The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1854.

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We are sorry to hear that the Rev. J. Duftrin, author
of "National Education; What it is, and what it should
be," &c., to whom the cause of public education is
deeply indebted, and of whose writings and suggestions
the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education so
freely avail themselves—is now suffering from a severe
attack of intermittent fever.

ROUEN.—The letters from Rouen state that the
market for manufactures was heavy, purchases having
lately diminished.
A GRANT FROM THE ROYAL BOUNTY.—Through the
kind exertions of Lord James Stuart, her Majesty has
been pleased, ix consequence of the recommendation of
the Earl of Aberdeen, to make a grant of 1001. to Mrs.
Taylor, the widow of Mr. James Taylor, the discoverer
of steam navigation.
MR. FLEXMORE'S BENBFIT.—This unequalled comic
dancer takes his benefit on Tuesday evening next at the
Surrey Theatre, where he has most efficiently acted as
ballet master throughout the successful opera season,
which terminates with the present week. His merits
and popularity are sure to command a bumper house,
and the programme announces an exuberant fund of
entertainment for his patrons.
DISCOVERY OF HUMAN REMAINS IN LONG-LANE,
SMITIFIELD.—This morning and yesterday a large quan-
tity of human remains were discovered by the workmen
employed in excavating en the site of two houses on the
south side of Long-lane, Smithfield ; from old records
there is no doubt that this formed part of the burial
ground of the ancient Monastery, as a great number of
human remains have been found on pulling down other
houses in the vicinity, and five or six stone coffins—one
of which is in the possession of Mr. Palmer, the late
churchwarden of that parish. Nothing but dust was
found in the coffins. On the north side of the boundary
wall, through which the new sewer is now being made,
formerly plague pits were formed and upwards of 50,000
persons interred, adjacent to which Bishop Stratford
enclosed a piece of land with a brick wall, on which he
built a chapel, and named it the Pardon Church-yard.
Here also suicides and persons who had been executed
were buried, and in Smithfield the remains of martyrs
who were burnt at the stake were found during the for-
mation of the sewer through Smithfield.
FORGERY AND FLIGHT OF A VISTRT CLBRE.-011 Sa-
turday morning information was received at the office of
the Commissioners of Police, Great Scotland-yard, re-
specting the sudden disappearance of Mr. John Norton,
the vestry-clerk of St. Ann's, Limehouse, Middlesex,
who has absconded from his residence and duties at the
Town-hall, with a large amount of the parochial fuudd
and other cash.

METROPOLITAN GRAIEYARDEL—The authorities of St.
Mary, Islington, have received a communication from
the Home-office in reference to the treatment of those
graveyards in that parish which have been closed for in-
terments by order in council. A similar order has been
received by the authorities of Marylebone and St. Pan-
cras, and all other parishes where such orders in council
have been issued."?, In reference to Islington, an order
in council has also been issued ordering to be closed
forthwith the Roman Catholio burial ground of St. Job
the Evangelist. The order is as follows

" Circular (Copy).
" Whitehall, Sept. 15, 1854.
" Geatlernon,—l am directed by Viscount Palmer.
&ton to recommend that the surface of the burial grourd
or burial grounds in your parish which Lave been closed
fur Interments by an order in council should be •overed
with quick lime, with the view to prevent any noxious
exhalations escaping from them which might tend to in-
crease the virulence of the prevailing epidemic.—l am,
gentlemen, your obedient servant,

" H. WADDINGTON.
"To John Layton, Esq., Vestry-clerk, and the
Churchwardens of the parish of St. Mary, Islington."
THE TELEGRAPH.--The telegraph is now in working
order between Huntly and Kittybrewster, along the line
of the Great North of Scotland Railway, though as yet
it is not available for general purposes. Some of the
residents along the line and its northern extremity have
queer notions of the nature of that wonderful and use-
ful agent. A very respectable individual, for example,
on being told the other day that shortly he would be
able to send a message to London, and get an answer
back in half an hour or so, exclaimed in utter astonish-
ment, " Loch be here, man, nae mortal could sit at that
rate !”—the poor man evidently imagining that the mes-
senger went along with the message. Another individual
gravely asked a friend the other day, " How much could
the telegraph carry?"—Banfishire Journal.
VALUE OF LAND IN MELBOURNE.—The price of town
land is almost beyond credit. There is no limit to the
extravagant opinion that buyers and sellers entertain of
its value. Innumerable instances might be quoted. In
one case a house purchased for 2501., lately fetched
12,0001. Another, offered to Government for the use of
the military for 3,0001., a month after was valued at
5,0001. They still hesitated, and the price gradually
rose to 6,0001., which sum Government declined giv-
ing, having about that time received iron barracks.
As another instance, Government have long desired
Degraves's fine blue-stone store, and have made many
liberal overtures, but without tempting the proprietor
to sell. They at last asked him to name a price—a
final figure—in order that they might settle the affair
one way or another. He meditated awhile, and then as
his ultimatum named 85,9001.
DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE AT HARLOW.—On Monday, the
18th inst., a young man named Joseph Everett, of Har-
low, feloniously assaulted a little girl named Elizabeth
Griffin, not four years old, and after the outrage threw
the poor child into a stream, in which she must have
been drowned had not William Nice, a labourer, for
tunately come up at the time and rescued her. He at
once gave information to Chaplis, a police-constable,
who Succeeded in apprehending the delinquent. He
has been remanded to Epping station, where he will be
further examined this day.--Chelmsford Chronicle.
DULWICEI COLLEGE.—On Saturday a meeting was held
at the vestry-room of St. Saviour's Church, Southwark,
which was attended by the assistants of the college of
Goa's Gift, Dulwich, who consist of the churchwardens
of the several parishes of St. Saviour, Southwark, St.
Botolph, IBishop•gate, and St. Luke's, Middlesex, the
parishes interested in the college, and by parishioners
appointed from the vestries of those parishes, to aid the
churchwardens in bringing about a change in the con-
stitution of the governing body, and a more beneficial ap-
plication of the funds of the charity. The various schemes
submitted to the Charity Commissioners relative to the
college were read and fully discussed. Another meeting
is appoiinted to be hold to settle the scheme to be agreed
upon by the three parishes, after which it will be sub-
mitted to the Charity Commissioners, and on their report
a measure will be submitted to Parliament in the next

session.

THE COSSAOR.—The lance which the Cossack carries
is not longer than the English one, and has no flag •
besides this, his other weapons are a heavy carbine
slung at his back, a pistol stuck in his belt, and a long
sword. His uniform is a blue frock coat, buttoned up
to the throat, and wide trousers of the same colour.
lie wears a high conical-shaped chake of black oil-skin,
without a peak, which is kept on his head by a strap
fastened under the chin. The Cossack's horse is gene-
rally a wiry animal, of about fourteen and a half hands
high. His bridle is a plain snaffle, without aide bars :
and his saddle is of a very rude construction. When a
Cossack trots or gallops, he leans forward in his saddle,
with the upper part of his body quito.straight—an atti-
tude, one would suppose, the least suited for comfort ;
but he nevertheless sits his horse with extraordinary
closeness.—O'Brien's Principalities.
THE CHINESE CHIEF AND HIS CHAPLAIN.—The Cali-
fornia Courier states, that the honour of having trained
and disciplined the chief who set in motion the ball of
the revolution in China belongs to L J. Roberts, late a
planter on the banks of the Mississippi. Tae-pan-wang
has recently written a letter to the Rev. Mr. Roberts, in
which he invites him to the camp of the insurgents as
their teacher and chaplain.
How THHY TREAT A RUFFIAN AT PARIS.—A respect-
able looking woman, named Bachelet, appeared, weeping
bitterly, before the Tribunal of Correctional Police yes-
terday, to complain that her son, Gustave, though under
sixteen years of age, had beaten her with great brutality.
The tribunal condemned him to be confined in a house of
correction until he shall attain the age of twenty.—
Galignani's Messenger.
The Inverness Advertiser says that in the course of
last week upwards of one hundred individuals left
Loehaber. They are principally front Lochiel district.
Most of them have friends already in A.ostralia, who
have remitted money to pay the cost of their transmis-
sion thither. Last season upwards of SOO/. was re-
mitted for this purpose, in sums varying from 101. to
501. •

EARLY CLOSING.—Pire understand on and after the 2d
of October the principal solicitors of this city intend
closing their offices at six o'clock p.m., instead of eight,
as now. The boon thus granted to their clerks will, we
are sure, be thoroughly appreciated by them, and the
more so as it was unsolicited. We hope to find so good
an example speedily followed in all other offices in the
town.—Salisbury Journal.

honour that they so boldly stood forward
in the cause of justice, and unsheathed
their swords in the cause of humanity.
Such conduct certainly presents a bright con-
trast to the paltry and contemptible proceedings
of other Powers that look solely to their own pecu-
liar interests, which they dignify with the title of
those of " Germany." Such vacillating and temporis-
ing is, however, more injurious to the parties them-
selves than to any others, and Prussia will have
deeper reason to rue the imbecility and selfish-
ness of FREDERICK WILLIAM than any other
Power. The results will probably show that,
with nations as with individuals, " honesty is the
best policy," and that a manly and straight-
forward course, as it is more conducive to the
honour, is also best calculated to promote the
welfare and prosperity, of any State. We
can, however; do without the assistance of Prus-
The oonquest of the Crimea, the de-
struction of the Russian Fleets and Arsenal
at Sebastopol will afford the best security
against future aggression, far better than if the
pretended co-operation of Germany had enabled
FRANCIS JOSEPH and FREDERICK WILLIAM to
claim better terms for their brother despot.

LATEST NEWS.

THE WAR.

THE LANDING IN THE
CRIMEA.

VIENNA, MONDAY MORNING.

The following is the sense of an official despatch
from Omer Paella, dated Bucharest, Sept. 22 :
CRIMEA, SEPT. 17.
" The allied forces have landed to the north of
Sebastopol.

" The artillery and munitions of war have been
disembarked in safety.
" The Russians retired as the Allies advanced,
and the French and English troops, full of confi-
dence, are advancing against Sebastopol.
" The Tartar population does not conceal its
sympathy with the expedition."

MONDAY EVENING.
According to a despatch received from Kronstadt
of the 24th, the health of the troops in the Crimea

was excellent.

A general attack on Sebastopol was expected on
tho 20th.

PARIS, MONDAY.
The following despatch appears in the Mon;

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cc VIENNA, SUNDAY EVENING

" Omer Paella received at Bucharest, on the
22d, the following despatch, dated Old Fort, the
I.7tb, and signed by Marshal St. Arnaud and Lord

Raglan :

" ' We beg leave to inform your Highness that
we have disembarked successfully to the north of
Sebastopol.

" ' The enemy offered no opposition as we occu•
pied our positions.

" This circumstance has produced the most pro-
found impression on the Tartar population, who do
not conceal their sympathy for our cause.
" All our guns and materiel have been landed,
and we march on Sebastopol with every confidence
in the success of our grand enterprise.' "
The following is another despatch :
VIENNA, MONDAY, SEPT. 25.
_

Advices from Kronstadt (Transylvania), of the
25th, confirm the successful landing of the Allies in
the Crimea on the 14th.

An engagement was expected on the 20th.
The inhabitants of the Crimea willingly supply
ho troops with provisions.

The troops are confident of victory.

Their health is good.

A letter from Vienna says :—" The troops were
landed with incredible rapidity, and at nine in the
morning 15,000 men were already on the shore.
The sappers, aided by detachments of infantry,
cleared the beach of all the obstacles which the
Russians had placed there, and began to repair
the roads, which the Russians had everywhere
destroyed. It was not yet noon when the ad-
vance guards put themselves in movement for
Sebastopol by two different roads, that of Simfe-
ropol and that of Baltchi-Serai. At four in the
afternoon, at the departure of the second advice
boat, the landing was almost terminated. The
Russians appear to occupy positions in the moun-
tainous grounds near Simferopol. The inhabitants
in the village of the neighbourhood of Cape Baha
arrived on the shore, and showed great astonish-
ment, but manifested no intentions of resistance."

CONSTA_NTINOPLE.
Our latest advices from Constantinople, state
that the Persian ambassador officially informed
Reschid Paella that Persia would maintain strict

neutrality in the Oriental question. Lord Red-
cliff() was present at the conference. Several regi-
ments of cavalry are on their way from Gallipoli to
Bourgas. Another misfortune has been added to
those already experienced by the Kars army. 96
barrels of powder, sent by the Turkish Government,
exploded near Erzeroum on the 25th ult. It seems
that the caravan halted on that date at a small vil-
lage, about five or six hours' distance from Erze-
roum, to remain for the night. The powder barrels
were laid not far from the goods of another caravan
consisting of some hundreds of bales. In the night
the powder exploded, the bales of goods were de-
stroyed, and 26 persons and 40 horses were killed.
The next day the governor of Erzeroum made a
fruitless inquiry into the cause of the explosion.
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THE PR INCIPALITIES.

A letter from Galatz, 16th, in the Lloyd of
Vienna, says :—" The Turkish advanced posts
have reached the Pruth. Galatz is placed in a
state of defence, and to-morrow Mustapha, Paella
is expected from Matchin. Fresh troops are con-
stantly arriving, who advance towards the Pruth.
The Russians appear to be about to abandon Reni,
where there aro only now left a few Cossacks and
three battalions of infantry. The principal Rus-
sian forces in Bessarabia are now concentrating
themselves at Ismail, under the command of Gen.
Luders. Prince Gortschakoff is shortly expected
at Ismail, from whence he will proceed to Odessa."
The last accounts from Jassy, 17th, says
the Lloyd of Vienna, announces the departure of
Prince Gortschakoff from- Kalarasch, in Bessa-
rabia, for Bender. Before ho left the Prince
received despatches from Odessa, in which Ge-
neral Krusenstern informed him of the danger,
with which that town is threatened. It is thought
that Prince Gortschakoff will continue his journey
from Bender to Odessa. The Russian advanced
posts on the right bank of the Pruth have orders
to stop any one attempting to cross that river, and
to send them to head-quarters. According to ac-
counts from Moldavia, the Austrian troops will on
the 16th occupy the town of Fokschani. The
Russians, who had retired from Galatz to Reni,
have already established their quarters for the
winter along the whole line of the Pruth. The
cholera is making great ravages in the Russian
camps in Bessarabia.
It is not clear whether Moldavia and Wallachia
are to be governed during the occupation by the
Hospodars independently, or by those function-
aries under the direct control of Austria, but cer-
tain it is that his Majesty has appointed a kind of
Council for Moldo-Wallachian affairs. The mem-
bers of this council are said to be Count Buol, Baron
Bach, Baron Baumgartner, Field-Marshal Lieute-
nant von Kempen, the Chief of the Police ; and
Count Grunne, the Chief of his Majesty's Central
Military Chancellery. It is also related that the
police of the Principalities, and consequently the
press, will be under the direct superintendence of
the Austrians.

The Lloyd has advices of the 13th from Giur-
gevo, and of the 16th from Galatz. On the 12th
the Arpad, coming from Orsova with three trans-
ports in tow, set a battalion of Austrian infantry
on shore at Giurgevo, whore strong detachments
of Turks are constructing their tete-du-pont above
the quarantine. On the George's Island they are
forming entrenchments, and have mounted two
Paixhan's guns. The works are said to be very
neatly executed and faced with fresh turf.
In the course of the next week a reinforcement
of 7,000 men for the Austrian garrison will arrive,
and General Hess is expected about the same time.

THE BLACK SEA.

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to the last news Russian troops have been seen at
Matchin near Ibraila. I mention this fact to you
without sharing the opinion generally credited
here, that Gen. Luders intends to march on Varna,
where thefe is a very large force of allied troops."
By Odessa letters of the 12th we learn that 14
ships were still off that port. The roofs of the
houses nearest the water are being taken off. A
new means of defence is to be employed. Vast
quantities of coal have been collected at four places
where landing could be effected, and, in case of
need, they will be set on tare. The object of the
Russians is to prevent the rapid advance of the
allies, and to facilitate their own escape.