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the report, and a dividend at the rate of Bs. Bd. per
share.
Mr. YuTux seconded the motion, which was unaai-
arkonely agreed to.
After some other business, the meeting separated.

CORN. AND YOUGHAL.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on
Wednesday, at the Kings Arms, Weltininster ; Lieute-
nant-General Sir J. Thackwell in the chair.
The report
stated, that since the last half-yearly meet-
ing such a chariot has been effected in the direction of
the company as to place the management of the affairs
in the hands of those interested in carrying out the more
limited project then resolved on. The directors were
enabled, by the abandonment of the branch to Ferinoy,
to extinguish the sum of 19,9531., which would have
been entitled to participate in future divide' d:. The sum
of 1/. 10s. has been paid on the shares, and the remain-
der, 81. 10s., is liable to be called up. With the view
of providing for the steady progress of the undertaking,
a call of 11. per share has been made, payable on the Ist
of October next. Proposals from Messrs. Fox and Hen-
derson for completing the line are under the considera-
tion of Mr. Brunel, the engineer. The estimated balance
in band is 3,7001.
Resolutions were passed adopting the report, and re-
electing the retiring directors.
The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to
the chairman and directors.

MANCHESTER AND SOUTHPORT.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on
Wednesday afternoon ; but as all its accounts are em-
braced in the report of the Lancashire and Yorkshire
Company, with which it is incorporated, the proceedings
created no interest. They have only power to ♦ote such
dividend as the other company shall determine to make,
and they agreed, pro forma and by anticipation, to take
such dividend.

CORNWALL.
The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this
company was held at Truro, on Wednesday. The re-
port stated that the works from Truro to St. Austell
were nearly ready for the permanent way, and the other
works on different parts of the line were far advanced.
The manner in which the last call had been paid up was
a source of congratulation, and there were no outstand-
ing accounts unsettled. The amount received during the
six months ending the 30th of June, including the former
half-year's balance, was 125,6371. 13s. 5d., and the ex-
penditure 132,5251. Os. 9d., leaving a balance due from
the company at that date of 6,8871. 7s. 4d. Out of the
64 miles of their line of railway, about 27 were com-
pleted. The report was adopted.
London, England, 1854-09-01

COURSE OF EXCHA.NGE.—Tats DAY.

Amsterdam . ........ 11 1( Gibraltar ...... •••• • • • •
Ditto, three months .. l i 1734 Lt e orn .. • • ...... •• • 30 55
Rotterdam ............ 11 171,1 Geno i ....... 25 47%

Antwerp •••••••• • • • • 25 30 •• •• •• .• •. •• .•
Prus.els ........ 25 30 Venice........ • • ......
liamburgh .......... •13 (3% Naples ........ •• .. 44
Altona •• ............ Palermo ...... 129%
Faris ........ •• .... 25 3lesslna ....... •... 130
Ditto, three months .. 25 30 Lisbon ....... ..... •• 53
31arseilles ............. 25 30 'Oporto .........• •• •• •• 53%
Boardeaux ...• ........ Iltio Janeiro ..... .•• •• . •
Frankfort on-Majne.... I'9 !Buenos Ayres... .....
Berlin ................ INew.York, 60 days' sight

• _
V1enna..........•• .... 11 9.0 yhtladtlphla • .•
•• .... 12 24 j raters or autadcti, PER OR.
Petersburg ............ 36 ,Foreign Gcl tin Bars £3 17 9
:Madrid • •............. 50 (Portugal tiold Coin . • 0 0 0
Cadiz .......... — Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0
Barcelona .• •• .• •• •• • • New Dollars 0 0 0
Seville.. •• .......... Silver in bars

LAIL IFA Y IXTEL_LIGENCE.

SOUTH-EASTERN.

The directors of this company will recommend to the
proprietors, at the ensuing half•yearly meeting, to declare
a dividend of Bs. 6d. per 301. per share.

AMBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND BOSTON.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes-
terday at Grantham ;• Mr: 'Pyles occupied the chair.
Mr. Gough, the secretary, read the report.
The Cmunt.i.N.said, that during the last session of
Parliament the comidny had applied for and obtained
three different bills, all of which had been previously
sanctioned by meetings of the proprietors, and were.
fully described in then-port. The directors believed that
in obtaining these acts, and thus forming a main
line to Nottingham, they would serve the inte-
rests of the public better than by continuing , their
arrangement with the Midland Company. The in-
crease of 5,0001. upon the receipts of the last half-
year had been accompanied by a small additional charge
for working expenses, but those expenses had been kept
down as much as possible. He then moved the adop-
tion of the report.
Mr. BEASELEY seconded the resolution, which was.
carried. unanimously.
Mr. SMYTHE moved that a dividend of `..)!z per cent. per
annum he paid on the carit'al of the company, the same
to be payable on the 18th of September, next.
Mr. GEE. of Nottingham, seconded the resolution,
which Wai carried nein. con. _ _

The resolution for cancelling-the shares having been
agreed to,
The.meeting was made special, when resolutions. were
passed confirming the forfeiture of the shares and ap-
proving the issue by the board on behalf of the company
of mortgages or debentures for the sum of 86.2501. to
the proprieters of the Granthism Canal Navigation, and
for the sum of 87,5001. to the proprietors o the Not-
tingham Canal, cornformably to the agreements entered
into with the company for that purpose.
Thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings.
London, England, 1854-09-01

DISMISSAL OF SELIM PACH A.

The Journal de Constantinople announces offi-
cially the dismissal of Selim Pacha, who manifested
so great a want of courage in the affair with the
Russians at Bayazid. He is replaced as general-in-
chief of the- imperial guard by Darbous Rew hid
general7in-ehief of the army of Constanti-
nople, and as commamder-in-chief of the army of
Batourn by Mustapha, Paella, who (listing-nisi:el
himself greatly in tile D9bradscba. A letter fiont
Erz:zonm of the 6th states that after his tie-'eat
Selim Pacha fled to Van, the governor of which
consented to furnish his army with provisions, but

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refused to allow them to enter the town, and ad-
dressed a very severe letter to Selint Pacha.
The Greek Patriarch at Constantinople, M.
Authimos, had addressed a remarkable circular to
his co-religionists. Hearing that some Greeks
manifested hostile sentiments towards the allies of
Turkey, the Patriarch censured their conduct, and
passed a high encomium on the noble disinterested-
ness with which the Western Powers defend toe
cause of the weak against the strong. In conclu-
sion, he pronounced a solemn anathema, in the
nalle of the Eastern Church, against the schism,
caling itself orthodoxy, which has transferred to
St. Petersburg the spiritual authority in
matters.
London, England, 1854-09-01

PRUSSIA.

We extract the following from the Wanderer :
" If Prussia should at this critical moment refuse
to form one of the bulwarks against Russia, the
Russian and Prussian Baltic provinces may at no
distant period form one of those Stateh to be erected
as a wall of defence against Russia."
It has been seen that the granite walls of Russia
form an inadequate defence. The first fell of Bo-
marsund, and since the 16th it has been felt that
the fate of those of Cronstadt and Sebastopol are
dependent only on time, and the courage and per-
severance of the allies.

The Lloyd directs its attention almost exclusively
to Prussia, administering, however, from time to
time, a slight fillip to the other German Powers.

GREECE.
THE PORTE AND KING OTHO.

We have accounts from Athens to 26th. The
Ottoman Government refuses to prolong the delay
which it had granted for the free navigation of
Greek vessels in the Turkish waters, unless the
Greek Government will recognise in principle that
Greece owes an indemnity to Turkey for the recent
events. The Greek Ministers refuse all indemnity,
and say that on the contrary they think they have
a right to demand one of a hundred millions of
drachmas.
A letter from Athens states that the Baron Forth-
Rouen, the French Minister in that city, has pre-
sented from the Emperor I,ooof. to the mother of
the priest Marino, who died of the cholera whilst
administering relief and consolation to the French
soldiers afflicted with that malady in the military
hospital. A corporal who acted as one of the hos-
pital attendants has received the decoration of the
Legion of Honour for the zeal )us and humane at-
tention that he had paid to the patients.
BELGI UM.

THE RESIGN .lON OF THE MINISTERS.
The Independlitce of Brugsels expresses itself in
the following terms, relative to the resignation of
the Brouckere Cabinet :

" The folio wing are the rtionou,s which are in circula
tion. The discus-nons c died forth by the conventions to
he concluded between toe coop:auto:al authorities and Ow
bishops for the orgnotiosa ion of reln;ious education( by the
clergy in the estauli-ohonents of mill eroneoliae instruction ;
the (opposition, openly manifet•ted, which the convention
of Antwerp insets with in a part of the liberal party ;
and, above al', the new pretensions which the cleric it
p.irty puts forth love produced, it is said, a certain him
pressioo on the Nlimstry, which hid flattered itself to
have found at last the means of comic hating the rights of
the civil power with the exwencies of the religious an
thority. The Ministry, it is also said, saw tht4t animated
diseu,sions were to be anticipated on the question of
charity, in which, as in that of instruction, the preten-
sions of the Right go exceedingly far, and in which also
the Liberal party is not unanimous on every point."
London, England, 1854-09-01

APPOINTMENTS.

Assistant-clurgeons :—Samuel Denny, M.D. (1850), to
the Impregnable, flag-ship, at Devonport ; C. M'Sbarie,
M.D. (1844), from Greenwich Hospital to the Caradoc,
iron paddle-wheel steam vessel, on the Mediterranean
station.

Clerk :—George W. Warren (1854), to the Harrier,
screw steam-sloop, at Portsmouth.

PROMOTIONS.

Acting Paymasters :—Chrimtopher J. Martin (clerk of
1847), serving as acting paymaster in the Dido, 18, on the
Pacific station, and W. L. G. Drew (clerk of 1817),
solving as acting p:tyraaster of the F ,ntome, 12, sloop, On
the Australian station, have been confirmed in the rank of
pav mast r, and their commissions of that rank to bear
(late August 24, 1854.

Clerks :—William Simmonds (1816), serving as clerk in
charge of the Pandora surveying vessel on the Australian
station ; T. Ellard (1546,) serving as acting paymaster
of the Fury, pa !die-wheel steam-sloop, on the 'Slack Sea
station ; J. B. Jackson (1816), serving in the Mariner, 12,
sloop, at Devonport ; T. T. Jennings (1816,) serving as
additional clerk in the Wellesley, 72, guard ship of ordi-
nary, at Chatham ; Richard Batchelo. (1846) ; Robert W.
M. Jones (1846), recently serving as clerk in charge of the
Tartarus, steam•vessel ; R. W. Warwick (1846,) serving
as clerk in chargo of the Tyne, store-ship ; George Kent
(1846) ; Robert T. Haynes (1846), serving as clerk in
charge of the Spitfire, paddle-wheel steam surveying
vessel on the Mediterranean station ; C. C. Ick (1847),
serving as clerk in charge of the Columbia, paddle-wheel
steam surveying vessel on the North America and West
India station ; J. W. W. Green (1817), ►erving as clerk of
the Cressy, 80, screw steam-ship, on the Baltic station ;
John G. Barnes (1847), and Richard Allen (1847), serving
as clerk in charge of the Triton iron paddle-wheel steam
vessel, on the Mediterranean station, have been promoted
to the rank of paymasters.
Mr. Mugford, master of the Fisgard flagship, at Wool-
wich, is now performing the duty recently performed by
Commander Robertson when in charge of the steam dp•
pertinent afloat at Woolwich.
London, England, 1854-09-01

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that this event will strike a powerful blow in the ►ltic
at the influence of Russia

" Our gunners have provediliit the granite of Finland
is not exactly proof against their bullets. The fort: emote
of Ctonstadt and Sve.borg, rendered more accessible,
Will neither be secure nor impregnable.
" I must be permitted, in conclusion, to recommend
my brave crews, whom I am so proud and so happy to com-
mend to the favourable coi:sideration ofyour Excellency.
You know better than anybo ly, M. fe if mibtrt, what
the Bsltic squadron is able to do,' and whit °las bees
don'. lam only doing justice to the fleet whew I as.
sure the Emperor and Fra.nce that -there never was a
finer or a better squadron. _ • ,

"I have the honour to transmit to your Excellency
some requests and propositions in favour of officers,
sub-officers, and mariner, though I have been..greatly
embarrassed in making a selection.--I am. eco
" PARsirrAL."
London, England, 1854-09-01

CONSTANTINOPLE.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 24.—Marshal St. Ar-
naud will hold a council of war at Varna, to decide
upon the expediency of the great expedition, con-
sidering the state of the health of the troops. .
The Duke of Cambridge arrived here on the 221,
rather unwell. •

Thirty gun-boats have arrived from Malta, and
15 others are expected.
Great excitement exists at Varna against the
Grco-Slavonic agents of Russia.
Discontent is increasing in the French army at
their long inactivity.
The cholera is decreasing.
London, England, 1854-09-01

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Aug. 27.—The subscription to the Aus-
trian loan closed for a month. It amounts to nearly
five hundred million of florins.

His Excellency Baron Edouard de Bach, the
newly appointed civil commissioner of the Austrian
army in the East, left Vienna yesterday for Bucha-
rest. The governorship hitherto held by this ac-
complished and much-esteemed public functionary
in Upper Austria will not be otherwise disposed of
during his absence, hopes being entertained that
his excellency's services in the principalities may
not be of very long duration. The post of gover-
nor of Upper Austria is, therefore, being retained
for him.
London, England, 1854-09-01

all Agua rru. .

all Anglo Austria. Gold
all Anglo Californian
2 Australasian
6 Australian

all Australian Cordillera
all Australian Freehold
all Ave Maria

all Baden (Gil.Dachy of)
all Blamarvon Iron and
Coal
all , British Austrin. Gold
13.5 British Iron

Brazil ianltup. (issued
at pm
all Do. Cooties & Cuiaris
15 Do. St. John Del Rey
CarsollteB Creek
all Care Copper
1 Colonial Gold
_ _ _

16 Copiapo
all Copper Min. of Eng
all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent
all English and Austin

Copper Siueltg. Co
all General
all Gt. Nugget Veinßeg
2 Do. Registered
all Great l'olgooth .
all !Lake Bathurst

all Liberty
all IA flares .
all bond. &Califon'. Gob
Quartz Crush. Co„
all Mari qui ta_
_ _

9 Aexiean&S.Americn.
all New Granada ..

ail 'New Linares Minini

and Smelting C 0..:
all Nouveau Moude
aU iPoutgiband Silva:

Lead Nlin.& Smelt
1 Port Philip
all Quartz Rock

all lihymney Iron
15 Do. New
11i Santiago de Cuba....
all South Australian....
_ _.

7 Tin Croft ....... ......
all United Mexican
all Waller
all West Granada
all West Mariposa
12s. Worthing Mining a
Australia.
all Yuba
London, England, 1854-09-01

THE WAR.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
The Benbow is ordered to be commissioned at Sheerness
immediately, with a complement of 79 officers, guards and
boats' crews included, and to be ready for the immediate
reception of Russian prisoners of war. Up to yesterday
no commissions for her had been taken up at Sheerness.
London, England, 1854-09-01

THE NEW DRESS FOR THE ARMY.

On Thursday new patterns were sealed for the horse
and foot artillery, the Rifles, the Lancers, Hussars, and
heavy cavalry. Henceforward the foot au tasty officers
will wear blue tunic breasted with gold cord. The collar
and shoulder knot will be round. A black helmet with
white plume will be substituted for the Albert cap as now
used, and the royal arms will be in front. For fall dress
there will be a rich gold lace pouch and sword belt, and
for field practice the articles will be composed of white
leather. The sash is abolished. The horse artillery will
wear a round shell jacket, with lace across breast, sleeve,
and back, with square gold cord instead of round cord as
heretofore, showing a large light of blue cloth between
the loops. The officers' ranks are indicated as in the light
cavalry, by the amount of lace on the sleeves. The busby
or cap as hitherto worn will be retained. The Hussars
will no longer wear the slinging jacket, and their dress
will be similar to the Light Cavalry pattern, i.e., the
Austrian tunic. The decoration, however, will consist of
chain gold lace, instead of solid material. The Lancers'
uniform will be similar to the Light Diagoon regiments,
the old cap bein3 retained. The 16th Lancers are fighting
hard to retain their favourite colour, scarlet. The Rifle
dress will alo be in the Austrian tunic shape. The Rifle
Brigade will wear black velvet on sleeves and collar, while
the COth Rifles will be distinguished by scarlet cloth fac-
ings, &c. The heavy cavalry will henceforward wear a scar-
let coat, with a small amount of lace. The rank of each offi-
cer will be indicated by-diver crowns and atm s on the collar.
The gold helmet, with black plume, will be retained. The
uniforms were submitted to the Queen this week by the
designer, Mr. Rogers, of Covent•garden. Her Majesty was
pleased to express her approval. It is understood that the
complaints of the lace trade will be met by the expendi-
ture,on the Militia uniforms.
London, England, 1854-09-01

APPOINTMENTS.

Assistant-Surgeons :—Samuel Denny, M.D. (1850), to
the Impregnable, flag-ship, at Devonport ; C. M`Shane,
M.D. (1844), from Greenwich Hospital to the Caradoe,
iron paddle-wheel steam vessel, on the. Mediterranean
station.

Clerk :—George W. Warren (1854), to the Harrier,
screw steam-sloop, at Portsmouth.

PROMOTIONS.

Acting Paymasters :—Christopher J. Martin (clerk of
1847), serving as acting paymaster in the Dido, 18, on the
Pacific station, and. W. L. G. Drew (clerk of 1817),
serving as acting paymaster of the Fantome, 12, sloop, on
the Australian station, have been confirmed in the rank of
paymaster, and their commissions of that rank to boar
date August 23, 1851.
Clerks :—William Simmonds (1816), serving as clerk in
charge of the Pandora surveying vessel on the Australian
station ; T. Ellard (1846,) serving as acting paymaster
of the Fury, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, on the Black Sea
station ; J. B. Jackson (1816), serving in the Mariner, 12,
sloop, at Davenport ; T. T. Jennings (1846,) serving as
additional clerk in the Wellesley, 72, guard-ship of ordi-
nary, at Chatham ; Richard Batchelor (184 G) ; Robert IV.
M. Jones (1846), recently serving as clerk in charge of the
Tartarus, steam-vessel ; R. W. Warwick (1846,) serving
as clerk in charge of the Tyne, store-ship ; George Kent
(1846) ; Robert T. Baynes (1846), serving as clerk in
charge of the Spitfire, paddle-wheel steam surveying
vessel on the Mediterranean station ; C. C. Ick (.847),
serving as clerk in charge of the Columbia, paddle-wheel
steam surveying vessel on the North America and West
India station ; J. W. IV. Green (1847), serving as clerk of
the Cressy, 80, screw steam-ship, on the Baltic station ;
John G. Barnes (1847), and Richard Allen (1847), serving
as clerk in charge of the Triton iron paddle-wheel steam
vessel, on the Mediterranean station, have been promoted
to the rank of paymasters.
Mr. Mugford, master of the Fisgard flag-ship, at Wool-
wich, is now performing the duty recently performed by
Commander Robertson when in charge of the steam de-
partment afloat at Woolwich.
London, England, 1854-09-01

EDTTETI BY THE AUTHOR OF " JOHN DRAYTON."
OTICE.—MATHEW PA_XTON. A New
Story, Edited IT the Author of "J.ohn Drayton," " Ailie-
ford," Lee . in 3 was., will be reaoy at all the Libraries on Saturday,
September 2.
Hurt and Blackett, Publishers, Successors to Henry Colburn, 13,
Great Marlboroulh•strect.

MR. MACAULAY'S ESSAYS, People's
Edition.—Now complete, in two vols. crown Bvo., price
4s. each, cloth ; or in 7 parts, price One Shilling each.
Lo,.don: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman&
London, England, 1854-09-01

THE WAR.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
The Benbow is ordered to be commissioned at Sheerness
immediately, with a complement of 79 officers, guards and,
boats' crews included,' and to be'roady for the immediate
reception of Russian prisoners of war. Up to yesterday
no commissions for her had been taken up at Sheerness.
London, England, 1854-09-01

CORK AND YOUGHAL.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on
Wednesday, at the King's Arms, Westminster ; Lieute-
nant• General Sir J. Thackwell i❑ the chair.
The report stated, that since the last half-yearly meet-
ing such a change has been effected in the direction of
the company as to place the management of the affairs
in the hands of those interested in carrying out the more
limited project• then resolved on. The directors were '
enabled, by the abandonment of the branch to Fermoy,
to extinguish the sum of 10,953/., which would have
been entitled to participate in future dividends. The sum
of U. 10s. has been paid on the shares, and the remain-
der, 8/, 10s., is liable to be called:up. With the view
of providing for the steady progress of the undertaking,
a call of 1/. per share has been made, payable on the Ist
of October next. Rroposals front Messrs. Fox and Hen-
derson for completing the line are under the considera-
tion of Mr—Brunel, the engineer. The estimated balance
in band is 3,7001.
Resolutions were passed adopting the report, and re-
electing the retiring directors.
The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to
the chairman and directors,
London, England, 1854-09-01

MISCELLANEWS.

The Board of Admiralty have issued instructions to the
comptroller of the transport service to provide a ship for the
conveyance forthwith of 300 tons of heavy shot and shell
to Malta.

The Prussian brig Charles has completed the discharge of
her cargo; she will leave in ballast.
There will be a further embarkation of troops from
Gravesend, to reinforce the army in India, between the
2dth of September and the sth of October. This division
proceeds to Bombay.
SHEERNESS, Aug. 31.—The left wing of the new artil-
lery barrackS here, built by Mr. Josiah Hall, of Queen-
borough, the contractor, under the management of his
agent, Mr. Thomas Tiekell (late of the Royal Engineer de-
partment), has this day been formally delivered over totho
Ordnance department, being completed. The barracks
were commenced in July, 1853, and are now ready to re-
ceive 343 rank and filo. They are fitted with serjeants'
mess room and cooking kitchens, with orderly rooms, re-
gimental stores, library and reading rooms, arinourers,
and tailors' shops, kc. This building, with the right
wing built about three years since, completes barrack ac-
commodation here for One regiment of artillery, with full
accommodation in every respect.
London, England, 1854-09-01

MANCHESTER AND SOUTHPORT.

-The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on
Wednesday afternoon but as all its accounts are em-
braced in the report of the Lancashire and Yorkshire
Company, with which it is incorporated, the proceedings
created no interest. They have only power to ♦ote such
dividend as the other company shall determine to make,
and they agreed, pro forma and by anticipation, to take
snob dividend.
London, England, 1854-09-01

DEATH OF A VETERAN.

We record with regret the death of Lieut.-General Thos.
Delmer, C.B , colonel of the 47th Regiment, which took
place suddenly at Hawkhurst, Bent, on Saturday. Gene-
zal Delmer had been over 57 years in the army, and took
part in most of our warlike operations from the close of
the last century to Waterloo, having served with the ex-
peditions to Ostend in 1793, to Holland in the following
year, and to Ferrol, Vigo Bay, and Cadiz in 1800. He
was in Egypt with Sir Ralph Abercromhy, in the expedi-
tion to Hanover in 1805, and that to Copenhagen in 1407.
The following- year found him at Corinna, and in the
Peninswar campaigns of 1811.12-13, he shared in the
actions of El Bodon and Aides, de Ponta, and the battles
of gialanaima and Vittozie. SAN Dauer also wag
London, England, 1854-09-01

SEAMEN'S LETTERS FOR THE BLACK SEA

FLEET.
Several letters have been received by friends and
relatives of seamen serving in the Black Sea fleet, com•
plaining of the present regulations an to their letters. They
state that all the seamen's, mar ines', and boys' I,,tters
go
no further than 9lalta in the mails, and are kept there un-
til one of their own vessels happen to go down for them.
The officers' letters, which go out by the same mail
are forwarded frequently from Malta. It is no un•
t
frequent occurrence for hewbseilamntietnbetooffilicaev,es trhecreeeiv,o)rtfiletir
l r
l'eAtiteeTr:bayt iltihfrecrseimitepveerits)edl,: within the saw space of time.
London, England, 1854-09-01

APPOINTMENTS.

Assistant-Rnrgrons :—Samuel Denny, M.D. (1850), to
the Impregnable, flag-ship, at Devonport ; C. M`Shane,
M.D. (1844), from Greenwich Hospital to the Caradoc,
iron paddle-wheel steam vessel, on the Mediterranean
station. _ _

Clerk :—George W. 'Warren (1854), to the Harrier,
screw steam-sloop, at Portsmouth.

PROMOTIONS.

Acting Paymasters :—Christopher J. Martin (clerk of
1817), serving as acting paymaster in the Dido, 18, on the
Pacific station, and W. L. G. Drew (clerk of 1817),
serving as acting paymaster of the F,,ntome, 12, sloop, on
the Australian station, have been confirmed in the rank of
pay toast r, and their commissions of that rank to bear
date August 23, 1854.
Clerks :—William Simmotas (1846), serving as clerk in
charge of the Pandora surveying vessel ou the Australian
station ; T. Ellard (1846,) serving as acting paymaster
of the Fury, pa:idle-wheel steam•sloop, on the Slack Sea
station ; J. B. Jackson (1846), serving in the Mariner, 12,
sloop, at Devonport ; T. T. Jennings (18160 serving as
additional clerk in the Wellesley, 72, guard-ship of ordi-
nary, at Chatham ; Richard Batehelo, (1846) ; Robert W.
M. Jones (1846), recently serving as clerk in charge of the
Tartarns. steam vessel ; R. W. Warwick (1e46,) serving
as clerk in charge of the Tyne, store-ship ; George Kent
(1846) ; -Robert T. Haynes (1846), serving as clerk iu
charge of the Spitfire, paddle-wheel steam surveying
vessel on the Mediterranean station ; C. C. Lk (1847),
serving as clerk in charge of the Columbia, paddle-wheel
steam survi•ying vessel on the North America and West
India station ; J. W. W. Green (1847), serving as clerk of
the Cressy, 80, screw steam-ship, on the BAN,: station ;
John G. Barnes (1847), and Richard Allen (1847), serving
as clerk in charge of the Triton iron paddle-wheel steam
vessel, on the Mediterranean station, have bawl promoted
to the rank of paymasters.
Mr. Mugfor 1, master of the Fisgard flag ship, at Wool-
wich, is now performing the duty recently performed by
Commander Robertson when in charge of the steam de
partment afloat at Woolwich.
London, England, 1854-09-01

as his own. But, alas, he is gone ! When shall

we look upon his like again ?
It is not under such terrible circumstances that
I we can listen to further demands for procras ination
or delay. We have already suffered sufficiently
through the lethargy of our rulers. The health
and lives of our gallant defenders by sea and by
land are to be thought of more than the scruples
of the AUTOCRAT. We are not to sacrifice in vain
the lives of our sailors and soldiers, for the grati-
fication of his vanity, or to allow him to escape
the humiliation he has so richly merited. We
must have some consideration fur their feelings.
We are not to suffer them to remain dying off
like rotten sheep, while the diplomatists at Vienna
are weighing sentences and grumbling about every
paragraph. Nothing like " action" for banish-
ing the disease. It is the best remedy that could
be resorted to for all classes, for it would banish
that uneasiness of mind and lassitude of body so
unfavourable to its spread. A landing at the Crimea
and attack on Sebastopol would work a complete cure.
We hear rumours every day that such a move is
in contemplation, but unfortunately its realisation
is still postponed. The Ist September has arrived,
but the matter is not a bit farther advanced than
it was a month since. We trust that this lethargy
may at length be dispelled, and the reasonable
expectations of the French and English peoples be
at length, albeit at the eleventh hour, completely
London, England, 1854-09-01

CONSTANTINOPLE.

CONSTA.NTMFLE, Aug. 24.—Marshal St. Ar-
naud will hold a council of war at Varna, to decide
upon the expediency of the great expedition, con-
sidering the state of the health of the troops.
The Duke of Cambridge arrived here on the 22d,
rather unwell.

Thirty gun-boats have arrived from Malta, and
15 others are expected.
Great excitement exists at Varna against the
Greco-Slavonic agents of Russia.

Discontent is increasing in the French army at
their long inactivity.
The cholera is decreasing.

THE BATTLE AT KARS.

Letters from Constantinople of the 21st confirm
the previous accounts of the battle at Kars. The
action lasted five hours ; the Turks lost 3,000 men,
and the Russians 1,600.

.
Nothingtwits known there concerning the embarka-
tion of the allied troops.
Kars is in no danger.

THE SANITARY CONDITION OF THE
ALLIED ARMY.

Our letters of the 20th inst. state the sanitary
condition of the allied army was rapidly improv-
ing ; the disease was everywhere on the decline, and
the moment was fast approaching when the Gene-
rals could attempt important operations without
compromising the health of the troops. The
preparations for the expedition were proceeding
with extraordinary activity, both at Constanti-
nople and at Varna. The Bosphorus was crowded
with steamers destined to carry troops, muni-
tions, and materiel of siege. The last corps of
the English army, which remained at Buyukdere,
bad left for Varna. The real object of the expe-
dition was still a profound mystery. Public opi-
nion in the Turkish capital was still impressed with
a belief that an attack against Sebastopol and a
landing in the Crimea were contemplated. One of
our letters, however, observes that the events
which caused the departure of the army to be post-
poned would probably render so great a military
operation difficult before the setting in of the bad
season. Many persons at Constantinople consi-
dered it more prudent for the Allies to take a strong
position on the Circassian coast opposite the
Crimea, so as to watch and prevent all movement
of the Russian fleet at Sebastopol and of the Rus-
sian army in Asia, at the same time that a strong
division should remain at Baltchik, to keep Odessa,
in check and command the Black Sea, by combin-
ing its operatious with the naval division iu Cir-
cassia. The writer adds that the prolongation
alone of the blockade of Odessa, Sebastopol, and of
the other Russian ports of the Black Sea hadin-
flicted greater injury on Russia than the loss of a
battle.
London, England, 1854-09-01

RUSSIAN ACCOUNT OF THE OPERATIONS

AGAINST SCHAMYL.

The Russian Invaltd contains the following short
reports relative to operations against Schamy
"At the time of Schamyl's abortive attempt on the
left flank of our Lesghian line, the mountaineers were
beaten on their points of the Caucasus.

" In obedience to the commands of the Commander of
the Caucasian corps, the chiefs of troops cantoned on the
plateau of Koumyk, in the Tchetchnia, and in Northern
Daghestan, successfully executed divers expeditions
against souls of the rebels themselves.
" On the 29th of June, Colonel Baron Nicolai ad-
vanced up the river Yaryk-Sou, and after an obstinate
engagement took several strong entrenchments aban-
doned by the enemy at Goitemir and completely de-
stroyed them.

"From the let to the sth of July, Major-General
Baron Wrangel (not to be confounded with the lieut.-
general) penetrated into the Tchetchnia and ravaged the
villages of Mezene.

" On the 7th of July, Lieut.-General Prince Orbe-
liani 11., having penetrated by Subak into the territory
of the Salataivestir, destroyed the populous village of
Bourtoupai. Finally, Colonel Baron Nicolai again
threw himself into the territory of A_kouhortsis, and hav-
ing occupied a fortified post of the enemy on the Yaman-
Sou, now burned down the souls of Sadi-Yourt and
Taloul)ai-Yourt.

" In these different affairs, we have only had 61 men
killed, and 10 subalterns and 71 men wounded.
" The suddenness and rapidity of these movements
assured their success. Wi,hout counting the great losses
sustained by the rebels, an important object has been
attained, that of diverting the principal assembly of
Scharnyl, consisting of 5,000 men, who hastened to pro-
tect their families and hearths."
London, England, 1854-09-01

CORNWALL.

The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this
company was held at Truro, on Wednesday. The re-
port stated that the .werks from Truro to St. Austell
were nearly ready for the' permanent way, and the other
works on different parts of the line were far advanced.
The manner in which the last call had been paid up was
a source.of congratulation, and there were no outstand-
ing accounts unsettled. The amount received during the
six months ending the 30th of June, including the former
half-year's balance, was 125,637/. 13s. 5d., and the ex-
penditure 132,5251. Os. 9d., leaving a balance due from
the company-1d that date of 6,837/. 7s. 4d. Out of the
64 miles of their line of railway, about 27 were com-
pleted. The report was adopted.
London, England, 1854-09-01

THE NEW DRESS FOR TFIE RMY•

On Thursday new patterns were sealed for the horse
and foot artillery, the Rifles, the Lancers, Hussars, and
heavy cavalry. Henceforward the foot artillery officers
will wear blue tunic breasted with wld
.cord. The collar
and shoulder knot will be round...4k black hel:net-with
white plume will be substituted for i'hicAlbert cap as now
used, and tits royal arms will be in front For full dress
there wilfbe a rich gold lace pouch and 'sword belt, and
fopifield practice the articles will be compus,ed of •whito
leather. The sash is abolished. The borstrattillery will
wear a round shell jacket, with lace across 'breast, sleeve,
and back, with square gold cord instead of round cord as
heretofore, showing a largo light of blue cloth between
the loops. The officers' ranks are indicated as in the light
cavalry, by the amount of lace on the.sleevei. The busby
or cap as hitherto worn will be retained. The Hussars
will no longer wear the slinging jacket, and their dress
will be similar to the Light Cavalry pattern, the
Austrian tunic. The decoration, however, will consist of
chain gold lace, instead of solid material. The Lancers'.
uniform will be similar to the Light Dragoon regiments,
the old cap being retained. The 16th Lancers are fighting
hard to retain their favourite colour, scarlet. The Rifle
dress will also be in the Austrian tunic shape. ire Rifle
Brigade will wear black velvet on sleeves and collar, while
the 60th Rifles will be distinguished by'scarlet: cloth fac-
ings, &c. The heavy cavalry will henceforward wear a scar-
let coat, with a small amount of lace. The rank of each offi-
cer will be indicated by silver crowns and stars on the collar.
The goldliello4 with black plume, will be retained. The
uniforms were tvibmitteii to the Queen this week brthe
designer, Mr. Rogers, of Covent-garden. Her Majestywas
pleased to express her approval. It is understood that the
complaints of the lace trade will be met by the expendi-
ture on the Militia uniforms.
London, England, 1854-09-01

UNIVEBBITY BATING BILL.

The guardians elected under the new Poor-law and
College Rating Bill met at the workhouse this evening,
when the rector of Exeter College and several bursars
attended, as well as the mayor, aldermen, and parochial
guardians. On the nomination of the Mayor, R. J.
Spiers, Esq., seconded by .Mr. Alderman Butler, the late
governor, Mr. J. R. Carr was elected chairman of the
new board without opposition. Mr. Cartwright, cabinet-
maker, and Mr. Buddington, bookseller, were elected
vice-chairmen without Opposition.

LIEUT. JEROIZE NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.—Tha Arne-
rican pap, ra state thtt Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte has
forwarded to the Secretary of War from Paris the resig-
nation of his commission it, the army of the United
States, as
on account of the cordial t eotptif,u lie has Ina
with from ti.e French Emperor he probably deenn, his
prospects of adiancement better in France than is
America.
London, England, 1854-09-01

THE GUN-BOATS.

The second of the screw gun-vessels building for her Ma-
jesty's Government will be Launched from Pitcher's yard,
Northfleet, on Saturday.
The following is a communication on the subject of screw
steam despatch gun-boats :
Sir,—Adverting to the correspondence which has lately
appeared in your columns, relative to the screw steam de-
spatch gun-boats now fitting out, and to the very able com-
ments advanced in the articles contained thereon in your
journal, and useful as might be, undoubtedly, many of the
observations made by your correspondent " Eye Witness,"
one suggestion contained in his letter of the 26th instant,
viz., that these boats should bo so constructed as to be
able to carry troops, together with the necessary ammuni-
tion, store:, and provisions. I cannot but think is totally
at variance with the service for which they are destined.
It is obviously impossible that the qualities which would
be indispensable for the accommodation of a body of
troops could be combined with space necessary for work-
ing guns of such heavy calibre as they carry, and with the
great speed, to attain which is so desirable an object.
It is to be hoped, at any rate, that before long the ex-
ploits of the Wrangler, and her sister ships, will moet with
that success which is so fully expected of them.
London, England, 1854-09-01

PARLOUR LTRIZARY, FOR SEPTEMBER

MARK'S REEF ; or, THE CRATER.
FENI‘IOqE COIPER. Price is. 6d..

Also, by the same Ant r.
THE SEA LIONS; or, the Lost Sealers. Price Is. 6d.
These are reprinted P-o-rf the Orl.4lnal London Editt,ns, by s-ecial
prrmis-lon of Richard Bent'ey, Esq.; and it is n.cessary to specify
•• Parlour Library Edition" to escape the incorrect American re-
prints.
London, England, 1854-09-01

THE ROYAL ALBERT.

The Royal Albert screw steam-ship has so far com-
pleted her rigging to black down. Mr. William R. Madge,
the master, during the rigging of this noble ship, has
had the entire superintendence and directions in his espe-
cial department as master; the want of A.B.'s for this
work has made his duties most arduous in constantly
watching and directing the work as it, bas progressed.
Her lower fore-yard was crossed yesterday. Her main-
yard will not be put on board until she can be gut into the
fitting basin. Mr. Bonney's -vitt& percha speaking tubes
are fitted, and full communication Irmo the poop, on either
side, to the engine.romia can now take place, and is at pre-
sent a source of great attraction to visitors. The noble
engines of this ship, now complete, having been ready for
working these ten days past, refleet the highest credit on
all pasties connected therewith. They have been set up
under the personal daily superintendence of her chief en-
gineer, and latterly assisted by the assistant-engineers. If
the defe tin the st-newmk at the caisson entrance cannot
he made ready by the next spring tides she will be out out
of dry dock and moorc.l alongside the Minotaur, until she
can be taken into the basin for the greater c,.nvetiienett of
receiving her armament and sea stores on board. This
ship, when manned, will, there is not the slightest doubt,
be ordered to the Mediterranean, as flag-ship there.

THE EFFECTS OF THE SHOT AT BOMARSUND.
We have ret,eived a letter from a gallant officer serving
in the Baltic, from which we give the f"llowing extract,
showing the effects pro4ucel on the forts of Bomarsund by
the first botnbardthent :
" Many of the prisoners declare that if the Hecla, Valo.
runs, and Odin had continued tipe action another hour
longer, when we made our first attack on Boarirsund, they
must have left the forts in consequence of the heat; and,
strange to say, one of our shells penetrated through the
principal powder magazine door and did not explode. The
damage done at the first bombardment has been repaired ;
but a black round mark is painted where every shot and
shell struck. It is gratifying to see so many of these
marks."

THE RUSSIAN PRISONERS.
Intelligence was received yesterday that her Majesty's
steamer Termagant, with 207 Russian prisoners, had passed
Elsinore on the 28th ult. It is presumed that she had the
cholera on board, the yellow flag being at her masthead.
The same day the French steam-frigate Souffienr passed
Elsinore with General Bodisco and a number of Russian
officers, prisoners from Bomarsund.
London, England, 1854-09-01

MAIL FOR TURKEY.

There will be a mail made up to-morrow, the 2d inst.,
for the British army in Turkey and the fleet in the Black
Sea, to be forwarded through France to Marseilles, and
thence by French mail packet to Constantinople. Letters,
whether to an officer, soldier, or seaman, will be charged
3d. under a quarter of an ounce, and so on ; newspapers
2d. each. The postage must be paid in advance. The
mail for the British squadron in the White Sea will be
made up and forwarded from Hall to Christiania this day
(Friday) ; from the latter place it will be carried on to the
squadron by Norwegian mail packets.
London, England, 1854-09-01

THE PRINCIPALITIES.

A letter from Bucharest, 19th, in the Moniteur,
says :—" Ibraham Pacha sent four regiments of
cavalry on a reconnaissance as far as Bonze°. On
arriving on the
17th near that place, the Turks
were informed that a detachment of Cossacks still
remained there. Fifty men were immediately do-
tached, who attacked them in the town itself. The
Russians lost six men killed and two taken prisoners;
the Turks had one killed and two wounded. Thu
Turks remained masters of the place. Omer Pacha
has applied to the Wallachian administration,
demanding 93,000 rations of bread a-day to be
divided between Bucharest, Obilechti, and Oursit-
clAni. A second bridgeof boats is being con-
structed on the Danube at Turtukai. A division
of the English army is
Obilecbti." shortly expected at

A Jassy correspondent of the Ost Deutsche Post,
who speaks of the " despondency" of the Russians,
tells a singular story of Baron von Budberg, the
representative of his Majesty of All the Russias.
The Civil and Military Governor having remarked
that one of the passers by in the Ulica-inafa (High-
street) did not bow respectfully to him, beckoned
to the irreverent Moldavian to come to the door of
his carriage. The man obeyed, and the polished
Russian, catching him by the beard, lugged and
tugged him about in order to improve his manners.
Another Jassy writer remarks that from the recent
movements of the Russians it is evident that they
have more than once received contradictory orders.
At last the Servia,ns have left off drilling and exer-
cising, and the warlike ferment in the Principality
appears ' a be subsiding.
DISMISSAL OF SELIM PACEIA..

The Journal de Constantinople announces offi-
cially the dismissal of Selim Pacha, who manifested
so great a want of courage in the affair with the
Russians at Bayazid. He is replaced as
by Mustapha Pacha who distinguished
general-in-
chief of the imperial guard by Darbous Reschid
Paella, general-in-chief of the army of Constanti-
nople, and as commander-in-chief-in-chief of the army of
Batouna
himself_r greatly in the Dobrudscha. A letter from
~
}... rzerouni of the 6th states that after his defeat
Seiiiii Pacha fled to Van, tile governor of wilicii
consented, to furnish his army with provisions, but

refused to allow them to enter the town, and ad-
dressed a very severe letter to Selim
The Greek Patriarch at Constantinople, M.
Anthimos, had addressed a remarkable circular to
his co-religionists. Hearing that some Greeks
manifested hostile sentiments towards the allies of
Turkey, the Patriarch censured their conduct, and
passed a high encomium on the noble disinterested-
ness with which the Western Powers defend the
cause of the weak against the strong. In conclu-
sion, he pronounced a solemn anathema, in the
name of the Eastern Church, against the schism,
calling itself orthodoxy, which has transferred to
St. Petersburg the spiritual authority in religious
matters.
London, England, 1854-09-01

THE BLACK SEA FLEET.

DALTCHIK BAY, Aug. 19.—The cholera, which
has long been hovering about, has at length visited
the fleets in earnest. It attacked the French first,
and they suffered so severely in some of the large
ships that they put to sea in hopes of benefitting
by a change of air. A few days after this terrible
sickness tell on us. A few unmistakeable cases
occurred in several of the ships, and we put to sea
alto. On Saturday, the 12th, our squadron sailed,
consisting of the Britannia (Admiral Dandas),
Albion, Trafalgar, Vengeance, Queen, Rodney,
Loudon, Retribution, Furious, Tribune, and Dia-
mond. For two days we got on pretty well, the
Trafalgar only having suffered ; but on Monday
night (14th) the disease broke out in all its awful
fury in several ships simultaneously. In 20 hours
50 men died the in Britannia, and 30 in the next 20
hours Those who have only witnessed the effects
of this fatal pest en land can hardly imagine the
additional horror which accompanies its progress
at sea. Let them imagine 1,000 men narrowly
caged in a floating box ; a heavy sea obliq.es them
to close all the ports, so that, notwithstanding all
the appliances of air-sails, 4:c., the air at night be-
comes tainted below. A boat's crew go on shore to
put a few stones together as a sort of landing-place
on the sand ; they move a stone, and underneath
is a festering corps again. But there is no use in
accumulating the details of scenes like these, which
must ever be the terrible attendants on war and
pestilence.
On the 15th, the English men-of-war at the
Golden Horn and at Varna dressed in colours,
hoisted the tricolour to the main, and fired a Royal
salute in honour of the anniversary of the Em,
peror Napoleon's birthday. The Turkish fleet and
forts also fired a Royal salute, and the French
men-of-war observed the day with every external
demonstration of enthusiasm.
London, England, 1854-09-01

THE BRITISH EXPEDITION.

VARNA, Aug. 19.—The Duke's division has
marched iu from Aladyn, and is now encamped to-
wards the south-western side of the bay. It ap-
pears that notwithstanding the exquisite beauty of
the country around Ala lyn it is a hot-bed of
fever and dysentery. The saTne is true of Devna,
which is called by the Turks " the Valley of
Death ;" an:l had we consulted the naives ere we
pitched our camps, we assuredly would never have
gone either to Aladyn or Devna, notwithstanding
rhe charms of their position, and the temptations
offered by the abundant supply of water and by the
cljacent woods. So completely exhausted on last
Thursday was the Briga le of Guards, these
3,000 of the flower of England, that they hal
to make two marches in order to get over the
distance from Aladyn to Varna, which is
not more than (not so much, many people say
is) ten Miles. But :that is not a'l. Their
packs were carried for them. Just think of this,
.400 d people of England, who are sitting anxiously
in your homes, day after day, expecting every
morning to gladden your eyes with the sight of the
announcement, in large type, of " Fall of Sebas-
topol," your Gua.rds, your corps d'aite, the
pride of your hearts, the delight of your eyes,
these Anakim whose stature, strength, and massive
bulk you exhibit to kingly; visitors, as no
inapt symbols of your nation, have been so re-
duced by disease, and a depressing climate, that it
was judged inexpedient to allow them to carry their
own packs, or to permit them to march more than
five miles a day, even though these packs were
carried for them ! Tiiink of this, and then judge
whether these men are fit in their present state to
go to Sebastopol, or to attempt any great operation
of war. The Highland brigade are in better con-
dition, but even the three noble regiments which
compose it are far from being in good health or in
the spirits in which they set out for Varna. The.
Duke's division has lost 160 men, of these nearly
100 belonged to the Guards. In the Brigade of
Guards there were before the march to Varna up-
wards of 600 men sick. The Light Division has
lost 110 or 112 men. Sir D. Evans has lost 100
men or thereabouts.