The Sun. — London, England, 1855-08-04 00:00:00

BANKING and GUARANTEE BUSINESS COMBINED. —The SOLVENCY GUARANTEE COM ?ANY (registered provisionally), in union with and to supersede the solvency Mutual Guarantee Company ; registered and incorporated ander Acts of Parliament, 7 and 8 Vic., cap. 110, and 10 and 11 Vic., qs. 78 ; far the Guarantee of Debts, Rents, Bills, Notes, Bonds, Compositions upon Embarrassed Estates, Contracts, and other Mone tary Risks, and also for Banking in Combination with Debt Guaran tee, whereby commercial and monetary transactions in general will De greatly facilitated. London-38, King William-street, London-tridge. Manchester-23, Brown-street. Liverpool-35, Old Hall-street. Capital, 2.50,0001., with power to increase to 1,000,0001., in shares 0(51. each; deposit, 105. per share, or the full amount may be paid pp. t ie further calls are contemplated, but the holders of shares of the first series will be privileged as follows : I. To pay up at any time the whole or any part of such shares. 2. To bo allowed a discount of 51. per cent. on the amount so paid tip, if prior to the Ist October, 1855. 3. To receive interest at 6/. per cent. per annum on the amount paid up. 4. To participate solely in the profits of the Discount Department, of which the entire amount is reserved to shareholders. 5. To participate partly in the profits of the Guarantee Depart ment, of which one-third part is reserved to shareholders. No shareholder will be liable beyond the amount of his shares, special clauses to that effect being snorted in every guarantee and contract. No deed need be signed until after the first Annual Meeting. This Company is not to be regarded as a new institutions= ut simply as an extension and reconstruction, on the proprietary syem, of the solvency Mutual Guarantee Company, which, since its complete re gistration in 1852, has, even with the limited powers afforded by the purely mutual constitution, and in the lace of many and vast diffi culties, achieved a position and attained an amount of business which it is confidently asserted have never been equalled by any institution within the same time. This success it is believed will be greatly aug mented and consolidated by a further development of its powers. The plan as nuw extended offers to shareholders a safe and (espe cially by means of the discount branch) lucrative investment the , be sides reserving to them one-third of the profits arising from gua zantee business of the Company. The remaining two-thirds of these profits to be divided among the assured members, who, is addition to the advantages conferred by their guarantees, will derive legiti mate and most valuable assistance through the Discount, Reference, and Debt Recovery Departments. The business of the Company, which by the Deed of Constitution may be greatly extended, comprises chiefly— The DEBT GUARANTEE DEPARTMENT. The application of the principle of assurance to this parpose Is based upon accurately compiled tables, by which it is demonstrated that, among the immense number of merchants, bankers, mannfac turs.rs, and traders of Great Britain, ;here is in each occupation, within equal periods, a determinate average amount of insolv enc y. The operations of this department comprise : I. Gross Annual Return Guarantees, embracing the total sales of a trader for a fixed term. 2. Fl o ating Risk Guarantees, insnriug only a specified part of an ijual sales. 3. Special Risk Guarantees, covering separate risks, at premiums varying. according to the nature of each case. The BANKING and DIsCOUNT DEPARTMENT. The objects of this department are, by discounting ' trade bills covered by guarantees issued by the Company, to afford to the share holders a safe profit, and to the assured the advantages of a " dis count account "in union with a guarantee on their gross annual ales. The system adopted will, when fully developed, differ in no mate. rlal respect from the usual business of the Joint Stock Banks. The operations of this department cimprise chiefly— !. The discohnt of trade bills coveted by guarantees issued by this Cortipany on gross annual returns. A preference will be given to the bush:less of shareholders. 2, The discount of claims admitted under any of the guarantee departments, but not due. 3. The receiving of moneys on debentures or deposit receipts. The discounting of bills is strictly limited to approved trade bills not having more than four months to run and covered by policies issued by the " Debt Guarantee Department." It is obvious that this last•menlioned restriction must give to the paper under discount a security more perfect than ordinarily pertains to such invest pmts. . . . . . Persons therefore who seek for a permanent or temporary invest ment of their surplus capital at the highest rite of interest compa tible with safety, will find in this branch of the Company's operations a means certainly Rot less sate and remunerative than any afforded by the joint-stock and private banks. The deed of constitution provides for an annual division of the profits, after the following equitable scheme : • One-third.—To the shareholders as a bonus, in addition to the entire profits arising from the use of their capital in the discount de partment. Two-thirds.—To the assured, to be divided according to the rules; one-halt to tie applied annually hi reduction of future premiums, and the remaining half to be applied in the formation of a reserved fund. Applicati ns for shares, prospectuses, agencies, &c., tot e made at the chief offices of the Company, No. 38, King William-street, Lon don-bridge, City. ro Form of Application for Shares. To the Directors of the Solvency Guarantee Company. Gentlemen,--I request that you will allot me shares of £5 each in the above Company ; and in consideration of such allotment or any lesanumber you may approcriate to mc, I hereby undertake to pay the sum of per share thereon, and to execute the Deed of Settlement when required. Dated this day of , 185 . Signature Residence .. • ... ........... Profession or Trade Place of Business THE SOLVENCY MUTUAL GUARANTEE COMPANY, Loudon, 38, King William-street, London-bridge ; Manchester, 23, Brown-street ; Liverpool, 35, Old Hall -street. Established for the guarantee of debts, rents. bills, bonds, compo sitions on embarrassed estates, and other monetary risks. Creditors guaranteed against loss by bad debts, assisted in the re every of doubtful debts, informed as the solvency of buyers, and entirely relieved of trouble, expense, and loss of time in prosecuting claims under bankruptcies, insolvencies, and private arrangements. Prospectuses. forms of proposal, and information, on appl cation. CHARLES STUART CANSDELL, Managing Director. T HE SOLVENCY MUTUAL GUARANTEE COMPANY. PECIAL NOTICE —INTEREST at the rate of 51. per cent. per annum Is now PAYABLE, at the chief offices as below, on dehen tures issued by this Company in the year 1853. CILARLES STUART CALNSDELL, Managing Director. '3B, King William-street, London-bridge. VIADEMOISELLE RACHEL. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. Ml'retina, begs respectfully to announce that, In consequence of the numerous pressing demands that Mdlie. RACHEL should give one performance of the late Madame de Glrardia's popular play of LADY TARTUFFE, which wag produced in London with such ex traordinary success in 1853, arrangements have been made by wt ic.h it will be presented (for one night only) on MONDAY EVENING NEXT, August ; and as Mdlle. Rachel's departure from London will not take place until Thursday next, to proceed by the Pacific. frem Liverpool, on Saturday, August 11, it ;is arrange , ' to terminate her engagement by the repetition and Anal performance of ADRIENNE LECOUVREIIIt, on Wednesday evening, August 8. The concluding performances will, therefore, take piacs in the following order:—To-night, (Saturday). ANDRO MAQUE; Monday Evening, August 6, for the benefit of Mdlle. Rachel, Madame de (lirardin's popular play of La DY TARTUFF E. Virginie de )3.lossitc, Wile. Rachel. And positively the last performance on Wednesday evening. August 8, the play of ADRIENNE LECOUV REUR, in which XI dile. Rachel will sustain her celebrated character of Adrienne, being positively her last appearance in London pre viously to her departure for America.—Boxes and Stalls may be ()braille I at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; and at the Box Office. -ROYAL OPERA, DRUI:Y•LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. TUTS EVENING, Will be performed (first time) NiAItITAN.I. Maritana (first time), Lucy Escott; Lazar!llo, Miss F. Reeves; Don Jose, Mr. A. Corri ; Charles 11., Mr. H. Braham ; Don Cxiar de Hazau, Mr. Elliot Haler. To conclude with THE REI-IGAIVA OPERA. Macheath, Mr. Reiberte; Polly, Miss Dyer (her first appearance). Prices of admission:-To the two galleries. 6d.; second circle of boxes sod pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; sta 13, 4s. ; private boxes to a knit two persons, 10s. 6d.; tour persons, one guinea. Box-office o Jett from 10 to 6 daily. THEATRK ROYAL 111.YMARKIf.T. Under tho marta4ement of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING. Will be presented Tar, SECRET AGENT. Principal characters by Mr. Bnekstcno and Miss E. Chaplin. A new Ballet, GALLICIANS AND GIPSIES. Followed by BUCKSTONE'S ADVENTURES WITH A POLISH PRINCESS. To which will be aided A. VILLAGE FESTIVAL. To conclude with SIIO';RIENG EVEN fS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TFIEIATILE, OXFOR D-ST R E ET. Under the Management of sfr. CusaLzto REIN. TILLS EVENING, Will be performed HOW STOUT YOU"RE GETTING. To conclude with KING FIENItIr T EIGHTII. Queen Ka th acne , Mr% C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. THEATR% ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. ri r elxiter.—Diructreßs, Alt.aame Celesta. THIS EVENING', Will be performed PAUL PRY. Characters by Messrs. C. Selby, Garden, Par9elle, and Wright; Misses Wyndham, Laidlaw, Mary Keeley, Wooigar, and Mrs. L. Murray. After which, FRATERNISATION. To conclude with MY PRECIOUS BETSY. W)YAL OLYMPIC THEA.TItE. Leases and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. TETI% JP:VENING, Will be performed STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. ch, racters by MesSIS. A. Wigan„Emery, G. Vining, Danvers, Miae Maakall, and Mrs. ',retort: After which, A CONCERT. To conclude with ROBERT MACAIIIE. ROYAL STUAND TFIEATRE. Under the (Erection of Mr. Payne. TIIIS EVENING, Will be,perrormed BROEEN TOYS. Followed by ME BLIMP OF BENEVOLENCE. After TIIE SrANISEI DANCERS. To conclhde,with TUE FLITCIL OF BACON. ASTLEY'S ROYAL. AMPHITHEATRE. Leseee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. T3fx3 illazepyia Horie, one of the wond3rs of the age, TIIIS EVENING, Lord' Titiron's VAZEPPA ; or,, the Wild Horse. revived by Mr. introducing h's highly-trained itfazeppa horses. This thrilling . I lPeetaele Is of intense and all -absorbing interest. To oonelude With the EQUESTRIAN FE XTS in the CIRQUE DU Ml NlCPA,ltutelanted-Artistes, with alternately . Miss Kate and Miss Emgyti ooke Coti , 'lll4l PICIOnt tg•with the - Dramatic Dialovle er.titled, 'VERY SUS - 11. * Melt Mi. neorge Wll.l and Miss Fanny Williams, of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, will appear. Box office open front Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. W3Bt.' doting Manager. MrLee. Nelson Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. - ' HIGH WATZR AT LONDON BUDGE. MIX Mi—V:ollft ltmirLafter 6 I 'Evening 38 miu. art. C r . ) . -14 ornitg 2 nti%:ftrter 71 Evening 26 min. aft. 7 wEATHER-7sm.t?zirico,Aug. 4. TrOCIEMOMETEII, 13 Till F.IIIADZ. 7s h!gbest Aince noon yesterday. 57 :=l4west this morning . and during the e i ght. 69 -this day, at•noon. BAROMETER, 29'77. \Ylztt), "vv.—'resb, with showery weather. ' r .-^••• 1 . :7- ' l'f-t, _ .? ~.... I ,_ LONDON", SATTIR DAY, AUGUST 4, 1855. The session of 1855 has been remarkable for political suicides. The Peelites have furnished, perhaps, the most striking, Mr. LAING the latest instance. The lion. Gentleman has followed the exam ple of Lord JoHN RussELL, and irretriev- THE SUN*, .ILo N DON I SATURDAY EvENING- 5 AUGUST 4, 1855, ably damaged his reputation as a public man. The more extraordinary part of the transaction is that he has done so voluntarily, without the slightest pressure from , ' any quarter. The Noble Secretary for the Co4ies did all in his power to evade the untoward revelations ; but, unfortu nately, be was too deeply compromised to render secrecy possible. Count Bum, had previously " let the cat out of the bag," and even before i.he publication of the recent papers—which the Hon. Member for the Wick Burghs adopted as the text for his address of last night—proved the co mplicity of England's Plenipotentiary in the hollow propositions of Austria, he was brought to the bar of public opinion, and unanimously convicted on irresistible testimony. His plea of " guilty" was forced on him under the pressure of the " pane fort et (litre" which he could not longer sustain or pro crastinate under any plea of expediency. But such was not the case with Mr. LAING— " CuitTivs"-like, he voluntarily sprung into the gaping gulf in which so many public characters had previously been entombed, and gloried in the gratuitous sacrifice ! It was his own " act and deed," for which he was solely responsible ; and we can only regret that one for whom, in common with the community at large, we entertained a - nigh respect, and looked forward to as one of the " coming men," should so unnecessarily and reck lessly have abandoned the high position he had previously occupied. The Honourable Gentleman brought no new light on the subject. He merely pursued the beaten track that had previously been traversed by GLADSTONE, GRAHAM, and HERBERT, MILNER GIBSON, BRIGHT, and COBDEN. He might not have proceeded at so rapid a pace, or arrived at so advanced a stage as these Right Hon. and Hon. Gentlemen. He does not yet applaud Russia, but ha justifies Austria. He has not assumed the Muscovite livery, but he has donned the Germanic uniform, and proudly sported the Coburg badge. We regret the star that has fallen from the poli tical hemisphere, that no longer is regarded with respect and almost veneration, but is proved to be a mere shapeless mass of worthless material. He now comes forward to tell us that the Western Powers have, since the publication of the latest documents, forfeited the good opinion of Europe ; that they are no longer regarded with confidence and friendship by " men of business " in other nations on account of their refusal to act in accordance with the suggestions, or rather the dictates, of Austria. "It was felt (he said) that we had committed a great mistake in so doing." The Honourable Gentleman, however, produced no evidence in support of the assertion. It was merely his own impressions and arguments which he detailed to the House, and these he urged with all the zeal of a recent convert, al though not powerfully enough to satisfy the fasti dious, and, on that point, almost fanatic, taste of the Honourable Member for the West Riding, who deemed it necessary to grapple with the as sertion that the War had over been necessary or justifiable. Mr. LAING'S conversion has, however, only been since the rejection of the latest propositions of Austria. That, according to the Honourable Gentleman, was the first Ministerial mistake. The Government should at once have accepted the duty of gratuitous guardians of the Black Sea, bound to keep watch and ward over Russia, and to preserve Turkey from the perpetually impending danger. In tender consideration for the scruples of Russia, there was to be no limita tion on her, although the Western Powers were to be restrained by red-tape ligaments. Slie was to bring forward any naval force she thought pro per, while France and England were to he limited to half the number ! She would make them bow themselves beneath the yoke; and Austria, the pretended friend of the Allies, would induce them to do so, as if they had been the suppliants for Russian forbearance, and desired her permis sion to withdraw from the contest ! It is ridiculous to call it " counterpoise," for the aggressor, whose only possible purpose could be conquest and annexation, might increase her power to any extent, while the guardians should wait until the marauders had made the addition to their means of attack before they raised theirs to half the amount, sufficient, per• Laps, to meet the victors of " Sinope" and of " Hango " in fair fight, but not to ensure peace. If Russia has deliberately rejected the too lenient terms offered, Austria has put forward that which Lord CLARENDON truly designated as "inadequate and impracticable," and she would not even pledge herself to enforce these terms if re jected, but merely hinted that some "fourth system might arise out of the ashes of the three systems now floating in the air." She would not even make the refusal of her own proposition a cases belli. Of this there is un questionable evidence, for Lord JOHN RUSSELL may be regarded as an unimpeachable witness on such a point. The debate was rather unexpec tedly adjourned, the House breaking up in much admired confusion. We earnestly hope that it may not be renewed, for no further discussion can be beneficial to the nation, or to the cause which an overwhelming majority of the people are irrevocably determined to sustain and support. The views w hich we have repeatedly put for ward respecting a combined attack on Sebastopol. 1 )3 , land and water seem to obtain additional con fimation every day. The extraordinary prepara rations at Kamiesch could not have been made for nothing. That something was on the tapis was palpable, but opinion was divided as to the destination of the contemplated expedition. Some would have it that Genitchi and the Putrid Sea was the object of attack ; but that was merely a matter for ship's boats and launches, not for the vessels themselves. The larger classes could not even find their way into the Sea of Azoff ; and our lamented hero, Captain LYONS, had proved that English frigates were fully com petent for all the work that could be cut out for them in that quarter, and that there was, therefore, no possible necessity or even utility for putting men-of-war into motion for what could be most effectually disposed of at a much less ex penditure of power. Odessa, and the entire course to the Dniester, then attracted attention. W e were to bombard the chief emporium from whence the enemy could • obtain the necessary supplies of the personnel, materiel, and munitions of war. The mistake of 1854 was to be rectified, and the propriety of the question, " Why spare Odessa ?" removed. The entire coast to the confluences of the Dniester, theßoug, and tho Dnieper was then tobe scoured, and even the rivers themselves might be visited, and Nicolaieff, the Portsmouth of Southern Russia, destroyed with all its vast stores of ship building materials, which, if left to itself, would speedily replace the fleet, one portion of which was voluntarily sunk at the entrance of the har bour of Sebastopol, and the residue thereof can scarcely hope to escape unscathed from the trap in which it is secured. • But we fear that . Odessa is not as yet aimed at. Iv, have not displayed still.- e i en t evidence of earnestness or determination to cripple Russia to wa r r ant the expectation that the city of Prince WORONZOW—of the uncle of a late Cabinet Minister and leading member of the Peelite party—will be dealt with as an enemy's possession ! We still wage a rose-water war, and will not grapple with the stern realities of our position. Sebastopol will be captured, and the effect of its loss tried on Russia, before we pro ceed to the next step to punish her contumacy and perverse obstinacy. It ought not to be so, nor would it, if the Government were less under the influence of Germanism and Coburgism. But, unfortunately, we must deal with the materials on hand, and base our calcula tions on the existing elements. Besides, the coast from Odessa to Perekop, and the rivers Dneister, Boug, and Dnieper, will be work for the smaller steamers and boats. The first-rates cannot be occupied thereon. The Danube has also been mentioned ; but beside that it would, like the other rivers, be merely work for pigmies, which giants could not be called on to perform, it appears that the indis pensable operations in that site are provided for from another source. The Courrier de Marseilles positively affirms, and with much apparent truth, that the purchase of the fleet of steamers plying on the Rhone hasbeen concluded, for the purpose of removing the Russian power on the Danube. There are in all 97 boats in this fleet, which will be adequate for all the river work, the necessity whereof was so strangely disregarded by England up to this time. Our faithful Ally well merits the honour of this important movement, which will unquestionably be productive of the most startling results, and convince Russia, aye, and Austria, that we are really in earnest ; but it proves also that the efforts at Kamiesch cannot be intended for the Danube, and leaves Sebastopol as the sole quarter against which it can possibly be directed. We rejoice at this, for we have no doubt that the result of the combined attack will be such as we long since indicated, and which we pointed out as the best course even last year, before the land defences on the south side had been so powerfully strengthened by the engineering efforts of General TODLEBEN and his staff. What we then explained is even at this moment no less feasible, and affords the most auspicious auguries for the success of the Allied arms. There is reason to believe that the importance of scientific research is not, generally speaking, adequately appreciated. The public are wont to look upon science as something too abstract and recondite to warrant sympathy with its disciples, and it is only when the application of its resources has results as_patent as propulsion by steam or communication by electricity that their apprecia tion verges towards the mark. There is, notwithstanding, reason to be grateful that the researches of men of science in the laboratory of Nature have been rewarded, and will, doubtless, continue to be so by discoveries of the greatest value to mankind discoveries tending materially to ameliorate their con dition, and particularly by the prevention and cure of many destructive forms of disease. Striking illustrations of this have been presented in our fleets in the Baltic and the Black Sea, where, by the judicious application of Sir WILLIAM BußNErr's disinfecting fluid, pesti lence has in numerous instances been stayed, and a wholesome atmosphere secured, under the most unfavourable circumstances with the most satis factory results. In one case, that of H.M. troop-ship Timandra, at Scutari, where the two assistant-surgeons in charge had not only to render their professional services to 200 sick men unable to go on deck, and constantly using the bed-pans with not a soul to empty them, but had also to discharge the offices of nurse, they were enabled by attention and the free use of the dis infecting fluid to keep the place sweet and whole some, so that no casual visitor could have de tected the preceding fact, the result being that even the most offensive cases of gangrene were treated with success. In H.M. ship the Prince Regent, the surgeon was induced to use it after a case of cholera and several of diarrhcea had occurred, and he was rewarded by an entire cessation of attacks. In H.M. ship the James Watt, which lost two men by cholera at Bomarsund, the employment of the disinfecting fluid was followed by the same results, and to the use of this preventive the exemption from disease of her Majesty's ships Bulldog, Arrogant, Gorgon, Dragon, Driver, and half-a-dozen others, is confidently ascribed. The crowded state of ships of war, and the facilities there unavoidably offered for the spread of disease in its most viru lent types, have only to be considered to cause us to feel grateful that such an agent was in these instances forthcoming. At the present time it is not too much to say no household should be with out it, and it should be immediately employed when the existence of any offensive smell is ascer tained. Life is sweet ; and, thanks to science, by the use of the disinfecting fluid, the ravages of cholera, and other forms of zymotic disease, may be averted. SIR. DE LACY EVANS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—A letter has appeared in the Daily News of this (1:43r, and another has been addressed to me from the Council of the Friends of Poland. I shall feel mubh obliged if you will cause insertion of this my reply to both. The Council honour me by proposing again that I should take the chair at a future meeting. This I feel under the necessity of respectfully c:eclining, because I think it was most unfair to make it appear that I was responsible for, or a party to, the decision of not holding the meeting that was announced for the Ist inst. It is stated by the Council that my letter of apology was not received till late in the afternoon of the Ist inst. Between nine and ten o'clock of the forenoon it was de livered by my servant at the residence of the gentleman acting for the Council, and his card was returned to me to indicate its receipt. I gave due notice a full week previously, that as my health was not good, it would be necessary to have another chairman in readiness to take my place in the event, on my part, of inefficiency to pro ceed with the business, and I received an assurance that this should be provided for. As has been before observed, about a dozen noble men and gentlemen of high consideration were re peatedly stated as amongst those to be present at this meeting. In short, the Marquis of Breadalbane, seve ral earls, baronets, cabinet ministers, and distinguished members of the House of Commons, form, I believe, the Association or Council of the Friends of Poland—most, or all of whom, I was led to believe, were deeply anxi ous to support this movement. How, then, was it pos sible for me to suppose that not one of these devoted friends of the cause would, in case of its being required, be willing to preside on this occasion, and so to prevent the disappointment that has occurred? Twice in the invitation I was honoured with, the Marquis of Breadalbane was officially alluded to, as the President of the Council whose support I was to count on, and at whose instance I was addressed. Yesterday, however, I was told by a friend (I know not whether correctly), that in fact several of these noble lords had no intention of being present. I confess I think that some direct public intimation from the noble marquis as to his sanction of what took place would be much ap precia,:ed as a future guide for the public. Hal I been informed that, if any contingency should cause my absence, no other chairman could be found, that the meeting would not be held, that the doors of the hall would be closed, and that the police would be ordered to disperse the numerous persons who were assembling, nothing should have induced me to accept the honourable post which was offered —under such conditions. I bcg, therefore, most respectfully, but unequivocally and finally, to decline incurring such a risk again,--1 have the honour to be, sir, very obediently yours, DE LACY August 3, 1355. . ,_ COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, tiuGusT 3. The Queen and royal family took their usual exercise yeqerday. Her Majesty honoured Mr. J. Durham with a sitting for a bust about to be executed. A deputation on the subject of the bill now before the House of Lords, for the amendment of the Sunday Beer Act, had an interview with Earl Granville at the Coun cii-office, yesterday. The deputation consisted of Mr. Foster, president ; Mr. Harris, treasurer ; and Mr. Simes, secretary, of the Licensed Victuallers' Defence Association; Mr. W. Spirett, on behalf of the Licensed Victuallers of Leeds and the Operative Societies of the West Riding of Yorkshire ; and Mr. George Candelet, on behalf of the Amalgamated Friendly Societies of Manchester, Stockport, and Hyde. The deputation was introduced by the Hon. H. Berkeley, M.P. for Bristol, and accompanied by Mr. Whitehurst, solicitor to the Defence Association. Sir Alexander Spearman had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing-street. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governor of Canada and the Governors of the North American Provinces. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.—It hps now been de cided that the prorogation of Parliament will take place on Sature.ay next, the 11th inst. Her Majesty, at pre sent at Osborne, will not come to town for the purpose, and the prorogation will therefore be by commission. THE ROYAL VISIT TO PARIS.—It is understood that the Queen will proceed direct from Osborne to Boulogne, on her way to Paris, on the 17th inst. The Earl of Clarendon is mentioned as the Secretary of State likely to attend her Majesty. THE LORD MAYOR--VISIT OF THE QUEEN TO FRANCE. —Yesterday M. AlfredMagne, son and private secretary of the French Minister of Finance, waited upon the Lord Mayor, for the purpose of conveying an invitation to his lordship and family to be present in Faris during the period of the approaching visit of her Majesty to that city ; and he at the same time placed at his lord- ship's disposal the ministerial residence. His ROyal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by Captain Du Plat, his equerry, arrived at Southampton yesterday afternoon, by the 4 p.m., from a visit to the camp at Aldershott, and embarked on board the royal yacht Elfin, in the Southampton Docks, for Osborne house. Her Majesty and the Royal children were on board the royal yacht Fairy, in Southampton Water, waiting for his royal highness. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the" Princess Mary, accompanied by the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg- Strelitz, will, at the close of the month, honour Sir Wm. and the Hon. Lady Middleton with a visit at Shrubland Park, Suffolk. The Duchess of Inverness entertained a distinguished party at dinner, last evening, at Kensington Palace. The guests included his Excellency the Neapolitan Mininster and the Princess Carini, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, his Excellency the Saxon Minister, his Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Countess Bernstorff, the Due d'Ossuna, the Duc de Caderousse Grammont, the Earl and Countess of Perth, Count Trautmansderff, Lord and La.ly Alvanley,Lady Stanley of Alderley and the Hon. Miss Stanley, and the Hon. General Gore. The Earl De Grey has left town for his seat in York shire. The Earl of Macclesfield has returned to Sherborne Castle, Oxon, from attending the funeral of the Earl of Antrim, in Ireland. Viscount Melville left town, yesterday, to resume his military command at Edinburgh. Lord Eurghersh returned to town, last evening, from visiting her Majesty at Osborne. _ The - Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry have arrived at Powerscour. Castle, from t)wn. The Earl and Countess of Ellesmere, and Lady Blanche Egerton, have left Bridgewater House for Worsley Hall, Lancashire. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Smyth Vereker have, left town for Ireland. Several influential Arab chiefs have recently arrived in Paris, accompanied by French officers. The Earl of Eglinton has arrived at _Winton Castle, Ayrshire, from town, and will shortly entertain a suc cession friends at that hospitable seat. The Duke of Devonshire has arrived at Devonshire House, and is, we are happy to say, in excellent health. The noble duke will go to Chatsworth shortly to receive a large party of visitors. The Duchess of Sutherland left Stafford House yes terday, for Arundel Castle, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk. The Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley returned to town, yesterday evening, from visit• ing the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, at Goodwood. The noble earl and countess leave town shortly for Knowsley-park, Lancashire. The Cmintess of Desart arrived at the residence of the Earl Cawdor, in South Audley-street, from Ireland. IRmail Paella has arrived at Claridge's Hotel, from the East. The intended visit of the members of the English So ciety of Arts to the Exhibition in Paris is fixed to take place from Monday, the 3d, to Saturday, the 15th Sep teinber next. Arrangements for tickets to come and return at reduced prices have been made with the Eng lish and French Railway Companies. The tenantry of the Earl of St. Germans have erected a tablet in the venerable church of St. Germans to the mem »y of the Hon. G. C. Eliot, second son of his lord ship, who lost his life in the battle of Inkerman. During the funeral of Lord Raglan not a Russian gun was fired. In return, so soon as the church bells began tolling, announcing the interment of Admiral Nachi moff, all the batteries were silenced. We regret to learn that tha Earl and Countess of Arundel and Surrey have sustained a domestic bereave ment by the death of their second son, Lord Philip Thomas Fitzalan Howard, which took place a few days since at Donnington Priory, near Newbury. He bad been in delicate health ever since he was attacked with measles, some months back, but, until just before his (*tenth, no danger was apprehended. CRICKET. --HARROW v. ETON.—The gentlemen be imaging to these schools met at Lord's yesterday, and when the stumps were drawn the game stood as follows : Eton-Ist innings, 35 ; 2d innings, 4 wickets down, 40 ; Harrow, Ist innings, 191. CRYSTAL PALACE.—SFIILLTNG DAY.—August 3.—Ad missions on payment, 6,887 ; ditto by season tickets, 811.—Total, 7,698. THE TRANSPORT SERVICE.—Four new iron screw steamers, each upwards of 2,000 tons burden, recently launched at Blackwell, are being fitted out with the utmost expedition in the East India Dock basin, for the transport service. They have not yet been named. CAPSIZING OF A VESSEL—Liverpool, Aug. 3.—The ReOlever, new iro❑ ship, capsized in the river, and sank, while shifting from the Sandon dock to the Princess's ; all bar,d4 saved. WEST LONDON DISPENSARY.-Mr. Henry F. Richard son has present , d this institution with 101. 10s. to com mence a fund of 2001. for the supply of nourishing food, and small pecuniary gifts in cases of e , :treme want. Messrs. Tylnev, Long, and R. H. Peter, Esq., have followed the benevolent example. THE TURKISH CONTINGENT.—Advices from Constan tinople report that the organisation of this force is pro c,eding with considerable success. There are already 10,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry, the latter well mounted. The troops, both cavalry and infantry, act with the greatest alacrity, and show the utmost obedience to the commands of their officers. The British officers attached to the corps are already able, to a great extent, to work the men in the field in their own language. Neither the general nor the officers find it necessary to have a body guard. _ _ THE CIVIL SERVICE. Ordnance-office, Adjutant- Ger eral's Department.—ln consequence of the superan nuation ocillessrs. E. P. Briers, C. F. Angell, W. Scott, and R. Bradley, the following promotions have taken place :—To be Senior Clerks. Second-class—Messrs. T. Buncombe, A. Austin, J. Machin, W. C. Byers. To be Junior Clerks, First-class—Messrs. C. Freer, J. Fowler, C. Tapp, C. W. C. Hope, Customs ; Mr. W. F. C. Britton has been appointed a clerk in the Examiner's-office in London ; Mr. W. Burton has been appointed a clerk in the Examiner's--office in London ; Mr. E. F. Evans has been appointed a clerk in the London Docks ; Mr. G. Fioklin has been appointed a clerk in the London Docks; Mr. T. G. Scott has been appointed a clerk in the London Docks ; Mr. T. Wildman has been appointed a clerk in the solicitor's office in London ; Mr. G. Eden has been appointed a clerk of general business at Liverpool ; Mr. A. Hoare has been appointed extra clerk at Liverpool ; Mr. A. Walsh has been promoted from clerk of the first:class to be a principal clerk in the Examiner's office in London ; Mr. A. Anderson has been promoted from clerk of the second-class to be clerk of the first class in the Examiner's-office in London ; Messrs. W. Hailing and W. Cox haie been promoted from tide waiters at Gloucester to be tidewaiters and patrols at Hull.-~ Civil Service Gazette. STATE OF TRADE.—The lace business continues quiet, the few articles making being in the fancy trade; and without any development of future prospects. The ba lance of the Chinese silk crop for the month of August, required to make up 50,000 bales for the year just ended, would be 6,000 bales ; but the circulars will probably not appear till the sth inst. The lull in hosiery has this week been diversified to a slight extent by the receipt of a few sorting-up orders for the home trade, which may therefore be pronounced a little better; and also some supplementary American orders, indicating of mfrs. , that the goods already taken have fallen short of the season's requirements and that they are wanting more This, at all times a hopeful symptom, is particularly so at present, because it chimes in with the prevalent im pression derived from all the markets for our produce, that, after this lull is over, they will generally be found disposed to operate more briskly than ever, The Ca nadian trade is at an end for the present ; the Australian has manifested a little improvement. Altogether, al though with these small exceptions we have nothing new to report, we cannot say that any peculiar scarcity of employment is experienced by workpeop i .e. In fact the manufacturers complain that the army and militia absorb all their best hands. One house states its enlistments, during the last foemight, to have amounted to fourteen. And we know of an instance where there have been roundabout frames standing idle for at least that period, with a notice. requiring hands posted on the factory doors. In the glove branch the hands have from long continued depression got so completely dispersed that it is believed a difficulty would be experienced in again re- Bunking activity were a demand to arise, owing to the manner in which ;military: ardour has thinned the ra nks of th e o p era ti ves.. A r i se of 2.1, per lb. or is. 6 d. per bundle ha s b een f ix& by the Messrs. Hollins, of Pl e a sle y , who a re a l most the sole spinners f or our market on merino yarns. This •-e proceeds from the advance on Australian woo.] our last to es 0 ,, •tozr aat the Arot s 1.4 colonial wool sales noticed in LATEST N EWS. MARSEILLES, SATURDAY, AUG. 4. The Thabor, which left Constantinople on the 26th of July, has arrived. The advices from the Crimea are to the 23d of July. The Thabor brings 100 invalids. Despatches leave at 9 a.m. The Golden Fleece has arrived at Kamiesch. The Glasgow leaves with artillerymen. DANTZIC, AUGUST 3. The Princess Alice has arrived with mails. She left the fleet on the 31st ult. at Nargen. No alteration has taken place in the position of the squadrons, and nothing important has oc curred, except the destruction of some coast bat teries at Kotka. Preparations are, however, being made to strike a decisive blow. Im portant news may be daily expected. FAROSUND, JULY 29. The Belleisle, hospital ship, is ordered to the Gulf of Finland, preparatory to the expected operations. BERLIN, Auc. 2. A despatch from Prince Gortschakoff, dated July 30, contains the following : " Nothing of importance has occurred before Sebastopol. The enemy continues a partial can nonade. We reply vigorously." MADRID, AUG. 2. The French Government has offered to that of Spain its good offices against the enemies of the Queen. HANOVER, FRIDAY. The names of the new Ministers have been gazetted. The King, Queen, and three children have gone to Norderney. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVINING. The 21Ioniteur publishes a decree nominating the presidents, vice-presidents, and secretaries of the councils-general of departments for the session of 1855, which will open on the 30th inst:, and close on the 13th September, in all the departments of the empire, with • the exception of that of the Seine. The Momiteur publishes a notice to the families of the soldiers killed in the army of the East, that they are, before the 15th inst., to send in to the mayors of their different places of residence a de mand setting forth their claims to participate in the sums which will be distributed this year among them instead of being expended on the annual fete of the 15th inst. The screw line-of-battle ship Fleurus left Toulon on the Ist for the Black Sea, having on board troops and stores for the army of thjEast. The fine English screw steamer the Columbian left Mar seilles the same day with the Balance in tow for the Black Sea. Both vessels were laden with troops, ammunition, and stores. BOURSE, AUG. 3.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. e. End of Month. 43 per Cents 95 —95 f. —c. 3 per Cents 67 30 67 45 Credit Mobilier ll2O Roman Credit Foncier — Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes — Piedmontese B5 - Home Debt — RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. c Orleans Western 790 Rouen Cotte Mediterranean; 1340 Havre 660 Northern THE CRIMEA. A letter in the Ost. Deutsche Post states that at the late visit of the Archbishop of Cherson to Se bastopol for the purpose of giving his blessing to the army, his Grace, after delivering an animated address to the troops, turned to General Osten- Sacken, and said—" My son, the last time we met (after the bombardment of Odessa), it was a divine inspiration which led me to say to you, 'Go and fight,—and the Lord our God will give you vic tory.' The words of my prophecy are accomplished. By the defence of the fortress committed to your care, you have gained immortal laurels for yourself and your soldiers. And now I say to you once more—' Fight and triumph,' for you are the elect of the Lord, destined to become the scourge of his enemies.' " The writer adds—" It is indeed sur prising that General Osten-Sacken, whose military career extends over 48 years, who has assisted at more than 100 battles and combats, in which he has usually been found in the first ranks, has never received even the slightest wound." TURKEY. Some of the recent letters from Constantinople have insinuated that Omer Pacha had left the Crimea without leave. This, however, does not appear to have been the case, the, fact being, that on the generalissimo having some time since com plainedto the Porte that he had been always re fused permission to visit the capital, the Govern ment replied by sending him a regular leave of absence, which he was to use when he thought convenient. PIEDMON T. The Cagliari papers, of the 21st and 22d ult., give ome account of the commencement of the operations for the suppression of the convents in virtue of the new law. At Sassari, all the monas tic establishments for males opened their doors to the autho4ties without the slightest difficulty, not withstanding a circular from the bishop exhorting them to resist. The nuns, on the contrary, made a good deal of resistance, and in several instances the doors had to be forced open. At the convent Santa Chiara, the abbess refused to obey the sum mons, but an animated discussion, in a subdued tone, was heard to go on within, and two voices were at last distinctly heard to advocate obedience to the law, but without success ; so that the autho rities had to use force to effect their object. When at last they were enabled to bring the inventory, they found so few articles of value, that it became evident a good many must have been removed. No popular agitation or disturbance occurred in any case during these proceedings. RUSSIA. We have received the St. Petersburg journals of the 26th of July. Under the head of " News from the Crimea," the Journal de St. Petersbourg publishes the fol lowing : "To complete the telegraphic despatches of Aide-de- Camp Prince Gortschakoff, the following details are taken from that officer's journal of operations from the 28th of June to the sth of July (10th to the 17th of July) :-- " 'During that period of time the enemy limited them selves to the usual cannonade and to the fire of their riflemen along the whole line of defence of Sebastopol ; at times they conc , mtratediltheir fire on certain points, and at night threw shells into the town and roadstead. " The losses of the garrison have been moderate. " The artillery of the place replied with success to the besiegers, dismounting their guns, impeding their approaches, and stopping them altogether on some points. Our works for strengthening our fortifications and for the internal defence of Sebastopol have been completed, despite the proximity of the fire of the enemy's musketry and grape.' " To the above general summary Prince Gortschakoff aids some details on the principal , operations on either side : " 'June 28 (July 10 ).—Duringithe day the enemy kept up a heavy cannonade against •Bastion No. 3, and the left face of Bastion No. 4. Those works replied ac tively to the besiegers. The operations of the latter consisted in enlarging and deepening their trenches, and their lodgments against the Korniloff Bastion. " `June 29 (July 11).—On our aide we repaired the damage done to Bastions 3 and 4, and constructed new traverses and new blindages. The enemy worked at their entonnoirs in front of Bastion 4, lengthened their trench in front of Bastion 2, constructed a new lodgment in the quarry above the Dock ravine, and tried to com plete their trench in front of Bastion 5 of 'the Korniloff Bastion and on the incline of the Mamelon. The fire from our works constantly impeded their operations. " June 30 (July 12).—The enemy's fire was livelier, and during the night they threw a great number of shells into the town and roadstead. They also worked with great zeal at their approaches nearest our line of defence, where they succeeded in effecting a new . lodg ment against the Korniloff Bastion, and they pushed forward heir approach. ..s from C:areenho Bay towards Bastion 2. It wits observed from the town that large quantities of ammunition were being brought up to all the enemy's batteries, and especially to those erected opposite Bastion 4. " 'July 1 (July 13).—During the day the enemy's fire was violent At night, as usual, they fired shells and rockets. The lodgment., of the besiegers on the left flank of the advanced trenches of the Matuelon were somewhat enlarged, and the height and thickness in creased ; our epaulemeuts in front of Bastion 2 were again occupied by the enemy. The fire of the town batteries was directed against the enemy's batteries of Careening Bay, in front of Bastion 1, and on the ancient Selinghinsk and Volhynia redoubts ; moreover, an unin terrupted fire was kept up from all the bastions and batteries of the line of defence against the enemy's nearest trenches. " 'July 2 (July 14).—The enemy's fire was heavier than usual, but did not so serious damage to our works. About noon their fire was directed particularly against Bastion 4 ; the concentrated fire of our batteries, how ever, silenced the French guns ; at the same three mines were sprung from the entonnoirs against the salient angle of Bastion 4, but they did us no harm. The ope ration of the enemy were confined to increasing the thickness of the parapets of their advanced trenches. " In the night between the 2d and 3d of July (14th and 15th) three companies of the Sevek Regiment, pre ceded by volunteers and bysome Greeks, under the orders of Major Lvoff, made a sortie from theKorniloff Bastion against the Quarry and the lodgment made by the enemy mar it. Although the French, who occupied that par t of the trenches, had field artillery and fired grape, our companies, by a vigorous attack, drove the enemy out of the lodgment, which they destroyed, and made three pr ist - tiers, " On the 3d (15th) of July the fire of the enemy's artillery was at times heavier than on preceding days ; in the afternoon and at night the cannonade was very heavy, and they fired an immense quantity of projectiles into the town and works. No particular operations were undertaken by the enemy. "On the 4th (16th) of July a sharp cannonade was concentrated by the enemy against Bastions 1,2, and 3, and against the Nikonoff Battery. On our side, the artillery of the town, directed by Major General Schedemann, succeeded in blowing up a powder maga zine situate beyond the Chersonese. At 11 at night we fired smoke balls with effect from the mining galleries in front of Bastion 4, and towards midnight the volunteers who form the chain in front of Bastion 2 threw them selves, led on by Captain Gorlinoff of the Krement choukChasseurs, upon the lodgments occupied by the enemy on the night between the Ist and 2d (13di and 14th) July, and forced the French to retreat precipi tately into their rear trenches, from which they opened a heavy fire of musketry. Nevertheless, our brave volun teers destroyed a portion of the lodgment, and returned to our works with two prisoners." The lnvalide Busse has the following : " From our left wing we learn that on the 28th of June (10th of July), the enemy's cavalry, 10 squadrons strong, showed itself near the village of Savatki. A por tion of these troops encamped near Baidar, and some squadrons approached Bagha. On the 29th of June (11th of July) this cavalry, and some columns of in fantry, advanced from Baidar on Ourkousta, where after having crossed the mountain they redescended towards the pass of the village of Koukoulouz. "On the 2d (14th) of July, at daybreak, the enemy, four squadrons strong, with a chain of riflemen, sup ported by two companies, left the valley of Baidar, and advanced on the village of Ouzenba-chik ; the cavalry was followed by two battalions of infantry. The Cossack picket posted on the mountain pass fell Lack, skiemish ing, on its reserve, and the enemy having reached the orchards of Ouzenbascliik, and having halted acre for soul* time, returned to their camp. Four Cossacks were wounded during the skirmish. " On the 3d (15th) of July, we made a reconnaissance to inspect the enemy's position in the valley of Balder and the roads leading to it ; Cossacks, suppo r t e d by dragoons, approached the villages of Ourkousta, and Ouzenbaschik ; the enemy, who occupied Ourkousta and Bagha with three squadrons, withrew towards their camp on the left bank of the Tchernaya, where there ap peared to be about 4,000 to 5,000 men of infantry and cavalry. On the 4th (16th) they re-occupied the last mentioned villages. " THE BOMBARDMENT OF GENITCIII. The In valide .Russe says— " The report which accompanied the journal of opera tions contains later details of the hostilities against Ge• nitchi from the 22d to the 27th June (4th to 9th July). " On the morning of the 223 of June (4th of July) a French steamer arrived before Genitchi, and wit h a gun boat, opened a heavy fire acrainst the town, which lasted from 10 in the morning ti!l 2 p.m. In the evening they were joined by a corvette. During the night these vessels did not fire, but on the 23d of June (sth of July), at 3.30 a.m., they commenced bombarding the town, firing by prefererice against the building containing the corps de garde and against the reserve placed upon the incline which leads from the town to the port. At noon a screw frigate appeared at sea, about 10 versts off Genitschi. On a signal given by her, the steamer and corvette ceased firing, joined her, and about 3 p.m. they disappeared in company, leaving only the gun-boat before the town, which did not fire during the day, but which fired rockets at night and a shell which broke the cable of the ferry boat. During the bombardment we had no mon killed, the troops remained in the town, and the passage of salt waggons which had remained at the other side of the strait was happily effected during the night. "On the 24th of June (6th of July), at 3 p.m., a squadron was signalled out at sea, steering towards the town, consisting of two screw-frigates, two steamers, two screw-brigs, and two steam bratzers (small boats for land ing troops). Prince Labanoff, in command of the troops at Genitcbi, ordered those in the town to take up a po sition on the beach, and ordered five sloops from Azoff to cast anchor opposite the entrance to the Putrid Sea. "On the evening of the same day two gen-boat§ with guns of heavy calibre joined those already before the town. The rest of the squadron remained iri line at a distance of about ten versts from the post 4vTupying the space between the Spit to the island of Birutchevsky All these arrangements made Prince Labanoff sup pose that the enemy intended effecting a land ing, or to force the entrance of the Sivasch (Putrid Sea), through the Tchougar Straits. During the whole of the next day, 25th of June (7th of July), two gun-boats and a. French steamer bombarded Ge nitchi, firing by preference on the finest houses of the place. The enemy, it seems, had no concerted plan, for as yet only two or three vessels had approached the town ; the number of those at sea varied at different times of the day. 3,1" During the night between the 26th and 27th of June (Bth to 9th July) the gun-beats and the steamer opened a very heavy fire ; sho% and shell fell into the Slobodka, where the troops were quartered. On the 27th (9th of July), at noon, one of the gun-boats went up the coast where the Slobodka is situate, and having reached the Cape which closes the gulf of Genitchi, she fired a shell, which burst and wounded a soldier of the 6th reserve battalion of the Moscow Regiment. "At 9 p.m. Prince Labanoff Rostovsky was informed that an enemy's boat was pulling towards the Slobodka, probably with the intention of setting fire to it, hut the fire of our infantry, supported by Cossacks, stopped the boat at about 100 yards from the shore and compelled it to return. The gun-boats then opened a heavy fire, which lasted for three hours and threw rockets during the night, which set fire to the town in two or three places, but it was soon got under. During this time the enemy's vessels were occupied destroying the farm houses near the coast, and the fisheries of the island of Birutechevsky. " To reinforce the detachment occupying Genitchi, Aide-de-Camp General Prince Gortschakoff has thought it indispensable to send a considerable number of troops there, under Lieutenant-General Ryjoff. To this de tachment are added Cossacks of the Sea of A zoff, under Colonel Brakovitch, troops known for their bravery and daring as sailors. "It is indispensable to add, in conclusion, that the steamers which showed themselves on the 21st of June (3d of July) before Berdiansk, remained there about 24 hours, cud then left for Kertch, without having done any additional harm to the town." The Trieste Gazette, of the 28th ult., says : " Some alarm has been excited by the fact that a di sease very closely resembling the plague has recently broken out in the neighbourhood of Valona, in Turkish Albania. The maritime inspector of Dal matia immediately subjected all arrivals on the coast of that country from Albania to quarantine regulations. The Austrian government has just extended this measure to all other parts of its coast, and Dr. Maganza, attached to the Lazaretto of this place, has been sent into Albania to study the com plaint, and report to the government on it." A- letter from Aleppo states that the commerce of that place, instead of being injured by the events going on in the Ottoman empire, has been improved by it, as a great part of the commercial relations which Mesopotamia and Kurdistan for merly kept up with the Black Sea are now directed towards Aleppo. Several of the journals have mentioned the death of the ex-Prince of Wallachia, Alexandre Ghika. It appears that it is not he who has expired, but an ex Minister of Finance of Wallachia of the same name, and a distant relative of the ex-Hospodar. Aletter from Montenegro, in the German Jo urna l of Frankfort, states that Prince Danielo has ob tained leave from the Court of St. Petersbu rg th a t six young Montenegrins shall be received gratui tously into the military institutions of that city. In consequence six youths were on th e po i n t o f se tti n g out for the Russian capital, and among s t them was the son of his brother Mirka, President of the Senate, and a son of his sister. A seizure of arms was effected on the 28th ult. at Recco, on the coast of La Specia, by the police of Genoa, it having been ascertained that a fresh invasion of refugees was contemplated. A letter from Milan of the 28th ult., in the Opinione of Turin, says :—" Notwithstanding all official assertions to the contrary, the Austrian army of Italy is being considerably increased. There are 44,000 men in Lombardy, and more than that number in the Venetian provinces. The recruits who were under drill have 1:well illorPo rated in the regiments of Italy, Which have th us been increased by one-third. For some days Pas a great number of passports for France have bees refused." A letter from Vienna, of the 28th ult., in the liamb(trg Correspondent, , prO hazy, the Austrian ambassador at Berlin ceeded yesterday to . his estates in Illine c i sa ys : —‘ 4 Count Ebte r. During the course of the last few days be hasl a ., several interviews with Count do Buol, and 1 l a Cabinet taken , that, in consequence of th e vote which bat taken place at Frankfort, the Austrian biner they does not intend for the present to take any far, steps relative to the German question." Spener's Gazette, of Berlin, contains a letter frora Vienna which states that M. de Proketsch-Osdte4 president of the Frankfort Diet, was suramon e , to telegraph to Vienna, where he was arrive before the Emperor's departure for Isl e It was said that this summons was in consequelh of the resolution come the Diet on the 2°` to by July. expecteu.i. WEST INDIA MAILS The Tyne has arrived BO the Mexican mails. She left. St. Thomas On dateSi l; UT w H iti t i N t l b P e T l O v N es , t ult., and lxings advices to the following Vera Cruz, July 5 ; Havana, 11 ,_• Jarn aiee 're Demerara, 10 ; Trinidad, 13 ; St. Kitts, 1 4 ; badoes, 14. She brings 204 passengers. 4 ,, the Amongst the cargo of the Ty ne is specie"" o re value of 654,474 dols., of which 35,146 dols. on account of Mexican dividends. ani' The news by this arrival is extrernell tste In Jamaica the crops are flourishing, and tiles of the public health is satisfactory. bee- or t The market for all kinds of stuffs has it beet ceedingly flat. Holders have to some eltell forcing their stocks at auction, where to effee they have been compelled to submit t o g rey fices. be d i e - The new and somewhat stringent bi ll on the tillation of rum had passed the Demerara no, lature, and comes into operation on the Otu The canes are thriving. MEXICO. P it t A revolutionary movement was ta -ing t w near Tampico when the packet was there, h i l en tio stay of the packet being so limited no acid that information could be obtained . It wa s sal o 0 0 ° General Alveras had advanced at the head of 'O3O men, and taken Monterey. Bands of aru l m e Tr were roaming about the country plund erll3 V•oistf molessa had pronounced. The American N I or at Mexico had refused to transact any Dior as et ness with Government. H.A1.8. Ar., 31) 4 :: Vera Cruz. The Eurydice, Daring, 31e—ha' Wolverine, were cruising off the coast of well.. On On the 25th of June B. Hare, butcher, °boo,rdf Wye, died from fever, but all were w ell 0 0 00 again. The Company's coal wharf at St• iodieto appears the most deadly place in the We s !, 06 while other parts of the harbour are heal tw Zgo te ' Conway is to go home, being in a very ,"0 We are very little better, but must go cl° ' Gulf again, there not being any other ship' d A fliP' THE PENINSULAR MP4- - 0 10 6. SOUTHAMPTO N, FRIDAY Ev-- - 400 01- The Hibernia has arrived with the PI $ l l mails, having left Lisbon on the 29th Putt. brings 84 passengers. Cholera has broken ig tb o Oporto. The all-absorbing topic at Lisb on reception and proclamation of the Sing. The Foreign exchanges are dull. Bank of Li s b on no t es a t 1 p er ce nt. disee nil l ln atiOt Exchange on L on d on , 30 d a ys, 53i ; A 54 The Madagascar had left Gibraltar ivit h and ules for the Crimea. • a Sir m ßichard Pakenham, the British 3- l i ll/5t shortly expected at Lisbon. .b sit Sr ? The Prince of Orange is ex p ec t e d a t th- r t In Portugal the corn crop is abunda" much will be exported. SOUTH AMERICA. 7s T 60 SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY 0 By the Iberia, with the Peninsular Dl Bj cit oli c i learn that the Portuguese steamer Dom 1 190 A arrived at Lisbon on the morning of the s fro' de .o t e „V July, with 200 passengers, &c., and Rio de Janeiro, July 1 ; Bahia, July 6 ; e, c lBo buco, July 9; St. Vincent, July 18 ; and July 25. (00 There is little news of importance River Plate and Brazils by this arrival. o f At Rio the stock of coff ee was 110,00 0 I A the end of June against 80,000 for the cerr:pord, ing period of last year. Ex c h a nges be; A - 00 1 1, dull, at 27k, but left off firm 271 to 27i, -"" '1": d having been negotiated for the Dom Pedr°' or counts 8 per dos at the Banks, and Si t° dos privately. to At Bahia, the exchange was quoted at 271 and at Pernambuco at 27 to 271. f The Dom Pedio spoke, on the 16th of 0 ° i s yr English ship Joseph Sanderson, from Calcut46l; Liverpool, all well, in lat. 14 48, and long•e also, on the same day, spoke the English Mary Stoddart. The Royal Mail steamer Avon was sP° l ‘ f ej o i ll at Bahia ; she left that port on the 6th of Rio de Janeiro. fr tO The Portuguese steamer Dona Maria St. Vincent on the 18th, for Pernambuco ;:eir, Royal Mail packet Great Western left 'VII: f , the 27th, also bound f or th e B raz ili a n per.w h ' e P / 4 As the Iberia steamed out of the Tag!le, tuguese barque Ligeira an c ho re d at idel e— ' the Brazils. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS v"" It.) ft' g 1., LONDON, Aug. 2.—Wind this day at noon, -•10 0 „jeit breeze and squally, with alternate clouds and 0 11 ,""eev COWES, Avg. 3. Wind W.S. V.—Arrived fit from Zanzibar, and sailed for Hamburg. SHIELDS, Aug. 3. Wind, S.S.W.—Sailed -- "'" Ichaboe. FALMOUTH, Aug. 3. Wind, WS.W.—AlTi ged-/Y of from Rio Grande ; Europe, Madeira, for Bristol' fl" OFF DUNGENESS, Aug. 3.—Coarser, from r e e. i ffr Good Hope; Rainbow, Honduras; Arran, Cri et r 0%. tl O PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 3. Wind, S.W.—Arrive." fo+ Simoom, d÷ from Kazatch, &c. Sailed-S w iftsur e ' 41, Cape of Good Hope. 1 ,00 PLYMOUTH, Aug. 3. Wind S.W.—Arrived 0 , 0 1, from Sierra Leone; Josephine, Manzanilla. LLANELLY, Aug. 3.—Thee schooner Matchless, to be stranded in the river and capsized; she is likely 1 0 a wreck. ° HOLYHEAD, Aug. 3.—The Glendower (s.), N o tre. pieces ; the copper is expected to be saved whe n A fr ther permits the divers to work. rr , STANLEY, FALKLAND ISLANDS, May 20. - "'", can barque Ortona arrived here 12th April, fr°'7, , nerio, and was burnt to the water' edge in rot- A harbour on the 25th. SAN BLAB, June 18.—The American s hip isn o; was totally wrecked in the storm of the Ist saved. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) moic a * SOUTHAMPTON, Sattlrclai Arrived—Courier (s.), from Jersey; Atala utp• e~ef vre ; Charles Stuart, Sunderland. Sailed--Alliance (80, for Havre ; Dispa tc h , *- Brunswick (s.), Plymouth ; Charlotte, Guernes9,l.,,, Jersey ; William Skinner and Fidelity, Sunderme'. LIVERPOOL, SatUrbi • 4 ' 3 00; Wind, W.N.W. tif Al%•Alb. Arrived—Zonave, from Quebec; Rolla, • P•_,, Joven Lucia, Tarragona ; Sarah Fox, Martzeellb;stiv. Bil boa ; Bee, Santander ; Earl of Errol. Sall P e 40: Sailed—Hero, for Cadiz ; Otaz, Trieste. , 0 0 ' The Retriever is lying upright across ti° e 'orl) Woodside and Monks Ferries, with her torra lle ,, v e. of water at low water. Her mizen-mast hes g - Atlik , Wind, S.W. Arrived.—Caledonia, from Qu Q eb uE e:; l4 Gregoretto, Alexandria. pp. a. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRrriss TEDO O ,, t todi . , GRAVESEND. SattlrcO'4.l.l Wind, W., tide, four hours' ebb • w es A .," (1; Arrived, Aug. 3.—Bellaris, from Trinh'•• Queen, Valparaiso ; Brightman, Adelaide. rEavocinr.:4oo, cop DECIMAL CURRENCY' it TO THE EDITOR OF T 534 ON. - 1 0‘, Sin,—Why so much discussion about ;13,4'800;0 already done, and simply. Thus : florins an ° — o re. , t b . cents 91 florin. There can be no dif6cultY 13 d 0 0 1 ,00 farthing is a cent, in future to be iroPress6 o'o4o Queen's head on one side and "one cent' it!, 7p r in i 0 the other. Then in gold there will be alu ; a t ' called sovereign, 5-florin piece or half-soverefOeu,di sivcr—double florins, half-florins or 50 cents''pper ling, quarter florins, or 25 cents:; and in ° t silver alloy, five cent. pieces. n ritl 3* 01' The thing appears to me so extrenielY pien Ar i person could find the least difficulty. 'use 1 ' ready in use would not be unavailable, be en -10/, but the cOl counts counts are kept in florins and cents, accounts would be simply reduced to r t Wo, $BO-b-toiPo' in all countries where the decimal ysten3 am, sir, yours obediently, Temple, July 3. 1 1 1 end lenile,,, APOTHECARIES' HALL.—Names of nt D ra-,, h 1 to passed their examination in the science rnoifr tnedicine, and received certificates to practise' boa' ir day, hire A . E ug ..Dc 2 i :— kin C s . on t , ' R l‘ u l ;b ri y e , e' VV lj a rlawniboelt dlei Lai rd b r i ti r ey lig Cle' ; "* s son, Hawkshoad, Lancashire ; J. Twed C. Garlauer; Bath ; J. C. Newtor, Navy AT( ToQ o vin ey T A ' l6 Ol To To 1. 4°bar °t4l for 8 .1.