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THE FIELD 
FRANCE. 
(From our own Correspondent.) 
P Aitis, Thursday, May 22. 
Still no decisive news from the seat of war — and though 
there is every disposition to make all allowances for delay, 
people who remember the almost miraculous rapidity of 
the Emperor’s Uncle in his military movements, cannot 
altogether help making ugly comparisons. In less time 
than that passed since the arrival of the allied forces in the 
East, Napoleon, without cither rail or steam, had marched 
his army from the heights of Boulogne into the heart of 
Germany, gained two splendid victories, and dictated a 
treaty of peace within the walls of Berlin! Verily, our 
present leisurely style of warfare— though it may be un- 
avoidable— suffers very considerably by the comparison. 
The arrival from America this week of Mr. Bonaparte, 
the son of Prince Jerome by his marriage with Miss Pat- 
terson, and cousin to the Emperor, has excited consider- 
able attention in political circles, from the fact that his 
proposal to visit France, shortly after the Emperor’s acces- 
sion, met with decided opposition. It is considered that 
his presence in Paris is calculated to act as a check on 
Prince Napoleon, the son of Prince Jerome by his second 
marriage, whose wild politics are so unpopular, that should 
the Emperor die childless, the succession to the throne 
would be greatly imperilled by the fact of there being no 
other heir at hand than the “Prince de la Montagne.” 
Mr. Bonaparte, who is accompanied by his son, a fine lad 
of 18, has been received in a truly princely style at court; 
he is, like his half-brother, remarkable for his striking 
likeness for Napoleon the 1st. 
It is reported that a negociation, for some time on the 
topis, between the proprietor of the Varieties — an English 
gentleman well known on the turf, and whose name is, of 
course, no secret to The Field , has terminated by the sale 
of the property for £60,000 to a Mr. Legay, a notary, and 
probably the agent of other parties. Mr. — has been a 
most fortunate man with his racer, but his losses at the 
Varieties must have at least balanced his winnings with 
West Australian. 
Talking of racers, a poor steed that had socn better days 
— having been bred in the royal stables, and won prizes 
both at Versailles and Chantilly, but who shared the 
fate of much other of the King’s property after the “ glori- 
ous Revolution of 1848,” and was sold off at one of the 
mock sales which followed that event — fell down the 
other day under a wretched cart, and coming under the 
notice of the police, was found to have died of actual star- 
vation. Sic transit , & c. By the way, it is to be hoped 
that, among other importations from England, they would 
introduce the Society for the Protection of Animals, for 
Paris is terribly in want of something of that sort. You 
know that formerly the omnibuses here used to carry seven- 
teen persons, making up with the driver and conductor a 
total of nineteen. This living cargo together with a large 
lumbering machine, heavy as an old English stage-coach, 
was thought by most Englishmen abominable enough for 
two unfortunates — horses — but now, by placing scats on 
the roof, for which the price is three sous — they have in- 
creased the number to twenty-six. This villainous impo- 
sition upon horse-flesh is now become general, and may 
be witnessed from morning till night in every quarter of 
Paris. As the police here interfere nearly with every- 
thing, they might surely interpose to put an end to this 
abomination. Barring this, the ride on the outside, though 
rather infra dip. is vastly preferable to the interior. You 
go in some of these ’busses five miles for three sous ! 
Paris has been considerably amused tliic week by the 
demi-conjugul dispute of a middle-aged Lothario, an 
Englishman long resident in Paris. It appears that Mr. 
|(1 must respect his incognito), one night last winter, 
had the good fortune to captivate a young lady of graceful 
address and considerable beauty, at one of the public 
balls of the Salle Valentino. After some time, Mdllc. 
Zoe— so the lady was named — became, in name at least, 
Mme. , and was introduced to his male friends ; and 
everything passed as smoothly as possible. Thus far all 
was sunshine. 
“ But then there came a frost— a nipping frost." 
He flattered himself from her conduct that she was en- 
tirely devoted to him, but on rising one morning last 
week, he was surprised to find his Zoe absent, and still 
more, on pulling the bell-rope, not to hear the bell ring. 
He soon found he had been robbed of about £50 jewels; and 
other valuables had also disappeared. The porter of the 
house, however, handed him a letter, of which it is neces- 
sary to give a verbatim copy, to show' Mdlle. Zo6’s peculiar 
orthography. 
“Moncieu, — Vou m’avfe di ceu foie que vous me donicz 
votre keur, et que vou vouliG tou partaje avee moi. Vou 
ne cer£ eon pa &urpri que, ne ivoulau plu vive avec vou 
j’ai auporU* queque chause de peur de me trouvfe dant la 
jaine Ge vou lece ton le mobbilic, vos rautc ct votre keur. 
Vou voy6 que vou n’aitc pa le plu raalles partajd. Ge vou 
sallut. Zoe. 
juui. 
In his fury at the treachery of the faithless Zoe, Mr. 
M was so imprudent as to place the affair in the hands 
of the police. It got into the law pupers, and lie has since 
become the laughing-stock of all his acquaintances. 
Every extravagance finds followers in Paris. The last 
mania that has sprung up is the most extraordinary one of 
eating arsenic — neither more nor less. Some German 
(juacks have, it seems, been crying it up as a medicament 
of the highest utility for horses. But our Paris charlatans, 
improving on the system, recommend it for man — “ as the 
sovercignest thing on earth for giviug increased vitality to 
the organs, strengthening the respiration, and improving 
the general health;” while to the ladies it is specially re- 
commended as unparalleled for bestowing a clear and 
beautiful complexion. This last quality has completed the 
success of the new nostrum, for # it has secured the patronage 
of that influential part of the’ community, who are said 
“ to rule the court, the camp, the grove.” In the mean- 
while, the consumption of arsenic has so much increased 
as to have attracted the attention of the authorities, who 
are taking additional precautions to prevent its sale. 
Jrap Intelligma. 
Advices from St. Petersburg of the 13th state 
that the Emperor Nicholas had ordered Prince Dolgorouki, 
Minister of War, to set out for the Danubian Principalities, 
and to draw up an accurato report of the position of affairs 
in a military point of view. This measure has produced a 
profound sensation at St. Petersburg, as the Emperor never 
intrusts his Minister of War with such a mission except on 
occasions of serious importance. 
At Constantinople, a serious altercation took place 
on the 8th, between some liberty men of thoSidon and some 
Austrians in a wineshop. In the melee two of the Sidon’s 
men were stubbed (one in the 6ide and one in the neck), 
but we are glad to add, were “ more frightened than hurt.” 
The cowards who inflicted the wounds escaped, but some 
Guardsmen who happened to be present left unmistakable 
impressions of their fists upon their countenances. 
The Retreat from Silistria is elsewhere noticed. 
We may here, however, mention that after the attack of 
tho 29th, which was desperate and sanguinary, the Russians 
retired to prepare for a fresh assault. On the 31st they 
advanced in considerable force, and renewed the assault in 
the same order as before. Alter a prolonged and bloody 
struggle the Russians woro completely repulsed, and 
tho same evening a flag of truco demanded permission 
to take off their dead, who were not less than 2,000. 
On the 2nd a general assault took place, and the whole of 
the forts were attacked, while the Russian flotilla bonfbarded 
the town ; but, thanks to the truly heroic intrepidity of the 
Turkish troops, and tho excellent arrangements of the Gen- 
eral-in-Chief, tho Russians were once more victoriously 
beaten off. Tho victory, however, cost the Turks dear, as 
they lost their gallant chief, Mussa Pasha, who was struck 
in the left side by the fragment of a grenade. The same 
night a mine, which had been carried under tho first Tur- 
kish battery — Arab Tabia, was destroyed by a counter- 
mine, and 400 Russiuns, the foremost of the attacking 
columns, were blown into tho air. Under cover of this 
explosion, and tho confusion that followed, the Ottomans 
sallied out ; the enemy were routed in all directions, 
and the intrenchments taken. The total loss of tho 
Russians in the last assaults is calculated at from 3,000 to 
6,000 killed ; while the Turks lost but little in proportion. 
Reisam Pasha, who had left Shumla for that purpose, 
approached Silistria with a division of 20,000 men. 
New York Advices to Juno 10 announce tho renowal in 
the South West of a general and sanguinary war against the 
whites, under the direction of “ Wild Cut,” the noted Sem- 
inole chief. A large number of whites had been massacred, 
among them a body of 23 soldiers. 
COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. 
[From tho London Ornette of Tuesday.] 
DOWNING-STREET, Juxk 12. 
Tho Queen has been graciously pleased to give ordcis for the 
appointment of Peter Smith, Esquire, Chief Clerk of the Office of 
Secretary of State for the Colonies, and of Major George Bahour, of 
the East India Company's Service, to be ordluary Members of tho 
Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the most honour- 
able Order of the Bath. 
DOWNING-STREET, June 19. 
The Queen lias been pleased to appoint tho Reverend Phillip 
Pennington, Master of Arts, to bo Chaplain, and C. Francis Ilerens 
Dawkins, Esquire, to be Superintendent of Police for tho Island of 
Mauritius. 
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint William Young, Lewis 
M. Wilkins, Alexander .Campbell, and Stephen Fulton, Esqrs.,to bo 
Members of the Executive Council, and Lewis M. Wilkins to bo Clerk 
of tho Executive Council, for the Province of Nova Scotia. 
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint George Montagu, 
Esq., to be Surveyor-General for the District of Natal, Cupe of Good 
Hope. 
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint William Henry Doyl 0 , 
Esq., to bo a Member of tho Executive Council for tho Bahama 
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Malcolm Glassford, 
John Young, and James Welsh, Esq., to bo Members of tho Executive 
Council for the Settlement of Honduras. 
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Robert Gordon, Esq., 
M.D.. to be a Member of the Legislative Council for tho Province of 
New Brunswick. 
Her Majesty lias further been pleased to appoint Charles Douglas 
Stewart, Esq., to be a Member of the Council for tho Island of St. 
Vincent. 
THE QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY IN TORONTO. 
At a meeting of the Special Committeo of tho Council, 
(appointed to moke preparations for the celebration of 
Her Majesty’s Birthday,) at which were present several 
gentlomen, invited to meet the 6aid Committee, it was re- 
solved that it be recommended : — 
1st. That the Day be celebrated as a Public Holiday, 
and that the same be generally observed as such, by 
the citizens at large— the employed as well as the em- 
ployers. 
2nd. That during the daytimo there shall be a Public 
Procession, to comprise tho Mayor and Corporation, tho 
Fire Brigade, the National Societies, and other public 
bodies— to assemble at the City Hall at 12 o’clock, noon, 
nnd proceed though the principal streets to the Government 
House Grounds, where a salute of cannon will ho fired, an 
address to Her Majesty ho proposed, nnd other public 
displays exhibited. 
3. That in the Evening there shall be an Illumination 
of a public character, in the way of arches and coloured 
lamps, lighted by gas — along the line of King-street — also 
a torch light possession — and, lastly, a handsome exhibition 
of Fireworks (with a gas illumination if necessary) at some 
place to be hereafter determined — of which due notice will 
be given. 
4th. That, inasmuch as the commemoration of II. M. 
Birthday is an event in which all classes would participate, 
it is desirable the cost should be borne in like manner — 
it be recommended to the Corporation to appropriate the 
sum of £250 from the City Funds in aid of tho Celebration. 
5th. That the Banks, the Insurance Companies, tho Rail- 
road Companies, the Gas and Water Companies, nnd tho 
Canada Company, he invited to contribute their assistance in 
furtherance of the celebration. 
6th. That the Special Committee of the Council, together 
with the following gentlemen, viz: — Rev. Dr. McCauI, Dr. 
Hodder, Mr. Ashfield, Sheriff Jarvis, Mr. Recorder Dug- 
gan, Hon. H. Sherwood, M.P.P., G. P. Ridout, Esq., 
M.P.P. ; and Messrs. S. Thompson, E. G. O’Brien, J. D. 
Ridout, G. A. Barber, E. C. Hancock, do form a General 
Committee to organise the arrangements for carrying into 
effect the details of the proceedings embodied in tho forego- 
ing Resolutions — and that Mr. Hancock be Secretary to the 
General Committee. 
A. Morrison, Chairman of tho Meeting. 
Mayor’s Office, Toronto, May 5th, 1854. 
Natal. — The Bishop held the ceremony of confirmation 
at Richmond on Sunday, the 19th of March, and on Thurs- 
day, the 23rd, at Pietermaritzburg, when upwards of sixty 
were confirmed. On Saturday, the 25th, he consecrated the 
burial ground of Fort Napier. On Sunday, the 26th, the 
ordination of Mr. Robertson took place, after which the bishop 
took leave of his people. On Wednesday, accompanied by a 
number of church officers and people, the right reverend 
prelate took his departure from Pietermaritzburg to finish his 
visitation labours, prior to his leaving for England. At Pine 
Town, on Friday following, there were three servicos to be 
held, and on Saturday, the 1st of April, the confirmation took 
place at d’Urban. 
Letters from St. John’s, Newfoundland, state that the 
fishery had not proved productive, and that provisions were 
excessively dear. 
AUSTRALIANS. 
Southampton, June 17. — The Prestonjee Bomanjec, of 
704 tons, belonging to Messrs. Somes, and commanded by 
Captain Edward Montgomery, left the docks on Friday, and 
the river this day, having on board 308 Government emi- 
grants, under the charge of Surgeon-Superintendent W. H. 
Wetherall, bound for Adelaide. The Joshua, of 804 tons, 
hound for Geelong, will receive her emigrants on Monday. 
This ship is fitted on a new plan, suggested by Mr. Foster, 
assistant emigration officer at London, tho peculiar novelty 
of which is that the inner part of the berth next tho ship’s 
side turns up during the day, leaving a fine open space 
between it and the ship’s side sufficiently large for tho 
women to dress in privacy, while the standing part of the 
berth is large enough for children to sleep in during tho 
day. The open space thus afforded in the inner side of tho 
berth contributes largely to the free circulation of air in 
tho daytime, and will consequently materially promote the 
health and comfort of the emigrunts. This fine ship is well 
worthy of inspection by all who take an interest in emigra- 
tion. 
FOREIGN MISCELLANY. 
Tiie African Exploring Expedition. — The fol- 
lowing letter has been received from the African exploring 
screw schooner Pleiad, dated Madeira, June 1, 1854. So 
far the vessel aud machinery appear to have answered all 
tho expectations formed of them. — “ Calling at Madeira 
for a supply of coal affords mo an opportunity for sending 
you a line, and I am glad to bo able to say that I believe 
the Pleiad is everything you could wish her. Outside the 
channel we had three days of rough squally weather, with a 
rather heavy sea, in which she danced about a good deal, 
hut you may imagine with what an easy motion, when she 
never so much as disturbed a glass on the table. In fact, 
she rides over everything like a duck, never taking a drop 
of water on her deck except the more spray, and I bolieve 
scarcely any pressure of wind or sail could lay her over two 
stroaks; certainly no ordinary breeze would lay her over so 
much as to making walking on dock at all inconvoniont. 
The strongest steady breeze we have had yet was no more 
than barely sufficient to keep the sails full, and with this she 
made better thun eight knots. Under steam, too, she is 
equally good ; yesterday, having a smooth sea, wc tried her 
speed, and found her going nine knots with 1 41b. of steam, 
und the vibration was so little that evon close to the stern 
you would require to stand still on the deck beforo you could 
ascertain from the motion whether sho wos under sail or 
steam. We arrived hero at 9 o’clock this morning, and 
hope to leave about 4 p.m. Wo are all, I am glad to say, 
quite well, and getting on very comfortably indeed,” 
