The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-09 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING.
The Yasco de (lama has arrived, with advices

from Lisbon to the 2d inst.

There was no political news to report.

The cholera was making progress in the ports o:

Algarve, but was more benignant in the north. ..I

was not reported at Lisbon.
The French steamers Newton and Phenix were

he only foreign ships of war in the port.

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNISDAY EVENING.
Viscount Des Cars has addressed the following
etter, dated Paris, Aug. 7, to the Constitutionnel,
on the subject of the document which it has lately
published relative to the proposed attempt at in-
surrection in Spain :
"Monsieur le Redacteur,—lt was only on my arri-
val to-day in Paris that I heard of a letter which you bad
published on the subject of a conversation which I was
said to have bad with Prince Gortschakoff at Vienna.
It is perfectly true that on going from Naples to Vienna,
whither I was called on business connected with the
interests of Mme. des Cars, Count de Montemolino did
me the honour to charge me with a letter to deliver to
Prince Gortsehakoff. Tbat was the only object of my
visit to the Prince, ,The Count de Chambord and the
Duke de Levis were completely strangers to the affair,
and whatever may have been the purely non-official part
which I took in the matter, I formally repel the inten-
tions which have been attributed to me, and energe-
tically protest against the insinuations expressed in the
concluding part of your article, as being as fir from my
heart as from the truth. I hope, sir, that you will give
this letter insertion, and beg you to accept, etc.
It may be as well to state, in explanationCAßS
of the
paft of the above letter, relating to the interests
of Mine. Des Cars, that that lady was Mlle. de
Lebzeltern, vrhose father was Ambassador of Aus-
tria at Naples for many years, dating from 1830.
The Jupiter ship of the line left Marseilles on
the Gth for the East, with 997 men on board. The
Alexandre steam-packet took her departure the
same day for Constantinople, with 460 men, be-
longing to the engineers, on board. The Vainly
line-of-battle ship and the Uranie frigate left
Toulon thifday after with troops, provisions, and
ammunition for the Crimea.
The Constantinople correspondent of the Sema-
phore of Marseilles, in speaking of the new Turkish
ambassador to Paris, says :—"I think that Me-
hemet Bey will please Parisian society. He is a
well.made man of about 80, and of pleasing physi.
ognomy, speaks French well, and unites to a Eu-
ropean education the tact of an Oriental diplo-
matist." The following are the names of the gen-
tlemen connected with the new Turkish embassy :
--Riza, Bey, first councillor of embassy ; Agop,
second ditto ; Server Effendi and Blacque, secre-
taries ; Omer Effendi, second secretary ; Sefels,
Naum, and Paul Mangs, attaches; and Chauvin,
chancellor.

A letter from Kamiesh of tha 20th ult., in the
Moniteur de la Flotte, says :
" Malakoff commands all the lower part of Sebastopol,
and dominates the passage of the Bay of lokermann,
by which the town obtains its supplies from the north
side. When this tower falls into our hands, we shall be
able to sweep the Bay, burn the Russian fleet, bombard
the lower town, and almost immediately after instal
ourselves in the latter, for it can there no longer be held
by the Russians. From the Malakoff tower, besides,
we can silence the Fort COnstantine, destroy the stock-
ade, and open the port to our vessels, The Russians
know that well—as well as we do ; and hence the terrible
energy which is displayed on both sides in forming ap-
proaches, and in the partial combats which are renewed
almost every night. Our newly-constructed batteries are
really most formidable—especially those of Quarantine
Bay, and of what we call the Bay des Calfats, which are
armed with guns of the largest calibre, and which are
destined to force the Russian fleet to seek a refuge be-
hind Fort Catherine, the sole place where they will be
unable to injure us. The Russians multiply their sorties;
sometimes it is the English, but more frequently our-
selves, who have the honour of receiving them, and ac-
companying them on their return. One fact worthy of
remark, whiCh proves how much the siege of Sebastopol
has already cost Russia in men, is that the prisoners
whom we make almost always wear new uniforms. This
circumstance causes, us to believe, that all the army of
the Crimea must have been employed in the defence of
the place." ,

BOURSE, AUG. B.—CLOSING PRICES.
Cash, fr, e. End of Month.
4i per Cents 94 75 9lf. 75c.
3 per Cents 67 15 67 20
Credit Mobilier ll9O Roman
Credit Foncier 560 Austrian
Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes —
Piedmoutese — - Home Debt —

The Duchess of Cleveland, and Lady Augusta Paulet
eave town for Brighton this morning.
The Marquis of Ely has left town for Brighton.
The Earl and Countess of Durham left town yester-
day morning, for Lambton Castle, Durham.
Viscountess Palmerston has left town for St. Leopards-
on-Sea.
A RUSSIAN OPINION.—Mr. Gladstone is a man of
sagacity and judgment, and a true politioian.—Le Nord.
The New York Daily Ti,aes states that an account of
the various steam-boat disastgrs in the western waters
of the United States is about to be published in Cincin-
nati, and that it will be shown that 100,000 lives have
been lost in them.
We have to announce that her Majesty has been gra-
ciously pleased to approve of the appointment by the
Court of Directors of the East India Company. of Henry
Valeatine Cocolly, Esq., to be Provisional Member of
Council at Fort St. George.
THE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH.—It is now positively
stated that the Empress of the Frenbh is enceinte. This
has been already reported many times, and as often
turned out untrue. It has now, however, been commu-
nicated officially to their respective Governments by
more than one diplomatist.
The Duke and Duchess of Richmond, and Lady
Cecilia Gordon Lennox, are expected to leave town im-
mediately
,for Gordon Castle, N.B. The .Brigh,ton
Gazette sayl that, during his grace's absence, the com-
mand of the Royal Sussex Light Infantry Militia, of
which the duke is colonel, will devolve on his brother,
Lord Arthur Lennox.
STAR CLUB.—The members of this club gave their
annual dejeuner and soire,e, dansante, yesterday, in the
mansion and grounds of St. Margaret's, near Richmond.
The company began to assemble at three o'clock, and
although the unsettled weather doubtless deterred
many from risking the results of an al fresco Plc, the
guests were both numerous and distinguished. The
band of the Hon. Artillery Company was in attendance.
REPRESENTATION OF THE COUNTY OF MEATH.—Mr.
Lucas denies that he has any intention of retiring from
the representation of this county. The hon. gentleman
says I thank God that my indisposition, though
troublesome for the moment, has nothing very serious
about it ; and, unless my constituents wish me to retire,
I have not the slightest intention of applying for the
Chiltern Hundreds."
On Tuesday last Major Boys specially swore in 200
men of the rejected of the Medical Staff Corps, who upon
volunteering into the Land Transport Service received
the bounty of 51. for a limited period of ten years. On
Wednesday the whole proceeded to Bristol, the depot
for such service.
HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE SKIN.—The anniver-
sary of this excellent charity was celebrated on Tuesday
last by a cle.jeuner at the Crystal Palace ; the Hon. A.
Kinnaird, M.P., in the chair. The company assembled
in the hall of the South Transept, where about seventy
or eighty ladies and gentlemen partook of an elegant
and substantial repast provided by the Messrs. Staples
in their best manner.
SUICIDE.—A man named Robins, for many years a
carrier between Dalston and the West End, and much
respected by his neighbours for his honesty and indus-
try, committed suicide yesterday by hanging himself in
his stabled at Ossulton. It is stated that a man in de-
ceased's employ became intoxicated on Tuesday, and was
confined in the police-station, leaving undelivered a load
of goods which had been committed to his care, and this
circumstance is supposed to have preyed upon the mind
of the deceased.
ABOLITION OF MONEY PREPAYMENT ON INLAND
LETTERS,—GeneraI Post-office, August, 1855.—0 n and
from the 14th inst. the regulation which prohibits money
prepayment on inland letters will be extended to the
chief-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, with the following
exception--viz., when the postage on the letters sent to
he posted at the chief office by one individual or firm
shall collectively amount to E. and upwards, provided
the letters are posted between the hours of 10 a.m. and
5 p.m. With this exception, all inland letters must
either be prepaid by stamps or be sent unpaid. These
regulations do not affect letters addressed to places
abroad, which mny still be prepaid by money or stamps,
at the option of the sender.
THE CROPS IN SUSSEX.—Some few pieces of Tal.avera
wheat have already been cut, as also some winter oats ;
but -reaping- wild-not be general- for ten- days-or-n- fort-
night. We have carefully examined a large breadth of
wheat.-,'ln some instances it is blighted to a considerable
extent ;'there is also some mischief done by the midge ;
and in some places there is a good deal of red gum.
Taking all things into consideration, we are of opinion
that the wheat crop will not exceed an average. We
now want some forcing weather to ripen the crops.—
:Brighten Gazette,
THE CROPS ABOUT SHREWSBURY AND THE PLAINS OF
SALOP.;--The crops have in many places been laid pros-
trate by the rain and wind. Of course the heaviest and
most promising crops have suffered most. On the thin-
ner and fighter ones many stand unaffected, and are
now fast opening the yellow hues of harvest. No seri-
ous apprehensions are at present entertained, should the
weather'continue fine. Barley, oats, and peas, where
the first is. not seriously laid, are looking well. —Bltrews-
bury AVP72aI.
THE LATE EARL OF SEFTON.—LIVERPOOL, Aug. B.
At the adjourned quarterly meeting of the Liverpool
Town Council this afternoon, Mr. Robertson Gladstone,
in a lengthy and eloquent address, in which he spoke in
terms of eulogy of the late lamented Earl of Sefton,
' referred to the loss which the town of Liverpool and the
working and uneducated classes of the country generally
had sustained in his removal, and proposed that the
Mayor be respectfully requested to communicate to the
Countess of Sefton, and to her Ladyship's family, the
deep and unfeigned-. regret which they feel at the heavy
bereavement which they have sustained.
tion was tbanimoaly adopted. The proposi-
ROBBERY OP. STAMPS AT MANCHESTER.—We learn
that the Manchester Stamp-office was robbed early yes-
terday morning, A large quantity of postage, receipt,
and bill stamps'was taken away, the value of which is
estimated at, 'nearly ,0001. It is supposed that the
thieves mauaged to .conceal themselves upon the pre-
mina before till) ado was closed on Tuesday.
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