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The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-06

AUSTRIA.

A letter from Vienna of the 23th ult , in
Foss's Gazette of Berlin, says :—" Conferences
took place this morning at the Ministry of the
Interior with the representatives of several
secondary States. The question in consideration
was their adherence to the alliance of the 2d
December, and the result of the conferences is said
to have been very satisfactory. In addit ion to the
reinforcements to be sent to the Principalities, the
army in Gallicia is to be considerably increased,
and the commander of the forces at Prague has
already received orders to send all his disposable
regiments to that quarter. A part of the garrison
of Vienna will replace the troops at Prague."
London, England, 1855-03-06

N 0. 19,480.]

HR. EL the Duke of CAMBRIDGE,
• will take the Chair at the MEETING of the CEN TRAL
ASSOCIATION in aid of SOLDIERS' WIVES and FAMILD S, on
WEDNESDAY, the 7th March, at FOUR o'clock, insteadi of C TWO,
as prmously advertised. Admission by Tickets only, which b say be
had at the Offices of the Association, No. 9, Waterloo-place, Pall -mall-
H. L. POWYS, Major, 65th Royal lii des,
Honorary Secretary.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN I.ND
MIDLAND RAILWAYS.—NOTTINGHAM RACEI I.—On
THURSDAY and FRIDAY, the Bth and 9th March, EX 'RESA
DAY TICKETS, and ordinary Ist and 2d class Day Tickets, issued
on the 7,11, Bth, and 9th March, from the Euston square Stai ion, to
Nottingham, are available for Return by may Train on toe St h, 9th,
and 10th March. The 6.15 a.m. train, from Easton, arrives; at Not-
tingham at 10.5 a m , and the 9.15 a.m. at 1.15 p.m.—By er.
General Manager's Office, Euston Station, March 5, 1855.,

Just published, price 55., by post, free, ss. Gd.,
STRICTURE of the URETHRA : its Hat ional
Treatment and Prompt Cure.
By F. B. COURTENAY,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
"We believe Mr. Courtenay's experience inthe treatment o f stric-
ture during the last twenty years has equalled, if, indeed, ft 1 .as not
surpassed, that of any of his contemporaries. It is, thera ire, no
matter of surprise that he should enjoy the reputation of 1 ,eing a
most dexterous and skilful manipu ator with urethral instrtn nents ;
and when it is remembered that the lamented Liston used tc assert
that the introduction of instruments through a stricture whit 'h had
previously been impermeable to them, was the most difficult in the
whole range of surgical operations, it must be no slight son rce of
gratification on Mr. Courtenay's part to have achieved the reps tenon
he has in this res,)ect ; and for our part, with the knowledge w• e have
of his experience, we know of no man to whose care we wisul d with
greater confidence entrust the treatment of a severe case of MI icture
of the urethra."—Medieal Circu'ar.
London : IL Bailliere, 219, Regent-street.

G R AVESEND S T
PACKETS.
No other Packets call at the Greenhithe and Purdeet Pier 3.
The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitt lug
FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND.:

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London, England, 1855-03-06

TIM MARCO POLO.

The annexed letter is from the owners of the Marco
AP ou 10, r
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ia disputingshe
wtahs e
hours by the Ke;dt.
doipsitnainocnedthaatfeiwn her recent race from.
The matter, however, is of little importance, siact both
vessels have gained for themselves an unquestionable
reputation, and any trifling difference in such a voyage
must be too much the result of momentary circumstances
to be worthy of consideration :

" Liverpool, March 2.
sides of the so-called race between the Marco
-5 1 we know, too great not
Kotehnt from Melbourne. We are content to consi-
dertp oo ‘
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3ietSaajanrr Cib—
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catch-weightloveofmfaatirchrilayfori if the ships were to be
21 feet 9 inches against 15 feet in their re-
'lights would deserve ten days at least in our
e:talh ships left Port Philip together. On Monday
aiireviainßr'et‘mi, the Marco Polo spoke the Plata steamer
abreast of Tuskar Point, which is 150 miles from Liver-
pool ; and, ttiltkough obliged to heave to for 24 hours,
owing to thick weather, was in the river Mersey ready
for docking on Wednesday evening. Yesterday(Thursday)
her gold was transferred to the railway, and arrived in the
Bank of England this morning.
" On the other hand, the Kent landed her mails off Hast-
ings, 120 miles from London, on Tuesday, was only com•
ing up the Thames to-day, and her gold will not be at the
Bank until to-morrow at soonest. These are factst,. and we
sion as
arrival
lands a portion of her cargo
presume that the ship whichbefroeraechheesr
claim for the
second and we therefore
is unquestionably the first, .
Knt —Yo a •
hceerreapesettitnoar'
" JAMES BAINES, and Co.,
fully, '
second time the honour of beating the e . tir faith•
" Owners of the Marco Polo."

GAEAT FALL IN TEE
.TRICE OF COALS.--The public,
and the poorer classes in particular, will be glad to
learn that within the last fortnight there has been a fall
in the price of coal of no less than Bs. per ton ; and the
Messrs. Lea and Co., of the North London Coal Depot,
advertise at the reduced price of 265. per ton, instead of
345., the current rate a few days ago. The quotation of
30s. in their advertisement in The Sun of yesterday it
may here be remarked was an;error. The late change in
the wind and weatheris bringing supplies to market.
London, England, 1855-03-06

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London, England, 1855-09-08

LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.

To be Captains of Divisions—Quartermaster of Brigade
Henry M`Gorrery; Quartermaster of Brigade Thomas
Yokes. To be Second Captains—Quartermaster of Bri-
gade Robert Godber ; Quartermaster of Brigade Henry
Hilliker Quartermaster of Brigade William. Banks;
Thomas Downie, late Quartermaster of Brigade. To be
Quartermasters of Brigade—Serjeant Joseph Harris, 17th
Foot; Lieutenant C. P. Williams, from let Royal Lanca-
shire Militia ; Lieutenant Charles Chevalier, from the 2d
Royal Jersey Militia ; William Henry Lander ; Adolphus
Murphy ; John Welsh; Superintendent William Henry
DAWSOU.

For - Willard Gent., to be Quartermaster of Brigade,
vice Watson, April 30, read, St. John Willans, Gent.,
to be Quartermaster of Brigade, vice Watson, resigned,
April 30. For Sergeant-Major Thomas Mitchell, from the
15th Light Dragoons, to be Quartermaster of Brigade, vice
O'Reilly, dismissed the service, read, Sergeant-Major
Thomas Witchell, from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be
Quartermaster of Brigade, &c.
TURKISH CONTINGENT. _ _ _

Joseph Hutchison, Esq., to be Paymaster of the Irregu-
lar Cavalry, under the command of Major-General Beat-
son ; Samuel Bake, Esq., to be Commissary-in-Chief of
the Field Train of the Turkish Contingeut.
London, England, 1855-09-08

THAMES.

ALLEGED RAPE ON A CHlLD.—Robert Courtenay, r.
respectable young man, was charged with an indecent
assault on the person of Sarah Horford, a little girl hav-
ing no home, who had been for some time wandering
about the streets at the eastern part of the metropolis.
Sarah Horford said she generally slept in the casual
ward of Whitechapel Workhouse. About half-past one
o'clock this morning she met the prisoner in the White-
chapel-road, when he asked her a few questions, and
gave her sixpence to walk with him. They had not gone
far when the prisoner took her up a court, where he
pulled up her clothes and behaved indecently to her on
the pavement.
Police constable 169 H deposed to meeting the pri•
Boner and the prosecutor in Gloucester-street, near the
Eastern Saloon. They were standing near a gateway,
and at such an hour witness asked the prisoner what he
did with the child at that time when ho said that he was
London, England, 1855-09-08

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, Sept. 7.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ;
light breeze, and fine sunshiny weather.

(PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SouTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning.
Arrived—Brunswick (s.), from Plymouth ; Despatch
(5.), Jersey ; Atalanta, Havre.
Sailed—Brunswick (s.), for Plymouth; Courier (5.),
Jersey ; Alliance (5.), Havre.
LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning.
Wind, S.W.
Mary Ann, Says-
vceydn—ozßourek,ebiay,alfargoam; Mjaonuelmceilnar;ke,mammon ;
Ro.
bert Finnie, Hanburg ; Hebe, Amsterdam • Queen of the
nSielAalasr.r;.Tames Brielle, and Royal George, St. 'John's, N.B.
Off—Lebanon (Ls.), from New York.
Sept. 6.
Sailed—Baltic (s.), for New York.Qul =mows,

Wind, S.S.B.
Arrived—Thessaly, from Bathurst.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.58 a.m.
Wind, ealm ; tide, third hours flood ; weather very fine.
Arrived—George, from Logstoer.
Sailed—Bromleys, for Genoa ; Pruth, Ceylon ; Louise,
Konigsberg.
London, England, 1855-09-08

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

S.lll,—Of the siege of Sebastopol and all its accom-
panying horrors it is not necessary to say a word. Too
many poor bleeding hearts bear horrible witness to the
awful truth. The question, then, is—Can anything be
done to put an end to the present state of things and
hasten the fall (if it must be so) of that redoubtable and
obstinate fortress ? And in furtherance of this question
it may be remarked, that, having heard and known what
has so recently been done at Sweaborg, it may again be
asked, Why could not the same be done at Sebastopol,
avid in the same way ? For if " vertical firing " has
been so effectual in the former, why should it not be
equally so in the latter ?—especially as the siege train
is infinitely larger and heavier at Sebastopol than that
at Sweaborg, and so much nearer the place.
And as it would appear that the enemy is beginning
to find himself "pinched," not only in his position but
in his resources, it would be far better to " smash " the
place at once and drive him from it by means of "ver-
tical firing," thereby saving many of our own noble and
gallant spirits, and perhaps some of the enemy too.
As for the stone walls and batteries, we could afford
to leave them as they are.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
R. B. FEATHER.
Liverpool, ith Sept., 1855.
London, England, 1855-09-08

RUSSIA.

A letter, dated Warsaw, August 29, says :
" General Buchozanett, who has been appointed to
succeed the late General Read in the command of
the second army corps, set out for Sebastopol yes-
terday. He has hitherto held the rank of chief of
the artillety of the active army. He is a man of
intellect and energy, and a thoroughly accom-
plished soldier, his military attainments being in
nowise limited to the range of that special branch
of the service -to which he has devoted himself.
Another levy of conscripts is impending here. The
Government of Kieft', which until now has been
subordinated to the Commander-in-Chief of the
Crimean army, is now place 1, with all its military
establishments, under the care of Prince Paskie-
witch."

A letter from Berlin of the sth says :—" The
Duke of Saxe-Coburg has communicated to the
other German Courts the reservations he has made
against the intervention of the Diet iu the settle-
ment of constitutional questions relating to his
States, and that he has, also invoked the mediation
of the two great German Powers. The Prussian
Government has refused to interfere in the matter,
and refers the solution to the Diet itself, which is
the supreme central authority in Germany."

The Madrid journals of the 2d have arrived.
An official return represents that the number of
persons attacked by cholera at Madrid from the
commencement of May to the end of August, was
2,958, and that 1,783 of them died. The cholera
has broken out with extreme violence at Pampe
luna ; on the 28th ult., Rot fewer than 40 persons
died of it. A letter of the 3d, received in advance
of the mail, says, that the Queen continued to be
in perfect accord with her Ministers. It states
that the Captain-general of Catalonia had reported
that two C-irlist bands, under chiefs named Gui-
bert and Huignet, had been routed at Osort and
Adrian, and it announces that extraordinary heavy
rains had cau,ed great damage to the railway from
Madrid to Albaceta.
London, England, 1855-09-08

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Mr. A. Salt's Alfred the Grestl-, 6 yrs (501.), list

(Owner) 1
Mr. Barling's Bullfinch, aged (751.), 11st (G. Eatwell) 2
Mr. Mille's Fenman, 6yrs (at), 104 91h (Mr. Littler) 3
Betting—Even on Bullfiuch-6 to 4 apt Alfred the
Great.

Won by two lengths—bad third.
The West Kent Stakes were won in two heath by
Mr. C. Formby's Grey Chicken, beating Calisthene and
Puncture.

BETTING ON THE COURSE.
GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.
sto 1 agst Midsummer (taken)
7to 1 agst Vandal (taken)
7 to 1 agst Veteran (taker)
12 to 1 agst Amalgamation (taken)
ST. LEGER.
10 to 1 art Capucine (taken)

TOTNES ELECTION.—Capt. Boller, the son of Sir J. Y.
Buller, is in the field as a candidate, on Conservative
principles, but ha,: not yet canvassed the borough. Mr.
Richard Steele, who dates from Pall-mall East, has
issued an address, in which he says his principles are
those of progressive reform ; but he is claimed as a mo-
derate Conservative, and but little is known of him. It
is probable that Mr. Blount, brother-in-law of the pre-
sent Duke of Somerset, will again come forward on the
Liberal interest. When he cont sted the borough in
1839, he was returned along with Mr. Baldwin, but was
unseated on petition.

STATISTICS OF ICE.--It is just 50 years since the idea
of dispensing ice to southern latitudes entered the brain
of a Boston merchant, Mr. Tudor. It was a thorouelq
wprtby notion of a solid man of that city of notions.
For 29 years considerable disappointment, with various
success, attended his effirts, but ultimately his per,ist-
ency and activity furnished the southern States and tiie
West Indies with the froz,m delicacy, and a lucrative
business opened up. In 1834 t'le East Indies and Bra-
zil became his business clients. Other large houses en-
gaged in the ice farming in Massachusetts and New
York, and at pre6ent the value of the ice farms of these
States fully equals, if it does not exceed, the value of the
rice crop of Georgia. Boston chiefly thpplies the south-
ern parts with ice, and in its ics-honse there were 300,000
tons stored last year. In New York neatly the entire
Drop of ice o used at home In Boston there are between ;
2,000 and 3,000 persons employed in the business season. ;
In New York the amount is less, as the exportation is
little. About 9,000 persons are employed in the entire
States by ice, and it is computed that a capital of over
46,00.0i000 is invested iu it.-Fliew York Dggy Thug!
London, England, 1855-09-08

Parliament being prorogued, Mr. ROEBUCK stood
before the inhabitants of Sheffield.

His reception, as a matter of course, though
the object of the meeting was not political, was
enthusiastic, members of all parties vieing with
each other to do him honour. Evidently affected
by his reception, his remarks were characterised
by much cordiality of feeling, and the entire ab-
sence of anything approaching to party spirit.
Attributing the warmth of his reception to the
belief on their part that he had discharged his
duty towards them as their representative, " so
as to promote the welfare of England," he briefly
referred to what he had done, and pointed out
that the secret of his success was his being backed
by his constituents and the country ; declaring,
also, with as much truth as boldness, that " the
heroic suffering " into which be had to inquire
was partly owing to them. The assertion, he
said, might seem a paradox, but they might be
assured " that those who said representative go.
vernment was on its trial, meant this, that
you were on your trial," adding—and let the
all-important truth he enunciated never be for-
gotten, for it cannot be too constantly acted
upon—"for representative government only fails
when the constituency is unworthy." A senti-
ment deserving to be recorded in letters of gold,
and on the truth of which we long ago insisted.
Hardly less striking is the assertion "that the
Government of this country will not be well car-
ried on until you, the middle classes, carry into
that Government all the great qualities that have
distinguished you as Englishmen ;" all the intel-
ligence and virtue, in short, that distinguish the
people of this country. " Let it be said that
we are an enlightened people, and able to govern
ourselves." Patriotic and pregnant words, and
;o the purpose—words that should try the na-
tional metal, and be followed by a manly and
;rue-hearted responsesfrom every town and county
in the kingdom.
London, England, 1855-09-08

GUILDHALL.

FORGING LETTERS OF CREDIT.- -The two Spaniards
Mazip and Cortaza, remanded charged with forging two
letters of credit, one for 1,1001. and the other 7001., with
intent to defraud two Spanish houses carrying on busi-
ness in the city, were again placed at the bar before Mr.
Alderman Finnis for further examination,

Mr. S. Mullins, in the absence of his brother, appeared
for the prosecution, and Mr. Wontner for the prisoners.
Mr. Mullins said it was not his intention t.) produce
further evidence to-day, but to ask for a remand in con-
sequence of his brother, who conducted the case, having
gone to Paris t) endeavour to get.possession of two
letters containing the whole of the money which the
prisoners had forwarded to their addresses at that place.
The prisoners were remanded for a week.
London, England, 1855-09-08

BRITISH GERMAN LEGION.

You Hacke to be Major, Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel, and
Second Comniandant, at Shorncliffe ; J. C. Hermann
Freund, M.D., to be Deputy Inspector-General of Hos-
pitals.
lst Regiment of Light Infantry—To be Majors—Chris-
tian Winneberger ; Johann H. J. Kessler.
3d Light Infantry—Major William Gordon Cameron,
from the Ist Light Infantry, to be Major Commandant;
Peter Rodowitz Oswiecimski to be Major; Henry Caylay
to be Paymaster; Joseph Longland to be Quartermaster;
C.
Carl H. C Rode to be Surgeon.
_ .

Ist Light Dragoons—Gustav von Djembowski to be
Lieutenant ; Charles O'Brien to be Quartermaster ; Theo-
dor Grosse to be Surgeon ; George Longman to be Veteri-
nary Surgeon.
2d Light Dragoons—Johann C. Koopmans to be Cornet ;
Joseph Napier to be Quartermaster.
BRITISH SWISS LEGION.

Ist Regiment of Light Infantry—To be Majors—Theo for
Fornaro, Carl Ludwig Hafelin. To be Captains—Adrian
Von Arx, Simon de Castella, Johann Oberlin, Johann
Caspar Pfeiffer, Baron Oliver de Gingins, Otto Reinert,
Theodor do Valliere, Ulrich Roth, Heinrich Albert
Honegger, Joseph Stutz, Franz Muller, Caspar Trepp.
To be Lieutenants—Carl Ludwig Grussi, Joseph Stampfli,
(Adjutant, Ist Battalion), Sebastian Aebi,Johann
Johann George Meyers, Count Joseph Von Travers (Ad-
jutant 2nd Battalion), Francois Petitpierre, Luzius
Crufer, Benedicht Magani, Alex. Hostache, Benedicht Sott-
lleb Biihler, Friederich Berger, Carl Theodor Schmidlin.
To be Ensigns—Rudolf Schiffmann, Jacob Romang, Sig-
mund liiirsch, Adolph Hrinerwadel, Theophit Schiirer,
Johann Iseuschmid, Peter Hurst, Paulus Ernst; Peter
Kriittli, Hermann Hasla, Jules Landerset, Rudolph Hun-
ziker. To be Surgeon—Peter Berry, Esq. To be Assistant-
Surgeens—Alirert Schwab, Carl lionvia,Otto Wartngillevi

STAFF.
Bi-evet-Colonel P. IWPberson, C. 13., from the 17tii•Foot,
to be Inspecting Field Officer of a Recruiting District, vice
Derinzy, who retires upon full-pay.
The appointment of Veterinary-Surgeon Cherry to the
Staff, on Dec. 1, should have been gazetted us of the
7th Dragoon Guards, and not from the 7th Dragoon
Guards.
PROVISIONAL DEPOT BATTALIONS. _

Lieutenant• Colonel Honourable R. A. G. Dalzell, from
the 631 Foot, to bo Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Hill, who
exchanges.
Brevet-Major G. Le Fevre Dickson, from the 30th Foot,
to be Adjutant, vice Grant, who exchanges.
CHELSEA HOSPITAL.

Lieutenant John James C. Irby, from the tlith Foot,
;o be Adjutant, rice Sir J. M. Wilson, promoted.
UNATTACHED.

Brevet-Major James Rose, of the 30th Foot, to have his
Brevet- Rank converted into Substantive Rank, under the
Royal Warrant of the 6th Oct., 1851 ; Brevet-Major John
Hackett, of the 77th Toot, to have his Brevet Rank con-
v,orted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal \Varraut
of the 6th Oct., 1851 ; Brevet-Major Andrew Hunt, of the
7)th Foot, to have his Brevet Rank converted into Sub-
st intive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of the i3th Oct.,
1851.
London, England, 1855-09-08

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—Of the siege of Sebastopol and all its accom-
panying horrors it is not necessary to say a word. Too
many poor bleeding hearts bear horrible witness to the
awful truth. The question, then, is—Can anything be
done to put an end to the present state of things and
hasten the fall (if it must be so) of that redoubtable and
obstinate fortress ? And in furtherance of this question
it may be remarked, that, having heard and known what
has so recently been done at Sweaborg, it may again be
asked, Why could not the same be done at Sebastopol,
mad in the same way ? For if " vertical firing " has
been so effectual in the former, why should it not be
equally so in the latter ?—especially as the siege train
is infinit4y larger and heavier at Sebastopol than that
at Sweaborg, and so much nearer the place.
And as it wouid appear that the enemy is beginning
to find himself "pinche,l," not (inly in his position but
in his resources, it would he far better to " smash " the
place at once and drive him from it ;.)y means of " ver-
tical firing," thereby saving many of our own nohle and
gallant spiritg, and perhaps some of the enemy too.
As for the stone walls and batteries, we could afford
to leave them as they are.

I am, Sir, ycur obedient servant,
R. B. FEATFIER.

Liverpool, 7th Sept., 1855.
London, England, 1855-09-08

THAMES.

ALLEGED RAPE ON A CHILD.--Robert Courtenay, r.
respectable young man, was charged with au indecent
assault on the person of Sarah Horford, a little girl hav-
ing no home, who had been for some time wandering
about the streets at the ea-tern part of the metropolis.
Sarah Horford said she generally slept in the casual
ward of Whitechapel Workhouse. About half-past one
o'clock this morning she met the prisoner in the White-
chapel-road, when he asked her a few questions, and
gave her sixpence to walk with him. They bad not gone
far when the prisoner took her up a court, where he
pulled up her clothes and behaved indecently to her on
the pavement.
Police constable 169 H deposed to meeting the pri-
goner and the prosecutor in Gloucester-street, near the
Eastern Saloon. They were standing near a gateway,
and at suckan hour witness asked the prisoner what he
a:
did with the child at that time srlaeu he gait twit ho Sff
London, England, 1855-09-08

WOOLLEN TRADE.

buyers in
vewbeeeken very
, the
and few
amongst
(From the Leeds Mercury of this day.)
wholesale houses there is only a limited business done.
The country trade houses are brisk.
theLtiTwnns'dSuerpintg. 7i—heTheuerrerehnat
BRADFORD, Sept. 6.—There was an average attend-
ance at our market to-day. Although there WAS a good
inquiry for combing wools, the market was somewhat
quieter, compared with the brisk business of last week,
owing to the staplers being unwilling to part with their
stocks at the prices. generally offered ; in the transac-
tions that took place 'former prices were Ermly main-. 1
tamed.
HALIFAX, Sept. 7.—Nothing at all materially different
from last week's report of the trade of this market has
characterised the progress of the yarn and piece depart-
ments up to the present.
MANCHESTER, Sept. 7.—We have had a steady mar
ket. The demand for cloth, without being large, is
is ty r•gular. Friees are irm.
•
London, England, 1855-09-08

BRITISH SWISS LEGION.

Ist Regiment of Light Infantry—To be Majors—Theodor
Fornaro, Carl Ludwig Hafelin. To be Captains—Adrian
Von Arx, Simon de Castella, Johann Oberlin, Johann
Caspar Pfeiffer, Baron Oliver de Gingins, Otto Reinert,
Theodor do VaMere, Ulrich Roth, Heinrich Albert
Honegger, Joseph Stutz, Franz Muller, Caspar Trepp.
To be Lieutenants—Carl Ludwig Grussi, Joseph Stamp'
(Adjutant, lat Battalion), Sebastian Aebi, Johann Michel,
Johann George Meyers, Count Joseph Von Travers (Ad-
jutant tl,nd Battalion), Francois Petitpierre, Luzius
Crufer, Benedicht Alagani, Alex. Hoatacho, Benedicht 4tott-
lieb Bahler, Fliederich Berger, Carl Theodor Schmidlin.
To be Ensigns—Rudolf Stlitfmann, Jacob Romang, Sig-
mund Hursch, Adolph Hiinerwadel, Theophil Scharer,
Joirtnn Iseuschmid, Peter Hurst, Paulus Ernst, Peter
Hermann Hasla, Jules Landerset, Rudolph Hun-
ziker. To be Surgeon—Peter Berry, Esq. To be Agaiatant,
Surgeons—Albert Schwab, Carl Bonvih, Otto Wertmiiller.
STAFF.

Brevet• Colonel P. ll'Pherson, C. 8., from the 17th Foot,
to be Inspecting Field Officer of a Recruiting District, vice
Dorinzy, who retires upon full-pay.
The appointment of Veterinary-Surgeon Cherry to the
Staff, on Dec. 1, 1854, should have been gazetted as of the
7th Dragoon Guards, and not from the 7th Dragoon
Guards.

PROVISIONAL DEPOT BATTALIONS.
Lieutenant-Colonel Honourable R. A. G. Dalzell, from
the 63d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colouel, vice Hill, who
exchanges.
Brevet-Major G. Le Fevre Dickson, from the 30th Foot,
to be Adjutant, vice Grant, who exchanges.
CHELSEA HOSPITAL. _ .

Lieutenaxt John James C Irby, from the rth Foot,
:o be Adjutant, vice Sir J. M. Wilson, promoted.
UNATTACHED. . .

Brevet-Major James Rose, of the 30th Foot, to have his
Brevet Raak converted into Substantive Rank, under the
Royal Warrant of the Gth Oct., 1854 ; Brevet-Major John
Hackett, of the 77th Foot, to have his Brevet Rank con-
warted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant
of the Gth Oct., 1854 ; Brevet-Major Andrew Hunt, of the
70th Foot, to have his Brevet Rank converted into Sub-
st•Lntive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of the 6th Oct.,
1851.
London, England, 1855-09-08

TURKEY.

A letter from Varna of the 25th ult. ste es that
Abdi Pasha had arrived there, as commissioner of
the Porte, to superintend theembarkation cf Turk-
ish troops for Asia. These troops are to be dis-
embarked at different places on the Asiatic coast,
and are to be concentrated at Batoum.
Omer Pasha will inform the Porte from Batoum
of the wants of his army, and will then go to the
Crimea, and thence to Varna, to be present at the
embarkation of the troops whom he will conduct
into Asia. By landing at Batoum, whence he
will proceed-. to take up a fortified position in the
interior, Omer Pasha hopes to cut cf the retreat
of the Russians, The greater part of the troops
assembled at Maslak have been sent to the Crimea.
A good many deserters from the Russians in the
Crimea had arrived at Varna, and most of them
showed a desire to enter the corps of Turkish Cos-
sacks which Sadik Pasha is organising.
The Journal de Constantinople states that the
Russians have destroyedall the crops and committed
other devastations in the province of Armenia.
The nomad Kurd families have left for the south,
and a great number of Armenians have followed
the Russians into Erivan. The Russians are cir-
culating proclamations in the Armenian language,
in which they promise all Armenians wbo will
emigrate into Georgia their protection, exemption
from all taxes for 10 years, concessions of land, and
exemption from military service for 25 years.
A letter from Therapia in the Moniteur an-
nounces that, according to letters from Erzeroum
of the 14th, the Russians had retired to some dis-
tance, but whether for the purpose of concentrating
their forces or otherwise was not known.. This
letter also confirms the intelligence of a partial
attack upon Kars by the Russians, successfully
repelled by the garrison. A Russian General is
stated to have fallen in the action.
London, England, 1855-09-08

TURKEY.

A letter from Varna of the 25th ult. stales that
Abdi Pasha had arrived there, as comtniss'ouer of
the Porte, to superintend theembarkation f Turk-
ish troops for Asia. These troops are to be dis-
embarked at different places on the Asiatic coast,
and are to be concentrated at Batoum.
Omer Pasha will inform the Porte from Batoum
of the wants of his army, and will then go to the
Crimea, and thence to Varna, to be present at the
embarkation of the troops whom he will conduct
into Asia. By landing at Batoum, whence he
will proceed to take up a fortified position in the
interior, Omer Pasha hopes to cut off the retreat
of the Russians. The greater part of the troops
assembled at Maslak have been sent to the Crimea.

A good many deserters from the Russians in the
Crimea had arrived at Varna, and most of them
showed a desire to enter the corps of Turkish Cos-
sacks which Sadik Pasha is organising.
The Journal de Constantinople states that the
Russians have destroyedall the crops and committed
other devastations in the province of Armenia.
The nomad Kurd families have left for the south,
and a great number of Armenians have followed
the Russians into Erivan. The Russians are cir-
culating proclamations in the Artnenian language,
in which they promise all Armenians who will
emigrate into Georgia their protection, exemption
from all taxes for 10 years, concessions of land, and
exemption from military service for 25 years.
A letter from Tlierapia in the Moniteur an-
nounces that, according to letters from Erzeroum
of the 14th, the Russians had retired to some dis-
tance, but whether for the purpose of concentrating
their forces or otherwise was not known. This
letter also. coitfirms the intelligence of a partial
Attack upon Kars by the Ru,sians, successfully
repelled by the garrison. A Russian General is
Stated to have fallen in the action.
London, England, 1855-09-08

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

Robert Smith, slater, Glasgow ; creditors meet Sept. 21,
in the Globe Hotei there.

Angus Faleoner, provision merchant, Edinburgh; Sept.
17, in Cooper's Hotel there.
Charles Maclarty Douglas, merchant, Glasgow ; Sept.
17, in the Globe Hotel there.

BANK OF
An Account pursuant to the Act
the Week ending on Saturd

ENGLAND.
7th and Bth Victoria. cap, 32, 1W
fay the let day of Sept., 1855.
ARTMENT.

ISBUE DEP,

Notes Issued .... 28,358,010

Government debt.... 11,015,100
Other securities...—. 2,984,9(0
Gold coin and bullion 14,368,010
Silver bu11i0n........

£25,368,010

Z 28,369,010
MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated the Cth day of Sept., 18

:rAILTBISIfT.

Government securities
(includg.Dead Weight

Annuity) 3,031,P58
Other securitieS...... 15,661,985
Notes ............ 8,2,3,380
Gold and silver coin.. 571,1eS

A 37.527,564
Chief Cashior..4.
London, England, 1855-09-08

AUSTRIA.

A letter from Vienna of the 3d says :--" The
Emperor of Austria left this cii y yesterday for
tschl, and the Empress is to leave Ips:xenburg on
ihe sth to join his Majesty. Although a courier is
co be sent to the Emperor daily with despatches on
current affairs, it may be assumed that the impor-
tant questions in foreign and domestic policy have
)een solved for the moment, and that the presence
,f the Emperor at Vienna is not necessary. It is
thought that the measures necessary for causing
kustria to abandon her doubtful situation for a
more positive one have been adopted. It is asserted.
hat Baron de Prokesch is to be nominated am-
bassador at Constantinople, and is to leave for his
destination in the beginning of October."
It is said that Austria has again remonstrated,
tud in warm terms, with the Neapolitan Govern-
nent on the odious, tyrannical, and barbarous
practices of the police authorities. Austria is per-
fectly aware that such conduct may provoke, and
would justify, open resistance, and she naturally
fears that insurrection, once begun in the south,
would fly like wildfire all over the peninsula.
Disturbances in Italy would not be a very agreea-
ble prospect for any one, but they would be for
Austria particularly a serious complication. It is,
not said that the Neapolitan Government shows'
any disposition to modify its system.
London, England, 1855-09-08

AUSTRIA.

A letter from Vienna of the 3d says :—" The
Emperor of Austria left this city yesterday for
Ischl, and the Empress is to leave Laxenburg on
the sth to join his Majesty. Although a courier is
to be sent to the Emperor daily with despatches on
current affairs, it may be assumed that the impor-
tant questions in foreign and domestic poliCy have
been solved for the moment, and that the presence
of the Emperor at Vienna is not necessary. It is
thought that the measures necessary for causing
Austria to abandon her doubtful situation for a
more positive one have been adopted. It is asserted
hat Baron de Prokesch is to he nominated am-
bassador at Constantinople, and is to leave for his
destination in the beginning of October."
It is said that Austria has again remonstrated,
and in warm terms, with the Neapolitan Govern-
ment on the odious, tyrannical, and barbarous
practices of the police authorities. Austria is per-
fectly aware that such conduct may provoke, and
would justify, open resistance, and she naturally
fears that insurrection, once begun in the south,
would fly like wildfire all over the peninsula.
Disturbances in Italy would not be a very agreea-
ble prospect for any one, but they would be for
Austria particularly a serious complication. It is
not said that the Neapolitan Government shows
any disposition to modify its system.
London, England, 1855-09-08

HOSPITAL STAFF.

Surgeon Henry Downes, M.D., from the 97th Foot, to
be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class.
Assistant-Surgeon William Johnstone Fyffe, M. 8., from
the 30th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon, Second Class.
Acting Assistant-Surgeon Andrew Spittall has been per-
mitted to resign his appointment.
London, England, 1855-09-08

LAUNCH OF THE PEARL

On the lath inst. the ceremony of launching the
Pearl is to take place at Woolwich. Her rudder was
shipped on Thursday, and her launching cradle is nearly
complete.
Two other gun-boats, the Tickler and the Plover, are
to be launched at Messrs. Pitcher's this day (Saturday).
London, England, 1855-09-08

MILITARY.

At the General Hospital, Fort Pitt, Chatham, Acti*g
Assistant• Surgeon Atkinson received orders yesterday to
hold himself in readiness to embark for service in the
East.

Yesterday 58 invalided soldiers arrived at Chatham by
special train from London in charge of three officers,
who are invalided borne, namely, Captain Oswald A.
Griniston, 19th, Lieutenant George E. Acklom, 44th,
and Assistant-Qurgeon Jackson Greer, 214 Fnliers.
The recruiting for the division of the Land Transport
Corps now in course of formation has been very success-
ful, and a large body are now assembled at the head-
Tuarters, at Horfield Barracks, in the vicinity of Bristol.
he number to be enrolled is 3,000, and upwards of two.
thirds have alr/pady been raised.
For the last three days an almost incessant firing has
been kept up at the Arsenal butt at Woolwich from sun-
dry pieces of field artillery, for the purpose of testing
the powers of endurance of various descriptions of vent.
No conclusion has, however, been as yet arrived at, and
the experiments are to be continued.
A very admirable and useful addition is about to be
made to the army, in the shape of a new corps of " In-
structors of Musketry," which is to be immediately or-
ganised on a permanent footing. Its head quarters will
be at Hythe, where there will always be stationed a
commandant, with pay as staff-colonel, a captain, with
an allowance of 1501. a-year, a subaltern with 100 Z., in
addition to their ordinary regimental pay, a paymaster
and a quartermaster, and a surgeon, with a serjeant-
major, five first-class instructors, a clerk, an armourer,
and 12 privates as fatigue men.
Lieutenant Brophey, of the 3d Royal Lancashire Mi-
litia, has been presented by the Secretary of State for the
War Department with a medal for " distinguished con-
duct in the field."
London, England, 1855-09-08

MILITARY.

At the General Hospital, fort Pitt, Chatham, Acting
Assistant-Surgeon Atkinson received orders yesterday to
hold himself in readiness to embark for service in the
East.

Yesterday 58 invalided soldiers arrived at Chatham by
special train from London in charge of three officers,
who are invalided home, namely, Captain Oswald A.
Grimeton, 19th, Lieutenant George E. Acklom, 44th,
and Assistant-Surgeon Jackson Greer, 21st Fusiliers.
The recruiting for the division of the Land Transport
Corps now in course of formation has been very success-
ful, and a large body are now assembled at the bead-
quarters, at Horfield Barracks, in the vicinity of Bristol.
The number to be enrolled is 3,000, and upwards of two-
thirds have already been raised.
For the last three clays an almost incessant firing has
been kept up at the Arsenal butt at Woolwich from sun-
dry pieces of field artillery, for the purpose of testing
the powers of endurance of various descriptions of vent.
No conclusion has, however, been as yet arrived at, and
the experiments are to be continued.
A very admirable and useful addition is about to be
made to the army, in the shape of a new corps of " In-
structors of Musketry," which is to be immediately or-
ganised on a permanent footing. Its head quarters will
be at Ilythe, where there will always be stationed a
commandant, with pay as star-colonel, a captain, with
an allowance of 1501. a-year, a subaltern with 1001., in
addition to their ordinary regimental pay, a paymaster
and a quartermaster, and a surgeon, with a serjeant-
mojor, five first-class instructors, a clerk, an armourer,
and 12 privates as fatigue men.
Lieutenant Brophey, of the 33 Royal Lancashire Mi-
litia, has been presented by the Secretary of State for the
War Department with a medal for " distinguished con-
duct in the field."
London, England, 1855-09-08

LAND TRAIT SPORT CORPS.

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Quartermaster Divisions—Quartermaster e
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gade da
Robert Godber ; Quartermaster of Brigade Henry
Hilliker ; Quartermaster of Brigade William Banks ;
Thomas Downie, late Quartermaster of Brigade. To be
Quartermasters of Brigade—Serjeant Joseph Harris, 17th
Foot ; Lieutenant C. P. Williams, from Ist Royal Lanca-
shire Militia ; Lieutenant Charles Chevalier, from the 2d
Royal Jersey Militia ; William Henry Lander ; Adolphus
Murphy; John Welsh; Superintendent William Henry
Dawson.
For —Willan, Gent., to be Quartermaster of Brigade,
vice Watson, April 30, read, St. John Winans, Gent.,
to be Quartermaster of Brigade, vice Watson, resigned,
April 30. For Sergeant-Major Thomas Mitchell, from the
15th Light Dragoons, to be Quartermaster of Brigade, vice
O'Reilly, dismissed the service, read, Sergeant-Major
Thomas Witchell, from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be
Quartermaster of Brigade, &c.
TURKISH CONTINGENT.
- -

Joseph Hutchison, Lq., to be Paymaster of the Irregu-
lar Cavalry, under the command of I:ajor-General Beat-
son ; Samuel Bake, Esq., to be Commissary-in-Chief of
the Field Train of the Turkish Contingent.
BRITISH GERMAN LEGION.

Von Ilacke to be Major, Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel, and
Second Commandant, at Shorncliffe ; J. C. Hermann
Freund, M.D., to he Deputy Inspector-General of Hos-
pitals.
let Regiment of Light Infantry—To be Majors--Chris-
tian Winneberger ; Johann H. J. Kessler.
3d Light Infantry—Major William Gordon Cameron,
from the Ist Light Infantry, to be Major Cornmandaut ;
Peter Rodowitz Oswiecimski to be Major; Henry Cayley
to be Paymaster ; Joseph Longland to be Quartermaster ;
Carl H. C. Rode to bo Surgeon.
Ist Light Dragoons—Gustav von Djembowski to be
Lieutenant ; Charles O'Brien to be Quartermaster ; Theo-
dor Grosse to be Surgeon ; George Longman to be Veteri-
nary Surgeon.
2d Light Dragoons—JohannC.Koopmaus to be Cornet ;
Joseph .Napier to be Quartermaster.
London, England, 1855-09-08

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHIPIELD.—Meadow hay, 41 0' to 6: 6s - clove, ditto,
41 Os to 61 lOs ; ang straw, 11 5s Od to 1/ 104 Od per 10411.
Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at barely late rates.
CIIMBEBLAND.—Meadow hay, 4/ Os to 6t 104: clove' do.,
4' Os to 6/ 104 ; and straw, 1/ 68 to 1/ 10s per load.
A moderate supply and a sluggish demand.
WHITEOHA PEL.—Meadow hay,3" 153 to 6: 63; clover do.,
4/ Os to 61 10s ; and straw, 11 5s to 11 104 ner load.
The demand for both hay and straw ruled inactive, at our
quotations.
London, England, 1855-09-08

THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SErr. 5.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a
despatch from her Majesty's Acting Consul at Lisbon, en-
closing copy of a law, raising, for three years, the import
duty on honey, molasses, and foreign syrups, imported
into the island' of Madeira, to 4,000 reis (iSs.) the 100
pounds weight.
London, England, 1855-09-08

MAIL FOR AFRICA.

The following notice was posted yesterday morning at
Sheerness " Letters for the West Coast of Africa will
be despatched by her Majesty's ships Bloodhound and
Electo on the 11th and the 18th inst. from Devonport.
Letters for seamen, marines, and boys serving on the
West Coast of Africa will be forwarded by this oppor-
tunity, if posted in time, and marked, By her Ms-
jesty's ship Bloodhound or Electo.' The postage of Id.
must be paid on the letter at the time of posting it.—
Admiralty, Sept. 6."
London, England, 1855-09-08

tionmel is correct if it says that the ..kustrians aro
detested in. the Principalities, and the private
letters from Bucharest and Jassy completely cor-
roborate these statements.

BOURSE, SEPT. 7.—CLOSING PIIIOES.,
Cash. fr. e. End of Month.
4i per Cents 92 —92 f. 65c.
3 per Cents 66 45 66 55
Credit Mobilier l5OO Roman
Credit Foncier 535 Austrian
Belgian Fives. 94i— Spanish Threes —
Piedmontese B5 Home Debt 3l
London, England, 1855-09-08

GUILDHALL.

FORGING LETTERS OF CREDIT.- -The two Spaniards
Ai azip and Cortaza, remanded charged with forging two
letters of credit, one for 1,1001. and the other 7001., with
intent to defraud two Spanish houses carrying on busi-
ness in the city, were again placed at the bar before Mr.
Alderman'Finhis for further examination;
Mr. S. Mullins, in the absence of his brother, appeared
for the prosecution, and Mr. Wontner fir the prisoners.
Mr. Mullins said it was not his intention to produce
further evidence to-day, but to ask for a remand in con-
Begun:ice of his brother, who conducted the case, having
gone to Paris t 4 endeavour to get possession of two
letters containing the whole of the money which the
prisoners had forwarded to their addresses at that place.
The prisoners were remanded for a week.
London, England, 1855-09-08

HOSPITAL STAFF.

Surgeon Henry Downes, M.D., from the 97th Foot, to
be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class.
Assistant-Surgeon William Johnstone Fyffe, from
the 30th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon, Second Class.
Acting Assistant-Surgeon Andrew Spittail has been per-
mitted to resign his appointment.
London, England, 1855-09-08

THE AUSTRIAN ALLIANCE.

The correspondent of the Indepenclance Belge has
the following remarkably lucid and logical observa-
tions on the subject of the Austrian alliance :—" I
am happy to inform you that the relation of the
Western Powers with Austria are as satisfactory as
can be desired. I will even add that, as far as Aus-
tria is concerned, the situation is better now than it
was before the disagreement which took place some
months ago. This may seem paradoxical at the
first view. It is true, indeed, that Austria dis-
greed with her Allies on an essential point of the
alliance, and it was natural to suppose that, even
after the intimacy was renewed between the three
Powers, some ill-feeling was left behind. The al-
liance, before the month of May, was based on the
treaty of Dec. 2, and was no doubt serious and
sincere on both sides. But the sth article of that
treaty, which foresaw, without explicitly defining
it, the eventuality of the military co-operation of
Austria, contained the germ of a future complica-
tion. The question was often asked, what Austria
would do when the case foreseen by the treaty had
in reality taken place, and whether she would take
the same view of that case as the other powers.
The disagreement which followed on the question
of interpretation showed that there was reason for
putting such a question. But that doubt no longer
exists ; the question is now clear and precise. The
Western Powers, having heard the reasons assigned
by Austria to justify her abstention from military
co-operation with them, thought that they ought
not to abandon the alliance because Austria did hot
put the same interpretation as themselves upon an
essential point of the treaty. It was therefore
necessary, from the moment it was thought desira-
ble to maintain the alliance, to put an end to the
real coolness which had existed, and to prevent in
future any similar cause of embarrassment. The
Three Powers are now engaged upon this work with
equal loyalty and zeal on both sides; and Austria,
moreover, has made the negotiation easy by readily
declaring that the special and limited disagreement
which she had announced, should in no way affect
her sentiments and relations on the subject of the
alliance, to the spirit and letter of which she still
remained faithful. On this ground communica-
tions and explanations have been exchanged be-
tween the Three Powers, which have resulted in
new arrangements and new engagements, which
may be considered as additions to the treaty.
Everthing is defined with precision so as to meet
all eventualities. Each of the contracting powers
can now reckon upon its allies in perfect confidence
and entire security. Thus we can say that the
alliance between Austria and the Western Powers
is now stronger, more secure, more easy in its ap-
plication, and more intimate than it was at the first
period." That's not saying much.