The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-17 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS.

THE BALTIC FLEET.
DANTZIO, AUGUST 16, 8 r.
The Vulture has arrived with the mails.
The Allierisquadrons returned to Nargen from
Sweaborg on the 13th.
The success at Sweaborg is fully confirmed.
No ships have been seriously injured.
The casualties on the English side are—killed,
none ; two officers and about 30 men wounded.
The French los, is equally trifling.

PARIS, FRIDAY.

The most important item in the news from
Turkey is that a strong Russian division is march-
ing on Erzeroum, and that all the disposable
Turkish forces in Anatolia are hastening towards
the same place.
General Canrobert has arrived.

THE INDIA MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING.

The screw steam-transport .Alster arrived at
this port this morning from the Black Sea,
bringing with her the heavy portion of the India
mails, for some days overdue, by the Peninsular
and Oriental Company's steam-ship Sultan.
The delay of tho Sultan is caused by having
broken a crank pin when nearing Gibraltar, and
as it required some little time to repair, the mails
were forwarded by this conveyance. The Sultan
was expected to leave Gibraltar for Southampton
to-day, and has on board 67 passengers, and an
average amount of oargo.

Advices from Konigsberg state that when the
attack on Sweaborg began the Grand Duke Con-
stantine, immediately informed by telegraph of
the event, demanded leave to go out and attack
the reduced fleet before Cronstadt. The Empe-
ror refused.

VIENNA, AUG. 15.

Accounts from Constantinople of the 9th state
that the insurrectional movement at Tripoli causes
easiness to the Porte. Two regiments have
been embarked to put it down.

THE MEDITERRANEAN.
MARSEILLES, Aug. 14.—The mail steamer Indus,
which sailed from Constantinople the 6th instant,
arrived at 10 this morning. She brought Generals
Canrobert and Saucier, and 200 invalids from the
Crimea. Some of them were badly wounded, and
were conveyed to the military hospital on stretchers.
General Canrobert remained in his private cabin
until the few persons who assembled to see the pas-
sengers land had dispersed. He then stepped ashore,
the Indus having been moored to the quay. Having
declined all military honours, he drove to the
Hotel des Empereurs, where he breakfasted in the
public coffee-room: He appeared cheerful, and
in much better health than one might expect from
his long stay in the Crimea and his severe winter
campaign. Ho saile I from Marseilles for Constan-
tinople in March, 1854. •
Numerous detachments of troops continue
arrive daily ; among them 300 of the 3d Regiment
of engineers, and 150 of the 2d of the same arm—
two detachments of the 35th, 53d, and 61st in-
fantry. The detachment of the 53d, 400 strong,
arrived from Auxerre, in Burgundy. They are to
be incorporated with the 19th, in the Crimea.

FRANCE.

PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING.

The Emperor yesterday, after the official re-
ceptions, was pleased to allow a number of
foreigners of distinction to be presented to
him by the Papal Nuncio, the English Am-
bassador, the Belgian, Neapolitan, Prussian,
Austrian, Saxon, Portuguese, Sardinian, Ame-
rican, Dutch, and Spanish Ministers, and by
-the Charges d'Affaires of Tuscany and Greece.
The Emperor afterwards received Mr. W. Edmore,
ex-President of the United States, and also Baron
de Gratty, and also Major Chevalier Bowens de
Bauwens, Commissioner and 1 >eputy-Commissioner
at the Exhibition for the Argentine Confederation.
An Imperial decree appears in the Moniteur, by
which the Emperor names the following as mem-
bers of the Municipal Council of Paris :—MM.
, Count d'Argout, Governor of the Bank of France ;
Bayvet, auditor of the same establishment; F.
Barret, Billaud, Boulatignier, Count de Breteuil,
Chaix d'Ast-Ange, Delangle, E. Delacroix, De-
niere, Devinck, Ambroise, Firmin Didot, Bubarle,
Dumas, Dutilleul,. Eck, Fouche, Lepelletier,
Foucher, Fremen, flernarin, Lamy, Le Dagre, Le-
gendre, Moreau, Marquis do Pastoret, Pecourt,
Polouze, Perier, Rouland, De Royer, Segalas,
Thayer, Thibaut, Thierry, Tronchon, and Varin.
The Illaeezkr contains decrees making further
promotions and nominations in the kf I.4zsioil of

Honour, on the occasion of the Fete Napoleon,
Among the former we find as ComEuanders—M.
Bonjean, senator ; M. ChevreA,u, prefect of the
Loire Inferieure, and M.' tie Mentque, prefect of
the Gironde ; and as officers the Count de Segur
d'Aguesseau, M. de Bourgoing, prefect of the
Seine-k)t-Marrie • Baron Mercier, member of the
Council-General of the Orne, and M. Verdi, the
composer of the " Vepres Siciliennes," &c. The
number of Knights nominated amounts to 74.
The Afoniteur says :--" The Emperor, in his so-
licitude for all that concerns the interests of the
army, has desired to ameliorate the position of the
widows and orphans of those who die in combat-
ing ; and, in consequence, by order of his Majesty,
a bill has been presented to the Council of State
for doubling the amount of the pensions to widows
and orphans of soldiers of all grades killed by the
enemy, or who die in the war. The bill in ques-
tion will be presented to the Legislative Body at
its next session, but the Minister of War has been
authorised to augment provisionally such pensions
with the funds of which he disposes, and which
come from national subscriptions."
The Prefect of the Police has published an or-
donnance relative to the measures of order to be
observed on the entry of the Queen of England.
From three o'clock no carriages will be allowed to
pass along any of the streets through which the
cortege will pass from the Strasburg terminus to
St. Cloud ; the different deputations belonging to
the city of Paris who have demanded permission
to join the cortege will have places assigned.them ;
the deputations from the communes of the ban-
lieue are to assemble, headed by their banners, in
the grand avenue of the Champs Elysees, where
places will be reserve I for them. The ordounance
concludes with the usual interdiction against erect-
ingscaffoldings, climbing on trees or lampposts, &c.
At the end of the grand banquet given on Tues-
day at the Hotel de Ville, in honour of the Em-
peror's fete, when the dessert was placed on the
table, M. Haussmann, the Prefect of the Seine,
proposed the health of the Emperor in the follow-
iug terms:—
, " Gentlemen,—ln the name of the Municipal Body of
Paris, I have the honour of proposing the health of the
Emperor Napoleon 111. Every year that passes over
seems to add to the bonds of confidence and devotedness
which so closely unite the country t) the Emperor.
(Loud marks of assent.) As for us, gentlemen, in pro-
portion as we advance in the accomplishment of the vast
designs conceived by his Majesty, in order to make Paris
a capital worthy of France, we are more and more deeply
penetrated with gratitude for the august initiative, the
happy effects of which excite at once the pride of our
fellow-citizens and the astonishment of foreigners.
(Loud applause.) Vive l'Empereur.
After a unanimous burst of acclamation the Pre-
fect continued :
" Gentlemen,—We unite to the Emperor in our senti-
ments, and we never separate from him in the expression
of our wishes, her Majesty the Empress, his august and
gracious companion, Vive l'lmperatrice."
This toast, which was delivered in an emphatic
manner, was followed by unanimous cries of Viva
.Empereur ! Vive Imperatrice !
" For some days past," says the Courrier de la Drome,
" from 1,500 to 2,000 soldiers have been daily conveyed
from Lyons to Marseilles. These troops form part of
the contingent of from 20,000 to 30,000 men who are
before the end of the month to embark at the Southern
ports for the East. It is said that these troops are in-
tendedlfor the camps of Maslak and of Varna, but every-
thing of course will be subordinate to the grand military
action which is every day expected at Sebastool."
" The sawing-mills of the Doubs and Jura," says the
Saint Public of Lyons, " are at present busily employed
in preparing a large quantity of planks for the army of
the East, probably in anticipation of a further supply of
wooden huts for the winter. One of the Rhone steamer-
carried to Marseilles on Tuesday a full cargo of planks
ready arranged to be carried out to the East. na
same day, 1,200 barrels of gunpowder were forwarded
from Lyons to Marseilles by railway, and as much had
been sent there two days before. As to bombs and other
projectiles the quantities lately despatched from Lyons
have been immense."

BOURSE, AUG. 16.—CLOSING PRICES.
Cash. fr. c. End of Month.
4i per Cents 95 —95 f. —e.
3 per Cents 67 25 67 55
Credit Mobilier l2OO Roman
Credit Fonder 550 Austrian
Belgian Fives. ..... .. 95 Spanish Threes —
Piedmontese — - Home Debt —

RAILWAYS—NOR CASH.
tr. c. fr. c
Orleans
Western B3O Rouei.
Code 675 Strasburg
Mediterranean 1320 Havre 7Ol 25
Northern

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LITERAT UT .E .

Woman's Devotion. A Novel. 3 yols.
Hurst and Blackett.
• this
An unusual degree of talent is disp
work, and genuine freshness of feeling pervades
uy:
spirit of its design. Its heroine is a charmingjion
tion—one, indeed, that is not often found to, 0
the pages of fiction, and, it is to be feared, st Jo, ,
seldom seen to gladden and glorify the path 0t.t.2,,
mestic life, and irradiate by its influence tlieifil; ,
and dreary in the world of home. Not thatoot
is an unnatural character; her perfections al
made out as superhuman, nor are her virtuesirse
transcendently manifested be possible to r.seto;
layed .t.
but the softened splendour of her bright ell ftsemoi
is so pure and holy that at times one n3ighbed by
she approached the semblance of those, imag
the poet as wanting
" But the adornment of bright wings,
To look like heaven's inhabitants.
The peculiar circumstances of her position are, y;
devised, as those most calculated to draw Out or
hidden strength of mind, and show fort taken
gentleness of disposition at once. She was gene
from her dearly loved solitude to a
of gaiety and bustle. No wonder that aueeoties
sublimity of her mountain life, the harsh 0001
of Gomer should seem strange, nor that the ould
taunt and bitter sneer of envy and Inalice.s yoie9
jar painfully on her ears, where " ocean
coo•
of majesty seemed still to sound." To 'woisted
ter Lady Jane, after having been ass ° efall
with one so unselfish and kind as her roost
friend, was a heavy trial. She whirling r
the
performed a title
difficult task admirably. It is easy for tbe fair
nature to yield, and it is natural for the °woo'
position to be brave. One shrinks from theii the
genial struggle, while the other glories .10 the
welcome warfare ; but to unite and corabl_"A vet
firm and the friendly, to be consistent atr"d:;ol,
soothing in demeanour, is an effort and an
the magnitude of which can scarcely be over7it of
Had Nest, for the sake of peace, in the the
charity, given up her own claim, and, on tbeope.
of her youth, deferred to the mature laese
rience of her mother-in-law, she would lea
fallen into a snare. On the contrailoged
she listened to the plea of justice, anculid 100
on the fulfilment of her rights, she vol tin the
made enmity and angry feelings penning° , sot' -
family. A fitting lesson is given further cuss 0.4
ever, of the evil effects of bad passions. fl °dor
likely that a young maiden, however good "Rtool
ous her own heart might be, could at °lleetecl
or change the evil, and deadly sin iralna,„mbigbef
another heart. It must have been etif
agency and a more terrible impression tii3corke
that her young daughter could affect °I. Dadi
that could have transformed and ameliorates. ispi
Jane. She was exhorted by her friends, eaPecar
by the admirable young Duke of Nairn, "etije
man ; she was implored by her son in all d viithj
hemence of youth's most urgent language °an 13/0
all the force of a passionate nature, ; above foiif
was adjured by the stranger entered into her.,,isgt
to forego the evil of her ways. Neither vi'llet
entreaty, nor example could move her. be 0,4
wish was to make Nest unhappy, and oh000r;
,Tiowed to succeed. One event realised t iiore
ings of the evil spirit, and answered the PrJtos„.o
the trnsting heart. The young and hil-all."
Lord Gomer was struck down in the pride syda` •
and the flower of existence. It was Gnat
warning-5131
warnin to the wicked woman to see tl,
had beckoned an intruder on her son's Rea,-(rieg,
her summons had been answered by the deayherst. ,
angel, not the messenger of peace, but tbeiPoooo
of destruction. He came not with the stihafeft,'
voice to call forth his hallowed mission, 31.14,100'
away the early dead unbroken by earth's t,1.17,, abe
unbent by life's cares. He descended i.
storm and the whirlwind to crush and to dint'
late. The spirit of Nest, that had bornellP Zee
so many hardships, showed its intrinsic 104" oer
ast
by bending to the blow. In one of the °1.401.,'
plexing of human assaults she had been' "not11"'
and unflinching. When trouble came ill f% r,
form, she was strong in her humility and '.-oeetv-
tion. She acknowledged that she had °Zee.,
and attempted too much, and far from ra-ed owk.'
oining or wildly crmplaining at thecomplicat
ferings that befell her, she persisted in sell glbej
in darkness, and good in ill. She was at Der'
to see the end so near, for the unfortunawotbet
44omerhad exchanged one state of misery for OA bee'
" The unselfish natitr, of ht r character force-40pol)
the lonely and desolate feelings that cafeoo_,/'
her, and made her think that God, in We ow-
-ook that immortal soul, so ripe for heave-'00:
from its shattered frame. She checked evelt
mur; she k, pt herself free from every thongi.ad be'
'eaven and It was then that Nest Pig°
reward. In the tears which she shed °'
grave ( f the husband of her youth there
-king bitter or ag raising. Her heart, that oak.t
orn and riven while he was with her, t"; 041
undergone with him the martyrdom °nee ja;
seemed to revive as under the inlble eri
Above. She knew and felt that he vras, 'toe,
keeping, at last he could no more be led ner 1);
by his-perilous position, or be turned fro°l to hi,'" •
his designing mother. It was her devotion, if Oira;
that had induced her to bear so much, anui,jo';'
had failed she felt that her purest progress 7e-ojitir'
been lost, nor her earliest, freshest, fairest Atonic
wasted. She had not perverted them in 113 old
ings at the couch of sickness and death; hence pod
they had not been buried with worldly rsife
purposes, but lifted up and exalted. 6he i-peaee;
beloved Frank as an offering on the altar 01'.0
In her trial she had been so unspotted la 0:
nature, and so zealous of good, that she raiset
turally her mind to the consideration of the COT
doin where the pure in heart shall see tbet`pfolu:
and where perfection is immortal. In thei.tiro
ing of the events many distinctive characi poi!:
presented. The ardent and straightforwaPboelerk
of Nairn is a good instance of what an
and decided mind may accomplish. The i:-8004
and unpolished, but genuine Stewart, vn•L" to th',„,
yours to hide his enthusiastic devotion A ptlt.'
Duke under the mask of dissatisfaction all: deli?
tiliousness, are both good delineations cf,.%ooPor
getic and vigorous life. The "poor little u'''otot '
who hailed in the young Nest the regent/obi
the fallen fortunes of the Gomers, is a ra,e,"d
sketch. Her second Frank, as she ca,",enteit
Gomer, was the centre of her cares and of , •
She was watching him all through the crisis% oves,
happiness, but when the trouble came she„Wd Prt.6
come, she was crushed at his fall, she die
death-bed. Minnie is a warm-hearted, Pa- vO7O
girl, whose career is interesting t°
Lady Jane is a remarkable and painful stl ifs
contemplate. The author has set her for Tait
niinently in the light and shade of her Mill,l oncl,
powers of intell_ct and depth of feeling s'„ 10:4'7
to mislead her. Her position was 01-0.010
for her, and she would not learn. ii,e,„sweret
were shown by her after sufferings, whie-L"-„-ven
late to stem the torrent she had brought
home. The real and the true are sought
this glimpse of life. There are the ruling tob:A
of humanity, love, and ambition contencumilert
Cher. In suffering and sin the warfare Was bed
but the lesson of life was taught at tea to lrf
ve „
death, where the dreams of one were Pl° ,ati°P,,ss
vanity, and the daring of the other 0.-toss
spirit. It is a touching spectacle to vi'l,l be
warning to human pride and passinn•in
to come are not our own to make or mar - opine
At the tomb of their common love the,, wonefit
and enthusiast were alike defeated. 1311;the sPlo
devotion was not over at the threshold 01,,ed ,tP to
land ; it could follow no more, but it 1000-opite 341
trust to the place where ambition renat.t for
its purest prize, and where love must Wal
harvest-scene.

THE STEAMER COTTINGHA3I ON—SH—OEL,7I,VVI:T:S.4-11CS3
LAND, Aug. 9.—The Cottinghain trcn%.rs,
for England, with 111 invalids and 22 pagsen6-801'1,
Est on the Fanned Reef on the night of the iv to for
,(7,aoasnirdcp:eisviosutoslvye,reported in The Sun), is like t 1°-
thhaeisluseeanittthioii.,eneaf.,ilrkigmi
a wreck. Her water-tight curopartifi.; sgeip
a tai
fnoodnr
to
oss
assistance
thestual l of
commanderw at er..
her
folse_seivt
tish Channel have been raised in he a lgt,/ tof
hngthouse ont tnhceeCtaosigkeett-bror;botiettbroe:;
earl]. Owing to tilt!: inereme in height, the scroll' ttig
be discerneo six or seven miles farther thz"' foto ijci
possible. The Casket Lights warn marinieswids, o
dangerous rocks which beset the Channel .r.nncloo ed
are of great use to vessels trading between -11‘'ag Tete/
France. The person who has charge of thenl_,^hich
a family on the small but rugged rock on :h is rill'of
stand. When the sea is smooth enouo, 'bleats
the case, he effects a communieation wit", bbee—et
Alderney. The Caskets are fertile, like the rase keep
of Jersey and Guernsey, and the light o'Ø.
has won prizes at floricultural shows in those lito
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SOUTH WALIB•, fiO°
LAND.—The long-suspended steam commuT jowl, to
tween the south of Wales and the south of )3.., about if
Milford Haven and the town of Waterford, lodieterl
he replaced. The great pier at NeYland stOvi'lloest
to be constructed in order to accommodate area l td
to be engaged in the transit, and the vesselsfolotstbo
ready for active service. When the line
ales Jive, jell
running in connexion with the South Wa'clits
Government will forward the mails by tbis
will also again open to the metropolis and s%ter
land a far more expeditious route for the si's tban cot
the sea voyage from Milford Haven being letsbe Pr°
the distance between Bristol and Cork,
hurgb
points of intercourse. the So'
Ainoav the medical graduates of he jot To
-University who obtained their diploraag at t t
imlg. „t or
mination were a Chinese and four Eggbe the 5r i•
Chinese graduate, Won Fun, is believed t°
:the Celestials who has ei.er graduated
at a
versify,