The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1 855

COURT CIRCULAR.

PALACE OF ST. CLOUD, AUG. 26.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, accom-
panied the Emperor and Empress of the French to a
grand ball at Versailles yesterday evening.
Divine service was performed this morning in the
Palace, before the Queen and Prince, the Prince of
Wales, and the Princess Royal,'by the Rev. Dr. Hale,
Chaplain to the Embassy.
The Ladies and Gentleme❑ in attendance were also
present.

Sir J. Emerson Tennent left town yesterday for the
continent.

Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yes-
terday from the Governors of the North American Pro-

THE COURT.—Her Majesty and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, with the royal family, will remain at the
hle of Wight until the sth proximo, when they will
come to Buckingham Palace. On the following morn-
ing, at eight o'clock, the Queen and the Prince Consort
with the royal children and household suite, will take
their departure for Balmoral, travelling by special train
on the Great Northern line from King's-cross. The
Court will sleep at Edinburgh one night, and on the
following morning proceed by rail to Banchory, where
the royal carriages will be in rear!iness to convey them
to Balmoral. The return of the Court to Windsor will
be between the 9th and 12th of October next.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived
at St. James's Palace yesterday, from visiting Lady
Marian Alford.

The Duchess of Argyll and infant daughter are pro-
gressing very favourably.
The Marquis of Anglesey and family are passing the
season at Worthing.
The Earl of Westmoreland has gone on a tour of visits
in the north, after visiting Apthorpe House, his seat in
Northamptonshire.
The Earl and Countess of Lucan have been plunged
into the deepest grief by the premature demise of Lady
Anne Bingham, their youngest daughter. The melan-
choly event took place on Sunday last, at Lalehan,
near Staines. The youthful deceased was only in the
fifteenth year of her age.
The Earl and Countess of Bective have arrived at the
Lodge, Virginia, Ireland, from the Isle of Wight.
Viscount and. Viscountess Folkestone have sustained
a domestic bereavement by the death of their infant son,
which took place on Friday.
Lord Blantyre is still at Carlsbad, and is not ex-
pected home until the week after next.
Sir J. Emerson Tennent left town yesterday for the
continent.

Major Stopford Claremont, Assistant-Commissioner
at tho French heal-quarters in the army of the Crimea,
arrived yesterday at the Foreign-office, with despatches.
The recruiting for the Anglo-Italian Legion is pro-
ceeding with great success at Turin.
The advices from the city of Mexico are to the sth of
August. The Government troops were losing ground
daily.
The cholera has spread from Pesth to all parts of
Hungary, and is extremely violent in some of the dis-
tricts near the river Theis%

Commander Laurenzana, a Neapolitan Colonel under
Murat, lately died at Genoa, in the 80th year of his age.
lie was for several years a prisoner of Dr. Francia, in
Paraguay, and, having been constantly kept there at
work in the fields, he was nearly bent double.
Mme. Lafont, recently arrived at the Grand Opera,
Paris, is understood to be engaged for London next
year.

The performances of Mme. Ristori and the Italian
company at Paris close next week. In addition to her
engagement at Vienna this laity will, before returning to
Italy, perform at Lyons and other principal cities in the
south of France.

A telegraphic despatch from Paris states that General
Sir Arthur Torrens was buried at Pare la Chaise yester-
day morning.
The Government has agreed to grant a pension to the
mother of Dr. James Thomson, of the 44th, who dis-
tinguished himself so signally in waiting upon the Rus-
sion wounded after the battle of the Alma.

THE AMBASSADOR OF FRANCE.—.His Excellency
Count Persigny, invited to come to St. Cloud during the
Queen's visit, by a direct and personal despatch from
his Imperial Majesty the Emperor, left town on Thurs-
day last, and is expected back at Albert-gate in the
course of next week.
HAILEYBURY COLLEGE.—By an act of the late session
(18 and 19 Vict., c. 53), the East India Company are to
bo relieved from maintaining Haileybury College. It is
to be closed from the 31st of January, 1858. No person
is to be admitted as a student after the 25th of January
next.

ASH BURTON, DEVON.—The Prince de Joinville and
:mite spent Friday la,t in thia town, visiting the far-
famed river and wild scenery in the woods, on the banks
of the beautiful river Dart.

A letter received in this quarter (Glasgow Daily Mail)
from one of the crew of the gun-boat Stork, which took
part in the bombardment of Sweaborg, states that the
officers of that vessel, by means of their telescopes, saw
the Russians removing the dead in cart-loads.

KENSINGTON GARDEVS.

In consequence of the great number of persons at-
tracted to there gardens by the bard on Sunday, the
12th, and the great increase of visitors on Sunday, the
19th, the Chiet Commissioner of Works gave orders that
the number of visitors last Sunday should be taken
down, and on entering the gates persons might be seen
actively engaged in this duty. The numbers given are
various, but supposed to be about 60,000. The gardens
in the neighbourhood of the band were densely crowded,
and the notice requesting gentlemen not to smoke in the
immediate vicinity of the band and the refreshment-room
was very generally attended to, much to the satisfaction
of the ladies, and those who do not indulge in that self-
gratification. In other parts of the gardens vast num-
bers of persons were seen walking and enjoying them -
selves, and the whole spectacle was of a most gratifying
character. There was nothing in the demeanour of this
vast multitude to offend the fastidious eye of even a Sir
Andrew Agnew. A great improvement has also taken
Place in the accommodation offered to the public as re-
gards chairs and moveable seats. Until lately, these were
furnished by one person, were sometimes of a very ricketty
character, and the charge was 3d. each. The chairs are
now nearly all new, and provided by different persons ;
and a notice appears on the trees to the effect that the
charge for moveable seats is not to exceed ld. Every
chair was let, and hundreds of persons were seated in
little groups upon the grass listening to the music, and
witnessing the gay scene, which was much heightened by
the fineness of the weather. Most of the nobility and
gentry and members of the corps diploniatique remaining
in London appeared to be present, arid Sir Benjamin
Rail was seen moving about in the crowd arm in arm
with the Dean of Durham, apparently enjoying the
scene. The followipg is a correct statement of the
number of persons entering Kensington Gardens at
each gate :-
1. The gate near the Palace, south side 2,039
2. The gate near the Palace-gate 3,640
3. The gate near the Horse Barracks 3,079
4. Mount-gate.
5. South-east corner of gardens, south gate 2,671
6. South-east corner of gardens, north gate 7,358
7. The gate on the bridge, south end 2,160
8. The archway under bridge, south end l,OBO
9. The gate on bridge, north end 15,010
10. The archway under bridge, north end BBO
11. Buckdine-hill-gate (near Victoria-gate) 12,625
12. New gates, Uxbridge-road • 2,335
13. Bay.sWater-gate

The P iedinontese Gazette of the 23.1 instant announces
that the sanitary condition of the crews of the ships of
the Sardinian naval division in the East was satisfac-
tory. That division consisted of the steam-frigate Carlo
Alberto, the Governolo, Constituzione, Malfatano, Be-
raldo, Guloara, and Tripoli:
The cholera is still doing much mischief in the vil-
lages of Lombardy and the Venetian provinces, and,
strange to Fay, this year the situations most likely to be
~xerupt by altitude, &c , have suffered most ; thus, the
small towns in the Varse and at the foot of the Alps
have been more severelyattacked than Milan or Venice.
Our police authorities, says the Glasgow L ally Mail,
have exemplified a liberal spirit in issuing orders for a
good supply of newspapers to be furnished daily to the
various police districts throughout the city. This ar-
rangement to COMO into operation from the Ist proximo.
TOTNES.—Up to Saturday there were various rumours
as to the gentlemen likely to contest the borough, and
rdiree or four names of candidates were mentioned. The
liberals, however, are strong enough to return a re-
former, which they will do whenever the election takes
place.
Monday, the 3d of September, has been fixed as a
special settling day for Antwerp and Rotterdam Rail-
way obligations, Ardennes Railway Shares, and Great
Western of Canada new shares, the whole of which are
to be marked in the official list.
AMSTERDAM AND ROTTERDAM PRODUCE-MARKETS.—
The weekly reviews from the Amsterdam and Rotter•
dam produce-markets state that, although business had
been less active, quotations continued to be well sup-
,iorted. The letters from Rouen mention that increase]
purchases of manufactures had taken place, and that
some descriptions had brought rather higher prices.
DEPARTURES FROM THE PORT or LONDON.—The de-
partures for the Australian colonies during the past
week have comprised five vessels—three to Port Phiiip,
one to Sydney, and oee to Adelaide—with an aggregate
capacity of 3,151 tons. The rates of freight have not
exhibited any material alteration.
STATE 05' Parrama.—Accounts from New Granada
mention that the provinces of the isthmus—namely,
Panama, Azuero, Verague, and Chiriqui—have been
formally constituted into one Government under the
Title of the State of Panama, with a distinct legislature,
which assembled for the first time at Panama on the 15th
of July. On the Panama railway an electric telegraph
was in course of construction, and would shortly be
completed.

Total number of persons who entered the
gardens 61,458

LORD DUNDONALD'S SCHEME IN
APRIL, 1809.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—Lord Dandonald again enforces the powers of
his " scheme."

The accompanying extract from the Annual Register,
1809, shows what one of his schemes was, and how it
succeeded. At the present moment it may interest your
readers, as it establishes the success of his plans on a
remarkable occasion, of which many among the public
have only heard the name.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
August 27. A. C.

"The French fleet of ei:iht sail of the line and two
frigates was blocked up in Brast harbour by the British
fleet under Lord Gambier, who was compelled by wea-
ther to quit his station. The French fleet thus effected
their escape and entered the Basque-roads.,, where they
were joined by four more sail of the line and two fri-
gates. They finally anchored in Aix-road; under the
guns of their own forti. Lord Cochrane was appointed
to attack them. On the 10th of April, 1809, a number
of fireships having joined the fleet, preparations were at
once made for the attack.

" His Lordship caused 1,500 barrels of gunpowder to
be started into puncheons, upon the tops of these were
placed about 400 shells charged with fuses, and upon
these about 3,000 hand,granades. The puncheons were
fastened together by cables wound round them and
jammed tight with wedges, and moistened sand was
rammed down between the casks to render it as solid as
possible from stem to stern, that the resistance might
lender the explosion more violent.

LAT N WS

MARSEILLES, AUG. 27.
The Carmel has arrived with accounts from

Constantinople to the 20th. The Sultan has de-
cided that 25 battalions taken from the Turkish
troops in the Crimea and from the Danube shall
be sent to Asia. Omer Pacha, as well as Hussein

Pacha, was to leave on the 21st for Batoum.
Lord Stratford de Redcliffe was about to embark
for the Crimea, where he will present insignia of
the Order of the Bath to several generals. Ge-
neral Pelissier, in an order of the day of the 17th,
congratulates the army of the Tchernaya on hav-
ing by its victory of the IGth worthily celebrated
the fete of the ELnpror. The Russians, says
General Pelissier, have lost more than 6,000
men, and have left in the hands of the allies
2,200 wounded and prisoners. Among the officers
who have distinguished themselves the order.of

the day mentions Generals Herbillon and de
Failly, as well as Colonel Forgeot, of the artillery,
and add; that the cavalry under General Morris
were ready to have followed up the pursuit of the
enemy, but that the General-in-Chief, who does
not lose sight of the principal object of the great
enterprise in which France is engaged, wished to
spare useless bloodshed, after having once more
proved the superiority of the French infantry over
the vaunted Russian troops.

THE OVERLAND MAIL.
We have received the following telegraphic de-
spatch from Triesta :

TRIESTE, MONDAY, Auo. 27.

The steamer Calcutta arrived here this morn-
ing at a quarter to ten, in 127 hours from
Alexandria.
The India and China mails left Alexandria on

"On this vessel, dreadful to imagine, Lord Cochrane,
with one lieutenant and four seamen, embarked, and fa-
voured by a strong northerly wind and flood tide, bore
down on the enemy, accompanied by Captain Woodridge
with the fireship3„.

the 21st of August, with advices from Calcutta of
the 19th of July ; Bombay, 30th of July ; Can-
ton, July 8 ; Hong Kong, July 10.
An insurrection had occurred among the San-

tals in Rajmalial, iu Bengal.
The American ship Lightfoot, 200 tons, has
been lost of Saugor.
Trade in India was quiet.

" The French fleet, dismayed, endeavoured to avoid
destruction by cutting their cables and running on chore.
" Lord Cochrane, perceiving they had taken the alarm,
set fire to the fuse, and, with his companions, took to
the boat.

" I❑ consequence of the wind getting high the fuse
burnt too quickly, so that, with desperate exertion, the
heroic little party were six minutes nearer than they had
calculated to be when the most tremendous explosion
that human art, ever contrived took place by the burst-
ing at once in the air of 400 shells and 3,000 hand gre-
nade..

"Lord Cochrane no sooner reached his ship than he
proceeded to attack the French ships, thrown into con-
fusion or driven on shore.

" The result of this affair was, that one ship of 120
guns, five of 74, and two frigates, were driven on shore,
and either destroyed or rendered totally useless. One
ship of 80 guns, two of 74, and one of 50 guns, and
three frigates, were burnt by us or their own erewe. In
this hazardous operation our whole loss amounted to 30
men killed and wounded."

THE TION. ARTILLERY COMPANY.—Sunday last being
the anniversary of the birthday of his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, Captain-General and Colonel of this an-
cient corps, the regiment mustered at an early hour at
head-quarters, Finsbury, under the command of Major
Barnard, for the purpose of firing a royal salute in
honour of the occasion. At half-past 10 they marched
to the church of St. Cuthbert, Fenchureh, preceded by
their band, where a very appropriate and eloquent ser-
mon was preached by their chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Cox.
On their return the artillery division, under the com-
mand of Captain Robinson, fired the salute, the battalion
forming line in rear of the guns. Since the commence-
ment of the war the household troops have foregone the
luxury of white trousers in the summer months ; on this
necasion, therefore, the full parade dress and bearskins
forcibly reminded one of the gay and smart appearance
the Guards were wont to exhibit at similar periods in St.
James's-park.

The Indigo crop promises a fair average.
Opium is risen.
Exchange at Calcutta, 2.12.
The rebels are losing ground in the north of

The letters from Canada with regard to the harvest
state that, although anxiety was caused at one period
by heavy rains, the cancurrent testimony of the agricul-
turists in the great wheat-growing districts of the upper
province is that in no preceding year have the prospects
of large returns been better than at present.
New YORK.—The mercantile letters from New York
this week describe little alteration. The stock market
was firm, and perhaps more active than usual, for the
period of the year, but no material rise in quotations
was likely to take place until after the arrival of some of
the large supplies of god expected from California in
consequence of the incretee I yield of the mines. Mean-
while, however, the New York banks continued to dis-
count freely, and the money market was therefore with-
out pressure. The importation of manufactured goods
from Europe was large, but not excessive, and still
showed a reduction as c ‘nipared with the corresponding
month of last year. The accounts regarding the pro-
ceedings on the Meeocin frontier continued to excite in-
terest, and although they were extremely contradictory,
they left little doubt that the position of Santa Anna
was critical, and that the ?evolutionists in the northern
part of the Republic were receiving open aud extensive
aid from large bodies of United States' sympathisers
from Texas, where the principal arrangements of the
iesurrection seem to have been planned.
• AUSTRALIA. The accounts from Sydney yester-
day by the Ocean Chief are only two days later than
those received from Melbourne by the India mail
on the 22d inst. The impart markets continued to
improve, in consequence of the diminution of arrivals,
and the impression was that in less than a year the
general state of the mercantile affairs of all the Austra-
lian colonies will have returned to a perfectly natural
and healthy position. Provisions of all kinds had expe-
rienced a further rise, aud would be likely to remain at
high rates for some months, especially as the tide of im-
migration was greater than ever, owing to the accessions
received from other countries besides the United King-
dom. Within the past few days another ship had ar-
rived with 285 Chinese, ancLa brig had -also been re-
ported with 61 settlers froni Monte Video, who were to
be followed by others. The rate of exchanre on Londou
had advanced to 4 premium, and hence the quantity of
gold brought on this occasion is unusually large for a
ship from Sydney direct. The other vessels known to
have sailed are the Duke of Northumberland, with 1,712
ounces, and the Lady Wharncliffe with 1,634 ounces,
from Sydney ; and the Eagle, with' 43,979 ounces, from
Melbourne, whence also the Essex, Northumberland,
and Boomerang were'all on the point of early departure,
most probably with considerable sums.
BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL. BIRMINGHAM,
Monday.—The above festival, for the benefit of the
General Hospital, under the patronage of her most gra-
cious Majesty the Queen, and most of the leading nobi-
lity of the kingdom, commences to-morrow morning,
and promises to surpass, in point of talent and attraction,
any assembly of the kind which has taken place here for
some years past. The demand for tickets up to the
present time has been greater than on any previous oc-
casion, and the pecuniary success of the festival is now
placed beyond a doubt.
INAUGURATION OP THE PEEL STATUE AT BIRMING-
Hpueresio—nsMaossnedmayblEedyeinnintgh.—isT towno- to n o td
ol eshsotnhoaunr stoo the,ooo
memory of the above late distinguished statesman, by
the inauguration ofa splendid statue, worthy of the man
and the town. At half-past eleven o'clock, the com-
mittee, appointed shortly after the melancholy death of
Sir Robert Peel, to raise a monument to his memory,
the Mayor, Aldermen, and Town Councillors of the
day
borough, and a large number of other gentlemen as-
sembled in the Waterloo-rooms, and at twelve o'clock
walked in procession to the top
of New-street, where a
splendid bronze statue has been raised on an appropriate
pedestal. The concourse of persons in the neighbour-
hood was immense, and the utmost interest felt by all
present to witnees the ceremony. A large platform,
erected in front of the statue,
was occupied by the cor-
poration and their friends, and every window from
which a view could be obtained was occupied by ladies.
Shortly before twelve o'clock the Hon. and Rev, G. M.
Yorke addressed the assembly, and the statue was un-
covered amid enthusiastic cheering. An address was
then read by the Town Clerk, after which the Mayor, J.
Palmer, Esq., eloquently acknowledged the gift to the
town, and the proceedings terminated with votes of
thanks to the several gentlemen who were chiefly instru-
mental in the inauguration.

China.

At Canton there has been much bloodshed.
Exchange at Canton, 4.8 ; Shanghai, 6.41.

ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY
AT OSBORNE. '
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY MORNING.
This morning, at a quarter-past '7, I descried
the Victoria and Albert Royal standard just above
the horizon, about 20 .miles beyond the Nab
light-ship.
At half-past 7 the hull of the Royal yacht be-
came visible, and at 10 minutes past 8 she passed
the Nab. .
OR passing through Spithead, a few minutes
lat6r, the 'garrison battery at Portsmouth fired. a
Royal salute, announcing: the Queen's return.
The Royal yacht arrived off Osborne at abo'ut
a quarter to 9.
The Vivid was next, following the Victoria and

CHILL—From Chili the advices are to the 30th of
June. Congress was in session, and among the bills
before it was one to establish a bank of deposit at Val-
paraiso ; another, to form a loan-office ; and another, to
facilitate the raising of money on lands in order to their
improvement. About 200,0001. had been subscribed for
a railroad from Santiago to Talca, and the Government
were expected to contribute a like sum.
PERU.;--From Peru the dates are to the 11th of July.
In political affairs there wa; nothing new. There had
been some revival of the gold mining excitement, and
several companies were in course of organisation. One
party had left for the mines, and an "American com-
pany" were to leave in about a month. The Government
had issued orders to supply them with firearms, including
two pieces of cannon, ammunition, proviAons, mules, &c.
PEEL RIVER COMPANY.—This company have received
advices from their superintendent, Mr. King, up to the
28th May, forwarding Mr. Oderuheimer's third minera-
logical report, which is favourable in respect to that por-
tion of the land formerly leased to the Cordillera Com-
pany. However, at the continued high rates fur labour,
it had not been considered desirable to work the ground
on the company's account, but rather to throw open the
whole of their gold-fields to the diggers on the licensing
'ystem. Mr. King considers that he shall not have any
difficulty in obtaining a fee of 31. for each man per month,
but rather entertains expectations that a large number of
people will come forward. .

Albert, the Osborne followed the Vivid, the dis-
tance between each vessel being about five or six

- THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 27.—The Penin-
sular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Tagus, Cap-
tain Weekes, sailed this afternoon with the usual mails
for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, 86 pas-
sengers, specie value 27,9951. for Cadiz, and the usual
cargo. The Iberia, Captain Christian, is the next ship
from the Peninsular ports, and is expected about the 3d
of September. The Indus, Captain Soy, with the India,
China, and Mediterranean mails, is due at Southampton
on the 4th proximo. The Royal Mail Company's steam-
ship Atrato, Captain Woolley, with the West India,
Mexican, and Pacific mails, is looked for about the 30th
inst. The Tyne, Captain Valler, will convey the out-
ward West India, Mexican, and 'Pacific mails of the 2d
proximo. The United Slates mail steam-ship Arago,
Captain Lines, will call off Cowes, en route to New
York, en Wednesday next, with the French and English
mails, passengers, and merchandise. The Ariel, Captain
Lefevre, belonging- to the Vanderbilt line of steam-
packets, passes Cowes, en route from Havre to New
York, on Saturday next.
THE LIVERPOOL CHAIIEER OF COMMERCE.—The an-
nual meeting of the members of the Chamber of Com-
merce was held yesterday afternoon • Mr. Heath, the
Chairman of the Council, presiding. The principal sub•
jects that have engagfendFtheebrauttaernytiloanatofatrhee
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Weather beautiful.

FRANCE.

PARIS, AUGUST 27.

Yesterday, 26th Angusf, being the anniversary
of Prince Albert's birthday, the Emperor conceived
the idea of giving his guest a military salute of a.
kind unusual in England.. All the drummers of
the various corps of the garrison were ordered to
St. Cloud early. They mustered at half-past eight
in front of the bridge, all in full uniform, and
headed by the senior dram major. • They then pro-
ceeded to the Cour d'Honneur, and immediately
commenced the salute, with which the Royal party
were much amused.

We read in the Moniteur :—' The number of
letters addressed to the Queen of England during
her residence at St. Cloud has been so great that it
has been impossible to send immediate answers to
all of them, but they will be replied to hereafter."
The Queen of England has authorised the muni-
cipal authorities to give her name to the now line
of communication opened between the Place de
rHotel de Ville anal the Place du Chatelet.

The Moniteur says :—" The Earl of Clarendon,
Minister of Foreig. a Affairs to her Britannic Ma-
jesty, went yesterday to the Hotel of the French
Minister of Foreign Affairs, and had a long con-
ference with Count. Walewski."
The Moniteur pi zblishes a decree authorising a
number of person s to accept and wear foreign
orders. Amongst them is M. Magne, the Minister
of Finance, who h is received the Grand Cross of.
the Portuguese on ier of our Lady of the Concep-
tion of Villa Vico: ga.
The English ste: araer Robert Lowe left Marseilles
on Saturday with 900 men on board for the East.
The steam-frigate Orinoco, and the Zenobie fri-
gate, have also lei I the same port for the Black Sea
with troops and s tores.
The Presse d'Oi -I,ent says :—" The 2d regiment
of Turkish Cossac.k.s, which is completely formed,
has received orders to proceed from Schumla to
Varna for embark vtion. Its destination is at pre-
sent unknown. :ft has been already mentioned
that a quay ha of been recently constructed at
'Varna by the Fr ench engineers, and a road from
Rassowa to Kust tiadje. The probable construction
of a pier to deft rid Kustendje against the heavy
weather produced: by easterly winds is now spoken
of. It will also a Ilow of the entrance of vessels at
all times into the. port, and form a good shelter.
The military taut! Lorities have been for some time
making very larg ti ) purchases in forage. A great
part of the Dobrut, dscha is filled with mowers work-
ing for them."
A letter from St . Petersburg, of the 17th, in the
Moniteur, says :-- -,‘ The bomardment of Swea-
borg has ceased ; the enemy's fleet have returned
to Nargen, and 3riat, except a few telegraphic de-
spatches, nothing- official has yet been published
on this event. Fl .om this silence it is necessarily
concluded that th f , bombardment has caused great
damage, and tha,l; the report to be published on
this subject is una ergoing a strict revision. Hence
there is abundance of conjectures. The fortifica-
tions, that is, the • pranite walls of Sweaborg, have,
no doubt, suffere 4I: but little, but it seems that
whatever could 'll.as been destroyed. What, be-
sides, is more imi r niant than the tangible damage
done to Sweabo. ri; is the moral impression the
event has produc, d, for no one now thinks himself
secure behind gr: i nite walls."

BOURSE, Atm. 27.—CLOSING PRICES.
Cash. fl•. a. End of Month.
4i per Cents 95 —95 f. —O.
3 per Cents 66 60 66 60
Credit Mobilier LI9S Roman
Credit Fonder Austrian
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N.USTRIA.
The Cologne Gftzette contains the following from
Vienna of the 21srz :—" The Turkish Ambassador,
Arif-Effendi, had a long conference with Count
Buol yesterday ; the question of the project formed
by the Westera Dowers to transport the theatre_of