The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-09 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT.
The following general order will give great satisfaction
to the Dublin garrison :
"GENERAL ORDER.

"Adjutant General's Office, Dublin, Sept. 5, 1853.
"The lieutenant general commanding has great satis-
faction in communicating to Major General Cochrane and
the officers of the general and Dublin district, and the
garrison staff, and the commanding and other officers, and
to the non-commissioned officers and privates of the garri-
son of Dublin, that he has received from his Excellency
the Lord Lieutenant an intimation that her Majesty was
graciously pleased to express her approbation of their ap-
pearance under arms on the 31st ultimo.
" It also affords the lientanant general much satisfaction
to be able to communicate, that, in addition to the com-
mendation bestowed upon then by their Sovereign, Field
Marshal Prince Albert was pleased to express the gratifi-
cation experienced by his Royal Highness from the correct
movements and steadiness of the troops on that occasion.
" Sir Edward Blakeney takes this opportunity of offer-
ing Major-General Cochrane his best thanks for his very
able and judicious arrangements in providing for the
per-
formance of the several duties regrind from the garrison
of Dublin during.her Majesty's visit ; and he requests that
the Major-General will express, in-the strongest terms, to
the troops under his command, the great pleasure which
their exemplar and soldier-like conduct during this period
has afforded the Lieutenant-General.—By command,
(Signed) " J. EDEN, D.A.G.
of i Limerick, i
Dragoonc k,
Guards,
comprising a
"To Major-General Cochrane, &c., Royal Barracks."
batteryO
On Tuesdayof
Royal
the r tllreoroyp,
14th Regiment, and depot of 60th Rifles, had a grand
field-day at Newcastle racecourse, before Major-General
troops
in
op L
Fleming, C. 8., who was accompanied by his aide-de-
camp, Capt. Fleming, 63d, and Colonel Co; A.Q.m.G.
Lieut. De Vere, has joined at Dover from
leave of absence.
The Grenauier company of the 27th left Enniskillen
for Belturbet to make room for a detachment of the
Royal Sappers and Miners to commence a survey of the
county Fermanagh.
Captain Stapylton's company 27th at Ballysbannon is
ordered to head-quarters, Enniskillen.
The 68th depot has got up amateur theatricals at
Newry.
Captain Bellingham, 50th, Captain Hewett, 62d,
Captain Barry, 65th, Lieutenant Maxwell, 95th, and
Captain Lloyd, Ist West, sold out of the service on Fri-
day last.
Recruiting parties stationed at Beggar's Bush Bar-
racks, Dublin-18th, 65th, 86th, and 87th,
Captain Bickerstaff, Carabineers, and Lieutenant
Orme, 3d Light Dragoons, accompany Lieutenant
General Jackson, as aides-de-camp, to the Cape of Good
Hope.
The Redoubt Barracks, at Enniskillen, have been
given over to the Royal Engineer surveying department.
Lieutenant J. Kelly, Royal Artillery, is appointed
fort adjutant at Antigua.
Lieutenant Maclean is appointed adjutant of the 11th
depot, vice Cardiff.
Lieutenant-Colonel Drought, from the 15th, at Cey-
lon, is upon leave at Lettybrooke, Ring's County, with
his friends.

Ensign Lord Louth, 79th, attained his natal majority
on the 30th ult., which was celebrated by his tenantry
in Louth.

CORIC.—The officers of the 39th Regiment gave a
grand ball at Cork barracks, on Tuesday evening. There
were 300 persons present.

We published yesterday a summary of the news
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the
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brings dates
Cherokee
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kfhe freight if2grw6ho
was filled
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brought from America by the Humboldt. The
following is some additional intelligence by the
same vessel :--
specie for Havre, and gold coin value $35,386 for
London. She
27th ult.
The steam-ship Cherokee, which was destroyed
George Law and Co.'s line of packets. At the time
ob fy the disaster
and the loss to the owners and freighters amounted
to about $lOO,OOO to the former, and $500,000 to
the latter.
The yellow fever still continued at New Orleans
' with all its malignity, and with an unchecked ten-
dency truly frightful. The number of deaths in
one day had reached 315, and at the last accounts
the average mortality was but little below 300. It
had become an opinion that the epidemic would
not cease so long as there was material for it to
00
work upon. 400 discharges from cannon were fired
r theitono,
daily, tar barrels were burned in the graveyards
and infected places, and the streets cleansed as well
as they could be with the small force at the dispo-
sal of the municipality, without, however, in any
way lessening the virulence of the disease. The
amount of subscriptions for rendering relief had
amounted in various places to $137,577, and others
were pouring in.
The New York Herald publishes the dispatch of
Lord J'ohilßussell- to Mr. Crampton, in reply to the
letter of Mr. Everett in reference to the proposals
of England and France to the United States for a
tripartite treaty for the protection of Cuba. To
this document is also appended a brief dispatch
from Mr. Crampton) relative to an interview be-
tween Mr. Secretary Marcy and the British and
French Ministers on the subject :
" LORD J. RUSSELL TO MR. CRAMPTON.
" Foreign-office, Feb. 16.
" Sir,—Lord Malmesbury received just before leaving
office the note addressed to you by Mr. Everett, and
left it for the consideration of his successor. The absence
from London of the ambassador of France has hitherto
prevented that communication between the two Govern-
ments which the circumstances of the proposal made
jointly required. I have now to inform you of the view
which her Majesty's Government take of Mr. Everett's
reply to our overture. It is doubtless perfectly within
the competence of the American Government to reject
the proposal that was made by Lord Malmesbury and
M. Turgot in reference to Cuba. Each Government
will then remain as free as it was before to take that
course which its sense of duty and a regard for the in-
terests of its people may prescribe. I should have satis-
fied my obligations as Secretary of State by this obvious
remark, had not Mr. Everett entered at large into argu-
ments which the simple nature of the question before
him hardly seemed to require. The Governments of
Great Britain and France, when they made this pro-
posal to that of the United States, were fully aware of
the growth of power and extension of territory which
have marked the progress of the United States since
the period of their independence. The absorption or
annexation of Louisiana in 1803, of Florida in 1819,
of Texas in 1845, and of California in 1848, had not
escaped them ; still less did they require to be reminded
of the events of the seven years' war, or of the American
war.

" It occurs to her Majesty's Government, therefore,
to ask for what purpose are these arguments intro-
duced with so much preparation, and urged with so
much ability. ? It would appear that the purpose,
not fully avowed, but hardly concealed, is to pro-
cure the admission of a doctrine that the United
States have an interest in Cuba to which Great Britain
and France cannot pretend. In order to meet this pre-
tension, it is necessary to set forth the character of the
two Powers who made the offer in question, and the
nature of that offer. Mr. Everett declare:, in the out-
set of his dispatch, that the United States would not
see with indifference the island of Cuba fall into the pos-
session of any other European Government than Spain,'
&c. The two powers most likely to possess themselves
of Cuba, and.most formidable to the United States, are
Great Britain and France. Great Britain is in posses-'
sion, by treaty, of the island of Trinidad, which in the
last century was a colony of Spain ; France was in pos-
session, at the commencement of this century, of Loui-
siana, by voluntary cession from Spain. These two
powers, by their naval resources, are, in fact, the only
Powers who could be rivals with the United States for
the possession of Cuba. Well, these two Powers are
ready..xabintarily to declare, severally and collectively,
that they will not obtain, or maintain for themselves, or
for any one of themselves, any exclusive control over the
said island of Cuba, nor assume nor exercise any do-
minion over the same.' Thus, if the object of the United
States were to bar the acquisition of Cuba by any Euro-
pean State, this convention would secure that object.
But if it is intended, on the part of the United States,
to maintain that Great Britain and France have no in-
terest in the maintenance of the present status quo in
Cuba, and that the United States have alone a right to
a voice in that matter, her Majesty's Government at
once refuse to admit such a claim. Her Majesty's pos-
sessions in the West Indies alone, without insisting on
the importance to Mexico and other friendly States of
the present distribution of power, give her Majesty an
interest in this question which she cannot forego. The
possessions of France in the American seas give a
similar interest to France, which, no doubt, will be
put forward by her Government. Nor is this right at
all invalidated by the argument of Mr. Everett that
Cuba is to the United States what an island in the mouth
of the Thames or the Seine would be to England or
France. The distance of Cuba from the nearest part of
the territory of the United States—viz., from the
southernmost part of Florida, s 110 miles. An island
at an equal distance from the mouth of the Thames would
be placed about 10 miles north of Antwerp, in Belgium;
while an island at the same distance from Jamaica would
be placed at Manzanilla, a town in Cuba. Thus there
are no grounds for saying that the possession of Cuba by
Great Britain or France would be menacing to the
United States; but that its possession by the United ,
States would not be so to Great Britain. There is one ,
appears
snt of
to
her the
Majesty's United
Government e s'
nSecretarye of
tonly State
y which
unfounded
but disquieting. Lord Malmesbury and M. de Turgot
put forward, as a reason for entering into the proposed
compact, the attacks which have lately been made on
the island of Cuba by lawless bands of adventurers from
the United States, and with the avowed design of taking
possession of that island.' To this reason Mr. Everett
replies in these terms, 'The President is convinced that
the conclusion of such a treaty, instead of putting a stop
to these lawless proceedings, would give a new and
powerful impulse to them.' The Government of Great
Britain acknowledges with respect the conduct of the
President in disavowing and discouraging the lawless
attempts here referred to. The character of those at-
tempts, indeed, was such as to excite the reprobation of
every civilized State. The spectacle of bands of men
collected together, in reckless disregard of treaties, for
the purpose of making from the ports of the United
States a piratical attack on the territory of a Power in
amity with their own State, and, when there, en-
deavouring by armed invasion to excite the obedient to
revolt and the tranquil to disturbance, was a sight
shocking, no doubt, to the just and honest principles of
the President. But the statement made by the Presi-
dent, that a convention duly signed and legally ratified,
engaging to respect the present state of possession
in all future time, would but excite these bands
of pirates to more violent breaches of all the laws of
honesty and good neighbourhood, is a melancholy avowal
for the chief of a great State. Without disputing its
truth, Her Majesty's Government may express a hope
that this state of things will not endure, and that the
citizens of the United States, while they justly boast of
their institutions, will not be insensible to the value of
those eternal laws of right and wrong, of peace and
friendship, and of our duty to our neighbours, which
ought to guide every Christian nation. Nor can a
people so enlightened fail to perceive the utility of those
rules for the observance of international relations which
for centuries have been known to Europe by the name
of the 'law of nations.' Among the commentators on
tehitaitzenlaewh,ayseomeearnoefd tahne
emnvoisatbldeisratinpguntaistihnl ; American.
difficult to suppose that the United States
example of abrogating its most sacred
r
let it be said that such a convention would havepr
vented the inhabitants of Cuba from asserting their
the
independence. With regard to internal troubles,
on the part of
im-
mediately seeking refuge, from revolts
United States,
and
setiNtt the
the blacks, under the shelter of the
provisions.
the same in effect as a
proposed convention was altogether silent- But a pre-
tended
fully admitting the
tweonudledd
jduesculyarbateiolonookfedindueppoenndasence, withs a view of
formal annexation. Finally, while
was made by Lord Malmesbury m
liberty,
and, Britain must at once resume her entire
call for it, be free to
and, upon any occasion that may
with other Powers,
act either singly or in conjunction
right of the United States to reject t.h2...prd2epoTsaulrtghoatt,
as to her may seem fit.
" I am, &c.,

c‘J. RUSSELL."

"MR. CRAMPTON TO THE EARL OF CLARENDON.
"Washington, April 18, 1853.

~. _ .
" In obedience to the instructions contained in Lord
John Russell's dispatch of the 21st of February, I have
read to the Secretary of State of the United States, and
placed in his hands, a copy of his lordship's dispatch of
the 16th of that month upon the subject of Cuba.
" My French colleague having also received instruc-
tions from his Government to communicate to the Go-
vernment of the United States a dispatch upon the same
subject, and very much to the same effect, it was agreed
between us that we should, as upon former occasions in
' regard to this matter, make our communications simul-
taneously, and we accordingly waited upon Mr. Marcy
together for that purpose on the 16th inst.
" Mr. Marcy, after having listened attentively to what
M. de Sartiges and myself read to him, said that he
would submit the observations of the two Governments

"We have reason to believe that Lord John
Russell's letter, relative to the proposition for a tripar-
tite treaty, has been answered by Mr. Marcy in a man-
ner which will not only convince the English Secretary
of State of his want of correct geographical knowledge
as to the distance between the United States and Cuba,
but also of the fact that any combinations of European
Powers by which this country is likely to be nearly or
remotely affected will not be regarded with indifference.
We are further of opinion that the truly American doc-
trine enunciated by Mr. Everett in his celebrated State
paper in reply to Messrs. Crampton and Sartiges, has
been endorsed and emphasized by the present Adminis-
tration to the fullest extent. From present appearances,
while no disposition is manifested to assume a hos-
tile attitude on the part of our Government, it is evi-
dent, if the threat of Lord John Russell, that Great
Britain is free to act singly or in conjunction with
other powers, as to her may seem fit, means that
she will enter into combinations to thwart the policy
of the United States, that there will be no hesitation
on the part of President Pierce in protecting the
interests and honour of the country. It looks squally.
The mission to France is yet unfilled, but the matter
will be probably decided in a few days. If it had been
supposed probable that General Cass would accept the
position, the President would gladly have availed him-
self of his great ability and experience in the present
critical state of Europe. It is understood the mission
has been tendered to Mr.
,Cobb, and now awaits that
gentleman's acceptance."
The Convention between the United States and
Great Britain concluded on the Bth of February
last had been made public by the President. The
subject is the unsettled claims between the two
countries since the treaties of Ghent. Mr. Inger-
soll and Lord John Russell are the plenipoten-
tiaries. The following is an abstract or summary
of the document :
" 1. That all such unsettled claims shall be referred to
two commissioners, one to be chosen by the President
and the other by the Queen, to meet at London, and
choose a third man as an umpire to decide where they
disagree. Where they fail to agree upon an umpire,
they are each to name one, and ich of the two •shall
be the umpire must be decided by lot.
"2. The commissioners shall forthwith proceed to
investiga. e the claims when presented, c,...refully exa-
mining the evidences, agreeing when they can, and when
they fail the umpire's decision to be without appeal; and
the two Governments shall stand by such decisions and
be bound by them,

" 3. Each c]ainri is to be presented within six months
of their meeting, and decided on within a year after their
first meeting.

" 4. All iums awarded on account of the claim shall
he paid within one year by the Government, without
interest.

" 5. The action of the commission to be a final settle-
ment of all prior claims of the sort.

" 6. The commission to keep straight accounts, and
to employ a clerk for the purpose. The salary of com-
missioners to be the same, and not to be over $3,000, or
6201. sterling, annually ; of the clerk, not to be over
$1,500, or 310/. sterling. Salaries and contingent ex-
pense 3 to be paid by a rateable deduction on the sums
awardAl ; not, however, to exceed 5 per cent. upon
them ; and in case of a deficiency, the two Governments
equally to defray the balance.
"7. The Convention to be ratified within a year of
its date."

Tho New York Times of the 25th ult. gives the
subjoined warlike information :
"We understand that orders have been received at
Governor's Wand, from the War Department, for the
immediate transmission to the Rio Grande f•ontier of a
large quantity of artillery, ammunition, and ordnance
stores, more in amount than General Taylor had during
his whole campaign. This step has undoubtedly been
taken in consequence of the movements of Santa Anna,
who is concentrating on the same frontier a very large
military force, and supplying it very largely with the
munitions of war. Such movements on the part of the
two Governments, especially while so many points of
difference remain unadjusted, naturally excite consider-
able apprehension. The Mesilla Valley dispute, the
more recent embroilment at El Paso, the raid of Carva-
jal and company a little over a year ago, the disputed
Garay grant, and the Indian incursions on the Mexican
provinces, which we are bound by treaty to suppress,
offer numerous provocations to collision which more
prudence and pacific purposes than Santa Anna is sup-
posed to possess will be required to avert.

" At the same time, many you are well acquainted
with Mexican affairs believe that Santa Anna is not
desirous of renewed hostilities, and that these demon-
strations are intended simply to back up the demands
he makes for very large indemnities from our Govern-
ment on account of Indian incursions upon the Mexican
territory. These demands, which less than a year since
amounted to about $7,000,000, have now reached twice
that sum. We apprehend it will be a matter of consi-
derable difficulty to induce our Government to make
payment of so large a sum, though we think it not im-
possible that a compromise may be effected which shall
involve the sacrifice of the Garay grant as an offset to
these demands.

" Mr. Gadsden's instructions, we have reason to be-
lieve, are eminently pacific in their tendency, while they
contemplate the exigency of a still further accession of
territory."

The New York Herald, in rejoinder to the
above, affirms, however, that the munitions of war
thus transmitted are merely the necessary and
usual supplies furnished to the troops on the fron-
tier, and that hostilities are not apprehended.

Advices from Jamaica to the 12th ult. state that

the Government affairs still remained at a dead
lock. The arrival of the new Governor was daily
expected, and hopes were entertained that, after he
had convoked the House of Assembly, political
affairs would go on more smoothly. Members
were, however, determined to maintain the con-
stitutional rights of the electors. The weather was
exceedingly warm, and yellow fever had not en-
tirely disappeared.
The British schooner Dreadnought arrived at
Charleston on the 25th ult., bringing as passengers
the widow and family of the late Governor of the
Bahamas en route to England. A great failure of
the crops was reported at the Grand Bahamas, and
it was feared the inhabitants would undergo priva-
tion. _ _

Mr. George Saunders had been commissioned as
Consul of the United States to London.

His Netherlands Majesty's steamship of war,
Amsterdam, arrived at New York on the 25th ult.,
having on board a considerable quantity of goods
for the New York Crystal Palace. After remaining
a few weeks the Amsterdam is to proceed to the
coast of Venezuela. The steamship Germania, the
first of the Bremen line of steamships, reached New
York on the 26th ult., after a passage of 23 days.
The United States brig-of-war, Banbr;dge, last
from the Cape do Verdes, had also arrived at New
York.

The Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi papers
complain of excessive rains doing great injury to
the cotton crops.
The Herald, under the head of " Six days across
the Atlantic," says :

" A steamer is now on the stocks at the shipyard of
John W. Griffiths (late S. Sneden, at Greenpoint, which
is expected to be ready for sea early in February next.
This steamer is being constructed under the plans and
specifications of William Norris, civil engineer, and
John W. Griffiths, naval architect, who have patented
their improvements in this country, England, and
France. The builders and patentees, as we are in-
formed, are under engagements to cross the Atlantic,
from New York to England, within six days, in all
reasons, with greater comfort to passengers and less
risk to life than by the present conveyances. Collins
and Cunard ahoy ! "

BUCKINGHAM PALACE.—The works at this royal resi-
dence are progressing rapidly, and the Chief Commis-
sioner of Woods and Forests, Sir William Moiesworth,
previous to his departure for Pencarrow, Cornwall, in-
spected the royal building. The improvements are
expected to be completed ere the return of the Queen to
London next year.

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(Prom the Times.)
How is it that Englishmen—with the exception 'al
of commercial travellers—see but little of tbeir.own '''''''''',.:
country ? We are the most migratory peopM in-:ALI-ill
Europe, and yet we are not acquainted with the
beautiful scenery and mere interesting towns of
the islands in which our lot is cast. In the green
uplands and sparkling streams of Devon—in the
picturesque valleys of North and South Wales—in
the lake scenery of the North of England and the
west coast of Ireland—and, above all, in the Scot-
tish Highlands—there is surely enough to attract
the tourist ; but, for some reason or another, ho
directs his wandering steps elsewhere. No doubt,
this in a certain degree depends upon that mys-
terious principle in human nature which drives
sightseers far away from their own homes for the
purpose of visiting sights which they would have
passed over with indifference had they been
situated at their own doors. How often in the
course of his life does a Londoner visit Westminster
Abbey or St. Paul's except as escort to a country
cousin ? We fear the Parisians display the same
apathy as to the attractions of Notre Dame, and
that the Viennese do not throw away much time
upon St. Stephen's. This principle is no doubt
operative to a certain extent, but it is insufficient
to account for the fact of the reluctance of English
people to travel in their own country. There is
surely enough in the historical traditions of the
English soil, and in the absolute beauty of
its surface, to attract us in youth or in old age to
every corner of our islands. We are, in point of
fact, deterred from making the tour by the exe-
crable character of our hotels, and the extortionate
charges exacted for insufficient accommodation.
It is a somewhat startling fact, but one which is
absolutely true, that a tourist could spend a couple
of months upon the double journey between the
United States and England, visit every State of
the Union, from the Falls of Niagara to New
Orleans, and live in comfort during his whole trip,
for a less sum of money than it would cost him to
" aim at," we do not say to " attain," the same
amount of comfort during a two months' journey
in the British Isles. Let us presume the English
traveller during the period of his tour to visit
North and South Wales, the English Lakes, the
Scottish Highlands, and to return to his starting
poi,eonnht
t i eLs
.o n dHo ne,
ithrough
in his Yo
own rk and the
country—he
Midlandhn
o
trouble with languge, currencies, or customs ; but
although the fare for the steamer backwards and
forwards between England and the States is 301.
either way, the whole Transatlantic trip will cost
the tourist considerably less than if he had confined
his wanderings to his own little island. As to the
amount of comfort t o be met with on either route,
it would simply be idle to institute a comparison,
so greatly is the result in favour of the more dis-
tant trip.
Now, we would say a word or two upon either
epoomino
first,in--tdaantdio,nin En
asgtolanthde.
Ths characteri. actirheoltyelmaics:
managed from beginning to end. is
sheant which the
traveller does not want he can meet with—that
which he absolutely requires for his comfort and
refreshment is not forthcoming. There isnot the
slightest occasion for red cotton velvet sofas,
four-
post bedsteads with faded brocade, or piles of
use-
less furniture either in sitting-room or bed-room.
No traveller cares to see his mutton chops set be-
fore him in a dingy kind of imitation of a silver
dish. These displays are unnecessary, or simply
annoying. A traveller would rather pay for their
absence than their presence. That which is wanted,
however, is an establishment in which the passing
guest can obtain clean and wholesome food at a
moderate cost—something less than twenty times
more than he would have paid for it in his own
home. Then, again, can there be a more inconve-
nient arrangement than that which seals the
public-entry room to ladies when in the company
of father, husband, or any male relative ? Any
one who is unfortunate enough to have any
experience of English travelling must be well
aware that the presence of a lady well nigh
quadruples hotel charges. A private sitting-room
is absolutely necessary, and then the bill is calcu-
lated upon the private-room scale, with the usual
accompaniments of " wax lights," and other
abominations of the same description. In Eng-
land, in almost every case, the coffee-room is a
den partitioned off into little pens, over each of
which a gas-burner is set ablazing at night, to the
discomfiture of the dismal occupant who may be
confined within its narrow limits. Compare this
for a moment with the " public room" in the
day dinner, either in common at the table d'h6te,
or separately if desired, without the expense of
a private sitting-room. The bedrooms, too, in
the hotels on the principal continental lines are
infinitely superior to our own. In them at least
there is air and space—no filthy carpet, reeking
with the pollution of a thousand feet, and of
a winter's soot. There is a bed without curtains
—and consequently without saved-up dirt—a
table, a sofa, a few chairs, and a little bureau,
and the usual apparatus for washing. That
is all there is, and all that is required. Even
under the head of ablutions the continental
hotels are better provided than our own. There
are either hot or cold baths in the house, or
they are to be met with at a bath establish-
ment a few minutes distant from the hotel. In
France and Germany this is invariably the case,
and how much the arrangement promotes the com-
fort of the traveller they only can tell who, after
a hard day's travel, have not been able to procure
the refreshment and comfort of a bath. There are
hotels in England, we deny it not, where such
things are to be procured, but they must be paid
for at a rate far beyond the means of ordinary tra-
vellers. It is simply ridiculous to point to such an
establishment as the Bedford Hotel at Brighton,
and to cite it as an example of the comfort of
British hotels. To frequent or to use such a house
a man must either be a millionnaire or under the
reckless influence of approaching bankruptcy.
Bad as the character of English hotels must be
considered with reference to the accommodation
they afford, they appear still more discreditable
when their charges are called in question. Perhaps
the shortest manner of testing the comparative
merit of the two systems as to price will be to
reprint an extract from the letter of a correspon-
dent which appeared yestereay in our columns.
This gives the relative cost of two autumn trips
made respectively in the years 1851-52 by the
writer, in company with his wife and daughter.
The first tour extended through a portion of
Switzerland :
"1851.—Cost of railway travelling for three persona for
a period of seven weeks, through Belgium, France,
&c., with fare by diligence occasionally 1,200 f.
1,300 f.
" Cost of hotel expenses, ditto

"Total
" 1852.—Cost of railway travelling for three persons
during a period of six weeks and three days, through
the south, south-west, and west of England—by North
and South Wales towards Liverpool, through Scot-
land, and back to London, via Newcastle, Durham,
York, Leeds, Nottingham, Leicester, Leamington,
and Oxford £lls
" Cost of hotel expenses, ditto

"Total £3oo
" Now, Sir, I give you my word of honour that I was
tournot ofnolrylboeotlt.e
than
al lodged ged
duringan fed d
mf d
homeduring
tourmy
for Continentalao but
was, moreover, treated with very much greater C onsi-
deration and respect."
Such a calculation may perhaps sufficiently
in-
dicate the reason why Englishmen are shy of tra-
velling in their own country. An English tourist
of moderate means naturally declines the Scotch
Highlands, and flies to Constantinople and Asia
Minor. He can't afford to travel in England—that
is the simple reason why he remains ignorant
of the scenery of his own country, although he may
have verified the statements of every one of Mr.
Murray's handbooks in the country to which each
refers. The cost of railway travelling, althoUgh
this is far higher with us than on the continent,
and far higher than it should be, cannot account
for the result. It is at the hotels the difference is
felt—and, when we say hotels, we are not speaking
of such a den of thieves as Dover, but of the ordi-
nary English hotel. We find precisely the same
kind of result if we go into an hotel in the neigh-
bourhood of town—at Greenwich or at Richmond
—say, at the Crown and Sceptre, or at the Star
and Garter. Excellent dinners at a high rate can
no doubt be served at either of these establishments,
but let a party of three or four who require a quiet
meal think twice of the cost before they .venture
in. They will find themselves mulcted in the sum
of six shillings for little more than a pint of most
indifferent wine, and other charges in proportion.
Compare this system with that of foreign restau-
rants and tables d'hote, and is it much wonder that
Englishmen avoid the hotels of their own country ?

FATAL EXPLOSION AT CRAMLINGTON COLLIERY,
NOIITHUMBERLAND.—An inquest was held, by adjourn-
ment, on Monday, at the Codiery School-room, Cram-
lington, before S. Reed, Esq., coroner, on the bodies of
of Wm. Baker and James Laverick, pitmen, who were
killed by an explosion of fire-damp in Cramlington Col-
liery, on the 12th August. The inquest had been ad-
journed to take the evidence of John Brown, a
deputy-overman, who had been severely burnt by the
explosion, but is slowly recovering. The evidence went
to show that the fire had been caused by a blower which
had unexpectedly come off at " the pillars," where
the deceased had been working with naked lights. It
was stated that gas was more apt to come off the pillars,
land the inquiry turned upon whether due precaution
was used in working there with naked lights, instead of
ti Davy lamps.

SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN
TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.
OPENING OF THE WEST END OFFICE.
On and after WEDNESDAY, the 7th of September inst., Messages
for the Continent and for Birmingham, Dover, and Deal, will be re-
ceived at the New Office of the above Companies, Regent-circus,
Piccadilly. No extra charge will be made for transmission.
Messages of 20 words, between the West-end and City, will be
orwarded for One Shilling.
Each additional 10 words, or fraction of 10 words, Sixpence.
No charge for delivery for the First Mile.
BIRMINGHAM.
Messages of 20 Words, between Birmingham and London, One
Shißin g.
Each additional 10 words or fraction of 10 words, Sixpence.
Messages of 20 Words bet Ween Birminghaln and Dover or Deal,
Three Shillings.
Messages of 20 Words between London and Dover or Deal, Two
Shillings.
No charge for Porterage for the first mile from any of the Com-
panies' stations.
Each mile after the first mile, Sixpence,
THE CONTINENT.
No Porterage charged upon Messages to the Continent—France
excepted.
Messages from the Continent, including France, delivered Free
within a circuit of One Mile.
Offices :-30, Cornhill; Regent-circus, Piccadilly. Dover: 7, Clar-
ence-place. Deal : 100, Beach street. Birmingham: 104, New-
street. France: Paris-83, Rue de Richelieu; Calais, Railway
station. Belgium—Brussels : Place de la Monnale.
G. L. PARROTT, Secretary.

4.HE PATENT SMOKELESS FURNACES
successfully adapted to land and marine boilers, coppers, pans,
stills, Bcc. Measurements free of expense, with estimates for imme-
diate w, rk. The increasing demand for skilled labour, however, and
the vast number of orders to be executed in pursuance of the
Acts- of Parliament now in force, and of others comine soon into
operation, render it very doubtful that the present advantageou4
terms can be insured for future contracts. Ascertained saving of
fuel from 15 to 25 per cent. linforni Won resr,ectmg licenses to
Manufacture or use the PATENT SMOKELESS FURNACES is
given by Mr. JOHN LEE STEVENS, the Patentee, at the offices,
63, King William-street, City, London, where drawings, testimonials,
&c., may be seen, and references obtained to several highly respect-
able firms in London • and elsewhere, upon whose premises the
Patent Smokeless Furnaces are in daily operation. Also by Messrs.
Francis Morton and Co., 10, North John-street, Liverpool, and 18,
St. Mary's-gate, Manchester—sole agents for those cities.

THE " LEADER" NEWSPAPER of to-mor-
row (Saturday), September 10th. will contain, among other
articles—A Monument to Napier—Spain the Defaulter—Turkey
Deseited by her Allies—The Truth about the Roman Disclosures—
An English Gaol—A Decanter of Wine on every Table—The Govern-
ing Classes: ll.—The Earl of Aberdeen—Unnoticed Errors in the
" Vestiges of Creation"—History of the Chinese Rebellion—A Sight to
be seen—The Theatres—and all the Home and Foreign News of the
Week.—No. 181. Price Sixpence.
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lington-street, Strand.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster —Directress, Madame Celeste.

THIS EVENING, SEPT. 9,

Will be performed the Comic Drama entitled TO PARENTS
AND GUARDIANS. Characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Cullen-
ford, and Keeley ; Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Mary Keeley.
After which, will be presented SARDANAPALES.
To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOEHAM.
TA conclude with WHAT I NO CAB ?

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lune and Manager, Mr. Farren.
THIS EVENING, SEPT. 9,
Will be performed THE TIMES. Characters by Messrs. T. Farren,
J. Johnstone, William Farren, G. Cooke, and Shaiders ; Mesdames
Sarah Lyons and Bartlett.
With SHYLOCR ; or, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE PRE-
SERVED." Principal character by Mr. F. Robson.
TILE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Bags, Mr. F. Robson.

ASTLETS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke.
Last Night of the present Season.
The Increasing popularity of the National Spectacle of the Battle of
Waterloo, which has now completed its 75th night, has by far ex-
seeded the most sanguine expectations of the Lessee, who, anxious
to meet the public taste, has increased the attraction of that re-
nowned Spectacle by a Splendid Military Brass Band. In an-
nouncing the Grand Production for One Night more (when it
Must be withdrawn to make room for the New Classical Burlesque,
conjointly with the Hippo Drama of Life on the Turf, which has
arrived at its 104th night—a fact unprecedented), he feels confi-
dent that he is only meeting the wish of his patrons, who nightly
flock to this popular Establishment to witness their representa-
tion. To afford every possible Novelty, Mr. W. Cooke's Scenes in
the Circle are entirely changed each week. The return of Miss
EMILY COOKE from her Continental Tour was hailed with de-
monstrations of delight. She will repeat her matchless perform-
ance every evening. N.B.—Due Notice will be given of the
First Appearance in London of Miss KATE COOKE. The long-
promised Classical Burlesque will be produced on SATURDAY,
the 10th inst.

THIS EVENING, SEPT. 9,
And during the week, excepting Saturday, will be presented the
BATTLE OF WATERLOO.

To be followed by Mr. li.Cooke's Scenes In the CIRCLE.
Concluding with (104th time) THE CHASE ; or, LIFE ON THE
TURF.

Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W
Vire.,t.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

THIS EVENING, SEPT. 9,
Brilliant Routine of Entertainments—Panorama of CHUSAN,
Splendid MENAGERIE, and Promenading Elephants.
EXHIBITION of the MARINE AQUARIUM, a Collection of
Sea and Fresh Water Fish alive, in live large Glass Tanks. The
Moilitsca, Zoophytes, and Crustacea procured expressly by P. H.
Gosse, Esq., the eminent Naturalist.
Vocal and Instrumental CONCERT. Two favourite Songs by
'Alfas Poole, the popular English Vocalist.
The whole concluding with the wonderful Tableaux of THE
FEAST OF LANTERNS, brilliant FIREWORKS, and EXPLO-
SION of CHINESE JUNKS. Admission, Is.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tars DAY —Morning 32 min. after 5 I Evening 53 min.aft. 5
To•Moaßow —Morning 17 rain. after 6 Evening 43 min.aft. 6

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, SEPT. 9.
THERMOISIETER, IN THE SHADE.
64—highest since noon yesterday.
58—Lowest this morning and during the night.
63—this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 29'08.
WIND, S.W.—Light airs, with dull weather and heavy
clouds, portending a storm. Afternoon, heavy rain.
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LONIDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1853.

h has fallen out precisely as we predicted.
Turkey feels that she has been egregiously de-
ceived by her allies, and placed by them in a false
j',ositien with regard to the AUTOCRAT. It will
'be recollected that immediately intelligence ar-
rived from Constantinople, to the effect that the
Divan would only accede to the proposal trans-
mitted from Vienna for its acceptance, on the
condition of its being rendered less distasteful to
his Majesty the SULTAN by certain preliminary
libendations—it will be remembered, we say, that
directly news to this effect was received, it was
positively stated by the official organs of both
the French and the EngliSh Governments that the
changes required in the document by the Sublime
Porte were of no importance whatsoever. It
was implied, indeed, in their nature that they were
really quite insignificant. Now, from the first,
we ventured to doubt the accuracy of this
statement. We regarded it as a wilful
misrepresentation. Nor can we be considered
rash in so doing, when it is observed that
the deliberate avowal of the Turkish Minis-
ter for Foreign Affairs comes to us at this moment
itheporesitive and explicit confirmation. Examine
es
ill
document published by us in our
daLiestille
,o_f _last evening, the " Official Note"
by his RigtZtehasof August, 1853, and addressed
tatives of A-UStriltESp"Th PAcHA. to the represen-
Britain—exatahisalc russia, France, and Great
evaiateable and. high-spirited state-
paper, that noble
state-
evidence at once of the writer's
warmth of patriotism
skill in diplomacy—
examine it carefully and di
desPernassedionately, and then
answer if the alterations
vouorecessary by the
%heave
bee Powers, be so
Divan in the Proposal of
I.d by the
entirely unimportant as we
apologists of the Coalition GoverniZiitt°
portant, forsooth ! Why, if nothing lelsetTnim-
be adducrA in proof of the absurdity of e°lllhd
Official
an asser'cion, the sentence we are now about to
extract verbatim et literatim from the
Note" of RESORT)) PACHA (the document already
parti.eularised), would constitute, we conceive, in..
tro'vertible and conclusive testimony. In this
" Official Note," dated the 19th ultimo, the
nrkish Minister for Foreign Affairs writes to
the Four Allies of the Sublime Porte, through
their diplomatic representatives—" It is, there-
fore, totally impossible for t'le Government of
his Majesty the SULTAN to assent to such a pro-
position without being reed." RESCHID PACHA,
it must be rememberel, has been speaking of the
proposal transmitted to the Divan from Vienna,
and his lii4lmess caps the climax of his argu-
Inents against the possibility of its acceptance by
4.lie Sublime Porte unamended with that solemn
and energetic declaration—"It is therefore totally
impossible for the Government of his Majesty the
Sultan to assent to sseeh a proposition without being
forced." Words could not be more resolute or
More
plain spoken •
And yet we are told that
i
the exteptio
of the Four Psornade by
the Divan to the proposal
Powers in its origin :el shape, are al-
tog,,-)ther unim
iirsignificauce
ov rt ant, and, in fact, of the utmost
No document, in
atgrauitnh,ancdould more clearly de-
,
by ourselves, that the Sublizaeinpinsisted upon
itself as having been placed in a false regards
the Four Powers, in its relation to the
position by
AUTOCRAT—DO document could more clearilyst
monstrate the fact than this masterly 44 ()facial