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s •taod behind the village in ouo of the gorges be- 
tween the great rocks, but were driven also from them. 
The whole fighting began at three, and was over at five 
The results of the victory, besides the dispersion of the insur- 
rectionary head-quarters iu Thessaly under Radii Petros, 
are six flag3, about 20 chests of ammunition, the four guns 
which the Greeks had taken from Selim Pasha, all the tents 
which they had taken from him, about 30 prisoners, and 2o 
Egyptian soldiers who had been detained since Selim Pasha’s 
defeat. The Turks, rogulars and irrogolars, number between 
40 and 50 doad, and as many wounded. All the troops be- 
haved admirably, but we cannot find words enough to speak of 
Fuad Effendi. He was tho soul of the wholo. lie paid for every 
prisoner of war brought alive, and theatened to have every 
one shot who would cut off a head. Now, this is a Turk ! 
Let us contrast his behaviour with that of tho patriots (!). 
The correspondent of tho Time* walked with Mr. Long- 
worth on the slope of tho hills bofore Kalabak, whore Selim 
Pasha had abandoned his camp. They found 15 places with 
the remains of burnt human bodies, several of them burnt 
with pitch. According to the accounls of the Egyptians and 
the prisoners, they were tho bodies of the Egyptian wounded 
whom Selim Pasha had abandoned to their fate. In several 
places they also found tho stakes to which they had boon 
bound. 
INDIA. 
Wo have received the following despatch, dated Trieste on 
Wednesday : — 
“Tho steamer Calcutta nrrived to-day at 10 o’clock o.m., 
iu 112 hours from Alexandria 
I lie India mail, with ndvicos from Calcutta to the 1st 
of June, and Bombay the 7th of June, left Alexandria on the 
7tli of July for England. 
“Trade in India was dull. 
“ Exchange at Calcutta 2s. Ojd. 
“No mail has been received from China by this oppor- 
tunity.” 1 1 
— ♦ 
FRANCE. 
{From our own Correspondent.) 
PARIS, THURSDAY, JULY 13. 
An uneasy feeling, for a moment, prevailed hero on tho 
prospect of the renewal of the nogociations with Russia, 
through Austria, by which all Europo was imposed upon last 
year ; but the Emperor quitting Paris for the camp at Bou- 
logne, took occasion to assure some of the general officers 
who attended his farewell levee, that there was no room for 
apprehension on that score, and that ho had not called upon 
Franco for such sacrifices as she has made for tho war, to 
allow of such palpable trifling, at a moment when every day 
is of incalculable value in (he progress of hostilities. Hi’s 
Majesty left Paris on Tuesday, and though some care had 
been taken to avoid giving anything of a public character to 
his departure, a crowd assembled at the railway station, who 
received him with loud acclamations, and on his taking his 
sent in the curriage, tho air rang with cries of “Vive 
l’Empereur." It burst from a detachment of the military 
who were waiting at the terminus to proceed to Boulogne, to 
embark for the Baltic, and was taken up with enthusiasm by 
the crowds without. The Emperor came to the carriage door, 
affably acknowledged the demonstration, and tho train started 
amid loud huzzas. 
Tho terminus of tho Northern Railway has been for the last 
few days in a state of unusual activity arid bustle, owing to the 
departure of the troops intended for the Baltic ; and, in addi- 
tion to this, the. quantity of heavy artillery sent off has been 
so immense, that the beliof of serious siege operations being 
in contemplation amounts nearly to a certainty. It is really 
gratifying to witness tho genuine gaiety exhibited by those 
soldiers as they march through the city on their way to tho 
terminus, returning every demonstration with n heartiness 
and goodwill, and keeping up tlmt character for cheerfulness 
and gallantry which distinguishes them at home as much as 
their courage and enduranco iu the field. 
The late “ revolution ” in Paris— start not, I only mean the 
revolution of the Grand Opera— has, like most events of the 
snmo kind, led to much dissatisfaction. That some serious 
change of system was required wns too evident, but people 
have little faith in a well-turned “report ” from the Govern- 
ment, such ns that you published luM week, when they seo it 
wind up with tho nomination of a coimnicteo of directors, not 
one of whom have a scintilla of practical knowledge of a 
theatre, and in which tho name of u single musician, or one 
oven connected with musical science (although there ore 
many in Paris admirably qualified to assist in n reform of 
this nature), seems studiously omitted. Tho fact is, the 
management of a theatre— one of the most difficult tasks 
probably known on this little sublunary sphere of ours — has 
been time out of mind a favourite amusement with gentlemen 
amateurs, as many of them know to tlioir cost ; and doubt- 
less, when, as in tho prosont rare caso, tlioy have not them- 
selves to “ pay the piper,” it proinisos something extremely 
agreeable ; but how public taste or the Opera are to benefit 
by it remains to bo proved. Tha difficulties of their task 
will, however, soon begin— or, rather, have already begun — 
for tho want ol singers and tho impossibility of procuring 
thorn lias already been announced to tho new directory. No ; 
the present French Government has unquestionably done some 
wonderful things, but it will find it impossible to create singers 
at its bidding ; and without some such miracle, tho new 
management must necessarily ho, for some time at least, but 
a continuance of the past. Of the present company, most of 
whom are engaged for two years, the following sketch will 
give you a pretty correct idea. I begin with tho best man, 
though his stay among us, you will perceive, is very un- 
certain. 
M. Roger, who lately threw up his engagement, in cor 
sequence ot the slights put upon him by the management, 
to be entreated to remain, hut his compliance is by no meat 
certain, tempting offers both from Germany and Russi 
Hi* engagement will not expire until tho end of October; h 
silary is £240 per month. Ho is altogether nn accomplish* 
artiste, though not sufficiently powerful for the vast area of it 
. e - The second tenor, Gueymard, who has been thru 
into a first place in a most unseemly manner, to annoy Koge 
possesses a good voice but no execution, and, worst of a 
JWftn? 8 t0 tl,e Toar ' n ff This lucky gentleman recuiv 
xio per mensem. This engagement lasts until the end 
next year. Chapais, Boulo, nnd Brignnli conclude the list 
enors ; they are all of a certain kind of secondary merit, ai 
receive from £500 to £700 per annum. 
In basses and barytones wo are worso off. The best 
- P°' s&ss 'ng a fine voice, commanding flguro, aud mm 
in e ligoncc as an actor ; hut ho cannot bertr the fatigue of t 
wmble long operas, the terrible size of the Salle, nnd t 
archi-terriblo orchestra. Ilia salary is between seven and 
eight hundred a-ye«r. Depassio, second to tho above, is a 
ready and useful artiste , without OTer rising to bo grout, 
which Oban sometimes really is. Morelll is a fair barytone 
i ,■ * ta *‘ an sc,,0 °l» aud would be far more at homo at the 
Italian Opera. Mcrly, Marie, and Koenig follow in their train, 
at salaries vary lug from two to five hundred n-year. We 
must add Massol, who, though no singer properly speaking, 
produces a certain offuct in characters requiring cnorgy, — aud 
to this alono ho owes Ids engagement. 
Of tho ladies you know ns much as wc do in Paris. The 
first soprano is of courso Mdllc. Cruvelli, who, with immense 
rnoyens, is so self-willed and fanciful, that she seldom does 
justice to the composer or to herself. Her engagement wns 
lor two years, and commenced lust winter, terms, £(1,000 for 
tho first year, £0,500 for 1855, for which she gives up her 
summer conge In consequence of the Groat Exhibition. Tho 
sum Is very large, but so fur this engagement, heavy as it is, 
lias paid tho theatro well, though it cannot bo said that she 
has fully succeeded in satisfying tho musical public in otthcr 
of Meyerbeer’s operas, the Huguenots or Robert /<■ Diable. 
Her singing in Spontiui's Vest ale wns however perfection. 
Second on tho list stnnds Mine. Todesco, possessing a high 
ami clear soprano, with vory rich lower tones, altogether a 
splendid organ, and, though somewhat stout in person, re- 
markably handsome; ns an actress cold and inanimate. Her 
salary is £2,400 a-yonr, but in consequonco of Cruvolli's en- 
gagement sho gave immediate notice to quit, and is engaged 
at St. Petersburg for two years, if our old friend Charley 
allows tho opera to go on thero this winter. Mdllo. Pom- 
sot is a first second rate, nnd Mdllo. Marie Duphy is n 
promising young aspirant from tho Conservatoire. Both 
aro soprani. Of contralto wo havo nono. I make no 
account of Mine. Bosio, ono of the best nnd most rising 
singers of tho day. as sho is announced as having quitted this 
theatre for the Itallens. 
So much for the singers, who you will porceivo do not 
promiso very brilliantly ; hut tho real attraction of the Grand 
Opera for the public lies not in tho music, but in tho ballet. 
In this department, tho Parisians aro not only unrival le<l but 
iinnppronehcd. In Individual dancers they may bo equalled 
and even surpassed— ns in the caso of tho Italian Tagltonl, 
or tho German Kllsler ; but what nation in tho world over 
equalled their taste - for elegant grouping or for tho pic- 
turesque beauty of their arrangements of a stage tableaux? 
Iu these their taste and Invention scorn positively incx- 
liaustiblo, and whutover bo tho hcnvlnoss of thoir operas, 
which is greatly augmented by tho nuisance of Spinning them 
out to Jive acts, it is impossible to witness the ensemble of it 
bullet at tho Academic without delight. As singers are not 
to he had, it is to this attraction tho Direction will rely for 
public favour. With a good ballet they muy perforin oven 
“ Gluck” to crowded audiences, wlioso name — notwithstand- 
ing all the cant about classic music — without somo such talis- 
man, would render tho house a desert. 
Our splendid new street, tho Rue do Rivoli, is rapidly ap- 
proaching completion, and will indeed be magnifleout. The 
houses aro nil of noble proportions, and several liavo pro- 
fusely ornamented balconies up to the highest floor, while 
others liavo richly sculptured ontnblatures, but no balconies; 
for tho terrible mistake of having tho houses all alike, which 
makes tho part of the slreot originally built, facing the 
Tuileries’ gardens, so monstrous, has been happily avoided. 
Tho effect of tho street, even in its present on finished state, 
is admirable ; when completed it will bo the finest iu Europe. 
The street is to close, I am glad to find, with the magnificent 
barracks, or rather military palace, just erected beyond the 
Hotel de Ville, which will form a noble termination. The 
intention of carrying it to tho quartior St. Antoine is aban- 
doned for tho presout, — I hope never to be taken up. It 
would bo bringing tho Shns-Callotte and Arista — old St. 
Giles’s and Belgravia — into too close a juxta position. 
« 
COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. 
AUSTHALIANA. 
0 UPWARD Bound. — Tho departures from tho port of 
London for the Australian colonics during the past week 
show a considerable increase. Tlioy liavo comprised alto- 
gether 14 vessels, nlno to Port Philip, with on aggregate 
burden of 5,030 tons; three to Sydney', with an aggregate 
burden of 1,913 tons; ono to Adelaido, of 934 tons; and one 
to Hobart Town, of 387 tons. Their total capacity was 
consequently 8,2G4 tons. The ratos of freight continue to 
exhibit heaviness, owing to a decrease of general shipments. 
Liverpool. — Tho new mammoth clipper, Champion of 
tho Seas, built by Mr. Donald M‘Kay, of Boston, for Messrs. 
James Baines and Co’s. Black Ball lino-of-packets, from this 
port to Australia, arrived in tho Mersey on Monday evening 
Iroin Now York, with u very largo cargo of breadstuff-. 
Tho Champion of the Seas clcurod ut Now York ou the l-lth 
ult., but owing to the difficulty of procuring seamen, sho was 
detained for a considerable period in the stream, and at 
Sandy Hook. Notwithstanding tlmt she lmd vory un- 
favourable and baffling winds during the entire length of the 
voyage, her performances havo been regarded as exceedingly 
satisfactory; several of the first-class liners for this and other 
ports which left a considerable time bofore her not having yei 
made their appearance. 
Tub Australian Trade. — The shipment of goods to 
tho southorn colonics continues good, although not quitus" 
active as about a fortnight buck. The clearances during the 
past week were 15 of the aggregate burden of 8,928 tons, 
whilst the entries outwards for loading were 11, of 7,301 
tons. The trade is nevertheless dull, and freights have 
further declined to 50s. and 60s. per ton, while instances are 
known where even a lower rate has beon taken. 
HORTICULTURE. 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The third and last flower f£lo of this sochty took place or 
Saturday, the 8th inst, in tho grounds at Chiswick, and un- 
usual exertions were made to give eclat to what was under- 
stood to bo nn effort to revive the failing popularity and 
declining fortunes of the gardens. Tho great source of th«- 
iuCotnc of tho society has been tho-e flower-shows; but, of latt 
years, the flcklene.-s of the climate has told sadly against 
them, and the ill-luck of the Chiswick ffltes has become almost 
proverbial, two out of three in each year proving failures from 
unfavourable weather or other cutises. There is a fualiiou lt> 
theso matters a* in overvthing else, otherwise wc can scare 
understand how the attractions of the Chiswick gardens on a 
fAtc day could ever full of bringing together u large assem- 
blage of the rank, beauty, and fashion of the metropolis. The 
Si ° r ln * s u '" 1 * l,rub * ln 11,0 arboretum U umiaunilv 
[ ’ , lh (rr ** n 8w “' d «»'* Bio promenades tire nowh. ro 
tw , ‘ ®, ° nl or * rr ' lh# dl«pl»y of fruit nnd flowers is tho 
' cat mid mo»t extensive Of tho season ; the society procure 
,« b r riitortmiimoin. and «re patronised l»y tho 
largest and mod brilliant a somblages soon out of doors iu the 
netropolis; and yet tho glories of Chiswick havo nppavomlv 
vncrnrlM ’ /V* l,on ' lr J 0,10 Ite usual incomprehensible 
P h a * k I M ,0 th0 Botanic Gardens in the 
Urgent * 1 ark, or meditates a visit to Sir Joseph Paxton’s 
? dOI,l ', ,Un - NYi “> a view of finishing tho 
mi I , uj i ° n ? t T ki,,g "P f,n ‘ th « Mures of the May 
io il v UDuT; i. " r M, ' J °V y l’ l0ns0(l "Ignffv her tnten'- 
hn afinriion? “l on S#lww, »y tho course of 
ho afternoon ; nnd us a visit nt that hour was unusual and as 
there wns somo risk that Her Majesty might ho Mildred to 
some inoo.ivon.oneo from tho eagerness and prosjo of tho 
fash lonablo crowd, very extensive preparations wore mado bv 
ho council to enable the ltoynl visitors to Inspect the exhi- 
bition without obtrusion or annoyance. Tho public wore re- 
quested to assemble before four o’clock, iu order that tho 
road and drive through tho Duke of Devonshire's grounds 
might bo kept clear. The ontronoe goto opposite his unico's 
avonuo was sot apart for tho illustrious visit,.,*, n „d an awning 
was put up, scarlet cloth laid down, additional policemen 
posted, strong wooden barriers oreetod round tho touts, and 
every other precaution tukou to mako her Moiesty’a conde- 
scending visit as agreeable ns possible. At half-past four nil 
the tents wore cleared, ami tho visitors — of whom at least 
*» 00 ? or 8,000 wore pro*ont-took up their positions ouitddo 
tho barriors, nnd at every point from whence a view ol tho 
illustrious party could he obtained. Owing to somo mlstako 
or misunderstanding on the part of tho society, tho visit of 
lior .Majesty was oxpected and announced for live, instead of 
half-past six— the hour at which the Royal party arrived • 
and lor more than two hours the visitors, to tlioir great dkl 
coinfort, woro kept, standing round tho barriers in momentary 
expectation of tho Quoon’s arrival, many of tho ludies almost 
fainting from tho boat ami oxliniistlon, hut none being 
disposed to givo up tlioir vantage ground iu tho serried ranks 
which swunnud round the touts. Tho military bands, ofwlileli 
Hi, i,' woro thvoo iu uttondnuco — tlio Coldstream, 1st Life 
GuanK nnd Grenadier Guards— wa-Uod their aweotiicsn upon 
inattentive cars ; tlioy mnrcl.od from tho gardens Into tho Duke 
of Devonshire’s grounds, hut very few persons accompanied 
them. At length the cheers of tho populace outside announced 
her Majesty’s arrival, and sho shortly afterward* enter'd the 
guidons, leaning on tho arm of 1‘rlnco Albert, und followed by 
their Royal Highnesses tho Frlnco of Woles and l'rlnco Al- 
tred, and intended by tho C’ountoss of Gainsborough, and tlm 
other ladles and gentlemen of tho sultu. Tho Queen, who 
looked iu excellent lioulth und spirits, woro a thin muslin robe 
deeply flounced nnd trimmed with blue, a while silk mantle! 
and white luco bonnet, nnd carried in Jior hand a magnificent 
bouquet, tho appropriate tribute of her loyal uml dutiful liege , 
of Chiswick. Tlio Royal party, who woro attended by several 
member* of tho council, spout upwards of an hour iu exa- 
mining the splendid collection of fruit and flowers, uli, I thon 
returned to their enrrlugOf, proceeding through the Duke of 
Devonshire's grounds to Uucklughutn Fulucu. The nolilo 
proprietor was, wo woro sorry to learn, absent from Jndtoposi- 
lion. Although tho mbl'ulng was dark, threatening, mid 
showery, tlio afternoon turned out exceedingly lino, uml alter 
tho Queen's dcpuriuro somo tliuusaml of the visitors remained 
protnonading In tlio gardens und through the ground.-, of tlm 
'lakes Mibuvbun villa, which as usual worn thrown open on 
tills occasion. Tlio following Is tho award of Uni judges : — 
[L.G. 1, signifies first largo gold modal ; L.G. 2, seteond 
largo gold modal; G K. 1, first gold Knightian modal; G.K 
2, second gold Knightian medal; G.B. 1, first gold Uunkelan 
modal; G.B. 2, second gold Bunklun medal; 8.0., silver 
gilt modal ; L.S., largo silver mcdul ; 8.K., Knightian medal; 
8.B., silver Bunkshin modal; C. 1, first certificate; (’. 2 , 
second certificate, J 
Clash I.— Exotic orchids, in collections of 2fi : L.G. I, 
Mr. Williams; L.G. 2, Air. Woolley. Exotic orchids, in 
collections of 10: 0.11. 1, Air. Carson; G.B. 2, Mr. Ivison; 
S.G., Mr. Gcdnoy. Exotic orchids, in collections of 15; 
G.B. 1, Mosul's. Yoltcli; G.B. 2, Messrs. Hollison. Stove or 
groonhouiO plants, ln collodions of UO t L.G. 1, Air. Speed ; 
f..G. 2, Movers. Frasor; G.K. J, Ajessrs. Hollisson; G.K. 2, 
Mr. Rhodes. Stovo or grounlionsd' pluutu, In collections of 
15: G.K. 1, Mr. Duds; G.K. 2, Mr. Bailor; G.B, 1, Mr. 
1 'arson : S.G., Mr. Hump. Stovo or gruonliouso plants, in 
collections of six (in pots or tubs) not loss than 29 inolios Iu 
diameter): G.B. 1, Mr, I’ood; G.B. 2, Mr. Ovor. blovu 
or groonhouso plants, in collections of six (In pots not ex- 
ceeding 13 inches in diameter): S.G., Air. W. Tuylor; 
i-.G., Me. Over; S.K., Mr. Jtosor; S.B., Mr. Feed ; S.B., 
Mossrs. Pamplin. 
Class ii.— g,B. , Mr. Ingram, for a coucctlon of fruit ; 
S.O., Mr. Turnbull, for a collodion of fruit ; L.8., Mr. 
Snow, for a collodion of fruit; 8.K., Mr. Chapman, fora 
collection of fruit ; S. B., Mr. Ivison, grapes iu -pots, mid u 
collection of tropical fruit; L.S., Mr. Burton, queen plnc- 
ipplcs ; S.K., Mr. James, queen pineapples; 8.K., Mr. 
/ones, queen pineapples; 8. B., Mr. Burn, queen pineapples ; 
S.B., Mr. Hayes, providence plneopples; S.IJ., Air. U i lium 
Du vis, queen pineapples; S.K,, Mr. Floming, grapes aud 
pineapples; 8.B., Mr. l.ydlarJ, a collection of strawberries; 
L.S., Air. Frost, black /Iairihin«h grapes ; L.S., Air. Fleming, 
of Cllcvedon, for black Hamburgh grapes ; S.K., Air. Hill, 
lor a collection of grapes; S.K., Mr. Haywood, for black 
Hamburgh grpes; S.B., Mr. Smith, (gnrdeuerto — Anderson, 
Ksq.), for black Hamburgh grapes; S.B., Air. Shrlmpton, 
ior black Hamburgh grapes; S.G., Air. Straclian (gurdenur to 
K. Hill, Esq.), for Moscut grapes; L.S., Mr. Allport (gard* nor 
o — Akroyd, Esq.), for Muscat und Front ignun grape*; L.8., 
Mr. Boarc, for Muscat grupos ; S.K., Mr. Duds, for Aluseut 
uid nectarines; S.B., Mr. Frost, for Muscut grapes; L 8., 
Mr. Brown, for pouches and nectarines; S.K., Mr. Wright, 
'*r peaches; S.B., Air. TIHyard, for nectarines; 8.B., Mr. 
dunro, for peaches and nectarines; S.B., Mr. Lane, for 
rnorcllo cherries in pots; C. 1, Mr. Underhill, a seedling 
strawberry, called “Sir Harry;" C. I, Mr. Kitloy, a seedling 
-truwberry, cullod “ Carolfnu Superbu ; ” S.B., Mr. Jlunro 
fgardencr to Air*. Oddic), for a Victory of Butli melon ; C.l, 
Mr. Front, for an Egyptian green -fleshed melon; C. 1, Air. 
Williams, for citrons, oranges, arid lemons. 
Clash III Cape hcatli*, In culled lone of 10: G.B. 1, 
Meurs. itoilusoii ; G.B. 2, Mcmis. I’razer; 8.G., Mr. Feed. 
i’upo heaths, In collections ol 0: J-S., Mr. Ko»er; S.K., 
Mr. Taylor.; S.B., Air. Over. Hothouse terns : L.S., AIc,*.*r«. 
VoJtcli; S.K., Mr. Woolley ; S.B., Mr. Gedd.ug. Aloeel- 
la icons variegated jiluuls: 8.G., Messrs. Yei tell ; L.S., Messrs. 
RollUson ; 8. K., Messrs. Henderson, of FJncapple-placo; 
S B., Messrs. Heudcreon, of 8t. John’s-wood. Aliscclluncoiia 
