredom which bears the Russian colours in pro portion to the nation, is as an ant-hill—if one may make use of so respectable a comparison—to a mountain. Imagine the German Governments as united in anti-Russian policy as the people of Ger many, and what would be the consequence? Russia bows to-day that she may not be bowed to-morrow. She would protect her honour and her national sensibility in the consciousness of having yielded to a superior force, so great that the strongest in the world could submit to it without dishonour. Many times it appears almost as if ahigher will had ordained that Russia should not withdraw with a trifling loss from the Oriental question. If the Prussian policy some months back had not been friendly to Russia, Russia would have then cheaply concluded pace. The friendship of Prussia became Russia's pride, which is now approaching its fall. The longer Prussia is in changing its moral,' its puny, soft, marrowless, strengthless, and petty-State disapprobation of the policy of Russia, into a can non and bayonet disapproval, into one befitting a great Power, the more will the strength of Russia be consumed by this forbearance' towards her. Perhaps unconsciously, unintentionally, but nevertheless so clearly that the most shortsighted could read it, the Berlin policy held the device, Forwards r before the eyes of the St. Petersburg Cabinet ; and because it ran forwards into a danger which otherwise it could have avoided, it owes its ' moral' friend no great gratitude. If the Prus sian policy now turns round, how very much deeper is the injury to the policy of Russia than if it hadbefriended that policy for a shorterltime 1 But if the Prussian policy should not change, what-then? Then the great Occidental question takes the pre cedence of the great Oriental question. The Ger man Confederation then breaks up into a German chaos, and this laboriously struggles for a new form. Then Prussia will become Russia's shield, which cannot but receive the blow directed against the latter. When the enemy is in the house the house door cannot well declare itself neutral. Heaven forbid that the error should cloud the sense of German statesmen—that a neutrality be possible to the solitary one who stands in the midst of a universal conflict 1 Whoever does not here join a party will be attacked by it. May it be the pious wish of every German, and not in vain, that his fatherland may not turn the strength which should establish its greatness and future security to lacerate and rend itself !" :ront. VIENNA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. Up to the 10th, nothing of importance had oc curred in the Crimea. According to the Soldaten Freund, Prince Menschikoff left 20,000 men in Sebastopol, and entrusted the command of the army there to General Chomutoff. He left on the Ist for Perekop, where three Infantry divisions, three Cavalry divisions, and eight Cossack regiments had been concentrated. On the 7th Prince Menschikoff left Perekop with reinforcements, and it was expected that, with the reinforcements advancing from Khorson, the Russian army would, on the 20th, be 76,000 strong. The northern forts of Sebastopol, and not Bakchiserai, now form the base of the Russian operations. We have received from our correspondent at Vienna a despatch dated yesterday evening, which says that the Constantinople mail of the 9th, via, Trieste, brings no news of any importance. THE CRIMEA. PRINCE PASKIEWITCH'S OPINION OF SEBASTOPOL. The Kalisch correspondent of the Lloyd writes that oven those persons who believe Sebastopol will successfully resist all the efforts of the all•es, ac knowledge that the latter have lost no time in making their preparations for the siege. Prince Paskiewitch is said to have declared, that in his opinion Sebastopol must be taken within six weeks from the day of the landing in the Crimea, or that the siege will be raised by the reinforced Russian army. RUSSIAN STEAMERS IN SEBASTOPOL. According to the Solduten Freund, of the 3d inst., several Russian steamers in the harbour of Sebastopol made an attempt to escape from thence, and almost succeeded, for the first had rounded the northern point of the harbour, near Fort Constan tine, when it was seen and fired upon by a steamer of the blockading squadron. The alarm thus given, the Russian steamers turned tail, and returned to the inner harbour. A communication from Odessa in the Fremden Blatt says that two steamers have escaped from Sebastopol to Cherson. STRENGTH OF THE GARRISON. The Vienna Lloyd says there are but 34,000 men to garrison Sebastopol. The garrison is evi dently weak, because it has not made a single sortie to attack the works of the besiegers. The French General who directed the siege of Rome, is charged with the conduct of the siege works. RUMOUR OF ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT. MALTA, Oct. 12.—A Malta correspondent says : —..ccA French officer who is on his road to Mar seilles told me that he had heard, just as he left Constantinople, that an action had been fought between a division of the Russian army and the Light division of th e English, and it ended in the loss of 2,000 men on the side of the English. I give you this as his report, but I cannot vouch for the truth, as we have no letters from the s ea t o f war." —[This r equires confirmation.] Eight steamers have been freighted at Marseilles for the conveyance of reinforcements to the East. One of them, the Byzantine, is to sail on the 25th to be be supplied by ar the camp of the south , a nd t h e remaind er by the for Balaklava. Se veral fri g a t es are al so exp ected at Marseilles from Toulon with the s ame o b j ect. The Government h as ordered 25,000 me to o n b t o o i m b e smh shied p d p i a e t d e l f y o r embarked.t he East, but 6, coonlyare l 2, nearest garrisons. The effective force of all the cavalry regiments now serving in the East is to be completed. 5,000 French cavalry have left Constantinople for the army, and were expected to arrive in the Crimea about the 30th. General Espinasse had arrived at Constantinople on the 4th, and left the same day for the Crimea. THE BRITISH EXPEDITION. FROM THE FLEET OFF BALIKLAVA, OCTOBER 1. —- - _ The sailing squadron under the orders of Admiral Dundas is preparing in silent quaker-like medita tions for things to come. The Arrow and the Terrible only hover about Sebastopol, while the rest of the steam squadron under Admiral Lyons's superintendence are at work from early morning until late at night to get the siege train and artillery stores disembarked. Today is Sunday, and yet the crews are busy towing the ponderous barges in and out, and all this is done with the best will possible, and with so great success, that it is confidently expected the guns will be able to open their fire in a very few days ; beside the siege . train the tents are likewise gradually landed. It is high time that it should be so, for the cholera still continues to make fearful ravages. In the hospital at Balaklava numbers are daily dying, and we can scarcely pass beforo the wall surrounding it, without seeing one or more corpses lying about and waiting to be buried ; and all these men belong only to the regi ments encamping close to the place, or are strag glers of the Light Division. Fatigue, grapes in abundance, and exposure to the damp at night, are sufficient to account for the increased mor tality. The greatest difficulty in relieving the hardships to be endured ar i ses f rom the scarcity of the means of transport, as the necessary number of horses and mules could n o t h e b roug ht over, and the arabas of the country are by no means so numerous as could be wished. The officers have, of course, to bear the consequences of this want just as much as the men ; and strange, indeed, are the contrivances adopted to remove the difficulty ; not only vehicles of every description, tut also horses and mules of Query shape and qua lity, must do duty. Notwithstanding all these petite miseres, every one must be struck with the grandeur of the whole THE WAR IN ASIA. A letter in the Lloyd, from Batoum, brings in telligence from Asia Minor up to the 29th ult. Ferik Pacha, who with 8000 men was on the Natauchta, crossed into the Russian territory on the 27th, and reconnoitred as far as Dschumat. The Russians are concentrated at Kutais, and are collecting reinforcements from the fortresses on the eastern coast of the Euxine. The Kars army is being reinforced and reorganised. Ismail Pacha was ex pected to join it within a few weeks. It may be well, indeed it is necessary, to mention that there are threelsmail Pachas, viz., the above-mentioned ; a second, the governor of Erzeroum ; and the third is the governor of Smyrna. The present governor of Kars, Zary Pacha, remains inactive while the Russians are preparing for future operations. Schamyl sent messengers to inform the leaders of the Turkish army at Kars of his intended descent on the Russian territory, and expected they would co-operate with him ; b ut their petty jealousies, and the demoralised state of their army, pre vented Schamyl's anticipations being fulfilled ; " and," as the Batoum correspondent says, " as he (Schamyl) found himself unsupported by the Turks, he has lately returned to his mountains, laden with Russian booty." Ismail Pacha, the governor of Erzeroum, was engaged in attempting to stop the disorders of the Zeybecks in the interior of Anato lia, and has captured several of the leaders, and restored quiet in the immediate neighbourhood of his pachalik, " but not till the Zeybecks had mur dered several French officers on their journey to Kars." The Russians have recently again with drawn from Bayazid, and the communication with Persia is re-established. The cholera has broken out again in the south of Anatolia. THE BALTIC. NYBORG, Oct. 18.—The Driver has arrived to fetch pilots for Admiral Plumridge's squadron, lying off Langeland. Passed northward to-day the Lioness, Zawk, and Horse. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Oct. 15. —According to intelligence re ceived in Russian circles here, a St. Petersburg despatch of yesterday's date has been received, which states that active hostilities had not recom menced in the Crimea up to the 9th inst. It is stated in this St. Petersburg despatch thn at Prince Menschikoff has already received a rein- Prince forcement of 18,000 men. The arrival here of General Baron Hess is nours w likely to be postponed un til Wednesday or Th day next. Immediately afterwards the delibera tions spoken of in my letter two days since will at once commence. The actual state of things is con sidered to be extremely serious. It is said that the junction of the Allies, at present on the mos' arduous service in the Crimea, with the Otter. forces under Omer Paella in Bessarabia next month, is much approved of by General Baron Hess, who has already deemed it necessary to send addi tional troops to Cracow, owing to the large concen tration of Russian forces on the Polish-Galliciap. frontier. There can be no doubt that Russia has of late assumed an extremely threatening attitude towards Austria. Those who are necessarily well informed in mat ters of diplomacy state that the relations between Austria and Russia are 07. the eve of an absolute rupture. It is not thought possible that their re spective ambassadors at Vienna and St. Petersburc , can remain much longer at their posts. Indeed a war between Austria and Russia has become inevitable. The Emperor Nicholas could never be supposed to forgive the policy of the Em peror Francis Joseph. The latter's a ctive sup port of the Sublime Porto, in virtue of the Austro- Turkish convention of June 14, was a t the time, and has been ever since, regarded a t St. Peters burg as a legitimate cosits belli, to be availed of sooner or later. The Emperor of Austria a nd his a enlightened Ministers have also long since of resolved - to pursue that policy which t he int® Europe, PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Oct. 16.—The Correspondenz Bureau informed us a day or two back that the autograph letter of the Emperor of Austria, which Graf Esterhazy lately presented to the King, without any very special reference to the note of the Aus trian Cabinet which had preceded it by a few days, appealed more particularly to the German feelings of his Majesty, and expressed the hope that his excellent heart would find the best ways and means for bringing about a joint course of action, so necessary in the present crisis. It is highly probable that this statement is cor rect ; it tallies very closely with the concluding phrases of the Austrian note itself. As far as we have been enabled to learn of the progress of the discussions on that missive since its arrival, the first feelings of irritation at its language soon gave way to a consciousness of the necessity of not breaking with Austria. From what I have heard to-day, I gather that the Prussian answer to the Austrian note of the 30th of September (which the Kreuz Zeitung informs us was sent off last night), far from taking umbrage at the brusque language of Austria, exhibits a very conciliatory spirit. Hitherto Prussia had stood firm on the letter of the treaty of April 20, which mutually gua ranteed only the Federal and non-Federal territories of the two States if attacked by Russia, the contingen cies of which treaty were pronounced to be already voided. Austria's endeavours of late have been directed to getting this mutual guarantee extended to the contingency of her being attacked in the Principalities : Prussia now, in this new note, as I hear, promises this, which she had hitherto refused, not as in v i r t ue of the treaty of April 20, which she declares to be voided as to the letter, but in conformity to the general spirit which is originally dictated that treaty . This pro mise not made unconditionally , nor is it to come immediately into force. Prussia requires of Austria that she should define beforehand the contingencies under which the fulfilment of this general promise, or assurance of good will, shall become binding. It is only when these contin gencies have been defined and mutually agreed to that the promise can be considered as valid. Prussia has accepted under protest the bill drawn upon her by Austria in the note of 30 th ult., which bill however is not to become negotiable until the protest is withdrawn, and the term when it shall become due agredd. If the above apereu of the Prussian note be correct, as I have every reason to b e li eve , it will fulfil very exactly my progno s ti c o f a f e w days back, conciliatory tone and a pp aren t conce ssion, with actual retention of the old policy. 'IC. SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 18. By the Royal mail steam-ship La Plata we have received our usual files of journals, with intelligence from the Pacific. The Pacific Company's steam ship Bogota reached Panama on the 19th ult., with 385,776 dols. in treasure on freight, and dates from Valparaiso to the Ist of September, and Lima to the Bth. The political news from Chili is not important. A great alteration in the duty on silks had been made, and these articles are now to pay 15 instead of 25 per cent. A proposition had been presented to the Government for the formation of a bank of deposit and discount, with a capital of 1,500,000 dots. An application bad been made to Congress for a charter to consiruct a new railroad between Copiapo and Caldera. The Lota Coal Mining Com pany had entered into a contract with the Pacific S team Navigation Company to supply their steamers with fuel. The following is a summary of com mercial affairs : " Business in Valparaiso is reported more dull than usual at this season. " Flour is quoted at 7 dol. 75c. to 8 dol. " Chili coal is in demand, and a vessel of 1,200 tons was loading at Coronel fur Panama. Freights and charters have been unusually active during the past fortnight, and at the present moment there is a great scarcity and want of tonnage for heavy cargoes for Europe and the United States. We subjoin a list of what has been done : _ _ "British ship Eleanor Dickson, nitrate, to Liverpool, 4/. 165.; British barque Enterprise, guano, in the bay, and ores from a Bolivian port to Liverpool, 51. 7s. 6d. ; British barque Stately, guano, in the bay, to London, Si. ; British ship Fortuna, guano, Chinchas, to Liver pool, 4/. 153., and horses from Caldero to Callao, $l2 each; British barque Lord W. Bentinck, horses as above at same rate ; Hamburg barque Oberon, flour, to Port Philip, 51. 108.; British barque Springbock, guano, cop per, &c., in the bay, to Liverpool, Si. and 5 per cent." The only paragraph worth extracting in reference to the revolution in Peru is the following from the Lima News : " We have nothing particularly new or interesting to communicate in relation to our pet revolution in Peru. The Government forces seem to be awaiting an attack, satisfied that the enemy is too strong in his present posi tion to be easily dislodged. Castilla, perfectly secure, and sanguine of success, is watching his opportunity to pounce upon his foe. Bulletins and despatches are re ceived here every few days from the Government camp in printed form, the President having a portable print ing-office attached to the army. A. very good idea." The subjoined is a return of the passengers and. specie conveyed across the Isthmus of Panama during the first six months of the years 1853 aud. 1854 : Jan. 1 to Sailed for Arrived from June 30. California. California. 1853 ... 6,453 ... 5,315 1854 9,809 ... 10,419 Total. 11,768 20,220 Increase of pas- i 3 ,356 ... 5,104 ... 8,452 sengers in 1 854 Specie imported for transit across the Isthmus of Panama during the first six months of the years 1853 and 1854. 1853. 1854. Chili and Peru ... $2,873,746 $3,368,280 Mexico, &c. ... ... 1,700,000 1,078,677 Auptralia ... ... ... 38,293 California ... ... 28,480,000 ... 13,238,839 $33,053,755 $17,724,089 NEW STAMP ACT-NEGLECT OF THil GoVERNAIEIVT. Instances of neglect on the part of the Govern ment in making provision fur the working of the new Stamp Act formed a subject of complaint in the city yesterday. Foreign bills have been re mitted to bankers from their country correspon dents without the stamp that is necessary to make their delivery legal, this offence against the act, which involves a heavy penalty, being a conse quence of the inattention of the authorities to their proper business, and not of any error elsewhere. It appears that in some of the most important dis tricts the stamp distributors have not been provided with any stamps, and consequently, that the firms requiring them for their daily transactions have had the trouble of applying for them in vain, and. have been absolutely unable to comply with the law. The cases mentioned yesterday occurred at Bury St. Edmund's and Chelmsford, the principal inland towns of Suffolk and Essex. The following communication has been received, also relating to the new Stamp Act : " 6, C o pthall-coirt, Oct. 18. " Sir,—We enclose the annexed correspondence to serve for general information. You will observe that the third question has been m isunderstood, but is satis factorily disposed of by the previous ans . vvere. " We are, Sir, your obedient servants, R. RAPHAEL and SONS." i 46, c o pthall-court, Throgmorton-street, Oct. 12. Sir, —We request your interpretation of the effect of the new Stamp Act in the following cases which have actually occurred, and are pressing for decision :- 1. Amsterdam remits to London second and third of bill on Madrid (6001.), drawn from Iserlohn in Prussia —the drawer having sent the first for acceptance to be claimed by endorsed second or third. " The Spanish post being considered unsafe, the buyer in London requires both second and third. " the rate of the Inland stamp suffice for the second, delivering and making the third (second stamped 7s. 6d.) " 2. Amsterdam sends to London in same remittance a similar bill of 3001., first and second. Will a copy of the first, stamping each is., fulfil the intention of the law as to the third, or may it be treated as in the first case? " 3. In the first or second cases, having only two bills of a set, can the inland rate of stamp be divided in halves to be applied to each—say on 350 two at 2e., in stead of three at ls. 4d (There are no exact equiva lents in some cases.) The most practicable method, if it is consistent with the law, will be the full stamp to one of the set, and the annotation on the other as prac tised abroad. " R. RAPHAEL and Solis. " ' Thomas Keogh, Esq.' " " Inland Revenue, Somerset-house, London, Oct. 16. " Gentlemen,—l have laid before the Board your letter of the 12th inst., requesting information on three questions therein submitted. " In reply to the Ist, lam directed to acquaint you that the proper stamp is 2s. 6d. on each of the two bills. " "To the 2d, that the proper stamp is ls. on each of the two bills. " To the 3d, that, if a bill be drawn in a set of two, each part is liable to the same duty as on an inland bill of that amount. '‘ THOMAS KEOGH.' " Messrs. R. Raphael and Sons.' " accidenttcstAohroounmr Oct. 14.—Miss Stabbach, the English so pirvLaenEnoi,Phsiysichere, being engaged for the series of concerts the Gewandhanse Society, under the direction given Herr Rietz, the successor of the lamented Mendlesohn ; the orchestra, led by Herr David, is one of the finest in Europe. Miss Stabbach came off on her &bat with flying colours, her fresh and beautiful voice telling with great effect in " Hear ye Israel," from the Elijah, also in Haydn's canzonet "My Mother bids me bind my hair," a song of Sterndale Bennett'a, and in Willington Guernsey's favourite ballad " The Arab Mother ;" she was loudly called for and had to repeat the latter. She met with a most enthusiastic reception, proving, in thi critical city, that our lair countrywoman was not tin worthy of an audience and of connoisseurs of the mu sical art the first in Europe—to satisfy such demand rare qualities in the singer. The talents of Miss Stab bach, from her success at Leipsic, has been sought for in many other cities of Germany. morning, ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—An e r a a r i l l y w o e, railway M trains runningdatahyer Three in an Tuxford and Newark, on their Great Northern, bet shorttrai ns i o n f empty vs of mineral eaeh t o r t u h c e k r s , were n t proceeding, ma inl ne within f th e pits, the weather train, going cautiously to avoid i r t e h ar t , h a e n t d ra a inilifr?nt, was overtaken way from heg e metropolis very to tthhei thick South t t h h e Y ti o m r Yorkshire rhee when coal pits,e- driver of the second . which es( leahenceihede s iokhdttuoeprwils,ts. occurred th e succession,o n danger this especially line of in foggy was bo t h b b r l i o n k ke e s n , w earned obstructed r u g n u t a e r d d f s o u r s t a a b i o n u e sustained collision was the result. iy a v n a i n d n the ac ; three of the trucks were occurred about eleven o'clock on Tuesday TbcoYhncoming ihnegiACCIDENT guard'senii.engine e O i 1 contactNl h THEiwith EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. night at the Marks Tey station, about four miles from Colchester, the point of junction between the main line and the Stour Valley branch. The engine-driver of a goods train from Sudbury, it appears, was new upon the branch, and either mistook the part of the line or the nature of the approach to the junction. Instead of halting as usual for the point-turner to admit the train upon the main line, he omitted to slacken speed, and the train dashed into the siding, which was fortunately empty, but the collision with the bulk or. dock at the extremity was so violent that both engine and tender were thrown over, and with them three or four of the nearest trucks. By almost a miracle the driver and stoker escaped unhurt ; but the guard, a young man, had one arm completely severed about midway between the wrist and elbow. NEWHAVEN PARISH CHURCH.—The works now in pro gress towards the restoration of the parish church of Newhaven are rapidly approaching completion. A new wing has been added, the whole has been completely gutted and entirely re-pewed, or, more properly speak is6s, open seats have been sub s tit u t e d . HOW TO PREVENT FIRES IN THEATRES.—A soluble glass has been applied to the woodwork and scenery in the Munich theatre, for the purpose of preserving, and ; as far as possible of rendering them incombustible. This . glass is, in fact, a solution of free silica in caustic alkali ; an 4 if the wood is properly seasoned there can be no doubt of the value of the application.—Musical Tran script. _ The Galloway Rifle Militia has established its head quarters at Newton Stewart, and commenced enrolling volunteers for five years at a bliintv ,f 6/. Numbers have already joined. The barraekswlil be formed at Newton Stewart. I I DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, Oct. 14.--This evening the first great battle between Russian Prussian absolutism and the Danish Parliament and people was con cluded. The great motion of Tutein came to a second and final reading. The proceedings began at one o'clock, and ended at half-past five, when, after various votings as to details, the whole motion—" That the Commons House do appoint a committee of nine to draw up articles of impeach ment against the Ministry, grounded ou their issu ing the ordinance of July 26, 1854; and on their infractions of the budget"—was carried by the im mense majority of 80 to 6. Thirteen was absent, most of whom (Grundtvig among them) had pre viously voted for the principle of the resolution, but had opposed it as not going far enough. They proposed the words " grounded, among other things," so as to include the illegal dismissals of persons in public employ, &c.; which was opposed as leading to delays. The actual majority was, therefore, about 90 to 10, and this in a house, in a certain sense, of the Ministers own choosing, packed by them to carry the Russian Succession Bill. Should they dissolve the house, the Tote will be unanimous, for they will not have one advocate in a new Chamber. This victory against the whole influence used,enncgeof unsparingly Go vernment, which has bee n most pa both publicly and privately, with threats, pro mises, and showers of decorations, is the mor e admirable, as the House, in spite of the Cabinet, has still a considerable number of members who are public servants, and who have risked instant dis missal by their votes. The clergy have stood re markably fast, and have covered themselves with glory. They have noble representatives in the Lower House, freely elected by a free people—not less than ten priests, including the three most illus trious in Denmark (Grundtvig, Lindberg, and Monrad), as well as Mr. Hass, with whose name you aro also familiar. Of these ten, only one voted for the Government ; and the nine have therefore challenged instant dismissal from their cures, according to the new, scandalous, and , ridiculous doctrine put forth by the present Cabi net, and already acted on with regard to Monrad, who has been driven from the bishopric for his anti-Ministerial conduct last session. The next great Parliamentary demonstration — the address to the King—comes on next Monday evening, at seven o'clock. ,an FRANCE. The letter of our correspondent at Paris, dated had not a rrived when we went yesterday evening, however , received the follow to press. We hav e, ing telegraphic message : PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The Three per C e nts• clos ed to-day at 46f. for the end of the month ; the F o ur-and-a -Half per Cents. closed at 981. 250. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,200 f. Oc.; Rouen, 990 f. ; Havre, 565 f. Great Northern, 873 f. 7 5 c. ; Strasburg, 837 f. 50c. ; New Shares, 650 f. Oc. ; Paris and Lyons, Gre 6 a 7 t 7 C f. en s tr ° 2 1,047 f. 50c. ; Lyons and the Mediterranean, 850 f. ; ; of B F o r r a d n e c a o 7 s2o a f n d ; r 6 n l7f of . 500 . France, ; Lyons and Geneva, 535 f • Bank • Otte, . ,of Credit 1.10- Wier, 752 f. 50c. The markets for Russian produce continued to be in fluenced yesterday by the apprehensions of restricted sup plies. Tallow wa again dearer, and lielup was hell with increased firmness. Linseed shows a rise of ss. per quarter as compared with a few days back, TIT