The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1853.

THE CHARTERED BANK of INDIA, AUS-
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THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
THIS EVENING, Nov. 19.
The GREAT AMERICAN EQUESTRIANS will exhibit their
astonishing Feats, unmatched in the history of such Performances,
assisted by the most renowned Gymnastic Artistes, 0. Dale and
Barnes, the European and American champions.

THEATRE ROYAL, HLYMAR/LET,
trader the management of Mr. Backstone.
THIS EVENING, Nov. 19,

Will be performed A CURE FOR LOVE. Characters by Messrs.
hippendale. vimers, and Buckstone ; Mrs. Stanley, Miss Vining.
To be followed by A PRETTY PIECE OF RISINESS. Cha-
racters by Messrs. Howe and Buckstone ; Miss Reynolds and Mrs.
Fitzwilliam.
After which, LOVE'S ALARMS. Characters by Messrs. W.
Farreo, Corri, and Compton ; Miss Emily Ormonde, Miss E. Rosner,
and Miss Featherstone.
To conclude with POPPING THE QUESTION.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. CnaitLas KEAN.
THIS EVENING, Nor. 19,

Will be performed THE LANCERS ; or, The Gentleman's Son.
Principal characters by Messrs. Meadows, Ryder, Everett, H. Mellon,
and D. Fisher; Mrs. Winstanley, Mrs. W. Lacy, Mrs. Daly, and
Miss C. Leclercq.
To be followed by MARCO SPADA. Supported by Messrs. W.
Lacy, J. Cheater, Ryder, Graham, and Everett ; Miss Heath and
Miss C. Leclercq.

LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestris.
THIS EVENING, Nov. 19,

Will be performed A NICE FIRM. Principal characters by
Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Mrs. F. Matthews.
After which, THE COMMENCEMENT OF A BAD FARCE
which, however (it is hoped), will. in the end, show HOW TO
MAKE HOME HAPPY. Principal character by Mr. Wright.
To be followed PATTER v. CLATTER. Captain Patter, Mr.
Charles Mathews.
To conclude with WRIGHT AT LAST.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING, Nov. 19,

Will be performed THE DISCARDED SON. Characters by
Leigh Murray, Paul Bedford, and Keeley; Mrs. Keeley and Miss
Woolgar, &c.
To be followed by WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH.
After which, THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM.
To be followed by "HOTEL CHARGES 1" or, How to Cook
" A Biffln."

ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE.

Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Coolie.

GRAND MILITARY SPECTACLE—THE INVASION OF
RUSSIA, and THE BURLESQUE-
FIFTH WEEK of the Star of the Arena, Miss BATE COOKE,
who continues to be received with increased (authusiasm.
THIS EVENING, Nov. 19,
The Entertainments will commence with the Grand Equestrian
Military Spectacle, entitled BONAPARTE'S DIV/1310N OF RUS-
SIA ; or, The Buraing of Moscow.
To be followed by Mr. W. COOKE'S matchletis Scenes of the
ARENA, in which Mr. ALFRED COOKE will appear.
To conclude witb JUPITER'S DECREE AND THE FALL OF
PILETON ; or, The Fiery Coursers of the Sun.
Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Tanager, Mr. W.
West.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON RIDGE.
TUIS DAY —Morning 41 min.after 3 I Evening
10-licautow—Morning 14 min.after I Ever dng 31. min.aft. 4

THE WEATHER,.—Sax Oman, Nov. 19.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SIX. &DE.
45—highest since noon yesterday.
37—lowest this morning and during il te night.
48—this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 3012—zia'ing.
WIND, S.W.— Gentle breeze, and fine, sunshiny
weather—hoar frost in the night.

altogether. It must be remembered still further,
however, that they are 24,000 men weakened by
disaffection, debilitated by scarcity, depressed by
disease, and discouraged by two very recent and
successive discomfitures.
Affairs are thus situated on the banks of the
Danube. A division of the Turkish army estab-
lished at Braila—the main body between Widdin
and Kalafat—but the most interesting portion of
all for the time being opposite Oltenitza.
Naturally we cannot but be interested in
learning that meanwhile other remarkable occur-
rences are transpiring elsewhere. That orders for
their march have been received by the Russian
regiments cantoned in the south of Poland. That
the Sublime Porte has received offers from the
Lebanon of 3,000 Druses and 3,000 Maronites.
That an enormous mass of Russian troops,
some say as many as 50,000 altogether,
have crossed the Pruth under General OSTEN..
SACKEN as a reinforcement to the army of GORTZ•
CHAKOFF. That the capture of Shefkatil has
utterly dismayed the Muscovite armaments in
Asia, revealing to them the uncertainty of their
power and the peril of their situation. Yet at-
tractive as these particulars are, significant as
they are, important as they are—they all yield in
attraction, significance, and importance to those
coming to us from the central portions of Wal-
lachia, from Bucharest, and from the neighbour-
hood of Oltenitza.

We would again most strongly urge upon the
consideration of impartial observers the chief and
glaring contradiction of the latest intelligence re-
ceived from the former place—the capital of the
Principality. We would urge it upon their atten-
tion, because we cannot but perceive in it an addi-
tional and conclusive reason for regarding with
suspicion the accounts furnished to Western
Europe simply on the authority of the Russian
Functionaries. According to their assurance, the
Turks have been compelled to retire across the
Danube—and yet, according to despatches received
at Paris from Bucharest up to the 9th instant in-
clusively, we learn from the French Consul in the
latter capital, " FOR THREE DAYS PAST WE HAVE
HEARD a continuous cannonade." For three days
past a continuous cannonade audible at Bucharest,
in the direction of Oltenitza, and yet, according
to the same accounts, before those three days the
Turks had been forced by the Russians to recross
the Danube into Bulgaria. Why, the whole
statement involves a perfectly preposterous con-
tradiction. However, it only incites us, for
that very reason, to observe the progress of events
in, and the fluctuations of intelligence from, the
the seat of war, with more than ever cautious and
vigilant observation. Heretofore it is satisfactory
to feel assured that the only information upon
which we can count with anything like certainty
is directly and signally in favour of the Turks—
whereas the intelligence favourable to their an-
tagonists comes to us under most suspicious au-
thority, and replete in almost every paragraph
with absolutely ridiculous contradictions. One
thing, at any rate, has long since become unde-
niable—a/ea jacta est—the struggle has com-
menced in earnest ; and now, while this struggle
is yet raging, let us ask again, and yet again,
must England await supinely news of the mo-
mentous consequences ?

Would. universal suffrage, or any approach to
it, swamp the middle and. upper class voters?
We have seen this repeatedly asserted, but no-
where fairly examine& It is taken for granted
that it must be so. The argument seems very
short. The working classes are an immense ma-
jority ; they would vote in the interests of their
class—therefore, we should have a House of Com-
mons composed of their nominees. We think the
reasoning too abrupt to be conclusive. It is the
logic of symbols rather than of facts. Though
desirous of the widest extension possible of the
franchise, we have no dogmatical preference for
any particular one of the broader schemes, and
should be content with any enlargement which,
either by its present extent or by its including a
scheme of gradual self-extension, should be as
nearly final as possible. It is, we suppose, uni-
versally felt that, were it possible to give the
franchise to every adult male who could be regis-
tered as residing somewhere, this would be in
itself the simplest and best plan. It would make
the political privileges of the Commons of England
equal ; it would harmonise with the legal adage
of the highest authority, that representation and
taxation ought to go together, since every English-
man pays at least indirect taxes ; it would destroy
by the roots one cause, so fertile in bad times, of
political discontent ; and it would be dealing with
man as man, and ignoring the invidious dis-
tinction of rich and poor. For such general
reasons all of -us would prefer what is, for conve-
nience sake, termed universal suffrage, unless some
danger were apprehended from it, either to class
interests, or to " our glorious Constitution in
Church and State." In the former case, it is
feared lest workmen should make laws for their
masters, and perhaps their masters' masters too ;
in the latter, lest the middle and commercial
classes, who since the Reform Act have been the
chief power in the House of Commons, should
have to hand over their power to the class below
them.

It is worth wihile, then, calmly to consider the
probabilities of the working of even the most
widely extended suffrage. Without the ballot, or
some means of securing the independence of the
poor man's vote, it is obvious that it would make
no sensible char ge whatever in the position of
parties. Suppoe;e, however, independent voting
fairly secured, yet even then how many things
are there to modify or prevent combined and do-
minant action on the part of the working class.
It is common to think of them as a class ; but
the truth is, that from the beggar upward to the
foreman to whom the master gives his orders, they
are a series of ascending classes ; or a set of auto-
cratic circles if lye will, each looking down upon
the circle below. it, and resenting its intrusion
upon their highear one. It is so in every trade
where large num:.bers of hands are employed, and
except perhaps fin a mere contest about wages,
which will never henceforth become a political
question, it would be almost impossible for all the
men to combine ifor mere class purposes. Partly,
again, owing to the same circumstances, a very
large proportion of those who are termed working
menrestas, in
are closely connected in interest and feeling
with the
of
middle classes. In many cases distant
relationship, in others obvious community of in-
terests,
amanyfaithful
iwtile
servants would hope
t o
consideratet h e strong m a
mas-
ters. -
at-
tachmenttters. Altogether the numbers must be great in-
deed of those whoa could and would be influenced
by their interest in their employer's success; by
his superior Intel ligence or his kindness. We are,
moreover, apt tc • be misled by occurrences like
strikes to a very exaggerated estimate of the ten-
dency of the la tbouring class to combination.
Factory and mi ning operatives possess unusual
facilities for dolt ig it. They are, however, after
all, but a small part of the population, and on
every question b at the non-political one of wages
would have no peculiar bond of union with the
innumerable tri bes of other working men who
cover the face of the country. Indeed, after but
little discussion, the different classes of operatives
will
al
tlhowill bi b i
roughly Inudterlsittatlned
gain
nt
thoigheearch,watghens
to
enhanced price a f the products of labour increasing
the individual's expenditure, and perhaps the les-
sened demand fo .r them throwing him oftener out
of work. The T 'yne collier's wife will soon com-
ppalayina
holff ‘pcotohnesyea.] P.
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dt or:
ntruer
foro uhtesr"
ginfw
n she;
anhadsthteo
labourers throng] lout the kingdom will be wroth
in mid-winter wi th " those fellows who only want
higher wages, to work fewer days, and make coals
dearer." The interests of different classes of

labourers are, in fact, as much antagonistic as those
of all other buyers and sellers. At the very time
when weavers were in opposition to their masters,
and would vote for a COWELL or a NEWTON, other
classes of workmen might be on the best possible
terms with theirs, ready to chair one of them as
well as to elect him.

Again it should be remembered that the work-
ing classes are both necessitated and disposed to
depend on the higher classes for leaders. It is
notorious that if they can find a man of their own
views amongst the wealthier classes, he is the man
of their choice. It may be partly jealousy, but
it is a fact that they rarely indeed elevate any one
of their own class to superiority over them.
They prefer the leadership of a man of property and
education, whose head and heart they can respect ;
they know that they have not themselves the in-
formation or the means to sustain with credit to
themselves the position of a Representative, and
they naturally lean upon those whom PROVIDENCE
has favoured with both. In quiet times this is
always the case. Then, again, all danger of work-
ing men choosing Members from their own body
is self-corrective ; if they sent to Parliament some
of the few whose native ability has secured the
respect of the community outside of it, this would
be a confessed gain. It is allowed that, if possi-
ble, some men of capacity from the working class
would have their use in St. STEPHEN'S. If, on
the other hand, they chose mere demagogues, whe-
ther from their own class or from those above them,
their emptiness and self-conceit would be no where
better exposed than in an assembly like the House
of Commons. Working men, like other men,
wish not to be ashamed of those who act for them,
and in the long run at least they would be as cer-
tain as others to select the ablest men. They
would not repeat mistakes if they made them at
first.

We may fairly add to all this, the general mo-
deration of Englishmen and Scotchmen, illiterate
as well as educated. Allowing for inflammatory
individuals, and moments of excitement,
common to all classes, as Exeter-hall not
less than Copenhagen-fields and the Birming-
ham Bull-ring can testify, the lower
classes of this country participate in that love of
fairness and reluctance to press hard upon the
opposite party, which we may justly boast as
national characteristics. English peasants would
no more use the suffrage like French ouvriers
than English Representatives would enact the part
of French Deputies. As a people, we shrink
from violent overpowering of our political oppo-
nents. American workmen are a much safer
mirror for showing us the workings of political
liberty amongst the operative classes; and it can-
not be denied that, in the United States, it is one
great bond of attachment between the citizen and
this country. The facts we have mentioned must,
we think, go far to show that, in this country,
the danger of a very extended suffrage cannot be
great; indeed, we incline to think it almost
imaginary. It would certainly have the advan-
tage of contenting the masses politically; it would
be following nature and PROVIDENCE rather than
dictating to them—the great error of Constitution-
makers as well as Protectionists ; and it would be
carrying out into legislation the Free-trade prin-
ciples which have proved so successful in com-
merce. Our faith leans to unrestricted competi-
tion in one department as well as in the other.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, Nov. 18.

Prince Albert, accompanied by Sir Charles Wood,
went out hunting to Burnham this morning, attended
by Lieut.-Col. the Hon. N. Hood and Lieut.-Col. the
Hon. A. Gordon.

The Queen, with the Duchess and Princess Mary of
Cambridge, drove also to Burnham in an open carriage.
Lord Charles Fitzroy was in attendance on horseback.
The Duke and Duchess of Brabant, attended by the
Belgian minister and the Count and Countess Gustave
de Lannoy, arrived at Windsor from Plymouth at 5
minutes past 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The Duke and Duchess of Aumale visited her Majesty
to-day.
Lord and Lady John Russell, Sir Charles and Lady
Mary Wood, and the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell
have left the Castle.

Earl de Grey was prevented by indisposition from
obeying her Majesty's commands yesterday.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in attend-
ance in the Castle, and performed during dinner yes-
terday.

Lord John Russell returned to his residence in Ches-
ham-place yesterday from a visit to the Queen at Windsor
Castle.

The Commissioners for inquiring into the state of the
Corporation of the city of London held a meeting yes-
terday at the Privy Council Office. Present .—the
Right Ilion. H. Labouchere, the Right Hon. Sir J.
Patteson, and G. Cornewall Lewis, Esq.
The Right Hon. E. Cardwell returned to town yes-
terday from Windsor Castle.
Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-
office to the governor of Canada.

The Count .Walewski, the French ambassador at
this court, has been summoned to France to attend the
Emperor, but will return in a few days.
Mr. Gray, our new Secretary of Legation in Stock-
holm, has arrved in that capital.

SOUTH- WESTERN RAILWAY.
(THIS DAY.)

DECISION ON THE DORCHESTER EXTEN-

SION.

The adjourned special meeting of this company was
held to-day, at Hawkstone Hall, Waterloo-road, for the
purpose of hearing the declaration of the poll upon the
question whether the extension of the line, proposed by
the directors, from Dorchester to Exeter, should be pro-
ceeded with.

The CHAIRMAN of the company, the Hon. Mr. Scott,
M.P., who presided, announced the result to be as
follows :

For the extension of the line from Dorchester to
Exeter—

. 739
. 86
—825
On the amendment, and against the proposed exten-
sion—
Proxies .
Present

Proxies .

Present

Majority for the amendment
Amount of votes in respect of stock :
For the Extension.

Proxies

Present .

. 993
. 111
----1,104

. 11,933

1,978
-13,911

LATEST FOPETN rl.l,,ree

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
The Patric of yesterday announces that the
Turks, being retarded in their advance on Bucharest
by the inundation of the Danube, have decided on

arresting their onward movement. After having
destroyed the quarantine building and the works

at Oltenitza, they have repassed the Danube with-
out being molested by the enemy.

The Turks still occupy the islands opposite
Giurgevo and Oltenitza. The Russians are firm in
Krajova.
The Russian Minister at Vienna has received the
following telegraphic message from Prince Gort-
schakoff, dated Bucharest, the 13th inst. :

" At the moment when measures were about to
be executed against the establishment of the Turks
on the left bank of the river, opposite Turtukai,
they evacuated their position and retired to the
right bank, keeping possession only of an island
which lies between the two banks."

The despatches received by the Austrian Govern-
ment confirm the above, adding that the Turks
had retired from their position at Kararasalz, and
from that which they occupied opposite Giurgevo.
General Osten-Sacken's advanced guard had
passed the Pruth, and he was expected at Bucha-
rest on the 20th.

The British vessels Vengeance and Albion, and
the French vessels Jupiter and Henri IV., and
eight steam-frigates, are at Beikos, close to the
entrance into the Black Sea. The Ottoman naval
division which is to cruise in those waters consists
of four frigates, two steamers, three carvettes, and
two brigs. The vessel Mujeddetie and two fri-
gates have lately joined the squadron.
The Porte has refused to grant the exequatur to
the Consul-General appointed by Austria for the
Danubian Principalities.
260 vessels loaded with corn passed by Constan-
tinople in the period from the 18th of October to
the Ist of November. They came from the Black
Sea.

The enthusiasm of the Turks at Constantinople
was at its height at the fortunate commencement of
the campaign which has just opened, and that the
Sultan must have been convinced of the fact by
the transports of joy with which the people hailed
his presence on the 4th, on his way to the mosque.
A Turkish poet, Halis-Effendi, has just composed
a national hymn, in the manner of the Marseillaise,
which has been set to music, and it is popular with
men, women, and children.

A letter from Vienna, of the 13th, says :
Prince Gortschakoff has, within the last few days,
received formal orders to commence and continue
hostilities. The loss of the Russians near Oltenitza
is larger than was at first supposed. There were
not 600 killed and wounded, but 1,100. The num-
ber of killed alone was 500. It has been remarked
here that Arif-Effendi, the Turkish ambassador,
was in grand costume when he went to pay a visit
to Prince Stirbey. A letter from Malta says that
Lord Redcliffe has demanded that all the troops of
that garrison that can be disposed of shall be sent
to the fleet.
Accounts from Bucharest of the 9th are to this
effect :—For three days past we have heard the
report of cannon. The Russian head-quarters are
at Butestchti, where there are only 35,000 men. Bu-
testchti is situated on the confluent of the rivers
Argis andDembivitza, on the road from Oltenitza to
Bucharest. If the battle has taken place at
Butestchti, the Turks must have advanced 14
leagues from Oltenitza. A letter from Vienna
states :that General Prim 'commands a portion
of the army in Wallachia until the arrival of
General Klapka. We have already given the bul-
letin of Prince Gortschakoff relative to the affair

of Oltenitza, and in which he boasts of a success in
forcing the Turks to remain in their intrenchments,
when the only object of his attack was to drive

them out of them. The Cronstadt Gazette of the
7th is less modest than Prince Gortschakoff. It
states that the Turks were defeated, and that the
Russians remained masters of the field of battle.
From Constantinople we learn that 3,000 Druses
and 3,000 Maronites have offered their services to
the Porte to march against the Russians.
The 'New Munich Gazette, under date of Athens
4, says that a Greek vessel entered the port of the
Piraeus on the Ist, the captain of which announced
that he had witnessed a naval combat between the
Turks and Russians near Kell. Two Egyptian
vessels are said to have been sunk and a third was
towed to Constantinople, considerably damaged,
by a Turkish steamer. The captain adds that these
vessels had on board reinforcements from Batoum.
The authorities of the port drew up a minute of
this report, making the captain responsible for its
corn ectness.
A letter from Warsaw of the 11th states that
nothing is yet known of the departure of Russian
troops from the north or from Poland for the
south.

A private letter of the sth, from Constantinople,
is as follows :—" That the English and French fleets
will winter here, and that the allied Governments
will not limit themselves to be represented by naval
divisions. It also appears that the fleets will enter
the Black Sea, as a notice from the French Consu-
late has been placarded on the Bourse announcing
that the contracts for supplying provisions are to be
effected either at Constantinople, Odessa, or Trebi-
zonde. This has produced a great impression among
the public, which is composed principally of Greeks,
whom we class here as Russians. Yesterday prayers
were offered up in all the religious houses for his
Majesty the Sultan, who henceforth takes the title
of Gazi (the Victorious). The Sultan has ordered
at the Mint 160 decorations of the order of Medue
from the 2d to the sth class. The Porte has re-
fused its exequatur to M. Ainhaudrital, who has
been named Consul-General of Austria for the
Danubian Principalities."
The following is the official notice alluded to in
the foregoing, as published by the French Consu-
late at Constantinople :
" NOTICE.

On Saturday, the 12th November, 1853, at 11 o'clock
in the morning, will be adjudicated the supplies of pro-
visions to be delivered to the French ships of war from
Constantinople to Odessa, on the coast of Europe, and
to Trebizonde, on the coast of Asia, to commence from
the 16th of November, 1853, and during the entire stay
of the squadron in the Bosphorus and in the Black
Sea."

An imposing ceremony took place at Constanti-
nople on the 3d in the Mosque of Mahomet. The
Scheik-ul-Islam publicly read the fetva, which
gi'vs the Sultan, the title of Ghazi—that is, the
•
VictOrioue,warrior. • Mehemet Buschi Pasha, Gene-
ral of the Guard, had been appointed to command
the army of reserve assembling at Adrianople. He
was preparing to set out, and was only awaiting
the arrival Of. General Bosquet and some other
French officers, who are to travel with him. The
appointment of Faud Effendi as political commis
sioner to the army of Omar Pasha was spoken of
at Constantinople_ M. do Bruck, the Austrian
Nuncio, is said to have apprised the Porte that +he
plan of Prince Gortschakoff is to draw Omar Pasha
into the plains of the Greater Wallachia, and to
give him battle with the 3d and 4th corps, whilst
the sth corps, commanded by Osten-Sacken, should
cut off his retreat to the Danube. This communi-
cation was regarded at Constantinople as a means
employed by Austria to retard hostilities.
The Oest, Correspon,denz of the 14th contains the
following telegraphic despatch of the 9th from
Bucharest :
" For some hours the booming of artillery has been
heard, but it is uncertain whether it comes from Olten-
itza or Giurgevo. All the Russian pontoons have been
forwarded from Colentira to Giurgevo. The Rus-
sians, to the number of 7,000 or 8,000 men,
are posted on a rising ground at Trateslhti, (this
should be Frateschi) a place at about two hours distant
(nine English miles) from Giurgevo. On the 9th the
Russian head-quarters were at Budeschti, a place four
hour distant from Bucharest. (The place in question is
four hours distant from Oltenitza and six from Bucha-
rest.) At Oltenitza the Turks have about 17,000 regular
infantry, 3,600 irregular troops, and 4,000 artillerymen.
It is believed that General Prim commands this corps
until the arrival of the Hungarian revolutionary leader
Klapka, who is said to be expected. We have further
credible advices that General Soimonoff, on the 9th,
dislodged the Turks from the island near Giurgevo, of
which they were in possession on the Bth. The Turkish
corps at Kalafat, which is 24,000 strong, is commanded
by Ismail Pasha. The Russians have 35,000 men at
Budeschti. General Budberg is expected at Bucharest."
The Journal de Constantinople, of the 4th, con-
tains the following account of the operations of the
Turkish army in Asia :
".On the 28th October, the same day as that on which a
division of the European army crossed the Danube at
Kalafat, the Imperial troops of the army of Asia,
by a happy coincidence, obtained over the Russians
a signal advantage, the news of which arrived
the day before yesterday at the Porte. The most
important details of the affair are these :—ln the
night of the 27th ult. a small division of the
corps d'arm6e, encamped at Tchourouk Sou, composed
of irregulars and of a battalion of the Imperial Guard,
marched to attack the Russian fort of Chekvetil (St.
Nicholas), situated on the coast of the Rack Sea, and
defended by two battalions of infantry, three companies
of Cossacks, and by a company of artillery. On the
28th, at break of day, the Imperial troops arrived
before the fort, and suddenly attacked it with so much

rpqrdntion and conray.. that they took it after a cora-
Of iJur bum, in spite Lilt; most obstinate resist-
ance. During the' attack the Russian troops of a neigh-
bowing fort came to the assistance of Chekvetil. The
battalion of the Imperial Guard went to meet them,
made a single discharge, and then rushed on them with
the bayonet ; they were soon completely routed. In this
combat of four hours, the Russians lost the fort of
Chekvetil, 2,000 muskets (of which 1,500 were of the
best quality), 4 guns, and 1,000 men. The loss of the
Turks was not very considerable. The Imperial troops
made about one hundred prisoners. Amongst them a
the son of Prince Gouriel. Four of them arrived the
day before yesterday at Constantinople, on board the
Ottoman steamer the Chehper ; and the others were
embarked on the Taif, which is expected this dal.
or to-morrow. Selim Pacha, General-in-chief of the
corps d'armee of Batoum has given the necessary orders
for causing the fort of Chekvetil to be placed in the best
state of defence possible. The corps d'arrnee of
Tchourouk Sou consists of 8,000 regular soldiers, 6,000
redifs, and 10,000 irregulars. The news of the passage
of the Danube, and of the taking of the fort of Chekvo'
til, has been received at Constantinople, by the native
population and by the Europeans, with the greatest
enthusiasm."

The same journal says :
"On the Ist the Minister of Marine sent two superior
officers of the Admiralty to pay his respects to Adroit.*la
Dundas, commander-in-chief of the English fleet, so,
Vi, • Admiral Hamelin, commander•in-chief of the French
squadron on their arrival at Constantinople. Vice-A°.
miral Hamelin went on Wei .nesday on board the gall;
moudie, which is anchored at Buyukpede, to pay a
veal
to the Capitan-Pacha. M. de Lacour, Ambassador o,
France, presented the Vice-Admiral to the Minister °I
Marine, and the Minister received him most courteous'''.
On their departure from the Admiral's vessel, the Alr.
bassador of France was saluted with 19 guns, aod,t7;
Vice-Admiral with 17 guns ; and the salute was au,'h
returifed by the French frigate the Mogador, rn WbfwA;
M. Hamelin had arrived at Constantinople. in b_—
evening the Vice-Admiral left for the squadron on bo
the Ajaccio."

FRANCE.
Considerable excitement prevails with respect t 4
the bearing on the Eastern question of a notice ,
sued by the French Consul, at Constantinople,
with regard to the entry of the French fleet it
the Black Sea, since it is believed that 11{.
Kisseleff and Baron Brunnow have orders to wi:
draw from France and England the instant that
ship of war of either nation enters the Black Se!'
The French Government has received a te'e'
graphic despatch from Vienna, which states that on
the 13th and 14th a serious engagement took play
between Bucharest and Oltenitza, but nearer tua
latter place, in which the Turks were beaten, 0.!1.1,
were forced to repass the Danube. The despat4): ~
adds that General Dannenberg was preparing ,"'"
attack the other divisions of the Turkish army'
which is in possession of Kalafat. Prince Goesii
chakoff remained in possession of the Danube, $ll,O
had given orders to his generals not to pass

river.
The Government has not thought fit to publiilt
this intelligence, but the real state of the case 6111.
not be concealed for many days.
This news has created a revolution in the se.
of M. de Kisseleff's health ; he has suddenly red;
vered, and left yesterday at three o'clock for
tainebleau. la
Count Walewski, the French Ambassador a
London, arrived in Paris yesterday morning, n
left immediately for Fontanebleau, where be
remain for some days the guest of the Emperor. 1,
Doctor Seve, of Cannes, has addressed the f°
lowing letter to the Union du Var :--
"In a former number of your estimable journal
stated that ' Lord Brougham appears to have In.n.
from public life, and to have fixed his residence at u"--ei,
nes, in order to devote himself to the care of his broUthe
constitution.' It is my duty, as the physician of .
Brougham family at Cannes, to correct an error a
lated to afflict the numerous friends of the noble lord ,10
the entire scientific world. Never did Lord Brougf 1,1
enjoy more perfect health during the 20 years
has visited our country."
The Council of the Bank of France met on Thol;
day to take into consideration the export of oil/0,
coin, which has been lately going on to a very tee
siderable extent. A report had been ciroultbe
that in order to remedy the evil, the Council
Bank would raise the rate of discount to r-41i
cent., or that at least it would reduce the leilvot
of date of the bills discounted. Neither one 0.4
the other of these measures has been adopted,
consequently no change will be made in the 50
sent state of things. At the same sitting, a,
Council, considering that the amount of the °ll.
vances on Railway Securities was already en „,0
side' able, decided that for the future the adVate
on Shares instead of being 60 per cent, on the P.`"t ,
at the Bourse should be reduced to 50 per eta
and that the loans on Railway Bonds which 11:4
been fixed at 80 per cent. of the market
should be reduced to 70 per cent.
The Bemaphore of MarseillAg of the 15th states
that 105 vessels laden with wheat had arrived P`
that port during the last three days.
The Bourse opened firmly yesterday under
lcs
impression produced by a report that the Tit
had been forced to recross the Danube, and be
an arrangement between the belligerents migno
the consequence. A reaction, however, took Pt
in consequence of reports that the GoverninellAth
about to adopt measures which will interfere vi"sect
the dealers in corn. The Three per Cents. oln to
at 73f. 40c., and closed at 73f. 25c., and felhe
73f. 25c., at which they closed for the end cid
month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. of,
at 99f. 50e. ; Orleans Railway Shares, I'Nor
50c. ; Rouen, 1,020 f. ; Havre, 485 f. ; Greati,;
them, 845 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 807 f.
Paris and Lyons, 892 f. ; Lyons to the lite„
ranean, 722 f. 50e. ; Western of France,
Bordeaux and Cette, 675 f. ; Great Central, Tcpf
Lyons to Geneva, 500 f. ; Shares of the paw'
Credit Mobilier 685 f.

SPAIN.
rciAl
The Madrid Gazette of the 13th contains a -
decree authorising M. Scheidnagel, President a 0,
Finance Committee in London, to retire on s)10,
sion. The Gazette states that the Ministry °_a
reign Affairs is drawing up a treaty for the ren'te
tion of Peru, and for regulating the commercisist)
lations between that country and Spain. The
being Sunday the Stock Exchange was not olds.

BELGIUM.
King Leopold, on Tuesday evening, reeAell
the grand deputation with the address voted
the Chamber of Representatives of Belgic
reply to the speech from the throne. M. De° to
President of the Chamber, read the addreSgl
which his Majesty replied as follows : io
"Gentlemen,—The Chamber of Representativelojoi
called upon to form a great part in our institute,
and it will understand all the importance of it•
country, I know, may under any circumstances 1.,00,
its patriotism, its moderation, and its tried devote''
I am grateful for the sentiments which it expresseV
for the co-operation which it lends to my Gover°, Olt
It is by union and a good understanding betwetier,
public powers that we succeed in attaining the, •
which you have so happily defined, and in conci!,o4
more and more that esteem and confidence of $_
of which you have just spoken in such excellent te'"
, ate4
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ST. PETERSBURG.—From St. Petersburgh tue-
report a further unfavourable movement in the aest
exchange, consequent upon the quotations from nee,
which will cause a considerable amount of half-
to:llr be transmitted from this country. A parcel b
flow the Bank was despatched yesterday rid 11°
and further sums will follow. V le' 1
VIENNA.—The telegraphic quotations of the • fle
exchanges are rather confirmatory of the Tatar,
having obtained the successes recently attribliedej ea
them, the rate upon London, which had re°, io
11.16, showing that the agitation and distrust •
money market had in a slight degree subsided. a fef,
EXTENSIVE FlRES.—Yesterday morning, be CWT
minutes before four o'clock, a fire of a very esloer
character broke out on the extensive premises be''
to Messrs. Haines and Co patent mill-board ri°
turers, St. Andrew's-road, Horsemonger-lane:t
flames continued to progress, and they could nuvro
tinguished until one part of? the manufactorl, ogrj
tirely destroyed, and the remainder severe), aziseteo.
The total loss, it is understood, will amount to e is 00
hundred pounds sterling. The origin of the 61.00
veloped in obscurity. The premises and their conk
were insured in the Union Fire office. The eel, aor
ing, between the hours of ten and eleven o'cloe sack A
broke out on the premises of Messrs. Pilcher 11;
gess, pickle manufacturers, High Holborn. etre
caused by some of the workpeople making e ta cot)
the hearth. The fire was not extinguished 11° or
derable damage was done to the premises. ea Pe
ROYAL LONDON YACHT CUM.—The 501111„,, ribLoo
of the Royal London Yacht Club took Pl3ce "Ooenjit
day evening, at Willis's-rooms; Commodorecioth:
in the chair. Upon the removal of the sea
_of
commodore, in appropriate speeches, prop of
Queen, Prince Albert, Albert Prince We,
and the rest of the Royal Family
vinB (109
with " The Navy and Army ;" which b° al yon re
done ample justiceto, " Prosperitylto thejßcTivita o,:cli
Yacht Club " was proposed from the char'
view of their past labours and brilliant enc.; of feeepili
the worthy commodore assigned to the oneennyhea the., of
which existed amongst them, and complirn,„_,,i' eratielpe
upon its continued progression. " The ‘.1.1 the e;110
the City of London, with which was coup odors,
of Mr. Twiss, was also proposed by the eiewindwer fourr;ro,4";fo
admitted the obligation the club was _ boo
support. Mr. Twiss returned thanks for
had
_eae
in referring to some imputations which_ h._e svidloonb,
respecting them, offered some rem,a,l.la_ill'ifesith 10:1
Mr. Scott Russell then proposed I.lle h j
duly
1:1103-31s
worthy Commodore," which was receiv resli
gratification ; and the toast having boetehnecris7;thich,
_ser,
to, was succeeded by a number of
___ansra,
Irof
some excellent singing by Messrs. v"ery
Perren, and Shoebridge, occupied till
rather early hour in the morning.