The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-26 00:00:00

T HE SUN" ON SMOKE PREVENTION. —" There really ought not to be any excuse for the entire riddance of the smoke nuisance; our own experience satisfying us that the system of smoke prevention and economy of fuel, invented and carried out by Mr. Lee Stevens, is as effective as it is simple. Vigil we had it applied to our own steam-engine furnace, we could fern no ides of the ease and certainty of its operations, without any oveable parts, and at such very moderate expense."—Sun. Copies of OFFICIAL AND OTHER REPORTS, and of Testimo nials in favour of the Invention, as applied to STEAM BOILER': BREWERY COPPERS; STILLS; CHEMISTS, DYERS, and CONFECTIONER:,' PANS; COAL OVENS, hc , with information reapecting licenses o manufactur or use the Patt Smokeless Fur naces, given by Mr t . JOHN LEE STEVENS, tkeen Patentee, at the Offices, No. 1, FISH-STREET-HILL, CITY, LONDON. BREWERY, COPPER, AND OTHER FURNACES. " The Brewery, Lichfield, 9th August, 1854. "Dear Sir,—We are glad to say that your apparatus quite bears ant the assurance you gave us that it would answer our purpose. " The doubt we had as to its adaptation to furnaces with defective draught is entirely removed. Our liquor copper now boils qu.te as Boon as the wort copper, and with both there is a diminution in the consumption of fuel. " The experiment we witnessed at Messrs. CHARINGTON, HEAD, and CO.'S, as to smoke prevention, we thought at the time perfectly suceestall, and this impression we are happy to confirm from actual 2xperience• will give us pleasure to reply to inquiries that may be made by "It any Brewery Firms at Burton-on-Trent, those but should suggt for that it ma y probably be more satisiactory to gentlemen to judge themielves by seeing the lurseces at work, and this they can de At any time. R e zenta.n, dear air, Yours, very truly. " JOHN AND ARTHITR GRIFFITH. "J. Lee Stevens, rag" Copes of ofilaial and other reports, and of testimonials in favour of Liao inveiaion, as applied to steam Boilers, Brewery Coppers, %tills C h em ists', Dyers', and Confectioners' Pans . Coal Ovens, &c., 'with 'information respecting Licences to manufacture or use this statilished system of smoke Preventi , ,n and Economy of Fuel continue• to be given by Mr. JOHN LEE STEVENS, the Patentee, at the Offices, No. 1, Fish-street-hill, City, London. LYCEUM THEATRE.-HENRY RUSSELL, for Tn,rty lichts, co nmen:ing ou \' ON 'AY \ u-ust 28th, ant every Enid I. • r Rt. will pr sent Ttlf. PROOREB4 of the 1,111 , from the OLD W 0,.. I) v. tiv. NEW, and tins several new songs —" Che,z, Boys, cheer," " The Gambler's Wife," &C The Second Part will conhlit of a Series of Sketches. entit:ed 21t (MO LIFE. Dress Circle, 2s. 7d.; Upper Boxes, Is. 6i. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6 YHEATRK ROYAL RAY tAtOEKT. Under the management of Mr. guckstone. THIS EVENING. AIIGUST 26. WM be Performed THE OLD CRATE A.U. Characters by Messrs . Pow., Rogers, H. Marston, and Buckstone; Mrs. Fitswilliam, and if* Reynolds. Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS in a NEW BALLET, THE GIP , Y QUEEN. The new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS. LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING, AIIGUST 25, - FOR THE BENEFIT OF Ma. ALLCROFT. On whch occasion Mr. and Mrs. SIMS KEEVE 4 , with Mr CHARLE MA HEWS, wilt make their Last Appearance in Lon don this seasrm, when will be presented BellinVs celebrated Opera of LA zsON NA MBULA. Amine, Mrs. Sims Reeves ; Elvin, Mr. Sims Reeves. After which, PATTER VERSUS CLATTER. Captain Patter, Mr. (buries Mathews. To be followed by THE WATERMAN. Tom Tug, Mr. Sims Reeves. lo conclude with the Grand BALLET. Bo.es, ss; Pit, 2s. 6d.; Gallery, Is. Private Boxes, 215., to bad at the Box-office. STRAND THEATRE. S ,le Lessee Mr. F. W. Aileron. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 26, Will be performed HARD TIMES. Followed by FACrIiT AND MARGUERITE. Mephistopheles, Mr. Halford; Faust, Miss G. Hodson; Marguerite, Miss U Gordon. To conclude with THE OMNIBUS. Malls, 45.; Boxes, 2s. 64.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d.; Private anx El 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 etceeds all imagination, are a fitting close to a day at the Crystal Palace." DANSON'S COLOSSAL PANORAMA of CHUSIN. Splendid and Extensive Menagerie and Marine Aquarium—Unri valled Military Band. 'VOCAL and IN'STRITHENTAL CONCERT, in which Miss Poole, Miss Ransford, and Mr. Manvers sing several National and Patriotic Songs—Ali the Amusing Novelties of the Gardens in succession, concluding with the " Feast of Lan terns," and a most magnificent display of Fireworks by ionthby. Admission Ono Shilling. A splendid Pavilion for Dancing has been erected. Fall Quadrille Band, &c. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITILEATKI.:. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Coots In preparation. with entirely new scenery, and every necessary requisite, a Grand EQUESTRIAN BURL KSQUE, from the pen of a popular author. Every pains has be n taken. and the most protuie ezpen-e has bean lavished, to render this magnificent Spectacle worthy Of the approbation of the public! THIS EVENING, For a few nights more, the War Spectacle, THE COSSACKS; or, Viva la France Af.,.r which. the inimitable 10ENES In the ARENA, invented arranged, and directed by Mr. William Cooke. RKKK tiRRISTOFF, whose miraculous Feats on the Tight Rope have absolutely electrified the audience, will appear. The whole to conclude with the Equestrian Ballet d' Action. by Mrs 8.13 Healey. TUE K N EGLI V AND DIE WA. ER LILY; or Love among the Mermaids. Boa-orrice open trent Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, la , ' . est. HIOD WATER AT LONDON RR!Dos rm Dv, M wrninu 31 .nin.after 3 I Pivenin, 46 min.aft. 3 cOlogßow—Morning 2 ,niri.after 4 I Evenino.lB , uiu..t 4 i FIE WEATHER.—Sva Ont.*, Ara. 26. THERMOMETER, 1/4 THE SHADE 68 -highest since noon yesterday. 51 --lowest this morning and during the night. 71—this day at noon. BARONICETER, 30'42. WIND, N.W.—Fine, sunshiny weather. ~., A 4, %1) A'l4 LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1854. Russia is now thoroughly unveiled. Our reluc tant Ministers have been compelled to declare her a convicted liar ; her defeated armies and cap tured forts have proclaimed her military weak ness. Her moral reputation, if she ever had any, and her military repute are alike gone, and what has she left ? NESSELRODE and MENSCHIKOFF have shown that her word is worse than nothing. Silistria and Boinarsund have exposed her incapacity for offensive or defensive warfare. " The wave of Russian invasion dashed into spray on a third-rate Turkish fortress," and her formids able-looking granite fortresses smashed and crumbled before a few small but lvell-directed batteries, have opened the eyes of all Europe to the real character of Russia as a military power. The infamy of a retreat from Arab Tabia she can never wipe off the weakness of frost-bitten granite she can no longer conceal. Rubbish, faced with stone softened by arctic frost, will not again be taken for what it looks. In a word, St. Peters burg is open to the allies, or at least we are bound to try whether Sweaborg and Cronstadt are of better stuff than the towers of Bomarsund. Why the former should be the better built we cannot well conceive. If it was important to secure the frozen capital, it was equally important to render the psition chosen to overawe and finally to sub due Sweden as trong as possible. What, however, will our Cabinet do ? Will they honestly try to become masters of the Gulf of Finland and the mouths of the Neva ? Do they wish it ? They have not yet indicated the slightest desire to restore the stolen province to its legiti mate connection, and thereby to restorej so . far the balance of power in the Baltic, as ohradv having DON'S last never even hints at it any thing to do with the conditions of p superior mind to his, DROUYN DE eaeSe,;Wealjad‘lsoa regret to acknowledee, is guilty '. U s the same omission. BefOre we • blame the l t o t we should like to know how far German feeble enough at the French Coert, abnutiefluenisce, tent at ours, may have limited throueli Ess "i l i- °- the better aspiration s of France. We must g r :er forget that " terms of peace at St. Petersbnue was Lord ABERDEEN'S own descriptionhoefutohteli"ti place to negotiate. Why, then, doe s on to a position where he could conclude a peace worthy of the sacrifice of money and life already made ? We have no wish to prolong the war ; we are as anxious to escape double Income Tax and to save the lives of our soldiers and sailors as Lo r d ABER DEEN ca n be ; but we do insist on the folly of ac cepting any peace now but a conquered one. Lost to all shame as the CZAR has shown himself already, his innate barbarian cunning engf an and dupli city may any day get the upper hand . an • ambi tion void of all sense of honour and chivalry, d he may begin to negotiate on the faith of English • . gullibility, and of German influence in our Cabinet. • If he slip out with Finland, Poland, Bessarabia, and the Crimea intact, and with no indemnity to Turkey, well may he consider himself triumphant ; , sn a4history will certainly record that he outwitted au ls who had him at their feet, but who choose ;,••• wilkih'ir ey es open to leave him ' the fullest means 1 1 1 1 -" t.: 1 • 7 - or.cilstuibin g w h enever Europe. It is n ow he pleased th e peace of in our power at comparatively small cost to. conquer an forptseace. Ismail, Galati, Odessa, .the, Circassi t a h n e d m. al Sebastopol, are enrsthe ce..ntraesaiaduciblas of. may be sa id-fvr: the fortait THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1864. persons, however humble ? Why should we, by im posing vexatious, intolerable, and unwarrantable restrictions in the name of religion, render it a nuis ance, while uneducated men, who cannot separate the divine principle from its improper application, will be desirous of abating on the first favourable opportunity? The Christian religion is one of peace. It strives to persuade rather than to enforce obedience to its precepts. The paramount principle of the British Constitution is that of universal toleration of the most unqualified liberty of conscience. Why then should we endeavour to enforce the " Judaical observance" of the sacred day on those who think that " the Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath ?" Why should we strive to prevent what a large proportion, if not a majo rity, of the people believe to be innocent enjoyment because some would apply their time to what they consider better purposes ? Why should we prevent any from obtaining what may be termed, if not necessary, at least wholesome refreshment, because some may &generate into brutality ? If we strive to make the Sabbath a day of gloom and seclusion we may materially injure in place of promoting the cause of true re ligion. THE OFFICERS OF THE 46th BEGLIIENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - - - - SIR,—An anonymous correspondent in your paper of this evening has alluded to the conduct of certain officers of the 46th Regiment, after dining at the mess of the Northamptonshire Militia in this town. I think it only just to Colonel Garrett to state that those officers of the 46th Regiment, who were concerned in the dis turbance, were most severely reprimanded by him, and the one who had made himself most conspicuous was not only forbidden to go into Northampton without a .pass, but also was not permitted t• meet my officers when they returned the visit of the 46th at Weedon. I must observe, in conclusion, that the officers of the Northamptonshire Militia do not concur with " A Constant Reader" in condemning a whole regiment for the misconduct of a few. Declining any further correspondence on the subject, remain, your obedient servant, BURGHLEY, Lieut.-Colonel, Commanding Northampton Militia. Northampton, Aug. 24. LATEST NEWS. THE WAR. FIRST OFFENSIVE OPER tTIONS IN THE WHITE SEA. H.M.S. Brisk, Cross Island, White Sea, July 39.—We have had a slight skirmish at Arch angel and destroyed three other places. First, Savlovetski monastery ; second, the town of Rio, in Onega Bay ; thirdly, a large town in Ponchlathta River. We sail to-morrow morning in company with Eurydice, but where not known. All well on board, but very cold. the Baltic, on which the possession of Finland and the security of St. Petersburg depend. At the worst, if the season has been so far thrown away that all cannot be secured this year, it will cost comparatively little to complete our work next summer. The first great expenditure has been made, and it will only be the difference of support ing our soldiers at home or abroad. It will, therefore, be little short of treachery to Europe, if Russia be suffered to negotiate as she is, and upon the basis of her being able to hold the stolen territories which make her formidable against the armies of the allies. Silistria and Bomarsund have settled that question ; we can, if we will, take the material guarantees for permanent peace ; and we are bound, instead of leaving a faithless barbarian the means of future annoyance, to cut them off at once and for ever. Were the CZAR a mortal accessible to any notion of honour; had not each of the allied Governments been obliged to convict him of the meanest lying, there might be some reason in talking of negotiation and treaties ; but when his word is even more worthless than his armies and garrisons, it would be madness to make the least account of it in settling this great quarrel. The " ticket -of - leave " system can never answer for convicted Czars ; an honest reign over their own steppes will never content them. They must be deprived of the means of menacing the civilisation beyond them—must be driven from the robbers' fastnesses which they have constructed on territory not their own ; and the guns of the very forts they have erected against the liberties of their neighbours must be come their neighbours' " material guarantee" against the aggressions of future Czars. There is no security for peace without these humiliating and now easy precautions. To leave Russia one mile of coast, for instance, on the Danube, is to insure another mud-bound mouth in the course of a few years ; but to permit her to retain both sides of any past of the principal mouth would render certain another series of at tempts at ruinous quarantine devices and ob structed navigation. Turkey kept the Danube open while she had it ; she will do it still, even without a treaty, while Russia closed it in spite of a treaty. A child would know what to do. No treaty with Riissia is worth the paper on which it is written ; but restore her own to Turkey, and Europe, from east to west, would enjoy the full advantage of that noble stream, and the trade with the fertile provinces through which it flows. In like manner any limitation of the power of Russia in the Black Sea which left her any power there at all would be equally mischievous. If she retained Sebastopol, partially dismantled and with a diminished fleet, who could prevent succes sive additions to the fortifications and ships, each too small to become a cases belli, yet amounting , in a series of years to a most dangerous magni tude ? The same remarks apply to the Baltic. We could speak of Poland also ; but in the terri tories just adverted to the power of the Allies to do what they must know . to be necessary is un questionable. Let all this be done, as done it may be, and then will be the time to talk of Poland. A glorious crowning achievement in- ' deed it would be if the royal robbers of that noble nation were all made to disgorge, and if the land of KOSCIUSKO became once more the barrier of civilisation against Muscovite barbarism. But whatever there may be across the Channel, here, in this land of constitutional liberty, we have no man amongst our governors able to rise to the height of the occasion. An ABERDEEN Cabinet and a liberated Poland are not likely to go down to history together. We do sometimes hope that the head of another Government may fulfil the promise of his great ancestor. The licensed victuallers are at length exhibiting decided manifestations of hostility to the New Beer Law. We cannot feel surprised that those who are so deeply injured by its vexatious pro visions should take the initiative against a mea sure, hurried, as we have already stated, " through both Houses of Parliament with indecent speed at the fag end of the session." But, although we willingly recognise the large amount of capital and the magnitude of the interests involved in the ques tion, as well as the great personal annoyance in flicted on these gentlemen, we must look at it in even a bolder point of view. Although the case of the licensed victuallers alone is sufficient to command attention, and the repeal of the obnoxious statute, yet it must be dealt with on a still broader foundation, and the community in general, more especially the middle and labouring classes, who are especially concerned, must grapple with the intolerable grievance,- and endeavour to obtain the reversal of these stringent and vexatious enactments. General action is requisite. Already we may clearly discern evidence of the intention to follow up the blow by something even more decided next Session, if the people remain indifferent to this unwarrantable invasion on their liberties (!) Yes, we use the term advisedly ; every such re striction is an infringement, aye, and a very gross infringement, on the liberty of the subject. The next step will be the extension of the "FORBES MACKENZIE Act" to the entire of the United Kingdom ; and,. if that be tolerated, the enact ment at no distant day of a " Maine Liquor Law." Persons not as yet personally interested in the question, who have their own cellars and their own clubs to resort to on Sundays, may scoff at this assertion. But unless they take a more enlightened and less selfish view of the subject, they may possibly find results following that will " astonish their weak minds." The Times has already thrown out a feeler, without openly committing itself to the extreme line ; and veiling its arguments under sundry hypothetical statements, it yet clearly exhibits the animus by which it is actuated, and the ulti mate object at which it is aiming. It admits that it is treading "on dangerous ground when it so much as doubts the right to be supplied with all kinds of liquour, at all times and places, so long as the soul may desire it and the pocket afford it," and even acknowledges that "the odds are against it, when it interferes with full libarty of drinking !" But, notwithstanding this candour, it unhesitatingly ventures on die dangerous ground, and boldly takes " the odds" on the point in dis pute, for it shortly after declares emphatically, that " self-preservation requires that we should stop an evil where we can, if we should stop it somewhere ;" and adds, " We cannot give up the right and duty of society to stop crime in the bud, and especially to prevent that day which should have been our welfare and happiness becom ing to us an occasion of - falling." After such declarations it scarcely required the addition that it would " not - be-misled bya few exceptional cases of inconvenience," when demanding the " large classes" that would " suffer by the FORBES MACKENZIE Act as it is called, or the correspond ing measure in this country," to show what it is the Times wants. Every argument is in favour of an absolute prohibition of the sale of liquors by retail, al tllifoiutgbhe apparently,,theright and duty of limited to Sund a y res tri c ti o n. Society stop cdraiymien tinhthe weektyuti t o ,a"siotn the Sundayissurely asm.ucllive areso on every countena nce immorality on any day, o time. B u t i s getting moderate and rnott at temperateant any refreshment to recruit beour exhausted faculties c w ri e me d " ist t i h n a c t tly m a u ns t d T " h a a tnipped in in the bud." not to cast aside the blessings Pve afforded osit n i i b W y P e R a o re . vlDENekkbecause some men make ill use of them We are no t to prohibit the moderate and tem perate of the many because the " few" degrad e themselve s b y excess. Punish those who do wrong, but do not inconvenience the entire com munity because there is the possibility of some forgetting themselves ! The old proverb says , " Where there's a will there's a way," and if the inclination for ardent spirits exists it will be indulged in, no matter how stringent may he the restrictions imposed by the Police. We have repeatedly asserted that "men cannot be made religious by Act of Parliament." We now add that there is great danger to all classes in attempting to do so. Why should we excite a feeling of . a z ;,utvlorabl© toL:o of vacaag, in any THE IMMORTAL FORTY-SIXTH. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. SIR, —Some of our regiments in the army have from time to time acquired honour and celebrity by their in domitable bravery, and, as a mark or marks of distinc tion, have had engraved on their colours the names of the places where those honours were achieved. Thus we find some colours bearing the names of " Vittoria," " Waterloo," and others those of " Acre" and " Scinde," which the soldiers can contemplate with a heartfelt pride and.swisfaction, enhanced to many of them by the re Election that at those places they courageously distin guished themselves in the service of their country. Now, as it would be a manifest injustice to the " Forty-sixth" to refuse it those or similar honours which have been bestowed to other regiments, I humbly suggest that on its colours be engravers " Windsor," " Nun- ni-ricordo," and " sent Perry to C oventry, " as at that place, and in conjunction with such exploits, the officers of the "Forty sixth" have earned an undying fame. " Black Bottle" has long been synonymous with the name of one of our ce!ebrated officers, and most cer tainly "Get into your tub" and "Shoulder arms in nothing but your shirt," will henceforward continue to be associated with the names of other "gallant efficers" which need not now be mentioned: But what have , nvilians to do with these things? Nothing more, indeed, but that those who "pay the piper" should mave a voice in the direction of the dance. It is to be hoped we shall hear no more canting about "the ignorance and immorality of the lower orders," or what the Earl of Derby denominated " the noxi ous influences of the working classes ;" whilst the disgusting operations which recently were enacted at Windsor continue to be practised by men calling themselves "officers" and "gentlemen." The recent court-martial was nothing better than a playin. 4 at "Judge and Jury"—l had nearly said at "Punch and Judy" —and the one-sided reply of Wetherall is scouted by the most ignorant amongst us. Such melan. eholy exhibitions do more to bring the calling of a soldier into everlasting contempt than waggon-loads of tracts issued by the Peace Society. It is to be hoped that the Press will not suffer, as far as its combined ageucy can prevent it, the sacrifice of Lieutenant Perri to as diabolical a persecution as ever was practised upon earth.—l remain, Sir, yours respectfully, A► . WORKING MAN. Brynamaur, South Wales, Aug. 24, 1854. BRITISH ARCHeBOA,OGICAL ASSOCIATION. FRIDAY. —The excursions made were to Caerleon, Usk, and Raglan - Castle. Caerleon was Roman sta tion, and the ancient metropolis of Wales. It was a Place of great note—the " city of the legion." The fol. towing is from the account which Geraldus Cambrensis gives more than seven centuries after the Romans had left this island :—" Many remains of its former magni ficence are still visible; splendid palaces which once. emulated with their gilded roofs the grandeur of Rome, for it was originally built by the Roman princes, and adorned with stately edifices ; a gigantic tower, numerous baths, ruins of temples, and a theatre, the walls of which are pattly standing. Here we still see, within and without the walls, subterranean buildings, aqueducts, and vaulted caverns ; and what appeared to tee most remarkable, stoves so excellently contrived as to diffuse their beat through secret and im perc ptible pores." All these things, however, in the , lapse of seven centuries more have disappeared, although Roman relics are occasionally excavated. ' The amphi theatre may still he traced ; tt is of oval form, 222 ft. b 3 192 ft. Caerleon Church contains a curious sepulchral stone of the fourteenth Century, on which are carved two rude whole-length figures of a ma,' and woman, with their arms folded, standing on each side of a cross. A superstitious belief prevails among the lower class oh people in these parts that sick children who touch th.- stobe on the eve of the Ascension are miraculously cured. There ars other remains of interest to the archreologisi at Caerlson. Usk is .even miles from Caerleon, situate on the river of that name. Near to it. on the right bank of the river. on the brow of a precipice, is a Roman encampment. Craig-y-G ,erwyd, which attracted some of the party Usk Castle was the favourite abode of Richard Duke of York, father of Edward IV. and Richard HI., b. , t11 of whom, it is said, were born here. In the church is ari inset iptiun on brass, which has long puzzled antiquaries. Raziari Castle is a much admired ruin, belonging to the Duke of Beaufort, and, like Chepstow Castle arid Tinter,' Abbey, is kept in as perfect a state of preserva tion as the inroad- , of the destroyer time will permit Cliffe, in his valuable hook of South Wales, says it is the, most perfect decorated stronghold of which thie- 'country can boast, a romance in stone and lime. No portion of the structure except the Yellow Tower, or keep, can be assigned to an earlier period than that of Henry V.. front which tran-ition styles can he traced down to the first quarter of the seventeenth century. It was one of the refuges of Charles at the period of the Civil War." It was then held by an' ancestor of the present Duke of Beaufort, who raised an army of 2,000 men to support the royal cause. To-day the congress will terminate with further re• searches and a concluding meeting at Chepstow. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, FRIDAY. His Royal lElizhness Prince Albeit, attended by Col the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Captain Du Plat, went to Newport yesterday, to lay the firs. stone of St. Thomas's Church, about to be erected there. The Prince was received by the mayor and corpora. tion of Newport, the Bishop of Winchester, Lord Downes, and Mr. Fleming. A guard of honour, with the Royal Marine Band, was in attendance. The Queen and Prince, with Princess Helena and Princes Louia, drove out in the afternoon. The Maharajah Duleep Singh left Osborne yesterday. The Earl of Clarendon arrived in town yesterday from the Grove, near Watford. The Dike of Newcastle has arrived in town from a visit to ber Majesty at Osborne. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial. office to the Governor-General of Canada. Despatches were also sent to the Governors of Hong Kong, Ceylon, and Malta. During the last week there arrived at Gordon Castle, on a v i s it to the Duke and Ducheis of Richmond, the. Prince Guillaume Radzivill of Prus , iia and son, Lord and Lady Churchill, Lord Hill and Mr. 13.ildwin, Lord Arthur Lennox, brother to his grace, and Lord Henry G. Lennox. CRYSTAL PALACE, FRlDAY.—Shilling day : Admis sion at the doors, 7,305 ; admission by season tickets, 792 ; total number of visitors, 8,097. THE GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH.—fir. J. F. Camp bell, barrister, late secretary to the Duke of Argyll , i s appointed assistant secretary to the hoard, at 6001. per perititending annum.; Mr. H. Austin, C E. , consulting engineer, at 1,0001. ; Mr. Ranger. C E., uperintending inspector, O ne at 8001. Mr. Raminell and Mr. R. Rawlinson, late su inspectors, were offered appointments, and have declined. There are to be two superintendiii , in spectors. by a appointment remains to be made. 'The appointment ~f Mr. Toni Taylor, as secretary with salary of 1.0001. per annum, was announced earlier.—The Builder. SHOCKING MURDER IN THE 87TH REGIMENT —Let tersgal Presidency, men from the 87th Regimeet, at present stationed in had a brother in the regime nt ' India, at Rawul pi I in the Ben tion the • n' ee' particulars of a very shocking murder, perpe tratedwoman from the Butts, in Dublin, named Mary Walsh, private, named Cestelloe, on his wife, a young aged twenty-two years. It appears that the deceased Wide th e reg i ment i n Lydia, a man of very excellent charact er , and th roug h him became ac q uainted with Cos telloe, w hil st at the d epo t in Chatham, where she mar rind him. Wh en W a l s h and Coste llo° were g oin g out the young woman was net permitted to accompany the draft. bit she was sent out to her husband along with the la , t draft, and joined the regiment at Rawul Pindee last February. Several of the soldiers who are natives of Kilkenny frequently ac companied her brother to see her ; and although there was no blemish whatever upon her character, her hus band exhibited much jealousy of any man who spoke to her, and they became very unhappy. In the begin ning of May a detachment was sent from the regi ment to Murree-hills. to remain for the summer, and Costelloe and his wife being of the number he there con tinued his unjust suspicions of the woman, and in the paroxysms of jealousy frequently beat and ill-treated her, On May 24, he made a murderous attack upon her, but she got away, and reported his conduct to the commanding officer, who -placed him under c onfinement. However, in the evening the officer commanding (Major French, 53d Regiment), ordered his release, and upon 'cavi ll er th e guard-room he proceeded to drink, and, maddened b y ar- j dent spirits, he went home and beat his wife in the most dreadful manner. As soon as he freed her she ran out of the bungalo vv, with the intention of again reporting hi m , but he pursued and overtook her. She cried out that he was choking her, and alth ou g h there were about twent y of the soldiers within a fe w y ards of the scene, the y did not interfere, supposing lie only meant to stop her from going to make the report ; but almost instantaneously they saw her fall to the ground with her throat cut from ear to ear, and her head nearl y severed from her body. The murderer was at once seized by his comrades, and it was found - that he had committed the dreadful deed with a razor which the spectators had not pre viously perceived in his hands, as it was dark-at the Alton. The wretched murderer, who .is a Centiaught IftalNcas expooted to be tried by ootirixtrial. -.... HOW TO SUBDUE SMOKE. We need not linger in completing our observa. tions upcn the more simple and serviceable class of smoke-preventing furnaces. Preceding the patents under which the already described system of Lee Stevens is worked, came Robertson's patented invention, but with smaller claims to public support. Still, if secondary in that respect, it has led the way to many imitations or modifications of the original idea, neither of which c ►n be justly placed on the same level with it. Roberston, availing himself of the spilt bridge introduced by Parkes about thirty years since, has turned it to better account, by in creasing the temperature of the air that ascends through it to the top of the furnace. He forms the face of his split bridge with what is commonly known as "pigeon-holed" brick-work, or bricks pierced with holes, by which means the gases flowing off from the fire are better and more rapidly mixed with the oxygen passing up the aperture behind the face so constructed, and at times the effect is satisfactory. But, as will occur to the attentive reader, a greater or lesser supply of fuel—or its deeper or shallower thick ness on the fire-bars—must make an amazing difference in the operations; because, in proportion with the increased quantity of coal thrown upon the bars, will be the decreased ratio of admixture of the combustible gases, inasmuch as the higher the coals are heaped up, the larger the number of orifices that will be thereby closed ; and, on the other hand, there must be a level below which if the fire be allowed to subside, the spaces left open for the admission or admixture of the air, must be relatively in excess of what would be required. Thus the action of this particular arrangement will necessarily vary with the supply of fuel, and the higher or lower degree of temperature attained by the air. Hence, although in many cases the smoke may be satisfactorily subdued, in most of them extra fuel may be required, and in none of them can such eco nomy be obtained as would warrant the assump tion of their producing a saving on the general average. At the same time it should be remem bered that the diversion of the flame through the apertures described cannot fail of depriving some portion of the boiler of the heat it would other wise derive ; and that the fusion, fracture by splitting, or burning away of percolated brick work, must be more rapid from an intense fire than if thesurface were a solid and unbroken plane, and by comparison impervious. These objections apply with still greater force to the attempted evasions of R bbertson's patent claims. Some, as iu the case of his most formidable competitors, consist in the addition of clumsy moveable parts, either to regulate (we should with more propriety say attempt to regulate) the supply of the atmo spheric fluid, by valves, or to restrict the natural action of the furnace by dampers. And the prin c:pal exception to these m oveable-addition com petitors, Jerrard, wh• adopts a regular series of cell-work in his vastly extended " pigeon-holed" erection, requires for his more complex, although fixed, construction, so great an addition of space and material as must dissipate so much more heat, and in time destroy so much more brickwork, whilst the common allocation of furnace-room for the purpose, will, with few exceptions, inconve niently cramp his arrangements where they can be effected at all, and " in the multitude by com parison" preclude the possibility of their applica tion. It will be soon enough for us to inquire into the merits or demerits of the air-pipe, hollow fire-bar, side-flue, steam-jet, argand, inverted bridge, or other resuscitated plans, when a dozen of either of them can be submitted to our inspec tion, in unquestionably successful operation, within the bills of mortality. As we have not space conveniently to convey to our readers, in this article, all we desire to place before them respecting river steamers, we will occupy what remains to us with a few sen tences about that undervalued and usually over worked class of men known as stokers. It is said that fuel may be saved, and smoke very much abated, "if the fireman or stoker would only coke his coals on the dead-plate, just inside the common furnace door, and E'en push them on to the fire-bars at the back." The economy of fuel under such a method is asserted without any proof ; and, until practically convinced to the contrary, we must be permitted to doubt its correctness. That, so worked, a furnace will yield less smoke, althcragh certainly not to anything like the extent assumed or expected, may be ad mitted by way of argument. But to stoke a fire on a large scale in the easiest manner, which is the best too, in connection with the invention to which we have assigned our preference, and which is nothing more than to scatter the coals fairly over the fire-place, is in itself as exhausting an em ployment as a strong and healthy man can well endure ; and if to that were superadded the necessity of pushing forward a heavy mass of blazing fuel, every ten or fifteen minutes, two men, at least, would be required to do what the superficial ex aminer of the matter supposes to be attainable by one. Add to this, want of space to work in and the still greater absence of ventilation, in hun dreds, if not thousands, of the stoking-holes in London, and the astonishment should be how these poor fellows perform their work so well, even, as they do. Sweltering is the labour, hardly earned are the wages of a stoker, kept steadily at the furnace, if for only ten hours out of the twenty-four, in the most spacious and airy furnace room ; but some steam-boiler places . hat we have entered, in which the fireman actually pants for breath, and earns his bread almost weight fur weight by the sweat of his brow, are absolute abominations. NUISANCES.—It is a "great fact" that, in the pro vinces, where no board of health is established, abomin able nuisances exist under the eyes of commissioners, under local acts, union committees, medical officers, arid relieving officers, one arid all—with few exceptions —not having the moral courage to encounter the task and duty laid down for them. The Poor Law Board, therefore, has acted most wisely and laudably in issuing their or ders to boards of guardians (which has just been done), that existing nuisances, of whatever description, should be swept away. If country officials will not do their duty, then the Government will act both wisely and laudably in establishing boards of health, and the provi sions carried out I,y officers appointed by them ; the do nothings in the provinces will then have their own good selves to blame for it, however the cost may tell upon their pockets. They have now efficient powers in their own hands to remedy the crying evil, and•it reflects dis grace upon them that they do not exercise it. BUILDING UP OPEN SPACES IN THREADNEEDLE-STREET. — Operations are going on in Threadneedle-street, at the back of the Royal Exchange, which will quite change its appearance. Mr. Hardwick is putting up a building for the Australasian Bank (at the corner of Finch-lane) ; next to this, w es t war d, is a stone-fronted house for Mr. Banister, for whom Mr. Henry Currey is the architect ; and further westward still, a large house of irregular shape, w hi c h makes it look like two, is being erected for Mr. Lem ann , under direction of Mr , . John Shaw. The latter is of brick, with a dash of colour. The linoOf frontage is set hack very considerably, s o that Thread needle-street w ill h ave a wide. mouth. ' It is to he hoped that some consid erat i on w i ll be given to the necessity of preserving. air- way at the backs of. the housos,a4 well a 3. 111 the front, —The Builden =~~ (P +~. zette, it is state that the complete execution of the law of 1837, relative to the press, cannot be de layed, as otherwise liberty would degenerate into license, and the enemies of the popular cause would be able to dishonour it by clandestine and libellous publications, which might lead to distrust, disunion, and anarchy. " This," he says, "is what the Queen's Government is determined to prevent, and, in so doing, it counts on the support of all good patriots." The notification is followed by a declaration that all the periodical publications which shall not have made the depot of 40,000 reals at the Bank of San Fernando, and shall not have a regularly appointed publisher, as required by the said law of 1837, shall be suppressed. The declaration adds that the term " periodical pulpli cation" shall be applied to all printed papers pub lished at dates and within periods determined or undetermined, with or without title, and which shall not exceed six printed sheets. The Gazette contains a royal decree which enacts that, in provinces in which there are not sufficient provincial deputies of from 1840 to 1843, the number shall be completed by others, and that then the election of alcades of the judi cial districts shall be proceeded to. The Duke de Sotomayor, first majordomo to the Queen, has, says the Gazette, addressed a letter to the constitu tional mayor of Madrid, informing him that " the Queen having learned that a bull fight is to take place for the benefit of the wounded in the events of last month, and of the orphans of those who were killed iu them, and desiring to contribute to this charitable and philanthropic enterprise, places at his disposal, as president of the commission of the bull fight, 12,000 reals de veillos ill her own name, in that of the King, and in that of the Princess of the Asturias." The Gazette fuither states that the Minister of the Interior has given strict orders to pp event the mails from being need lessly delayed on the roads of Arragon and Anda lusia. Several provincial juntas in Spain, and amongst them that of Cadiz, have decreed the aboli tion of death for political crimes ; and at Madrid a petition is being signed praying the Government to extend the measure to all the kingdom. The indefatigable Lamartine has just sold a history of Turkey, from his pen, to the proprietors of a Paris daily newspaper for 4,800/. sterling. THE AFRICAN MAILS.—PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The contract steam packet Forerunner, Captain Johnson. vith mails, a full cargo of British manufactured goods, and passengers, left yesterday for Sierra Leone and the West Coast of Africa. She is relieved from the conveyance of a mail officer, the duties being performed 'sy Captain Johnson, in consequence of the owners having arranged with the Government that, on the pas sage out, she shall expend 48 hours, if necessary, in seeking t 3 communicate with the Niger expedition. If unsuccessful going down the coast, she is, on returning, to make a second effort. The Pleiad steamer, which is at the heal of the expedition, is supposed to be in the river Nun, one of the mouths of the Niger. The Forerunner has, on previous voyages, returned many lays before her postal time ; on the present occasion it is very improbable that she will reach England before th 7th or Bth of November, the date when due. The Candace, the only mail steamer now out, is due in September. THE STRIKE AT DONCASTER.—A few fresh hands from London were put on the works at the parish church on Thursday. Three of these were German, only one of shone could at all understand English. The turnouts •ent for a Hungarian mechanic from Sheffield, and through the medium of his interpretation endeavoured to dissuade the. Germans from commencing work, but without the desired effect. A few of the society hands have given in their cards and resumed work, for which they have been abused by the turn-outs, who assert thst i)y persevering in the strike they will not only obtain their present demands, hut ultimately an advance of wages. Mr. Ireson, the contractor, has offered to give the men an hour on Saturday afternoons, and also that. their names shall be called in his time • but this does not satisfy the turn-outs, who demand also an additional hour on Monday mornings, and the prohibition of rubble wailers from setting ashlar and doing masons' work. The contractor has obtained the promise of a number of hands from Scotland. THE DUNMOW FLITCH.—The local committee ap pointed to revive the ancient custom of Duntnow have received a communication from Mr. Harrison Ainsworth to the effect, that he will gladly present a flitch of bacon to any one couple who may claim it next summer, and who can justify their title to the prize. He will also be happy to contribute five guineas towards the expenses of ~ he entertainment on the occasion, which he feels cer tain will be well carried out. REDUCTION OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS TO ST. THOMAS —On and from the Ist of September next, the packet rate' of postage on letters addressed to St. Thomas. or any other Danish colony in the West Indies, will be re luced to :—When not exceeding half an ounce in weight, 6d. ; when exceeding half an ounce and not exceeding me ounce, ls. ; when-exceeding one ounce and not ex ieeding two ounces, 2s. ; and so on. according to the scale for charging in! Ind letters. The postage of these letters may be paid in advanee, or they may be for warded unpaid at the option of the senders. THE SUICIDE IN A RAILW Y CARRIAGE.—The Stamford Mercury says that it has been discovered, since the ;est adjournment of the inquest, that the gentleman .vho saw the body on Monday came down front London by the Great Northern train, arriving ii Lincoln at 11 am. He left Lincoln for London by the Midland at 5.15 p.m., shortly before the intermeni took place. He was a tall elderly and gentlemanly maim, asparently between 60 and 70 years of age, was dressed black with a white neckcloth, and from the length of tile coat worn and other circumstances was evidently c'ergyinan. Upon lo king at the face of the deceased shrough the glass in the coffin ti l he gazed earnestly•for about three sec aids, and then being asked if he had ever net the deceased, he replied "No ;" but though his .ands were clasped one over the other in strong inenta offert to prevent the out‘vard display of inward emotion lie trembled visibly ; and when he turned away ti, ,lescend the stairs the tears trickled down hi cheeks, and some time after this he was seen weep ing at the hook ; stall. Before he saw the bech lie was particular in his inquiries of several parties as to where the body was, and whether it in a stable or not, and after be hail seen the corpse and the coffin, it is discovered that he got some .me to point out to him the house where the inquest was !meld, and the churchyard in which 'he interment was to take place. Several circumstances point to the conclu sion that the deceased was a literary man, and that h, was from London is beyond all question. The photo eraphic likeness is preserved, and though the decease! vas studiously careful to obliterate from his clothing al that could aid in tracing his name, matters were over looked which, used skilfully, will materially aid the dis• covery which the satisfaction of justice and of the public mind demand. FATAL THUNDER -STORM.—On Wednesday a terrific , hunder storm hurst over the p irish of Yester, in East Lothian. While it lasted showers of hail, or rather of ice, fell with considerable force, some of the pieces being about half au inch in size. We regret to add that as some women were returning home from working in the fields, the lightning, attracted by the iron hoes which they thoughtlessly carried over their shoulders, struck two of the number dead. Several of the othe rs were a _ little stunned by the shock, one woman, singular to say, hav'i'ng the iron heel of her shoe knocked off by tilt electric fluid. One of the women who were killed ha left a family of five children.—Edinburgh, Courant. At the Canterbury election of 1852, when bribery and corruption were practised by the Tories, the number, were for the Tory candidates as follow --Butler.Tohnstone. 758 ; H. P: Gtpps, 766. For the Liberal candidates, who indulged in no illf gal expenditure,—Somerville, 570 : homily. 533. Now that bribery has been abandoned, the Tories pull only 671 for the Tory, and 729 for th , Liberal Conservative, the latter receiving many hal , votes from moderate reformers. So the Tory interest +oses 87, and the liberal pins 129 votes. Is not thi, tolerably shfnificant ?—Kent Herald. SINGULAR CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.—SoMt days ago. a man of the name of Middleton, employed a : Logic Works, received a letter from an i n t una t t . _ acquaintance of the family, conveying the distressinv intelligence that a son of his, a tradesman it Glasgow, bad unfortunately been drowned while bathing in the Clyde. This information, as might be expected, plunged the family into the deepest distress ; and the father, accompanied by another son proceeded to Glasgow, and on their arrival repaired along with their correspondent, to the receptacle of the re maims of their deceased relative. On gazing on the pallid ceuntenance, they all recognised the well-known features of him they loved and res:tected. Having made some arrangements respecting the interment of the bolt they proceeded to the empty lodgings, as they believed, the deceased. On knocking at the door, to then unspeakable surprise, it WAS opened by the son sup posed to he dead, who was in his usual good health, and cheerful aspect. Of course, it is easier to cot,- ceive than describe the feelings to which this tin expected interview gave rise. Suffice it to state that g'a-lness and gratitude took the place of sadness and sorrow ; and the father and son, who left this quarter mo!trning, retu rne d re j o i cing. The effect on the young mans mother has had a deeper impression, we are informed that, from the moment of receiving the first intelligence of her load, she has not been able to leave her bed. It is a singular coincidence in this affair that, besides the striking resemblance between the real and supposed deceased, they were both of the name of Middleton, — Montros e Review. CHOLERA IN BELFAST.- -A meeting of the guardians of the Belfast Union was held in that town on Wed nesday, when the report of cholera cases in the Belfast District was as follows --Number of new cases for the week ending the 221 inst., 77 ; remaining from last week, 13 ; total, 90 ; died, 15 ; cured, 30 ; sent to hospi tal, 25 ; remaining under treatment, 20. The total number since commencement has, therefore, been 435 ; died, 105 ; cured, 136 ; sent to the hospital, 174; re maining, 20. The total admissions into the liespital have been 243 ; died, 134 ; cured, 101 ; remaining, 8 A report was also read of the cholera cases for the week in Ballymacarrett, which stated that there were nine new cases, in addition to one case remaining front the previous week. Of those, four died, five were cured, a nd one in hospital. • MALT FOR HARVEST LABOURERS.—Most of the farmers in the extensive corn district of C'tgrove have supplied their labourers with malt for the harvest, in stead of ale and baer, as in times past. Each " harvest -man" receives two bushels, or "strikes " of_ wait s ,. w hi c h he brews to his own liking at home. The plat gives the great,* Istiefaon to the W 340 P410r.44_ THE OCCUPATION OF ALAND. STOCKHOLM, Aug. 23.—1 t is reported here that if the pending negotiations for the occupation of Aland by Sweden with 20,000 Swedish troops should fail, the fortifications of Bomarsund are to be blown up before the Ist of September. A telegraphic despatch, dated Berlin, Friday, says :—The French troops at Bomarsund suffer extremely from cholera, and will probably embark again immediately. THE GERMAN POWERS. VIENNA, Friday Evening.—Prince Gortschakoff is said to have received intimation from St. Peters burg that no direct answer will be given to the last propositions forwarded by Austria, but she will be asked what her intentions really are. The armaments here are on i greater scale than ever. The Wanderer of Vienna, of the 21st, says : " It is said that Count d'Arnim, the Prussian am oassadorat this Court, has gone to Berlin, in order to ascertain definitively the intentions of Prussia with regard to Russia, and to compare the proposi tions ut the latter with the demands for guaran tees, by submitting them to a fresh examination. In the serious complications of the Eastern ques tion, it will be heard with pleasure that, in the ;pinion of the diplomatists: of Vienna, the majority of the German Governments share in the views of the Austrian Government, and think with it this,: the guarantees set down by the Western Powers are in accordance with the interests of Germany, and that they are acceptable. It is, mentioned in :iiplomatic circles here, that the Islands of Aland, which have been taken by the allied troops, will be declared independent of Russia, and placed under the protection of the Western Powers, and that the same p'an wilrbe pursued with all the other islands that may fall into their power." The last number of the Prussian Correspondence contains another article on the protocols of tht Conference of Vienna. It concludes thus : "In comparing the protocols quoted by us with that the 9th of April, which is posterior to them, it is seen that the points on which the Four Powers were com pletely agreed on April 9, were no other than those which are formally mentioned as such in the protocol of that day, viz., Ist, the maintenance of the integrity of the Ottoman empire, the evacuation of the principalities being naturally a principal condition of that state of things ; 2dlv, the guarantee of the religious and civil rights of the Christian subjects of the Porte by means which would not interfere in any way with the indepen dence and sovereignty of the Sultan. These two points :lesignate the object of the concert mentioned in the protocol, and when we add that the Powers have pledged ~ hemselves to seek out in comnfon the guarantees best calculated to connect the exislence of the Ottoman em pire with the general European equilibrium, and that they have bound themselves not to conclude either with Russia or with any other Power any convention contrary to the principles laid down in the protocol, we shall have called to mind the obligations which Prussia has contracted in participating in the conference of Vienna. No one can deny that Prussia has been faithful to these obligations." THE PRINCIPALITIES. A Vienna letter of the 20th says :—" It is re ported that Baton Gehringer is named corn inissioner-general for Wallachia, whilst M. de Bach is to proceed to Jassy iu a similar capacity." A letter from Jasey, 13th, in the Lloyd of Vienna, says :—" Russian agents are exerting all their efforts to induce the inhabitants of Moldavia to get up an address to the Czar, praying him to retain the protectorate of the Principalities. The following is the text of the address, which is quietly circulated throughout Moldavia : "All-powerful Czar ! The undersigned inhabitants of Moldavia avail themselves with all obedience, and with heartfelt joy of the opportunity of swearing to youi Majesty our unshakeable fidelity, for it is only to tilt unlimited power of your Majesty that Moldavia owes hem dresent position, in which she wishes for ever to remain if God, the Master of Victory and of Power, gives tt , ;our Majesty the vict , bry over your enemies, who have the criminal intention of wresting us from the protectiot of your Majesty, it is then more particularly that wt ,vill testify by the real joy which we shall feel wham efforts we will make to remain for ever the faithful atri obedient servants of your Majesty." FRA_NCE. The embarkation of draft -horses and stores for the artillery for the Black Sea, is going on with activity at Toulon. The oniteur contains a report to the Emperor. from Marshal Vaillant, Minister of War, recom mending the concession, to a rich builder of Paris, named Demonchy, of the ruins of the ancient Roman town of Tipaza, eighteen leagues to the west of Algiers, near the sea shore, on condition that he builds there a town of a certain size. With the ancient town is to be conceded a territory of ,672 hectares (the hectare being 21 acres.) A decree from the Emperor carries out the recommen dations of the report. A telegraphic despatch in the Moniteur, dated Barritz 24th, says :—" The Emperor arrived here yesterday evening at 7 o'clock. His return from Pau by Oleron, Ikauleon St. Palais, and Haspar• ren, during which he passed through the most de lightful and picturesque country, was marked by the warmest manifestations, of enthusiasm. On all sides the inhabitants, who came in crowds from the mountains and valleys on the roid, hailed hi:. Majesty with the loudest acclamations. Marshal Harispe waited for the Emperor at Mauleon, being desirous, notwithstanding his great age, of sharing in the general manifestation." The reception gicen to the Emperor during his late visit to Pau was of the most enthusiastic description. Triumphal arches were erected in the streets through which his Majesty had to I: • The mayor, attended by the municipal pass. council, received the Emperor on his arrival, and delivered an appropriate address, in which he alluded to the chateau in which the Emperor w a s about to reside having been the cradle of the only King whose memory had been retained by the people. The Emperor, in replying to the speech of the Mayor, said, " I am anxious to satisfy the wishes of all. I fully appreciate your having called to my mind the memory of Henri IV ; he was a prince eminently French, aid the friend of his people. The wish that every family should have a fowl in their pot once a week was a royal one ; I wish it may be reserved to me to r ea li se it." is Majesty afterwards received the different autho rities and constituted bodies. Among them were the members of the Council General, headed by their President, the Biron de Crouseilhes, who in a short speech expressed the delight felt by the inhabitants at having his Majesty among them, and their happiness at the good effect which the visit had had on the health of the Empress. In the evening, a number-of 'the civil and military autho rities had the honour of dining with the Emperor, and at night the town was brilliantly illuminated, and a grand display of fireworks took place. The Moniteur of this (Saturday) morning an nounces that Baron Lelang, General of Division, has left Paris for Vienna, charged by the Emperor with a military mission on the staff of the Com mander-in-Chief of the Austrian Army of Occupa tion in the Principalities. The Three per Cents. closed yesterdayat 73f. 400. for the end of the month ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 99f. 95c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,225 f. ; Konen , 980 f. ; Havre, 590 f. ; Great Northern, 850 f. ; Strasburg, 795 f.; New Shares, 630 f. • Paris and Lyons, 967 f. 50c. ; Lyons and the Mediterranean, 870 f. ; Western of France, 6 50 f. ; Bordeaux a n d Cette, 628 f. 75c. ; Great Central of France, 520 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 515 f. ; Bank of Credit Mubilier, 723 f. 750. SPAIN. The 21st being on Monday, the only Madrid journal of that date which we have received is the Gazette. It contains an address front M. Sagasti, ! civil governor of Madrid, to the electors on the elections for the Constituent Cortes, which are about to take place. The new Cortes, he says, will introduce into the constitution the ideas pro claimed by the liberal army, and the principle written on the barricades in the blood of the population of Madrid. As to the policy of the Government with respect to the elections, he states that it is summed up in the simple and do quent programme of the Dike de la Victoria-- "Let the national will be accomplished !" He tells the electors that they will be allowed to meet, and to exercise all their-rights-freely. - In a notification - from:tile same authority, also Welted iu the Ga. OUTRAGE ON TWO BRITISH SUBJECTS• The letter of our special correspondent from Bucharest contains matter which cannot be allowed to pass without comment. The subject is of s° grave a character, that abstention from all passion and exaggeration iu discussing it becomes an tin' perative duty. We shall speak of it, in the first place, as if it concerned only third parties in win°, we have nu inter es t whatever—on its abstra ct merits, in short. On the 11th of this month, three travellers, two of them English subjects, the third a German gen' tleman, arrived in Bucharest from Giureevo. Their passports we re p er f ect l y en reg l e, a n d were dub: deposited at the police-office ; they had travelled in open day along the public road, had been chid' lenged by and had answered satisfactorily all the patrols and videttes they passel ; they were Per' sonally known t o most of the high officers in t u t l Turkish and Allied armies ' • and had cond uct. themselves irreproachably. These gentlemen v ier. soon after their arr i va l i n B uc h ares t ass ailed- - l re can give it no other name—by the Wall achi .l. ll police in the mo s t wan t on an d outrageou s manse;' For the details we refer to our correspondent letter : elough that it was attempted to drag correspond by brute force before some petty functionary; . I/ t ., offence being laid to their charee ; on the of a hasty, inexplicit scrawl from the Turkish c l; mander-iu-chief, which gave no description or 'Jeer persons, and mutilated their names to a d e g the that renders them utterly irrecognisable. A. l e a uthorl J gentlemen were soon set at liberty on their mint ; parole, without being obliged to quit th e t°w ee t, as the Turkish officer in command in Bileite l l is h by his refusal to see them, appears to air; to avoid mixing himself up in the O A and as the English and other 09° / and a high Engli s h m ilitary eithof of are strenuously exerti ng themselves in 1)(31 es' the party aggrieved, th e fi na l d en ouement an. o planation of this my s t er i ous d rama may be pat° n tir awaited for. But there must be a factory explanation of such a gratuitous an, ote ; accountable outrage upon two British suki e her is upon that both the Turkish and English alit boo ties may rely. Our hope is that the wil° le ors arisen from some precipitate inadvertence nli . j iy, part of Omer Pacha; aggravated by the stuPt oise d and it may be the malice, of the Rus s i i . a pea full andruir gendarmerie of Bucharest. Mistakes will "g a ier in countries so unhappily circumstanced as ", ese nt chin, is at this moment ; but when as in the P1 .. . 005 1 instance, they lead' to infringement of the P ei : tee d security of Englishmen, of immunities guaraloo. to Englishmen by treaty-stipulations, an elp that rion and apology for the mistake is the least, can be looked for. e .00 1 ' What renders the out r age of which We 3 ,.. 1. 1 ,1 0 ,0 plaining at the first gla nce u t ter ly unaccolin t : f t ee the personal character and osition of on e op en' sufferers—we speak of our owns pecial dent. The extent to which this gentlemannotej, in uuications from the seat of war have be"&aliell commented on, praised by almost a the dle. and continental journalists and publicists, , n ft e she ea: us to dispense with any derailed statemen t - H e by sential services he hasrendered to Turkey, same corr,s cow sought for accurate and exhaustiveinformation.o the death and danger —on the battle-field and in pestilential encampment. With a natural, g . Flu' pleasing eloquence, he has won assent to his e° " - • ne d i as tio si ve ex posures of Russian falsehood, and vi° ; m ore of Turkish c h aracterand conduct. Th e se serv.7 hest known to and have been acknowledged by the 1 0 0 Turkish authorities. He is personally kn° nt Inv Omer Pacha, and up to the time of the rece distio . accountable incident has been treated wit i l l , v 7 thea guished kindness by that great man. i' • sod, comes it that we find .such a person suddenly, e ctee without any assigned or assignable reason, e l i 1 • 1 , be to such scurvy treatment at the hands of t'' . 0 big has essentially serv e d, as we fi n d described in letter ? e st 06 When the first laconic intimation of big a rr- lec triO . conveyed to us—now some days back—bi e „ e d 0 telegraph, we confess that our suspicious turn rise ' Austria as the origin of the mischief. Our con • spondent's suspicions, it will be seen, turns aro different direction. The reasons be assig n ro. of a nature to render them still mo re that Fable than ours. It is a pregnant fa t ie le the correspondents of the European ion' A s- 00 . and especially of the English—eeperiene eu t he varying kind and respectful treatment &oil] , sto Turkish authorities, civil and military, previstio the arrival of the rench and English armies ,"" to their commandersin th e E as t ; an d th a t their n et went has since that time been gradually altering the worse. That the Head of the French Gove;ii went would willingly bring the journalism 01 1.4 E urope into the s a rue gagged and m anac l e d condibl,- as that of France is iHighly probable. The illy. .rate hereditary antipathy. borne by our aristoc o 4 6 English functiona r i es , civ il an d m i l i tary, t° .00. newspaper and all connecte d w i t h i t i s n otori° o f There can scarc e ly b e a doubt that the .arms Omer Pacha has been poisoned, and that , I l t i to cessant and insidious w hi s p ers h e h as been ' 6 l the 0 believe that the gen tl emen ac ti ng i n behalf for • English newspapers in the East—the ohject s „ :oo - , time of his enlightened friends'hip and proteeP ete r, belong to a class of men, mischievous in 0 110 %0 J Ind socially so inconsiderable in th ei . r th ior country that they may be trampled upon wi _ s od punity. The press of England cannot °noir with the whisperers of such aspersions in . . ev er• cowardly awl insidious slanders ; but it has , ' i ota theless, a different kind of power at its con t 0 411 to baffle their machinations, and if nut to f l %or rise this power. At this moment the press n o d the laud is the only free press in Europe, au n t oil slightest encroachment upon its privileges nili v re' this account be jealously watched and fir n3 „jer ° pelled. Many circumstances conspire to r e ' ro j e al essential that its ability to obtain and di s loont trustworthy information regarding the Eas t bee ° , at this time be kept unimpaired. ° Had it ° t hee for the free-speaking of the English pres s to ol !ant soldiers of England (and of France_ die c!., that matter) would have been allowed tr tio , i; like rotten sheep % by disease and- of - il ia ': o f t h b e order to preserve appearances in the eY e ' t for the public of Western Europe. Were it std a s Ot t tree-speaking of the English press, we wou t i ho gr ea t moment be in imminent danger of seeing t heli e ;,„ , 2oinhined movement of the two nations at i p Wl' s at' European civilisation, to turn back tllO 001, )f Russian despotism, perverted into a I 'n 00 00 for the aggrandisement of Austria, and the nr eset i to laden of its ferociously stolid power. T lie ,tancl o f is a time that calls upon the press of T e e' ec iton 0 battle ci l'outrance for its privileges an d r f e stun ti o action ; and in this point of view it is iote Ole o shat the first experimental attempt to vi° f 011 e t,, should have been made upon the person °, o ,ien, listinguished :and respected as our the antiquated English military martine t _ b a einf e c orresr o erer . ,, (ey, and the sympathisinet portion of ou l L ish Pr; it home, may rest' assured that the Eng epe e , will vindicate its own peculiar li ghts a' the co' promisingly as it h a s a lways vindica t e d i . Aretes' !non rights of the English public.--l' az Y lotirt°ll* CITY OF LONDON REGISTRATION. ---,----' 0 , " 0 ikr, g - f ear he revising barrister, has intimated his intentionor 01 I tericing the annual registration of v oters The pf :ity of London on Monday, S e ptember 18. n flea' :tteding-s will take place in the Court of CJietil°- G iildhall. ilt c ° l * 4i ELEOTION FOR LYNN.—The Gazette of last 11 .„ 4 . th% he ns de a notice, signed by the Speaker, i o tito ti r 7itieti : i ini isne,r thi a : death no o tfe f thh Lord e Ji:oeceeelyan writ having fe r t b h e e e neideuctllio o ce a O f f , : r n :h; oember for that borough at the end of 14 dilY 3 ,yaßn RegistrarlZlf and tS T o ß t A h R e - r GE 0. Trey b e e ireuit - General's commissioners:EKß l Ar p js p m E e P n wA t i Ri leTvisit DEPARTMENT. Serier°P h er e rt r e.° II iin : chrife t e t he. Ms e ta c j e o r r ta G in ra th h a a t in they . Till find. every......thiceigin v ice MS riven ate, for no deptrtment of the civil ser ho o ver g L re o a N te p r oN satisfaction .te the Debfie,tban t .i $6 , 0 0 so ably presides. .... Gazette. THE..t DO C 0 BRIDGE STEAM-80AT41... . 1 00 . 0 Phe riotous proceedings which have been frli'dost „ I s he Surrey side of Loudon Bridge the last tsv e ; ,4 e e : tttempting to fix a steam boat pier at the e ta- terd il i Ye e ea '',o Fenning's-whrtrf, were brought to a cose . 0 o rg i 'Horning at the desire of the harbour-moster. I' k of tb i o moored by the Fenning's-wharf people abres% pot stairs have been removed, and the 'ate they 0 Pmr ;ll ve .wi tit d rawn` from the contest, until theY „ - tior fi cure r the Lord Mayor's written authority for ere - 00 0c 11 . Two summonses have been taken out IV 0 w hie hour -master the th a e g s a t i a n i s r t s,a h and proprietors ill of the h r l o rg s e t SO 0 . : obstructed O, wark Police Court t d which w ... L ily ~, ALLEGED DEATH THROUGH THE ADMlnlNars:at:illegt: i! L m o d ß y KL o r f a il — ar Y y e G ,, te ih r b d t ay is, M t r h . e ß w ak if e e r e h i eld a an DA " : ta ilor 1 t )::s h i a n y e e ss in the Mile•end road, whose death we e . , 0 de li ' been accelerated through the iticanti..." offe r ; nistration . of lobelia by her husband while she %"..A 1 33 beenliig under ty gr ; t u uh s lea f r e la v mt e t r ee . rdicws lt al appeared that deceA el - r °list' ink, ( r :ti e mh s uo c as r ub ib a e n d a. for D by c a da n se a ( g i ent of Coffin, th e b e en die for missed w ip' the medical practitioner evidenc s e ha w aft' ,r b t i y ht.,en t t l e ie o f r ,h mer hu s s a b i a d n' deall a i n h fur trial. T il t i i which herad been accelerated by a powerful dose ni f)is ter% aiesr wtti oiaerdtdhsethaeehoialiloaeitxbii,phi-;:eastebiAiiheoia; ee c j o hu n ,i f il( e gi s e s ,a e idhr,e,at.o.leyvbearv, senti in g t h i 08 " 1 cb A o vi l t b l ot 97e tv ju ' ry ‘ had directed their acquittal, on the gretiotiel existed as possible for them not to know that 01 0 00 ' in the stomach, so that there was DO i t , ri fi d° ,lfOr ii : to send another case for trial. The agents , e . l o `',f l iog for tbl: had found, were as active as ever, notwithst..L th til ; a fine of 201 had been inflicted pon one in "" e riec t ' . ,hfi 4 P, ~i‘s practising without being a regularly q n..--` so n - tioner. The conduct of the husband of dece '-- I t e be highly improper, and the result ought to 1,,_ .. .., • '' OA h lw or cautious in future how la gdzabiztered zaa44l.9"'—' Old% ..117g4tUril dOltb " • . - - _l4 j