The Express. — London, England, 1853-08-08 00:00:00

t:. I!, t tit a.) pp • t .1. IKI.SIVN DitY.ls, " tl. tast.e." ette:;A:l4 the same tr•t C. '4l.et! greet,' Tut 4:..y red Fr::'o! etoe.. to =it a 1.. imam lorlooki sof Tttt ?mow; Lvel. - 1. rTestag paw :cr. I• • • lelll.ol. aownei...uney br 21... oleotit to the 4.) ...ea la 4.0 /A IN ATEA AT LONDON DSIDOIC. Tt. '4 —. Vertigo 416 I:, mt. I 'At411 ,. . 1 . —Mamas. 3b. rs. L , Jvn()X, MONDA I; AVG UST 8. THE ►tohhnrn facts of the Board of Trade tables, just pu:,li•htd fur June, continue to rt fute the thtory of the Protectionists, and make the ndvautager of FrecTrade more palpuble than ever. Imports, exports, production, aid consumption, all continue to increase. So otters has this tale now hien repented, that we are afraid our readers will grow tiro: of it, but as it im plies praise of what belongs to them, and is a memo rial of thcirgreatness and success, we must once more go over the story. We have now, too, got the rr cards of half the year, and may infer from the facts of the past s'.x months the prospects for the next six, 'lle increase in the exports of the month of June, 15.13, as compared to the same month of 1832 and Isal, was respectively 1,003,6=, and 31.1,6111., the figures being as follows : DECLABLD VALUE OP VIPORTS—MONTII or JVNE. 1851. 18.52 1833. £6,2:3,122 t7r L 5 ,'J ..03 .0 • £6 77 4 733 In the month the exports of the following articles have aeclineil: DIALARED VALVE cr EXPORTS IN sera 1852. 1853. Luc anti patent net £59.562 £56,186 Earthen ware kl:nt glass Igt , otm /brines 23,618 19,991 Leather unwrought Ca per in pigs &lett*, nails, &c. Wrought Eras 10,658 6,001 Lead 42.777 27,861 Ila uswratight Placa Painters' colours 19,518 18,335 Small silk manufacture el sugar 29.091 18,339 Wool 81,490 30,224 Small woollen mauufactures With these exceptions the exports hale all increased in the month, and the chief cause of the decrease in most of these articles has been a rise of price, which has made it less desirable to export them. The de mand for them particularly has been greater in the home market than abroad, and hence the exportation ot them has become less advantageous and has de clined. The increase of our exports in the six months as compared to 1832 was 8,317,183 1 ., and as compared to 1831, 7,772,704/. The total declared value of the exports for the six months of the three years is as follows : 1351. 1352. 19.53. £31,093, 3 53 .... £33,549,392 .... £41,54,6,.;57 But these tables embrace only the principal articles exported, and the tables for the whole year after it is closed will be increased by the addition of the smaller articles, which are included in the accounts of all the years gone by. Remembering this, and assuming that the exports for the second six months will be only equal to those of the first, though the exports for the latter half of 18,12 exceeded those of the first half by 4,340,7641., we shall have as the declared value of the exports of our principal articles in the whole year 1863, in order to compare it with the declared value of all the articles exported in former years, a total sum of 83,733,1141. Now, the declared value of the export. la 1843 and in 1833, and the comparison between it and them, is as follows: °DEWARD vaLrn OP EXPORTS. • IM3 (probable) £83,733.114 1613 e'er. Increase in 10 jun £31,433,403 am 60 1E43 £39,667,317 increase in 20 pen £44,065,767 111 Increase tak twigs 1843 & 1833 ;12,612,362 - 31 From which we learn the very important fact that the ratio of increase was twice u great between 1843 and 1833 as between 1833 and 1843. The trade of the country only required that freedom which it began to receive in 1842 to increase with an accele rating velocity, carrying with it the whole business and prosperity of the country, which increased in like proportion. It is highly satisfactory to re mark, in perfect contrast to the trade of the great Northern despotism, to which we recently referred, that the exports to the free republic of the United States more than doubled in 20 years, and that the total exports from that country in that period, exclusive of bullion, which has latterly been ex ported to a large amount, also doubled. Our in creasing prosperity, therefore, may be said to be assured because it is closely bound up with the pros perity of the States and with the other newly peopled and prosperous countries of the globe. That every businessin the empire is equally pros perous is to be inferred from the total disappearance of complaints; and the fact is apparent on the face of these tables. An increase in the exports, with very insignificant exceptions, is found in every article. The largest decrease is in wool ; and as the price of this product is now higher than it was last year, as our imports have 'screamed very much, our exports have only fallen off because the home market has improved in relation to the markets abroad, and made it more ad vantageous to sell at home than export. In the six months a great increase has taken place in all the metals, of which a great decrease took place in the month. In some articles, as thrown silk, which' increased between 1851 and 1853 six-fold, and all haberdashery and saddlery, which in the same period doubled, the increase is more than in others; but all, with the exceptions above mentioned, have shared in the increase of the six months. It is scarcely necessary to say that both in the month and in the six months the imports have also increased. The increase, too, has taken place in almost all articles. Of all animals, except cows, and swine—of all kinds of oorn except oats—of all kinds of provisions, and of all the materials of our great mannfacturea—the increase in the month is consider able. In coffee and in sugar there is an increase in the month, but in cocoa and in tea there is a decline, and there is a decline in sugar in the six months. But in none of these, or in any important article', is . there a decline in the oonanmption, except in dried fruits—the consequence of a great failure in the crops abroad—so that the stocks of some articles, the im portation being reduced and tho consumption con tinued, have been somewhat reduced. Thus the im port and consumption of cocoa, sugar, and tea hare been in the six months as follows: Imported. Charged with duty. 18.52. 18.53. 1862. 1863. Cocoa, lbs. .. 4,160,706 8,717,603 1,776,18.5 2,127,296 Sager, cute.. 3679,816 3,421,991 3,375,516 3,615,932 lea, lbs. .... 42,903,136 38,004,701 27,741,834 30,407,398 With increased consumption there has been dimi nished importation. The comparatively low prices of cocoa and sugar account sufficiently for the dimi nished importation of these articles, while the agi tation concerning the tea duties and the condi tion of China, account for the lessened importa tion of tea. But none of these causes have impeded consumption. Mmai 11 .v-4, THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1853. from the style capacities which it has not yet dis played. In SOlllO of our public buildings, especially in the no4e law buildings in Lincoln's-inn-fields, this endeavour has been commenced with good success; in • private 'teases, however, it has, as yet, generally proved a failure. Nature is not more abhorrent of a vacuum than the old Tudor style, and indeed every Gothic style, was of symmetry. Surely this fact is patent to every man with eyes in his head. Yet we endeavour to "develop" these styles by making them symme trical—witness the vile river-front of that otherwise noble House at Westminster, and, in a lower way, the " Elizabethan " houses in New OzWrd•street, each the exact counterpart of its &How. Nature makes nothing symmetrical, though ever hovering upon the verge of symmetry. Artists know that the two sides of a man's face arc never exactly alike ; botanists know that if you pluck a thousand leaves from the same tree you will not find two of exactly the same shape and size ; likeness alone is not de lightful—it is a sign of impotence and idleness ; but likeness in unlikeness is the smile upon the face of Nature, and the heart of all the joy we take in her. Let architects feel this truth, and there will be some hope. _ _ But arc none of our young and enterprising minds meditating upon the necessity of something that will suit our new wants better than anything that we can expect to make out of the old Tudor? Does the present abundance of iron and glass, coupled with our northern need of light— which never could be quite satisfied by buildings in brick and stone—suggest nothing more architectural or better fitted fur private use than the Crystal Palace ? Has the opportunity which walls of double iron plates, filled between with air or sand, offer for a thoroughly novel architectural art of interstitial decoration, aroused no artistic mind' We trust that things arc not so bad as they seem, and that the next five-and•twenty years, and their additional hundred miles of new street, will show us something better than our "mud-hut" style, or than the newly gal vanised corpse of the long defunct lthie. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. Our correspondent writes : GALATZ. JULY 25. Appearances here continue to be as warlike as ever, and will be so until peace is fairly proclaimed. Every one is at his post. Austria, we learn, daily embarks on the Danube its munitions of war, which it lodges in every fortress from Komorn to Pcsth, from Peter warden to Semlin. Its forces on the frontier are estimated from 23,000 to 30,000 men. On the right bank of the Danube, leaving Bel grade up towards Orsova, the Turks are encamped near the towns, on the ricer side, or in citadels, in groups varying from 1,000 to 3,000, and 6,000 men, and even more, according to the importance of the points to be defended. We saw them principally at Belgrade, Widin, Nicopoli, Rutschuck, Silistria, Czernavoda, and Hirtova. The Commander-in-Chief, Omar Pacha, has fixed the centre of his operations, and placed the main body of his troops around the fortresses of Schumla and Varna, having the Balkan in the rear southward; this range protects the route to Adrianople; his re serve is at the south of the Balkan. The Russians, to the number of 150,000 mon, have advanced to the Pruth,and about 80,000 have crossed, one-half of whom are in Moldavia, from Yassi up to Galatz. A body of 3,000 cavalry left tLis city yes terday to range the Danube and go into the interior; there still remains a small bcdv shout half an hour's march from the town; we met the advanced guard at Brinlow. Two or three days since 7,000 Russian cavalry en tered Bucharest; 15,000 infantry, and 5,000 addi tional cavalry were expected to traverse the Danube and eater Wallachia. Truly, all this preparation speaks war, and firm determination on one side and the other; bat cu riously enough, we meet with no one who does not believe still in peace, so ardently do the trading people of these parts desire it. Bitterly do they I complain of the stagnation of commerce ; the steamers hardly bring any people: it is an entire season lost. Add to all this that there is now only 6} feet water in the Bolin., passage in most parts, the only prac ticable mouth of the Danube, whereas in ord►nary times, even after the inundations, which bring down so much sand, when the waters return to their bed there is generally a depth of from 10 to 14 feet. There are 30 or 40 ships of different nations blocked up in the strait, and many hundreds of car goes which cannot leave the Danube for the Black Sea. Our steamer was obliged to lighten to make the passage. The Russian dragging machine is lying on an embankment, where it has been for many years. The Russian troops with the exception of the officers, who are tolerable, present the,most deplorable appearance, and are disgustingly dirty. The camp and baggage are truly hideous on this score. The cavalry are well mounted. The troops have no energy, but the officers affect an ardour and enthu-1 gum of the first order, especially after dinner and champagne. A great many stories more or less ridi culous are told of them. Yon may rely upon it that on the score of religion the Greeks of the Ottoman Empire desire no change of master—perfectly free and fairly protected by the liberal rule of the Sultan, they enjoy their fortune, their commerce, and their creed—neither persecuted nor despised by the Mussulmen, who are altogether indifferent u to the religion of others, provided they enjoy their own. Turkey is no longer what she was half a century ago; no, nor even 20 years since-- nothing short of persecution will now awaken fanaticism. As the comparatively liw price of ►ugar—it ' being now from 3s. to 4s. pc rcw t. less than at this time last year—has checked importation, 6o the rise in the price of bread-st utfs has already given 9, great stimulus to the importation of them. The importation of wheat and flour in the month and in the six months, was as follows : Imported In the month. In six months. 18.52 1853. 1852 1853 W neat .. qrs. 219,622 1.02,599 2,01:3,789 1 ~ur..c sou. 437,411 369,541 257.346 Reducing flour and meal to quarters, and including all kinds of grain, the quantities imported were in the six months: 1851, 3,037,301 qrs. 18.53 e. 831,607 qrs. This increase in 18.53, in the doubtful state of our harvest, is very satisfactory, because it shows how influential is a rise in the price of corn to the extent of a few shillings is procuring additional supplies. It is a full assurance that with a still higher price, such as has taken place since the end of June, still larger supplies will come in from all quarters. From the weekly and monthly returns we learn that this has actualiy taken place. According to the Gazette, there were imported of all kinds of grain and flour in the four weeks of July : is".'!. 18.13. Qrs. Qrs. 4r.5,302. 747,823 Increase, 1553 or at the rate of 3,390,232 qrs. per annum above the large supply of last year. Such a fact may serve to allay all apprehension for our future supply of food, ' while the rise in price, which fortunately for us our Government does not, like the French Government, interfere to stop, wiil cheek consumption, and put an end to waste. There is no change in the tenor of navigation re turns since last month to induce us to say more of them than that the total ships and tonnage entered inwards and outwards in the six namtlis were as follows : • Shire. Tonnage. 18.12 "i 5,03,499 1853 30,316 .... 6,657,749 Increase 18.53 3,079 .... 664,2.50 About half a million tons of goods were transported to and from our harbours by water in the first six monthsof 1833 than in the first six months of 1632,and whether the shipping employed in transporting them were native or foreign, as our shipowners have quite as many goods to carry as they can find ships to carry them, is of no importance whatever, except that wo may rejoice in haying ob tained the assistance of the foreigner to carry on an increased trade on favourable terms. AN association is on foot for improving the Metro polis. If they move in the right path they may do much good. In the present day we find ourselves under the odd conditions of being obliged to build on an unprecedented scale, and of being wholly deficient in truly architectural capacity. Every ten years the Metropolis adds to its astounding bulk a number of houses, churches, and public edifices, larger than that which constitutes the entire mans of almost any other city in the world. That Florence in" compo," Belgravia, stands on fields which are still green in our memory; Notting-hill and St. John's-wood are among the rural recollections of the present generation ; and a dozen other suburbs, great cities in themselves, have started into plaster existence quite as recently. Oa a moderate computation, a hundred miles of street were added to London in the time between the taking of the last census and the one before it. Yet a man may set out, with the map of London in his pocket, and, having traversed and examined every house in this wilderness, will have to confess that, as to art, he had traversed a city of the dead. The vast majority of the edifices he beholds are neither more nor less than mud-huts, compacted with no higher view than that of the greatest economy of clay consistent with the duration of the pile until the expiration of the land-lease of ninety-nine years ; and the rest cover their nakedness with a robe of falsehood and affectation far more distressing than nudity, and distressing in proportion to its supposed magnificence. He and there, indeed, you come upon the attempt of some amateur student of Pugin and "The Glossary" to realise a morsel of architec tural truth ; but the result is as unlovely and objec tively absurd (however subjectively respectable the endeavour) as are, most commonly, the first proceed ings of all sudden and late converts to any kind of truth. There is something painfully Protestant about the bit of Tudor Gothic in real red-brick and stone ashlar that sets itself down among its flaunting neighbours of renaissance plaster-work with an air of mock-humility and architectural sanctity. The wretched mud-hut, with its blank face of bilious bricks pierced with three or four tiers of square holes for windows, and surmounted with its coping stone of the pauper projection of two inches, le artistically much less distasteful. It is a faithful exponent of modern poverty of soul, and is really and unaffectedly humble. It looks like what it is, • little workhouse, of which the inhabitants are too much absorbed in the business of getting and con suming the lowest wants of life to be able to give their thoughts to beauty or joy of any kind. It avoids, on one hand, the ghastly falsehood of decking out its nothingness in mockeries of pagan splendour, and, on the other, it escapes the worse error of en deavouring to deal with a reality which is little understood and lees cared for. Looking from the private houses to the churches and public buildings, the signs of a living architec ture are not more visible, although it must be con feued that the Metropolis now possesses some very notable restorations of defunct architectures. The British Museum and the Grecian Church and rail way portico in Euston-square place Athens at our doors. The " Panopticon" in Leicester-square is as moresque as need be. Numerous recent churches are faithful to the letter of sacred Gothic; and in their imitations of the secular Gothic the new Houses of Parliament equal—if not surpass—anything in the original time; of the art. But upon all thee; edifices there is the curse of imitation, Iffelessneu. We have seen it all before, either in actual Greece and Gothic Europe, or in the picture•books of RETETT and STUART, the Dilettanti Society, BLOXIIAY and PARKER; or if we have not seen it in such quarters we know that it is to be seen there, and that it was drawn thence—and this consciousness is as bad. New streets, new churches, new national galleries, new colleges and clubs, new edifices of every kind and magnitude, public and private, are about to be built. The next quarter of a century promises to be as abundant in architectural additions to the Metro polis as the last has been. And are we to have no new or true way of building? We are all disgusted with the architectural hypocrisies of the day, but we all ask, what is to be done? Better call out of their graves dead forms of beauty than build without any reference at all to beauty. Better, in our public buildings at least, put up with triglyph' and garlanded skulls, with crockets and corbel heads, than confine ourselves to our own peculiar style, which is that of the Penitentiary and the workhouse. If, however, we are thus absolutely re duced to imitation, let us imitate what is best worth imitating. Let us take up English architecture where it may fairly be considered to have left off, namely, at the Tudor Gothic, the Most beautiful secular architecture in the world, and endeavour by a true adherence to its principle, which is that of adorning, convenience, use, and comp!, to develop FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY HYMNING. The Moniteur publishes the following most im portant note at the head of its non-official columns : Accounts from St. Petersburg, dated the 3rd, announce that the Emperor of Russia has adhered to the note sent to ►im from Vienna. If this note should be accepted by the Porte without alteration, the ambassador of the Sultan will be received by the Emperor Nicholas. This ne-s, coming at a moment when the chief controversy was whether or not the answer from St. Petersburg, which a few days since was announced as likely to be received on the 10th, could by possi bility arrive before the 13th, has taken every one by surprise. Many people are yet incredulous, and re fuse to believe that the noto here said to be adhered to can be the same as that agreed to at Vienna by the four powers, and said by Lord John Russell in the House of Commons to be of an "acceptable nature." It is thought extra ordinary that the Moniteur, in giving intelli gence of the vast importance which this must be, if we are to accept it as the final solu tion of the Eastern question, should not say dis tinctly that the propos►tion accepted is that of the " four powers," instead of merely alluding to it as " tho note of Vienna." Same people think this note will turn out to be nothing more than the Austrian proposition of M. de Bruck, brought to France by the Caradoc, and rejected by France and England. However, the irregular Sunday Bourse, which, in spite of police regulations, still goes on, has inter preted the news in the most favourable sense, and business has been done in the rento at a rise of 3fr. The following two private telegraphic despatches published by the Preue, if they are to be relied upon, confirm the news of the Monateur in unmistakeable terms : Vienna, Saturday. Russia accepts the project of mediation presented col lectively by Austria, France, England, and Prussia. Vienna, Saturday. News from St. Petersburg bas been received down to the 3rd. Rorie accepts the propositions of the powers, upon condition that the Porte will adhere to them without nodi- Station. I must remark, as a very singular circumstance, that the semi-official journal the Patric, which is published later than the Preoe, does not contain these despatches, and it is well to boar in mind that telegraolnc despatches have very lately been mane facturea by corresponding offices in Paris. The l'atrie, however, accepts the news without reserve as the announcement of a peaceable solution. The Constittetionnel says the statement of a journal that a division of the French navy would be present at Spithcad on the Ilth is a mistake. No fleet has been formed at Cherbourg, where a single vessel only, the Austerlitz, screw of 100 gnus, is now being ! larmed, and, notwithstanding the activity that pi e vails at Brest, the ocean squadron is not yet ready to put to sea. A correspondent of the lidtpcnilence Bdge says mysterious preparations are making for the corona ' tion of the Emperor as a surprise to the Parisian public, on the 15th of August. I can say nothing of the truth of this report one way or another further than that I have heard lately, in two or three quarters, that the coronation was again upon the tap's. The poet Jasmin dined yesterday at St. Cloud. In the evening he was asked by the Emperor and Em press to recite some verses. He improvised, as is his wont, in his native Languedoc patois, then trans lated into French, and afterwards repeated his eoia po:ition in the original Languedoc. The peculiar beauties of Jasmin were thus, in a great measure, I made intelligible to his eudience, and made, I am told, a great impression upon their Majesties. When the poet perceived that his august hearers were in a melting mood, be suddenly asked the Emperor for the unconditional pardon of his fellow-townsman, the ex-questor Haze, a native of Agen. The Em peror paused for a few mat:lents at this unlooked for, and as it might have been supposed (for Napoleon 111. is not in the habit of improvising par dons) ill-timed boldness, and then said. " Jasmin, I grant your request, and if M. Haze should ever in trigue against me, I shall hold you and your poetry responsible." The Bourse yesterday was again depressed, and Rentes fell to the extent of a half per cent. The Three per Cents. fur cash gave way 50e., and for the account 55c.; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. for cash, 35c. ; and for the account, 40e. Bank Stock declined 15f. The last quoted prices were :—For cash: Three per Cents., 77f.; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 102 f. 15c. For the account : Three per Cents., 77f. 20c.; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1021. 10c. Bank Stock, 2,770 f. Northerns, 847 f. 50e. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,140 f.; Paris and Strasbourg, 905 f.; Paris and Lyons, 903 f. 75e. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,050 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterralican, 740 f.; Western of France, 722 f. 50c.; Rouen and Havre, 490 f.; Ler deaux and Cette, 612 f. 50c.; Caen and Cherbourg, 605 f. SPAIN. MADRID, AUG 1. The railway question has at length been solved. M. Salamanca's party has carried the day. The cabinet retains office, but without the obstinate M. Moyauo, minister of public works, who is dismissed. All the railway companies are to stand good. NETHERLANDS Accounts from Rome state that the Pope has admitted the justice of the observations made to him in the name of the government of the Netherlands relative to the oath of the bishops, m a note communicated to Cardinal Antonelli on the 27th June last by the Dutch minister, and has yielded to the desires ex pressed in that note, which said: The undersigned must °Meru that the new formula of oath communicated by Mona. Belgrado does not contain a phrase in the sense of that which is found in the formula which in virtue of a deliberation of the Sacred College of the 23rd June, 1791, the Pope adopted for the Irish bishops ; this phrase is as follows :—I will observe all things and each of them as inviolably, u I am fully convinced that there is nothing in them which can be contrary to the fidelity which I owe to his Majesty the King at Great Britain and Ireland, and to his successers to the throne. On the other hand, the Dutch government, taking into consideration the concessions of the Holy See, has made important modifications in the bill which it has presented on public worship, and has particu larly renounced Article 2 of that bill, which was as follows : We reserve to ourselves to exact from the functionaries of public worship,who, before entering, or sites having entered on their functions, shall have taken any oath or made vows which may appear to us to be dangerous for the safety of the kingdom or for public order, that they should take an oath of fidelity to our person and of obedience to the laws of the state, within the delay to be determined by us, be fore the commissaries in the province., duly authorised by us to that effect. _ _ This article has been considered useless after the concessions made by the Pope. The modifications which the Dutch government has made in the bill were to be communicated to the Second Chamber of the States General on the 2nd or 3rd inst. ITALY . AUSTRIAN ITALY. The Milan Gazette publishes an edict, dated the 31st ult., summoning 43 persons to appear before the court-martial of Milan within ninety days, to answer the charge of high treason, and warning them that they shall be tried as defaulters in case of non-ap pearance. TUSCANY. We learn from the Opinion. of Turin that Advo cate Salucci, of Florence, having gone to Leghorn with the intention of embarking for Genoa, was un expectedly arrested by the police and searched, and that, though nothing suspicious was found upon him, he was ordered away from Leghorn, and not allowed to embark for his destination. CHINA. The Press. of Paris, says :—" A German journal, the Eeclesiastecal Gazette of Vienna, announces, without giving any date, and u p on wo know not what authority, the death of the Emperor of China." THE UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA. LIVERPOOL, SAreansv. The royal mail steam-ship Arabia, Jadkins, coin mender, has arrived, after a very quick passage across the Atlantic. The Arabia sailed from New l York at 12.35 p.m. on the 27th, and next morning' passed the royal mail steam-ship Asia, inward bound. She arrived off the Rock at 10.45 a.ra. to-day ; making the passage in 9 days 17 hours and 38 minutes mean steaming time. She brought 98 pas sengers, and 655,481 dollars in specie. The United States mail steam-ship Arctic, Lace, arrived at New York on the 23rd ; and the screw steam-ship City of Manchester, same day, at Phila delphia, both from hence. The Crystal Palace continued to be but thinly attended. O'Donoghne, one of the Irish convicts,:had arrived at New York, having escaped from Australia, via California. Be has published an account of his escape in the New York papers. The New Orleans Bulletin of the 18th inst., pub lishes a statement from official records, showing that the yellow fever prevails in that oft] t a very con siderable extent. Of 104 deaths in the Charity Hoe-' pital during the week ending 15th inst., 86 were cases of yellow fever. On the 17th inst., there were in the hospital 145 cases of yellow fever. "For the past two days," says the Bulletin, " there have been 51 deaths by yellow fever." In May there were two deaths by this disease, in June 24, and from the Ist to the 16th July inclusive, 181. The largest number in any one day, occurred on the last day mentioned, when there were 26. By the arrival of the steam-ship Northern Light, we have advicea from California to July 1. The Northern Light brought 400,000 dole., and reports 1,645,799 dole. having been shipped from San Fran cisco in the steam-ship Oregon. Two more destructive conflagrations have visited the enterprising towns of Shasta and Rough and Ready, one of which destroyed property in the former city to the amount of 237,000 dole., and in the latter only 15 houses of all descriptions were left standing. A horrible murder had been committed in Sacra mento by a man named Strible, upon his brother's wife, and an attempt also to kill his brother, and to end his own existence at the same time. Ile suc ceeded in cleaving his brother's head, and cutting his own throat, but both at last accounts were still alive, though in a very critical condition. During the six months ending June 27, as we gather from the shipping list, the number of passen gers that arrived in San Francisco by sea, was 23,741 ; of whom 19,779 were males, 3,391; females, and 666 children. During the same time, left 14,326—showing an addition of only 9,115 to the population. 'l he smuggling of opium has become quite a hnsi ness amongst the Chinese passengers who arrive at California, and large quantities of the article have beta seized by the officers of the customs who have been on the look-out for the smugglers for some time past. Amongst other contrivances fur carrying it ashore they had adopted that of sewing it in belts similar to that worn as money belts; others have it stitched in the linings of their clothes, in their shoes, and in all imaginable places. A lot of it was found in the bottom of a pork barrel. The .San Francisco Herald says, that a plan was laid on the night of the 24th June, during the pre valence of a strong smell wind, to fire the city. A (oil of tarred rope was attached to the Mineral Point House, between 9th and 7th streets, and one end I lighted. The refintion of the blnze w;:s h:Tpily dis covered by the bar keeper, and the danger averted iti time. - The police are in vigilant search for a sus picions person, who hed been seen about the premises slExt time before the incident occurred. _ _ The mines are represented as being still worked with the usual success, and the miners arc in a healthy and prosperous condition. The Nerada Journal describes a lump of quartz and gold exhibited at the banking-house of H. ltavis, weighing 52 pounds avoirdupois, the estimated value of which was 6,000 dols. The lump has since been melted, and 351bs. :) oz. of gold, worth 17 dols. per oz., taken from it, giving a value of 7,021 dols. This great prize was taken from Hopkins' Creek, siz feet below the surface. The Oregon papers contain rumours of the disco very of rich and extensive gold mines on the Sat/tiara river, some fifty wiles from Salem, which are re ported to pay from 10 dollars to 50 &Aare per day to the man, _ _ By telegraph from Charleston we learn that the steamship Isabel had arrived at that port from Ha vana and Key West. Her news is quite uninter esting. By an arrival at New Orleans we have ravic( s front the city of Mexico to the It;th instant. The press were discussing the question of a Spanish pro tectorate, and it is said that the government are fa vourable to such a tnemmre. Count Raousset de Boulbon, of Sonora notoriety, had arrived at Mex ico, and was permitted an interview with the Presi dent. Rebberies were becoming alarmingly fre quent. Much damage had been done to the indigo and corn crops of Southern Mexico by clouds ot Cl/Sis. COXINIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YOLK, JULY 27. Cliques' at Now York was improving. Tho money market was very easy. The Goveruni:uit Stocks %ere in steldy demand at full prices, but fancier were weak. Exchange on London, 1091 to 1091. Paris, 5 121 to 5.15. ! BuLtostereA.-11 ur was very languid.—The business embraced 10,200 bbla. :—Sour at 4.311 to 4.50 dole., super fine No. 2,. at 4.431 to 4.621 dole. ; mixed to fancy Western, 0 I.SII to .12 dole. ; ordinary to choice State, at 4.93 to s.lst dul'. ; common to good Ohio, at 5 dole. to 6.181 dub.; and other grades at proportionate figures. Sales of 000 l.ble superfine Comedian, in bond were made, at 5.661 The operations in Southern reached 900 tibia., at 5.311 to 5.561 dole. for mixed to good ; 5.561 to .5.811 dole. for levorite, and 5.811 to 7.1J1 duls. for fancy, per bbl. Rye flour was obtainable at 3.371 dolt. for fine and 4 duls. f a superfine per bbl. Corn meal was held at 3 dubs. fur Jersey, and 3.50 dais. for Brandywine per bbl. Wheat con tinued to favour purchasers. Sales were made of 12,700 bushels Western white, at 1.24 to I.'i7 dole. ; 5,000 Canadion iu bond, at 1. 22 dole. ; and 9,000 Illinois river red, at 1.05 doh. Rye was inactive, at 77c. to 78c. State and Western oats were in good demand, at 4k. to 40e. Corn seemed less buoyant, the sales included 35,000 bushels, at 67c. to GSa. for unsound ; Vic. to 70c. for mike(' Werem and Southern ; 70c. fur round yellow ; and 71c. for southern do., per bushel. COTTON.—The market continues heavy ; the sales today amount to about 1,000 bales, at prices favouring the buyers. FUEloll7l.—There was rather more doing, but rates for Liverpool favoured shippers. about 35,000 bushels wheat were taken at 61d. in bulk, and at 7d. in ship's bags; 3,000 bbl. flour at 2e., and 1,000 bile. rosin at 2s. Gd. To London, 500 bbls. rosin were engaged at 3s. To Havre,fliur was at GOe. per barrel, and grain at 15c. per bushel. To California, rates were steady at 50c. to 55c., with rather more offering. PUILADELPIIIA. JULY 25. The Arctic's advice, have caused more dulness in the market for breadstuff+, and some holders are willing to accept lower prices. Old stock Western and Pennsylvania Soar is scarce, and held at 5 dolt. 374 c. to 5 dole. 50t. ; sale of 600 bbls., said to be a better brand, is reported within this range. For home use, there is a moderate busi ness at about previous quotations. Rye flour and corn meal remain quiet. Grain.—There is moderate demand for wheat, but at 4c. to sc. less, and holders of new have sub mitted to a decline. Some 6,000 to 7,000 bush. Southern red have been sold at 1 dol. 10c. to 1 dol. 1114 c., as in quality ; no new offering. Rye is scarce. Corn is dull to i.ay, and offered at 70e. for gond yellow, without sales. Oats.—Some sales of new Southern are reported at 3.3 c. Lark is steady, and 100 hhds. No. 1 Quertron sold at 25 dolt. per ton. Cotton remains unchanged by the news, and the demand is limited. In groceries and provisions there is nothing new; 126 bbls. New Orleans molasses sold at 24c. 4 mos. Whiskey is firm. Sales of 3,000 bbls. at 25c., and hhds. are held at the same price, and very scarce. SAN FRANCISCO, JUNE 29. This has been the dullest day of the week throughout the market. The amount of mercluu3dise which went fornard by the up-river boats was very light. 1 Lova —Nothing has been doing in this article with the exception of a sale of 1,374 half-sacks Chile, per l'e• tita, in bond, at 10 dols. 35c. no-packed flour is jobbing at 11 dols. 50e. ---- GRAIN.-A sale of 1,000 sacks Chile barley is reported at lie. About 700 sacks ditto bold in lots at 2c. to 20. ; 600 bushels eastern oats, in bbla. and tacks. at 2c. to 20. ; 500 sacks bran, at 2c. . _ _ PROVISIONS.—We do not hear of any sales of beef or pork ; 35 casks yellow covered Hams sold at 17c. ; about 10,0001 b. light covered ditto, in casks and tierces, at 171 c. ; 66 firkins choice butter, at 26c. GUNVY BAGS .—A sale of 15,000 loose was made at 131 c. ; 20 bales ditto sold at 141 c. Sales of 200 boxes brown soap st eic. ; 60.bbls. whiskey at 55c. per proof gallon ; 75 ditto yesterday at 521 c. ; 80 bales Osnaburgs, m lots, at 11c. to 111 c. PERILOUS ENCOUNTER WITH A SHARK.—On the 29th of April, while five young svldiers, stationed at Corfu, were sailing along at a rapid rate, the boat in which they were received a sudden shock, as if it had run upon a rock, which nearly capsized her. One of the soldiers having looked over the side, perceived a large shark swimming close to the boat, but it disappeared on his throwing a bottle at it. A number of porpoises were also about, and one of these was harpooned by a soldier named Flowers ' son of Mr. Flowers, chimney-sweeper, Theatre-street, Warwick. On being struck the porpoise immediately dived, and the line being entangled round the arm of a soldier named Hanson, he was dragged into the water. Flowers teeing Hanson about thirty yards from the boat making for a rock, turned the boat in that direction and nearly 'overtook him; but, when within about six yards of him, one of his companions cried out that there was a shark (coin towards Hanson. Flowers seized a knife which stuck in the side of the beat, plunged head first into the water, and diving underneath the shark, turned himself on his back, and thrust the knife into the belly of the monster in several plates ; but it was of little use, the shark having seized upon Hanson, and taken his leg off near the knee. Flowers then endeavoured to get his comrade on his back, but both of them were nearly ex hausted. He sueceeded, however, in getting him into the boat, and bound up the wound with his shirt. When they reached the hospital their unfortunate comrade was nearly dead from exhaustion, but after a short time recovered. While on their way they captured the wounded shark, and towed it on shore. It weighed 234 lbs., and when opened the leg was found in its throat, the bone mangled to bits. The body of the shark has beed placed in the Sailors' Home at Corfu. EXCAVATIONS IN THE VIA APPIA.—The Giornale di Roma ofthe 18th wives a circumstantial account of the present state of the Via Appia, which has now been exca vated up to tl.e 11th mile. Several Popes bad attempted this gigantic undertaking, particularly Pius VI, who wanted to open the whole road from Rome to Terracing, but something or other had &Nifty& stepped to the way. The present Pope commenced die excavations in Dec. 1850, from the well-known sepulchre of Cecilia kletella, situated at about three miles and a half from the ancient Porta Capella, and hag, in the course of three years, exten ded them to the site where the ancient Bieeille stood, being a length of eight Roman mile., which, at 1482 English yards to the Roman mile, give an extent of 11,854; yards. The breadth of the excavation is of 100 pelmi, or about 24 yards ; the average depth, one yard; the quantity of earth which has had to be removed amounts to 277,532 cabic yards. About 20 monuments have been restored to their former state as nearly as possible, and it is in contemplation to make them receptacles for all the curiosities that have been found in the course of the excavation. The latter is now to be c intinuCd laterally, to the depth of about a yard more ; for it may be as well to mention that the portion of the Via Appia now laid bare is not the Roman one, but that constructed in the middle ages over the former; to raise the level of which, all the fragments of the adjacent monuments had been used, so that precious historical in scriptions must atia lie concealed below the modern level, as experience has proved whenever it has been found ne cessary to sink a hole. Besides a large number t•f valuable inscriptions, about 20 statues, all with the toga, have been dug up ; among them antiquarians recognise Seneca, ►nd other great men. The works have been carried on under , the direction of Commander Caning, and have cost .5,000 wadi (28,730 fr.) a•year. COI Court. The Queen and Prince Albert, with their Hovel tl:e l'rince of Wales, the l'tioe,,“ Prince Mind, and the Princess Alic:, left Buckingham l'ulace, at 2) minutes to 10 o'clock au Saur , l.y morning, fur the Camp at ChoMem. Thu royal suite eonsitted of the Countess of Gainsh. , rouerh, ?dim Bildyard, Colonel the lion. Charlts Grey, Colonel Bouverie, Colonel Wylde, Cap. tarn the Lion. Dudl, y de Roo, Lieut.-Colonel Iliddulph„ nod Mr. Gibbs. The royal party proceeded in four of the Queen's ctrriages to the Nine F.lma station of the etanth Western ltuilwAy, where a srecial train was in rtadinem to c„invey her Majesty to Staines. Four rz.yal c4reisiteer were in waiting at Slur ,es, and conveyed the royal party to the Camp. Tne D r udges. of Kent viaited her Majesty on Svorday morning at Buckingham Palace. Tier 'Majesty and Prince Albert, wiqi the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by the lion. Matilda Paget, the Hon. Mouy S-yruour, the Marquis of Orrnonde, Colonel Botiveric, Captain the lion. D u il ey de Ito, and Mr. Gibha, honoured the Royal Italian Opera wi:h Vleir prey nee on Saturday evening. Iler M,jenty's Private nand wan in attendance in the evening et 11 , :ekinghant Palace on Friday, and perforated the following coinuiteitions )t ertute, L , s Chaperons lt , trrrtnee, t linenr et ettit;;tets " ..... Marc he du llocut Apts.. L'Etttantyrodigue It.vertitt.cnant, "Le " The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Malec the primers 'Loyal, and the l'rinecin Alice, the Ladies and G,ailltmen in Waiting, and the Domcctic att.( nded Llivine service esterday morning in the Private Chapel in ilueltiugham Palace. thu Rte. Henry (1 Lid, dell officiated. Au'xf. Acber. The Duelnas of Kent, attended by 1,30! All7USta Brace, left town on Saturday, for her residence, Frogmore. Tho Postmaster•Cieneral had an interview with the Chincelhn of the Eachegaer on Sturdy at Lis official resi dence in Downing -street. Mr. Join, Wood, chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had also an interview with the right hon. gentlemen,. A Cabinet Council was held at the official resi dence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Down iug-street, on Saturday afternoon. Thu ministers present were the Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, Lord John Handl, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Sir lllol Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Itight lion. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Moleswurth. The Council sat two hours and a half. THE CAMP AT CROBHAM COMMON. The following order has been issued expressing her Majesty's approbation of the conduct of the troops during the ITN iew on Thursday : " Hone Guards, 4th August, 1853. " .17;1;t7M- ..... "The General Cuminvntlin7-in by rec iced the Queen's commands to vxpress to l.i..ntenant•Geaerd Lord Seaton, G.C.8., her Majesty's seti•facti•m in reviewing, this day, the second division of the army encamped at Chobham. " The appearance of the troops of all arm=—the order and facility with which each arm moved over the ground — which, from the varied nature of its surface., oilers 1000 ditlicultit s—gave her Majcsty sure proofs of tht it state of field discipline. _ . " The 'military arrangements and evolutions so ably directed by the Lieutenant-General, vs,re v. ry gratifying, and his lordship will be pleased to convey her Majesty's entire approbation to the Major•Genrrals and Commanders of Brigades and Corps, and to the officers and men of all ranks. " By command, "G. BltoWN, A. 0." MUSIC. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Spohr's lessonfla was at length produced at Covent Garden, on Saturday evening. 'I he principal object of the illustrious composer's recent visit to London was to superintend in person the production of this opera ; but he was under the necessity of taking his departure before it was ready for perform ance, partly owing to difficulties mule by the per formers ; Mario, in particular, hang declined to take the principal tenor part, which had been as signed to him. The piece, however. w hen it did op ixur, was well prepared and got up, the parts were fairly cast, and the performance was certainly one of the greatest musical treats of the season. Jessondo has always been esteemed Spohr's dra matic masterpiece. It was written thirty 3-ears ago, and has always held a high place in every musical theatre in Germany. It biter previously been the custom on the German opera stage, as in this coun try, to carry on the business of the piece in spoken dialogue, intermixing it with airs and conc er t e d music. Spohr determined to try the experiment of changing the spoken dialogue into recitative, accord ing to the Italian method; and, in an "Address to the Composers of Germany," published by him in one of the periodicals of the day, he explained his views on this and other points connected with dra matic composition. The subject is taken from an old French opera, La Vence du Malabar, which, in an English dress, was popular on our stage at the end of the last century. The scene is laid in the city of Goa, at the time when the Portuguese were forming their settlement in the East. The Rajah has died, and Jcssonda, his young widow, is doomed to perish on the fut.eral pile which is to consume his body. Jessondahasbeena captive, car ried off from a distant country, and forced, almost a child, to give her hand to the ltajah. In her native land she had plighted her love to a Portuguese of and he is the general commanding the Portu guese army before Goa at the time the action of the piece commences. The priests take the advantage of a 'rum to convey the damned widow to a sacred spring, outside the walls, for the performance of a pious oe remony. Tristan, the Portuguese commander, in formed of the intended sacrifice, approaches the spot, and sees, in the victim, his long-lost Jessonda. A scene of rapturous recognition is followed by despair, for the priests, reminding Tristan of the truce, insist on being allowed to depart without moles. tation, and he sees them return to the city, car rying her with them. Apprised, however, of a treacherous design of the Bramins to break the truce and set fire to his ships, Tristan resolves sud denly tostorm the city, and at the head of his troops bursts into the great square at the moment when the sacrifice of Jessonda is about to take place. The Indians are put to flight, the victim is saved, and joyful songs and choruses conclude the piece. The music, speaking of it in general terms, is of the school of Mozart, but strongly marked with Spohr's individuality. In dramatic truth, richness of ideas, masterly construction, beauty of melody, and variety of orchestral effects, it has rarely been surpassed; while, in common with all Spohr's music, it is in some measure liable to the charge of heavi ness arising from excessive fulness and over-elabora tion. The car gets fatigued by the weight of accu mulated sounds, and would feel relief welcome, though it were given by occasional thinness, and even poverty. But this is as impression made by the work u a whole ; for, take any of the morceaux 'separately, and it is felt to be so beautifully con structed and scored, that one would not willingly retrench a note from the harmony. Take it for all in all, this opera is one of the finest works of which the modern musical stage can boast. Respecting the performance wo have little to add to what we have alread said. Musically speaking it left little to bo desired. Madame Bosio is a fine woman and a most accomplished singer; but as an actress she lacks power and passion. Jessonda, agi -1 tided by the most intense passions —terror and despair alternating with love, hope, and joy—is a highly dramatic personage; and the same thing may be said of the young Bramin, Nadori, to whom Lucchesi was unable to impart interest, though he sang the musis of the part exceedingly well. The comparative failure of these two most important parts detracted greatly from the effect of the whole. The ensemble, how ever, was exceedingly good; the orchestra played superbly, the choruses went well, and the scenic effects were quite satisfactory. The performance was warmly received by a crowded audience, of whom the Queen and her royal consort formed a part, and the whole entertainment was a musical banquet sash as is very rarely met with. METROFOLITAN AND GENERAL FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETV.—The fifth public ballot of this society was held on Thursday last at tile Laudon Timm ; Mr. G. J. Philo presided. The chairman congratulated the members on the very satisfactory state of the society's affairs, and impressed upon them the necessity of holding their shares, ►nd real- Wog the fel adrant:.ga of the soch.ty. Ile had hhkrd of members sel:ing the it rights of choice n the estate Barnes for M. premium ; but he felt assured that the allot ments en that estate were well worth 501. rnmium. Several other gentlemen havieg addressed the meeting, and a tarp number of new shares taken up, the business of the emus, terminated in the most satisfactory mawacr. A