10 SEPTEMBER 1853, Page 6

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Lord John Russell, called to London by a special message, arrived from Edinburgh on Friday night. On Saturday he had a long interview with Lord Aberdeen, Lord Clarendon, and Lord Palmerston; and he returned to Scotland on Monday.

We have received a copy of the Obeervateur d'Athiwee of the 27th August, containing what purports to be the reply of Lord Clarendon to the note of M. de Nesselrode of the 20th June [2d July]. Our own Ministers had already told us that the reply was virtually the duplicate of that of M. Drouyn de Lhuys ; and so it proves to be.

The Turkish and Russian Ambassadors at Vienna were to hold a con- ference on the let of this month. This would be their first interview:since the Eastern troubles began.

The Emperor of Russia has conferred the order of St. Anne of the first class on Prince Danilo of Montenegro and the same order of the second class on Peter Petrowich, President of Senate.

The Emperor of Austria has promoted Lieutenant Schwartz, the commander of the Hussar, the war-brig engaged in the Ronda affair, to the rank of Captain.

The report that Count Appony, the Austrian Minister at Turin, has quitted that city "with an unlimited leave of absence," is again current ; but no reason is given for his departure.

M. de Manpas set out on Monday for Naples, where he Will EMU= the post of Minister.

The Chevalier Kakoschkine has presented his credentials as Envoy from the Court of St. Petersburg to the Court of Naples.

An on dit in a Prussian journal gives a romantic colour to the late be- trothal of the Emperor of Austria. The story is, that the family of Duke Maximilian happened to be present at the Court ball given when the Emperor went to Ischl. "The Emperor appeared charmed with the Princess, and requested to be allowed a few minutes' conversation with her alter the ball. At the end of a few instants the Emperor returned with the Princess leaning on his arm, and presented her to the company as the future Empress of Austria." The lady is said to be extremely beautiful, and highly accomplished.

The eon of Prince Miksch, late Prince of Servia, has just been married, at Vienna, to a lady descended from the famous John Hunniades. M. de Mayendorf, the Russian Minister, gave away the bride.

It is announced that Mr. Disraeli is preparing to harangue a meeting at Aylesbury on the .14th.

Mr. George Lyall, once Member of the City of London, died on the 1st instant.

It appears that Captain Vernon did not actually resign his seat for Chatham, as was stated : he announced that he would not defend the petition against his return. It is now stated that his constituents intend to defend it for him; and that they have entered a counter-petition against the return of Admiral Stirling.

Mr. Robert Stephenson, who has been in Canada on railway business, was entertained by several gentlemen of local distinction at a public dinner in Montreal, last month. His presence there had reference to the building of a great bridge over the river.

Mrs. Beecher Stowe left England for America, in the Arctic, on Wed- nesday. A great crowd assembled to witness her departure.

Queen Christina, accompanied by the Spanish Ambassador, visited Windsor Castle on Tuesday, in the absence of the mistress of the house. She had luncheon, however.

The recriminatory correspondence between Mr. and Mrs. Norton has been renewed this week in the daily papers; with most success on the lady's part, and this sensible conclusion—" Now I will answer Mr. Nor- ton no more."

Sir William Napier has forwarded a letter to the daily journals cor- recting a common error regarding his brother. It was reported that Marshal Sault released Major Napier some months after the battle of Corunna : but it was Ney, not Souk., who performed that generous action. "The circumstances," writes Sir William, "deserve to be repeated, as showing the generous temper of Ney. His aide-de-camp, Captain Clouet, reported that a frigate had sent a flag of truce to inquire if Major Napier mite living ? Tell them Yea, and that he is well. Let him be seen.' Cap- tain Clouet look.ed expressively at the Marshal, and said, He has an aged mother, a widow." Let him go himself, then, to tell her he is alive,' was the response. And with Major Napier he freed about twenty-five English soldier], who had been badly wounded and left behind."

jr Neil Douglas, Colonel of the Seventy-second Regiment, died on the 1st instant, at Brussels; making the fourth death among the veteran officers of Wellington within a few weeks. Sir Neil Douglas fought through the Peninsular campaign, and was wounded at Waterloo.

A statement having appeared in the Leading Journal to the effect that Saffi had parted from Mazzini, the former gentleman wrote to correct the error. He says—" I am living at 15 Radnor Street, Chelsea, in the very house in which my friend Mazzini lives ; at work with him, and ready to enlighten, about Italian things and men, your correspondents, who seem to stand in great need of it."

The Austrian Government has refused to grant a local religious status Tyrolese who have returned to their native land converted to the Protestant faith. [Do the descendants of the men who fought and died with Hofer deserve this illustration of "paternal" rule ?] The Russian squadron in the Chinese seas consists of the Pallas, 52 guns, the Dwina, 10, and the Vostoch, 4. These vessels are intended to accompany the United States squadron to Japan, and cooperate with Com- modore Perry in opening the trade. It is credible, as reported, that the Russians look with some jealousy on the American expedition.

A Sailors' Home will shortly be established at Chatham. Last Tues- day, the Earl of Darnley received a deputation on the subject, gave a handsome subscription, and consented to accept the office of patron. Within these two years no fewer than twenty-seven Sailors' Homes have been established in the United Kingdom.

The accounts of the_progress of the cholera are negatively satisfactory. While it is rapidly decreasing in Denmark, it is increasing in Sweden. The reports from Russia are also unfavourable. But on the whole the report of the tendency of the disease Northwards, which has been already a subject of remark, seems now confirmed.

Result of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for the week ending on Saturday last.

Ten of Weeks 1843-52.

Week of 1063.

Zymotie Diseases

5,027 ....

312 Dropay, Cancer, and other diseases of imeertuui or variable seat 384 47 Tubercular Diseases 1,772 . 171 Diseases of the Brain, Spinel Marrow, Nerves, and Senses 1,039 115 Diseases of the Reart and Blood-vessels 247 .... 4L Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respiration ..,. 745 86

Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion

698 ,... 62

Dlseaaenof the Kidney., Sc

92 .... 14 Childbirth, diseases of the Uterus, Sc

Rheumatism, diseases of the Bones, Joints, Sc

77 ....

9 Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Tissue, Sc

Malformations

Premature Birth 227 29 Atrophy 270 ... 31 Age 405 ....

39

Sudden 63 .... 3

Violence, PriTatiOn , COkl, LOA Intemperance

293 52 Total (including unspecified causes) 11,527 1.029

While in Dublin, the Queen had two dozen medals of William Dargan struck in Irish silver, for her own use. She also bought largely of Limerick and other lace at the Exhibition ; expending a sum of 2000/.

It is related that the Royal children wandered about in the toy section of the Exhibition while the Queen and Prince Albert were in other depart- ments. The Prince of Wales showed precocious tact in striking a bar- . . yeaskedthvteof an elaborate wratesethrnlf .ginxt-ohk "T4eopmaninaeance,cuieoverwheLeViti the unexpected answered distractedly, a shilling,'—the true price being about fifteen shillings. The Prince, with a promptitude worthy the future ruler of a great commercial nation, closed with the bargain at once, laid down his shilling, and walked off with his prize. This little incident will proba- bly make the fortune of the exhibitor; who is constantly surrounded by groups of the curious and preserves the shilling under a glass vase, only to be shown to the Mod favoured of the customers."

As the screw war-steamer Agamemnon showed at the Spithead review that she was capable of greater speed than the Royal Victoria and Albert paddle- wheel steam-yacht, it is in contemplation to build a splendid new Royal steam-yacht, to be fitted with a screw propeller and engines on the most ap- proved principle, or to considerably lengthen the present Royal Victoria and Albert steam-yacht, and convert her from a paddle-wheel to a screw steam- yacht capable of attaining a high rate of speed.

Mr. Vanderbilt, the American, who has been making a tour of the Mediter- ranean in his yacht the North Star, arrived at Constantinople on the 24th August. It is said that when he put at Civita Vecchia, just after the 15th August, the Roman authorities would not permit him or his party to land— because they might be "sympathizing" with the Italians arrested at Rome. He met with a similar reception at Naples, and was obliged to hasten on to Malta for necessaries.

A terra cotta statue of "Australia," erected in the gardens of the Crystal Palace, is notable as "probably the largest piece of pottery ever fired in an entire piece." It was formed by pressing a composition of Devon and Dorset clay, ground nit, glass, &c., into a plaster mould. When dry, it was ex- tricated from the mould, and received the sculptor's final touches. It was then fired in a reverberatory kiln, for three weeks. After burning, it weighed about twenty-five hundredweight. Mr. Bell was the designer and modeller, and Mr. Blashfield moulded and fired the statue.

The trunk of a fir-tree, forty feet long, covered with barnacles, has been iound floating near Folkstone, and has been towed into the harbour.

Mr. J. Hall, a surgeon of Tower Hill, sends to the Times an extract from his journal while surgeon-superintendent it an emigrant ship bound to Que- bec. A plank was picked up in the ocean, covered with barnacles, which a number of curious passengers handled : the consequence was inflammation in the fingers, in one instance extending up the arm, and producing intense suffering.

Mr. Shaw, who was well known in the agricultural districts as editor of the Mark .r...ane Express, and managing director of the Farmers' Insurance Society, died recently in Australia. He emigrated somewhat suddenly, and, after passing through extreme adversity in Melbourne, went to the Diggings ; where he became ill, and died in great poverty.

It is reported that gold has been discovered in great quantities at the source of the river Olekma, on the banks of the Lena, and near the Witins, in Siberia.

Mr. Calvert, the Australian geologist, pursued his researches in Lanark- shire and Dumfriesshire ; in both of whiCh districts he was successful in dis- covering gold. In the vale of Mennick, at the Glenclaugh Burn, about form miles from Wanlock Head, Mr. Calvert obtained a piece of gold weighing four pennyweight; it was rough and of a dark colour. At Lead Dills, the gold was of a lighter character and rather smaller. It appeared to be gene- rally diffused in the red soil resting on the clay elates, chiefly running North and South, intersected with quartz strings running in the same direction. Mr. Calvert found gold in about fourteen burns or rivulets, mainly tributaries of the Elvin Water and Glengonnan. Some of the quartz looked at was aurife- rous, and had very fine gold disseminated through ft.—Carlisle Patriot. About 29,000 square yards of land being required at Liverpool for in- creased dock accommodation, .the Dock Trustees have paid 1/. 2s. 1ld. a yard for it. At Manchester, a thousand square yards of land for the erec- tion of a warehouse brought 10/. per yard. But some small lots in the cen- tre Of Birmingham produced still higher prices—from 12/. to 22/. a yard.

An importation has taken place at Southampton, from India, of a parcel of cordage manufactured from strips of hide, and, from its pliability and dura- bility, particularly adapted for the purpose of tiller-ropes. These hide ropa are a novel article of importation from abroad, and will be admissible under the new tariff free of duty.

A party of gourmands, headed by the Mayor of Bridgetown, have proved experimentally that white-bait frequent the river Dart, by catching, cooking, and eating a quantity of the delicate fish. It is also found at Turf, in the Exe, says the 1Vestern Titnes.

By the late earthquake at Thebes, eleven persons lost their lives, and eighteen were severely hurt. The town was partly composed of new stone houses, solidly built, partly of old wooden and brick structures. The former are entirely destroyed, the latter rendered uninhabitable. The inhabitants were compelled to encamp. The water has nearly disappeared, and the fruit in the gardens and vineyards has been spoiled by the dust. The King and Queen of Greece have sent money and tents. It appears that the shock ex- tended as far as Plata and Cholchis, shattering the intermediate villages. During the recent fearfulTgales, the Collector, bound from Callao to Liver- pool, foundered in the Chops of the Channel. When the crew were expecting death, the sea running so high that there was little chance of boats living long, the Promise, from Quebec, came in sight ; and she saved them all— twenty-five souls, including some women.

Again there are tidings of the loss of a ship in the Australian seas. The Rebecca, a vessel carrying cargo from London to Sydney, struck on a reef on the West coast of Van Diemen's Laud, on the night of the29th April. There were thirty persons on board, including the master's wife ; and of these only eleven men gained the shore. The country thereabouts is unin- habited; and the mariners in vain made exploratory trips to obtain aid. For a fortnight they managed to subsist on what catue ashore from the wreck; but they were fast sinking under their privations when a dog appear- amongst them, and they fastened a note around the dog's neck. 'The dog belonged to an exploring party ; who, when they had read the account of which it was the bearer, hastened to the assistance of the mariners.

During the boisterous weather on Saturday evening, three vessels were lost by collision. The Despina, a Greek bark, came into contact with the Cambridge, an East Indiaman, off Dungeness : the crew of the Despina were taken on board the Cambridge before their vessel sank. The Benevolent brig, of Plymouth, was run down off Beachy Head by another brig : the crew escaped in a boat, and were picked up by a Deal lugger. The Rapid, of Harwich, struck against a collier near the mouth of the Thames: crew saved in their boat.