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LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1854.

It is five weeks ago this day since the lead 5.g
Ministerial journal authoritatively announced
that the allied forces had sailed, or were on the
point of sailing, from Varna, to attack Sebas-
topol by sea and land. Notwithstanding the
positive terms in which this intelligence was
conveyed, it is certain that the expedition
could not at that time have been near its
departure. It is only this week that the tele-
graph has brought word that the siege artil-
lery of the French had arrived at Constanti-
nople, and, apart from the absence of this
indispensable arm, the necessary preparations
for the transport of so vast a force could, under
no circumstances, have been completed for
several weeks. The knowledge of these facts
threw discredit on the whole announcement.
It was incredible that the expedition could be
in the state of forwardness intimated, and it

seemed equally incredible that a journal often
made the medium of conveying Government
information to the world should have been

commissioned to announce an enterprise of
this important character several weeks before
it could be actually commenced, and thus en-
danger its success, by acquainting the enemy
with its object, and affording him time to pre-
pare for its reception. It is probable that in
this instance the Government gained more
credit for discretion than it deserved. It must
have been in some way a party to the pub-
lication of the secret orders despatched to
Varna, and the purpose of Russia was thus as
effectually answered as if she had retained a
spy_ in our Cabinet.
The telegraph is a quick courier. The
news of London is known in Vienna in a few
hours; and at Vienna the Russian Embassy,
well versed in its duties, can rapidly convey
information to every part of the Russian
empire. A remarkable instance of this was
afforded in the capture of the Tiger. Five or six
days after the event occurred, reports of it
were received in the City through commercial
sources via Vienna. The very circumstance
of this rapid transmission caused the fact to
be doubted, nor was it until more than a
week later that it was confirmed through
other channels of information. The pur-
pose of the great Varna expedition, as an-
nounced by Lord ABERDEEN'S favoured organ,
must have been known at Sebastopol a month
ago, and so long have the Russian com-
manders (through the friendly announcement)
been allowed opportunity to concentrate their
forces, and make all possible preparation for
the meditated blow.
Whatever may be the fate of the expedi-
tion,--and a few days must now decide it,—
the disclosure of its design so long previous
to its possible accomplishment is the gravest
fault that any Cabinet could commit. We
absolve from blame the journal which hoped
to make a good market of the information
supplied to it: probably it was unconscious
of the mischievous work it was performing,
and imagined that its announcement would be
London, England, 1854-09-09

THE PRESS.

abandoned his design for a colossal statue of Shaks-
peare, which is to be erected on Primrose-hill.
" France," remarks the Revue, " inventive and
prodigal by nature, gave London its tunnel: it would
be curious if she should endow England with a
statue of the Olympian Shakspeare. British pride
must not take offence at this excess of liberality,
remembering our proverb, On ne prite qu'auz riches."

THE FESTIVAL OF THE `THREE CHOIRS" Com-
menced at Worcester on Tuesday last, and was
continued during Wednesday and Thursday, with
a variety of performers. The principal singers were
Clara Novello, Castellan, Mrs. Weiss, Viardot Garcia,
Sims Reeves, Lockey, Gardor,i, Mr. Weiss, and Herr
Formes; and the band and chorus exceeding 300
performers. Miss Dolby was to have sung, and
actually came to Worcester, but was prevented by
indisposition. The festival was aided by magnificent
weather, and attracted a crowd of visitors from all
parts of the country. As far as the pecuniary results
are concerned, it is believed that the gross receipts
will prove to have been large beyond all foimer
precedents.
MR. MORRIS lisasxrr, heretofore so celebrated for
his performances of French characters—he who has
lately abandoned the stage for literary purAiits—will
give w series of twelve representations at the Adelphi
Theatre upon its opening for the winter season,
and previous to his departure for the United States.
London, England, 1854-09-09

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LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1854.

POSTSCRIPT.

THE WAR IN ASIA.

The position of affairs in Asia seems to have im-
proved since the date of the disastrous battle of
Buyukdere. Schamyl has made a descent into
Georgia, where he is said to have destroyed 200
villages, worsted the Russian forces, and carried off
a number of prisoners, including forty ladies, whom
he keeps as hostages. In consequence of this irrup-
tion the Russians are reported to be covering their
army with defensive entrenchments, and to have
evacuated Bayazid, after blowing up the fortress in
that place.
General Guyon has been placed in command of
the Turkish army in Asia. Mustapha Pacha is in
disgrace.
The Earl of Clarendon has appointsd Lieutenant-
Colonel H. F. Williams, C. 8., Royal Artillery, to be
her Majesty's Commissioner at Kars ; and her Ma-
jesty, by commission dated August 7, 1854, has been
pleased to grant that officer the local rank of colonel
while so employed. Lieutenant Teesdale, Royal
Artillery, is appointed aide-de-camp to Colonel
Williams ; and Mr. H. Churchill, lately attached to
the Teheran Legation, has received orders to join
him as secretary and interpreter. Colonel Williams,
at the date of the last advices, had just returned from
Varna, where he had been paying an official visit to
Lord Raglan, and intended to embark in the next
steamer from Constantinople to Trebizond, en route
for Erzeroum.
Several Russian agents disguised as Bedouins
have been seized at Damascus, for exciting rebellion
against the Porte.

Advioes from Vienna, in the Fremden Blatta, state
that a Greek conspiracy to assassinate Lord Raglan,
the Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Napoleon had
been discovered in Galata. The ringleaders had
been arrested.
The admirals have already made some experi-
ments in landing from the boats of the ships and
frigates, and from the platforms which have been
brought from Constantinople. It has been found
that in less than one hour the fleets could put ashore
12,000 men, and that in two hours afterwards the
number might he increased to 20,0(X) men. The
landing, supported by the fire of from twenty-four
to thirty guns, can be effected in this time upon
any of the points supposed to be chosen for the pur-

pose.
A letter written from Varna by a French general
says :
"We are to embark on the 2nd September. Three days
afterwaola the expedition will have landed on the coast of
the Crimea. On the 7th (probably) a great battle will be
fought, and on the 16th we will arrive before Sebastopol.
The two armies are in excellent condition, and in the
highest spirits."
The particulars as to the numbers to form the ex-
pedition vary according to the authorities for the
information, and it is not likely that the exact
numbers of the whole force, or the proportion from
each of the allied armies, can as yet be known at
home. It is stated, however, on pretty good authority,
that the expedition will consist of 100 steam-vessels,
300 transports, 36 sail of the line, 70,000 troops, and
an immense materiel. When those troops shall have
London, England, 1854-09-09

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.FOREIGN.

Thursday was appointed for the first settling in
Turkish scrip. The previous transactions had been
heavy, at a considerable range of prices. The settle-
ment passed over satisfactorily, but the quotations
were not maintained at their former rates. To-day's
price was 51 pm. In other foreign stocks there has
been little movement. This afternoon Mexicans
were done at 241 ; Russian Four-and-a-halfs at 881 ;
Greek Red Bonds at 5} ; Spanish Certificates in Cuu-
pon at 5} 5} per cent.; and Dutch Four per Cents. at
93}.
There is at present a limited inquiry for gold for
exportation to the Continent, but it is chiefly confined
to gold containing silver, Australian gold not being
suitable in this respect. Some considerable ship-
ments of specie have been made during the last few
weeks for account of our expeditions on foreign ser-
vice. The necessity of remitting the Turkish loan
in hard cash also forms a feature of some importance
on the unfavourable side.
London, England, 1854-09-09

THE PRESS.

SATURDAY,

In connection with the war must be mentioned the visit of Prince
ALBERT to the camp at Boulogne. The Prince was received with great
courtesy and kindness by the Emperor, between ten and eleven on
Tuesday morning, and it is noticed that the Emperor and Prince
" remained closeted " until four o'clock in the afternoon, when together
they visited the camp. There have since been reviews, sham fights,
and banquets, but these doings give only the superficial aspect of the
Its real significance lies in the cordial alliance it now denotes
between the two Courts, as well as between the two Governments
and nations. In this way the straightforward policy of the Emperor
has not been unproductive of some advantage to his throne. The
formation of the three camps at Ambleteuse, Wimereux, and Honvault
shows how powerful an army France has ready at any time to
take the field; and this with a strong corps in the Baltic, another in
Rome, another in Greece, and the army in the East. It is greatly to
be regretted that a division was not spared to assist the Turks iu Asia.

All the negotiations with Austria have resulted at last in that
astute Power declaring that she intends to maintain her attitude of
armed neutrality, while reaping a full harvest of advantage from the
efforts of the allied Powers against Russia. Her position is too strong
for the allies to dispute her choice. Perhaps nought else was to be
expected from her diplomacy. Austria cannot be expected to bear
much good will to a Liberal Cabinet numbering PALMERSTON and GLAD-
STONE among its members. For the present she finds it possible, by
a neutral attitude, to reconcile her interest with her sympathies.

The finding of the court-martial on Mr. PERRY, with the " testi-
monial" subscription —the holiday sports of the Ministers—the
publication of the Irish Census Report—and the abrupt retirement
of Archdeacon WILBERFORCE from the Church, fearing to abide the
result of a judicial investigation into his doctrine—are the chief items
of domestic interest. The newspaper-reporters have said things this
week which deserve the harshest terms CORBETT ever hurled at them.
A Wilts paper notices that, though Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT had just
arrived from a visit to the Queen, he did not appear less affable
than usual; and our daily journals this week, in recording the walk
of Sir BENJAMIN HALL through the Soho district, assert that the
people "seemed very grateful for his presence." The Irish census
return suggests serious reflections. From the joint effects of famine
and emigration, the population of Ireland had declined from 8,386,940
in 1846 to 6,551,970 in 1851.
London, England, 1854-09-09

about the palace, and they were fast increasing, and
murmurs and expressions of indignation and rage
were heard.
Madrid advices of the 3rd inst., received in Paris,
brcught a report that Christina had been at-
tacked by brain fever. A despatch from Bayonne,
however, published in Wednesday's Moniteur, an-
nounces that she must have arrived by that time in
Portugal. Her journey had been accomplished
without difficulty.
A Madrid letter, in the Prase, says :

" There are at Madrid about 10,000 Frenchmen, of
whom 6,000 are established in business ; the remainder are
workmen, do. Among the French are twentysix political
refugees, who all belong to the enlightened classes of
society. They are Republicans, but, as they are intelligent
men, they were able, from the first day of the revolution, to
discern that the Republican principle had nothing to do
with it. They saw, therefore, that they had no concern
with the revolution, and remained quiet."
Several decrees of local importance have been
issued. One prescribes that all arms not in the
possession of the National Guard or the army should
be given up; another pronounces the dissolution of
all political associations except the electoral com-
mittees; and a third directs all military officers not
on active service or domiciled at Madrid to return
home.
London, England, 1854-09-09

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THE PRESS.

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Directors.
THE CHISHOLM, Chairman.
RICHARD HARTLEY KENNEDY, Esq., Alderman, Deputy.

Chairman.
Colonel Michael E. Bagnold. I William Morley, Esq.
Francis Brodigan, Esq. Robert Francis Power, Esq.,
Alexander Robert Irvine, Esq. M.D.
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq. I Archibald Spens, Esq.
James John Kinloch, E*q. Frederick Valiant, Esq.
Henry Lawson,. Esq. Rev. F. W. J. Vickery.
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was presented, exhibiting a statement of most satisfactory pro-
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policies issued being more than 4to, and the annual income
thereon being upwards of 7,5001. It also appeared that, except
in 1849, when the visitation of the cholera took place, the claims
arising front deaths were, in every year, much below their esti-
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The Members present at the Meeting were fully satisfied with
the Report, and resolved unanimously that a reduction of per
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all policy-holders now entitled to participate in the profits.
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BIRTHS.

AGNEW—On the And instant, at Exton•park, Rutlandshire, the
Lady Louisa Agnew, of a daughter.
YENNING—On the 20th July, at Bombay, the widow of the late
Captain Henry Yenning, of a son.
INGLEFIELD—On the 211th ult., at Knightsbridge, the wife of
Commander Inglefield, R.N., of a son.
LAW—On the 26th ult., at Brompton, the Hon. Mrs. Wm. Towry

Law, of a eon.
MACPHERSON—On the 25th ult., at Cluny Castle, the wife of
Cluny Macpherson, of a son.
MARJOBIBANYS—On the 27th ult., In Upper Brook-street, the
wife of U. C. Marjoribauks, Esq., M.P., of a daughter.
PEEL—On. the Ist instant., at Dotshill•lodge, Warwickshire, the
wife of Captain Reginald Peel, H.P., of a eon.
SMITH—On the Seth ult., in lialktu-street West, Lady Susan
smith, of a daughter.
TEIGNMOUTH—On the 6th instant, at Edinburg Lady
Teignmouth, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES.

DAWSON—KING—On the SIA ult., at the church in Gordon-
square, George Fred. Dawson, Esq., of the Royal Eugineere,
eon of the late Hun. Lionel Dawson, to Lilla, daughter of
John Jamee King, Esq., of Coate's•house, Swaim.
DREW—HUNTER—On the Shit ult., at Trinity Church, West-
bourne-terrace, Captain Drew, her Majesty's 11th Regiment,
to Henrietta Catherine, daughter of the late John A. Hunter,
Esq., of Ormeley-lodge, Surrey.
JEBB—Pb:LHAM—On the 6th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-
square, Lieut.-Colonel Jebb, C. 8., Surveyor-General of Prisons,
to Lady Amelia Rose Pelham, sister of the Earl of Chichester.
STUART—WALKER—On the Slat ult., at 6t. George's, Hano-
aver-square, Wm. Stuart, Esq., of Aldenliam-abbey, Watford,
borts, to Georgian* Adelaide, daughter of General Walker,
of Manor-house, Bushey, Herta.
DEATHS.

ASHBURNHAM—On the Ist instant, at °nestling Rectory,
near Hastings, the Rev. Sir John Asliburuhain. Bart., 8.D..
Chancellor and Prebend of Chichester Cathedral.
BOYNTON—On the 29th ult., at Burton Agues, Yorkshire, Sir
Henry Boynton, Bart., aged 73.
CHOLMELEY—On the 2nd instant, at Aveniug, Gloucester-
shire, James Harrison Chohnelny, Esq., late Major etki Hue-
ears, aged 4:.
CM/MURK—On the lilst ult., at Dover, Alicia Arabella Cock-
burn, wife of Lieut.-General Sir Francis Cockburn.
FERGUSON—On the 30th ult., at Edinburgh, Eliza Anne,
daughter of Rear-Admiral Ferguson, of Pitfour.
FOLC H—On the 24th ult., at Stockwell, Lieut.-Colonel Folch.
GRANT—On the 31st ult., at Noranside-house, Forfarsbire,
Mary, widow of the late Sir George Macpherson Grant, Bart.,
aged 77.
LAN DMANN—On the 27th ult., at Shacklewell, Lieut -Colonel
George Thomas Landman, late of the Corps of Royal Engi.
veers, aged 74.
PEACOCKE—On the 13th of July last, at Bombay, Captain
Eliot Tottenham Peacocke, let Grenadiers Bombay N.I.
SMITH—On the 19th ult., off Varna, of cholera, Captain Henry
Smith, RN., commanding H.M. steam troop-ship &noon.
London, England, 1854-09-09

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive.
Their insertion is often delayed, owing to a press of matter ;
and when omitted, it is frequently from reasons quite inde-
pendent of the merits of the communication.
We cannot undertake to return communications of which we do
not avail ourselves.
Ccmmunications should always be legibly written, and on one
side of the paper only. If lung it increases the difficulty of
finding space for them.
Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the
name and address of the writer, nut necessarily for publica-
tion, but as a guarantee of his good faith.
Advertisements sent from the country must be accompanied by a
remittance or a reference for payment in town.
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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
BOOKS.

The Queens Before the Conquest. Mrs. M. Hall.
Hurst and Blacken.
The Handbook to South Wake. C. F. Elide.
Hamilton and Co.
The Idolatrous Systems of Religion in Ceylon. 13. Boake.
The Fall of the Crimea. Captain Spencer. Routledge.
Church Furniture and Decoration. Rev. E. Cutts.
Crockford.
Ida May. M. Langdon. Sampson Low and Co.
Modern Flirtation. C. Sinclair. Clarke, Becton, and Co.
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Library qf Biblical Literature.
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HAYMARKET THEATRE.
ON Monday night the Spanish dancers appeared in
two new ballets, entitled La Flor de la Marcarena,
and Los Manolos de Madrid. The new ballets do
not possess a better plot than the preceding ones,
or much differ from them; in fact, Spanish
ballets possess no plot; a mere thread of story is
employed to lead though a series of dances that in
themselves, to an unpractised eye, do not appear to
possess much variety. But, who such accomplished
performers as the Senora Perea Nena and her troupe,
we overlook such deficiencies in the novel and strange
effect produced by the vivacity of spirit, the daring
and rapid charac.er of the movements.,the extraor-
dinary tours de force, combined with remarkable grace,
that are accomplished, and the peculiar brusquerie
with which a dance is suddenly concluded. The air of
unconstrained native feeling and impulsive excitement
which distinguishes the performances of Senors
Perea Neua stamps them with a truly national cha-
racter. If to this be added the enlivening additions
of tamborines and castanets, it may be imagined
that a novel and fascinating entertainment is offered.
The best proof that it is thought so is found in the
applauding crowds which, even at this dull season,
nightly throng the house.

STRAND.
A new farce, entitled Never Taste Wine at the
Docks, was brought out at this little theatre on Mon-
day night last. The success of the piece depended
chiefly on the absurdity of the incidents, which
excited much laughter, and of course left the audience
proportionably well pleased at the fall of the curtain.
SADLE It'S WELLS.
THE inhabitants of Islington seen► determined to
encourage Mr. Phelps and patronise Shakapeare.
Cymbeline has this week been performed, with Mr.
I'helps as Posthumus, Mr. Lunt as Cymbeline, and
Miss Cooper as Imogen. The characters were well
supported, and the house tolerably attended.
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Rules, and every informatioo,sent free to any address on receipt
of 12 postage stamps. 13y order of the Direct°, s,
LAURENCE CUTHBURT.
12, John-street, Adelphi, London
London, England, 1854-10-14

THE TURKISH FORCE.

The Ottoman division at the battle of the Alma
.bad only 2,000 men engaged, with the 2nd French
division, on the enemy's left. Their part was not so
active as those brave soldiers would have desired,
and General Bosquet had the greatest difficulty to
make them remain in the position assigned to them.
They only lost 230 men, killed and wounded. The
Turkish Government regrets, it is said, that its troops
bad notbeen placed in the post of honour, that is to
say, with the third division.
London, England, 1854-10-14

OCTOBER 14, 1854.

lug to the officer in charge an acknowledgment of the num-
bers and grades of the prisoners delivered over by him to
your excellency.-1 have, &e.,
J. W. D. DUNDAS.
Tice-Admiral and Commander•in•Chief.
CO-OPERATION WITtI THE LAND FORCES.
Off the Katscha, September SN.
By the request of his Excellency General Lord Raglan
I have ordered 1,1 rOO marines of the fleet to be lent to the
Agamemnon, in the harbour of Balaklava, to relieve a similar
number of the British forces now employed in guarding
the heights overlooking that port.
The Albion and Vesuvius returned last night from off the
Alma river, having brotight down from the country and
embarked on board the Aeon transport about 3to wounded
Russians, whom I immediately sent on in charge of
Commander Rogers, of the Albion, with a letter to the
Governor of Odessa, of which the enclosure No. 1 is a
copy.
From the state of the country Captain Lnshington was
obliged to use every precaution in protecting his people
employed on this service ; and yesterday afternoon he was
forced to embark all his men under the guns of the
Ventoitu, as a body of about 0,000 Russians had advanced
rapidly upon him,
The allied armies are in position to the south of Sebas-
topol, and the English cavalry and French reinPocements
are expected hourly, but a strong N.E. wind is now against
them.

Marshal St. Arnaud has been obliged by ill health to re-
sign the command of the French army to Creneral Canro-
bert, and the marshal has left for France.
The cholera is still showing itself occasionally among
the ships of the fleet, but the crews generally are healthy.
The army is still suffering considerably, but the change
of temperature this morning will, I hope, prove beneficial;
fbrinnately, the rains have not yet set in.
J. W. D. DuftnAs, Vice-Admiral.
London, England, 1854-10-14

Valitual ant fentral.

LORD J. Russm, being at Scarborough last week
was waited on by the Mayor of the place and a depu
tation with an address of congratulation and compli-
matt, in which his lordship's labours in the cause of
"civil and religious liberty" formed the main topic
of eulogy. The noble President of the Council re
plied :

" I am very sensible of the kindness which has prompted
you to address me on this my first visit to your ancient
borough. The legislative measures which have contributed
No largely in our day to the extension of the civil and reli-
gious liberties of the nation, and those which have in so
great a degree promoted the material pro3perity of all
classes, have received my cordial support. Ant the en-
lightened voice of the country and the favour of the
Almighty gave to these measures the success for which we
have all so much reason to be grateful. So long as lam
allowed a part in the proceedinEs of Parliament my atten-
tion will be devoted to the task of domestic improvement.
Prozress is conservative of institutions, such es one own
which are founded on the principle that the liberties of
. be kingdom are the birthright of its people."
ILIA FREE LIBRARY AND MUS/CUX .is about to be
established in Preston.
London, England, 1854-10-14

Trr E country is not likely to be deceived by
Lord ABERDEEN'S babble about peace. He has
chosen a wrong time for his homily. It is
not at the moment when we are engaged in a
desperate contest with a determined enemy that
peace is to be thought of, or so much as
named. The glorious but dearly-bought victory
of the Alma should inspire other sentiments.
The blood freely shed on that field was not
poured out to gain peace alone, but to protect
the rights of nations from outrage, and to
secure the tranquillity of the world. Had
peace been our only care, we need never have
gone to war. We might have remained in a
state of ignominious isolation, content that the
danger did not directly menace ourselves. While
the objects for which the war was undertaken
are still distant,—while, so far from any disposi-
tion being shown to concede them, a resolution
is manifested to carry on the contest to the
last extremity,—it is weakness, or treachery, or
cant to talk of peace ; and the burghers of
Aberdeen must bear the shame of servilely
applauding language which no other town in
the kingdom would have listened to without
contempt or indignation.
Peace was possible before this strife began ;
it is possible no longer. So long as the sword
remained sheathed, Russia might have given
way without positive humiliation. Her yield
ing then might have been imputed to reason;
it would now be imputed to fear. The point
at issue is widely different from that at first
raised. It has ceased to turn on the construc-
tion of treaties, or the right they gave Russia
of interference in the internal affairs of Tur-
key. The question now is, whether she will
renounce her traditional policy, and make an
acknowledgment of error and defeat. Is so
much to be expected from a single reverse?
Her strength is not to be exhausted in one
campaign, or her spirit broken by one disaster.
The loss of the Crimea will be a severe blow to
her pride, but is not likely to end the war.
The youngest and most ambitious of European
empires will not surrender at discretion
through the loss of an outwork. It is unfortu-
nately the inevitable consequence of war that
every act of it, until there is no longer power
of resistance on one side or the other, tends
to make terms of accommodation more diffi-
ctilt. We cannot tell bow much beating Russia
will take until her Emperor confesses himself
vanquished ; we suspect a great deal, and until
he confession is made peace is impracticable.
It might be fitting for a dozy Presbyterian
preacher to moralise on " war becoming a
" crime when it ceases to be a necessity," but
such language from the lips of a Prime Minis-
ter challenges scrutiny. What is meant by
‘ ' necessity " in this case ? The peace gentle-
men assert that there is no necessity for war
at all, and in one sense they are right. War is
not necessary, as it is necessary for us to
breathe, and eat, and sleep. The term is mis-
London, England, 1854-10-14

OCTOBER 14, 1854.

open to us the gates of Sebastopol." His confidence in
the lines of the Alma was so great that, according to the
report of a prisoner, he horsewhipped the officer who
announced to him that General Bosquet had reached the
western extremity of the heights. It was rumoured that,
upon witnessing the defeat of his army, Prince Menschikoff
tried to commit suicide, but was prevented by the by
standers.
The natives of Black Russia are nearly all flat-footed,
which makes them incapable of lung and rapid marches.
Amen with this defect is not admitted into the British army,
and the fact of so large a part of the Russian army being
thus naturally constituted explains in some degree the
great losses which attend its march.

COMPARATIVE MORTALITY IN THE BATTLE.
The actual loss on the sides of the allies was 606 killed
and 2,699 wounded. There were engaged in the battle
not less probably than 100,000 French, English, Turkish,
and Russian troops. No doubt this is a heavy list of
killed and wounded, but the public will be greatly misled if
it believe that such a loss equals the average of great
battles. When the English met the French in the Penin-
sula we lost a much greater proportion by their impetuous
bravery. The Russians prove less destructive to us than
the French did in the great war. At the combat on the
Col de Maya, in July, 1813, when the total number engaged
did not exceed 15,000 men, the grand total of killed and
wounded was 2,900 ; while of the 92nd Regiment two-
thirds went to the ground. In the first battle of Santarem,
where the whole force engaged did not equal the number
of British troops on the Alma, the total of killed and
wounded on the side of the English alone was 2,600. In
the five days' fighting on the Nive the loss in killed and
wounded on both sides was upwards of 10,000 men.
The Russian loss at Alma is estimated at 1,500 killed,
2,000 wounded, arid 6,000 who have deserted rather than
support the contest before the walls of Sebastopol. It
must be remembered that the killed and wounded are
principally, if not entirely, due to the deadly aim of our
infantry. The artillery could only come into action to
wards the end, from the difficulty of the position. The
Russians were led to the attack by the most distinguished
officers in person; hence the great proportion of Russian
officers killed, and especially those of the highest rank.
Six Russian generals are reported to have been killed and
wounded at the battle of Alma. The loss of the Russians,
up t) the 22d, is given by this correspondent at 7,000 men.
General Kwiecinski was mortally wounded, and General
Kaffaleffski badly; a General Prince Gortschskoff only
slightly. One of Prince Menschikoffs aides de-camp lost
an arm.
London, England, 1854-10-14

THE INAUGURATION OF THE ABERDEEN

PORTRAIT.
(SPECIALLY REPORTED.)

[The reports which our contemporaries have published of this interesting ceremonial are,
we observe, incorrect and imperfect. Nor can this reasonably be made matter of
complaint, for the accounts in question must have been furnished by parties on the
spot, who. for good Aberdeenian reasons, joined in the demonstration of that grati-
tude which is said to consist in a lively sense of future favours. It is not probable
that the conductors of London journals would send several hundred miles to obtain
a correct version of anything the Earl of Aberdeen could say. Convinced of this,
and equally convinced that the published reports were worthless, we have taken our
own measures to obtain a more faithful account of what did occur, and this we
submit to our readers, without, of course, pledging ourselves to its literal accuracy,
but believing that it affords an adequate idea of the proceedings.]
THE inauguration of the portrait of the Premier, which was un-
veiled to the view of the world on Monday last, occasioned a great
sensation among the authorities of Aberdeen. That place has en-
London, England, 1854-10-14

OCTOBER 14, 1854

THE PRESS.

THE REVENUE.

1.-THE NET REVENUE.

Quarter ended 1 Hal6Year ended I; Year ended
.L._
, •„...--t„.
.....--....1._—_,
Oct. 10, Oct.lo, 1 Oct. 10, Oct.. 10, I Oct. 10, Oct. 10,
1853. 1554. 1853. 1654. 1 1833. 1654.
A A A A a a
CUSTOMS
EXCISE
STAMPS 1,736,173 1,71e,269 3,520.980 3,568,728 7,066,715 0,338,567
PAXES
ROPERTY TAX
YOST OFFICE 236,00u 344,000 487,000 723,000 1,041,000 1,1180,000
CROWN LANDS 50,000 81,572 250.888 126,572 402,888 271,572
MISCELLANEOUS 57,688 36,947 1 122,020 101,215 I 191,910 155,797
---
ORDINARY llEVENiJE 153,926,071 54,613,168
IMPRF.ST AND OTHER MONEYS
REPAYMENTS OP ADVANCES ....4 582,519 275,371 1,079,469 689,707 2,037,412 1 1,341,472
TOTAL 15,319,908 43,870,096 30,608,511 30,086,408 66,706,834 56,723,415

11-COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.
-
1 Quarter ended 1141(474x ended I Year ended
Oct.lo, 1854. Oct. 10, 1854. Oct. 10, 1854.
L _ _i_ -..
..--, L --,
~
[ Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease.
a 4 A 4 £ £
CUSTOMS
EXCISE
STAMPS 12,090 41,748 68,149
TAXES
PROPERTY TAX
POST OFFICE
CROWN LANDS
MISCELLANEOUS 20,741 20,805 36,143
ORDINARY REVENUE 1056,266 183,387 1,395,880 741,623 1,:78,404 1,091,307
IMPRF.ST AND OTHER MONEYS
REPAYMENTS OF ADVANCES
TOTAL • 1,056,266 508,078 1,895,480 1,317,683 `I 1,803.827 1,787,247
£550,188 £17,897 I 213.580
Net Increase. Net Increase. Net Increase.

111.-EXPENDITURE AND it]
Applied to Itedemption of Deficiency Bills issued in
previous Quarter
Applied to pay off Exchequer Bills issued in previous
Quarter
Applied to Supply Services—
Out of the Consolidated Fund.... W 0,911

8,508,140

ECEIPTS. (From all Sources.)
Surplus Balance beyond the Charge of the Consolt•
dated Fund for the Quarter ended July 5, 1834, vie.,
Great Britain
Ireland
£166,555
Balance of Instalments of Exchequer Bonds remain-
ing unissued on July 1, 1854
Income received In the Quarter ended October 10,
Isb4, as shown in Account I.
Instalments received in the Quarter for Exchequer
Bonds issued
Amount of Exchequer Bills (Supply) issued in the
Quarter

A1P,416,41S

Balance, in Deficiency, for which Exchequer Bills
(Deficiency) will be teemed, but reducible by the
Amount of the Sinking Fund (204,6700 for the
Quarter to the sum of 2,195,3121.




/20.90t,995
London, England, 1854-10-14

THE PRESS.

Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Thomas George Hervey, Gent.,
to be Ensign.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—John Vernon Beddall, M.D., Edward
Parks Gamble, M.D., George Carleton Cleary, Gent., John
Henry Hearn, Gent., Douglas Arthur Reid, M.D.,Edmund
Sidney Wagon, M.D., and Harvey Ludlow, Gent., to be
Acting Assistant• Surgeons.
BREVET.—M aj or Francis William Henry Lord I3urghersh
to be Lieutenant• Colonel in the Army.

tillt gabs.

APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS.
APPOINTMENTS

Commanders—Francis Marten and Joseph Millar I.augtry to
study steam at the Naval College.
Lieutenants—John Townsend to study steam at the Naval
College; John P. Palmes to the Royal William; William A.
Smith to the Valorous; William John Hoyle Card to the Terma-
gant.
Masters—William R. Madge to the Royal William; William
Francis Greet to the Valorous; William T. Wheeler to the Royal
Albert; Thomas J. Whillier to the Sanspareil; William H. Mal-
lard to the Valorous.
Second Master—Frederick Townsend to the Algiers.
Mate—Louis de la Chains to the Snake.
Paymasters—Walter Burke to the Royal William; William
Stanway to the Cressy.
Naval Cadet—H. M. Ommanney to the Fisgard.
Clerks—William J. Stevens to the Royal William; Charles
Fisher to the Ajax.
Clerk's Assistant—John W. Mallet to the Gladiator.
London, England, 1854-10-14

ARPETS, CURTAINS, PORTIERES,
U RICH FRENCH CHINTZ and UTRECHT VELVETS.
NEWELL and CO. respectfully inform their Customers and the
Public generally that their stock of the above guoda is now com-
plete, with every novelty of Engingi and foreign manufacture.
sEWELL and CO. have purchased under great advantages a
large lot of splendid carpets, brilliant in colour and of umoiti-
Cent design.
COHRTON HOUSE, SOHO.
VASHIONABLE PARIS lAN MILLINERY
r The CASPIATO or Folding Bonnet, a new invention, for

VASHIONABLE PARISIAN MILLINERY
r The CASPIATO, pr Foldgig Bonnet, a new invention, for
which J. and E. SMITH have her Majesty's Royal Letters
Patent, combines convenience with elegance. It is packed in
a case le inches deep, thus dispensing with s bounet•box. It
is plain, or trimmed in the highest fashion. Prices moderate.
♦lso every kind of Bonnets in the best Paris UAW. Light
Bonnets, with Flowers, at los. ; Glace Bonnets, with Howes,
at ;Gs. Od. ; Mourning Bonnets at 12s. td.—At J. and E.
SMITH'S Show-rouuts, ISL REGENT-STREET, opposite Beak-
trtiet, London.

DUTY OFF TEA.
THE REDUCTION of the TEA DUTY,
L owl the easy state of tbs Tea Market, enable PulLups
and COMPANY to SELL--
Strung Congou Tea, 2s. Bd., 2s. 101., and 3a.
itioh Suuthong Tea, 3s. 2d., 3*. 4d., and 3r. Bd.
The Best Assam Pekoe Souchong Tea, 4s.
Prime Gunpowder Tea, 3s. Bd., 4r., and 4s. 4d.
Best Moyune Gunpowder, 4i. 84.
The Best Pearl Gunpowder, Si.
Prime t'olleos, Is., Is. 2d., and 12.3 d.
The Best Mocha end the Best West India Cotee, ls. 41.
Sugars are supplied at market prices.
Ali goods sent carriage free by our own yens, it within eight
miles. Teas, Coffee*, and Spices sent carriage free to any rail-
way station or market town in England, if to the value of 40s. or
upwind*, by
PHILLIPS and COMPANY, Tea Merchants,
r, KING WILLIAM STREET, City, Loudon
A general Price Current sent free, on application.
London, England, 1854-10-14

THE CHOLERA.

After the battle, and notwithstanding the inspirit-
ing effect of victory, the cholera broke out afresh
among the men. One regiment, during the night of
the 21st, lost fourteen on the field. This is to be
attributed to the fatigue the men undergo, the salt
provisions, and sleeping on the ground of a night.
The latter was a great hardship, for the dews were
heavy, and the nights intensely cold.
London, England, 1854-10-14

EA !LW/AD.-.

Aberdeen
Moberg., Nottng., Betn
& East Junction ... •
Stour Val.
Birk., Lau. & Ches. J unc.
Do. Ches. & Dirk , 601.4

25W
Do. do. 201.
Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian
Chester and Holyhead
Cork and Bandon
Dublin & Belfast J unc.
Dundee, Perth, & Aber.
deen Junction
East Anglian
Eastern (Intim
East Lancashire
E. & W.l.Dks.& Bir.Jn I
Edinburgh 4 Glasgow'
Eastern Counties .. • •
Ednbrgh., Perth, Dund
Great Northern
(It. 9th. and Wet of Ire.
Great Western
Hull and Selby
Irish South• Eastern
Lancashire & Yorkshire
Lancaster and Carlisle'
Leeds Northern
Lou., Tilbury, &Stliencll
Lou., Brighton, &c
London and Blackwall I
London and Nrth•Weat.
Londndrry. & Coleraine
Londndrry. & Ennsklln.
Man.,Shef.,& Lncolnsh
Midland
Do. Birm. and Derby;
Newmarket
Newp.,Abei.& Hereford
Newry and Enniskilleni
New.,Warrnynt.,&

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42 411
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North British
North Devon
North Staffordshire
North-Western
N.& Stb.-Western J until
Oxf., Wrostr., and Wolv.
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland
Shrewsbury & Birming.
Shrewsbury & Hereford
Shrewsbury & Chaste
Shropshire Union ....
South Devon
South-Eastern and Dov 1
South- Western
South Wales
SM. Yorksh. & Riv. Dun
Stockton & Darlint,ton
Thms. Haven Dk.ct Rail.
Vale of Neath
Waterford & Kilkenny
Waterford & Limerick.
West Cornwall
Wimbledon & Croydon
Woodford
York, Newc., and Her.
York and Nrth Midland;
BANKS— I
Australasian
Chartered Bank of Asia ¢d par 4d par
Ch. Bauk of India, Ans ; I
tralia, & China
Eng. Sctch & Aust. Ch 31 21d 31 kid
Lon. Bnk of Atm.& India' ' ;
Lon. Char. Ink of Aust. 214 2 21i 2
Oriental Bank Corpor. 424 3i 424 3i
Lon. Aus. Bnking& Old ;
Importing Company —
South Australia
Union of Australia
Do. New 74 64 74 84,
MINIS— I I
Brazilian Imperial 3 4 $ s4'
SO
Do. (St John del Rey) 25 SS SS
Cobra Copper
Colonial Gold
Nouveau Moude ... a i 4 t
MISCELLANEOUS— .
Australian Agricultural 40 2 40 1
Brit.. American Land
Canada
Crystal Palace 2i 3 21 3
Crystal Palace of France —.P
North British Aus.Lauclif 4—y
4 4
Do. Preference ;
Peel River Land & Min.l3i 44,31 41,
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Scottish "wet. Invest. 2 4 4
South Australian Land 35 7 135 7,
Van Diemen's Land

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London, England, 1854-10-14

THE PRESS.

tracting the sitting from 3 p.m. on Tuesday, the 19th,
to 2 p.m. on the following day-23 hours, with but
an hour's interval between nine and ten on Wednes-
day morning.
The reciprocity treaty was confirmed by the
Canadian Parliament on the 20th ult. Mr. Sidney
Webster, private secretary to President Pierce, was
on the floor of the house when the vote was taken.
The Legislative Council has appointed a committee
to inquire into the charge of undue speculation by
some of the late Ministers.
Lord Elgin and suite arrived at Detroit on the
29th ult., where a dinner had been given his lord-
ship by the Common Council.
It is estimated that the Canadas will raise the
present season a surplus of 12,000,000 bushels of
wheat, which of course will look abroad for a
market.
The city of Quebec is about to be supplied with
pure water from the lake at Lorette. The lake is
about ten miles distant, and sufficiently elevated to
enable the water to be conveyed to the top of the
highest houses in the city. The water has hitherto
been carted from the river, and has proved a fertile
source of disease, being full of impurity, and with a
large per ceutage of saline matter.

INDIA AND CHINA.
The overland mail reached Trieste on Thursday.
The dates are—Bombay,llth Sept. ; Madras, 10th;
Calcutta, oth; Hong-Kong, 22nd Aug.; Canton,
21st.
India throughout is tranquil. At Calcutta trade
is depressed.
Shanghai is still in the hands of the rebels.
Canton continues in a state of siege. Ningpo,
Fuhchan, and Amoy were quiet.
No tea has arrived at Canton, and business is
quite stopped there. Much tea will be exported from
Fuhchan.
A great fire broke out in Canton, outside the city wall,
on July 23rd. More than six hundred houses were
burnt down. The conflagration was said to be ordered
by the mandarins, who believed that a large number
of rebels were living in that quarter.