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‘wretch, shabbily dresse4, was disdained by Prevost, but in consequence of Mr, Marcy's orders that none one of the masters of rhe phe applied for leas and nosegays. forgot those words. French theatre, to “Go, child,” said he, ‘go | * mountebank never jing she played Her- mione, for the fir! tw many bosegays wers thrown on the sis at it resembled a flower n. Rachel picked them up, and fillei her ireciam tavic wit! thix frest and glorious harvest, then bending on oe kuee before Prevost, stupefied, | she said, with » chamiog smile, “My dear Car- na‘ade [ have followed your advice, I will you buy some of me {” Oar theatres, Bianca, are scarcely worth men- tioning just now. Tere is nothing new; a set of oid things played to empty sears. Hvery one is rusticating. Atthe Palace Royal, the other day, there was a little burlesque scene worth in itself all the present olaye. A piece called, I believe, , “Preparation su Bacdaleureat,” had bees perforra- ed under the name of “Mr. and Mra. Bierville.” Tae curtain rises al\ at once, and a young maa appears, calling himself the son of de eased Mr. Boyard. Asserting his claim io thre posthumous piece in tie | name of the celebrare! dramatic suthor who died | nosegays; last year, it is use) -s to tel you of the tumult that followed. The to «i will pronounce their jadg- ment. Even genius * » t eee ep pae. | Here is the ne«- wisse, (green room)—re- ap eof Mme. Arnould Pls 3, the charming | and regretted » ne, vuly heiress to the talent of Milie Mars. Th matic inheritance, all glory and souvenir no +‘s'e ¢ ver sets bands on, and sincs | the death of M'iie Mars it has been waiting s right- fu) claimant. M’)/e Vicsap Arnould, whom marriage and Russia had taken trom us, is going tobe re stored. Entbusisets an? adorers will be more na- merous than eve:. In stage anecess, as ia concert music, nothing is of beter effect than a fugue cleverly introduce’, M’we Glotz also re-enters. Tae opera—what +i! America say her? but by enic® door I do not ka who receivad ow—what will France say, whocid not expect it. Ales! I fear that the Queen «1 © ype will not be in the Rue L Peiletie , the of Chiffres (the opera,) is shut, The Opera ique is in its dotage. In the ® mmer season, | bus to keep toam~ @rsl sale of su i merchandise out of tyshion. “L'Et ocd,” the Star of the North, does not sh account of the absence of | Bwaile, Roger, our cel-brated tenor, is ranning | 1 everpwhere receives frantic * describe the impression acy of Lammermoor.” He is dvarof Ravenswood; but the melancholy grief, the plain » triamphant palms whoo ovr Germany bravos, Words Royer has made a ost fascinat sore at the tomb. tive cries, all cnay be si Robert | e with the saicted branch in his hard. Fina ly, dear Bianca, and in order to | omit rothing. will tell you we have in cur theatrical ho: izou, “La Suede Deliverée,” by Mr. Leardiere, who, in al! thiogs, apropos, is almost a genius. Our Freno) troops will play Sweden de- livered at Boma’rind, this winter, at their leisure, inssmuch as they mule the prologue of the piece by the firing of cannon balls. But all these moderna productions, al! svtemporary literature, resemble short lived flowers, (at bloom in themorning to fade before night. T. +) ich of our modern authors will be erected a atatee jike that of Shakepeare on Prim- rose hill, in Eng!+.>’ Do you remember, Bianca, our sail on the Jake Majore—-of our breakfast in the statue of St. Chari promée? Well, the prince of lays will surpass ibe prince of the church; on ein hill something like a hundred feet in height is spoken of. % hata colossal structure! What a colossal genius, ‘ov, ie Shakapere! Our men of letter, our poeta, dramatic authors, and fash: | ionable teilettes, are all at sea just now, at the eaux thermales, or eise play the dead Jike birdsin a southern aspect. George Sand is shut up in her castle at Norhau like a diamond in its casket, but prepares, it is said. in the depth of her solitude “Berichoune,” a vew theatcical composition. I mip poee you know thatthe journal La Presse is ving to publisb shortly tke memoirs of that won- erful woman, who has a halo arsund her brow and a cloven foot after her ancle. “When the devil be 3 Old he be owes hermit,” was said of old. we may ar truly ga: When the devil becomes old he writes hix wewcirs.’”” All our medern ce- lebrities gratify us with toeirs, It ia true that all memoirs are no: so hospitably received as those of George Sand, or are worth 100,000 francs. In the midst of our Hterary poverty, { will call Jour attention to ‘ Le Oude des Gens Honnéts,” by Balzac—a tra- Eoiish pocket book. Ths pointed pen, the pitiless scalpel, that the great writer di- rected over the buroan heut are revealed ia every line. Then comes a charming production of file, Ciaudia Bachee, “La Piuace et VEp¢e,” and then the Parisian tales 0: Leon Bernis, ‘These witty and avimated tales bave advantageously replaced the stanid and tiresome * du Voyageur” (traval- ler’s guide), and w oninct yon agreeably througn the sireeis of Paris. Fiually, “L’Bafer du Daute,” by Louis Ra'isbonne- Poor Dante, how be is tormented in bis bad ploce! After the translation ‘of Mons. Artau+ end of Mons, Fiorentine, that of Mona. Ratisbonne seemed to stand a bad chance; bat the latter seems to Lave been inspired by the mas‘ér to translate verse by verse, and he bas sus tsined through the work the elegant and correct vigor of the old Fivrentine poet. H Now ehall I sv-ak of Biarritz, of the fétes that thy eontbern populsten has offered to the Emperor ard Enipress? It is aboat the same programme avd ‘the same result, The benevolence and g-ace of the Empresa Eagenie we e a‘ready well known in toe Pyrenees, and this ;ear the sovereign has continued the work of bount, begnm by the young girl. Bus the acta of benevolence have partaken of the des'i- nies of the one who shed them around her. The higher the planet the warmer it beams, and the more life it sheds upon the world. I alladed just now to the balls and flovers cfficially presented to their majesties. If 1 were a sovereign I should hate flowers and dancing, because of the obligation of seeing so much of both. In a htt'e provincial town where I was at a ball of Prefecture, given to the Prince Louis Napoleon, then Piesident of the Republique, I__witnessed his gracious mavuner of averting a difficulty of the kind. A monstrous nosegay, one of those bouquets which are the gardener’s fortune and prndhe ce of tee and oblige? to take them, was off with eagerness to the Prince pen f of the ball; an side-de-eamp put forth his hand in order to unburdea the President, but he (having with one look remerked the pretty woman aud the monstrous nosegay,) bad one of those courteous in- irations. whi h are as natural to him as his grand ideas. ‘ Ma‘ame,” saia be, “ presentiag in his turn the nosegay, I do not retura you your flowers, I pre- gent them to you.” The Empress Hugenie stars at Biaritz, the air of which agrees marve)iously well with ner health, ‘The Emperor will first set foot in Paris on the 27th, for three days only, in order, as it is said, to | do the honors of the apttal to the young King of Portugal, and will be immediately off to Boulogne, where every preparation ia made to receive him. And now, dear Bianca, that we have been much ‘ocoupied together about a variety of things, let us finish by that woi has so much attraction for s man—home comforts and elegance of toilette, Slegance is an attracting perfume. Every woman, like every flower, ! as her fragrance. A woman must be a coquette in her dress, as she mast be pretty and without being aware of it. These last lines, dear » are your image, which my feed has in- ept up by stinoctively drawn. But taste must be fashion, as the hand mnst be kept in practice. will, therefore, sevd you the exast detail of our toilettes, for when one ix far from Paris, nothing is more dangerone thau placing an implicit confidence | in the fashions one reads of in the newspapers, for | She latter are the slaves of snopkeepera and trades | people, who bribe them, in order to facilitate the exportation of their articles to foreign parts. One | becomes ridi ulous by degrees and without one’s | Koowledge, instead of which, s correspondence with | avoman of the fashionable world, who sees and | puta what ehe sees Into practice, is the only means | to avoid this inconvenience. It keeps aa absent | fiend informed of noveities in dress, and the style | psy etn by aristocratic fashions, and thns will Ido | with you, my dear Bianca. Just now, as I said be- fore, all the world is out of town, at watering places, | orat those cha ning villas which form a verdant | grove aroond Paris-—{ bave been this last day or | two at the Countess Bilinear Marly’s. Her’s is one | of those houses wiere every rich detail is an objet of surprise and wonder, where aj! elegant innova- | tions are, as it were, vassals, charged by the lady of | the house to please and cavtivate you. In the parks aud avenues yourg women were glidiag about ia | pleasant conversation, on the lawns were rolling | sad paying, lovely okileren, fair, rosy, and hail | naked ; ‘the d:esses of the young women were often | enough in berége a disportion, others in organdie, | embroidered with golden stars, and dve flounces at the skirt. The white dress, trimmed with Valen- cennes Iace, was (f the moet attra tive simplicity With some yosettes, bine and pink, placed with taste sbont the body aud sleeves, and which harmonized | with her rosy cheeks aud th» bine of her eyes. She | waa like @ pastel of Laconr, or fancy of Rouchor’s. | Nothing presty is unknowo to you, Bianca. Grace and beauty dwell in you st the heart, ay geuius and | taste doat tne brain. You woud have blamed me if I had forgotten any thing. reaped every whore, in the arts, events of the day, and in the ¢: femels hond id grasp. [avp shed Over the sheath I have reverie of your dusk Creole eyes, which will thank France in tharkwg me. A trentdc till the next courier, when you shall heve more news. Oomexsse Faxry ow Novzay. | Our Prassian Correspondence, BERLIN, (P rusia.) Sept. 6, 1954. ‘TO THE EDITOR OF THR NEW YORK WRRALD, Mr. Bmavnel has left this city to better his for- t. ves on your side, He was em_l yed in our lege ti. hero for many years by the Hon, Mr, Barnard, weo hai proced ded hia He + to . di Mir. Vay, | tion irrigating the entire human frame, occa- | ning out into the ca, and altogether ocoupyin; | which marble shot are projected of a size that | | ping materials for tom) stones, traly ! | ber on either side of the sometime quiet deck, bat Americans s)ould bs employed ia our legations and consulates, Mr, Fay has been obliged to dis- charge him, and now he is out of employ. There are fupvy mutters in this world. Here is @ man who has been fur at leas’ tea years faithfally serving our conntry on this rile in a confidential fituation, turced out of his bresd, and a German demagogue, who was in our country ® year or two or more, and cid nothing for it but assisted in the election ofa member of a State legislatare, made Consul for @ neighboring port, displacing an ef ficient and meritorious native Americaa who held it, being shous as mack fit for tie situation as the mani the moon. Well d Mr. Marcy. B. Affuics in Tarkey. OUR SMYRNA CORRESPONDENCE. Suyrkva, July 25, 1854. Entrance to the Boy of Smyrna—Adventures | Between Decks—Scenery—The Castle of St. James—Pirates of the Archipelago— | King Otho Supposed to be Engaged in Pi- | racy—Vessels in Harbor—Quarantine— Severity of the Cholera among the French | —Panie among the Greeks at its Appear- | ance—French War Steamers—Arrival of the Prime Minister from Paris—Suppres- | sion of the Revolution—Capture of Pirates | by the French and English. I have just been swindled out of a sweet | morning sleep, and the best part of a pleasant | dream of home, by the inferual tickling of nu- | merous Greek flies taken on board at the Pi- reaus, where we touched awhile to take in coals and exchange mails. With rivalets of perspira- | sioned by my recent energetic efforts to anni- hilate the persevering fiends, and quite hoarse with the vehement utterance of my opinion of flies in general, I have in despair surrendered my berth below to their peculiarly interesting games of tag, leg twisting, leap frog, head ad- justing, squaring off, wing smoothing, &c. ; and | after struggling through a group of waiters seemingly half awake, half clothed, and quite unwashed, avoided a large uncertain colored cat, with a hairless tail, one ear, and a very moist | kitten in her mouth, as she was diving below out | of sight (of the cook, possibly, as he passed imme- | diately after, wheezing out garlic atmospheres and looking heavy and lard-like from the in- fluence of fat dreams), Having shaken up an | exceedingly drowsy boy of the Calvin Edson | family, who was passing me with the respira- | tion of an engine about to stop upon him, indi- cative of late sittings up and broken slumber, and who might otherwise have caught the sever- ed thread with which Morpheus was running away, fallen quite asleep and down the ladder; having stumbled over a bundle of white muslin, which at the concussion emitted a number of tied up sounds of a bronchial character, which | I should have concluded were not human had I not been almost immediately convinced to the contrary, by the bundJe opening at one cor- ner, and a shaven head, very badly turbaned, rising hastily out, after the manner of Florida gophers, when their tails are pulled, a pair of | light gray bloodshot pop eyes peering up after | me out of the blackest field of visage I ever | saw, a pair of Jips as black inside as out ra- pidly parting and meeting, iutending most likely to convey some idea of the discomfort’! experienced by the particular part stumbled | over, to which in all probability the parts | visible were attached. That such was the motive | Tat all events concluded, and was about en- tering into a pautomimic argument as to the | necessity of such volubility on the part of the | extraordinary lips, when they suddenly disap- peared, jerking in after them the pop eyes, shaven head and capsized turban, continuing | their leatherlike melody under the readjusted | muslin, which though it had by no means indi- cated recent bleaching, seemed nevertheless of a marvellous whiteness. by coutrast with its lately | exposed contents. Weill, after all these delights | which happened on the short route from the | lower to the upper deck, and which with the ther- | mometer creeping towards minety degrees, were | rather calculated to accelerate the already rapid | tide of perspiration, I have reached the after part | of this little steamer, taken a position upon the rail, (which my decidedly uncommunicative friend at the steering bi aes looks very much as if he’d like to rail at,) inflated the re- Peace organs with several earnest whiffs of | the scented land breeze, just now beginning to | steal off from the Ionian shore for a skylark | with the waking riplets of the blue aegean, per- | ceive that the usual gorgeous preparations are being made in the yet star and moonlit sky for the reception of his majesty the sun, and that | we are entering the bay of Smyrna. The scenery about is not altogether unfa- miliar to me, although a previous visit was made at atime of especial excitement, which proves engrossing enough to render most other themes if not uninteresting, at least for the tire of little heed. The captain of the St. Louis was then demanding Martin Kosezta, an indivi- dual who who was almost immediately given | up. it is said. At all events, there’s an old tra. | dition to that effect out this way, ‘as shu’s you live!’ An important personage was Martin | Koszta about that particular period, truly; suf- | ficiently so at least to leave an imperial “Hus- | sar’’ behind him, Thisis really avery beautiful section cf the Natolian coast, in comparison with other parts that I have seen, which, together with the islands adjacent, have a sterile and blasted | look, quite unlike the fertility and freshness | given to them in a general sense by histories of | this ancient part of the world. But the old | warrior of this material sphere, who rides so fast through the flight of ages, with his single | lock beget after him, in deflance of opposi- | tion—so ruthless in conquest, so bent upon ruin and annihilation—has wrought, no doubt, | this look of apparent blight, decay, and decom- position upon the face of what was, perhaps, all verdant, moist, and lovely, when “God | rested from his Jabora,” and from out the scene of sweet tranquillity a chime of many murmurs went up to the firmament upon the unpolluted air from the lips of a charmed and grateful crea- tion; at least so fancy hums just now; but she is | very material at times, and incoherent withal. On either hand, as we advance, isa plain extending with little interruption the whole curve of the bay around, and spreading inland about the average of a mile orless, until it reaches the base of the mountains. It seems very fertile, the verdure beginning close by where the waves heave their last ripples, and creeping on, more or less thickly, until it min- gles with the shrubbery of the lower valleys. Some extent of cultivation is also evident, and many Olive, fig. cypress and date trees are chak- | ing their share of last night’s moisture upon the breeze that has so suddenly stolen from the bills upon the fragrant solitude. Just beyond to the right is the castle of St. James, (called by the Turks “ Sanjak Kalassi,”’ I believe.) an an- tique structure, situated on a low sand flat ran- | | i 1 position calculated, I should suppose, to af- | tin a great measure, the sailing qualities of ao invading equadron. Besides its regular ar- mament, it has also immense mortars from gives me a decidedly crashing idea of their f probable execntion. An expeditions way of ship- I just find by a glance inboard, induced by a | qeueral resurrection of Mahomedans from slum- at ~ before-mentioned uncommuaicative d really sanyuinary looking friend, who pre- sided at tbe wheel when J came on deck, and who, to my salutation of good day aud other little articulations of lity, answored me evera word, thongh they were all given in | wir Italian, bat who, after heaving ai mea sirth strangled smile of the stoniest possi- Dle genealogy, beewme intensely foterested ia | tbe novel beauty of tho \ taek. whic d sudd & allention zealous des he qnite di | that I noticed some time ago putting on their | half of them pirates, since the Archepelago | way by these Greek devils. Their vessels are | or near the track of vessels likely to bear rich | @ York, aod report himself to Mose,” but who nevertheless jerked his near eye at me when I lsaped to the position aforementioned, which I have occupied while speaking to you; and the leer of that orb was quite intelligent, I assure ou 7 Well, that maritime individual, with a visage similar in expression to some of those old time figure heads found in dockyards, has been ex- changed for s littl: lignumvite complexioned fellow with the build of a case gin bottle, a bell- pear head, set plumb upon the collar bones, with a jaunty French tarpaulin hanging upoa the after part of it, about the size of those I’ve seen upon the heads of nautically disposed monkeys that go throagh the broadsword exer- cise upon the tops of itinerant haad organs about that latitude of Snobopolis in Amster- dom. While ccntemplating this queer looking little moeriper, who, in comparison with the helms- man of the billet countenance, seems a perfect marvel of good nature, we have passed the bar, entered the inner bay, and are fast approaching the “ Ismir” of the Turks. I have lost, in con- sequence, a number of little scenes, the minute mention of which might perhaps baye interested you tor & moment; but astroll among them may furnish me with better means of enter- taining you than such as are at present offered by the uncertain memory ofa former glance under similar circumstances. Besides, this lit- tle steamer is galloping to her anchorage, with the effort of a horse nearing the stable ofa kindly master, and the anticipation of soon * feeling his oats.” A number of vessels are now standing out linen to receive the shore breeze, Most of | them are small craft, coasters, &c., and perhaps swarms with such vampires, and many of these canoe-built things passing now close aboard of | us, look, with respect to peculiar rig, general appurtenances, and rascally faces, as if they wight be pursuing the same sort of business The trade of sea pillage in this part of the world is carricd on in a very secure sort of generally small, of a caique build, and cap- able of housing about twenty men. From numerous elevations, and other convenient lookout places on the Jand, situated on cargces, they watch, as they sweep through the islands to their different destinations; and when calms fall upon the waters, stopping their pro- gress, they pull off to them with a few oars, in a lazy, honest fisherman sort of style, come alongside, ask for water or what not, repre- senting themselves in need, &ec., meantime re- connoitering. If, from their observations, bats deem capture possible, all disguise is put off ; out leap the hidden numbers, the unprepared vessel becomes an easy prize, and the pastime of murder, robbery, and scuttling follows; many have been thus taken of late, and about six weeks ago an English bark was found drift- ing about near Cerigo, in a sinking state, her decks, bulwarks, cabin and forecastle daubed with blood, and the general evidence of a goipersie struggle and wholesale murder and robbery on every side. After these acts they easily reach a.shelter, if necessary, share their booty, and prepare for another cluich at the unwary and defenceless throat of circumstances. Ob! it’s an aristocratic amusement with the Greeks, Ican tell you, for King Otho himself has been very extensively engaged in the lu- crative business, to the astonishment of the honest portion of his disaffected and disgusted people; and it is said that unless he is very particular with regard to his precious health, he won't require many more clean shirts, Speaking of those luxurious, invaluable gar- ments, reminds me that I must be getting below out of this, for I assure you that all this time Iam indebted. nearly as much to nature for habiliments as to my wardrobe. You would really be amazed to observe how thinly clad I am; but in this country of flowiag drapery I excite no especial observation so long as the wind is not particularly insinuating, and a little tact is observed in the impulsive changes of atiitude, arrangement of limbs, &c. Several men-of-war vessels are at anchor; one frigate, which we have just passed is a beauty, if alandsman’s judgment may be relied upon. A corvette near by is also a picture of stauach- ness, seeming cleanliness, and order; ‘tis too early yet by several hours to know what nation has reason to be proud of either, as tueir colors are not hoisted before 8 o'clock, I believe. A fair, bright day this—a fresh, lovely, glad- dening morning. The minarets of the city stand forth under the influence of its thriving beams, and look like burning masts; but I must here “stopper the cable” of imy speech, that’s run- ning out 0 rapidly, and roughly, too, or I shall be “high and dry’’ upon the shore of your impatience before I can bring up, and swing, with a reasonable scope of confidence, to the flood tide of your indulgence. Besides, there are several ladies on board who are in the habit of coming up about this time in the morning, to dip their blessed little noses into the fresh atmos- phere, and their precious lips into Turkish cof- fee; and as one of the number is quite an inter- esting little person from Avignon, with whom I have been singing duets at brief intervals of pause since leaving Marseilles, and with whom am particularly desirous of continuing to sing duets for the balance of time that we are to be chipmates (two days more only after leav- ing this port)—why, I think, without any fur- ther delay, that I had better get down from this perch while there’s no one present but the in- different Ottomans, to notice the extraordinary economy of my garments, in the event of an; inadvertent exposé attending the leap. So until we anchor, and I am enabled to heave my eyes around a little, may it be well with you. Same Ona. Smyrna, July 25—9 A. M. We have been at anchor some time, with the yellow flag at the fore, implying that we arein quarantine. Without turther remark upon the present appearance, as intended, of things aboard or shoreward, I'll just add the little news I’ve heard lately, and close. Atthe Pirmus the cholera had appeared in the French camp, from twenty to twenty-five dying daily; also among the English troops, but with less fatal results, owing to their be- ing in quarters, while the French are encamped upon the blistering grounds of that place. They were at last accounts finding quarters, however; but the disease was rapidly increasing, had opened its fire upon the residents of the place, and reached Athens, It is said that cholera never before visited Greece, and a panic is the consequence. Iu the harbor of Pirwus I noticed several French war steamers, one of which was pointed out to me as the Admiral’s ship; he commands the harbor, I believe. It is supposed that the foreign occupation will continue until the close of the war. An English 50 gun ship—the Are- | thusa—was also there; an Austrian corvette, and two or three little vessels belonging to the reeks. The Prime Minister had arrived from Paris, and to him all Greece is looking with earnest hope that his prudence and sagacity as a states- man will save the country from threatened | rutn. It is yet to be tested whether it will be oseible for himself and his most uvpopular Majesty King Otho to work together. In for- bay this post was declined by the pre- sent Mivister, because his policy was directly opposed to that of the King, and he has only now concinded to listen to the call of his coun- try on condition that he be at liberty to resign when his measurea are interfered with. The King and Queen are most obnoxions to the people, and it will be a difficult matter for them to maintain the throne of Greece. The day we left the report from the ministry was favorable, mer set nothing definite was made known to the public. The insurrection had been entirely put down. A son of Mr. Black, a resident at the Pireus, died of brain fever, caused by exposure to the cun at Volo, in his efforts to save the lives of 300 Greeks who were in the hands of tho Turks, and who, but for his exertions in a personal in- terview with the Pasha, would haye been rificed, He was attached to the Eaglish Bi sey, and had been sent as interpreter to Volo the Hoglish Minister. T fintek thts Tort may not lose the chance to now offers. It is belioved that is also here, end that many have already died; bat it is not certain that such is the case, or, a! least, of the trath of the report I have so means, at this time, of being assured. A number of tes have been captured, and their vessels by the French and Eug- lish. Merchantmen dare not venture to ses without a convey. A small English brig put in here, the other day, and reported tbat, beiug becalmed near Scio, a large Turkish built boat, full of men, pulled off to within about a mile of her, or less, showing every intention of , bearding, and with no friendly motive. All the available weapons of defence were mustered by the small force on board the brig, who suspected the errand of their approaching tch it, that | tains, es: cholera. neighbors; but the old king of the winds must | have been witnessing the scene from some elevation about bis stronghold at the Lipari, and happened to be in time, for afresh breeze suddenly filled their listless sails, and they were enabled to escape. A number of merchant vessels were, the other day, convoyed out of this harbor by au Ameri- can sloop of war, that had run in from a cruize among the islands principally suspected of iberal humor at the | being the haunts of these sca thieves. They | were most}y English vessels, und numbered about ten. Alarming news from Italy, in the way of cholera and revolution, is just now spoken of all | arouud, but the accounts are too jumbled to credit or to impart, at present. Sar Ona. The Crimea, [From the Marchester Examiner, Avg 19.) With the Manchester Examiner and Times of this day, is presented a map of the Crimea, | now about to be the theatre of important warlike operations, In order to enhance the value of this map to subscribers and purchasers, we sab- join a few particulars as to the history, climate, natural productions, population, &c., of this interesting region, A remarkable feature on its northeast coast ia the Putrid Sea, in reali- ty but an extensive marsh, which renders almost all that level part of the peninsula un- wholesome as a habitation for men. The nar- row strip which divides the Putrid Sea from sand formations in the world. It is seventy miles long, and over the greater part is but three hundred yards broad. Itis entirely sand, covered generally with a stunted sea grass. This sea road is used by the Russians in their | cultivation of the vine, of which cially on the northern side, are oak, beech, elms, poplars, lime trees, maples, ash, and pines (pivus maritima). Of late, great atte» tion has been paid to the ‘allas enu- merates twenty-four kinds. But though man; of these g: are good, the wine is still mue! inferior to that which is produced in Hungary and France. The camel with two buaches is more numerous than is commouly supposed; there are severs) thousands of them. Great attention is paid by the Tartarian noblemen to the breeding of horses, and they are of a good kind. Those of the mountainous districts are small, but uncommoaty hardy aud sure footed. The horned cattle are of a middling size in the plains, and small in the mountains. There are three varieties of sheep, all of which have a long tail, which for half its leng'h is overgrown with fat and covered with coarse wool, One variety, which tures on the plain lying along the Black Sea between Koslof and Pere- cop, produces the celebrated Crimean lamb skins, of which more than 30,000 are sometimes annually exported to Poland and Germany. Of black lamb skins more than 50,000 or 60,000 are annually exported. The mrountain sheep are eet but celebrated for their soft fine wool. Sturgeons are taken on the shores of the Sea of Azof in the straits of Yenikale, and in the Bay of Kaffa. Caviar is made, and also a little isin- glass. Salt, which is the only mineral that is abnndant. is found at the bottom of the salt | lakes during the summer heat. Besides the salt lakes on the plain, there are some others on the eastern peninsula. Salt in great quantities is exported to Southern Russia, and much is also sbipped to Anatolia and Turkey from the ports of Kertsh, Kaffa, and Koloff. The population of the Crimea falls somewhat short of 300,000. More than two-thirds of its inbabitants area mixture of Menguls and Turks, and are called Tartars, Those who live on the plain show in their features their Tartar origin; but those in the nothern valley, display a strong mixture of Turkish blood, especially the noblemen (murses), in whom the Tartar features are entirely obliterated. Besides the Tartars, different other natious are fouad, Rus- | si id ’ lant the Sea of Azev is one of the most singular | pans and Geemany wip: heye notn transplanted in modern times as colonists, and Greeks, who always seem to have formed a portion of the opulation, bus have considerably increased in latter times. trade with the Crimea. Their wagons cross | the shallow water at the entrance near Perecop, and traverse the road which is the directest to Kaffa, where they exchange Russian for Cri- mean produce. The d+scription which follows is collected from various sources:— The mountains are well covered with woods, | fit for the purpose of shipbuilding, and contain plenty of wild beasts. The valleys consist of e erable land ; on the sides ot the hills grow corn and vines in great abundance, and the earth is rich in mines. are as careless and negligent as the inhubitants 0: the deserts, slighting all these advantages, and, like their brethren of the lowlands, are sufficiently happy if they are in possession of a Be sheep and as much breadas serves them to eal The houses in the towns as well as in the villages, are, for the most part, of square tim- j bers, having the interstices filled with brick work, if the of the poorer sort with turf. The chinks and crannies are made tight with clay, and then plastered within and without. The covering is commonly either of brick or turf. Only the medscheds, minarets, and baths, are of stone, and a few extremel they likewise dress their victuals; but stoves in the Russian manner, none, ia extreme frosts a great iron pan of charcoal is brought into th room for making it comfortable. Their custom is to sit upon low sofas, with Turkish coverings and cushions, or upon aclay seat, somewhat raised above the earth, and spread with a carpet. In these rooms are cup- boards and chests, often covered with cushions, to serve as seats, in which they keep their gold, silver, and valuables. Such are the inner apartme.ts or harems, in which the women generally live; the others are not so fine. These contain only a sofa, or a bank of clay, covered with a carpet; as in the chimney rooms. The residence of the Khans of the Crimea was formerly Bachtschi Sarai, in which city they held their seat for npwards of two hundred years. They went thither from Eski-Krim, or Old Krim, the capital city of the Genoese, upon | Bengli Ghireikban’s plundering the seaports and driving all the Genoese from their stations. Before Eski-Krim, and indeed upon the first foming of the Tartars into this peninsular, the sovereign residence was at Koslof, but here they remained not long. Under the late Khan Schagin Ghirei it was held at Keffa, the ancient Theodosia, which is fifteen versts distant from apo said to be the Cimmerium of the ancient city, lying in a vale between two high moun- tains, and surrounded by a number of gardens. oe be ine io te ae arty ; Bacht- ee signifying, in the Tartarian language, a ae and Sarai, a palace. It demnie son: ined 3,000 houses, and many sumptnons med- scheds. The palace of the Khans, with its gar- dens and ponds, were much improved under the government of Khan Kerim Ghirei, under whose grees the last Turkish war took its rise. in this palace is the burial place of all the | Khans of Crimea, wherein all the Khans that have reigned here Ke interred. The fine Krim- skoi vines, with their large clusters of grapes, grow in great plenty all about this town, and a @ profusion of other delicious fruits, from ,. the neighboring parts of Russia are supplied. e Krim was heretofore divided into twenty- four kaduliks, or districts, namely, Yenikali, Kertsch, Arabat, Eski-Krim, Keffa, Karasubas- sar, Sudak, Achmetsched, Yalof, Bachtschi- Sarai, Balaklava, Mangup, Inkerman, Koslof, Or, Mansur, Tarkan, Sivasch, Tschongar, Sarub- ulat, Barun, Argun, Sidschugut, and Schirin. Several of these districts are named after the town or village wherein the murza, their Gov- ernor, dwells ; and many of them are at present in a state of total decay. The winters are cold, and the summers hot. In very severe winters the mercury sometimes sinks 9 deg. below zero, and not oaly the whole Sea ot Azoff, together with the straits of Yeni- kale, but also a great part of the bay of Kaffa is covered with ice strong enough to support men on foot and on horseback. The climate is 80 uneettled, that it often varies six or eight times in twenty-four hours, The winds ‘are very variable, and bring rain trom the west and southwest, mild air and frequent mists from the south, serene dry weather from the east, and cold from the north. In spring.the weather is settled, the heat moderate and refreshing, and the nights cold and serene; there is seldom any rain, erntcleily during the prevalence of vio- lent east winds; and unless a considerable fall of rain happens in ao and May, an unproduc- tive harvest frequently follows. in summer the thermometer frequently rises to 98 deg.; 100 deg., and even 102 deg: On the same day, however, it falls sometimes 20 deg., or even 30 deg. Droughts frequently prevail for sev- eral successive ycara, and dry up the wellsand brooks, Few summers passin which the verdure on the hills is not parched up. Thunder storms rarely occur, bat they are tremendous, and sometimes accompanied by bailstones and de- structive waterspouts. In summer and spring rainy weather seldom continues for twelve or twenty-four hours, In autumn bilious fevers prevail. Cold days occur in the middle of Oc- tober, and are gerrrally accompanied with night frosts, but ufterwards the weather again becomes pleasavt, and frequently continues mid till December and January. ‘The crops cultivated in open fields are wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize, spelt, millet, chick peas, flax, and tobacco. In the garde.s are raised melons, watermelons, cucumbers, g urds, artichokes, cabbages, onions, gariic, leek:, bro- coli, celery, parsley, carrots, and red beets. The numerous aid extensive orchards i1 the valleys produce pears, epples, quinces, plums, cherries, peaches, ap 8, almonds, me lars, pom gronates, mulb and nuts. Sone of © trees grow also on the declivisies of f oat tree hich cover tue moan handsome, of marble. | They bave chimneys in the chambers, at which | In the interior, at the northern extremity of the hilly country, is the town of Simperferopol, or Akmeshed, the capital, not far from the sources of the river Salgbyr, with 3,000 inhabi- | tants, and that of Karasubazar, with 3,700 in- habitants, and some manufactures of morocco and Jeather. In the mountains is the towa of Baktchisearai, the ancient residence of the Khan, The most frequented harbors are on the southwestern coast. Koslow or Eupatoria,with 4,000 inbabitants, mostly Tartars and Jews, | and a fine mosque, exports salt to Anatolia and But these mountaineers | Possessor can afford it, and those | Cha Oe eT } and different manufactured goods of Ri Bachtschi-Sarai is an extensive and wealthy } Sean Cae Stare aaa. Guna euies te | nually imported uy Turkey. Sebastopol, formerly Akthiar, with 3,000 inhabitants, is a station of ships of war. On the southeastern coast is Balaklava, with a fine harbor, between high mountains, which, however, is not much used, and Kaffa. On the straits of Yeniksle is Kertsh or Kiertsh, a thriv- ing place, with more than 4,000 inhabitants. It exports salt, salted fish, and caviar. In its neighborhood are the extensive ruins of the ancient town of Panticapeum, once the resi- Yenikale, at the en- trance of the strait, is a small fortress, with 600 inhabitants, The fortress of Perecop, on ihe isthmus, has 800 inhabitants. Manufacturing industry is confined to the preparation of leather and moroccoin Baktchis- sarai, Karasubazar, and Koslof, and to cutlery and sadlers’ and shoemakers’ work at Baktchis- sarai. In some places coarse earthenware is made. The Greeks in the neighborhood of Kaffa extract coda from some saline plants. The chief exports of the Crinea by sea are salt, wheat, soda, butter, and hides; the imports, raw and manufactured cotton of different kinds, silk stuffs of various patterns, and in the eastern fashion; wines of the seesutpelnes and the straits of Coustastinople; brandy, Turkish leaf tobacco, end a variety of fresh and dried truits. To Russia are sent, chiefly by the way of Pere- cop, salt, grey and black lambskins, sheeps’ and bullocks’ bides, wool, camels’ hair, leather, hare skins, wines, walnuts, fruits, together with the dry fruits imported from oth:r parts, and fish. Theimports are graia, provisions, iron, ussia. The Greeks became early acquainted with this peninsula, probably soon alter the Ionian Greeks, and especially the inhabitants of Mile- tus, had begun to form settlements on the northern shores of Asia Minor, about six cen- turies defore the Christian era. Panticapram is called by Strabo a colony of the Milesians. Besides this place they built Theodosia, now Feodosio or Kaffa, and some other places on the peninsula, forming the west side of the strait of Yenikale. They preferred this part of the peninsula, from its containing a large tract fit for agriculture, and producing Mid f It was at one time considered the granery of Greece, especially of Athens, whose terri being of small extent and of indifferent fertili- ty, was unable to maintain its great population by its own produce. At one time Athens an- the Crimea between three and four hun thousand miedimni of grain, as Demosthenes informs us in his ora- tion against Leptines (c. 9). Strabo says that in one year the Athenians received 2,100,000 medirgni from Theodosia; but the text is evi- dently corrupt. ‘The Debased Condition of the British \[From the London Times, Sept. 7.] Ie there were any consonance between the pro- Session and of the Horse Guards, Mr. Perry would at Moment have been |, Mr. Queen's service Llostouant Waldy beiying uader an n's Be) enant y. under an indictment for and Ohioeel rrett be t before a sul tribanal to answer for his conduct since he has been in command of the 46th Regiment. Nothing can be more excellent than the spirit of Lord Hardit ge’s orders. L<t young officers act as he recommends, and ee f will be creditable servants of the public. Let Lord Hardinge abide by them, and he will be a very good Commander-in- Chief. We ty his theories, subscribe moat entire! ats man Commander and can only wonder at ths fir to set them at defiance, has been the in-Chief himself, For the moment we will ad- Gress oureelves rather to the al bearing of the case as affects the Brit army than to the individual instance of Mr. Perry. It is, however, ht that Lord ‘should be told, and thet his royal mistress should Neer setae that the outrage perpetrated on young officer in dofiance of justice and ccmmon senee has had for effect upon the public mind to lower the character of evsry officer who holds the Queen’s commission. There are as to the scandalous method in conducted, nor as to the eS the Court Martial in barefaced de- flance of evidence. As far even as the form of trial wae concerned, it was obvious that even if Lord Hardinge bad wished to test the validity of the charges against Colonel » & form of tris] waa selec’ed which gave that person every ad- vavtage. and laid his accuser under ¢' difti- culty. It was only by sa oppressive stretch of power that, under all the circamstances of the case, @ second charge — fudged up at all. He had made the subject of @ scandalous outrage. bg i ad officer in his regiment was against him upon h first trial. He eecaped by a miracle from their malevolence, and yet a second time he was sent to trisl upon charges which he conld, as the cntion was managed, only make good by the tewimony of those who regarded him with fealii itterest hostility, snd who were only re to “torget” ia order to secure his expul- sion from the service. Still, despite of ail this, and debarred as Mr. Perry was from tho power of effec- tually crcss-exa ning toe miserable creatures who were brought in one sfter the otner to say abn 4 4 bad really forgotten,” ho made ont 9 defence whic! snonld, one would have imagined, have put it out of the power of fifteen reasonable men to assert thoir conviction that Mr. Perry maticiously aud qilfall lied when he asserted that Garrett had cailed him fool, that he had threatoued to complain to the General of the district, and toat a man of the name of Nicholss in the regiment was a general bally. How} ever, fifteen men were found for toe work, and thoy cid it. Lord Harcinge was also sufficiently cou- rageous to sanction the fiediag, and to involve bia royal mistress in the transaction as approving of a decision which, a» the Qaern's name has been mixed up With it, we will not characte ize by the term it ccserves, Now, what is the set-off against all this? A set of genera} orders, breathicg a spirit of the purest morality and *he most high toued obivalry. he god folka atthe Horse Guasds manage their yte y's ouch ip the style ef Augustas Tomlin. e ) ptiventel villata ot Buleer’s novel, Thoy pock e mau dowa with the batt ead of a barge pis ii aud turned Lis injonetions. Fer the moment we would address a word of se- rious couneel to the parents of Eogland. We eutreat them to examice well into the pariioulara of this Winésor story, aud to draw from it a serious con- clusion for their own guidance. See what the se- cial condition of the English army i8; we are spexk- ing only of the officera—the men have far hi claims to respectability. Who would be willing to trust the future of & beloved son to such oy those which sre at present responsib’e for the goy- erpment of the army? The series of Wiadsor courts-martial dces not ouly afford evidence of the tank tone of blackguardiam in a single regiment. it should be remembered that the opinion of some forty offers, inciuoing a large proportion of liea- tenant«olonels ip actual command of regiments, bas been taken upon these transactions im the course of the three proveedings, and that these ofticers have, a8 @ general result, found young Perry guilty, and clermissed him from the service; acquitted Greer, and verbally “9 imanded—by the lips of Garrett !—the _ whos: eviderce was per- jury, or his letter a lie. Well, then, it is to the gnardianship of such men 48 these that a Jad’s future fortune is committed when his parents beve once been go ill-aivised a8 to purchase for him acommission in the Queen’s service. The dangers | be may meet with on the field of ba'tle, or by tue | fatigues and sicknesses of a campaign, are as n0- thing when compared with the ot er perils which environ him from his first dsy of service. Tae bot | tle avd the brothei are the order of the day, una woe to him if he endeavors to avid the customs of the urmy. Young Perry tried it, and see how the experiment succeeded in his hands. fhe simple re- fea ip that he will oe iat gr pied * sauited, subjected to peraonal i yy, aod Wack is finally exmspersied into Tesiatauca, thea the clhap- ter of courts-martial will commenve. Tha trath or faechocd, the justi or injustice of the accasativas which may bet. umped up against him hava notain; to do with the result. If, by a miracle, an acquit stould be extorted from judges in the firat instonee, another chayye, aucther and auother, wil be toe up until the desired effect is pro- duced. Nor can any protection be hoped from the Horse Guards. As little reliance can be placed upen the Commander ic-Chief as upon afy otxer + flives in the service. The young man who will nat ‘all into the ideas of the army must be got rid of; 4a Q go: rid of he will be, at nln Gene ipo or) ropriety. The moral tone of the British arm: is at the present moment moat deplorably low. We do not speak of mere gross debauchery, but of respeat for the Rance of common horesty and trath. Let no more follies be talked of the egal tiered lawyers. The Bankrupt:y Court and Old Bai. Jey, in their worst times, never presented scenes 80 humiliating as the late Windsor courts martial. The army should be the school of humor—of chivalric feeling—of something more than the common every day honesty of working men; but woatis itin point of fact? Will any one henceforth admit the word or oath of a British officsr in guarantee of a particular statement, without requiting more corroborative evidence than he would ask in the case of an ordina- ry man? Let not Lord e deceive himself upon this point. The bresigs the British officer is at an end. If matters stand as they do at present the Queen’s uniform will bring with it nd honor, a will obtain no respect. He has inflicted a blow up- on the British army from which the service will not speedily recover. It is much easier to enunciate the character of the evil than to point out the cure, and shat, after all, is the matter of more immediate imoortance. Dea- perate situations require desrerate remedies, From what we have seen and read during the last few weeks, we are compelled to give serious considera- tion to nctions which we sheuld have scouted as visionary snd impolitic three months ago. question is—How shall the honor of the B itush offl- cer be restored ? How shall we seoure the services of gentlemen to hold commissions in the Queen’s service? Itis obvious, in the first place, that the present system of courte-martial must be brought te anend. Asat present constituted, they only serve to work out injustice, and to cover themselves and the name .of every officer holding the Queen’s com- mission with ignominy and disgrace. Indesd. the forms of Maepat 80 antiquated and ridicul- ous that justice is well nigh unattainable. The mess system, and the friendly footing on which the officers of English regiments have been supposed to live, have been usually epoken of as advantages; aud we can see these advantaves to their full extent, if the facts were as presumed. But how do the facts stand qhen the veil is drawn aside? Is the condition of the 45th @ model for imitation? Nor are these acta of ruf- fianism and brotality confined to that regiment. They prevail widely througbout the British service; but, until the present occasion, scandals have usn- ally been hushed up by secret courts of inquiry. in the course of these mysterious investigations ose colonel scratches the back of enother colonel, and Se re mec to the er ot) The com- mander-in- chief approves—the sticables are eased out of the service—and all noe merry asa e bell. What these private sentences are may well be inferred from the public sentences which the Windsor courts martial have not been afraid to pronounce. The matter, we trust, will not be suffered to remain in its present cond'tion. Meanwhile, we cannot but congratulate Mr. Perry on having nite the bent of such dis- tanto soem Shanley wieee Ganka ion tee he is not to-day in the humiliating position of any one of the persons who have been con-erned in the mes which, by an abuse of terms, we must call the victim. The Military ee Union of France ‘The mili exercises at Boulogne, an unut ual degree of im) aod reality from the actual war in which the operations of Freoch army is now Soares, sod they also afford an op- ps which has not lected, of Sion, 3g the alignen now bapplly existing between the ned and. armies of Western fF Em; Frevch bas announced his in’ ‘ul neighbor; land will at once proceed with a squadron of the il seman during the greeter part af the wi e iter p It will readily be understood that this act: the present crisis means that the Sovereigns, as the patiezs of France and rye are to heart other consideration military Lede git) Receseary to secure Ruccess to enterprise in which they are engaged: that ‘with & common iuterest on the troops collected for that aie object, and that the esmps formed ia the nee, far being a subject of jealousy or appre- hension to Belgium or to Fagiand, by the armaments of a near ally identified with Soraut ries It is true that the as Yael oon- nected with an imperial camp at Boulogne. remarkable degree the contrast bet’ riods of history and the present state of affairs. Fil —_ ago the names of Capecure, Pont de Brique, Amble- jeuse, a the lance end naval power of Bri until by a sudden and tie effort t) oame troops were upon the ¢ of the Tanube and led to vistory at Austerlits td too, upon the heights above Boulogne, when the first di bution of the sia of the Legion of Honor was to the army of from an amphitheatre which commanded a ot of the fotiila beiow, and the cliffs of Albion beyond, The rivalry of the tw> nitions was at its height, and England seemed marked by the French eag’es for their Sinee the lapse of halfacentury has extingulabed these passions—since the events of the it time and the sggressions of Russia have tarned 8 totelly different direction the martial energy of the two countries—and since the proximity of France and Englend, which gave rise to so many oenturiss of bitter enmity and bloody eonflio:, ia at last cou Mace bat: ‘a of alliance oe well as ever, not un that Boulogre ard th mt coast, which vee the foremost points of sggreesion and mensce im former times, should now regeive the first visit of the allied Sovereigna represented by two princes of the Co- burg family. We have no doubt that In tne popular i a use which will Louis upon this visit ulogne, the voices of our own countrymen will con- tribute, at least, their full suare to his ovatioa. and the visit of Prinee Albert will be the signal of @ friendiy ia- fasion of the De Ley) of pay ete’ eer saee 28 not been nessed since st arma a fortress on the oosst of Pieardy. The military ore rations of the French army Je, and it is said that 100,000 men sre collectel ia the several campe along the coast from Bou~ logne 10 St. Omer. The tem ‘villages, as they may be termed, into which the French solliers form thie cantovmente, are not nnekilfully corstracted or on- oeen this a3 until the return of pring enantes the orbs A takepart im the operstions which Say then be contemplated in tbe north of Karope. ‘The visit of Prince Albert to the Emperor of the French has, however, unquestionably a political signification of een ter it than the ee eats or the mimia serfs which prepares armies for the future tators of the field, It implica, on Ure part of the sovereign of tris coun- try, as well a8 of the government, an incrersi.g confilence | inthe stability of that alliance on which this nation relies | atthe present time mot only for success in war but for se-u- rity at home; and it procee is from a desire to merk by aw act of courtesy tothe ruler of France our renee ef the fronk and undeylating part Lo bas taken fu support of our common interests, farly in his reign bo inelered by every meave in bis power thst he conceive’ ths siitan-s of this country to be the connexion oa which ke hed most rcason to base his foreign policy; and, althongh ther dcelsrations were necessarily received with eonsin istrust from a government founded on prin posite to the free institutfons of fing. 10 tO Louis Napoloom to ackuowledge that hes acted up fo them tn very bartloalae To. J, no sovereign hae ever ext upon the throce wor rhohas ehorn a more etetot recert for tha agi meuts he bae catered into with this country, oc» 8 ° } be more social as - gracefully decorated: and it ie suppored that thoy wilt be.