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20 1 11 1- 4 :ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—NEW THEATRE The rr ehility, gentry, subscribers, and the public are respectfully Worms 1 that the season will terminate on Saturday next. There erillbo no extra nights. LES HUGUENOTS. —Last Night but One. THIE ;rand EVEN 0 9eING (THURSDAY), A ug.l2, will be performed Meyer benee • ra, LES HUGUENOTS. Gale r itina, Madame arisi ; Margarita di Valois, 31adlle. Marai ; Dame d'Onorfs, Madame ragliatico; Urbano, Madlle. Didide ; Mar cell% M. Zel ger ; Il Conte di San Bris, Signor Polonini ; II Conte di Nevem, 8i gnor Tagliatiro ; Meru, Signor rierini; Tavannes, Signor ROOM ; litlit,itenot Soldier, Signor Soldi ; and Raoul di Nangis, Signor Mario. Conductor, Mr. Costa, The Incidental Divertissement will be supported by Madlle. Delect anx. Madlle. Esper, and M. Desplaees. The 01ta1.3 commences at half-past 8. Pit tickets, 10s. 6d.; amphitheatre stalls, 10s. 6d., 75., and 55.; llllphithe.atre, 2s. 6d. Second tier boxes, £2 125.6 d. ROYAL 'PRINCESS'S THEATRE. 'Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Play of THE MEROTIANT OF VENICE : Shyloek, Mr. C. Kean ; Portia, Mrs. 0. Use. Preceded by the Farce of DYING FOR LOVE. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Lesaee and Directress, Miss Swanborough. THIS EVENING, the Comedy of COURT FAVOUR : supported by Wessrs. Emerc,Selford,Foynter, Turner, Misses M. Wilton, Hughes, and Mrs. C, 'Melville. After which, HUNTING A TURTLE: by Ware. Belford, Burt, Turner, J. Clarke, and Miss M. Wilton. To conclude - with RAISING THE WIND: by Messrs. Belford, Turner, J. Clarke, Mrs. 0. Melville, and Miss E. Wilton. CANTERBURY HALL, W es t m i nster-road.— OVEN EVERY EVENING. —The following company of Vo esty:ts r re engaged for the performance o f S eleetions from all the tils: OPERAS, MADRIGALS , CHORUSE S, GLEES, DUETS, etc., Viz.:— digs Russell, Mrs. Badsey, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartok tti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr P Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones, .1. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime , M r. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, mr. 3 , 11. Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. John G. Fordo, and E W. itackney.l Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, jar. co J.rtna,Y ; Director, Herr P. Jonghmans. Commence at seven tyolock Precisely. Suppers, &C.., until twelve o'clock. lUGHWATER AT LONDON-MUDGE THIS DAY. lorldnlC ••••••• L mix past 4 f Afternoon 33 min. past 4 THE SUN. THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1858. A detailed narrative has now distinctly under taken to authenticate the flying rumours hitherto alone conveying to us a vague idea of that frightful massacre on the 24th of June, 1857, at Cawnpore. It affects to be the record of the sufferings of a young lady only sixteen years of age at the period of the occurrence—a young English maiden who by some thing very little abort of a miraculous interposition f Heaven in her behalf, represents herself as hav ing (unmaimed and untarnished) escaped through all the hellish torture and turmoil of that deadly catastrophe. The narrative comes before the public authenticated by Dr. KNIGHTON, of The College, at Ewell, in the county of Surrey. It beers about it otherwise none of the appearances of authenticity. Originally, Dr. KNIGHTON informs us the MS. came from the dictation of the young lady herself and passed - into his own hands through the agency of a former pupil, one Mr. GEORGE STUART, of the Suddur Courts Alipore, Calcutta. If we could seriously induce ourselves:to believe in the accuracy of this terrible narrative, it would be scarcely possible to read it now, at the distance of more than twelve months from the period to which it refers, without tearful emotion : with out moreover occasionally some momentary terror as to the fate of; the narrator—even though the in stant afterwards we remembered that that fate is so far secured, seeing that the words we are reading pur port to have been dictated by her own lips as deseriptive of a tragic incident in a precocious auto biography. With the particulars of the massacre itself we are long since only too painfully familiar. The ill-judged treaty entered into on that fatal 24th of June, 1857, between General WHEELER on the part of the Bri• tish, and Naas SAHIB as the leader and representa tive of the Sepoy insurgents—the dastardly perjury of the latter when he swore by his gods and upon the Gunge that he would protect the women and children, and see them safely conducted in boats to Allahabad—the butchely effected immediately after wards by his ruthless mandate when the overladen boats were riddled with shot discharged against them when they were just in the mid-stream —the rob beries, the cruelties, the devilries, all the imaginable and till then unimaginable horrors which followed, we know alas ! as a nation long since, with only a too dreadful distinctness. The knowledge has nerved the arm of every soldier in our Anglo-Indian forces. It has given a more truthful accuracy to the aim of their rifles, a keener edge to their sword blades, a more resistless impetus to the thrust of every bayonet. Wherever the rebels since then have been encountered—no matter in what numbers, in what apparently overwhelming proportions—by the merest handful of our troops, they have never failed to feel bitterly the recoil of that atrocious massacre upon themselves. They have long ago learned to curse the day when the NANA dreamt of indulging his tiger-like thirst of blood with this unparelleled act of perfidy and cruelty. It is from this point that the narrative of the assumed survivor would lead us on, rapt in at tention, breathless, watchful, listening as she bids us track her from the foundering boat in which she noted the perpetration of the deed of infamy —step by step through all the torments of suspense, of hair-breadth 'scapes, of brutal ill-treatment, of pre ternatural barbarity and inhumanity, on the part of the Sepoys, until the day when she first re turned, under the shelter of the tattered ban ners and the strong arms of her conquering fellow countrymen. Buffetting with the waters, scrambling ashore, crawling on hands and feet until effectually bidden for the time under the trees and brush wood—the tells us bow she lay there thinking of those dear to her struck down together in the carnage, from which she describes herself as having but just then, as by a miracle, alone escaped. "My thoughts, oh Heavens! were agonising: my siste r , h er husband, and children, had, I bad not the slightest doubt, been ruthlessly murdered." After lamenting and praying to Heaven for aid in her wretchedness, she tells us of her being startled by the unexpected apparition (like Urger as a fugitive) of Miss WHEELER, the General's daughter. And adds, that they have scarcely communed together for an hour when the rebels surprise them in their lair, and they are separated. The story thenceforth becomes suf ficiently incoherent to pa ss f or the vague and agonised remembrances of one who ha s prematurely traversed the Valley of the Shadow and returned to tell the horrors there experienced. B.eartily glad shall we be to learn that the cora inunication transmitted to Dr. KNIGHTON from one of the former alumni of Ewell is from first to last a cruel and harrowing fabrication. Better that a series of de liberate falsehoods should have been penned with the met heartless affectation of truthfulnessby a morbid dreamer of waking nightmares—than that the sicken big tale of horror should even partially be the re yard of the actual sufferings of one miserable swig survivor. There are, at any rate, divers in les of detail, false dates, mistaken names, an d oo fr oth, that demand explanati▪ on. It signifies little tether the explanation come to us from S urrey or From Calcutta, from the princip▪ al of the College w Ewell, or from his former pupil, the Judge of the Sud• dur Court, at Alipore. Dr. KNIGHTON hating adven tured boldly upon the course of giving his startling paccinet of intelligence the advantage or disad. vantage (such as it may prove to have been in the end) of actual publication—it behoves him now to employ every means within his reach of proving or disproving its claims to authen ticity. It is no merely idle curiosity which prompts this general eagerness for the discovery of it s worth. There are thousands cf the relatives of the victims of that deplorable massacre at Cawn pore Still brooding in anguish over their fate, far and wide through these fair and p eaceful islands, to whose grief the evidence of the truth or falsehood of the statement recently transmitted from Cal- Cutta, would briDg either fresh anguish o r my , , .z. 4,„ 4. • Nf-• . 5 .„...,,.,44,. 4 , „. ‘.33[.. -- . - -...1...P. A .,,,,, • ? .. ( 7... . ~.,_ #4,- -",.4.4."---fig-PiAplo 5...• , ' • - THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDA/ EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1858 moderate alleviation. The matter does really, we do believe, demand a close, searching, and immediate investigation. The complete and triumphant success of the Transatlantic Telegraph naturally leads to the con sideration of the extraordinary changes that must inevitably follow the almost miraculous event. It is certain that the advantages afforded by instantaneous communication will be gradually extended, until every important colony and dependency can commu municate with Downing-street, and receive au answer within a few hours—that time being required, not for the transmission, but for the framing and reading of the messages. The time required for a special messenger to deliver the missive at so short a distance from the head-office that it would not be worth while taking a cab, would be a hundred, aye, a thousand-fold that consumed in the passage from Newfoundland to Valen tia—nay, more, or passing round the world, whenever the magnetic wires are carried to the extent at which we have no doubt they will eventually arrive. " Puck's" boast that he would place " a belt round the globe in forty minutes," is left immeasurably behind. It will not take even forty seconds, or the hundredth part of forty seconds, to pass over the entire circumference. This will easily be understood by the following simple facts :—Light is calculated to travel at the rate of (in round terms) 200,000 miles per second. The electric spark is supposed, and with much ap pearance of truth, to be transmitted at the same rate. The circumference of the earth is 25,000 miles, ergo, the earth may be traversed in the one-eighth part of a second ; so that the difference of time between London and Greenwich, and London and Hong Kong, will not be an appreciable quantity. We may easily imagine the extraordinary effect of being enabled to understand the progress of events in China at the very time of their occurrence; to receive despatches from our Plenipotentiary, and answer them within the time fairly allowable for considera tion ; to know how Lord CLYDE, of Clydesdale, is disposing of the Hindu rebels, and what may be the extent of the reinforcement absolutely required, so that there might neither be an excess nor a deficiency, but that the happy medium might be selected. The political importance of such speedy cemmu - nications is sufficiently obvious. It would be well worth while is incur an outlay of many millions to effect so great an object ; but for the preseat let us rather regard it in its social aspect. It will strike at the very root of the higher class of crime. No absconding bankrupt can hope to arrive at a city of refuge or haven of safety. He must take weeks or days to arrive at his destination, when the account of his crime, and the description of his per son, will have reached it long before, and a police officer will be the first to welcome his coming, and (in consideration of the reward) look brighter when he comes. It is difficult to say what may be the full effect on commercial morality ; but whenever the telegraph is established it will tend to the diminution of crime by multiplying the chances of detection. It will also arrest the progress of gambling specu lations, in which so many innocent persons are vic timised. Men will not be inclined to enter into dealings with parties who possessed information of which they knew nothing--who were virtually play ing with marked cards or loaded dice. The cry of a shoot crop will no longer be possible. The "ursine " fraternity will be deprived of their most formidable weapons, and the feverish fluctuations in prices, which have occasioned so much mischief to all classes, but more especially to the consumers, will be effec tually prevented, when the state of the rent markets of the world can be ascertained at ,a brief notice, and a synoptical chart of prices presented to every person interested, at a moderate price. Trade will then once more become what it was in the olden time—the noblest pursuit that could be followed. The merchant princes will be more flourishing than ever ; and commerce will prosper, and the welfare and happiness of the people of every nation in the world, be greatly promoted. We have just seen the inauguration of a mighty system, of which no man can predict the results. It certain that it will greatly increase human power. Let us fervently hope that it may multiply the hap piness of mankind in a similar ratio. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. BREST, THURSDAY, 11.30 A.M. with enthusiastic shouts. cortege. The weather is superb. THE CONFERENCE OF PARIS. PARIS, AUG. 11. To-morrow there will again be a sitting of the Conference. It is thought that another will take place on Saturday, and that the signatures will be finally affixed to the proceedings on Monday. DEPARTURE OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS FOR BREST. ON BOARD THE ARCOLE, MONDAY MORNING. Yesterday, at 5 o'clock, the Bretagne, bearing at her masthead the broad pennant of his Majesty, sailed majestically out of Cherbourg harbour. The cannon of the different forts saluting the squa dron, and the cheers of the many personi assembled on the yachts and small steamers in the harbour to see the squadron leave, might still be heard when they were almost out of sight. The weather was splendid, and the vessels, taking up the following order of march, steamed onward for Brest:—ln ad vance the Bretagne; on the right of her, and some distance in the rear, the Eylau and the Arcole ; on the left, the Don avrert and the Napoleon. The small steamers were allowed to proceed as they could, and finding that they could not keep in the line, they took a short way through some passes near the shore, and now, as I write, they are coming up to join the line. We are near our destination, Brest, and I shall con tinue the description of the trip as soon as we have been landed. The ceremony will no doubt be a magnificent one. I find that we have just been joined by the two steamers Austerlitz and Isly, which will give our procession a formidable appearance. Nothing could exceed the brilliancy of the spectacle offered by the fleet last night; the vessels we:e bril liantly illuminated, and owing to the fine weather were enabled to keep together. Music was heard on several of the vessels, and the sailors seemed determined to let it be known that their Emperor was beloved by them ! their re iterated cries of " Vive l'Empereur !" " Vive l'lmperatrice" testified to this beyond a doubt. The officers were obliged to keep ordering silence. One thing I noticed especially—the Emperor, accompa panied by the Empress, had visited this ship (the Arcole) the day before leaving port, and the crew had been inspected by their Majesties. The Empress had addressed a few kind words to some of he old sailors, and to one of the young officers who had lost an arm in the Crimea ; her sweet manner had won the hearts of these people, and the most frantic shouts of " Vive l'lmperatrice !" were uttered by the crew at each moment. Hearing this shout just as I write the above, I went on deck to ascertain the cause, and found there that this signal was given to the fleet :—" The Empress de sires that all sentences and punishment be remitted in the fleet." And, in consequence, the loudest shouts for her longevity continue. Another signal has gone up to the masthead of the Bretagne. It is to an nounce the increase of pay of the seamen—those hay.. ing served a certain length of time. We are now drawing near to Brest, and I shall discontinue, as the cannonading is almost deafening. The sight presented on entering the harbour was a glorious one; all the shipping-was decked with in numerable flags, and the white smoke of the cannon filled the air, while the loud reverberations shook the town to its centre. The appearance of Brest is quite picturesque, and, seen at this moment, beautiful. As the Emperor embarked on board of the splendid gondola that was to take him on shore, the Imperial flag was doffed, and each ship of the escort thundered a return to the salutations of the surrounding forts. An immense crowd was collected to see the Impe rial party land, and as the Emperor stepped on shore the wildest cries greeted him. " Vive l'Empereur," " Vive l'lmperatrice," was yelled in every tone of voice; young and old joined in the cry ; and his Majesty has just cause to be proud of the reception given him by the inhabitants of Brest. To-morrow the Emperor is to visit the town, and the most stu pendous preparations are being made to receive him. At the moment I write the bishops and clergy are at the Prefecture, having an audience. The people of Brittany are evidently determined to prove their re spect for their Sovereign ; and the warmth of the present reception, compared with his former one, marks the great inerease of the popularity of Louis Napoleon. To add to the attractions of the great file, the weather is beautiful ; in fact, ever since the departure from Paris, the Imperial party has had the same fine weather, the same clear sky, and the same enthusiasm has met it on all sides. The streets leading to the Prefecture are jammed with the popu lace, and the most prejudiced person cannot but see that the feeling evinced is genuine. The old town o Brest affords much to gratify the sight-seer, and to. morrow I shall try to procure some informatilii b a ou it that may be of interest to your readers. To-mor• . . row night a grand ball is to be given, and their Majesties will be present. No doubt the ceremonies of to-morrow will be highly interesting. INDIA AND CHINA. The following items of news were supplied by Government : "Service Message received from G. F. Edmendstone, Esq., dated of June. "The Maharajah of Allahabad lio Gwar , lef l6 t th Agra on the 13th of June for the purpose of joining the Cent:al India field force now on its way to Gwalior. All well at Jeypore on the 13th. Bhurtpore on the 14th inst. Sir Hugh Rose's force reached Soopoolla on the 14th of June. The rebel force seemed dis inclined for a contest, and there were many desertions. The Sepree Brigade was at Soorjepore on the 10th, and was to be at Mahara on the lltb. several of the rebels are said to have fled from Gwalior in the direction of the Kotah boundary." "Service Message from O. Plowden, Esq., dated Nagpore, 11th June. "Yakut Rao, the rebel zemindar of Arphelee, in the Chancier District, has been captured by a p arty i n the pay of Luchmeebaee Zenjindar in of Aheeree. No particulars received, except that many persons were killed and wounded on both sides." " Service Message from Si Jun R. Hamilton, dated Gw a li or, 21st e : "Scindiah yesterday entered the city and occupied the Palace, his reception by the people was very gratifying; the fort is occupied by British troops all is quite right. The Bazee Baie and ladies of his family joined the Maharajah yesterday." "Service Message from G. F. Edmondstone, Esq., dated Allahabad, 21st June, 8.5. p.m. " Intelligence has been received from Dholepore of the the Nawab of Banda, as usual, quitted Gwalior bcfor e t h e capture of Ameerchun4 Bade ; Tantia Topee and final contest, and are said to be on their way to Sobulghur and Jeypore. They have four heavy guns and ttiree Horse Artillery guns. Brigadier-General Napier is in pursuit." " Service Message from G. F. Edmonsistone, Esq., dated Allahabad, 24th June, Thursday, 11 p.m. dated 22d June : "The followi ng h as b een rece i ve d f rom Si r H ug h R ose, " 'On the Gwalior,lay of the general action with the Gwalior rebels on the 19W inst , the force under my command took, exclusivc of the guns in the fort, 10 guns iu the field from the enemy, one of them a brass 24-pounder, a brass 18- pounder, a b rass 8-i nc h mortar, several English 9-pounders and guns of other calibre, great quantities of arninuniti..n, waggons, and warlike stores of every description, and 70 elephants. When the troops went to occupy the Fort of Gwalior, after the capture of the city by storm, Scindiah's authorities having reported to me that it was vacated, they found the gate shut, and a detachment of fanatics opened fire on them. Sun having- set, I caused the fort to be surrounded, and the next morning a detachment of the gallant 23 t h Bombay Infantry stormed and took it. Their brave leader, Lieutenant Rose, was killed. I sent a column of Horse Artillery and cavalry, tin der Brigadier-Gen era l N ap i er, C. 8., in pursuit of the rebels, who fled in great disorder after the defeat of the 19th inst. I also directed another column from Dholepore to cross the Chumbal and pursue the fugitives. Brigadier- General Napier overtook them on the 21st inst. near Jana Allalipoor,defeated them,captured2sguns, and cut up a con } intelligence d ay af termitnh ort he titi tare pursuit, a f e p o l a n y t a d u t e h a e g t r t ea test übban, con siderable number. Brigadier-General Napier, ' who bad dis i e gu y r. aud T Gwalior I conducted Sir R. Hamilton and aj An d wag with A oquAdroil of tar klpjeste. klunAr4 And wag Their Majesties have just started for Quimper. An immense crowd followed the Imperial cortege All the officers of the fleet and of the garrison assembled to salute their Majesties' departure. A thousand Bretons on ;horseback and in their national costume are accompanying the Imperial squadron of her Majesty's 14th Light Dragoons, to the Palace of Gwalior. The streets were lined by immense crowds, who received the Maharajah with every appearance of attach ment.'" "Service Message from G. F. Edmondstone, Esq., dated Allahabad, 26th June, 6.30 p.m. " We have the following information from Agra, dated 26th June. The party of fugitive rebels from Gwalior, who crossed the Chumbul, have been largely joined by the other fugitives at Sreemuttia, 30 miles west of Dholepore, and, from an information just received, had moved to Maklee pore. It is supposed they are making for Jeypore, but their movements on the next stage will indicate whether they are bouad for Bhurtpore or Jeypore. They have no guns, but have 17 elephants, and are about 7,000 h orse and foot. Captain Orr moved on the 25th towards Goonah. Order re-established in Gwalior." " Service message from G. F. Edmendstone, Esq., dated Allahabad, 27th June, 10.15 p.m. " The following telegram of to-day's date has just been received from Agra : " ' The whole of the rebels from Gwalior reached Hin down during the 24th inst., and by morning of the 26th, their number, with camp followers. w as est i mated at 15,000. It appears that they have a few zumboorues on elephants. They appear to be divided in opinion as to going to Bhurt pore or Jeypore. Captain Eden writes that the first intelligence of the movements of the rebels caused great alarm, but this had since subsided. Captain Nixon keeps a stout heart at Bhurtpore. Brigadier Showers marched for Futtehpore Sickree last night with a small force, which will be increased as detachments sent to Dholepore, now returning to Agra, can come to Futtebpore Sickree.' " COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CALCUTTA, Saturday, 3d July. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Nubia, with the London mail of the 25th M a y, arr i ved here on the 24th ultimo. The electric telegraph, on th e 28 t h ultimo, reported arrival of the Engl ish mail in Bo m b ay on the 23d. On the 29th and 30th we received the tele grap h b u l letins, giving us the heads of political accounts, a s a l so quotations of East India produce in Lond on . The commercial accounts by both the above opportunities have not been such as to lead to any activity in our export market here. the entrance of the Grand Canal. The walls are neither • very high nor strong, and the suburbs form a very large part of the city. The Grand Canal here has little appear ance of an artificial channel, and tides rise and fall as they do in the river. Owing to the diversion of a great part of its supply of water, by the reason of the falling of the Yellow River, few boats now come to Tientsin, and this famous work seems to be of little utility to the capital. Perhaps the difficulties of its water level could be removed by modern engineering skill properly applied, but the immediate effect may be to incline the Chinese Government to admit foreign ers to the port, and allow them to bring the supplies of grain to the capital. The river allows vessels of 10 feet draught to come up almost at any tide, after they have crossed the bar. " Few shops have yet resumed their business, which was suspended on the arrival of the steamers ten days ago ; and the people have begun to remove into the country with their families to a great extent, taking with them their valuables and treasure. The authorities have been para lysed since the forts were taken, and took no means of de fending the city, if indeed they were not utterly helpless; most of their quota of troops were at Taku, where others were collecting before the forts were taken. " Tan, the .governor-general of the province of Chileli, has been nominally degraded, but retained in power ; he is superseded in his post as commissioner to negotiate with the foreign Ministers by Kwei-liang and Hwa-sha-na, two men of high position. The former is younger brother of Iliang, just retired from the arduous post of governor general at Suchau, and is the third member of the Cabi net at Pekin, besides bolding other posts. He filled the station of provincial Treasurer at Canton about 1836, and has long been conversant with the policy of his country. His coadjutor is a Mongolian, and now President of the Board of Civil Office, and has been known more at the capital than in the provinces. Both these Commissioners are over 70 years of age, and announce that they have been invested with full powers to treat; consequently the English and French plenipotentiaries will now have a valid reason for meeting them. " The people of Tientsin are likely to suffer much from the presence of the foreign Ministers, and the force they have brought to the city, and still more from the ex actions of their own officers and their suites. Supplies are furnished by the municipal authorities, and it is to be feared that the real owners are not paid fair prices, and feel themselves helpless in obtaining them. Petty acts of rudeness committed on the people by the foreigners are also exaggerated, and these things have already had their usual effect in arousing a sullen resent ment, which may ere long find means to make itself felt. The feeling of terror and amazement now existing can easily be turned into one of hatred by a series of petty out rages, and the Chinese officials know well how to stimulate it if they can make good use of it. "Good beef and mutton, pears, apples, apricots, radishes, grapes, yams, and plenty of ice, have been furnished. No good fish are seen in the markets, which are probably at this moment less amply furnished than usual. Wheat and barley are the chief crops, and these are sowed in drills, not broadcast. The population is dense, but the beggary and squalor are more than proportionate. The people are not so large-limbed or vivacious as the Cantonese, nor so well dressed or housed, and in winter must suffer greatly. "A few days will decide, probably, whether the demands made upon this Government are likely to be complied with, or whether a protracted war on a quiet helpless people like those around this city is to be dragged on. A meeting is appointed to take place ou Monday, the 7th, with the two new Commissioners," Fr. ct. 41 per Cents 96 90 Do. end of month Three per Cent. Do. end of month 69 15 Bank Shares 3,100 Credit Mobilier 691 25 Do. account - RAII THE BALTIC. Fr. Ot GO2 50 550 - 627 50 680 - 425 - 643 75 HAMBURG, AUG . 9. The expectations which had been formed as to the good effects which the recent attack of gout might produce on the general health of the King of Prussia are not likely to be realised. On the occasion of a recent visit of the chief Court physician, Dr. Schonlein, it was found that no amelioration had taken place in the nature of the disease, and that there was such a complete failure of memory that there appeared to be no prospect of his Majesty ever being in a condition to reassume the exercise of the royal authority. The settlement of the Re gency question will therefore become more neces sary than ever; and if the rumours which have been circulated of the intention which Queen Vic toria had to interfere in that matter have had any foundation, her Majesty will find that any difficul ties that may have been anticipated have been greatly diminished by the progress which the ail ments of the King continue to exhibit. On a mat ter of such moment, however, the physicians who have already been consulted have thought it well to have their own opinions either confirmed or con troverted, and for this purpose they have called in to advise with them eminent men of the medical faculty from Dusseldorf and other cities, who have all taken the same view of the complaints of the royal patient, so that all idea of anything like a permanent recovery may now be considered as utterly hopeless. Under these circumstances it is fortunate that the desire of the King to leave Tegernsee and take up his residence at Potsdam, while the Queen was in the neighbourhood at Babelsberg, has not been gratified ; for the presence of so great an invalid at such a time would have cast a shade over the anticipated enjoyments at the remeeting of mother and daughter, for which nothing in the demonstra tion of respect, which was the purpose of his Ma jesty, could in any degree have compensated. All accounts from Babelsberg concur in representing the great happiness which the Princess Frederick Wil liam looks forward to in the visit of the Queen. It appears to occupy all her thoughts, and as the great object of her royal highness is to make both the Queen and the Prince Consort feel themselves at home, all is arranged and rearranged, within and without the palace, in such a manner as to induce both to imagine that they are in some well-known and much cherished spot in England. It is truly gratifying and pleasant to see nature thus main taining its sway in high places, where it might have been supposed so many distractions might have occurred to counteract its influence ; and, great as must have been the Queen's pride in receiving at Cherbourg the homage due to her as the Sovereign of a mighty empire, there cannot be a doubt that her Majesty will, as a mother, derive a more heart felt joy in the affectionate though silent embrace of her much-laved daughter than all the pageantry of Imperial France, with the thunder of her artillery, could ever have bestowed. It is possible that before this letter reaches there will have already appeared in the Morning Post a programme of the royal voyage and journey, so that anything that could be said from hence on that sub ject might only be a less authoritative repetition of what has already been better told. It is therefore only necessary to say a few words as to the arrange ments at this end of the route. At Hanover it is no longer intended that the royal travellers should remain during the night, and their stay there, there fore, will not extend beyond a few hours, during which the King and Queen of Hanover, who return from Norderney to-morrow for the purpose, will entertain them at a dijelincr dinataire, or luncheon ; and, as soon as their royal guests have taken their departure, the King and Queen will at once return to Norderney, where the sea breezes are said to have proved very beneficial to his Majesty, whose blind ness is a great affliction. It is not to be expected that Queen Victoria will at the short interview at Hanover enter at all upon the procedure of that State in the matter of the Duchies ; but Lord Malmesbury may find a good opportunity of speaking the senti ments of the British Government to the Hanoverian Ministers; for it is well known that all the difficul ties in the way of a pacific settlement of that question may be attributed to the line of conduct which Hanover so obstinately pursues in that affair. In former letters some reasons have been assigned for the policy thus pursued by Hanover, in addition to which there are many who allege that the present King and his advisers, having deprived the Hano verian people of almost all the constitutional privi leges which had previously been conferred on them, now seek by an excessive zeal for the political rights of ethers elsewhere, to divert attention from their own doings at home ; and though this may momentarily serve such a deceptive purpose, it will not the less surely eventually bring with it its own righteous retribution at a time when it may be neither ex petted nor convenient. The conference held here on the subject of mari time law has now been adjourned until the 4th of October. Their labours are reported to have been so severe as to have injured the health of two ol heir most active and intelligent members, and though no great result appears y e t t o h av e b een attained; there is reason to believe that a system of proceed ing has now been arranged, which, if followed otr udiciously, may be most useful in the furthe r p ro . _ _ _ secution of the important work which has been con fided to them. EXPECTED RESIGNATION OF BISHOP TROWEE.- Bishop Trower, of Glasgow, seeing no prospect of his being able within any definite period to resume his residence in the diocese, has deemed it his duty to seek the advice of his episcopal rethren with reference to its future superintend ence and administration. He states that there are three courses open to him :-1. His entire resignation of the see. :2. His resignation of the diocese of Glasgow only, retaining that of Galloway, as a separate see. 3. The appointment of a coadjutor-bishop. The Bishop considers that there are many important reasons against the first course at the present time; but will not object to it, if total resignation should seem best to the Episcopal College. With regard to the second, he has reason to doubt whether such a proposal would commend itself to the judgment of his brethren. His Lordship has therefore applied for the appointment of a coadjutor-bishop.— Union. THE LATE MARQUIS OF QUEENSBERRY.—The late lamented marquis, says the Glasgow Herald, was a keen sportsman, and kept a pack of hounds, with w hi c h h e hunted the county. In his capacity of master of the hounds he was courteous and obliging to all, and not many mouths since the popular feeling embodied itself in a splendid banquet which was given to his lordship in the county town of Dumfries, and which was attended by lovers of the noble sport from all parts of the country. His lordship also took much interest in the turf, and at times betted largely, much to the regret of his friends, although it is believed that fortune generally favoured him. His last adventure in this way was an un successful one, however, for it is stated in an official sport ing journal that he took what is termed a "fancy bet" o £B,OOO to £3OO against Mr. Merry's Saunterer, for the Goodwood Cup, which, of course, he lost. The winner is understood to be a West Highland distiller, well-known in Glasgow sporting circles. LORD BROUGHAM. —The Carlisle Journal thus describes the workmanlike style in which Lord Brougham went through his duties in cutting the first sod of the Eden Valley Railway a few days ago :—" Lord Brougham re ceived from the brawny navvy who stood beside him a neat spade, with which be cut the first sod, and threw it into a handsome mahogany barrow which 11941 been pr , videtl fur the eccaiun. His lordshlp then, with a vigour as remark able as it was characteristic, wheeled the barrow along some planks that had been laid for a distance of some ten or a"dozen yards, emptied its contents, and then, in a truly navvy-like manner, turned his back, and pulled the barrow to the point whence he started. During the operation, the most deafening cheers resounded from every part of the field. His lordship appeared Wby pagch Aratavi 1411 orn porfumAncv.l 685 fr. to 710 fr. ; Austrian, 642 fr. 50c. to 650 fr. ; Orleans, 1,300 fr. to 1,315 fr. ; Lyons, 7971 r. 50c. to 805 fr.; Northern, 947 fr. 50c. to 955 fr.; Southern, 550 fr. to 557 fr. 50c.; Eastern, 692 fr. 50c. to 695 fr.; Western, 625 fr. to 635 fr.; and Geneva, 605 fr. to 610 fr. The following are the last quotations : _ _ __. Credit Fonder — Belgian 41 _ _ Piedmontese 5 B9 l— Roman Austrian _9012 Spanish Threes Home Debt — WAYS. Cash—Fr. Ct. Account—Fr. Ct. Orleans - .. 1,302 50 Northern New ditto - .. 942 50 800 .. 797 50 Lyons and Medit erranean BOO -- .. 795 -- New ditto — Geneva Midi Western 630 Eastern Grand Central Sardinian.......... Austrian. . • THE QUEEN IN GERMANY. FROM THE COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen anchored in the Scheldt at 8.30 the evening of the 10th, and at Antwerp at 6.30 upon the morning of the 11th, after a very fine passage. The following telegram from Lord Bloomfield was received at the Foreign-office : "August 11, 5.30 p.m. " Her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and suite have just arrived at the Breidenbach Hotel, Dta;seldorf. All well:" The Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort arrived at Antwerp in safety yesterday, and were met there by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Prussia, the Prince having come from Ostend expressly to meet her Majesty, in order to' accompany the Queen and Prince Consort to Pots dam. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort left Antwerp for Dusseldorf, where the Queen and Prince were to sleep last night. This morning the Queen will pur sue her journey to Potsdam, where the Queen and Prince are to arrive this evening, and will there meet their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia. CHINA. (From the North ( hina Mail, Shanghai, June 12.) Her Majesty's screw steam storeship Hesper, W. U. Fawckner, Master, commanding, arrived here yesterday, from the Gulf of Pecheli, on the sth inst. Having been despatched for Hong Kong direct she brings no letters; her engineer being sick she came in to obtain the services of another, and left again in a few hours. The news by h er i s important, but we have t o wait a day or two longer for details by the Cruiser. The essence of it is that the Allied Ambassadors were living on shore, at Tien-tsin, is a residence pro vided by the mandarins ; that negotiations were sup posed to be progressing satisfactorily, and that the junks remain in the river uninterrupted by the Allies, none having been destroyed except a few that formed a barricade across the river below Tien tsin, which were burned in order to remove the obstruction. After the destruction of the forts at Taku the gunboats moved up and down the river as quietly as if nothing had occurred. On or about the 27th ultimo the allied Admirals, who bad gone up to Tien-tsin, notified to the Ambassadors of their re spective countries that they could advance to that city. Lord Elgin and le Baron Gros, with their suite, then proceeded up the river without meeting any opposition, and with a flag of truce landed at Tien-tsin, and took up an abode prepared for them. The American and Russian Ministers accompanied them in the Russian steamer America, the flags of the two nations flying at the mast-heads. We have yet to learn by what argument other than bon gre mal gre, this change in the action of the Chinese has been effected, and who the functionary is that is now acknowledged to possess the required plenary powers to treat with the Ambassadors. We understand a meeting to arrange preliminaries was to take place on the sth, the day the Hesper left. Junks were allowed to leave the river without hindrance. None appear to have entered since the 20th, the day on which the forts were taken. Pro visions were abundantly supplied. The Chinese tracked the boats of the expedition up the river where it was shallow. The Hesper has on board 79 guns weighing 141 tons, all of brass except one iron English 32-pounder. Twenty of them are of immense size, weighing about 6 tons each, 11 to 12 feet long, and of 10-inch bore, beautifully cast, perfectly smooth, with ornamental work at the breech like chasing; the remainder are field-pieces of 4 cwt. to 6 cwt. each. Her Majesty's ship Fury left the gulf on the sth for Hongkong direct, conveying despatches for the mail. The Cruiser was to leave for Shanghai on the 9th, and may be expected to-morrow. She will return with the inward mail now looked for. The subjoined letter from the China Mail, gives an account of the state of matters at Tien-tsin when the Fury left : " TIEN TSIN, JUNE 4. " The proceedings of the Allied Ministers since the cap ture of the forts at the mouth of the Pei-ho on the 20th ult., have been limited to an examination of the river from Taku up to Tientsin and the progress o f L or d El gin and Baron Gros on the night of the 29th, and of Mr. Reed and Count Putiatine on the morning of the 30th, up to the7same Some of the F renc h and English gunboats had then been off the " city four or five days. The details of the capture of the forts at Taku haye al rpady been published. These fortifications were admirably situate to com man d t h e passage, their guns and ammunition were a bundant and eff ec ti ve, all that was wanted, as usual in China, were skill and courage. The lops of life among the defenders was probably under 300 k:lled outright, whose bodies were found in the forts ; the wounded were carried ofE The sfficers stood with their men in many cases, one or two were found dead, killed by their own hand, and the people report that Tab, the Manchu, Commander-in- Chief, was drawn out of the wa t er where hehad attempted suicide. ." The river Pei-ho, between laku and Tientsin, runs through a flat Country, so level that one can see only a short distance beyond the banks; the soil is alluvial, no stones or rocks of any sort occur along the shores, and the houses furnish proof of the small supply of timber. They are made of mud or sun-dried brick, and are generally of one story; the mud is strengthened by wattles of reed or millet stalks, and then plastered on the outside. They are wretched and dirty hovels, but the absence of stone and timber, rather than the abject poverty of the people, accounts for their miserable appearance, as they must employ what comes to band. " The trip from Taku to Tientsin will remind the traveller who bas been to Thebes of the towns and scenery of the Nile, and the similarity is increased by the numerous creeks and well-sweeps here, with t , hich the people irrigate their fields. The distance is about 60 miles, and great numbers of grain junks line the sides of the river, showing the im p vtance of that trade to the support of the capital.' Over 300 of them passed out of the mouth of the river within the week succeeding the capture of the forts. "Tientsin contains upwards of 300,000 people, most of them living o 4 the oon th eria bwili 0 the Pelitoged ost of (From the Overland Friend of China of 22d June.) The Pekin arrived with the English mails on the 19th, again within 40 days from the General Post office. Our dates from the Peiho extend to the 9th inst. No opposition was met by our gunboats on the route to Tientsien from those forts at the mouth of the Peiho whose capture was reported in our last summary. On the 29th ult., both the Earl of Elgin and Baron Gros, with their suites, took up their quarters in the vicinity of the city. Soon after wards intimation was received of the appointment of To-ming-ah, a General of the Manchou banner, as Special High Commissioner. On Saturday, the 6th, the Earl of Elgin had his first interview with his Excellency—the Baron Gros meeting him in similar state the day following. It is presumed that the business of these meetings was entirely formal, and failing prompt compliance with our demands, the Ambassadors are prepared to declare war. Without such declaration of war we see no feasible means of bringing matters to a proper footing. In the south of China the news of actual hostili ties at the north appeared to be the long-desired signal to societies banded for annoyance of the barbarians to proceed to actual operations. On our inner pages will be found the details of the capture and decapitation of several Europeans, the murder of sepoys and police on duty, and attempts at in cendiarism. No person feels safe ; and one of two things must shortly be performed • either we must entrench the f o r e i gn quarter at flonan in such a manner that foreigners may sleep o' nights, or vacate the place altogether. What the Allies could mean by declaring Canton open to trade, and yet neglect to make provision for the safety of traders, it is impossible to divine. It is generally under stood, however, that the fault rests with General Van Straubenzee and Mr. Parkes, rather than with the Ambassadors and naval commanders ; neither the General nor the Commissioner h aving sufficient mind to realize what is actually and tacitly required of them. So much for making a mere soldier —though a gallant soldier—the directing head of a province; a mere interpreter—a conceited and self-willed youth —a commissioner. Some heavy floods in the interior of Chekiang have had the effect of checking the advance of the rebels, whose proximity to Ningpo was mentioned in our last, A letter says : " A panic in the native money-market, such as has not been known for a considerable time, has caused a suspension of :reale at Sbanghae. Large contracts were made for foreign goods on the spots and to arrive, in order that they might be included in the list of stocks to he handed into the Taoutai, thereby avoiding the additional duty to be levied on foreign goods purchased subsequent to a certain fixed date; but another mode of raising the required funds having been adopted by the Taoutai in consequence of the remonstrances of foreigners, the speculators are embarrassed with large stocks, which, owing to the hostilities in the north and the disturbances of the interior, they are unable to dispose of, and have been obliged to apply to the bankers for assistance to enable them to fulfil their contracts with f;ireigners. The bankers having already a large portion of their funds locked up in advances on goods shipped to the north and to the in terior, and in considerable investments in Shanghai dollars, held far an advance in value when the new silk season open in the country, withheld further accommodation. Doubts began to be entertained about their ability to stand the loss which would fall upon them should the junks io the Pei-ho be destroyed--a tun was made upon the banks, and had it not been shown that they held sufficient security in goods to pay off their liabilities they would nearly all have suspended payment. Time was given then] to get funds from Ningpo, Soo-chow, &c., and now confidence is restored." At Macao a fearful epidemic, resembling cholera morbus, has been imported from Singapore, and fears are entertained of its reaching Hong Kong. HON. MEMBERS AT CHERBOURG. The following letter has been addressed by Capt. Gosset, Deputy Sergeant -at-Arms, to the Secretary of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company : " House of Commons, 10th August, 1858. "Sir,—lt affords me great pleasure to express to you, at the request of the large party of members of the House of Com mons who sailed last week in the Pera to Cherbourg, the sense they entertain of the liberality of the directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Cempany, In placing at their disposal on such a memorable occasion that magnificent steam-ship, which attracted admiration from all who saw her in the French waters. There was but one feeling of satisfaction throughout the party at the complete comfort of the ship's arrangements and accommodation, and the courteous and cordial attentions of Capt. Jamieson and every other officer of the Pere. "I beg, therefore, that you will convey this, I fear im perfect, expression of the feelings of that distinguished party to the directors and proprietary of the vessel with which so many pleasant and enduring recollections are henceforth associated in the minds of those on whose behalf I have the honour to subscribe myself, sir, your very faithful servant, " R. A. GOSSET, Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms. " The Secretary of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company." Foreign-office passports are now issued at the out ports of Folkestone, Dover, &c., which will save muc h t i me and expense to the travellers.Passports can be got ready on the arrival of passengers by remitting by post to the agent the fee of 25., together with the required certificate. French and Belgian vice-consuls reside at the above ports for visa ing passports, &c. His Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer left town yesterday evening for New Lodge, Windsor Forest. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have left Alnwick Castle on a tour of the lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, acompanied in b a by Lordtew d Charles for D and ru ro the a nrig Ladies c Scott,astl Castle, N. areß ~forexpectedh te tu a autumn. o leave m n. The Marquis Camden and the Ladies Pratt left Bayham Abbey, Sussex, on Monday last, for Mereworth Castle, on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Falmouth. The Marquis and Marchioness D'Hautefeuille, Count Betbleon, and the Count de Wadkersky have left the Brunswick Hotel, for the Continent. The Earl and Countess of Wilton leave town to-day, fur Heaton Park, near Manchester. The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers have arrived at Wiesbaden. Viscount and Viscountess Barrington arrived in town yesterday from Beck et t H ouse, Berks. They :will ave on Saturday, on a visit to Frances Countess Walde grave, and Mr. Harcourt, M.P. at Nuneham Park, Oxon. FUNER AL Or M. ALEXIS M.P., mortal re mains of M. Alexis Benoit Soyer, the renowed chef de euiBine, were committed to the grave yesterday morning, at 11hhalf -past eleven o'clock, in the ce metery o f Kensal-green. de e had s g o e le n u ti ra em to an b e iiddeicdeaa(u erected caused to some the m 3 e , m e a o r r s y s i o n f e 3 e , a a d v a e m r y e 0, Soyer, better msel known in art circles as "Emma Jones," and it was here that the coffin was placed. The funeral cortege consisted of a hearse drawn by four horses with two mourning coaches following. In the first was M. Alexis Soyer, nephew of the deceased ; Mr. Newton Jones, brother of the late Madame Soyer; Mr. Pier ce, Mr. 'errand, and M. Lecomte. In th e second was Mr. Brittain, surgeon, M. Volante, Mr. Depres, Mr. Henry Davies, solicitor, and other gentlemen. The coffin, which was of le a d i nclosed in a shell covered with fine black cloth, was taken to the mor tuary chapel in the grounds, where the funeral service was read by the Rev. Mr. Stuart. The procession was then re formed, and the coffin was borne to the place of sepulture. The earth was excavated in a sloping direction to s depth of eight or ten feet, and an eotrance was by that means effected to the interior of the tomb without displacing any of the masonry. The coffin-plate bore the inscription, " Monsieur Alexis BeonowlitngSot3o•er,thdeie extreme t I. nth e in e August,weight l OB 5 f 8 t , h e agede coffi n , fi b' O a years." some little difficulty Was experienced in lowering ' it; hut the impediment was soon overcome and it was finally deposited close to that containing ' the ashes of engaged in several Madame Soyer. M. Soyer ,although commercial pursuits more or less connected with the art which he practised so successfully, did es not, it appers, posssed of any considerable fortune. Many of his a ra tionsinv are patented, and may hereafter be beneficially worked for his family, but others had passed out of his hands. His model kitchen, however, which he was about to introduce for general use, Is, we believe, the property cf his executors. M. Soyer possessed some valuable his painte beings,qaunedatbhyedhisllwxiloli made a short time beforedeath, b them to the trustees of the considerable National number The funeral ceremonial ceremonial was witnessed by a per sons, among whom stated in the cemetery that were several ladies and countrymen o f the deceased gentleman. It was Crimea, and thAt he never recovered t e h effects of the M. Soy er ' s h ea lth b egan t o f a il on his returnfrom the FRANCE. PARIS, Aua. 11. I have reason to believe that conciliatory de spatches are now passing between the Governments of England and Spain. M. Isturitz is greatly improv in health. The labours of the Plenipotentiaries at the Paris Conferences are rapidly drawing to a close, and all concerned are most anxious to arrive at the close of their work. I believe the last meeting will take place on Saturday. We are now in possession of the opinions of French journals of all shades of politics with regard to the visit of Queen Victoria to the Emperor and Empress of the French at Cherbourg. The Parisian and pro vincial press almost without exception hail the event with profound satisfaction. They take an elevated and broad view of the relations which ought ever to exist between England and France, in order that political and commercial progress may bless all civilised nations. There is an evident desire to bury false rivalry for ever, and the completion of the works of Cherbourg are looked upon as a guarantee for peace, The German journals take similar views. The Austrian Gazette considers the development of the maritime forces of France as a pledge of security for other nations, "for," it says, " the general welfare of Europe does not suffer from France dividing part of her immense resources in maintaining her army, and another in developing her navy. Nor is there any harm in England understanding that she has her weak side, and that she has equal rights with other States, but no privilege over them." The Official" Milan Gazette of the 7th also remarks in the follow- no. / - 3 terms : " Napo!eon 111. has all the intelligence of his uncle with out being under the influence of any of the necessities which beset the latter. In order to suspect him of wishing for war, both the man and the period must be misunderstood. After serious reflection, we find that war never was more im probable or more distant than at present. In short, military activity at present tends more towards defence than attack, and is rather prompted by foresight than by present consi derations. The aggrandisement ofcertain towns and their fortifications tends to transform them into entrenched camps capable of containing whole armies. This is an improve ment in the art of defensive war, and a new obstacle to rapid inva , lons and campaigns for the purpose of conquest." A letter from Brest, dated Tuesday evening, gives the following account of the proceedings of their Majesties in that port : "The Emperor devoted this morning to the examination of some of the questions of general interest which had in duced him to visit the coasts of Brittany. At one o'clock their Majesties went to the barracks of the marines and marine artillery. The troops were drawn up in front of the building, and were reviewed by the Emperor, who distri buted several decorations. They afterwards filed off before his Majesty, who expressed to the commanding officers his satisfaction at the soldier-like appearance of the corps. The Imperial party afterwards proceeded to the hospital Their Majesties visited several of the wards, went to the bedside of the patients, and inquired into their ailments. The Empress, with her characteristic kindness, found words of consolation for all. The Emperor also distributed rewards both to sol diers wounded in battle and to the medical men attending on them. After offering up a prayer in the chapel of the hospital, their Majesties crossed the port and visited the large yards where the tools and machiues are made. Thence the Imperial cortege proceeded to the foundry, where an engine beam and a steam screw were cast in their presence. From the eminence on which this foundry is placed, their Majesties witnessed the explosion of a mine, charged with 10,000 kilos. of powder, for the purpose of clearing away a part of the hill for the formation of a new dock. The result was as successful as could be wished. After this visit, their Majesties embarked in a state barge, and followed the course of the Penfeld as far as the foundry of the new town, where 1,200,000 kilogrammes of old iron, steel, lead, &c., are an nually melted down, and again brought into use. During the whole of the excursion, their Majesties were received by the people with the warmest manifestations of affection and devotedness. After their visit to the new town, the Emperor and Empress entered an open carriage, and returned by Kerinou to Brest, where they arrived at six o'clock. This evening their Majesties are to be present at a grand ball given by the town." The Madrid journals of the 7th have reached us The Queen was at Gijon, and is not expected back at Madrid until the sth Sept. Some cases of yellow fever having broken out at Ferrol, it was doubted that the Queen would go there. The Epoca says : " It appears certain that on the return of the Court to Madrid the Cortes will be dissolved, and the state of siege will be raised in all the provinces in which it now exists." The levy of the taxes in June amounts to 184,721,221 reals, showing a considerable increase, which is made up of imports, tobacco, and lotteries. It is said that the Bravo-Murillo and Sartorius party despairing of success, have determined to take a part in the forthcoming electoral contests, and that at a meeting held at M. Pastor's they gave instructions to their friends in the provinces to imitate them ; but it is alleged by the Government organs that their advice is not likely to be followed. The Messagere of Modena publishes the following order, issued at Carrara by the commandant of that town and territory : "The chief authors of the crimes perpetrated in the terri tory of Carrara having been discovered and punished, and the object which his Royal Highness our august Sovereign had in view having been attained, we announce the follow ing to all whom it may concern :-1. The state of siege is raised in the town and province of Carrara. 2. The prose cutions still pending shall he judged according to the laws existing at the time the state of siege was proclaimed. a The military commandant of the place shall, until further orders, be at the head of the police of the town and province, the general police regulations being again put in force." The French officers engaged for Persia have em barked at Marseilles for Constantinople, in compli- ance with the summons of Ferruck Khan. They were accompanied by Dr. Tholozan, a physician of Marseilles. The hotel of the British Embassy, certainly not before necessary, is undergoing repairs. PARIS BOURSE.—The market has been buoyant, with improvement in quotations. Extensive pur chases have been made both in Rente and railway shares for investment. Threes have been done at 694 . , 259• and 094. 35c,,• Molbiliex advauce4 row MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. The marriage of Viscount Grey de Wilton, eldest eon og the Ear/ and Countess of Wilton, with the Lady Elisabeth. Craven, eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Craven, was solemnised yesterday, by special license, in St. James'. Church, Piccadilly—St. George's, Hanover-square, being at present under repair. The church was much crowded from an early hour, and among those assembled to welcome the bride we may mention :—His Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Countess Dowager of Lichfield and Lads Gwendolena Anson, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Countess of Sefton, the Countess Dowager of Craven, the Countess Dowager of Verulam, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley, Viscount and Viscountess Barrington, Viscount Uffington, Viscount Vallecort, Viscount Hinchingbroke, Count Louis Corti, Mr. and Lady Mary Craven, the Ladies Louisa and Catherine Hamilton, Lady Pollen, Baroness Lionel de Rothschild and Miss de Rothschild, Col. the lion. W. H. J. North and Mrs. North, Hon. Mrs. A. Villiers, Hon. Mr.. Elliot, Col. the Hon. James Macdonald, Capt. the Hon.. Dudley de Ros, Hon. Robert Grimston, Hon and Rev. Ed ward Grimston, the Hon. and Rev. F. Grimston, Hon. R. Grosvenor, Hon. Seymour Grey Egerton, Hon. F. Craven, Hon. George Craven, Hon. Frederick Byng, Sir Wro. and Lady dolliffe and the Misses Jolliffe (2), Sir M. Macgregor, Sir Robert Brownrigg, Sir Charles Russell, Sir George Wombwell, Col. Parker, Capt. Bathurst, Col. and Mrs. Dinner and the Hon. Miss Grosvenor, Capt. Fraser, Mr. Augustus Lumley, Dr. Quin, the Misses Morier (2), Mr. Cecil Boothby, Mr. Nathaniel de Rothschild, Mr. Brown rigg, Mr. Bruce, Mr. Wickens, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. and Mrs. Popham, Mr. Heneage, Mr. Oswald and the Misses Oswald, Mr. Charles Leslie, Mr. Alderson, &c. The bridegroom arrived early, and was attended by the Hon. Seymour Grey Egerton as " best man." The Lady Elizabeth arrived with her noble father and mother about half-past eleven o'clock. The following young ladies received her ladyship at the church door, and accom panied her to the altar :—Lady Evelyn Craven, Lady Beatrix Craven, Lady Blanche Craven, Lady Emily Craven (her sisters), Lady Katherine Grey Egerton (the bride groom's sister), Lady Cecilia Molyneux, Lady Constance Villiers, Lady Alice Villiers, Miss Oswald, and the Hon. Miss de Ros. The religious service was performed by the Hon. and Rev. EA ward Grimston, assisted by the Hon. and Rey. Francis Grimston, uncles of the bride. The bride was given away by the Earl of Craven. After the ceremony, the company repaired to the resi— dence of the Earl and Countess of Craven, in Charles-street, where an elegant breakfast was given in celebration of the happy event. At the dideaner the healths of the bride and bridegroom were proposed by the Earl of Wilton, and warmly responded to by the guests. Early in the afternoon the happy pair left town for Hampstead Marshall, the seat of the Countess Dowager of Craven, in Berkshire. The bridal presents to Lady Elizabeth were unusually numerous, embracing handsome gifts from almost all the leading members of the aristocracy. A great number of them were furnished by Mr. C. F. Hancock, of Bruton street, who supplied, among other costly articles, a handsome silver-gilt mounted dressing-case, presented by the Countess Dowager of Craven. The lists of presents included, from the Earl and Countess of Wilton, a diamond tiara of great beauty, a necklace of opals, diamonds, and emeralds, and several very handsome rings; from the Earl of Craven, a pearl and diamond bracelet; from the Coun tess of Craven, a very beautiful bracelet, with watch, the back set in diamonds and turquoise ; from Mr. and Lady Mary Craven, an emerald and diamond bracelet, and a blue ena melled bracelet with diamond star; from the Earl and Coun tess of Derby, a silver group, supporting a glass flower dish, and an ebony casket, mounted with gold and precious stones ; from the Earl of Sefton, a costly pearl ring ; from the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, a splendid blotting-book and paper case; from the Duke of Beaufort, an antique inkstand ; from Viscount and Viscountess Folkestone, a pair of gold candlesticks; from Lady Ebury, a turquoise diamond necklace ; from the Countess Dowager of Cravens a pink coral necklace; from the Marchioness of Abercorn, some Dresden china ornaments of great beauty; from Lady Cecilia Molyneux, a gold mounted riding whip; from Mr. Napier Sturt, an emerald ring; and many others. The bridegroom presented each of the bridesmaids with an interesting souvenir, consisting of a gold locket of Nine veh design in variegated enamel, containing, as well as a lock of the bride's hair, her ladyship's monogram, "E. G. de W.," artistically pierced in gold. These lockets were furnished by Messrs. London and Ryder, of New Bond-street. The bride's bouquet was supplied by Mr. Harding, of Maddox-street. THE DUCHESS OF KENT. Her Royal highness the Duchess of Kent arrived t Abergeldie, from Edinburgh, on Tuesday last. Her Royal Highness purposes to stay in the Highlands until the end of next month. Lady Anna Maria Dawson is in waiting on ,her Royal Highness iu the place of Lady Augusta Bruce, who is dev tained in Paris by the severe illness of her mother. Min Victoria S. Wortley will remain on a visit to her Royal Highness during her Royal Highness's stay in Scotland. RIFLED GUNS SUPERSEDED. According to a statement printed in the Constieutionnel of August 2, M. A. Muller, a non-commissioned officer in the French military service (63d of the line) has devised a means of rendering ordinary smooth bore arms, whether large or small, equal in precision to rifle guns, whilst neces— sarily abolishing all the inconveniences attendant upon rifling. The result altogether depends upon the shape of the pro jectile, which is that of a helix. The ball weighs 36 grammes, and its length is two centimetres ; the charge being six grammes. The windage is six millimetres. The height of the conical part of the projectile is 11 millimetres. The directive peculiarity of the missile is situated posteriorly, and conststs of six vanes or wings arranged helically around a central point. The helices are so arranged that they receive the blast of powder and cause the missile to revolve whilst yet in the barrel: According to experiments per formed by M. Muller, at Nancy, with his new projectile dis charged from an ordinary smooth arm musket (model 1822), it was established that the aim was susceptible of great accuracy up to 800 metres. Subsequently, at Plornbierse, M. Muller had the honour of presenting to the Emperor a circumstantial report of his helical ball, accompanied by a specimen. He, moreover, proposed to the Emperor the adoption of this form of missile tor ordnance, also to manu facture leaden projectiles for musketry by pressure, thus obviating the use of fire, and enabling the manufacture to be carried on in the same establishment, portable if desired, thus enabling it to accompany an army on campaign, and to turn out cartridges when wanted. The Countess of Craven and Lady Evelyn Craven will leave town on Saturday, on a visit to Frances Countess Waldegrave, at Nuneham Park, Oxon. The noble earl, with the Countess Dowager of Craven and Viscount Ullington, go to-morrow to Ashdown Park, Berks. The Countess Dowager of Verulam leaves town on Saturday next, on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Folkestone, at Longford Castle, near:Salisbury. - -- Viscount and Viscountess Goderich are gone on a continental tour, and arc not likely to return to England until October. Mr. and Lady Mary Craven left town yesterday evening, for Bambridge House, near Winchester. The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, ALP., and Mrs. Herbert are not expected to return from their tour in Germany before the first week of next month. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and Mrs. Gladstone are staying at Hawarden Castle, Flintsbire, on a visit to Sir Stephen Glynne. Sir William and Lady Jolliffe and the Misses Jolliffe left town yesterday evening for Merstbara House, near Reigate. Lord Campb:ll and Lady Stratheden and the' . iLin. Misses Campbell have lake', up their residence at Har trigge, the noble and learned lord's seat in Berwickshire, until after the long vacation. Lord and Lady Dunfermline have returned to the Hague, where the noble lord has resumed his diplomatic duties as Minister Plenipotentiary. viscount CURlen 144 left town for Paris for A Lew clpyth tqati th e th e I n 13 3' t th os ait h e d Zrri, t do Prcr