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paign. The Russian scribes will have some trouble in prov- 
ing that the loss of Bomareund Is really an advantage to the 
cause of the Emperor Nicholas, but wo have much faith in 
their seal and ingenuity. 
Another important event in the war has taken place. 
Austria has marched her troops into Turkey. The entry 
began on the 20th. The whole of the corp3 of observation 
was to have passed the frontier by the 23rd, and the advanced 
guard is expected to reach Bucharest by the 5th September. 
Three brigades were preparing to move into Moldavia. The 
step is of course taken with the sanction of the Porto, and 
under treaty for the evacuation of its territory on demand, 
but it is worthy of remark that Austria is not at war with 
Russia, and, presuming a case of extreme treachery (which 
M. Kossuth anticipates from Austria, though we have no 
right to do so), the position of the allies would be a difficult 
ono. 
Lord Clarendon has addressed to Lord Westmoroland (our 
ambassador at Vienna) the most satisfactory statement of tho 
resolutions of Franco and England in regard to Russia which 
has yot appeared. The Foreign Minister announces that tho 
allies will listen to no proposals for poace, unless, 1st, tho pro- 
toctorato hitherto exorcised by Russia over tho Principalities 
of Wallachia, Moldavia, and Servia be discontinued for tho 
future ; and the privileges accorded by the Sultans to these 
provinces, dependencies of their empire, placed under the 
collective guarantee of the Powers ; 2nd, tho navigation of 
the Danube at its mouths bo freed from all obstacle, and 
submitted to the application of tho principles established by 
the acta of the Congress of Vienna; 3rd, the treaty of tho 
13th of July, 1841, be revised in concert by tho high con- 
tracting parties in the interest of the balauco of power in 
Europe ; and, 4th, unieBS Russia gives up the claim to exer- 
cise an official protectorate over tho subjects of the Sublime 
Porte to whatever rite they may belong, and France, Austria, 
Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia lend their mutual assistance 
to obtain, as an initiative from the Ottoman Government, the 
confirmation and the observance of the religious privileges 
of the different Christian communities. A similar announce 
ment has been separately made by France; and at length it 
is permitted to comprehend with precision the object of the 
war. The guarantees for the fulfilment of their conditions 
which will assuredly be fixed upon Nicholas at one time or 
other, are in course of selection, and Bomarsund is one of 
them. It is possible that by this time the Black Sea fleet 
may have obtained another, though the ministerial organ 
was premature in fixing the precise time at which the attack 
in the Crimea was to be made. 
Few occurrences are worthy to be called interesting in the 
presence of such events as our chronicle of the week has 
already recorded. The ravages of the cholera continue, and 
names of greater or lesser note are inscribed among those 
who fall by it. The death of Lord Beaumont is not, it now 
appears, to be attributed to epidemic. A name well- 
known to the readers of this journal henceforth disappears 
from the annals of the manly sport at which Lillywhite was 
a proficient, and the theatrical profession contributes, in the 
person of Mr. E. Cooke, a victim. But losses at home are 
light compared to the dreadful havoc in the ranks of the 
allied armies in the East, and the united numbers of the 
deaths in the French and English Bqu&drons equal the 
probable loss in a bloody battle. 
From France there is no news of importance, except that 
there has been a reduction or abolition of tho French duties 
upon several articles, including dye-stuffs, foreign wood, and 
potass. From Spain we only hear that the union of the Mo- 
derados and the Progresistas is a coalition not very likely to 
endure. Queen Isabella drives about with her husband, but 
Queen Christina is still kept in the palace with the Duke de 
Rhmzares. Some persona charge Espartero with the 
intention of declaring himself Regent, as in other days, but 
the general opinion is in favour of his honesty. 
The United States’ legislature has closed as long and 
almost as useless a sitting as that to which the Queen's 
speech gave the coup de grace the other day. The Nebraska 
question has been rather deferred than settled. Tho real 
interest of this subject turns upon the point whether the new 
district shall be a free or a slave state, and north and south are 
at pi eseut engaged in a preliminary struggle which class shall, 
by settlement, become a dominant interest. The complaints 
of tho Union are, as regards slavery, so nearly balanced, that 
the question is of vital importance. The President, General 
Pierce, has received a severe rebuke for his hankering after war. 
He asked for a vote of ten millions, “ to moet all possible 
emergencies," plainly hinting at Cuba, at which, in the present 
Spanish difficulty, he thought it would bo popular to risk 
a snatch. The committee to which the proposal was re- 
ferred, recommended the Senate not to accede to the desire 
of the chief magistrate. The result is honourable to the 
good sense and good feeling of the American nation. Tho 
outrage of Captain Hollins upon the helpless people of Grey- 
town was everywhere condemned, even by tho American 
press ; and, valueless as the praise or blame of that " ostato” 
may be, it is satisfactory to see public opinion in America 
force its organs to worthier utterances than usual. 
Among the domestic events of tho woek must bo men- 
tioned another frightful railway accident — this timo upon 
the Brighton lino — by which a clergyman and another 
person have lost their lives, and numerous injuries have been 
inflicted. The Leeds and Yorkshire Railway has recently 
been compelled by law to pay £2,300 to two persons crippled 
by an accident on that line. The inquiry into tho causes of 
tho frightful casualty on the Croydon Railway is still to be 
completed. The court-martial on Lieutenant Perry has 
heal'd his eloquent defence, and there seems no doubt that 
he will be acquitted, after which the sooner the Forty-sixth 
Bashi-Bazouks aro distributed into other rogiments, where 
they may learn morality, decency, and truthfulness, the 
better. The Rogistrar-General's last report shows that, to 
the close of the year 1852, to which it is made up, tho 
population of England and Wales has decreased. 
THE MARRIAGE OF THE SULTAN'S DAUGHTER. 
On tho moruing of the Tthinst. commenced the ceremony 
of the espousals of Ali Galib Pacha aud the Princess Fatima. 
At niuo o'clock the presents given by the Sultan to his 
daughter left Chiragan Serai, preceded l>y a numerous body 
of pachas, generals, and officers in their gala uniforms, with a 
battalion of infantry, and a fine band of music, playing mar- 
tial airs. Then came upwards of 100 pages, each bearing on 
his head a salvor, on which were placed baskets of flowers and 
sweetmeats, tastefully enveloped in gauze of various gay 
colours ; cooking utensils of silver, with gilt handles and 
knobs, followed ; and these were succeeded by the niclian 
takim, objects invariably presented to a bride, consisting of 
a pair of pattens and a hand mirror, for use at tho bath ; 
the former wore of gold enamelled, the broad straps richly 
studded with brilliants, and the back and handle ot the 
mirror were equally ornamented with jewels. An auteri 
(petticoat), sparkling with diamonds, was also exhibited ; 
and, finally, two char-h-baucs filled with trunks, containing, 
I understand, among other precious objects, an abundance 
of French millinery to decorate the Oriental person of tho 
princess. To these were added a purse on behalf of tho 
bridegroom, containing a million of piastres, in the shape of 
pin-money. This train of pachas aud presents embarked 
after ten minutes’ ride, in twenty-eight boats, pulled each 
by ten men, and in upwards of 150 kaiks, aud proceeded up 
the Bosphorus to Ali Galib Pacha’s palace. On the 8th and 
9th several interesting ceremonies took place in the Sultan's 
harem, viz., the bride was conducted to the bath, her 
finger aud toe-nails dyed rod with henna, and her hair deco- 
rated with jewellery. These are three distinct ceremonies. 
On the morning of the 10th the bridegroom repaired to the 
palace, where the grand vizier, the ministers, and all tho 
grandees received him in state, aud the Akdoo-uikah, or 
ceremony of espousals, was duly performed. At about two 
p.m. the whole party moved on in grand style, tho grand 
vizier, surrounded by his staff, and the bridegroom, bringing 
up the rear towards Baltalimau. An immense concourse 
was collected ou the line of the procession, consisting chiefly 
of thefairsex, who seemed to interest themselves particularly 
ou the occasion. This evening is fixed for the Zifaf-Gued- 
gessi, or night of introduction, when the fortunate pacha 
will behold his modest bride for the first time. The lvadin, 
who presents them to each other, will no doubt be an old 
lady of high rauk. The Oriental custom of their supping 
together on a boiled fowl will, it is said, be duly observed, 
aud in the morning the ceremonies will be wound up by the 
young pacha’s visit to kiss tho dust of the feet of liis 
imperial father-in-law, and the hem of the garment of each 
of the princess's other near relatives. Owing to the political 
difficulties of the day, the usual five days’ and five nights' 
rejoicings have been put aside, and a dinner is the only treat 
given to the Turkish officials. 
IBomt Jfitnu. 
THE COURT. 
The royal family are still enjoying tho rural retirement of 
Osborne, where her Majesty has entertained during the week 
a select few. Among these illustrious guests was his High- 
ness tho Maharajah Duloop Singh, who arrived at Osborne ou 
Monday. In the afternoou the Queen and Prince, accom- 
panied by the Maharajah and tho Duke of Newcastle, drove 
to Carisbrook yesterday afternoou. The Marchioness of Ely, 
tho Hon. Flora Macdonald, and Miyor-Goneral the Hon. 
C. Grey were in attendance. 
On Saturday last his Royal Highness Princo Albert visited 
tho works of tho breakwater now in course of construction at 
the island of Portland. His Royal Highness was met at the 
landing-stairs by Mr. Coodo, the resideut engineer. The 
Prince afterwards walked to Verne Hill, and inspected the 
barracks recently oroctod for tho convict guard. Mr. Hullor, 
deputy governor, attended thoro, in tho absence of Captain 
Clay, tho resideut governor of the convict establishment. 
His Royal Highness was accompanied by Capt. Du Plat, 
Capt. the Hon. J. Denman, U.N., and Capt. Crispin, R.N., 
of the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. Tho Priuco landed 
at noon, and embarked at three p.m., when tho royal yacht 
steamed away for Osboi ue. 
Hor Majesty aud his Royal Highness Princo Albert, 
accompanied by tho Princo of Wales, Priuco Alfred, the 
Princess Royal and Princess Alice, tho Maharajah, ami the 
Duke of Newcastle, embarked iu tho Victoria and Albert at 
threo o'clock ou Tuesday, and steamed to tho Noodles to 
witness the firing from the new screw-sloop Arrow, which 
was anchored there for target practice. 
Sir James Graham, First Lord of tho Admiralty, had tho 
honour of joiuiug tho royal party on board. 
The Victoria and Albert returned to Osborne pier at 
eight o’clock. 
Tho royal dinner party included tho Maharajah, the Duke 
of Newcastle, tho Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Phipps, aud 
Dr. Login. 
During the progress of considerable alterations, which aro 
eiug carried out at whippingham Church, by her Majesty's 
THE SALE OF SITKA. 
( From the Times . ) 
The alleged offer of the Emperor of Russia to dispose of 
Sitka to the Americans has drawn attention to that compa- 
ratively worthless place, and inquiries are made with regard 
to its commercial capabilities. The matter, however, scarcely 
deserves attention, except as another instance of tho small 
artifices to which the Czar is reduced. The territory of 
which Sitka or New Archangel constitutes the chief port, 
belongs to the Russian-Americau Company, a body analo- 
gous to the Hudson's Bay Company, established under 
charter from the Emperor Paul, in 1799, and consists of 
an archipelago and strip of land on the Pacific coast extend- 
ing north from Queen Charlotte Islands to a point called 
Mount St. Elias. The interior range of this strip is limited 
to thirty miles, where it is bounded by British North 
America, but its length is about 400 miles. Sitka, or New 
Archangel, is its only point of importance, and this simply 
from its being the spot where all the business of the com- 
pany is transacted, including that in connexion with its large 
continental possessions from Mount St. Elias to Behring's 
Straits. The port was founded in 1805, and has been main- 
tained on a considerable scale and at a large expenditure, but if 
the Russian transactions of which it is now the centre woro 
removed elsewhere, it would not only possess no value, but 
would probably involve some expense to maintain it again -d 
the Indians. The town is built on tho west side of a large 
island, called Baronoff Island, and the harbour is formed by 
a number of smaller ones. It is smooth aud safe, and im- 
pregnable, from its natural defences, while tho Russians 
have also fortified it with a battery which commands every 
part. It has likewise an arsenal where the company build 
and repair their vessels —the establishment comprising cast- 
ing houses, and also boiler-makers, coopera, turners, aud 
every kind of mechanic suitable for such work, even in- 
cluding the building of steam-vessels. The number of 
Russians at the place is believed, however, not to be more 
than a few hundred, although they have a bishop of the 
Orthodox Church, with fifceeu priests, deacons, aud followers 
supported by the Emperor, and the aboriginal population is 
likewise extremely scanty. The trade of Sitka iu 1842 was 
estimated at 10,090 fur seals, 1,000 sea otters, 12.000 beavers, 
2,500 land otters, foxes, martens, &c., and 20,000 sea-horse 
teeth ; but this is the export of the entire Russian posses- 
sions in North America, and would, of course, be transferred 
to such new port as they might select after they had sold 
the territory in question. As to the placo being likely to 
prove valuable to the Americana for then- whale fishery, 
there is nothing to warrant any such expectation, the whole 
coast being too forbidding and inhospitable to tempt tho 
vessels in that trade to depart from their usual course of 
running down to the Sandwich Islands, where everything they 
require is immediately available. The purchase, therefore, 
would be a barren one, and as the parting with it would put 
tho Russian- American Company to serious inconvenience, the 
only motive of the Czar in the transaction would obviously 
lie in the hope of giving us a troublesome neighbour. As 
he would, however, also bring this neighbour to himself, 
an.l the trade of his American possessions is carried on in 
the most exclusive spirit — the natives not being allowed to 
traffic with strangers— it will remain for him to consider 
whether he may not ultimately realise from the affair 
another instance equal to those he has already experienced 
of the peril of clumsily plotting against others. 
command, to provide increased accommodation for her 
Majesty, tho royal family, and royal household, Diviuo 
Bervicu is performed every Sunday at Osborne. 
FASHIONABLE WORLD. 
The Countess of Desart has arrived at Cowes. 
Viscount and Viscountess Canning have loft town on a 
brief tour in Germany. 
Lord aud Lady Courtenay, accompanied by their only son, 
the Hon. Baldwin Courtenay, left town, on Monday, for 
Scarborough. 
The Duchess Dowager of Cleveland returned to Grosvenor- 
square, on Tuesday, from a visiting tour. 
Tho Earl of Fortesoue is at present staying at Rhyl, 
North Wales. Tho Countess Fortescue, wo rogrot to learn, 
is very unwell, at tho family residence, in Qrosveuor-squarc. 
The Baroness do Clifford and the Hon. Miss Russell have 
left the St. George's Hotel, for Kirby, Mallory, Leicestershire. 
Viscount and Viscountess Punsouby have left Furrance's 
hotel for Brighton. 
Tho Lord Chancellor and Lady Cranworth have left Upper 
Brook-street for Holy wood, Kent, for the long vacation. 
The Marquis and Marchioness of Clonricardo and family 
have arrived at tho noble marquis's seat, iu Galway, from 
London. 
The Earl and Countess of Galloway, and the Ladies Stew- 
art have arrived at Galloway-house, Wigtonshire, from 
London. . * 
Tho Duke aud Duchess d’Aumalo, Princess do Salerno 
Prince de Condd, Duke de Guise, Countess do Coifficr, and 
suite, havo been staying at Hiscock’s Royal Hotel, Ramsgate, 
for the last six weeks. 
Tho Earl and Countess of Dunmvenaro at present visiting 
the Lakes of Killarney. Many other personages of distinction 
are now Hojourningin the same dolightful locality. 
The Marchioness of Hastings and tho Countess Dowager 
of Essex were among tho visitors at the Crystal Palace on 
Wednesday. 
METROPOLIS. 
POSTAGE ON NEWSPAPERS. 
By command of tho Postmaster-General the following 
notice has been issued to tho public 
“General Post-office, August, 1854. 
“1. The Lords of the Treasury have boon pleased to 
increase, from two to three ounces, the weight allowed for 
publications bearing newspaper stamps, but not being strictly 
newspapers, which are permitted to puss through tho post 
under the newspaper privilege. 
“2. Their lordships have thought it necessary, at the 
same time, to lay down tho following regulations, viz. 
“ j. That no such publication shall be permitted to pass 
under tho newspaper privilege unless it bo so folded 
as to expoi?o to view tho newspaper stamp. 
“ 2. That no such publication shall have any cover or 
outside wrapper (a loose cover be n< of course allowed 
for the address), aud that tho stamp shall be affixed to 
the title-page, or any other page of the publication 
(provided it bo exposed to view when folded), which 
page shall form a part of tho sheet of paper ou which 
the publication is printed. 
“ 3. In every instance iu which the foregoing regulations are 
not complied with, or the weight of three ounces is exceeded, 
the publication will not bo allowed to pass under the news_ 
paper privilege, but will be charged with the ' unpaid rate of 
letter postage, and, if it exceed the weight of tour ounces, 
will be sent to tho dead-letter office; and it will 1 o the duly 
of postmasters to enforce the above conditions strictly. 
"4. To ensure, as far as possible, a compliance with these 
regulations, not only when stamped publications are in tho 
first instance transmitted through post, hut also upon any 
subsequent posting of them, it is suggested that they s io 
have a short notice to purchasers printed ou tho title-page, 
drawing attention to the necessity of exposing tho newspaper 
stamp to view whenever they are rent through tu ’P* 
“5. As publications of this kind cannot bo forwarded to 
places abroad under tho newspaper privilege unless they be 
posted within seven days from the date o pu ' • 
necessary that they should in every case have the date of 
publication conspicuously printed on ???'.. i_ 
F “ (! It is advisable that no stamped publication, if it nearly 
annrooeh to the prescribed limit of Weight, should bo 
posted in a damp state ; as whilst in that condition it may 
