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that if civilised Europe allowed the CzAu and his
barbarians to take province after province, and
kingdom after kingdom as they pleased—the
issue must be that Paris and London would soon
become as enslaved as Vienna and Berlin. Eng-
lishmen lament as much as Mr. LAING and the
former deserters the cruel necessity of War, and
deplore its cost ; but they are confident that it
is only by a sufficient outlay now they can save
the past outlay from being mere wanton waste.
What is most to be regretted is that Mr. LAING
and his predecessors do more to prolong the War
by misleading Russia than all the other causes
combined. But for Lord ABERDEEN, and his in-
dependent abettors, COBDEN and BRIGHT, we are
confident we should have had no War at all.

COURT CIRCULAR.

ST. CLOUD, Aua. 20.

The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, and the
Princess Royal, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen-
in-Waiting, accompanied the Emperor of the French to
the Exposition des Beaux Arts, in the Champs Elysees,
this morning.
At half-past two o'clock her Majesty received the
corps diplomatique at the palace of the Elysee, who
were presented by Lord Cowley ; and also the Secretary
and Attaches of the British Embassy, and the Rev. Dr.
Hale, Chaplain to the Embassy. Lady Cowley pre-
sented the ladies of the corps diplomatique.
Her Majesty, with the Emperor and the royal party,
then proceeded, in open carriages, through the principal
streets of Paris, and went to see the Sainte Chapelle, at
the Palais de Justice, and subsequently visited the
Cathedral of Notre Dame.
The cortege, which was conveyed in six of the Em-
peror's open carriages and four, and escorted by parties
of cavalry, returned to St. Cloud, at half-past five o'clock.
The Comtesse de Labedoyere, the Comtesse de Ray-
neval, General Comte de Montebello, the Marquis de
Belmont, and Col. Fleury, have been appointed by the
Emperor and Empress of the French to be in attendance
on her Majesty. The Vicomte Wal=h and the Marquis
de la Grange are in attendance on his Royal Highness
Prince Albert.

The main questions to be considered with re- I
gard to the plan for the northern main drainage,
described in another column, from the printed
reports prepared by Mr. BAZALGETTE, Mr. HAY-
WARD, Sir WILLIAM Clam, and Mr. ROBERT
STEPHENSON, and approved by the Commissioners
of Metropolitan Sewers, are those of efficiency
and economy. What is wanted is to have Lon-
don as perfectly drained, and the Thames as little
contaminated as possible, and both of these ob-

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at
the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Mini-ters pre-
sent were :—Viscount Palmerston, the Lnrd Chancellor,
Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duke of
Argyll, Sir George Grey, Lnrd Panmure, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, Viscount Canning,
and the Earl of Harrowby. The Council sat an hour
and a half.

jests achieved at a reasonable cost. How far the
plan in question is likely to accomplish these ob-
jects scientific men should be best able to say,
but as scientific men are liable to aberrations, and
have not unfrequently had their perceptions
sharpened by means of plodding investigation,
and sober rumination on the part of the public, it
may be well for the latter to avail themselves of
their right and satisfy themselves on the above
points. This much is certain, that, however com-
pletely it provides for the completion of a perfect
system of sewerage towards the river, it does not
wholly exclude the drainage from the Thames.
The great feature of the plan seems to be to
intercept the greater part of the sewage, and so
secure, under certain limitations, its being carried
off to Barking Creek, there to be deprived of its
solid matter, and the remainder, a large propor-
tion doubtless, to be subsequently ejected into
the river under the notion, it would appear, that
bh• noxious stream will be carried out to sea,
never more to return and offend th• senses of the
inhabitants. The incompleteness of the plan will
become more apparent when the reader perceives
that the western division, commencing a little to
the east of Brompton, and extending to Brent-
ford, and comprising an area of 18 square miles,
will empty the liquid portion of its drainage into
the Thames, near the entrance to the Kensington
Canal ; that during every smart shower of rain
the entire sewage, liquid and solid, of a densely-
populated and extipsive area lower down will also
be discharged, much as at present, into the stream ;
while the great body of the liquid sewage will, as
we have stated, be disembogued into the river at
Barking. Is it not possible to have a better
practical scheme than this ? It is a serious ques-
tion, and thoughtful consideration is required
before an answer should be given. The cost of
the plan, it will be seen, is estimated at
1,750,0001., to which will have to be added
1,250,0001. for the southern main drainage.
What the cost of interception, dm, alone is we
cannot say ; but it doubtless forms by far the
largest portion, and must be more than enough to
warrant careful inquiry.
The sanitary point of view, however, is the most
important. That the plan will mightily lessen
the aggregate of filth in the Thames cannot admit
of doubt ; but what certainty is there, quite irre-
spective of the western district and the contin-
gency of showers lower down, that the liquid
sewage will be carried out to sea, and will not
continue to pollute the river ? The public will
feel a natural anxiety on this head, for they have
learned a little chemistry of late, and, besides
being aware of the pestilential odours arising from
a filth-overcharged stream, know very well that
the fluid sewage will contain a large athount of
organic matter, and that if this is brought back
with the tide, the water taken from the Thames,
however well filtered, must of necessity have the
benefit of it. If it be certainly ascertained, and
many will be disposed to doubt it, that the fluid
will not return, still the Thames is not put in a
way of becoming pure. A vast quantity of foul
sewage will continually find its way into it. Is
it necessary that it should ? Can no plan,
we repeat, be devised to divert the sewage
of the metropolis from the river alto-
gether ? If this be possible at any reasonable
cost, in HEAVEN'S name let it be dune, and let
there be no bungling with an imperfect scheme.
In this view thousands will concur with us, and
we trust, while there is no unnecessary delay,
nothing will be commenced without full conside-
ration. The'eminence of the authorities in favour
of the plan tells, doubtless, greatly in its favour
as a practical scheme. Tnat recommendation
may, however, have been biased by considerations
which they were bound to respect, but which
should have no weight with the public. However
this may be, we have done our duty by inviting
attention, if in a desultory way, to so important

Baron Bentinck, the Netherlands Minister, had an
interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday. Count
Colloredo; the Austrian Minister, had also an interview
with the noble Viscount at his official residence in
Downing•street.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Cllonial-
office from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.

BRITISH ARCHAIOLOGIC,'AL SOCIETY.

NEWPORT, ISLE OP WIGHT, Monday.—This learned
association held the first me-ting of their annual congress
for the present year at this town. In the absence of the
Earl of Perth, who is detained at Theppe by the illness
of one of his family, Mr. Pettigrew took the chair.
Among those present at the meeting were Sir W. IL
and Lady Dillon, the Misses Pettigrew, Mr. Planche,
Mr., Mrs., and Miss Gould ; Messrs. Wakeman, Davis,
Chapman, Wright, Lawrence, W. H. Black, the Rev. G.
Kell, the Rev. R. Wallace, ac.
Mr. Pettigrew, having apologised for the absence of the
noble president, opened the proceedings of the congress
by an introductory address upon the antiquity of the
Isle of Wight, as illustrated by the British Archaeological
Association.
After the inspection of a number of documents, the
party proceeded to the residence of Dr. Wallace, and in-
spected the grammar school, interesting from its having
been the room in which the commissioner of the Parlia
ment had a lengthened conference with Bing Carle I.
To-morrow the society visit the ruined castle of Canis-
brook and other interesting buildings in the locality,

TAB GARRISON OF SEBASTOPOL.

A private despatch from the French camp gives
a few additional particulars about the affair of th e
Tchernaya, and explains, to a certain extent, the
disproportion, remarked by every one, between the
loss of the Allies and that of the enemy. It appears
that the garrison of Sebastopol, as well as the
army, are almost without provisions ; they have
scarcely a morsel of bread to eat, and they are in
such a plight that, according to the despatch,
one would say the Russian Commander-in-Chief
really desired to get rid of a considerable number
of his men from the sheer impossibility of feeding
them. The enemy had to pass through a deep
ravine to approach our lines, and while they did
so they were actually mowed down by hundreds
by our guns and musketry. The Russians were
not in a position to return our fire with effect, and
did little more than fire in the air. They seem to
have been sent forth as desperate men, to do the
best they could. It was in the advance and re-
treat that they suffered most, and, but for the sig-
nal slaughter of the enemy, the affair could scarcely
be called a battle. "Ifwe do not take Sebastopol
with our cannon," adds the despatch, " we shall
do so before long by famine."

Lord and Lady Hatherton, who bad recently returned
to TedderlyPark,'Staffordshire, from a tour in Germany,
have left their country seat to make a succession of visits
in Scutland.
DEATH OF LADY AUDLEY.—We have to record the
death of Lady Audley, which took place on Thursday
last, at Dover. Her ladyship, who was the eldest
daughter of the late Admiral Sir John Ross Donnelly.
K.C.8., was widow of George John, 17th Baron Audley,
who died in 1837, to whom she was married 18th April,
1816, and was mother of the present peer.
MANCHESTER TRADE REroRT, Tuesday.—Tbe !market
has been very quiet all day, and although there is no
quotable change in prices, the tendency is in favour of
purchasers.
DEATH or EDUOND WODEROI:7", Ese.—Nnwrclir,
Tuesday Evening—Mr. Edmond Wodehouse, late M.Y.
for East Norfolk, died to-dAy at his residence, Thorpe,
near Norwich. The hon. gentleman represented Norfolk
fr3m the year 1817 until last June, when he retired in
,favour of Mr. H. ;Tracey. In poi-=tics he 772.5 2. :tact
Ccrse:vativ6, ' • •

VISIT OP THE CoVRP TO BALMORAL.—The officials of
the Great Northern Railway have received instructions
to hold in Beadiness their train of State carriages for the
conveyance of the Queen and the Royal family from
King's-cross station, London, to Scotland, next week.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess (if Kent proceeded to
the north by the same route at the latter end of la't
week. Her Royal Highness travelled by the Great
Northern day express, occupying a saloon-carriage, and
being accompanied by her usual retinue of attendants.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—SHILLING DAY.—AUGUST 21.
Admissions on payment, 13 274 ; 'itto byeemon tickets,
693—total visitors, 13,967. Total number on corre-
sponding day last year, 11,889
At six o'clock yesterday morning the thermometer of
M. Chevallier stood at 15 6-10 centigrade, 60 Fahren
heft ; at noon it was 23 3-10 centigrade, 73z
and at. two o'clock, 25 4 10 centigrade, 771 Fahrenheit.
—Galignani.
DEATH PROM BATHING IN THE THAMES.—Yester-
day another youth, bathing in the Teaines at Rother
hithe, was washed out of his depth by the swell of a
passing steamer, and drowned. The body was re,
covered, and, rot belie:" owned, lies in Retherhithe dead-
house. It is that of a lad of 15. with red hair.
DUSTON IRoN ORE COMPANY.—The meeting yester-
day being called fir the election of an auditor only, the
company did not think the preseoce of a rep.mter neces-
(MTV.
QUARTZ ROCK MARIPOSA MINING COMPANY.—We
are informed that no business was tran.acted at the
meeting yesterday, it having been "irregularly called."
QUAR AN riN A.t.111 ANTE. August 13.—A1l
quarantines have lately been removed by our Beard of
Health and vessels arriving from any uninfected ports
of the United Kingdom are admitted to pratique.
Couiceeefawriat,—At a general court-marti if, held at
the camp before Sehaetnpel, Aug. 4, 1855, Quartermas-
ter of Prta,le B. H. O'Reilly, Land Transport Carps,
was diereis.ed the service for not having scenunted for
' the sum of 671. 13s. 9(1., part of a sum of 2101., Guvern-
ment money, intrusted to him.
THE MAGISTRAOY.—NichoIas Dunscombe, Riq ,
is
aponin+ed deputy-lieutenant for the county Cerit. in
room of the late Sir Wm. Chatterton The Lord Chan-
cellor has been pleased to appoint Thomas Spotswood.
Gilmore, Esq , of Bellagby House, a magistrate for the
minty Of Londonderry.
On a Post office official, arres'ed the other day in the
duchy of Brunswick, the enormous quantity of 1,400
stolen letters were found. He 'had only been attached
to the Post-office for one year.
Some difficulty has arisen between the Government of
Moldavia and the Ottoman Ministry, the latter hiving
replied in favourable terms to a netition of the Jews of
the province for greater freedom.
area'. excitement was mused the other day amongst
the b,ll-r•-• of Banns*, bytwo great elephants heloeg-
ing to Cooke's troupe coming down on the sands to
bath* amidst the crowd.
TOTNES ELECTION. —lt is said that the vacancy in
the renresentation of this borough, caused by the call of
Lrrd Sermons to the House of Peer., will be contested
by,Mr Blount, a relative-of the present noble,duke. The
Conservatives are expected to bring forwaid a candidate,
but, as yet, nothing definite is known.
' A reckless feat was performed at the Crystal Palace
a few afternoons since. One of the workmen engaged
in the completion of the circular water tower, for a wager
of a Callon of beer ascended to the summit of the south-
ern tower by a rope which had been suspended there for
some purpose, and which hung down into the high road,
a height of more than 200 feet. He accomplished the
daring exploit, to the astonishment of a considerable
number of spectators, by pulling himself up hand over
hand, and twisting his legs round the rope.
I At a cricket match the other day between Earl Win-
terton's Club and the 2d Surrey Militia, the whole 11 of
a subieniii,..estr desire being that the env, the latter were put out without a single run, nor was
• there a 'ye or a wide ballgiven, so thathe total of the
t
be as,..4nnings scored a 0, a fact almost unexample in the
grievous evil shall complete and effected. at annals of cricket. The curious part of the affair is that
as reasonable a cost as possible, and our exeep- the next innings they scored 105 !
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dicated. In every other respect, we dare say, it Hairs carefully split with any degree of minuteness that
is most efficient. Pius
he required. N.B. Hairsplitter to his Holiness
Pius IX., the Roman Pontiff ; also to Alexander 11.,
Emperor of all the Russial.—Pynch.
On Wednesday, the 15th inst., Mr. George Evans,
veterinary surgeon, of Carmarthen, South Wales, passed
his examination before a committee at the Cavalry Bar-
racks, Hyde-park, for veterinary surgeon in the army.
PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paiis
is
about at par (according to the last tariff), which, at the
English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10,d. per ounce for stan-
dard gold, gives an exchange of 25.17: and, the exchange
at Paris an London at short being 25-071. it follows that
gold is about 0 38 per cent, dearer in Paris than in Lon-
don, By advises from Hamburg the price of gold is
425% per mark, which, at the English Mint price of
3/ lie. 104(1
change of 13•5% ; and, the exchange at Hamburg on
Per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex-
London at short being 13.51, it follows that gold is 0.06
ner cent, dearer in Lnndon than in Hamburg. The
course of exchangeeit New York on London, for hills at
60 days' sight is 110 per cent. ; and, the par of exchange
between England and America being 109 23 40 p r cent.,
it follows that the exchange is nominally 0 42 per cent.
in favour of England ; and, after making allowance for
charges of transport and difference of interest, the pre-
sent rate leaves a trifl;ng profit on the importation of
gold from the United States.
THE CROPS.—An immense breadth of corn has been
cut. Simultaneously with the wheat harvest hay-
making has been going forward, of course under the
moat favourable circumstances. As regards the character
of the wheat crop reports are conflicting. From a care-
ful comparison of the account' that reach us there can
he no doubt that the wheats are more or less affected
by blight and mould ; at the same time we are bound
to state our conviction that on this subject a good deal
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RAILWAY G.kMBLEIS ROUGHLY HANDLED.—A party
maantdedthiant
of sailors lately travelling on the Glasgow and South-
Western Railway fell into the hands of a number of
card-playing tricksters. The tars were soon lightened of
their each to the amount of 71., when they began to
think the fun had been long enough on the side of the
sharpers. One of the tars rose up, and said that, if the
money was not restored be should eject sharper No. 1.
The sharper only smiled at what he deemed a fooli.h
threat. Jack coolly took the sharper by the shoulder,
and pushed hint out of the window of the carriage.
Sack then went to sharper-- No. 2, and demanded the
money from him. He solemnly declared he had not the
money in his possession, "In that case," says Jack,
"you must follow your friend!" and out he wentialso by
the window. There remained only sharper No. 3, who
evidently did not like the manner in whits!' his friends
had been treated, and at once handed over the money
Jost, and deemed himself secure. Not so, however.
Tack no sooner got the money than the remaining
sharper was quickly despatched by the same road as his
predecessors. As the train was proceeding at a slow
rate, tO sirerponkrere Ugly, U serAgoi, 014 -